I read a joke once that went something like, "No wonder rats are so nasty. They know they're just one bushy tail away from being hand fed in the park."
I always wonder how many versions of each animal nature tried out and discarded before deciding, OK, that seems about right. Looks a little funny but we've really got to move on to work on the blobfish some more ...
When I was a wee lad and first saw a picture of a Kaibab squirrel I thought someone was having me on. I did manage to see a few of them on a trip to the Grand Canyon years ago.
Federal employees are being give 90 minutes to decide between retirement and demotion. They then are being forced to write an email "requesting" their demotion. If they don't the offer for demotion is gone.
It's become abundantly clear - even though it was abundantly clear before - that no one in the Trump administration has the faintest idea what DEI is or does. It's like being stuck in eternity at the Thanksgiving table hearing your MAGA uncle blather on about "quotas" every time Affirmative Action gets mentioned.
Then even Lara Trump, who knows less about DEI than even anyone in the administration who knows nothing about DEI, decided to jump on her father-in-law's air crash DEI fantasy and say that it's all about "competence." One wonders whether Lara Trump has actually ever heard herself trying to sing, a singular anti-aesthetic phenomenon that makes Florence Foster Jenkins sound like Maria Callas.
Saying the staffing level was "not normal" seems like the passive-voiced way of saying the control tower was understaffed. And whose fault was that. And whose idea was it that one person could two jobs? Maybe they should have limited access to the airport until manpower was up to snuff.
The lunar new year lede rags on Michigan. Some rabid fans may incorrectly infer that the institution in question is the University of Michigan, when in fact it is my former employer, Michigan State University (i.e. Michigan Agricultural College).
Funny thing. We have that Lily Allen song on our workout playlist. When I shuffled the list on Monday, January 20, in the morning, that was the first song to randomly play.
Hey Becca, The Fucking News link goes to the NYT story about the Dem governors telling Chuck Schumer to grow a pair (I completely agree with them, but I'd like to read the other article too.)
Rolling my eyes til hurts at the phrase "diversity-oriented events" meaning "events that are not focused exclusively on straight white xtian culture, whatever tf that is. Are you Black, Latinx, gay, Jewish, Muslim, or Hispanic? No events for you! St. Lucia celebration with all the pretty blonde girls with their hair in braids, carry on!
I think we all know that "DEI" is just the new pan-racist term that replaces all of the severely politically incorrect terms the right wing has previously used. They actually seem to think we don't notice that shit.
But my point is that we have just ceded this language to them, not to mention accepting the public erasure of more than half the population. Why are we just letting them do this?
Snow squirrel! Your hed gif info link: https://open.substack.com/pub/martiniambassador/p/ear-tufts-over-the-snow
And your meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/8eba1dfb-b77a-4047-a5f3-7dbea2838282?utm_source=share
Secret Squirrel strikes again!
Punchline possibility : "That's snow squirrel, that's my wife."
🤣
She's no lady, she's my wife.
https://youtu.be/QZiLc3E-xu8?si=Dfh0uAv2UYBDUX41
*sees snow squirrel*
*faints from cuteness overload*
* regains consciousness when doggo gives kisses/demands breakfast*
I love the brief mystery, then the fuzzy reveal! ❤️
I had no idea what that was at first. It’s a bird feeder robber!
Squeee, buns!!!
I gotta show this to the kitty. He's just found out about squirrels and he's SO EXCITED. 😺
::shakes device::
Damn.
That fuzzy-eared squrrel-alike has broken my cuteometer.
Tree Rat. "The fluffy tail really does make all the difference!"
I read a joke once that went something like, "No wonder rats are so nasty. They know they're just one bushy tail away from being hand fed in the park."
Squirrel is absolutely indifferent to the weather, "Got me a snack!", not even "Damn snow!", just "Tasty fuds hitting the spot"
Enviable
SQUIRREL!
You've gotta love how those ears of theirs' blend in with the rock formations of the mountains those badass bunnies inhabit.
Evolution is the COOLEST damned thing and this little geek just cannot stop marveling at its' unique adaptations.
I always wonder how many versions of each animal nature tried out and discarded before deciding, OK, that seems about right. Looks a little funny but we've really got to move on to work on the blobfish some more ...
https://images.app.goo.gl/89LdLYn3QspspUjB7
Your description of evolution deflates me.
"Whose idea was this?!?"
T Rex, *waves wee little arms*
They were turning into snakes....
https://xkcd.com/3042/
Sadly I'm sure there were several varieties that just didn't quite cut it.
I was all LOOK AT THOSE TWO BEAUTIFUL TREES IN THE DISTANCE and then they popped their cute little head out, because they were ears, not trees.
"So cute!"
--Humans
"So tasty!"
--Foxes, Coyotes, Raptors, Hobbs!!
When I was a wee lad and first saw a picture of a Kaibab squirrel I thought someone was having me on. I did manage to see a few of them on a trip to the Grand Canyon years ago.
That's the place to find them. Kaibab limestone as well.
Are squirrelkaibabs good eatin' that way?
No Clark, he stopped after he found they were high in cholesterol.
Squirrels and chipmunks in the US Southwest are a reservoir for bubonic plague and hantavirus.
With the right sauce
Studies show that watching squirrels is good for easing anxiety, except for cats, who get the zoomies when they squirrel watch.
Oi! Oi'm freezin' me nuts off 'ere!
Was bekam des Soldaten Weib
Aus der alten Hauptstadt Prag?
Love the Lily Allen link. Thanks!
Time for some rest.
https://youtube.com/shorts/7q_JiHi3SEs?si=bB5C19d44BKI5qDM
Federal employees are being give 90 minutes to decide between retirement and demotion. They then are being forced to write an email "requesting" their demotion. If they don't the offer for demotion is gone.
Cannot be legal.
That seems like it might possibly violate a labor law or two. It's a good thing that law no longer protects anyone not named Donald J. Fucking Trump.
Fuck 'em All:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6aXujkCjL0
It's become abundantly clear - even though it was abundantly clear before - that no one in the Trump administration has the faintest idea what DEI is or does. It's like being stuck in eternity at the Thanksgiving table hearing your MAGA uncle blather on about "quotas" every time Affirmative Action gets mentioned.
Then even Lara Trump, who knows less about DEI than even anyone in the administration who knows nothing about DEI, decided to jump on her father-in-law's air crash DEI fantasy and say that it's all about "competence." One wonders whether Lara Trump has actually ever heard herself trying to sing, a singular anti-aesthetic phenomenon that makes Florence Foster Jenkins sound like Maria Callas.
https://www.youtube.com/live/BAhu20rj1tQ?si=O67HnjdRSfEvhN-O
DEI is today's CRT.
Only to White people
https://www.youtube.com/live/BAhu20rj1tQ?si=O67HnjdRSfEvhN-O
Saying the staffing level was "not normal" seems like the passive-voiced way of saying the control tower was understaffed. And whose fault was that. And whose idea was it that one person could two jobs? Maybe they should have limited access to the airport until manpower was up to snuff.
It's def DEI... Betty needed the day off for her Women's Studies class final at Georgetown.
The day we have longed for has arrived! Bye, Chuckles!
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/chuck-todd-exits-nbc-news-1236123575/
He can rest easy knowing his jerb fluffing Rethugs and false equivalency has born such fruit.
Who?
Oh yeah, I 'member. He used to have a show, inexplicably.
The lunar new year lede rags on Michigan. Some rabid fans may incorrectly infer that the institution in question is the University of Michigan, when in fact it is my former employer, Michigan State University (i.e. Michigan Agricultural College).
When does the invasion of Panama start?
$5 says it's called Operation Freedom.
Funny thing. We have that Lily Allen song on our workout playlist. When I shuffled the list on Monday, January 20, in the morning, that was the first song to randomly play.
I'm sure that the Hollins University folks love having that turd from Pennsylvania wearing their sweatshirt under that outstretched right arm
Must have my Tab's and Coffee in the morning ☕💯👍
Hey Becca, The Fucking News link goes to the NYT story about the Dem governors telling Chuck Schumer to grow a pair (I completely agree with them, but I'd like to read the other article too.)
well sheeeeit sorry about that! https://thefuckingnews.substack.com/p/dems-beg-dems-to-act-like-dems
Thank you, your Highness, I'll just tug my forelock and shuffle off now gratefully....
From the Lunar New Year article--
Rolling my eyes til hurts at the phrase "diversity-oriented events" meaning "events that are not focused exclusively on straight white xtian culture, whatever tf that is. Are you Black, Latinx, gay, Jewish, Muslim, or Hispanic? No events for you! St. Lucia celebration with all the pretty blonde girls with their hair in braids, carry on!
I think we all know that "DEI" is just the new pan-racist term that replaces all of the severely politically incorrect terms the right wing has previously used. They actually seem to think we don't notice that shit.
But my point is that we have just ceded this language to them, not to mention accepting the public erasure of more than half the population. Why are we just letting them do this?