Sweet potoroos, so rarely seen now but cute and fascinating. If you ever get the chance to come to Tasmania I hope you will consider a visit to the home of these potoroos, Trowunna Wildlife Sanctuary near Mole Creek in Northern Tas. (Worth noting Mole Creek has high and regular Thylacine sightings!) It is a wonderful place with great educational tours. On our last visit my family went off to the big flight aviary to see the Wedge Tailed Eagles. I use a wheelchair for such outings and the paths are a bit rough down that side so I went off to the nocturnal house. I was sitting next to the sugar gliders habitat and the gorgeous little glider landed on the wire right next to me. They are about the size of a thumb, small, delicate and amazing. We sat there and observed each other for about 15 minutes. One of the nicest things that ever happened to me. : )
You should go, Taz is amazing. If you go to Port Arthur you'll learn than the first convicts at the prison there were 'Mericans, captured by Lord Arthur trying to get Canada to join the States.
"New York Giants’ star quarterback Jaxson Dart sparked team dissension in May when he gushed over the president while introducing him at a rally. He hugged the president, and Trump lauded his “legs like tree trunks” and called him a “beautiful guy.”
The Giants now fear their starting quarterback is looking at potentially season-ending surgery and in a best-case scenario will still miss significant time. Monday night, following Big Blue’s ugly 28-6 loss to the Super Bowl-favorite Rams in Los Angeles, it was revealed that the franchise quarterback suffered a sprained MCL in his knee, an injury that typically sidelines a player for four to six weeks.
That was enough for superstitious types to pin the blame on the president after he allegedly jinxed the New York Knicks in Game 3 of the NBA Finals and the United States and Argentina in the World Cup. Film and TV critic John Rocha shared a photo of Trump and Dart’s interaction in a photo, writing, “Everything he touches, y’all. Everything he touches...”"
"Canada is destroying itself by allowing millions and millions of people into the Country, essentially unchecked and unvetted, and who are causing problems that will soon be too big to handle. It is a Liberal takeover that will end very badly. Already showing up in their numbers. Big unemployment. ‘Oh Canada! President DJT"
Husband had his entire life vetted when he applied for residency. President Underwear on the Outside doesn't know what he's talking about. He and his idiots believe they can manifest reality just by stating it. He thinks he's got Greenland wrapped up and now goes back to Canada. Except we ain't playin, motherfucker.
Also, too, President Underpants is jealous of all the attention Mark Carney got. He was like a rockstar at the UN. Too bad for you, creepo.
He's made some gruntings about USAmericans gaining Canadian citizenship via Bill C-3 no longer being able to qualify for any 'murrican benefits, and also no vote for you! The regime wants to ban all dual citizenship.
The waiting time keeps getting longer. Now estimated to be three years. I may be dead before my application is approved!
I'm so old I remember when the catchphrase was "We need more and Better Democrats." Anyone who feels that El Sayid is too Muslim or Talarico is too Christian to be a senator is just enabling Trump. Vote Blue like your life depends on it. ... Because it does.
I'm voting blue as I always do, but surely it's understandable that being told that the safety and wellbeing of my loved ones is just a distraction makes me an unenthusiastic voter, and someone who hears 'Vote Blue like your life depends on it' as a bitter irony?
KImmel, last night, on the UN speech: “What a speech this was. He put the dip in diplomacy and the dick in tater this morning. It was a rough, threatening, ugly ramble in front of the other leaders of the world.”
But then came an odd moment where Trump attempted to thank the nations that have supported his efforts in Gaza by name ― and struggled with one in particular, twice referring to Kazakhstan as “Kazakastan.” “Thank you, President Borat,” Kimmel cracked.
Sitting here trying to imagine being the disappeared, or the loved-one of the disappeared. No lawyer, no communication, no idea of what is happening or what will happen. ABSOLUTE EVIL. Kafka but with American cheese.
I absolutely understand the “don’t make the perfect the enemy of the good” concept. But when “the good” includes throwing trans people under the bus, how fcking good is it, really? I can’t with this sh*t; it is heartbreaking and maddening.
***EDIT: (I am NOT saying don’t vote for Talarico, but if he’s your candidate, and you agree with the above, maybe let him know?)***
To all trans people who might feel abandoned, all the love and I am so sorry you are being scapegoated. xoxoxo
I very much agree with "When 'the good' includes throwing trans people under the bus, how fcking good is it, really?"
Trading on the civil rights of people who are already under enormous threat is a terrible thing to do, no matter how Christian a candidate is supposedly is.
I guess if I lived in Texas, I'd pull a lever for Talarico, but let him know how exactly I felt before and after the election.
Talarico is not my perfect candidate. But let me assure you that I will never, ever, for the rest of my life, will have anything to do with anyone who votes for Paxton. Paxton is far more evil than Trump. And, he younger, smarter, and more ruthless.
I recall being told that as a woman, I needed to “relax” and not worry that candidates wouldn’t use the word “abortion,” that they were gathering the votes of the mysterious “moderates,” and then, once in power, would secure reproductive rights. Worked out great!
And what happened to basic human rights being “self-evident” and not selective? Appreciate your response.
Yes! I am reminded of the many times it has been explained to me fairly condescendingly how the only risks that are important are obviously the risks faced by straight white Christian hetero cis men.
"Trump searched a room for Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the start of his Shield of the Americas meeting, Tuesday. “Where is Marco? Where is Marco?” “Right here,” Rubio said, sheepishly raising a finger.
A lot of us are burning up brain cells and risking explosive high blood pressure trying to cope with DFT. Once you are able to recognize that he is actually insane, it becomes a little easier. There is no longer any reason to take anything he says or does seriously, nor need one waste any mental effort on trying to understand him. It's all just randomness. DFT belongs in a mental institution for the criminally insane, not the white House. It is now just a question of how to endure the next two-and-a-half years until he is repudiated and leaves office in disgrace, never to be heard from again.
Ta, Rebecca. Glad you ended on a high note. Ta, Martini. Didn't know this lovely fungivore until now! Hot, handsome husband Meccalopolis crafted our lovely, luscious fruit bowls while I cut up the perfect pineapple, and served us delicious, beautiful, flowery white tea. Then we had elitist avocado toast and are sipping perfect coffee. Good day, beloved Wonketteers. We love and appreciate you all and we bless us all with love, health, peace, and grace.
Please, please stay safe. Wear a mask or two, wash your hands, sanitize when you cannot wash and let the sanitizer dry completely, stop touching your face, take Vitamin D, get a booster shot six months after your last, catch up on any other vaccines you need, and get any kids in your family vaccinated as well, and stay the fuck away from us and anyone with whom you do not share a roof. Do this because you love yourself, and because we love you, too. Do this in memory of 27 Club member Treg, Holly's heroic pilot friend Tony, Dolly Parton, who put up a million dollars of her own money to make the Moderna vaccine possible, and nearly eight million dead worldwide, possibly including Gav, who had long COVID. Do this to honor the nurses and other frontline medical personnel (we love you, medicos of Wonkette, from student to active to retired), especially ICU Hera Mrs Land Shark RN. Stay safe. When we vote, we WIN!!
Good lord, give us a shock warning for the link to the Kennedy Center gold relief art. Opened it and shrieked, scaring the cats. Had to give them cat treats again.
I think we should save that Musk portrait for the Donald J. Trump Not Ever Again in a Million Years, We Are So Ashamed That Happened, National Museum. Which will require a building the size of the Louvre.
Do you know potoroos? They are sniffing around in your hed gif: https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/potoroo-how-are-you
And here is your meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/cca70722-565f-453e-8a60-f301140c9a41?utm_source=share
Sweet potoroos, so rarely seen now but cute and fascinating. If you ever get the chance to come to Tasmania I hope you will consider a visit to the home of these potoroos, Trowunna Wildlife Sanctuary near Mole Creek in Northern Tas. (Worth noting Mole Creek has high and regular Thylacine sightings!) It is a wonderful place with great educational tours. On our last visit my family went off to the big flight aviary to see the Wedge Tailed Eagles. I use a wheelchair for such outings and the paths are a bit rough down that side so I went off to the nocturnal house. I was sitting next to the sugar gliders habitat and the gorgeous little glider landed on the wire right next to me. They are about the size of a thumb, small, delicate and amazing. We sat there and observed each other for about 15 minutes. One of the nicest things that ever happened to me. : )
I would LOVE to go to Tasmania. It's on my list of places I hope to get to one day. And I will definitely check out the sanctuary if I make it.
You should go, Taz is amazing. If you go to Port Arthur you'll learn than the first convicts at the prison there were 'Mericans, captured by Lord Arthur trying to get Canada to join the States.
With a nose that looks like that
They may have an urge to sniff
You've firmly put them in my head
Just don't call me Gif.
They are adorbs, so there!
I think so too!
You say potoroo, I say dafuq?
Potoroo... Another unlikely name for an unlikely beast...
"What is that, Uncle Tim?"
"That there is...ah...is a 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘰! That's what that is!"
"Uncle Tim? Are you making shit up again?"
Still, better than rat-kangaroo
I'd never heard of a rat-kangaroo, so I looked it up. It really does look like a rat crossed with a miniature-sized kangaroo. I learn so much interesting stuff from my fellow Wonkette readers. https://www.google.com/search?q=rat+kangaroo+marsupial&rlz=1C1VDKB_enUS976US976&oq=&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCQgBEEUYOxjCAzIJCAAQRRg7GMIDMgkIARBFGDsYwgMyCQgCEEUYOxjCAzIJCAMQRRg7GMIDMgkIBBBFGDsYwgMyCQgFEEUYOxjCAzIJCAYQRRg7GMIDMgkIBxBFGDsYwgPSAQkyMDIyajBqMTWoAgiwAgHxBa5xPqDwfq-1&sourceid=chrome&source=chrome.rb&ie=UTF-8
toodle-oo, potoroo!
Obligatory: https://youtu.be/aD2FCoxmWgA?si=Pujmu81LMRQYqt9-
Such a great tune.
I'm partial to the Ellington OG
https://youtu.be/SVHk_qF8bUU
Tastes like snozzberry!
Huh, Giant Shrew?
It's THE KILLER SHREWS!
https://youtu.be/ZGknrKl5uXo?si=ezKF5iwxVdfUedNK
Clearly dogs with sheep pelts attached.
Awwwww “cronch cronch cronch”.
Cute little critters!
You say potoroos, I say Potahroos
That Zohran, he's such a nice boy. And doing such an excellent job at HANDING BITCHSLAPS TO THEMS THAT NEED 'EM
I'm very concerned about Susan being an f-ing crook.
I'm very, very, concerned about how she's not the only one.
"New York Giants’ star quarterback Jaxson Dart sparked team dissension in May when he gushed over the president while introducing him at a rally. He hugged the president, and Trump lauded his “legs like tree trunks” and called him a “beautiful guy.”
The Giants now fear their starting quarterback is looking at potentially season-ending surgery and in a best-case scenario will still miss significant time. Monday night, following Big Blue’s ugly 28-6 loss to the Super Bowl-favorite Rams in Los Angeles, it was revealed that the franchise quarterback suffered a sprained MCL in his knee, an injury that typically sidelines a player for four to six weeks.
That was enough for superstitious types to pin the blame on the president after he allegedly jinxed the New York Knicks in Game 3 of the NBA Finals and the United States and Argentina in the World Cup. Film and TV critic John Rocha shared a photo of Trump and Dart’s interaction in a photo, writing, “Everything he touches, y’all. Everything he touches...”"
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jaxson-dart-trump-curse_n_6ab3dd0de4b043d6b56a41c4?origin=home-latest-news-unit
I believe it was Trump's fault, and in this Brave New World, belief is all you need.
@realDonaldTrump:
"Canada is destroying itself by allowing millions and millions of people into the Country, essentially unchecked and unvetted, and who are causing problems that will soon be too big to handle. It is a Liberal takeover that will end very badly. Already showing up in their numbers. Big unemployment. ‘Oh Canada! President DJT"
https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/41850
Husband had his entire life vetted when he applied for residency. President Underwear on the Outside doesn't know what he's talking about. He and his idiots believe they can manifest reality just by stating it. He thinks he's got Greenland wrapped up and now goes back to Canada. Except we ain't playin, motherfucker.
Also, too, President Underpants is jealous of all the attention Mark Carney got. He was like a rockstar at the UN. Too bad for you, creepo.
Some of those people are the doctors, nurses and other science professionals that have fled the United States
And there’s a lot of others that are coming too the ones that can claim Canadian citizenship under their new rules…
Maybe DJ T doesn’t know that.
They don't need doctors and nurses in the US because only a handful of our population have healthcare.
He's made some gruntings about USAmericans gaining Canadian citizenship via Bill C-3 no longer being able to qualify for any 'murrican benefits, and also no vote for you! The regime wants to ban all dual citizenship.
The waiting time keeps getting longer. Now estimated to be three years. I may be dead before my application is approved!
I just read about that!
I'm so old I remember when the catchphrase was "We need more and Better Democrats." Anyone who feels that El Sayid is too Muslim or Talarico is too Christian to be a senator is just enabling Trump. Vote Blue like your life depends on it. ... Because it does.
I'm voting blue as I always do, but surely it's understandable that being told that the safety and wellbeing of my loved ones is just a distraction makes me an unenthusiastic voter, and someone who hears 'Vote Blue like your life depends on it' as a bitter irony?
KImmel, last night, on the UN speech: “What a speech this was. He put the dip in diplomacy and the dick in tater this morning. It was a rough, threatening, ugly ramble in front of the other leaders of the world.”
But then came an odd moment where Trump attempted to thank the nations that have supported his efforts in Gaza by name ― and struggled with one in particular, twice referring to Kazakhstan as “Kazakastan.” “Thank you, President Borat,” Kimmel cracked.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jimmy-kimmel-trump-speech_n_6ab36e9fe4b085277b54aca2?origin=home-whats-happening-unit
"You mean the man who wanted to put a rubber fist in my aynoos was a homosexual?"
Sitting here trying to imagine being the disappeared, or the loved-one of the disappeared. No lawyer, no communication, no idea of what is happening or what will happen. ABSOLUTE EVIL. Kafka but with American cheese.
Not even a pettifogging lawyer.
I absolutely understand the “don’t make the perfect the enemy of the good” concept. But when “the good” includes throwing trans people under the bus, how fcking good is it, really? I can’t with this sh*t; it is heartbreaking and maddening.
***EDIT: (I am NOT saying don’t vote for Talarico, but if he’s your candidate, and you agree with the above, maybe let him know?)***
To all trans people who might feel abandoned, all the love and I am so sorry you are being scapegoated. xoxoxo
I very much agree with "When 'the good' includes throwing trans people under the bus, how fcking good is it, really?"
Trading on the civil rights of people who are already under enormous threat is a terrible thing to do, no matter how Christian a candidate is supposedly is.
I guess if I lived in Texas, I'd pull a lever for Talarico, but let him know how exactly I felt before and after the election.
Talarico is not my perfect candidate. But let me assure you that I will never, ever, for the rest of my life, will have anything to do with anyone who votes for Paxton. Paxton is far more evil than Trump. And, he younger, smarter, and more ruthless.
I recall being told that as a woman, I needed to “relax” and not worry that candidates wouldn’t use the word “abortion,” that they were gathering the votes of the mysterious “moderates,” and then, once in power, would secure reproductive rights. Worked out great!
And what happened to basic human rights being “self-evident” and not selective? Appreciate your response.
Yes! I am reminded of the many times it has been explained to me fairly condescendingly how the only risks that are important are obviously the risks faced by straight white Christian hetero cis men.
"Trump searched a room for Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the start of his Shield of the Americas meeting, Tuesday. “Where is Marco? Where is Marco?” “Right here,” Rubio said, sheepishly raising a finger.
He was seated right next to Trump.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-marco-rubio_n_6ab34240e4b043d6b569d1c7?origin=home-latest-news-unit
Polo!
w/an additional updoot!
That "Dr." Oz sure does seem to know American doctor-speak.
Why wouldn't he know American doctor-speak? I thought he was from Kansas.
I meant that he speaks the language of the profits-first horrendous American health care system.
If repeating "Jews for Mitt" as a mantra doesn't bring you joy, you are incapable of joy.
Jews for Mitt.
Gott Mitt Uns?
A lot of us are burning up brain cells and risking explosive high blood pressure trying to cope with DFT. Once you are able to recognize that he is actually insane, it becomes a little easier. There is no longer any reason to take anything he says or does seriously, nor need one waste any mental effort on trying to understand him. It's all just randomness. DFT belongs in a mental institution for the criminally insane, not the white House. It is now just a question of how to endure the next two-and-a-half years until he is repudiated and leaves office in disgrace, never to be heard from again.
I wish I could subscribe to your newsletter. But I fear he can still do a lot more damage. Crazy or no.
Can, and will. Every day.
Ta, Rebecca. Glad you ended on a high note. Ta, Martini. Didn't know this lovely fungivore until now! Hot, handsome husband Meccalopolis crafted our lovely, luscious fruit bowls while I cut up the perfect pineapple, and served us delicious, beautiful, flowery white tea. Then we had elitist avocado toast and are sipping perfect coffee. Good day, beloved Wonketteers. We love and appreciate you all and we bless us all with love, health, peace, and grace.
Please, please stay safe. Wear a mask or two, wash your hands, sanitize when you cannot wash and let the sanitizer dry completely, stop touching your face, take Vitamin D, get a booster shot six months after your last, catch up on any other vaccines you need, and get any kids in your family vaccinated as well, and stay the fuck away from us and anyone with whom you do not share a roof. Do this because you love yourself, and because we love you, too. Do this in memory of 27 Club member Treg, Holly's heroic pilot friend Tony, Dolly Parton, who put up a million dollars of her own money to make the Moderna vaccine possible, and nearly eight million dead worldwide, possibly including Gav, who had long COVID. Do this to honor the nurses and other frontline medical personnel (we love you, medicos of Wonkette, from student to active to retired), especially ICU Hera Mrs Land Shark RN. Stay safe. When we vote, we WIN!!
Slava Ukraini. 🌻🇺🇦💙💛
Fall, leaves falling. Happy Humpday to those who celebrate!
Good lord, give us a shock warning for the link to the Kennedy Center gold relief art. Opened it and shrieked, scaring the cats. Had to give them cat treats again.
“ but you did go and look at the gold reliefs they put in the Kennedy Center in place of the art, right?”
Throwing all that shit into the dumpster is going to be so satisfying in 2029. And any democrat who balks at it can go fuck themselves.
Can we throw all that shit in the dumpster? Doesn't the National Archives have to keep that stuff forever?
I think that only applies to documents.
I think we should save that Musk portrait for the Donald J. Trump Not Ever Again in a Million Years, We Are So Ashamed That Happened, National Museum. Which will require a building the size of the Louvre.
There's a Gigafactory near me that will be empty by then.