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Foster kitten Posey, who has been in foster for too long by the way, listens to me explain why it is not necessary that all the shoes in the shoe thing by the door be untied at all times.
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A very cute, very sweet tuxedo foster kitten loafing on some shoes that she has untied again.
July 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Foster kitten Bramble’s reaction when I explained the City Council’s committee situation.
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September 9, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Foster kitten Posey, irrationally fixated on a flaw in the paint on the kitten room wall, listens to me explain that sure, it’s “deferred maintenance” but it’s unfunded and a lower priority in the overall kitten room maintenance program.
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A sweet tuxedo kitten named Posey sits on top of a dome-topped catbed thing against a white wall with a small but distracting scratch of chipped paint.
May 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Celebrating #caturday by explaining state preemption of local building codes to this perfect cat.
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Probably the most beautiful cat in the world, a black and brown and white tabby cat with stunning electric celadon blue-green eyes, sitting on a rug, looking up at you, patiently listening, but hoping you’ll stop soon.
September 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Foster kitten Woody listens to me explain the funding model for animal services in Multnomah County.
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Gray tabby foster kitten with bright eyes and extraordinary whiskers looks upward with some concern
March 7, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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I explained to foster kitten Indigo that no I don’t need to listen in on the court hearing while the baseball game is on.
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A cute but serious looking gray tabby foster kitten sits on the stairs waiting for something to happen
October 6, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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Tommy stares into the middle distance as I explain who Natalie Harp is.
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August 18, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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Saki listens to me explain that there’s nothing the U.S. can’t already do in Greenland under NATO that we would otherwise need to do for national defense.
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January 14, 2026 at 4:12 AM
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Foster kittens Indigo and Wren listen to me explain what ”colorable assessment of the facts and law within a range of honest judgment” might mean in 2025.
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Two gray and white foster kittens sitting attentively on a cat tree thing in war ravaged Portland, Oregon
October 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Foster kitten Posey listens to me explain why I don’t believe that there is actually such a thing as “pie cherries” and that actually it is just a marketing scam to get people to buy plainly inferior cherries.
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A gorgeous tuxedo kitten named Posey with a dark face, a white chest, amazing whiskers and half of white pencil mustache. She’s sitting in the sun, just inside a sliding glass door, with an outside deck with plants and flowers in the background on a glorious Saturday afternoon.
July 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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I explain to Archie that the unsportsmanlike conduct rule 9-2-1 was recently “modernized” by the NCAA and although it has very specific automatic fouls, generally it remains enforced as a “know it when you see it” infraction.
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A very handsome gray tabby cat on a shelf thing listening intently to what I’m saying
September 26, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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Sweet foster kitten Posey, with her 5-month birthday coming up this week, listens to me explain, again, that although she’s lived essentially her entire life here, we’re still looking for a permanent home for her somewhere else.

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A very cute 5-month-old tuxedo foster kitten named Posey sits near a screen door contemplating the word “foster”
August 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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This is foster kitten Johnny Dogs after I explained that I will be unilaterally amending the kitten room bylaws to ban playing in or around the water bowls.
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June 13, 2026 at 12:09 AM
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Reposting my post of the year for 2025.

More #explainingthingstokittens and #explainingthingstocats in 2026.
trryjhrrs.bsky.social Terry J. Harris @trryjhrrs.bsky.social · May 24
Foster kitten Posey, irrationally fixated on a flaw in the paint on the kitten room wall, listens to me explain that sure, it’s “deferred maintenance” but it’s unfunded and a lower priority in the overall kitten room maintenance program.
#explainingthingstokittens #explainingthingstocats
A sweet tuxedo kitten named Posey sits on top of a dome-topped catbed thing against a white wall with a small but distracting scratch of chipped paint.
January 1, 2026 at 4:44 AM
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Fiona, who we are convinced would speak a foreign language if she could speak at all, listens to me explain that we are rooting for the Dodgers mainly because one of us is a half-Yamamoto (not related).
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A gorgeous black and gray tabby cat sits on a tray table thing in poor indoor lighting looking at you with mild curiosity.
October 26, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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These two kittens in particular don’t really understand the gas tax. #explainingthingstokittens #explainingthingstocats
A couple of tabby foster kittens practicing their lap lounging technique
May 11, 2026 at 8:03 PM
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Archie listens to me explain that my hands are insufficiently callused, as opposed to insufficiently calloused.
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March 30, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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Foster kitten Tommy listens to me try to explain this morning why the city’s land use code is different than the rest of the city code.
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July 15, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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Saki listens to explain the organizational and budgetary structures of the city’s urban tree canopy programs.
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June 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Foster kitten Parker listens to me explain that wish casting around office to residential conversion may be detrimental to the extent it distracts from cheaper and better solutions to both the office problems and housing problems.
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A cute brown and white tabby kitten named Parker sits in his kitten room clutter listening to me with equal parts boredom and resignation.
May 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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I am familiar with this attitude.
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Cute tuxedo foster kitten named Posey stares at me in dismay.
July 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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The reaction from foster kitten Parker as I explain the public testimony beat down on the Multnomah Arts Center Community Music Center budget cuts.
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May 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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In a brief session in the kitten carrier,* I explain to the foster kittens that they have been penciled in for a surgical procedure next week, after which they will be officially available for adoption.
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Four foster kitten siblings, in slightly various shades of black, brown and white tabby, in a cat carrier looking vaguely concerned.
June 1, 2026 at 7:33 PM
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Foster kitten Indigo listens to me explain that if you are going to amend your city code to incorporate state regulations by reference, you really should take the time to double check those references.
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#adoptthiskitten
A perfect gray and white tabby foster kitten named Indigo sits on the corner of a small nightstand-like table in the kitten room, looking up at you in both confusion and concern.
September 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Archie pretends to sleep through my explanation of the 3-3-3 Supreme Court split on the major question doctrine in the tariffs case.
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A sweet gray tabby cat named Archie, eyes closed, head down, on a fuzzy Seahawks snuggie that he thinks is his own.
February 21, 2026 at 2:50 AM