local cosmic soup

I'm basically three hundred pictures of cats poorly disguised as a human creature. Really, always, perpetually tired.

[thebibliocat]

look at my cat! her name is Toast!

[official-keyes]

His Dinner Highness is ready for high dinner

[lla-lune-deactivated20240419]

it's me and my unhealthy sleeping schedule against the world

[mismedleym]

pet portraits from may! also comms are open again!

[yenthecat]

Supervising the reproduction of my image..

[intersexfairy]

i have the sweetest boy in the world. he holds my hand. and tries to knead my face. when he's sleepy he loves belly and chin pets. unfortunately he has sharp claws and they hurt. but the sentiment is so precious to me. i love cats

[patronsaintofweepingmothers]

"they live for each other." anne-marie mitchell (2007)

[themostbeautifulanimals]

[gendercensus]

The 2026 Gender Census is now open!

[ survey.gendercensus.com ]

The 13th annual international gender census, collecting information about the language we use to refer to ourselves and each other, is now open until 13th August 2026.

It’s short and easy, for most participants it takes 5 minutes or less.

After the survey is closed I’ll process the results and publish a spreadsheet of the data and a report summarising the main findings. Then anyone can use them for academic or business purposes, self-advocacy, tracking the popularity of language over time, and just feeling like we’re part of a huge and diverse community.

If you think you might have friends and followers who’d be interested, please do reblog this blog post, and share the survey URL by email or at AFK social groups or on other social networks. Every share is extremely helpful!

Survey URL: https://survey.gendercensus.com

The survey is open to anyone anywhere who speaks English and feels that the gender binary doesn’t fully describe their experience of themselves and their gender(s) or lack thereof.

Thank you so much!

[ Link to survey ]

PS: You can see some regularly-updated statistics about incoming data here, with lots of demography and graphs to peruse!

PPS: Image credits, bark and grass.

[bunjywunjy]

don't fall in there

[bunjywunjy]

I did just launch a mouse into there but it was because it hopped on my boot and tried to run up my leg so I am NOT sorry

[thebibliocat]

new meme edition!

[godlessondheimite]

i hate when i’m in the middle of a good book and my job is like “we have a task for you to do for work where you’re currently at right now”

[thecatcrew]

Fun fact: Not only is Mitten’s the only cat we rescued from sickness & outdoors (the rest were shelter babies & Sunni D…. Well he adopted me, not the other way around let’s just put it that way 🤭🧡), she’s also a runt. All the rest of our cats are Sylvester’s size (normal cat size). Mittens is half their size and she’s a grown cat. I thought these pictures would show a good size comparison lol

[asexualbookbird]

maybe going to the library will fix me

[steveyockey]

survival mechanism they don’t emphasize enough is memorizing a poem. you memorize a poem you have a little lift raft for a variety of situations

[nomget]

stinky boy jail

[nomget]

Is that comfy??

[specialagentartemis]

“This recipe is perfect for weeknights—it only takes 30 minutes!” and and the first ingredient is an entire butternut squash cut into 1-inch cubes