In 96 hours I have had 6 hours sleep, could we please skip Thursday altogether? I would like to weekend now.

We've had an idea for some fun Thursday afternoon activity. Give us a year from 1357 to 1957 and we will give you a name of a Merchant Adventurer who joined the Company that year. For example in 1665 Suckling Spendlove became a member. Yes you heard right. 😆

(Off topic, sorry, but does anyone have recommentions for decent android app for creative writing, that doesn’t have AI intergrated? I mostly need it to correct things like spelling, and punctuations.”

Cats breaking the news

3rd vaccination for winter: the new RSV! It's hitting hard. Or I was run over in my sleep? Go antibodies, go! plan: WFH til Tuesday reality: wake up early for multiple in person meetings, and somehow find the middle section on the [tantrum <-> pain relief <-> passing out] spectrum.

My mom is turning 70 tomorrow. Can I get a round of Happy Birthdays from a bunch of internet strangers? Her name is Donna. (I'll direct her here once tomorrow 😁)

Without downloading anything new, where are you mentally?

Name your top 15 tv shows ever, gut instincts only. Andor Buffy/Angel Derry Girls Doctor Who E.R. Fleabag Harlots Mad Men Marple Offspring Shrinking Star Trek - Voyager Upright X-Files Xena Warrior Princess (so many left out!)

Take a break from the discourse and quote this with a business you would want to start if you could afford to lose money on it

A neighbourhood pub for quiet people. - lots of tables for 1-2 - library for casual reading - no music - maybe sea/wind sounds - proper chips ... for proper chip peoples

Sunday 06.00

Sunday morning, choose your own adventure. a) big tray bake of orange veg for freezer b) bake bread c) work on garden and renovation plans d) loll about playing Animal Crossing all day

My booking system has slowly but slowly got worse the last 3 years and it wasn't great to start with. Final straw is new update won't take payments and there are no warnings and I only realised when I noticed no one had booked a class for over a week. Anyone got booking system recommendations?

#SundaySunrise Sunday sunrise over the henhouse.

Q for those of you who sell arts/crafts online in the UK - can you recommend shopify alternatives (not for me, for my sister who is hoping to quit them due to non-opt-outable genAI content scraping)

Nearly had a heart attack #Cat #Caturday

Why so dry, falafel? (Even with salad and dressing and soft flatbread and every other damn thing I can think of. How to get moisture INTO the damn falafel short of using it to thicken soup?)

I picked up #AnimalCrossing again over Easter. Uhhh ... might need to set the parental controls.

Looks like an Easter tablescape my nephew would make...

For ~reasons~ I’m considering getting a mini/portable photo printer (e.g. instax). Does anyone have strong opinions on makes/brands, recommendations or unrecommendations? (Please do not suggest alternatives! Just interested in this specific tech today)

How do I tell them their new adventure playground is only here for 2 weeks? Happy #Caturday!

#ancientsky question... The busts in the British museum are missing many noses. I assumed they had accidentally been broken off but some have tool marks. Were they deliberately removed?

in 2016 a group of strangers in Kazakhstan saved a dog from drowning by forming a human chain to reach him. they just unveiled a statue commemorating the event and I'm genuinely about to start sobbing

I had a covid vax today and secretly want to have a massive reaction so I can sleep for three days.

Actuarial Warfare - Shanaka Anslem Perera shanakaanslemperera.substack.com/p/actuarial-...

Cancer checkup today - still in remission! \o/

And this my friends is why Scotland is brilliant. Rebecca a 12yr old invented a solar powered blanket for the homeless. Now being made by veterans and a disabled workforce. Invention, future, STEM, compassion, savy business and sustainable employment. Bravo 👏 news.stv.tv/west-central...

I feel like a dork asking this but can anyone recommend a good (ideally text not video) dummies guide to using Teams? I feel like we suddenly started using it in 2020 without any real guidance so I only know how through experience/experiment and I am sure I am doing it wrong half the time.

Very helpful! Google Has a Secret Reference Desk. Here's How to Use It. cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...

Blurry boxfriends. #HappyCaturday

See also: no technology should go on the market without passing inspection by the sort of person who immediately thinks "how could an evil stalker ex use this having been given full access before they became an ex?"

I stole this gem from @lindsaypowell.bsky.social 's facebook page. #Classics #Greek #Philosophy

I'd have loved to be a fly on the wall of the Academy during the time that Aristotle studied with Plato. #Classics #Poetry

(Non cat related community question; what classic, well regarded childrens book, traumatised you as a child? Mine is “The red pony,” it’s so sad when the colt dies, but the worst scene is Jody cutting up a bird.)

Petra has been styled for #WhiskersWednesday

Some good news! March 20th www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEu3...

New cookbook! With a recipe specially for @hpsvanessa.bsky.social which is a whole lot less effort than the last one.

#myth #funny

Happy #Caturday and happy #ValentinesDay. And happy birthday to Xibai and Petra, who are 1 today. Here they are at 12 weeks, and at 12 months.

Discord age verification is 10/10

Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work. "Hire an accountant. Not a financial advisor, not a broker, an accountant."

Jortsception! @jortsthecat.bsky.social

I had to start from scratch with my browser, and now can't remember what fonts I use, and everything looks wrong. Aiee.

We saw this book illustration and were taken with the ladies in medieval style costumes and then… Is that a cat? In armour?

Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly

Alright humans who track your reading on a spreadsheet: what interesting/unusual categories do you include? (Beyond pub info/notes/when you read it) 💙📚

Does anyone have a UK-based book subscription they'd recommend? PLEASE READ CONDITIONS 1. core focus is lit fic and/or fic in translation 2. I already have Fitzcarraldo + &OtherStories subs & am aware of British LIb ones 3. new releases or 'opt out' so I don't get things I've already read

While looking for cucumber ideas, I came across this recipe in the CWA cookbook. Pineapple honey, AND it uses the waste bits of the pineapple. \o/