Catnip Camera

July 31, 2014 6:30 AM

Bad day? week? month? Try the foster kitten cams. Currently eighteen different kittencams are available on one page.
posted by MartinWisse (27 comments total)

The most action is currently in the "DF-kewl Kitty Room" right now.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 6:37 AM on July 31, 2014

I know that we have FanFare and Meta Book Club, but I think I know what I want next.

METAFILTER: Currently eighteen different kittencams are available on one page.
posted by Fizz at 6:39 AM on July 31, 2014 [4 favorites]

I like to pretend the ones with the test patterns are because the Kitten Emergency Broadcast System has been activated due to a global conflict among kitten superpowers.
posted by bondcliff at 6:40 AM on July 31, 2014 [17 favorites]

Is this some sort of anti-productivity conspiracy?
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 6:41 AM on July 31, 2014

Yes. Productivity is the enemy. Embrace the kittens.
posted by Orange Dinosaur Slide at 6:42 AM on July 31, 2014 [3 favorites]

These cats are asleep.

WAKE UP CATS.
posted by kate blank at 6:44 AM on July 31, 2014 [2 favorites]

kate blank, the DF-kewl Kitty Room has some little ones who are awake and grooming.
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 6:45 AM on July 31, 2014

kate blank, the DF-kewl Kitty Room has some little ones who are awake and grooming.

Plus one is climbing the cat tree! A++++ would watch again, thanks.
posted by kate blank at 6:47 AM on July 31, 2014

There is a kitten stuck in a cup and it gets removed and it sticks its head back in. Best thing ever.
posted by SpaceWarp13 at 6:49 AM on July 31, 2014

This is ridiculously hypnotic and addicitve. I thank you!
(My boss not so much)
posted by billiebee at 6:52 AM on July 31, 2014 [2 favorites]

Foster Dad John is the king of kittencams -- the Fabulous ones are his 43rd foster litter. (#42 was the Hitchhiker Kittens, which resulted in his first ever foster fail, i.e. he adopted one of them himself.) All the more remarkable in that he is allergic to cats.

Shelly (tinykittens, currently the Dancing Kittens) is another remarkably talented fosterer, though her current batch is headed for adoption this weekend. The mama and two kittens have gone to forever homes already.
posted by delfin at 6:54 AM on July 31, 2014 [2 favorites]

Oh, some American Rooms!

Also, LiveStream account required to watch? Do i want one of those?
posted by allthinky at 6:56 AM on July 31, 2014 [2 favorites]

The best is when there's a surprise cat from behind the camera.
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 6:57 AM on July 31, 2014

this is like my personal ASMR - some people crack a beer after a long day, some people turn on webcams of kittens and just relax into beingness.

I can stop any time I want to, I just don't want to.
posted by St. Peepsburg at 6:59 AM on July 31, 2014

I've been a longtime devotee of Foster Dad John's kittencam. His new kitty, Trillian, is among the most beautiful kitties I have seen.
posted by ChuraChura at 7:10 AM on July 31, 2014

His new kitty, Trillian, is among the most beautiful kitties I have seen.

OMG, it's Grumpy Cat's Non-Evil Twin!
posted by briank at 7:33 AM on July 31, 2014

What are you doing, kitten? You can't fit into a water glass!
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 7:43 AM on July 31, 2014 [1 favorite]

Multiple kittens wrestling at the moment on Foster Dad John's kittencam. This is now in a little window alongside the tedious editing I am doing. Thank goodness for large screens.
posted by metarkest at 7:49 AM on July 31, 2014

Livestream is blocked at work. Where I really *need* the kittenses to cheer me up. So sad now.
posted by k8oglyph at 8:08 AM on July 31, 2014

MY AWWS LET ME SHOW YOU THEM
posted by Going To Maine at 8:26 AM on July 31, 2014

I watch Foster Dad John's and Shelly's (TinyKittens) alllll the time and I'm not sure how I get anything done anymore. Although I think the morale boost that kittens provide may be a net positive in terms of productivity.
posted by pemberkins at 9:01 AM on July 31, 2014

Also, if you'd like to spend even more time looking at cats, many of the fosters adopted from both Foster Dad John and Tinykittens end up having Facebook pages, so you can see them grow up and continue to be adorable. Not that I'm following a dozen cats on Facebook or anything, of course.
posted by pemberkins at 9:07 AM on July 31, 2014 [2 favorites]

Yay thank you I really needed this right now!
posted by Mizu at 9:44 AM on July 31, 2014

As of this comment, the Kittens of the Shire are going bananas, if you'd like some kitten hijinks with your lunch.
posted by absquatulate at 9:55 AM on July 31, 2014 [1 favorite]

Awwww! Thanks for posting this. A world without kittens would be like a world without ice cream or cupcakes. There would be less sweetness.
posted by jazzbaby at 1:27 PM on July 31, 2014

I still love how to promote their new album, a couple years ago DEVO did a cat-room livestream with a few kitties playing on a giant, blue energy dome. (The album played in the background on repeat for a few hours.)

Some of us still long for the rule of King Orange.
posted by Rev. Syung Myung Me at 1:50 PM on July 31, 2014

Dammit, I wish so many of these didn't require a Livestream account just to watch.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 3:58 PM on July 31, 2014