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catlin @catlinjc.bsky.social · 12h

6-8 minutes and you have softened onions.

catlin @catlinjc.bsky.social · 15h

Oh no, which one is closing now?!

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catlin @catlinjc.bsky.social · 19h

Love the fact that other current federal administration is literally pulling back money that was allocated for projects which are actively being built. 🤡

The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 21h

New episode up! We talk with @whereisted.bsky.social of @bloomberg.com about the Trump Administration's attack on street safety & bike lane projects. You could call it the war on the war on cars... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

The War on the War on Cars with Ted Mann

Podcast Episode · The War on Cars · 10/07/2025 · 38m

podcasts.apple.com

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catlin @catlinjc.bsky.social · 1d

I ran, got wet and maybe pulled a back muscle. Good job, Catlin.

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catlin @catlinjc.bsky.social · 1d

So good!

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catlin @catlinjc.bsky.social · 1d

I texted three people I’ve been meaning to reach out to for a while. It’s also raining and a run night which is perfect for my mood.

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catlin @catlinjc.bsky.social · 1d

Alt text for the win.

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catlin @catlinjc.bsky.social · 2d

Very happy with how this tattoo turned out. Taylor was great and complemented me on sitting well for a calf tattoo. 😅

A photo of a fresh calf tattoo featuring a purple flower with a skull in the center. The flower is surrounded by a few green leaves.

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catlin @catlinjc.bsky.social · 4d

The first hour of my tattoo appointment today was mostly talking with my artist about the show @benmillett.us has at the Des Moines Art Center.

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Pokémon Gems @pokemongems.bsky.social · Sep 7

this is a mood

Screenshot of Bulbasaur looking disappointed in new pokemon snap

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catlin @catlinjc.bsky.social · 5d

Perfect placement in between two surface parking lots across from two parking garages adjacent to the central station for bus system. 🙃 @parkingreform.org @momentumdsm.bsky.social @strongdesmoines.bsky.social

A red and white sticker reading “excess parking ruins cities” from ParkingReform.org

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catlin @catlinjc.bsky.social · 7d

A weekend in reviews 📷: featuring a bus stop selfie, skills gained in Silk Song, another @catrocketship.bsky.social sticker and a visit to The Collective.

A bus stop selfie wearing a purple tshirt with blue words that read Horizon Line Coffee.

A photo of a TV screen featuring an achievement in Hollow Knight Silk Song learning the skill Cross Stitch.

A bus stop sign with a Cat Rocketship sticker with a cartoon rabbit hopping over a wall and the text No borders No walls.

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Poorly Drawn Lines @poorlydrawnlines.bsky.social · 7d

owl and seagull

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catlin @catlinjc.bsky.social · 7d

I’m really bad at music. 🫣

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catlin @catlinjc.bsky.social · 7d

I hadn’t heard of Tame Impala before today, but their new single Dracula is perfect and is cued up for my October listening.

music.apple.com/us/album/dra...

Dracula by Tame Impala on Apple Music

Song · 2025 · Duration 3:25

music.apple.com

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catlin @catlinjc.bsky.social · 10d

Call me old fashioned, but I enjoy when people acknowledge and thank their transit drivers/operators. 🚌

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catlin @catlinjc.bsky.social · 10d

Scenes from a day on DART yesterday - quad cappuccino from Mars Coffee and a sticker at Merle Hay from @catrocketship.bsky.social.

A cappuccino in a white mug, with heart foam art and a bag of Happy Home coffee beans that say People over coffee.

Black and white sticker shaped like a rabbit with a skeleton inside it.

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catlin @catlinjc.bsky.social · 10d

This rocks! (literally)

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catlin @catlinjc.bsky.social · 11d

Correct.

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Dan Chibnall @bookowl.bsky.social · 11d

I normally share John Fleissner's artwork on Instagram because it's poignant and so damn good but with ICE in the Des Moines community, today is a good day to share it here. www.instagram.com/johnfleissne...

Black and white Artwork depicting the power of the people to keep ICE out of schools. It's a giant and coming out of the doorway and preventing the officer from entering. Text reads "no pasaran keep ice out of our schools and communities"

Red and white Artwork depicting the power of the people to keep ICE out of schools. It's a giant and coming out of the doorway and preventing the officer from entering. Text reads "no pasaran keep ice out of our schools and communities"

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RAYGUN @raygunsite.com · 11d

4PM Today (Friday, Sept 26): Protest at the Neil Smith Federal Building in downtown Des Moines in support of Dr Ian Roberts.

Dr Roberts was detained by ICE in Des Moines and, apparently, driven to an ICE facility in Council Bluffs.

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catlin @catlinjc.bsky.social · 11d

Uhhhhhh. WTH?

RAYGUN @raygunsite.com · 11d

Parents at the Des Moines RG just got a notice that DMPS's superintendent, Dr Ian Roberts was detained by ICE.

#raygun #ICE

News: www.weareiowa.com/article/news...

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 11d

What might not occur to you upon reading this headline is that, in other words, ICE is targeting gay men of color

Every queer press org should be picking up this story

Cruising crackdown in Penn Station bathroom puts at least 20 men in ICE custody

State and city laws prohibit local police departments from turning people over to ICE. That restriction does not apply to the federally run Amtrak Police Department.

gothamist.com

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catlin @catlinjc.bsky.social · 12d

Can we start a pawtition to change this?

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catlin @catlinjc.bsky.social · 12d

Ok, nothing I can say on here will sum up my feelings on the incredible run @meakoopa.bsky.social had in Avengers Academy. I will say he is crazy for including the St. Croix twins, Nicole and Claudette, in one of the final scenes! 🤭

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