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Dr. Kat Ray King

@bladededge.bsky.social

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Biologist, educator, queer AF (they/them or she/her) 🏳️‍🌈 On any given day you could get nature pictures, pet pictures (3 dogs, 2.5 cats), politics (how left can I go), queer theory, sci of sex/gender, sci education, and/or academia.

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Dr. Kat Ray King @bladededge.bsky.social · Feb 22

This guy pitched a fit while I bathed him, but since he can't clean his own butthole I had to do it. He feels better now. Better is not how I feel. #CatsOfBlueSky

A black and white tuxedo cat sits on a brown leather chair looking toward the camera. He has golden eyes and a prominent spade-shaped black moustache.

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galetstrong.bsky.social @galetstrong.bsky.social · Feb 18

This is the ad The Washington Post wouldn't run. You know what to do....

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Dr. Kat Ray King @bladededge.bsky.social · Feb 13

If only he'd had half this resolve 5 years ago. Fuck em.

Dr. Kat Ray King @bladededge.bsky.social · Feb 13

Can you please point out which part of my actual definition was incorrect? Because despite the color of my skin, I'm a practicing Buddhist with a Japanese woman mentor and I'm not trying to appropriate anything. She literally describes karma as the cause and effects of the universe.

Dr. Kat Ray King @bladededge.bsky.social · Feb 13

I can't rule it out, but I see it in a general cause-and-effect energy of the universe-sense, not as a force to punish people that make me angry. The actual concept of karma honestly reminds me of quantum entanglement woojee physics crap more than anything else. 🤣

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Dr. Kat Ray King @bladededge.bsky.social · Feb 13

It's only Wednesday but I'm exhausted. Staying centered is so challenging right now. I'm finding joy wherever I can...like this little menace that resembles an angel when she's asleep. #CatOfBlueSky

A calico cat lays on her left side with her right arm draped across her face, her left and right front paws touching. All you can see is her small pink nose and the outline of her mouth between her paws.

Dr. Kat Ray King @bladededge.bsky.social · Feb 9

School is in Kentucky but does walk the walk when it comes to supporting diverse faculty. My dept chair would go to bat for me as well. I think I'll team up with another faculty member to develop the module... safety in numbers too. The class is biology issues and applications so we're in our lane.

Dr. Kat Ray King @bladededge.bsky.social · Feb 9

I've chosen three concepts I want to embody in 2025: joy, wisdom, and compassion. These are the things I want to manifest in myself and my environment. Get ready for a lot of cat pictures this year. 🤣 #CatsOfBlueSky

A black and white tuxedo cat looks at the camera with pale green eyes. He is laying on a brown chair with his right paw extended forward. Around his neck is a red, black, and white flower pattern bow with a lucky cat charm hanging from it.

Dr. Kat Ray King @bladededge.bsky.social · Feb 9

I'm supposed to teach a unit about sex/gender and biology to a gen-ed biology class. I wonder how bad my evals will be if I use the EO as an example of why this simplified model thing just doesn't make scientific sense? #QueerInSTEM

Anne Fausto-Sterling @birdlady.bsky.social · Feb 8

I've started to take apart the first EO on Sex and Gender. I'm doing it in easy-to-digest bites. Here's part 1. open.substack.com/pub/sterling...
#transrights #feministsky #lgbtSTem #transSTEM #womeninscience

Biological truth? WTF? (Part 1)

On sex, gender, men, women, identity, ideology, science and truth

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Dr. Kat Ray King @bladededge.bsky.social · Feb 9

I want to make posts about how desperate everything is and how we need to fight this coup. It's crazy out there, stay strong my friends. Anyway here's my cat. #CatsOfBlueSky

A calico kitten lays on her back and reaches out towards the camera. She is on a rug with cream, orange, red, and teal patterns, and beside her is an orange plastic toy.

Dr. Kat Ray King @bladededge.bsky.social · Feb 8

Nori's face when told she can't have my chicken sandwich is an accurate reflection of my face reading the news everyday. It says "Okay but this is bullshit." #CatsOfBlueSky

A grey cat sits on the edge of the bed and looks at the camera with utter disdain.

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Dr. Kat Ray King @bladededge.bsky.social · Feb 6

Each night I ring a singing bowl before I start chanting as part of my self-care routine. Apparently Ms. Nori is also a fan of this routine, because she comes running into the room when she hears the bell and curls up on the couch to find her happy place while I chant. #CatsOfBlueSky

A small gray cat lays on her right side, sleeping while facing the camera. There is a white blanket in the foreground.

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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · Feb 5

Senate Democrats are considering voting NO or delaying every Trump nominee as retaliation for his overreach on ending USAID.

Smash the RT if you SUPPORT this plan. ZERO votes from Democrats!!

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Dr. Kat Ray King @bladededge.bsky.social · Feb 5

No more onesie! Little Nori is so happy to groom herself again and just snuggle up all naked.
#CatsOfBluesky

A small gray cat lies on a blanket with blue and white spots. The cat is facing the camera with an orange tapestry hanging on the wall.

Dr. Kat Ray King @bladededge.bsky.social · Feb 2

Though calamities may fall, they can be turned into good fortune. This will be my focus for the future.

Dr. Kat Ray King @bladededge.bsky.social · Jan 30

My heart is heavy. I am tired of the noise they're making to scare and distract us, of fighting for survival, of protecting our young from their own country. How do we stop the burnout when it's just over a week into this?!
#tired #ProtectTransKids #TransRightsAreHumanRights

Dr. Kat Ray King @bladededge.bsky.social · Jan 28

Some levity for the day. Here's Nori 6 days post-spay. What a sweet little cat.

Small gray cat is wearing a white onesie with strawberry on it. She is laying on her back and reaches a paw out toward the camera while her ears are rubbed.

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Dark Horse Comics @darkhorse.com · Jan 25

Dark Horse takes seriously the allegations against Neil Gaiman and we are no longer publishing his works.

Confirming that the Anansi Boys comic series and collected volume have been cancelled.

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Dr. Kat Ray King @bladededge.bsky.social · Jan 21

Ugh. Anyone else struggling with everything right now? I know I need to go to work because lort knows we need science-literate people, but fuck I just want to eat junk and sleep for a month.

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Chris Manias @chrismanias.bsky.social · Jan 21

"Palaeontology in Public: Popular Science, Lost Creatures and Deep Time" is out today, and is freely downloadable as an open access pdf, published by @uclpress.bsky.social !

uclpress.co.uk/book/palaeon...

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A book cover, featuring the text "Palaeontology in Public: Popular Science, Lost Creatures and Deep Time. Edited by Chris Manias." The cover image depicts a large long-necked Sauropod dinosaur, modelled after the famous animation "Gertie the Dinosaur" in a park, with a city skyline in the background. A range of humans are standing around Gertie, pointing at and admiring her. There is also a man in a ringmaster outfit standing on Gertie's shoulder.

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Dr. Kat Ray King @bladededge.bsky.social · Jan 20

So if a cat in Kentucky is pregnant I can get her spayed the next day. Unlike people, who can't access that particular bit of healthcare in this state. Pic of the subject of my post...

A small gray cat wearing a bow collar with a bell hanging from it is sprawled half-sitting half- laying down on a blue bedsheet while she stares at a yellow plate of dry cat food

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Dr. Kat Ray King @bladededge.bsky.social · Jan 20

Today sucks. Here's Burt Reynolds showing off his chonky pudge to make your day slightly better.

A pudgy black and white tuxedo cat lays on his side in a chair with his belly out.

Dr. Kat Ray King @bladededge.bsky.social · Jan 20

I'm fostering this little doll until my kid adopts her. We've named her Nori. She purrs from forehead kisses. She's great.

Small gray cat with V-shaped white patch on her chest and white stripe of fur by her nose and chin. She is wearing a black bow with a flower pattern on it and a bell hanging from the middle of the bow around her neck.

Dr. Kat Ray King @bladededge.bsky.social · Jan 20

Burt Reynolds is really happy about being an indoor cat forever now.

A black and white tuxedo cat looks off to the left of the camera. He has on a bowtie and is laying on a blue chair.

A pudgy black and white tuxedo cat cuddles across a person in a blue shirt's chest and lap.

Dr. Kat Ray King @bladededge.bsky.social · Dec 31

Eww. I can spare a box for you if you want to come over and get it...

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