Thank you for the Morning Owl. I have a stuffie Great Horned Owl. (My stuffies are a collection, not an obsession) He's one of the few stuffies with a name - it's X, in honor of Mr. Rogers.
Fond of owls. Only fairly rarely see them. Love when I do. That silent flight they have, the sheer size of many of them (I usually see barred if anything around here—they have some wingspan), it’s always a little dramatic.
Some weeks back tho I saw one around dawn gliding level across a ski trail maybe ten meters in front of me around dawn—first in some years. Didn’t seem to be diving for prey—just flying level—possibly I startled it.
I had literally just the day before told the artist working on an EP cover to go with the owl image he’d suggested among other options (see https://substack.com/@ajmilne/note/c-197258609) and I took it as a good omen.
An owl hangs out in the pine trees around my community, I hear him almost every night. I've only see him once, when I looked up and saw him swallowing a lizard. Yum!
I have so many stories I could share about Great Horned Owls that I wouldn't know where to start. Let's just say my experiences have left me with a deep affinity for them.
We tend to get barn owls in this area. I saw one perched on my backyard fence one night, and watched it silently swoop into my neighbor's yard, presumably to grab a rodent.
We have a lot of owls in in our neighborhood (bunches of oak trees = bunches of squirrels = bunches of owls) and often hear them hooting at night. Lemme tell ya, having one of these flying murder pillows silently zoom past your ear when out for our pre- or post-supper stroll is...unnerving.
I had one of these magnificent beasts take up residence in the pine tree that used to be in my yard. I couldn’t figure out what was making the former residents, hawks, circle the tree but refuse to land. So I grabbed my binoculars and investigated. The size of that owl was insane!
I'll never forget going on a late night owl watching experience with park rangers while camping at South Carolina's aptly named Hunting Island State Park. Magnificent creatures.
“You guyyyyyyys apparently some of these ICE Gestapo losers are on Reddit whining that they’re not being paid or getting insurance “
Totally called it. I bet in the field it’s almost like a pyramid scheme where a few “top dogs” are gathering groups of the weaker ICE agents to abduct people but then the top guy keeps the bonuses. It’s going to turn into Lord of the Flies soon. And they are all stuck there because the sign on bonus (which is paid out at 10000 a year, not 50000 all at once) has to be repaid if you don’t stay 2 years.
ICERS not getting paid? Then quit, no you don't wanna, cuz you enjoy killing people, beating people up, and dragging people out of their cars? Figures.
Did anyone see the vid of the woman screaming she would NOT get out of her car? They dragged her out anyway, and the M cops defended her. Apparently a first time move.
I wonder how many of them got sign-up bonuses (part of the $50K?) and already spent it so if they quit they'll have to find a way to give it back somehow.
isn't it great that ohio has so many big R names that could save the haitians from kristi noem! thanks governor, veep, and you two generally invisible senators (one of whom is an immigrant himself)--terrific job! and thanks for saving ohio from an economic hit as well! not to mention that we'd have looked like wretched fucks to the whole world. so yeah, take your well-deserved victory lap . . .
oh wait, what's this about "organizers, reporters and people who care".???
anyway, thanks, judge reyes, and all the people who care.
NYT: "FIFA president Gianni Infantino has received condemnation from leaders in Ukrainian politics and sports after stating his desire on Monday to bring an end to Russia’s ban from competing in official competitions in international football. The leader of world football’s governing body has been described as a “moral degenerate” by Ukraine’s foreign minister Andrii Sybiha."
"...so now the DOJ’s Weaponization Working Group is going to meet every day."
Having sat on a committee or two in my civil service career that had to meet every day I can tell you what this means. It does not mean that things are being done better, or faster, or with more vigor. What it means is the bosses want to know every detail of what's being done.
This will be useful information when we get to our version of the Nuremburg trials.
“Casting choices that make the premise incoherent [that Helen was fair, blond, and beautiful] are admissions that the story was never the point and an insult to the author.” From the original Xitter post (not Musk).
You’ve done it now! Homer is going to sue your asses off!
Why is the Clintons testifying “whatever”? Is there any doubt of his complicity? I think now is a good time to practice the mantra “The Clintons were not good people.”
"When the God of Thunder disguises himself as a swan to seduce and fuck a queen and the resulting baby hatches from an egg, *of course* the baby will be white."
I just want to point out that Zeus could have been disguised as a black swan. So there.
I slept terribly last night. Had a dream that in the course of doing some digging for utility line upgrades, that some guy with an excavator just knocked the house off the foundation, while we were inside.
Just like, “yep, this house has to go.”
And then some infuriating nonsense that no one could show any evidence that the house was slated for removal, & they were basically like, “well, our company offices are in China, so here is a number for you to call, but in the meantime we need to keep knocking your house down.”
Your hed gif info: https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/great-horned-hunter
And meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/cb4138a8-7ef1-4cc1-abdb-441f72c24dd8?utm_source=share
Thank you for the Morning Owl. I have a stuffie Great Horned Owl. (My stuffies are a collection, not an obsession) He's one of the few stuffies with a name - it's X, in honor of Mr. Rogers.
[David Attenborough voice]: "Tonight on 'The Life of Birds,' we look at Owls - Cats of the Air."
Fond of owls. Only fairly rarely see them. Love when I do. That silent flight they have, the sheer size of many of them (I usually see barred if anything around here—they have some wingspan), it’s always a little dramatic.
Some weeks back tho I saw one around dawn gliding level across a ski trail maybe ten meters in front of me around dawn—first in some years. Didn’t seem to be diving for prey—just flying level—possibly I startled it.
I had literally just the day before told the artist working on an EP cover to go with the owl image he’d suggested among other options (see https://substack.com/@ajmilne/note/c-197258609) and I took it as a good omen.
An owl hangs out in the pine trees around my community, I hear him almost every night. I've only see him once, when I looked up and saw him swallowing a lizard. Yum!
I have so many stories I could share about Great Horned Owls that I wouldn't know where to start. Let's just say my experiences have left me with a deep affinity for them.
Lucky you. We hear them at our house but I have yet to see one and I really want to. We do get to the the Western Screech owl however.
We tend to get barn owls in this area. I saw one perched on my backyard fence one night, and watched it silently swoop into my neighbor's yard, presumably to grab a rodent.
F-owl feathered friend.
But not if you're a mouse!
One of the few instances when I use Facebook is to check on the group, The Owl's Kingdom.
That is what death looks like.
We have a lot of owls in in our neighborhood (bunches of oak trees = bunches of squirrels = bunches of owls) and often hear them hooting at night. Lemme tell ya, having one of these flying murder pillows silently zoom past your ear when out for our pre- or post-supper stroll is...unnerving.
Just like spiders - they're not after you.
Just like spiders - I don't need them near *me*.
Harbingers of death. No worries
I had one of these magnificent beasts take up residence in the pine tree that used to be in my yard. I couldn’t figure out what was making the former residents, hawks, circle the tree but refuse to land. So I grabbed my binoculars and investigated. The size of that owl was insane!
I had one buzz me as I rode my bike through the woods. It probably came within a foot of my head. The wing span looked like four feet.
I'll never forget going on a late night owl watching experience with park rangers while camping at South Carolina's aptly named Hunting Island State Park. Magnificent creatures.
Gorgeous but deadly!
Those are magnificent creatures. Think I will re-watch a Nature recording I have about them today.
But are they what they seem?
They are not.
Awww, great horned 𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑒 𝑝𝑖𝑒 looking so fierce. What a beauty!💛
Whooot! Lordy, I love owls! Thank you, Martini for including one in our Tabs.
Owl have what they're having...
Mmmmm. Regurgitated pellet.
Looks like he don't give a hoot.
I absolutely believe that if not for Judge Reyes we would be watching a literal shooting massacre of Haitians in Ohio today.
“You guyyyyyyys apparently some of these ICE Gestapo losers are on Reddit whining that they’re not being paid or getting insurance “
Totally called it. I bet in the field it’s almost like a pyramid scheme where a few “top dogs” are gathering groups of the weaker ICE agents to abduct people but then the top guy keeps the bonuses. It’s going to turn into Lord of the Flies soon. And they are all stuck there because the sign on bonus (which is paid out at 10000 a year, not 50000 all at once) has to be repaid if you don’t stay 2 years.
I watched about 8 or 10 episodes of Schitt's creek - you're telling me ALAN FUCKING TUDYK is on the show? Gonna have to get back to that one!
ICERS not getting paid? Then quit, no you don't wanna, cuz you enjoy killing people, beating people up, and dragging people out of their cars? Figures.
Did anyone see the vid of the woman screaming she would NOT get out of her car? They dragged her out anyway, and the M cops defended her. Apparently a first time move.
I wonder how many of them got sign-up bonuses (part of the $50K?) and already spent it so if they quit they'll have to find a way to give it back somehow.
It’s being doled out to them, that’s how the bosses keep them. If one of them actually quit and talked about why, it would make a great feature story.
I read somewhere it’s being doled out to them, not just handed over.
They don't get their bonuses until they've served for five consecutive years.
Meaning, they ain't getting their bonuses.
And they still have to pay the tax on it. Shame.
isn't it great that ohio has so many big R names that could save the haitians from kristi noem! thanks governor, veep, and you two generally invisible senators (one of whom is an immigrant himself)--terrific job! and thanks for saving ohio from an economic hit as well! not to mention that we'd have looked like wretched fucks to the whole world. so yeah, take your well-deserved victory lap . . .
oh wait, what's this about "organizers, reporters and people who care".???
anyway, thanks, judge reyes, and all the people who care.
NYT: "FIFA president Gianni Infantino has received condemnation from leaders in Ukrainian politics and sports after stating his desire on Monday to bring an end to Russia’s ban from competing in official competitions in international football. The leader of world football’s governing body has been described as a “moral degenerate” by Ukraine’s foreign minister Andrii Sybiha."
No notes.
"...so now the DOJ’s Weaponization Working Group is going to meet every day."
Having sat on a committee or two in my civil service career that had to meet every day I can tell you what this means. It does not mean that things are being done better, or faster, or with more vigor. What it means is the bosses want to know every detail of what's being done.
This will be useful information when we get to our version of the Nuremburg trials.
it will leave them with less time to get the job done
“Casting choices that make the premise incoherent [that Helen was fair, blond, and beautiful] are admissions that the story was never the point and an insult to the author.” From the original Xitter post (not Musk).
You’ve done it now! Homer is going to sue your asses off!
Why is the Clintons testifying “whatever”? Is there any doubt of his complicity? I think now is a good time to practice the mantra “The Clintons were not good people.”
It's been quiet for a couple of days now but the bad guys are always ready to dish out more punishment in my town
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2026/02/tear-gas-at-portland-ice-protest-chokes-children-seniors-in-crowd.html
"Chandler is Portland-famous BECAUSE HE LETS PEOPLE USE HIS BATHROOM in his apartment across the street from the Portland ICE facility."
Texas Leg. rushes to introduce Antifa Bathroom Bill.
A "funny because it's true" thing.
"When the God of Thunder disguises himself as a swan to seduce and fuck a queen and the resulting baby hatches from an egg, *of course* the baby will be white."
I just want to point out that Zeus could have been disguised as a black swan. So there.
MarkWayne Mullin pulls ahead in the contest for stupidest senator.
https://substack.com/@furiouser/note/c-209302901?r=8b64a&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
Always so proud of my fair state.
I'm now triggered by red vans thanks to this dipshit.
We all knew Epstein was a creep of the lowest order, but somehow his supporting Brexit makes him even worse.
Putin's test run. It's all Putin. Epstein was run by Putin. At least, I hope that's what we learn.
Man, it has been a long week.
What do you mean it’s only Tuesday?!
I slept terribly last night. Had a dream that in the course of doing some digging for utility line upgrades, that some guy with an excavator just knocked the house off the foundation, while we were inside.
Just like, “yep, this house has to go.”
And then some infuriating nonsense that no one could show any evidence that the house was slated for removal, & they were basically like, “well, our company offices are in China, so here is a number for you to call, but in the meantime we need to keep knocking your house down.”
Man, dreams are not very subtle sometimes. :P
Very Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy