Just got a call from the girl that our queen cat Cheddars is at the emergency vet with what looks like catastrophic kidney failure and no good prognosis. I'm a very long drive away and she probably won't be with us by the time I get home.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-28:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/masto.hackers.town\/users\/lmorchard\/statuses\/114945086123886506","object":{"id":"https:\/\/masto.hackers.town\/users\/lmorchard\/statuses\/114945086123886506","objectType":"note","content":"
Just got a call from the girl that our queen cat Cheddars is at the emergency vet with what looks like catastrophic kidney failure and no good prognosis. I'm a very long drive away and she probably won't be with us by the time I get home.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/masto.hackers.town\/@lmorchard\/114945086123886506","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-07-31:objectType=thread:nonce=84dddb07137f2a04","notice_info":{"local_id":"10658222","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-07-31T01:59:54+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/masto.hackers.town\/@lmorchard\/114945086123886506"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/masto.hackers.town\/users\/lmorchard","displayName":"Les Orchard","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/340957-original-tmp20250416235535.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/340957-96-20250416235535.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/340957-48-20250416235535.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/340957-24-20250416235535.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"340957"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/340957-96-20250416235535.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"he \/ him; semi-hermit in PDX, USA; tinkerer; old adhd cat dad; serial enthusiast; editor-at-large for http:\/\/lmorchard.com; astra mortemque superare gradatim","url":"https:\/\/masto.hackers.town\/@lmorchard","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"lmorchard","displayName":"Les Orchard","note":"he \/ him; semi-hermit in PDX, USA; tinkerer; old adhd cat dad; serial enthusiast; editor-at-large for http:\/\/lmorchard.com; astra mortemque superare gradatim"}},"content":"
I have a flight home Friday, trying to decide if I could \/ should rent a car or find a bus to get home asap if only so my wife doesn't have to deal with the aftermath alone<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-28:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/masto.hackers.town\/users\/lmorchard\/statuses\/114945094175355927","object":{"id":"https:\/\/masto.hackers.town\/users\/lmorchard\/statuses\/114945094175355927","objectType":"note","content":"
I have a flight home Friday, trying to decide if I could \/ should rent a car or find a bus to get home asap if only so my wife doesn't have to deal with the aftermath alone<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/masto.hackers.town\/@lmorchard\/114945094175355927","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/masto.hackers.town\/users\/lmorchard\/statuses\/114945086123886506","url":"https:\/\/masto.hackers.town\/@lmorchard\/114945086123886506"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-07-31:objectType=thread:nonce=84dddb07137f2a04","notice_info":{"local_id":"10658223","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-07-31T01:59:53+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/masto.hackers.town\/@lmorchard\/114945094175355927"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/masto.hackers.town\/users\/lmorchard","displayName":"Les Orchard","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/340957-original-tmp20250416235535.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/340957-96-20250416235535.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/340957-48-20250416235535.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/340957-24-20250416235535.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"340957"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/340957-96-20250416235535.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"he \/ him; semi-hermit in PDX, USA; tinkerer; old adhd cat dad; serial enthusiast; editor-at-large for http:\/\/lmorchard.com; astra mortemque superare gradatim","url":"https:\/\/masto.hackers.town\/@lmorchard","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"lmorchard","displayName":"Les Orchard","note":"he \/ him; semi-hermit in PDX, USA; tinkerer; old adhd cat dad; serial enthusiast; editor-at-large for http:\/\/lmorchard.com; astra mortemque superare gradatim"}},"content":"
Cheddars is gone. I'm on my way to the airport to catch a bus. Trying not to be a mess on public transit<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-28:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/masto.hackers.town\/users\/lmorchard\/statuses\/114945358681853860","object":{"id":"https:\/\/masto.hackers.town\/users\/lmorchard\/statuses\/114945358681853860","objectType":"note","content":"
Cheddars is gone. I'm on my way to the airport to catch a bus. Trying not to be a mess on public transit<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/masto.hackers.town\/@lmorchard\/114945358681853860","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/masto.hackers.town\/users\/lmorchard\/statuses\/114945094175355927","url":"https:\/\/masto.hackers.town\/@lmorchard\/114945094175355927"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-07-31:objectType=thread:nonce=84dddb07137f2a04","notice_info":{"local_id":"10658224","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-07-31T01:59:52+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/masto.hackers.town\/@lmorchard\/114945358681853860"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/users\/evan","displayName":"Evan Prodromou","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77066-original-tmp20260418043002.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77066-96-20260418043032.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77066-48-20260418043032.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77066-24-20260418043032.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"77066"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77066-96-20260418043032.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"He\/him. Board member at CoSocial.ca.Research Director, Social Web Foundation.Author of "ActivityPub: Programming for the Social Web" from O'Reilly Media.Founder of Wikitravel, StatusNet, identi.ca, Fuzzy.ai.Creator of pump.io. Co-creator of GNU social.Former co-chair of the Social Web Working Group at W3C. Co-author of Activity Streams 2.0. Co-author of ActivityPub. Co-author of OStatus.Grad student in CS at Georgia Tech.Greek, Arab, Palestinian, American, Canadian, Montr\u00e9alais.","url":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/@evan","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"evan","displayName":"Evan Prodromou","note":"He\/him. Board member at CoSocial.ca.Research Director, Social Web Foundation.Author of "ActivityPub: Programming for the Social Web" from O'Reilly Media.Founder of Wikitravel, StatusNet, identi.ca, Fuzzy.ai.Creator of pump.io. Co-creator of GNU social.Former co-chair of the Social Web Working Group at W3C. Co-author of Activity Streams 2.0. Co-author of ActivityPub. Co-author of OStatus.Grad student in CS at Georgia Tech.Greek, Arab, Palestinian, American, Canadian, Montr\u00e9alais."}},"content":"