Cat Lady in TX

4th generation native Texan, cat enthusiast & foster, 40-year Y&R #YR fan, semi-minimalist, traveler, wino and bourbonite! #TurnTexasBlue

[Cat Lady in TX @kelsmithtx]

@expressrealism Phatt !!

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

Step 1: Remove filters in Reflecting Pool because Obama put them in.
Step 2: Give your criminal neighbor who runs "Greenwater Services" a $20 million no-bid contract to paint the pool.
Step 3: Fill the pool with water from the Potomac River, the phosphates from which cause algae blooms.
Step 4: Freshly sealed pool and extreme heat result in a super scum event
Step 5: Direct National Park Service to dump hydrogen peroxide into the pool which causes the paint to peel.
Step 5: Deploy US National Guard to stop people from taking photos of the swamp as a perfect metaphor for the administration.
Step 6: Blame someone else.

[Cat Lady in TX @kelsmithtx]

@expressrealism Completely agree. I don’t see how Sharon could ever go back to Nick after he keeps cheating with Phyllis. She’d have to have zero self respect. Sharon was much more independent and interesting with Adam.

[Cat Lady in TX @kelsmithtx]

@Doakland85 @TizzyEnt @NotThatGuy1987 @HEB Almost as bad as being banned from Bucees.

[Cat Lady in TX @kelsmithtx]

@10_4GoodBuddy @LePapillonBlu2 Trump pardoned a cartel kingpin!

[Cat Lady in TX @kelsmithtx]

@NinjaGram0 @soapcentral That is the better question. Hate seeing Phyllis grovel to those disloyal brats.

[Saffron Sniper @Saffron_Sniper1]

How quickly a tsunami can go from bad to worse 🤯

[Cat Lady in TX @kelsmithtx]

@SoapOpera411 There are several Y&R characters, alive and "dead," for which I'd like to see a redemption story: Audra Charles, Ashton Locke, Theo Vanderway, and Graham Bloodworth, to name a few.

[Cat Lady in TX @kelsmithtx]

That sums it up.

[Murray Rothbard @MurraySuggests]

The Iranian navy, which has been destroyed eight times, has apparently closed the Strait of Hormuz again, because the United States, for the seventh time, won the war that wasn’t a war, so now the United States has to open the Strait of Hormuz that was already open before the not-war began.

The not-war began because Iran had uranium that was totally, completely, beautifully obliterated, so they can’t build the nuclear bomb they weren’t building, which is why the United States had to start the not-war it definitely didn’t start.

Now the United States, which has nuclear weapons, is threatening to use nuclear weapons to stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons, because nuclear weapons are far too dangerous for countries with nuclear weapons to allow other countries to have.

If the United States saw the United States doing what the United States does in other countries, the United States would invade the United States to liberate the United States from the tyranny of the United States.

[Cat Lady in TX @kelsmithtx]

I love this!

[Beauty of music and nature 🌺🌺 @Axaxia88]

I’ve never seen a quiet rescue like this. Dogs usually bark out of stress. This is one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen in my life. Wishing you all peace ❤️✨

[D0UGLAS @ernie2699]

@TheRickWilson Well they can talk about it to each other on their trump phone, or check the time with their rump watch, and walk to the mailbox in gold trump sneakers and see if their tariff check has arrived. So "Take heart" as Rick says.

[Mike in Houston (Tariffs are taxes on consumers) @Mike_in_Houston]

Fun facts: Neither Ken Paxton or Ted Cruz were born in Texas. James Talarico is an 8th generation Texan.

[Cat Lady in TX @kelsmithtx]

@TrueFactsStated I live in a very red part of Texas. All my MAGA family and neighbors love Vance. I don’t think much will change if Vance takes over.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

In Italy, stray cats are being given a touch of dignity and comfort through a charming urban initiative. Several towns and cities have installed cozy sidewalk “cubbies” beneath public benches, complete with soft, dry cushions and food and water bowls.

These thoughtfully designed shelters provide stray cats with safe resting spots and reliable meals while blending naturally into the streetscape. The project reflects Italy’s longstanding cultural affection for cats and its commitment to humane, compassionate coexistence with its many feline residents.

[Cat Lady in TX @kelsmithtx]

@RadarLanark Surely they have the self-cleaning cat brushes across the pond? They are a lifesaver.

[Cat Lady in TX @kelsmithtx]

@RadarLanark @bbc5live He looks at you with so much love and gratitude.

[Cat Lady in TX @kelsmithtx]

@RadarLanark He really is gorgeous.

[Johnny AGI @JohnnyAGI]

They loved Marjorie Taylor Greene, now they hate her.

They loved Thomas Massie, now they hate him.

They loved Lauren Boebert, now they hate her.

They made fun of Biden for nodding off ("Sleepy Joe), now they ignore Trump outright falling asleep.

They put "I Did That" Biden stickers on high gas prices, now they ignore gas prices being even higher.

They bragged about Trump being the no wars President, now they support war.

They bashed Biden for sending money to Ukraine, now they ignore Trump sending money to both Ukraine and Israel.

They demanded the Epstein files, now they bash anyone asking for the Epstein files.

To be a MAGA is to be a slave.

Not physically, but mentally.

They stand for nothing.

We're up against people who stand for nothing.

And with the most misplaced confidence you've ever seen, they try to tell us whats-what.

We shouldn't even acknowledge these people.

The Trump supporters that remain are mentally too far gone.

I don't even want to argue with them anymore.

[Supersonic Redhead🛫 @Supersonic_Red]

There’s a generation a lot of people forget exists. We were born at the tail end of the Boomers, but we are not culturally the same as people born in the 40s and early 50s. We are Generation Jones.

And honestly, it explains a lot.

We grew up in a world that still felt fundamentally analog, but we were young enough to be dragged headfirst into the digital revolution. We are the bridge generation between rotary phones and smartphones, between slide rules and AI, between Walter Cronkite and algorithm driven media.

We remember when there were only a few television channels and the entire country watched the same thing at the same time. We also adapted to the internet, email, forums, social media, streaming and now artificial intelligence. We lived before and after the technological singularity hit everyday life.

That is not a small thing.

People born in the 40s came of age in a post World War II America that was still industrial, deeply hierarchical and institutionally stable. Their formative years were shaped by the Cold War, Vietnam, the civil rights era and a society where information moved slowly.

Generation Jones came later. We inherited the aftermath of all of that.

We were the kids who watched Watergate destroy blind trust in government. We watched manufacturing begin to collapse. We saw divorce rates explode. We were the first truly latchkey generation in massive numbers. We learned independence early because many of us had to.

We grew up with one foot in old America and one foot in whatever this new thing was becoming.

We played outside until the streetlights came on but we also learned DOS commands. We learned cursive and keyboarding. We had card catalogs and Google searches. We went from vinyl records to cassette tapes to CDs to MP3s to streaming in one lifetime.

We remember maps. We remember memorizing phone numbers. We remember life before GPS and before every human interaction became filtered through a screen.

And because of that, I think Generation Jones developed a very unique perspective. We are adaptable because we had no choice but to adapt. We learned technology as adults instead of being born into it. We remember a slower world but were forced to survive in a rapidly accelerating one.

That creates a very different mindset than either older Boomers or younger Gen X and Millennials.

A lot of us also reject the caricature people now associate with “Boomers.” We were not buying houses for the cost of a sandwich in 1965. The interest rate on my first house was over 14% and that was after buying down a point. Many of us got hit by recessions, outsourcing, pension collapses and economic instability just like younger generations did. We watched promises evaporate in real time.

We understand older generations because we were raised by them. We understand younger generations because we had to evolve alongside them.

That’s why the Jones generation often feels culturally homeless. We are rarely discussed, rarely defined and usually lumped into categories that don’t actually fit us.

But we exist.

We are the human transition point between the industrial age and the digital age.

And frankly, there will probably never be another generation quite like us again.

[Cat Lady in TX @kelsmithtx]

@DanielBShapiro And the Kurds.