The Largest Study On Cat Diets Ever Is Looking For Participants #AnimalRights

The Largest Study On Plant-Based Cat Diets Ever Is Looking For Participants
The largest-ever study on cat diets, led by the University of Winchester's Professor Andrew Knight, is looking for participants

Fake news about Neuralink Blindsight: "Neuralink reports first visual prosthesis implant in a blind domestic cat named Kaya" https://www.teslarati.org/neuralink-first-visual-prosthesis-implant-blind-domestic-cat-kaya Beware that neur…

Neuralink Reports First Visual Prosthesis Implant in a Blind Domestic Cat Named Kaya
Neuralink Corporation today announced that its specialized brain-computer interface for visual prosthesis has been successfully implanted in a blind domestic cat named Kaya, the first feline subject to receive the company’s Blindsight-related technology in a preclinical setting.

I know it's not caturday. Still cute.
#cat #cats #catsofmastodon

This captures pet ownership so well.

petster: Pet owner social networks (2016)
A network of friendships among users on catster.com and dogster.com. Node represents a user, and edge exists if two users self-identify as friends on either website. The dogster/catster network also contains family links between dog and dog, cat and cat, as well as dog and cat.
This network has 623766 nodes and 15699276 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Unweighted

How to spot a psychopath
"Mitchell built a template of 20 attributes, divided into four clusters, and 25 tactics that would identify a high-functioning persistent predatory personality type. Cluster one includes a need for control; a grandiose sense of self; pathological inner response to challenge; vengefulness; refusal to compromise. Cluster two includes being predatory or exploitative; sadistic and cruel; having a low regard for laws, agreements, social and moral codes; no boundarie…

How to spot a psychopath: ‘It’s like the difference between a domestic cat and a wild cat’
People with persistent predatory personalities cause an inordinate amount of pain. Recently, our shared understanding of them has grown – and it could help protect us

Pattsun Cat – 9 essays for solo piano in the quiet minutes
https://mimirecords.bandcamp.com/album/9-essays-for-solo-piano-in-the-quiet-minutes

A new concept of government: “pathocracy” and, I suppose, this leads to #pathocrats. Well worth reading, especially the the discussion after the concept of #pathocracy is raised.
How to spot a psychopath: ‘It’s like the difference between a domestic cat and a wild cat’

How to spot a psychopath: ‘It’s like the difference between a domestic cat and a wild cat’
People with persistent predatory personalities cause an inordinate amount of pain. Recently, our shared understanding of them has grown – and it could help protect us

A new concept of government: “pathocracy” and, I suppose, this leads to #pathocrats. Well worth reading, especially the the discussion after the concept of #pathocracy is raised.
How to spot a psychopath: ‘It’s like the difference between a domestic cat and a wild cat’

How to spot a psychopath: ‘It’s like the difference between a domestic cat and a wild cat’
People with persistent predatory personalities cause an inordinate amount of pain. Recently, our shared understanding of them has grown – and it could help protect us

It's a rainy day today so I've had to bring the duvet covers inside to dry. Hours of fun for Sparky #cats #CatsOfMastodon

"New cat species identified for first time in more than a century in Bolivia"
#Bolivia #Cats #Animals

New cat species identified in Bolivia for first time in more than a century
New species of wild cat was discovered in Bolivia’s Yungas forest and is smaller than the average domestic ⁠cat

A cat wandered into the farm, very affectionate, bit skinny, knows about houses and doors, clearly not a typical stray, and begging for food. We are now at the vet to see if she has a chip (or a dread illness).
I don't need another cat. I can fit another cat, but I don't need one.

“Nobody Asked for a Crab Chair”
https://newmobility.com/nobody-asked-for-a-crab-chair/
There are so many practical failings here that I think an engineer just wanted to build a crab and then thought, hey, put a cushion on its head with a tiny rollbar for my cat!
…

I'm giving an actual Rust university lecture next semester and I can't shake the idea of bringing the obligatory Rust cat ears for the first day.
#RustLang

This #Dreamcast project looks super cool https://bsky.app/profile/eliasdaler.bsky.social/post/3mu6awwwmoc26

The princess and the pea.
#Lulu the #cat

I think I finally understand the term “cat burglar”. A cat somehow got into my apartment a few minutes ago. Got a few pets and then walked *me* to the door to let it out. Like it’s done this before.

RE: https://mastodon.ie/@padraig/115989846567709185
And it's banjaxxed again.
I went to get cat food from a cupboard today and I 'twisted' instead of squatting down to get it. Simple simple thing that has been back in shite.
Heatpad on…

@…
> Raskin’s First Law
Re: your previous post on overly complex modern devices that don't instill joy, there is much to be learned from Jef Raskin's humane approach as embodied in the Canon Cat. Fortunately his son Aza is pursuing his father's vision and ethos:

Omg quite literally the same exact cat food, guys. Stop fighting over the bowls.

I wandered around the botanical garden in Kraków for 3 hours last Friday, and the plants there were amazing 💚! While writing the alt texts, I learned that one of the plants is a "red hot cat tail" ❤️ and one is a kind of "foxtail fern" 🧡.
#flowers #plants

Galena loves the new cardboard lounge bed. #cat #cats #caturday

When the human commits the crime of smelling like another cat!

Pedro the #Math Cat 🐈 had his vet appointment and was diagnosed with chonk. Considering that one of his main jobs is cuddling, I don't mind a bit of chonkitude, but the catdoctor says it's aggravating his asthma, so it's diet time for Pedro.
#cats

We're meant to dangle this in front of our #cats for them to savage but it's so cute! ALDI has some good cat and dog toys in just now.

#Caturday

From @unfortunatalie.bsky.social#
“Colleague didn't join a call but I had Gemini Notes switched on and it the transcript caught me talking to the cat.”

I haven't been posting much lately...
Over the weekend one of our cats had to go do the emergency vet due to crystals blocking his urinary tract. An x-ray then showed kidney stones and he needed surgery.
He's back home recovering, on drugs, not happy about the cone, making a mess of everything, and we're thankful we could save his life.
I mean, we are now broke, in credit card debt, and canceling next years holiday, but, hey... cats! We love 'em!

Buy expensive toys, beds and stands and where does one cat play? On the paper packing.

Muni dit bonjour
#caturday #chamedi #nebelung

"the skeleton and the cat" – ein knuffiges #catcontent-bilderbuch, das mir zufällig im münsteraner english book shop von thalia zugelaufen ist. 💀😺😊
"Skeleton lives alone in lonesome bliss. She reads books, drinks tea, and tends to her garden. It's simple and peaceful. Until, one day, a cat knocks on Skeleton's door..."

Of the various usages of digital storage, I wholeheartedly endorse cat photos and videos. Because eventually, for a given cat, there will be a final one.
That time was today for Ricky. Attached photo from a little over a year ago. @… has a lot more from more than just the past two weeks.
The yodeling, the trills when food was on offer, the grooming of our ot…

It seems that Ruh the cat doesn't like doom metal. What should I do?!
Ek seems to be indifferent to it. Lulu appreciates the warmth from the amplifier (I'm using it at a fraction of nominal power, so I'm not worried about overheating).

Dengist Shrödinger be like: it doesn't matter if the cat is white or black, until I open the box

Speaking With Confidence With Cat Matson: Communication Coaching For Humble Leaders
This show is for humble leaders - public servants, corporate hippies and business owners - who want to speak up and be heard without sounding pushy or arrogant...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.

Three different makes of cat food, three different types of thing. Clearly fishy cat food is blue. #cats

Sometimes Pedro the #Math Cat 🐈 needs to stretch out and be Long Cat.
#Caturday #cats #CatsOfMastodon

It seems Pixie misunderstood when we told her it was a raised bed. #Caturday

Ad people be like: "Let's add some sound to our app ads, surely it'll generate more downloads!"
My actual reaction: "Shut the fuck up. Fuck you, your app, your whole family and your cat."
(cat people be like: "HEY! leave the cat out of this!")

Liv, who I've photographed before, made it out to Dio Day from Othaca wearing (I think) cat ears
#photo #photography #kemolife

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Cat Stevens:
🎵 If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out
#CatStevens
https://nostrilsaurus.bandcamp.com/track/if-you-want-to-sing-out-cat-stevens
https://open.spotify.com/track/340t55txxJWQmTFK7wARZh

A fun and useful shell trick: you can, effectively, pipe things from a remote computer into your local clipboard.
Context: you're ssh'ed into a remote computer. Locally, you could pipe stuff to xclip or wl-copy or pbcopy to put it in your OS clipboard -- but that won't work in ssh.
If your terminal supports OSC 52 (it probably does), here's a way to get that to work over ssh or mosh:
cat - | base64 -w0 | { printf '\e]52;c;' ; cat - ; printf '\a&…

Query or Change Clipboard Data (OSC 52) - OSC
Query or change data on clipboards.

A cat and a chiwawa

me: "I have plans"
Twig [the cat]: "The hell you do!" *falls asleep in my lap*

ProCatTip: Be purrsistent when letting your human know you're hungry. They can be a little slow at times.

#FotoDerWoche mit Beeren und einer Katze.
https://blog.till-westermayer.de/2026/07/photo-of-the-week-cat-and-berries/

Photo of the week: Cat and berries
Anders als hier im Bild hängen nur noch letzte Johannisbeeren für die Vögel an den Büschen, nachdem wir reichlich geerntet haben. Was genau Nox, unsere Katze, gerade gesehen hat, weiß ich dagegen nicht genau.

All in all, a nice, laidback selection for #MondayRandom10. Just the thing I needed today.
1. Weedruid—"Tod durch Gras"
2. MC Skat Kat and the Stray Mob—"I Ain't No Kitty"
3. Subcarpați—"2000 de km"
4. The Cat Empire—"The Wine Song"
5. Nine Inch Nails—"12 Ghosts II"
6. Abanamat—"Voidgazer"
7. Ada…

#MondayRandom10, 24 Aug 2026
Playlist • David Jacobs

Trump dined with the Anthropic CEO who called for AI slowdown (Cat Zakrzewski/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/09/28/trump-dined-with-anthropic-ceo-who-called-ai-slowdown/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260928/p27#a260928p27

petster: Pet owner social networks (2016)
A network of friendships among users on catster.com and dogster.com. Node represents a user, and edge exists if two users self-identify as friends on either website. The dogster/catster network also contains family links between dog and dog, cat and cat, as well as dog and cat.
This network has 623766 nodes and 15699276 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Unweighted

#Caturday as it should be.

This is most worrying: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/environment/1520107/dolphin-found-dead-on-invercargill-beach-died-from-toxoplasmosis the idea that cat-dependent parasites can wash into coastal waters and infect our rarest…

🇺🇦 Auf #radioeins läuft...
Harry Chapin:
🎵 Cat's in the cradle
#NowPlaying #HarryChapin
https://open.spotify.com/track/2QobflW4nTEeWZpfocrBQN

Happy #caturday Ran across this cat sitting on top of a mailbox on a walk. It very much enjoyed the head scratching.
#catsofmastodon #cat

"From the moment I was born, I was ordered to listen. Now there's a way, and I know, that I have to go away."
"How can try to explain? When I do he turns away, again."
"If they were right, I'd agree, but it's them they know, not me."
--Cat Stevens, lyrics from "Father and Son", from the album "Tea for the Tillerman", 1970
#Music

Bugger. Up before the crack of dawn, got dressed and headed off to the leisure centre for a pre-work swim. Only to find a notice on the door "Due to a shortage of lifeguards the pool is closed until this afternoon".
By the time I'm back home it's not worth going back to bed, but it's too early to start the usual getting-ready-for-work routine. So I'll just have to sit here with a cup of tea and the cat on my lap, browsing Fedi. Could be worse I suppose.

The lazer cat encounter.
#catsofmasdon #caturday

"A Purr-fect Library Program: From Seven Cats to 1,800 Votes"
https://uncommonwealth.lva.virginia.gov/blog/2026/07/13/a-purr-fect-library-program/
"What happens when a group of cat-loving librarians starts wishing for a libra…

I went to return two library books this morning and collect one, and the library was having a sale. Why do they do this??!
For the grand total of £4.50 I bought:
Jeeves and the Leap of Faith, Ben Schott
The Sleeping Beauty, Elizabeth Taylor
The Field of Blood, Paul Doherty
A Foolish Virgin, Ida Simons
The Night Manager, John le Carré
Agent Running in the Field, JlC
A Country Christmas, Miss Read
A Few Green Leaves, Barbara Pym
and I borrow…

Remember, a cat has the same 24 hours in the day that you do, and they still manage to sleep 18 of those hours!

This deaf cat's favorite place to nap outdoors
She also runs right back to it if you shoo her away
*sigh*

So many cat photos and I barely have reception, and can't see them!

Bubbs has been recovering from his surgery quite well. We take the cone off when we can closely watch him. Sutures come out this week and hopefully we can get him back to his normal routine instead of be sequestered in a room and a hallway all night long.
#cats #fediCats

Being a product tester is a tough job :neocat_cry:
#CatsWithJobs

Galena showing off her belly. #cat #cats #caturday

14yo: "I want a tortoiseshell cat or a ginger cat."
me: "I want fewer* cats."
14yo: "You're just a hater!"
me: "I'm just a litterbox cleaner."
* we currently have 4

petster: Pet owner social networks (2016)
A network of friendships among users on catster.com and dogster.com. Node represents a user, and edge exists if two users self-identify as friends on either website. The dogster/catster network also contains family links between dog and dog, cat and cat, as well as dog and cat.
This network has 623766 nodes and 15699276 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Unweighted

I have been met with unpleasant surprises the last few mornings, not the sort with feathers or tails, the sort that emerge from #cats Chances are it's Sparky as Tails is just way too cool for that sort of nonsense, unless it's a rogue cat? I've reinstated the litter tray which Sparks has already investigated, in case he's getting caught short or is worried about going outside. He had …

RE: https://toot.cat/@anglemaece/116953577381824947
Paparazzi snapping pics of @… again 📸

If you need to remove a bottle cap from a bottle but all you have handy is another bottle cap will it work to remove the bottle cap from the bottle?
Yes. But... it may be messy.
(This toot brought to you by a person who had a cat sitting on them but forgot to grab a bottle opener before they sat down.)

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Cat Power:
🎵 The Moon
#CatPower
https://catpower.bandcamp.com/track/the-moon
https://open.spotify.com/track/108WYctcaX1PWLyQuzP6gF

Bigpaw fell sick before Elliot and I left for New England and my wife reported that she'd disappeared and we thought that we lost her until one day she came back, unsteady on her feet...
#cats #cat #photo

Squeaking in with a late entry for #ToeBeanTuesday with Sparky

petster: Pet owner social networks (2016)
A network of friendships among users on catster.com and dogster.com. Node represents a user, and edge exists if two users self-identify as friends on either website. The dogster/catster network also contains family links between dog and dog, cat and cat, as well as dog and cat.
This network has 623766 nodes and 15699276 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Unweighted

*scoffs*
Do *I* have any _Gabapentin_? Like this is my first cat rodeo.

Condensation below portable AC shouldn't be surprising.
However, if it appears suddenly after you haven't used it for a month, it can raise some eyebrows. Especially if it smells like cat urine.

Cat and its person at Brooktondale Porchfest
#photo #photography #foxography #portrait

The mighty hunter

RE: https://mastodon.social/@EricIndiana/117156205092755042
White cat floating above a void.

Sparky showing both his elegant and derpy sides for #Caturday, and Tails giving a masterclass in how to look comfy.
#cats #caturday

Twig went to the vet today and got a bunch of shots, but after squeeze-ups... All is forgiven. #CatsOfMastodon

Lovely clean toe beans for #ToeBeanTuesday I had to get up early with this article as he was crying his heart out at our door 💔

#Caturday
@… https://mstdn.business/@ecoflap/11697586756469977…

The Cat Motherships Arrive

Me holding Clove up over my head as I sing to her, and she responds with what I'm 100% certain is the equivalent of "fuuuuuuuck you" in cat meows.
🎶 Clove lift us up where we belonnnnnnggggg, where the eagles cry on a mountain hiiiiiiiiigh 🎶

Void shipment arrived! :blep:

Just paid €399 on a cat themed limousine rental and found out the fee doesn't include a driver.
Spent all that money and have nothing to chauffeur it.

"So you're telling me that this spoiled take-out rice *really* sparks joy?", he meowed at me, and I had to admit that he had a point. #CatsOfMastodon #FridgeCat

You can simulate playing string with a cat by moving the string all over the house and occasionally stabbing your hand with a thumbtack

My faithful companion in wet lettuce duty #cats #CatsOfMastodon #fedicats

Sure, you've got your fancy netflicks and your disney plos and h-bos and what not.. but Erie's treating me to Butthole Theatre as she makes biscuits on my tummy. So there!

My cat when

The phrase should actually be "you can lead a cat to water but you can't make them drink".

I look downstairs and they're staring at me like I caught them misbehaving. #CatsOfMastodon

Now THAT'S a big kitty!!

RE: https://mastodon.social/@ninlyricbot/117173737343409605
Cat with the 3am zoomies

RE: https://mastodon.social/@mendingcatsshelter1/117004295132263745
Cat salad 👍

Believe in your dreams!