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Cat Kimbriel

@catkimbriel.bsky.social

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Writer (mostly SFFH) navigating Life, Interrupted. Avatar by Ethan Kocak. My sunset photo. Lead with kindness. 😷 https://linktr.ee/dragonrain33 Most current pubs https://bookviewcafe.com/bvc_author/katharine-eliska-kimbriel/

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Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · Sep 14

I ended up on a SFFH writer’s list and so I say, welcome! To all who decided to drop by. You may not decide to stay, but I’ll tell you that polite unfollows are all part of social media. If BSky is your staying light place, no harm, no foul.

Just remember—we can mute words here. 1/

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Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · 1h

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(This is my "Sure. . . " expression)

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Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · 1h

Sigh. I understand someone my age not knowing that, but how would someone younger see that and not wonder? No curiosity? Argh!

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Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · 1h

I remember you built a couple of nice sites I saw.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 1d

I’m telling you, they’re velociraptors.

SoCal Leslie @socalleslie.bsky.social · 1d

Roadrunner on a post. I have no idea what he was looking at . 🪶

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Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · 3h

Nothing is right--I think I got the right link to the right cover for the cooperative today, but that's about it.

The gf brownie a friend made was good, tho.

Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · 3h

Meecies Pieces?

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Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · 3h

Of course she did.

ARGH

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Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · 3h

Is it the usual evil brain fog, or has the ^^$#$@$%%^ crap in the wildfire smoke from the south reached you, too?

Anything else in the house sound remotely interesting, in the food division?

I've managed cheese rolls, tomatillo sauce, and a gf brownie. Plus coffee+A2 cream. :(

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Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · 4h

Do we have a new joke list in the mix?

Tried to reply to someone's post & was asked "Are you writing in Abkhazian?" With the default answer being Yes.

@ebharrington.bsky.social, this happened on one of your latest posts. But not everyone I've communicated with today.

Anyone know? Google's mum.

Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · 4h

This is a test. . . . ah.

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CE (Catie) Murphy @cemurphy.bsky.social · 13h

Genuinely delighted to say I'll be guest of honor, along with the fantastic Adrian Tchaikovsky (@aptshadow.bsky.social), at Octocon (@octocon.bsky.social), the National Irish Science Fiction Convention, in Cork, Ireland over October 3-4, 2026! I hope to see some (many!) of you there!

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Cat Rambo @catrambo.bsky.social · 5h

These are the classes I have coming out in the Jan-April timeframe - www.patreon.com/posts/classe...

Classes for Next Year | Cat Rambo

Get more from Cat Rambo on Patreon

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Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · 4h

Well, that's an oops.

Anything interesting or rewarding about the mistake? Or was this a total "nope." ?

Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · 5h

I can't go to Boot Would-be Kings. I can't without a respirator, & dying Saturday is useless to our ongoing work to retake democracy.

So--Basic reminders. "If cans"

TURN OFF BIOMETRICS
Leave cell @ home
Have 📱off & in Faraday bag
Take a burner only
AND
Tear Gas = abortion
Bad lungs? 👎 No go.

Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · 5h

Hey, my friend @patriceauthor.bsky.social's latest is THE TART'S FINAL NOEL, now at #BookViewCafe.

Murders & mayhem! Complications & suspects abound! A twist-filled #Regency mystery, perfect for fans of #QuirkyCharacters, #CozyVillageWhodunits &
#Slow-burnRomance.

bookviewcafe.com/bvc-announce...

BVC Announces The Tart's Final Noel by Patricia Rice

The Tart's Final Noel Gravesyde Village Mysteries #3 Patricia Rice Murder and mayhem threaten a village's much-anticipated Christmas celebration. Rafe R

bookviewcafe.com

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Longtail News @longtail.news · Sep 3

Feed: "The Word Wenches"
By: Patricia Rice on Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Regency Carriages and Other Historical Misconceptions

Pat here. There are days when I’m quite certain no one, other than our few brilliant history experts here, cares about historical accuracy. It doesn’t matter. I have an obsession with trying to be as correct as possible without time travel, even if there are only three people in the world who notice. Let us call it a need to educate and not obsession. OK, that’s an obsession too! But I completely understand how tempting it is to make up my own little fantasy world and let my people go. And to a certain extent, I do exactly that. My ... Read more

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Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · 5h

So, is anyone else getting the latest batch of smoke from the south and getting their ass KICKED to the wall by it?

I have trouble with wildfire smoke, the heavier, the worse I get. But it's only upper 50s for 2.5 particulates. I am coughing & feel horrible. My antihists are barely working.

Argh?

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Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · 6h

Tom Bowman has been a journalist for a long time, and done decades of work with US military.

He's turning in his Pentagon press pass. Let him explain what has been taken from US citizens.

www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g...

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

www.npr.org

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Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · 6h

Ow.

I could see that being a challenge. Even with some support. Could you try a couple hours? Or is that just confusing and not much good for the biz, either?

Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · 6h

I didn't want to be greedy, plus I have a rogue immune system that takes instruction REALLY WELL.

First year switching brands. (I've only needed one a year so far.)

Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · 6h

We paid someone months ago to handle the store site, but this is a small convention doing metaphysics in New England.

Their IP owner is a tiny shop. I will pass this along to them--thank you for thinking of it and sharing!

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Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · 6h

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 7h

Well now, would you look at that?

A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of severe disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.

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Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · 6h

Chrise, I was REALLY worried about carrion man cutting off our access, as my run-in with a tick cocktail at around 9yr means I respond weirdly to everything. So I jumped for the first place I could go that had vaccines.

I had Pfizer. Previous ones Spikefax. Should I--gulp--get a Moderna, too? Not?

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 7h

No wraith way, no corpse lane is ever less than ghost-crowded. Yet just as roads to market or the races are thronged on certain days, as we approach Allhallowtide they become congested by spirits. From distant villages to the boneyard gates and lychgate termini a rush of spectres walk. – #CLNolan

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Lynne M. Thomas 🏳️‍🌈🚀🦄 📜 @lynnemthomas.com · 7h

Every book is *someone's* favorite. And that is a glorious thing.

John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 8h

Tell me your most life-affirming literary opinion.

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