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Shelter area: Astoria, Queens, New York Change

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A name from local taste data. An introduction from the shelter's records. A plan for getting her seen.

A common pet name from a fixed list, not from Qloo. An introduction from the shelter's records. A plan for getting her seen.

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From Qloo taste data for Astoria: the titles behind 2 of the 3 names, 3 places to ask and the map. How Namesake made this

From Qloo taste data for Astoria: 3 places to ask and the map. How Namesake made this

Her introduction

She is shy and slow to trust; once settled, a quiet lap cat. She is a 9-year-old female cat: black domestic shorthair, yellow-green eyes. She is fine with calm adults. She hides when it is noisy. She comes out to sit beside people once a room is quiet. She likes a covered bed or a box to sleep in. She takes treats from a hand once she knows someone. She eats well. She is spayed and up to date on vaccinations. She is house-trained. She has no bite on record.

Written by Namesake's AI from the shelter's records; code adds the confirmed answers and checks every sentence. 90 words.

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  • Not yet known, so not mentioned: children, dogs and cats.
  • Backstory and time in the shelter stay out of the listing.

Both versions share the same bio. The one with Qloo adds a name from a title Qloo returned and one line saying where the name comes from; it is called local only when Qloo's data for the area backs that title.

Help her story travel

How fans of pet-themed titles compare around Astoria, and the places to ask.

The map

About this map

Fans of My Cat from Hell and The Aristocats rank 3 of the 6 cells with a comparison higher than fans of this area's top shows do. Both sides are ranked among the same cells, so this compares parts of Astoria, not how many fans live there. Colours: warm where fans of My Cat from Hell and The Aristocats rank this part of Astoria higher than fans of this area's top shows do; cool where lower, or level; grey where only the pet-themed titles have a score. Where several shows scored a cell, their scores are averaged, then ranked among the cells scored for both, so they compare parts of this area, not other cities. The numbered places are ranked by Qloo separately from the cells, so they need not sit in a warm cell.

Places to ask

  1. 1Socrates Sculpture Park Popular nearby generally

    Astoria, 32-01 Vernon Blvd Astoria, NY 11106

    Qloo: 1st of 15 · near the top of Qloo's list

    Namesake's AI: It is a free public waterfront park open daily that could host an adoption event.

    Why this place

    Qloo: Waterfront public park showcasing large-scale, site-specific sculpture and multimedia installations on a reclaimed former landfill, free and open daily for exhibitions, events, and community programs. Ranked 1st of 15 places near Astoria for fans of My Cat from Hell, The Aristocats and DC League of Super-Pets; also 2nd for fans of this area's top shows.

    Namesake: OpenStreetMap places it outside the mapped cells. 1.2 km from the shelter in a straight line, about 14 min on foot.

  2. 2Stuart Cinema & Cafe Popular nearby generally

    Long Island City, 37-18 Northern Blvd Long Island City, NY 11101

    Qloo: 2nd of 15 · near the top of Qloo's list

    Namesake's AI: It is a neighborhood theater and performance space with kid-friendly programming and a cafe for flyers.

    Why this place

    Qloo: Intimate neighborhood movie theater and performance space offering indie and local films, weekend kid-friendly programming, and an attached cafe with sandwiches and baked goods. Ranked 2nd of 15 places near Astoria for fans of My Cat from Hell, The Aristocats and DC League of Super-Pets; also 1st for fans of this area's top shows.

    Namesake: OpenStreetMap places it outside the mapped cells. 1.4 km from the shelter in a straight line, about 17 min on foot.

  3. 3Bagels & Brew Stands out for fans of pet-themed titles

    Astoria, 43-05 Broadway Astoria, NY 11103

    Qloo: 9th of 15 · middle of Qloo's list

    Namesake's AI: It is a compact neighbourhood bagel shop where a flyer could be displayed to breakfast customers.

    Why this place

    Qloo: Compact Astoria bagel shop serving coffee, breakfast items and deli-style sandwiches with quick takeout, delivery, and drive-through service. Ranked 9th of 15 places near Astoria for fans of My Cat from Hell, The Aristocats and DC League of Super-Pets; not among the 15 places for fans of this area's top shows.

    Namesake: OpenStreetMap places it outside the mapped cells. 0.9 km from the shelter in a straight line, about 11 min on foot.

Namesake: Qloo was asked only for cafes and breweries, bookshops and pet shops, and community places, and national chains Namesake knows by name and places OpenStreetMap puts more than 5 km from the shelter are left out. Qloo's places are the area's, shared by every cat at this shelter; the name and the listing are this animal's.

How these places were chosen

Namesake: Asked for: cafes and breweries (people linger, and many host local events), bookshops and pet shops (they take a flyer; pet shops reach pet owners), and community places (centres, libraries, parks: open to everyone). Not asked for: arenas and stadiums (ticketed), bars and clubs (not for all ages), gyms (members only), and restaurants and hotels (no room for a stand); Qloo's tags are broad, so a few others can appear. Namesake's AI is asked to pass over fast food.

Other ways to help: get her seen

  1. Research Share the listing through the personal networks of foster carers and volunteers.
  2. Our suggestion Skip busy events for this cat: the record says “hides when it is noisy”. Let adopters meet her somewhere quiet instead.
  3. Research In US shelter data, adoptions cluster on Saturdays, where shelters open then, and between 5 and 8 pm: time posts and events for then.
  4. Qloo Ask Socrates Sculpture Park, Stuart Cinema & Cafe and Bagels & Brew (picked by Namesake's AI from Qloo's list) about putting up a flyer.

How Namesake made this

What came from Qloo, what Namesake's AI did with it, and what code checked.

  1. Start with the facts

    The shelter's record supplies every sentence of the introduction, written by Namesake's AI. Anything not recorded stays unsaid.

  2. Add local context

    Qloo returned lists of titles people around Astoria tend to like, asked with its pet tags, lists of what people here who like its titles also tend to like, its list of titles watched around Astoria, its ranking of 3 titles here, 15 places near the shelter for fans of My Cat from Hell, The Aristocats and DC League of Super-Pets and 7 map cells within Astoria.

  3. Interpret and check

    A classifier (TypeSafe's Jev) sorted the titles in Qloo's lists and kept the clear pet titles; Namesake's AI searched Qloo's lists with The Secret Life of Pets and picked 3 of the places to ask; Namesake's AI chose the names and wrote the introduction; code kept a title only with Qloo's evidence for the area, checked that every place came from Qloo, screened the names and traced every sentence to the record.

How this run went, step by step (9)
  1. Code Using the saved profile for cats in Astoria
  2. Code Writing the listing and name options for the cat
  3. Qloo Looking up “Kiki's Delivery Service” (movie) in Qloo: Jiji shares this cat's look (black domestic shorthair)
  4. Qloo Looking up “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” (tv show) in Qloo: Salem shares this cat's look (black domestic shorthair)
  5. Qloo “Kiki's Delivery Service” is ambiguous: 2 candidates
  6. Qloo “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” is ambiguous: 2 candidates
  7. Code Sent back for a fix: name 'Midge': The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is about real people (its description says 'stand-up'), so a name from it must be an animal's own
  8. Code Listing checked: built from the recorded facts, names pass the screen
  9. Qloo Asking Qloo who tends to like the 3 titles the names come from
Why these names?

Acepicked

Qloo returned DC League of Super-Pets: Pet-themed title, ranked 2nd of 3 here by Qloo; liked here by fans of The Secret Life of Pets.

Qloo returned Fans of DC League of Super-Pets lean toward ages 35 to 44 (+0.24), and are more often men (+0.58), across all of Qloo's audiences.

Namesake's AI picked Ace, after Ace, a dog in DC League of Super-Pets. The character is Namesake's AI's reading of the title. A short name, easy to say.

Jijipicked

Qloo returned Kiki's Delivery Service: Offered as a candidate.

Qloo returned Fans of Kiki's Delivery Service are more often men (+0.35), across all of Qloo's audiences.

Namesake's AI picked Jiji, after Jiji, a cat in Kiki's Delivery Service. A lookalike, matched on this animal's recorded look (black domestic shorthair). A short name, easy to say.

Brookepicked

Qloo returned The Other Two: Watched locally: 7th of 10 in Qloo's list of what people here tend to watch.

Qloo returned Fans of The Other Two lean toward ages 35 to 44 (+0.34), and are more often men (+0.56), across all of Qloo's audiences.

Namesake's AI picked Brooke, after Brooke in The Other Two. The character is Namesake's AI's reading of the title. A short name, easy to say.

Who tends to like each title is Qloo's skew by age and gender against its average audience, from −1 to +1, across all of Qloo's audiences everywhere, not this area's. Only leans of +0.15 or more are shown, and none of it plays a part in choosing names.

Everything Qloo returned, and how Namesake read it

What Qloo returned

Kiki's Delivery Service (film)
Qloo asked which title was meant and offered 2 candidates. Kiki's Delivery Service (1989), directed by Hayao Miyazaki and featuring voices such as Minami Takayama, Rei Sakuma, and in the English dub Kirsten Dunst, is an animated family fantasy about a thirteen-year-old trainee witch.
DC League of Super-Pets (film)
18th of 20 in Qloo's list of films people around Astoria who like The Secret Life of Pets tend to like. DC League of Super-Pets (2022), directed by Jared Stern and featuring voices from Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, and Kate McKinnon, is an animated superhero action-comedy about Krypto, Superman’s loyal dog.
My Cat from Hell (TV show)
1st of 20 in Qloo's list of TV shows people around Astoria tend to like, asked with Qloo's pet tags. My Cat From Hell (2011) is a reality series starring Jackson Galaxy with appearances by Eric Roberts and Eliza Roberts that follows a feline behavior specialist as he helps owners address problematic cat behaviors.
The Aristocats (book)
7th of 20 in Qloo's list of books people around Astoria tend to like, asked with Qloo's pet tags. A family of aristocratic cats is helped by an alley cat to return home after being kidnapped by a greedy butler.
Pose (TV show)
Pose (2018) is an American drama created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Steven Canals that dramatizes New York’s late‑1980s and early‑1990s ballroom culture.
Insecure (TV show)
Insecure (2016) is an American comedy-drama created by Issa Rae and Larry Wilmore and led creatively by showrunner Prentice Penny, featuring Issa Rae in the central role alongside a core ensemble including Yvonne Orji, Jay Ellis, and Amanda Seales.
15 places near Astoria
Ranked for people who like My Cat from Hell, The Aristocats and DC League of Super-Pets; 11 of them also rank for fans of this area's top shows.
7 map cells within Astoria
Scored by Qloo from 0 to 1, as ranks over the cells it maps for each title.
qloo recommend
Pet-themed TV shows people around Astoria tend to like, with its pet tags: ok, 20 results.
qloo recommend
Pet-themed films people around Astoria tend to like, with its pet tags: ok, 20 results.
qloo recommend
Pet-themed books people around Astoria tend to like, with its pet tags: ok, 20 results.
qloo describe
Look up Puss in Boots, a title Namesake's AI proposed: needs_input, 0 results.
qloo describe
Look up Garfield, a title Namesake's AI proposed: needs_input, 0 results.
qloo describe
Look up The Secret Life of Pets, a title Namesake's AI proposed: ok, 1 result.
qloo recommend
TV shows people around Astoria who like My Cat from Hell also like (a search Namesake's AI chose): ok, 20 results.
qloo describe
Look up A Street Cat Named Bob, a title Namesake's AI proposed: ok, 1 result.
qloo recommend
Films people around Astoria who like The Secret Life of Pets also like (a search Namesake's AI chose): ok, 20 results.
qloo recommend
Books people around Astoria who like The Aristocats also like (a search Namesake's AI chose): ok, 20 results.
qloo rank
Rank 7 titles for Astoria (titles Namesake's AI chose): ok, 3 results.
qloo recommend
Venues near Astoria for fans of the area's top shows: ok, 15 results.
qloo recommend
Venues near Astoria for fans of pet-themed titles: ok, 15 results.
qloo where_popular
Where fans of My Cat from Hell are, within Astoria: ok, 7 results.
qloo where_popular
Where fans of Pose are, within Astoria: ok, 20 results.
qloo where_popular
Where fans of Insecure are, within Astoria: ok, 20 results.
qloo where_popular
Where fans of The Aristocats are, within Astoria: ok, 2 results.

How Namesake read it

Why Kiki's Delivery Service
Jiji in it shares this cat's recorded look: black domestic shorthair. That match is the reading of Namesake's AI; Namesake's AI chose this title among Qloo's candidates, not how its animals look. Why this one: The 1989 animated film, the well-known version with the black cat.
Why DC League of Super-Pets
A pet-themed pick: It follows a team of super-powered pets on a superhero adventure.
How DC League of Super-Pets was sorted
A classifier (TypeSafe's Jev) read Qloo's description and kept it as clearly pet-themed: about pets 0.99, dogs 0.98, cats 0.24, family audience 0.95, real people 0.02 (each a probability from 0 to 1).
Why My Cat from Hell
A pet-themed pick: It follows a feline behaviorist helping households with problem cats.
How My Cat from Hell was sorted
A classifier (TypeSafe's Jev) read Qloo's description and kept it as clearly pet-themed: about pets 0.99, dogs 0.02, cats 0.87, family audience 0.63, real people 0.98 (each a probability from 0 to 1).
Why The Aristocats
A pet-themed pick: It is about a family of aristocratic cats helped by an alley cat to return home.
How The Aristocats was sorted
A classifier (TypeSafe's Jev) read Qloo's description and kept it as clearly pet-themed: about pets 0.98, dogs 0.04, cats 0.98, family audience 0.96, real people 0.02 (each a probability from 0 to 1).
Who chose
Qloo listed titles people here tend to like, asked with its pet tags, and a classifier sorted them; Namesake's AI judged the unclear ones, could add its own, settled ambiguous names and picked the venues. It also searched Qloo's lists for what people here who like its titles tend to like, and kept the pet-themed ones. Code chose which titles the venues were asked for, by Qloo's evidence, and checked that each came from Qloo. The order of the titles is Qloo's ranking for this area.
Why compare with this area's top shows
Pose and Insecure: the TV shows Qloo ranks highest for people around Astoria, leaving out any whose name or description mentions animals, a religion, race or politics. A place or map cell that ranks high for their fans too is popular here generally, not because of pets.
Kinds of place asked for
Namesake asked Qloo for these kinds only: cafes and breweries (people linger, and many host local events), bookshops and pet shops (they take a flyer; pet shops reach pet owners), and community places (centres, libraries, parks: open to everyone). Not asked for: arenas and stadiums (ticketed), bars and clubs (not for all ages), gyms (members only), and restaurants and hotels (no room for a stand). Without them Qloo's list near a spot is mostly what is popular there, such as an arena, whatever the titles. Qloo tags places broadly, so a few others come through; the code screen and Namesake's AI judge each.
Left out as national chains
Starbucks Coffee Company, Starbucks Coffee Company and McDonald's.
Left out as event venues
Taj Mahal Lounge (hookah) and Layaly Cafe (hookah).
Lift on the map
The pet-themed titles' score minus the score for fans of this area's top shows in the same cell. Each is averaged over the shows that scored it, then ranked again among the cells scored for both, since Qloo ranks each title over its own cells. It is relative: where in this area fans of pet-themed titles stand out, not how many there are.
The places on the map
Qloo gives each place an address but no point on the map, so Namesake looked the suggested places up once in OpenStreetMap (Photon), by name and address. Where a pin falls among the cells, and its distance from the shelter, are Namesake's reading.

Does the local version help? Nobody has tested it yet. Namesake records each approved version so a shelter network could: generic against local, assigned at random, measured in days to adoption, with about 190 adoptions to detect a 50% faster rate, more if several shelters take part. How the trial would work