David O'Mahony: What 325k people looking at photos of my cat showed about our desire for connections

The sheer wholesomeness of what went on in my small corner of the web was a refreshing antidote to the poison of rage politics that infests everywhere else, writes David O'Mahony

I was not anticipating Pepper racking up one, then two, then 20, then 2,000, then a cumulative 13,000 likes.

Sat, 28 Feb, 2026 - 01:00

David O'Mahony

My phone was on the verge of exploding for three days straight.

Sadly, it was not Netflix looking for the rights to one of my stories. Happily, it was because my cat was having a viral moment.

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