Emily
@cat-appreciator.bsky.social
Trans woman, ace-ish lesbian, amateur potter, fanfic enjoyer, friend to all kitties. She/her.
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Alfred Hitchcock's cure for fascism
November 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Alfred Hitchcock's cure for fascism
That we can do this is incredible.
RNA sequencing revealed which of the woolly mammoth Yuka's genes were active when it died: "In the creature’s final panicked moments, its muscles were tensing and its cells were signaling distress—perhaps unsurprising since Yuka is thought to have died as a result of a cave lion attack." 🧪
World’s oldest RNA extracted from Ice Age woolly mammoth
Sequencing an ancient creature’s RNA opens up a new window into extinct life.
arstechnica.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
That we can do this is incredible.
I get very annoyed at people who go “taxonomically, whales are fish (because all tetrapods are part of the sarcopterygian fishes)”. Great! You’re technically correct. But calling whales “fish” is not actually *useful*. In real life, as opposed to phylogeny fairyland, the distinction has a meaning.
November 17, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I get very annoyed at people who go “taxonomically, whales are fish (because all tetrapods are part of the sarcopterygian fishes)”. Great! You’re technically correct. But calling whales “fish” is not actually *useful*. In real life, as opposed to phylogeny fairyland, the distinction has a meaning.
I have said in the past that transphobia has replaced fox hunting as the British elite’s recreational sadism bonding activity, but it seems I counted out the gentleman’s sport too soon - in lieu of foxes they’ve switched to the most dangerous game.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Are they going to eat me alive?’: trail runners become prey in newest form of hunting
Nervous reporter is chased across English countryside by baying bloodhounds, in what could soon be only legal way to hunt with dogs
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:47 AM
I have said in the past that transphobia has replaced fox hunting as the British elite’s recreational sadism bonding activity, but it seems I counted out the gentleman’s sport too soon - in lieu of foxes they’ve switched to the most dangerous game.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
I made a pretty okay beef mussaman curry/stew! I was feeling the lack of red meat in my diet recently and this certainly helps.
November 17, 2025 at 7:10 AM
I made a pretty okay beef mussaman curry/stew! I was feeling the lack of red meat in my diet recently and this certainly helps.
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behold my cat and his inherent majesty
November 13, 2025 at 11:58 PM
behold my cat and his inherent majesty
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I painted a cat in a drawer. medium: Nicker poster colour on Arches watercolour paper
October 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I painted a cat in a drawer. medium: Nicker poster colour on Arches watercolour paper
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WHEN LIFE IS HARD
I GO IN A BOX
I GO IN A BOX
November 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
WHEN LIFE IS HARD
I GO IN A BOX
I GO IN A BOX
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Finally all of the inner senshi are complete!
It will be a while before starting the outers
It will be a while before starting the outers
November 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Finally all of the inner senshi are complete!
It will be a while before starting the outers
It will be a while before starting the outers
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The difference in time between now and I can has cheezburger
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The difference in time between now and I can has cheezburger
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
Jesus. Some delightful person has decided that November 14th is the perfect night to let off fireworks. Hurrah for Canterbury Anniversary Day I guess???
November 14, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Jesus. Some delightful person has decided that November 14th is the perfect night to let off fireworks. Hurrah for Canterbury Anniversary Day I guess???
I’m beginning to think I should get myself a sewing machine. So I can actually work on things at home when I can’t be bothered going down to the library.
I am 100% sure that if I hang around sewists long enough someone’s going to offer me their old machine. It’s already happened three times.
I am 100% sure that if I hang around sewists long enough someone’s going to offer me their old machine. It’s already happened three times.
November 14, 2025 at 5:47 AM
I’m beginning to think I should get myself a sewing machine. So I can actually work on things at home when I can’t be bothered going down to the library.
I am 100% sure that if I hang around sewists long enough someone’s going to offer me their old machine. It’s already happened three times.
I am 100% sure that if I hang around sewists long enough someone’s going to offer me their old machine. It’s already happened three times.
I wish I didn’t feel tired all the one lately. I had plans today!
November 14, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I wish I didn’t feel tired all the one lately. I had plans today!
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Part 42 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
Sleeping Cat. Ivory, 19th century, Japan
Sleeping Cat. Ivory, 19th century, Japan
November 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Part 42 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
Sleeping Cat. Ivory, 19th century, Japan
Sleeping Cat. Ivory, 19th century, Japan
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Part 15 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
An Egyptian amethyst cat amulet. Late period to ptolemaic period, 664-30 BC
An Egyptian amethyst cat amulet. Late period to ptolemaic period, 664-30 BC
November 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Part 15 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
An Egyptian amethyst cat amulet. Late period to ptolemaic period, 664-30 BC
An Egyptian amethyst cat amulet. Late period to ptolemaic period, 664-30 BC
A government which actually cared about efficiency and saving money would fund UBI, universal healthcare, and housing first initiatives … because they’ve been proven, time and again, to save money.
November 14, 2025 at 12:13 AM
A government which actually cared about efficiency and saving money would fund UBI, universal healthcare, and housing first initiatives … because they’ve been proven, time and again, to save money.
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Long ago on the hell site I made long list of historically interesting things to use in dnd ttrpgs and I'll start dragging them over here starting with
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Long ago on the hell site I made long list of historically interesting things to use in dnd ttrpgs and I'll start dragging them over here starting with
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
Tomorrow I’m planning to go investigate the new fabric store (my mother says it has good deals on technically-upholstery-but-you-can-use-it-for-garments fabric), maybe do some more sewing, maybe get to the hardware store for synthetic chamois, maybe glue some earrings together.
November 13, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Tomorrow I’m planning to go investigate the new fabric store (my mother says it has good deals on technically-upholstery-but-you-can-use-it-for-garments fabric), maybe do some more sewing, maybe get to the hardware store for synthetic chamois, maybe glue some earrings together.
I don’t often find myself majorly inconvenienced by not having a car, but today is an exception. The bus was so late, and traffic was so bad, that I missed my connection and as a result had to skip my craft group. By the time I got there it would have been basically over.
November 13, 2025 at 5:56 AM
I don’t often find myself majorly inconvenienced by not having a car, but today is an exception. The bus was so late, and traffic was so bad, that I missed my connection and as a result had to skip my craft group. By the time I got there it would have been basically over.
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The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
I love the terrestrial crocodilomorphs but I’m unsure about the arboreal ones.
Okay, Australian scientists, you're just trolling us now, right? www.bbc.com/news/article...
Evidence of ancient tree-climbing 'drop crocs' found in Australia
Scientists say the crocodiles hunted like leopards by climbing trees and killing prey below.
www.bbc.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I love the terrestrial crocodilomorphs but I’m unsure about the arboreal ones.
Holy hell. I am … appalled. I’d say “the scream I scrumpt” except it’s more of a dejected groan. I thought the issue lay with America’s “No Child Left Behind” program, but this is horrifying. The rot is deeper.
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Holy hell. I am … appalled. I’d say “the scream I scrumpt” except it’s more of a dejected groan. I thought the issue lay with America’s “No Child Left Behind” program, but this is horrifying. The rot is deeper.
Sewing projects I want to try:
- glasses case
- yukata/summer dressing gown
- wraparound skirt but with waist tie, more drapey.
- pleated skirt
- IDK maybe a t-shirt
- glasses case
- yukata/summer dressing gown
- wraparound skirt but with waist tie, more drapey.
- pleated skirt
- IDK maybe a t-shirt
November 12, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Sewing projects I want to try:
- glasses case
- yukata/summer dressing gown
- wraparound skirt but with waist tie, more drapey.
- pleated skirt
- IDK maybe a t-shirt
- glasses case
- yukata/summer dressing gown
- wraparound skirt but with waist tie, more drapey.
- pleated skirt
- IDK maybe a t-shirt
I have finished doing the basting stitches to hold my waistband onto my skirt, which took like two hours … now all I have to do is actually sew it on.
November 12, 2025 at 5:18 AM
I have finished doing the basting stitches to hold my waistband onto my skirt, which took like two hours … now all I have to do is actually sew it on.