Empress of Mars: Undisputed @zebratron2084@awoo.space

@chimerror Fuckin' RIGHT? I only knew the damn place existed at all because of a strat game I played in 1991... NOT cool, worldle.

Welp.

The Artie Situation might be resolved for good. There is now a large white board blocking access to the broken attic window. There's just enough of a gap at the top to concern me, but it would explain why Artie's been on the GROUND for three days! ^___^

On the other hand... yeah. Got a scratchy throat, severely runny nose, and a weird inflamed feeling all over. Three days after the largest public gathering in NOLA in two years.

Oh, well. I'm triple-boosted. I didn't really have any big plans that required being outdoors for a while. And it could still just be the result of Bong Misadventures. I'll stay at home a couple days just to make sure.

Also, Peebs may have had a sip or two of caffeine from my tea. I THINK I grabbed her in time, though, and it looks like a few sips won't hurt most healthy adult cats, so... *sigh* Whatever. She's inside with us and I'll keep an eye on her.

1) Poobers [3]
2) Shempley Shemp Shemperton [4]
3) Shadowbutt [2]
4) Foobow [5]
5) Sugarbutt [6]
6) Fartemis [1]

Congratulations, Peeblet!

@Leucrotta Yeeees...? Sorry I haven't given you more feedback on them!

@eredien @Leucrotta It's Jim Jarmusch's take on a crime drama. Forrest Whitaker is an eccentric hitman who believes himself to be a modern-day samurai. The best parts of the film have NOTHING to do with guns, crime, assassinations, or the Mafia...

i am a godling <3

'Cause you know it, Bast, you sweet cosmic thing. I have gone all-in on Team Cat and Artie was GONNA get rescued one way or the other. Thank you for possibly arranging it so that we might not have do any major demolition or commit any felonies. :>

Oh my god.

I dare not speak too soon. I dare not hope.

But we have FINALLY got a hold of our neighbor and might have an actual solution to the Cat Stuck In Attic saga.

Not two hours after I buy a cat mask for Mardi Gras. Praise Bast! #bestkitty

@zx3 Haha, I meant to type giraffe noises, talk about a freudian slip! *BLUSH*

@zx3 "Hey, Zed! How do you know that thing about zebra noises?"😏

@xinjinmeng @Leucrotta Thanks, that's really helpful!

this is the closest i will ever come to knowing godhood

Did I mention Worldle ain't shit? *grooms massive forepaw*

https://worldle.teuteuf.fr/

@JulieSqveakaroo Peg and I were talking yesterday about another interesting factor that nobody talks about: the huge growth of corporate power between Cold War I and now.

My own employers have been pumping out FRANTIC dispatches to our Russian and Ukranian employees reminding them we're All One Big Family.

Paperclip maximizers have a big incentive to NOT LET THE SPECIES THAT MAKES THEIR PAPERCLIPS get destroyed. There are a lot of very powerful transnational entities that would really, really like to see this NOT end in (most unprofitable) omnicide.

Of course, we're also a planet full of deranged primates, so... This could all quite easily go Dr Strangelove. 🤷‍♀️​ But I do kinda wonder if that's not a little added layer of protection, that everyone's already got their hands in someone else's pockets and... killing everybody would wreck a real good scam.

So for any of you who have been worried about the conflict in the Ukraine turning into omnicidal nuclear war, here's a very cold comfort:

Putin's got a real good chance of getting his kindred spirit and toadie into office in 2024. His propaganda war on us is one of the most successful in human history*. Why would he destroy a bunch of perfectly good real estate he's already paid for?

* SOURCE: own arsehole

@Leucrotta I haven't the faintest notion, at this point you might as well be asking Grandpa Simpson I have lost touch with current tech so bad -- i am wide open to suggestions or will do a little research if folks really do wanna do this

@Leucrotta I am in the mood for a good solid cry so I might have a go at another viewing this weekend.

Shit, almost half-tempted to arrange a group viewing? Anybody else out there see this who might be into it?

@Leucrotta (And Ghost Dog does strike me as the sort of film you would really get behind, which is very strongly related to the reasons I like you. <3 )

@Leucrotta Honey, I love Ghost Dog-- and Raymond, and Pearline -- like family. 😔​