Ah, here in the wild we see a crested tit-warbler In its preferred habitit. Like myself, the colorful little bird is a member of the itty bitty titty committee. And that’s the extent of my boob joke knowledge.
Via HuffPost: "In a deep dive on Stephen Miller’s ongoing role in the White House, The New York Times reported that the longtime Trump aide was continuing to advocate for hardline immigration restrictions. “He is pushing for new ways to squeeze the lives of undocumented immigrants and those with legal protections, such as making it harder to get public housing or other benefits, officials said. He has targeted those with refugee status, particularly Somalis, a group he has long derided,” The Times reported. Although Miller reduced his public appearances after federal agents killed two American citizens during protests in Minneapolis, Minn., he’s continued to actively oversee calls with immigration officials and appears to have maintained his standing with the president."
Speaking of birds (Martini just was), I highly recommend Cornell University's Merlin app for people like me who aren't avid bird watchers (though maybe it's good for them too?) but who just want to know who's making that pretty and/or annoying noise. Walk around with your phone, tell Merlin to listen whenever you want to identify a bird call, and it does the work, catching and identifying all the birds it hears. I've been able to learn who's talking this way.
It's interesting - there's a graph that shows sounds, and it will register things like loud footsteps and hammers banging in the background, but pulls out just the bird stuff.
I need a comfort casserole that doesn't involve noodles (sob) because the missus is on a medically necessary infinitesimal-carb diet (sob) and I am so goddamn sick of zucchini and cauliflower. Maybe just a giant block of melted cheese?
It does involve cauliflower, but I sometimes make a nice comfort food casserole of cooked rice, lightly cooked cauliflower chopped up, whatever veggies seem good (onions definitely), a bunch of SHARP white cheddar (orange would work too), some cream cheese, and some gooey thing (sometimes cream of celery soup, sometimes a white sauce), and most importantly CURRY POWDER. A good one, hopefully, like Penzey's. Make sure there's plenty of pepper and garlic in there too.
But maybe rice is too carby? Not sure how that works.
As an avid bird watcher I would love to see this little bird. It's time up where I live, to see the male Bullock's Orioles and Rufous hummers. Saw the most brilliant one yesterday, glowing orange in the sunlight.
Perhaps someone should shoot Trump with an elephant tranquilizer before the Tuesday deadline. Or maybe the military will finally refuse to obey an illegal order.
Good morning, Wonketariat! Yesterday I got an email from the company that does my lawn mowing saying that they were starting today. I have no idea why since we will be experiencing more cold weather this week. Tomorrow, it will be down to the 30s during the day. Sure doesn't sound like you should be out there mowing the lawn.
Fuck these are unserious people. But so are magat small government advocates, who will find out what living in a field is like soon enough. “Whars my meds?”
Oooh! I know! Prop 9! Or was it 13? Brownbeckistan is coming! Kill your schools! Because it worked so well in Kansas you should have it in Ohio! (Did Ohio State Teachers College beat up on K-State in March Madness, or something?)
DeSantis is pushing this. I don't get it. We already don't have state income tax. Also, too, we have a limit of 3% increase per year on homestead property.
Looking forward to the fight over the great serpent mound which is right in the way of Grok's new Ohio Home. And of course the death of the Ohio River as they pump all that heated water right down into the tributaries.
NO! No, no, no, no, no! We were going to go see great serpent mound last fall, along with some other sites in southern Ohio, and then there was a government shutdown, so at least one of them was closed and we bailed on the idea. Mr. cc is an archeologist by training. He will be very upset by this news.
I think I'm gonna keep the TV tuned to Weather channel today to try to quell my anxiety as much as possible, and just pop over to M-snow at mid-day to check the headlines. Or maybe not.
Am I the only one wondering if this is going to be a BIGGER embarrassment than Russia's "3 week war" with Ukraine?
Like sure we funneled plenty of money into these weapons, but man... we seem to also be kicking our own asses when actually trying to use these high priced weapons.
I would say, though, the average American has very little understanding of geopolitics, much less understanding of what other countries go through, but has GREAT attention for the cost of a gallon of gas. Appeal to the willfully ignorant, as it were. Perhaps if our media did a better job of showing the people in other countries as PEOPLE, it's be different. But I kid myself.
I remember this, vaguely, during the first Iraq war, and most certainly during the long drawn out war on terror. That the press would always mention gas prices.
It seems a weird thing, to me, to be worried about when /you are out there killing and beiing killed.
Sort of like worried your paint is peeling when the house is on fire
Well, I just saw something unusual. I was opening my bedroom drapes and I see a couple of Amish men across the street. They were guiding someone trying to back a truck with a trailer behind it out of the driveway. I assume they're doing some work on her house. (A team of Amish men did my roof replacement a few years ago.) The unusual thing is one of the men was smoking a cigarette. I know there's that ritual where young Amish go wild before they settle down, but I didn't think they did that and also worked a job.
PBS just broadcast (i think, unless it was Ovation) an extremely disturbing doc on the Amish. They were near us and respected farmers in my childhood in Ohio, where I've returned, and man: I had no idea how bad the cases of CSA were. I'm stunned. A lot of court cases in recent years, and they're more frequent as the women speak out more.
As I said, grew up with them & Mennonites, bought a lot of produce from them, still have regular interactions with them like the young local couple and an uncle of theirs (eggs, produce etc). I've always defended them to people across the country who don't know them at all. This has changed my perceptions.
Your hed gif info: https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/the-crested-tit-warbler
And meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/07fb3f83-e416-4070-a57a-6559399f650f?utm_source=share
Is "warbling" tit like with the motorboat thing, just further up the torso?
I didn't get a warble out of that tit!
And to think that they evolved from the mighty Titosaur ..
If you expect a jokey poem
From me you'll have to wait
You set one up quite nicely
But I will not take the bait
That bird is very lovely
I'm sure its song is sweet
But I am too respectful
To rhyme except with tweet.
Snicker... you typed tit.
I will NEVER grow up!!
Ah, here in the wild we see a crested tit-warbler In its preferred habitit. Like myself, the colorful little bird is a member of the itty bitty titty committee. And that’s the extent of my boob joke knowledge.
That is a lovely tit.
Perhaps not quite on topic, this week's "Oglaf":
Link: https://www.oglaf.com/
Definitely NSFW ( and I hope that link leads to the comic strip )
"Oglaf" "NSFW" is a redundancy
"How to play a guitar and when not to."
Oh that is good!
Led directly to it, and I check out his stuff every Sunday.
Me, too - but sometimes I'm a bit too early - like this Sunday - and the new strip hadn't been posted yet
I usually see it about 1300 Eastern Time (US).
Bryon Noem's favorite bird.
Other than blue-footed boobies?
Can't wait for the picture of the big gazongas bird
The word "gonzagas" makes me laugh every time. Thanks!
From my friend's FA page: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/2532638/
Oh, I like that. Herman!
I'd have thought it would be boobies as they are larger
There is a bird in the Galapagos where the male develops a huge very red breast. I will refer to it as Bryon from now on
Huh. In that case, I expected the tit-warbler to be a lot bigger...
"Cor, TITS!"
It took me a white to figure out pretty tit was poking about pine needles. More coffee.
Colorful tit!
"it is spelt Raymond Luxury-Yacht, but it's pronounced crested-tit-warbler-Mangrove"
Nice tit! (Someone had to…)
Via HuffPost: "In a deep dive on Stephen Miller’s ongoing role in the White House, The New York Times reported that the longtime Trump aide was continuing to advocate for hardline immigration restrictions. “He is pushing for new ways to squeeze the lives of undocumented immigrants and those with legal protections, such as making it harder to get public housing or other benefits, officials said. He has targeted those with refugee status, particularly Somalis, a group he has long derided,” The Times reported. Although Miller reduced his public appearances after federal agents killed two American citizens during protests in Minneapolis, Minn., he’s continued to actively oversee calls with immigration officials and appears to have maintained his standing with the president."
Speaking of birds (Martini just was), I highly recommend Cornell University's Merlin app for people like me who aren't avid bird watchers (though maybe it's good for them too?) but who just want to know who's making that pretty and/or annoying noise. Walk around with your phone, tell Merlin to listen whenever you want to identify a bird call, and it does the work, catching and identifying all the birds it hears. I've been able to learn who's talking this way.
It's interesting - there's a graph that shows sounds, and it will register things like loud footsteps and hammers banging in the background, but pulls out just the bird stuff.
https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/
Now that you mention it, we do need more puns in journalism. And to start with an Easter story on the day after? Miraculous!
I need a comfort casserole that doesn't involve noodles (sob) because the missus is on a medically necessary infinitesimal-carb diet (sob) and I am so goddamn sick of zucchini and cauliflower. Maybe just a giant block of melted cheese?
It does involve cauliflower, but I sometimes make a nice comfort food casserole of cooked rice, lightly cooked cauliflower chopped up, whatever veggies seem good (onions definitely), a bunch of SHARP white cheddar (orange would work too), some cream cheese, and some gooey thing (sometimes cream of celery soup, sometimes a white sauce), and most importantly CURRY POWDER. A good one, hopefully, like Penzey's. Make sure there's plenty of pepper and garlic in there too.
But maybe rice is too carby? Not sure how that works.
fritatta?
As an avid bird watcher I would love to see this little bird. It's time up where I live, to see the male Bullock's Orioles and Rufous hummers. Saw the most brilliant one yesterday, glowing orange in the sunlight.
It occurred to me this morning that Xi is just letting Russia and the US self destruct while he waits to pick up the pieces.
I'm sure there's SOMETHING in "The Art of War" along the lines of "when your opponent is being a moron, let him continue".
let them fight dot gif
Perhaps someone should shoot Trump with an elephant tranquilizer before the Tuesday deadline. Or maybe the military will finally refuse to obey an illegal order.
ARC DE TRUMP
Don't know about y'all but im stocking up on toilet paper.
Good morning, Wonketariat! Yesterday I got an email from the company that does my lawn mowing saying that they were starting today. I have no idea why since we will be experiencing more cold weather this week. Tomorrow, it will be down to the 30s during the day. Sure doesn't sound like you should be out there mowing the lawn.
https://fox8.com/news/inside-the-push-to-abolish-property-taxes-in-ohio/
Fuck these are unserious people. But so are magat small government advocates, who will find out what living in a field is like soon enough. “Whars my meds?”
Oooh! I know! Prop 9! Or was it 13? Brownbeckistan is coming! Kill your schools! Because it worked so well in Kansas you should have it in Ohio! (Did Ohio State Teachers College beat up on K-State in March Madness, or something?)
"They also suggest that voters do not understand the relationship between levies and property tax when they go to the polls ... "
The voters are too stupid to understand levies. But we trust them to vote for a tax giveaway to the obscenely wealthy.
DeSantis is pushing this. I don't get it. We already don't have state income tax. Also, too, we have a limit of 3% increase per year on homestead property.
They paved paradise and put up a data center
Looking forward to the fight over the great serpent mound which is right in the way of Grok's new Ohio Home. And of course the death of the Ohio River as they pump all that heated water right down into the tributaries.
Also these tools can FUCK RIGHT OFF about saving seniors. And funding schools. Its about saving lex wexner and his gang a few bucks
NO! No, no, no, no, no! We were going to go see great serpent mound last fall, along with some other sites in southern Ohio, and then there was a government shutdown, so at least one of them was closed and we bailed on the idea. Mr. cc is an archeologist by training. He will be very upset by this news.
I think I'm gonna keep the TV tuned to Weather channel today to try to quell my anxiety as much as possible, and just pop over to M-snow at mid-day to check the headlines. Or maybe not.
Seems self evident that the world’s biggest most powerful terrorist organization is the USA.
The best armed, anyway...
Apparently it's all we can afford these days.
Am I the only one wondering if this is going to be a BIGGER embarrassment than Russia's "3 week war" with Ukraine?
Like sure we funneled plenty of money into these weapons, but man... we seem to also be kicking our own asses when actually trying to use these high priced weapons.
…while Iran is using low cost drones. Considering Trump is an expert in bankruptcy this may be Putin’s plan to just let Trump do what he does best.
NYT: Oil Seesaws After Trump’s Latest Threats on Iran
It's very telling, and not in a good way, that while our country is out bombing people, all we seem to care about is the cost of oil.
I mean.
What the actual fuck.
I would say, though, the average American has very little understanding of geopolitics, much less understanding of what other countries go through, but has GREAT attention for the cost of a gallon of gas. Appeal to the willfully ignorant, as it were. Perhaps if our media did a better job of showing the people in other countries as PEOPLE, it's be different. But I kid myself.
Please focus on the problem we made worse! Seems like an odd campaign strategy
I remember this, vaguely, during the first Iraq war, and most certainly during the long drawn out war on terror. That the press would always mention gas prices.
It seems a weird thing, to me, to be worried about when /you are out there killing and beiing killed.
Sort of like worried your paint is peeling when the house is on fire
Well, I just saw something unusual. I was opening my bedroom drapes and I see a couple of Amish men across the street. They were guiding someone trying to back a truck with a trailer behind it out of the driveway. I assume they're doing some work on her house. (A team of Amish men did my roof replacement a few years ago.) The unusual thing is one of the men was smoking a cigarette. I know there's that ritual where young Amish go wild before they settle down, but I didn't think they did that and also worked a job.
This sounds like the opening of an episode of "Murder, She Wrote".
Amish did our roof. A friend used to pay them with weed.
PBS just broadcast (i think, unless it was Ovation) an extremely disturbing doc on the Amish. They were near us and respected farmers in my childhood in Ohio, where I've returned, and man: I had no idea how bad the cases of CSA were. I'm stunned. A lot of court cases in recent years, and they're more frequent as the women speak out more.
In my experience, they're just like anyone else, some good, some bad. They do excellent work though.
https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/keep-quiet-and-forgive/
As I said, grew up with them & Mennonites, bought a lot of produce from them, still have regular interactions with them like the young local couple and an uncle of theirs (eggs, produce etc). I've always defended them to people across the country who don't know them at all. This has changed my perceptions.
I figured this as well, but this information is far worse than I'd ever have thought. It's very very bad, Mecca.
Isolative, rigidly patriarchal, suppressed society: who'd ever guess?
Fundamentalism of all stripes is the enemy of the good in my book.