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Our_Man_In_Redneckistan's avatar

Houston Chronicle reporting wait times at the local airport are now over four hours.

Parakeetist's avatar

Okay, I'm watching this show on You Tube, called The Octopus Lady.

She says that sacogloss slugs can decapitate themselves and walk around without a head.

JustPixelz's avatar

[insert RFQuackJr joke HERE]

Diane's Less Hostile Username's avatar

She is REALLY cool! Her channel is a lot of fun!

BillEGoatSmile's avatar

Oh, JFC, the Senate is voting on Markwayne Mullin (gawd help us) shortly??

gallbladder's avatar

And the BEST part is, it's only Monday!

Russell Jones's avatar

Do any Dems (other than Fetterman, of course) vote Yea? Place your bets!

SayItWithWookies's avatar

Did they have a hearing? I know the committee did, but I don't remember the full Senate having one yet.

BillEGoatSmile's avatar

Not sure. I've got MSNBC on in the background but I'm trying to figure out some fuds in the kitchen.

Sounded like they said 'vote'.

Goin Green's avatar

I bought a Ninja Slushi today at Sam's for making frozen drinks by the pool this summer, but I am giving it a test drive tonight. So far, the pina colada is better than the mudslide but not as good as the margarita. Thank God for the weed or I'd be shitfaced by now!

Diane's Less Hostile Username's avatar

Oh man, I LOVE piña coladas!

Goin Green's avatar

I put too much pineapple juice in this one so it's a bit fruity... but still rummy, so good.

Ted Cruz's Beard's avatar

What about gettin caught in the rain?

Snarfyguy's avatar

I am old enough to get that reference.

: (

Land Shark 🇺🇦 🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar

𝘔𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘪’𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥-𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘐𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘺’𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺.

𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘺’𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮.

𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘣 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴, 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴-𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨.

𝗜𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘆’𝘀 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗶 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗺 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁, 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 ‘𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆’

Georgia Meloni concedes defeat in the high-stakes vote on a justice reform package but vows to continue as PM.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/23/italys-meloni-concedes-referendum-defeat-calling-it-a-lost-opportunity?traffic_source=rss

JanuaryClaire's avatar

At least she can accept defeat without making a fool of herself.

Schmannity's avatar

The SAVE Italy Act

Parakeetist's avatar

Yaaaay! My Italian distant relatives didn't do something stupid for once!

Mavenmaven's avatar

These videos of ICE agents wandering around in our airports are super disconcerting. This creeping Stasi militarization needs to end.

Kay Ducky's avatar

The TSA excuse is no different than "Just the tip."

Raccoon of Vengeance's avatar

What did the leper say to the hooker?

Keep the tip.

Thank you.

Richard S's avatar

The MLB season starts this week!

WTAXF's avatar

Woooot forkin Woooot!!! 🤩

Baconzgood's avatar

I know...do you have to rub into a Pirates fan open wound???!!!!???.

Thats just plain mean Yo.

Dave M's avatar

You should trade that star pitcher for a bushel of top prospects.

Baconzgood's avatar

As Bucs fan the best is we sweep the 1st series...and then MLB has a lock out for the next 15 years.

Parakeetist's avatar

Your team is 0-0 now, so don't be frightened.

Land Shark 🇺🇦 🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar

NY Times Pitchbot‬ ‪@nytpitchbot.bsky.social

Liberals like to talk about all the protesters who have been shot by ICE agents. But what about all the buildings that would’ve been blown up and all the governors that would’ve been kidnapped if the people who became ICE agents were unemployed and had more free time on their hands?

Russell Jones's avatar

Idle hands and all . . .

paperlesstiger's avatar

By grossly mismanaging the pandemic, Trump caused about 460,000 excess deaths in his last term, and not just passively. He interfered with life saving supply deliveries even as he handed out billions in contracts to his family and cronies, not to mention spreading deadly misinformation about the disease. He's already up there in the mass fatality records book even without a war. Now he wants to send the Marines to occupy a sand bar in the Persian Gulf, even though his ships can't get within a thousand kilometers of it without getting scorched. He. Is. Insane. Get it through your thick skull, America.

imissthosesparks TYFYATTM's avatar

Add all the deaths due to cuts to USAID and other humanitarian programs to his record.

Maybe he's trying to beat Hitler's numbers.

WTAXF's avatar

He is. Most Certainly. He will be offended outraged we can’t ALL die for / with him as he can’t ignore his failing literal existence / biology @ this point.

OT ish…Wild that billionaires still die of cancer at 43.. all the money in world couldn’t cure

Clammed Can Monster's avatar

They're probably working on a kool-aid recipe right now.

BillEGoatSmile's avatar

FWIW, from a few days ago:

"NEW YORK (AP) — The COVID-19 pandemic’s early death toll was much higher than the official U.S. count, according to a new study that spotlights dramatic disparities in the uncounted deaths.

About 840,000 COVID-19 deaths were reported on death certificates in 2020 and 2021. But a group of researchers — using a form of artificial intelligence — estimate that as many as 155,000 unrecognized additional deaths likely occurred in that time outside of hospitals. That would mean about 16% of COVID-19 deaths went uncounted in those years.

The overall findings, published Wednesday by the journal Science Advances, were close to estimates from other studies of pandemic deaths during that time. But the authors of the new study tried to determine exactly which deaths were more likely to be missing from the official tallies.

The answer: The undiagnosed dead were more likely to be Hispanic people and other people of color, who had died in the first few months of the pandemic, and who had been in certain states in the South and Southwest — including Alabama, Oklahoma and South Carolina."

https://apnews.com/article/covid-deaths-pandemic-2116ac576c57e4f4c65ff42182d4a4ef

Clammed Can Monster's avatar

I still think the inadequate initial response slowed when the data came out that it was affecting people of color the worst.

Russell Jones's avatar

Just out of morbid curiosity, I still wanna know how much goddamn money we spent keeping TACO alive when he contracted COVID.

JanuaryClaire's avatar

Also how much we’re spending *now*. The man can’t speak coherently and holds the podium for dear life.

Russell Jones's avatar

Yep. That boy is being seriously Brezhneved.

Schmannity's avatar

He used to have his eyebrows during the Studio 54 era

Beelzebub Griddlecake's avatar

Even for free, it was way too much.

BillEGoatSmile's avatar

The bike lane lawsuit has dropped.

‪Josh Gerstein‬

‪@joshgerstein.bsky.social

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JUST IN: Judge Amy Berman Jackson (Obama/DC) draws new suit of Trump admin plan to remove 15th St bike lane near National Mall and replace with auto traffic.

https://bsky.app/profile/joshgerstein.bsky.social/post/3mhr3v35l4c2x

CzechJournalists's avatar

oh good. actual cyclists are suing, not some crazy bike lane designer that has never traveled on two wheels.

BillEGoatSmile's avatar

Plaintiffs: WASHINGTON AREA BICYCLIST ASSOCIATION, INC.,

noname's avatar

I don't know what they're like in DC, but bicyclists around here are pretty militant and tenacious Take him down!

Jeff, still got my guitar's avatar

The WH is in trouble now, Amy's gonna stomp this nonsense out!

JanuaryClaire's avatar

We don’t have money to fund cancer research, among other things, but we waste taxpayer dollars on a stupid, unnecessary war and stupid, unnecessary lawsuits.

Parakeetist's avatar

Killing people. Blowing up buildings. Wrecking cultures that are thousands of years old.

Dammit, these people are not that different from us. They have kids, and cats, and they eat and drink and go to school just like we all do.

People are people. Everyone deserves to live.

Clammed Can Monster's avatar

And destroying valuable things just out of spite.

Parakeetist's avatar

Let's ride over him and make him sad!

(Hee hee)

Parakeetist's avatar

If we can't ride over him, let's just zig zag around him and scare him and make him yell

TootsStansbury 🇺🇦's avatar

Broken people having to face reality is so sad.

Mysterysurf's avatar

Good. Thanks for the update.

Beelzebub Griddlecake's avatar

Just watched a cat on a tiny saddle riding a horse. Pretty sure it wasn't AI.

Cajun Kid's avatar

My psychiatrist appointment today ran longer than I had anticipated. Discussion about my medication focused on the efficacy of my current dosages and an increase to two of my medications. Then I brought up inpatient treatment in light of recent developments.

Her judgment was unexpected. She said that I don’t pose or even seem to pose a threat to myself or anyone else and that my history is complicated. Because of that, inpatient treatment would likely do more harm than good for me, at least at this point. I have been instructed to journal, something I haven’t actively done in a long time.

She read my draft resignation email. She, like one of my followers here, advised removing any mention of personal conflicts as well as my own neuro-atypical behavior. Rather, she recommended a more generic statement covering my deteriorating mental health. Otherwise, she complimented my wording and style, which was nice.

The last several minutes of my appointment focused on a recommendation I probably won’t be able to do. She advised that I get out of town for at least a couple of days. The change of scenery and different pace would, she said, do wonders for my mental health. When I had to respond that there wasn’t really a way for me to do that, she said that I should seriously look into it and at the very least make hopeful plans.

As for my resignation, I have to go collect some things from my locker tomorrow, and after that I will be sending the email to my manager and her boss. And the strange part, to me, is that it makes me feel a little better knowing that I’m ending that chapter of my life on my own terms.

It isn’t a period. It’s a semicolon.

SterWonk's avatar

Hey Kid,

I haven't been around much the past few days, and didn't realize you were leaving your job. The last thing I heard was that you were looking forward to getting back to work and seeing some of your better coworkers. Did something happen?

And yes, making the break on your own rather than being forced into it makes a huge difference.

In any case, I hope everything goes smoothly for you.

(HUGS)

Cajun Kid's avatar

Everything was looking up for a while after my toe amputation. I was bored and feeling cooped up, but I had been looking forward to going back to work. But I’ve developed some significant balance problems, and my eyesight is not what it used to be. (I can still read, but small print is a major problem, which makes reading labels on boxes of merchandise a huge problem.) plus realizing that, for a company that proclaims an “embracing” culture, my somewhat unique way of thinking and processing is seen as a huge problem itself—well, I no longer fit in and can’t really do the job anymore.

All of that has just destroyed me mentally. I’m trying to claw my way back to a good place. What is, I suppose, somewhat amusing is my panicking about income. I haven’t had income since January, so just being actually jobless shouldn’t be enormously different.

JanuaryClaire's avatar

I’m sorry you find yourself in the position to move on from your current job.

Even if you can’t get out of town for a few days, is there a way to spend a day doing something nice for yourself? Like just spending the day at a park or checking out parts town you usually don’t? Just breaking up your normal rhythm can help.

Dave M's avatar

She sounds like a good therapist!

Cajun Kid's avatar

Shes the best psychiatrist I’ve ever worked with

Diane's Less Hostile Username's avatar

Oh man, sorry to hear things aren't working out with your return to work. : (

Cajun Kid's avatar

It’s just become painfully obvious that I can’t work there anymore. My physical health has gone to hell, my mental health isn’t great, and there are a lot of things about the workplace that I can do nothing about. Unfortunately, it’s mostly my physical health that means I can’t perform essential job functions—stuff like standing for extended periods and reading labels on boxes of merchandise.

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Today is 3/23/26 (Monday)

🫔 Atheist Day

🫔 Cuddly Kitten Day

🫔 Day of the Liberation of Southern Africa

🫔 Melba Toast Day

🫔 National Chia Day

🫔 National Chip and Dip Day

🫔 National Puppy Day

🫔 National Tamale Day

🫔 Near Miss Day

🫔 OK Day

🇳🇿 Otago Anniversary Day (New Zealand)

🇵🇰 Pakistan Day

🫔 World Math Day

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🫔 First Day of Acceptance Week

🌒 On this day the Moon will be in a Waxing Crescent Phase. Best seen in the west after the sun dips below the horizon at sunset. This is the first Phase after the New Moon and is a great time to see the features of the moon's surface.

Today in History: "Star Wars" Speech (1983), First Passenger Elevator (1858), "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" (1775), Quayle: "If we do not succeed, then we run the risk of failure" (1990), Cold Fusion Reported (1989), Beat the Clock Debuts (1950) Polygamy Bannned (1882), Alexander I Accedes to Russian Throne (1801), University of California Established (1868), Enabling Act Grants Hitler Dictatorial Powers (1933), NASA Launches First Two-Person Flight (1965), Mir Breaks Up over Pacific Ocean (2001), Fasci Italiani di Combattimento Founded (1919), Frost-Nixon Interviews Begin (1977), Sierra Leone Civil War Begins (1991), Kowloon Walled City Demolition Begins (1993), First Direct Presidential Election in Taiwan (1996)

Today's birthdays: Chaka Khan, Princess Eugenie, Keri Russell, Richard Grieco, Amanda Plummer, Ric Ocasek, Akira Kurosawa, Joan Crawford, Wernher von Braun, Roger Bannister (First Person to Run a 4-Minute Mile), Marty Allen, Morris Frank (Brought First Seeing Eye Dog to the US)

Today's deaths: Madeleine Albright, Gary Dahl (Creator of the Pet Rock), Elizabeth Taylor, George Segal, Giulietta Masina, Patricia Roberts Harris (First Black Woman US Ambassador and First Woman to Hold Rwo Cabinet Positions), John Haley "Zoot" Sims, Barney B. Clark (First Person to Have a Permanent Artificial Heart Successfully Implanted), Peter Lorre, Harry Thurston Peck, Samuel Gregory (Founded First Medical School Exclusively for Women Because He Opposed Male Doctors Attending Births)

Jeff, still got my guitar's avatar

Who can forget the "Star Wars" speech? Gave the MIC a way to stay in business after they had to stop making nukes. Now the plan was reversed. make a shield against the rest of the world and their nuclear missiles from threatening us , whether they could or would never really mattered. The Dotard trying to resurrect it is proof that it was always a grift.

Schmannity's avatar

I don't believe in Atheist Day

The Blessed Reverend's avatar

will cuddly kitten and melba toast make you believe?

Clammed Can Monster's avatar

Ta hell with you then...

Russell Jones's avatar

>>Today in History: . . . First Passenger Elevator (1858)<<

I'm guessing also "First Passenger Elevator Injury/Death." :D

gallbladder's avatar

I was told there'd be no World Math Day!

Dave M's avatar

Kurosawa-san! Time to break out High and Low, or maybe his version of Dostoyevsky’s The Idiot.

Snarfyguy's avatar

High and Low is very good, and often overlooked.

Herr Snackmeier's avatar

We expect a blog post and you give us literature. Brava!

Mr blob's avatar

I don’t know the solution but we genuinely have to do something about this if this nation is ever going to survive

“ Fox News plays on every restaurant and gas station dinette TV”

Ever wonder how there’s a 30% number that seems completely immobile when it comes to the fucker’s support? I’ve been on share of Cletus safari’s and I’m always shocked at just the obsessive cult like appeal of that fucking channel. Fully one third of the country uses it for news and it’s always the same third who always responds with “the opposite of actual reality” on polling questions.

Marcie Jones's avatar

It’s free streaming everywhere, is why.

2Cats2Furious's avatar

Also, assholes who watch Fox are generally louder about demanding the channel be tuned to Fox.

Linoleum von Curmudgeon, Esq.'s avatar

My brother is in the hospital clinging to life. Will he make it? Only Crom knows.

But every time I visit ....every single time...he is asleep and the channel is always on FOX.

How's that for a poetic description?

Asleep. Maybe dying. But never without the remote at hand and the garbage filling the air.

Pope Scipio Newburyporticus's avatar

It's OK. We can write them off. We have to write them off. They are a minority in a democracy. Fuck what they think.

Dave M's avatar

Those fucking chyrons make me want to spit.