Cat with a C
@cattyquinn.bsky.social
Writer | Gamer | Reader | Nerder | she/her
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This. This was the formative event of my generation & our entire politics in 🇺🇸. The structural break after which we were no longer a full democracy, when 5 Wizards In Robes decided they were a super-legislature & counting all the actual votes didn’t matter. The rest has been 25 years of commentary.
25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.
December 12, 2025 at 7:50 AM
This. This was the formative event of my generation & our entire politics in 🇺🇸. The structural break after which we were no longer a full democracy, when 5 Wizards In Robes decided they were a super-legislature & counting all the actual votes didn’t matter. The rest has been 25 years of commentary.
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Sound the alarms: it’s snowplow-naming season!
Have a pun that sparkles? A masterpiece? A name that’ll make Minnesota proud? Submit your ideas online by Dec. 19 at noon: mndot.gov/nameasnowplow
Have a pun that sparkles? A masterpiece? A name that’ll make Minnesota proud? Submit your ideas online by Dec. 19 at noon: mndot.gov/nameasnowplow
December 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Sound the alarms: it’s snowplow-naming season!
Have a pun that sparkles? A masterpiece? A name that’ll make Minnesota proud? Submit your ideas online by Dec. 19 at noon: mndot.gov/nameasnowplow
Have a pun that sparkles? A masterpiece? A name that’ll make Minnesota proud? Submit your ideas online by Dec. 19 at noon: mndot.gov/nameasnowplow
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Our students are raising money to keep their magazines going after the University of Alabama suspended them for foregrounding the voices of women and African Americans.
If you've got the means, please support them.
givebutter.com/F0LNOA
If you've got the means, please support them.
givebutter.com/F0LNOA
Keep the Free Press Alive at the University of Alabama
By Media Alumni Seeking to Highlight Equity and Diversity
givebutter.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Our students are raising money to keep their magazines going after the University of Alabama suspended them for foregrounding the voices of women and African Americans.
If you've got the means, please support them.
givebutter.com/F0LNOA
If you've got the means, please support them.
givebutter.com/F0LNOA
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All I Want For Christmas...Is To Get Out Of This *$#!% Mall is a game about working retail during the Christmas season.
Rather than dice, it uses a constantly looping playlist of holiday classics, but beware, if Mariah Carey plays, bad things happen!
starshinescribbles.itch.io/christmasmall
Rather than dice, it uses a constantly looping playlist of holiday classics, but beware, if Mariah Carey plays, bad things happen!
starshinescribbles.itch.io/christmasmall
All I Want For Christmas...Is To Get Out Of This *$#!% Mall by StarshineScribbles
Avoid Mariah Carey, Escape The Mall
starshinescribbles.itch.io
December 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
All I Want For Christmas...Is To Get Out Of This *$#!% Mall is a game about working retail during the Christmas season.
Rather than dice, it uses a constantly looping playlist of holiday classics, but beware, if Mariah Carey plays, bad things happen!
starshinescribbles.itch.io/christmasmall
Rather than dice, it uses a constantly looping playlist of holiday classics, but beware, if Mariah Carey plays, bad things happen!
starshinescribbles.itch.io/christmasmall
Starting this year’s Tea Advent Calendar (decaf edition) off strong with my personal favorite, Maple Houjicha from @fridaytea.com (mug by @longdogdice.com)
Yes, I’ll likely post an update daily this year. Feel free to mute this thread if tea is not your jam
Yes, I’ll likely post an update daily this year. Feel free to mute this thread if tea is not your jam
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Starting this year’s Tea Advent Calendar (decaf edition) off strong with my personal favorite, Maple Houjicha from @fridaytea.com (mug by @longdogdice.com)
Yes, I’ll likely post an update daily this year. Feel free to mute this thread if tea is not your jam
Yes, I’ll likely post an update daily this year. Feel free to mute this thread if tea is not your jam
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So....after much deliberation and encouragement from loved ones, I've put together a GoFundMe after facing several financial burdens and medical debts...
Any help or sharing would really go a long way...
Thank you so much.
gofund.me/5bfe73dd9
Any help or sharing would really go a long way...
Thank you so much.
gofund.me/5bfe73dd9
Donate to Disabled Vet & Family Need Help After Job Loss, organized by Prakash Upadhyayula
My name is Prakash (aka KP), and I am a disabled veteran doing my b… Prakash Upadhyayula needs your support for Disabled Vet & Family Need Help After Job Loss
gofund.me
November 19, 2025 at 1:54 AM
So....after much deliberation and encouragement from loved ones, I've put together a GoFundMe after facing several financial burdens and medical debts...
Any help or sharing would really go a long way...
Thank you so much.
gofund.me/5bfe73dd9
Any help or sharing would really go a long way...
Thank you so much.
gofund.me/5bfe73dd9
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These take ages, but prepping a new jumbo die insert 👀
November 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
These take ages, but prepping a new jumbo die insert 👀
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The House hasn't been in session for 45 days.
November 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The House hasn't been in session for 45 days.
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Follow @wario64.bsky.social and repost for a chance to win 1 of 5 Steam codes for Once Upon a Katamari courtesy of @gamesplanet.bsky.social. Giveaway closes on Oct 27th, 6:30 PM PT
Game is $32.97 on Gamesplanet w/ code KATAMARI buff.ly/j4qOsMG
Game is $32.97 on Gamesplanet w/ code KATAMARI buff.ly/j4qOsMG
October 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Follow @wario64.bsky.social and repost for a chance to win 1 of 5 Steam codes for Once Upon a Katamari courtesy of @gamesplanet.bsky.social. Giveaway closes on Oct 27th, 6:30 PM PT
Game is $32.97 on Gamesplanet w/ code KATAMARI buff.ly/j4qOsMG
Game is $32.97 on Gamesplanet w/ code KATAMARI buff.ly/j4qOsMG
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I’ve been regularly volunteering at a food bank for about a year and please, if you want to help, consider donating cash.
For $3, they can provide 15 meals and what they can do with the money you might spend on a few cans can be converted to vastly more in fresh fruit, vegetables, dairy, or meat.
For $3, they can provide 15 meals and what they can do with the money you might spend on a few cans can be converted to vastly more in fresh fruit, vegetables, dairy, or meat.
October 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I’ve been regularly volunteering at a food bank for about a year and please, if you want to help, consider donating cash.
For $3, they can provide 15 meals and what they can do with the money you might spend on a few cans can be converted to vastly more in fresh fruit, vegetables, dairy, or meat.
For $3, they can provide 15 meals and what they can do with the money you might spend on a few cans can be converted to vastly more in fresh fruit, vegetables, dairy, or meat.
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Good morning everyone. It's me again here to ask NYC residents to please send a letter to your City Council person in support of allocating 0.5% of the city expense budget to our local public libraries. Thank you. It will only take you 90 seconds. This time with the correct link:
City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries!
In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...
actionnetwork.org
October 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Good morning everyone. It's me again here to ask NYC residents to please send a letter to your City Council person in support of allocating 0.5% of the city expense budget to our local public libraries. Thank you. It will only take you 90 seconds. This time with the correct link:
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A disruption in SNAP is going to mean people going hungry and starving. It is a lifeline for low income people. Even if the program was reinstated today, people that rely on it are going to be out of luck for the rest of the year. Please be at the ready to feed your community in any way you can.
October 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
A disruption in SNAP is going to mean people going hungry and starving. It is a lifeline for low income people. Even if the program was reinstated today, people that rely on it are going to be out of luck for the rest of the year. Please be at the ready to feed your community in any way you can.
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sums it up. headlines on crowd sizes and the feeling that maybe something happens (somewhere else) aren’t action, and getting a bunch of people to show up to a party for nothing isn’t organizing.
find your people and build something real.
find your people and build something real.
October 20, 2025 at 9:36 AM
sums it up. headlines on crowd sizes and the feeling that maybe something happens (somewhere else) aren’t action, and getting a bunch of people to show up to a party for nothing isn’t organizing.
find your people and build something real.
find your people and build something real.
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NYPD announces that zero arrests were made at the massive No Kings protests today after Republicans spent days claiming the protestors are violent terrorists.
October 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
NYPD announces that zero arrests were made at the massive No Kings protests today after Republicans spent days claiming the protestors are violent terrorists.
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via @marydudziak.bsky.social The Germans are basically funding 3 year asylum professorships for US academics seeking to flee the country for the remainder of the Trump Administration.
New opportunity for professors in the humanities & social sciences in the US: Our Transatlantic Bridge Professorships support research & exchange in Germany & the US (€300,000 for up to 3 years). Apply from Jan 15, 2026. 🌉🇩🇪🇺🇸 More: 👉 www.volkswagenstiftung.de/en/funding/f...
Transatlantic Bridge Professorships
The programme is aimed at professors at US universities who are conducting research on the future of democracy, fundamental rights and academic freedom, or the future of transatlantic relations and wh...
www.volkswagenstiftung.de
October 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
via @marydudziak.bsky.social The Germans are basically funding 3 year asylum professorships for US academics seeking to flee the country for the remainder of the Trump Administration.
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my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports
CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.
www.consumerreports.org
October 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
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Heads up, Minneapolis, the Gestapo are showing up and bringing their own drones. They also happen to think they’re going to be the winners in this fight.
If there’s one thing Minneapolis is good at It’s making it very clear that people in authority do not have the power to control us.
If there’s one thing Minneapolis is good at It’s making it very clear that people in authority do not have the power to control us.
October 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Heads up, Minneapolis, the Gestapo are showing up and bringing their own drones. They also happen to think they’re going to be the winners in this fight.
If there’s one thing Minneapolis is good at It’s making it very clear that people in authority do not have the power to control us.
If there’s one thing Minneapolis is good at It’s making it very clear that people in authority do not have the power to control us.
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Dominion Voting Systems, the company at the center of false fraud claims about the 2020 election, has been acquired by an entity called Liberty Vote. n.pr/3Wv0EIt
Dominion, the voting tech company at the center of false 2020 claims, is sold
Dominion Voting Systems, the company at the center of false fraud claims about the 2020 election, has been acquired by an entity called Liberty Vote.
n.pr
October 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Dominion Voting Systems, the company at the center of false fraud claims about the 2020 election, has been acquired by an entity called Liberty Vote. n.pr/3Wv0EIt
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I’ve learnt that only hyperfocus can keep me from disappointing others. Sometimes.
October 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I’ve learnt that only hyperfocus can keep me from disappointing others. Sometimes.
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It cannot be made clearer.
If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.
If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.
October 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
It cannot be made clearer.
If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.
If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.
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Did you know that your healthcare premiums are about to double because the GOP is intentionally sabotaging the Affordable Care Act and pretending that Democrats are trying to give undocumented immigrants free insurance?
October 4, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Did you know that your healthcare premiums are about to double because the GOP is intentionally sabotaging the Affordable Care Act and pretending that Democrats are trying to give undocumented immigrants free insurance?
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Glow-in-the-dark Patch Cats are now available for preorder through October 15. These guys glow brightly in the dark when charged with UV light. Get one before they disappear until next year. 🐈⬛🎃🍁
🛒 VerdantSculpts.com
#bsnm #art #sculpture #halloween
🛒 VerdantSculpts.com
#bsnm #art #sculpture #halloween
October 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Glow-in-the-dark Patch Cats are now available for preorder through October 15. These guys glow brightly in the dark when charged with UV light. Get one before they disappear until next year. 🐈⬛🎃🍁
🛒 VerdantSculpts.com
#bsnm #art #sculpture #halloween
🛒 VerdantSculpts.com
#bsnm #art #sculpture #halloween
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Saw someone say, “Stop hoarding books, we don’t need paper books anyway” and I can’t express how misguided this is. Online libraries disappear, digital books can be altered, and with Big Tech seeking to destroy history and literacy, print media has never been more essential.
October 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Saw someone say, “Stop hoarding books, we don’t need paper books anyway” and I can’t express how misguided this is. Online libraries disappear, digital books can be altered, and with Big Tech seeking to destroy history and literacy, print media has never been more essential.
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