It's #Caturday and this is my neighbors' cat, Bean. Normally friendly on the family's front steps, but a little cautious in another territory.

This is making the rounds. When I get lovebombed by employees in a store, I leave. I don't like being pressured to buy things, nor do I want to be interrupted. If I want to make friends, I can go to a bar. I went to their company website and left feedback saying this. You can, as well. It's easy.

Californians can eat now. CA sued to open up #SNAP funds and people on reddit are reporting that they have balances on their accounts now. (Note that poor people have phones and, thus, access to the internet, including reddit)

#Oakland #SNAP - tell your friends there are resources for people whose benefits have been curtailed. www.oaklandca.gov/Community/Fo...

What a huge fucking waste of time, money and a #sandwich. The current administration is full of candy ass bitches.

The so called atmospheric river is here in CA and Miss Thing is displeased that she is not going to have a lie down in a sunbean on the back deck today.

Not even close. #Mamdani will be #NewYork City mayor. I wonder if those millions of people the red hat press said would leave NYC will do so or if they will just continue to live in Staten Island. (And respect to #Sliwa, the Republican candidate for conceding with grace and maturity)

It's been a long day for Mr. Adams. #Kentucky #NewYork #Virginia #California #Mamdani #Prop50

How to tell the world you are a candy ass bitch.

Wrong funeral, but still a good one.

On the one hand, I am a bit appalled at the Louvre Museum's lack of attention to security. But on the other hand, I am impressed that it took this long for a bad theft to happen. Tells me that the French are, for the most part, honest and decent people (with bad passwords)

Good news for #plant nerds and #garden nuts. Kew, and other reputable institutions have vast libraries of plant specimens that, over the years, are collected in the field, pressed and documented. I've seen them at UC Davis. Very cool.

I gaze at my Irish passport now and again...

The #weekend on #BlueSky is great because people take a moment to go nuts about sportsball and caturday and we can all breathe for a minute before going back into the hellhole of American politics.

The best day of the week (unless you are a dog person). #Caturday !! Miss Thing was napping on the couch next to me while I was tubing out.

I just want to say that I hate the time changes with the white hot heat of a thousand ghost peppers. #DaylightSavings Ugh.

Fellow #Oakland folks, if you want to help out in a small way during the #SNAP theft by the Criminal Class, there is a wiki outlining where the casual pantry donations are happening. Town Fridges. Little Free Library only for food. Put GOOD things in there, please. localwiki.org/oakland/Town...

Trying again #Inktober - final prompt is #award, which I happily share with all my fellow Inkies.

I deleted LinkedIn a few years ago when I retired. I recommend everyone "retire" their LinkedIn account. They are pretty worthless anyway because no one is hiring anywhere.

#Inktober - today's prompt is "Vacant"

#Inktober - the prompt for the 29th is "lesson" where a dog learns to SIT!

#inktober - today's prompt is #skeletal

Today's prompt for #inktober is #onion. A big of a quick sketch. I was in SF all day. This is inspired by the beautiful onion domed church in SF, although this drawing is roughly based on a church in Moscow.

If life's getting you down and you like cats, you need to follow the Bodega Cats feed. This photo is extra cute.

#Inktober - today's prompt was "puzzling". This was my second try. I need to practice drawing dogs and cats again.

#Inktober - today's prompt is (Dante's) #inferno.

It's #Caturday. It suddenly started to rain and the cat ran in the house, but she ran right back out to tell that squirrel to get lost.

#Inktober - today's prompt is "rowdy"

#Inktober - today's prompt is #firefly

#Inktober - today's prompt is #Button and I did button #mushrooms.

I know a lot of you love your grandchildren and I could scold and scold you for doing that, but instead, I want you to watch this.

Newsom is reacting to Trump's threats about sending the military to San Francisco. My response is this: I know that this is what the protest lines will look like. I left the skin tones blank because people can fill in their own favorite shades of color. (Tho' I do think green on the tallest one...)

#Inktober - today's prompt is blast.

There are few friendships as solid as the temporary friendships forged in the bathroom at the bar/club/festval www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrI1...

How to get #HealthInsurance 101 for #artists, #writers, #makers, #creators.

#Inktober - Today's prompt is #rivals. So, I present you #MontyPython where #KingArthur meets the #French

AWS is why monopolies suck. Where is Theodore Roosevelt when we need him?

#Inktober - today's chilly prompt is #arctic. So, I bring you a #walrus because they have cute mustaches and are tubby.

WTF #NewYorkTimes

#Caturday! It rained and I like to collect the rainwater for my carnivorous plants. The cat was angry it was cloudy and wet out, but she enjoyed drinking the fresh rainwater from the filthy planter saucer.

#Inktober - today's prompt is "deal"

#Inktober - prompt is "Ornate". I was having a rough day with a migraine, and just could not get the hands sorted out.

#California #Insulin. People will not have to ration insulin in Californa due to cost. This is the same price as a large flavored latte.

Of course women don’t like the Cybertruck. They want pockets

#Inktober - today's prompt is "Blunder"

This video is really alarming. Letting #MitchMcConnell remain in office is just elder abuse.

The true heroes are the #Sherpas. No lie. This man was the last surviving member of the Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary expedition. If it wasn't for people like Kanchha, these expeditions would not happen. Lived to 92. Respect.

#Inktober - today's prompt is "ragged". (And we had a teeny #earthquake while I was scanning.)

ICE and the police are aiming guns at civilians. Great optics, fellas. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

How to beat AI in your web searches.