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Lori Witzel
@loriaustex.bsky.social
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(She/Her) #PNW #botany #lichens #MedievalArt #poetry #photography Work: #marketing #analytics #data Other: http://chatoyance.blogspot.com #arthistory Thoughts mine, don't represent my employer.
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Maybe you need to see Large Teenage Wootz getting all snuggly on my lap. #CatsOfBluesky #catsky #cats #tabby
A large teenage silver tabby kitten, starting to doze off on his person’s pale pink terry cloth towel covered lap. The person is wearing forest green Crocs, which are visible without socks atop a jade green sofa. A large teenage silver tabby kitten, looking wistful and relaxed while cuddling on his person’s pale pink terry cloth towel covered lap. The person is wearing forest green Crocs, which are visible without socks atop a jade green sofa.
December 15, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Met a dear friend for coffee and polymer clay playtime at Bipartisan Café, and lookie at the little dragon I made!
A lumpy and charming little green and yellow dragon with red eyes and a forked red tongue, handmade from polymer clay, resting on a piece of tinfoil.
December 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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This guy, Wootz, ate some cardboard and a dog dentastick Sunday and was very sickly, but some rehydration and an anti-nausea shot at the vet helped him return to full, silly, high-appetite Wootziness.
A handsome teenage silver tabby, perched on the back of a green futon sofa, striking a pose.
December 11, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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What I saw in my backyard this past Wednesday. #bloomscrolling #rose #flowers
An impossibly brilliant, slightly beat-up white rose blossom glowing in the sunlight among other blossoms-to-be. One petal has a hole in it in the shape of a heart. The photo is close up and mostly in focus on the rose; in the background, out of focus, are red salvia blossoms popping against a weathered wooden fence upon which some chicken wire had been a trellis for snow peas.
November 22, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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This morning’s Wootz and Merle, all wriggly together in a dog bed. #cats #CatsOfBluesky #tabbies #PDX
Two almost-grown silver tabby kittens tangled up and wriggling together in a turquoise blue chenille dog bed as seen overhead in close up. The dog bed is atop an Oriental patterned rug with a turquoise and brown color scheme.
November 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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This, about an hour ago.
A view of downtown Portland from atop Mount Tabor.
November 13, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Others may have shared - definitely flawed methodology. And for sure not apples-to-apples for CPI.
Screenshots of an AI search result summary of flaws in the DoorDash Cheeseburger Index methodology. Screenshots of an AI search result summary of flaws in the DoorDash Cheeseburger Index methodology.
November 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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There’s enough aloneness in the world - don’t you dare add to it by leaving us alone! Bonus gratuitous pic of my pupper wondering why I asked him to stop among the fallen ginkgo leaves.
A small white with black spots and ticking rat terrier mix, in harness and on leash pausing for a moment on a sidewalk covered in brilliant yellow fallen ginkgo leaves.
November 9, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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Merle The Teenage Kitten says, you got this, and it will all be fine, and you were BORN TO POUNCE.
A silver tabby teenage kitten speaking powerful words of bolstering truth to a kind, resilient person who needs a pep talk.
November 3, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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Sugarbear approves of my $50 donation to the Oregon Food Bank.
An emailed confirmation of a $50 donation to the Oregon Food Bank. A pert tabby atop a bed, gazing soulfully at the viewer.
October 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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This ridiculous little tiger brought me joy by just being his regular, sabbage-pouncing, gobsmacked-by-everything self.
A small teenage silver tabby kitten named Merle sits pertly on a fleecy dog bed, looking big-eyed and gobsmacked.
October 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Wootz and Merle say they’re ready to pounce on any ol’ faux king this fine Caturday. #Caturday #NoKings #CatsOfBluesky #catsky #kittens
A large teenage silver tabby kitten, scooched up in a semi-loaf position with a high tail on a green sofa near a blue terry cloth towel, gazing soulfully at the viewer. A small teenage silver tabby kitten, flopped across and stretched out on a dog bed and turquoise oriental rug, gazing intently at the viewer as if considering whether to pounce on the viewer or not.
October 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Merle says it’s pouncing o’clock. #CatsOfBluesky #kittens #cats
A small teenage silver tabby kitten with green eyes stares fiercely up at the viewer from atop a green sofa and next to a blue terry cloth towel - he looks like he wants to jump up and pounce on the viewer!
October 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Lil’ Merle decides to leave off pouncing and rest his busy self for a bit. #tabbies #kitten #CatsOfBluesky
A close up photo of a small teenage silver tabby kitten, stretched out comfortably on a blue terry cloth towel atop a green sofa, gazing thoughtfully at something off camera.
October 13, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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It’s late on a #caturday but that doesn’t stop Sugarbear from hoping for a Second Cat Supper. #cats #CatsOfBluesky
A warm brown plump tabby cat, gazing charmingly and pointedly at the person whose lap she’s on. She was hoping for treats, and she did get treats!
October 12, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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Oh good gosh. The Dear Leader is now reported to be going to attend Hegseth’s gathering of senior military. Non-paywalled link here: archive.ph/Wgk7d
A screenshot of a WaPo article from early Sunday September 28 2025 with the headline “Trump to attend gathering of top generals, upending last-minute plans”
September 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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My Portland neighborhood earlier this morning. You are so very correct, @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social
A bucolic older neighborhood in northeast Portland Oregon - not a war zone.
September 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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The view this morning from my northeast Portland Oregon neighborhood, roughly five miles from downtown.
A bucolic older neighborhood in Portland Oregon roughly five miles from downtown. Not war ravaged anywhere.
September 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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The view from my neighborhood in Portland Oregon this morning - about five miles away from downtown Portland.
A look down a bucolic street in an older neighborhood in northeast Portland Oregon.
September 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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The view from my neighborhood this morning (roughly five miles from downtown Portland Oregon) - war ravaged my a$$.
Looking down a bucolic street in an older neighborhood in northeast Portland Oregon.
September 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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In case folks want to see what my northeast Portland neighborhood looks like this morning in supposedly war-ravaged Portland Oregon. We do not need nor want Federal troops swarming our city.
A look down a bucolic older neighborhood street in northeast Portland Oregon, the same morning that Trump claimed our city is “war ravaged.” We do not want nor need Federal troops swarming our city.
September 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Thank you Congresswoman. You saw the President’s pronouncement this morning that Portland is “war ravaged” - here’s what I see in the Montavilla neighborhood in Portland.
Looking down a bucolic residential street in an older neighborhood in Northeast Portland Oregon. This city is not “war ravaged” in any way, and we do not want or need Federal troops here.
September 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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This morning, at the supposed war zone that is Portland Oregon.
September 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Just a lil’ bit of Wootz The Very Long Kitteh and Merle The Smol But Sabbage Kitteh this fine #caturday

#catsOfBluesky #cats #tabby
A very long adolescent silver tabby kitten, his tail snaking in the foreground. He gazes at the viewer from the end of a sage green sofa. In the background you can see bits of a cluttered living room. A small and compact silver tabby kitten, big-eyed and very cute. He gazes at the viewer from the end of a sage green sofa. In the background you can see bits of a cluttered living room.
September 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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And WaPo continues to bend the knee.
A screenshot of an email from the Washington Post spreading the government’s narrative - absent any real investigation - that the recent shooting at a Dallas ICE facility shows anti-ICE intent.
September 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM