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Raelynne
@raelynne79.bsky.social
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Scientist, nerd & social democrat. I play factory games (because I don't get enough of that at work), Unashamed crazy cat lady & an opinionated supporter of equity & inclusion. Sporadic engagement with social media on account of chronic illness.🐈‍⬛ 🏳️‍🌈 she/her
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An image of an impassive ginger & white cat with narrowed eyes. Text reads, "I'm shocked - shocked I tell you. Can't you see the shocked?"
September 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Shout out to those who are in STEM and also owned by cats. I trained as a chemist and I spend my day job pretending to be both a chemical engineer and an IT professional.
#cats #blueskycats #stem
A line drawing of a cat with a clipboard looking out at raindrops. The handwritten text reads, "The back door has been opened 34 times in the past hour at my request. Precipitation was observed 34 times. A significant discovery! But a larger sample size is needed. This may be hampered by my increasingly irritable human lab assistant." Image by @twisteddoodles for New Scientist.
June 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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The evening sunlight on those peets ❤️

#blueskycats #cats
A black cat sits on a white windowsill, licking one paw. The evening sunlight gives a golden halo to his paws and perked up tail tip.
June 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
raelynne79.bsky.social
The housing developments are hemming in the wildlife corridors and nature reserves on all sides. Yet nature stubbornly clings on.
A deer nibbles on a hedge along a grassy path at sunset, with a modern housing development in the background
May 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
raelynne79.bsky.social
Oh, I love this!
Graphic shows a box with non-Euclidean geometry and the following black text: The Paradox of Tolerance disappears if you look at tolerance not as a moral standard but as a social contract. [Text in red] If someone does not abide by the terms of the contract, then they are not covered by it. [Text in black] In other words: The intolerant are not following the rules of the social contract of mutual tolerance. Since they have broken the terms of the contract, they are no longer covered by the contract, and their intolerance should NOT be tolerated.
March 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
raelynne79.bsky.social
This side-eye!

#cats #blueskycats
March 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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It's this reprobate's 10th birthday today so his humans are required to be extra subservient. Happy birthday, Artie!

#blueskycats #cats
A black cat with yellow eyes reclines against a bookshelf while attacking the strap of a rucksack. The murder mittens are splayed with claws on display.
February 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Bro-in-law got me the best Xmas present #dndnight
A mug with an outline of a twenty-sided die with a firey tail, like a comet. The legend, "I didn't ask how big the room is. I said I cast Fireball" surround the image. Also on the table is a box of D6 dice and the edge of a character sheet.
January 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Who made this design choice, @microsoft.com? Look at this horrific spacing after the capitals. Calibri is an excellently designed font; Aptos is a horror show.

Why?? It's so ugly!
Image of the Excel formula bar showing the text, "Test Text to Show Spacing". There are large gaps between the capitals and the following letter. It's very ugly.
January 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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This is the definition of middle age: getting ridiculously excited about a ratchet screwdriver kit that your spouse just bought.
A black and orange screwdriver kit with many parts, lying open on a desk
January 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Trying to eat my tea but Artie has clearly been neglected by my husband today. But just look at that little tucked paw 💞

#cats #blueskycats
December 16, 2024 at 7:59 PM
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This face, here? This face is saying, "Give me the prawns, Mother!"

(Dear reader, I did NOT give him any prawns)

#cats #blueskycats
December 7, 2024 at 7:32 PM
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We are cozy in our favourite box (behind the computer) on this cold winter evening

#catsofbluesky
November 20, 2024 at 8:57 PM
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Stop taking photos of me, mum
A sleepy black cat lies on a blanket. He has a front paw over his back paw and one eye looking at the camera.
November 16, 2024 at 11:52 AM
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"Attend me, human!"

I cruelly refused to let him out after dark or feed him Second Dinner, despite these demands.
November 13, 2024 at 11:20 PM
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Hi! First post here obviously has to be a picture of my cat.

Please don't be offended if you follow me and I don't follow back. My ability to engage with strangers is sketchy at the best of times and these are not the best of times.
November 12, 2024 at 8:38 PM