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Ransom 🐈 @ransom.cat · 25/08/2026

How about Lake Winnipeg? It's big enough the opposite shore is often past the horizon. In winter, it looks like the Arctic.

Lake Winnipeg, frozen, during the day. Flat snow stretches past the horizon.

Photo by Sandra Herber.
https://www.sandraherber.com/blog/2019/5/31/lake-winnipeg

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Ransom 🐈 @ransom.cat · 16/08/2026

Even if you're just a viewer and not a streamer, tell them through metrics that you reject AI: Twitch.tv > Settings > Security and Privacy > Training for Generative AI: OFF

A screenshot of Twitch's settings.

Twitch.tv > Settings > Security and Privacy > Training for Generative AI: OFF

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Ransom 🐈 @ransom.cat · 08/07/2026

I wish they had included that trivia in Mario is Missing!

Coit Tower, San Francisco, California, USA, as depicted in 16-bit pixel art from the 1993 Super Nintendo Entertainment System game, Mario is Missing!

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Ransom 🐈 @ransom.cat · 15/05/2026

There exists in the heart of downtown Winnipeg, next to the Centennial Concert Hall on Main Street, a memorial to Bloody Saturday. mhs.mb.ca/docs/sites/b...

The Bloody Saturday monument in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is a full-scale replica of a street car, made of metal, tilted and sinking into the pavement.

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Ransom 🐈 @ransom.cat · 09/05/2026

Way ahead of you! @fractal231.bsky.social and I did just that last week. 🎷

The Midnight with a guest vocalist from the New Constellations performing "Jason", on stage in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on May 1st 2026.

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Ransom 🐈 @ransom.cat · 26/04/2026

History and geography! 🌎

Mario Is Missing! The Super Nintendo box art, depicting Bowser kidnapping Mario while Luigi searches for his brother.

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Ransom 🐈 @ransom.cat · 08/04/2026

Benny, Cloud, Clyde, Lily, and Reno are three years old today! I couldn't herd them all for a group photo this time, so have some recent miscellaneous kitty adventures. 🎂🐱😼😺😸😽🎁 Benny gets featured twice because I love that photo of him with his tongue out. 👅

Reno, the shorthair grey and white tabby cat, is cuddling his brother, Cloud, the longhair grey tabby cat. They are sitting on a plush blanket in a big chair. Reno is looking at the viewer with green eyes.

Benny, the shorthair grey mackerel tabby cat; and his brother, Clyde, the shorthair grey marble tabby cat. They're lying on a bed together. Benny is sleeping, and Clyde is looking past the viewer with green eyes.

Lily, the longhair grey tabby cat. She's lying on the photographer's outstretched legs, looking at the viewer with green eyes.

Benny, the grey shorthair mackerel tabby cat. He's outside where there's yellow grass poking through shallow snow. Caught in the middle of eating grass, Benny is looking towards the viewer and has his tongue sticking far out.

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Ransom 🐈 @ransom.cat · 03/04/2026

Biblically accurate camera-phone.

Light L16, a camera-phone that has eighteen lenses on one side.

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Ransom 🐈 @ransom.cat · 22/03/2026

Lost tail! Did anyone at #FE2026 #FurnalEquinox find this striped cat tail? I think I left it near the Frontenac Ballroom this afternoon.

A grey, black, and white striped fursuit cat tail.

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Ransom 🐈 @ransom.cat · 19/03/2026

Finally, a little reprieve from school. I'm on my way to Toronto. See y'all at #FurnalEquinox #FE2026!

A photo of Ransom's furry art badge, featuring an anthropomorphic tabby cat, masculine and neutral gender tags, and a little paw print charm that reads "micro".

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Ransom 🐈 @ransom.cat · 15/03/2026

Hello, is Kiyiyiyiying there? NO Is King Furry there? NO-OH-OH

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Ransom 🐈 @ransom.cat · 01/03/2026

I love my cats but hell, what an expense they are. Poor Clyde was straining to pee; he had crystals and bloody urine. The vet cost $857, and he's gotta be on a permanent diet of prescription food. He's not even an elderly cat. He's only 2 years, 10 months, and 17 days old.

Clyde, the shorthair grey tabby cat, looking at a laptop with a picture of a Sega Genesis/Mega Drive on the screen.

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Ransom 🐈 @ransom.cat · 25/02/2026

When I played Pokémon Red, these guys carried my team!

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Ransom 🐈 @ransom.cat · 22/02/2026

Yesterday was Cecil and Tippy's third birthday. I love them so much. 🩶🎂🤎

Baby Cecil, the shorthair grey tabby kitten, being cradled.

Baby Tippy, the shorthair brown tabby cat, lying on a blanket.

Adult Cecil, the shorthair grey tabby cat, lying on a blanket, tucked under a housecoat fin the shoulders down, looking to the viewer.

Adult Tippy, the shorthair brown tabby cat, sitting up and looking towards the viewer.

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Ransom 🐈 @ransom.cat · 20/02/2026

Greetings back from Samson! 👅

Samson, a chubby shorthair grey cat, is lying on his side in a sunbeam. He's sticking his tongue out. 👅

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Ransom 🐈 @ransom.cat · 10/02/2026

Good meowning. 🌅 I got up before dawn, put birds on the TV, tucked Cecil in, kissed him on the head, and made my way to school.

Cecil, the shorthair grey tabby cat, lying on a plush blanket, with a housecoat draped over him from the shoulders down. He's looking at you!

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Ransom 🐈 @ransom.cat · 18/01/2026

Yes, I do! I specifically hung on to this Sony Wega and VCR so I could set up a retro entertainment corner. It's also got a vinyl player, though I haven't set out any records yet.

Two grey and white shorthair cats, Mango and Misty, sit on a couch and look at the viewer. In the corner is a Sony Wega CRT television, VCR, Xbox, and vinyl record player.

A Sony Wega CRT television, VCR, Xbox, and vinyl record player. In the foreground are two wine glasses, a tea pot, Hersey's Kisses, and an iced tea can on an Ikea table.

A VCR remote and two VHS tapes recorded circa the late 1980s. The labels read:

MEMOREX HS
Captain N & Super Mario
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Bugs Bunny
Inspector Gadget
Captain N & Super Mario

BASF
Daffy Duck Goes To Hollywood
Captain N & Super Mario Bros 3

A Sony Wega CRT television, VCR, and Xbox. The VCR is playing a tape of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros 3, with Mario on the screen looking concerned.

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Ransom 🐈 @ransom.cat · 24/12/2025

Merry Christmas Eve or Day, depending on your timezone! 🐈🎄🐆 This festive illustration by @ellizary.bsky.social is a lovely gift from @fractal231.bsky.social. 💙

A furry illustration by Elizart of Ransom the silver tabby cat snuggling Fractal the turquoise-haired ocelot while framed by a Christmas wreath.

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Ransom 🐈 @ransom.cat · 24/12/2025

There are a lot of good Final Fantasy characters to choose from! I even named three of my cats after them: Cecil, Cloud, and Reno.

Two grey tabby cars lying on a bed. The shorthair is Cecil; the longhair is Cloud.

Cloud, the longhaired grey tabby cat with green eyes, lying on a bed and looking towards the viewer.

A close-up of Reno, the grey and white tabby cat, looking directly at the viewer with green eyes.

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Ransom 🐈 @ransom.cat · 01/12/2025

There were better choices available!

8BitDo's Zero2 gamepad, an extremely small controller being held between two hands.

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Ransom 🐈 @ransom.cat · 12/11/2025

Aaah, I'm still recovering from the same procedure about two months ago. If your dentist didn't give one to you, get yourself a Monoject angled syringe. It's incredibly useful for cleaning food from the empty sockets.

Four thick plastic syringes with angled tips by Monoject.

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Ransom 🐈 @ransom.cat · 21/09/2025

I felt like showing off my gorgeous mama kitty, Jeannie (and her boyfriend, Mango). 🤍🤎

Jeannie, a brown shorthair mackerel tabby cat with green eyes and the tip of her right ear missing, sits comfortably on a pillow and looks at the viewer.

Jeannie, a brown shorthair mackerel tabby cat with green eyes and the tip of her right ear missing, sits comfortably on a pillow and is yawning wide, showing her fangs.

Two cats: Mango, a grey and white shorthair with green eyes; and Jeannie, a brown shorthair mackerel tabby with green eyes and the tip of her right ear missing. Mango lies in a circular cat bed while Jeannie cuddles against and lies on top of him. They're both looking at the viewer.

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Ransom 🐈 @ransom.cat · 20/09/2025

I haven't done it in a long time but I like oil painting!

An oil painting portrait of a blonde dog with a black snout wearing a colorful bandana around his neck.

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Ransom 🐈 @ransom.cat · 13/09/2025

Thank you so much, Abbey! Here are who it's going towards. I'm in full-time university and on a super tight (actually negative) budget, so I really appreciate it. 💙

Three grey cats — Benny, Cloud, and Cecil — all brothers, lying on a bed during a calm afternoon. Two are shorthaired, and one is longhaired. The longhaired cat, Cloud, is lying on his back, exposing his belly, while cuddling into his brother, Cecil.

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Ransom 🐈 @ransom.cat · 21/08/2025

I just finished my first university course! They normally last four months, but this was accelerated so we knocked it out in five weeks. That's one down, and… at least fifty to go? But hey, I get a brief break before fall classes. I'm gonna celebrate.

A scratchy doodle in a notebook of a cartoony tabby cat writing a paper.

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Ransom 🐈 @ransom.cat · 29/07/2025

I want a specific animation cel.

A screenshot from The Simpsons, season 5, episode 21, "Lady Bouvier's Lover". Bart (mostly out of frame) is holding up an animation cel in front of Lisa's face. The cel is from The Itchy & Scratchy show, and depicts nothing but a single arm of Scratchy.

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Ransom 🐈 @ransom.cat · 21/07/2025

Back from my first day of university! Time to study!

Tippy, the brown mackerel tabby cat, is lying on a bed. She's got her forepaws on an open binder containing university coursework, with her head turned to the viewer, looking like she was interrupted in the middle of reading.

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Ransom 🐈 @ransom.cat · 21/07/2025

No cheating. Post the last pic of your pet.

Lily, the longhaired grey tabby cat, is lying on a beige fleece blanket. She's belly-up, with her left arm outstretched, and is looking directly at the viewer while meowing!

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Ransom 🐈 @ransom.cat · 15/06/2025

Happy Father's Day! Remember to hug your dad. 😽🩶😺

June 17th, 2023: A photo of a longhaired kitten and a chubby shorthaired cat, both dark grey. The kitten, Cloud, is two months old. Cloud is on his hind legs, his arms wrapped around his much larger father's right shoulder and chest, Samson, like a hug.

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Ransom 🐈 @ransom.cat · 10/05/2025

Leaf on the Wind 🍃 Rogue scout 🏹 He's a kind male snow leopard tabaxi in his twenties, and a highly skilled archer, scout, and survivalist. His love of reading inspired him to travel, to see more of the distant world. Leaf became friends with a dragonborn druid, and secretly writes in a journal.

An illustration of an anthropomorphic snow leopard man, named Leaf on the Wind. He's adorned in cloths and leathers of woodland colours. On his right hip is a quiver, from which he is withdrawing an arrow. His pale blue eyes pierce directly at the viewer.

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Ransom 🐈 @ransom.cat · 07/04/2025

Lily, Benny, Cloud, Clyde, and Reno are two years old today! 🎂😸🐱😼😺😽🎁 (It was really hard to get them to pose for this family photo.)

Five young fully-grown grey tabby cats — two longhaired and three shorthaired — sit on a bed with a blue blanket, on their second birthday. They're all looking towards the viewer. From left to right: Lily, Benny, Cloud, Clyde, and Reno. The one in the middle, Cloud, has his tongue out and is licking his cheek.

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Ransom 🐈 @ransom.cat · 17/03/2025

I'm over thirty and I can't help but admire your tanktop! 🎨 @d6016.bsky.social

A very sketchy doodle of Ransom the tabby cat, very small, viewed through a magnifying glass. He's got his arms up with a mischievous grin, displaying a lot of cattitude. It was drawn by DeeDee (D6016) in 2021.

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Ransom 🐈 @ransom.cat · 08/03/2025

I don't love the idea of snipping ears, but it makes sense to identify a neutered cat without needing to trap them again. One of my cats (a former stray) is missing the tip of her ear too, due to frostbite. But she's still beautiful.

Two shorthair adult cats lying together on a blanket, on a couch. The fat grey male on the left, Samson, is looking towards the brown tabby female in the middle, Jeannie. Jeannie is missing the tip of her right ear. She's looking at the viewer with beautiful green eyes.

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Ransom 🐈 @ransom.cat · 25/02/2025

Yeah, that was like 13 years ago. But if you're on a budget, or don't wanna lug another device around, there are still games that work. I have a Powkiddy RGB30. It plays up to PS1 and some N64. I especially love it for Game Boy because of its big square screen! Kitty for scale and cuteness.

Cloud, a grey longhaired tabby cat, reclining. Leaning against his belly is a pale green handheld game console, with three Nintendo games displayed on its square screen.

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Ransom 🐈 @ransom.cat · 22/02/2025

Today's been a lot more upsetting than I expected. The guy who took the other pair, Lady and Caramel, told me he gave them to a Hutterite colony so they "are free to catch mice and have all the babies they want." So he never spayed them. And now it sounds like they're barn cats. Fucking hell.

Lady, a brown shorthair kitten with beautiful eyes, lies in a shallow cardboard box, and she's looking directly at the photographer. Behind her, a grey kitten — her brother, Reno — is asleep.

Tippy (top) and Caramel (bottom), two nearly identical brown shorthair tabby kittens are lying down on a pink fleece blanket. Caramel has her left arm draped over Tippy, and tippy's rear feet are draped over Caramel. They're cuddling while asleep.

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Ransom 🐈 @ransom.cat · 21/02/2025

Today is Cecil and Tippy's second birthday! 😺🎂😼 I love these (now fully-grown) kittens a lot. In lieu of a cake, they get tuna and extra treats. 💙

February 21st, 2023: Jeannie, a brown shorthair tabby cat is lying on her side, on top of a grey blanket, and looking with green eyes at the photographer. She has six newborn kittens nursing off of her: Tippy, Lady, Caramel, and Milo look like mini versions of her, but Cecil and Frank are grey like their father (not pictured).

February 21st, 2025: Two cats: Cecil, the shorthair grey tabby; and Tippy, the shorthair brown tabby, are lying on the floor next to each other. They're both fully grown now. Tippy is looking with green eyes to the right of frame, while Cecil is staring with yellow eyes and wide pupils directly at the viewer.

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Ransom 🐈 @ransom.cat · 21/02/2025

A person who adopted two of my kittens in 2023 lost one of them. The kitten's name was Frank. Two months ago, she let him outside and he never came back. And she never tattooed or chipped him. I cried when I gave him up, but I thought he was going to a good home. I'm frustrated with her and myself.

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Ransom 🐈 @ransom.cat · 26/01/2025

I also have a sweet cat named Mango!

A close-up photo of Mango, a white and dark grey cat lying lying on a couch. Only his head is visible as it pokes up between a grey pillow and white fleece blanket with a floral print. Mango is looking a little to the left, just past the photographer.

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Ransom 🐈 @ransom.cat · 17/01/2025

You've come to the right catboy.

Tippy the brown shorthair tabby cat. She's lying on her back, in the nook of the photographer's crossed legs, with her own feet pointing upwards. She looks very relaxed, and is nearly asleep.

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