Cari

I walked away from social media 6 months ago for my mental health. I came back and…shout out to all the photographers (and painters!) reminding us there’s still beauty.

Especially that one taking shots from a kayak. You made me happy sigh—been a while since I’ve done that.

#art #mentalhealth

I must remember this.

I’m in tears.

Long overdue, I went to the eye doctor today and ordered new glasses. Because if I’m gonna be forced to witness the downfall of a civilization, I’m damn well gonna make sure I can SEE it. The hellscape will be clear now; serious doubts this will help relieve the constant headache, though.

A therapist finally responded to me and now I have an appointment and at long last I can take this show of existential crisis and crippling anxiety to someone else’s couch.

Unbearably cute orange fluffy cat lays on a pillow, gazing out the window overlooking a backyard and pine trees. He is not having deep thoughts.

Unbearably adorable orange fluffy cat lays on a pillow and stares directly at the camera, not a single thought in his pretty head. Boop his nose!

Sometimes I look at my cat and think, “GOOD GOD HE IS SO CUTE I COULD DIIIIIIIIIE.” And that, friends, is the entire reason I live. (Full disclosure: adopted Ollie for his looks, because it sure wasn’t for his brains and his personality is…odd. Sweet, simple, but odd. 🤣) #CatsofBluesky

I adore you. ❤️ It’s rough to feel like just another way I’m screaming into the void. But the cats…at least I have my cats…

Look, I’m grown and can handle rejection. But reaching out to multiple therapists only to have NONE call me back? That’s making me feel a certain kinda way that I thought I left behind in middle school. I know they’re overwhelmed right now, but damn, not even an autoreply no? 🥺

If you can’t stop them, SLOW THEM DOWN. “Make shit silly” isn’t silly when it grinds the whole apparatus to a halt. THROW GLITTER.

Jasmine Crockett is a gift. She’s right: she is precisely who they are scared of. And they should be.

She just gave hope and energy to millions who desperately needed it.

A fluffy black cat with a white nose and four white paws lays on a gray footrest, lifting his head and staring at something (his human Mama) off-camera.

Sir Charlie Wobbles was so feral when we adopted him that we did so without actually meeting him, he wouldn’t let the staff near him. But we were adopting his brother and hated to leave him behind. Now he’s a fluffy baby who sleeps on my feet and mews the tiniest mews. #BlackCats #CatsofBluesky

Saw the news about Rubio & El Salvador and my brain snapped into Horrified Wordless Screaming Mode. Thankfully I kept that entirely internal, because I was in the doctor’s office waiting room and apparently that’s still not acceptable in public. All things considered, I’m not sure why the fuck not.

A gray striped cat lays curled up in a bed shaped like a baby’s play mat, complete with dangling toys. The cat stares at the camera, adorable—a trap. She is sassy and feisty and very, very mouthy.

For #Caturday I introduce Miss Tiggy Louise, the lady of the house and the only resident who screams more than I do. She’s a very pretty baby, and she knows it. #Cats #CatsOfBluesky

Thank you. We all need that right now.

My therapist is no longer in network with my insurance just in time for…*checks notes*…all this bullshit. So this might be the way to go. Because even in times of utter despair, a goal is a good thing to have.

The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.

HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻

archive.org/details/2025...

We are still learning about all the webpages that have been taken down, but they include: contraception and reproductive rights, STI treatment guidelines, youth risk behavior survey data, CDC's health education analysis tool, resources for the LGBTQ community, and intimate partner violence. 💔

Fluffy orange cat sleeps in a silly pose, bottom half in a cat bed and top half resting against a computer monitor, head thrown back. He insists this is comfortable.

Yesterday was a “stay in bed and take care of myself because I haven’t been” day. So now I’m back at work. So is Ollie the Fluffiest #Cat and he insists that is a comfortable position. LOOK AT HIS FEETS! #CatsofBluesky

Never obey in advance.

Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.

Sleepy orange cat sits upright in an armchair with his eyes narrowed, judging all of the photographer’s life choices and finding them wanting.

Awfully judgmental for a cat who stole my chair and hasn’t met a brain cell in his entire life. #CatsofBluesky #OrangeCat

I’m trying to fight the darkness today, so here is another one of my #cats, Oogie Boogie. I found him as a kitten at a truck stop, brought him home, and now he lives his best life like this. (And sometimes he’s a crazy jerk, cuz he’s #OrangeCat.)

Sooooo many moons ago! We were all so young then! 😂

Slaughterhouse-Five is well worth a 35 year wait. But if you want hope for humanity, go with God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. Slaughterhouse-Five doesn’t kill one’s hope, but the current state of things might make it rough…

This orange fluff is Ollie. He is my Precious Princess Baby Fluff. He is entirely responsible for my continued sanity. Thankfully, he is an extremely simple cat so does not realize that. He loves sunbeams, naps, food, and his mama. #Cats

Everything falls under the “at least once” category. God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater is probably double digits (I love that one so much). Mother Night and Slaughterhouse-Five are each a half dozen times. Vonnegut was a HUGE influence in my teens and early 20s.

I will be rereading the collected works of Kurt Vonnegut, starting with Slaughterhouse-Five and Mother Night. No reason, aside from “effing obviously”.

Screaming “I WAS RIGHT!” is basically the only joy I’ve got left.

The cat knows there is only one way to survive, and it does not involve properly remaking the bed.