Happy #Caturday! Lincoln (black and white) and Earl (grey) have their own water fountains, of course, but the kitchen tap is so tempting. #Cats #CatsOfBlueSky #猫 #ネコ #ねこ部

Welcome to Wibbly Wombat Wednesday, with Earl Cat checking out the newly-deployed blanket on top of my bed. #Cats #CatsOfBlueSky #猫 #ネコ #ねこ部

Considering sending a legal Subject Access Request to the Jehovah's Witnesses, after one of them said "you talked to us before" as she doorstepped me. I mean, seriously, the cheeky fuckers, keeping personal data on people they think are good marks for indoctrination of their creationist death cult.

Happy #Caturday from me and Lincoln Cat, who is very enthusiastic about the possibilities of the day stretching out before him. #Cats #CatsOfBlueSky #猫 #ネコ #ねこ部

Brief convo with doorknocking Jehovah's Witnesses just now... ugh. "I've read Acts, Deuteronomy and Leviticus, and they tell me that your doctrine against blood transfusion is unbiblical, as well as brutally uncompassionate. It's abominable. And don't get me started on your lies about evolution."

I don't paint figurines. I hate painting figurines. I painted a figurine. "Rauchen verboten" or "Hast du eine Ziggi für mich?": plastic and decals by Tamiya; art (including cigarette) by me. I made the cig from a guitar string (d'Addario 0.09" top E). #HistScaleModels

Little Lincoln Cat... he's odd, and he often wees in places where I don't want him to, but he's very handsome and soft, and I love him to pieces. #Cats #CatsOfBlueSky #猫 #ネコ #ねこ部

When I was reading a lot about Zen, I bought this piece of calligraphy, direct from the artist, and hung it on my bedroom wall. It is a mighty Zen text of ancient wisdom - it says in the Diamond Sutra that whoever recites this dhāraṇī need fear no demon: anata no pajamawa ahiru kusaii. (v alt text)

Lincoln Cat's smacked off his face on opioids, after he saw the vet. He's recovering in his safe place under the kitchen table, sitting staring into space, watching imaginary things. Poor cat. Enjoy your trip, little cat, and I'll see you when you come down. #Cats #CatsOfBlueSky #猫 #ネコ #ねこ部

You can trust me - I'm a scale model builder. I got tired of accidentally knocking my desk-mounted illuminating magnifier out of the way while using it, so I bought a head-mounted one, which doesn't make me look like a massive weirdo in the slightest. Test-drive later today. #HistScaleModels

Illness rant... Second time in a week that I forgot my shopping list for a trip to the supermarket. Seriously, f*ck post-covid brain fog. All morning my anxiety's been nagging me "You need to buy those essentials, you're going to run out!". Then I get to the shop and cannot remember the essentials.

"Achtung! Feuchtigkeitsembfindlich - vor Regen und Wasser zu schützen." Happy with the weathering on these 1:35 mortar rockets for the Sturmtiger. The figurine of the soldier is to the same scale. Those rockets were big. #HistScaleModels

I soldered together two bits of scrap brass without setting fire to myself, the cats, or any of my surroundings. It's not the messiest join ever, either. When I opened a pack of PE fenders for a model, and the instructions said "best soldered", my heart sank. But maybe it'll be OK. #HistScaleModels

#AI hits Quantum Theory, with a new a version of the "Wigner's Friend" thought experiment; does a system's state collapse to a single eigenstate when Wigner asks AI to make a measurement, and AI makes up some untrustworthy bollocks and instals malware to send user data to Palantir? #Physics #Science

Wow! Bella Cat from next door has deigned to let me stroke her. She even wound herself around my legs a bit! Two weeks ago, she totally hated me. The power of Dreamies eh? I'm so pleased to gain a new neighbourhood cat friend. #Cats #CatsOfBluesky

Starting work on the photo-etched metal fenders for the 1:35 Sturmtiger. It's very delicate work, but I have all the right tools for the job. Should be pretty straightforward. #HistScaleModels

I use old newspaper to protect the top of the kitchen table when it becomes a crafting workbench, my place of Creative Magic. Here's the current Creative Magic, evoking the defaced textbooks of my 1980s all-boys secondary school days. Ahhh, the nostalgia...

Next door neighbour and I have agreed that we can give each other's cats treats, so that they get used to different humans and we get to tickle more cats. Her cat Bella now loves me for twenty seconds at a time, then reverts to pure hatred because I smell of enemy cats. Getting there slowly... #Cats

Is it an offensive weapon? Is it jewellery for black metal aficionados? No, it's an assembled Friulmodel cast metal track for a model Sturmtiger. These came together mercifully easily, possibly because I cleaned the pin holes with a 0.75 mm drill bit, not 0.5 mm as instructed. #HistScaleModels

210 cast 1:35 scale track links, drilled and filed, soaking in soapy water. I used not to bother with washing like this, but then I noticed how tiny metal filings get everywhere, and I don't want them on my fingertips or in my eyes. Also good to clean off any gunge from the casting. #HistScaleModels

This hot weather is crazy. I'd already washed my hair once this month, yet I've had to wash it again today. It's just wrong.

Science kicks arse. I've made a basic pinhole projector, to observe the solar eclipse later. Instructions on how to view safely are here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #Astronomy is wonderful, mind-expanding science. Astrology is a harmful lie used by charlatans to exploit vulnerable people.

Schachtellaufwerk on the Tamiya Sturmtiger. Very pleased with my refined method to simulate weathered patina steel on the wheel rims: black base coat; dry brush Tamiya XF-84 Dark Steel; dry brush my personal red/brown/black chipping mix. #HistScaleModels

Lincoln Cat, AKA Potato Wombat, AKA Rinkon Potato Sama. He used to be afraid of everything, but, after seven years in my home, he is at least no longer scared of gentle tummy tickles. #Cats #CatsOfBlueSky #猫 #ネコ #ねこ部

Happy Saturday, from me and the outrageously crisp, fluffy Earl Cat, who has spotted something interesting in his garden. Just look at that fluff. #Cats #CatsOfBlueSky #猫 #ネコ #ねこ部 #Caturday

Coffee, cat, laptop. #Cats #CatsOfBlueSky #猫 #ネコ #ねこ部

The literal meaning of the name "Rita" is "small feminine letter R".

Next on the bench, #HistScaleModels - Tamiya's 1:35 Sturmtiger, a present from my brother last Christmas. I haven't built a Tiger chassis in years, so this will be fun. I've gone a bit mad with the after-market PE, and will be re-learning to solder, to assemble cool, gnarly, bent PE fenders.

Bluesky needs a new "FOAD" button, for dealing with kink posts by furries who don't bother to label them as "adult content" (for some reason it's only furries, not other kinks). One button to do "report post for unlabelled adult content" + "report user for unlabelled adult content" + "block user".

Earl Cat is so unfortunate and neglected and starved and cold and tired, that he's collapsed. Poor little Earl Cat. #Cats #CatsOfBlueSky #猫 #ネコ #ねこ部 #Caturday