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kerendith.bsky.social
Sarah LR
@kerendith.bsky.social
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Catless cat person who reads mostly history and mysteries. Queer, disabled, nontheist (ex-vangelical), nerdy, depressive. Unusual likes: early music, black licorice, Tarkovsky movies.

Pronouns: she/they
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This is Navi!
A fluffy tortie cat with a light brown ruff sits on a pink blanket near a dish of wet food.
November 12, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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I always think of the Byzantine guy who I can never quite remember.
Portrait of Alexios V from a 15th-century codex containing a copy of the Extracts of History by Joannes Zonaras A portrait in a pen and ink style of a white man with heavy eyebrows and a dark beard. He wears an elaborate headcovering and a broad jeweled collar.
November 11, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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Screenshot from Truth Social Donald J. Trump @realDonald Trump All Air Traffic Controllers must get back to work, NOW!!! Anyone who doesn't will be substantially "docked." For those Air Traffic Controllers who were GREAT PATRIOTS, and didn't take ANY TIME OFF for the "Democrat Shutdown Hoax," I will be recommending a BONUS of $10,000 per person for distinguished service to our Country. For those that did nothing but complain, and took time off, even though everyone knew they would be paid, IN FULL, shortly into the future, I am NOT HAPPY WITH YOU. You didn't step up to help the U.S.A. against the FAKE DEMOCRAT ATTACK that was only meant to hurt our Country. You will have a negative mark, at least in my mind, against your record. If you want to leave service in the near future, please do not hesitate to do so, with NO payment or severance of any kind! You will be quickly replaced by true Patriots, who will do a better job on the Brand New State of the Art Equipment, the best in the World, that we are in the process of ordering. The last "Administration" wasted Billions of Dollars trying to fix antiquated "junk." They had no idea what they were doing! Again, to our great American Patriots, GOD BLESS YOU - I won't be able to send your money fast enough! To all others, REPORT TO WORK IMMEDIATELY. GOD BLESS AMERICA! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP 944 ReTruths 2.84k Likes Nov 10, 2025, 9:32 AM
November 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Alt text 1 of 2 Helen Stickler I'm seeing some misinformation and confusion about the expiring ACA credits. These are not the premium tax credits (PTC) that were put in place when the ACA was passed back in 2010 and enacted in 2014. These were *enhanced* premium tax credits, that were a gift from Joe Biden under the American Rescue Plan Act in 2021, later extended through the Inflation Reduction Act until the end of 2025. These credits temporarily expanded eligibility and increased the amount of financial assistance for health insurance premiums. Now those are going away, just as they had been scheduled to. In 2017, the GOP passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), which benefitted high-income earners by giving them lower tax rates and increased deductions. These were set to expire in late 2025, but since the GOP got a trifecta in the last election, they gleefully extended them in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025. To nobody's surprise, the issue of also extending Joe Biden's ACA expansion was never even discussed by the ruling party. When the Democrats decided to participate in the shutdown, they needed a wedge issue to justify all the pain that would be inflicted on Government workers, etc. They very wisely went back to Joe Biden's ACA *enhanced* premium tax credits, and put them on the table again. They did this from a position of no power and no leverage. Now the game of chicken is coming to an end. Rumor has it, some Democrats in the Senate are going to vote to end the shutdown. I am seeing a LOT of people pouting and shouting "they caved! they always cave!" This is frankly ridiculous. The idea that the GOP would extend Joe Biden's ACA expansion was never going to happen and everyone knew it. I knew it, they knew it. If you are squealing and pouting now, I guess you are the only one who didn't know it. Alt text 2 of 2. The point was to make the GOP go on RECORD and be very VISIBLY responsible for the pain in people's pocketbook when the credits will indeed expire on December 31, 2025. To that end, their plan worked quite masterfully. People's healthcare will get more expensive in fewer than 2 months, and they will know exactly who to blame. The Dems were also supposedly able to negotiate a floor vote on the ACA expansion extension which will put the GOP on record as voting against healthcare for many of their constituents. So, I am going to need you Debbie Downers to put your big girl panties on and take a look at the facts. The Dems did not cave. They did exactly what they set out to do, given the limited options they had. Stop expecting your party to perform miracles, and then acting like a whiny little baby when they can't. Elections have consequences.
November 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Screenshot of a Truth Social post. Donald J. Trump @realDonald Trump People that are against Tariffs are FOOLS! We are now the Richest, Most Respected Country In the World, With Almost No Inflation, and A Record Stock Market Price. 401k's are Highest EVER. We are taking in Trillions of Dollars and will soon begin paying down our ENORMOUS DEBT, $37 Trillion. Record Investment in the USA, plants and factories going up all over the place. A dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone 2.19k ReTruths 7.61k Likes 11/9/25, 7:25 AM
November 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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A couple of the mousies did not have their jingles securely attached, and everything kinda smells like Downy, so... I dunno.

But there was also a moustache in the box, so that was 3 minutes of silliness.

Who knew I'd look good with a Poirot 'stache?!
Selfie. Me, a chubby white person, with hair pulled back, with a black moustache cutout stuck below my nose. I look tired. But snazzy!
November 7, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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Screenshot of 4WSMV news station website. Above two images of people in business clothing walking outdoors in a serious manner, the headline and subhead read: President Trump pardons former TN House Speaker Glen Casada, chief of staff, after corruption convictions A jury convicted Casada and his former chief of staff in September on a slew of charges, including wire fraud and money laundering.
November 7, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from “Star Wars,” “Star Trek,” “Doctor Who,” or “Transformers".
Cover art (maybe) for a movie titled "The Electric Grandmother". The image is of actor Maureen Stapleton as the said Grandmother, outside, wearing a light purple coat and multicolored scarf, attaching a kite to string extending out of her left hand.
October 31, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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I see the incredibly awful racism here, but I want to point out that this pervasive notion that only paid work is work is breaking us.

Caregiving is work. Getting an education is work. Volunteering is work. People put effort, time, emotional and mental energy into all kinds of important things.
Screenshot from X.com / Twitter Mike Davis @mrddmia X.com We should only help people who can't help themselves. It's outrageous 40MM people get food stamps. Get off your fat, ghetto asses. Get a job. Stop reproducing. Change your shitty culture. Stop giving food stamps to immigrants. We don't want you here, if you won't work. [Quoted post] The Hill @thehill. 8h SNAP funding expiration set to hit 40 million people trib.al/ZYY1vV9
October 29, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Post something random or you'll have an awful November.

(Well. I'm American, so this cannot save me from an awful November. But I found something pretty. I'd like to go see it in person.)
Photo by Jack Kolpitcke of a mural of flowers and birds stretching across multiple stories of an old brick building. Description from https://www.choosechicago.com/articles/museums-art/great-neighborhoods-for-chicago-street-art/ From Doom to Bloom by Collin van der Sluijs This powerful jewel-toned mural by Dutch artist Collin van der Sluijis depicts two indigenous Illinois birds against larger-than-life blooms. At its heart, the work conveys triumph over adversity, and, ultimately, hope. The yellow-headed blackbird depicted was once common in Chicago, but has since disappeared, while the red-headed woodpecker is in danger of meeting the same fate. Van der Sluijs’ work, which tends to focus on “personal pleasures and struggles in daily life,” has been exhibited throughout Europe and in the United States. 1006 S. Michigan Ave.
October 29, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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Screenshot from X.com, formerly Twitter C.Jay Engel @contramordor X.com How many times do I have to say that moaning about how these cities have fallen is completely debased and antithetical to the Faustian spirit? Our ancestors burned entire cities and wiped out enemies that often outnumbered them. They settled entire continents and overcame staggering environmental, political, and military obstacles. Nothing has fallen. You just don't have the guts to abandon liberal democracy.
October 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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I bought a new eyeliner for no good reason, so I felt I should play with it. And I just continued pulling things out of my gallon Ziploc bag here.

This is... way more dramatic than I meant it to be?
Selfie. A chubby, pale white person with long gray hair is wearing dark eyeliner and lipstick. They're making a silly "I don't know about this" face.
October 26, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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My brother-in-law sent the family text chat a notice about a kitty needing a home. He's trying to tempt his uncle, but his aunt may not allow it.

I broke and offered to foster her.

I miss having a cat so much. But I still have a $7k plumbing repair in my future.

I hope I get to hang with her.
Photo. A fluffy tortie cat sits on a pink blanket. A dish of wet food is in front of her. The kitty has a dark tortie face and a light ruff.
October 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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JOURNAL FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF RELIGION JSSR Research Article Full Access Racialized Religion and Judicial Injustice: How Whiteness and Biblicist Christianity Intersect to Promote a Preference for (Unjust) Punishment Samuel L. Perry Andrew L. Whitehead First published: 15 December 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1111/jssr.12705 | Citations: 13 Note: The authors contributed equally to this article. Names are listed alphabetically. SECTIONS PDF TOOLS SHARE Abstract America's judicial system is both exceptionally punitive and demonstrably unjust toward racial minorities. While these dual realities are structured into America's institutions, we propose they are also partially sustained by the intersection of ideologies that are both racialized and sacralized. Using multiple waves of the General Social Surveys and a unique measure that asks Americans to choose between two forms of judicial injustice (wrongful conviction or erroneous acquittal), we examine how white racial identity intersects with biblical literalism to bolster America's bent toward unjust punitiveness. In the main effects, Americans who affirm biblical literalism are more likely to show a preference for convicting the innocent, as are whites compared to Black Americans. Examining interaction effects, however, we find whiteness moderates the influence of biblical literalism such that only white biblical literalists (as opposed to non-white biblical literalists or white non-biblical literalists) are more likely to prefer wrongful conviction. Indeed, in our full model, being a white biblical literalist is the strongest predictor of preferring wrongful conviction. We theorize that preference for wrongful conviction over erroneous acquittal stems, at least in part, from the combination of sacralized authoritarianism and perceived racial threat.
October 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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What's it like inside your head?

It's a bit overwhelming for me as a quilt, but it works pretty well to capture the inside of my head!
Screenshot from website https://quiltingbythebay.com/products/black-cat-limited-edition-fabric-kit of a collage quilt pattern by Laura Heine. The main figure is a black cat with an arched back and upright poofed tail. The cat's back and tail have small white botanical designs. The background is in various shades of cream with a variety of patterns like spiderwebs and singular items like antique letter swatches. The bottom and right borders have a broad grayish lace pattern. Small labels, skull decorations, pictures of birds, insects, and floral art are scattered around the border. It's quite busy, a bit overwhelming, a bit creepy, and still kind of pretty.
October 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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The Chicago History Museum doesn't have a whole lot of results for a "kittens" search in their photographs collection, but I wanted to find something neat for you all. Here are some kittens with a Thing On A String in 1933!
Photo. Black and white. Dated 1933. From https://images.chicagohistory.org/asset/134442/ Four colorpointed kittens on a table. Two are looking at a dangling bit of fluff on a string. One looks to the side. The fourth is a tiny loaf.
October 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Pics:
Photo. A squarish satchel-style handbag in black with pink flowers. Photo. Interior of a handbag showing several pockets and compartments.
October 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Mildly disturbing merge game breakfast meats.
Screenshot from the game EverMerge. Five slices of sexy anthropomorphic raw bacon are lounging on grassy green squares near an eggs and bacon tree.
October 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Me & Momo in October 2022.

He's so adorable.
Photo. Selfie of me, a fat white person, and my gray tabby cat named Momo. Momo is draped over the back of a chair with only his face and one paw visible. I'm in the chair, behind him, looking terrible with awful undereye circles and lots of gray wisps of hair uncaptured by my bun. I was probably smooching Momo's back. It's a cute pic.
October 16, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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Those eyes! He looks like a Bouguereau waif!
Oil painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau. Petite Mendiante. A young girl with light skin and dark hair sits on a block of stone looking melancholy. She appears to be dressed in peasant clothing: a white blouse, dark skirt, and green shawl with some embroidered bands wrapped around her waist. A string of blue beads hangs around her neck. Her bare feet are visible beneath her skirt. Her left hand rests palm-up on her leg, in a sort of relaxed begging gesture.
October 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Results.

I was aiming for easy, filling, and a little different and I got it. 👍🏼
Experiment of 6 October 2025 1 bag frozen sweet potato chunks (12 ounces?) About 1/3 or 1/2 can spicy black beans About 1 1/2 cups whole milk ricotta Emptied bag of frozen sweet potatoes into casserole dish. Threw on 3 teaspoon slices of salted butter. Sprinkled generously with smoked paprika, then salted & peppered. Dropped on an amount of rinsed black beans. Mixed ricotta with Cavender's All-Greek Seasoning, then spooned on top of sweet potatoes & beans. Put in oven covered for 30mins at 350F. Hopefully it comes out okay. Notes: Not sure I like the texture of the frozen sweet potatoes. Was a little heavy on the Cavender's and ricotta, but the flavor was good combined with the mild spice from the beans and the smoked paprika. I would have tried layers, but I overestimated how much sweet potato one of the frozen bags would be. Content: food A scoop of ricotta, sweet potato, & black bean casserole on a small blue and white patterned plate. Content: food
October 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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I haven't seen this "sweetened sparkling water" before. Look at the beautiful cans!
Screenshot of a shopping app. Four types of sparkling water beverage are pictured. Three have cans with a beautiful fruit pattern corresponding to their flavors on a black background. A bit romantic goth! The flavors are cherry peach, pineapple mango ginger, and blackberry lime. The 4th can is a different brand.
October 4, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Photo of a Green Man plaque in bronze, green, and deep orange. Our planty fella looks quite serene for someone with enormous bags under his eyes. Perhaps his elegant large curly moustache compensates. His other facial hair, like that on his head, is actually oak leaves, and acorns sprout from his temples.
October 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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"Yom Kippur is a day where we see our Jewish community attending their places of worship - places where they and their families should feel entirely safe from harm. "I want to share my gratitude to all the members of the public who called the police as soon as they saw what was happening - this allowed the quick response from our officers, who were able to act swiftly and bravely to bring this horrendous attack to an end. "I also want to thank our partners from the other emergency services, local authorities and the health service, who have provided their ongoing support to us throughout the day, and will continue to do, over the coming days. "I know today's horrific events will have a significant impact on all our communities, not only in Greater Manchester, but across our country. "There will be a lot of questions that people would like the answers to, and quickly, but please understand that some of this will take time. What I can say, is that the highly visible response to these dreadful events will be sustained as we work to understand the full circumstances of what has happened. "I know you will all join me in keeping those directly affected by what has happened, in our thoughts and prayers. There are grieving families and communities at the heart of this in Greater Manchester and beyond. I would therefore ask that people refrain from sharing disturbing and insensitive content online. If you have information share it with the police. "We stand with all those affected and will continue to do everything in our power to keep our communities safe." Sir Stephen Watson QPM Chief Constable
October 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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"First and foremost, my thoughts, and those of my officers and staff, are with the families of the loved ones who have been affected by today's horrific incident, on what is the Jewish community's holiest day: Yom Kippur. "This has been officially declared as a terrorist incident, and the investigation is now being led by Counter Terrorist Police. As has been confirmed by CT policing, we believe that the identity of the offender has been established but until we are certain of this fact, it is premature to set out this detail. In addition, I can confirm that two other individuals have been arrested in connection with this incident and enquiries are ongoing. "We can confirm that two members of our Jewish community have sadly died as a result of this attack. Following a rapid response, armed officers from Greater Manchester Police intercepted the offender and he was fatally shot by officers, within seven minutes of the initial call. "Four further people remain in hospital, having suffered a variety of serious injuries and their treatment is ongoing and our thoughts remain with them at this time. "Enquiries are moving at pace, and very visible and proactive policing activity is ongoing across Greater Manchester and beyond. Updates will be provided as soon as possible. Our priority is to keep the public safe. "At this time, we know that a car was driven directly at members of the public, outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue on Middleton Road, Crumpsall in Manchester. The driver of the car, was seen to then attack people with a knife. He was wearing about his body a vest which had the appearance of an explosive device. [Alt text continued] "There were a large number of worshippers attending the synagogue at the time of this attack, but thanks to the immediate bravery of security staff and worshippers inside, and the fast response of the police, the attacker was prevented from gaining access. All those inside were safely contained until police were able to confirm that it was safe to leave the premises.
October 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM