Cat Kimbriel
@catkimbriel.bsky.social
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/
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/
Just remember—we can mute words here. 1/
Proposed caption:
ALT IMAGE: Ginger cat at hardware store commiserates with individual overwhelmed by selection of screws. Gato is sitting on a thin desk extension, and it's his turn to have the brain. (Ginger cat folklore)
ALT IMAGE: Ginger cat at hardware store commiserates with individual overwhelmed by selection of screws. Gato is sitting on a thin desk extension, and it's his turn to have the brain. (Ginger cat folklore)
November 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Proposed caption:
ALT IMAGE: Ginger cat at hardware store commiserates with individual overwhelmed by selection of screws. Gato is sitting on a thin desk extension, and it's his turn to have the brain. (Ginger cat folklore)
ALT IMAGE: Ginger cat at hardware store commiserates with individual overwhelmed by selection of screws. Gato is sitting on a thin desk extension, and it's his turn to have the brain. (Ginger cat folklore)
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#Booksky Here we go! Last in person event for November (#6, for those counting along)! Come see us at the Queer Market at the Open Book in Minneapolis 11-4PM today! Masks required. queervoicesmn.org/market25
November 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
#Booksky Here we go! Last in person event for November (#6, for those counting along)! Come see us at the Queer Market at the Open Book in Minneapolis 11-4PM today! Masks required. queervoicesmn.org/market25
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Even in winter, the wood whispers to tramp its paths. Its Sprites and Woodwose may sleep through days demanding our heaviest coats, but its mysteries do not. Bare branches scratch the low sky and still its mysteries sing. We walk for wonder. We walk for cold magics. – #EmilyCBanting, 1981
November 29, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Even in winter, the wood whispers to tramp its paths. Its Sprites and Woodwose may sleep through days demanding our heaviest coats, but its mysteries do not. Bare branches scratch the low sky and still its mysteries sing. We walk for wonder. We walk for cold magics. – #EmilyCBanting, 1981
"Personal Control" is a huge thing. I've been negatively effected & soured on wireless remote control that I cannot choose to isolate, block, or adjust at will.
So I get this. A survey for thought.
(Too much to do here, so have fun with it.)
www.pewresearch.org/internet/202...
So I get this. A survey for thought.
(Too much to do here, so have fun with it.)
www.pewresearch.org/internet/202...
How the U.S. Public and AI Experts View Artificial Intelligence
These groups are far apart in their enthusiasm and predictions for AI, but both want more personal control and worry about too little regulation.
www.pewresearch.org
November 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"Personal Control" is a huge thing. I've been negatively effected & soured on wireless remote control that I cannot choose to isolate, block, or adjust at will.
So I get this. A survey for thought.
(Too much to do here, so have fun with it.)
www.pewresearch.org/internet/202...
So I get this. A survey for thought.
(Too much to do here, so have fun with it.)
www.pewresearch.org/internet/202...
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I give thanks for every reader. Time is precious af.
November 26, 2025 at 9:59 AM
I give thanks for every reader. Time is precious af.
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This is great news!
Leonardo da Vinci’s largest collection of drawings and writings is now completely digitized. Bookmark this - you'll want to return to this again and again.
Story: mymodernmet.com/leonardo-da-...
The Codex Atlanticus archive:
codex-atlanticus.ambrosiana.it#/Overview
Story: mymodernmet.com/leonardo-da-...
The Codex Atlanticus archive:
codex-atlanticus.ambrosiana.it#/Overview
Leonardo da Vinci’s Largest Collection of Drawings and Writings is Now Completely Digitized
Want to tap into some of da Vinci's genius? Now you can—online.
mymodernmet.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:11 PM
This is great news!
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60F inside this #Caturday morning, you can find Luine trying to become one with the pellet stove.
#becurious
#becurious
November 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
60F inside this #Caturday morning, you can find Luine trying to become one with the pellet stove.
#becurious
#becurious
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It's #SmallBusinessSaturday, and at #Ebooks Direct, our #sale continues! Here's one of the most ridiculously reduced offers in the store: the "All The #Wizardry" bundle—18 ebooks, today available for $14.99! (Seriously, we must need our heads felt.) So grab one now! ebooks.direct/products/you...
Young Wizards "All The Wizardry" Bundle
This bundle contains all the Young Wizards material in the Ebooks Direct inventory. That's nineteen ebooks, containing:
The nine New Millennium Editions of the main-sequence Young Wizards novels
The ...
ebooks.direct
November 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
It's #SmallBusinessSaturday, and at #Ebooks Direct, our #sale continues! Here's one of the most ridiculously reduced offers in the store: the "All The #Wizardry" bundle—18 ebooks, today available for $14.99! (Seriously, we must need our heads felt.) So grab one now! ebooks.direct/products/you...
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If you're impatient to read Book 2 in the Queens of Villainy, Enchanting the Fae Queen, you can bid now to get a signed ARC and raise money for a good cause: app.galabid.com/creatives4sudan/items/038a7bb8-184d-4f5c-8faa-0130e92ab8c6
#creatives4sudan #romancelandia
#creatives4sudan #romancelandia
November 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
If you're impatient to read Book 2 in the Queens of Villainy, Enchanting the Fae Queen, you can bid now to get a signed ARC and raise money for a good cause: app.galabid.com/creatives4sudan/items/038a7bb8-184d-4f5c-8faa-0130e92ab8c6
#creatives4sudan #romancelandia
#creatives4sudan #romancelandia
When I moved to snow country the car places wanted me to get rid of my aluminum tire caps because they could cause rust.
Right.
All the ones for sale at Zon and other places now seem to be aluminum, corrosion resistant. Huh? (Guy working on car forgot to put all caps on new tires. Bleh.)
Right.
All the ones for sale at Zon and other places now seem to be aluminum, corrosion resistant. Huh? (Guy working on car forgot to put all caps on new tires. Bleh.)
November 29, 2025 at 2:59 AM
When I moved to snow country the car places wanted me to get rid of my aluminum tire caps because they could cause rust.
Right.
All the ones for sale at Zon and other places now seem to be aluminum, corrosion resistant. Huh? (Guy working on car forgot to put all caps on new tires. Bleh.)
Right.
All the ones for sale at Zon and other places now seem to be aluminum, corrosion resistant. Huh? (Guy working on car forgot to put all caps on new tires. Bleh.)
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Also, if you'd like to get a copy of Tiny Moments of Joy before Christmas, we're advising people order by December 1st. (Prices, including shipping in NZD, which is less in USD/Euro and GBP etc.)
(Kiwi orders can be a wee bit later.😊)
Thank you!🌻🪻❤️
www.swashbucklerpress.com/tiny-moments...
(Kiwi orders can be a wee bit later.😊)
Thank you!🌻🪻❤️
www.swashbucklerpress.com/tiny-moments...
Tiny Moments of Joy | Swashbuckler Press
Delightful moments captured from people watching in a small city in Aotearoa New Zealand.
www.swashbucklerpress.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Also, if you'd like to get a copy of Tiny Moments of Joy before Christmas, we're advising people order by December 1st. (Prices, including shipping in NZD, which is less in USD/Euro and GBP etc.)
(Kiwi orders can be a wee bit later.😊)
Thank you!🌻🪻❤️
www.swashbucklerpress.com/tiny-moments...
(Kiwi orders can be a wee bit later.😊)
Thank you!🌻🪻❤️
www.swashbucklerpress.com/tiny-moments...
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Reposting for the evening/wildly different time zone crowd.
I'm having a sale on my newsletter!
A Premium subscription (3 issues/week) is now 20% off, so it's $4.80 a month or $48 per year (that's 156 issues!). You can also get this as a gift for that space nerd in your life.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/holiday-sa...
P.S. Bonus cool space pic at this link!
A Premium subscription (3 issues/week) is now 20% off, so it's $4.80 a month or $48 per year (that's 156 issues!). You can also get this as a gift for that space nerd in your life.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/holiday-sa...
P.S. Bonus cool space pic at this link!
Holiday Sale for BAN subscriptions
A 20% discount off the price, and you can also get this as a gift for someone else
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Reposting for the evening/wildly different time zone crowd.
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I have a brand new short story collection in this Storybundle. The collection is exclusive to the bundle.
Enjoy!
#booksky
Enjoy!
#booksky
What's better than stuffing yourself with food? Stuffing your reader with books! And we've got EIGHT StoryBundle exclusives in this Wee Beasties Bundle! storybundle.com/animals
November 29, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I have a brand new short story collection in this Storybundle. The collection is exclusive to the bundle.
Enjoy!
#booksky
Enjoy!
#booksky
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go turn it on.
I see people saying
“I would use alt text but I keep forgetting!”
Thankfully, @bsky.app has a setting for that.
- Go to Settings
- Then Accessibility
- Toggle “Require alt text before posting” to the active setting.
Now Bluesky will remind you to add alt text to all of your posts.
“I would use alt text but I keep forgetting!”
Thankfully, @bsky.app has a setting for that.
- Go to Settings
- Then Accessibility
- Toggle “Require alt text before posting” to the active setting.
Now Bluesky will remind you to add alt text to all of your posts.
November 29, 2025 at 1:03 AM
go turn it on.
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
American Bison
Black Bear
Moose
Fox
Skunk
Also, birds:
Bald Eagle
Sandhill Cranes
Raven family
All hummingbirds found in USA
Golden Eagle
American Bison
Black Bear
Moose
Fox
Skunk
Also, birds:
Bald Eagle
Sandhill Cranes
Raven family
All hummingbirds found in USA
Golden Eagle
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Hedgehog
Roe deer
Badger
Muntjac deer
Fox
I live in the Cotswolds, okay?
Hedgehog
Roe deer
Badger
Muntjac deer
Fox
I live in the Cotswolds, okay?
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Osprey
Eider ducks
Orca
Bald eagle
California sea lion
Osprey
Eider ducks
Orca
Bald eagle
California sea lion
November 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
American Bison
Black Bear
Moose
Fox
Skunk
Also, birds:
Bald Eagle
Sandhill Cranes
Raven family
All hummingbirds found in USA
Golden Eagle
American Bison
Black Bear
Moose
Fox
Skunk
Also, birds:
Bald Eagle
Sandhill Cranes
Raven family
All hummingbirds found in USA
Golden Eagle
Sigh.
Car swept & scraped, IceScreen attached for what's coming. The screen is seven years old and has served well, since I don't have a garage. So, new one needed.
Snow poles up (I need a couple more,) car driven to the mail wall, one acorn planted. Plow guy knows I'm "In" this year.
Rest. . .
Car swept & scraped, IceScreen attached for what's coming. The screen is seven years old and has served well, since I don't have a garage. So, new one needed.
Snow poles up (I need a couple more,) car driven to the mail wall, one acorn planted. Plow guy knows I'm "In" this year.
Rest. . .
November 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Sigh.
Car swept & scraped, IceScreen attached for what's coming. The screen is seven years old and has served well, since I don't have a garage. So, new one needed.
Snow poles up (I need a couple more,) car driven to the mail wall, one acorn planted. Plow guy knows I'm "In" this year.
Rest. . .
Car swept & scraped, IceScreen attached for what's coming. The screen is seven years old and has served well, since I don't have a garage. So, new one needed.
Snow poles up (I need a couple more,) car driven to the mail wall, one acorn planted. Plow guy knows I'm "In" this year.
Rest. . .
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Lots of sales today. I think I got the settings right to give new Patreon subscribers to certain tiers a discount; use the code GOODFICTION at checkout.
Lili Saintcrow | Patreon
creating fiction and other sorceries
www.patreon.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Lots of sales today. I think I got the settings right to give new Patreon subscribers to certain tiers a discount; use the code GOODFICTION at checkout.
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Most of the time Patreon/podcast sub benefits are eh, okay and mostly just for the joy of supporting the show. But this subscription is WELL worth the money. The member-only stories are very good and long and the physical rewards are very generous. Highly recommend!
20% off all Holler subscriptions (including upgrades to your current plan!) through the end of the year!
NEW & GIFT subscriptions: oldgodsofappalachia.com/theholler
UPGRADED subscriptions: Log into your Holler account for details.
NEW & GIFT subscriptions: oldgodsofappalachia.com/theholler
UPGRADED subscriptions: Log into your Holler account for details.
November 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Most of the time Patreon/podcast sub benefits are eh, okay and mostly just for the joy of supporting the show. But this subscription is WELL worth the money. The member-only stories are very good and long and the physical rewards are very generous. Highly recommend!
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The birds are the preferred wrasslin toy of Theodosius Magnus, Fortunatus, Augustus, et Pius. Get your cat the toy fit for an emperor.
I am not doing a special sale in my shop this weekend because everything is already at cost, I’m not able to ship until next week, and I didn’t make some of the extra stuff I intended. But cat toys and goat totes are available! Bookmarks! A couple of original paintings!
ko-fi.com/octopusgalle...
ko-fi.com/octopusgalle...
Visit OctopusGallery's Shop!
Pay what you can crafts and art. Lots of upcycling and creative reuse but mostly cat toys.
ko-fi.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The birds are the preferred wrasslin toy of Theodosius Magnus, Fortunatus, Augustus, et Pius. Get your cat the toy fit for an emperor.
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Black Friday reminder - that product with a great price being sold by a company with a name that's just a bunch of random letters may end up on our website someday because it explodes.
November 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Black Friday reminder - that product with a great price being sold by a company with a name that's just a bunch of random letters may end up on our website someday because it explodes.
Listen, the first time I saw a Rock Sturgeon next to a pier, nibbling away at algae, I about dropped what I was carrying.
When you didn't know something that big lived in a lake you have gone swimming in?
Aliens are the *least* of it. 😳
When you didn't know something that big lived in a lake you have gone swimming in?
Aliens are the *least* of it. 😳
No surprise in general but the Yeti/Bigfoot split is unexpected @colindickey.com
New polling on aliens
% of U.S. adult citizens who believe the following definitely or probably exist:
Aliens 56%
Bigfoot 28%
The Yeti 23%
The Loch Ness Monster 22%
Chupacabra 16%
today.yougov.com/health/artic...
% of U.S. adult citizens who believe the following definitely or probably exist:
Aliens 56%
Bigfoot 28%
The Yeti 23%
The Loch Ness Monster 22%
Chupacabra 16%
today.yougov.com/health/artic...
November 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Listen, the first time I saw a Rock Sturgeon next to a pier, nibbling away at algae, I about dropped what I was carrying.
When you didn't know something that big lived in a lake you have gone swimming in?
Aliens are the *least* of it. 😳
When you didn't know something that big lived in a lake you have gone swimming in?
Aliens are the *least* of it. 😳
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Heads up: Peter S. Beagle's THE LAST UNICORN is on US ebook sale for $2. I got copies for random giveaway.
November 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Heads up: Peter S. Beagle's THE LAST UNICORN is on US ebook sale for $2. I got copies for random giveaway.
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Honestly, taking another day to deal with the Pie Situation (as in, oh my gods there's STILL a whole lotta pie in the kitchen) while reading a history book seems like a very good idea.
November 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Honestly, taking another day to deal with the Pie Situation (as in, oh my gods there's STILL a whole lotta pie in the kitchen) while reading a history book seems like a very good idea.
"FOR SCIENCE!"
(Foxy scientist in a lab coat leaping around the lab as we read....)
🧵
Really, raise a toast to all the dedicated scientists out there discovering incredible things Every Day. 🌸
(Foxy scientist in a lab coat leaping around the lab as we read....)
🧵
Really, raise a toast to all the dedicated scientists out there discovering incredible things Every Day. 🌸
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.
November 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
"FOR SCIENCE!"
(Foxy scientist in a lab coat leaping around the lab as we read....)
🧵
Really, raise a toast to all the dedicated scientists out there discovering incredible things Every Day. 🌸
(Foxy scientist in a lab coat leaping around the lab as we read....)
🧵
Really, raise a toast to all the dedicated scientists out there discovering incredible things Every Day. 🌸
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Am I going to have to continually repost praise to my newsletter until EVERY ONE OF MY FOLLOWERS HERE signs up?
Well, no, because that would be annoying. But here's one anyway.
Well, no, because that would be annoying. But here's one anyway.
Even your sales pitch newsletter rocks today, Phil. Someone your readers know loves science. What a great all-year-long gift this makes.
November 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Am I going to have to continually repost praise to my newsletter until EVERY ONE OF MY FOLLOWERS HERE signs up?
Well, no, because that would be annoying. But here's one anyway.
Well, no, because that would be annoying. But here's one anyway.