Notices by Alison (britishkoalatea@social.coop)

My cat has invented a game where he hides under the bed and I shake his crinkly snake on a stick toy. He waits until I'm not paying attention then explodes out from a different piece of the bed to grab the snake. Having raised my blood pressure and vanquished the snake, he trots back under the bed. Repeat until the cat is done.

To start the game, he brings the snake on a stick to me, drops it at my feet, and howls. I have been well trained.

#CatsOfMastodon

New business rule: if someone schedules a surprise meeting, they have to include the threat level. For example, "Bob 1:1, nothing bad" or "Mary 1:1, your job is safe."
#Business #Courtesy

Shout-out to William Henry Harrison, with the shortest US presidential term ever at one month.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Harrison

NASA and Japan have launched a test satellite made of wood!

LignoSat looks about 10cm square and is being tested for radiation resistance, which could protect the electronics inside. On atmospheric re-entry, the wood would burn up, leaving much less debris behind. It uses a variety of magnolia wood that was used for sword sheaths and every part of this story makes me happy.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/worlds-first-wooden-satellite-developed-japan-heads-space-2024-11-05/

#Satellite #Space

For Caturday, steps for trapping the elusive Box cat:
1. Open a box.
2. Turn your back for one fraction of a second.
3. Box cat!

#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon

With the AI blurbs showing up on search, I'm trusting Wikipedia more and more because of the human element.

Knitting the #EmotionalSupportChicken pattern and I have finished the body, head and beak. Pretty close to being done and already planning the colours for chicken the second (grey and hot orange-red).

#Knitting