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Catherine H. Michael

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Librarian 📚 Day in the Life. Poetry. Sun. Moon. Clouds. Trees. Animals. Art. Politics. Religion. Philosophy. Everything is consciousness, respect everything. Opinions are my own. 🐮🐷🐣🐶🐱

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Catherine H. Michael @catherineh.bsky.social · 2d

I accidentally deleted my quote post

Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 2d

A very chubby and self-satisfied putto within a generally mysterious allegory. From Caesar van Everdingen of Alkmaar, who died on this day in 1678.

Catherine H. Michael @catherineh.bsky.social · 11h

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Live Updates: Supreme Court Appears Poised to Upend Key Provision of Voting Rights Act

www.nytimes.com

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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 12h

PEN America has filed an amicus brief supporting an appeal to the Supreme Court in the Little v. Llano County case challenging book removals from the Llano County, TX public library. Could become the first case on book bans before the justices since 1982. pen.org/press-releas...

Legal Brief Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Texas Book Ban Appeal

pen.org

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Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder.bsky.social · 14h

"If a thing loves, it is infinite."
~ William Blake

Cenotaph in the Woods (1836)
🎨 John Constable

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Catherine H. Michael @catherineh.bsky.social · 16h

My morning walk 15 October 2025

Bouquet of orange and red leaves with a daisy

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samcannonart @samcannonart.bsky.social · 21h

I'd nearly given up feeding the hogs every night.
Then I opened the door to take the dog out to spend a penny and there were two of these beautiful creatures on my doorstep, loving their feed of kitten biscuits.
Just the best thing to see.

Two barn owls. One looking left. One looking right.
Sat above a sleeping hedgehog with Herb Robert and Stitchwort growing around it.

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Charlotte Strawbridge @cstrawbridgeart.bsky.social · 22h

#WhenBeastsSpoke #Squirrel #LittleExplorer

Squirrel loved exploring and experiencing all the world had to offer.
He seemed like such a fearless little explorer, climbing higher and higher in his tree.
In fact, he was pretty scared most the time.
He just knew if you wanted the best views, you had to do the scary climbs.

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Catherine H. Michael @catherineh.bsky.social · 17h

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Lori Levin @lorilevin.bsky.social · 18h

Magritte #morningart #art

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Catherine H. Michael @catherineh.bsky.social · 18h

10/15/25 a bit blurry but true to me

Catherine H. Michael @catherineh.bsky.social · 18h

Another rosey fingered dawn

Looking down a street towards the sunrise with a street lamp glowing

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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 1d

On this day in 1969, John Denver released his debut album 'Rhymes & Reasons.' It featured “Leaving on a Jet Plane,” the song he first gave as a Christmas gift before it took flight around the world.

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Catherine H. Michael @catherineh.bsky.social · 1d

He's putting you down to make himself feel superior. Don't give your time to such a stinky rotten mellon!👊🍉

Catherine H. Michael @catherineh.bsky.social · 1d

I use Vega mix as someone who is mostly vegan 😳

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

Catherine H. Michael @catherineh.bsky.social · 1d

Cornell Companions came to IC today 10/14/25 🐕🦙

Catherine H. Michael @catherineh.bsky.social · 1d

Heading home 🏠 10/14/25

Crane equipment dangling over Victorian homes

Catherine H. Michael @catherineh.bsky.social · 1d

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/b...

Several News Outlets Reject Pentagon’s Reporting Restrictions

www.nytimes.com

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 1d

Happy 5th birthday (36 in dog-years) to Amy Goodman’s goodpup Zazu!

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infoDOCKET @infodocket.bsky.social · 1d

Company News: Wiley Announces Launch of “AI Gateway” Interoperable Platform, Integrates Scholarly Content Into Anthropic’s Claude, AWS Marketplace, Mistral AI’s Le Chat, and Perplexity www.infodocket.com/2025/10/14/c... #AI #scholcomm #publishers #MCP #LLMs @wiley.com

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 1d

45 Candles 🎂 today for one of the finest Actors of his generation -

BEN WHISHAW

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Tatiana Fajardo @tatiana1979.bsky.social · 1d

#FairyTaleTuesday Lamia was a female monster who belonged to the world of Greek popular religion. In later sources, in addition to stealing & devouring babies, she would also seduce & destroy attractive young men, like a vampire or succubus. mythopedia.com/topics/lamia/
Art- John William Waterhouse

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Kate Du-Rose @rosegirlkate.bsky.social · 2d

I'm doing the Oct #musicchallenge for #DavidsMonthOfMusic

12. Song from the last album you bought.

One was an album of poetry and music by the brilliant Robin Ince (@robinince.bsky.social) and Rachel Taylor-Beales, entitled Weirdly Normal.

normallyweirdassociates.bandcamp.com/album/weirdl...

Weirdly Normal, by Robin Ince and Rachel Taylor-Beales

13 track album

normallyweirdassociates.bandcamp.com

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Catherine H. Michael @catherineh.bsky.social · 1d

Like a flower 🌺

Catherine H. Michael @catherineh.bsky.social · 2d

I accidentally deleted my quote post

Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 2d

A very chubby and self-satisfied putto within a generally mysterious allegory. From Caesar van Everdingen of Alkmaar, who died on this day in 1678.

Catherine H. Michael @catherineh.bsky.social · 2d

Think I’ll be asleep

Up next on TCM @tcm-up-next.bsky.social · 2d

THIS IS SPINAL TAP (1984) — 10:00 pm ET — 1h 22m
(TCM Special Theme: Battle of the (Fake) Bands | Night 1)

Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer; directed by Rob Reiner

A filmmaker documents the history of Spinal Tap, the world's loudest rock band.

#TCM #TCMParty

Battle of the (Fake) Bands

October 13 and 20 | 6 Movies

www.tcm.com

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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 2d

Kate Bush returns to the U.K. charts for the first time in nearly a decade as 'Best of the Other Sides' debuts at #16 on the Official Album Downloads chart, marking her 13th career entry and her first new release since 2016’s 'Before the Dawn.'

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