Natick Bobcat

We should have been so lucky

I predict this is exactly how the House Cat will be defeated in the first round of #2026MMM. Bonus points for looking like @natickbobcat.bsky.social .
📦🐈 #CatsAreSilly

I can live with it

After sexual violence, it's victims who get punished the most. Victims who lose their jobs and have to leave their industries. Victims who lose their friends and support systems. Victims who lose their health and sanity. Perpetrators might lie low, sometimes, before being handed it all back.

Lara:

#2026MMM

Happy Birthday @ldurgavich.bsky.social!

I’m sure you got it right.

Time to publish!

It’s true. They have excellent mouth feel.

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Nothing says you can’t make two!

Haven’t been able to confirm but the watermark indicates a Veterinarian, I *think* someone is holding a camera while working on freeing this Bobcat from a leg hold trap that its right front paw is stuck in.

Dead sexy Bobcat staring deeply into your eyes as it drinks from a reflective pool.

What’s that? You’re having trouble filling out your #2026MMM Bracket? Too hard to make the decisions? What is an Arabian Oryx and can it beat a Eurasian Lynx? (Answers: Antelope and it better not)

DON’T PANIC

Grab your towel and follow along with Professor Bobcat’s March Mammal Madness Manifesto.

If dem leadership weren't relentlessly ratfucking actual progressives in favor of blackrock mercs whom nazi tattoos and sleazy transphobes whom buddy podcast with nazis, their leadership could be making statements right now:

"What is happening in Kansas to trans people is bad."

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And you have Uropygi as your Champion

Excuse me.

The length of my tail and the #2026MMM MMManifesto are both

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Seriously though, pick the Eurasian Lynx to win it all in #2026MMM

“All we do is win win win win win no matter what!”

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So, who should your Champion be for #2026MMM?

You’ve got all the tools to determine that for yourself now, this is YOUR Bracket, remember?

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that #2026MMM combatant may not be the one you think it is...

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OOOH.

One last thing. Pay attention to the #2026MMM Latin Binomials, libguides.asu.edu/MarchMammalM...

and an entire Division that’s extinct in the #2026MMM Bracket. Expect some weird upsets.

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…a couple of #2026MMM arachnids…

All THAT said, this year in #2026MMM , we’ve got the raw materials for paper, huts, and boats…

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If your #2026MMM Final Roar doesn’t have at least one 1 seed, and anything below a 5 seed you really might want to rethink your strategy. BUT, don’t overload on the 1 seeds, either, 2s, 3s and 4s frequently make it to the finals, an 8 seed (?!) snuck in last year and technically so did a 16.

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#2018MMM Two 1 seeds, 2 seed, 4 seed
#2017MMM Two 1 seeds, 2 seed, 4 seed
#2016MMM 1 seed, two 2 seeds, 3 seed
#2015MMM 1 seed 2 seed two 4 seeds
#2014MMM Two 1 seeds, 2 seed 5 seed
#2013MMM Two 1 seeds, 3 seed, 4 seed

Final Roar history:
#2025MMM Two 1 seeds, 2 seed, 8 seed
#2024MMM 1 seed, two 2 seeds, 3 seed
#2023MMM Two 1 seeds, 2 seed, 3 seed
#2022MMM Three 1 seeds and a 2 seed
#2021MMM Three 1 seeds and a 3 seed
#2020MMM 1 seed, two 3 seeds, 7 seed
#2019MMM Three 1 seeds, and a 3 seed

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So at this point you should have your #2026MMM “from the head” Bracket almost done, but let’s talk about the Final Roar and Championship for a bit. Take a look at who you have in your Final Roar, any critters seeded 6 or lower?

If you’re going to win your #2026MMM bracket, you need to hit a few upsets, but smarter to pick those carefully from the second round on, in #2020MMM Gopher Tortoise was a surprise Final Roar combatant instead of the electrifying Trumpeter Swan.
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