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Until recently we've always given our cats only dry food. But when #Merlin got diabetes our vet told us to switch him to paté because his food needs to digest more quickly to keep his blood sugar even or something like that.
But last week I started also giving him a little dry food once a day when I put dry food in #PrinceOllie's RFID feeder, so Merlin wouldn't feel left out. Apparently Merlin prefers the dry food, because he's now on a hunger strike refusing to eat the wet food.
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Pagan Community Notes for April 3, 2025:

“Mass mobilization” protests are scheduled for Saturday, the “Book of Merlin” in Cambridge, Senator Cory Booker presented w/a certificate from the Temple of Hestia, Veneralia begins, plus more events & happenings as well as “Gigil” officially joins the English language.

wildhunt.org/2025/04/pagan-com

The Wild Hunt · Pagan Community Notes: Week of April 3, 2025By The Wild Hunt

I love these types of discoveries. With the advent of archaeology and new modern imaging techniques, we seem to be recovering more and more of what was once lost.

As an aside, Merlin is one of my favorite fictional figures, and C.S. Lewis' depiction of him in That Hideous Strength one of my favorite renditions of Merlin. Lewis imagines him as an immense, serious man who is Christian but only barely—he seems very pagan still—and who can channel angelic powers. You can tell Lewis had a lot of fun imagining Merlin waking up to wreak havoc on the supernatural forces of evil in the 20th century.

cam.ac.uk/stories/merlin-manus

University of CambridgeModern magic unlocks Merlin's medieval secretsFragments of a rare Merlin manuscript from the 1200s discovered and digitised in a ground-breaking three-year project at Cambridge University Library.

Lost manuscript of Merlin and King Arthur legend read for the first time after centuries hidden inside another book

An intriguing sequel to the tale of Merlin has sat unseen within the bindings of an Elizabethan deeds register for nearly 400 years.

Researchers have finally been able to reveal it with cutting-edge techniques.

mediafaro.org/article/20250325

BBC · Lost manuscript of Merlin and King Arthur legend read for the first time after centuries hidden inside another bookBy Donna Ferguson

Eigentlich wollte ich hier sitzen, die Welt mit meinem Handy retten und kluge Beiträge schreiben. Stattdessen werde ich hypnotisiert von diesem kleinen Wesen, das mich so erwartungsvoll anschaut, als ob es seit Tagen nicht gestreichelt wurde. Verantwortungsvoll wie ich bin, lege ich mein Handy jetzt natürlich weg und rette zuerst diesen Hund – oder vielleicht rettet er ja gerade mich?
#dogsofmastodon #thedude #merlin #Fotomontag #fotoMonday