Meme of the bed of king Charles II of Navarre aflame with the king in it, based on the popular meme which shows a dog seated at a table in a room that's on fire, nonchalantly saying "This is fine!" In this version, vivid orange & yellow flames rise around the king's pillows. Under a white sheet & a red blanket, his knees are bowed. He holds his hands clasped in front of his bare chest. His eyes are closed & his head is tilted to the right. The expression on his clean shaven face is strangely serene, although he is sticking the tip of his tongue between his lips. A white cloth or towel's wrapped around his head like a turban. Above him appear the words: "This is fine!" This image is a detail from an illumination of the event in Ms. Ludwig XIII 7 (83.MP.150), fol. 274v - Bed of the King of Navarre Set on Fire - Master of the Getty Froissart (Flemish, ca. 1480–1483)

Been waiting for an excuse to break this out...

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Baby Cat, an adult tan ticked deep chocolate tabby, with a tan face neck, chest & belly. This is from a series of photographs that can be interpreted as BC high-fiving the camera with the jet black underside of her right fore paw at the end of a tan tiger striped leg. In this photo, BC is arrested in the act of extending her paw forward towards the camera. It gives the illusion that she's reaching out to something, possibly attempting to establish contact with a celestial vision only cats are privileged to perceive. There's a look of extremely wide eyed amatzement in her enormous sage green eyes. Her mouth, set in a white milk muzzle, has begun to open in sheer astonishment. As usual, her dusty rose nose is irresistibly boopable.

"Are you there, Bastet!?!

It's me, Baby..."

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Baby Cat, an adult deep chocolate tan-ticked tabby with a black stripe from the crown of her head to the tip of her black ringed tan tail, valiantly attempting to save her human from another day full of frustration wrestling with his computers. BC has taken a goalie-like crouch in front of the keyboard, her tiger-striped hind legs on a wooden desk, while her tiger-striped front legs are spread out protectively, blocking her human's crossed right leg from moving forward. She has him fixed with her enormous sage green eyes, in which concern & worry can clearly be seen. Her mouth is pinched shut in an extremely serious expression inside her white milk muzzle, while her dusty rose nose remains almost irresistibly boopable. BC doesn't object to him getting work done, as long as it's absolutely, positively necessary. She's ready to put up further resistance, or, if presented a calm, cogent, coherent argument to allow him to do what he must.

"Must you? Do you really have to use your computer? Are you absolutely, positively sure?"

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Baby Cat – an adult deep chocolate tan-ticked tabby with a tan face, neck, & chest – leaning forward to extend a tan & black paw at the end of a tiger striped leg. BC wears a very serious expression on her white milk muzzle, as she fixes Huitty with a steady, serious gaze with her enormous sage green eyes. This is a solemn compact, a joining of forces to combat the forces of evil, darkness & hatred, with love, acceptance, accessibility, & unapologetic cuteness. As always, Baby's dusty rose nose remains irresistibly boopable.

Thank you for your iron-clad commitment to accessibility, Huitty!

Lettuce join paws to solemnly, yet sweetly, seal our Accessibility Alliance for all eternity!

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An over-the-shoulder shot of Baby Cat, an adult tan ticked tabby with a deep chocolate coat, seated on her haunches behind her humans brown sweatered shoulder on a green blanket that complements her enormous sage green eyes . Her white whiskers cascade like fountains from her tan snout, centering an almost irresistibly boopable dusty rose nose. BC has you, the viewer, fixed with those eyes, boring into your very soul. This is a look of frank appraisal. Baby firmly believes that life is too short to waste on those whose sole purpose is to waste your time & upset you. Her mouth is closed tightly, her white milk muzzle giving no indication whether she approves or disapproves of your words & actions, but rest assured, BC's keeping a close watch on you & how you've conducted yourself over the past few months & in reaction to the current crisis, both online & in real life & will react to your further attempts at communication accordingly. Love trumps all.

Taking stock of the current influx of new users & rediscovering old friends.

Its our sincerest hope that everyone who participates in BS makes a commitment to do so as accessibly as possible, with as much empathy as possible... You are being watched.

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