Dave B

@davebee.bsky.social

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"high functioning" - my therapist "terrific whiskers" - Joyce Carol Oates, about my cat he/him 🏳️‍🌈

Two young boys walking downhill in a floppy way on a path of broken basalt to a small parking lot containing a few early-'80s vehicles.
Clasping hands meme. Arm 1: Winter Olympics. Arm 2: Circumcized gooner who just bought premium lube. Clasped fists: Exploiting the possibilities of reduced friction.
New Tork Times headline reading, “Gavin Newsom implores Democrats to be ‘more culturally normal’”
George Smiley speaks to Karla in a prison cell.
The Na-Baron Barron Trump, wearing a disturbingly Weimar-cut black suit with an Eastern European mafia silk tie, slicked-back hair and raised fist, and a look on his face like, "are we doing this? I guess we're doing this."
The Goya painting, Saturn devouring his son -- a big naked guy with long gray hair munching on a much smaller naked guy who's quite bloody.
New York Times hed: Analysis: Charlie Kirk's Legacy Will Weight on the American Experiment: Historians say the lessons of this particular time will depend on Americans themselves, and what kind of a nation they want it to be.
New York Times headline reading, "Prayers, blame and denouncements quickly follow the shooting."
From NPR: from both sides. In some instances, protesters have attacked and burned cars. But several journalists alleged police have attacked protesters and reporters.
Text: Jackson Lahmeyer, a pastor in Tulsa, Okla., and member of Mr. Trump's newly created White House Faith Office, said he liked both the governor and the school superintendent, but sided with Mr. Walters on collecting citizenship data. "This is the agenda of the president who won," said Mr. Lahmeyer, whose church has attracted members of Mr. Trump's family and administration. "We need to know if students are U.S. citizens or if they're not."
NYT excerpt: "A spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security, Tricia McLaughlin, said in a statement on Sunday night that Mr. Khalil had been arrested 'in support of President Trump's executive orders prohibiting antisemitism.'"
A fluffy cat on his back in the sun on a rug
New York Times headline and subhead: Most Americans Say They Have Good Health Insurance, Polls Show. Many have encountered problems with their coverage, but the recent rage on social media is only part of the picture of Americans' views on health care.
A tube of lotrimin af cream.
A fluffy light-colored cat yawns, with whiskers
A fluffy cat sitting on a bedspread.
A fluffy light-colored cat with blue eyes looks intently at you
Two yip yip Martian muppets looking at a telephone
The Times quotes a Columbia spokesperson: "After the University learned overnight that Hamilton Hall had been occupied, vandalized and blockaded, we were left with no choice."
A fluffy cat belly-up on a sunny chair
A bald man stares ahead in a low-ceilinged office space, two other people partially in the frame.
Fluffy cat looks at camera
I’m George Santos, not the guy in the hotdog suit
Grainy black-and-white photo of a kid wearing a unicorn (one-pointed) hat and pointing at a blackboard.
Cat lounging on a sunny chair