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#CatsOfMastodon

RE: https://mastodon.online/@2600/115860986371937992

I think my column in this issue is one of the best I have ever written. I went into the field to research it. It's not online, you can only get it in the issue. Please consider subscribing.

So far, the White House has started a war with Venezuela, threatened to invade EU territory, and threatened the independence of the Federal Reserve in order to avoid releasing the Epstein files.

What's inside them must be really, really bad.

There is a Rubber Duck Museum in Tsawwassen because of course there is.

The median family income in the U.S. has gone from $10,000 in 1970 to $106,000 today, an increase of 10x.

However, the median cost of a house has gone from $25,000 to $445,000, an increase of 17x.

And the median cost of a car has gone from $3,600 to $50,000, an increase of 14x.

The median cost of college has gone from $2,900 a year to $45,000, an increase of 16x.

And the average cost of healthcare per person has gone from $350 to $14,600, an increase of 42x.

This just about sums up the current state of affairs in the United States of America. The rest of the world shouldn't treat this place like a normal country, because it isn't: https://newrepublic.com/article/204227/trump-immigration-nightmare-happening-here

#CatFunnies #docents #bathroom_escorts #Cats

For months now, whenever I open a can of cat food, I always grab two cans from the assortment pack, and let my cat choose which one I open.

I read the flavors out loud, show him the pictures, and let him sniff the cans.

I've noticed a pattern. Every time, he pays close attention through this whole ritual, considers both options, and then, without fail, he chooses the can in my left hand.

There is no freedom of the press when it's controlled by the government.

"Every journalist at CBS News now knows that if you spend months working on a segment that makes the Trump administration look bad, it might get killed at the last second by someone who’s never worked in television news and who reports directly to a billionaire with business before the administration."

https://www.readtpa.com/p/the-kill-switch

Meanwhile in Canada

Is the physical security of the hotel where you're staying as good as you think it is? https://viewfromthewing.com/a-hotel-owner-tested-old-key-cards-at-marriott-hyatt-and-westin-why-they-still-opened-lounge-gym-and-elevators-months-later/

@jtwcornell91 @kajer @val This is definitely true, but let's just say WestJet gives American a run for its money in poor service

@kajer @val If you think US airlines have poor service, wait until you try Canadian ones.....

Assembly station open for duty.

Candle is lit
Music is on
Cat is in the way

Time to start assembling minis.

OpenAI 5.1 - company announces they released it, shows up fully usable more or less immediately.

Gemini 3.0 - Google announces they released it, except it's not actually released yet, it's going to be rolled out across a confusing array of different products in different permutations and the rollout is only going to be partial.

This is so ridiculous that I absolutely have to install it: https://github.com/felixrieseberg/windows95?tab=readme-ov-file

My favorite way to check for new security vulnerabilities (feat. @cR0w)

"Kraft Heinz says US headed into worst #recession ever as consumers aren’t even buying staples."
-Bloomberg

"So the fact that we have now, in one of the worst consumer sentiments we have seen in decades"

"the profit revision is a function of lower expectation on consumption in the US"
-Conf call, h/t D Tsubouchi

"We see these pressures as persisting beyond the Q4, leading to a longer path to consumer recovery."

#Trumpcession #Economy #Consumer #Fascism #Protest #USPol
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/kraft-heinz-lowers-annual-sales-profit-forecasts-2025-10-29/