I so did not have the NRA supporting trans rights on my 2025 Bingo card. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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I so did not have the NRA supporting trans rights on my 2025 Bingo card. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
And now Ted Lasso has me cheering for a fake soccer team. This is my life now. I'm just checking out of reality and living in Ted Lasso. It's way better here.
Y'all did not tell me Ted Lasso would make me cry!!!!
Thanks! It's no biggie because I can just upload it to BlueSky, but just wanted to let y'all know!
This little guy is 1 year old today!!! 🥳 Happy Birthday, Thackery Binx! #cats #catsky #blackcat
I got blocked from commenting on Senator Eric Schmitt's Facebook page because he's a coward who's too afraid to hear from his constituents that disagree with him.
It's such an underrated series!
When I upload a video directly to Skylight, the quality gets degraded quite a bit. But if I upload to BlueSky, it's fine, so that's an issue, at least on Android. @buildwithtori.com
Looked up at the sky and it was maroon. #sophie #clairobscurexpedition33 #cosplay #costuming #videogames
Going to do a wig and makeup test for Sophie today with the full costume. I can't wait to see the whole thing together! This could be the cutest thing I've ever made, which is sad considering, well, her fate.
She's the first gray cat I've ever had!
Princess Taylor in all her glory. #cats #catsky #graycat
Our cons tend to be a lot smaller, I'm sure!
We have plenty of comic artists, too. The Memphis area has a lot of great talent.
Our local cons always have a ton of local artists, and I generally spend entirely too much money on art while saying, "I don't need any more art." 😂
We only have a few days of cooler weather left for a little while, so I make homemade hot cocoa to enjoy it!
Miss Taylor Swift needs to stop sending me so many emails. #iykyk
Who wants to bet on what one of those names is...
I beat a 15-year-old tonight dancing to Beyonce on Just Dance. I still got it.
Having dinner with the fam tonight. I'm mostly looking forward to it, but they're extroverts. I'm not...like at all. It's exhausting, and no one understands why I have to leave at 9 PM.
Basically, it's a movie where NO ONE LISTENED TO THE WOMAN WITH THE CAT.
It looks fantastic!
The weather is chilly enough that I can finally wear the Eeyore sweatshirt I bought in Disneyland back in April. FINALLY. I mean, yeah, it's fake fall, but I can pretend...
I'm three episodes in and I've really enjoyed it!
I just started watching that series!
My floof. #cats #catsky #orangecat
Good. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/t...
I just...I can't.
I just...I have no words. It's like I'm not surprised, but dang.
Would powering AI have anything to do with that?
Thank you!
Nothing he's doing is helping anyone but himself and the corporations.
Everyone singing "Golden," and I'm just over here...
Today has been a day. I used the "First Aid Kit" several times on my Finch app. Just breathe. Just breathe.
Go pet some goats for me!
I remember when you could do a nighttime safari, too, and those were the best. It makes me so mad. Grr.
Exactly! I'm writing, editing photos, or doing research for almost the full 8 hours I'm clocked in.
The fact that I still have to explain that just because I work from home doesn't mean I can just leave work whenever blows my mind. But here we are again. Also, I've worked weekends for five years, but no one seems to ever remember that.
@buildwithtori.com I've got a friend in Tennessee who now can't access BlueSky. She gets the message that it's because she's in Mississippi, but she lives in Memphis (and yes, MS is close, so I don't know if there's an issue with that).
Just got an email from someone "captivated" by my latest book that was 100% written by AI because it literally just took my book blurb and author bio and spat it back out in a garbled mess. I'm assuming they wanted me to sign up or pay for something, but I deleted it pretty quickly.
Your passed cat was worried about you.
That is the most honest ad I've ever seen. Hard to watch, but necessary.
Well, now I love him even more.
OMG, that's so accurate.
Well, it is peak goth season, aka Halloween Time (and my personal favorite time in Disneyland).
I can't stand to hear RFK Jr. talk. OMG, it's like nails on a chalk board.
I am!
Oh, this is good. I haven't been able to follow along because work has been a bit busy.
Dear U.S. Senate, please make RFK Jr. cry. That's all I really want today. And resign, I want that, too. Or you could...I dunno...just fire him.
So my Finch app mentioned Tibetan butter tea and, of course, I googled a recipe for it. Going to try it later today.
What kind of biscuits would y'all like? #cats #catsky #graycat
The Happiest Place on Earth is Disneyland. In California. A state that still believes in science.
Florida is going to be a cesspool of concentration camps and disease.
It's that time of the year when you should read a spooky book, right? Well, I've got one for you, especially if you love vampires and historical fiction. www.robin-burks.com/books/madame...
That is my biggest complaint about streaming. Shows aren't even given the room they need to breathe and grow. They get a season, maybe two if they're lucky, and then they're gone.
I started playing Assassins Creed: Mirage yesterday and it's so nice to play an Assassins Creed game that actually feels like an Assassins Creed game and not a bloated Assassins Creed-like game.
Warwick Davis returning to Harry Potter makes me sad. I hate to pray for a show to flop, but this one needs to go away quickly.
That's an instant "block and reports spam" text message.
Is anyone else's life just waking up every morning to check the news, only to say "Damn it?" Or is it just me.
You realize you're posting this statement on a phone or computer made by a company with a billionaire CEO, right? Who's done far less for people than someone who has time and again helped people with her wealth, time, and energy.
I loved him on Reservation Dogs.
Thank you!
That looks so good. I'm all about cheese and bread any way it's made!
Honestly, everyone should cancel their HBO Max accounts because Rowling is now basically using the new Harry Potter series as justification for her views. Don't see anyone actually doing that, though, but they'll yell at me for shopping at Amazon.
Pro tip: If you're sewing something like ribbon or trim to fabric, a glue stick will hold it in place way better than pins. Just run a glue stick along the back of your trim, attach it to the fabric, and press with an iron and it will stay in place while you're sewing it. #sewing #sewingtips
That's literally why I get out of bed in the mornings these days.
File this under "No shit, Sherlock." But what are they going to do about it? Nothing, like always?
Finished the skirt. Sophie is ready for West Tennessee Comic Con #Sophie #clairobscurexpedition33 #cosplay #costuming #sewing #videogames
Another day off for me (I'm off Mondays and Tuesdays), so today, I will sew and finish my Sophie skirt. I just need to hem and add silver trim at the bottom. I've already figured out how much to hem and how I'm going to sew the trim, so today should be an enjoyable easy sewing day.
He just saw the video of stuff being thrown out of the White House window. #surprisedcat #blackcat #cats #catsky
Is it the Epstein list?
Yes, it is! 😂
Damn, 2025. Stop taking all the good people. He was a hell of an actor. deadline.com/2025/09/grah...
I finally committed to my costume lineup as a guest at West Tennessee Comic Con. Come see me and a lot of other awesome people September 13th through 14th at the Carl Perkins Civic Center in Jackson, TN!
I've only been to Seattle once for a few days, but I loved it!
Just had my first pumpkin spice latte of the season. And a pumpkin cheesecake bite. I also have pumpkin white chocolate chip cookies. Pumpkin spice all day, every day!
Had to drive a little after getting my car jump started, so that was an excuse to get that first pumpkin spice drink of the season after all.
So I, apparently, left my car door open the last time I drove it (a week ago?) and my battery is drained. Fortunately, this is why I have AAA.
However, I think it's time to get that first pumpkin drink of the season, so I might drive over to Scooter's for a Pumpkin Creme Cold Brew...
I was going to sew today, but after this crazy week,a day of doing nothing sounds nice. I've still got two weeks to finish the costume and it's almost done.
I know it's almost fall because I'm willing to leave the house for fall coffee beverages. I don't go out so much in the summer. I hate it. It gives me SAD. But I come alive in the fall and winter. My time is coming!
Nope, the antichrist is supposed to be smart.
I'm menopausal and can't recommend HRT enough. I was so miserable, but it's managed now.
I also want to beat up anyone who is like that to Oliver. 😡
That is so cute!
That is awful.
You know that dress will have all kinds of Easter eggs.
Why is this cat speaking Xenomorph?!?!
WTH?
I got all these new followers for posting a link, and now I feel pressure to be witty, but also liberal AF (okay, I am), but also post a lot of cat photos so everyone stays happy with me. But I'm an introverted nerd who hides from people unless I'm in cosplay. HELP. Also, please buy my books. 😁
Y'all. I hope to finish my Sophie cosplay over the next few days. I forgot I have to sew a silver ribbon to the bottom of the skirt, but that's easy, right? I can't WAIT to debut her at West Tennessee Comic Con! Now to figure out what I'm wearing on Day 2...
Don't ever stop making 13 videos. They always make me smile and we all need that right now!
MAYBE?
I'm not a BIG physical media person, but when it comes to music, I do prefer owning over streaming. Mainly because the streaming sites all suck. I also like shuffling and the streaming sites tend to play the same songs over and over.
I'm buying and downloading a Taylor Swift album every month from the official website (October, though is JUST for The Life of a Showgirl, obviously). I decided to go backwards, hence Midnights. I downloaded Musicolet for my Android phone to listen and loving it so far.
So I went from "Taylor Swift is OK" to singing "Shake It Off" in the shower to obsessing over Eras Tour clips and "TTPD." I only own TTPD, though, and I'm rectifying that because I hate streaming sites and refuse to subscribe. Anyway, I'm in my Midnights era, and I'm now obsessed with that album.
I need Disney to bring back Alien Encounter because that was the scariest -- and BEST -- attraction ever.
I'm starting to think the Disney Villains land that's coming to Disney World was literally thought up five minutes before they first announced it and now Disney is just trying to figure out what they're actually going to do with it. The lack of details at this point, I mean...WTF, Disney?