what in the everloving fuckity fuck

in which g uses the FRUSTRATED button appropriately after initiating a conversation telling me she wants something while also refusing to be explicit about what she wants #talkingtuesday #catsofbluesky #catsky #fluentpet #talkingcat

This could end very badly. Incompetence and malevolence combined here could be deadly. What happens to Americans exposed? Those who fall sick? landmansplained.com/p/news-alert...

snapshot of the withering look of a cat who'd just gnawed on the stereo, banged the shades, clawed my pants when I responded by musing aloud that she looked v mad, she sauntered to the soundboard, pressed FRUSTRATED, then theatrically flopped by her empty food dish. #caturday #talkingcat #catsky

This is fucking insanity www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

transcript: HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY [GILDA] (not activated) LOVE YOU LOVE YOU
 GILDA might have been a little more heartwarming had she not, 5 min earlier, sat whipping her tail around and then commented: GILDA MAD MUM (alas no video) #ficklefriday #catsofbluesky #catsky #talkingcat #theycantalk

throwback to august 2025, after a solid month of me trying to figure out how to get G to figure out that pressing a button would get her something (narrator: while any button interaction is worthwhile, this did not produce intended result) #tbt #throwbackthursday #theycantalk #catsky #catsofbluesky

I'm sure this is fine www.npr.org/2026/05/20/g...

attempting to get comfortable on a 96 degree day #catsofbluesky #catsky #cats #weirdowednesday

I’m not sure why this isn’t being mentioned more, but: IRS policy for 50 years has been that the sitting president & VP get audited every year, in an effort to reassure the public they’re not corruptly abusing the office to enrich themselves.

not quite the Socratic dialog I was dreaming about when I first ordered buttons, but I have zero regrets & more buttons arriving today #theycantalk #talkingcat #talkingtuesday #catsky #catsofbluesky #cats transcript: KIBBLE HMM? WET FOOD WET FOOD WET FOOD MUM WET FOOD WET FOOD MUM WET FOOD WET FOOD

currently at twenty words, and when she heard me musing aloud about ordering additional buttons to give her a larger vocabulary she pressed MORE MORE MORE and I can't even #friyay #catsofbluesky #catsky #fluentpet #theycantalk #cats

talking tuesday #theycantalk #catsofbluesky #catsky #cats #fluentpet

this seems fine apnews.com/article/hant...

the smug cat who jettisoned a nearly-full quart glass jar of water from bedside table, neatly knocking a dime-sized piece of glass out of corner of said jar, water flooding power strip with no fewer than 5 plugs, and survived. both the risks of electrocution and murder. what? #caturday #catsky #cats

After 15 years of reporting on infectious disease outbreaks, what continues to fascinate me about them is the challenge of making high-stakes decisions under uncertainty. The hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius is a perfect example My story in @science.org is here (and a thread to come): 🧪 #IDsky

itchy face, stupid pollen #friyay #catsofbluesky #catsky #cats

Odysseus and his men get trapped during a doubleheader with the green monster. The only way out is to cling to the underbelly of Tampa Bay Rays penned up there for slaughter. While wheeling away on Mass Ave, our title character shouts “Roman is my DAD, cocksuckah - THEY CALL ME NOMAHHH”

I’m sure this is fine 🫠

that time I was so tired I fell asleep in a weird position on mum's lap #tbt #throwbackthursday #catsofbluesky #catsky #cats

The Nazis burned #books in 1933. Most people don’t know this bonfire consumed books on #LGBTQ rights, sex science, and the proper medical support for #transgender people; Magnus Hirschfeld’s library up in smoke as the very first target. Why? Because equity/acceptance/access threatens fascists. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️♿️

keeping the world safe from terrycloth bathrobe belts #warlikewednesday #catsofbluesky #catsky #cats

an off-brand Abbott and Costello routine, part 2 (we got there in the end, no one was harmed) #theycantalk #talkingtuesday #fluentpet #catsofbluesky #catsky #cats

an off-brand Abbott and Costello routine, part 1 #theycantalk #talkingtuesday #fluentpet #catsofbluesky #catsky #cats

meatloaf in brown paper #meatloafmonday #catsofbluesky #catsky #cats

#catboxsunday now with anxiety-tail #catsofbluesky #catsky #cats

One of the simultaneously funniest and most terrifying things about living with is a cat is how they can move completely soundlessly and you’re just sitting there minding your own business and suddenly they’re right next you as if appearing out of thin air and you have no idea how they got there.

yesterday's enigmatic conversation ("what" "what" "love you" "pets" then reaches toward but doesn't activate the "love you" button) #caturday #catsofbluesky #catsky #cats

a polite request for dinner #friyay #catsofbluesky #catsky #cats

that time two weeks ago when I couldn't string together words (4am this morning: HELP HELP HELP HELP HELP MUM MUM WET FOOD WET FOOD, my response: LATER. 10 min later I heard: WANT WANT WANT WANT HMM? HMM? HMM? HMM? HMM? MUM MUM WET FOOD) #tbt #theycantalk #fluentpet #catsofbluesky #catsky #cats

in which G gets specific #wordywednesday #fluentpet #theycantalk #catsky #catsofbluesky

4:30am: this menace wouldn't take "WET FOOD LATER" as an answer and only by sheer dumb luck did I catch *most* of a glass of water nearly soaked my phone. in response to MUM VERY MAD, a new phrase: "GILDA" "LOVE YOU" "MUM"--ummm was that an apology? #fluentpet #whiskerwednesday #catsofbluesky #cats

new word #talkingtuesday #catsofbluesky #catsky #cats #theycantalk #fluentpet

negotiation #spamsunday #cats #catsky #catsofbluesky

no spam last night, no spam this morning. instead: a sweet cat who waited until she heard me rouse, gave me two head butts, hopped off the bed to the soundboard to say, exactly once, "MUM" "WET FOOD." v polite, v demure, mindful. this vid from yesterday. #caturday #catsofbluesky #catsky #fluentpet

ok, my cat just used a button to call me "mum" for the first time. I'm not crying you're crying #catsky #catsofbluesky #cats #friyay

the face of a cat, who, for the first time, found and appropriately used the "WET FOOD" button. 27 times. at 4:17am. tbf, she is on a diet, so she is legitimately v hungry. is it spamming when she’s really just advocating for herself? #friyay #catsofbluesky #catsky #fluentpet #theycantalk #cats

me: teaching my cat to communicate because I want her to have another tool to express agency, advocate for herself, reduce frustration also me: but tantrums #fluentpet #theycantalk #catsofbluesky #catsky #cats #AIC

that time I spammed mum by activating the comb button seventeen times and got increasingly annoyed that I got combed after each press (and not kibble) #tbt #throwbackthursday #catsofbluesky #catsky #cats

heads-up www.wcvb.com/article/meas...

this escalated quickly (*you can hear me off-screen, to the right, frantically pressing “later” “all done” “now”) #fluentpet #wordywednesday #catsofbluesky #catsky #cats

teeth, tongue, 'tude, tuesday #toothytuesday #tongueouttuesday #catsofbluesky #catsky #cats

Today in social justice toolkit: A dilemma action is a strategic action that forces your opponent into a lose-lose situation. You've given them only bad options. I give some examples & then we talk about how to design them. This one's pretty important. Read and share, please?

Very serious point here — media vastly overreport what Trump says rather than clarifying for the reader the actual strategic situation.

made room in toy box #catboxsundy #catsofbluesky #catsky #cats

wtaf

combs for #caturday #catsky #catsofbluesky #cats #fluentpet #theycantalk

i think folks might be unfamiliar with "the pharisees", so let's make it clear: he's saying the jews run the press, and that they are conspiring to undermine the military. it's not just antisemitism, it's indistinguishable from nazism.

this morning's insistent button press is brought to you by steroid-induced manic hunger #caturday #catsofbluesky #catsky #cats #fluentpet #theycantalk

This is what happens when we stay silent until fascism affects us.