Thank you! I’m normally a little squicked out by monkeys but grandma there is awfully cute and her little yum yum noises are adorable. What a planet we live on.
AI apparently missed any reference of frug to fruit.
Thanks AI overlords!
AI Overview
" 'Frug' can refer to several things, most commonly a hybrid dog breed, a 1960s dance, or the word frugal. A Frug dog is a cross between a French Bulldog and a Pug, known for being playful and affectionate. The Frug dance was a popular 1960s dance craze involving hip shaking. Frugal means careful in spending or using resources."
Flood disaster: When you lose (fire/retire/push out) senior weather and emergency staff and leadership you don’t just lose on number count. There’s a thing called institutional memory. It includes contacts, familiarity with procedures, rules of engagement, knowledge of resources and areas of weakness. So when the people who have this institutional knowledge are gone, it’s more than losing checkers on the checkerboard. It’s losing coping skills, cohesion, allies, veterans of previous challenges and loyalty. All of that has to be rebuilt and can hardly be rebuilt efficiently in the midst of a catastrophe.
“if I were somebody who lies about shit and blames the opposition for everything, I would ignore that bit of reporting and blame Trump anyway but I’m not, so.”
That’s okay - I am. There is absolutely no tactic too dirty, lowdown, or mean to be employed in the service of making life unpleasant for Donald Trump and MAGA. I would suggest any innocents who find these methods distasteful to watch simply avert their gaze.
The thing in Texas is a classic clusterfuck. The Weather Bureau predicted 6 inches of rain; they got 12. Six inches of rain would have been a flooding advisory, 12 inches a flood warning. The Weather Service didn't know that they got 12 inches of rain until the middle of the night when people were asleep. There was a note that a lot of people turn off the Emergency Notifications function on their phones because there are too many alerts that aren't personally involved. So they never got the flood warning. Local Authorities considered installing flood warning instruments along the river but decided it was too expensive. Too expensive compared to 80 people dead? The State government didn't want to spend the money either. The whole state is run by a bunch of cheapskates. Part of FEMA's mission (pre-Trump) was disaster mitigation, coordinating with communities to reduce the potential damages from freak weather. That's what good government does. Republicans don't care.
In all fairness, rainfall totals like this are known to happen in my part of the world (I am 2 hours east of Kerr County). What is *not* usual is that the rain just stopped and stayed in one place. It's not clear to me if a fully-staffed agency would have caught that.
Among the plaintiffs in the new lawsuit against HHS Secretary RFK Jr., FDA Commissioner Martin Makary, NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, and CDC Acting Director Matthew Buzzelli over Covid vaccine recommendations and the destruction of ACIP is a Jane Doe.
"Plaintiff, Jane Doe, is a physician working in a hospital where she puts herself at risk of infectious diseases every day to care for patients and save lives. Jane Doe is also more than 20 weeks pregnant. Although she was vaccinated against Covid before becoming pregnant, her doctors have advised her to get another dose of the vaccine later in pregnancy to better protect herself and her baby from contracting this deadly disease. Pregnancy increases the risk of severe illness and complications from infectious disease, including preterm birth and stillbirth. However, the Directive creates barriers to access to the vaccine and has left Jane and her husband overwhelmed with stress and uncertainty. Her worries are not just for herself, but also for the health and safety of her unborn child."
Wanted to chime in this morning about Elmo's new party.
Interlude:
I got a free mobile WiFi hotspot at the library and after it didn't work at all last week today it decided to operate correctly. BAD SIDE--it does not want to let me link to Wonkette because reasons (security/who the fuck knows?)
Anyway, I'm reading a book about Lincoln prior to his Senate campaign and have gotten to the part where the Know Nothings have their 15 minutes of fame prior to the Republican Party. The Know Nothings real name--
Anyone?
The American Party
So, that fits in having to do with Musk and his douchebro crew.
I'm standing outside the Taco Bell using THEIR free WiFi, because I needed to get out of the apt and my normal phone service needs paid.
But yeah--Know Nothings/Musk/coincidence I think not... that's the lesson. I'd like to conclude with a hymn...
Dammmn... The Feminist Sex Wars... I jumped over to read the article, and a few paragraphs in jumped back here because I want to digest that more slowly, and perhaps in arms reach of my feminist library which dates largely from that time. I came out in the very early 80s, and this very controversy ripped through the Olympia women's community (or women's or wimmyn or numerous other iterations, its own split within our community), leaving not so much deep fissures as uncomfortable alliances.
I will always respect Dworkin for her work on "Right Wing Women" * but once she got into the thick of the anti-porn work, I could not follow where she went.
MacKinnon, on the other hand, always sent up red flags for me. Early lessons in being wary of purity ponies and folks who think their perspective is the only perspective.
_____
* Which I summarize thusly: women on the left and women on the right both see the world as a dangerous place for women, but construct different responses. Women on the left seek to empower ourselves to protect ourselves and other women; women on the right seek to ally themselves with A Man for protection as empowerment seems out of reach for themselves. Also a lot of interesting analysis of how patriarchy worked in biblical times and on to the present day.
The Texas Lege also got rid of them this term -- an unusually stupid bill even by *their* standards. Certain counties still have them due to pollution levels (Harris, Dallas, Travis among them).
The way many on the this site are treating the deaths of innocent young children is unacceptable and certainly undermines any argument that this is a place of decent, empathetic liberals.
I don't know how to explain to you that you should care about the lives of innocent children
The way many on the this site are treating the deaths of innocent young children is unacceptable and certainly undermines any argument that this is a place of decent, empathetic liberals.
I don't know how to explain to you that you should care about the lives of innocent children
Quick check-in to drop your gif info https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/mellon-yum
And meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/7a6d69cb-85b7-4a36-b49b-e61a73ae3e32?utm_source=share
A new animal for me. Thank you, Martini!
Thank you! I’m normally a little squicked out by monkeys but grandma there is awfully cute and her little yum yum noises are adorable. What a planet we live on.
Ta, Martini. I hope you're enjoying your vacation.
AI apparently missed any reference of frug to fruit.
Thanks AI overlords!
AI Overview
" 'Frug' can refer to several things, most commonly a hybrid dog breed, a 1960s dance, or the word frugal. A Frug dog is a cross between a French Bulldog and a Pug, known for being playful and affectionate. The Frug dance was a popular 1960s dance craze involving hip shaking. Frugal means careful in spending or using resources."
The large language model is small minded (no minded would apply also, too).
Hip shaking is the only saving grace.
Itty bitty minkey!
Presumably owned by Gorky.
I will call her an owl monkey if and when I hear her hoot, 'til then, the "cutie with the big, beaming eyes is a night monkey"!
"Cutie" is faint praise, the night monkey is a delight
Night Monkey
you make my heart sing
you make everything
nommy....
Dang, now I want some melon.
Yummy midnight snack for the cute monkey!
What is it?! WTF IS IT!!!!???!?!/?/1/?!?!?!?
Nocturnal nom nom.
Flood disaster: When you lose (fire/retire/push out) senior weather and emergency staff and leadership you don’t just lose on number count. There’s a thing called institutional memory. It includes contacts, familiarity with procedures, rules of engagement, knowledge of resources and areas of weakness. So when the people who have this institutional knowledge are gone, it’s more than losing checkers on the checkerboard. It’s losing coping skills, cohesion, allies, veterans of previous challenges and loyalty. All of that has to be rebuilt and can hardly be rebuilt efficiently in the midst of a catastrophe.
🎶"The King of France had 40,000 men. He marched them up a hill and marched them down again"🎶 This made even less sense. Los Angeles park raid: 90 Guard troops sent for military-style operation https://www.kgw.com/article/news/nation-world/federal-officers-deployed-los-angeles-macarthur-park/507-cd826e85-bb0a-4115-9ccd-444d125b7203
Like Shakespeare in the Park.
They did a recreation of MacArthur's namesake actions in the "Bonus Army."
Needed more tear gas.
“if I were somebody who lies about shit and blames the opposition for everything, I would ignore that bit of reporting and blame Trump anyway but I’m not, so.”
That’s okay - I am. There is absolutely no tactic too dirty, lowdown, or mean to be employed in the service of making life unpleasant for Donald Trump and MAGA. I would suggest any innocents who find these methods distasteful to watch simply avert their gaze.
Dammit…gonna be in Seattle from NH on the 22nd 😖
sooooo - i don't have to have a law degree and can use a hallucinating and lying AI to do the work for me? cool cool! (that case law read was a hoot)
The thing in Texas is a classic clusterfuck. The Weather Bureau predicted 6 inches of rain; they got 12. Six inches of rain would have been a flooding advisory, 12 inches a flood warning. The Weather Service didn't know that they got 12 inches of rain until the middle of the night when people were asleep. There was a note that a lot of people turn off the Emergency Notifications function on their phones because there are too many alerts that aren't personally involved. So they never got the flood warning. Local Authorities considered installing flood warning instruments along the river but decided it was too expensive. Too expensive compared to 80 people dead? The State government didn't want to spend the money either. The whole state is run by a bunch of cheapskates. Part of FEMA's mission (pre-Trump) was disaster mitigation, coordinating with communities to reduce the potential damages from freak weather. That's what good government does. Republicans don't care.
In all fairness, rainfall totals like this are known to happen in my part of the world (I am 2 hours east of Kerr County). What is *not* usual is that the rain just stopped and stayed in one place. It's not clear to me if a fully-staffed agency would have caught that.
Among the plaintiffs in the new lawsuit against HHS Secretary RFK Jr., FDA Commissioner Martin Makary, NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, and CDC Acting Director Matthew Buzzelli over Covid vaccine recommendations and the destruction of ACIP is a Jane Doe.
This description in the filing really got to me (https://downloads.aap.org/AAP/PDF/FiledSuit.pdf).
"Plaintiff, Jane Doe, is a physician working in a hospital where she puts herself at risk of infectious diseases every day to care for patients and save lives. Jane Doe is also more than 20 weeks pregnant. Although she was vaccinated against Covid before becoming pregnant, her doctors have advised her to get another dose of the vaccine later in pregnancy to better protect herself and her baby from contracting this deadly disease. Pregnancy increases the risk of severe illness and complications from infectious disease, including preterm birth and stillbirth. However, the Directive creates barriers to access to the vaccine and has left Jane and her husband overwhelmed with stress and uncertainty. Her worries are not just for herself, but also for the health and safety of her unborn child."
Wanted to chime in this morning about Elmo's new party.
Interlude:
I got a free mobile WiFi hotspot at the library and after it didn't work at all last week today it decided to operate correctly. BAD SIDE--it does not want to let me link to Wonkette because reasons (security/who the fuck knows?)
Anyway, I'm reading a book about Lincoln prior to his Senate campaign and have gotten to the part where the Know Nothings have their 15 minutes of fame prior to the Republican Party. The Know Nothings real name--
Anyone?
The American Party
So, that fits in having to do with Musk and his douchebro crew.
I'm standing outside the Taco Bell using THEIR free WiFi, because I needed to get out of the apt and my normal phone service needs paid.
But yeah--Know Nothings/Musk/coincidence I think not... that's the lesson. I'd like to conclude with a hymn...
Selah
Well...yeah. And I beheld a speckled dog. And he whom raceth the speckled dog farted forth scrimshaw...
We are in our way to owning a single car. We’re trading in Mrs Mild's 2015 rav4 for a new cr-v.
My sister is interested in buying my prius for about half the Kelley Blue Book (though I'll probably take less).
Mrs Mild doesn't drive anymore, so I don't see the need for 2 cars.
Dammmn... The Feminist Sex Wars... I jumped over to read the article, and a few paragraphs in jumped back here because I want to digest that more slowly, and perhaps in arms reach of my feminist library which dates largely from that time. I came out in the very early 80s, and this very controversy ripped through the Olympia women's community (or women's or wimmyn or numerous other iterations, its own split within our community), leaving not so much deep fissures as uncomfortable alliances.
I will always respect Dworkin for her work on "Right Wing Women" * but once she got into the thick of the anti-porn work, I could not follow where she went.
MacKinnon, on the other hand, always sent up red flags for me. Early lessons in being wary of purity ponies and folks who think their perspective is the only perspective.
_____
* Which I summarize thusly: women on the left and women on the right both see the world as a dangerous place for women, but construct different responses. Women on the left seek to empower ourselves to protect ourselves and other women; women on the right seek to ally themselves with A Man for protection as empowerment seems out of reach for themselves. Also a lot of interesting analysis of how patriarchy worked in biblical times and on to the present day.
I'm never driving in New Hampshire again.
"Written in Granite: NH set to eliminate vehicle inspections"
https://www.lowellsun.com/2025/07/07/written-in-granite-nh-set-to-eliminate-vehicle-inspections/
TIL Florida also does not require vehicle emissions inspections.
The Texas Lege also got rid of them this term -- an unusually stupid bill even by *their* standards. Certain counties still have them due to pollution levels (Harris, Dallas, Travis among them).
Morning's with Tab's and Coffee ☕💯👍
The way many on the this site are treating the deaths of innocent young children is unacceptable and certainly undermines any argument that this is a place of decent, empathetic liberals.
I don't know how to explain to you that you should care about the lives of innocent children
Cancelling my donations.
The way many on the this site are treating the deaths of innocent young children is unacceptable and certainly undermines any argument that this is a place of decent, empathetic liberals.
I don't know how to explain to you that you should care about the lives of innocent children
Cancelling my donations.