K Wagner

@kwagner.bsky.social

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Retired scientist, Ongoing interest in all things medical | Lifelong learner, gardener, cat-lover, book-reader | Pro-democracy | Northern California Tenuously balanced between paralyzing hopelessness and active hysteria

a slo-mo video of a stripey cat chasing a red light laser cat toy. he seems like he is totally out of sync with the light, shaking his head in frustration!
A stripey cat sitting next to a black cat. Their right, front paws are stretched out in front of them. The stripey cat's legs are stripey down to his paws, which are white. The stripey cat's leg crosses over the black cat's leg, lending the air of authority. The stripey cat's eyes are open, the black cat's closed.
Cercocarpus betuloides, is a shrub or small tree in the rose family. Its common names include mountain mahogany and birch leaf mountain mahogany. The common name "mahogany" comes from the hardness and color of the wood, although the genus is not a true mahogany. The white flowers are small, clustered, and mildly scented, similar to acacia. The image here is of the fruit - a tubular achene with the long, plumelike flower style still attached. The genus name comes from the Greek kerkos ("tail"), referring to the tail-like appearance of the fruit; and carpus ("fruit"), thus, "fruit with tail". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cercocarpus_betuloides
Four kitties in two beds. There are two adult cats and two kittens. The two tabby striped cats (one adult, one kitten) are in one bed, the two black cats (one adult, one kitten) are in the other.
Two black cats in a bed. One is lying in the bed normally, yawning, with his mouth wide open, sharp teeth and pink tongue prominently on display. The other, smaller black cat is lying perpendicular to the first cat, with his head resting on black cat #1's stomach and fully half of his body out of the bed, falling over the side of the wooden table that the bed is on. His front paw is reaching up and into cat #1's mouth, touching a bottom fang. His back paws are lifted up, toes curled. His tail hangs off the edge of the table.
A small back kitten lies stretched out on his side, his back feet flung backwards, his tail lying at a right angle to his body, then midway, turns another right angle to form a capital 'L' shape, his front feet stretch as far forward as possible, and his skinny little beanpole body arches in between.
A cat sits next to a carved money who is covering his ears. A painting (Circe Invidiosa (1892), by John William Waterhouse) behind the kitty makes it appear that Circe is pouring her poison directly onto Oppy's head. According to legend, Circe the envious woman (the Invidiosa), loves Glaucus, a sea god, who in turn loves the beautiful Scylla. When Glaucus spurns Circe, she pours poison into the bathing pool where Scylla swims, which transforms Scylla's legs into six barking dogs.
Close up of a tabby cat face
Two cat feet, white with black toe pads.
Three cats in a bed. Two tabbies and one black. The black cat is in the middle, on top of the other two cats.
Three cats - a black, a tabby, and another black - are lined up in one bed, filling it to overflowing. Another cat bed sits empty next to them.
A fluffy black cat with a gorgeous tail relaxes on a bed with several pillows. The bedspread has palm tree pattern, as does one of the pillows the cat is up against. Another pillow has a image of two cat faces, one black and one gray. Embroidered above are the words, "Forever Friends." The black cat's front paws are stretched out on one more pillow: a red silk lumbar pillow.
A fluffy black cat sitting on a couch with pillows. Two pillows have palm trees and one pillow has three cats stitched on it.
Image of a sunset. The logo of A Better Exit, a group committed to broadening California’s End of Life Option Act to include individuals suffering from progressive, incurable diseases that are not currently covered under the law, thereby giving them the right to choose a legal and peaceful death with Medical Aid in Dying (MAID). https://abetterexit.org/
Video shows a plane flying in a blue sky with whispy clouds leaving a wide contrail.
A tabby cat lies on his back on top of a rock wall, head thrown back in full repose. His creamy tummy has black spots. Dry grass in the background.
a tabby cat lies on his back in the lap of a person, front paws are held bent at the wrist at his chest, while his back legs splay open to reveal of creamy tummy.
a tabby cat lies on a wood floor stretching his front legs towards the photographer.
A tiny black kitten walks along a tan colored concrete step. Wind blows a field of golden grass in the far background with some green grass and white daisies with yellow centers blow around in the near background. The camera zooms in on the kitten as it jumps up a step and passes a human knee.
a tabby cat with his fur all standing on end and looking hyper-alert. the setting is a dirt clearing with green trees and shrubs and dry, yellow grass.
A black cat face with wild yellow eyes
A tabby cat mid-yawn with mouth wide open, tongue on full display and curled up a the tip
a black cat rapid repeating yawn gif
A bird's nest built against a wall with five pale blue eggs in it.
Moonset behind a dark mountain covered in trees silhouetted as black shadows against the white clouds that are lit up by the full moon. The moon is circled by three to four colors of lit up clouds: blue closest to the moon, then yellow, then red, and finally, orange.
A short 10 second video of the Full Flower Moon of May 12, 2025, set to the soundtrack of first one, then several Pacific Tree Frogs, also known as the Pacific chorus frog.
A black cat lying on his back on a cat structure with a second black cat above him whose tail is hanging over the side. The lower cat attacks the upper cat's tail, causing him to get up and turn around so that his tail is hanging over the other side. Repeat forever.
A tabby cat lying on his back while being cradled by arms on either side and being scritched by both hands on his head. At the same time a third hand rubs his belly.
A black cat emerges from under a big piece of brown paper, looks around, then goes back under the paper and runs around again
A black cat makes a short run across a short, colorful rug
two black cats lying on a bed with a pink bedspread. they are lying butt to butt, both looking at the camera with slanty eyes. they look nearly identical.
two black cats sitting on a rug with a couch immediately behind them. both cats are staring, wide-eyed to their right. they look nearly identical.
a tabby cat in focus in the foreground, with an out-of-focus black cat in the background.
Two wine bottles whose labels feature two cats in spacesuits looking up at a large red planet.
A black cat lies on his back with his head resting on a leg.
A black cat lies on a round, white pillow with all four paws drawn together with the claws extended.
a desktop with three cats in three cat beds.
The New York Times/Siena College Poll, April 21 to 24 Percent of voters who said the following words described Donald Trump’s second term in office well: Chaotic, 66% Scary, 59% Exciting, 42% Note: Chart shows the percentage of voters who responded to the question “How well do each of the following words describe Donald Trump’s second term in office so far?” with “well” or “very well.”Based on a New York Times/Siena College poll of 913 voters nationwide conducted from April 21 to 24. By Alex Lemonides.