LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS | The Feline Mystique
8 weeks ago by cshalizi
Being a review of Paula Merriman's _Mungojerrie: A Brief History of the Cat Corset_.
funny:geeky
funny:malicious
cats
eliot.t.s.
affectionate_parody
literary_criticism
sfw
practices_relating_to_the_transmission_of_genetic_information
8 weeks ago by cshalizi
CATS ON FILM: MY DAY BY JONESY: A CAT'S EYE VIEW OF ALIEN
january 2012 by cshalizi
"giant hairless killer-kitten"
funny:geeky
cats
science_fiction
movies
via:cris_moore
to:blog
january 2012 by cshalizi
Underbelly: Housepets
november 2011 by cshalizi
I question the last line. (Few women, in my experience, are driven nuts by men's soft, silky fur.)
funny:geeky
cats
cell-phones
november 2011 by cshalizi
Peeking Inside Snow Leopards’ Forbidding Afghan Kingdom - NYTimes.com
july 2011 by cshalizi
"a male snow leopard rarely exceeds 100-120 pounds — hardly more than a big pet dog." Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
afghanistan
snow_leopards
cats
via:klk
to:blog
july 2011 by cshalizi
Endangered Snow Leopards Caught on Camera in Afghanistan | Wired Science | Wired.com
july 2011 by cshalizi
The big picture up to is simply adorable.
cats
snow_leopards
afghanistan
photos
to:blog
july 2011 by cshalizi
Weeks later, no one had heard from the family;...
december 2010 by cshalizi
"Foolishly, no one suspected the cat".
photos
unhappy_hipsters
cats
horror_stories
december 2010 by cshalizi
FELINES ARE WONDERFUL: A Small, Informal Cat Causality Cognition Experiment
august 2010 by cshalizi
I've certainly read papers with worse experimental design.
cats
funny:geeky
experimental_psychology
august 2010 by cshalizi
Current Biology - The cry embedded within the purr
july 2009 by cshalizi
I feel used. --- Of course, this paper appeared in a journal published by Elsevier, who have been known to produce multiple fraudulent pseudo-journals for money; but I know of no specific reason to believe that this paper is similarly corrupted.
funny:geeky
ethology
cats
experimental_psychology
experimental_biology
communication_as_manipulative_action
to:blog
july 2009 by cshalizi
Stationary Features and Cat Detection
may 2009 by cshalizi
Their "stationary features" sound a bit like "necessary statistics"... which is not a bad thing!
pattern_recognition
statistics
classifiers
boosting
cats
stationary_features
machine_learning
geman.donald
fleuret.francois
to:blog
have_read
may 2009 by cshalizi
Lost: A cat. Found: A blessing. - Los Angeles Times
december 2008 by cshalizi
Umm. Am I supposed to feel heart-warmed by this? I mean, it's better than the girl opening up a window seat and finding her cat's corpse, but really what a mess of meaningless suffering. Merry Christmas!
cats
via:kevin_drum
christmas
december 2008 by cshalizi
Francis Koch - artiste peintre et illustrateur - Illustrations
december 2008 by cshalizi
The Art Nouveau cat-in-the-gas-mask picture
cats
paintings
affectionate_parody
funny:geeky
funny:morbid
art_nouveau
koch.francis
december 2008 by cshalizi
Pill-Popping Pets - Dogs, Cats, And Mood-Altering Drugs - NYTimes.com
july 2008 by cshalizi
Zoopsychopharmacology.
antidepressants
dogs
cats
ethology
via:klk
july 2008 by cshalizi
"Cat Proximity" (xkcd)
may 2008 by cshalizi
Classic (& thanks for the reminder). An accurate depiction of my domestic life.
cats
comics
funny:malicious
via:arthegall
story_of_my_life
may 2008 by cshalizi
Water Powered Cats! - a set on Flickr
april 2008 by cshalizi
Tigers at the National Zoo.
photos
pretty_pictures
tigers
cats
via:absfac
april 2008 by cshalizi
Meow: Cat owners less likely to die from heart attacks, study says - sacbee.com
february 2008 by cshalizi
I'm sorry, but this has to be pure confounding.
cats
heart_attack
medical_statistics
bad_data_analysis
bad_science_journalism
via:klk
february 2008 by cshalizi
Modern - Designer Cat Trees-Cat Furniture
february 2008 by cshalizi
Not _intentionally_ funny, mind you, but nonetheless quietly hilarious. (Also, in fact, pretty sleek-looking.)
funny
cats
design
february 2008 by cshalizi
"A Cat in an Empty Apartment" - Wislawa Szymborska
january 2008 by cshalizi
Beautiful, but very sad.
poetry
sad
cats
death
loss
denial
january 2008 by cshalizi
I’M JUST A CAT « I Can Has Cheezburger?
january 2008 by cshalizi
"Stop Anthropomorphizing Me"
lolcats
funny:academic
cats
psychology
via:2mm
january 2008 by cshalizi
Chapati Mystery » Exclusive Interview: Socks Clinton
january 2008 by cshalizi
"There’s been a lot of buzz surrounding the upcoming release of former First Cat Socks Clinton’s new memoir..."
funny
cats
clintons
lapata
january 2008 by cshalizi
YouTube - Cat alarm clock
october 2007 by cshalizi
I feel like my privacy has been violated.
cats
funny
cartoons
october 2007 by cshalizi
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