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There are new curtains in the bedroom and Pippin (BC, Canada) absolutely loves them. He loves them so much he wants to murder them.
Tess (Renfrewshire, Scotland) likes to be brushed, but only if she is free to groom her human at the same time. It must be a two way exchange.
Cat News believes in supporting cats who are making important cultural contributions, so we are happy to report that Taters (California, USA) has been nominated for a Webby Award for his contributions at NASA. Cats are important internet ambassadors and it is nice to see them recognised. You can vote for him here: https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/video-film/general-video-film/events-live-streams You can see our report on his work here: https://www.cat-news.news/mainfeed/taters-from-space
Doug (Somerset, UK) does not intend to use the computer, but he also does not wish for his human to use it. He has made it very clear he will not be returning the mouse.
Honey (BC, Canada) is not sure if she is a little bear, or a little cat. She’s curious and would like to find out.
Noodles (Washington State, USA) has seemingly gotten a taste for Ritz crackers, and while his human was out he broke into the pantry and extracted a mini sleeve from the box. He then gnawed on it for some time, perforating and crushing a half dozen crackers.
Marley (Oxfordshire, UK) advises you to take a break from the human news, and instead consider whether a cat… like Marley maybe… could instead have an early dinner right now.
Among Tigger-Tiger’s (Massachusetts, USA) many duties as benevolent boss to his human staff is to act as their personal trainer via demonstration and example such as rolling around and doing flips all whilst purring loudly.
In a bold midnight operation, Miranda (Lombardy, Italy) obliterated a ceramic vase containing a lovely bunch of flowers, displaying zero visible remorse at her humans’ nocturnal shock and awe. Further updates as the situation develops.
Bonnie (North Yorkshire, UK) would very much like to know what her human is drinking, and whether it tastes good. It is just water though. She knows what water tastes like.
There are many blankets on the sofa, but Lydia (Greater London, UK) has decided to claim all of them. She is happily sitting dead centre in the middle.
The humans went and fished a cat toy from under the sofa. Who knows how long it was under there. Sammy (BC, Canada) is overjoyed to have his ball back though.
Joy (Dublin, Ireland) had a meltdown. The vet said "slightly chonky." Joy heard "utterly, irrevocably, CHONKY." Post-vet, her human offered a big book as a peace offering, knowing it would please her. She sat on it, but with her back turned and ears in full aeroplane mode. Apparently, the road to feline recovery from such an insulting episode is a long one.
Cat News recently spoke to NASA about the work of Taters (California, USA) on the Deep Space Optical Communications experiment. Taters took on the role of Laser Motion Analytics and Close To Capture Specialist, for the mission, which saw an ultra-high definition video of him chasing a laser-dot streamed, via lasers, 31 million kilometres (19 million miles) from the Psyche spacecraft to Hale Telescope at Caltech’s Palomar Observatory in California. The demonstration proves the ability of the cutting-edge ‘flight laser transceiver’ to transmit broadband video over huge distances. Tater’s human described how Taters became involved: “Knowing we wanted to have an HD video of a cat chasing a laser, the team actually thought of using beautifully filmed cinematic stock video. I filmed several test videos of my cat Taters chasing a laser with my phone to use as temporary video to build the idea and finalize graphics/technical overlays concepts. Despite finding a few videos that worked - they were almost TOO good - and we kept coming back to the charm and DIY of Taters. We all agreed however the video needed to be better quality with more energy from Taters. I did a massive set up in my apartment of lights and cameras pointed at a backdrop and a freshly charged laser pointer. But Taters wanted nothing to do with it all. He laid down and stared at the moving laser for 45 minutes doing nothing. I was very upset at the wasted time and told him to leave the room. I took everything down and packed it up, getting ready to let [the team] know I couldn’t get the footage needed and to consider the stock again. As I walked into my living room, Taters was lounging dead center on the couch. I simply sat down on my coffee table, pointed the laser at the couch and filmed again with just my phone. He went crazy and that is the footage we used in the final video. A video done on his terms, not mine.” Tater remains available as a specialist for future DSOC experiments, but ‘meanwhile he’ll keep focused on his goals of chasing more lasers, eating more flies and finding better ways to wake up his dad at 4am.’
Oscar's (Berkshire, UK) weather forecast (sticking his head out the door while human waits patiently) determined that outside the kitchen door was too wet. To his utter shock and confusion, the weather forecast for outside the conservatory doors was also too wet! So Oscar took action: he yelled at his human.
Babette (Washington State, USA) loves to eat her dog brother’s food, and thinks it smells really good. Unfortunately it is a bit big to chew. However her Grand-human likes to visit with two little dogs and their kibble is much easier to eat.
Mister Pickles (New York State, USA) has observed that the dog gets to go to the park all the time. This seems extremely unfair as he only gets to leave to go to the vet!
Lulla and Tulla (Jersey, Channel Islands) both love bubble baths. Whenever their human has one, they just want to join in.