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Jo Sisk-Purvis Apr 28, 2024

I am back again. I am really sucking at this "staying social" thing. Here is my cat for penance. #helloagain #catadon #fosterfail

Yvonne Perkins Apr 13, 2024

#OfficeKitty is drooling with happiness while sitting on my lap.
#CatsOfMastodon #catadon

SeeMoore Apr 6, 2024

The 70 lb mutant puppy has been away at training, the cats have reclaimed the house and the sunshine..they are going to be sooo pissed when he walks back through the door. #caturday #catsofmastodon #catadon

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RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist Feb 3, 2024

#Writever 2402.2 — Whiskers

How many years was it since I adopted this family of two-legged monsters? I'd trained them well to feed me on demand and provide me a warm bed and reliably clean litter. In return, I kept their house free of cockroaches and sometimes left a fresh bird on their doorstep.

It took me all this time to figure out the sounds they'd been babbling at me were actually a name! My mother had named me Flash Claws because no kitten was faster.

My monster family had named me, "Whiskers."

How much more demeaning could it be to be named for a body part that every cat had in common? Not much.

I. Was. Soooo. INSULTED.

I immediately took it out on the roll of paper the two-legs mounted for me to get my frustrations out, but the folds of white did nothing to ease my frustration. I walked by my scratching post and took it out on the sofa instead, but that wasn't enough.

Whiskers? REALLY?

The female monster with her kittens left the house, and I thought maybe I'd give her a scratch. I rushed out the cat door. I stopped quickly when she dropped her set of metal door openers. I snatched the keys and jumped back through the cat door.

The thumping on the door was gratifying, but then there was the male, who'd probably come up with the ridiculous name because he was just that stupid. He often sprawled on the sofa—the one I'd just scratched my frustration out on—containers of smelly liquid sometimes foaming all over him, watching his flicker box and farting when nobody was looking, right in front of me where I could smell it. Like an old dog. Many were the times he'd not let me sleep on his stomach. So uncouth.

I loped into the room with the bed and the clothes, selecting a nice white shirt. I dragged it to my litter box.

I peed on it, before trying to bury it.

Whiskers, though? REALLY?

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Numberz Jan 15, 2024

@panos I really appreciate this correction. I will make sure to note this in a future video and apologies I didn’t realize it at the time of publication. I really appreciate you taking the time to review my coverage of your awesome work.

If you don’t mind, when you feel #Catadon is in a good enough state, I’d love to do one more video covering all the new developments and comparing them to #FireFish and highlighting the direction you’ve taken the project. Thanks again for all your help. I’m so excited to see where to take this project 😁🍻

ward Dec 31, 2023

Let's check this place out. I'm currently looking at this and sharkey... trying to figure out where easymode will land after we leave Firefish... god it's sad! lol. Thanks for all the work. I love the blog and forums. I guess I just want to make sure I don't have to keep jumping platforms (because I'm not good at it and don't have time).

@catadon team: Are there any plans for what to do if the devs get too busy to maintain the project? Is that a possibility? I know this is a free thing and you are working on this for the community, so thank you so much for all the work. #catadon

CHEERS ALL!