Cat Purcell (she/her)
@thatcatpurcell.bsky.social
Librarian | mom | writer | spouse | ✡️ #Querying Wilderness of the Heart (Jane Goodall in Space) #WIP - Of Secrets and Skeleton Keys Writes about Wonder Woman at Comicsxf.com and researches at Meetyouroldhouse.com
every writer should do their research, not only because it makes your writing better, but because it can lead to finding things like this New Yorker cover ft. chubby Pikachu with a huge sack of cash
I will say that Alcock was pitch perfect as Kara, and I want to see more of her elsewhere.
My eternal frustration with Wonder Woman is that it could be much more credible with only a few small changes. For example, if you give the plane a second set of wings, it's a lot more believable, due to bi invisibility.
Riding my hellhound in to make the very wrong assertion that the Lethe Hounds are Doberman Pinschers in Dead Beat by Leigh Bardugo.
Americans: oh, look, a systemic issue. I will solve it individually
"mom said i could break all the pots in this village"
I am still on the job hunt. It has been a year. I'm a master science storyteller, recognized on Fortune 40 Under 40 and Forbes 30 Under 30 for my ability to make science desirable, and engaging to all. 1/
Ok I’m finally getting into Nice House on the Lake and THIS IS GOOD!!
Death owes us a legendary run on fascist world leaders for what he put us through in August.
A day off, a coffee, and the Star Trek Voyager interviews sounds like a great time! #STVoyager #voyagerdocumentary
400 library workers begin their strike Monday after endless months of trying to negotiate with management. Already the anti-union propaganda machine is calling the library workers entitled. The LIBRARY workers. You don't staff the desk at the free stuff store because you're greedy.
“Cleveland Public Library union workers vote to strike Monday after rejecting final contract offer” — WKYC #UnionNews #contract #strike
The gentle kiss of dawn. Photo of Glastonbury Tor taken this morning shortly after sunrise.
Isn’t there a whole OSD book about this?
You can't make this shit up.
The face I make as a librarian who believes intellectual freedom is important but the patron just requested a Jordan Peters*son book.
Barbie Disgusted
Alt: Barbie Disgusted
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So excited to share this illustration I had the pleasure of creating for Bloomberg Businessweek for the article “The Steamy, Magical and Now Very Lucrative Romantasy Business” by Hannah Miller and Madison Muller. Such a fun one to work on! Art direction by Chandra Illick.
"Bluesky is dying" bro you're talking about a website full of 38 year olds who have fringe political beliefs and listen to black metal bands with >1000 listeners on spotify, nobody here cares about popularity
Navigating with You Volume 2 is officially coming out November 24th, but you can pre-order it right now! And if you do it through this link, you can order through Bookshop and a little will go directly to me! bookshop.org/p/books/navi... You wanna talk a little about it? Let's talk about it!
Navigating With You Vol. 2
Can the love that blossomed in their junior year survive a senior year that's pulling them in different directions?A month ago, Gabby Graciana and her family left Durham, North Carolina to return back...
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Oh cool you can add more than 4 photos? Well here’s my latest manuscript pitch. #manucript
“I See You Feeling Everything,” oil on panel, 11 x 11 inches, 2026
If you missed the adaptation of my @imagecomics.com series REVIVAL, you’ll soon be able to catch it in @netflix.com ! It’s really good! youtu.be/B5xZdIDvDeE
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
Appropos of nothing, can I admit I’m deeply annoyed with Hank Green for casually admitting he uses AI for research? I like him, but he has a platform and resources to hire interns and fellows to do research for him. He could jump start careers that way. Instead…
As passed at ALA Annual 2026, here is The Librarians’ and Library Workers’ Bill of Rights. @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social calls on library systems at all levels to formally adopt the Bill of Rights as a guiding document for policy and practice. www.ala.org/advocacy/int...
While we're talking about The Odyssey, can we take a second to appreciate one of the greatest exchanges of dialogue in the history of superhero fiction?