The Thinking ‘Kat: A Storm in a Teacup
When you think of tea, I would wager most people are going to think of the drink. Well, there’s now a new form of tea, in the shape of an app, and it’s an...
Category: Politics and Society
Meerkat Prompts: Intolerable Behaviour
You may be wondering where this post will go. Well, let’s place the scene in the restaurant above. What might I deem inappropriate behaviour in this setting? A restaurant has waiting staff, who (depending...
The Thinking ‘Kat: Voting Age
Today, the government announced the voting age will be lowered for the next General Election, with 16 and 17 year-olds being able to cast their ballots. This follows through with a pledge made during...
The Meerkat Muse: 16th of July, 2025
We’re back baby! What’s been happening? A Day of Irritants Considering all the events of the 3rd of July, I wonder if I even have the right to feel annoyed, but between escorting a...
The Thinking ‘Kat: Empathy and Facts are clearly Hindrances…
Full confession, I have no idea who Matt Goodwin is. Whoever he is, he is running around Twitter, upset that people with serious, life-altering disabilities might earn more than someone who is working. What...
The Thinking ‘Kat: When Bears and Meerkats Agree
One of my favourite people to follow on Twitter is The Bear. It is abundantly clear that this bear has claws, and many a hard-right conservative who has attempted to cross him has discovered...
The Thinking ‘Kat: The Role of Government
Of late, I have been having a lengthy exchange with Tom, of Citizen Tom, on matters pertaining to taxes, the morality of taxes, the role of government. Tom has some peculiar beliefs about what...
Meerkat Debates: Meerkat Musings versus Silence of Mind – Public or Private Healthcare, the Challenge
Welcome to the in what I think is best suited to a five-rounds each debate, on the topic of whether or not public healthcare services (think of the NHS in the UK) are better...
The Meerkat Responds: Those Poor Billionaires
Time for something a little bit different. Recently, Tom of Citizen Tom and I had a brief debate about Donald Trump’s self-described Big Beautiful Bill, over at Insanity Bytes. Rather than clog up a...
The Thinking ‘Kat: The 4th of July
Today marks the 249th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, when the embryonic United States of America openly rebelled against the rule and whim of monarchs. Nearly two and a half centuries later, what...
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