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Lorelei

@loreleif.bsky.social
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Middle-aged geek. Queer as fuck. Jewish. Into music, sf/f/horror, and all things Arthurian. Overeducated. Will fight bigots. She/they.

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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
They are both adorable! My first two were Bodie (a black cat) and Doyle (an orange tabby). These days I've got Lamont (the black one) and Gabriel (grey, and 19 pounds). Lamont topped out at an only-slightly-hefty 23 when he was younger!
Lamont (a black cat) and Gabriel (a grey cat) in a hammock together. It's a good thing it's rated to 45 pounds!
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Wait, how are you getting my cat?
A large black cat draped over my chest as I lie in bed.
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yayyy! Look what the preorder fairy brought me! (And because I know some people are being very normal about it: haters will be mocked or blocked.)
Astarion by T Kingfisher
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Did a skills assessment to see what careers I'd be good at, in case there was something I hadn't considered that I might enjoy. This is my top match. I feel it might be just a *little* optimistic on the salary.
My top job match, "Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers" (without an Oxford comma, which it hurts me to type), showing annual wages of $76,910.
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The last stanza of "Dover Beach" by Matthew Arnold.
Ah, love, let us be true
To one another! for the world, which seems
To lie before us like a land of dreams,
So various, so beautiful, so new,
Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light,
Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain;
And we are here as on a darkling plain
Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,
Where ignorant armies clash by night.
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Okay, I am so not a meme-maker, so if anyone better wants to try...
Gomez Addams (Raul Julia version) pointing upward. Text overlay reads, "Objection! Presumes capability not proven!"
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
@sluggodoug.bsky.social Turned on the radio this morning and the first song was “Avalon”. Guess what I got tattooed yesterday?
A picture of my new tattoo, a bar of music curving around my ear. It’s the line “Avalon” from the song by Roxy Music.
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I had already planned vacation yesterday and today and paid for things and made plans, so I have been continuing. Yesterday, Steam Powered Giraffe in Pittsburgh! Today, new tattoo!
A tattoo of music on my ear.Steam Powered Giraffe in concert, showing Zer0, The Spine, and Hatchworth bookended by Walter Robotics employees, with band members behind them.
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Without saying your age, what's your favorite movie that came out when you were 18?
A picture from Nightbreed of Boone being accepted.
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Thank you so much to everyone who's helped out by sharing or donating (or both!) for my Monster. I've got enough to cover the initial vet visit; next is the hospital stay. He's doing okay; his checkup is on Friday, and we'll know more then. Right now he's in his box. He loves his box.
Lamont, a black cat, is in a box. He looks at the camera like, "Are you quite finished, human?"
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
I worry and I miss my baby. :( Also I have no idea how I'm going to afford any of this, which is secondary but still stressful. I am snuggling Gabriel extra, and he's letting me. Cats know. <3 If you're the good thoughts or praying type, send some for this sweetie, please?
Lamont, a black cat, looking absolutely affronted (and adorable) at being petted by me.
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Nope! Cubes are the *good* option. This is an open office:
An open office plan, aka "Hell".
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Name a TV show nobody remembers but you. This is hard, because slash fans remember *everything*. But probably not many remember this one?
Promo shot of Brimstone, a show that never got enough love. Starring John Glover as the devil, and he was wonderful.
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
This is fun. kojira.github.io/bluesky-lice...
My Bluesky license. It has my icon, name, handle, and a profile generated from the link above.
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Happy Bourbon Day to all who celebrate!
A glass of Blade and Bow in my hand. My nails are not done. It’s a tragedy, but I’ll drink to it.
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
I got a haircut! I think it looks cute, but. I have had it this short…never. Ever.
A shaved undercut. It’s asymmetrical, long on one side. Back view. Front view.
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
My “Ohio Voted” sticker.
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Booooo. (I'm in the US.)
Video unavailable: This video contains content from NBC Universal, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Best Star Trek crew, wrong answers only.
The Mechanisms, a space-pirate cabaret band.
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Happy Easter to my Christian friends!
Three yellow bunny Peeps. The one in the middle is chewing; the ones to either side of it have bites out of them.
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
This is a CAT checkpoint. Show me the most recent cat image on your phone.
Lamont, a large black cat, is asleep on my mom, a small white lady. She is also asleep.
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Lamont says hi!
I large black cat with a white spot on his chest and large yellow-green eyes. He's sitting with his forepaws crossed.
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Yes, thank you, WTForecast, but what is the weather like?
A screenshot of a grey background with snow. The text says, “It is a shitshow outside.”
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
...Yeah, okay, fair.
A screenshot of the current weather. It is 28F and snowy, feels like 15F, and has a lake effect snow warning.
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Four TV couples that you love God, so many! Here's the first four I thought of.
Hannibal Lecter and Will GrahamSonny Steelgrave and Vinnie TerranovaHen and KarenKanan and Hera
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
This is ridiculous.
A screenshot of a weather app. It shows the high today is 60 and the low is 36. (That’s 16 and 2 to folks elsewhere.)
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
I am being stared at.
A black cat in a box, with one leg sticking out. He is looking intently at the camera.
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
I have one!
A closeup of a pottery mug. It has a label on it that reads, “DANGER! This may contain Dihydrogen Monoxide”.
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
*eyebrow waggle* 😆
A hand with long stiletto nails with glitter ombre
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
I have been unable to move for hours.
A picture of my lap. There are two cats in it, definitively pinning me down.
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
My sweet little former street cat was the pickiest thing ever. Chicken? Fish? Cheese? Premium wet food? Nope! Kibble. She would only eat kibble. Such a little queen, but only her kibble would do!
Maya is a small black cat. Her tail looks bobbed (probably a kittenhood injury) and her ear has a notch. Her legs are stubby. She stands on a bathroom sink counter, food and water dishes in the sink behind her. She gives the camera a regal glare.
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Support your local vampires! You might save a life!
A picture of my arm (pale with freckles), the elbow wrapped in red bandage tape with a white bandage peeking out from under.
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Got my lip pierced two and a half weeks ago; going this weekend to get another so I have a spider bite. Mom still hasn't said anything. Either her eyesight is worse than I thought or she's trying to wait me out. 😆
A picture of me, slightly askew. You can see my eyebrow piercing in it, as well as my brand new lower-lip piercing (on my right but the picture's left).
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
I am trying to explain to them that I need to go to work and cannot call out because I’m unable to move. They seem unimpressed.
A photo of my bed. I am under the covers. On top of the covers are two cats, unmoving.
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
A picture of an Ohio Voted sticker on a black leather jacket
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Happy Black Cat Day from Maya, MB, and Lamont!
A lap with a tray over it. There is a black cat peeking out from under the tray, another black cat on the person's knees, and a third black cat on their feet.
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Lamont says hi!
A picture of a black cat on top of a woman. The cat is very large and lying directly across her shoulders, neck, and chest.
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Having fun at @neorsd.org’s Clean Water Fest!
Me, smiling, with face paint and a sun hat, standing next to an anthropomorphic water drop.
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
New computer day! Who in GOD'S GREEN EARTH thought this was an acceptable way to label keys?
A picture of my number keys. The numbers are on the top and the symbols on the bottom, like an abomination.
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Yul Brynner in Westworld
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Attn @gilafied.bsky.social:
Things you don't need to feel guilty about:
- Stealing from corporations
- Telling people no
- Insurance fraud
- Ghosting job interviews
- Doing what's best for you
- Majoring in philosophy
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Oh, hey, a wild @richardkadrey.bsky.social spotted!
The table of contents for the book in the Dark City special edition. First entry is “Fear and Longing in Dark City”, by Richard Kadrey.
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Post your first cell phone. Also 1994!
A motorola phone. It's about a foot long and a total brick.
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Heck yeah, Pride! Being out feels so fucking scary these days. That's why those of us who can, have to do it. (And why I cast no shade at those who can't.)
The genderfluid flagThe asexual flag with a panromantic heart on it.
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
This is the face of a cat who is TOTALLY BETRAYED by not being able to sit in his favorite spot on my neck.
Lamont in my lap, looking deceptively content.
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
FTR, having your throat cut, even a little, is not fun. Ow.
A close up of my throat, which is bandaged, bruised, and unfun looking.
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Welp. Took the s off the http and tried again. Guess what? Figured it out. Though whether them blocking you is an issue (idiots), you can decide.
Message saying the site is blocked by Cisco Umbrella.
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Heh. That's okay, I'm in a hospital coming off anesthesia, so the chances of this being user error are high, except I know friends were having other issues. Edge, Win 11.
Your connection isn't private
Attackers might be trying to steal your information from sharp-man.dreamwidth.org (for example, passwords, messages, or credit cards). Learn more about this warning [that's a link]
NET:ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
I call this look, “ I’m not on the counter, Ma!”
My cat Gabriel watches me make breakfast. He is sitting on the passthrough between the kitchen and dining room. He is emphatically Not on the counter or dining room table, though he can’t have gotten there without going over one of them.
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Lorelei @loreleif.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Sword4Sword If you see this, post a sword ⚔️
A clipping of Elric with Stormbringer from Michael Whelan's cover for Moorcock's "Sailor on the Seas of Fate".
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