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bardsong139
@bardsong139.bsky.social
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Boston, MA

resistance, ancient Greek, books, coffee, cats
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Happy Birthday, Arthur!

"Having fun isn't hard when you've got a library card!"

@wgbh.org
Arthur the aardvark wearing a yellow sweater, waving, and holding a blue balloon that says 30. In white letters over his head: Happy Birthday, Arthur! All on a blue background with dark blue and teal circles.
October 7, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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His reaction to the score (actually his reaction to being photographed):
tabby on a fleece blanket sitting up and looking quizzical/annoyed
October 1, 2026 at 2:55 AM
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This game is THE PITS, but the company is good.

#redsox #postseason
tabby sleeping on his back on a fleece blanket with his white chin and belly showing and his white paws up by his chin
October 1, 2026 at 2:53 AM
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Happy caturday!

Enjoy some scenes from the inaugural Lower Allston Cat Stroll!

#catsky #Allston #Boston #cats
VERY FLUFFY grey and white cat being held under the belly by a person in a white t-shirt and being pet and adored by the crowd. A crowd of people seen from the back gathered around the front of a house focusing on a cat. Two fluffy Siamese-esque(?) cats sitting in a double decker purple-with-white-polka-dots cat stroller, one on the upper deck one in the lower deck. Both interested in the crows.
September 19, 2026 at 9:56 PM
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Never let anyone tell you your vote doesn't matter.

#GOTV #midterms
Screen shot from the Boston Globe showing the current count for the State Senate Democratic primary race in my district (Suffolk & Middlesex County). Daniel Lander 12, 132 votes William N. Brownsberger 12, 129 votes each at 50% with 100% reporting
September 3, 2026 at 2:09 AM
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This is the only new (to me) tech I want in my office this year!

#musicsky #academicsky #boombox
Sony boombox sitting on a desk with a pile of ceramic bowls and books and paper behind it, and on a shelf over it more books, a dragon egg, some pottery and containers, and cards, and part of a picture.
August 19, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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I'm late to this party, but if you haven't read Amal El-Mohtar's The River Has Roots, drop everything and do that now.

#booksky #fairytales #murderballads
The cover of a book with pink and orange anemone-esque(?) flowers interwoven with a winding brown and gold and grey ribbon that is actually a glimpse into a landscape behind it. Title (in the same ribbon effect): The River Has Roots. Author: Amal El-Mohtar. Also printed: New York Times Bestselling Co-Author of This Is How You Lose The Time War.
August 11, 2026 at 7:19 PM
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A calming reminder from Minnehaha falls in Minneapolis, MN.
A view over the top of Minnehaha falls, flowing down into the woods. In the bottom half of the frame, the concrete top of the railing, on which somone has written 'This Too Shall Pass'.
July 21, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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If we fits, we sits!

#cats #catsky
Dark grey tabby with black stripes, white muzzle, and brown nose squeezing himself into a too-small box that his window hammock came in. Another tabby (the other one's brother), lighter grey with thin black stripes and a white muzzle, in a more appropriately sized box.
June 25, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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NORMAL IS A MYTH!

Got this amazing print from @fishcakesdotnet.bsky.social today.

You can find their work here! www.fishcakes.shop

#shopsmall #artsky #inclusive
print with white background a purple fish-like creature with fins, legs, sharp teeth, and blue spots saying (in a pale orange speech bubble) 'normal is a myth."
June 6, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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But WHY is the air conditioning on again?!

#catsky #cats #cranky
disgruntled tabby cat on top of a box on top of a tall bookshelf, just sticking his face and one paw over the edge of the box
June 4, 2026 at 11:16 PM
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It is lupine season in New England.

A good time to celebrate Miss Rumphius and its message - "you must do something to make the world more beautiful."

#booksky #missrumphius #wisdomliterature
cover of a soft-cover book: text (in purple playful font): Miss Rumphius, (in black simple font): Story and Pictures by Barbara Cooney; on the cover a woman kneeling among lupines in the foreground with a cat behind her, all in a grassy meadow with conifers in the background
May 28, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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"early printings, beautifully preserved"

When books that are not even from your *childhood* but from your young adulthood have this label, you know you're older than you thought:

(and no, I would not buy these now)

#booksky #old
Harry Potter hardcovers, spine up, with a handwritten sign saying 'Complete set of Harry Potter, 1-7 - Early printings, beautifully preserved $175.00
May 26, 2026 at 10:35 PM
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Was just at Yellow House this afternoon! Second the recommendation!

Found (and of course purchased) this book from my childhood:
a hardcover book with white cover and a title 'A Book of Enchantments and Curses' with the capitals and border of the last three words in illuminated flowery script' on the cover, an older person in a cloak sitting in a bowl with an oar talking to a young girl with a long dress and hair int wo braids, with skulls and sunflowers in the background, author/illustrator information: Ruth Manning Sanders, Drawings by Robin Jacques
May 26, 2026 at 6:34 AM
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Just a cat enjoying an early summer day.

#cats #catsky #tabby
sleeping tabby (nose and tail forward) on his hammock in a window with trees and sky behind him.
May 21, 2026 at 4:52 PM
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DO NOT LEAVE YOUR PETS IN HOT CARS.

WATCH FOR OTHER PEOPLE'S PETS IN HOT CARS.

(He was OK because someone noticed him, but not everybody is so lucky.)

Photo credit: Dedham Animal Control via the Boston Globe

#petsafety #heatsafety #summer
white husky puppy with blue eyes, panting
May 19, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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Xander is in the hospital on his birthday because he's still radioactive. (After hyperthroid treatment.)

So his medical team made him a cake.

THANK YOU, @mspca-angell.bsky.social!

#cats #catsky #birthday
tabby cat sticking his head out of his fuzzy cat cave to entertain the very fancy catfood/greenie/churu cake that his medical team made for him
May 4, 2026 at 11:02 PM
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May 2, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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This little guy is going in tomorrow for hyperthyroid treatment. It's radioactive iodine, so he'll be away from home for two weeks or a little longer.

Good thoughts, encouraging words, or positive experiences all most welcome. Anxiety levels are pretty high.

#catsky #thyroid #cats
sleepy tabby with with his head on his white paw
April 27, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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April 5, 2026 at 3:49 AM
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Some sleepy cats for a sleepy afternoon.

#catsky #cats #timelinecleanse
sleeping sandy tabby with a white belly sleepy dark grey tabby with white paws, a white nose, and a "coffee stain" around his mouth
April 2, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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If you want comfort food, literal and figurative, read Automatic Noodle!

Hope and inclusion that looks hard at the ugliness in the world and says we can do better. And with noodles!

#booksky #comfortread #noodles #robots
book cover with text 'AUTOMATIC NOODLE' "ANNALEE NEWITZ' in white on an image of a reconstructed Golden Gate Bridge with a big box of noodles rising over it, with noodles being lifted from it into the sky by a (robot's) hand.
April 2, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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#caturday was for marching, but this morning was time to stay in bed with the boys.

#catsky #littermates
two pairs of tabby cat back feet and tail tips in mirror image on a green blanket
March 29, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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NO KINGS III on Boston Common!

It was good to stand together. Now organize, contact your legislators, and remain whimsically noncooperative!

#nokings #resist
mittened hands holding a cardboard sign that says 'heartbroken but also very angry' in big capital letters
March 29, 2026 at 2:52 AM
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Our bonded pair! You have done such a good thing.
A pile of (two) tabby cats and laundry.
March 26, 2026 at 4:16 AM