Shower Cat

@shower-cat

A cat who took showers. 💔 Kittens who romp. 😻 My hooman is interested in cats, politics, Russia, Ukraine, and Central Asia, and nuclear weapons and nonproliferation but mostly cats

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Shower Cat@shower-cat· 21d

This is not supposed to be a literal description of US politics but 🤷🏻‍♀️

Meme:

Photo of a cute dog
Everyone gets a puppy: 49.9%

Photo of someone sitting on a toilet with their pants down
Diarrhea forever: 50.1%

Shower Cat@shower-cat· 25d

Let it go.

Shower Cat@shower-cat· Jun 23

3) Any assistance that the US provides to cover ROK withdrawing from the NPT to develop its own deterrent is a black letter violation of the US obligations under the NPT. IT'S FREAKING ARTICLE I.

Article I

Each nuclear-weapon State Party to the Treaty undertakes not to transfer to any recipient whatsoever nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices or control over such weapons or explosive devices directly, or indirectly; and [highlight] not in any way to assist, encourage, or induce any non-nuclear-weapon State to manufacture or otherwise acquire nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices, or control over such weapons or explosive devices.[end highlight]

Shower Cat@shower-cat· Jun 18

Frankly, I never expected the leopards to eat their faces either.

Shower Cat@shower-cat· Jun 15

Today is apparently the anniversary of this fun email. Context: my email is f.lastname at gmail. I get a lot of misdirected messages. I replied *ALL* saying that it was mis-directed, and it also makes the institution seem both petty *and* cheap.

Passive aggressive note clashes with email address abuse. just received the following note (I believe that my doppelgänger is a music teacher):
Dear All,
I hope this email finds you well.
Northwood College provides all members of its staff with a meal at lunch time and extends this benefit to visiting music perris. Unfortunately it has been noted that on numerous occasions some perris take food over and above what is deemed reasonable. I herefore wanted to take the opportunity to clarify what is allowed to be taken:
• Main meal or sandwich or salad
&
• Dessert or yoghurt or piece of fruit or prepared fruit
Sandwiches and whole fruit should not be taken in addition to another item for later consumption.
Unfortunately if the situation does not change then it will be necessary to charge all perris for lunch from September 2015.
Yours sincerely
Tim (signature indicates that he works in the finance dept

Shower Cat@shower-cat· Jun 2

FRANK IS BACK, BABY! Tanned, rested, and ready!

Shower Cat@shower-cat· May 31

Their lives are too fucking short. 💔

Shower Cat@shower-cat· May 30

Hahahahahaha Amazon is “dizzy with success”.

Screen shot from FT article about Amazon workers setting AI tools to busy work to boost their performance metrics”

The behaviour comes amid growing pressure on staff to adopt the technology after Amazon introduced targets for more than 80 percent of developers to use AI each week.

[highlighted]The leaderboard "was created by a group of employees who wanted to drive awareness for how AI can accelerate work", Amazon said, adding that the company was focused on "operational efficiency".[end highlight]

The cloud giant has undertaken sweeping lay-offs in a bid to reduce its costs and help finance its vast AI investment. Amazon this year is expected to spend $200bn in capital expenditure, the vast majority of which will

Shower Cat@shower-cat· May 23

Behold, I am not Gandalf the Grey, whom you betrayed. I am Gandalf the White, who has returned from death. You have no colour now, and I cast you from the order and from the Council.' He raised his hand, and spoke slowly in a clear cold voice.
'Saruman, your staff is broken. There was a crack, and the staff split asunder in Saruman's hand, and the head of it fell down at Gandalf's feet.

Shower Cat@shower-cat· May 15

And BONUS MOAR SQUEAKY BATHTUB TIME!

Shower Cat@shower-cat· May 15

Back by popular demand: SQUEAKY BATHTUB TIME!

Shower Cat@shower-cat· May 12

wHY nOT bUTter cAT?

Orange cat lying on his back on a chair cushion partially pushed under a table with his feet sticking up

Shower Cat@shower-cat· May 11

At least once a day, this one demands “Squeaky Bathtub Time:” flip-flopping in the bathtub while squeaking. This requires an audience. Squeaky Bathtub Time can only occur in the presence of a human observer, who must comment on the squeakiness of the bathtub time.

Shower Cat@shower-cat· May 8

So need to dig deeper for accuracy. The Al is what appears first

yes that's right
sometimes the sources say completely different things
usually the sources are useful
but they don't always match the summary text

So if Al is so inaccurate what's the point of it

that is a very good question

[skeptical thinking emoji]

Some people are making a lot of money from it, but for the rest of us, the value is less certain

Shower Cat@shower-cat· May 8

Texting with my mother about AI (the conversation started with something she texted me related to post-WWI refugees, and then commented on a phrasing she found weird). The text stream is lightly edited to remove a side conversation and some personally identifying details.

where is this from?

I googled

so is this the google summary at the top of the page?

it's Al generated and can be unreliable

So you think it's not accurate?
What would be a reliable source?

I don't know if it's accurate

usually it's a good idea to read through the sources it links to, but sometimes it fills in the details with stuff that isn't sourced

the Al summaries are a bit like the predictive text on your phone

it's based on probabilities

sometimes it's right, sometimes it's not

so "fatal quarantine", doesn't make a lot of sense as a phrase
maybe they were forced to remain on the overcrowded ships?
maybe they were kept in
overcrowded quarantine camps?

Or crammed together in refugee camp

but fatal doesn't make sense because if the quarantine was fatal then there wouldn't be survivors

Fatal for some maybe

yes
but the phrasing doesn't make sense as is

Right

but the phrasing doesn't make sense as is
however, it's a perfectly grammatical sentence that's formed in a way that reads like a normal sentence until you start picking the details apart
"some people died while in quarantine" is reworded as "fatal quarantine"
"people died" = fatal
but the context gets lost
the Al doesn't produce factual information
it produces statistically probable text

Shower Cat@shower-cat· May 4

The text was written by the physicist Heinz Haber (a former Nazi who came to the U.S. as part of Operation Paperclip) and the gorgeous illustrations were created by artists from the Disney Studio. The individual illustrations are uncredited but front matter includes a list with their names.

The illustrations in this book are by the following Walt Disney Productions staff artists:

CLAUDE COATS
JOHN HENCH
PAUL HARTLEY
BILL LAYNE
BILL BOSCHÉ
ANNE SIBERELL
FRANK ARMITAGE
DON PETERS
DICK UNG
COLLIN CAMPBELL
JACQUES RUPP
RAY ARAGON
TOM YAKUTIS
ALFRED ROARK
ALBERT WHITLOCK
TONY RIZZO
FRANK BARNETTE
FIL MATOLLA
JACK FOSTER
JIM TROUT
BILL PELAYO
JAY GOULD

Art Direction: PAUL HARTLEY

Shower Cat@shower-cat· May 4

I bought myself a present. 🥰 ⚛️

Dust jacket of a vintage book titled “Our friend the atom”

Page of vintage book with an illustration of alpha particles being deflected from an atomic nucleus.

Sample text (OCR is imperfect):

The closer the alpha-particles get to the nucleus, the more sharply they are deflected.
These are not the only findings that Rutherford's tiny messengers brought back from the interior of the atom. The nucleus not only is extremely tiny and fabulously heavy for its size; it is also electrically charged. This was proved by the way in which the alpha-particles bounced off the atomic nuclei
-or rather, in more exact scientific terms, were deflected from their straight-particle and any nucleus are both positively charged, they repel each other.

Photo of two pages of an open book. The left page is text with a chart showing the number of protons and electrons in each atom of a selection of elements, ending with uranium. The right side is an illustration of electrons orbiting nuclei of atoms of the elements in the chart. (This model of the atom is outdated but represents the science as understood when the book was published.)

Page of a vintage book showing a conceptual illustration of a nuclear chain reaction representing neutrons as pingpong balls in mousetraps that spring more mousetraps as they are released.

Shower Cat@shower-cat· May 1

Pop the California champagne! 🍾🍾 (Saving the French bubbly for when It finally happens.)

Screencap of infowars.com with blank screen except the words Off Air

Shower Cat@shower-cat· Apr 19

Tried a new orange cake recipe. Turned out well. Lightly toasted.

Shower Cat@shower-cat· Apr 19

Bennu is the orangest orange cat. Thank god he has a good home because he wouldn’t survive five minutes on the streets.

Shower Cat@shower-cat· Apr 11

This is the best part.

Travel itinerary from Earth to the moon and back.

Shower Cat@shower-cat· Apr 11

It’s amazing. Screenshotted from an old Twitter post. Mileage for use of personal vehicle. All other travel via MilAir and “Gov. spacecraft”.

Shower Cat@shower-cat· Apr 8

Western civilization is collapsing around us; I hope my lunch isn’t the last straw that brings about its final destruction.

Shower Cat@shower-cat· Apr 6

HE GIB ONE PEET. I ACCEMPT!

Orange cat lying in a cat tree with one paw outstretched.

Orange cat lying in a cat tree with one paw outstretched. A human hand reaches to touch it.

Orange cat lying in a cat tree with one paw outstretched. A human hand is gently holding the paw.

Shower Cat@shower-cat· Apr 4

Orange

Shower Cat@shower-cat· Mar 28

Our only hope.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of Greece

Shower Cat@shower-cat· Mar 26

People outside of major cities have outlandish ideas about crime and violence in cities, pumped by RW media. Maybe they tell their friends and family back home that it’s nothing like what they say on the teevee. These are victories against the regime propaganda.

Woman putting a carnation into the barrel of a soldier’s gun during Portugal’s Carnation Revolt.

Shower Cat@shower-cat· Mar 23

Bwahaha: “this is a money pit, don’t say you weren’t warned”

Commissioned for a Master and Honorary Chaplain of Charterhouse School, the house was acquired by the current owners in 1975. At that time, it required substantial restoration, prompting an extensive refurbishment programme. Whilst much has been achieved, the property still offers an exciting opportunity for a new owner to further enhance and complete its transformation into a truly magnificent home.

Shower Cat@shower-cat· Mar 21

Usually get a blueberry scone when I treat myself to Starbucks, but for some reason today I had the urge to order lemon pound cake.