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KrysMc @krismcd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I love this headline so much

Headline from Boing Boing post, "Having spent enough time with her family, Karoline Leavitt joins Fox News"

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KrysMc @krismcd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A friend who loves Japanese sweets gave me this adorable Harvest Moon Bunny cookie and today’s the day I get to eat it!

A cute golden bunny-shaped cookie filled with yuzu paste

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KrysMc @krismcd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Joanna Lumley in Cold Comfort Farm

Joanna Lumley as Miss Mary Smiling in Cold Comfort Farm

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KrysMc @krismcd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I swear the Spelling Bee editors are just trolling us with their forbidden words now.

NY Times spelling bee letters that spell out "dickhead," a word the puzzle won't accept as a solution.

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KrysMc @krismcd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Texting this AM with my BFF, a retired pastor:

text from a friend: “I think my favorite Bible verse is the one where Jesus offered people $5,000 if they accept him as their Lord and Savior.” my reply: “And charged them $25 for a fish sandwich at his Convention on the Mount.”

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KrysMc @krismcd.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Said buh-bye to summer by baking the @smittenkitchen.bsky.social Summer Strawberry Cake for a friend’s birthday party. Delicious with gobs of lemon-zested whipped cream.

round vanilla cake topped with fresh strawberries, cooling on a wire rack

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KrysMc @krismcd.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Ruthie is here to remind us that being this cute is hard work, so she's taking a couple days off. Happy Labor Day weekend!

A small dilute tortie cat lounges cutely on a blue and white chair pillow.

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KrysMc @krismcd.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

What the hell is wrong with "magicking," NYT???

NY Times Spelling Bee hexagram with the letters M I N C K A and G

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KrysMc @krismcd.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

JFK (and Truman, Eisenhower, Johnson, Nixon, Bush Sr.) are missing because whoever (Natalie?) made this just cribbed off a 1948 magazine graphic and stuck Clinton, Obama, and Biden for lols. And himself on top like a malignant hood ornament.

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KrysMc @krismcd.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Lots of folks will be posting beloved Rocky Horror stills, but this was the iconic role and performance I want to remember -- Mozart alongside Ian McKellen in Amadeus.

Tim Curry as Mozart and Ian McKellen as Salieri in a production of the play Amadeus

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KrysMc @krismcd.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

On International Cat Day, we celebrate the creatures who think they’re better than us the other 364 days as well. #internationalcatday

small dilute tortie cat poses atop her scratching post

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KrysMc @krismcd.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Happy International Rock Day! I was married to a true rock fanatic, so I was given many rocks over the years, but this one with its lovely cargo of rhodochrosite crystals is a favorite.

dark gray rock with rhodochrosite crystal inclusions

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KrysMc @krismcd.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Happy International Rock Day! I was married to a true rock fanatic, so I was given many rocks over the years, but this one with its lovely cargo of rhodochrosite crystals is a favorite.

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KrysMc @krismcd.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Ruthie reminds you that naps are good for your mental health!

The face of a small dilute tortie cat sleeping with her chin propped on her soft cat bed.

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KrysMc @krismcd.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

(And for the Bard fans) Spoke to my friend Mitch McConnell this morning, the senior Senator from Kentucky. He's still recovering in the hospital. We talked for just shy of 20 minutes ... about IRAN, UKRAINE, the unfolding situation in MAINE, my visit to the TR Presidential Library...

Kenneth Branagh as Hamlet holds & talks to a skull

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KrysMc @krismcd.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Day 1 of the White House's "Great American State Fair" -- anyone else reminded of Spinal Tap's Stonehenge?

"Great American State Fair" attendees stand in the shade of a scaled-down model of Trump's proposed Arch. A non-functional Ferris Wheel stands in the background.

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KrysMc @krismcd.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Happy Father’s Day to my Daddy, @fiddleman28.bsky.social and welcome to Bluesky! So happy I get to spend it with you this year!

An older white man in a beige sweater smiling, with a bowl of ice cream that has a lit birthday candle.

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KrysMc @krismcd.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Why some book reviewers insist that ebooks increase productivity #booksandcats #catsandbooks #nothelping

A dilute tortie cat sits intrusively on an open book.

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KrysMc @krismcd.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

LOL, I got the same one 12 years ago!

Fortune cookie fortune that reads “Sell your ideas- they are totally acceptable”

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KrysMc @krismcd.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Ruthie is a new arrival from our local shelter but she's already the queen of the house. I read about "tortitude" when she first joined us and it's definitely a thing! She's equal parts cuddlebug and chaos monkey.

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KrysMc @krismcd.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Watched my cat blissfully wash herself in a sunbeam today.

A dilute tortie cat washes herself in a sunbeam.

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KrysMc @krismcd.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

My former cat was so lazy I never realized it was a common problem! But the sleeve would have to be made of Kevlar to deter a dog, I fear.

Tabby cat biting a CPAP hose that's protected by a purple sleeve

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KrysMc @krismcd.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

For anyone who continues to claim Bsky is a one-note echo chamber, a post pairing that just showed up on my timeline offers dissenting evidence:

Two contrasting Bluesky posts about gerrymandering by @gregsargent.bsky.social and @brianbeutler.bsky.social

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KrysMc @krismcd.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

images-assets.nasa.gov/image/art002...

NASA astronauts' photo of the sun eclipsed by the moon, taken from the dark side, April 6 2026. A dark orb in a black with a faint haze of sunlight surrounding it; several planets visible as points of light alongside the orb.

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KrysMc @krismcd.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

My son turned 24 and requested a lemon cream layer cake. Found a recipe in the NYTimes and it came out just perfect.

A homemade lemon layer cake on a glass cake plate.

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KrysMc @krismcd.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

I appear to be in my 800s Era

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KrysMc @krismcd.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Why GOPers are frantically trying to spin the war as "the price we have to pay for long-term stability"

screenshot from CNN's webpage on March 9 showing lots of bad financial news

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KrysMc @krismcd.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

We just adopted this little queen yesterday. Her first person had to surrender her when they got sick, and the shelter was so excited to rehome her.

A dilute tortie cat curled up next to her new cat-mom.

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KrysMc @krismcd.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

The world is a dumpster fire but a very sweet kitty has just come to live with me. This is Ruthie. #catsofbluesky

A small green-eyed, gray/orange tortoiseshell cat poses on a couch covered with throw pillows

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KrysMc @krismcd.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Another serendipitous Bluesky feed pairing:

2 consecutive Bluesky posts:
Benjamin Dreyer• @bcdreyer.social • 6m
Between the dark and the daylight,
When the night is beginning to lower,
Comes a pause in the day's occupations,
That is known as the Dipshits' Hour.
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com • 6m
Lindsey Graham: "Bibi and Trump are the modern Roosevelt/Churchill combination"

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KrysMc @krismcd.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

You’re not alone! @jefftiedrich.bsky.social has been making the same plea for awhile on the political side:

3/31/2020 post by Jeff Tiedrich: “the first reporter to stand up and ask ‘what the fuck is wrong with you’ should get a lifetime Pulitzer.”

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KrysMc @krismcd.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Lucy Steele, the most toxic frenemy in all of Austen!

Imogen Stubbs as Lucy Steele in Sense and Sensibility passive-aggressively holds a handkerchief with the monogram ECF over her nose.

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KrysMc @krismcd.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

My uni had a themed program about apocalyptic thinking, and I taught a course called "Shakespeare at the End of the World." Students read Station 11 as well as plays like Richard III, Lear, Macbeth -- and a local theater group staged a dramatic reading of passages from the novel and several plays.

poster for a class on "Shakespeare and the End of the World"

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KrysMc @krismcd.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Even the best of cats must say goodbye sometime. RIP to our Gwynnie, the sweetest furgirl and finest furfriend. #ilovemycat

A sweet brown tabby cat sitting on a couch next to an empty Christmas stocking

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KrysMc @krismcd.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

A very funny bit of serendipitous Bluesky feeding (thanks, @heatherhogan.bsky.social):

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KrysMc @krismcd.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

20 for 20 baby! I’m a boomer! (For the record, I STILL have a physical check book. I only write 2-3 a year, but I keep it as a backup to my Quicken app.)

SHOW YOUR AGE
1 POINT FOR EACH ONE YOU USED

1 FAX MACHINE
11 CURSIVE
2 ROTARY PHONE
12 CHECK BOOK
3 ENCYCLOPEDIA
13 TYPEWRITER
4 FLOPPY DISK
14 DICTIONARY
5 AOL ADDRESS
15 VCR
6 RECORD PLAYER
16 PAPER MAP
7 DIAL UP INTERNET
17 WATERBED
8 FILM CAMERA
18 POSTCARD
9 MIXED TAPE
19 WALKMAN
10 PHONE BOOTH
20 PHONE BOOK

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KrysMc @krismcd.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Really enjoying all the post-Thanksgiving roasting of various MAGA celebs' pictures of their dry, pale, spice/seasoning/sauce-less holiday "feasts."

Karoline Leavitt's picture of her Thanksgiving meal featured in
www.dailymail.co.uk/ -- all the food looks dry and unappetizing

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