Oct 5, 2026, 3:48 PMDispatches from the neighborhood email list:
"We have seen a black dog eating our garbage a couple of times. He growled at us when we approached. Does anyone know whose dog this is?"
That's a bear, Paul. A bear.
- Oct 5, 2026, 3:48 PM
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✧✦Catherine✦✧whitequark@treehouse.systemsOct 5, 2026, 3:53 PM@steve a bear is a type of dog!
- Oct 5, 2026, 4:01 PM
@whitequark A bear is a doggo (caniformia), but it is not a dog (canidae).
- ✧✦Catherine✦✧whitequark@treehouse.systemsOct 5, 2026, 4:01 PM
@steve beautiful trivial names
Joe GroffjoeOct 5, 2026, 4:03 PM@steve @whitequark don't caniformia my taxis
- ✧✦Catherine✦✧whitequark@treehouse.systemsOct 5, 2026, 4:05 PM
J3RNj3rn@fosstodon.orgOct 5, 2026, 9:38 PM@whitequark @joe @steve Caniformication
- Joe GroffjoeOct 5, 2026, 10:09 PM
@j3rn @whitequark @steve lotta that around these parts
Oct 5, 2026, 4:17 PM@steve at least Paul could recognize it’s friend-shaped
James WidmanJamesWidman@mastodon.socialOct 5, 2026, 4:30 PM@steve ok now i really want to see a bear that someone mistook for a dog
Fabian Giesenrygorous@mastodon.gamedev.placeOct 5, 2026, 6:14 PM@steve Doggos Of Unusual Size