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Patrick Fabian

@patrickfabian.bsky.social
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Pomona College, Peace Corps (Türkiye), Army (ROK 1968-69), Berkeley Law. Mostly retired lawyer now in Sonoma County. Worked in San Francisco. Support your local farmers’ market. albertspruce on Threads.

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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Easily disabled. Not that I'm suggesting anything...
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
We've got that too. It resolved into an upstairs cat/downstairs cat situation. We thought upstairs cat might like a friend. Nope, nope, nopity nope. Upstairs cat, Choco, left; downstairs cat, Little, right. Choco is the aggressor.
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Well thanks, Gonzo. Choco is doing a bit better. She had liver problems and she doesn't even drink a little. Now she has expensive prescription cat fud. We hope she likes it, because we have a lot of it.
Dilute medium haired tabby sitting at the top of the stairs with a rectangle of sunlight showing her shadow behind her.
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Poor Choco is over at the emergency vet clinic. Stuff isn’t right with her digestive tract. Send good thoughts that they can make her better.
Dilute tabby with white chest sitting at the top of the stairs in front of sunlight with pronounced shadow on the wall behind.
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Sorry to hear that, Gonzo. Choco isn't feeling well today, if you can spare a good thought for her, send it her way.
Dilute green-eyed tabby cat with white front in 3/4 profile.
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
So is this guy, who didn’t watch the fireworks from under the bed.
Close up of face of gray tabby cat lying on his left side on my lap>
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
You must become unjaded, and congratulate us. We vacuumed and cleaned the floors. Little & Choco are still hiding from the suck machine.
Gray tabby cat lying on desk chair, looking pensive.Dilute tricolor cat sitting in front of her empty bowl with her tongue sticking out.
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Yes she is. This is our Little, he is no longer what his name implies.
Gray mackerel tabby cat sitting on desk, mid yawn.
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
And to you as well Gonzo. Glad to see you and Fizgig survived the teleportation theng. Little says Happy #caturday too. He met lots of people walking by for the Butter & Egg parade.
Gray tabby cat with a pink nose sitting in front of a brown drape and a table lamp. (Which he destroyed while chasing a crane fly.)
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
#Caturday Little is enjoying a mouthful of denim.
Photo looking down on a gray mackerel tabby cat biting a pant leg.
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Good turn out here, Gonzo. Thanks for your support. Say hey to Fizgig for Little & Choco.
Slightly distorted picture of gray tabby cat on cat furniture. His name is Little. (He is not little.)Dilute tortie sitting on a Persian rug looking at an empty blue dish that used to contain a Churu.
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
This was Petaluma CA. Much bigger than October.
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Was looking through papers for 2025 tax stuff and found this picture of my great-grandfather, for whom I was named. His suit is baggy, but his mustache is magnificent. Don't know when this was taken, but it is likely to have been in Montreal. (My father's maternal grandfather.)
Generously mustachioed gentleman in somewhat baggy suit standing in front of what appears to be the steps of a row house.
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Yep. This cat spent his formative months behind a convenience store. He has a decided junk food preference.
Gray tabby cat sitting in a round wastebasket.
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Little is a threat to bed making. #caturday.
Green eyed gray tabby cat peeking out from under the sheet at the foot of the bed.
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Here he is. Directly in line with the heat register.
Gray mackerel tabby lying on a white comforter.
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
The world is in the crapper so I made the filling and the dough. Empanadas tomorrow. I am now being assaulted by this domestic short-haired terrorist. #caturday
Gray tabby cat covered by a newspaper with his paws on a newspaper on the floor, tail sticking out the back.
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
#kingtides High tide on the Petaluma River at G Street, 1237 PST January 3, 2026. 8.2' plus runoff from around .6" of rain in the last 24 hours. (+Maybe a little storm surge.) Compare to 1/1/2026 high tide second photo. (Look at notch in left hand piling.)
View looking North across the Petaluma river showing high water.
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
#Kingtides High tide on Petaluma River on January 1, 2026 at 1052 PST. 8.1' plus run off from about .2" of rain in the previous 24 hours.
Photo of four pilings in water looking across a muddy river with a red barn and aa concrete batch plant in the background, showing high tide at a king tide.
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Happy New Year Gonzo. Just be aware of favorable opportunities and snatch ‘em. Little & Choco say Salud!
Gray, green eyed tabby cat with a pink nose staring wide eyed at the camera.Dilute tabby cat in full face portrait, looking intelligent and serene.
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Hey Gonzo, Little and Choco say hey. Little likes the wiold, Choco is just a lazy old girl, living in a lazy old world. #caturday
Gray mackerel tabby cat lying upside down on a deskDilute tabby/tortie lounging on a red pillow while leaning on a blue pillow.
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
This creature tried to eat a potato chip. #caturday
Dilute tabby/tortie cat sitting on a weaving on a couch next to an empty dish, looking up at the camera.
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
I had a cat that did that. He also jumped into the fish tank when we had the lid off to clean it. Here he is much later in life:
Striking Siamese cat lying on a leopard print cushion.
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Oh Gonzo, don’t be a momb mauler. She doesn’t want to use bad words. Like I sometimes say to Little when he chomps my arm.
Gray tabby cat upside down on the desk trying to trap the photographer.
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Erika Kirk’s signature looks like a web spun by a spider on meth.
Scrawled writing that appears to be half cursive, half printing, sharp edged, only semi legible.
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
#KingTides High tide on the Petaluma River at the foot of G Street on 12/4/25 just before noon.
High water on a small river (actually a tidal slough) with a park and a red barn building on the other side of the river.
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Litttle was not interested in the Cal game. He was interested in lap time. (And biting me.) #caturday.
Tabby Cat lying on his back on photographer’s lap looking rather demented.
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
#KingTides 8’ tide at foot of G Street Petaluma CA. 1310 hours, 11/6/2025.
Picture of calm water, reflecting clouds, with Steamer Landing Park in near background and concrete batch plant in distance
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Looks a lot like Erika Kirk, whose signature is very odd.
Scrawny signature of Erika Kirk from fundraising letter.
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
This is the signature of Erika Kirk on a fundraising mail piece. Spiders on meth do this with their webs.
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
This looks like what spiders do when given meth.
Angular illegible scrawl purporting to be the signature of the widow Kirk on a fundraising letter.
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Here is the shirt. I bribed cat with dinner.
Blue shirt which has the words, “No Kings” over a tattered upside down U.S. flag.
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
I got a new shirt for No Kings Day. Put it on the bed to admire it and when I came back into the room later it had been commandeered by the cat. He approves. This is cat.
Gray tabby cat with green eyes and pink nose seated in front of computer screen.
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Remember Mario Savio? He was right, still is.
Text of an excerpt from Mario Savio's speech in UC Berkeley's Sproul Plaza during the free speech movement.
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Antifa manual available for $2.00 each from the GPO bookstore. [bookstore.gpo.gov]
Cover of the pocket Constitution & Declaration of Independence printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office.
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Glad to see you putting in the effort. Gonzo. Here is Little doing likewise for #Caturday.
Gray mackerel tabby cat lying on his side on a blue cushion with his feet all tangled.
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Long way to go until 1200 hours EST, January 20, 2029. Stay strong.
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Picture of badge-
Green circle with 86 47 written in black ink.
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Here is my C.V.
A Yukon Gold potato.
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
I brought in the garbage bins. Little had a Churu and sat in the wastebasket.
Gray tabby cat sitting in a round wastebasket, looking up at the camera.
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Choco and Mr. Little showing their interest in #caturday. (Not really it was a shake of the Greenie bag.)
Dilute tabby sitting on the sofa staring right at you.Gray, green eyed mackerel tabby looking at you over his right shoulder
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Be careful Gonzo, don’t maul the Momb that feeds you. Mr. Little jumped on Emily’s leg and made her yell at me.
Gray tabby cat with green eyes looking straight at you.
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
I understand that you were a grocery day hero. Bravo, brave Gonzo! Here is a picture of the Brighty sculpture, which was damaged in the fires at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon.
Bronze sculpture of a seated burro with a shiny nose from people rubbing it for luck.
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Well, Gonzo, somebody has to do it. Mr. Little was full of midnight energy last night. Now he is resting up for tonight’s games.
Green eyed gray tabby lying in a green cat nest with his front paws over the edge.
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
It’s #caturday and Mr. Little is putting in the effort.
Gray tabby cat with green eyes on a green felt cat nest
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Let's hope you get away with it. HR has no sense of humor. Little, who has busted out of his bag, says hey.
Green-eyed gray tabby cat looking out of a torn up grocery bag.
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Atta'boy Gonzo. You deserve some treats and a nap. This reply approved by Little, who has been about 82% goode today so far.
Gray tabby cat lying on a red cushion, looking directly at the camera
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Jesus, they're already propagandizing the big ugly.
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Little, the sneaky biter, says hey. #Caturday
Gray tabby cat lying on his side on a chair facing the camera.
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Patrick Fabian @patrickfabian.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Little is in compliance; me, not so much.
Gray mackerel tabby, curled up with his paws covering his face in a green felt cat bed on a tan carpet.
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