No, but he thinks another soldier did. It’s a bit of a grim tale (though that page doesn’t cite its sources, so take this with a grain of salt):

the kitten was one of two who were orphaned after a soldier shot their mother for “yeowling”. The marine who adopted the other kitten killed it after rolling over on it in his sleep.

But Praytor’s kitten survived. He fed her on meat from ration cans. After Praytor left her to return home, she became something of a mascot for the company’s public information office. Praytor believed another marine, corporal Conrad Fisher, eventually adopted her and brought her home to the United States.

Edit: this history enthusiast’s page corroborates the story with a citation of Frank D. Praytor, “The Commandant and the Cat,” The Greybeards 23, no. 3 (May-June 2009): 30-31, 65

Oh, I was kidding just to sound like I had an explanation and then throw the orange in as an afterthought. It does look like a reference, though.

If you’re running a place like this, you’re likely to want to reduce your liability risk as much as possible, I imagine. Doubly so in as litigious a country as the USA.

It’s a visual reference to Girl with a Pearl Earring by Vermeer, with the addition of an orange.

Great question! What got you thinking about the animal you'd like to be?

So they also have to imitate his illiterate misuse of title case for Important Words, random quotation marks for “emphasis”, and littering of SHOUTY WORDS, not to mention his bizarre self-aggrandized tone and his ridiculous ways of ending messages that he thinks makes them look more important? Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Happy Indepedence Day! Because you can write “independence” without three Ns!

I’m pretty sure it’s a crane winch on the back of the fire truck, but I prefer your interpretation.

…to relocate to one of our finest remaining canine centers. I thought so much of Doggy Daycare that I elected to establish my Pack here, in the Play Room so thoughtfully provided by Our Benefactors. I have been proud to call Doggy Daycare my home.

And so, whether you are here to stay, or passing through on your way to parts unknown, welcome to Doggy Daycare. It’s safer here.

I’ve seen people dismiss this as purely praise for Slater (about whom I know nothing), but it’s very hard not to read these statements from the tweet:

Great pick by @realDonaldTrump.

He likes that Gail Slater was given a prominent role. Fair enough – the ping of Trump’s account seems pandering, but it’s not exactly a million-dollar donation to his inauguration.

10 years ago, Republicans were the party of big business and Dems stood for the little guys, but today the tables have completely turned.

Implies Republicans look to promote small businesses against tech monopolies. Demonstrably not the case.

People forget that the current antitrust actions against Big Tech were started under the first Trump admin.

Suggests the Trump Admin are the bastions against Silicon Valley giants. Completely laughable.

Not to mention that they were happily selling Kanye West’s Nazi clothing until the press and social media called them out for it.

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It’s Tse yaa Kin (“house under the rock”), known as Mummy Cave, in Canyon del Muerto. The most recent ruins are ~700 years old; the oldest archeological traces could be ~1700 years old.

Wyrd bið ful aræd, grēne, and blawe.

It’s a stone’s throw from the Western station on the Brown line and the buses are every ten minutes on N Western Ave, too, so it’s not removal of parking in an area devoid of public transport.

That article suggests another was the plotter

Not to mention that al-Sharaa was a 19-year-old with no known status in any groups at the time of the 9/11 attacks.

Isn’t that fundamentally just making a new line?

David Malki has been doing it for 22 years, I reckon he knows his limits!

Honestly, the small angular ones that lay larvae on clothing get swatted or electrocuted without a second thought. They fall into the mosquito category.

Everything else gets escorted outside or, if not feasible without risking harm, left to their own devices.

even “regular” raillines are now can be upgraded

I assume this is contingent on the existing line being fairly straight and direct? Where I live, the tracks are very meandering to navigate hills and valleys, and train staff told me the chance of an upgrade was basically zero.