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arguchik.bsky.social
SpareCrow (she/they)
@arguchik.bsky.social
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I’m a freelance writer and editor. I live in Pittsburgh with my partner (he’s the tall one) and our two cats.

If I’ve never met you IRL, I won’t respond to a DM from you.
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Am I doing it right?
December 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Ran the #phillyhalfmarathon with my niece today! We finished faster than we expected! Such a fun event - great course and spectator support for almost the entire route.
Me (left) and my niece (right) at or near the start line. We are both smiling and throwing peace signs.
November 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Pea soup
Seen through the windshield of a moving vehicle: the Pennsylvania turnpike shrouded in fog.
November 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Mine, within 48 hours of receiving her new heated cat bed.
A black cat lies on her back, limbs stretched in every direction, asleep and drunk on the heat of her new heated sherpa fleece cat bed.
November 15, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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We snap. And we are dragons.
A pair of pink snapdragon flowers with yellow spots on their lower lips.
November 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Here I am after finishing my 20 km run this morning. 😊 Yes, my hair is dripping sweat and my hat (which I knit - pattern is Shedir - like…god, almost 20 years ago now. 😬😂) Philly half-marathon, here I come!
A 58-year-old woman after completing a 20 km training run this morning. Photo taken during her cool-down walk, post-run.
November 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Greeted by this at the end of my 8 km run this morning. #runinthedsrk, #finishinthelight
October 7, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Comments on a post in which the poster asks what the gold statue is behind Trump’s desk in the Oval Office.
August 26, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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I ordered a used copy of Darwin’s Origin of Species from ThriftBooks. It arrived today. I found this photo in it. I’m intrigued…
A sunny college campus. In the background is a plaza with a brutalist building beyond. In the foreground, a college-aged person with long blonde hair that looks surf-salted stands in front of a rangy tree. They are wearing an oversized dark purple or navy t-shirt with the word Washington across the chest in fancy lettering, and a round emblem below that.
June 22, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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Here, this will help.
Two black cats are curled up together, napping on a faux Sherpa fleece cat bed. There’s a window in the background, and the cat on the right brought her purple dinosaur mini beanie baby along, which is in the foreground.
June 19, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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This one is more recent, also funnier.
A large, unrealistic painting of John Travolta in his white disco suit from Saturday Night Fever is leaning against a wall, and is surrounded by potted ferns for sale. The sign also has text reading “FERN BABY FERN,” and “DISCO INFERNO.” Get it? Haha.
June 17, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Here’s one of my signs.
A photo taken from the University Bridge in Seattle. In the foreground is a waist-high concrete barrier with a sign on it that says in all caps, “NO JUMPING FROM THR BRIDGE,” followed by normal text that says, “The Consequences of jumping from the bridge are fatal and tragic.”
June 17, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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As an undergrad I learned this as Hieracium aurantiacum, but it has a different genus now: Pilosella aurantiaca, or orange hawkweed / fireweed. I love it.
Orange hawkweed (Pilosella aurantiaca) in flower in a Pittsburgh front yard.
June 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Two days in a row! They used to curl up together like this all the time, until Echo (at right in both photos) developed hyperthyroidism. After about 6 months of finding an effective dose of methimazole, her aggression and irritability are better, and she’s back up to 10 lbs (from 7.5 lbs).
Mia (l) and Echo (r) curled up together on a faux shearling mat next to a window. In the foreground is Echo’s favorite toy, the purple dinosaur that is not Barney. Both cats are black. Echo is sleek while Mia is fluffy. Mia (l) and Echo (r) curled up together on a faux shearling mat next to a window. Both cats are black. Echo is sleek while Mia is fluffy.
June 5, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Current status:
Sleeping cat with thick black smoke fur sleeping on a blue blanket. My lap is underneath the blanket.
May 22, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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I have a cat named Artemis too! Here she is:
A medium haired polydactyl “black smoke” cat sits on a desk, looking annoyed because she wants scritches. Behind her is a monitor, keyboard, a teal mug, and various other desk items. Her name is Artemis, Mia for short. Like any self-respecting cat she has a few other names as well, including: Boopty, Monster, and Fluffysoft.
May 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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A film that takes place where I’m from.
A clip from American Pie with Alyson Hannigan saying “This one time, at band camp…”
April 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Someone photoshopped that. Here’s what that online dictionary really says:
Screenshot of Merriam-Webster definition of “groceries.” It reads, “the food and supplies sold by a grocer —usually singular in British usage”
April 5, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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So far, these are the best buckeyes I’ve had since I moved to PA. They taste as good as the ones my friend’s mom used to make when I was a kid. Secret recipe. I came close to making a close facsimile. These are closer. Super good.
A photo of the lid on a small, oval container of buckeyes, which is a peanut butter bonbon coated with chocolate. The lid says “Since 1984 - Marsha’s homemade premium quality buckeyes.” The container started with 12 bonbons, but now contains only 8. The missing 4 were delicious.
March 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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TIL that the red Haribo Goldbears are raspberry (not cherry) and the green ones are strawberry, WHAT?? Not green apple? In my defense, I don’t eat them often and I rarely read candy packaging. (There’s info I prefer not to know in the moments when I’m eating candy, lol.)
An image of part of a Haribo Goldbears bag, where there are images of the different bear colors, each paired with an image of its fruit flavor and the word for that fruit. Orange is orange; yellow is lemon; white is pineapple; red is raspberry; and green is strawberry.
March 14, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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I also have one fluffy black cat and one sleek black cat. My fluffy one has a silver undercoat and is polydactyl.
March 8, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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I should clarify, I can’t verify 100% because the specimens are distorted from pressing and age. I’m confident of the Coreopsis lanceolata, not so much the butterfly pea or the wood sorrel. I love the stains on the pages. Like the Shroud of Turin lol.
January 24, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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These are all one book to me: texts for my undergrad field plant systematics class.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you—one book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. There are no explanations, no reviews, just covers. #20books #booksky #20bookchallenge

19/20
A copy of Vascular Plant Families, by Kathryn E. Simpson rests on a wood floor. Stacked on top of it are two Audubon Society books: Field Guide to North American Wildflowers: Eastern Region, and Field Guide to Trees: Eastern Region. Inside the Wildflowers guide there are several dried specimens interleaved with their species guide entries, put there by a previous owner of the book. I will do my best to keep them intact, inside the book where they belong.
January 10, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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My cat, Mia. I even put that folded up rug on the bottom shelf of the end table, but she prefers lying on the grate, squeezed between the lamp base and the table. lol.
January 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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See also: (cited in Babylon 5, Walter Koenig’s character)
December 30, 2024 at 4:32 AM