Archie listens to me explain that my hands are insufficiently callused, as opposed to insufficiently calloused.
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The sweetest gray tabby cat you’ll ever meet sits on a bookshelf and takes a quick sniff at some freshly cut cherry blossoms presented to him for his approval
After I explain the difference between meteorological and astronomical spring, I present some perfect cherry blossoms to sweet Archie for inspection.
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A cute brown and black tabby cat with crazy-eyes rolling around on the top of a cat tree demanding attention
Fiona listens to me explain how the city council’s planning session is slowly sinking into the morass.
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A gorgeous brown and white tabby cat named Saki stares at you with her amazing green eyes from a cheap but cozy fuzzy blanket on a bed.
Just yesterday, I was explaining to Saki that the War Powers Resolution is an empty vessel for Congressional authority over an illegal war, and that U.S. courts would quickly disclaim their jurisdiction anyway.
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A sweet gray tabby cat named Archie, eyes closed, head down, on a fuzzy Seahawks snuggie that he thinks is his own.
Archie pretends to sleep through my explanation of the 3-3-3 Supreme Court split on the major question doctrine in the tariffs case.
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A handsome but very bored gray tabby cat named Archie lounging on a table as the sun slides into the golden hour behind him.
Archie listens to me explain how Robert’s Rules says that unfinished business after an adjournment at the end of the term of all or some of the members “falls to the ground.”
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A very handsome brown tabby cat lounging on the rug looking at you with interest
While cat-sitting this morning, I tried to explain to Danny the difference between a resolution asking the mayor to prioritize spending in a certain way and a budget amendment that would require it.
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Saki listens to me explain that there’s nothing the U.S. can’t already do in Greenland under NATO that we would otherwise need to do for national defense.
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Reposting my post of the year for 2025.
More #explainingthingstokittens and #explainingthingstocats in 2026.
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A gorgeous gray and black tabby cat with bright green eyes and white chest and paws, looking somewhere between shocked and angry about something.
Gorgeous Saki reacts to me explaining that the revoke the ICE permit people remind me of that Youth Against Fascism song by Sonic Youth. “It’s the song I hate / It’s the song I hate”
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My sweet gorgeous black and gray tabby cat Fiona sits irritated on a window perch wondering why I’m trying to get her to turn around while a young deer walks through our backyard.
Fiona listens to me explain that although we live in a fairly large city, there’s abundant wildlife to enjoy, often in our own backyard.
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Gray tabby cat named Archie, on a blue rug in front of the World Series game, with a very concerned face.
A black and gray tabby cat named Fiona, also on a blue rug in front of the World Series, looking perturbed.
A black and brown and white tabby cat named Saki, hiding under some furniture, looking worried.
I try to explain trick-or-treating to the cats. They do not care for my explanation and do not like the doorbell part one single bit.
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A gorgeous black and gray tabby cat sits on a tray table thing in poor indoor lighting looking at you with mild curiosity.
Fiona, who we are convinced would speak a foreign language if she could speak at all, listens to me explain that we are rooting for the Dodgers mainly because one of us is a half-Yamamoto (not related).
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A sleepy gray tabby cat lounges in a deck-window-mounted perch with trees in the background on a blustery day.
Sweet sleepy Archie, in the window perch between squalls this afternoon, listens to me explain that our house is *technically* an antifa safe house, but we’re not really stocked with supplies and we’re kinda far from the action.
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Cute white and gray tabby foster kitten kitten with the cursed baseball game in the background
Explaining to foster kitten Wren that the playoff extra innings rules are different than the regular season rule extra innings rules rules.
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A cute but serious looking gray tabby foster kitten sits on the stairs waiting for something to happen
I explained to foster kitten Indigo that no I don’t need to listen in on the court hearing while the baseball game is on.
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Two gray and white foster kittens sitting attentively on a cat tree thing in war ravaged Portland, Oregon
Foster kittens Indigo and Wren listen to me explain what ”colorable assessment of the facts and law within a range of honest judgment” might mean in 2025.
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Probably the most beautiful cat in the world, a black and brown and white tabby cat with stunning electric celadon blue-green eyes, sitting on a rug, looking up at you, patiently listening, but hoping you’ll stop soon.
Celebrating #caturday by explaining state preemption of local building codes to this perfect cat.
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A perfect gray and white tabby foster kitten named Indigo sits on the corner of a small nightstand-like table in the kitten room, looking up at you in both confusion and concern.
Foster kitten Indigo listens to me explain that if you are going to amend your city code to incorporate state regulations by reference, you really should take the time to double check those references.
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Foster kitten Bramble’s reaction when I explained the City Council’s committee situation.
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A mostly-sweet brown and black tabby cat named Fiona loafs on a ledge staring back at you with an unnecessarily intense expression.
Fiona listens to me explain that in a walk out song, you only get a brief snippet not the whole thing. Which is why, for Council appearances, I think I’d almost always choose the opening of Television’s Marquee Moon. #explainingthingstocats
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A very cute 5-month-old tuxedo foster kitten named Posey sits near a screen door contemplating the word “foster”
Sweet foster kitten Posey, with her 5-month birthday coming up this week, listens to me explain, again, that although she’s lived essentially her entire life here, we’re still looking for a permanent home for her somewhere else.
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A gorgeous tabby cat named Saki lounging on a couch and glaring at you with amazing green eyes.
Saki has made it clear that my explanation of a “committee of the whole” extended beyond the Robert’s Rules context will NOT be necessary today.
#explainingthingstocats #caturday
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I am familiar with this attitude.
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A very cute, very sweet tuxedo foster kitten loafing on some shoes that she has untied again.
Foster kitten Posey, who has been in foster for too long by the way, listens to me explain why it is not necessary that all the shoes in the shoe thing by the door be untied at all times.
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A gorgeous tuxedo kitten named Posey with a dark face, a white chest, amazing whiskers and half of white pencil mustache. She’s sitting in the sun, just inside a sliding glass door, with an outside deck with plants and flowers in the background on a glorious Saturday afternoon.
Foster kitten Posey listens to me explain why I don’t believe that there is actually such a thing as “pie cherries” and that actually it is just a marketing scam to get people to buy plainly inferior cherries.
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A VERY playful tuxedo foster kitten looks up at you, preparing for your next move involving a bright yellow hair tie sitting on the floor in front of her.
Foster kitten Posey listens to me explain that a brief discussion of the word “fetch” is, in my opinion, perhaps the most lasting cultural artifact from a fairly popular 2004 movie.
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A sleepy gray tabby cat on a blanket with his chin flopped over the edge of the couch looking up at me with mild irritation.
Archie declines to engage further this morning when I explain that today’s horrific court decisions remain consistent with my original thesis.
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