When we were in Colombia adopting Mild Jr, our driver/facilitator convinced us to go to local jeweler to buy a Colombian emerald ring for Mrs Mild. When we got there we were greeted by the security guy outside with a very large gun on his hip.
Inside was the jeweley store, much like any family owned business (not like Zales). We picked out a lovely small ring for Mrs Mild. They owners invited us out back to see their capybaras (or chiquiros in Colombia). They were about as big as a medium sized dog, very sweet with coarse fur and they loved being scratched.
While at a zoo in Florida with the kids we actually witnessed a capybara jail break. Several capybaras got out of their compound and watching zookeepers try to chase them down and return them to captivity was worth the price of admission alone.
Regular animals? Dominionists prolly think us premium animals are more important than the regulars. But some of us premiums have waaay too many contaminants.
Why would one family try to hoover up all available money, befriend oligarchs and absolute monarchs, occupy cultural institutions, and make the cowards of the corequal branches while preparing door a new pandemic from diseases once thought cured?
Because they want to be gods?
Because they expect to be the survivors of the climate and environment changes?
Simply because they're bored?
I think being magnetized by money ought to be a form of psychotic disorder.
Neurologist just came by…while I was eating a surprisingly tasty lunch of pot roast…and had good news. I did not have another stroke. Instead, I had some symptoms that came back. MRI was clear.l!
Now just waiting to hear back from my attending, who might just be able to discharge me today. Which if she does, I’m going home with one stop—good, plentiful food at the mall where I have to switch buses anyway.
From Slate: “Under Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida has rolled out new curricula that emphasize patriotism and conservative values. When teaching The Crucible, she can’t talk about McCarthyism, as Joe McCarthy is now supposed to be taught as a kind of American hero. “
And this is the heart of the problem. While rightwing influencers like Tucker are mainstreaming Fuentes, the GOP is rewriting the history curriculum to make Fuentes’ views more palatable.
"And the boat was not even headed in the direction of the US, but towards Suriname, in the opposite direction."
"That's just how *sneaky* them damn narco-terrorists are!! They were obviously going in reverse because they knew we were watching!" -- some Hegseth apologist, certainly.
Mr. Trump said this week that the construction effort is going well, although first lady Melania Trump dislikes the noise.
"I wouldn't say my wife is thrilled," he said Tuesday at a Cabinet meeting. "She hears pile drivers in the background all day, all night.
"They go till 12 o'clock in the morning — day, night, pile drivers. 'Darling, could you turn off the pile drivers?' 'Sorry, darling. That's progress,'" Mr. Trump said. "But no, we're doing great. I think it's going to be the finest ballroom ever built."
Oh, please! Everyone knows Melania doesn't live at the White House!
Every time I think we’ve hit peak dystopia, Monday shows up with a fresh stack of receipts. Putin applauding Trump’s “security strategy” is the geopolitical equivalent of a Yelp review from Satan: five stars, would destabilize again.
And Hegseth needing forty-one minutes to “step out” is the most creative alibi since “the dog ate my democracy.”
Blessings on the capybaras. They’re the only mammals in this story behaving like regular animals.
4 year old niece total terror. Just cannot handle not being center of attention. Which is bad because family also had two kiddos aged 1 to watch (her little sister and my nephew, her cousin). She screamed a lot. And was a bitch to my grandma multiple times. I hesitate to use that word but yeah, 4 year old was going Full Bitch at points. Just snapping at her and mocking her. WTF.
1 year olds both angels. Unlike 4 year old, can self-entertain and are generally less temperamental. One of my main jobs was following one or the other around when they were doing that to make sure no trouble was gotten into. Outside of one finding the hidden musical instruments (including cymbals) it was chill. Just a lot of walking around and responding when they tried talking to me (nephew can mostly just say "dog" so there was often some trying to figure out if he wanted something regarding the actual dogs or something else).
Grandma starting to struggle with her age and getting both weepy and aggressive about it. Trying so, so hard not to get mad but then when everyone was busy at the airport after landing (dad and mom in bathroom, me refilling water bottle) she DISMISSED THE WHEELCHAIR PERSON despite us still needing to get bags and get to the car in the parking garage. Guess who fell on the way to the garage? (unhurt beyond bruising THANK FUCK)
Great aunt constantly talking, which it turns out has wrecked my cousin's uber rating (he books them for her, she never shuts up and drives the drivers up the wall). And when we're trying to look after the kiddos this can be a BIG distraction. My aunt had to put her foot down yesterday morning.
Aunt's mother ended up hospitalized Friday, which meant she and uncle had to go AWOL one day to handle that (her mom is in a dementia unit nearby). 4 year old MUCH better behaved with her grandparents away since my folks, me, and her aunt (my female cousin that isn't her mom) actually believe in RULES and screaming doesn't work on us. Her one year old sister still chill sweetie.
Male cousin's wife got sick the day before coming and stayed home. And we couldn't even FaceTime her well since she had no voice (he had to come since he was escorting great aunt).
My aunt and uncle are totally wiped out. My nieces' parents (who were gone the whole week for a wedding) plane home was delayed but the dad's parents stepped in to take the kiddos last night after dinner since Aunt was now running a fever and uncle was ready to drop too. Aunt and Uncle taking a mini-vacation this week, hopefully.
AND the plane was 5 hours late getting us home since Atlanta had hellish fog yesterday.
Had a headache all morning, think a combo of the stress and eye strain from all the airport screen time. Just wiped out.
oi. family. i'm fully in it this year myself. started out with special needs brother dying (55) and parents (90's) literally falling apart. the year has been a web of financial and medical balancing acts.
(tho honestly i've been blessed to have an amazing life partner - and art (i'm an actor and got the role of lifetime this year.)
In ICE news: Last night I learned that tiny Waldport, Oregon (population 2000-ish, just down the coast from Newport), has sorta-anonymous people looking to rent out a big, sad, poorly maintained hotel on a sand spit for ICE employees and their ilk. The hotel is in constant financial trouble (has been through several owners), and locals are trying to figure out how to stop this or at least make it really difficult and unpleasant. One advantage: only one main road in and out of the neighborhood built on the sandspit. Life could be rather difficult for ICE and customs/border folks, if the right strategies are put in place.
Why Waldport? Well, probably because Newport is fighting back hard (this is the town where they moved the life-saving helicopter to make room for an ICE detention center, then moved it back when the fisherman's wives association and lots of other citizens and the city council raised holy hell). Waldport is an old-boys-network town with LOTSA maga-type folks.
And only 6 miles up the road from where I live. They take away our neighbors for being too brown, and it will devastate our neighborhoods, our tourist-oriented businesses, and our community as a whole. THOSE FUCKERS!
Don't know exactly what I'll being doing, particularly because I have some physical issues that make protesting hard, but it will definitely involve resisting.
Hey Wonkette, how come no matter whether I pick "Oldest First" or "Newest First" (don't even get me started on "Top First, whatever that is) I always get Martini Glam or Ziggy Wiggy first? Is this some kind of Matthew 20:16 shit or what?
I don't know what a "pinned comment" is nor do I know how to "shrink it down" or care to know how. I was just curious as to how the two of them seem to go straight to the head of the queue like they know the maitre d' or something.
Capybara babies are way cute. It's your gif source info: https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/capi-babies
And meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/f5bdc23a-5868-4c4b-a753-31af8f4dfadb
A smaller cousin of capys I saw in Peru.
https://substack.com/profile/76665937-weejee/note/c-185641593?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=19n7td
When we were in Colombia adopting Mild Jr, our driver/facilitator convinced us to go to local jeweler to buy a Colombian emerald ring for Mrs Mild. When we got there we were greeted by the security guy outside with a very large gun on his hip.
Inside was the jeweley store, much like any family owned business (not like Zales). We picked out a lovely small ring for Mrs Mild. They owners invited us out back to see their capybaras (or chiquiros in Colombia). They were about as big as a medium sized dog, very sweet with coarse fur and they loved being scratched.
Zen Capys! I wish I had a bigger apartment. 💖
While at a zoo in Florida with the kids we actually witnessed a capybara jail break. Several capybaras got out of their compound and watching zookeepers try to chase them down and return them to captivity was worth the price of admission alone.
One of the many delightful things about capybaras is that they have a surprisingly dainty step.
You’d step lightly too if you were on the menu of jaguars and pumas. 🐆
Babby Copybabby!
The Capybara is my spirit animal.
My Spirit Animal is Angry Ren Hoek!
https://substack.com/@tehbaddr/note/c-20849084
Mine is the passed-out raccoon on the restroom floor of a liquor store.
My store is selling a three foot plushie capybara and it is so soft and cute and i just wanna hug every last one of them.
.....never mind.
True fact: Chupacabras are just Capybaras that I've re-animated!
Regular animals? Dominionists prolly think us premium animals are more important than the regulars. But some of us premiums have waaay too many contaminants.
Orange clown paint among them.
Oh, boy, I had no idea this animal existed. Thanks for the education!
They’re just guinea pigs on PEDs
Capybaras have always reminded me of this thing by Edward Gorey https://i.etsystatic.com/13100182/r/il/fe4c19/2789078767/il_fullxfull.2789078767_k8tc.jpg
"It came seventeen years ago, and to this day, it has shown no intention of going away."
If the Capybara of Venezuela are forced to flee invaders from the north wherever will they find refuge?
Well I have a backyard and a place in my heart.
They cannot be eaten by pelicans
https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/kuvs5c/pelican_trying_to_eat_a_capybara/
Presumably-Mama older capy watches and finally asks pelican what the HELL he was thinking
Capybara is thinking, "hmmm, weird kind of massage."
'Keep at it, bird. I'll send you a bill. Ha! I slay myself."
That's hysterical! Capi thinks it's a delightful massage.
The capybara kids look so purposeful in their antics, like there's a plan...
🎶Animal World & Snake Farm Zoo...
We got an Animal World and a Snake Farm too...
The signage is long, but what're you gonna do...🎶
Why would one family try to hoover up all available money, befriend oligarchs and absolute monarchs, occupy cultural institutions, and make the cowards of the corequal branches while preparing door a new pandemic from diseases once thought cured?
Because they want to be gods?
Because they expect to be the survivors of the climate and environment changes?
Simply because they're bored?
I think being magnetized by money ought to be a form of psychotic disorder.
Ready for the World. Haven't thought about them for thirty a five years. Gotta love the Jeri-Curl.
I noticed TABS did not mention DJT Jr. and his disgusting Xitter post about Tim Waltz.
thank you TABS, because it wasn't worth the ink.
Neurologist just came by…while I was eating a surprisingly tasty lunch of pot roast…and had good news. I did not have another stroke. Instead, I had some symptoms that came back. MRI was clear.l!
Now just waiting to hear back from my attending, who might just be able to discharge me today. Which if she does, I’m going home with one stop—good, plentiful food at the mall where I have to switch buses anyway.
YAY.
From Slate: “Under Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida has rolled out new curricula that emphasize patriotism and conservative values. When teaching The Crucible, she can’t talk about McCarthyism, as Joe McCarthy is now supposed to be taught as a kind of American hero. “
And this is the heart of the problem. While rightwing influencers like Tucker are mainstreaming Fuentes, the GOP is rewriting the history curriculum to make Fuentes’ views more palatable.
I had a thought: https://substack.com/profile/155721940-thecryptofishist/note/c-185607307
Sick Wonkette-level burn of FIFA & Fearless Leader: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/dec/08/gianni-infantino-world-cup-draw-2026-trump
"And the boat was not even headed in the direction of the US, but towards Suriname, in the opposite direction."
"That's just how *sneaky* them damn narco-terrorists are!! They were obviously going in reverse because they knew we were watching!" -- some Hegseth apologist, certainly.
Not some Hegseth apologist. Tom fucking Cotton, US Senator.
Mr. Trump said this week that the construction effort is going well, although first lady Melania Trump dislikes the noise.
"I wouldn't say my wife is thrilled," he said Tuesday at a Cabinet meeting. "She hears pile drivers in the background all day, all night.
"They go till 12 o'clock in the morning — day, night, pile drivers. 'Darling, could you turn off the pile drivers?' 'Sorry, darling. That's progress,'" Mr. Trump said. "But no, we're doing great. I think it's going to be the finest ballroom ever built."
Oh, please! Everyone knows Melania doesn't live at the White House!
Fake News! Melania Chump has never called him darling.
Noel Casler's column for the week:
https://noelcasler.substack.com/p/shakedown-street?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1098727&post_id=180913696&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2lqx8q&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Shared on my Social Mediaz. I don't think this fellow likes Trump very much ...
He worked on the Apprentice for years and has LOTS of stories.
Every time I think we’ve hit peak dystopia, Monday shows up with a fresh stack of receipts. Putin applauding Trump’s “security strategy” is the geopolitical equivalent of a Yelp review from Satan: five stars, would destabilize again.
And Hegseth needing forty-one minutes to “step out” is the most creative alibi since “the dog ate my democracy.”
Blessings on the capybaras. They’re the only mammals in this story behaving like regular animals.
Colin Jost's bit was AWESOME.
On the one hand, I hope he does it a lot more but on the other hand, I hope Kegseth gets canned which would kill the bit.
Thinking about it, I can't lose either way.
speaking as an actor, it was DELIGHTFUL to see him performing so perfectly and clearly loving it.
but i hear you.
Colin can keep the Hegseth character going through his appearances at The Hague.
Family get together was ROUGH. Hoo boy.
4 year old niece total terror. Just cannot handle not being center of attention. Which is bad because family also had two kiddos aged 1 to watch (her little sister and my nephew, her cousin). She screamed a lot. And was a bitch to my grandma multiple times. I hesitate to use that word but yeah, 4 year old was going Full Bitch at points. Just snapping at her and mocking her. WTF.
1 year olds both angels. Unlike 4 year old, can self-entertain and are generally less temperamental. One of my main jobs was following one or the other around when they were doing that to make sure no trouble was gotten into. Outside of one finding the hidden musical instruments (including cymbals) it was chill. Just a lot of walking around and responding when they tried talking to me (nephew can mostly just say "dog" so there was often some trying to figure out if he wanted something regarding the actual dogs or something else).
Grandma starting to struggle with her age and getting both weepy and aggressive about it. Trying so, so hard not to get mad but then when everyone was busy at the airport after landing (dad and mom in bathroom, me refilling water bottle) she DISMISSED THE WHEELCHAIR PERSON despite us still needing to get bags and get to the car in the parking garage. Guess who fell on the way to the garage? (unhurt beyond bruising THANK FUCK)
Great aunt constantly talking, which it turns out has wrecked my cousin's uber rating (he books them for her, she never shuts up and drives the drivers up the wall). And when we're trying to look after the kiddos this can be a BIG distraction. My aunt had to put her foot down yesterday morning.
Aunt's mother ended up hospitalized Friday, which meant she and uncle had to go AWOL one day to handle that (her mom is in a dementia unit nearby). 4 year old MUCH better behaved with her grandparents away since my folks, me, and her aunt (my female cousin that isn't her mom) actually believe in RULES and screaming doesn't work on us. Her one year old sister still chill sweetie.
Male cousin's wife got sick the day before coming and stayed home. And we couldn't even FaceTime her well since she had no voice (he had to come since he was escorting great aunt).
My aunt and uncle are totally wiped out. My nieces' parents (who were gone the whole week for a wedding) plane home was delayed but the dad's parents stepped in to take the kiddos last night after dinner since Aunt was now running a fever and uncle was ready to drop too. Aunt and Uncle taking a mini-vacation this week, hopefully.
AND the plane was 5 hours late getting us home since Atlanta had hellish fog yesterday.
Had a headache all morning, think a combo of the stress and eye strain from all the airport screen time. Just wiped out.
oi. family. i'm fully in it this year myself. started out with special needs brother dying (55) and parents (90's) literally falling apart. the year has been a web of financial and medical balancing acts.
(tho honestly i've been blessed to have an amazing life partner - and art (i'm an actor and got the role of lifetime this year.)
Oof. That sounds like a lot to deal with and a bunch of transfer of whatever this awful virus going around (the country!) is.
In ICE news: Last night I learned that tiny Waldport, Oregon (population 2000-ish, just down the coast from Newport), has sorta-anonymous people looking to rent out a big, sad, poorly maintained hotel on a sand spit for ICE employees and their ilk. The hotel is in constant financial trouble (has been through several owners), and locals are trying to figure out how to stop this or at least make it really difficult and unpleasant. One advantage: only one main road in and out of the neighborhood built on the sandspit. Life could be rather difficult for ICE and customs/border folks, if the right strategies are put in place.
Why Waldport? Well, probably because Newport is fighting back hard (this is the town where they moved the life-saving helicopter to make room for an ICE detention center, then moved it back when the fisherman's wives association and lots of other citizens and the city council raised holy hell). Waldport is an old-boys-network town with LOTSA maga-type folks.
And only 6 miles up the road from where I live. They take away our neighbors for being too brown, and it will devastate our neighborhoods, our tourist-oriented businesses, and our community as a whole. THOSE FUCKERS!
Don't know exactly what I'll being doing, particularly because I have some physical issues that make protesting hard, but it will definitely involve resisting.
get your whistle sister.
i swear to god it's such an important talisman right now.
Hey Wonkette, how come no matter whether I pick "Oldest First" or "Newest First" (don't even get me started on "Top First, whatever that is) I always get Martini Glam or Ziggy Wiggy first? Is this some kind of Matthew 20:16 shit or what?
It's a pinned comment. You can shrink it down so you don't have to scroll through it.
I don't know what a "pinned comment" is nor do I know how to "shrink it down" or care to know how. I was just curious as to how the two of them seem to go straight to the head of the queue like they know the maitre d' or something.
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