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carapace shell
@carapaceshell.bsky.social
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failed librarian, archivist, celticist, medievalist, and linguist; long covid enjoyer

trans rights now and forever

pfp: martin prince admiring the first snapdragon of the season
banner: siamese cat tucked into bed watching tv
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CAPTCHA with the directive "Choose all the beds"; shows pictures of beds interspersed with buckets, cooking pots, suitcases, etc. Teary-eyed kitten looking at phone meme
December 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Apologies if I continue posting about this but Roger went quietly yesterday. The vet from the at-home service was amazing and so gentle.

Weird waking up to a cat-free home this morning; first time in nearly 16 years.

Here's when I found him at the Town Lake Animal Center (ATX) in 2010:
A grainy camera-phone picture of an orange and white tabby kitten at a shelter about to be adopted
December 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Gather ye sunbeams while ye may
An orange and white tabby cat with his head poking out of a deep round bed, basking in a sunbeam by a window on top of a desk. His eyes are closed
December 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity
The dad and three big sons from HAHA You Clowns
December 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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This is where I post from
Big Edie Beale in bed with a kitten, looking happy and shaping a floppy red white and blue straw hat around her face
December 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
carapaceshell.bsky.social
That Mäda Primavesi pink
Gustav Klimt's Portrait of Mäda Primavesi (1912-13): A girl in a white dress power-stance-poses against a mostly pink background adorned with flowers and other decorative motifs. Literally one of my favorite paintings.
November 25, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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if you see this post your getaway vehicle
Picture taken while sitting in traffic in Florida behind a mercury sedan covered in bumper stickers. Stickers include Garfield written as the Seinfeld logo, HONK IF YOU HONK, LETS STOP PRETENDING WE WENT TO THE MOON, and several more Garfield stickers.
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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mentally I'm here
Medical diagram of a seated stick figure showing them only partially full with blood. Their head and neck are empty. Caption: reduced sitting blood volume.
November 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Polite arm dangle
Grey tuxedo cat on his back haunches begging for food in a kitchen. His front hands are dangling politely
November 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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THIS JUST IN: are you serious
In a kitchen, a cropped view of a man's legs, and near them a gray tuxedo cat, who is looking up at whatever the man is preparing on the counter. The cat is sitting up on his back haunches with his front arms dangling Slightly closer up view of the cat's ridiculous stance. Someone please photoshop a lil purse hanging from one of his paws
November 16, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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The android emoji mashup combo of turtle and skull. It's like a spooky ghost turtle
November 1, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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I don't deserve this kind of luxury (50% off sale)
Five brand new cellophane wrapped criterion UHD DVDs: Twin Peaks Fire Walk with Me, Mulholland Drive, Paper Moon, Sorcerer, No Country for Old Men
November 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Sorry. A thumbnail would've been nice. GET IN NOW
Photograph shows front view of a cat wearing a winged helmet and breastplate armor in the role of the valkyrie Brünnhilde from the opera Der Ring des Niebelungen. [Library's description]
November 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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mods are asleep; post pumpkin
orange cat turned away, perched plumply on a cardboard bed, half of which is perilously dangling over the tables edge orange cat, turned away, trying to fit inside a straight-sided pyrex bowl on top of keys and papers and other shit
November 1, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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This is me if u even care
Extremely grainy crop of one of the original post images showing an owl face peeping out of a hole
October 25, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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closeup of smol paul the tuxedo cat cheesing, eyes closed
October 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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has logged on
Movie poster for THE CHILD STEALER, starring Blair Brown and Beau Bridges
October 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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turbofuck this
Screenshot of the Analog Starter Kit essentially consisting of some fucking index cards and a wooden index card holder on offer for $99
October 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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u wot
Screenshot of the Analog Starter Kit essentially consisting of some fucking index cards and a wooden index card holder on offer for $99
October 16, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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offer still stands for whoever's truck this was at the H-E-B in 2012
bad photo of a white pickup truck in a parking lot at night. the truck is entirely covered with hand-painted kitty cats
October 7, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Never forget
Post by Shannon Strucci @plentyofalcoves: a picture of Buc-ee the chipmunk in ghost form with a pumpkin trick or treat pail labeled 2024. Caption: they killed his ass
October 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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[regretfully, taking no pleasure] these fuckers slap
A bunch of A and W zero sugar ice cream sundae flavored sodas in a fridge
September 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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if u see this, post bridge
Pontarfynach (Devil's Bridge) near Aberystwyth in Ceredigion, Wales. Looking up from a gulch at several very old bridges built on top of one another. Old scan of a photo I took in 2002.
September 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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I'm here you fuckaas bitch
zoomed in map of the u.s. focused on oregon and washington, with their major cities and landmarks called out
September 27, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Screenshot of OP's blog quoting "walking through los angeles when the crows are screaming and going through your garbage" by Kaleb Horton. The quote reads: "One consistent thing this time of year is that there are crows everywhere. I spend a lot of time thinking about crows. They have the most obnoxious vocalizations of maybe any animal, they’re aesthetically unpleasant and feel like a harbinger of death, and they know when they’re bothering you and they enjoy doing it. Drives me crazy how well they’ve adapted to LA. I saw one just this week going through a garbage can, methodically picking items out of it one by one and tossing them on the ground, looking for foodstuffs. It was making a horrible mess, a mess you’d normally associate with humans. They’re such a pest, and the worst part is you have to respect it. They’re fat and happy and they thrive. They’re annoying in a way that suggests profound intelligence. If they could get around to inventing money, they should get tickets for littering. Treated like equals. I have met crows that should be in jail. There’s one in my neighborhood that seems to have a problem with me personally. They’re my favorite bird. The job search continues to be a source of constant despair, which is part of why I walk so much. There are so many dangerous lunatics in this town with full-blown jobs, and here I am walking around Whittier all damn day thinking about crows. The tough part is there’s so much more to life than this, and I used to have it, I have personal experience with it. I’ve had a taste. What an annoyance to have known."
September 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM