Mark Arnest

@marnest.bsky.social

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Composer, Pianist, Servant to Several Cats. He/him. 💙 🇺🇸🇺🇦 Born 312.4 ppm CO2

Matchka, and orange cat, lounges upside-down in a window on the 4th of July, 2026
Buster, a black and white cat, stares at the person taking the picture
Matchka, an orange kitty, looks reproachfully down the stairway as she impatiently waits for me to come up and cuddle her.
A cat cave in which Matchka, an orange cat, can barely be seen.
A book, “The New Knowledge of Dog Behavior,” with corners chewed by a dog.
Matchka, an orange cat, sits on her person’s chest
A friend's invoice to the paper version of the Denver Post, with an annual subscription cost of $3,618.95.
Matchka, an orange kitty and suspected Russian agent, spies on her person
Hamlet's soliloquy, as rewritten by gmail's "Tab to Improve" feature: I have been reflecting on the significant challenges we are currently facing and the difficult decisions ahead. It often feels as though we are forced to choose between enduring persistent hardships or taking direct, forceful action to resolve them, despite the inherent risks. The primary concern is the uncertainty that follows such a major transition. This hesitation often causes us to endure known difficulties rather than pursue an unknown path. Ultimately, over-analysis can lead to inaction, causing even the most important initiatives to lose their momentum. I would appreciate your thoughts on how we should best proceed.
Matchka, an orange cat, snoozes in the box bay window, alluringly displaying her never-to-be-touched belly.
Pangur, a white kitten, perches on a stone fireplace hearth.
Matchka, an orange cat, sprawls out contentedly on a gravel path.
Matchka, an orange cat, dozes in a box bay window with her untouchable belly exposed invitingly.
A Quora post in which the author wrongly claims that there was no global warming in the first decade of the 21st Century. When it's pointed out – with a link to the GISS data – that this is not true, the author deletes the offending comment and turns comments off.
Matchka, an orange cat, looks out the window while clamping her tail onto the cat perch.
A New Yorker cartoon: A woman is having a conversation with a dodgy-looking man; Cupid fires an arrow at her; her mother dives to prevent the arrow from reaching its target; the woman says, "Mom!"
Matchka, an orange cat, looks upset in a sunbeam beneath her piano bench.
Pangur, a white cat, lies flatly in front of a wood stove.
1948 painting by Bernard Arnest, "26th and Nicollet"
Matchka, an orange car, sits regally in her chair. Sadly, she does not have a treat.
Matchka, an orange cat, lounges in a sunbeam.
Matchka, an orange cat, lolls outdoors on an unseasonably warm Christmas day.
An excerpt from volume 2 of Stephen Kotkin's biography of Stalin describing his character.
Matchka, an orange cat, lies stoned on the dining room floor, surrounded by evidence of the catnip bag that she has torn open.
Lucy, a petite black cat, sits contentedly in a sunbeam on a chair.
Matchka, an orange cat, sits in a chair in light that gives the impression of coming through barred windows.
Pangur, a white cat, ambles away from a large buck, who stares at him in Pangur's back yard.
Lucy, a black cat, looks regal in a sunbeam on her chair.
Matchka, an orange kitten, luxuriates in her person's lap on the day she was brought home in 2010.
Matchka, an orange cat, in her kitten days, looking cute.
Richard Nixon saying, "When Gonzo does it, that means it is not a crimb"
Matchka and Batko, a pair of orange cats, share a porch.
Lucy, a black cat, looks up from her person’s lap with an expression that says “I have won!”
Screenshot from constitution.congress.gov showing the end of Article 1, Section 8 and the start of Article 1, Section 9
A page from constitution.congress.gov, showing the end of Article 1, Section 8 and the start of Article 1, Section 9
Matchka, an orange cat, sits on her person's chest, preventing him from doing work. In the background is a baseball autographed by Ernie Banks.
Matchka, an orange cat, looks at the camera defiantly while rabbiting a roll of toilet paper.
Lucy, a black cat, has a look of triumph as she lies on her human's lap.
Pile of cat vomit marked by a yellow sign reading "Cat Vomit – Caution"
A small wooden stairway to help the cat reach the cat door in the window.
In an excerpt from Hegel, he argues that we cannot arrive at truth by critiquing ideas, because such a critique necessarily lies outside of that which it's critiquing. The implication is that truth cannot be conceived, only experienced.
The shoe that I dreamt about last night
Oliver, a white, grey and black cat, looking regal as he stretches toward us in the back yard.
Hopsy (Henry Fonda) and Jeanne (Barbara Stanwyck) look into one another's eyes for the first time in a scene from Preston Sturges' "The Lady Eve."
Lucy, a black cat, enjoying a sunny spot in a chair.
Lucy, a black cat, is held by her human while looking at the camera with her "I have won!" expression.
Lucy, a black cat, gazes at the camera as she sits on a sweater on top of a box.
A whole bunch of tiny elm seedlings poking through the mulch in our front yard after a recent rainy period.
Matchka, an orange cat, sleeping face down.
Matchka, an orange cat, looks defiantly at the photographer as she shreds a roll of toilet paper.
Matchka, an orange cat, boldly stares down the photographer who has caught her tearing up a roll of toilet paper. She has done nothing wrong!
Matchka, an orange cat, lies on the bed and looks at the photographer with an expression that says, "what have you brought ME?"
Screenshot showing how, in DuckDuckGo, the search terms "star treak next generation dr. crusher bangs a ghost" return a link to the episoe "Sub Rosa."
Specialist Four Bernard Breitenbach in Vietnam, 1967-68
Matchka, an orange cat, allows her person to rub his beard against her head while sitting on his chest.
The only Arncoin, a cryptocurrency hand-printed on toilet paper