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Kat @kaffarin.bsky.social · 5d

Well at least it’s Bandcamp Friday 🙂‍↔️

Kat @kaffarin.bsky.social · 5d

What’s annoying is there are a bunch of alternative covers and this is by far the worst, idk why it’s the default

Kat @kaffarin.bsky.social · 10d

Read A Court of Thorns and Roses (lollll) while watching Alien Earth and I just realised I was picturing Lucien’s eye like the eyeball alien 🙁

Kat @kaffarin.bsky.social · 14d

Saw this dog in Nicosia, here’s a cute cat I saw there

A brown and black cat looking through the bushes at me

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Kat @kaffarin.bsky.social · 16d

Just like this dog we saw 😌

Dog wearing cowboy hat and flowery neck garland and looking thrilled

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Kat @kaffarin.bsky.social · 19d

First time I’ve ever been on a flight with WiFi, hello from the sky. Feels wrong to be able to browse the internet up here

Kat @kaffarin.bsky.social · 19d

Oh I love these! Sadly not quite yet but the grey skies are definitely drawing in over Oxford so I think very soon 🤞

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Kat @kaffarin.bsky.social · 20d

When I saw it recently they did a fake out with the intermission and showed it on screen for just long enough that people started leaving and had to run back in lmao. Shame cos I really could have used that break 😭

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 24d

grease the bottom

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Kat @kaffarin.bsky.social · 26d

Went to the replica bayeux tapestry today @readingmuseum.bsky.social and found the sections from my jumper 😌 🧶

In the background is the replica of the bayeux tapestry, I’m standing in front of it wearing a jumper with the same design on it looking really excited

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Kat @kaffarin.bsky.social · Sep 7

Finished my own white whale today. Now need a new ginormous tome to get stuck in to

Slightly tattered paperback of Moby Dick

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Kat @kaffarin.bsky.social · Sep 4

Feeling left out from everyone talking about silksong should I get into hollow knight

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Dr. Abigail Desmond @abigaildesmond.bsky.social · Jan 13

Ursula K. LeGuin on technology

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Kat @kaffarin.bsky.social · Sep 3

My partner and I did a summer of statham last year and I’d honestly really recommend it, he’s been in some truly ridiculous stuff

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Kat @kaffarin.bsky.social · Aug 30

Putting this on the tv on repeat when I go out for my partner’s enrichment

Elric @elric-mtl.bsky.social · Aug 29

Next level rice cooker.

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Kat @kaffarin.bsky.social · Aug 28

Great colour scheme!

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augh @avoidavoidavoid.bsky.social · Aug 26

Don’t know who made this but thank you

Baudrillard’s 4 stages of simulacra applied to pumpkin spice

Stage one (next to picture of pumpkin): Initially the sign (image or representation) is a reflection of basic reality

Stage two (next to picture of pumpkin pie): the sign masks a basic reality. The image becomes a distortion of reality

Stage three (next to Starbucks pumpkin spice latte): the sign marks the absence of basic reality. The image calls into question what the reality is and if it even exists

Stage four (next to jug of pumpkin spice flavored coffee mate): the sign bears no relation to any reality whatsoever; it is it’s own pure simulacrum

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Kat @kaffarin.bsky.social · Aug 26

Why is he jughead’s wario

beccadagoo @silly.bsky.social · Aug 26

when this is all over, villains are going to be so easy to design

Mar-a-Lago face describes a plastic surgery and fashion trend among American conservative and Republican women to modify their faces with "detectable" surgery, excessive makeup, fake tans, and "fake eyelashes, with dark smokey eyes and full lips".[4]

The trend has been described as a status symbol among Donald Trump's inner circle, signaling wealth, privilege, and alignment with Trumpism.[5][4][6] Commentators and surgeons have characterized the look as engineered, "overdone," sometimes "tacky," and have linked it to the aesthetics and performative aspects of Trump-era politics.[7][2][8] Typical procedures required to achieve the look include facial surgery, fillers, and cosmetic dental work, with costs estimated by one cosmetic surgeon at over $90,000.[9] Notable public figures described as having the Mar-a-Lago face include Ivanka Trump[2], Matt Gaetz[1], Kimberly Guilfoyle[4], Kristi Noem[2], and Lara Trump[8].

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Kat @kaffarin.bsky.social · Jul 30

🧶 bayeux tapestry jumper is finished, blocked and sewn up! Please don’t ask me about weaving in ends I don’t want to talk about that right now. Probably my favourite thing I’ve ever knitted ever #showmeyourknits #knitsky #knitting