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caoimhín mac samhain
@kbmcgowan.bsky.social
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phonetician, linguist, associate professor, musician, gen x nerd, he/him
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géar is exhausted from all the winning yesterday
sleeping ginger cat on a blue blanket
November 6, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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I wasted so much of my one precious life not having a cat
my old cow cat, Milis, in her preferred cuddle spot on my chest
October 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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who has no thumbs and my whole heart? THIS GUY
sleeping ginger cat sprawled across the lap of his preferred human
September 27, 2025 at 12:04 AM
kbmcgowan.bsky.social
Don't love this new floating "you didn't want to use our app, did you?" bubble thing Overcast has added
screen shot of the app Overcast showing how the new floating UI bubbles make using the app next to impossible
September 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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good night, everybody, stay safe out there!
ginger cat, with his paws curled up to his chin, sleeping on a blue couch
September 14, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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this right here, this is my little guy
ginger cat resting in a window perch with his head on his paw
September 2, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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this guy has a more accurate internal clock than I do
a white and grey cat with a pink nose and one clipped ear has snuggled up next to me on the sofa to remind me that the cats in this house get bedtime kibble.
July 17, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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nose freckle twins!
ginger cat with nose freckles looks at the camera
July 14, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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imagine proudly putting up a stone monument to traitorous, racist, slavery-supporting losers? then imagine LEAVING it up? embarrassing
confederate veterans monument in murray, ky
June 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Google was a whole lot less stupid when it wasn't so smart.
searched google scholar for "fush to feesh" and it changed it unhelpfully to "fish to fish"
May 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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the dream before and after photo every maga takes to the plastic surgeon
A spanish fresco of jesus that has been inexpertly retouched into a smooth, homogenous blur with cartoonishly lifeless eyes
May 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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sometimes this cat makes me wish i had a tail
a ginger cat sleeps on a window perch. he is curled in a tight ball, his muzzle buried in the flood of his own, unwrapping tail
February 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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this one creature's life has improved dramatically this month from "may not survive this blizzard" to "my bowl is EMPTY why do you not take action!?!?"
brown tabby cat with a white tummy and paws accepts pets when he really wants kibble
January 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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This is Salainn, he's probably about four. His world has recently gotten a lot warmer, safer, and tummy filling
a brown and grey tabby cat with a clipped ear makes biscuits on the forearm of his new person
January 24, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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ginger cat asleep on a blue blanket with closeup of toe beans in the foreground
January 21, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #162,964!
user number 162,964 joined june 27, 2023
September 17, 2024 at 12:47 AM
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How the HELL am I meant to remember which of my 3 Google IDs, 1 Orcid, 2 Microsoft IDs, 1 Apple ID, or 4 E-mail addresses I use once every year or so to authenticate to this stupid web site?!!?!?
Wiley login screen. "Sign in to connect to continue to Wiley Online Library" with choices of Google, Orcid, Microsoft, Apple, or E-Mail address as Authentication & Authorization system
September 13, 2024 at 4:03 PM
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my house is so fancy
a box fan is clamped to a staircase railing to facilitate air exchange between floors view of box fan from below, clampered to a staircase railing
June 24, 2024 at 9:25 PM
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sadly there's no "f^ck no" option for this offer
email offering me a complimentary copy of john mcwhorter's new book.
November 2, 2023 at 7:38 PM
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repost with a pic you have saved that you haven't found a use for
minivan bumper with sticker: condoms prevent minivans
September 8, 2023 at 1:02 AM
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this is Géar, he's looking at his roommate, Milis (also a cat, not pictured)
a ginger cat with freckles on his nose is stretched out on a wooden floor
August 29, 2023 at 11:35 PM
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Social pressure leading to sound change spread, the Get In Loser, model. @jofrhwld.bsky.social 🐦🐦
"Get in Loser" meme (three actors from mean girls in a car) but "loser" is spelled with an umlaut over the 'o' and the bottom text reads "we're fronting GOOSE" vowels
July 17, 2023 at 5:36 PM
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This is Géar. He also helped me work for a while.
A ginger cat has his paws wrapped around a pale, white guy's wrist. The cat is asleep. The hand may not move.
July 10, 2023 at 2:14 AM
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This is Milis, she helped me write today. Thanks, Milis!
a black and white cat sits on the keyboard of an ipad and looks away from the camera. her body completely covers the keys.
July 10, 2023 at 2:12 AM
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iphone lock screen. photo of my family and the st. louis arch in silhouette. widgets are three batteries' status: my phone's charge, my watch's charge, and how much sleep i got the previous night.
July 6, 2023 at 3:30 PM