I note in some reporting, in the coverage and reaction to the daily onslaught of this regime, slippage, normalization, a moving of the goalposts of what is acceptable and normal. This is NOT happening at Wonkette! Wonkette is holding the fucking line and not letting go of what a “normal “ America looks-and acts and sounds like. Hold the line, Wonkette, don’t yield an inch. Someday others will be ashamed for their relativization of supposedly sacred American norms and values. We won’t be ashamed. We never lost sight of our moral compass. Wonkette held. We will be proud.
A local Republican elected official got to live out his dream last week when he shot a Black man (in this case, a lost Doordash driver) who happened to be on his property.
"Trump is poised to accept a “flying palace” super luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from the royal family of Qatar..." Are they sure it's not Thomas or Alito?
Thanks so much for the “wood wide web” story about the talking trees. If we humans shut the fuck up once in a while and listened, we could learn so much from Mother Nature.
Brian Cox and Robin Ince find out about the secret world of fungi, hidden beneath our feet. They are joined by biologist Merlin Sheldrake and mycologist Katie Field. They hear about the hidden life of fungi, including their hundreds of mating types, predatory behaviour and crucial role in life beginning on Earth. Katie shares how mycologists like her are using fungi to come up with creative solutions to climate change.
I'm reading more about the firing of the head of the Copyright Office. Apparently her offense was having the office suggest that mass harvesting of content to train AI models was copyright infringement (https://boingboing.net/2025/05/12/copyright-office-head-fired-after-failing-to-bless-copyright-exemption-for-big-techs-ai-training.html). Yeah, I have long thought that AI companies had a business model much like Uber's: let's break a bunch of laws, in fact make breaking them central to our business, then we'll hire pricey lawyers and lobbyists and get them to fix it up somehow. Actually worked for Uber, in the U.S., but they are banned in numerous foreign jurisdictions.
Had a lovely day yesterday. We also saw Breakfast at Tiffany's on the big screen, and it was remastered and very cool because I noticed some stuff I didn't in my previous million times I've seen it.
Was surprised a bit that in the packed theater it was clear a LOT of people had never seen it before. I was interested in how the crowd was going to react to Mickey Rooney and it seemed like most thought he was funny--that's not what I was expecting. There was a bit of a sense that maybe they liked him and were rooting for him a little. Definitely a different vibe than I expected.
On the big screen, Audrey is more beautiful and wistful, and George Peppard is not as annoying as I sometimes find him. The shoplifting is more enchanting and deft. Cat stole the show. The minor characters are really excellent and it's nice how well they act their minor roles--very balanced.
While the box he gets from Tiffany is NOT the iconic blue one, throughout the movie there are little splashes of Tiffany blue I never saw before--the restored film on the big screen is less muddy looking and the colors really pop out.
“Spruce trees in the Dolomites were communicating with each other just before the solar eclipse.” Uh-uh, seen this Dr Who episode (12th Doctor, Capaldi). Some baaaad solar shit is coming down.
Catherwood is the ref, but conflated with Carrington Event, the 1859 solar flare that disrupted telegraphs worldwide. It was BAAAD solar shit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event
Baby squid, do-do-da-doot-da do. Come and learn more about why the image in your hed gif is a big (big!) deal: https://open.substack.com/pub/martiniambassador/p/not-quite-colossal-squid
And your meme chat area for the day: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/10443fda-5ca5-4aeb-8c17-16e94bbd97f4
Mysterious, enigmatic creatures, and yet so very much like us ...
https://youtu.be/jCqsDiyKb8g?si=tIKohlZORQ4juoXN
LOL, that show used to be on my regular watching rotation
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Mmmmm….sandwiches…
Setting loose the Kraken
By Zeus was not that wise
At least it's cool that Kraken
Come in every size.
They grab things with their tentacles
And eat them with their beaks
And thanks to our Martini
We got a little peek.
https://pa1.aminoapps.com/6276/eea8f519396d4dec7d94c442cefec8cb50492514_hq.gif
Love it!
It’s naked
And not in that sexy way neither.
I've seen that footage before, doesn't look very colossal to me! More bite sized when fried up.
"Squid are considered highly intelligent invertebrates, comparable in complexity to dogs and even some primates..."
"Even 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦" primates? Even 𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘴 of primates, if you consider the dunces of maga...
... i.e. POTUS
Babby squid just doing her thang!
And I will call him squishy…
Beaky!
Not to mention “bitey”
stingy!
Immature calamari!
Deep ocean critters are the weirdest.
I note in some reporting, in the coverage and reaction to the daily onslaught of this regime, slippage, normalization, a moving of the goalposts of what is acceptable and normal. This is NOT happening at Wonkette! Wonkette is holding the fucking line and not letting go of what a “normal “ America looks-and acts and sounds like. Hold the line, Wonkette, don’t yield an inch. Someday others will be ashamed for their relativization of supposedly sacred American norms and values. We won’t be ashamed. We never lost sight of our moral compass. Wonkette held. We will be proud.
"At what point does the Supreme Court rethink the Godly powers they gave him?"
At what point does Congress repeal all the emergency powers it's gifted to the Executive since 1789? That's the answer, not the courts.
“This [the Qatari plane] is really going to be such a stain on the admin…”
When you lose Laura Loomer, you REALLY need to ask yourself if you’ve gone too far…
𝘈𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 [Shitler]?
Right about the time his Gestapo comes for *them*, at which point they won’t be able to do anything about it.
They won't do anything, because they know that, if they do, they will very quickly find themselves in an ICE detention center in Louisiana.
A local Republican elected official got to live out his dream last week when he shot a Black man (in this case, a lost Doordash driver) who happened to be on his property.
https://www.chroniclenewspaper.com/news/local-news/chester-highway-superintendent-arrested-following-doordash-shooting-bail-orange-county-ny-john-reilly-ND4544825
The word the media dare not say: "Emoulments".
"Trump is poised to accept a “flying palace” super luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from the royal family of Qatar..." Are they sure it's not Thomas or Alito?
Thomas and Alito are reportedly green with envy.
"...gross little remora mouthhole make those words..." Brilliant description!
Thanks so much for the “wood wide web” story about the talking trees. If we humans shut the fuck up once in a while and listened, we could learn so much from Mother Nature.
https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/p0fwww6q
Brian Cox and Robin Ince find out about the secret world of fungi, hidden beneath our feet. They are joined by biologist Merlin Sheldrake and mycologist Katie Field. They hear about the hidden life of fungi, including their hundreds of mating types, predatory behaviour and crucial role in life beginning on Earth. Katie shares how mycologists like her are using fungi to come up with creative solutions to climate change.
Thank you for sharing this!
Fungi speak to each other. Years ago I listened to a podcast about this. I will try to find it
I'm reading more about the firing of the head of the Copyright Office. Apparently her offense was having the office suggest that mass harvesting of content to train AI models was copyright infringement (https://boingboing.net/2025/05/12/copyright-office-head-fired-after-failing-to-bless-copyright-exemption-for-big-techs-ai-training.html). Yeah, I have long thought that AI companies had a business model much like Uber's: let's break a bunch of laws, in fact make breaking them central to our business, then we'll hire pricey lawyers and lobbyists and get them to fix it up somehow. Actually worked for Uber, in the U.S., but they are banned in numerous foreign jurisdictions.
Numerous foreign jurisdictions lack our religious adherence to profits uber alles.
Had a lovely day yesterday. We also saw Breakfast at Tiffany's on the big screen, and it was remastered and very cool because I noticed some stuff I didn't in my previous million times I've seen it.
Was surprised a bit that in the packed theater it was clear a LOT of people had never seen it before. I was interested in how the crowd was going to react to Mickey Rooney and it seemed like most thought he was funny--that's not what I was expecting. There was a bit of a sense that maybe they liked him and were rooting for him a little. Definitely a different vibe than I expected.
On the big screen, Audrey is more beautiful and wistful, and George Peppard is not as annoying as I sometimes find him. The shoplifting is more enchanting and deft. Cat stole the show. The minor characters are really excellent and it's nice how well they act their minor roles--very balanced.
While the box he gets from Tiffany is NOT the iconic blue one, throughout the movie there are little splashes of Tiffany blue I never saw before--the restored film on the big screen is less muddy looking and the colors really pop out.
"Can’t you just go ask your daddy, Tiffany?"
"Tiffany who?" -- The Donald.
If she tried to get near him, she'd be wrestled to the ground by the Secret Service and carted off by ICE to a Louisiana detention center.
delete. did not come out right.
First check-in of the day.
Going to switch a doctor's appointment.
Be back later.
Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end,.....
But here we are with Cheetolini. Sob.
“Spruce trees in the Dolomites were communicating with each other just before the solar eclipse.” Uh-uh, seen this Dr Who episode (12th Doctor, Capaldi). Some baaaad solar shit is coming down.
Far out Carrington! Roll up a bomber.
ITYM "Catherwood".
Catherwood is the ref, but conflated with Carrington Event, the 1859 solar flare that disrupted telegraphs worldwide. It was BAAAD solar shit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event
glad someone else thought of this episode