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Beth Quitslund

@profqueue.bsky.social

1.5K followers 1.4K following 836 posts

Ren/Ref English literature professor and petty bureaucrat. Likes books, bibles, cats, doggerel, shiny objects. Wife, mom, friend to humans. Low-emoji vibe. Professional DMs only.

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Beth Quitslund @profqueue.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I baked a metaphor

Photo of apple pie showing crust slumped over the edge of the pan in democratic exhaustion

Beth Quitslund @profqueue.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Get it together, @nytimes.com

Photo of protesters accompanying NYT text "Thousand of people took part in 'No Kings' rallies across the U.S. yesterday," understating turnout by three orders of magnitude.

Beth Quitslund @profqueue.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Courtesy of the WaPo, the first time Charles II has ever been accused of disapproval for sexual libertinism.

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Beth Quitslund @profqueue.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Puss on Boots

Beth Quitslund @profqueue.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

It was a classical art and NOT a movie

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Beth Quitslund @profqueue.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

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Beth Quitslund @profqueue.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Merriam-Webster being a little cute here

Screenshot of skeet from Merriam-Webster saying "Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026." The word pictured is "smol."

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Beth Quitslund @profqueue.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Happy new year!

Beth Quitslund @profqueue.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

A plague of Asian ladybeetles. The air is full of them, and my hair is not immune, either.

Dozens of Asian ladybeetles crawling on an external window frame. Or a horror movie storyboard.

Beth Quitslund @profqueue.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

The stuff of nightmares

Beth Quitslund @profqueue.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

I'm telling you it is still a box

Grey tabby sitting on unfolded and mostly flat cardboard that had been a box.

Beth Quitslund @profqueue.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

So this is going well.

Demented cat standing amid sewing supplies on a length of peach colored satin and chewing on the top of a bottle of fabric glue.

Beth Quitslund @profqueue.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

On being given to understand that it is Hug Your Cat Day.

Beth Quitslund @profqueue.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

We got some help with the yard work.

Beth Quitslund @profqueue.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Fits/sits

Beth Quitslund @profqueue.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Beth Quitslund @profqueue.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

If I die of Hanta virus, it will be because I have a rodent-hunting cat, not despite it.

Beth Quitslund @profqueue.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Peeps rabbits with protest signs reading "Give Peeps a chance" "Visualize world Peeps," and other blurred messages in front of a silouette of the Seattle skyline.

Beth Quitslund @profqueue.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

this is a Paul checkpoint, post a famous Paul or do not pass go

Marble sculpture of St Paul at the Sienna Duomo by Michelangelo (1503-4)

Beth Quitslund @profqueue.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Trifle thinks I should be grading.

Beth Quitslund @profqueue.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

NYT highlights this morning. #becarefulwhatyouwishfor

Beth Quitslund @profqueue.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Athens, OH

Protestors holding signs along E State St in Athens, OH, with the photographer's head in the lower right corner of what was supposed to be a selfie.

Beth Quitslund @profqueue.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Why does this couch cushion have an ear

Beth Quitslund @profqueue.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

I am pretty sure the head-exploding quality of this is intentional. But I won't absolutely rule out stupidity.

Screenshot of headline and subhead from The Chronicle of Higher Education reading " The NIH is Canceling Grants for Research About Trans People. At least a half-dozen research grants were terminated by the NIH, which said that 'programs based on gender identity are often unscientific.'"

Beth Quitslund @profqueue.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Still working out the how-to-be-a-lap-cat thing.

Beth Quitslund @profqueue.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

And don't think I can't do the same thing to you.

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Beth Quitslund @profqueue.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Portrait of the artist as a little shit

Beth Quitslund @profqueue.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Untitled Gateau, 2025 Teeth and found laptop charging cable #catsofBluesky

Beth Quitslund @profqueue.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

My email

Beth Quitslund @profqueue.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Beth Quitslund @profqueue.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Beth Quitslund @profqueue.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Gateau ruling over his lit de just fleece #cats #Blueskycats

Beth Quitslund @profqueue.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

You don't really mean the biscuits unless you use three legs

Beth Quitslund @profqueue.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Don't even think about it.

Beth Quitslund @profqueue.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Cozy.

Beth Quitslund @profqueue.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

13 years I have been waiting for her to be a lap cat and it's not my lap.

Beth Quitslund @profqueue.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

What a superstar! Trifle is a Trifle Jealous.