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Dr. Kay Daly, she/her 📚💙

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#Earlymodern nerd. Hired pen. Curator of hipsters. Snapper-up of unconsidered trifles. #Tudor? Sure. #Jacobean? SIGN ME UP. Coming Spring 2027, "Wilton House," a novel of Lady #MaryWroth. @regalhouse.bsky.social. Stay tuned! www.kaydalywriter.com

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Jimothy the Raccoon @jimothythe-raccoon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If Jimothy was a 2011 Ford Fiesta #jimothy #seattle #jimothyraccoon
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Dr. Kay Daly, she/her 📚💙 @kaydaly.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Just played a game of "orthodox or hipster" on the streets of Andersonville. Orthodox.
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Dr. Kay Daly, she/her 📚💙 @kaydaly.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
You guys, S. Korean SIX is the bomb-diggity open.spotify.com/album/5tSLfg...
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SIX: The Musical (Korean Original Cast Studio Recording) - Album by SIX | Spotify
SIX · album · 2026 · 10 songs
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For the Love of Missy @missybbbobtail.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
When you realize your punishments as a child (stay home, take a nap, go to bed early) are now your goals as an adult.
Jinx the lazy bobtail tabby cat laying on the bed and covering her eyes with one paw. 
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Dr. Kay Daly, she/her 📚💙 @kaydaly.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Informational interviews are fun when you're charming as fuck.
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Dr. Kay Daly, she/her 📚💙 @kaydaly.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayWi...
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2026: Time for the Midterms
YouTube video by Hamilton
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline. Comic book villainy.
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Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
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Regal House Publishing @regalhouse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We hope to see you at The Bohemian Cafe on September 28 to celebrate the release of Scott Gould's Beneath a Fallen Sky. Signed copies available at the event! #shoplocal www.thebohemiancafe.com
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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
How I plan enter the weekend: happily riding side-saddle on a bicycle towards a bit of leasure time, wearing a feathered hat. #weekendsky
a detail from a print of 1818 showing a lady in a large bonnet, riding side-saddle on a bicycle. Source: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1862-1217-128
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Dr. Kay Daly, she/her 📚💙 @kaydaly.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Additional work mantra, stolen from "Whose Line is it Anyway?": The rules are all made up and none of the points matter.
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Dr. Kay Daly, she/her 📚💙 @kaydaly.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New workplace mantra: Stop trying to be a straight-A student in a pass-fail job.
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Dr. Kay Daly, she/her 📚💙 @kaydaly.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's been a discouraging, exhausting, bad, no good week, month, & season. But today I got to record an episode for the @thoetp.bsky.social History of European History podcast, & it's put a bounce in my step & a sparkle in my eye. I'll post a link when it drops Oct. 5! Hint: THE PLAGUE ln.run/wc_-2
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The History Of European Theatre
Podcast · Philip Rowe · A podcast tracing the development of theatre from ancient Greece to the present day through the places and people who made theatre happen. More than just dates and lists of pl...
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Dr. Kay Daly, she/her 📚💙 @kaydaly.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Dr. Kay Daly, she/her 📚💙 @kaydaly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It's happened. I bought underwear instead of doing laundry.
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Dr. Kay Daly, she/her 📚💙 @kaydaly.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Happy 21st of September to all who celebrate! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs06...
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Earth, Wind & Fire - September (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by EarthWindandFireVEVO
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Dr. Kay Daly, she/her 📚💙 @kaydaly.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Chef's kiss www.usnews.com/news/politic...
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Dr. Kay Daly, she/her 📚💙 @kaydaly.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Where will Wee Kay sit?
Tortoiseshell tabby sitting in desk chair
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Arbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
He’s in the Epstein files 38k times. And every day the media ignore it, they become more complicit.
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Shefali Luthra @shefali.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Big news: The family of Tierra Walker, who died after she couldn't get an abortion, is suing a slate of Texas actors in state court, including AG Ken Paxton. They say the state ban is unconstitutional. This is the first suit of its kind. 19thnews.org/2026/09/texa...
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Tierra Walker died after she couldn’t get an abortion. Her family is suing Ken Paxton
The case, filed Tuesday, argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. Constitutions, which “prohibit state actors from killing their citizens.”
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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
How to do with books, especially bibles, when you live in a material world? Well, William Hogarth of 18th century fame reminds us of the typical re-using (of bindings). In this case, the leather binding is re-used for a shoe sole. #bookhistory #booksky
A detail from William Hogarth, A Rake's Progress, Plate 1, from around 1735, showing a bound bible and the leather cover with a hole that looks like a shoe. William Hogarth, A Rake's Progress, Plate 1.
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Dr. Kay Daly, she/her 📚💙 @kaydaly.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
CAN DO.
Excerpt from a job ad that under physical demands lists "ability to sit for extended periods of time."
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crush @lizzyisi.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A still from the Futurama episode "Bender Gets Made" showing a hospital -looking building with a sign out front reading "Taco Bellevue Hospital"
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Bob Mackie, designer to the stars who dressed Cher and Madonna, and defined '70s glamour, has died at 87
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Bob Mackie, Designer To The Stars Who Dressed Cher And Madonna And Defined '70s Glamour, Dies At 87
When Marilyn Monroe delivered a seductive take on “Happy Birthday” to President John F. Kennedy, she did it in a gown that Mackie dreamed up.
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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
All went well! The internet did not desert us! The live audio is still up for our patrons, and the updated mix will replace it later. Yay, not nay, for the horse!
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Dr. Kay Daly, she/her 📚💙 @kaydaly.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
big work pet peeve: people rushing to see what I'm doing when I'm undertaking a major editorial pass on a document. How would you like it if I stood over your shoulder and watched you work?
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The Onion @theonion.com · 12/09/2026
Critically Acclaimed ‘Ted Lasso’ Episode Just Stock Photos Of People Hugging Each Other theonion.com/critically-acclaimed-t…
Critically Acclaimed ‘Ted Lasso’ Episode Just Stock Photos Of People Hugging Each Other
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The Onion @theonion.com · 12/09/2026
Trump Promises To Take $5,000 From Every American If Democrats Win Midterm
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The Onion @theonion.com · 12/09/2026
Trump Claims He Was Falling Man
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Trump Claims He Was Falling Man
WASHINGTON—Saying America could frankly be more grateful for the enduring image he provided, President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday that he was the previously unidentified Falling Man captured midai...
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Average Onion subscriber.
Walton Goggins holding The Onion newspaper with Tim Gazebo.
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Dr. Kay Daly, she/her 📚💙 @kaydaly.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Soapy @soapy2019.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The world's most cooperative kittens 😸 versus the world's most uncooperative kittens 😸
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Dr. Kay Daly, she/her 📚💙 @kaydaly.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Mood: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oPr...
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Right Through You
YouTube video by Alanis Morissette - Topic
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Dr. Kay Daly, she/her 📚💙 @kaydaly.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Jesus Christ, Spotify.
Screengrab from a Spotify for a playlist called "Sad Classical" with the descriptor "Music for dark days. Sad songs. Take comfort in these melancholy..."
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Running for office on a platform of everyone who votes for me gets a ginger cat
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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Here’s your morning mood, courtesy of Goya.
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Dr. Kay Daly, she/her 📚💙 @kaydaly.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
How's my day going? I was just singing "Cantina Band" as a chicken.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 09/09/2026
Not to brag, but our product has been foldable since 1828.
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Dr. Kay Daly, she/her 📚💙 @kaydaly.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Dr. Kay Daly, she/her 📚💙 @kaydaly.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Lady Mary Wroth asked me to add another song to her playlist: open.spotify.com/track/150QiR...
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Hands Clean
Alanis Morissette · The Collection (Standard Edition) · Song · 2005
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Dr. Kay Daly, she/her 📚💙 @kaydaly.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I am so fucking tired of having to coddle old white men at work to the detriment of everything else.
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Dr. Kay Daly, she/her 📚💙 @kaydaly.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I just got my ARCs! Wilton House, my novel of @realwroth.bsky.social #ladymarywroth. It's coming out 4/13/27, but you can preorder now. #histfic #booktok #earlymodern #tudor visit my website to learn more. share.google/iNpVg3U9s5Vv...
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Dr. Kay Daly, she/her 📚💙 @kaydaly.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Dropped the phrase "Don't throw a turd in my punchbowl" while recording a guest appearance on the podcast for @beyondshakes.bsky.social. So I got that going for me.
Ahem, a turd in a punchbowl.
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Beverly L. Anderson @beverlylanderson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
#morningmeme #memeoftheday #writermeme #writingmeme #funnymeme #writerhumon #writersofinstagram #booksky #writersky #writinglife #writingcommunity #writinghumor #instawriters #creativehumor #writerlife #literaryhumor #authorsofinstagram #bookcommunity #writingjokes #instawriters
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Dr. Kay Daly, she/her 📚💙 @kaydaly.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Every now and again, Peggy's like, "OMG, I LOVE THIS THING."
Tortoise shell tabby wrapping her whole body around a catnip filled pillow and staring maniacally into the camera.
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Dr. Kay Daly, she/her 📚💙 @kaydaly.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Oh no! I put too much batter in the muffin tin!
A cat who is too big for the box she is sitting in
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Dr. Kay Daly, she/her 📚💙 @kaydaly.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
@eamondaly.bsky.social
The meme of Haden Christensne and Natalie Portman in one of the Star Wars where she asks a laughing question and he looks serious and she looks concerned. Text is: Hayden - Do you like Plums, Natalie: Yeah, I'm actually saving some for breakfast.
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Dr. Kay Daly, she/her 📚💙 @kaydaly.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The refrain for this week: "Now what?"
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Graeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Tim Curry should also be remembered for featuring in the best between takes photo of an actor in recorded history.
Tim Curry in full clown make up holding an umbrella between takes during the filming of the tv miniseries of It
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Tyson @lscpunk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
If Dolly was our constant reminder that it was Good to be Good, Tim Curry was our reminder that it was Good to be Weird. Embrace your strangeness, sing with Muppets, wear your lingerie with a leather jacket, and fuck with uptight people who hate anything that makes them remotely uncomfortable.
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Mike Trinder @chthonicionic.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Many years ago I thought mixing cream into a setting strawberry jelly would make a nice creamy desert for the then toddlers. And meat-baby was born. For the same toddlers 17th birthday, they’ve asked that I make another one…
A strawberry jelly with curdled cream set into it in the shape of a happy sloth. The curdled mixture has set to look just like shiny meat.
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