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This morning my son and I successfully administered Moxie's allergy shot without having to take her to the vet. It was a fair exchange--I injected her with 1.0 ml of whatever was in the vial of meds, and she hosed me down with at least 1.0 ml of whatever was in her bladder. Happy Friday!

a closeup on the face of a sandy, gray, and white cat with white whiskers and yellow green eyes. she is staring at something to your left, and light of the windows is reflected in her eyes.

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penfold @instrumentalwalrus.com · 08/10/2026

once again, Lyla up a tree. good lord this freakin cat.

Lyla, a fluffy white cat, stuck in the higher branches of an ash tree overhead.

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penfold @instrumentalwalrus.com · 07/10/2026

@magicrobotcarnival.com good stuff in the mail today, this looks awesome!

Tobi the cat sitting in his chair with his smiley pillow and his new book, The Heresy of Thieves by Mia V Moss. He always dog-ears the pages.

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penfold @instrumentalwalrus.com · 29/09/2026

late sunset colors in middle Indiana

a dark silhouette of trees beneath fiery orange clouds reaching across the sky

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penfold @instrumentalwalrus.com · 04/09/2026

mydialect.us/quiz-standar... this was interesting. I had no idea I was from Delaware. (full disclosure: I'm from WV northern panhandle, so it's not crazy wrong, but.)

a USA map showing areas of "most like me" and "least like me" based on words and phrases. Delaware shows closest alignment, followed by south Florida and then USA southwest centered around California. Deep south and upper midwest are least like.

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penfold @instrumentalwalrus.com · 28/08/2026

the moon at 90%-ish eclipsed. picture taken by my son with his starter telescope and iphone held to the eyepiece.

the moon, shadowed almost completely except for bright thumbnail on upper left. the shadowed space takes on a reddish tinge toward the lower right.

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penfold @instrumentalwalrus.com · 25/08/2026

Blackwater Falls in West Virginia yesterday, 2026-08-24. loud but kinda soothing at the same time. 62 feet/19 meters high.

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penfold @instrumentalwalrus.com · 24/08/2026

No cheating. Share the last picture of the sky from your camera roll.

night view of a lake under a cloudy sky with moon glow visible through the clouds

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penfold @instrumentalwalrus.com · 12/08/2026

I'm all for writing down dream notes in the middle of the night while things are still fresh, but I just found this from some time earlier this year. ...I have no idea.

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penfold @instrumentalwalrus.com · 09/08/2026

emergency trip to B&N, and look what's right up front. @slhawthorn.bsky.social

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penfold @instrumentalwalrus.com · 27/07/2026

when your gorgeous longhair lady cat loves nothing more than rolling in dirt.

a long-haired gray cat with white belly, rolling on an unswept patio with dirt, sticks, leaves, and dust. heaven.

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penfold @instrumentalwalrus.com · 26/07/2026

Lyla has had enough yardwork.

fluffy white cat with black splotches on her face, looking disgruntled, sitting in a wheelbarrow in a yard with plenty of work still needed.

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penfold @instrumentalwalrus.com · 21/07/2026

Sarah's debut novel just got here! Tobi called first reads, the little punk, but I'm next on the list. @slhawthorn.bsky.social

a tabby-and-white cat named Tobi curls up on a chair with the next book on his TBR list, Sarah Hawthorn's A Fate Worse Than Drowning.

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penfold @instrumentalwalrus.com · 17/07/2026

Lyla enthusiastically assisting putting away groceries

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penfold @instrumentalwalrus.com · 12/07/2026

belated post for caturday, our little sweet ball of fluff (and by that I mean her brain) got herself into an awkward spot yesterday.

a fluffy white cat stuck about halfway up a tree, visible through branches and leaves

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penfold @instrumentalwalrus.com · 05/07/2026

one of Lyla's favorite spots in summer months-- a cool butt is a happy butt.

a fluffy white cat, looking up at the photographer with no shame, sits on an air conditioning vent in the floor.

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penfold @instrumentalwalrus.com · 25/06/2026

ghost cat Natalie is absolutely befuddled by fireflies

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penfold @instrumentalwalrus.com · 15/05/2026

aww yiss. snail mail brings good things. @reasie.bsky.social this looks so cool!

A book, "Multitude", by Marie Vibbert, with an Apex Magazine sticker and an octopus keychain.

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penfold @instrumentalwalrus.com · 01/05/2026

cookie fortune at my local mongolian bbq joint goes hard

paper fortune cookie slip reads "stay up-to-date with current events and news".

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penfold @instrumentalwalrus.com · 07/04/2026

screen grab from Artemis/Integrity's feed just before it went into comms downtime. way to go, folks.

black and white view of space, with a round part of the craft visible on the left, then the moon, mostly in shadow but with a lit crescent part on its right side, and the much smaller and more distant earth, similar crescent visible, to the right of the moon.

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penfold @instrumentalwalrus.com · 29/03/2026

today's guest star. he and our white fluffy cat Lyla stared each other down for a full minute before I stepped outside.

an orange fox stands facing left, showing off his bushy tail to the camera.

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penfold @instrumentalwalrus.com · 14/03/2026

we get the funniest birds roosting this time of year.

white cat with black splotches climbing into a bush

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penfold @instrumentalwalrus.com · 13/03/2026

trucking oil to bypass the Strait of Hormuz ain't gonna cut it, folks. hear me out: GIANT TANKER TREBUCHETS can launch the boats, oil and all, into the Arabian Sea. you're welcome.

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penfold @instrumentalwalrus.com · 21/02/2026

the queen of the printer here just hit the copy button several times. this could get interesting.

a dark, fluffy cat sitting on a printer (where she should not be) and judging the universe...and as it turns out, hitting buttons and making copies.

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penfold @instrumentalwalrus.com · 08/11/2025

Lyla and Skully, come to help me write. fluffy, deadly inspiration.

A white fluffy cat lying in front of the keyboard, next to it a glass skull lit from within and decorated for Day of the Dead

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penfold @instrumentalwalrus.com · 01/11/2025

Lyla doesn't know who you are or what you want, but she has a particular set of skills-- skills that make her a nightmare for people like you. If you sign up for the TL;DR Press 2K Terrors contest now, that'll be the end of it. But if you don't, she will find you. www.eventbrite.com/e/2k-terrors...

an empty hallway leading to stairs in the distance. just visible at the top of the stairs, a fluffy white kitten gazes balefully at you. the threat is unspoken, but palpable. you must commit to the horror writing contest.

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penfold @instrumentalwalrus.com · 30/10/2025

HEYA WRITEY TYPES, this is your periodic reminder to back up your work. if you don't do backups, now is a great time to start. if you can swing it, have one backup on site, another off site. email, cloud drives, github, dropbox are free and reasonably simple. GO FORTH AND BACK UP.

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penfold @instrumentalwalrus.com · 29/10/2025

a choice was made here. I can't believe it's not vodka. #suddengroceryart

a grocery store shelf featuring various bottles of various spray margarine, various boxes of stick margarine, and in the middle, one bottle of smirnoff vodka lying on its side.

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penfold @instrumentalwalrus.com · 02/10/2025

the world is a whole lot better for Jane Goodall having been in it. rest in peace, dear lady.

Jane Goodall, age 80 or so, cradling a baby chimpanzee in her arms and each one is looking into the other's eyes.

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penfold @instrumentalwalrus.com · 21/09/2025

one of these three took out a lady cardinal today. no one's talking, but we know who did it. (hint: the one who isn't declawed and the one who doesn't have a bum front leg) didn't expect this caturday to have a body count.

three cats eating from colorful bowls on the kitchen floor. the middle one, unburdened by guilt as he horks down his canned food, is the cardinal murderer.

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penfold @instrumentalwalrus.com · 12/07/2025

[insert "think out of the box" joke here], happy #caturday from Lyla

a white kitten with black tail has crawled inside a small box from an eight-pack of soda cans, and she is looking from it directly at the camera.

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penfold @instrumentalwalrus.com · 20/06/2025

looooong day of exploring new rooms.

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penfold @instrumentalwalrus.com · 26/05/2025

I don't want to alarm anyone, but apparently squirrel stalking has the power to unite us and cause us to put aside our petty hatreds.

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penfold @instrumentalwalrus.com · 17/05/2025

Lyla wakes up at first crack of thunder just as the storm has turned the sky yellow

silhouette of a fluffy kitten, standing behind a sofa, while a sunset thunderstorm begins outside

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penfold @instrumentalwalrus.com · 15/05/2025

Moxie catching a nap between loafing sessions. damn, it's hard out there for a cat.

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penfold @instrumentalwalrus.com · 24/04/2025

...maybe he means they're putting them on the lower shelves now.

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penfold @instrumentalwalrus.com · 12/04/2025

today is National Find-A-Sunbeam-And-Plop-Your-Ass-Down-In-It Day. warm greetings to all who celebrate. Moxie, shown here demonstrating a traditional celebration, wishes you all a Happy NFASAPYADIID. Loaf responsibly.