BUSINESS / DAMAGE WITH A BUSINESS MODEL
CAT LICENSES SIGNATURE SCRATCHES. SENDS SOFA OWNER AN INVOICE.
The couch is yours. The pattern is apparently not.
READ THE TERMS →THURSDAY’S PAPER / OCTOBER 8, 2026
THE STREET
HEARD THINGS.
Three stories. Three overheards. No one behaved.
CULTURE / PLEASE STOP NETWORKING
CAT CONVENTION ADDS QUIET ROOM. ENTIRE CONVENTION MOVES THERE.
The keynote speaker would also like everyone to leave him alone.
ATTEND QUIETLY →
FILM / AN IMPORTANT NEW VOICE
CAT CRITIC GIVES FILM FIVE STARS. THERE WAS A MOTH ON THE SCREEN.
A rave review. A difficult follow-up interview.
READ THE REVIEW →OVERHEARD BY THE VENT / OCTOBER 8, 2026
THEY SAID
WHAT NOW?
Fictional overheards. Nobody here can be trusted.
“I invited them to stay longer. I don’t know why I do this.”— the hostess, hiding in the pantry
“She’s not a homewrecker. That place was already a shitshow.”— a Persian, awarded alternate weekends
“He warmed the towel for me. I’m keeping him.”— a tabby, formerly opposed to the boyfriend