Small Orbs

For fans of the cats who live at my house.

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Under my tired look, I was wearing a second, smaller tired look

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Untitled, 2026 - by Julio Strauch, Argentine

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Clawroline's belly fur is still growing back, but she has enough fluff elsewhere to make up for it.

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reaching

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yeah I'd meow about it too.

(the culprit is barely visible on the far right of the frame)

@catasters

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me: makes a slightly over the top post about how i can't relate to ppl not liking something-- about likes and dislikes that are so rooted that you just can't bring yourself to imagine how others could feel that way

the tumblr logic squad: here are really basic facts that everyone already knows, about why this thing is a mild annoyance and that justifies my dislike

me: you realize i, as a person who interacts often with this thing i like, also suffers those annoyances, likely much more often than you do? still can't fathom disliking it just for that.

anyway here's my cat that i'm allergic to and gives me hives, who destroys my stuff and constantly gets in my way at times when i don't want her on me. i love her i would die for her

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Tumblr, like most tech companies, doesn't realize that they can't make money by adding new features.

Existing users don't want anything new. They want to continue using what they like. They've already bought in. You can only lose them.

No new users will come to the site because of a new feature. It'll just make people cross tumblr off the list of things to try, because what they'll hear about it is complaints that it's not what it used to be.

Just keep doing what people already like and stop trying to *change* it into something creative and new. You know those products that say "Since 1923" or whatever? Yeah, because they kept doing what was working, and everyone loved to rely on getting exactly that.

Cat tax!!

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when someone says "i don't like cats," i just don't know how to envision that. it's like they said "having any money is really upsetting to me" or "i'm hoping to be beheaded soon" or "being betrayed is so fun". that information can't be real, there has to be some trick reason because it doesn't make sense all by itself

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The doctor said Mayhem is allowed to have her Squarsh!!!! Happy sqwash time maybe

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After four hours, Mayhem has emerged from the sqaush. Now is the time to hunt!

Being upside down helps her see better.

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Well, the vet asked Mayhem to come in for follow up X-rays, because she should be using her leg more than she is. They took her in at 11 am and it's been three hours and counting. I am beginning to suspect they saw this face and decided not to give her back

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She's home and she wants belly rubs

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auuuuuuuugh the vet is not going to be able to get back to me with what to do about Mayhem's displaced femur until tomorrow and I am so. stressed about it. normally my tolerance for stress is so high but for pet welfare specifically I have zero tolerance and no coping skills this is the worst

on the upside, Mayhem continues to behave comparably normally and does not appear to be in pain.

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I bought Dungeon Crawler Carl and Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs To Die. The latter has extremely fancy pages; it's so cool looking I just had to take pics of it.

Also includes cat tax even though Miss Sonyaaa is not clean and needs a brushing and a wipedown. And, to be completely honest, can't read.

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It takes an opposable thumb to put down a fitted bedsheet, but it only takes four fingers to habitually pull it up again.

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...she did.

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volume up for purring!

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It takes an opposable thumb to put down a fitted bedsheet, but it only takes four fingers to habitually pull it up again.