I often want to pet anteaters, because they are just so appealing - and they eat ants which are the bane of my existence.
However, I would be very careful, because they can't see very well, and have GIANT SHARP CLAWS. I can *imagine* petting them, though, and the one in the gif is particularly cute.
What a pretty creature. I was thinking, although it would have been highly untraditional, it would have been funny if just this once, it would have said “ANTS” instead of “TABS”.
Wikipedia's featured article today is about the Ornithoprion, a cartilaginous fish with a pretty weird jaw setup that lived about 315-307 mya. The article links to its relative Helicoprion (lit. "spiral saw", an apt description of its truly bizarre lower jaw - paleontologists figure it was a specialised predator of cephalopods and similar soft-bodied critters) that lived 290-270 mya during the Permian...
I know, right? You think "How can all this have come to be?" And then you remember that it's had hundreds of millions of generations to evolve into all of these wonderfully specific forms.
Bookshop.org is offering free shipping this weekend! I've been a regular shopper there for years and started using the Wonkette link. I just bought two coffee table books on scenic hikes that I probably don't need but really want, and a book on living more simply. With all my hiking books filled with hikes I'll probably never take.
Just a snippet of history: Trump's 33% polling number is 4 points below Hitler's best showing of 37%. I had assumed that 37% was the lowest that figure could go, since that is how stupid humans are. Good news: humans are slightly less stupid than previously demonstrated. But still too stupid.
Regarding the attack on the SPLC, I'd like to remind everyone that a donation can be made on behalf of someone special like, for example, Todd Blanche:
I think the motive for prosecuting the SPLC is to use the DOJ to bankrupt the organization by making them spend tons of money on legal fees. It's a long time strategy for bringing down civil rights and African American-run entities or groups, along with audits and other IRS tactics.
If Trump pardons Maxwell that she can be compelled--either in court or by Congress--to testify about those crimes. She won't have a Fifth Amendment right not to testify against herself about a crime if she cannot be prosecuted for said crime (thanks to the pardon).
The ghost thing is really fascinating. I hope if I ever have some dreaded health issue I get those voices. I believe there are things in this life we will never understand.
Thoughts on the arrest of that soldier who made a killing in polymarket by betting on Maduro's removal using insider information: it's a start. Next do the Trump insiders who are making killings in the stock market and oil trades.
Ha! I kid! I kid! The soldier is a sucker and a loser, not one of the Epstein class of people.
A hed gif featuring a silky anteater. I just want to pat him! https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/silky-anteater-is-slow-and-steady
And your meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/e376d5a5-6b9e-4413-83ac-f28331f6b3dd?utm_source=share
Thanks. Somehow I got it in my mind that it was a wombat. I suppose when you've seen one exotic furry critter, you've seen 'em all.
The Silky Anteater
likes to eat ants
and you better watch out
because she can find them anywhere
even in your pants
Mini aunt eater squee!
We're getting antsy.
Q: Why do anteaters never get sick?
A: Because they're full of ant-i-bodies!!
Damn. It's amazing how something so small, cute, and squishy can manage to turn into such a filthy, foul, disgusting creature such as the anteater. 😉
(IYKYK)
Whoa, huge slam on anteaters outta nowhere!
Anteaters got rights too, y'know!
Is it somehow weird to see that gif and think,
“Duuuh duh.
Duuuh duh.”
Anteater Jaws.
“Jaws?”
Not “Tongue?”
Wouldn’t carry the same weight. Though greater length, I suppose.
I often want to pet anteaters, because they are just so appealing - and they eat ants which are the bane of my existence.
However, I would be very careful, because they can't see very well, and have GIANT SHARP CLAWS. I can *imagine* petting them, though, and the one in the gif is particularly cute.
What a pretty creature. I was thinking, although it would have been highly untraditional, it would have been funny if just this once, it would have said “ANTS” instead of “TABS”.
Brilliant, why didn't I think of that?!
Silky anteater's got the zoomies!
Fuzzy-wuzzy!
Anteaters always make me swoon over the wonder that is natural selection.
Wikipedia's featured article today is about the Ornithoprion, a cartilaginous fish with a pretty weird jaw setup that lived about 315-307 mya. The article links to its relative Helicoprion (lit. "spiral saw", an apt description of its truly bizarre lower jaw - paleontologists figure it was a specialised predator of cephalopods and similar soft-bodied critters) that lived 290-270 mya during the Permian...
Mother Nature comes up with some *weird shit* 👾
I know, right? You think "How can all this have come to be?" And then you remember that it's had hundreds of millions of generations to evolve into all of these wonderfully specific forms.
Richard Dawkins pithily phrased natural selection as "The Blind Watchmaker"
Little Mom anteaters
Put their kid's head's in a spin
I can hear them gripe at breakfast
"Mommm, not ants again!
"I'm Chirpy, the Mutant Hellbeast. Go away."
I'm tempted to infest the house with ants just as an excuse to adopt one.
Oh god I'm dying of old age waiting for it to do a thing!
While you briefly looked away, it kissed yo mama! Full on the lips.
Did it use tongue?
Anteaters add a whole new dimension to such concepts as "tickling tonsils" and "French kissing."
And also too "tongue-wrestling."
So he eats only the silky ants? None of that rough trade.
(imagines little ants in leather gear)
It wears a cravat.
Bookshop.org is offering free shipping this weekend! I've been a regular shopper there for years and started using the Wonkette link. I just bought two coffee table books on scenic hikes that I probably don't need but really want, and a book on living more simply. With all my hiking books filled with hikes I'll probably never take.
Hi pals! Even though CBS America is being gutted, 60 Minutes Aus is still on the case. Enjoy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqfIUb2dcuI
Just a snippet of history: Trump's 33% polling number is 4 points below Hitler's best showing of 37%. I had assumed that 37% was the lowest that figure could go, since that is how stupid humans are. Good news: humans are slightly less stupid than previously demonstrated. But still too stupid.
Regarding the attack on the SPLC, I'd like to remind everyone that a donation can be made on behalf of someone special like, for example, Todd Blanche:
https://substack.com/@alternativedog/note/c-248115971?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=2kpbm7
I think the motive for prosecuting the SPLC is to use the DOJ to bankrupt the organization by making them spend tons of money on legal fees. It's a long time strategy for bringing down civil rights and African American-run entities or groups, along with audits and other IRS tactics.
If Trump pardons Maxwell that she can be compelled--either in court or by Congress--to testify about those crimes. She won't have a Fifth Amendment right not to testify against herself about a crime if she cannot be prosecuted for said crime (thanks to the pardon).
She won't be hanging around. Argentina is probably a safe bet.
If Trump pardons Maxwell, the bets on her lifespan on Kalshi will be between days or hours.
Fuck the Police.
Seriously, they really don't sound that good to me anymore. I don't know why
Nah, Stewart Copeland's still the best drummer in rock, non-prog category.
There's a lot of competition, but he's great.
His dad Miles was one of the CIA's founding political operators
My old man was a spook, too. You want to tell me I'm a bad person or untalented because of what he did?
No. Just a random fact unrelated to anything you or he has done themselves
TGIF Tab's and Coffee ☕💯👍
Durango sounds Mexican. Maybe they'll just deport the whole town out of spite.
Durango is a state in Mexico
But also a city in Colorado.
I'm late to the SPLC story, but as usual this has all the earmarks of All Accusations are Confessions:
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-grand-jury-charges-southern-poverty-law-center-wire-fraud-false-statements-and
"wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering."
Yep.
Pedo47’s approval rating is now lower than his felony conviction count.
Maybe by “saved” he meant he downloaded images of them and saved them on his desktop.
Trump doesn't know computer.
He could get someone to do it. Or print out the glamour shots.
The ghost thing is really fascinating. I hope if I ever have some dreaded health issue I get those voices. I believe there are things in this life we will never understand.
So smol and adorable
Thoughts on the arrest of that soldier who made a killing in polymarket by betting on Maduro's removal using insider information: it's a start. Next do the Trump insiders who are making killings in the stock market and oil trades.
Ha! I kid! I kid! The soldier is a sucker and a loser, not one of the Epstein class of people.
Good gawd another Martha Stewart moment. They never go after those who are doing the real damage.