There’s an important follow-up post. https://lina.sh/blog/cuii-gives-up

they certainly make a nice bang if something metal falls on top of the two conductors, if the earth is on the bottom.

I like to lay on my side in bed and read, and my cat will snuggle up in front of me. Often I’ll later flip around, and we’ll have each others’ back.

I tend to flip around a lot before falling asleep, so she’ll usually go lay at my feet (preferably on my blanket), but she’s good as long as she’s close.

Don’t cats have a protective instinct as well, where they face away from one while being comfy together?

I use an Open With extension in Firefox for that so it’s just an entry in the right click menu for me. Super convenient.