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Rocks & Plants & Birds & Things

@gatcat.bsky.social
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A loose harmony of shifting energies since 13.9B BCE: The Coyotacious Now.

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Rocks & Plants & Birds & Things @gatcat.bsky.social · 17h
Ha! Normally I’d be all over that (or vice versa) but I’m already booked for that date, and they can’t afford to buy me off my current gig. Thanks for thinking of me!! 🦌💨
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Inspirational Skeletor @skeletorinspires.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Nobody who has ever tried to make me feel small has possessed a life or a heart I admired. Says Skeletor thinking about so very many people he doesn’t admire.
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Rocks & Plants & Birds & Things @gatcat.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
That’s not weakness. That’s strong stuff! You’re allowed to be arrogant when hoisting such a big bastard beer. Cheers! 🍻
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Rocks & Plants & Birds & Things @gatcat.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Happy happy birthday!! 🦊🍻🦊
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
In 2002, Wadi Sūra II was discovered in the Western Desert of Egypt. A small rock overhang was found with painted animals of many types dating to about 7000 years ago. But it was a set of baby-size handprint stencils that presented a puzzle: because they weren't HUMAN hands.
Ochre rock art from the Cave of the Animals, Wadi Sūra II.  A predominantly yellow wall has been stenciled and painted with brown pigment showing animals, people as stick figures, and hand stencils.
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Rocks & Plants & Birds & Things @gatcat.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
good lord
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AdorkaStock @adorkastock.com · 11/10/2026
Rabies pack: A dramatic re-enactment of one woman's desire to save a cute bat that ended up costing her thousands. Get it on Ko-fi now for $5+: ko-fi.com/s/a79f0c0fde *Disclaimer: if you think you've been exposed, get the shots. Rabies is 100% fatal once symptoms start!* #Pose #PoseRef
Majority orange graphic that reads "Pack alert! Rabies pack. 35 images helps Sarah pay off her rabies shots $5+ ko-fi.com/adorkastock" featuring a white woman wearing bat wings and showing teeth/hissing.
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Ash vs the Evil Dead @ashflanagan.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Everyone in creative work for hire knows most of the job is clients asking you for something bad and stupid and you figuring out how to make something completely different while convincing them it's what they asked for. The AI era means everyone gets to see what clients actually want
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Rocks & Plants & Birds & Things @gatcat.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Maybe it’s the Call to Mimosas
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Rocks & Plants & Birds & Things @gatcat.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
And a big minute-long sequence at … 11:17am?! What exactly is this accursed bell-bangin meant to advertise? Did someone kick the bucket?
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Rocks & Plants & Birds & Things @gatcat.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Been living in my new digs for a week and though I'm usually gone by dawn, I'm vaguely aware that a big church bell rings ~regularly. Got the morning off and I've clocked the fucker at 7:55am, 10:00am, and 11:00am, mostly because it sets off all the neighborhood dogs howling. Poor critters.
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Quasimodo Hanging On The Bell - Lon Chaney
Alt: Quasimodo Hanging On The Bell - Lon Chaney
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KikiDoodle & Purrmaids @ BLFC @kikidoodle.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Hiya! Since it's almost Halloween, it's time for one of my "favorite" spooky season PSAs! Don't buy taxidermy bats! None of them are ethically sourced, most are endangered, and the market for taxidermy or freeze dried bats is descimating local populations. Etsy, ebay, curio shows, none are okay.
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Rocks & Plants & Birds & Things @gatcat.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I work in the city now and I’m looking for a second job just to subsidize my commute to the first
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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
“I asked ChatGPT”- ok well I asked the mycelium and it said to plant more trees and to tell you to return to the forest
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Rocks & Plants & Birds & Things @gatcat.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I guess it’s a preexisting word, though I don’t recall seeing/hearing it before. And while the earlier meaning seems apt in its own way, I hope future linguists might add the 02026 October etymology: “Hey, what’s that word mean?” “Uh. The Pacific ate it.”
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Rocks & Plants & Birds & Things @gatcat.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I tried Prime while there, but it didn’t speed any of my deliveries up (in fact, I swear they arrived more slowly), but at least delivery was free. About 2 mos in, I gave up on it and either bought things locally or barely ordered anything at all.
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Rocks & Plants & Birds & Things @gatcat.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
My dad’s 1950s childhood home in Santa Cruz was long ago embraced by the sea, and from what I’ve heard the next street over has also either been pacificated or is on its way. Coastal homeowners should be lighting votives to San Andreas in supplication for a good vertical thrust, or just letting go.
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Milkyblood - looking for art job @milkyblood.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Fungus centaur
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Roonie the Rabbit @rooniecomics.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Being awesome is lonely. | Get exclusive comics: patreon.com/portermason/...
FOX (thinking): I am SPECIAL. I am UNIQUE. | FOX (thinking): I am ONE of a KIND. | The fox dives into a large body of water. | The fox sits alone in the water with no one else around for miles. FOX (thinking): I just wish I had someone else to be one-of-a-kind WITH.
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Rocks & Plants & Birds & Things @gatcat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Fleet Week
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Rocks & Plants & Birds & Things @gatcat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This is 100% me when I get the hiccups
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Rocks & Plants & Birds & Things @gatcat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Mixed feelings. On the one paw, unspeaking characters can convey so much in their performances that added words may muddy. OTOP, Aardman Animation has earned my trust and I want to believe that they’ll honor their foundational work with this development. talking dogs, what won’t they think of next
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Rocks & Plants & Birds & Things @gatcat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
ugh, people 😷
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Rocks & Plants & Birds & Things @gatcat.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
woof
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Rocks & Plants & Birds & Things @gatcat.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Birthy hapday!
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Rocks & Plants & Birds & Things @gatcat.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Can’t wait to see it all healed up!
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Marko (Nerd and Jock Comics) @markoraassina.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026
ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
old photos of a woman (Margaret Hamilton) standing next to a tall stack of books (printouts of Apollo space mission software source code)
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Rocks & Plants & Birds & Things @gatcat.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Aw maaaaaan
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Rocks & Plants & Birds & Things @gatcat.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
How I arrived on Bluesky
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Adorable Seal Bouncing on the Beach
Alt: A large and blubbery seal- or sealion-like marine mammal galumphs down a concrete ramp on their belly, followed closely by a walking human in a high-vis yellow vest, as if escorting the critter away from where they’re not welcome
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Rocks & Plants & Birds & Things @gatcat.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
it just ain’t RIGHT
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jodyvanb @jodyvanb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
‘Tis the season! Everyone likes to dress up for Hallowe’en. Even your fave characters! Help me clear out my watercolour drawer. Originals on sale, here: www.jodyvanb.etsy.com
Watercolour paintings of Muppets and Fraggles and TMNT in costumes
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Rocks & Plants & Birds & Things @gatcat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I’m sad that you’re no longer using this avenue. It’s where I’d most like to share your messages.
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Jarod K. Anderson @jarodkanderson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
There were periods of my life when I was a shark stuck in a lawn chair. I felt doomed and totally unequipped to deal with the world. But the problem wasn’t me. The problem was that I was trapped in a context that made my strengths feel like weaknesses.
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Rocks & Plants & Birds & Things @gatcat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
They got dirt up there and food stuff grows from it, I seent it! Heck, come to think of it, I even growed some highfaluten orgasmic salads without even a lick of dirt, and those nice kids up the road are growing OTHER things in the water 🌲 Get gardening! …but idk, maybe wait til Spring
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Rocks & Plants & Birds & Things @gatcat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Doh! The joys and pitfalls of open-air showbiz.
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Rocks & Plants & Birds & Things @gatcat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I’m really sad to miss seeing this show (and even sadder that I’m not in it). Look up stlshakesfest on the insta for some truly delightful footage of the critters in action. And if some secretly well-heeled friend wants to fly me out there for my birthday, the show closes this coming weekend
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Rocks & Plants & Birds & Things @gatcat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Heirloom veggies from my friend’s organic backyard garden in the region called “the chosen spot of all the earth as far as nature is concerned” by legendary horticulturalist (and sometimes asshole) Luther Burbank. O NorCal, how I have missed you 💚
photo: a colorful plate topped with sliced-open cucumber, bell pepper, and a tomato that’s so deep red and juicy that just looking at it should require an I.D.
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Rocks & Plants & Birds & Things @gatcat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It’s been forever since I’ve read East of Eden. Putting it back on my library list, thanks for the reminder!
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Rocks & Plants & Birds & Things @gatcat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yesss. Steinbeck’s tales center largely around places that factor into my childhood and family history, and growing up reading his books it felt like I was sitting by the fire with family being told stories by a sometimes stern but gentle-voiced uncle. Reinforced my essential Californianess.
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Rocks & Plants & Birds & Things @gatcat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
bloody useless
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toilet bones @toiletbones.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Found the email I sent when I got accidentally added to the faculty listserv of an orthopedic surgery clinic and nobody would remove me so I sent this email to all faculty/staff/med students and they removed me almost immediately
Hello Bone Colleagues, 
I have invented a new type of ankle and I'm very excited to show it to you. Early raccoon trials suggest a 60% increase in scurrying speed and dramatic increases in fine motor banditry. I know we are not supposed to create super raccoons, but I think you'll change your mind and professional ethics when you see how cute they are. I believe we are on the cusp of a new era in advanced human scurrying because if medical science has taught me anything, it's that improvements in raccoons correspond 1:1 to improvements in humans. 

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[My name]
Chief Bone Inventor
Chair, Department of Foot and Leg Innovation
Lord Mayor, Musculoskeletal Medicine 
Hartford HealthCare,
The Bone & Joint Institute at Hartford Hospital.
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Rocks & Plants & Birds & Things @gatcat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I want & expect to love the movie. I know I’m in the minority about trailers in general; most un-pique my interest. Despite working in commercials for years, most make me roll my eyes, whether for entertainment, food, products, etc. I’m not the commercial- or trailer-makers’ target demographic
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Rocks & Plants & Birds & Things @gatcat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I’ll see this in spite of its meh trailer, because I trust Laika to provide me an excellent experience in cinematic storytelling. This article describes some advances in their technology that are actually throwback to Puppetry 101, ancient techniques for giving life to otherwise inanimate objects.
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Rocks & Plants & Birds & Things @gatcat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Just heard that my great aunt is having significant new health problems and in fear for her life. Having a bit of a dark evening. Hoping a prophylactic dose of Nick Drake will stave off the fretful & grim dreamscapes that lurk near mine eyelids rn. Good vibes please.
image: album cover for Nick Drake’s LP “Bryter Layter”
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Rocks & Plants & Birds & Things @gatcat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
In any other sane timeline, nobody on his side would let him near a microphone. But somehow we got stuck in the timeline where his followers don’t just tolerate his atrocious words & behavior, but revel together in his noxious mud.
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Rocks & Plants & Birds & Things @gatcat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Oh dang, chest lasers would be RAD.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 05/10/2026
This Weeks Editorial Cartoon: Hiding in Plane Sight theonion.com/hiding-in-plane-sight
This Weeks Editorial Cartoon: Hiding in Plane Sight
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Rocks & Plants & Birds & Things @gatcat.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Yes. The feeling goes away after I process the origin, but there’s something to the notion that occasionally the dream was an effect of the anger, not the cause.
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Rocks & Plants & Birds & Things @gatcat.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If we ever visit a haunt and you witness me react with screams/flailing/etc., it’s because my subconscious rapidly decided that such response would maximize the experience for those around me; meanwhile I’m just ogling costumes, makeup, sets & props while enjoying the scare-actors’ performances
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