My small town has a Waterbear festival. (Not sure why! It's a general arts celebration.) The several alleys have wonderful tardigrade murals, which I love.
The Bible says that, if a man causes another man's wife to miscarry, he is to pay a fine (to the husband, of course). The rest of Leviticus says that people shall be put to death for things like jerking off.
Dreams are of interest only to the dreamer, and to the paid therapist. But I will tell you, lately my sleep has been haunted by dreams of blood and death and guilt.
I'm reminded of the 40th anniversary showing of MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN that I attended with a mostly younger audience, and, friends, I wish to boast of the joy of it. Nobody called out a single punch line in the entire movie! They just enjoyed the jokes. As did I, who saw it the first time too.
There's one real shocker, right at the end: The song finishes, and the screen says THE END, and then the movie ends and the house lights come up, and we're all sitting there and some of us are remembering what the experience used to be like.
Some applause, because the movie gives you energy you want to use right there.
I'm slipping from the age bracket in which I was often saying, "shit, 'x' has died and they were only a little older than me" to one in which I am often saying "shit, 'x' has died and they were younger than me". And then I hear a story about a married couple who are 107 and 108. Why does it have to be so damn hard to plan?
A good investigation by Dianne Sawyer about the modeling pipeline involving Brunell, Epstein and exploitation in the 80's. As a teen back then we all wanted to be discovered and live a glamorous life. Disturbing. Eileen Ford was a monster also.
I'm a shift worker and work different shifts to accommodate my life outside of work.... Friday is my sleep in day - and I am just catching up as well. TUE-WED-THU this week I had to leave for work before TABs was even posted.
So, TFG is denying science to repeal the foundation of rules that, among other things, limited automotive tailpipe emissions. He said "your car will start easier" as if he knows a single fucking thing about modern fuel injections and engine management systems. Anyway, does he want more chaotic weather? Because global warming is how we get more chaotic weather, and this:
<< “The explanation is that there have been persistent easterly winds throughout the winter, often accompanied by very high waves. These easterlies transport sand along the south coast towards the west,” says Sigurður.
“Normally the prevailing winds are south-westerlies, which carry the sand eastwards. But this winter the pattern has been different, with easterly winds dominating, which is unusual,” he adds.
Rising sea levels, he says, have nothing to do with this.
“I think that can be stated with certainty. In fact, the opposite is the case in many places along the south coast, because the land is rising as glaciers retreat. So in many areas there has effectively been a relative fall in sea level rather than a rise,” says Sigurður. >>
Let's repeat that: [Iceland] is rising as glaciers retreat.
"In 2023, Iceland had 2,224,000 tourists, according to the Icelandic Tourist Board. That is the year Reynisfjara became so crowded that buses could not turn around. At that point, Iceland took in 497.9 billion ISK in tourism revenue"
Apparently it's become a very popular tourist attraction.
BTW, I think I detected a little Icelandic dry humour. "Oh, it is certainly not [bad thing]. Rather, it is [even worse thing, described by positive-sounding feature contrasting with bad thing]."
while working on the norwegian longship draken harald harfagre in mystic seaport, i was told an anecdote that in very early icelandic language there was no word for 'love'. an expression of affection was, 'i hate you the least.'
Your hed gif info link: https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/tardigrade-on-globe-algae
And meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/fd8caf3d-e5b4-443d-b84b-44e497c9906a?utm_source=share
That reminds me of once, when I was a zygote, I was visited by a strange but gentle water bear...
Jupiter rising; Mercury in tardigrade?
Tardigrade on Volvox is ultimate nerd squee!
Biology is amazing.
Looks like a tun o' fun!
I'd never considered that it would be spelled like that, but now that I think about it, it makes more sense than "ton".
Tardigrades are totes adorbs and I want one so I can hug him and pet him and call him George.
A week has passed and I have gained
New knowledge of the small
The gamut runs From blooms on turds
To water bears on balls
Thanks for all the new things
I liked them all just fine
But let them stay on turds and balls
As long as they're not mine.
*ladies auxiliary applauding gif*
(Bobbing a curtsy)
This Tabs is entrancing. Great choice!
My small town has a Waterbear festival. (Not sure why! It's a general arts celebration.) The several alleys have wonderful tardigrade murals, which I love.
How fun!
Tuns o'fun?
That sounds great!
Yay! Water bears! My favorite...whatever they are.
After the next global extinction event, (probably man-made this time) tardigrades will be the next dominating species.
Yes, but evolve to be as big as grizzlies.
I think I've found the Trekkie ;p
And to think I bleach the crap out of algae
I thought that was Volvox. The tardigrade was instantly identifiable.
Volvoxpopuli?
"Round and round she goes, and where she stops, nobody knows!"
Even the low info voters are getting a civics education these days, from the media.
The Bible says that, if a man causes another man's wife to miscarry, he is to pay a fine (to the husband, of course). The rest of Leviticus says that people shall be put to death for things like jerking off.
Great tabs this morning. Thank you..
Dreams are of interest only to the dreamer, and to the paid therapist. But I will tell you, lately my sleep has been haunted by dreams of blood and death and guilt.
I'm reminded of the 40th anniversary showing of MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN that I attended with a mostly younger audience, and, friends, I wish to boast of the joy of it. Nobody called out a single punch line in the entire movie! They just enjoyed the jokes. As did I, who saw it the first time too.
There's one real shocker, right at the end: The song finishes, and the screen says THE END, and then the movie ends and the house lights come up, and we're all sitting there and some of us are remembering what the experience used to be like.
Some applause, because the movie gives you energy you want to use right there.
Nobody even whistled during Always Look at the Bright Side of Life?
https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/administrator-zeldin-eliminates-cycle-credit-almost-universally-hated-start-stop
Wow, never seen a government press release with such obvious bias.
“almost universally hated!!!”
Citation required.
The highlight of my week (so far).
https://substack.com/@tedcruzsbeard/note/c-214017186?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=9q78b
I'm slipping from the age bracket in which I was often saying, "shit, 'x' has died and they were only a little older than me" to one in which I am often saying "shit, 'x' has died and they were younger than me". And then I hear a story about a married couple who are 107 and 108. Why does it have to be so damn hard to plan?
Been there, done that.
A good investigation by Dianne Sawyer about the modeling pipeline involving Brunell, Epstein and exploitation in the 80's. As a teen back then we all wanted to be discovered and live a glamorous life. Disturbing. Eileen Ford was a monster also.
https://youtu.be/uEPox5BeOL8?si=VkkfjO6PIxWuUkEN
I wanted to be a model SO BAD and then I saw that Daryl Hannah (I think it was) movie "Paper Dolls" and holy shit.
Cathy Fink / Tom Paxton
The President's For Sale
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf5e91GErDE
The robes versus the autocrats... They rather than the Democrats have been our main line of defense.
https://open.substack.com/pub/chrisgeidner/p/the-dc-district-court-strikes-back?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
Having slept so late, it's just dawining on me that there is an entire TABs above this noncomment section I haven't even looked at.
OH, and first story is prob up now too.
This is gonna be one of those catch-up days...
I'm a shift worker and work different shifts to accommodate my life outside of work.... Friday is my sleep in day - and I am just catching up as well. TUE-WED-THU this week I had to leave for work before TABs was even posted.
So, TFG is denying science to repeal the foundation of rules that, among other things, limited automotive tailpipe emissions. He said "your car will start easier" as if he knows a single fucking thing about modern fuel injections and engine management systems. Anyway, does he want more chaotic weather? Because global warming is how we get more chaotic weather, and this:
https://grapevine.is/news/2026/02/10/part-of-reynisfjara-beach-collapses-after-severe-erosion/
<< “The explanation is that there have been persistent easterly winds throughout the winter, often accompanied by very high waves. These easterlies transport sand along the south coast towards the west,” says Sigurður.
“Normally the prevailing winds are south-westerlies, which carry the sand eastwards. But this winter the pattern has been different, with easterly winds dominating, which is unusual,” he adds.
Rising sea levels, he says, have nothing to do with this.
“I think that can be stated with certainty. In fact, the opposite is the case in many places along the south coast, because the land is rising as glaciers retreat. So in many areas there has effectively been a relative fall in sea level rather than a rise,” says Sigurður. >>
Let's repeat that: [Iceland] is rising as glaciers retreat.
"In 2023, Iceland had 2,224,000 tourists, according to the Icelandic Tourist Board. That is the year Reynisfjara became so crowded that buses could not turn around. At that point, Iceland took in 497.9 billion ISK in tourism revenue"
Apparently it's become a very popular tourist attraction.
The Fool wants carburetors to be great again.
BTW, I think I detected a little Icelandic dry humour. "Oh, it is certainly not [bad thing]. Rather, it is [even worse thing, described by positive-sounding feature contrasting with bad thing]."
while working on the norwegian longship draken harald harfagre in mystic seaport, i was told an anecdote that in very early icelandic language there was no word for 'love'. an expression of affection was, 'i hate you the least.'
Kickass vibes to our Fukui, interview today! You got this.
An interesting read on how grand juries refuse to be lapdogs in the Trump 2.0 era
https://theconversation.com/trump-administration-losing-credibility-with-judges-and-grand-juries-a-former-federal-judge-explains-why-this-is-remarkable-and-unprecedented-275741