Coin operated vending machines dispensing kibble for streetcats are my favourite shared infrastructure discovery this week.
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@Robo105@mastodon.social @jessie@mastodon.social they knock them off tables
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@cczona sounds like it was a bottle drop to collect bottles, and then someone did the BCRS redeeming. It's a good idea, I've never seen bottle drop bins on Malta, but that's probably because people literally sift through other people's rubbish bags looking for redeemable bottles. I like that they want people to recycle bottles, but the scheme has simply created a raft of other problems
@robchapman locked bottle drop, but also kibble dispenser. The ferals in the neighborhood knew to watch anyone lingering near it, and converged on the freshly dispensed kibble as soon as you withdrew far enough to not be a threat anymore. Though the design seemed a bit flawed to me. It just dumped a bunch of kibble into an open bin that was exposed to the weather. So potentially dumping it on top of moldy food. One hopes the bin is scrubbed frequently.
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@jessie but how do the cats reach the coin slot?
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@robchapman to be clear, it's not the municipal machines. They're alternative, smaller, and I _think_ donation only. I think the internals were only collecting the bottles for the charity to redeem, not shredding like the municipal machines. The one near my home was 15-20m from a cluster of municipal machines.
@cczona @robchapman Hello Carina , trust you're doing good..?
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@cczona sounds like it was a bottle drop to collect bottles, and then someone did the BCRS redeeming. It's a good idea, I've never seen bottle drop bins on Malta, but that's probably because people literally sift through other people's rubbish bags looking for redeemable bottles. I like that they want people to recycle bottles, but the scheme has simply created a raft of other problems
@robchapman @cczona Hello
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@robchapman locked bottle drop, but also kibble dispenser. The ferals in the neighborhood knew to watch anyone lingering near it, and converged on the freshly dispensed kibble as soon as you withdrew far enough to not be a threat anymore. Though the design seemed a bit flawed to me. It just dumped a bunch of kibble into an open bin that was exposed to the weather. So potentially dumping it on top of moldy food. One hopes the bin is scrubbed frequently.
@cczona @robchapman Can we share some helpful and useful ideas together?
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@dsilverman @codinghorror @jessie
I guessed this was Turkish because of exactly that
@Energetic_Nova @dsilverman @codinghorror @jessie Haha
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@futurebird @Robo105 @jessie yes lol
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@futurebird @jessie good point. Them and racoons
@Robo105 @futurebird @jessie Hey Robin
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Average duration for a cat to find out how to guide a person to that machine: 0.01s
@wakame @futurebird @Robo105 @jessie Hello
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@jessie I love this from a shared social infrastructure framing - it's like we can feel street cats better than we can care for unhoused peopled
@KathyReid @jessie Hello
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@codinghorror @jessie Istanbul, which is renowned for its street cats.
@dsilverman @codinghorror @jessie cats are not just in istanbul they are EVERYWHERE IN TURKEY
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@ives Hello
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@jessie I just glanced at the first image without reading any text and I thought it was a kitten vending machine
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I had the exact same thought!!
I thought, wow, so the Cat Distribution System is upping its game I guess?? -
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Coin operated vending machines dispensing kibble for streetcats are my favourite shared infrastructure discovery this week.
And this cat food dispensing machine is solar powered
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@jessie awesome, where is this??
@codinghorror Istanbul, Iβve only seen the machines up around the Grand Bazzar but thereβs informal cat food and water stations around the city and different parts of the city give out little shelters folks can set up for cats.
