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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Recency bias (because I just watched the reunion series) compels me to say that it’s Gong Yoo in Goblin.

Gong Yoo as Kim Shin in Goblin. A heartbreakingly handsome Korean man standing outside looking handsome and wearing a handsome cream turtleneck sweater and a handsome tan overcoat.

Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Excited to share the latest issue of Zoo View for summer 2026! Look how pretty it is! In this issue we covered educational programs, treating California condors for lead poisoning, animal acupuncture, and more! You can read it here: lazoo.org/join-our-com...

The cover of the summer 2026 issue of Zoo View Magazine, featuring a picture of a bright pink flamingo extending one leg backwards and one black-tipped wing pointing towards the ground. The headline in block white letters reads Lessons in Nature.

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

At least Steadman is still around.

A framed artwork by artist Ralph Steadman portraying a chaotic caricature of DJT with a red tie and splotches of red, black and sickly green paint all over its face.

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Me, internally: Do not anthropomorphize. Do not anthropomorphize. Do not— Bernie, the bighorn sheep: Do you have any games on your phone? (Look at that face. She left me no choice.)

A face-forward closeup of a big horn sheep looking directly at the camera.

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

The spring issue of Zoo View is here! That’s my new okapi friend Gates on the cover. I got to watch a training session with her and feed her lettuce and now we’re friends. Check out the digital version here: lazoo.org/join-our-com...

The cover of the Spring 2026 issue of Zoo View, the official magazine of the Los Angeles Zoo. It features an okapi in a habitat with the title “Spring Training” in white block letters.

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Finally made it to the Jaws exhibit at the Academy Museum. Very well-organized, with lots of original props and fun interactive displays. My favorite thing (not pictured) was the dolly rig set up so you could use your phone camera to replicate the famous dolly shot of Brody on the beach.

A prop shark fin used in Jaws displayed on a white pedestal. Above it is a yellow sign with a quote from the movie, attributed to Chief Brody (Roy Scheider): “You open the beaches on the Fourth of July, it’s like ringing the dinner bell.

A museum display inspired by the design of the Orca from the movie Jaws. In the center is a wooden fishing chair and a fishing pole. There’s a harpoon gun, a scuba tank, a ships wheel, and other authentic props and scenery from the original film.

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Fun but exhausting day at the Ren Faire. I should have taken more pictures, but I got this one as we were going in.

An old-timey sign reads “Renaissance Pleasure Faire” in fancy red letters on a yellow background. Below it are musicians dressed in Renaissance garb playing in front of a mural featuring a rearing white unicorn on the left and a red dragon on the right.

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Beautiful day at the Cherry Blossom Festival 🌸

A view from below the branches of a cherry blossom tree with pink blooms and a background of blue sky.

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

I never get to see Charlie the two-toed sloth awake, but today he was up and munching on a corn cob. Precious!

A brown sloth rests face up on a perch in his habitat, eating a corn cob. His clawed feet are raised in the air, grasping into a branch.

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Brought my kids to the show tonight too. Here they are hugging. (We all had a blast.)

Two teen girls stand opposite each other. The one on the left has her left arm outstretched and is touching her index finger to the other’s forehead in a gesture mimicking a new hug invented by a character in the Welcome to Nightvale live show.

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

In case you need a break from the doom and gloom, here’s something I’m proud of. My second issue of the L.A. Zoo’s official magazine Zoo View is out this week! You can read the digital version for free here (no paywall!): lazoo.org/join-our-com...

The cover of the Winter 2026 issue of Zoo View featuring a chimpanzee mother holding her infant in her arms and a pinecone in her mouth. In the bottom right corner a headline in white letters reads A Great Ape Baby Boom.

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

You will be visited by three spirits

Lindsay Mendez, Jonathan Groff, and Daniel Radcliffe in Merrily We Roll Along

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

My daughter drew this picture of our cat for our relatives as they were deciding whether or not to brave the storm and come over for Christmas.

A cartoonish drawing of a skinny orange cat with a tiny Santa hat seeing himself reflected in a red ball ornament. The text beneath it reads “Happy holidays! Eddie’s waiting for you guys!”

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

We discovered tío nadal on a trip to Barcelona last year and bought one at a Christmas market. The kids were so excited to see him again this year.

A stall at a Christmas market filled with logs decorated with faces and traditional red hats, known as tío nadal in Barcelona.

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

I used to have this Casetify phone case with a knock-off design!

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

The L.A. Zoo has 5 great ape babies right now — three chimps, an orangutan, and a gorilla! Here’s the oran baby (no name yet) with his mom, Kalim.

A Bornean orangutan mom sitting with her newborn infant in her arms.

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

We’re London this week. Guess I should post some pics.

In the foreground. a raven on a perch. In the background, the outer wall of the Tower of London and Tower Bridge in the distance.

An overview of The Great Court at the British Museum, taken from the second floor. The stairs around the center rotunda are visible. Visitors mill about.

The stage at Ride the Cyclone. It’s a small semi-circle with an arched backdrop and curtain. The color scheme is charcoal and singe. A stage light shines down on the empty stage.

The White Tower, the oldest and innermost structure of the Tower of London. It’s a multistory medieval fortress in sand-colored stone with four towers at the corners.

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

He’s the biggest tiny goofball. I love him so much. #caturday

An orange kitten sleeping on his back with all four paws splayed out in the air.

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Happy Caturday, or maybe I should say Kittenday?

An image of an orange kitten reaching out a paw to touch the lens of the camera taking the picture.

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Thank you all for the amazing kitten name suggestions. I didn’t expect to get so many! Arthur says hello and bless you, his Bluesky subjects. (We’re calling him Arthur because he hitchhiked a ride to my workplace and that’s how I got him.)

A tiny ginger-striped kitten being held by a young person whose face you can’t see. She is wearing a shirt with wide orange and white stripes that match his coloring. He is asleep with one paw raised in a magnanimous greeting to his Bluesky subjects.

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Hindsight! It ran for one season in VH1, of all places. Think Peggy Sue Got Married for Gen-X. Cruelly cut short after one season and left off on a cliffhanger.

A promotional poster for the VH1 series Hindsight. It shows two young women sitting on a subway. One of them is wearing a wedding dress, the other is dressed in 90s grunge style with a black leather jacket. They are both drinking through straws from fast food beverage cups.

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Timeline cleanse. I brought home a kitten from work this week. He still doesn’t have a name. We’re taking suggestions.

A front-facing picture of a tiny orange kitten with his two tiny front paws perched on the arm of a beige armchair.

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Floating home after seeing JCS at the Hollywood Bowl. What a sublime experience. Cynthia and Adam were the standouts, obv, but Phillipa Soo and Raul Esparza also slayed. A bit annoyed they didn’t have any programs, though. Not even the expensive glossy ones.

A nighttime shot of the Hollywood Bowl all lit up from far away in the cheap seats.

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

We had a lovely trip up the coast to Monterey this past week. So lovely that I forgot to post pics. We touched grass. We touched sand. We touched purple sea anemones in the tanks at the aquarium. It was good to get away. Anyway, here are some nice shots.

A natural sand-colored rock formation surrounded by several patinated bronze statues depicting people who inspired John Steinbeck's book Cannery Row. A statue of Steinbeck himself sits atop the rock with a pen and notebook.

A view of Monterey's Cannery Row from street level. The street is mostly empty but for a few parked cars and people in the distance. Above the street a covered bridge connects two buildings with a sign on it that reads "Cannery Row Company,"

A scenic view of a rocky shore with a brown wooden fence in the foreground.

A full close-up shot of an African penguin inside the exhibit at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Argh! We missed that one. But we did make it to that other notable museum in Figueres.

The exterior of the Dalí Theater-Museum in Figueres, Spain. The exterior walls of the building are painted red and dotted with golden sculptures in the shape of bread loaves. The wall in the picture ends at a cylindrical tower, and both are decorated with large white egg shapes.

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Have you all heard about this dating sim called Date Everything? Where you can date personified household items and abstract concepts like existential dread? I swear I’m not making this up. The teens insisted we take them to a signing today to meet some of the voice actors.

A standee for Date Everything with some, characters from the game: Mac the computer, Skyler (who represents the glasses you use to make things come to life), Dorian the door, Kopi the coffee maker, and Beverly the minibar.

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

We did a walk-through preview of the new LACMA building today. No art yet but they had signs showing where some of the pieces will go. Have to say, I’m not sure about the material (oppressive grey concrete) but the design is kind of cool.

A blocky concrete structure against a blue sky background. The second floor has windows and above that is the flat, circular top that makes up the roof.

A long, grey concrete structure with a solid base and a second story lined with windows. On the ground floor there is vegetation and some geometric bronze sculptures.

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Time to repost this pic I took of The A.V. Club’s short-lived L.A. office on the day G/O Media sold the site. (I had such high hopes for better things but I was so, so wrong.)

An empty open office space with a single white square pillar in the foreground. There is a framed sign propped up on the floor against it with a list of G/O Media’s “company values.”

A closeup of company values sign sitting on the floor. The words are too small to read, but it doesn’t matter because they’re all bullshit anyway. No one even bothered to hang up the sign.

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

We drove past Manzanar on our way to a wedding this weekend. The buildings and watchtower are still there. I’ve been that way before, but it hit different this time. My brother stopped to look around and found this newly posted sign, mandated by the federal government:

The text of the sign reads: Manzanar National Historic Site belongs to the American people, and the National Park Service wants your feedback. Please let us know if you have identified (1) any areas that need repair; (2) any services that need improvement; or (3) any signs or other information that are negative about either past or living Americans or that fail to emphasize the beauty, grandeur, and abundance of landscapes and other natural features.

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Attended a lovely destination wedding in the Eastern Sierras this weekend. Look at these gorgeous brides! One of them is my ex-sister-in-law, who will always be family to me. My brother was there with his new wife, celebrating with everyone else. Funny how things work out sometimes. ♥️🏳️‍🌈

A couple of brides walking down a grassy aisle at woodsy outdoor wedding ceremony.

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Great crowd. We had a big group and somehow managed to stay together, but it wasn't easy!

A crowd of protesters with anti-Trump signs. One protester holds up a mylar balloon in the shape of an ugly orange baby with straw-colored hair wearing a diaper.

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

There were probably more people at the Armed Forces Day parade a month ago than there were in DC today.

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Great turnout for the protest in my normally quiet little LA suburb. There was music, dancing, chanting, costumes, and lots of really good signs. Very fun vibes. This lady was carrying a torch with bubbles coming out of it and me my kid hold it.

A woman a the City of Torrance protest dressed as the Statue of Liberty holding a tablet that reads “I said what I said.” Her other arm is joyfully raises in the air. She has sunglasses and a huge, open-mouthed smile.

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

I showed my 14-year-olds some Schoolhouse Rock and they became obsessed. One of them drew this poster for the protest today.

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Save this one for the headline museum.

“Another act of vandalism in downtown L.A. as Robert O’Hara defaces Hamlet at the Taper”

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

If there ever were a "watching for the plot" show for me it's Dept. Q on Netflix. The plot:

A split-screen image of Matthew Goode as DCI Carl Morck in Dept. Q. On the left is a three-quarter image of him holding a jacket and looking scruffy and angry. On the right is a closeup of him, still looking scruffy and angry, but also really hot.

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Now that the embargo is up I can say that this was about Murderbot, which I thoroughly enjoyed (in a different way than I enjoyed the books, because they are not the same thing). I wrote up a brief rec here: watercoolerhq.co/watercooler-...

Alexander Skarsgård as Murderbot in a scene from Murderbot. He is dressed in high tech sci-fi armor facing the wall of a ship, leaning his forehead against it.

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Can’t afford to go out to eat, so it’s a beach picnic with homemade sandwiches day. Which is way better anyway.

A pair of back flip flops on a sandy beach in front of the edge of a blue and lime green beach towel in the foreground.

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Look at this shirt the kids gave me today! 😍 With handmade cards, no less. Sorry to the other moms, but I’ve won Mother’s Day.

A black T-shirt with a green and white sci-fi design showing a dotted line representing moon’s orbit around a graduated green orb with a silhouette of a futuristic city rising from it. In white letters it reads “The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon,” a fictional serial from the Murderbot book series by Martha Wells.

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

I was catching up on Daredevil: Born Again and look who popped up in the most recent episode! It's The Pitt's Nurse Dana (Katherine LaNasa), all dolled up and lookin' fancy (no black eyes in sight).

In a still from a recent episode of Daredevil: Born Again, actress Katherine LaNassa looks very glamorous in a white cocktail gown, holding a glass of champaign at a black-tie event.

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Saaaaame. Here’s Howard. He hasn’t had a rough week, he just looks like that in solidarity.

A grey and white chihuahua resting with his head down on a tiger print blanket.

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Looks like a big middle finger. Don’t know who it’s for, though.

A screenshot of the Dow Jones on April 7. The red line starts low, goes sharply up, then falls back down again, in a configuration Tesla drivers may find familiar.

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Meant to post this earlier. I sewed an egg pillow for my daughter this weekend. It was probably cheaper to make than an actual egg.

A beige couch with a yellow and white pillow in the shape of a fried egg.

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Kind of hard to see from this pic (I didn’t want to get too close) but a hummingbird has built a cozy little nest in the small ash tree near our porch. She seems so content just sitting there, totally oblivious to *all this*

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Been thinking a lot about this extraordinary Goya painting lately, which I got to see in person at the Prado last fall. Sometimes it makes me feel hopeful, sometimes hopeless, but it always makes me feel something.

A painting by Goya, sometimes called The Dog or The Drowning Dog (he didn't give it a name). The upright image is dominated by a splotchy golden background that takes up two thirds of the visual space. The lower third is a brown mass--it could be the side of a hill or a wave muddy water--ascending towards the right edge of the painting. Visible just above it near the center of the image is the head of a small dog looking up towards the top of the slope. The unbalanced proportion of the piece, the earthy (or possibly unearthly) color palette, and the worried look on the dog's face combine to create a sense of unease in the viewer.

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

The porn bots are getting out of hand here, and I don't know whether to be annoyed or happy because it means Bluesky is worth their attention.

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Volunteered to decorate Rose Parade floats tonight and we were working right across from the Wicked float. I talked to another volunteer who was painstakingly covering part of the train with small split peas in rows, one by one. Also loved Illinois’ float - a tribute Ferris Bueller’s Day Off!

A Rose Parade float under construction. A giant Elphaba from the Wicked movie juts out from the front of the float holding a broomstick. Below her is a hill colored in alternating pink and purple and the words “DEFYING GRAVITY”

Glinda towers over the Wicked float in her bubble dress from the movie, holding her wand. Her hair is made of cornsilk and her pink dress is not yet decorated.

Rows and rows of red, blue, yellow, and white flowers in buckets waiting to be applied to various floats in the upcoming days.

A float dedicated to Ferris Bueller’s Day Off under construction. A woman applies floral details to a replica of the painting Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by George Seurat. Behind that is a water tower with the words “SAVE FERRIS.” Part of the Wrigley Field sign and various Chicago landmarks are also part of the float.

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Our tío de nadal is ready for his beating…

A log with a painted face in front of a plate with cookie crumbs. He is the tío de nadal of Catalan tradition who poops out candy after kids beat him with a stick on Christmas morning.

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Speak softly and carry a Sharpie, you’ll go far.

A blank star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame with the words “ME bitch” handwritten in black marker on it by an anonymous graffiti artist with big dreams.

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Cindy Fright @writewhite.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

After giving their tió a good beating, the kids lift up the blanket covering the end of the log and what do they find? A pile of candy and maybe even small trinkets or toys. Think stocking stuffers, only these little gifts come out of the back of a log. It’s fantastic. (5/6)

Another stall at a Christmas market in Barcelona selling tió nadal figures and accessories.

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