FARI · Public field archive Feline Autonomy Research Institute
Issue 14 · Vol. 5 Established 2021 Updated 14 April 2026 Editor: K. Hirsch
Updates from the desk

Short notes about how the work is going.

The bulletin is a running list of small editorial decisions, corrections, and reading-desk observations. It is not a warning system and not a roadmap. We add an entry when we notice something readers might want to know about how the archive is changing this season.

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Recent posts
  • Voice-assistant logs are now reviewed without raw exports

    After three submitters asked us to stop accepting raw assistant exports, the desk now reads a one-page written summary instead. The result has been a noticeable drop in redaction work and no measurable loss of useful context. We have updated the submission manual accordingly.

  • Spring follow-up reminder

    If you sent a winter report and the household routine has shifted with the longer daylight, we would like a brief follow-up note. Two lines is enough. Most of the “heated equipment” cases we received in January are now sitting in a sunbeam instead.

  • Correction: printer-tray cases

    A March entry described a printer-tray case as repeated obstruction. The observer later reported a new sun angle in the room from a recently installed lamp. The entry now carries a lower confidence label and a correction note. We do not silently rewrite earlier entries; the original classification stays visible in the correction line.

  • Two new categories under review

    We are considering separate signals for “novel object” and “vacant-room return.” Both have been showing up often enough to deserve their own labels. If you have an entry that you think belongs to either, send a note and we will hold it for the next definition revision.

  • Russian pages are now drafted independently

    Until last year the Russian pages were edited as translations. They are now drafted as standalone copy by A. Lange, with the English pages as a reference, not a source. Readers in either language should find the tone slightly different; that is on purpose.

  • Year-end note

    The desk read 187 submissions in 2025 and published 46 of them. The rest either lacked context or arrived without a household contact for follow-up. Thank you to everyone who wrote in. The archive is not very fast, but it is read.

Errata. When we discover an error after publication, the entry stays in place with a correction line, and the bulletin records the change. If you spot something off, please write to the intake desk.