She stayed with us for as long as she could, but Aldi is resting peacefully with Hash Brown and Tater Tot now. We need a new interior decorator.

Tater Tot was the first rat we picked out. He was curious about me and I was curious about him. He never stopped wanting to explore. RIP Tater Tot

RIP to our smart potato girl Hash Brown. She liked construction, solving puzzles for treats, and selling lemonade. I already miss her, but thank you to the @thepipsqueakery.bsky.social for giving us our potato trio.

A rat painted like the Statue of Liberty in street art style.

Lady Rat Liberty #MoSA

"I'm NY" black text on a yellow background, but the "I" is instead a 🐀

Summary of my New York trip so far.

Yesterday's New York ratventures:

🐀 Stopped by a shop in Grand Central that had cute city rat themed prints and pins and stuff.

🐀 Went to a lower Manhattan desert shop that has pizza rat printed cookies.

🐀 Hung out in Washington Square park and gave cookie crumbs to the wild rats there.

Squeak!

A red Jackson flying V style guitar. And some rat hides behind it.

Broke a string on the new guitar, so I bought some and changed them out. Then realized I had the tension off and tried to rebalance the Floyd Rose bridge, only to break one of the new strings too.

On the other hand, I have a new (to me) guitar!

And an appointment with a local luthier for Tuesday!

A rat wearing a crown outside of the Mars Cheese Castle. Portrait.

A rat wearing a crown outside of the Mars Cheese Castle. Medium.

A rat wearing a crown outside of the Mars Cheese Castle. Wide, showing the castle itself and someone exiting surprised to see a rat wearing a crown.

A good way for a rat to start a new year: Cheeeese Castle.

Actually last year but I don't know if I'd posted it.

A piece of paper with "fill me like one of your rat holes" written on it, a play from the Infinite Wrench.

Oh wait, one more MFF rat thing!

A clip on badge that says "I'm a Rodent", a stack of zines from Rat Dimension, on top of a poster showing multiple rats drawn in black and white.

So, the @furfest.org ratstuff score!

I should get back to trying to social media more. Yeah, it still seems unhealthy at times, but so is quiet isolation.

As with all things in life, balance!

LOOK AT ALL THE RODENTS IN THIS ROOM PARTY!!!

We ate cheese and peanut crackers and candy and cheesecake and we played Squeakross (@alblune.bsky.social) and Squirrel With A Gun (@quitedan.bsky.social)!

Ratatouille on a plate. Everyone can cook.

I dunno why it took me so long. Finally tried cooking up some ratatouille!

Ratatouille menu screen

The Friendsmas movie has been selected!

City of Chicago sign, Don't feed the Rats. Target: Rats

What the frick, Chicago

Rodents Reflect Human Visual Processing: Motion Insight - Neuroscience News A new study reveals that rats, like primates, have specialized visual neurons for accurately perceiving motion.

Rodent news update... Better title: Humans Reflect Rodent Visual Processing

neurosciencenews.com/rodent-visua...

In a Jedi-like feat, rats can move a digital object using just their brain In a new study, rats could imagine their way through a 3-D virtual world, hinting at how brains can think about places that they’re not physically in.

In today's rodent news, rats are Jedi and can use the force to move things! At least, digitally.

www.sciencenews.org/article/jedi...