I love Pallas cats because they look like the cat we had when I was a young. My parents had Nansen before I was born, and she apparently was spry at one point. We lived in a tiny cabin in the north woods for a point, and she would bring me bats and mice in my crib. You can always see her behind me in baby pictures (looking to get snacks?). Each night before I went to bed my dad would pick me up and dance to "Moonshadow" by Cat Stevens, but I'd also make him do the same with Nansen (who tolerated it) before I'd go to bed.
She was huge (but I was small). She let me drag her around and tie baby doll bonnets on her and never bit or scratched. So I suppose she loved me.
When I was 5 it was decided I was too allergic to cats to keep her, so my parents gave her to a friend. They didn't let me visit her, and it was a big trauma in my young life.
Our mother projected illnesses and things onto our youngest sister, among them asthma and an allergy to cats. We were deprived of cat stewardship, but our mother didn't stop smoking around her supposedly asthmatic daughter.
I'm sure she had a good life--by the time I could remember her she was basically a sentient throw pillow, willing to be dragged about but happy to sleep. So I'm glad she likely lived out her life curled up in the sun and getting treats.
Otocobulus! I love Pallas kittehs. They always look so pissed off, which I can sympathize with. And they got round pupils. People eyes on big fluffy grumpy cats!
I will always be mad about how they treated Biden, and I know deep in my heart that what it really was about was the white people being scared of the Black woman waiting in the wings. There is nothing you can say that will make me believe anything else.
I happen to come from a long line of people who have lived into their 90s while still taking care of themselves and being very competent, and my 83 year-old dad still runs his optometry practice and does complex math (optometry is very math-y), and while he starts a little later and takes a quick nap before dinner, being old is very different for different people and I'd argue that trump is way more befuddled and OLD old than Biden ever was on his worst day.
karinne jean-pierre can eat a shit sammich...she was a shitty press secretary anyway, the aboslute worst possible choice after the fabulously smart-ass, taking-no-shit jen psaki
An absolutely terrible look for a university that once upon a time had an excellent reputation. Do universities really want to enable fascism? Just asking a question.
"President Donald Trump’s Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick got burned badly by Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.) during a meeting of the House Appropriations Committee on Thursday.
The congresswoman asked Lutnick about the tariff on bananas, adding, “Americans, by the way, loooove bananas. We buy billions of them a year. I love bananas. What’s the tariff on bananas?”
Lutnick responded that the tariff on that fruit “would be representative of the countries that produce them,” which he said was “generally 10%.” Dean then pointed out that Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8%.
Lutnick claimed prices would go back down as countries continue to make new deals with the U.S. However, Dean was focused on the very real present and not Lutnick’s nebulous future predictions.
″But the cost is on the American consumer now, and on the businesses with the confusion now,” she said. “Mr. Secretary, I believe you know better. I believe you recognize that a trade deficit is not something to fear. I believe you know that predictability, stability, is essential for businesses. I wish you would show that truth to this administration.”
Lutnick then added one more point: “There’s no uncertainty that if you build in America and produce your product in America, there will be no tariff.” Dean then held up a banana and noted to Lutnick: “We cannot build bananas in America.”"
Just remember that WDJ acronym, TACO. Elon's contracts will NOT be cancelled and he will not be deported and because TACO. However, it is interesting to see the public blackmail so privately used by RUMP. Again, who holds the cards. I can only wish that this turning by Muskrat brings a deeper look into what this administration is doing. BUT I'm sure that the MSM will start to quietly ignore this bombshell, suppressing all the illegal shit they have both done in an effort to keep the wrecking ball on our democracy.
The one bright note is that Rump never met a grudge he didn't obsess about and he could continue to stay in the pissing match against Muskrat, albeit covertly (if THAT is even possible for sundowning Von Shitzinpantz).
And NO we do not want Muskrat in the party. He IS still an absolutely abhorrent individual.
FYI, our old pal LInda Tirado (aka Killer Martinis) is trying to raise funds for repairs to her wheelchair. Supposedly it's free to her, but she has to pay for the fixes, then apply for reimbursement - such a stupid, cruel system! But in the meantime, she is asking for help via PayPal or Venmo: https://bsky.app/profile/killermartinis.bsky.social/post/3lqx4wqai622b
Something that just occurred to me, with the obviousness of the sky -- I hope you'll pardon me for saying something so obvious -- but everyone I have ever known or seen, everyone I have ever read about, is mixed-race. It's the human condition.
We are all simply Human Beings. All eye, hair, skin color are simply switches turned on or off in DNA. Race is a social construct to separate us into tribes who are at odds with one another. DNA doesn’t show “race” it shows where the largest number of people who share your “switches” emanate from in the world.
Happy Friday! Your hed gif info: https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/rollin-pollin-pallass-cat
And meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/b6f1eadb-b4fd-495d-bf17-6ef0cd230290?utm_source=share
So if you do all the care and feeding of Pallas’s cats at a sanctuary or zoo, does that mean you’re a manul laborer?
https://www.earthtouchnews.com/media/179014/06_02_2014_manul_pallass-cat_2.jpg
I love Pallas cats because they look like the cat we had when I was a young. My parents had Nansen before I was born, and she apparently was spry at one point. We lived in a tiny cabin in the north woods for a point, and she would bring me bats and mice in my crib. You can always see her behind me in baby pictures (looking to get snacks?). Each night before I went to bed my dad would pick me up and dance to "Moonshadow" by Cat Stevens, but I'd also make him do the same with Nansen (who tolerated it) before I'd go to bed.
She was huge (but I was small). She let me drag her around and tie baby doll bonnets on her and never bit or scratched. So I suppose she loved me.
When I was 5 it was decided I was too allergic to cats to keep her, so my parents gave her to a friend. They didn't let me visit her, and it was a big trauma in my young life.
Our mother projected illnesses and things onto our youngest sister, among them asthma and an allergy to cats. We were deprived of cat stewardship, but our mother didn't stop smoking around her supposedly asthmatic daughter.
Aw, bittersweet!
I'm sure she had a good life--by the time I could remember her she was basically a sentient throw pillow, willing to be dragged about but happy to sleep. So I'm glad she likely lived out her life curled up in the sun and getting treats.
I love Pallas cats! Manul!
How did you manage to find a Pallas Cat that was neither pissed off nor derp?
Beautiful wildcats and the pride here on Wonkette.
We are so much like those cats...
Beautiful beastie!
Pallas Cats! Built for the cold.
For some reason, I hear Led Zeppelin playing in the background.
Otocobulus! I love Pallas kittehs. They always look so pissed off, which I can sympathize with. And they got round pupils. People eyes on big fluffy grumpy cats!
I could watch big cats behaving like little cats all day...
(And Tom The Dancing Bug!)
That kitteh's coloring ... blending in. Wow. Mom Nature really knows her stuff!
A little Pallas NOIZ. Scottish prog rock band who managed to put out a few albums in the mid 80s, when prog was as dead as the Musk/Trump pact.
https://youtu.be/j2OAJGnpOyE?si=snLfu07dgkDWoOrl
They even have a Roger Deanesque cover!
Pallas's Cat showing her stuff for TABS.
Pallas' Cats always look pissed off.
Not a Pallas but Hobbs!! is king of the dirty looks.
https://substack.com/@primergray/note/c-45513388?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=5n29h
Murder in mind.
He actually almost did kill me with blood poisoning. He bit me and I got an infection in my arm. Two days of IV antibiotics took care of it.
Wild Floof Chonk.
Not Fat Just Fluffy!
Someone always knows the latin name.
(Carolus Iohannes)
Otocolobus manul
Google knew it!
Being a known scientist...It would be a bit surprising if Floof blinded me with science.
I will always be mad about how they treated Biden, and I know deep in my heart that what it really was about was the white people being scared of the Black woman waiting in the wings. There is nothing you can say that will make me believe anything else.
I happen to come from a long line of people who have lived into their 90s while still taking care of themselves and being very competent, and my 83 year-old dad still runs his optometry practice and does complex math (optometry is very math-y), and while he starts a little later and takes a quick nap before dinner, being old is very different for different people and I'd argue that trump is way more befuddled and OLD old than Biden ever was on his worst day.
karinne jean-pierre can eat a shit sammich...she was a shitty press secretary anyway, the aboslute worst possible choice after the fabulously smart-ass, taking-no-shit jen psaki
Any Dem that licks Musk's ass should be primaried. Talking to you Fetterman, only you're getting primaried already.
Ryan George examines the question of why AI lies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOW63iiScgQ
JC America, WTAF?
I'm nowhere MAORI but keeping the honest culture alive is good politics!
Trix, I just went to the grocery store yesterday, myself. Eggs are down quite a bit here, but they still cost three times what they did last year.
Anyway, this is happening in your neck of the woods, you might want to keep an eye on it. These operatives seem pretty skeevy:
"University of Michigan using undercover investigators to surveil student Gaza protestors"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/06/michigan-university-gaza-surveillance
An absolutely terrible look for a university that once upon a time had an excellent reputation. Do universities really want to enable fascism? Just asking a question.
The instructional staff? No. But administrations employing quasi-fascist police-state tactics against student "radicals" has a long tradition.
I read this as well and am surprised that the ACLU hasnt become involved
"President Donald Trump’s Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick got burned badly by Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.) during a meeting of the House Appropriations Committee on Thursday.
The congresswoman asked Lutnick about the tariff on bananas, adding, “Americans, by the way, loooove bananas. We buy billions of them a year. I love bananas. What’s the tariff on bananas?”
Lutnick responded that the tariff on that fruit “would be representative of the countries that produce them,” which he said was “generally 10%.” Dean then pointed out that Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8%.
Lutnick claimed prices would go back down as countries continue to make new deals with the U.S. However, Dean was focused on the very real present and not Lutnick’s nebulous future predictions.
″But the cost is on the American consumer now, and on the businesses with the confusion now,” she said. “Mr. Secretary, I believe you know better. I believe you recognize that a trade deficit is not something to fear. I believe you know that predictability, stability, is essential for businesses. I wish you would show that truth to this administration.”
Lutnick then added one more point: “There’s no uncertainty that if you build in America and produce your product in America, there will be no tariff.” Dean then held up a banana and noted to Lutnick: “We cannot build bananas in America.”"
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rep-madeleine-deans-banana-burn-on-howard-lutnick-goes-viral_n_6841fd38e4b04e411be64691
The Brammer essay is long, but VERY good writing
> Second, “Democrats” is just Ro Khanna, obviously.
Don’t blame me, I didn’t vote for him, because when he first ran he was pushing crypto hard.
ETA: Voted for a different Democrat, because it's California and that's how we roll.
Just remember that WDJ acronym, TACO. Elon's contracts will NOT be cancelled and he will not be deported and because TACO. However, it is interesting to see the public blackmail so privately used by RUMP. Again, who holds the cards. I can only wish that this turning by Muskrat brings a deeper look into what this administration is doing. BUT I'm sure that the MSM will start to quietly ignore this bombshell, suppressing all the illegal shit they have both done in an effort to keep the wrecking ball on our democracy.
The one bright note is that Rump never met a grudge he didn't obsess about and he could continue to stay in the pissing match against Muskrat, albeit covertly (if THAT is even possible for sundowning Von Shitzinpantz).
And NO we do not want Muskrat in the party. He IS still an absolutely abhorrent individual.
Rat de Musk is pure fecal matter, refined and distilled.
Are there any Wonkers in Philly? We will be moving there this summer. Please show your selves.
FYI, our old pal LInda Tirado (aka Killer Martinis) is trying to raise funds for repairs to her wheelchair. Supposedly it's free to her, but she has to pay for the fixes, then apply for reimbursement - such a stupid, cruel system! But in the meantime, she is asking for help via PayPal or Venmo: https://bsky.app/profile/killermartinis.bsky.social/post/3lqx4wqai622b
Don't believe for a second that Elon was ever truly in the tent to begin with. More like something he toyed with to see if it could male him richer.
Great typo.
Something that just occurred to me, with the obviousness of the sky -- I hope you'll pardon me for saying something so obvious -- but everyone I have ever known or seen, everyone I have ever read about, is mixed-race. It's the human condition.
We are all simply Human Beings. All eye, hair, skin color are simply switches turned on or off in DNA. Race is a social construct to separate us into tribes who are at odds with one another. DNA doesn’t show “race” it shows where the largest number of people who share your “switches” emanate from in the world.