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Cats and Fortunes

@catsandfortunes.bsky.social
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This account just randomly posts pictures of cats from the internet with a random fortune from /usr/bin/fortune. Cats are sourced from either a random image search or from cataas.com

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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
<sct> Anyone want the new supermount? :) <klogd> whats new about it <sct> klogd: It cleans whiter than white. :) -- Seen on #Linux
<sct> Anyone want the new supermount? :)
<klogd> whats new about it
<sct> klogd: It cleans whiter than white. :)
 -- Seen on #Linux
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Long life is in store for you.
Long life is in store for you.
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
When I sell liquor, it's called bootlegging; when my patrons serve it on silver trays on Lake Shore Drive, it's called hospitality. -- Al Capone
When I sell liquor, it's called bootlegging; when my patrons serve
it on silver trays on Lake Shore Drive, it's called hospitality.
 -- Al Capone
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
BOFH Excuse #263: It's stuck in the Web.
BOFH Excuse #263:

It's stuck in the Web.
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Let the worthy citizens of Chicago get their liquor the best way they can. I'm sick of the job. It's a thankless one and full of grief. -- Al Capone
Let the worthy citizens of Chicago get their liquor the best way
they can. I'm sick of the job. It's a thankless one and full of grief.
 -- Al Capone
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
You have the capacity to learn from mistakes. You'll learn a lot today.
You have the capacity to learn from mistakes. You'll learn a lot today.
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Chaos is King and Magic is loose in the world.
Chaos is King and Magic is loose in the world.
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
BOFH Excuse #375: Root name servers corrupted.
BOFH Excuse #375:

Root name servers corrupted.
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
You are capable of planning your future.
You are capable of planning your future.
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Using words to describe magic is like using a screwdriver to cut roast beef. -- Tom Robbins
Using words to describe magic is like using a screwdriver to cut roast beef.
 -- Tom Robbins
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
BOFH Excuse #47: Complete Transient Lockout
BOFH Excuse #47:

Complete Transient Lockout
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Preserve Wildlife! Throw a party today!
Preserve Wildlife! Throw a party today!
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
There's got to be more to life than compile-and-go.
There's got to be more to life than compile-and-go.
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
You'll feel devilish tonight. Toss dynamite caps under a flamenco dancer's heel.
You'll feel devilish tonight. Toss dynamite caps under a flamenco dancer's
heel.
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Linux, the way to get rid of boot viruses -- MaDsen Wikholm, mwikholm@at8.abo.fi
Linux, the way to get rid of boot viruses
 -- MaDsen Wikholm, mwikholm@at8.abo.fi
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Somewhere, just out of sight, the unicorns are gathering.
Somewhere, just out of sight, the unicorns are gathering.
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
We are using Linux daily to UP our productivity - so UP yours! -- Adapted from Pat Paulsen by Joe Sloan
We are using Linux daily to UP our productivity - so UP yours!
 -- Adapted from Pat Paulsen by Joe Sloan
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Courage is your greatest present need.
Courage is your greatest present need.
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Earth is a beta site.
Earth is a beta site.
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Do not simplify the design of a program if a way can be found to make it complex and wonderful.
Do not simplify the design of a program if a way can be found to make
it complex and wonderful.
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Avoid strange women and temporary variables.
Avoid strange women and temporary variables.
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Toothpaste never hurts the taste of good scotch.
Toothpaste never hurts the taste of good scotch.
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Chaos is King and Magic is loose in the world.
Chaos is King and Magic is loose in the world.
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.
A programming language is low level when its programs require attention
to the irrelevant.
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Rince is wagner@schizo.DAINet.de (We have Joey, we have Fun, we have Linux on a Sun) -- Seen on #Debian
Rince is wagner@schizo.DAINet.de (We have Joey, we have Fun, we have Linux
on a Sun)
 -- Seen on #Debian
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
If a listener nods his head when you're explaining your program, wake him up.
If a listener nods his head when you're explaining your program, wake him up.
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
BOFH Excuse #338: old inkjet cartridges emanate barium-based fumes
BOFH Excuse #338:

old inkjet cartridges emanate barium-based fumes
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The verdict of a jury is the a priori opinion of that juror who smokes the worst cigars. -- H. L. Mencken
The verdict of a jury is the a priori opinion of that juror who smokes
the worst cigars.
 -- H. L. Mencken
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
BOFH Excuse #152: My pony-tail hit the on/off switch on the power strip.
BOFH Excuse #152:

My pony-tail hit the on/off switch on the power strip.
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Best of all is never to have been born. Second best is to die soon.
Best of all is never to have been born. Second best is to die soon.
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Beer -- it's not just for breakfast anymore.
Beer -- it's not just for breakfast anymore.
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Don't plan any hasty moves. You'll be evicted soon anyway.
Don't plan any hasty moves. You'll be evicted soon anyway.
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I've never been drunk, but often I've been overserved. -- George Gobel
I've never been drunk, but often I've been overserved.
 -- George Gobel
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
In the stairway of life, you'd best take the elevator.
In the stairway of life, you'd best take the elevator.
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
She won' go Warp 7, Cap'n! The batteries are dead!
She won' go Warp 7, Cap'n! The batteries are dead!
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Your job is being a professor and researcher: That's one hell of a good excuse for some of the brain-damages of minix. -- Linus Torvalds to Andrew Tanenbaum
Your job is being a professor and researcher: That's one hell of a good excuse
for some of the brain-damages of minix.
 -- Linus Torvalds to Andrew Tanenbaum
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
BOFH Excuse #309: firewall needs cooling
BOFH Excuse #309:

firewall needs cooling
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
You may worry about your hair-do today, but tomorrow much peanut butter will be sold.
You may worry about your hair-do today, but tomorrow much peanut butter will
be sold.
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Warp 7 -- It's a law we can live with.
Warp 7 -- It's a law we can live with.
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The Celts invented two things, Whiskey and self-destruction.
The Celts invented two things, Whiskey and self-destruction.
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
BOFH Excuse #90: Budget cuts
BOFH Excuse #90:

Budget cuts
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Look at it this way: Your wife's spending $280 a month on meditation lessons to forget $26,000 of college education. And you're still drinking ordinary scotch?
Look at it this way: Your wife's spending $280 a month on meditation lessons to
forget $26,000 of college education. And you're still drinking ordinary scotch?
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Smoking is, as far as I'm concerned, the entire point of being an adult. -- Fran Lebowitz
Smoking is, as far as I'm concerned, the entire point of being an adult.
 -- Fran Lebowitz
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
BOFH Excuse #214: Fluorescent lights are generating negative ions. If turning them off doesn't work, take them out and put tin foil on the ends.
BOFH Excuse #214:

Fluorescent lights are generating negative ions. If turning them off doesn't work, take them out and put tin foil on the ends.
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Unix is a Registered Bell of AT&T Trademark Laboratories. -- Donn Seeley
Unix is a Registered Bell of AT&T Trademark Laboratories.
 -- Donn Seeley
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Don't smoke the next cigarette. Repeat.
Don't smoke the next cigarette. Repeat.
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
BOFH Excuse #31: cellular telephone interference
BOFH Excuse #31:

cellular telephone interference
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
You seek to shield those you love and you like the role of the provider.
You seek to shield those you love and you like the role of the provider.
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I've never been canoeing before, but I imagine there must be just a few simple heuristics you have to remember... Yes, don't fall out, and don't hit rocks.
I've never been canoeing before, but I imagine there must be just a few
simple heuristics you have to remember...

Yes, don't fall out, and don't hit rocks.
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Cats and Fortunes @catsandfortunes.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
BOFH Excuse #10: hardware stress fractures
BOFH Excuse #10:

hardware stress fractures
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