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𝐉𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫 @jonberger.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

I would of course love Henry just as much if he didn't have perfectly symmetrical white markings. But isn't he a gorgeous creature? #caturday #catsOfMastodon

An orange tabby cat with white markings sitting by a window in an upright pose and gazing thoughtfully into the distance.

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𝐉𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫 @jonberger.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

Molly is my cat, but I am not her human. Her human is my wife. Molly is very clear on that point. She's a generally friendly cat and she likes me just fine, but when my wife is out of town, as she is at the moment, I have to constantly reassure Molly that she'll […] [Original post on sfba.social]

A gray tabby cat with white markings lying on a blanket next to a window, gazing contentedly at the camera.

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𝐉𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫 @jonberger.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/07/2026

Nothing special, just a happy Misha lying on my spot on the bed, which he grabs the moment I get up. #caturday #CatsOfMastodon

A gray tabby cat curled up on an unmade bed.

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𝐉𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫 @jonberger.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/06/2026

A rare shot of Henry (orange) and Misha (gray) sharing the bed quietly with no tussling. Tomorrow is their seventh gotcha anniversary! #caturday #catsofMastodon

Two tabby cats, one orange and one gray, lying on a bed covered with a leaf-pattern bedspread, and looking attentively at the camera.

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𝐉𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫 @jonberger.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/04/2026

I've been traveling for the last couple of weeks, and I miss Henry, so here's a picture of him. He's 18 pounds of pure adorabillity. #caturday #catsofmastodon

An orange tabby cat with a white muzzle, belly, and paws lying on his side, his eyes closed.

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𝐉𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫 @jonberger.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/04/2026

Marigold, a very friendly 20-pound floofball, is #notmycat. She cohabits with some friends I was staying with last night. It took her about 20 seconds to decide I was ok. My departure from my friends' house was delayed by the obvious impossibility of disturbing […] [Original post on sfba.social]

A large orange tabby cat lounging in the lap of a bearded guy (me).

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𝐉𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫 @jonberger.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/04/2026

Molly: "No, you may not have this laptop. It is mine. Get your own laptop."

A gray and white tabby cat lying on a laptop computer in a sleeve, her mouth open as if she is speaking.

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𝐉𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫 @jonberger.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/03/2026

#NoKings in Sebastopol, California. Pretty good turnout, about three blocks crammed with people on both sides of the street. There was a general party vibe; this is Jared Huffman's district - that is, bright shiny blue - so we weren't particularly concerned about counter-protestors.

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𝐉𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫 @jonberger.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/02/2026

An over-the-top adorable kitten I met while volunteering at the Humane Society shelter. His shelter name is, unfortunately, Pudds McGee, but he's just been moved out to the adoption floor, where I expect he'll last about an hour and a half, and then his lucky new […] [Original post on sfba.social]

A black kitten with white chest and paws trying to climb up the stomach of a guy (me) wearing a red shirt and blue latex gloves.

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𝐉𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫 @jonberger.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/01/2026

A friend of mine took a picture of my cat Henry a while back. My friend's iPhone automatically classifies pictures by category, and for no apparent reason it decided that her picture of Henry belonged in the "airplane" category. In the picture, Henry looked […] [Original post on sfba.social]

A contented-looking orange tabby cat with an airplane fuselage, landing gear, wings, jet engines, tail, and cockpit windows.

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𝐉𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫 @jonberger.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/01/2026

My #caturday offering because I didn't take any good pictures of the cats this week. #catsofMastodon

A B. Kliban cartoon. A man sits on a couch; a woman sits facing him. Behind him, invisible to him but visible to the woman, are two cats acting very silly; between the man and the woman is a cat sitting in a normal pose. The man is saying "Mysterious little creatures, aren't they?"

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𝐉𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫 @jonberger.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/01/2026

Molly is my wife's #cat. She's technically my cat too, and we like each other just fine, but there's no doubt in my mind that if you were to ask her whose cat she is, she would instantly identify my wife. They dote on each other. A couple of years back, Molly […] [Original post on sfba.social]

A gray tabby cat with white chest and belly and an adorable little black spot on her nose, lying in a basket by a window and gazing soulfully at the camera.

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𝐉𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫 @jonberger.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/12/2025

This is from a flyer mailed out by a local supermarket. I can't say for sure that this is an #AIfail, but I can't imagine why any human artist would draw a roast turkey that way. It's really kind of disturbing.

A picture of a lovely Christmas dinner featuring... heck, I have no idea. A headless baby with an arm projecting out of its butt? Best I can do. This one really defeats verbal description.

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𝐉𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫 @jonberger.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/12/2025

Sometimes two avocados and a cucumber are just two avocados and a cucumber. #cooking #CompletelyInadvertent

Two avocados and a cucumber in a provocative pose.

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𝐉𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫 @jonberger.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/12/2025

It's still #caturday where I am, so here's a throwback pic to the day I adopted Misha and Henry. They're now both weighing in at around 17 pounds. But they're still just as adorable as they were when the nice foster lady took this picture of us. #catsofmastodon

A bearded guy in a T-shirt holding two somewhat confused-looking kittens, one orange tabby and one gray tabby.

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𝐉𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫 @jonberger.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/11/2025

A Kliban kitty named Misha daydreams about being a Kliban super-kitty. #caturday #catsofMastodon

A gray tabby cat who looks a lot like the cartoon cats drawn by B. Kliban gazes thoughtfully into the distance. He is lying on a quilt on which is printed the B. Kliban drawing of a tabby cat flying thought the air, front paws extended, and wearing a red cape.

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𝐉𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫 @jonberger.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/11/2025

Molly (the cat) does this frequently when Kalia (my wife) bends over to pick something up. Molly makes herself very comfortable, which raises the vexing question of how to stand up without getting one's back clawed to shreds. Kalia nevertheless encourages it […] [Original post on sfba.social]

A woman bending over at the waist, with a cat sitting very contentedly on her back and gazing placidly at the camera.

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𝐉𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫 @jonberger.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2025

A painting of morris dancers, sort of, from the creative mind of painter Sharon Eisley. The human guy is in Deer Creek kit (from Palo Alto, California); the bull is probably from Pipe and Bowl (Renaissance Faire team); I can't place the others, but Sharon was […] [Original post on sfba.social]

A photograph of a painting, which depicts five morris dancers in non-matching outfits, dancing on a bed of fiery coals, with flames floating over their heads. They're holding sticks and clashing them together. One of the dancers is a human male, another is a human woman dressed in a black leather dress. The other three are anthropomorphic but have lion's, bull's, and eagle's heads.

° Listen To Your Fire
oil on wood in upcycled frame

Listen.

I can't hear you over
The scream of my opinion.
I'm burned out,
my coals spread apart.
Our passions are
Little fire demons
Dancing on the pyre.
If we listen to each other,
Understand,
We will burn brighter,
together.

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𝐉𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫 @jonberger.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2025

I just downloaded the latest upgrade to #Android 16 on my #Pixel 8 phone. I now seem to have the time permanently displayed in my notification bar.; the "9:18" in the picture. I don't want it there. Anyone have any idea how to make it go away?

A screenshot from an Android phone with an extremely annoying time display in the upper left corner.

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𝐉𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫 @jonberger.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2025

Two #cats of #Kilkenny courtesy of my wife, who's attending a class near there. The shot of the organic one is from Kilkenny Castle, looking down to the River Nore. The inorganic one is one of a number of cat sculptures that the Kilkenny city government has […] [Original post on sfba.social]

A fanciful sculpture of a cat, on a short pedestal, with a stone wall behind. Plaque on the pedestal reads "Black Cat, created by Steven Aylin."

A black and white cat on a stone parapet. In the background is a river, crossed by a bridge, with a building bearing the inscription ""River Court Hotel" on the right bank.

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𝐉𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫 @jonberger.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/08/2025

Molly is celebrating International Cat Day even though she's just a domestic cat. But she's happy that international cats like Siamese, Burmese, Abyssinian, Russian Blue, and English Shorthair get their own special day. #cat #CatsOfMastodon #CatsOfFediverse

A gray and white tabby cat lying on her back on some dirt, gazing at the camera.

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𝐉𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫 @jonberger.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/08/2025

Today's adventures in #food #preservation: 13 half-pint jars of #loquat #jam, eight with chardonnay and five with riesling. The former is what "chard" stands for on the labels. I am the first to admit that loquat jam with actual chard would be nasty. Here's the […] [Original post on sfba.social]

13 canning jars sitting on a pull-out cutting board, with labels on top saying "Loquat jam w/ chard" and "Loquat jam w/ riesling" and today's date.

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𝐉𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫 @jonberger.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/08/2025

Our plum tree produced a massive crop this year. No possible way I'll preserve all of it, but here's yesterday and today's jam and canned fruit. #cooking #canning #PreservingFood

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𝐉𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫 @jonberger.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/07/2025

Misha and Henry at the same time. It might not seem like a big deal, but although they love each other, they aren't usually willing to share the bed. #caturday #CatsOfMastodon

Two cats, a gray tabby and an orange tabby, lying on a messy unmade bed. Misha, the gray tabby, is looking curiously at the camera; Henry, the orange one, is resting his head on his paws and looks like he might be asleep except his eyes are half open.

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𝐉𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫 @jonberger.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/06/2025

Here's one from my hometown, Sebastopol, California. This was relatively small, as these things go; the much bigger one was about 10 miles away in Santa Rosa. But it was quite the crowd for our little town. We had a couple of big pickup trucks turn the corner way […] [Original post on sfba.social]

A crowd of people holding signs standing on a street corner.

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