Thank you, made me smile, and I needed one. I have pneumonia, and it doesn't look like it's going to go away any time soon, so cute faces were very welcome this morning!
While I traveled I had a variety of portable electric appliances over time. A regular approach was a Ramen packet, a can of sardines or other canned seafood, and something raw from the produce section. Cheap, and as varied as whatever might be in season.
My mother just brought home an electric Ramen pot from a casino. It was a prize from a slot tournament I think? US 110 outlet to USB. Like who is this even for?!
Medication for kidney stones may make one loopy but they don't cause you yo say things you don't believe in. Send that racist fooker back to where he came from.
"Trump Tells UAE President About His Favorite 'Old Fashioned' Word
Trump was downright giddy to tell the president of the United Arab Emirates about his new favorite word: groceries. "Costs are way down, groceries are really – we have a term ‘groceries’ – it’s an old term, but it means basically what you’re buying, food," Trump told UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi on Thursday. "It’s a pretty accurate term, but it’s an old fashioned sound,” Trump added."
[And he thinks its embarrassing that his plane is smaller than theirs.]
emendation: Propaganda architect's name should be Mendinsky. The whole point of propaganda is to be mendacious. The Vladimir is ok because that references the glory days of Vladimir the Great Fornicator.
An update on an item in yesterday's Tabs. In The Guardian today, Alexandra Rojas of Justice Democrats writes:
"Last month, we announced our first new Democratic congressional primary candidate since the 2022 cycle: Donavan McKinney, a working-class Detroiter and state representative, against the incumbent US representative Shri Thanedar, AKA Detroit’s Elon Musk. Thanedar is a self-funded multimillionaire businessman who since 2021 alone spent over $17m of his own wealth to bankroll his congressional campaigns while spending more taxpayer money than any other member of Congress on ads to promote himself last year."
'Trix will be especially interested. It's her district.
"Democrats are failing against Trump. We need a new generation in 2026"
Pam Bondi's stock move highlights yet again we've got to put legislation in place with major sticks, not carrots, to bar government workers from doing insider trading. It's been decades in the works, every time it's brought down by the Rich and The Famous
MTG did it not long ago, so many other examples and again, to repeat: over decades now, and they've "all" been doing it for so long within committees and in general.
"Donald Trump, apparently noticing the elevation of Democrat Pete Buttigieg into the presidential conversation for 2028, tried to take down the former transportation secretary with a much-mocked attack in Doha, Qatar, on Thursday.
“He goes bicycling to work,” Trump said. “He takes a bicycle to work. Can you believe — he’s running the biggest air system in the world, and he takes a bicycle to work. What a— and they say he’s going to run for president. I don’t see it.”
As a counterpoint to Buttigieg, Trump at one point launched into a bizarre word salad about the former lumberjack sports career of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.
"Sean Duffy was the world champion climbing trees up and down. When somebody’s a champion— he was the world champion for a long time…""
Another danger of AI generator news slop that is not fact checked: It lets myths persist that modern science is actively trying to fight back against. Ancel Keys, the darling of the AHA, has been massively discredited in the last 8 years because we found all of his OTHER research that he didn't publish that had null effects. Blood cholesterol has a correlation effect with heart disease, but not necessarily a causation one, which is why statins are great at lowering total LDL but don't necessarily improve cardiovascular outcomes as well as overall lifestyle interventions. This is because it's specifically smaller denser LDL (sdLDL) that causes problems; the larger 'fluffy' LDL bits seem to be less harmful. Just reducing total overall cholesterol can give someone a false sense of security.
Today's headline were "Five foods that lower your cholesterol!" and "Why plant based diets are the healthiest!" This a gross oversimplification of the problem. People who are vegetarian or vegan but who are still morbidly obese will still have a high risk of CVD (the so called "Indian paradox" where CVD is still really highly prevalent on the sub-continent despite many regions being predominantly vegetarian.) "Seed oils are killing us!" is another one that the AI headlines are still pumping out and it pisses me off. It ain't the seed oils, bro, it's the fact that you're eating deep fried foods at all. Canola oil is FINE if you are doing a one time cook with it - and limit it to the smallest amount needed to cook the food.
There's my anti-AI rant for the day. I need to figure out how to turn those stupid headlines off completely. And then I'm going to go eat a couple of eggs with an apple for brunch.
Three of the most obese people in my circle of friends are vegetarian who rely on a diet heavy on rice and other carbs. One of them slurps back diet sodas constantly during waking hours ("but it's calorie-free!" she says).
I'm tired of those ads too. Especially that white-haired "doctor" who tells you not to eat certain things. It's something different every month.
I don't have enough years left in my life to fill it with dubious snake oil pitches. Now that the pitches are coming from unqualified political appointees, makes it particularly galling.
I too slurp back diet sodas constantly, but I always make sure to alternate them with water. But I also try to eat a variety of minimally processed foods and keep my protein intake high and my carbs reasonable. (Lunch had a singular Jiffy corn muffin alongside the braised pork shoulder and green beans. Blueberries for dessert. Nom nom.)
I avoid diet anything because some of the sweeteners give me migraine-level headaches. I can never remember which ones, so I avoid them all.
Since I also stopped drinking alcohol a few years ago (except for the infrequent celebration), my go-to drink is now seltzer or club soda. I add some fruit or cucumber for flavor if needed. I even bought a SodaStream for my fizzy water addiction!
"Another danger of AI generator news slop that is not fact checked: It lets myths persist that modern science is actively trying to fight back against."
The cardinal rule of computing is, "slop in, slop out."
That stuff about offering White South Africans asylum is outrageous, but predictable. The entire Republican Party is all about White grievance. They literally have gone on a crusade to stamp out DEI for Those People.
Here is your hed gif source info: https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/friends-with-doos
And meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/82fa2e25-2ad6-4ec2-8edb-0cbbadd7d68f?utm_source=share
Today's gif makes me think of the B-52's.
https://youtu.be/9SOryJvTAGs?si=hd44uTf0U46vmuL1
I like "Roam" the best, but "Love Shack" has actual goats in it.
Ready to walk the red carpet at Cannes.
"Well, we can't go into the barn with the same hair style, you'll just have to take yours out."
"Me!? I'm rockin' these pom-poms, yours look like feather dusters, you change!"
Thank you, made me smile, and I needed one. I have pneumonia, and it doesn't look like it's going to go away any time soon, so cute faces were very welcome this morning!
Oh, Ellie, I'm sorry about the pneumonia!
I hope you get better soon!
I think I went to high school with that ostrich.
Romy and Michele!
Pig-tailed ostrich and llama pals are JUST what I needed to start my day!
Thank you Martini! A little bit of joy to start my day!
How did the stylist get these two to stand still??
Ostriches are even less cooperative than llamas. And that’s saying something.
SQUEE
I am ded. DED!!!! That is the cutest thing in the entire universe!!
That final look..!
Great TABS header image.
I'm going to get THAT haircut. 😁
If this happened last week, I would have!
Oopsie. You got no hurr left to deal with.
I feel this should be the poster for a Mean Girl Payback movie ...
Taboot
https://youtu.be/459K8w2-QWY?feature=shared
Could probably live on Ramen without going insane longer than humans.
"Give me a pack of Ramen and a can of tuna and... I'll still be unhappy but at least I'll be full."
While I traveled I had a variety of portable electric appliances over time. A regular approach was a Ramen packet, a can of sardines or other canned seafood, and something raw from the produce section. Cheap, and as varied as whatever might be in season.
My mother just brought home an electric Ramen pot from a casino. It was a prize from a slot tournament I think? US 110 outlet to USB. Like who is this even for?!
I mean, it's those little cans of white meat chicken that you actually want.
I have an entire apartment full of various ramen. I'm down for this experiment.
Add protein!
I add kimchi, sliced ginger, dried seaweed and fresh green onion, to start.
All dolled up for a nice double date!
Tangled Up In Doos
Don’t you want to see the photographer’s hairdo -
OMG once upon a time in mexico got me thru like 4 life dramas.
before johnny depp went completely insane he was fucking talented.
Medication for kidney stones may make one loopy but they don't cause you yo say things you don't believe in. Send that racist fooker back to where he came from.
HuffPost (today):
"Trump Tells UAE President About His Favorite 'Old Fashioned' Word
Trump was downright giddy to tell the president of the United Arab Emirates about his new favorite word: groceries. "Costs are way down, groceries are really – we have a term ‘groceries’ – it’s an old term, but it means basically what you’re buying, food," Trump told UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi on Thursday. "It’s a pretty accurate term, but it’s an old fashioned sound,” Trump added."
[And he thinks its embarrassing that his plane is smaller than theirs.]
Oh, hey, it's actually not 2005. Updated.
Mixed feelings on correcting that. Bit of a hell year for me personally, but blessedly pre-Trump.
emendation: Propaganda architect's name should be Mendinsky. The whole point of propaganda is to be mendacious. The Vladimir is ok because that references the glory days of Vladimir the Great Fornicator.
An update on an item in yesterday's Tabs. In The Guardian today, Alexandra Rojas of Justice Democrats writes:
"Last month, we announced our first new Democratic congressional primary candidate since the 2022 cycle: Donavan McKinney, a working-class Detroiter and state representative, against the incumbent US representative Shri Thanedar, AKA Detroit’s Elon Musk. Thanedar is a self-funded multimillionaire businessman who since 2021 alone spent over $17m of his own wealth to bankroll his congressional campaigns while spending more taxpayer money than any other member of Congress on ads to promote himself last year."
'Trix will be especially interested. It's her district.
"Democrats are failing against Trump. We need a new generation in 2026"
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/15/democrats-are-failing-against-trump-we-need-a-new-generation-in-2026
Hey, you chose to buy a watch from Get Rump Watches.com.
It plays" The Little Rumperboy" on the hour.
Pam Bondi's stock move highlights yet again we've got to put legislation in place with major sticks, not carrots, to bar government workers from doing insider trading. It's been decades in the works, every time it's brought down by the Rich and The Famous
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-jC3H_8Dk4 ]
MTG did it not long ago, so many other examples and again, to repeat: over decades now, and they've "all" been doing it for so long within committees and in general.
This bullshit needs to stop, yo
"Donald Trump, apparently noticing the elevation of Democrat Pete Buttigieg into the presidential conversation for 2028, tried to take down the former transportation secretary with a much-mocked attack in Doha, Qatar, on Thursday.
“He goes bicycling to work,” Trump said. “He takes a bicycle to work. Can you believe — he’s running the biggest air system in the world, and he takes a bicycle to work. What a— and they say he’s going to run for president. I don’t see it.”
As a counterpoint to Buttigieg, Trump at one point launched into a bizarre word salad about the former lumberjack sports career of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.
"Sean Duffy was the world champion climbing trees up and down. When somebody’s a champion— he was the world champion for a long time…""
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-bicycle-pete-buttigieg_n_6825dde3e4b0da44a3e0d69d
Let's put our Pete and their Pete in a locked room together. See who comes out.
Secretary Dad Mayor Lieutenant PETE does IRONMAN. Suck on THAT, Rump.
Yes, because when I think transportation, I think tree-climbing man, not transportation man.
Brachiate like your grandpappy or gtfo.
MAGA CNN Pundit Claims 'Star Wars' Villain Got A 'Bad Rap' For Taking On 'Deep State' Jedi In Bonkers Rant
They are going full Sith now.
https://www.comicsands.com/scott-jennings-emperor-palpatine?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR78w9wDvvFcaIrWHKqE8j2WgRXAOag7qWSp4YxJuTo7-RyFRky4464BJFBYGw_aem_6yRIYGphrQR1g8d9e94vjA#Echobox=1747317695
Gold TRUMP watches leave a green stain on your wrist.
"Pam Bondi sold between $1 million and $5 million worth of Trump Media shares"
Why in the name of everything holy does the Attorney General have enough fucking money to OWN that many shares in the first place.
Making bank as a lobbyist for Qatar.
shared on FB
Another danger of AI generator news slop that is not fact checked: It lets myths persist that modern science is actively trying to fight back against. Ancel Keys, the darling of the AHA, has been massively discredited in the last 8 years because we found all of his OTHER research that he didn't publish that had null effects. Blood cholesterol has a correlation effect with heart disease, but not necessarily a causation one, which is why statins are great at lowering total LDL but don't necessarily improve cardiovascular outcomes as well as overall lifestyle interventions. This is because it's specifically smaller denser LDL (sdLDL) that causes problems; the larger 'fluffy' LDL bits seem to be less harmful. Just reducing total overall cholesterol can give someone a false sense of security.
Today's headline were "Five foods that lower your cholesterol!" and "Why plant based diets are the healthiest!" This a gross oversimplification of the problem. People who are vegetarian or vegan but who are still morbidly obese will still have a high risk of CVD (the so called "Indian paradox" where CVD is still really highly prevalent on the sub-continent despite many regions being predominantly vegetarian.) "Seed oils are killing us!" is another one that the AI headlines are still pumping out and it pisses me off. It ain't the seed oils, bro, it's the fact that you're eating deep fried foods at all. Canola oil is FINE if you are doing a one time cook with it - and limit it to the smallest amount needed to cook the food.
There's my anti-AI rant for the day. I need to figure out how to turn those stupid headlines off completely. And then I'm going to go eat a couple of eggs with an apple for brunch.
Sugar. The Indians eat it by the TON.
Three of the most obese people in my circle of friends are vegetarian who rely on a diet heavy on rice and other carbs. One of them slurps back diet sodas constantly during waking hours ("but it's calorie-free!" she says).
I'm tired of those ads too. Especially that white-haired "doctor" who tells you not to eat certain things. It's something different every month.
I don't have enough years left in my life to fill it with dubious snake oil pitches. Now that the pitches are coming from unqualified political appointees, makes it particularly galling.
I too slurp back diet sodas constantly, but I always make sure to alternate them with water. But I also try to eat a variety of minimally processed foods and keep my protein intake high and my carbs reasonable. (Lunch had a singular Jiffy corn muffin alongside the braised pork shoulder and green beans. Blueberries for dessert. Nom nom.)
I avoid diet anything because some of the sweeteners give me migraine-level headaches. I can never remember which ones, so I avoid them all.
Since I also stopped drinking alcohol a few years ago (except for the infrequent celebration), my go-to drink is now seltzer or club soda. I add some fruit or cucumber for flavor if needed. I even bought a SodaStream for my fizzy water addiction!
I love the Aldi version of La Croix. Fizzy water is the best.
"Another danger of AI generator news slop that is not fact checked: It lets myths persist that modern science is actively trying to fight back against."
The cardinal rule of computing is, "slop in, slop out."
That stuff about offering White South Africans asylum is outrageous, but predictable. The entire Republican Party is all about White grievance. They literally have gone on a crusade to stamp out DEI for Those People.