Celeste D

@celested.bsky.social

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Personal acc't, personal opinions. Cat lover; arts and culture; books and movies; labor and economics; fair & ethical courts, policy, and governance. Be a good neighbor and a good citizen. #UCLA #GoBruins

Black and brown tabby sitting on her back haunches on a 1940s suitcase, giving a “who me?” look.
A brown tabby cat playing with a treat dispenser toy on a tile floor, next to a cream colored patterned rug.
The lobby of Trump Tower.
Movie poster for “Top Hat” starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
The 1970s band known as The Banana Splits, who were really just four guys in elephant, dog, lion, and monkey costumes from a Saturday morning children’s program, portrayed against a colorful Psychedelic background.
Spelling Bee Genius May 21, 2026
Two tabby cats resting at opposite ends of an aqua colored chaise lounge in front of a large picture window.
Genius Spelling Bee Badge for May 11, 2025
Brown and black tabby lying in a sunny spot on a carpeted flight of stairs. The carpet is a yellowish cream color and you can see shadows on the carpet and the wall. The cat’s eyes are closed and her tail is extending down from the step she is lying on.
Silver tabby sleeping croissant style on a bed
Tweet from Liz Shuler: Congratulations to my friend and former @aflcio trade expert @cdrakefairtrade on her new role at @wedemandjustice. It will be great to have a champion for working people join the fight to unrig the courts.
Judge Kasubhai wrote: Unserious leaders are unsafe. There is nothing more serious than our leaders’ dedication to the rule of law so that we might maintain the integrity of our constitutional democracy. This case highlights a leader’s unserious regard for the rule of law … [such disregard] does not merely result in an abstract infraction [but] causes very real harm to very real people.
Two tabby cats, each snuggled croissant style, face to face on a bed.
Silver tabby with green eyes and one tipped ear, laying on her side, with her back legs stretched out and her front paws tucked in. She is laying on a gold velvet chair, appropriately covered in cat hair. She is looking toward, but slightly below, the camera.
Meme of a cat with a crown in the Egyptian desert. The cat has a circle with a slash through it. The text says "Class War Kitteh says the time of kings is over."
"No Kings" Meme for Saturday March 28 at San Diego Waterfront Park. For more information, reach out to Retired Educators Defending Democracy at one of the following links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577236063045 Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/wedefenddemocracy.bsky.social Twitter: https://x.com/REDDEducators
Black and silver tabby with green eyes laying in a regal pose on a yellow blanket folded in a rectangle on a grey couch. She’s looking at the camera.
Two tabby cats, sleeping croissant style on a Carmel colored blanket on a bed. Window to the left, closet behind them.
Brown tabby cat, peacefully napping croissant style, on a beige blanket with a yellow pillow in the background.
Two tabby cats lazing on an aqua satin chaise with mustard and teal pillows. The tabby on the left is in full loaf mode, with head at 1:30 and butt at 7:30. The tabby cat on the right is lazying in a classic half moon, with tail wrapped around and paws tucked. Her head is at 6:00, toward the camera, but looking down. Her butt is at 10:00.
A white bird with a long neck and long black legs (maybe a great egret?), standing with one leg lifted. He is in profile to the camera, facing a flowering bush and amidst a scrubby landscape of dirt and succulents, with other green plants typical of Southern California yards.
Back view of olive green jacket with the words “I REALLY DON’T CARE. DO U?” printed on it, in white.
My Merriam-Webster word for 2026 is moribund.
NY Times Genius for December 20.
NY Times Spelling Bee Genius Badge for Dec 15, 2025
Brown tabby on a cream colored carpet, in a fairly untidy bedroom, enjoying her silverine Christmas toy.
A black cat sitting in a row of Christmas nutcrackers peeking through a railing on a balcony, looking down on something out of view (family Christmas gifting time).
NY Times Spelling Bee Genius badge for 24 December 2025
Cat in a denim blue cat carrier with maroon trim, stowed in the underseat storage area on an airplane. She is looking up towards her person in the seat. We can only see one foot of the person, wearing a dove grey sneaker with white laces. The cat looks slightly perturbed.
Inigo, Vizzini, and Fezzik from The Princess Bride.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Sunrise in Geneva. Foreground is a building with a peaked roof and lots of trees. Further back are apartment buildings. Sky is pink near horizon, lifting to a near white at top of the photo. Lots of dark clouds. A single bird, likely a crow, flies by at top of frame.
Photo of an apartment building with a snow covered roof, next to a stand of large trees to the left, and a parking lot to the left of that. The sky is a grayish blue. Lights on in apartments show people getting ready for the day.
A sunny apartment hat has just been moved into, as moving boxes can be seen in the foreground. You can see a kitty head peeking out of you look closely.
Amazing orange sunrise over the Alps!
Today’s sunrise over Lake Geneva, which you can barely see to the right of the frame. In the foreground, two very large Lebanese Cedars, some other deciduous trees, and some buildings. The sky near the horizon on the left is a light tangerine color.
Sunrise with pinks, lavenders, and light blue at the top. Foregrounded by two amazing Lebanese cedars as well as other trees with leaves of mostly orange amber, and deep green. You can also see some building in the distance. It is a beautiful scene.
Two tabby cats sitting on a tile kitchen floor, eating out of a puzzle bowl.
Silver tabby with green eyes sitting regally on her hind parts, with tail wrapped around her, almost total covering her front paws. She is sitting on a parquet hardwood floor and slightly behind her to our left you can see the legs of a wooden folding chair and in front and to our right the white painted leg of a rocking chair. Her right ear, as we view it, is tipped.
A 2001 comic strip from Get Your War On. In the first panel, one office worker says into the phone, “Oh my god, this War On Terrorism is gonna rule! I can’t wait until the over and there’s no more terrorism!” In the second panel, we see the guy he on the phone with in a different office. The second guy responds, “I know! Remember when the U.S. had a drug problem, and then we declared a War On Drugs, and now you can’t buy drugs anymore? It’ll be just like that! In the third and final panel, we see the first guy again. He replies. “Right! God, if only that War On Drugs hadn’t’t been so effective! I could really use some fucking marijuana right now! The art is generic clip art that you could buy in a set in the late 90s to the 2000s.
GENIUS BADGE on NY Times Spelling Bee for November 6, 2025.
Silver table with green eyes, head bowed in profile, snuggling in a pastel knitted afghan.
Two tabbies (one silver and one brown) lying near each other on a grey blue couch.
The moon in light blue sunrise sky with sparse dark gray and pinkish clouds. In the foreground are apartment buildings. I’m the far distance are mountains.
Silver tabby with green eyes viewed from the side so you can see almost the full loaf. Her head is turned toward the camera, but she is looking to the left. She is sitting on the back of a blue couch. There is a window and bright sunlight backlighting the photo so the color is a bit washed out.
Three white ducks swimming together at Kenneth Hahn recreation area.
Silver tabby with green eyes, viewed from above. She is laying on a white, green, and grey bedspread with similarly colored cushions. She is laying on her side, curled in a circle, except with one front paw extended out and she is looking straight up at the camera.
Adorable silver tabby cat jumping around and playing with a bird toy that makes a whistling noise.