Kittens

Links: Flockin’ Sheep, Am I Right?

Not That Mike The Other Mike21 Comments
A flock of sheep crowding into a small store

Should never have announced that BOGO sale on Woolite.

50 sheep break away from flock and storm German supermarket

The Guardian, via Thérèse B.

Bear under Altadena home for 6 weeks is finally evicted

Los Angeles Times, via AJ

Trains will run on cat time, which means they show up whenever.

Japanese Train Station Inaugurates Third Cat Stationmaster, Yontama

Yahoo News, via NTMTOM

And finally: Curaoke

Andrew Y. found a dog that can sing along, provided you change the lyrics a little.

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Half a Hana? Mini Miri?

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Hana and Kitten Miri get catnip toys that look like them! After they get busy with their body doubles, they inspect repairs to the deck where Maru loved to sit.

A cat with white fur and dark patches on her back plays with a toy
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Weekend Open Thread

Not That Mike The Other Mike24 Comments

Another Caturday, another open thread, and yet… all is not well in Kittyland. Somewhere a cat has been mildly inconvenienced, as related by reader Sowmya D.:

Yesterday poor brave Maine Coon girl Ekaterina Velikaya was pushed to the point of misery by NOT getting more Yummy Wet Food when she demanded it.

Pictured — her tormented face during her sit-down strike. (Not pictured — the full bowl of kibble beside her that she didn’t want.)

A Maine Coon cat with orange fur sits next to her supper dish, which is empty except for a few morsels of cat food.
You…
A Maine Coon cat with orange fur sits next to her supper dish, which is empty except for a few morsels of cat food.
you…
A Maine Coon cat with orange fur.
MONSTER.

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Undercover Cat

Not That Mike The Other Mike9 Comments

Could your cat be spying on you? In its ever-widening quest to gather personal data, Big Tech has a new foot soldier: Cats, who can eavesdrop undetected in exchange for free tuna snacks from Amazon.

A cat sits on the back of a sofa covered by a blanket so that only its face is visible.
She’s watching her soaps, better tell HQ she needs to buy tissues.

Pat under the blanket, by sarahstierch, CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)

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