So yeah, play has a deep and elaborate relationship with h̶u̶m̶a̶n̶ ̶ intelligence, if only humans weren't such intelligence chauvinists...
Anyone believe that these things are exclusive to human beings?
Brain Rehearsal and Neuroplasticity: Play engages the brain's reward and learning systems, encouraging neurogenesis and strengthening neural connections...
Executive Function: Activities like pretend play and games with rules give children voluntary practice in holding rules in mind, switching ideas, and controlling impulses
Spatial Relationships and Play: Constructive play directly support spatial awareness, and dependent decision making
Social and Emotional Intelligence Group play fosters perspective-taking, empathy, and social communication...
Had a work dream last night. The Republican guy I used to work with figured prominently. I expect he is a symbol for rethuglicans in general.
But it gave me an idea when I woke up. The Transit Project. People from across the country submit videos of what they have to go through to ride transit to someplace common - work, grocery store, dr. office, etc. For some urban areas it will be crowded but not difficult. For other areas it will be difficult, or even need to be planned in advance (to call a paratransit provider). And then post them on youtube. People will watch a guy mowing lawns, so who knows? It might get attention. Not saying it's a good idea, but interesting to me. We need better transit in this country. Anyway, if someone wants to run with that, be my guest.
Also too, I bet Abdul's candidacy is making that rethuglican co-worker's head explode. (I remember back in the day having a conversation with him that included "but his middle name is Hussein!")
This made me inordinately happy this morning. He's watching as his insulated, protective bubble pop in his fucking face. That diversionary stunt with the flying car? Everybody with a single brain cell saw it for what it was - Don't pay any attention to the man behind the murder of thousands of babies. Lookit what I can do! I can make a car fly. Go fuck yourself raw you murderous fuck. And take your penchant for pedophilia and your bestie pedophile with you.
"Prosecutors in Florida are warning TV stations of a legal price for airing one campaign ad aimed at a top Republican.
The Tampa Bay Times reported on Tuesday that 13th Judicial Circuit State Attorney Suzy Lopez sent letters to several Tampa Bay-area broadcasters cautioning them against running a Florida Democratic Party ad that hits Attorney General James Uthmeier over a grand jury investigation into Hope Florida. She told stations she wanted them "fully aware of the potential criminal consequences" of doing so."
This couldn't wait until the weekend good news tab:
"Ex-White House press secretary Katie Zacharia flaunts six-pack in sunny SoCal after firing"
Katie Zacharia — and her amazing six-pack abs — have been spotted in public for the first time since leaving the White House. The former White House press secretary and mom of four wore orange-colored workout leggings and a purple sports bra as she enjoyed the SoCal sunshine.
A self-described cardio kickboxing enthusiast, Zacharia was fired from President Trump’s administration on Friday — a mere four days after her first briefing.
It's so refreshing to see the real up-and-coming political candidates are successful because they're just telling the truth. And they’re fighting for justice, for everyone. If that's the baseline for anyone running for office in the near future, I think we may have a shot at this! Post-Watergate politicians stuck to a tainted playbook for decades now, but it's broken. I think what we're seeing is the last gasp/grasp of those in power desperately trying to hold onto it. We're ready for a Fair New Deal, and we need more truth tellers to lead the way.
"...the family of a billionaire seeking a pardon from the Trump administration gave a $50 million deal to Alina Habba, a far-right lawyer involved in many of the president's personal dealings and who had briefly headed up the U.S. Attorney's Office in New Jersey before being disqualified by federal courts."
Several websites like Deviantart, Furaffinity, Inkbunny and Pixiv are down due to a critical security flaw - apparently sites that use PHP programming language are vulnerable to an exploit that would allow hackers to remotely access devices using the site.
Stowaway - really self-indulgent story that happened before 1975. TLDR. Well, I skimmed, and her "look at me" style became annoying. There are probably bits of truth here and there, and whatever happened occurred before ships started using electronic keys to count passengers.
Don't I sound cranky today? I don't know why her story annoyed me. Maybe I'll go outside where we are having glorious weather in SW Florida.
>>So why would anyone use the administration’s “tip line” when they could get far more cash for using the tried-and-true process that’s been around since the days of Abraham Lincoln?
I asked the president that exact question. His response? “Because it’s a lot of money.”
“At 1 percent, people will make millions and millions of dollars for turning in what actually is a somewhat routine crime of, you know, of millions of millions. But we’re talking about we’re talking about billions and actually probably trillions of dollars,” said Trump, who may not have understood the question or was unable to fathom that ten to 25 percent is far more than one percent.>>
Note: The program Trump announced caps the payout at $30k, which is less than "millions and millions." Sorry, I know you were told there would be no math.
A hed gif muskox, showing off his head-butting abilities. The giant pumpkin never stood a chance: https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/muskox-smash
Also, have a meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/547164b0-c1a7-4d45-a11f-adc8ffa2fca6?r=angu9&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=share
Get your pumpkin, Hudson!
SMASH
Muskox going apeshit on mutherfucking gourd.
I hate it when I get a piece of pumpkin stuck between my horns.
So yeah, play has a deep and elaborate relationship with h̶u̶m̶a̶n̶ ̶ intelligence, if only humans weren't such intelligence chauvinists...
Anyone believe that these things are exclusive to human beings?
Brain Rehearsal and Neuroplasticity: Play engages the brain's reward and learning systems, encouraging neurogenesis and strengthening neural connections...
Executive Function: Activities like pretend play and games with rules give children voluntary practice in holding rules in mind, switching ideas, and controlling impulses
Spatial Relationships and Play: Constructive play directly support spatial awareness, and dependent decision making
Social and Emotional Intelligence Group play fosters perspective-taking, empathy, and social communication...
Stop making me think this early in the morning.
Head-butting a giant pumpkin makes for good therapy. Especially when you substitute the pumpkin for a Rethuglian.
"It's a therapy pumpkin, of course I can bring it in!"
Take that, Great Pumpkin.
Oh no. Are we losing civility towards Charlie Brown also too?!
Linus Van Pelt knows what he did.
After watching that big boy
I'm no longer at a loss
As I come to see the connection
Between a big butt and a boss.
You are a clever one indeed!
I have a muse.
I crush!
Then I FEAST!
Looks like gourd's back on the menu, boys!
I breaks it, then we eats it!
PRECIOUSSSSS!!!
Can we change the name to muskisasociopathicassholeox?
What would Tibetans do for beasts of burden but for musk oxen? Not too many animals thrive on the cold moon like surface of the Tibetan plateau.
ain't nobody makes muskox sit in the corner
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muskox
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yak
Ovibos moschatus libels!
All that work to break it open only to discover that it doesn't even have any spice.
I muskox you a question....
LOL
Smashing pumpkins. Could be a band name. 🤔
First, head-butting practice, then feasting for a job well done!
Had a work dream last night. The Republican guy I used to work with figured prominently. I expect he is a symbol for rethuglicans in general.
But it gave me an idea when I woke up. The Transit Project. People from across the country submit videos of what they have to go through to ride transit to someplace common - work, grocery store, dr. office, etc. For some urban areas it will be crowded but not difficult. For other areas it will be difficult, or even need to be planned in advance (to call a paratransit provider). And then post them on youtube. People will watch a guy mowing lawns, so who knows? It might get attention. Not saying it's a good idea, but interesting to me. We need better transit in this country. Anyway, if someone wants to run with that, be my guest.
Also too, I bet Abdul's candidacy is making that rethuglican co-worker's head explode. (I remember back in the day having a conversation with him that included "but his middle name is Hussein!")
Start with San Diego, where a ten minute car ride takes an hour on the bus.
This made me inordinately happy this morning. He's watching as his insulated, protective bubble pop in his fucking face. That diversionary stunt with the flying car? Everybody with a single brain cell saw it for what it was - Don't pay any attention to the man behind the murder of thousands of babies. Lookit what I can do! I can make a car fly. Go fuck yourself raw you murderous fuck. And take your penchant for pedophilia and your bestie pedophile with you.
https://substack.com/profile/439485293-holly-lima-charlie/note/c-366536168
I'm not sure the world will be able to recover from the fucking orgy blowout party bacchanal BASH when Pussy Ass Bitch finally dies......
Vivek Ramasmarmy
if head-butting is your only tool, then you head-butt.
did you just call me a butt-head?
How else you gonna get to them tasty pumpkin innards?
"Prosecutors in Florida are warning TV stations of a legal price for airing one campaign ad aimed at a top Republican.
The Tampa Bay Times reported on Tuesday that 13th Judicial Circuit State Attorney Suzy Lopez sent letters to several Tampa Bay-area broadcasters cautioning them against running a Florida Democratic Party ad that hits Attorney General James Uthmeier over a grand jury investigation into Hope Florida. She told stations she wanted them "fully aware of the potential criminal consequences" of doing so."
https://bsky.app/profile/rawstory.com/post/3myerwymkx72v
...because it's been judged as libelous in advance? Or are they not even pretending to have any sort of justification anymore?
"Threatening" is what's important.
This couldn't wait until the weekend good news tab:
"Ex-White House press secretary Katie Zacharia flaunts six-pack in sunny SoCal after firing"
Katie Zacharia — and her amazing six-pack abs — have been spotted in public for the first time since leaving the White House. The former White House press secretary and mom of four wore orange-colored workout leggings and a purple sports bra as she enjoyed the SoCal sunshine.
A self-described cardio kickboxing enthusiast, Zacharia was fired from President Trump’s administration on Friday — a mere four days after her first briefing.
https://nypost.com/2026/10/20/us-news/ex-white-house-press-secretary-katie-zacharia-has-last-laugh-as-shes-spotted-working-out-in-sunny-socal/
Hegseth: "I'd like to flaunt a six pack, maybe two, if you know what I mean,"
Eh, she looks the same as she did at the podium - high-strung and borderline gaunt.
It's so refreshing to see the real up-and-coming political candidates are successful because they're just telling the truth. And they’re fighting for justice, for everyone. If that's the baseline for anyone running for office in the near future, I think we may have a shot at this! Post-Watergate politicians stuck to a tainted playbook for decades now, but it's broken. I think what we're seeing is the last gasp/grasp of those in power desperately trying to hold onto it. We're ready for a Fair New Deal, and we need more truth tellers to lead the way.
"a tainted playbook for decades now" cf. Carville and his ilk.
"...the family of a billionaire seeking a pardon from the Trump administration gave a $50 million deal to Alina Habba, a far-right lawyer involved in many of the president's personal dealings and who had briefly headed up the U.S. Attorney's Office in New Jersey before being disqualified by federal courts."
https://bsky.app/profile/rawstory.com/post/3myehuzn6yl2d
I love Petoskey
Whether or not his campaign actually made the commercial with abuse mom, he didn’t denounce (disavow) it and so he supports it.
Meanwhile, in Kansas:
Roger Marshall (R-KS) on skyrocketing gas prices: "There are things more important than money to Kansans."
https://bsky.app/profile/factpostnews.bsky.social/post/3mydhjiyafk2x
But only power and the abuse of power are more important than $ to Donnie Pedo
Yes, he sued all his patients for the sake of virtue
Do you want to talk about healthcare then Mr. Marshall?
Or maybe pedophiles?
Nah! He doesn't want to talk about that either!
𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘆, 𝗦𝗲𝗻. 𝗥𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹’𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗻𝗼 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹
https://www.ms.now/news/kansas-senate-roger-marshall
Seems...unusual.
Several websites like Deviantart, Furaffinity, Inkbunny and Pixiv are down due to a critical security flaw - apparently sites that use PHP programming language are vulnerable to an exploit that would allow hackers to remotely access devices using the site.
https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/php-maintainers-tell-web-devs-to-prepare-themselves-for-critical-security-patches/
Yeah, I saw that. FA's admins say it'll be down til about 4pm Eastern.
DA just has a generic "we'll be back soon" landing page.
gots to keep up with them updates
Wow. Those Ukrainians, maaan...
https://bsky.app/profile/antongerashchenko.bsky.social/post/3myd7itjblc2t
Stowaway - really self-indulgent story that happened before 1975. TLDR. Well, I skimmed, and her "look at me" style became annoying. There are probably bits of truth here and there, and whatever happened occurred before ships started using electronic keys to count passengers.
Don't I sound cranky today? I don't know why her story annoyed me. Maybe I'll go outside where we are having glorious weather in SW Florida.
Bits of truth at best. I was thinking it was AI, it was so absurd.
Here's a piece by the guy Trump yelled at yesterday:
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-the-independent-reporter-oval-office-andrew-feinberg-b3070310.html
>>So why would anyone use the administration’s “tip line” when they could get far more cash for using the tried-and-true process that’s been around since the days of Abraham Lincoln?
I asked the president that exact question. His response? “Because it’s a lot of money.”
“At 1 percent, people will make millions and millions of dollars for turning in what actually is a somewhat routine crime of, you know, of millions of millions. But we’re talking about we’re talking about billions and actually probably trillions of dollars,” said Trump, who may not have understood the question or was unable to fathom that ten to 25 percent is far more than one percent.>>
Note: The program Trump announced caps the payout at $30k, which is less than "millions and millions." Sorry, I know you were told there would be no math.