I remember the first Earth Day. I had an ecology flag. My friend David and I went out with it and we picked up trash along the road that ran by his house. It was a lot of trash. It was a revelation of trash, of how much there is. Since then - and a subsequent beach clean-up day - I've often thought that if everyone just once had to clean up a roadside or a beach our trash problem would diminish significantly, because people would be HORRIFIED.
I, too, remember the first Earth Day. I wore an Earth Day armband and was picking up trash while also doing my paper route, and some right wing, evangelical chud - yes, we even had them back then - saw me and screamed about how I was in the grip of Satan. For picking up trash.
When I was in the Cub Scouts, loooooooooong before the first Earth Day, we spent a Saturday morning picking up trash along a local highway. My friend and I found a discarded Playboy magazine and that’s when I decided to be straight.
Those who trash the planet don't care and wouldn't be horrified. Many of my family members volunteer to pick up trash via various organized groups. It's depressing but needs to be done because of assholes. What you may be horrified about is people yelling at us while we're picking it up.
Indeed. One of those times I wish I'd had a dashboard camera:
Sitting at a traffic light, the car in front of me opens their door, pushes out what looks like about five drive-thru meals worth of trash; then just closes their door, light turns green, and off they go. I was just floored by "Who does that?"
I remember the first Earth Day walking to school instead of taking the bus. The school was a couple mile walk, on back roads, no sidewalks, etc.
I also remember being naive enough to believe that, This is it! The polluters will stop polluting, the air and water will be clean, we’ll find alternatives to fossil fuels.
56 years later, some things are better (the air is cleaner, many places, but certainly not all, have cleaner water), and most things are worse (whatever the fuck clean coal is supposed to be).
Me too! And really confusing to me is that the bible clearly tells people to care for the planet because god created it. You would think all of these alleged "Christians" would be out en masse on Earth Day taking care of the earth.
They're the ones whose trash we're picking up. Caring about society in general, including those who don't go to your bigoted church or vote Republican, has become "woke" and therefore no longer included in their Christian values
Has Neil deGrasse Tyson showed up yet to point out that Wonkitty's Earth is rotating the wrong direction? (He griped about that in the Daily Show's animated logo too)
Then again, she's a cat; wonder enough that she made a globe at all.
I prefer to think of it as a view of the earth from a high speed flyby by an advanced civilization, who determine "hoo-boy, lucky for us these idiots are not in our arm of the galaxy."
See my answer to SunMoonStars. I meant no shade thrown on NdT, just that I wish more voices could be heard than mostly his when MSM needs to get a scientist’s perspective.
I really like NdT. Anyone who can engage others into talking science is worth listening to. With his background and approachable way he takes science to their levels. We need this more now than ever when so many are turning their backs on science and facts that is destroying the planet and humans.
He gets attacked a lot on social media and the 'christian' right goes off on him consistently. His platform includes pop culture as another way to bring non science people into the conversation.
I’m not attacking NdT. I’m not downplaying what he has done or is capable of doing. I’m just tired of him. I do wish more scientists were tapped to talk to regular people about things. Including women scientists. There are plenty of interesting people out there who could talk about things in the sciences. Two podcasts I listen to, Ologies and Clear&Vivid, feature scientists one can listen to about all sorts of topics that they specialize in. Some of them study things that overlap with popular culture, or sports, or social stuff that interest many. I wish news orgs would think about branching out to include more voices.
LOL, don’t ever trust me (or Wonkitty) for animations of complete scientific accuracy. The sad thing is that I thought I corrected that before sending the whole thing off to render. 😫
I was still recovering from a head-on collision with a moron passing on a hill, limping around campus with a cane and doing rehab at the college Med. Center on the first Earth Day, so I didn't actively participate in any activities. I spent the afternoon on that beautiful spring day sitting outside in a folding chair and soaking up some sun reading Kurt Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse Five" and contemplating graduation at the end of summer. Salad days.
Thank you Wonkitty for reminding me that I once held hands with a whole world of people to get Earth Day started - also for reminding me that Richard Nixon got credit for it while fycking the planet like a common Davenport - also that young people fell for it and reelected him -
I'm no longer able to digest any news that isn't liberally sprinkled with F-bombs and dick jokes, so when the Democrats Abroad Istmo (Oaxaca) chapter board asked for news source recommendations, I heartily endorsed Wonkette and The Fucking News. Because I am a responsible person, I did this only after including a disclaimer for people who get all squeamish over F-bombs and dick jokes, even though I tend to think everyone is already so squeamed by everything else going on that F-bombs and dick jokes must seem quaintly prim by comparison. Anyway, thanks for helping get me through the days.
How about all we Wonkette writers post a thread about our bookshop books and then all the Wonkers can buy them and Wonkette can get money? Is that it works? Has somebody already done this? Anyway, my books are here, cozy mysteries with an ABBA tribute band sleuth. https://bookshop.org/beta-search?keywords=%22M.+R.+Dimond%22
Thanks, Rebecca, for the Caity Weaver/Atlantic tab. What a writer! It brought back a lot of memories. There is a restaurant here that makes the best free bread, a focaccia. Their pastas are very good, but sometimes I drop by and just order a soup or salad in order to get my fix of that bread.
I’ll say my why he isn’t better loved for it….ive loved his devotion to family, faith and kindness to those who’ve experienced loss since his days as VP but it’s really hard to not have mixed feelings about him at best after the Palestinian genocide and decision to run again after saying he was a bridge candidate
Bibi's war tanked Biden's chances at reelection, giving us Trump, who Bibi charmed into fighting Israel's war in Iran. I'm so tired of America being Bibi's bitch.
That free bread odyssey was TLDR, until I realized I had finished it. Totally worth it, even though I’ll probably never sample even one of the contenders. (I have probably been to a Red Lobster at least once, but couldn’t tell you one thing about it)
Here's everything you need to know about Red Lobster. They pressure you to get the fuck out of there the moment you're done with the meal so they can turn the table over as quickly as possible.
U.S. businesses have been ripping off our country for years!
Part of a Trump a.m. toot:
"[C]ertain “Republican” Justices have just gone weak, stupid, and bad, completely violating what they “supposedly” stood for. Handing over 159 Billion Dollars in Tariff refunds to people who have been Ripping Off our Country for years, is unexplainable. One little sentence would have stoped [sic] this record setting payment from having to be made. It is a travesty! Their Tariff decision was an unnecessary and expensive slap in the face to the U.S.A., and a giant victory for its opponents."
From Customs and Border Protection:
"U.S. businesses and importers of record (IORs) who paid specific International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) tariffs ruled illegal by the Supreme Court can receive refunds."
I am sure there is a sewage lagoon somewhere they can scatter his ashes. That would be worthy of his name... except sewage lagoons do actual better work than the convicted felon.
I am sure there is a sewage lagoon somewhere they can scatter his ashes. That would be worthy of his name... except sewage lagoons do actual better work than the convicted felon.
About the best restaurant bread in America--oh please. That's easy: it's at The Walpack Inn, in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. Their brown bread is hands-down the best. I remember watching Louise make it when I was little, and my mother waitressed there. www.walpackinn.com
I think part of the reason people had bad vibes during the Biden years was because the Trump judges kept blocking some of his best ideas, like student loan forgiveness and parts of his big investment package. And the usual mainstream press' hatred of Democrats.
Along with Obama's R no congress from hell. They denied him replacing RBG then stacked the courts doing the same shit they denied allowing Obama to do. McFuckface make sure D admins are lame.
Do not be surprised by Mississippi's moves. Ten years ago, it was students at Ole Miss that got the "stars and bars" removed from the state flag.
There are a LOT of out-of-state students at/or attended Ole Miss over the last 10 or 15 years, which was at Mississippi's request. The hope being that good, smart kids that couldn't get into, say, the University of Texas or the University of Georgia would come to Mississippi and stay, thus raising the intellectual standing of the state.
OT, I heard a report on the tariff refunds, and it closed with speculation about whether and when tariff refunds will become available to consumers. Oh, I got a good, hearty laugh out of that! Credulous, deer-in-the-headlights media.
Your Earth Day gif link: https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/wonkitty-wishes-you-a-happy-earth
Aaaand meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/0446ea70-6edc-40fd-9914-91a91f208464?utm_source=share
One more Earth Day link:
https://www.thefarside.com/
For today, he's re-posted his Earth Day 1990 'The Far Side' cartoon. It's heartwarming (or -breaking, depending upon how you look at it).
Happy Earth Day!
Somewhere around here I have my official Planeteer ring, given to me when I was about 32 by Captain Planet himself.
*swag*
Happy Earth Day🐖
I remember the first Earth Day. I had an ecology flag. My friend David and I went out with it and we picked up trash along the road that ran by his house. It was a lot of trash. It was a revelation of trash, of how much there is. Since then - and a subsequent beach clean-up day - I've often thought that if everyone just once had to clean up a roadside or a beach our trash problem would diminish significantly, because people would be HORRIFIED.
I remember it too. We planted a tree at my Catholic school and the priest led us in prayers. More prayers needed.
I, too, remember the first Earth Day. I wore an Earth Day armband and was picking up trash while also doing my paper route, and some right wing, evangelical chud - yes, we even had them back then - saw me and screamed about how I was in the grip of Satan. For picking up trash.
When I was in the Cub Scouts, loooooooooong before the first Earth Day, we spent a Saturday morning picking up trash along a local highway. My friend and I found a discarded Playboy magazine and that’s when I decided to be straight.
Those who trash the planet don't care and wouldn't be horrified. Many of my family members volunteer to pick up trash via various organized groups. It's depressing but needs to be done because of assholes. What you may be horrified about is people yelling at us while we're picking it up.
Indeed. One of those times I wish I'd had a dashboard camera:
Sitting at a traffic light, the car in front of me opens their door, pushes out what looks like about five drive-thru meals worth of trash; then just closes their door, light turns green, and off they go. I was just floored by "Who does that?"
Entitled assholes. I remember commercials about not littering. We no longer have any public service announcements.
"Don't shit where you live" should be the official Earth Day slogan
I'm old enough to remember that Earth Day was bipartisan, and supported by almost everyone.
I remember the first Earth Day walking to school instead of taking the bus. The school was a couple mile walk, on back roads, no sidewalks, etc.
I also remember being naive enough to believe that, This is it! The polluters will stop polluting, the air and water will be clean, we’ll find alternatives to fossil fuels.
56 years later, some things are better (the air is cleaner, many places, but certainly not all, have cleaner water), and most things are worse (whatever the fuck clean coal is supposed to be).
Me too! And really confusing to me is that the bible clearly tells people to care for the planet because god created it. You would think all of these alleged "Christians" would be out en masse on Earth Day taking care of the earth.
They're the ones whose trash we're picking up. Caring about society in general, including those who don't go to your bigoted church or vote Republican, has become "woke" and therefore no longer included in their Christian values
They are titillated by vengeance and smiting. It rocks.
I know, right?! It’s absolutely bizarre that “let’s not destroy the planet” is now something controversial.
They're perfectly okay if the planet is rendered uninhabitable as long as they can make money in the process.
And spend billions looking at Mars to destroy instead of fixing this planet.
The right thinks this is a leftist thing since the 'hippie' days of peace. love and harmony.
I believe you are being generous - assuming the right....thinks.
Ha, you got that right! Always good to see you Ellie.
You too!!
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Has Neil deGrasse Tyson showed up yet to point out that Wonkitty's Earth is rotating the wrong direction? (He griped about that in the Daily Show's animated logo too)
Then again, she's a cat; wonder enough that she made a globe at all.
The earth does not spin, it's the universe that does.
At least that's the feeling I get when I have one of my vertigo attacks
If you're worrying about the earthly spin
and other science facts,
try to recall "it's just a meme"
I should really just relax.
I prefer to think of it as a view of the earth from a high speed flyby by an advanced civilization, who determine "hoo-boy, lucky for us these idiots are not in our arm of the galaxy."
Meat. They're made out of meat. :)
(Terry Bisson, I believe)
is anyone else tired of Neil deGrasse Tyson? He's got plenty to be proud of, but I don't need to hear from him every time science comes up.
Can you think of anyone better? I think he's a champion.
See my answer to SunMoonStars. I meant no shade thrown on NdT, just that I wish more voices could be heard than mostly his when MSM needs to get a scientist’s perspective.
I really like NdT. Anyone who can engage others into talking science is worth listening to. With his background and approachable way he takes science to their levels. We need this more now than ever when so many are turning their backs on science and facts that is destroying the planet and humans.
He gets attacked a lot on social media and the 'christian' right goes off on him consistently. His platform includes pop culture as another way to bring non science people into the conversation.
Media reaches out to him due to who he is.
I’m not attacking NdT. I’m not downplaying what he has done or is capable of doing. I’m just tired of him. I do wish more scientists were tapped to talk to regular people about things. Including women scientists. There are plenty of interesting people out there who could talk about things in the sciences. Two podcasts I listen to, Ologies and Clear&Vivid, feature scientists one can listen to about all sorts of topics that they specialize in. Some of them study things that overlap with popular culture, or sports, or social stuff that interest many. I wish news orgs would think about branching out to include more voices.
I didn't think you were attacking him and I understand your reasoning.
I couldn't agree more. I think he's wonderful 😊
Picky, picky, picky
Imagine if it had been a Wonkwombat. The Earth would be cubical.
Why no Wonkfrog?
Sure, the Earth would have been comically devoured, with much flapping of little froggy hands, but still.
😂
Could've been worse, with the poles tumbling end over end.
LOL, don’t ever trust me (or Wonkitty) for animations of complete scientific accuracy. The sad thing is that I thought I corrected that before sending the whole thing off to render. 😫
I think it's glorious. The finest Wonkitty rendering ever! Didn't even notice anything else.
I was still recovering from a head-on collision with a moron passing on a hill, limping around campus with a cane and doing rehab at the college Med. Center on the first Earth Day, so I didn't actively participate in any activities. I spent the afternoon on that beautiful spring day sitting outside in a folding chair and soaking up some sun reading Kurt Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse Five" and contemplating graduation at the end of summer. Salad days.
No one ever recovers from Vonnegut -
Wishing you a speedy recovery and hope the insurance makes things easy for you.
I hope you recover soon!
That was decades ago. I got better and was able to get back to soccer and running.
It did keep me out of Vietnam.
Wonkitty has pink toe beans!
Groovy Kitty.
Wonkitty gonna pick up the 7-10 split with that ball!
Thank you Wonkitty for reminding me that I once held hands with a whole world of people to get Earth Day started - also for reminding me that Richard Nixon got credit for it while fycking the planet like a common Davenport - also that young people fell for it and reelected him -
Wonkitty looks so sad because she knows the current administration doesn't care about the planet we live on.
Wonkitty! Protector of the Earth! Friend to all children!
*Upbeat tune plays in background*
*children's chorus singing in Japanese*
Here's a bit of Papal bio. Pope Leo was on WGN’s iconic ‘Bozo’s Circus’ as a child, brother reveals https://www.newsnationnow.com/religion/pope-leo-wgn-bozos-circus/amp/?ICID=ref_fark
I'm no longer able to digest any news that isn't liberally sprinkled with F-bombs and dick jokes, so when the Democrats Abroad Istmo (Oaxaca) chapter board asked for news source recommendations, I heartily endorsed Wonkette and The Fucking News. Because I am a responsible person, I did this only after including a disclaimer for people who get all squeamish over F-bombs and dick jokes, even though I tend to think everyone is already so squeamed by everything else going on that F-bombs and dick jokes must seem quaintly prim by comparison. Anyway, thanks for helping get me through the days.
You know that Bookshop link? https://substack.com/redirect/962dfa96-089b-4403-8abd-f7a5c2d702e8?j=eyJ1IjoiMmxsNXI4In0.-PMHm8Ui_N7JAmRZ_mxgzTk-W5TDIry6wmEM6pLHZPA
How about all we Wonkette writers post a thread about our bookshop books and then all the Wonkers can buy them and Wonkette can get money? Is that it works? Has somebody already done this? Anyway, my books are here, cozy mysteries with an ABBA tribute band sleuth. https://bookshop.org/beta-search?keywords=%22M.+R.+Dimond%22
The point that Patel might be trying to make in his suit could be that he doesn't abuse alcohol, alcohol abuses him.
Thanks, Rebecca, for the Caity Weaver/Atlantic tab. What a writer! It brought back a lot of memories. There is a restaurant here that makes the best free bread, a focaccia. Their pastas are very good, but sometimes I drop by and just order a soup or salad in order to get my fix of that bread.
There's an Italian joint in our town that serves fresh, warm focaccia that is amazing.
I’ll say my why he isn’t better loved for it….ive loved his devotion to family, faith and kindness to those who’ve experienced loss since his days as VP but it’s really hard to not have mixed feelings about him at best after the Palestinian genocide and decision to run again after saying he was a bridge candidate
Bibi's war tanked Biden's chances at reelection, giving us Trump, who Bibi charmed into fighting Israel's war in Iran. I'm so tired of America being Bibi's bitch.
As long as the evangelicals insist on being the agent of Christ's return, we'll be Israel's bitch.
That free bread odyssey was TLDR, until I realized I had finished it. Totally worth it, even though I’ll probably never sample even one of the contenders. (I have probably been to a Red Lobster at least once, but couldn’t tell you one thing about it)
Cheddar Bay Biscuits.
Here's everything you need to know about Red Lobster. They pressure you to get the fuck out of there the moment you're done with the meal so they can turn the table over as quickly as possible.
So, like 90% of American restaurants then?
They tend to be so blatant about it that you actually notice.
U.S. businesses have been ripping off our country for years!
Part of a Trump a.m. toot:
"[C]ertain “Republican” Justices have just gone weak, stupid, and bad, completely violating what they “supposedly” stood for. Handing over 159 Billion Dollars in Tariff refunds to people who have been Ripping Off our Country for years, is unexplainable. One little sentence would have stoped [sic] this record setting payment from having to be made. It is a travesty! Their Tariff decision was an unnecessary and expensive slap in the face to the U.S.A., and a giant victory for its opponents."
From Customs and Border Protection:
"U.S. businesses and importers of record (IORs) who paid specific International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) tariffs ruled illegal by the Supreme Court can receive refunds."
Oh boo hoo hoo. Trump may not be allowed to name things after himself:
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-banned-naming-things-after-himself-11863092?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1776871663
I am sure there is a sewage lagoon somewhere they can scatter his ashes. That would be worthy of his name... except sewage lagoons do actual better work than the convicted felon.
I am sure there is a sewage lagoon somewhere they can scatter his ashes. That would be worthy of his name... except sewage lagoons do actual better work than the convicted felon.
I'd like to see a grave named after him.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Retroactively please.
👆
Fuck yeah for GALA D’ LES WONQUES in Montreal!
Already on our calendar 😎
About the best restaurant bread in America--oh please. That's easy: it's at The Walpack Inn, in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. Their brown bread is hands-down the best. I remember watching Louise make it when I was little, and my mother waitressed there. www.walpackinn.com
I think part of the reason people had bad vibes during the Biden years was because the Trump judges kept blocking some of his best ideas, like student loan forgiveness and parts of his big investment package. And the usual mainstream press' hatred of Democrats.
Along with Obama's R no congress from hell. They denied him replacing RBG then stacked the courts doing the same shit they denied allowing Obama to do. McFuckface make sure D admins are lame.
Do not be surprised by Mississippi's moves. Ten years ago, it was students at Ole Miss that got the "stars and bars" removed from the state flag.
There are a LOT of out-of-state students at/or attended Ole Miss over the last 10 or 15 years, which was at Mississippi's request. The hope being that good, smart kids that couldn't get into, say, the University of Texas or the University of Georgia would come to Mississippi and stay, thus raising the intellectual standing of the state.
That's exactly what happened.
I like Paul Krugman in writing, but his videos are hard to watch, tbh.
OT, I heard a report on the tariff refunds, and it closed with speculation about whether and when tariff refunds will become available to consumers. Oh, I got a good, hearty laugh out of that! Credulous, deer-in-the-headlights media.