Lee AKA The Dark Cheetah

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Time-and-motion expert, in my third gap year. ;) Yes, I read books/watch wrestling, among many other interests. She|her.

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Lee AKA The Dark Cheetah@tdcheetah· 21d

Post your last two brain cells

Laconic AEW wrestler Orange Cassidy, being interviewed by a sympathetic Renee Paquette during a reign as AEW International Champion where he defended the title weekly while becoming increasingly worn down and banged up (in kayfabe), says quietly:

"I'm so tired, Renee."

Lee AKA The Dark Cheetah@tdcheetah· Jul 9

Three+ different news/journalists posted this without alt-text. *sigh* Here's alt-text for the rest of us.

COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

Andy Beshear OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR Kentucky State Office Building

GOVERNOR 501 High Street Frankfort, Kentucky 40601 Phone: (502) 564-2611 Fax: (502) 564-2517

July 8, 2026

The Honorable Mitch McConnell United State Senate

317 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510

Dear Senator McConnell:

Over the last several weeks, Kentuckians have grown increasingly concerned about the current state of your health and wellbeing, and ability to hold office in the United States Senate.

As Governor, I request that you fully update Kentuckians regarding the current status of your health.

As public officeholders, we have made a commitment to our constituents to do our best to represent them and to always be transparent. I believe this requires clear communication about one’s ability to serve.

We wish you a safe and speedy recovery.

Sincerely, [signature]
Andy Beshear Governor

@GovAndyBeshearicovernorxvcov KENTUCKY. Home An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D

Lee AKA The Dark Cheetah@tdcheetah· Jun 26

Just got a today picture of our kitty to add her bit to the dopamine fountain.

Our 3yo brown tabby girl, Kris Katlander (named after a wrestler) sits on a folded blue and yellow blanket with her eyes half-closed.

Lee AKA The Dark Cheetah@tdcheetah· Jun 22

Grifting grifter said what?! The last thing Jon Moxley *ever* needs to do is apologize for going to rehab. I was there when he came back. It was a celebration of Do The Right Thing. Don't often pull this one out, but because this is aimed at one of the worst people I know, here ya go BR.

White text on a black background reads:

FUCK OFF.

Then keep fucking off.

Keep fucking off until you get to a gate with a sign saying "You can't fuck off past here."

Climb over the gate, dream the impossible dream, and keep fucking off forever.

Lee AKA The Dark Cheetah@tdcheetah· Jun 5

Hello Aubrey's husband, meet Kris Katlander.

Tonight's picture of Kris Katlander, a short-haired brown tabby with white patches/toes - including a little white streak on the left side of her nose, looking quizzically at her silly owner taking a picture of her to send to Aubrey for her husband.

Lee AKA The Dark Cheetah@tdcheetah· May 21

Guess what I just saw on Bluesky:

Automated Bluesky Feeds and Trends feed for

MJF Gender Reveal

Lee AKA The Dark Cheetah@tdcheetah· May 17

Hope this helps.

My Evil Sweetie, Sato (1999-2018) was a glossy black female American Shorthair cat with a white throat, some random white toes, and weirdly unbalanced whisker coloring,

Sato was a former feral kitten who loved me and had moderate tolerance for everyone else, so this picture of her is very typical in that she is glaring narrow-eyed at the camera and basically giving it the finger.

Lee AKA The Dark Cheetah@tdcheetah· May 11

I don't have a "first", because I know I bought these together at the same ROH show prob sometime in the late 2000s. #TagTeams4Ever

The fronts of two black pro wrestling t-shirts from late 2000s Ring of Honor, promoting the American Wolves tag team (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards).

The one on the left has a central blue howling wolf head with "American" and "Wolves" in two different red scary fonts underneath it. The back says "The Hunt Is On" in the second scary red font.

The one on the right has a red, white and blue wolf paw creating claw marks over the heart area, with "American Wolves" dripping downwards in a block white font spattered with red. The back reads "The Hunt Never Dies" in the same block white font with a red splatter behind it..

Lee AKA The Dark Cheetah@tdcheetah· Apr 23

Ooh, now I want a Red Sonja version.

Cover for the first issue (Jan 1977) of Marvel Comics Group's Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword. It cost thirty cents.

Heading at top is "Fire and Fury in the Age of CONAN" Blurb on bottom is "By Popular Demand! Fabulous First Issue!"

In between is a composite drawing by artist/inker Frank Thorne, centering a very buxom white-skinned red-headed woman with a sword in her right hand over her head, a silver chain-mail bikini, and brown leather gloves and boots. She is surrounded by (clockwise from left) a giant black spider, a screaming dark-skinned wizard with an South Asian style turban, a rearing purple unicorn, a small mud creature, and a giant green serpent under her feet.

In her dialogue bubble, Sonja is yelling, "To the DEATH!"

Yeah, the 1970s were kinda weird.

Lee AKA The Dark Cheetah@tdcheetah· Apr 6

"Show me cool photos you took Not memes or selfies but a river or sky or something This is mine"

A pale white, early spring sun in a hazy light grey sky framed by a rough square of dark dogwood branches with many buds, just about to burst into flower.

Lee AKA The Dark Cheetah@tdcheetah· Mar 30

Alternately, four posts on my timeline in a row were basically just "omg". Given who three of them were, I was kinda braced for future context. ;D

Four Bluesky posts in a row in my timeline read solely as follows:

BUM CHILLUPS: Huh

Steve Held: lol oh my God

Drew Magary: OMG

Mike Tanier: omfg

Given the time of day, time of Year, and who was posting, I braced myself for something truly March Madness in the 2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.

Duke blowing its game against UConn in the last 4 seconds up 72-70, by not hiding the ball and getting fouled but instead passing the ball badly and so UConn won the game via a 35ft+ three pointer?

Qualifies.

Lee AKA The Dark Cheetah@tdcheetah· Mar 16

No worries. Glad to know there are at least three of us crossovers out here! One of my cats was named Stojko. :)

Stojko (1999-2010), a gorgeous brown tabby cat boy with round green eyes, is framed by white and leopard-print comforters. Yes, he was named after the Canadian figure skater because, well, look at him!

Lee AKA The Dark Cheetah@tdcheetah· Mar 4

Bonus pic for @mostlybree.kitrocha.com . (Why yes, I love people holding cats.)

Professional wrestler "Speedball" Mike Bailey, a dark-haired white person from Quebec wearing a black gi wryly smiling at the camera.

They are non-binary, married to non-binary wrestler and commentator Veda Scott. They have a 4th level black belt in Tae Kwon Do and incorporate many martial arts moves into their performance.

They are also gorgeous. And, they are holding a tiny grey-and-white kitten.

Lee AKA The Dark Cheetah@tdcheetah· Mar 4

I hear ya. Literally stuck at present and it's both painful and annoying. Thank you for all you have been doing, and may the meds kick in for all of us.

Two professional wrestlers, "Hangman" Adam Page and Kenny Omega, are cuddling cats during a shelter visit by members of the All Elite Wrestling promotion.

For those of you who only know of wrestlers as idiotic exemplars of toxic masculinity, Page was previously a high school teacher, insisted on being called the AEW *Men's* World Champion (=Andy Murray would be proud) and once cut a "face" (good guy) promo in Mexico entirely in Spanish. Omega lived in Japan for years, has babysat cats for co-workers, helped book many women wrestlers, and pointedly pointed supportively to progressive fan signs at ringside such as "trans rights are human rights".

So. A couple pretty good guys. With cats.

Lee AKA The Dark Cheetah@tdcheetah· Feb 28

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed

Well, at least I got to meet professional wrestler Ricky Starks in person once, before he completely disappeared from my view in Feb. 2025.

Lee AKA The Dark Cheetah@tdcheetah· Feb 26

Caught up here on the Left Coast. For those who can leave - and those who can't.

Donation receipt for the Trans Continental Pipeline, who are helping LGBTQ+ folks relocate from inhospitable situations.

Yeah, I'm one of the people who doesn't mind caring. Here's a condensed quote from _The Seersucker Whipsaw_ in case you're curious where I stand:

“It’s simple,” I said. “We’re leaving.”

“I can’t leave. I know you have to, but I can’t. I have to teach school tomorrow. I just can’t leave like that. I can’t leave until I’m through.”

I knelt down beside her. “What kind of crap is that? It’s over, Anne. It’s all over. Done. The good guys are all shot; the bad guys have got the ranch. It’s ended.”

“No,” she said, “it’s not like that. School will open tomorrow. It always does. It has to open—especially tomorrow. You see that, don’t you?”

She put one hand out and gently ran it up and down the side of my face where the soldier had struck me with the rifle barrel. “Does it hurt bad?”

I shook my head.

“The children will be there tomorrow. They’ll expect me there and they’ll want me there because they’ll be confused and a little frightened. I’m something constant in their lives. They didn’t lose an election—only the candidates did. I don’t know. Maybe the country lost something, too, but you can’t penalize the children for that.”

Lee AKA The Dark Cheetah@tdcheetah· Dec 27

You will. But just in case you need it... ;)

A picture of the amazing Speedball Mike Bailey, Quebeçois professional wrestler, Tae Kwon Do black belt, and super neato keen non-binary human being.

Bailey is smiling and wearing a black gi which compliments their dark hair, and doing a "thumbs up" gesture to accompany the text "Encouragement Speedball says you can do the thing".

Lee AKA The Dark Cheetah@tdcheetah· Oct 14

Reposted w alt-text. Mainstream media doing something.

Lee AKA The Dark Cheetah@tdcheetah· Oct 7

I hear ya. Only I was baby when these guys were babies. ;)

A very young Ricky Morton (on left, with blond mullet hair) and a very young Robert Gibson (on right, with dark brown shaggy hair), standing together and posing with their outer forearms crossed. Their wrestling costumes are mixed black and white gear with colorful accents and fringe, emblematic of 1980s rock star clothing.

This is the Rock & Roll Express, the greatest babyface tag team of all time.

Lee AKA The Dark Cheetah@tdcheetah· Oct 4

Still don't understand what's going on [honestly, rn don't wanna know, at my limit for supposedly smart people being goddamned dumb and it's only October 3rd 2025...] but I really appreciate what we have in the current Wrestlesky. Don't know if I can help? But interested, yes. In meantime, me:

Lee AKA The Dark Cheetah@tdcheetah· Sep 5

Oh @ianriccaboni.com, I think you missed one... a big one... (Why yes I saw a lot of 21st century ROH in person, why do you ask? ;) Let's just say I'm glad AEW got Paul Turner for competence and Rick Knox for all the other stuff.)

Screenshot of the Twitter Account for Todd Sinclair, a pudgy blond man who was formerly Senior Referee for Ring of Horror. Of all the pro wrestling referees I've seen in my life, Sinclair ranks among the best worst refs ever. Need someone to miss multiple calls and look utterly bewildered? Todd's your guy!

Lee AKA The Dark Cheetah@tdcheetah· Aug 15

Here, have some manul kittens.

Three tiny manul kittens being held by staff at the Columbus Zoo. Notice the gloves... the Very Thick Gloves, a reminder that they may be cute but they are still wild cats.

Lee AKA The Dark Cheetah@tdcheetah· Aug 9

Poor Kris Katlander, still dealing with her ear infection. Such a good patient girl.

Our brown tabby girl Kris Katlander is such a patient kitty - she has worn this Cone of Shame with almost no escape attempts for weeks now, waiting patiently if woebegonely for this ear infection to go away and for her ear to stop looking like she went fifteen rounds with Muhammad Ali.

Lee AKA The Dark Cheetah@tdcheetah· Aug 1

Just don't send them to "Google AI" for an explanation of the mask!!! Attaching a screenshot here as an example of why I don't quite trust AI... (Let's just say I recognized Excalibur as a fellow "purolucha" Michinoku Pro nerd the moment I saw that mask.)

[Example of AI kinda making shit up]

Google
"excalibur mask origin"

AI overview:

The mask worn by the AEW commentator and former wrestler Excalibur is inspired by the mythical sword Excalibur from King Arthur legends. While the mask is not a direct repre- sentation of the sword, it's named after it and serves as a symbol for the character's identity. Excalibur has stated that the mask is a way to separate his personal life from his wrestling persona according to a podcast interview with Chris Van Vliet.
Elaboration:
Inspiration from King Arthur:
The name "Excalibur" itself is taken from the legendary sword of King Arthur, a powerful weapon associated with Arthurian legend.

Lee AKA The Dark Cheetah@tdcheetah· Jul 26

More sassy than our Willow? Wow! Hi Willow, meet Kris, who is also a cuddly one. ;)

Brown mackerel tabby cat Kris Katlander, sleeping happily in my spot on the sofa.

Lee AKA The Dark Cheetah@tdcheetah· Jul 20

I hear ya. Don't know if it will help, but sending a reassuring pat on the shoulder if it does. Also:

Cover of Marvel Comics Group series Doctor Strange: Master of the Mystic Arts issue #10 (Oct 1974)

[Text on page]
THE
SORCERER SUPREME
BATTLES
BARON MORDO
AND THE FATE OF WORLDS
HANGS IN THE BALANCE

ETERNITY LIVES!

[Art description]
Baron Mordo, a sinister villain in green costume, flings mystic bolts at our hero Doctor Strange in his blue costume and red cape, who returns his fire. In the background is the enigmatic figure of Eternity, a humanoid shape filled with planets and stars and galaxies galore.

Lee AKA The Dark Cheetah@tdcheetah· Jul 16

Thanks for posting this news, @derekberes.bsky.social . Please consider providing alt-text for images -- makes content more accessible, more visible in Bluesky search, + more likely to repost. You can even set your settings to automatically remind to to do it... Ftfy, takes thirty seconds:

Lee AKA The Dark Cheetah@tdcheetah· Jul 10

Thanks for posting this news, @wgawest.bsky.social Please consider providing alt-text for images -- makes content more accessible, more visible in Bluesky search, + more likely to repost. You can even use Settings to remind you to provide it! Ftfy, takes thirty seconds:

WGAW
WRITERS GUILD
OF AMERICA WEST

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Lee AKA The Dark Cheetah@tdcheetah· Jul 6

Sorry, once I got started this kinda had to be posted too. ;)

The Great Sasuke. Initial J-Crown champion. #1 and the best~!

K, The Great Sasuke is a generational talent, a masked junior heavyweight professional wrestler and promoter from northeast Japan. He won the J-Crown [see more detail below] in an August 1996 tournament by defeating Ultimo Dragon (who eventually took the J-Crown from him in October 1996).

Sasuke, whose trademark mask is black with a white face overlaid with red and green stripes, is shown holding three championship belts over each arm and wearing two around his waist. The rest of his outfit is a solid black tunic and trousers.

The J-Crown consisted of seven/eight/ten junior titles including:

*. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
* MPW British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship
* NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
* NWA World Welterweight Championship
* UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship
* WAR International Junior Heavyweight Championship
* WWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship
* WWF Light Heavyweight Championship
** NWA World Middleweight Championship (added later)
"" WCW World Cruiserweight Championship (added later)

The J-Crown only lasted a year or so before someone wanted one of their belts back. But it was a glorious year!

Lee AKA The Dark Cheetah@tdcheetah· Jul 6

The Man in the Mask name-dropped both Ultimo Dragon *and* the J-Crown and I swear I swooned. (K, I swoon whenever he says Sasuke Special. But then I swoon for the move *and* the originator! So glad AEW has some Michinoku Pro etc. in its DNA via its strong Chikara bloodline.)