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moocat.net @moocat.net · 27/09/2026

I love the whimsy of drawing the hands holding a drawing of a drawing!

moocat.net @moocat.net · 24/09/2026

Here's a better view:

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moocat.net @moocat.net · 24/09/2026

We now have an RSS feed moocat.net/rss.xml

the Follow the Moocat section of our masthead

moocat.net @moocat.net · 23/09/2026

"THANKS, But...." Looking for true tales of someone assuming it was you who did something wonderful & how you handled it. Did you immediately correct them? Take credit? Sort of take credit? Enjoy the glow for a few days before correcting em? Write! Submit! duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...

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moocat.net @moocat.net · 20/09/2026

Now accepting submissions of Travelogs, Personal Essays, Art, Comedy, and Poetry for the Winter 2026 issue! duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...

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moocat.net @moocat.net · 20/09/2026

hehe.. there's a big ol' floating eyeball up there!

moocat.net @moocat.net · 15/09/2026

For the Fall 2026 issue (with a two-month reading period), we received about 80 total submissions. It's now the 10th day of the current call for submissions, and we've already received 30! I think the Winter issue is going to have excellent content!

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moocat.net @moocat.net · 14/09/2026

Man, Fiverr will not even let you post a project brief unless you use their AI bot to craft it. It crafts words and phrases that I do not intend and would never use. Creeepy!

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moocat.net @moocat.net · 14/09/2026

Mein Gott, that early morning light— delicious!

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moocat.net @moocat.net · 13/09/2026

Never understood why some people are named “Niles.” Cuz there’s only one such river.

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moocat.net @moocat.net · 13/09/2026

I'm preparing for our first quarterly print edition, to coincide w/ the release of the Winter 2026 issue on December 1. Definitely need a HUMAN illustrator for the cover (*not* AI-generated--too taboo right now). Tried Dribble, Fiverr, Behance, etc., but no luck so far. Any ideas? [budget is v. low]

moocat.net @moocat.net · 10/09/2026

ooh! ooh! My favourite dinosaur name of all: "Elizabeth-Montgomery"! [the beautiful and talented star of Bewitched must be honoured for another 64 M yrs!]

moocat.net @moocat.net · 10/09/2026

Wow, nice job on the shadows there!

moocat.net @moocat.net · 09/09/2026

Gemini thinks this is what moocat.net is; it's not, but ya gotta appreciate the effort!

an AI-generated imagining of what moocat.net is.

moocat.net @moocat.net · 09/09/2026

The open reading period for the Winter issue started two days ago, and starting to receive some very nice stuff. I can't say what, but y'all are gonna like the Winter Moocat!

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moocat.net @moocat.net · 06/09/2026

Yes, as Duosuma posted, the calls for submissions for Essays, Poetry, Travelogs, Comedy, and Art for the Winter 2026 issue have just opened. If you have any work you’d like to have published in the magazine, please submit!

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moocat.net @moocat.net · 04/09/2026

By godz, that book will be worth tens of hundreds of billions of pounds someday. As for now, though, we’ll just have to settle for priceless. Tomorrow I will watch this on my desktop with large 4k screen, to see more detail. Thank you!

moocat.net @moocat.net · 03/09/2026

Just permanently deleted Google Maps. ENough!

moocat.net @moocat.net · 02/09/2026

... and as it turns out, it's one left sock.

moocat.net @moocat.net · 02/09/2026

I really like the one in the southeast quadrant! Call for Submissions for Art for the Winter 2026 issue start on Sept. 6. I'll start bugging you about it at that time.

moocat.net @moocat.net · 30/08/2026

Hallo. THE RELAUNCH HAS HAPPENED! Happy Second Twenty-Five YEars!! Check it out!

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moocat.net @moocat.net · 29/08/2026

Twenty-Five Years in the Making. No lie. The NEW moocat.net relaunches tonight at midnight EDT. If you want something more IRL, you can also buy the new print anthology containing (almost) everything that has ever appeared in the online literary magazine, here: shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params...

moocat.net @moocat.net · 27/08/2026

Really like this one!

moocat.net @moocat.net · 23/08/2026

impossible to read, with the ad interruptions every few seconds.

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moocat.net @moocat.net · 23/08/2026

We’re doing it for the whole month of August in DFW!

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moocat.net @moocat.net · 22/08/2026

Anybody who would celebrate this is A-OK wit me, Offissa Pup!

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moocat.net @moocat.net · 22/08/2026

Too clearly defined to be a moocat!

moocat.net @moocat.net · 22/08/2026

The yellow looks like a cat!

and presumably, they need only 1 copy of each title, right? I do understand that the underlying question of whether buying a book gives you the right to scan it for AI use is highly contested.

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Ah, okay, so the OP characterization of “rare books” is a bit of sensationalism. When I hear “rare books,” I do think of precious, one-of-a-kind volumes secured under lock and key in a library.

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Not an attorney, but at minimum, this is an extraordinary story and important journalistic work by 404 Media!

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Copyright law doesn’t prevent them from scanning without author’s permission in the first place? Or are they first acquiring the rights? Has Amazon made any comment on this? (looking for original sources here)

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moocat.net @moocat.net · 10/08/2026

You’d think that a company with so many resources would repair/restore/improve the bindings after scanning the content; do we know that Anazon is literally discarding or otherwise destroying the pages after scanned them?

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Epic beard! I wonder what the black armband was for?

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moocat.net @moocat.net · 07/08/2026

A good friend (and frequent moocat contributor) just had his scifi story published in Cetera magazine. www.ceteramagazine.com/berm-people/

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"Berm People" by Maurice Martin

In a world of endless wind, a roofer plots to kill the privileged half of his shelter.

moocat.net @moocat.net · 05/08/2026

Very excited: confirmed that the print anthology will be available in time for the relaunch. I've ordered a single proof copy and will make a few revisions based on that. After that, I'll turn on distribution, and anyone can buy a copy. (AND, I'll start sending out the free copies to those promised)

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moocat.net @moocat.net · 04/08/2026

I've just started doing a local "Indie Bookstore Crawl" set for the month of August in the DFW area. I've left batches of cards advertising this site at the two I've been to so far. Quite a few left to visit!

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moocat.net @moocat.net · 04/08/2026

Incontrovertible proof that tiny cows exist. And apparently they can also fly.