For those more city-bound folks out there, you have no idea how fortunate it is to see *any* wild cat in its natural environment outside of Africa, and *especially* this ghost of the forest; you can spend your entire life in wild land places like Alaska or the Rockies, and never so much as glimpse one.
Thank you for the Iberian lynx. Hoorah for those who saved them from extinction. I don't have an Iberian lynx among my stuffie collection (not an obsession) but I do have a Canada lynx Mom and Baby. And they're all cousins, anyway, aren't they? I always find it fascinating how Life travelled around the planet.
This Tabs has the feel of opening the medicine cabinet and finding the republic has been prescribed Pope Leo, USAID guilt, Colbert arson, tariff bankruptcies, and three “annual” Trump checkups before June. The man is apparently so healthy he needs more inspections than a haunted carnival ride, while the rest of the regime is busy losing wars, killing aid programs, protecting billionaires, and trying to copyright Stephen Colbert’s ability to be funnier than them on public access. Truly, the doctor is in, and the diagnosis is “late-stage clown empire with complications.”
I’ve been listening to some of these songs from some people who call themselves the resistance, but don’t feel safe giving their names. Some of them make me laugh. Some are dark. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5su99AdYKlXeZ8Qdf2QWEA
It’s just a little crazy. “We’ve been here before.“
“Business bankruptcies up 14 percent for 2025 over 2024, thanks to Trump’s tariffs. I wonder if we would have heard something about that if it had happened under Joe Biden.”
There hasn’t even been one headline with the words “fears of a recession” since Trump took over. When Biden was president he could create a million jobs, lower unemployment and wages could go up and they would find out that the number of hot dog vendors went down 2% and they would talk about a “looming downturn”
Classy: "JD Vance is expected to host state attorneys general for another anti-fraud roundtable on Tuesday afternoon at the White House, the latest development in the Trump administration’s crackdown on alleged fraud. While more than a dozen Republican attorneys general are expected to attend, according to Politico, Democrats have declined the meeting because their invitations were sent on Friday, with a deadline to RSVP by Saturday. Republicans were reportedly invited a week prior." [HuffPost]
The billionaire running for office is correct, but he's still a billionaire trying to buy himself an office. And do billionaires get a cookie just for not being a hateful bigot? I doubt that's 'Trx's intention, but once again, the bar for billionaire's is set ridiculously low.
Zeteo did a great interview w commissioner Gordon aka Ben Makenzie aka someone from the OC and he was charming, and seemingly such a good person and movie clips were hilarious.
Texans - today is Election Day for the primary runoffs. Check with your county election officials to find out voting locations. Polls are open until 7 pm. You are allowed to vote if you’re in line by 7 pm. If you’re registered to vote and did not vote in the March primary, you can still vote. If you voted in March, you must vote in the same party’s primary.
Going after I mow the backyard. Can literally walk two blocks to vote on the day, but early is a long drive and usually lines when I get there. Has been that way forever.
Meanwhile, Morpheus was picked up by the pet transport people this morning and driven to Frankfurt where he was checked out by a government approved vet. He will be flown to Mexico City from there tomorrow, spend the night at a facility at the airport while he is cleared through customs and then flown to Puerto Vallarta the next day and driven here. He is really going to be pissed at me.
I get two votes for Primary in California Governor's race, and I'm voting Xavier Becerra and was feeling ooky about Tom Steyer, whom my union has endorsed. But dang it, he won it with that clip. He's my second vote.
Apropos of nothing except how random bible knowledge, imprinted in my youth, sometimes crops up in my old man thoughts I point out the bible story of King David (who began his political career by decapitating a Philistine giant named Goliath) found in * Second Book Of Samuel *.
(*Second Book of Samuel* was sequel to *Samuel* because in ancient times they knew not of 'blockbuster' or "Stephen King" or 'paper'. They used scrolls which had physical limits to how large they could be without annoying the fuck out of readers with their weight. The scrolls were made of animal skin. So *Book Of Samuel* was conveniently broken into the first duology. Nowadays we have to come to expect trilogies at the very least.)
Anyhow... The short version of *2Samuel*: King David did SIN and was punished for his sin by his own rebellious son, Absalom, who organized an insurrection against his own dad. (Family Values FTW!)
King David abandoned 10 wives and even more concubines as he fled from Jerusalem. (even more Family Values) making him one of history's biggest deadbeat dads.
But the best part of the whole mess is reserved for a wrathful relative of the previous King (known as Saul). This character - named Shimei - tagged along with the fleeing David hurling AOT;K insults and pelting him with rocks and mud during David's retreat from Absalom.
This is why Shimei has to be considered the originator of political punditry and perhaps the first podcaster. Shimei may also be considered the originator of the whole "kick them when they are down" approach to life.
Your hed gif info: https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/iberian-lynx-makes-an-appearance
And meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/8bd3e418-d119-408e-b9fc-42eadef1af89?utm_source=share
For those more city-bound folks out there, you have no idea how fortunate it is to see *any* wild cat in its natural environment outside of Africa, and *especially* this ghost of the forest; you can spend your entire life in wild land places like Alaska or the Rockies, and never so much as glimpse one.
I love lynx links.
Nice gif Martini. My bride and I are going to Spain in October, but we will be too far north to spot these lynx with way too cool ears.
You two take some great trips! If you haven’t been yet, I recommend some time in San Sebastián.
I'll be there. I'm always there|here.
This is not a threat, mind you ;p
And you won't be far from the furry barstewards, Though it's not easy to see them.
Have fun anyway!
Thanks for this. I'm obsessed with Lynx and have made four pieces of art with different Lynx. My next project is Caracal or Serval.
Ah, a Vulcan cat. It looks very logical.
Thank you for the Iberian lynx. Hoorah for those who saved them from extinction. I don't have an Iberian lynx among my stuffie collection (not an obsession) but I do have a Canada lynx Mom and Baby. And they're all cousins, anyway, aren't they? I always find it fascinating how Life travelled around the planet.
If I could be a cat, it's either a tiger or this.
Can I pet that cat?
Once.
Consequences.
See Chinese snow leopard selfie.
Nice. Is that what eats maga Spanish faces?
For Iberian cats like that
I think extinction stinks
Nothing else could fill the void
Should they be missing lynx.
I don't know how you do it, but you always please! Thanks for making my day!
Right? I look forward to these!
Thanks! I like to think that I run a hot doggerel stand.
i'd like a garden doggerel, hold the garden and the bun
you are supremely talented
don't push your luck!
I'm so happy to see that Lauren Bacall is living her best reincarnated life!
Hipster Cat.
What an unusual kitteh, looks Suessian.
So, humans can do good things like fix damage they’ve caused. I needed to see that.
Is it hyper?
Regal, like all kitties, but with tufts!
This Tabs has the feel of opening the medicine cabinet and finding the republic has been prescribed Pope Leo, USAID guilt, Colbert arson, tariff bankruptcies, and three “annual” Trump checkups before June. The man is apparently so healthy he needs more inspections than a haunted carnival ride, while the rest of the regime is busy losing wars, killing aid programs, protecting billionaires, and trying to copyright Stephen Colbert’s ability to be funnier than them on public access. Truly, the doctor is in, and the diagnosis is “late-stage clown empire with complications.”
The coming Ebola thing should be fun.....
Having three "annual" check-up in one year id not a sign of health.
I’ve been listening to some of these songs from some people who call themselves the resistance, but don’t feel safe giving their names. Some of them make me laugh. Some are dark. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5su99AdYKlXeZ8Qdf2QWEA
It’s just a little crazy. “We’ve been here before.“
So now Bibi and dementia Don are now both in the hospital. The world will be a much better place if they stay there.
You know what happens when 80-year-olds start making multiple trips over a short period of time to the hospital?
One of those times, they don't come out.
Bibi just had 'dental work'
That’s funny cause that’s what they said Don is getting.
Is there a neighborhood in Montreal the Wonkmeet is settled on? Just browsing hotels.
Tuesday Tab's and Coffee in the Morning ☕ it only gets Better 👍
“Business bankruptcies up 14 percent for 2025 over 2024, thanks to Trump’s tariffs. I wonder if we would have heard something about that if it had happened under Joe Biden.”
There hasn’t even been one headline with the words “fears of a recession” since Trump took over. When Biden was president he could create a million jobs, lower unemployment and wages could go up and they would find out that the number of hot dog vendors went down 2% and they would talk about a “looming downturn”
Classy: "JD Vance is expected to host state attorneys general for another anti-fraud roundtable on Tuesday afternoon at the White House, the latest development in the Trump administration’s crackdown on alleged fraud. While more than a dozen Republican attorneys general are expected to attend, according to Politico, Democrats have declined the meeting because their invitations were sent on Friday, with a deadline to RSVP by Saturday. Republicans were reportedly invited a week prior." [HuffPost]
Just on a basic level, no matter how trivial, these assholes are ASSHOLES!!
The billionaire running for office is correct, but he's still a billionaire trying to buy himself an office. And do billionaires get a cookie just for not being a hateful bigot? I doubt that's 'Trx's intention, but once again, the bar for billionaire's is set ridiculously low.
Zeteo did a great interview w commissioner Gordon aka Ben Makenzie aka someone from the OC and he was charming, and seemingly such a good person and movie clips were hilarious.
Texans - today is Election Day for the primary runoffs. Check with your county election officials to find out voting locations. Polls are open until 7 pm. You are allowed to vote if you’re in line by 7 pm. If you’re registered to vote and did not vote in the March primary, you can still vote. If you voted in March, you must vote in the same party’s primary.
Going after I mow the backyard. Can literally walk two blocks to vote on the day, but early is a long drive and usually lines when I get there. Has been that way forever.
Thanks for voting! They sure don’t make it easy in many counties
Meanwhile, Morpheus was picked up by the pet transport people this morning and driven to Frankfurt where he was checked out by a government approved vet. He will be flown to Mexico City from there tomorrow, spend the night at a facility at the airport while he is cleared through customs and then flown to Puerto Vallarta the next day and driven here. He is really going to be pissed at me.
Yes. Yes, he is.
I get two votes for Primary in California Governor's race, and I'm voting Xavier Becerra and was feeling ooky about Tom Steyer, whom my union has endorsed. But dang it, he won it with that clip. He's my second vote.
Random Bible FunTime.
Apropos of nothing except how random bible knowledge, imprinted in my youth, sometimes crops up in my old man thoughts I point out the bible story of King David (who began his political career by decapitating a Philistine giant named Goliath) found in * Second Book Of Samuel *.
(*Second Book of Samuel* was sequel to *Samuel* because in ancient times they knew not of 'blockbuster' or "Stephen King" or 'paper'. They used scrolls which had physical limits to how large they could be without annoying the fuck out of readers with their weight. The scrolls were made of animal skin. So *Book Of Samuel* was conveniently broken into the first duology. Nowadays we have to come to expect trilogies at the very least.)
Anyhow... The short version of *2Samuel*: King David did SIN and was punished for his sin by his own rebellious son, Absalom, who organized an insurrection against his own dad. (Family Values FTW!)
King David abandoned 10 wives and even more concubines as he fled from Jerusalem. (even more Family Values) making him one of history's biggest deadbeat dads.
But the best part of the whole mess is reserved for a wrathful relative of the previous King (known as Saul). This character - named Shimei - tagged along with the fleeing David hurling AOT;K insults and pelting him with rocks and mud during David's retreat from Absalom.
This is why Shimei has to be considered the originator of political punditry and perhaps the first podcaster. Shimei may also be considered the originator of the whole "kick them when they are down" approach to life.