Touchy Cats Cafe

Knaresborough, on the River Nidd, North Yorkshire
by @DaveZphoto

There is no instinct stronger than that of a cat to crawl into a small confined space it can't get out of.

Helping a baby moose cross a highway.

Compilation of close encounters with nature. Including giving neck-scratches to a rhino.

Sailing to the bottom of the world.

Slingshot autoloader. Well, pretty much.

3D printing a backyard condominium for frogs.

Dogs are usually gentle and patient with smaller animals. Sometimes, though, they're just sick of it.

Fashions of the 80s we'd rather forget. At 4:53, "hypercolor." They also mention Members Only jackets which are, of course, back.

Steve Inman:

Classic FAFOs.

I've got two fists, one for each of you.

Guy brought his chin to a fist-fight.

Young Scholar gets into the face of woman. He also leads with his chin. The woman leads with her fist.

Content warning: Moped bandits challenge an SUV who drives offensively. It's pretty bad.

Another content warning: This cop does not wait long before unloading his full clip on a robber who's taken refuge in an innocent woman's house. I don't really understand how he got the target in his sights before firing.

A compilation of cats saying don’t touch me in the funniest ways. pic.twitter.com/50Mr119RQI
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 19, 2026

Stunning views of wave hiding a cliff in Nazaré, Portugal.

[📹 Marcio Costa / mcydro] pic.twitter.com/3ZkKCoszCW
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 20, 2026

Dog reunited with its hooman after 30 days..🐕😊

He spent 30 days hiring drone companies, tracking and watching trail cams to finally find him..❤️ pic.twitter.com/ArJzWqz4pJ
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) August 20, 2026

Heroic goose:

Chelsea Gerber and her husband, Bert Gerber, said their pet goose -- named Goosey -- started honking loudly in the early morning hours of Aug. 3.
The ruckus was caught on the family's home security camera, footage of which the Gerbers shared with Storyful.

...
Bert Gerber said after he was awoken by Goosey, he realized the barn had caught fire and responded quickly, grabbing a garden hose to get the fire under control.
...
The couple said their daughter Elena is also a hero: She met Goosey at an expo three months ago and asked if they could keep him.

Now, Chelsea Gerber said the family plans to get a friend for Goosey and name her Lucy.

A pet goose named “Goosey” woke up its Texas family to alert them of a barn fire, saving roughly 100 chickens and turkeys. pic.twitter.com/QWQ9T5L0kM
— ABC News (@ABC) August 21, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:10 PM

Comments

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1 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 21, 2026 07:13 PM (iyblN)

2 Hello.

Posted by: Case at August 21, 2026 07:14 PM (VrYHL)

3 Hey, Ace!

Posted by: Bulg at August 21, 2026 07:15 PM (77rzZ)

4 Having a pet goose seems like an odd thing.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 21, 2026 07:16 PM (4NO2D)

5 theme
youtu.be/pJqNM19ueMs

Posted by: 88C+u at August 21, 2026 07:17 PM (88C+u)

6 There is no instinct stronger than that of a cat to crawl into a small confined space it can't get out of.
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Kaylee the Calico Kitty Cat (the cutest little cat of them all) nods sympathetically. It took animal control officers 45 minutes to extract her from the engine compartment of a vehicle when she was first discovered.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 21, 2026 07:19 PM (FZ29D)

7 Any clues why 'X' videos will not play for me anymore?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2026 07:20 PM (XeU6L)

8 Oh Ace, you're really trying to get me to go to Yorkshire this week.

Posted by: bluebell at August 21, 2026 07:21 PM (afFes)

9 To all Hordelings who are fans of MST3K:

Peggy Webber, the lovely actress who played the lead in The Screaming Skull, and who had an admirable rack, has died at the age of 100.

Posted by: Bulg at August 21, 2026 07:22 PM (77rzZ)

10 Two Fists:

Second guy's so stupid he doesn't know
it's time to go.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 21, 2026 07:22 PM (nqf1u)

11 Hey, Bluebell!

Posted by: Bulg at August 21, 2026 07:22 PM (77rzZ)

12 Any clues why 'X' videos will not play for me anymore?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2026 07:20 PM (XeU6L)
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Sometimes I have to click a bunch of times before they finally relent and play. I think if we had an X account we could see them easily. But I don't want one.

Posted by: bluebell at August 21, 2026 07:23 PM (afFes)

13 Hey there, Bulg. Hope you are well.

Posted by: bluebell at August 21, 2026 07:24 PM (afFes)

14 Please tell me there aren't any mujahids up here.

Posted by: Peggy Webber at August 21, 2026 07:24 PM (88C+u)

15 Alfalfa sprouts are being recalled. Tainted with E Coli.
Our food is not being inspected very well. It's not reported until people get sick.

Posted by: Case at August 21, 2026 07:24 PM (VrYHL)

16 The Knights who say Nidd.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 21, 2026 07:25 PM (Cqx++)

17 I guarantee J would hire drones and anything else he needed if Saijo or 1 of the cats were lost.

Posted by: Piper at August 21, 2026 07:25 PM (ZdaMQ)

18 Bluebell, I’m OK, thanks.

Posted by: Bulg at August 21, 2026 07:25 PM (77rzZ)

19 If JavaScript is off we can get to the blog comments without the dumbass ad. But then 98% of your phone won't work and that includes most of the content of the blog. But comments work. But nothing else much will.

Posted by: nckate at August 21, 2026 07:25 PM (enNUy)

20 But I don't want one.
Posted by: bluebell
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Me either. This is fairly recent behavior.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2026 07:26 PM (XeU6L)

21 Wow. Peggy Weber (gotta be the same) was a regular on the Radio version of Dragnet in the 1950s. She played Joe Friday's Mom, whom he lived with. She was often tapped to play someone with an elderly accent, which she did really well.

"Joseph! you need your rest. You're going to get sick. I just can't understand why you don't get a day off."

Posted by: Common Tater at August 21, 2026 07:26 PM (zwp1R)

22 Hey, Piper! I miss you!

Posted by: Bulg at August 21, 2026 07:27 PM (77rzZ)

23 Ha! Hi Bulg!

Posted by: Piper at August 21, 2026 07:27 PM (ZdaMQ)

24 Me either. This is fairly recent behavior.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2026 07:26 PM (XeU6L)
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Yes, it is. What works on a computer is to go into the URL and add "cancel" right after x - So xcancel.com/ whatever the rest is. Not easy to do on a phone though.

Posted by: bluebell at August 21, 2026 07:28 PM (afFes)

25 Willowed:
Karen Carpenter died of complications of anorexia, not drugs.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Another benefit to marijuana. No marijuana user ever died of anorexia.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 21, 2026 07:28 PM (Fv808)

26 "Having a pet goose seems like an odd thing."

My cousin has them as pets essentially. If you raise them from hatching, they imprint on you, and never want to let you out of their sight ever again.

Posted by: gp at August 21, 2026 07:28 PM (Jr5Lq)

27 Karen Carpenter died of complications of anorexia, not drugs.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Ariana Grande has said she is fighting anorexia. But I wouldn’t doubt she also has a drug issue.

Posted by: Piper at August 21, 2026 07:30 PM (ZdaMQ)

28 I saw a new car color today. I call it "Green Orange".

Posted by: fd at August 21, 2026 07:30 PM (MWfyi)

29 I know she’s just a cat, but she’s my sweet
Little Fink.
Posted by: nurse ratched

"just" and "but" are inappropriate here.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 21, 2026 07:31 PM (Fv808)

30 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 21, 2026 07:31 PM (Ia/+0)

31 BTW, that picture up top. Would hang.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 21, 2026 07:31 PM (Fv808)

32 "Any clues why 'X' videos will not play for me anymore?
Posted by: Mike Hammer"

I have to use xcancel. Kind of a hassle. Maybe ace can just go ahead and make the url xcancel. I would pay extra for that.

Posted by: fd at August 21, 2026 07:32 PM (MWfyi)

33 I'm honestly astonished that the vase-kitten was still alive, if it had been stuck for three hours.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 21, 2026 07:32 PM (vJrRc)

34 "This would be no different than blowing up, and tearing down, all of the swastikas in post world WWII Germany"

This is a direct quote of what a leftist believes needs to happen to the White House ballroom under construction. I knew they were fucking insane, but it's still weird to see all the permutations and combinations. They want it gone, just as soon as a Democrat gets in the White House.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 21, 2026 07:34 PM (zwp1R)

35 It really wants me to install the X app

Posted by: Skip at August 21, 2026 07:34 PM (Ia/+0)

36 'Not easy to do on a phone though.'

I feel like an old fuddy-duddy still using a desktop these days, when everybody else is using smartphones. Out of touch.

Posted by: gp at August 21, 2026 07:34 PM (Jr5Lq)

37 Sailing to the bottom of the world, didn't Shackleton try that?

Posted by: Skip at August 21, 2026 07:35 PM (Ia/+0)

38 How does a dog even hire a drone company?

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 21, 2026 07:35 PM (YAYRU)

39 Alfalfa sprouts are being recalled. Tainted with E Coli.
Our food is not being inspected very well. "

How do you think it was found?

Here's an idea - don't import from 3rd world...

Posted by: man at August 21, 2026 07:35 PM (XuXeR)

40 23 Piper, I read your comment the other day about your second child’s crib monitor. I found it frightening. Kudos to you for resisting those bad thoughts in your head.

You are truly a great lady. I hope to meet you in person someday.

Posted by: Bulg at August 21, 2026 07:36 PM (77rzZ)

41 "Alfalfa sprouts "

That's food? For people??

Posted by: fd at August 21, 2026 07:36 PM (MWfyi)

42 "Any clues why 'X' videos will not play for me anymore?
Posted by: Mike Hammer"

I have to use xcancel. Kind of a hassle. Maybe ace can just go ahead and make the url xcancel. I would pay extra for that.
Posted by: fd
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Clicking on the embedded videos works, clicking the listed links doesn't.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2026 07:37 PM (XeU6L)

43 and never want to let you out of their sight ever again"

So, Shih Tzu?

Posted by: man at August 21, 2026 07:37 PM (XuXeR)

44 How does a dog even hire a drone company?
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He probably placed the order online.

Posted by: Crusader at August 21, 2026 07:37 PM (TN0g+)

45 So Bert sleeps in the shed?

They should have kept that part private and just focused on the Goose.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 21, 2026 07:37 PM (YAYRU)

46 Crusader with touch screen its easy

Posted by: Skip at August 21, 2026 07:39 PM (Ia/+0)

47 There has to be an app that eliminates that damn "BAAAAN" they play between short clips on these stupid video. I want to see the video, but why the obnoxious noise?

And don't get me started on that damn ticktok music they blast at the end of all their clips. They need to be banned just for that. Fucking chinese.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 21, 2026 07:39 PM (YAYRU)

48 "How does a dog even hire a drone company?"

They use agentic AI for that. Soon they'll use it to chase cars and cats.

Posted by: gp at August 21, 2026 07:39 PM (Jr5Lq)

49 "Alfalfa sprouts "

That's food? For people??
Posted by: fd at August 21, 2026 07:36 PM (MWfyi)
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That's what Big Sprout (aka the Jolly Green Giant) wants you to think.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 21, 2026 07:40 PM (FZ29D)

50 I think watch geese have been kept for a long time. Pliny mentioned them.

Posted by: fd at August 21, 2026 07:40 PM (MWfyi)

51
Just a dreadful day working at the show. Only at the very end did something go normally. On the other hand, two people separately told me I had the most beautiful voice they'd heard.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 21, 2026 07:41 PM (O0L8i)

52 How does a dog even hire a drone company?
Posted by: bob
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Uber Alles. There's probably an app.

/S

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 21, 2026 07:41 PM (XeU6L)

53 Those dang Methodists are at it again, this time in Sweden:

One person has reportedly died, and several others are injured after a man armed with a sword attacked a high school in the small city of Fagersta in central Sweden.

Some outlets like The Telegraph are describing the blade as a ‘machete’, but a picture doing the rounds in social media clearly shows a sword, and most outlets describe it as such.

There’s also been some confusion regarding victims: some say 2 injured, three injured – but the latest reports say one dead, two heavily injured.

Posted by: Crusader at August 21, 2026 07:42 PM (TN0g+)

54 This just in: Jennifer Welch's face looks like that of a goose.

Posted by: Crusader at August 21, 2026 07:43 PM (TN0g+)

55 a man armed with a sword attacked a high school in the small city of Fagersta in central Sweden.

I assume we can rule out the Japanese-Swedish community.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 21, 2026 07:45 PM (88C+u)

56 The flying fish are pretty cool.

Posted by: Tuna at August 21, 2026 07:46 PM (lJ0H4)

57 Yes, Geese are excellent "watch dogs". They don't sleep too much, can practically see in the dark and are paranoid as hell. And they will bleep your ass up if they decide they don't like you. They were used in Europe for nuclear weapon storage depots and missile sites for a while.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 21, 2026 07:47 PM (zwp1R)

58 >>On the other hand, two people separately told me I had the most beautiful voice they'd heard.

Hadrian, in this day and age, that is an exceptional compliment. Congratulations!

Posted by: Nazdar at August 21, 2026 07:48 PM (NcvvS)

59 I saw a new car color today. I call it "Green Orange".

What color was it?

Posted by: Oddbob at August 21, 2026 07:50 PM (vTZFs)

60 Buffalo Soldiers and Banana Splits
are the same song.

Na na na
na na na na an
na na na na na na na

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 21, 2026 07:51 PM (/+uur)

61 "And they will bleep your ass up if they decide they don't like you."

They run up and beat you with their wings. They love to attack from behind. They don't have 'teeth,' but their bites cause blood blisters. A lot of pinch power there, considering the tip of the beak has the least mechanical leverage from their jaw.

Posted by: gp at August 21, 2026 07:51 PM (Jr5Lq)

62 59 I saw a new car color today. I call it "Green Orange".

What color was it?
Posted by: Oddbob at August 21, 2026 07:50 PM (vTZFs)

My wife had a Mystic Cobra Mustang
on a sunny cloudy day it was about 4 colors

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 21, 2026 07:52 PM (/+uur)

63 Thank you, Bulg.

Posted by: Piper at August 21, 2026 07:52 PM (ZdaMQ)

64 >>and never want to let you out of their sight ever again"

Chorkie. When wife is out and about, pup is in a state.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 21, 2026 07:53 PM (NcvvS)

65 Another awesome 100% week, Ace. Thank you!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 21, 2026 07:54 PM (0sNs1)

66 They use agentic AI for that. Soon they'll use it to chase cars and cats.
Posted by: gp at August 21, 2026 07:39 PM (Jr5Lq)

If they can learn to drive them
squirrels are fucked

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 21, 2026 07:54 PM (/+uur)

67 Ladies and gentlemen, miscreants and reprobates, good night.

Sleep well, nightwalkers.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 21, 2026 07:55 PM (NcvvS)

68 Heh. Hero Goose.

Who set the fire?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 21, 2026 07:56 PM (RIvkX)

69 OOPS! Forgot: lowlifes and volleyball players, too.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 21, 2026 07:57 PM (NcvvS)

70 U.S. Ambassador to Belgium Bill White

@USAmbToBelgium
The United States Mission to Belgium condemns, in the strongest terms, Ghent University’s retaliation against an American scholar following his accurate whistleblower reporting on academic fraud.

Why are there no records on Obama teaching?

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 21, 2026 07:57 PM (/+uur)

71 Some outlets like The Telegraph are describing the blade as a ‘machete’
Posted by: Crusader at August 21, 2026 07:42 PM

If it were me, and it was a machete, you'd know it.

Posted by: Danny Trejo at August 21, 2026 07:57 PM (0sNs1)

72 Just a dreadful day working at the show. Only at the very end did something go normally. On the other hand, two people separately told me I had the most beautiful voice they'd heard.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 21, 2026 07:41 PM (O0L8i)
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But how was the lunch?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 21, 2026 07:58 PM (RIvkX)

73 We should just take Kalaallit* Nunaat and dare the EU to do anything about it.

*I had to look this up, double L

Posted by: 88C+u at August 21, 2026 07:59 PM (88C+u)

74 For all we know, Obie failed Lunch.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 21, 2026 08:01 PM (zwp1R)

75
But how was the lunch?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 21, 2026 07:58 PM (RIvkX)

_________

Free

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 21, 2026 08:01 PM (O0L8i)

76 No such thing as a free lunch.

Posted by: gp at August 21, 2026 08:02 PM (Jr5Lq)

77 Free
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 21, 2026 08:01 PM (O0L8i)
====

Too bad.

No has ever sed I tawk reel gud.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 21, 2026 08:04 PM (RIvkX)

78
Peggy Webber, the lovely actress who played the lead in The Screaming Skull, and who had an admirable rack, has died at the age of 100.
Posted by: Bulg

She was in several episodes of Dragnet over the years.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 21, 2026 08:04 PM (Cqx++)

79 29 I know she’s just a cat, but she’s my sweet
Little Fink.
Posted by: nurse ratched

"just" and "but" are inappropriate here.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal

Thank you

She’s not eating or drinking and her tail is swollen and sore. I know humans post surgery. And they do the same thing. But I’m still worried and sad.

Such a trivial thing compared to others’ worries. Especially tcn. I’m sorry about your tumble last night and your friend’s death in the planet crash.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 21, 2026 08:05 PM (yEz+x)

80 76 No such thing as a free lunch.
Posted by: gp at August 21, 2026 08:02 PM (Jr5Lq)

I had a free lunch at Topgolf today but I had to drink 3 hoppadillos and a shot of titos

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 21, 2026 08:05 PM (/+uur)

81 Nurse, I put a pinch of salt in the water bowl for the cats, they can be put off of straight tap water, I am told it tastes better for the cats that way.
If you are worried about the eating you can do either: a dab of wet food on her tongue to see if she will eat it at all, or a dab of Churo treat, which some cats adore like it was crack and others ignore

Posted by: Kindltot at August 21, 2026 08:09 PM (rbvCR)

82 There is an uneasy truce between San Franciscans and the geese at Stow Lake. I've never been bitten but walking through a crowd of them can be tense.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 21, 2026 08:09 PM (RIvkX)

83 Hadrian,

I walked up to a fellow commuter on the boat several years ago and complimented him on his voice. He sheepishly said thank you.

A couple years later he walked up to me and said, “you complimented me when I was having a really hard time being a dad. I thought I was doing everyrhing wrong with my little girl. So, I went home and read to her that night. And it was magical.”

You Never know who needs a random, sincere compliment. Try it.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 21, 2026 08:11 PM (xEfm/)

84 drink 3 hoppadillos"

Karbach brewery! Yay

Posted by: man at August 21, 2026 08:13 PM (XuXeR)

85 Is Freebird really Free
What about Free Willy
Or Born Free
Then there is Free Palestine (with purchase of a full price Palestine)
Let Freedom Ring
Free Karmelo with purchase of a full price Karmelo

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 21, 2026 08:14 PM (/+uur)

86 USAmbToBelgium
The United States Mission to Belgium condemns, in the strongest terms, Ghent University’s retaliation against an American scholar
Posted by: r hennigantx

Always "in the strongest terms."

Why do you never read about an ambassador condemning something in "frankly, some rather pantywaisted terms?"

Posted by: mikeski at August 21, 2026 08:14 PM (VHUov)

87 San Franpsycho kind of like the Jets and the Sharks then

Posted by: Skip at August 21, 2026 08:14 PM (Ia/+0)

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