Pokemon Go Just Responded to A Long-Running Meme in the Most Hilarious Way Possible
Dedicated Pokemon Go players are probably familiar with Mike Nerdlaw, known online as Cowboy Hat Caterpie Guy. Since 2019, he’s been passionately asking Niantic, the game’s developer, to add a Caterpie wearing a cowboy hat as a special costume. He consistently posts the request – simply, “Cowboy Hat Caterpie, please” – on nearly every Niantic announcement on X (formerly Twitter). Despite seven years of requests, it hasn’t happened yet. However, Niantic is planning something amusing for GO Fest 2026 instead.
![The extent of superconductivity within stars of varying mass-2.3[latex]M_{\odot}[/latex], 1.6[latex]M_{\odot}[/latex], and 2.1[latex]M_{\odot}[/latex]-is demonstrably sensitive to parameters governing the superconducting state, specifically the superconducting gap [latex]\Delta_{CSC}[/latex], effective magnetic field [latex]B_{eff}[/latex], and curvature parameter [latex]K_{v}[/latex], with the resulting internal structure exhibiting regions of both Type I and Type II proton superconductivity-characterized by the Meissner and vortex states-and a distinct core of color-superconducting quarks.](https://arxiv.org/html/2604.06308v1/x4.png)
