Sorry to hear that. I don't think it's an issue at the server end, sounds like something specific to your computer maybe? Maybe try clearing your cache, closing some of your other apps that are running to free up GPU, or using a different browser. there's also turning it off and turning it on again, the standard helpdesk solution.
I have a pet water fountain on my patio, a two-tier one where the water flows off the top of a little tower into the bigger basin. Hummingbirds love it. They take baths in the top part.
The Ruby-Throated hummingbirds are the only ones that come and stay for a while in the NE. Usually can spot one May 1st-15th. This year, I'm determined to plant bee balm in rich colors in one spot, just for them. AND I am determined to keep a little feeder out back for 'em. Alas, I got no money for a water mister to attach to the birdbath.
One of the things I miss about not being able to go stay in the country is a bird feeder and hummingbird feeder; those little guys would stage some impressive air battles.
I have a couple of seed bird feeders in addition to water features and hummingbird feeders. The finches like to hang out on the hang hood of the humming bird feeder. The hummingbirds show up and chase the finches away - as you know finches are about 3X the size of the hummingbird.
For us, spring arrives when our hummingbirds return, which is usually around May 15. I'm one of those who observe astronomical seasons rather than going by the weather. But in this case, when I see those little ones buzzing around the flowers and feeders, it finally 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑠 like spring.
hummer nests are sooooo teeny! I found one when pruning back the lilac forest when we first moved in. As it was mid summer the babes had all gone, but the nest was wicked cool and so small I did not notice it until I had snipped that branch. Still got it around here somewhere, or maybe at work. Anyway, it's about the size of one of my china espresso cups. Teeny!
I’m actually surprised ICE hasn’t already launched their own version of Cops. They could put it on pay per view. MAGAts would pay a premium to watch them crack skulls and shoot American citizens from their couch.
Yeah, that slop was a concept from [REDACTED] on the future home of the Mar-a-Lago documents and the Epstein Files. Cute getting the Qatari 747 in there.
At first I thought it was an engineering concept for TWO World Trade Center, you know, after the Iranians take down One with a hijacked EL AL 747.
Now that Bondi got "You're whacked!" by the Whack-in-Chief, who's your bet for replacement?
I'm not a lawyer but doesn't Trump have to show that he suffered injury for having his tax report leaked? He's richer now then he was back then. He's in the White House. He's never had a reputation to tarnish. The IRS' biggest problem is that they now work for him and the DOJ now work for him, so who's going to argue in court that their boss doesn't deserve this money? I know, hire Jack Smith to be the Devil's Advocate in this case. He's independent and he knows the defendant very well.
In Roman Catholic sainthood proceedings, the job of the Devil's Advocate is to make the case that the candidate for sainthood is actually owned by Satan. That should be easy, but in Trump's case, the objection might be made that Satan wouldn't have him: he's too fucking evil even for Hell. It looks to me like Hell needs an upgrade.
What is going on? I know we are referred to as fly over country but WONKETTES might think of us as CHOPPED LIVER. Here I have managed to locate many hectares and sections of our fly over environs for the exciting, not to be missed, this first year only COW TIPPING EVENT. There are supposed to be separate (ANGUS- HEREFORD-WATER BUFFALO) contests! All of our fellow WONKS who aren't coastal elites are expected to BE THERE OR BE SQUARE!
Thank you for a book alternative to the evil empire (so named by my adult children for reasons I’ll expound on at a later date). Fight the power economically by supporting small businesses!
Saw a ray of hope in that Roberts might not cave to the admin on the birthright citizenship case: "It might be a new world, but it's still the same Constitution."
Don't made a modernist argument towards an Originalist judge.
“We are on track to complete all of America’s military objectives shortly, very shortly,” he said. “We are going to hit them extremely hard. Over the next two to three weeks, we’re going to bring them back to the Stone Ages, where they belong. In the meantime, discussions are ongoing.”
From the Dame piece about CPAC: “I think that MAGA is dying. I do,” 27-year-old GOP strategist Samantha Cassell told the New York Times. “There’s no serious discussion going on. It’s just flat.”
There's that lifeboat building that Driftglass points out on the regular.
"“The United States can’t take care of day care,” Trump said during Wednesday’s Easter lunch at the White House. “That has to be up to a state. We can’t take care of day care. We’re a big country. We have 50 states. We have all these other people. We’re fighting wars. We can’t take care of day care. You gotta let a state take care of day care, and they should pay for it too.” “It’s not possible for us to take care of day care, Medicaid, Medicare, all these individual things. They can do it on a state basis. We have to take care of one thing: military protection,” he added.
Fine. Stop taking our money, let us do everything here. We're actually good at it. And we're only the 5th largest economy in the world, except when we're dragged down by the mood swings from the rest of the country.
"Bad, and very boring singer, Bruce Springsteen, who looks like a dried up prune who has suffered greatly from the work of a really bad plastic surgeon, has long had a horrible and incurable case of Trump Derangement Syndrome, sometimes referred to as TDS. The guy is a total loser who spews hate against a President who won a Landslide Election, including the popular vote, all Seven Swing States, and 86% of the Counties across America. Under Sleepy Joe and the Dems, our Country was DEAD, and now we have the “hottest” Country, by far, anywhere in the World. MAGA SHOULD BOYCOTT HIS OVERPRICED CONCERTS, WHICH SUCK. SAVE YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY. AMERICA IS BACK!!! President DJT"
"Paula White-Cain, a senior adviser in White House Faith Office:
“Jesus taught so many lessons through his death, burial, and resurrection. He showed us great leadership, great transformation requires great sacrifice,” she said, with Trump himself looking on. “And, Mr. President, no one has paid the price like you have paid the price. It almost cost you your life.” “You were betrayed and arrested and falsely accused. It’s a familiar pattern that our Lord and Savior showed us,” she said. “But it didn’t end there for him, and it didn’t end there for you.”
“God always had a plan. On the third day, he rose, he defeated evil, he conquered death, hell, and the grave. And because he rose, we all know that we can rise. And, sir, because of his resurrection, you rose up. Because he was victorious, you were victorious.”
“I remember when we told our first briefing, ‘You can now pray again and worship again,‘” she said. “They began to shout and praise and say ‘Thank you, Lord.’” She also claimed that because of Jesus’ “victory,” Trump will also be “victorious in all you put your hands to.”"
Your hed gif info for today: https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/nest-building
And meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/b952983e-a62a-4eb8-8d34-066c3c300a09?utm_source=share
Why do hummingbirds hum?
Because they don't remember the words.
(I'm not a dad but I can still do Dad Jokes)
This is the second time in a week that the Tabs GIF won't show up for me even after refreshing my browser.
Sorry to hear that. I don't think it's an issue at the server end, sounds like something specific to your computer maybe? Maybe try clearing your cache, closing some of your other apps that are running to free up GPU, or using a different browser. there's also turning it off and turning it on again, the standard helpdesk solution.
It's on my calendar to put up my hummingbird feeders today. Can't wait for the annual antics.
I have a pet water fountain on my patio, a two-tier one where the water flows off the top of a little tower into the bigger basin. Hummingbirds love it. They take baths in the top part.
An abundance (skeins even) of ANSERINE fauna are anticipated soon to be swooping over near the wet lands nearby!
Ruby throated hummingbirds nest here in NW GA. Others just pass through. I always look forward to their return.
All of the RUBY THROATED HUMMERS need to learn the words!
The Ruby-Throated hummingbirds are the only ones that come and stay for a while in the NE. Usually can spot one May 1st-15th. This year, I'm determined to plant bee balm in rich colors in one spot, just for them. AND I am determined to keep a little feeder out back for 'em. Alas, I got no money for a water mister to attach to the birdbath.
The Hummingbird
really hums
and she can fly backwards
so that’s a lot of fun
Is teeny tiny nectar feeder!
One of the things I miss about not being able to go stay in the country is a bird feeder and hummingbird feeder; those little guys would stage some impressive air battles.
I have a couple of seed bird feeders in addition to water features and hummingbird feeders. The finches like to hang out on the hang hood of the humming bird feeder. The hummingbirds show up and chase the finches away - as you know finches are about 3X the size of the hummingbird.
I put out the hummingbird feeder a little early. We're getting rain, ice, sleet and snow today. I hope none of the birds came up here yet.
If they did, they'll definitely need the calories.
That's one hum-dinghy of a nest.
For us, spring arrives when our hummingbirds return, which is usually around May 15. I'm one of those who observe astronomical seasons rather than going by the weather. But in this case, when I see those little ones buzzing around the flowers and feeders, it finally 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑠 like spring.
Little bird in even littler nest!
hummer nests are sooooo teeny! I found one when pruning back the lilac forest when we first moved in. As it was mid summer the babes had all gone, but the nest was wicked cool and so small I did not notice it until I had snipped that branch. Still got it around here somewhere, or maybe at work. Anyway, it's about the size of one of my china espresso cups. Teeny!
Yes it is so small. Neighbors of mine had one in a ARBOR VITAE several years ago.
I’ve always wanted to find one. They’re like fairy nests!
I found one once. It was made from the hair I threw out a widow after cleaning my hairbrush.
What did a widow ever do to you?
I'm ready for all of them. The sheddings from LULU will be enough for an entire subdivision of nests!
"Just a few more touches, and this nest will be perfection!"
"Does this nest make my beak look big?"
Know exactly what the little fella is going through. If you’ve ever slept on a hide-away or a mattress with a broken spring…
That gold statue for his library will have Kim Jong Un suing for plagiarism.
I’m actually surprised ICE hasn’t already launched their own version of Cops. They could put it on pay per view. MAGAts would pay a premium to watch them crack skulls and shoot American citizens from their couch.
Yeah, that slop was a concept from [REDACTED] on the future home of the Mar-a-Lago documents and the Epstein Files. Cute getting the Qatari 747 in there.
At first I thought it was an engineering concept for TWO World Trade Center, you know, after the Iranians take down One with a hijacked EL AL 747.
Now that Bondi got "You're whacked!" by the Whack-in-Chief, who's your bet for replacement?
Blanche, who got him convicted on 34 counts?
Pirro, for the laughs?
Habba, for the stupid?
And the wheels on the bus go thump, thump, thump.
I'm not a lawyer but doesn't Trump have to show that he suffered injury for having his tax report leaked? He's richer now then he was back then. He's in the White House. He's never had a reputation to tarnish. The IRS' biggest problem is that they now work for him and the DOJ now work for him, so who's going to argue in court that their boss doesn't deserve this money? I know, hire Jack Smith to be the Devil's Advocate in this case. He's independent and he knows the defendant very well.
In Roman Catholic sainthood proceedings, the job of the Devil's Advocate is to make the case that the candidate for sainthood is actually owned by Satan. That should be easy, but in Trump's case, the objection might be made that Satan wouldn't have him: he's too fucking evil even for Hell. It looks to me like Hell needs an upgrade.
What is going on? I know we are referred to as fly over country but WONKETTES might think of us as CHOPPED LIVER. Here I have managed to locate many hectares and sections of our fly over environs for the exciting, not to be missed, this first year only COW TIPPING EVENT. There are supposed to be separate (ANGUS- HEREFORD-WATER BUFFALO) contests! All of our fellow WONKS who aren't coastal elites are expected to BE THERE OR BE SQUARE!
Such sweet little babies. I would love to see a humming bird but alas, my old cold climate is not for them.
Thank you for a book alternative to the evil empire (so named by my adult children for reasons I’ll expound on at a later date). Fight the power economically by supporting small businesses!
I found a "I SHOPPED SMALL" sticker at the plant store. It is now adhered below my keyboard.
Saw a ray of hope in that Roberts might not cave to the admin on the birthright citizenship case: "It might be a new world, but it's still the same Constitution."
Don't made a modernist argument towards an Originalist judge.
In two weeks! Stone Ages!
“We are on track to complete all of America’s military objectives shortly, very shortly,” he said. “We are going to hit them extremely hard. Over the next two to three weeks, we’re going to bring them back to the Stone Ages, where they belong. In the meantime, discussions are ongoing.”
Bombings will continue until morale improves.
From the Dame piece about CPAC: “I think that MAGA is dying. I do,” 27-year-old GOP strategist Samantha Cassell told the New York Times. “There’s no serious discussion going on. It’s just flat.”
There's that lifeboat building that Driftglass points out on the regular.
𝑳𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑰’𝒎 𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒏𝒂𝒔𝒂𝒍 𝑨𝒍𝒛𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒓’𝒔 𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕,
I'm so sorry. Is nasal Alzheimer's worse than the regular kind?
(No, I did not scroll down to see whether anyone has already made this joke.)
Nasal Alzheimer's is when you cannot remember what roses smell like.
You just ruined my next SNARK!
"“The United States can’t take care of day care,” Trump said during Wednesday’s Easter lunch at the White House. “That has to be up to a state. We can’t take care of day care. We’re a big country. We have 50 states. We have all these other people. We’re fighting wars. We can’t take care of day care. You gotta let a state take care of day care, and they should pay for it too.” “It’s not possible for us to take care of day care, Medicaid, Medicare, all these individual things. They can do it on a state basis. We have to take care of one thing: military protection,” he added.
Trump’s comments echoed a plan Congressional Republicans are considering to slash federal health care spending in order to fund the Pentagon’s $200 billion request for the ongoing war in Iran." https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-daycare-healthcare-war-funding_n_69cda9cde4b0332f12c16be4?t7p=&utm_source=buzzfeed&utm_medium=iframely
Awesome. Let's cut our taxes to pay for state-run day care. Get your billionaires to host a fundraiser for war toys.
Fine. Stop taking our money, let us do everything here. We're actually good at it. And we're only the 5th largest economy in the world, except when we're dragged down by the mood swings from the rest of the country.
Anyone in the Northeast want to come party at my Brewery is beautiful Western Mass? The Brewery at Four Star Farms!
Could you tell me please! How many BURPS are there in a bottle of your BEER?
I have yet to find any.
Yes. What's the drive time from Detroit?
Ten hours, 21 minutes.
Way too far, I suppose. But it would still be awesome.
A.M. toot:
"Bad, and very boring singer, Bruce Springsteen, who looks like a dried up prune who has suffered greatly from the work of a really bad plastic surgeon, has long had a horrible and incurable case of Trump Derangement Syndrome, sometimes referred to as TDS. The guy is a total loser who spews hate against a President who won a Landslide Election, including the popular vote, all Seven Swing States, and 86% of the Counties across America. Under Sleepy Joe and the Dems, our Country was DEAD, and now we have the “hottest” Country, by far, anywhere in the World. MAGA SHOULD BOYCOTT HIS OVERPRICED CONCERTS, WHICH SUCK. SAVE YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY. AMERICA IS BACK!!! President DJT"
Bruce Springsteen's a billionaire, and he didn't inherit his money.
Just sayin'.
He's so fucking pathetic.
It's good to know he's focused on the important things.
"Paula White-Cain, a senior adviser in White House Faith Office:
“Jesus taught so many lessons through his death, burial, and resurrection. He showed us great leadership, great transformation requires great sacrifice,” she said, with Trump himself looking on. “And, Mr. President, no one has paid the price like you have paid the price. It almost cost you your life.” “You were betrayed and arrested and falsely accused. It’s a familiar pattern that our Lord and Savior showed us,” she said. “But it didn’t end there for him, and it didn’t end there for you.”
“God always had a plan. On the third day, he rose, he defeated evil, he conquered death, hell, and the grave. And because he rose, we all know that we can rise. And, sir, because of his resurrection, you rose up. Because he was victorious, you were victorious.”
“I remember when we told our first briefing, ‘You can now pray again and worship again,‘” she said. “They began to shout and praise and say ‘Thank you, Lord.’” She also claimed that because of Jesus’ “victory,” Trump will also be “victorious in all you put your hands to.”"
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/paula-white-cain-trump-jesus_n_69cdd9efe4b0a891ea438064?origin=home-latest-news-unit
She's quoting from II Cretins vs. 48-79.