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Earnest Painter

@ratherearnest.com

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Artist, cat lover, writer, reader, mysteries. If it weren't for the Pirin tablets I don't think I could go on. etsy.com/shop/RatherEarnest

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Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 26m

If you Google "Fat Bear Week" you can feed a bear salmon.

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Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 12h

This band is out of their minds. You may know them from the treadmill video. The One Moment by OK Go

OK Go – The One Moment – Official Video

YouTube video by OK Go

Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 13h

What are the essays on?

Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 18h

If you ever see me go a long time without typos, you'll know I've been taken over by AI.

Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 21h

Every part of this

Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 29/09/2026

Tom Cat is too old for this nonsense. But he feels younger in this cooler weather. (Less hot, anyway.) #cats

Tree in a back yard. What's that in the tree?

Black and white cat in a tree

Black and white cat in a tree looking at you

Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 29/09/2026

This is where we are with spam texts? C'mon, spammers, have some dignity.

Spam text message that reads, "Will you please please please please pretty please pitch in $10 to Troy Jackson's campaign today?"

Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 28/09/2026

Paper in an antique typewriter with the word "haunted" typed on it

Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 28/09/2026

My doctor is retiring and this is completely unacceptable.

Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 28/09/2026

Light image of a cat looking out the window

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 27/09/2026

Today is the 35th anniversary of my professional writing debut, as the film critic for the Fresno Bee newspaper. To celebrate, I've posted the first two reviews I wrote, for the Goldie Hawn thriller "Deceived" and the Terry Gilliam masterpiece "The Fisher King." whatever.scalzi.com/2026/09/27/a...

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And Now, For Their 35th Anniversary, My First Two Professional Movie Reviews

First off, look at that dork. What’s going on with his hair? Why is he tugging on his ear? Did he really think round glasses were right for his face? Someone needs to go back to 1991 and give…

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ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕓𝕝𝕦𝕖 @rebelb1ue.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

You know what’s more dangerous than a trans athlete? 7 Frat boys at Cornell University.

Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 27/09/2026

How can I get one of these lists of phone numbers. I could just spam message everybody and ask them to send me money. No context, just please send me money.

Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 27/09/2026

When Barry asks me what I plan to do with the gemstones I'm collecting.

A Siamese cat looking like Gollum scooping coins into a bag with the words "When Barry asks me what I plan to do with the gemstones I'm collecting."

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Josh Dobbin @joshdobbin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

HEY! Wanna read the short story I wrote that won a contest? Inspired by the art of @innavjuzhanina.bsky.social OF COURSE YOU DO. It's about bad people getting the fate they deserve, so it is, of course, a work of fiction.

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The Witch of the Crocus Valley - Roses and Wildflowers Autumn 2026

Journals Home Table of Contents Next Wondrous Tale Featured Author We created a challenge: Tell the story of this painting by Inna Vjuzhanina The Witch of the Crocus Valley By Josh Dobbin She yawned a...

Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 27/09/2026

Here's a lovely tune from WWII.

When that Man is Dead and Gone (1941) - Protest song against Hitler (Live Take)

YouTube video by Lizzy & the Triggermen

Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 27/09/2026

And voilà

Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 27/09/2026

I'm making bread with the sourdough starter I brought back to life

Bubbly sourdough starter

Bread dough getting ready to proof in the oven

Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 26/09/2026

"One gets so used to one's own horrors, one forgets how they must seem to other people." The Thirteenth Tale, by Diane Setterfield

Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 26/09/2026

Kitty spa day

Scratches on my forearm

Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 26/09/2026

Happy #caturday #cats

Orange cat sitting in a canopy of greenery

Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 26/09/2026

National Daughters Day #cats

Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 25/09/2026

I got a perfect score on the Texas Tribune's News Quiz. First time. #Texas

Perfect score, 5 out of 5

Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 25/09/2026

I wonder how many priests use AI to write their homilies

Pope warns a ‘paradise of machines’ could undermine humanity as he opens France trip

Pope Leo XIV warns that a “paradise of machines” could undermine humanity. He has raised existential questions about scientific progress and human rights during his visit to France.

Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 25/09/2026

Would you look at that

After Texas DPS neglected tens of thousands of voter
applications, Democrats demand an investigation
The number of unprocessed applications continues to grow. Texas Democrats, locked in tight races in November, want Gov. Greg Abbott to probe the failure.
By Natalia Contreras, Votebeat and The Texas Tribune

Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 24/09/2026

Remember him?

President Obama looking in a window at children

Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 24/09/2026

And so I wake in the morning And I step outside And I take a deep breath And I get real high and I Scream from the top of my lungs WHAT THE FUCK!!!

Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 24/09/2026

Who's a cutie #cats

Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 24/09/2026

In 1672 the people of Netherlands ate their prime minister.

Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 24/09/2026

Repost with an image of your favorite James Bond (wrong answers only).

James Bond cat

Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 24/09/2026

A series is dictators or would-be dictators saying "The press is the enemy of the people"

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Carole King @carolekingofficial.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Happy Fall! 🍁🍂🌻🪸 #autumnalequinox

Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 22/09/2026

Behold, my dog Toby in his new bed, a gift from his aunties. #dogs

Dog chewing a toy in a purple dog bed with an antique dresser in the background

Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 22/09/2026

So we have an official federal government media outlet now? That would be the logical next step in the breakdown of our society.

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 22/09/2026

Tyrannosaurus xkcd.com/3300/

Comic. [Person with long hair pointing to diagram with Tyrannosaurus Rex standing next to a person.] PERSON: We now believe the primary prey of Tyrannosaurus Rex was these humans who kept standing next to it for scale.

Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 22/09/2026

Connections is trying to make me angry

Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 22/09/2026

Yoikes and awaaaaay!!!!! #thriftstores

Nude Ken Doll with guitar pouch bracelet and rainbow headdress, arms outstretch in front, seeming to fly in a thrift shop

Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 22/09/2026

Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 22/09/2026

I just came across this screenshot from 2022. 😂 It's about my dog and his vet visit.

From the vet visit, the chart indicates the dog is obese and somebody wrote on it "rude"

Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 22/09/2026

Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 22/09/2026

At this point he's going to start WWIII just out of spite

Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 20/09/2026

If I ever thought I was going to visit Turkey, that idea is gone now.

Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 20/09/2026

Watching "Shoulder Dance" with the partner. Odd that he would be the one wanted to watch this kind of movie. Writer/director Jay Arnold

Movie poster for Shoulder Dance

Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 19/09/2026

Pictures from the back yard this morning. Sitting with Toby the dog, enjoying the cool.

Red wasp

Several aloe vera plants, one poor knocked over

Close up of an aloe vera fallen from the pot and growing in the ground

Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 19/09/2026

I don't remember this. It turned up in my Photos memories. I don't know if I did it or if I saved it from somewhere, but it's funny.

Snow White at a well with doves looking on. The words: It puts the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again

Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 19/09/2026

I had a dream last night that Canada annexed the Upper Peninsula.

Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 18/09/2026

It's difficult to not post political stuff when the world is falling apart. Now RFK is looking into chem trails. www.cnn.com/2026/09/17/h...

RFK, Jr. ‘looking at chemtrails,’ a debunked conspiracy theory | CNN

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is facing intense scrutiny after announcing that his agency is officially investigating “chemtrails”. While scientists emphasize that the line...

Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 17/09/2026

From The Onion

Mitch McConnell Returns To Capitol Hill In Jar Of Formaldehyde

Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 17/09/2026

ICE officer charged in non-fatal shooting arrested by Minnesota authorities apnews.com/article/ice-...

ICE officer charged in non-fatal shooting arrested by Minnesota authorities

Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 17/09/2026

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