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Heidi Baumgartner
@hbaum.bsky.social
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Hummingbird watcher, a cat’s person, content consumer
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"Condoleeza Rice discusses restoring confidence in American democracy"

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Tim Robinson in a hot dog costume, captioned "WE'RE ALL TRYING TO FIND THE GUY WHO DID THIS" (from "I Think You Should Leave")
November 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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timeline coincidence of the most depressing order
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a post from Louisa saying "Just remembered there's no more Gilded Age this season and got emotionally devastated", directly underneath a Darth repost of a photo of Trump and Zelenskyy sitting in the oval office (where everything has been gilded to shit) saying "You could write a book about this photo. Everything about it is so fucking vulgar." Ugh.
August 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Cole Escola in his play, "Oh, Mary!" (pic form NYT review)
December 13, 2024 at 4:48 PM
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Laptop takeover (smh)
A big brown cat is sleeping on his person’s lap. The displaced laptop computer that was on the lap before him is visible in the background.
November 15, 2024 at 9:27 PM
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No thoughts only vibes
A large brown cat lies on his back, exposing his white belly. He’s got a thousand mile stare on his face and has absolutely no thoughts in his head.
November 5, 2024 at 4:09 PM
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Grizz (as a very scary dinosaur) and my nephew a few years ago 🥰🦖
a fluffy brown cat wearing a green dinosaur costume with spikes down his back is sitting on a chair. A toddler in a striped shirt is standing nearby looking and pointing at the cat/dinosaur.
October 31, 2024 at 6:31 PM
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Grizz as a babylab participant 🥰😻
a fluffy brown cat in an infant t-shirt that says "Graduate, University of California, Davis Infant Cognition Lab". He's getting scritches for being such a good boy/participant. a fluffy brown cat wearing the same infant t-shirt. He's sitting on the lap of his human, like a baby participating an experiment. He's a good boy.
October 31, 2024 at 6:28 PM
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we still doing pet pillow pics, @darthbluesky.bsky.social?
A brown cat is sleeping on the back of a couch, with his head and front paws perched on a pillow. Well, technically he was sleeping but is currently awake and looking at the camera because he somehow always knows when his picture is being taken.
September 27, 2024 at 5:43 PM
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My NYTimes crossword steak just hit 1000 days. Please clap?
NYTimes crossword puzzle stats page, showing a current streak of 1000 days. Is this impressive or sad?
September 9, 2024 at 7:47 PM
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In our household, we call this “ironing”
A big brown cat sleeps curled up on a stack of freshly laundered t-shirts. He is helping.
August 18, 2024 at 4:14 PM
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hm yes okay
A fluffy brown cat sleeps on the back of a couch cushion with three of his four white paws stretched out toward the camera. Multiple beans are visible.
August 15, 2024 at 9:45 PM
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Happy International Cat Day to all the cats out there, but especially to this guy who makes my life better every day
A big fluffy brown cat with white feet and a white tummy lies on his back The same fluffy brown cat is still belly-up on a bed, now making a face that looks like a grimace but is really the start of a yawn Same fluffy brown cat belly-up on a bed, in the middle of a big old yawn
August 8, 2024 at 9:53 PM
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Did a double-take because Fergus looks so much like my Grizzly in this pic! FWIW, sleeping on a bag of rocks is totes something Grizz would do too smh (although here’s a pic of him making a smarter choice)
A big fluffy brown cat is sleeping with his bushy tail wrapped around himself on a folded-up quilt on a bed.
July 24, 2024 at 10:06 PM
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When you find the afternoon sun patch >>>>>>>>>>>

(cc: @darthbluesky.bsky.social )
A big fluffy brown cat with a white chest and paws sits on a bed in the middle of a block of sunlight.
June 23, 2024 at 12:44 AM
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:)
Screenshot of NYTimes headline “trump guilty on all counts”
May 30, 2024 at 10:01 PM
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no thoughts only vibes
a fluffy brown cat absolutely vibing to the chest scratches he's getting. his whiskers are amazing and there is not a thought in his head. the same fluffy brown cat is now getting his chin scratched, and he is loving it.
April 26, 2024 at 5:46 PM
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Golden hour photo shoot with my handsome roommate
A fluffy brown tabby looks slightly off camera. He is very handsome. The same fluffy brown tabby now looks directly into the camera, with slightly sleepy eyes, as if to say “hey, girl” The fluffy brown tabby gazes into the distance, his face awash in golden sunlight.
March 8, 2024 at 2:01 AM
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When you have one lap but two laptops ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
A MacBook and a big brown cat competing for space on a person’s lap. The cat is winning and the result is NOT ergonomic.
February 27, 2024 at 12:08 AM
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Here's my map, although I'm not confident it's 100% correct. I feel like this would map on nicely to some kind of urban density map, with a few exceptions (Sorry, Ohio. Sorry, not sorry, Florida.)
A US map showing the states I've been to. It's got a very "coastal elite" vibe
November 29, 2023 at 4:57 PM
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Grizz was VERY BRAVE at the vet today (annual checkup, clean bill of health!) and is now completely ZONKED OUT on his window seat with the anti-anxiety meds still coursing through his system. Congrats buddy, you earned it.

#catsky
A large brown cat sleeping in the sun near an open window. He is using the windowsill as a pillow and his back leg and tail are hanging off the edge of his cat tree ledge.
November 8, 2023 at 9:28 PM
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Hey @darthbluesky.bsky.social It’s Grizzly’s 13th Gotcha Day! Here’s are a couple pics from the day I met him, when he “claimed” me by climbing into my lap before another cat could. Other pics are from his first day at home, 13 years ago today. So lucky to be roomies with this guy 😻
A brown and white kitten (~6 months old) curled in the lap of someone sitting criss cross apple sauce on the floor, with another cat in the background A brown and white kitten “talking” to the camera with his soon-to-be human in the background, as they take their first selfie together A brown and white kitten sitting on a blue chair on the first day in his new home A brown and white kitten melting over the edge of a blue chair. He’s made himself comfortable in his new home.
November 2, 2023 at 8:45 PM
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this is the second time a @darthbluesky.bsky.social repost of a Tessa pic has stopped me in my tracks because she looks so much like my guy Grizzly. Doppelgängers! Here's an old pic of Grizz burrowing 😻
a brown furry cat nested on a pile of sweatshirts on a high closet shelf
October 30, 2023 at 7:09 PM
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TGIF (Thank Grizz It's Friday)

(cc @darthbluesky.bsky.social)
a big, furry, tri-color cat named Grizzly lies belly up in the sun on the chaise part of a L-shaped couch
October 27, 2023 at 10:26 PM
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OMG she looks so much like my guy, Grizzly! He also glitches frequently, pls pass on any helpful advice you receive. 🙏

(btw, @darthbluesky.bsky.social, meet Grizz!)
a very large tricolor cat (part maine coon perhaps??) sprawled on his back in the sun. he's a very good boy.
October 2, 2023 at 8:37 PM
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I couldn't find a good "control room" photo, but did come across this old gem from when we were testing out the mobile eye-tracker in [redacted]'s lab (bonus points if you can ID [redacted] in the photo, but don't tell her I posted this! 😂) #devpsyc
screenshot of mobile eyetracking software, with a researcher making a funny face in the "scene" view
September 11, 2023 at 10:16 PM