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.
Senator Budd wrote me on how much he appreciates NATO. Too bad his president doesn't give them any credit for anything. So here is my letter to my second not very bright senator being an empty suit in the halls of congress.
Dear Senator Budd: Thank you for your letter on the importance of NATO. I heartily agree that our alliances with the rest of the world are what guarantee our own security in the world. Unfortunately your president is doing his damnnest to destroy our standing in the world by trashing our NATO alliances, driving other countries to declare us unsafe to travel to because of of failed national health disaster under RFK Jr., and blowing up fishermen in international waters and bombing Venezuela.
Everyone has trade whipsaw whiplash because of Trump's insanity, Immigration thugs running rampage in our cities throwing people into warehouse concentration camps, and he is tearing up every agreement and constitutional right we have, and even Germany is demanding its gold reserves back.
You are behind the times, senator. Did I leave anything out? Canada - they went bye bye, too. Get with it. Trump has trashed the US while you were in the bathroom. Perhaps it is time for you to go back to the farm; you must need a rest from not doing anything of substance for this nation this year. Lord knows we could have used the help.
Thank you. I publish my letters to my senators precisely so there is a public record of me scolding them for their inaction. I get kind and Susan Collins type letters of concern back. (Nice of them to write, eh?). But as for any action to rein in this disaster of a presidency, we get nothing. So, thanks for the shout out. A has been said, "I will persist!"
My POS Rethug senators usually don't bother to respond to my calls and letters. Neither one has ever called me back when I've left my number. IF they bother to respond, Moreno's staff sends a static, "thank you for contacting me" letter that makes no reference to any issues. Husted occasionally sends a few Rethug talking points. Last time he answered, he basically called Renee Good "collateral damage." If they were merely useless, it would be an improvement.
That is my whole point. Sadly, shaming them does not good. For example, if you watch Gym Jordan in a committee meeting, he just sits there like a piece of wood. They all do because they know very well that the Democrat representatives tell them the truth and they are deathly afraid to step up to counter the Regime.
All except Thomas Massie - has Trump got sleazy "kompromat" on 246 members of the House of Representatives? Everyone of them needs to be grilled on their failure to uphold their oath of office. As Lynn Cheney (who I do not like very much, but....) said: Trump will be gone and their dishonor will remain. Every book, EVERY BOOK, written about this era will name all the Republicans in the House and Senate as complicit in the ongoing attempt to destroy this nation.
We are going to need a fresh start with the Supreme Court as well. I do not know how we are going to do that with the dangerous MAGA howlers braying at the door demanding blood at every turn of the bend. These Zombies, as in every movie, eat brains. They have none of their own.
I don't think it's a matter of Rump having kompromat. Rather, I think it's several things: it's a cushy job with a lot of perk$, and they want to be re-elected in their red districts/states (Gym is an excellent example); they don't want to be primaried (see previous point); it's much easier to naysay and destroy than to find solutions to problems; it's a matter of their own bigotry and misogyny, for some.
As for SCOTUS, it's theoretically possible to impeach them, but I don't see it happening.
I hate to think that because of the betrayal by the SCOTUS 6, and the inaction of all of the Republicans in Congress that we are headed for a Maduro style government here complete with the anti immigrant features of Trump. The only thing I can think of that will wake people up is a recession/depression caused by Trump's ignorance of economics and his chaotic response to. the damage he causes. I dunno. I have only one idea and I cannot speak it.
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.
A friend and I went out after work on a Friday night to see Life of Brian. He'd had a brutal week at work and fell asleep through part of the movie. He fell asleep right before Brian ends up in the aliens' spaceship and woke up as Brian was staggering away from the spacecraft wreckage.
On the way home, he asked me what happened in that time when he zonked out. I described the scene to him, and he didn't believe me.
Had a British friend — one of the very short list of people allowed to drive my Miata, given that he taught me to drive stick — who'd turn it off at major intersection lights, because for someone used to roundabouts, they are a terrible waste of gas. But there's a huge difference between doing it yourself and having it done to you.
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
The Tardigrade
also called The Water Bear
lives in every climate
anywhere
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.
Props for the reference!
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!"
"Pete Hegseth being so good at his job..." the weapon he loaned Border Control took out some mylar party balloons.
"But as soon as Brunel killed himself in his prison cell in 2019, the French dropped any investigation, and the Americans never responded at all."
Well, she asked for it.
Senator Budd wrote me on how much he appreciates NATO. Too bad his president doesn't give them any credit for anything. So here is my letter to my second not very bright senator being an empty suit in the halls of congress.
Dear Senator Budd: Thank you for your letter on the importance of NATO. I heartily agree that our alliances with the rest of the world are what guarantee our own security in the world. Unfortunately your president is doing his damnnest to destroy our standing in the world by trashing our NATO alliances, driving other countries to declare us unsafe to travel to because of of failed national health disaster under RFK Jr., and blowing up fishermen in international waters and bombing Venezuela.
Everyone has trade whipsaw whiplash because of Trump's insanity, Immigration thugs running rampage in our cities throwing people into warehouse concentration camps, and he is tearing up every agreement and constitutional right we have, and even Germany is demanding its gold reserves back.
You are behind the times, senator. Did I leave anything out? Canada - they went bye bye, too. Get with it. Trump has trashed the US while you were in the bathroom. Perhaps it is time for you to go back to the farm; you must need a rest from not doing anything of substance for this nation this year. Lord knows we could have used the help.
Brilliant, Peter!
Thank you. I publish my letters to my senators precisely so there is a public record of me scolding them for their inaction. I get kind and Susan Collins type letters of concern back. (Nice of them to write, eh?). But as for any action to rein in this disaster of a presidency, we get nothing. So, thanks for the shout out. A has been said, "I will persist!"
My POS Rethug senators usually don't bother to respond to my calls and letters. Neither one has ever called me back when I've left my number. IF they bother to respond, Moreno's staff sends a static, "thank you for contacting me" letter that makes no reference to any issues. Husted occasionally sends a few Rethug talking points. Last time he answered, he basically called Renee Good "collateral damage." If they were merely useless, it would be an improvement.
That is my whole point. Sadly, shaming them does not good. For example, if you watch Gym Jordan in a committee meeting, he just sits there like a piece of wood. They all do because they know very well that the Democrat representatives tell them the truth and they are deathly afraid to step up to counter the Regime.
All except Thomas Massie - has Trump got sleazy "kompromat" on 246 members of the House of Representatives? Everyone of them needs to be grilled on their failure to uphold their oath of office. As Lynn Cheney (who I do not like very much, but....) said: Trump will be gone and their dishonor will remain. Every book, EVERY BOOK, written about this era will name all the Republicans in the House and Senate as complicit in the ongoing attempt to destroy this nation.
We are going to need a fresh start with the Supreme Court as well. I do not know how we are going to do that with the dangerous MAGA howlers braying at the door demanding blood at every turn of the bend. These Zombies, as in every movie, eat brains. They have none of their own.
I don't think it's a matter of Rump having kompromat. Rather, I think it's several things: it's a cushy job with a lot of perk$, and they want to be re-elected in their red districts/states (Gym is an excellent example); they don't want to be primaried (see previous point); it's much easier to naysay and destroy than to find solutions to problems; it's a matter of their own bigotry and misogyny, for some.
As for SCOTUS, it's theoretically possible to impeach them, but I don't see it happening.
I hate to think that because of the betrayal by the SCOTUS 6, and the inaction of all of the Republicans in Congress that we are headed for a Maduro style government here complete with the anti immigrant features of Trump. The only thing I can think of that will wake people up is a recession/depression caused by Trump's ignorance of economics and his chaotic response to. the damage he causes. I dunno. I have only one idea and I cannot speak it.
I agree there’s still compassion and love, but if “Most Americans [were] good” we wouldn’t be in this mess.
This OSU professor didn’t like being asked about Epstein and tried to beat up a camera man.
https://substack.com/@dissentinbloom/note/c-213604152?r=x9ha&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
Mother Monster had a miscarriage back in the pre-Roe era. I am hugely thankful that even then, miscarriages weren’t considered a crime.
Correction: Carrie Prejean was fired by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, not Ken Paxton.
Patrick still sucks almost as much as Paxton does, so for Prejean to be too much of a fruitcake for him to take is still pretty amazing.
TGIF with Tab's and Coffee ☕💯👍
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.
A friend and I went out after work on a Friday night to see Life of Brian. He'd had a brutal week at work and fell asleep through part of the movie. He fell asleep right before Brian ends up in the aliens' spaceship and woke up as Brian was staggering away from the spacecraft wreckage.
On the way home, he asked me what happened in that time when he zonked out. I described the scene to him, and he didn't believe me.
Nobody even whistled during Always Look at the Bright Side of Life?
The lack of audience 'participation' was so perfect, I didn't even do it myself.
(I did play it on the piano last month, at my sister's memorial.)
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.
TBF, the auto start/stop feature on cars is universally hated.
Had a British friend — one of the very short list of people allowed to drive my Miata, given that he taught me to drive stick — who'd turn it off at major intersection lights, because for someone used to roundabouts, they are a terrible waste of gas. But there's a huge difference between doing it yourself and having it done to you.
they are so full of bs
“almost universally hated!!!”
Citation required.
As someone whose auto startup routine always includes shutting off the autostart feature... Moi.
The highlight of my week (so far).
https://substack.com/@tedcruzsbeard/note/c-214017186?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=9q78b
Thanks for reminding me of that sensation. Been years since I've been on a lively or even mellowsail.