I was hoping for an explanation of those showy tentacles! I can't tell if the color changes are due to photophores or camera light, but they're impressive either way.
I liked the story about the hippie lawyer who started a Religious Liberty law group back in Nixon's days but now finds the religious freedom firms he inspired are doing evil. To misquote Elon Musk, Sometimes the best Religion is no religion.
We do need some sensible public policy about AI. Unfortunately, we're not going to get it now, because it's a new front in the culture wars and Trump destroys everything he touches.
It's gross that we all have to pretend that Mitch McConnell didn't have a goddamned stroke when it's fucking obvious that he was having TIAs leading up to his "fall". Fuck this stupid, gaslighting administration!
"Victims of bestiality?" What in the everloving fuck is Kra$h talking about? Is he saying the FBI wants to hire more K9 units, but can't, because he and his buddies have fucked them all? I'm going to just go with Kash Patel wants his canine paramours to join the FBI.
HuffPost: "Trump bragged on Truth Social that the mid-term convention outperformed the NFL’s season kickoff game. “The Republican Midterm Convention last night, in Dallas, was a major, sold out hit, far bigger, better, and more important than anyone thought possible,” Trump posted on Thursday after the first night of the convention. “It was really something, streaming all over the place, and really big numbers, despite going up against the NFL. The overall numbers beat the NFL,” Trump added.
The NFL game drew more than 25 million viewers, while Trump’s speech that same night got just 3 million viewers, CNN reported. Trump was off by roughly 22 million viewers."
HuffPost: "At the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, FBI Director Kash Patel was quizzed about the FBI reportedly easing its hiring standards to allow people who had previously engaged in prostitution or bestiality to join the bureau’s ranks. Sen. Dick Durbin (Ill.), the top Democrat on the committee, asked Patel whether applicants who have stolen from an employer, paid for sex or engaged in bestiality would be automatically disqualified.
“We did not want to punish victims of bestiality, victims who are trafficked, if you are a victim of these awful, heinous act,” Patel clarified. “They still have to go through the same standards and application process.”
He maintained recruitment standards “have never been higher.”"
Trump toot, today, 6:27am - "Republicans just got another bad decision from the United States Supreme Court, one that the Court System took forever to give, and then blamed it, in part, on no time left to implement a solution to our totally CORRUPT and out of control Mail-In voting “disaster,” which is a laughing stock all over the World, and where we are the only country that has to endure such a Nation Destroying SCAM. Justices Alito and Thomas, legends both, strongly disagreed with this horrible, highly political, ruling. It is a big loss for Republicans, and America itself, and makes cheating by the Radical Left “Dumocrats,” on Mail-In Ballots, a much easier thing to do - And now they have an open field to do so! The Supreme Court has really let our Country down! Certain Justices are petrified of these crazed and depraved Democrats, and are totally unable to show the courage necessary to save our America. Their horrible decision on Tariffs will be costing the U.S.A., for many years to come, Trillions and Trillions of Dollars. They didn’t even state, “money paid does not have to be paid back,” much to the benefit of entities that truly hate our Country, and have been RIPPING IT OFF FOR YEARS, unnecessarily costing us, immediately, Billions of Dollars. Likewise, the Supreme Court’s Decision on Birthright Citizenship is a complete and total disaster for America, and has already led to massive corruption with respect to “citizenship” in our Country. The damage done to America is incalculable, and they know this, just as everyone else does - It is an irreparable and unrecoverable harm! The Court’s inability and unwillingness to do the right thing for our Country will go down, in a very negative way, in the annals of History. This Supreme Court is bullied and cajoled by the Radical Left into making decisions that have set America back at least a hundred years. These are not the people I interviewed to serve on the United States Supreme Court, they are merely a shell of their original selves, a Court that is costing the United States Trillions of Dollars with shockingly bad rulings that are of such magnitude that it won’t be easily possible for our Country to recover or heal. It is a Court that will go down as having rendered some of the most destructive, hurtful, and damaging decisions in our Country’s history. It is not easy for me to write this criticism of the United States Supreme Court - it will likely cost me dearly for years to come - but I feel it my obligation and duty, as President, to do so for the America we love! Thank you for your attention to this very important matter. God bless the U.S.A. President DONALD J. TRUMP"
Dude! A. You don't have years to come (Pray Jeebus!). B. You are the one costing us trillions. Just you, really. You had to have 37 armored cars transported to Ireland so you could get jeered and play golf. C. It is YOU who have set us back a 100 years. America has always let states run their elections. So, fucking nothing has changed, motherfucker.
Ron DeSantis, broken clock, most likely says correct thing about probability of AI industry being over invested and seeking too big to fail status before the bubble pops. Still less trustworthy than Susan Collins to then back that up by not supporting government contracts for AI industry.
Interesting theory. AI companies have been over-leveraged for a while, and I was wondering why the CEOs would suddenly start talking about slowing things down. Thinking maybe they would like to forestall the bubble bursting, or get their own money out quietly before it does. But maybe it's this. Anyway, it's for sure about the money. They don't care about humanity.
Or both, or it’s all a kind of disinformation strategy to blunt people’s perception that the encroachment of AI/ datacenters is an immediate threat rather than something they can hit the snooze alarm on.
It’s a diamond squid 🦑 in your hed gif, and I’ve got the info about it here: https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/diamond-squid
Also, you get a meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/fc5ee845-c66b-4e2d-acb9-38ebeca66b85?utm_source=share
Jazz hands tentacles.
Cephalopod squee!!!
Squidlisous Martini.
As I learned more of piglet squids
Mental images break through
Of a squid that roams down English lanes
With their friend a bear named Pooh
Lights! Camera! Fish-shion!
New coif? Very snappy Ms. Diamond.
39 inches and 66 pounds? If I saw this squid swimming towards me I'd have a stroke!
She looks like a happy squid.
And "Diamond Girl" by Seals & Croft came to mind:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNtOYomo4Qg
Diamond Squid you sure can swim
Graceful glider, tentacles trim
You should totes check out my subhed!
I did. But my first reaction was that song. (And, now, of course, it won't leave my head. Thank you, Martini!!!
What a fascinating, absolutely beautiful animal.
The incredible life that exists within Earth's seas never ceases to amaze me.
Cephalopods are fascinating creatures!
Squids!!! I have many friends who are serving or retired from the USN!
I was hoping for an explanation of those showy tentacles! I can't tell if the color changes are due to photophores or camera light, but they're impressive either way.
I am pretty sure this is not the type of squid that has photophores, so I guess the fancy lightshow is all the photographer's doing.
It looks kinda like the creature from the fab movie "Nope" (2022).
I've been lied to. It's a fairy! Fairies *do* exist!
10/10 would hug
Fish food.
I liked the story about the hippie lawyer who started a Religious Liberty law group back in Nixon's days but now finds the religious freedom firms he inspired are doing evil. To misquote Elon Musk, Sometimes the best Religion is no religion.
We do need some sensible public policy about AI. Unfortunately, we're not going to get it now, because it's a new front in the culture wars and Trump destroys everything he touches.
Ron DeSantis is 48 years old, and his political career is over.
He's term-limited out of Governor.
He's never going to be President.
He's never going to be Senator.
He's never going to be a Congressman.
After Governor, any other statewide office is a step down.
So sad. I wonder if he told Casey yet?
It's gross that we all have to pretend that Mitch McConnell didn't have a goddamned stroke when it's fucking obvious that he was having TIAs leading up to his "fall". Fuck this stupid, gaslighting administration!
"Hey, those space lasers ain't kosher, brah."
I'll throw myself out.
"Victims of bestiality?" What in the everloving fuck is Kra$h talking about? Is he saying the FBI wants to hire more K9 units, but can't, because he and his buddies have fucked them all? I'm going to just go with Kash Patel wants his canine paramours to join the FBI.
"mentions the names of genitals"? sometimes i forget they believe the human body always has plastic underwear attached to it.
France should not have apologized for saying what is true.
HuffPost: "Trump bragged on Truth Social that the mid-term convention outperformed the NFL’s season kickoff game. “The Republican Midterm Convention last night, in Dallas, was a major, sold out hit, far bigger, better, and more important than anyone thought possible,” Trump posted on Thursday after the first night of the convention. “It was really something, streaming all over the place, and really big numbers, despite going up against the NFL. The overall numbers beat the NFL,” Trump added.
The NFL game drew more than 25 million viewers, while Trump’s speech that same night got just 3 million viewers, CNN reported. Trump was off by roughly 22 million viewers."
And at least 1/2 of his viewers were waiting for the car crash.
You have to look at the "overall numbers!"
HuffPost: "At the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, FBI Director Kash Patel was quizzed about the FBI reportedly easing its hiring standards to allow people who had previously engaged in prostitution or bestiality to join the bureau’s ranks. Sen. Dick Durbin (Ill.), the top Democrat on the committee, asked Patel whether applicants who have stolen from an employer, paid for sex or engaged in bestiality would be automatically disqualified.
“We did not want to punish victims of bestiality, victims who are trafficked, if you are a victim of these awful, heinous act,” Patel clarified. “They still have to go through the same standards and application process.”
He maintained recruitment standards “have never been higher.”"
Trump's mad, and I'm glad:
Trump toot, today, 6:27am - "Republicans just got another bad decision from the United States Supreme Court, one that the Court System took forever to give, and then blamed it, in part, on no time left to implement a solution to our totally CORRUPT and out of control Mail-In voting “disaster,” which is a laughing stock all over the World, and where we are the only country that has to endure such a Nation Destroying SCAM. Justices Alito and Thomas, legends both, strongly disagreed with this horrible, highly political, ruling. It is a big loss for Republicans, and America itself, and makes cheating by the Radical Left “Dumocrats,” on Mail-In Ballots, a much easier thing to do - And now they have an open field to do so! The Supreme Court has really let our Country down! Certain Justices are petrified of these crazed and depraved Democrats, and are totally unable to show the courage necessary to save our America. Their horrible decision on Tariffs will be costing the U.S.A., for many years to come, Trillions and Trillions of Dollars. They didn’t even state, “money paid does not have to be paid back,” much to the benefit of entities that truly hate our Country, and have been RIPPING IT OFF FOR YEARS, unnecessarily costing us, immediately, Billions of Dollars. Likewise, the Supreme Court’s Decision on Birthright Citizenship is a complete and total disaster for America, and has already led to massive corruption with respect to “citizenship” in our Country. The damage done to America is incalculable, and they know this, just as everyone else does - It is an irreparable and unrecoverable harm! The Court’s inability and unwillingness to do the right thing for our Country will go down, in a very negative way, in the annals of History. This Supreme Court is bullied and cajoled by the Radical Left into making decisions that have set America back at least a hundred years. These are not the people I interviewed to serve on the United States Supreme Court, they are merely a shell of their original selves, a Court that is costing the United States Trillions of Dollars with shockingly bad rulings that are of such magnitude that it won’t be easily possible for our Country to recover or heal. It is a Court that will go down as having rendered some of the most destructive, hurtful, and damaging decisions in our Country’s history. It is not easy for me to write this criticism of the United States Supreme Court - it will likely cost me dearly for years to come - but I feel it my obligation and duty, as President, to do so for the America we love! Thank you for your attention to this very important matter. God bless the U.S.A. President DONALD J. TRUMP"
Dude! A. You don't have years to come (Pray Jeebus!). B. You are the one costing us trillions. Just you, really. You had to have 37 armored cars transported to Ireland so you could get jeered and play golf. C. It is YOU who have set us back a 100 years. America has always let states run their elections. So, fucking nothing has changed, motherfucker.
We guess Mitch McConnell is “alive”-ish.
Ron DeSantis, broken clock, most likely says correct thing about probability of AI industry being over invested and seeking too big to fail status before the bubble pops. Still less trustworthy than Susan Collins to then back that up by not supporting government contracts for AI industry.
Interesting theory. AI companies have been over-leveraged for a while, and I was wondering why the CEOs would suddenly start talking about slowing things down. Thinking maybe they would like to forestall the bubble bursting, or get their own money out quietly before it does. But maybe it's this. Anyway, it's for sure about the money. They don't care about humanity.
Or both, or it’s all a kind of disinformation strategy to blunt people’s perception that the encroachment of AI/ datacenters is an immediate threat rather than something they can hit the snooze alarm on.
Does Buddy have the Mother from HIMYM?
“May your so-called holy family go to hell.”
Now that's what I call a chant.