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Kirsten

@kjaycee.bsky.social
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Some kind of doctor. Will work for plants. And books. And wine.

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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Once upon a time I was living in a large Midwestern city #TSRN and I was part of a group of friends, some of whom I'd known for some time and some who were more recent because my core group had just moved to that city, and among the more recent were two guys.
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Probably haunted. #Hipstamatic
Picture of a yard I walk by daily. The house is set back from the sidewalk and the front yard is full of very tall trees, many of them pine, so there’s this visible openness at ground level that almost always shadowed. Right now they have one of those flat trailers that you can hitch to a car for moving a boat or another car or ATVs on one side of the small clearing in the middle of the trees.

Taken with Hipstamatic app using the Shinjuku pack (Takashi lens, Kitsune 67 film).
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Go 910! #FatBearWeek
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I have read two stories from this and I didn’t understand either one.
Cover of the book The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton (paperback). The cover includes a picture or probably drawing showing what looks like a ghostly female figure in a long white gown, standing in the doorway of a room with old-fashioned (maybe Victorian?) furniture and floral wallpaper.
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Going with 910 and Bucky for the final. But it’s gonna be a tough vote if it happens. Can they both win? Pretty please? #FatBearWeek @fatbearweek.bsky.social
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
And in other voting news, sticking with my love of pencils and voting for #Graphite in #MinCup26!
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Noooooo Marshmallow nooooooo. Sigh. Meanwhile, it was a tough decision between Chunk and Bucky, but ultimately I had to go with Bucky, now that I'm back living in Madison, Wisconsin. There's a badger here who would never have forgiven me otherwise. #FatBearWeek
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Also, ALSO, have you voted for your favorite fat bears yet? #FatBearWeek (A vote for #Marshmallow is a vote for common sense.)
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This one's a challenge, MinFriends. On the one hand, it's salt - a cook's best friend - and a tectonic force apparently. #WhoKnew #GeologistsKnow On the other, inherent complexity and being relatively dehydrated is kind of my vibe. Gonna have to go with #Chrysocolla this time. #MinCup26
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Going with #Julienite this round, because I was a grad student, and I now teach grad students on a regular basis so the name of this one hit me right in the feels, y'all. (I'd like to be hard scientific about this stuff but I'm a sociologist. I'm all about the people behind the science.) #MinCup26
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
So, wait, did she put the bat in a bag and then leave the bag on the sidewalk? How did she both put the bat in a bag but it was also found on a sidewalk? But also, absolutely, girl, wtf.
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This. I cannot tell you how angry I am at this expectation that we’re supposed to negotiate rights piecemeal. Like I’ll give you this for that. ABSOLUTELY NOT. And frankly, we don’t have any art worth having unless we set people free to be who they are, whoever they are.
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
There is some truly spectacular thunder happening around these parts right now. I should have gone to bed an hour ago but I mean come on. And miss the show?
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Due to my deep and abiding love of pencils, I'm voting for graphite in this round. #MinCup26
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Keanu Reeves: John Wick Pencil Trick
Alt: Keanu Reeves: John Wick Pencil Trick
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I have to go with #Hafnon in this round because as beautiful as Putnisite is, I'm unfortunately not that great at staying hydrated. But I am definitely resilient and irregular on a daily basis. #MinCup26
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
While Andalusite is very pretty, I had to go with Monazite-(Ce) because I too like to be solitary. #MinCup26
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OITNB: Ugh. People.
Alt: GIF from Orange is the New Black, character is saying"Ugh. People."
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The Formula 1 theme song is the motor sports musical equivalent of the TARDIS: "You've redecorated. I don't like it." Stop trying to fix something that ain't broken! #YMMV #F1
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"Can you copyright a butthole drawing" was not anything I ever though I'd even briefly contemplate in my life (and frankly I've had a whole life of very strange random thoughts appearing out of apparently nowhere) but HERE WE ARE. (For context, look up Vonnegut and Claude.)
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Argh! You’re asking me to choose between the red hobgoblin (hashtag spooky season) and the one named after the land of (one of) my people?? Going with #Erythrite because at my age, I appreciate the end product of being weathered by oxygen exposure. <deeeeep cleansing breaths> #MinCup26
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
From most people, that kind of indefatigable positivity makes me grumpy, but Dolly was a pure light that shone even on my curmudgeonly soul.
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
As much as I love the color blue, I'm voting for smithsonite as a show of support for the Smithsonian. And because it's zinc of many colors! #MinCup26
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
No disrespect to the artist but this is giving very "what color is the dress" vibes to my head.
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I have drunk the wine that was in the refrigerator and that you were probably saving for dinner. Forgive me it was turning into vinegar you should thank me.
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
It's the finals of #FatMarmotWeek2026!
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Man Screaming Excitedly with Hands Up
Alt: GIF of Jonah Hill screaming excitedly while waving his hands on either side of his face.
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Oh fuckity fuck fuck. RIP Tim Curry. You were never just a humble butler to me.
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Oh no, no no no. RIP Dolly Parton. You were among the best of us. The world is truly a worse place without you.
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Fat Marmot Week is next week. You got your bracket filled out? Well, DO YA?? #FatMarmotWeek2026
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Just sending it out into the universe that I would make a great billionaire.
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
RIP Jackie. Wishing you all the fish.
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Adobe out there pushing AI functions when they can’t even convert a Word document to pdf without turning & into &amp.
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I’ve now taught two classes where I had to navigate my students use of AI and my limited experience of this is AI is shit.
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I love the engagement bait social media posts all “where my introverts at”, like really? Not responding to you, random stranger, because I’M AN INTROVERT.
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
It’s 1 am Central Time in the U.S. and I’m reminded of how many Australians I follow on social media. Good afternoon!
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Letting the full credits play on In Search of Darkness 2 because I’m totally digging the music.
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Things I’d forgotten about Wisconsin in the years I lived away (a sporadic series probably so Episode 1 I guess): 1. The special level of misery that is the humidity. Yes, other places get humid. But Midwest humid is sui generis.
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
It’s almost #FatMarmotWeek2026 y’all!
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Ketchup?!? #NationalMustardDay
The condiments stand at National Mustard Day in Middleton, Wisconsin. There are several mustards of various sizes and a couple of large bottles of ketchup. There’s a sign on the awning above the tables that reads “Decorate your dog”.
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Goodness gracious, I might have to put on a sweater.
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Skeleton Collapses Unexpectedly
Alt: Shocked looking skeleton stands then slowly falls over.
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I am “standing at the balcony door staring out at the rain and saying ‘we needed this’” years old.
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Happy International Frenemies Day, @republicandalek.bsky.social!
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Ngl, I seriously considered getting an OnlyFans account for the marmots.
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Today is one of those rare days where I’m not working and I don’t feel guilty about it.
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Sleepy Polar Bear Ledni in Snow
Alt: GIF of a polar bear sliding across snow, the upper part of their body is on the ground and they’re propelling themselves with their hind legs. After sliding for a few seconds they slowly collapse into a full sploot.
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Sweet Jesus, there’s NINE of them now.
Nine wild turkeys along the side of a paved driveway that curves off to the top left of the picture. Actually the one furthest away is in the middle of the driveway. Heaven help us.
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Took a stroll to Kwik Trip. Made it back alive.
In the style of the Facebook “marker safe” images with the little blue flag at the top. Reads”Marked safe from wild turkeys today”.
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Screenshotting, I am screenshotting…
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Watching Jurassic Park to remind myself how brilliant Sam Neill was as Dr. Grant seeing living dinosaurs for the first time.
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Ben Stiller's 'Am I Crying?' in Starsky & Hutch
Alt: Ben Stiller's 'Am I Crying?' in Starsky & Hutch (caption reads “Am I crying? I’m not crying, you’re crying.”)
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Also, just catching up on this as well: RIP Randolph Mantooth.
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Oh no. RIP Sam Neill. This makes me very sad.
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Well, it’s a start.
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Kirsten @kjaycee.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Threads is equal parts hilariousness and rage bait and I have banned myself from it for the rest of the night.
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