Meerkat Prompts: The Evolution of the Con
A while back, I wrote a post about scammers. In the wake of a spate of recent emails, and a somewhat intriguing phone call, I find myself revisiting this subject, because those who would...
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The Thinking ‘Kat: When Right is Wrong and Wrong is Right
With apologies for the lengthy title, and with thanks to the evergreen Bruce Gerencser for providing the inspiration, in this post I’m delving into a murky realm, a place where facts meet with dogma,...
Meerkat Prompts: Sympathy & Empathy
Sympathy and empathy are two qualities that I sometimes fear are becoming increasingly absent from the human condition. To have sympathy is to have ‘feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else’s misfortune’. To...
Meerkat Prompts: What would you Change?
What is one thing you would change about yourself? Where do I begin? There are many elements of myself I would change if given the option, both of a physical nature, and a psyhcological...
The Meerkat Muse: 3rd of December, 2025
We’re into December, which means now Christmas can officially start! Woohoo! Well, I don’t know if I am that excited just yet, but we’ll see how we go as the month wears on. The...
Meerkat Prompts: Fragile Masculinity
I popped this into an upcoming Meerkat Muse, as it reflects a direct and rather entertaining moment that happened when bringing my daughter home the other day, but the subject is too good to...
The Thinking ‘Kat: X’s Algorithm
It’s hardly a secret that Elon Musk, owner of the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, is pro right-wing. What is not necessarily as widely known is that he, or someone on his...
Meerkat Prompts: Attention Hounds
I did contemplate titling this post with a different term, but since I broadly seek to keep Meerkat Musings 12A/PG-13 (with a few notable exceptions!), I can’t really do that! I am once again...
Retail Musings: The Conference Call Concern
Part of my retail experience has been the tedium and misery of conference calls. In this meerkat’s view, conference calls are a waste of everyone’s time. The information that we’re expected to run through...
The Meerkat of Science: Betelgeuse
Depending on where you are in the world, there is a famous constellation in the night sky, known as Orion. This beautiful celestial arrangement of stars has been an important navigational aid to ancient...
The Meerkat Muse: 19th of November, 2025
Ahoy there my friends, it’s the return of the Meerkat Muse! A Medley of Missed Calls It seems that I have been on the receiving end of a lot more junk calls of late....
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