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Yonnie3

(19,441 posts) Sat Mar 28, 2026, 08:04 AM 6 hrs ago

Larry the Cat reappeared on Twitter

Larry is the Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office at 10 Downing Street

He is often critical of politicians, I'd wondered if he'd gotten banned.

He is active on Blue Sky https://bsky.app/profile/number10cat.bsky.social

His return tweet got more than 1,700 responses, 19000 retweets and 18,000 likes in less than 24 hours!

Link to tweet

5 replies

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Larry the Cat reappeared on Twitter (Original Post) Yonnie3 6 hrs ago OP

Larry had been posting on both platforms, but typically with more posts on X. His first Bluesky posts during his "nap" - highplainsdem 4 hrs ago #1

I usually see what Larry is up to on Bluesky Yonnie3 3 hrs ago #2

My main reason for checking X these days is that some artists and AI experts I know there either highplainsdem 3 hrs ago #3

I was shying away from discussing this aspect of his posting Yonnie3 2 hrs ago #4

OK. I've posted about him both here and in GD. My previous Lounge post about him was about Valentine's Day: highplainsdem 1 hr ago #5

highplainsdem

(62,025 posts)

1. Larry had been posting on both platforms, but typically with more posts on X. His first Bluesky posts during his "nap" -

Reply to Yonnie3 (Original post)

Sat Mar 28, 2026, 09:56 AM

4 hrs ago

Happy Presidents' Day. No, not him.
— Larry the Cat (@number10cat.bsky.social) 2026-02-16T20:16:25.191Z

Happy pancake day! Nigel Farage is a tosser.
— Larry the Cat (@number10cat.bsky.social) 2026-02-17T13:26:27.740Z

Yonnie3

(19,441 posts)

2. I usually see what Larry is up to on Bluesky

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 28, 2026, 10:14 AM

3 hrs ago

I use X.com to see local stuff since the use of X seems to have stuck with the local schools, public safety, government etc. There is a lot of inertia in these entities.

Anyhow, my interest is that he had a response to one post that any wannabe influencer and even some established ones would be envious to have.

Good ole Larry.

highplainsdem

(62,025 posts)

3. My main reason for checking X these days is that some artists and AI experts I know there either

Reply to Yonnie3 (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 28, 2026, 10:59 AM

3 hrs ago

don't have Bluesky accounts at all, or post much less on Bluesky than on X. Probably because they can reach many more people on X. Larry, for instance, has nearly 7 times as many followers on X as on Bluesky, and he usually posts more messages on X.

He posted this tweet about Musk on X early last month:

Link to tweet

Nearly half a million views, 22K likes, 3.6K reposts, 132 replies.

The Bluesky version of that post:

The owner of Twitter is inciting murder, according to the owner of Twitter.
— Larry the Cat (@number10cat.bsky.social) 2026-02-04T09:19:05.094Z

No info on # of views, 1.5K likes, 364 reposts, 40 replies.

15 times as many likes for a post attacking Musk, on the site Musk owns, as on Bluesky.

There are still a lot of liberals on X speaking out against Musk, Trump, Farage and other RWers.