Ankarah

@ankarah

Vaguely sane, TX resident thanks to covid fun. Living with fractious tortoiseshell Chimera Pfeffernuss Murdermittens, who tries to run my life. Clueless minecrafter, BG3, ESO, GW2, POE2, etc. Once a mass comm academic and museum worker. she/her

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Ankarah@ankarah· 10d

I am not helping the AI by filling it in on the long term controversy over who really owns the computer chair in my office. Chimera does not need anyone else on her side.

Google result for asking if there's a controversy related to my cat.

Ankarah@ankarah· 10d

I am playing Moonlight Peaks and can't tell how good the game might be for other people, because I named the cat after my own cat, and this is exactly the energy Chimera brings to everything.

Moonlight Peaks video game screenshot of cat being pleased with itself over pooping.

Ankarah@ankarah· 23d

Chimera in her I Sit Upon The Thing You Are Attempting to Photograph project. Also titled "Why Aren't You Patting Me, I Am Not Getting Enough Attention."

A tortoise shell cat with one orange ear and one black ear, looks up at the camera/photographer, sitting on the art the photographer had been attempting to photograph. Cat is unbothered by this, and is waiting for attention and pats.

Ankarah@ankarah· Jun 5

I feel VERY strongly, and can make a legit case for the fact that it is weird if you DON'T have a favorite hardware store. Everyone should have a favorite hardware store, that's just normal!

Taking the Unc Test to see what level of unc I'm at, very much a joke. I think. Maybe.

Ankarah@ankarah· Apr 14

Sometimes I look at trending here and I'm like, hmmm, y'know, I'm ok with not knowing what any of that is about.

Trending on Bluesky numbered list: Godzilla, earth's habitat, google investigation, Epstein files, Biden presidency

Ankarah@ankarah· Apr 13

See I was thinking Peter O'Toole as Don Quixote/Man of La Mancha

Peter O'Toole in the film Man of La Mancha, in role of Don Quixote (1972)

Ankarah@ankarah· Apr 8

I immediately thought of Durer's St Jerome in His Study, but he has fewer things around his desk. But! Big on bring your pets to work day. scma.smith.edu/blog/st-jero...

Durer engraving of St Jerome in His Study, 1514, man at desk with book

Durer engraving of St Jerome in His Study, 1514, man at desk with book - wider view showing lion and lamb in foreground.

Ankarah@ankarah· Aug 4

Bias, I love graphs. This gives you an idea of the time frame. Add to that that this is happening to a stretch of 80 miles of river. Estimated 100 billion gallons of water was dumped in this area. This resets all numbers used to plan future floods.

KSAT news (San Antonio TX) created graph, caption: The level of the Guadalupe River in Kerrville on July 4, 2025. (KSAT) (ksat.com)

Ankarah@ankarah· Jul 10

I'm sharing a lot of sad stuff - here's a photo of my cat as apology. Here she has stolen my office chair and is about to whine when I try and move her. This scene happens on a daily basis. Despite the fact I have LOTS of places for her to sleep in the office, and the rest of the house.

Tortoiseshell cat looking up at photographer, knowing that she is sitting in my chair, ready to make a lot of pitiful mews when I move her onto a nice blanket on the couch - because apparently this is Her Office Chair, not mine.

Ankarah@ankarah· Jul 9

OLDER ARTICLE Sharing for photo to help understanding - look at how high the pile of debris is in photo I've screenshot from link. They are still looking to recover bodies from debris. They are being careful in how they say that, this is traumatic stuff for the public. www.tpr.org/2025-07-04/k...

AP photo by Julio Cortez, caption "officials comb through the banks of the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area Saturday, July 4, 2025, in Hunt, Texas." Part of an article of live updates on Texas Public Radio's website.

Ankarah@ankarah· Jul 5

Seriously, once upon a time I started this account just to post photos of my cat and perhaps random silliness in minecraft. Then political reality got even more messy. Sigh. Here's Chimera looking at me upside down because she knows I always, always pay more attention to her when she does.

Tortiseshell cat on a ledge above my desk looks at me upside down, because she knows it is wildly cute.

Ankarah@ankarah· Apr 8

Chimera Pfeffernuss Murdermittens: I will sit here on this corner of your desk, and stare at you until you realize I have something in my eye and you are REQUIRED to tend to this. Then tell me how handsome I am. Also skritches, you never skritch me enough.

Tortioiseshell cat sitting on a desk, staring at the person taking the photo. She has one eye closed and one eye open.

Ankarah@ankarah· Feb 17

It is entirely @questauthority.bsky.social 's fault that I had to look this up because I remember loving the song Snoopy's Christmas but had a vague memory of the album cover looking insane and yup, still does. Santa is totally in villain mode.

1969 Vinyl LP of "Snoopy's Christmas," Diplomat Christmas Records

Ankarah@ankarah· Feb 4

Example of part of the comments to this thread that had me giggling.

In which three comments discuss the cowfish, one compares it to trump, and a third demands an apology to the cowfish as the cowfish did not deserve that comparison.

Ankarah@ankarah· Feb 3

For those up on their history, this is also a reference to the wife of Heinrich Schliemann, when she modeled the jewelry he found at a dig site of the ancient city of Troy/Hisarlık. The excavation history of which is worth a read: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy#Ex...

Photo from 1873 of Sophia Schliemann wearing jewelry from Priam's treasure, excavated by her husband Heinrich Schliemann.

Ankarah@ankarah· Feb 3

It's the source of this image, a woman wearing the "finds" from the archeology dig at the motel in 4022. And obviously assumptions were made as to how the finds were worn in the distant past.

David Macaulay drawing of a woman wearing various bathroom items, including a toilet seat worn as neckpiece and headgear.

Ankarah@ankarah· Jan 31

Example:

Three comments dunking on the dude trying to being awful to derek guy by pointing out that niche forums have their own kind of "comment warfare"

Ankarah@ankarah· Jan 31

Randomly looking up something else and discover that there's a town in Texas named Ben Wheeler, which is only weird to me in that there is ofc only one Ben Wheeler who's Canadian. @wheeler.bsky.social Also they have a hog festival that for some reason involves this bus. Will add links in comments.

There is apparently a hog parade of some kind in Ben Wheeler which involves this pink bus, which has a snout like a pig and ears.

Ankarah@ankarah· Jan 30

Minutes before receiving The Look: how close the toes were to my face.

Tortoiseshell cat napping on the back of a couch, toes of her hind feet are in the viewer's face

Ankarah@ankarah· Jan 30

Rules of Chimera Murdermittens Do not touch the toes. Even if said toes are in your face. If you touch them, you will receive The Look indicating that her majesty is not happy with you. It will be impossible not to understand The Look. Also see: Attractive Nuisance.

Tortoiseshell cat looking at you with an annoyed expression because someone has just touched her toes. Said toes are being presented to the face of the viewer. This is exactly what an Attractive Nuisance is.

Ankarah@ankarah· Jan 28

I keep forgetting I need to post cat photos, it's the reason I'm here after all. Here Chimera Murdermittens is doing her "I am so cute, only a monster would move me from this chair, which is now mine." It is ofc my office chair, which she has laid claim to mainly because I have warmed it.

Tortoiseshell cat is curled upon an office chair, with a towel under her because otherwise clawing would occur. She looks at the person taking the photo, doing her cutest sleepy expression. And showing off her toes. She's very good at this.

Ankarah@ankarah· Jan 25

omg, having a sudden memory of learning what brine shrimp look like. And I don't remember how, because I didn't buy sea monkeys, but someone explained. I was already pretty sure that the cartoon couldn't be real because I wouldn't be allowed a pet that would have its own civilization like that.

vintage ad for Sea-monkeys which ran in lots of cartoons, shows tiny people with flippers who do not look like the brine shrimp that the buyer would receive in the mail.

Ankarah@ankarah· Dec 9

Whoa, it IS real... Screenshotting just in case the website changes the graphic. Because, damn. newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/comp...

Screenshot of the article about the AI system's comparative literature textbook cover which is full of nonsense words.

Ankarah@ankarah· Nov 23

Earlier today: trapped with cat snuggled next to me being wildly cute, thus I can't move. The unprotected stomach is a trap, she never never wants you to pat it. Ofc I patted it and got a mrrr and a gentle nip which means "stop that you fool."

Tortoiseshell cat lies on her back, front paws curled slightly, white stomach exposed as a way to regulate heat. And is having a nice nap which sadly I had to wake her from.

Ankarah@ankarah· Nov 23

Here Chimera is hopeful that I'm going to play with her but have instead sat on the floor here to photograph her because her magnificence is the only reason I can figure all of y'all are following me. I have always been a social media lurker, so I'm working on not thinking about how weird this is.

Tortoiseshell cat looks alertly at photographer, sure that we're going to play a game of throw the mousie. There was soon to be disappointment.

Ankarah@ankarah· Nov 23

Chimera has discovered the warm spot I leave when I get up off the couch and has claimed it. And in an attempt to be obnoxious I tucked her in. This is her deciding if she's enjoying it or not. She's undecided.

Tortoiseshell cat tucked under a blanket, tail swishing, deciding whether she's comfortable or cranky.

Tortoiseshell cat tucked under a blanket, tail swishing, deciding whether she's comfortable or cranky. Also has wiggled so is blurry.

Ankarah@ankarah· Nov 13

Cat update: busy day, Chimera pooped on floor to indicate...something (more research needed). Then got into bathroom to destroy her enemy, the TP, dragged shreds everywhere and into her water bowl. Revenge: I woke her in her sunny spot to take this photo of her. That's just her morning.

Tuxedo tortoiseshell cat looking at me taking the photo only because I have made a noise that is interesting, she is waiting for me to play with her and is about to be disappointed.

Ankarah@ankarah· Sep 5

This was posted yesterday, so I figured I'd google "first person to backflip" to see what AI had learned at this point and yup, John Backflip is still in there. Sigh.

Results of a search on first person to backflip, multiple people in there but John Backflip is still listed. Note, John Backflip and his flip in 1316 does not exist. As far as I know. AI google is so cursed.

Ankarah@ankarah· Aug 27

I'm on bluesky just to read others and only post cat photos and repost history authors and then, election time/scary future thoughts, and I keep reposting it. So here is Chimera, who feels TP is the enemy - that's a TP roll shredded at her feet. Thus my bathrooms must have childlocks on the doors.

Tortoiseshell cat stands above the shredded remains of a toilet paper roll after she has gotten into the bathroom, stolen it, and killed it. This is why all my bathrooms have child locks because she can not be trusted. Fosterer I adopted her from at 3mos had indeed warned me this kitten was fixated on the stuff, and it has not changed after a couple of years, sigh.

Ankarah@ankarah· Jun 19

I'm really glad you posted about this because I'd not have noticed it when it popped up on my Kindle as well. Just so damn weird.