Happy Caturday and welcome to the open thread. Our visitor today seems to be holding on for a few more minutes of naptime.

Iriska, by Glechikoff Andre, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

It’s time to get into shape this Caturday, and reader Sowmya D. has brought the cutest set of weights:

Exercise time! Join Nikolai Devinovich and Ekaterina Velikaya in a cat-hoisting fitness routine. Bicep curls with regular weights are so overrated!

Welcome to the Caturday open thread! Today’s special guest will discuss how cats gain power over their humans.

Maggie aka Fou-cat, by cogdogblog, CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)

Welcome to the Caturday open thread. Feel free to come as you are. It may be a bit difficult to freshen up this morning, for some reason.

Sink Cat III, by edenpictures, licensed under CC BY 4.0