Bats are my favorite animal - I adore them. One of my kids used their own money to buy a carved wooden fruit bat that hangs in our upstairs hallway on the doorknob leading to the attic. And I have a bat drawing my daughter gave me sitting next to my desk.
I can't choose just one, but bats are among my favorites. Is the fruit bat the tube nosed variety? I had an articulated bat skeleton in a box, and a couple of taxidermies of bats. They're amazing.
Aww - everybody wants to snuggle sometimes. I've even seen snakes snuggling. Black racers and northern water snakes, specifically, though I'm sure the other species do as well.
SER can fuckrightoff, and i'm saying it here because i'm not gonna waste my time setting up an account on his shitstack to read his horshit in the future...selfish shithead 'murrikan voters were never going to vote for biden or harris, because they're too fucking stupid and brainwashed by the manipulative sources where they choose to get their info on that little device in their hand, and they were whinyasstittybabies about how much it cost to keep their eggs gasolined-up
to boat-anchor and dis on the best job a president has done in the 21st century (and most of the last half of the 20th) is clickbait bullshit...so yeah, SER can fuckoff
May I recommend David Pepper’s Substack for excellent and detailed info on the school situation in Ohio as well as for excellent treatment of the attempt to subvert democracy in red states?
OMFG How many studies need to say the same thing - that people who make bigoted comments or jokes interpret silence by their listeners as assent and agreement - before the "if you just stop talking about him, he'll go away" people understand that it doesn't fucking work that way anymore???
Sometimes I wake up in the morning and find a little stuffed mouse in my bed. It means that I fell asleep before Alice, and she put it there hoping that I would throw it for her so she would play fetch, but I was asleep. And somehow it seems so poignant and yet it makes me smile.
I don't regret offering to foster Nephew's doggie, and he's a Very Good Boy, but damn I wish the XBIL's partner was willing to allow dogs on the property. It'd be happier for Nephew & for VGB, and for me, DH, & our 3 fuzzies. Even my sister, who could get her VGB fix more regularly, since XBIL lives across town from her. XBIL likes dogs; he & sib got one before the divorce who they shared custody of along with nephew while she (the dog) was alive. I don't really want one at this time.
Wimps. When I was a kid visiting family friends in the woods of PA, there was a family down the road whose sport was bow hunting rattlesnakes. Yes, they were a little weird.
rooster. Man always comes first donchaknow. So sayeth the new Meta. And they must be right, because they're rich, and somehow that makes them smarter.... OK, I lost me.
As a Californian I believe we here in the golden state are on our own. We will never be forgiven for not voting for PAB three times. I hate all of the feckless repubes in office right now.
for all the talk about "they can't withhold federal disaster aide", they can and will. What recourse does CA (5th largest economy in the world?) have? Sue, take it all the way to the Supreme Court? haha, no really, there's got to be options here. All of CA refusing to pay federal taxes? Introducing "California Standars" on products/produce made in CA to make them unavailable or grossly unaffordable in red states?
Please. The army ain't ever "rolling in" to California. What would they do? Go door to door collecting taxes? Strong arm some civil servant in Sacramento to write a cheque to them?
I don't think that's likely.
The feds will sue them in court. And Cali should say "fuck you, we do not acknowledge your abrogation of state's rights"
Considering how incompetent most of the Trump hires are, and the fact the GOP has already gutted much of the additional funding to the IRS for taxpayer assistance and enforcement, "the check is in the mail" may be all California needs to do. Having DeJoy still in charge of the US Postal Service makes it even more believable.
it's almost as if the fascists hold all the cards...
and yet. there are an awful lot of people in this country who are appalled, or who would be if they were paying attention. possibly a majority. I refuse to give up hope.
Less flagrant parade of shitweasels before the greatest legislative body in the world . . .
The Senate is accelerating the confirmation process Wednesday for President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, with a half-dozen hearings scheduled.
Among those slated to appear: Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) for secretary of state and former Florida attorney general Pam Bondi for U.S. attorney general.
Other committees are weighing the selections of John L. Ratcliffe for CIA director, Chris Wright for energy secretary, Sean P. Duffy for transportation secretary and Russell Vought for director of the Office of Management and Budget.
I misread Sean Duffy as Sean "Puffy" Combs. Which is almost believable. Being charged with transporting young women across state lines may be a plus on your application for Transportation Secretary in Trump's administration.
Budweiser’s hobby is going batty for his stuffed gorilla. Hed gif source info: https://open.substack.com/pub/martiniambassador/p/when-a-bat-loves-a-stuffy
And your meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/f459b505-6f28-42b8-9b1e-5c7912dc0414?utm_source=share
😍😍😍
Bats are my favorite animal - I adore them. One of my kids used their own money to buy a carved wooden fruit bat that hangs in our upstairs hallway on the doorknob leading to the attic. And I have a bat drawing my daughter gave me sitting next to my desk.
I can't choose just one, but bats are among my favorites. Is the fruit bat the tube nosed variety? I had an articulated bat skeleton in a box, and a couple of taxidermies of bats. They're amazing.
You made me shudder slightly less, at bats.
Thanks.
Tabs, pin 'em to one spot on the front page. Top left, top right, doesn't matter. Just stop moving it around. Please.
Cuteness overload!!!!! 😍😍😍
Can’t spell TABS without BATS.
Or STAB.
I love ♥️ love bats!
Big brave batties.
https://youtu.be/eS1mIWycsN4?si=IIKGuVvS3EgzBKU0
Oh no! 😅
Aww - everybody wants to snuggle sometimes. I've even seen snakes snuggling. Black racers and northern water snakes, specifically, though I'm sure the other species do as well.
Martini, I'd say that's batty but that would be unbearable.
"For all you do, ... this Bat's for you."
Flying foxes are so cute. “I am the darkness!” Oh, you want cuddles?”
Reported, no clicky linkie!
Thanks!
That's why I come here for the hot bat-on-stuffie action.
Bow-chicka-wow
Sing it, Count!
https://youtu.be/N7yAe2MBIpE?si=-bZmUn3p-e8qLp4e
Flying Fox, a Red.
“Ya big dummy!”
Oh great, now the "Sanford and Son" theme will be playing in my head all day.
Hangin' with the plush toy...
Wonder what the poor bats are doing?
SER can fuckrightoff, and i'm saying it here because i'm not gonna waste my time setting up an account on his shitstack to read his horshit in the future...selfish shithead 'murrikan voters were never going to vote for biden or harris, because they're too fucking stupid and brainwashed by the manipulative sources where they choose to get their info on that little device in their hand, and they were whinyasstittybabies about how much it cost to keep their eggs gasolined-up
to boat-anchor and dis on the best job a president has done in the 21st century (and most of the last half of the 20th) is clickbait bullshit...so yeah, SER can fuckoff
Washington Post Employees Plead With Jeff Bezos to Meet - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/business/media/washington-post-employees-jeff-bezos-letter.html
http://archive.today/494Tw
When I need to feel better, I'm going to look at this picture of Budweiser and his fuzzy.
May I recommend David Pepper’s Substack for excellent and detailed info on the school situation in Ohio as well as for excellent treatment of the attempt to subvert democracy in red states?
https://open.substack.com/pub/davidpepper?r=4mcmf&utm_medium=ios
OMFG How many studies need to say the same thing - that people who make bigoted comments or jokes interpret silence by their listeners as assent and agreement - before the "if you just stop talking about him, he'll go away" people understand that it doesn't fucking work that way anymore???
Sometimes I wake up in the morning and find a little stuffed mouse in my bed. It means that I fell asleep before Alice, and she put it there hoping that I would throw it for her so she would play fetch, but I was asleep. And somehow it seems so poignant and yet it makes me smile.
https://substack.com/profile/1687878-1d57a1d5931d/note/c-86356122?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=106di
sweet.
I don't regret offering to foster Nephew's doggie, and he's a Very Good Boy, but damn I wish the XBIL's partner was willing to allow dogs on the property. It'd be happier for Nephew & for VGB, and for me, DH, & our 3 fuzzies. Even my sister, who could get her VGB fix more regularly, since XBIL lives across town from her. XBIL likes dogs; he & sib got one before the divorce who they shared custody of along with nephew while she (the dog) was alive. I don't really want one at this time.
He knows. He is trying very hard, in the nature of VGBs.
The White Pages and bow hunting:
Wimps. When I was a kid visiting family friends in the woods of PA, there was a family down the road whose sport was bow hunting rattlesnakes. Yes, they were a little weird.
naw, them's good eatin'!
I don't think they ate them. They used the skins for whatever they used them for. It was back in the 1950s, so I don't really remember.
I ate some rattlesnake as a child, and yes, I can attest (under oath) that rattlesnake does taste like chicken.
Nah, chicken tastes like rattlesnake. What came first, chicken or snek?
rooster. Man always comes first donchaknow. So sayeth the new Meta. And they must be right, because they're rich, and somehow that makes them smarter.... OK, I lost me.
HuffPost:
"Instead of saying “give me a break,” Mullin said “give me a joke.” Stephen Colbert was ready:
“A drunk, a cheating husband and an accused sexual predator walk into a bar,” Colbert said. “And the bartender says, ‘Table for one, Mr. Hegseth?’”
Poland’s leader accuses Russia of planning acts of sabotage against ‘airlines around the world’ | Stars and Stripes
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2025-01-15/poland-russia-airlines-sabotage-worldwide-16490772.html
Meta to cut 5% of employees deemed unfit for Zuckerberg’s AI-fueled future - Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/meta-says-5-staff-cut-is-critical-to-further-ai-social-media/
H1-B, here we come!
I, for one, welcome the day when A.I. replaces CEOs and most boards of publicly traded companies.
Cheerful stuff:
Five ways the universe could end - Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/01/not-just-heat-death-here-are-five-ways-the-universe-could-end/
Oh my god, what a SALE!!!!!!
By Grabthar’s hammer…what low prices.
Thank you for my first laugh of the morning!
As a Californian I believe we here in the golden state are on our own. We will never be forgiven for not voting for PAB three times. I hate all of the feckless repubes in office right now.
But they want "unity."
for all the talk about "they can't withhold federal disaster aide", they can and will. What recourse does CA (5th largest economy in the world?) have? Sue, take it all the way to the Supreme Court? haha, no really, there's got to be options here. All of CA refusing to pay federal taxes? Introducing "California Standars" on products/produce made in CA to make them unavailable or grossly unaffordable in red states?
All good ideas but I don't really think there is any recourse here. If we refuse to send tax dollars the army will roll in. Same with "CA standards"
Please. The army ain't ever "rolling in" to California. What would they do? Go door to door collecting taxes? Strong arm some civil servant in Sacramento to write a cheque to them?
I don't think that's likely.
The feds will sue them in court. And Cali should say "fuck you, we do not acknowledge your abrogation of state's rights"
Considering how incompetent most of the Trump hires are, and the fact the GOP has already gutted much of the additional funding to the IRS for taxpayer assistance and enforcement, "the check is in the mail" may be all California needs to do. Having DeJoy still in charge of the US Postal Service makes it even more believable.
Their incompetence is the only thing we may have going for us. That and the fact that down deep, they all hate each other.
it's almost as if the fascists hold all the cards...
and yet. there are an awful lot of people in this country who are appalled, or who would be if they were paying attention. possibly a majority. I refuse to give up hope.
I will cling to your hope then because I don't have any.
by refusing aid to CA he is fucking over 6 million of his voters.
He doesn't give a shit about them because they are done voting. But they will still support him.
Less flagrant parade of shitweasels before the greatest legislative body in the world . . .
The Senate is accelerating the confirmation process Wednesday for President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, with a half-dozen hearings scheduled.
Among those slated to appear: Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) for secretary of state and former Florida attorney general Pam Bondi for U.S. attorney general.
Other committees are weighing the selections of John L. Ratcliffe for CIA director, Chris Wright for energy secretary, Sean P. Duffy for transportation secretary and Russell Vought for director of the Office of Management and Budget.
i cannot NOT laugh when i see Sean Duffy being nominated for anything
I misread Sean Duffy as Sean "Puffy" Combs. Which is almost believable. Being charged with transporting young women across state lines may be a plus on your application for Transportation Secretary in Trump's administration.
It's almost believable except that Puffy is Black so there's no way Donald would give him a Cabinet post with a second bite at the apple
There's part of me who still can't believe this is happening -- it's like we've all been shoved into an alternate universe
Sean Duffy is up for Transpo? Well, I guess he did drive the Winnebago some episodes on Road Rules...
I saw a couple of the hearings were delayed, maybe for paperwork. I think Tulsi might have been one of them but I don't remember for sure.
She was
the Senate is accelerating the confirmation process
Oh but the press assured us that the GOP was going to carefully weigh...blah blah blah blah. All them moderate Republicans, like a fart in the wind.
"but the press assured us that the GOP was going to carefully weigh ..."
if it was the MSM who told you that you can safely assume that's BS
Not how fascism works
Senate pages were handing out Trump brand rubber stamps this morning.
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