Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

“What are Republicans afraid of?” Everything.

“Loving your country does not mean lying about its history.”

It is possible to do the right thing without the promise of a cookie.

After dobbs, women are no longer free.

This fight is for everything.

The Giant Orange Man Baby is having a bad day.

This has so much WTF written all over it that it is hard to comprehend.

DeSantis transforming Florida into 1930s Germany with gators and theme parks.

rich, arrogant assholes who equate luck with genius

Jesus, Mary, & Joseph how is that election even close?

Hey Washington Post, “Democracy Dies in Darkness” was supposed to be a warning, not a mission statement.

Sometimes the world just tells you your cat is here.

Find someone who loves you the way trump and maga love traitors.

All hail the time of the bunny!

GOP baffled that ‘we don’t care if you die’ is not a winning slogan.

The real work of an opposition party is to hold the people in power accountable.

We are aware of all internet traditions.

The low info voters probably won’t even notice or remember by their next lap around the goldfish bowl.

I would gladly pay you tuesday for a hamburger today.

Not so fun when the rabbit gets the gun, is it?

Republicans cannot even be trusted with their own money.

Roe is not about choice. It is about freedom.

We’re watching the self-immolation of the leading world power on a level unprecedented in human history.

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  2. 2.

    Mnemosyne

    I don’t see it on that box, but we’ve started receiving cat-sized boxes from Amazon that say things like “rocket ship” on the inside flaps so you can see the words when the flaps are standing up.

    It makes for some fun kitty photo ops, as (presumably) intended.

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    lahke

    Steve is a “she” now? That was some operation.

    Question from a dead thread below: is the Amazon dot echo thingy that Betty mentioned below of concern? I was given one and tried to pass it on, but most people declined it as an eavesdropping ear from the cloud that they didn’t want broadcasting their business. Is that valid?

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    Cheryl Rofer

    Zooey figured out the other day that The Red Spot comes from that thing I hold in my hand. He now refuses to play with The Red Spot and wants to play with the laser pointer itself.

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    Laura

    Big Kiki remains big despite the not big enough box Big Kiki has shoehorned his self into. Dignitude acheived!

  8. 8.

    Olivia

    @lahke: You don’t need to let it eavesdrop. I yank the cord and continue with my evil plans for world domination. So far I mostly use it as a speaker for my laptop or to listen to mpr.

  9. 9.

    Elizabelle

    Steve’s summer cut has really grown out.

    Please: pics of pups with treats, when you have a moment. Readership capture, and all that.

  11. 11.

    TriassicSands

    A certain cat needs to take instruction from Maru on proper “box management.” All cats may be fascinated by boxes (or almost all), but not all cats are as skilled at dealing with them the world famous Box Whisperer, Maru.

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    Mnemosyne

    @Cheryl Rofer:

    Keaton figured that out the very first day I brought out the laser pointer, but he’s kind of a kitty genius. It took the other two cats a lot longer.

    He’s still willing to play with the red dot, but I suspect he does it ironically. ?

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    opiejeanne

    @Mike J: I need to try that. Right now Annie is a bit peeved because we took her produce box away. Filled it with tomatoes and gave them to our older daughter for her booth tomorrow at So Bazaar in Redmond.

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    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    @opiejeanne: I owe you an apology, you commented on one of my pics(it was a pic of a glacier) on Flickr and I nuked the pic and replaced it; then I noticed that you’d commented on it(I got a notification on my watch).

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    Redshift

    @lahke: We had an Amazon guy at our company before the Echo came out (trying to get us to develop software for it), and one of their selling points is that recognition of the activation word is done entirely on the device, so it doesn’t constantly stream audio of your house to a server (which was the big problem with the Samsung voice activated smart TVs a couple of years ago.)

    In theory that makes it less of an eavesdropping device, as long as you trust them about that.

    Of course, everyone with a smartphone is carrying around an equivalent eavesdropping device these days, so I suppose you could argue the horse has left the barn anyway.

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    Redshift

    @Mnemosyne: Our smartest cat when I was growing up figured out the source of the action for “toy on a string,” and after playing along for as bit would go for the hand instead.

  27. 27.

    frosty

    A confirmed dog owner here, and in the past allergic to cats … I’m starting to realize that there’s this “thing” about cats and boxes. I blame the internet.

    No, no I blame Obama. Sorry for the brain fade.

  31. 31.

    opiejeanne

    @Mnemosyne: Did you see that I’m trying to get in touch with you? I want to gossip with you in private. I asked Anne Laurie to pass along my email to you. Or do you already have it from the meet up in Burbank? I don’t remember.

  35. 35.

    Mnemosyne

    @opiejeanne:

    I don’t think I have your email address. Adam and TaMara both have my email address as well, if you don’t hear back from Anne Laurie.

    ETA: I use an old, fake email address on here, so AL may not be able to locate me.

  42. 42.

    GregB

    Just back from a Billy Joel concert at Fenway Park. Outstanding. No opening act. 2 hours and ten minutes with a five song encore.

    Good times, highly recommended.

  43. 43.

    Comrade Colette Collaboratrice

    @Major Major Major Major: I was backing out of my parking spot yesterday and saw that our younger cat, who had nipped outside, was several feet behind the car and refusing to move. I got out and discovered he had captured an actual butterfly and was so enthralled with his new toy/object of kitty sadism that he couldn’t be bothered with mere cars. Events like this are why we realized his name is “Scoot,” not the original “Scout” – because we so often have to tell him to scoot! I fear for him.

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    bemused

    @Mnemosyne:

    We have one of those boxes too. It was an instant kitty magnet. Of course, they got bored with it after awhile but I did keep it for those kitty what-was-old-is-new-again play options.

    I also saved a hard hardboard box that held Target sheet set that measures 7-3/4 x 9-3/4 x 5-1/2 high with no cover. The 8 lb very fluffy kitty carefully arranges herself and her fur in it with her head resting on top edge, the rest of her body squished to depth level. Doesn’t look all that comfortable to us but she loves it.

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    Just one more canuck

    We were selling flowers as a fundraiser for my daughter’s soccer team and had a bunch of boxes left over of different sizes. I cut some holes in them, taped them together and made a 2 room house with a garage for our cat, Elsa the wonder nut

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    Rugosa

    @Cheryl Rofer: My smarter cat took only a few minutes to figure out that the red dot was uncatchable. She sat upright in the middle of the floor with her tail around her front paws, ears just a bit flattened, and looking back and forth between me and the evil dot, clearly disgusted with both of us. The dumber cat took a while longer, then just mewed piteously, sounding like a 4 year old who just found out Santa isn’t real.

  56. 56.

    asiangrrlMN

    I got the usual cat-signal (thanks, Yutsy!) and came to see the magnificent beast myself. Sir Willie Whiskerton III looks as hale and hearty as ever. Wish I could say the same for the box….

  57. 57.

    J R in WV

    @lahke:

    Yes, it is. People can be hacked by “smart” thermostats, light bulbs and switches, anything with an IP address, really. Your TV, for sure.

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