My family used to spend a couple of summer weekends at our friend's house on Great East Lake (one of the seven lakes in the NH Seven Lakes Region). The lake was clear as crystal, and a loon family lived there in the summer. The sound of the loons was so appealing to me that I bought a loon stuffie that had the call so I could hear the sound at home.
I love loons. They are amazing birds. They always rekindle memories of home. The closest I ever got to one in the wild was years ago when I was a camp counselor I was teaching canoe rescue on one of the lakes in the Northwoods of Wisconsin. We had just swamped a canoe and another was paddling over to do the rescue. I was in the water with the swamped boat and up pops a loon from a dive about two feet away from me. We stared at each other for about a minute. I will never forget its cool red eyes and how big it was. Then it just dove under the water again and was gone. One of my best Northwoods experiences ever!
Loons would be our winter guests in the southern Chesapeake back when we had boat there. They, like dolphins, also “herd” baitfish by blowing bubbles around them. I wonder if they learned that trick from the dolphies?
Massie names names: Jes Staley, Leon Black, Les Wexner, David Copperfield, Lapo Elkann, Tom Pritzker, Glenn Dubin, Frédéric Fekkai, Eduardo Teodorani-Fabbri, Jean-Luc Brunel, Daniel Siad, Ramsey Elkholy, Prince Andrew, and Lesley Groff.
From the maxing link: Discussing the trend on Fox News’ “The Five,” co-host Jesse Watters said, “I’m anti-cologne.” He recommended a simple pre-date shower with bar soap and shampoo.
Jesse also recommends trapping your romantic interest by letting the air out of her tires. But at least he smelled nice.
"...HeeHaw emerged braying at the presence of strangers at Elsberry farm in Rockmart – and was shot dead by an officer who claimed he felt under threat."
The magic words in Copland: "I feared for my life."
President Donald Trump's foot-dragging on releasing hundreds of millions of dollars for the midterms is now causing real distress among the deep-pocketed donors who bankrolled him.
Good morning. I never knew that Olivia Rodrigo even existed until earlier this summer when hubs showed me a video of her bringing Robert Smith of The Cure onstage at a festival. I am a HUGE Cure fan and I love that she (and her dad) are too. Thanks for the nice times story about her because the rest of TABS (and the news) is Le FUCKING suck.
From Sean Duffy TAB: "You know the stop/start button on your car? I hate that thing. Thank you Lee Zeldin! He's gotten rid of it and the first cars without the stop/start button are rolling off the line."
Wait, what? Why do you hate a pushbutton? Is it too hard for you to understand?
(digs further into the issue)
Oh, apparently pushbuttons ARE too hard for Real World Duffman, because he's confused a button with the AUTOSTOP/START function of modern cars.
In fact, the feature is not in any way "gotten rid of." Zeldin's EPA simply discontinued the tax credit to auto manufacturers when they make the function "on" by default.
"Underwater in the polls ahead of the nation's October elections, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took to Israel's popular Channel 14 Sunday night with a pitch to voters.
“I’ve been against Iran for almost 40 years… it took a long time to bring the United States to its senses,” Netanyahu said in Hebrew, according to Zeteo’s Prem Thakker.
“[I’ve had] close to 1,000 hours on American television with the ability to influence the United States — with the intimate knowledge of all its leaders, both those who support us and those who don’t support us — the ability to navigate this field, through it.”
“The gall. In English, Netanyahu lavishes praise on U.S. leaders. In Hebrew, he boasts of how he manipulated them,” Thakker wrote in a report published in Zeteo Tuesday.
“Netanyahu explicitly cites how the U.S. media has served as a compliant springboard, a vessel for his influence operation on, if not the populace, at least the consultants and members of Congress who engage with cable news more than their actual constituents.”
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for the baby loon! Oh how I miss the call of the loon early in a still morning between early morning nautical daylight and sunrise, when the mist is rising off the water and the flies are on the water and the bass and trout are making little wavelets as they rise to take the flies, and the loons take the fish. (The real circle of life.) This is the best time to bait a hook and watch your bobber till it dips and you feel the tug and know you have a fish on, before there is a splash and the slick feel of the fish on your hand as you disengage it from the hook and drop it in bucket. Thank you, thank you, thank you. The call of the loon is the call of the wild.
Trump's instructions for MAGA voters in midterms: Pretend gas prices aren't high. Pretend inflation isn't getting worse. Pretend we're not losing the war with Iran. Pretend I won the 2020 election. Pretend I wasn't Jeffrey Epstein's best friend.
The Daily Chain Fields music festival raised $10M for reproductive rights. And Melinda French Gates matched that, for a total of $20M to 10 different orgs.
Loons to soothe your soul: https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/loon-a-chicks
And a meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/d1936713-f273-4142-bc13-f571f39e0ec9
The reigning monarch of the British Commonwealth is pictured on the Canadian one dollar coin.
On the reverse side is a loon in flight. The coin is therefore called the 'loonie'
Perhaps the Canadians could strike a limited edition set of loonies with donnie's face on it.
Just for the lulz.
And we really need soothing.
Most groups of birds, but not all, are called flocks. I think, given our current administration, that a group of loons be called a cabinet.
What do you call two or three crows hanging around?
Attempted murder
A group of loons is called a raft. A group of administration officials is called a grift.
TIL.
Well, I'm pretty sure at least one cabinet member can swallow a whole live fish.
Oh, two loons. A twoonie.
There's nothing more otherworldly and comforting than the haunting sound of a loon calling across a lake into the starry night in the Great North.
My family used to spend a couple of summer weekends at our friend's house on Great East Lake (one of the seven lakes in the NH Seven Lakes Region). The lake was clear as crystal, and a loon family lived there in the summer. The sound of the loons was so appealing to me that I bought a loon stuffie that had the call so I could hear the sound at home.
Oh my, lucky you.
👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆
"You're a loony."
"I am not a loony!"
Good morning, and welcome to another episode of "Spot the Loony."
“Look Norman, the loons!”
"You old poop."
I love loons. They are amazing birds. They always rekindle memories of home. The closest I ever got to one in the wild was years ago when I was a camp counselor I was teaching canoe rescue on one of the lakes in the Northwoods of Wisconsin. We had just swamped a canoe and another was paddling over to do the rescue. I was in the water with the swamped boat and up pops a loon from a dive about two feet away from me. We stared at each other for about a minute. I will never forget its cool red eyes and how big it was. Then it just dove under the water again and was gone. One of my best Northwoods experiences ever!
Hey look Ma! Fishies! I chokes them down!
You know, I hope they don’t drown their less-healthy chick like coots do.
I didn't see any mention of that in what I read.
Mr S and I saw some nature show about coots back in the day, we were horrified! We always thought they were so cute and then…the murders began.
Our new national symbol….
Loons would be our winter guests in the southern Chesapeake back when we had boat there. They, like dolphins, also “herd” baitfish by blowing bubbles around them. I wonder if they learned that trick from the dolphies?
Lovely loons!
"I may be a loon, but I'm 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 but common!"
Dignified birds...
The Lesser Goldfinch would like to have a word...
Right?! Who's responsible for the species naming around here? Pikers!
We love Loons!
And don't they have a Canadian currency that has their picture on it? They like to call it a loony!
The last time I was across that border I brought back some coins for a coworker. Cool design that changes perspective as it moves back and forth.
https://substack.com/profile/157455618-wobbly/note/c-327215190?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=2lqtj6
Dolly Parton visits Pee Wee's Playhouse, September 1987.
https://bsky.app/profile/kojamf.bsky.social/post/3muflgbjdas24
I remember that one! My roommates and I were huge PeeWee fans and got up early every Saturday to watch when I was in college.
Secretary of the Army quits in the midst of a war. If that doesn't tell you the regime is fucked, nothing will.
Massie names names: Jes Staley, Leon Black, Les Wexner, David Copperfield, Lapo Elkann, Tom Pritzker, Glenn Dubin, Frédéric Fekkai, Eduardo Teodorani-Fabbri, Jean-Luc Brunel, Daniel Siad, Ramsey Elkholy, Prince Andrew, and Lesley Groff.
𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱-𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗘𝗽𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽'𝘀 𝗗𝗢𝗝
https://bsky.app/profile/rawstory.com/post/3mugqkyu7hw2z
The magician??
He made some teenagers clothes disappear?
You guys will like this (unless you're an M's fan, I guess). Payton Tolle tags Dominic Canzone out with a hug:
https://youtube.com/shorts/9YdBJK4Tj1A?si=NR4QTXXC4-pZQw0l
Baseball is the best game.
I love Payton Tolle. He's 23 but looks 35. He reminds me of the guys I watched in the '70s and '80s. He's just getting started.
From the maxing link: Discussing the trend on Fox News’ “The Five,” co-host Jesse Watters said, “I’m anti-cologne.” He recommended a simple pre-date shower with bar soap and shampoo.
Jesse also recommends trapping your romantic interest by letting the air out of her tires. But at least he smelled nice.
He looks like he bathes in cheap cologne. I don't believe him.
That awful little Caesar Flickerman knockoff.
"Trump drifts in and out of sleep for 2 straight minutes as RFK rambles about prescription drugs."
https://bsky.app/profile/factpostnews.bsky.social/post/3mufniz2rl72k
Trump: "So you say there are 30,000 rare diseases? *looks at camera* That's a lot of disease."
https://bsky.app/profile/factpostnews.bsky.social/post/3mufoaxbfbq2k
YOU are the disease Donnie. To be fair, I would probably nod off too if RFK the lesser talked near me.
"...HeeHaw emerged braying at the presence of strangers at Elsberry farm in Rockmart – and was shot dead by an officer who claimed he felt under threat."
The magic words in Copland: "I feared for my life."
Remember, that street runs both ways, boys.
"It's a comin right fer us!"
President Donald Trump's foot-dragging on releasing hundreds of millions of dollars for the midterms is now causing real distress among the deep-pocketed donors who bankrolled him.
'𝗢𝗵 𝗺𝘆 𝗚𝗼𝗱': 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗵
https://bsky.app/profile/rawstory.com/post/3muheutmemb2n
"You fucked up. You trusted me."
Did they not think he'd do this?
"He wouldn't do that to US!!!"
I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING! 🤣 😆 😂
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
MINE, bitches!!
FAFO!
Good morning. I never knew that Olivia Rodrigo even existed until earlier this summer when hubs showed me a video of her bringing Robert Smith of The Cure onstage at a festival. I am a HUGE Cure fan and I love that she (and her dad) are too. Thanks for the nice times story about her because the rest of TABS (and the news) is Le FUCKING suck.
From Sean Duffy TAB: "You know the stop/start button on your car? I hate that thing. Thank you Lee Zeldin! He's gotten rid of it and the first cars without the stop/start button are rolling off the line."
Wait, what? Why do you hate a pushbutton? Is it too hard for you to understand?
(digs further into the issue)
Oh, apparently pushbuttons ARE too hard for Real World Duffman, because he's confused a button with the AUTOSTOP/START function of modern cars.
In fact, the feature is not in any way "gotten rid of." Zeldin's EPA simply discontinued the tax credit to auto manufacturers when they make the function "on" by default.
Taxes, how do they work? Also, at least they haven't tariffed anybody over it. Yet.
My car still has a key. I really wish I could convert it to electric because it's the perfect size to drag paintings around without being a huge SUV.
There we go. Proof, straight from the horse's mouth.
https://www.rawstory.com/israel-2677802343/
"Underwater in the polls ahead of the nation's October elections, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took to Israel's popular Channel 14 Sunday night with a pitch to voters.
“I’ve been against Iran for almost 40 years… it took a long time to bring the United States to its senses,” Netanyahu said in Hebrew, according to Zeteo’s Prem Thakker.
“[I’ve had] close to 1,000 hours on American television with the ability to influence the United States — with the intimate knowledge of all its leaders, both those who support us and those who don’t support us — the ability to navigate this field, through it.”
“The gall. In English, Netanyahu lavishes praise on U.S. leaders. In Hebrew, he boasts of how he manipulated them,” Thakker wrote in a report published in Zeteo Tuesday.
“Netanyahu explicitly cites how the U.S. media has served as a compliant springboard, a vessel for his influence operation on, if not the populace, at least the consultants and members of Congress who engage with cable news more than their actual constituents.”
Funny (meme):
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/019b298be6847510ec0988c03b0635cc78372be25829ce24ec657b8f6b07234d.jpg
Netanyahu is, by far, the worst US President in my lifetime.
FUCK OFF BIBI. FUCK OFF TRUMP ALSO TOO.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for the baby loon! Oh how I miss the call of the loon early in a still morning between early morning nautical daylight and sunrise, when the mist is rising off the water and the flies are on the water and the bass and trout are making little wavelets as they rise to take the flies, and the loons take the fish. (The real circle of life.) This is the best time to bait a hook and watch your bobber till it dips and you feel the tug and know you have a fish on, before there is a splash and the slick feel of the fish on your hand as you disengage it from the hook and drop it in bucket. Thank you, thank you, thank you. The call of the loon is the call of the wild.
Trump's instructions for MAGA voters in midterms: Pretend gas prices aren't high. Pretend inflation isn't getting worse. Pretend we're not losing the war with Iran. Pretend I won the 2020 election. Pretend I wasn't Jeffrey Epstein's best friend.
https://bsky.app/profile/rawstory.com/post/3muhfjas45t23
Pretend my wife tolerates me.
Just take some SOMA and all of your troubles will be gone.
Pretend each of you is already a billionaire.
Praise the Lord.
...𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒗𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆'𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒅𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎 𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒔.
I know I am!
"Ah, but the strawberries!"
"Trust me."
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/us/wendell-berry-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Wendell Berry, Writer Who Extolled America’s Agrarian Past, Dies at 92
A Kentucky farmer, he railed against agribusiness and championed small family farms and the environment, winning widespread acclaim.
The Daily Chain Fields music festival raised $10M for reproductive rights. And Melinda French Gates matched that, for a total of $20M to 10 different orgs.
The kids are pretty okay.