Coin operated vending machines dispensing kibble for streetcats are my favourite shared infrastructure discovery this week.
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@tschach they're in Malta too, though typically you put your plastic deposit bottles in as payment instead of cash. Streets are cleaner, kitties (and other wildlife) get fed.
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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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The cat distribution system has gotten so efficient!
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@raymaccarthy @jessie in their purrs of course!
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Coin operated vending machines dispensing kibble for streetcats are my favourite shared infrastructure discovery this week.
@jessie awesome, where is this??
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@jessie awesome, where is this??
@codinghorror @jessie Istanbul, which is renowned for its street cats.
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@codinghorror @jessie Istanbul, which is renowned for its street cats.
@codinghorror @jessie Also raccoons appreciate it, too.
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@codinghorror @jessie Istanbul, which is renowned for its street cats.
@dsilverman @codinghorror @jessie
I guessed this was Turkish because of exactly that
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@codinghorror @jessie Also raccoons appreciate it, too.
@codinghorror @jessie There's a great documentary about the street cats of Istanbul. Worth seeing!
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Coin operated vending machines dispensing kibble for streetcats are my favourite shared infrastructure discovery this week.
@jessie How do the cats get the coins?
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@tschach they're in Malta too, though typically you put your plastic deposit bottles in as payment instead of cash. Streets are cleaner, kitties (and other wildlife) get fed.
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@robchapman I saw them on Gozo. iirc the machines also raised money for the local animal shelter.
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@jessie How do the cats get the coins?
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Coin operated vending machines dispensing kibble for streetcats are my favourite shared infrastructure discovery this week.
I love how one can count on the cats telling people to put coins in the machine. I'm shocked there isn't a cat demanding more coins in these photos.
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@futurebird @jessie good point. Them and racoons
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Average duration for a cat to find out how to guide a person to that machine: 0.01s
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@jessie How do the cats get the coins?
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@jessie How do the cats get the coins?
@Robo105@mastodon.social @jessie@mastodon.social they knock them off tables -
@robchapman I saw them on Gozo. iirc the machines also raised money for the local animal shelter.
@cczona Ah they're not specifically for cat food, sadly. However many cat feeders collect BCRS vouchers to buy food for the strays, or for the cat sanctuaries. Before the country tightened its rules on money laundering, charity shops collected for the cats, now there are barely any charity shops as they all became registered thrift shops overnight which cut off a vital source of revenue for the people who voluntarily feed the strays here.
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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.
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@cczona Ah they're not specifically for cat food, sadly. However many cat feeders collect BCRS vouchers to buy food for the strays, or for the cat sanctuaries. Before the country tightened its rules on money laundering, charity shops collected for the cats, now there are barely any charity shops as they all became registered thrift shops overnight which cut off a vital source of revenue for the people who voluntarily feed the strays here.
@robchapman this was 2 years ago but the one by my home definitely dispensed food. I was startled by how big the cascade was.
