I bid $275 on Stephen Sondheim's cat nook but it went for ... $6,500

Getting ready to bring home a second cat tomorrow 🙀

our new cat is named maurice; your primary “maurice” association is:

Portrait of the author at work

turns out it’s a 4-in-1 cat toy

Introducing a new cat to our home is going from “oh good they’re friends!” to “uh oh, they’re friends…”

I highly recommend having two cats who hold hands when they nap

My cat isn’t feeling well, and as far as she can tell, instead of trying to help her I keep dragging her out of the house to be attacked by a stranger in a lab coat

We saw you from across the room and thought you might have treats

In Anna Karenina, Levin’s dog thinks in human language for an entire chapter. Are there other C19 novels with dog consciousness?

Lots of interesting responses to this tweet but I think the answer is basically 'no' for the C19 realist novel, and Tolstoy was doing something unusual with Laska in AK. Ivan Kreilkamp/ @ivan812.bsky.social: "realism itself as a genre always exists in tension with the representation of animal life"

List of 100 books most likely to make people mad they are on the list

Why would I read a novel written in the twenty-first century when I could instead read one written in the nineteenth century?

I'm a little late with sharing this, but happy to announce that Digressions in Deep Time is out now! Featuring an array of cutting edge essays, a Q&A with the Pulitzer-winning John McPhee and keynote essays by the brilliant Andrew Tate, Richard Irvine (@robotforaday.bsky.social) and Benjamin Morgan! 🎉🍾

love it when the cat does something incredibly klutzy and then tries to walk it off as though nobody saw

are rich people really this helpless?

aren't we all

thank you powerpoint for offering to improve my Cindy Sherman slides

Found some mountains in China

Taking my bf to see Vertigo; hope he is ready for the PowerPoint presentation and discussion questions following the screening.