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Mitch the Infovore (he/him/his)
@informitch.bsky.social
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Lawyer-librarian—not yours (and trivialist), unconventional fannish conventionist, square peg to round holes, progressive Jew, with *many* opinions. (He/him/his)

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https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/infovore
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@kerendith.bsky.social I'm sorry you're catless! I'm pretty cat-person-y for a dog person: Catherine (the Great, after the Russian empress) gives me much joy.
Catherine the Great, a caramel and white bulldog. She's looking straight at the camera, with a doggie smile, out from under her human guardian's huge sun hat.
November 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
informitch.bsky.social
VERY sweet. My senior bulldog, Catherine the Great (pictured), whom I mentioned in my voicemail—I'm rubbing her neck with my other hand—and I thank you.
Catherine the Great, a caramel and white bulldog. She's facing the camera, laying on her mat, melting into the floor, eyes closed, tongue slightly out to her left. Catherine the Great, a caramel and white bulldog. She's sitting up, facing to the left of the camera, eyes half open, tongue slightly protruding to her left. Her ears are in a neutral back position.
November 27, 2025 at 1:20 AM
informitch.bsky.social
Someone suggested that misrepresenting a grand jury bill to a court might get Halligan disciplined by the Florida Bar.

She's not good with official records, apparently:

(Profile link: www.floridabar.org/mybarprofile...)
Florida Bar listing for Lindsey Halligan, incorrectly showing her Miami address and private practice. Link here: https://www.floridabar.org/mybarprofile/109481
November 20, 2025 at 11:10 PM
informitch.bsky.social
If not for Catherine the Great (pictured), I don't know where my chronically depressed, anxious, caregiver ass would be.

Solidarity, SV.
Catherine the Great, a large caramel and white English bulldog, laying down, with her ears up, looking off to the right of the frame.
November 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
informitch.bsky.social
@thesharkqueen.com Your profile "action photo" is wonderful! Please give your dog all of the pets for me!

Catherine the Great says hello!
Catherine the Great, a caramel and white bulldog, sitting in a human's lap. She's lunging towards the camera. Her white face and black-tipped snout occupy most of the right side of the frame.
September 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
informitch.bsky.social
@ladyjustice28.bsky.social, @pathologiste08.bsky.social?
The back of a man's hand, with a large bruise towards the thumb. The background is a red rectangle to the left and a blue rectangle on the right. At the bottom, in all caps, over a black horizontal rectangle, the word "HOPE."
August 28, 2025 at 12:28 AM
informitch.bsky.social
(I have eight copies of the meme on my computer; also à propos to my self-diagnosis, I just copy my old Documents and Downloads folders from my old computer to my new one every time I switch.)
The image: A black cat with a white patch and a yellow eye, seen from its nose to the right. The text: I have CDO. it's like OCD but all the letters are ln alphabetical order AS THEY SHOULD BE
August 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
informitch.bsky.social
Chronic bipolar depression (and chronic migraines + intermittent thunderstorms), do not recommend.

But at least I have Catherine, paw on leg, hand on paw, chin on hand. (Well, I did: This is entered with both hands.)
Catherine the Great, a caramel and white bulldog. I'm seated in front of her, tailor-fashion. Her left paw is on my right leg. My right hand is on her paw. Her chin is on my hand. The photo was taken with my left, non-dominant hand.
July 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
informitch.bsky.social
I don't often post photos because I'm too lazy (and short on spoons) to type out alt text on my phone. But here's one:
Catherine the Great, a caramel and white bulldog. She has her head on a human's left knee, with her head turned slightly to her left. She is looking at the camera.
June 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
informitch.bsky.social
(As my senior executive associate, with her own email address—as attested to by her nametag—she has a "workstation" in my office, under my desk.) I don't think her solicitousness is a coincidence.
A caramel and white bulldog, with her head squished against my seated left knee.
May 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
informitch.bsky.social
How about dogs?
Catherine the Great, a caramel and white bulldog, in part sun. She is looking towards the camera, to her right, with a inquiring expression. Her tongue and lower teeth are just barely visible.
March 15, 2025 at 9:31 PM
informitch.bsky.social
A photo of Elon Musk, sitting at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, with Donald Trump standing in the background over Musk's left shoulder. In a box, the handle "@acnewsitics" and the text "Maybe it's just me, but Republicans having two daddies seems kind of woke".
March 14, 2025 at 12:11 AM
informitch.bsky.social
@angeladoesthat.bsky.social, you elided the "dealing with sopping-wet dogs" part of the saga. Your fans (and those of your dogs) deserve more.

Here's the (senior) bulldog. Catherine the Great, the bestest bulldog in all the land.

No forehead kiss yet—I was distracted.
A caramel and white bulldog, lying on her left side. I am sitting cross-legged to her left. Her chin is against my right knee, and the left side of her head is against the side of my left sneaker.
March 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
informitch.bsky.social
Ah. Kindness, not empathy. A search on "punk" turned it up in my dank meme stash. (Synced to Dropbox—seriously.)
A sign, stitched on an irregular piece of black fabric and stapled to a wooden utility pole that says (in all upper case) "In an age of performative cruelty, kindness is punk as fuck. Be punk as fuck." There are a small heart, star, and asterisk below the right side of the text.
March 2, 2025 at 4:26 AM
informitch.bsky.social
Shitposting is intersectional!

(Seriously, though, it is. I have a default bit of text saved for bulldog pictures, "A caramel and white bulldog. Her", so everyone can appreciate Catherine the Great, the bestest bulldog in all the land—including blind and low-vision people!)
A caramel and white bulldog. She's facing the camera, to the lower right of the image, and she's looking at the camera Her tongue is out, to the left of her mouth. Her right paw is in front of her, curled to the left; her left paw is folded under. Her ears are back in their at-rest position. Her eyes and posture give the sense that she does *not* like having her picture taken.
February 19, 2025 at 11:37 PM
informitch.bsky.social
Isn't it, though?

It's Catherine the Great's job, bulldog/scenthound mix that she surely is, to sniff any shoe or leg that transits her demesne.
A caramel and white bulldog, looking towards the viewer. Her upper lip is resting on top of both of her prominent lower canine teeth.
February 18, 2025 at 11:46 PM
informitch.bsky.social
Ooof.

(Note the signature.)
Donald Trump, wearing a hard hat, standing on sandy ground. In the background on both sides are partially destroyed buildings. In the foreground, half surrounding Trump in front of him, are many skulls and a few bones.
February 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
informitch.bsky.social
They deserve ALL OF THE PETS.

Unfortunately, my lap is spoken for, by my loaner.
A caramel and white bulldog. Her paws are on a human's bare legs. (The human is wearing shorts.) The human is sitting cross-legged on the floor, facing the bulldog. The bulldog's chin is on her right paw, which is on the human's left knee. Her left paw is on the human's lower left leg.
February 8, 2025 at 4:41 AM
informitch.bsky.social
Catherine the Great does, for sure.
A caramel and white bulldog, facing slightly to the right. Her tongue is sticking out to her left. She is looking at the camera with a recognizably dubious expression
February 8, 2025 at 4:26 AM
informitch.bsky.social
Abso-FUCKING-lutely correct.
Evan DeSimone @Smorgasboredom Every time we're forced to talk about Joe Rogan I am reminded of my best and most immutable axiom: Nothing that only men like is cool. 6:38 PM 6/19/20 Twitter for iPhone 5,184 Retweets 35.1K Likes Evan DeSimone @Smorgasbore.... 8h Replying to @Smorgasboredom Everyone is mad about this so let me just clarify that I'm 100% correct. 28 1776 4,208
February 4, 2025 at 11:38 PM
informitch.bsky.social
Back atcha. (Currently me.)
A caramel and white bulldog's butt (and naturally stubby tail). She's laying on her right side, with her hind legs crossed, sticking out to the left. Her head, in the background, is raised, and she's looking to the left.
February 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
informitch.bsky.social
Um.
February 4, 2025 at 9:44 PM
informitch.bsky.social
Without downloading any new pictures where are you at mentally
If you say 'mental illness' 3 times in the mirror, someone with a Live Laugh Love t-shirt will appear behind you and ask if you've tried going outside.
February 4, 2025 at 4:48 AM
informitch.bsky.social
This is *my* idea of cognitive restructuring!
(Plus, I'm finally looking up the Wikipedia article. Somehow seems relevant to me....)

Actually, a section of the article "Jester": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jester#...
Jester's privilege (Wikipedia article) Jester's privilege is the ability and right of a jester to talk and mock freely without being punished; for nothing he says seems to matter. Below a horizontal line: Maladaptive pattern: (in a blue box) nothing i say seems to matter > (in a blue box) "i'm worthless" > (in a red box) Depression After cognitive restructuring: (in a blue box) nothing i say seems to matter > (in a blue box) "i have jester's privilege" > (in a green box) "No depression"
February 4, 2025 at 3:36 AM
informitch.bsky.social
Well, when you make it OBVIOUS like that….
A four panel cartoon. Panel 1: Hitler, behind a lectern with a swastika on it, saying "My opponents are the enemies of the people!" Panel 2: Stalin, behind a lectern with a hammer and sickle on it, saying "My opponents are the enemies of the people!" Panel 3: Mao, behind a lectern with a big gold star and four small ones (from the flag of the People's Republic of China) on it on it, saying "My opponents are the enemies of the people!" Panel 4: Trump, behind a lectern that says "Trump," saying "My opponents are the enemies of the people!"
January 31, 2025 at 4:44 AM