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[mostly AI generated, but valid] Neuralink's Blindsight deadline has passed, a fake 'blind cat' story filled the gap, and Huberman says writing to the brain is the hard part https://aishiftnews.ca/new…

Former President Barack Obama
will campaign with the Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed and
gubernatorial hopeful Jocelyn Benson
in Detroit on Oct. 24,
as early in-person voting opens across Michigan

Obama to campaign with El-Sayed, Benson in Michigan
The former two-term Democratic president will rally voters in Detroit as the early voting window opens in Michigan.

#SilentSunday

"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..."

Cat, n.:
Lapwarmer with built-in buzzer.

Sweet, I don't have to pack the kid's school lunch for monday. Thanks Clove! #CatsOfMastodon

Current mood

FRI-YAY, October 16th, 2026
@ 5428 San Pablo Ave
Oakland
‡ Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson (Stillupsteypa)
‡ Earnst Karel
‡ Tanuki Spider Cat
Doors: 7:30pm / Show: 8pm
$10-15 NOTAFLOF

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@Gina/117084311903170322
For a moment here I feared the other cat would be showing the butt our way.
Mooning, as it were.

Angefangen und abgebrochen: "The Classroom of a Black Cat and a Witch".
Ein Mädchen möchte Magierin werden, hat dafür aber kein Talent. Sie trifft auf ihr mittels Fluch zu einer Katze verwandeltes großes Vorbild. Sie kann ihm mit ihrer besonderen Kraft helfen, aber nur kurzzeitig - und nur durch einen Kuss auf den (Katzen)Hintern. Zur kompletten Aufhebung des Fluchs muss auch sie die höchste Stufe der Magier erreichen. Also verfolgen sie nun gemeinsam ihre Magieausbildung, mi…

Mosaic cat
#Catstodon #Caturday

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Bark Psychosis:
🎵 Big Shot (Alice's Cheshire Cat Mix)
#BarkPsychosis
https://barkpsychosis.bandcamp.com/track/big-shot
https://open.spotify.com/track/57YmPuR2XU9Fg9Q3miaeFF

"A new cat species was just discovered. Several more may follow"
#Cats #Animals
https://

A new cat species was just discovered. Several more may follow
Editor’s note: Last week, the description of a “new” cat species from Bolivia made headlines around the world. The tilcayo (Leopardus tilcayo), a small spotted cat from Bolivia’s Yungas cloud forests, was described as the first new living cat species discovered in more than a century. Unlike several cats recognized as new species in recent […]

Soup on the stove. Applecrisp in the oven. Cat on the pillow. Napping. Looks like the right idea.

"Wer eine als #Katze verkleidete Person sieht, wird gebeten, Abstand von ihr zu halten und die #Polizei zu informieren."
🙀
via

"Katzenmann" verbreitet Angst in Dresden: Polizei warnt vor "Cat in the Hat"
Ein Phänomen aus den sozialen Netzwerken hat Dresden erreicht. In Gorbitz berichten Anwohner von einer bewaffneten Person, die sich als Katze verkleidet hat. | TAG24

Had to take my cat to the veterinary ER last night for an eye wound. It turned out to be more of a head and eyelid laceration from skin irritation so it wasn't that serious, but being in the pet ER for a couple of hours was an experience.
The amount of grief coming in through the door was unnerving. You'd have to have the uncommon combination of nerves of steel plus an oversized compassion meter to be able to handle working in a place like that for more than a month.
Also…

Am now beginning to come down from three very busy weeks. Today is my day of R&R before three full on days at work. Thank gods for an empty next weekend. We're having a roast meal with lots of freezer bits and I have the odd thing to do in the house, but other than that I will be vegging out. Might read, might knit, will fondle cat ears at every opportunity. I now have all my unused leave booked so I have a week off in Oct and another in Nov so I can plan for you-know-what 🧑‍🎄🎄

Santiago Alba Rico: "Israel es la supervivencia de la peor Europa en Oriente Medio”
https://www.eldiario.es/cultura/santiago-alba-rico-israel-supervivencia-peor-europa-oriente-medio-cat_128_13480501.html…

Santiago Alba Rico: "Israel es la supervivencia de la peor Europa en Oriente Medio”
El filósofo publica 'Gaza y el destino del mundo', un ensayo en el que reflexiona sobre el punto de no retorno que implica el genocidio y lo que revela de nosotros como sociedad

How to spot if your cat is planning to murder you.
#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MidnightInAPerfectWorld
Galcher Lustwerk:
🎵 Cat Video
#GalcherLustwerk

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

I'm watching Anna Pigeon 1x01 "Track of the Cat" #AnnaPigeon

Track of the Cat
Anna questions the official explanation when the death of a fellow ranger unsettles the park.

The #cat came all wet in the morning, and I didn't even notice that it was raining. In fact, looks like nothing outside noted the rain either. It must have been some very local flash rain kind of thing.

Dear Chat: how long is it normal to keep referring to the (only) cat as the “youngest” cat, when the elder cats died 3 & 4 years ago?
It even feels weird to me (obviously) but stiiiiiill doing it.

RE: https://toot.cat/@plexus/117429738397469477
yup, it’s a cult
next up ritual lead baths and asbestos communions

Good news for Linux mobile users!
"We’ve been working on Linux ARM64 support and it’s now available for beta testing. There are Debian and AppImage packages available. We’d appreciate your help testing it on your favorite ARM processor! Please let us know how it goes and share your feedback here. :heart::penguin:"

14yo: "Look at these cute pics I took of [foster cat] Widget!"
me: "You should send those to mom to send to the rescue to make her look adoptable."
14yo: "She IS adoptable."
me: "Until she actually GETS adopted, she's not adoptable, she's in need of adoption."
14yo: 🙄
me: "You know what they say..."
[pause]
me: "An adoption in the hand is worth two in the bush."
14yo: 🤨
m…

#AI #comic #HertaBurbė

My wee grey cat Horrible has been missing for a week now. He may just have gone on an adventure, but that isn't like him.
I'm worried, and sad.
#Caturday

I never tire of seeing these two brothers sleeping in the cat tree.
#Caturday

Neuter the ones that can feasibly be rehomed, and euthanise those that can’t be socialised. Just leave the poor bloody #cats alone. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/the-bloc…

The Block's contentious new build site has a feral cat problem
The redevelopment is facing an unexpected new challenge.

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

#EroticMusings 67. What's something in your workplace (other than the essential tools) which helps you create?
Music and feline distraction. My desk is right next to the balcony door. This is also the sole entry and exit for the cat, so whenever the cat needs the door opened, I have to get up. Having a reason to get up and move, even if I walk only five steps, helps against &quo…

There was someone at Petvalu that had just adopted a cat.
And since they didn’t own a carrier yet… they put the cat in the cart.
It was so cute
#catsofmastodon

New free #patreon post #ytp

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

For #caturday we have a guest appearance from Trifle, whom a family member is looking after for a few days. Trifle is a grand old lady at 17 years old and has hearing and thyroid problems, but she's still gorgeous and tolerates her twice daily injections as long as a salmon treat is forthcoming. Everyone say hello to Trifle from Sussex!

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

A cat on a cat on a cat. #catsofmastodon

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

It's like an oxygen mask on an airplane: brush your OWN teeth before you brush your cat's teeth. If only my 9yo would listen to my advice..

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.

A moment of peace. #cat

Mama cat carrying her baby

Es heißt ja immer, Darmstadt sei pleite, was ich wegen des Zustandes der Infrastruktur auch glaube. Was ich daran nicht verstehe: wie kann eine Stadt pleite sein, in der riesige Firmen wie Merck, Evonic, Döhler, Schenck, BauvereinAG und andere sitzen? Ist das wie in Stuttgart, wo z.B. Daimler gerüchterweise kaum Steuern zahlt, weil sie die Stadt mit Wegzug und dem Verlagern von Arbeitsplätzen erpressen sollen?
#Darmstadt
#Steuern
#Pleite
#PleiteKommune
#Merck
#Döhler
#Evonic
#Schenck
#BauvereinAG

#Caturday vibes

Why shoud I play with those apples?
@… @…
#caturday

Pedro the #Math Cat 🐈 is cute and innocent and definitely not the leopard who proved Your theorem.
#cats #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon

Trump dismisses AI leaders' calls to slow down, citing Chinese competition (Cat Zakrzewski/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/09/13/trump-rejects-calls-so-slow-ai-development-citing-chinese-competition/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzg5MjcyMDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzkwNjU0Mzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3ODkyNzIwMDAsImp0aSI6IjZjOGE3YTJjLTFkMzUtNDlmYS04ZTQ3LTBkMWRhZDJlMzQ2YyIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9wb2xpdGljcy8yMDI2LzA5LzEzL3RydW1wLXJlamVjdHMtY2FsbHMtc28tc2xvdy1haS1kZXZlbG9wbWVudC1jaXRpbmctY2hpbmVzZS1jb21wZXRpdGlvbi8ifQ.fbkBLqBJHhADOrOpKRrf1BHCVKvUfcJnwIjscOrsQT0&itid=gfta
http://www.memeorandum.com/260913/p28#a260913p28

"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

Anyone see what's wrong with this picture? Perfect RJ45 crimps too (very uncharacteristic for me). How's your day going?
Guess it could've been worse. Could've remembered to put them on, but backwards. Sigh.

I think it is very important that we make arguments that actually make sense and take the existing technology into account, even if that develops quickly.
On the other hand, it's also a cat-and-mouse game because when that ethics policy was written, there were no local models capable of helping with reviews and it takes long to make such policies (design by committee!). The arXiv argument was there all the way, though.

another top pop label stop pic....
#church #carving

RE: #catsOfMastodon

"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

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!

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.

Today's Metacurity is a humdinger that kicks off with my analysis of what's in the White House's cybercrime memo -- including a possible perilous pitfall -- along with the other critical infosec developments you should know today, including
--Ukraine’s drones school the US Army,
--Taiwan confirms AI-assisted cyberattacks,
--Bitcoin defenders want the good AI too,
--Chinese censorship creeps into US AI,
--Lazarus goes post-quantum,
--City-Forum raids Salesforce, ServiceNow,
--North Korean IT worker lands US government job,
--19 million Polish medical records stolen,
--Ransomware hits Colombia’s Justice Ministry,
--LiteLLM breach spills a mountain of secrets,
--Thirteen minutes to rob you blind,
--Adobe sounds the patch alarm,
--Japan’s companies still aren’t all-in on AI,
--Water hacks spur congressional action,
--Mindgard lands $30m for AI security
--Inside North Korea’s American job machine,
--Wanted: AI talent with a clearance,
--CBP’s creepy database snooping
--The smart feeder that forgot to feed the cat
https://www.metacurity.com/white-house-expands-its-cyber-reach-with-expanded-ai-policy-new-cybercrime-memo/

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

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

Very much looking forward to getting back to these two hooligans in an hour and a half or so, if the trains don't have any *more* delays #caturday

That feeling when your renderer can handle a component that outputs HTML inside link text in Markdown that’s embedded in HTML.
(Yes, I’m bragging.)
#Kitten #SmallWeb #SmallTech

Headlines to suck you in:
Wallace’s dog Gromit was nearly a cat, reveals creator as Aardman turns 50
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/sep/04/wallace-gromit-nick-park-aardman-50-years?CMP=Share_Androi…

Wallace’s dog Gromit was nearly a cat, reveals creator as Aardman turns 50
Nick Park began modelling the character as a feline, before finding it too difficult and changing him to a dog

Headlines to suck you in:
Wallace’s dog Gromit was nearly a cat, reveals creator as Aardman turns 50
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/sep/04/wallace-gromit-nick-park-aardman-50-years?CMP=Share_Androi…

Wallace’s dog Gromit was nearly a cat, reveals creator as Aardman turns 50
Nick Park began modelling the character as a feline, before finding it too difficult and changing him to a dog

The most interesting cat in the world
#cat #cats #catsOfMastodon #caturday

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

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

I'm watching JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 3x37 "Shining D (Diamond) Is Unbreakable (1)" https://trakt.tv/shows/jojo-s-bizarre-adventure/seasons/3/episodes/37

Shining D (Diamond) Is Unbreakable (1)
Hayato's plan to kill Kira with Stray Cat's air bullets failed. Kira realizes that Hayato has repeated the same morning numerous times, and realizes that…

PSA: It’s a waste of time to have discussions with apologists and collaborator centrists and “source?” replyguys.
Block them and use your time for something productive, like petting a cat.

Minutes after midnight on Saturday morning, Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies received a 9-1-1 call reporting
a man ramming a vehicle with a front loader tractor into a sedan on Sinton Road in Santa Maria.
The car was occupied by a woman who managed to flee the vehicle while 38-year-old Levi Gaze of Paso Robles allegedly repeatedly ran the yellow CAT tractor into the vehicle.
He then proceeded to use the bucket of the tractor to further smash the gray sedan, accordi…

Man Allegedly Crushes Occupied Car with Tractor During Argument in Santa Maria 
Levi Gaze of Paso Robles arrested, and woman survives altercation.

I have lived with cats almost my entire life but I do not believe that I have EVER had “expensive“ cat toys
Our cats current favorite toy is a stick wrapped in twine, every time we dig it out from out of the couch, he comes running. 😂
He ignores about half the actual “cat toys” we have
https://

Cats of Yore (@catsofyore.bsky.social)
Someone once told me that it's "classist" to advocate for people to have indoor cats because you need to buy them lots of expensive toys. Marcel has been playing with the discarded stem of a fresh green bean for 20 minutes. 🤷‍♀️

"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…

The princess and the pea.
#Lulu the #cat

goodnight
#church #carving

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

It's #Caturday and Pedro the #Math Cat 🐈 no longer fits through the kitten exit of his Cattasaurus torus. 🍩
#cats #CatsOfMastodon

Cubone and chill
#caturday #cats #CatsOfMastodon

I've needed to piss for an hour, but I don't know how much more laptime I have with old Strider, so I haven't moved him yet. He's nearing the end, and there's nothing more medicine can do for him except hasten his exit.

I'm watching JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 3x38 "Shining D (Diamond) Is Unbreakable (2)" https://trakt.tv/shows/jojo-s-bizarre-adventure/seasons/3/episodes/38

Shining D (Diamond) Is Unbreakable (2)
Josuke and Hayato try to force Killer Queen and Stray Cat into close-quarters combat by going into a nearby house. However, air bullets start to show up…

"An adorable new snow leopard cub was just born at the Bronx Zoo: 'One of the world's most elusive big cats'"
#Cats #Animals #Zoo

An adorable new snow leopard cub was just born at the Bronx Zoo. The pictures are too cute for words
Often called “ghosts of the mountain,” snow leopards are a very elusive cat species. Now, a new arrival can be seen at the Bronx Zoo.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Audioasis
Cat Valley:
🎵 Landlord
#CatValley
https://catvalley.bandcamp.com/track/landlord

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

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

This captures pet ownership so well.

#Caturday

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

Erie, the second I put her in the cat carrier (and for the entire trip to the vet):
"Meow. MEOW! Meoooooow. Meow. Meow. Meeeeeow. Meow. Meowmeowmeow"
Erie, the second I put her carrier down on the floor of the vet's office about 5ft away from 2 large dogs:
🦗🦗🦗🦗

I'm watching JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 3x30 "Cats Love Yoshikage Kira" https://trakt.tv/shows/jojo-s-bizarre-adventure/seasons/3/episodes/30

Cats Love Yoshikage Kira
Kawajiri hears from Shinobu that there is a British Blue cat in the basement with a hole in its neck. Kawajiri wonders if it was shot with the arrow, and…

This is the life. I'm sat in my lovely orange bucket chair that the cats are doing their best to shred, drinking coffee with chocolate milkshake in it and listening to the not-so-distant hum of tree surgery, and making connections all over the world. Honestly I could sit here all day. Have a great Thursday and if it's not so great I wish you moral support for what you have to deal with. And have a video of Tails nosing about in the car. Volume up for the purrrrrs. She tiny but she LO…

The mighty hunter

This is too good not to share, but it needs alt text, so I'm resharing from my account.
https://mastodon.social/@samim/117358496209980365

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

I'm suddenly realizing that I should've stocked up on pine pellet cat litter before Dipshit-In-Chief started (another?) trade war w/ Canada.

Squeaking in with a late entry for #ToeBeanTuesday with Sparky

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

For #Caturday another in the canon of cats showing their innate poise and elegance.

I'm growing something similar
@… https://piaille.fr/@CatEveryHour/117381582321157229