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Cat Lady Belvedia

@catladybel.bsky.social

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Hi. I'm a librarian. More importantly, I have five cats. This is where I get political and talk LIS/Info Literacy. Fun and silly crap on Tumblr, cats on Insta. Belvedia on both.

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Cat Lady Belvedia @catladybel.bsky.social · Jan 13

Gonna do a fun little 10 facts about me thing.
1. I'm a Virgo and an Elder Millennial. I don't take either very seriously.
2. I currently live with my fiancé and our five cats. We are not having kids.
3. I'm perimenopausal. Yay.
4. I'm T2D and on Mounjaro. I've lost 60 lbs over the past two years.

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 1h

So cool that whenever someone asks the president, “did you eat the Lindbergh baby” he’s like, “no but I’d be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later”

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Yo Gabapentin @yogabapentin.bsky.social · 1d

Obligatory Jenny Nicholson Tweet

Jenny Nicholson Tweet:

How come major film studios keep being like Jared Leto may have allegations, but at least he looks weird, stars in box office bombs, and is not a good actor

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Cat Lady Belvedia @catladybel.bsky.social · 10m

Soooo close to January 6th.

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jam @socialistboat.dad · 2h

"This website is free" No. This website comes at a terrible cost

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 12m

Pretty sure Eleanor Roosevelt is dead

Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 1h

Bondi claiming they arrested [checks notes] "the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa" has me in stitches

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Bondi: "Bondi: "Just like we did with cartels, we are going to take the same approach, President Trump, with antifa -- destroy the entire organization from top to bottom. We are going to take them apart."

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Cat Lady Belvedia @catladybel.bsky.social · 2h

Curious what the result would be if there was a "what's a tab?" option.

Cat Lady Belvedia @catladybel.bsky.social · 3h

The first inaugural speech to end in "roll for initiative."

Cat Lady Belvedia @catladybel.bsky.social · 3h

He was such a great guy.

Cat Lady Belvedia @catladybel.bsky.social · 3h

I mean

a man says " it 's just a promise of violence "

Alt: "Laws are threats made by the dominant socioeconomic-ethnic group in a given nation. It’s just the promise of violence that’s enacted and the police are basically an occupying army. You know what I mean?"

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Cat Lady Belvedia @catladybel.bsky.social · 3h

Considering my manuscript is a weird fantasy genre mash-up, this makes sense. Insert ironic quote from Terry Pratchett about fantasy being essential to the human experience here.

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Cat Lady Belvedia @catladybel.bsky.social · 5h

It's the newest iteration of "I can tell from some of the pixels and from seeing quite a few shops in my time."

Cat Lady Belvedia @catladybel.bsky.social · 5h

I assure you the fact that the words "hollow," "drowning," and "darkened" come up way too many times in the first draft is the product of my brain absorbing too much Evanescence as a teenager, not AI usage.

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Cat Lady Belvedia @catladybel.bsky.social · 5h

Unsurprisingly, most of the text highlighted as AI in origin had emdashes. I will die on this hill-- writers had emdashes first and AI stole them from us! ARGH.

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Cat Lady Belvedia @catladybel.bsky.social · 5h

Out of curiosity, I ran some of my writing through an AI checker to see if it flagged any of it as AI generated. I gave it an allowance for the grammatical suggestions made by Word, but even then the checker tried to tell me 35% of my manuscript was AI generated.

Even these detectors ain't shit.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 7h

Weird. It’s almost like making accusations generates friction which generates news which rallies your supporters.

2 Key Democrats Come Out And Say It: Trump Has 'Some Kind Of Dementia'

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Matt Czap @mattczap.bsky.social · 6h

A person sits in front of a delicious burger meal. They ask to take it "to go". They put the burger in a blender and reconstitute the meal and claim they are they are a real chef.

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 6h

Libraries, archives & museums are under pressure, but cultural memory can survive.

Hear author @TJOwens.bsky.social of AFTER DISRUPTION: A FUTURE FOR CULTURAL MEMORY chat with @ShannonNattern.bsky.social on the Future Knowledge #podcast.

🎧 Listen & subscribe ⤵️
futureknowledge.transistor.fm

Podcast cover for Episode #11 of 'Future Knowledge' titled 'After Disruption.' The design features portraits of speakers Trevor Owens and Shannon Mattern. Surrounding them are collage-style retro-futuristic elements, including a classical statue head, a vintage computer with the word "NEW" on its screen, a modernist observation tower, and abstract architectural shapes. The title uses bold, blocky typography, giving the cover a vintage sci-fi aesthetic.

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Cat Lady Belvedia @catladybel.bsky.social · 6h

Or maybe, Andy, just maybe... it's because if some ICE thug tries to "detain" Barney, people will pay attention to the dude in the big purple dinosaur costume BEING BRUTALIZED.

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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 7h

This is a REALLY good video that gets into the *specifics* of how AI is degrading our information environment and putting truth further out of reach for the average person / the population as a whole

🎃 🧟 Prof. Dr Beth Singler 👻 🎃 @bvlsingler.bsky.social · 13h

I walked into the lounge last night to find my teenage son watching this. We have long admired @kurzgesagt.org and found their videos to be extremely illuminating. But this one in particular I think is so important right now!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zfN...

AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel

YouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

www.youtube.com

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neongrey @neongrey.bsky.social · 2d

all discourse aside, there is one machine with consciousness. it's printers. they are alive and conscious and they hate you and they'd take your arm clean off if you let them. never trust a printer.

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spooky mental haunted house @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 1d

ken paxton in a pair of glasses with a nose and a mustache asking everyone at UT if they know where any good antifa riots are happening tonight

Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 1d

Citing the “martyrdom” of Charlie Kirk, Texas AG Ken Paxton says his office is pursuing sweeping undercover investigations into “leftist” groups. “To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."

"Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people," said Attorney General Paxton. "The martyrdom of Charlie Kirk marks a turning point in America.
There can be no compromise with those who want us dead. To that end, I have directed my office to continue its efforts to identify, investigate, and infiltrate these leftist terror cells. To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."
The radical Left has incubated an environment where political violence is not only justified but celebrated and praised. In July, nearly two dozen armed leftists connected to various Texas-based Antifa-like groups ambushed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") facility in Alvarado, Texas. On September 10, 2025, a leftist assassin connected to the radical transgender movement murdered Charlie Kirk because of Kirk's bold support for truth, love of country, and unshakable faith. Two weeks later, another deranged leftist opened fire at an ICE facility in Dallas.
President Donald Trump has officially designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization and instructed his administration to "utilize all applicable authorities to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations — especially those involving terrorist actions — conducted by Antifa." Building on President Trump's bold actions, Attorney General Paxton has instructed his office to initiate sweeping investigations into radical leftist organizations engaged in or providing support to those performing political violence.

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Cat Lady Belvedia @catladybel.bsky.social · 1d

My cynicism sees it as a weasel word for "we want someone we can work to the bone but also not pay very well."

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Cat Lady Belvedia @catladybel.bsky.social · 1d

Note that I don't think they're a new breed of dude or anything. They've always existed. They just never amount to anything.

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trans people are experiencing genocide in the US and UK @oh-that-amy.bsky.social · 1d

and there we have it. Gavin Newsom is exactly who we told you he was.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 1d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Cat Lady Belvedia @catladybel.bsky.social · 1d

Incels are basically cowards who wish rape was easier to do and get away with.

I don't think any of the men on this list qualify.

Jennifer C. Martin @notreallyjcm.bsky.social · 1d

Incels were ruined by gaming. We need to go back to art, music, and humanities. Today’s gamer incels have nothing compared to Nick Drake, Daniel Johnston, Van Gogh, Hans Christian Anderson, Beethoven, Kant, Ian Curtis… incels who created great and interesting art

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