Darcy Conaty

@dconaty.bsky.social

1366 Followers 2609 Following

She/Her. Old queer nerd, recently retired. Books, games, currently LOTS of politics

Large foil-wrapped beef/lamb gyro with a big dollop of tzatziki on it. It's on a red & white checked napkin in a basket. In the background is a plate of small pita triangles & a beautiful bowl of hummus.
Diana Rigg in Doctor Who. Text is her line: "You know what these are! Ha! The wrong hands!"
4-story stone building with rounded rooms on the left side, squarish porches with 3 columns each on the front, & squared-off entrance on the left of the 1st-floor porch with a small roof overhead. The top of the left side comes to a point over the 4th floor windows.
Overhead view of a large orange cat asleep on a fuzzy gray blanket. He's curled up partway so he looks almost round.
The head of a gray shorthair cat, looking down. Dangling from his mouth is a mouse with its head completely in the cat's mouth.
Large orange cat sleeping on lap, viewed from back, with head curled slightly to the right.
Emailed promo for an audiobook of Homer's "The Odyssey" with the text "Now available from an author you like. A new listen to get excited about." Image is an ancient ship facing a huge wave.
Children's toy workbench and hamner set, with red ends & eight holes filled by colored pegs in blue, red, green, & yellow.
Back of an orange cat's head. It appears to be watching "Call the Midwife" on the TV in the background.
Laptop with screen displaying Balticon panel "When Storytellers Borrow vs Outright Steal". In the lower left foreground is an orange cat's head looking like it's watching.
A 6" flour tortilla rolled around beef & cheese filling.
Button with a black background and a quote from a German newspaper headline after the US 2016 election: "Bitte nicht den Horror-Clown!" (Please not the Horror-Clown!). Underneath is a picture of Trump and vendor name GeekDetails.
Young girl with a ponytail, light blue & orange shirt, & dark blue pants holds up a sign (presumably left over from the "Hands Off" event in 2025). In the background a small group of people with signs are standing or sitting in a grassy area which appears to be a memorial with a large flagpole & US flag. Road signs for Rte 50 & Rte 119 are visible. Sign which appears to have been commercially printed reads "HANDS OFF!" with an X inside the O, then lists in all caps & various colors "Medicaid, Medicare. Social Security, our jobs, our wallets, our bodies, fair elections, personal data, NATO, veteran elections (sic), cancer research, LGBTQ+ rights, consumer, schools, public lands, clean energy, courts, libraries, immigrants, free speech protections, clean air"
Orange & white cat lying on a brown towel in an open cat carrier in the back seat, viewed between the front seats.
Orange & white cat napping in the crook of a person's arm. Right front leg is stretched out over the arm of the chair both cat & person are sitting in.
Art postcard of red horse with fiery mane kicking stacked blocks of ice with its rear hooves. Underneath is printed "2026 Chinese Year of the Fire Red Horse" and the artist's name "J. Kandy Lippincott"
Orange cat sleeping sprawled in the crook of an arm, with right white paw in the foreground.
2 kittens flopped out in a fish-shaped cat bed. The view is from the front, so it's mostly the "mouth" and a fin.
A shallow metal serving dish with brass-looking handles Turkish kuymak, which looks like cream of wheat only yellow-orange, with thick slices of bread on the side. A small glass mug of Tyrkish tea is at the upper right.
Brass(?) whistle with one end depicting an Asian-style dragon head with swept-back horns. The open mouth holds a ring which could be used to place it on a keyring or lanyard.
A bare foot labeled "Trump" coming down on a green Lego brick with a smile on it. The brick is labeled "Greenland"
Orange cat curled up on a gray blanket with his orange-and-white striped tail alongside.
Image from Charles Schulz's Peanuts comic strip of Lucy Van Pelt yanking the football away and Charlie Brown upside down in the air having failed to connect with football he was trying to kick.
Screenshot from Star Trek TOS episode "Spock's Brain". Spock is on the right, with a control device resting on his head. Kirk's face is on the left, with his hand holding the remote control for the device in front of him.
Yellow ("Autumn Gold") women's baseball hat with a picture of a bee and the word "KIND" below.
Chubby orange & white cat sitting on his lower spine with his hind legs sprawled out in front. The expression on his face conveys a scornful "What?"
Business-size card for Darcy Conaty (@dconaty.bsky.social, line below blacked out). Center has "Find a way or make one". Right bottom corner has "Portrait Of The Artist With Her War Badger" by Ursula Vernon with a copyright below it. It depicts a giant European badger with a bridle and saddle, and (presumably) Ursula riding it in a black outfit with a black-and-yellow scarf.
W B Marvin screen extenders - screens within wood frames which extend to cover the width of the window up to 37 inches. One is 18 inches high, the other 10 inches high.
Page with phone numbers for North Carolina Senators Tillis & Bud Graphic on left of stylized people with lines indicating shouting. One appears to be holding a sign. Above are arched words: Democracy Out Loud Below is says Peaceful Persistent Power Main text Call Your Senators Today! Tillis Hendersonville: 828-693-8750 Greensboro: 336-885-0685 Charlotte: 704-509-9087 Greenville: 252-329-0371 Raleigh: 919:856-4630 DC: 202-224-6342 Budd DC: 22-224-3154 Triad: 336-941-4470 Raleigh: 984-349-5061 Asheville: 828-333-4130 Wilmington: 910-218-7600
Sleeping orange & white cat flopped on his left side on the bed.
Group of protesters at Collingswood NJ No Kings march. There are giant puppets of Trump, Musk, and a 3rd I'm not sure of, along with several marchers going by. One marcher is carrying a large sign reading "Who could be more woke than Jesus? What you do to the least of mine you do unto me."
Meme: Steve Rogers as Captain America pointing at the viewer. Text reads "I understood that reference"
Roger the Shrubber from Monty Python & the Holy Grail (medieval dude), identified as Tom Homan, saying: Oh, what sad times are these when passing ruffians can say "Shame" at will to ICE agents. There is a pestilence upon this land, nothing is sacred. Even those who kidnap and deport families are under considerable emotional stress in this period in history.
Orange and white fluffball kitten hunched away from the camera. Text above reads "no talk me i angy"
View of gray cat being restrained on a lap. A mouse dangles from his mouth by the head.
Orange cat sprawled asleep on a lap.
Posterboard mounted on foam board which is glued to one side of a dowel. Sign reads "Uphold Rule of Law" with "No Kings" to the lower right.
Orange and white cat flopped on his right side on a gray towel. His front white paw is blurred because he was making air biscuits.
Frontal view of gray cat being held on lap with a mouse dangling from his mouth by its head.
Illustration by Ursula Vernon of a huge badger with a saddle, reins, and an angry expression. In the saddle is a person dressed in black with yellow-and-black scarf and socks.
Banksy work showing a rhino painted on a wall. Protective plexi is placed over the art but tagged with graffiti. There used to be a small car parked there so the rhino appeared to be mounting it. This art has been moved to another location for protection.
Orange and white cat sitting on a wooden stool lounging in a window. Front paws are folded under his chest on the windowsill. A white right rear paw also rests on the windowsill.
Cartoon by John Darkow from the Columbia Missourian/Cagle Cartoon (missing title "Flooding the (Twilight) Zone), based on the famous Twilight Zone episode where William Shatner sees a gremlin ripping apart the engine of the plane he's on. Uncle Sam is looking out the window of a plane labeled "USA" at a monster labeled "Musk" ripping out & throwing away parts at random.
Quoted rate for the Hilton Garden Inn Washington DC Downtown for 1/17/25 is $666. I know we joke about "the number of the beast", but maybe they know something....
Google search box showing "can you suppress AI responses in search "-AI" immediately followed by an AI Overview stating "Yes, to suppress AI responses in a Google search, you can add "-AI' to the end of your search query, which will generally prevent the AI-generated overview box from appearing at the top of your search results, allowing you to see more traditional web links instead."
Yellow and white cat flopped on his right side. Right front paw is blurred, probably because he was making air biscuits.
IBM 029 keypunch machine. keyboard with switches above sits in front of gray metal casing. Cards drop from bin on upper right, holes are punched, card feeds to left and then up into a stacker.
Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world's grief. Do justly now. Love mercy now. Walk humbly now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it. The Talmud
Orange cat curled up and gazing out the window. His white right hind foot is resting on the sill.
In 1972, Nixon beat McGovern by an enormous margin. Electoral college 520 - 17, states 49 - 1 (+DC+), popular vote 47M (60.7%) - 29M (37.5%).
Box of Halloween decoration "Cthulhu Watcher" with Spanish translation "Vigilante de Cthulhu". Image seems to be an Eldritch god carrying a lantern, rather like a Diogenes as a squid.
The AIDS Quilt being displayed on the National Mall in 1996. 40,000 panels.
Orange and white cat curled on a stool with his front end and rear right leg (mostly white) on the windowsill while peering out the open window at the birds outside.
Adjustable window screen, two screens which slide past each other to fit windows of varying widths, with wooden ends that fit into the window channels.
Orange & white cat flopped over on his right side, right front paw slightly blurred where he's making air biscuits.
BlueSky "celebrating 10M users" notice showing I'm #5,195,554 and joined 3/21/2024.
BlueSky 10 million user celebration post showing I'm #5,195,554 and joined 3/21/24
Nearly solid red electoral map for 1972. Nixon 520, McGovern 17. The only blue on the map is Massachusetts (17) and Washington DC (3).
Gray cat being restrained while a mouse dangles from his mouth by its head.
"church" sign reading "Everything happens for a reason. Sometimes the reason is you're stupid and make bad decisions."