For next week's Movie Night showing of 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐧 I am going to open up the trivia to everyone. If you have trivia for The Maltese Falcon and want to quiz your fellow movie watchers, please do! I just request that you try to keep the timing of the question to what is happening in the movie. Also no spoilers. I am going to be too busy to do trivia so it will be a great help. If you ever wanted to be a Wonkette Trivia master here's your chance.
I'm so sorry I missed this. Had to do all the planning for No Kings last week bc seeing family this week and collapsed from exhaustion. I'm sure it was a hoot!
Your mention of Stacey Dash led me down a rabbit hole for a bit. Apparently, she forswore politics 4 years ago. She's now 57, having been married 4 times, and has attempted to apologize for her FFOTUS support and several homophobic and transphobic she made on social media over the years. She aired her dirty laundry about getting addicted to opioids and how she beat the addiction...
She is apparently still as shallow as the kid she played in "Clueless".
We had an outage for 2 1/2 hours a while ago. The trout hatchery down the highway a few miles lost all their fish, or most of them, because their backup generators also failed to come online.
The Herd is doing their part to protect the Batcave, barking at any voices, leaves, birds, and squirrels that might present a threat. We’re in good hands.
I know that cake is traditional for birthdays, but maybe we should make an exception this year and get Minny Jackson to bake one of her famous chocolate pies for the occasion.
This coming Saturday, we may be reaching critical mass within the movement to push back against our fascist slide. I may be wrong but it feels like it's building up to that moment. I know where I'm going to be.
I am willing your precious loved ones to remain safe amidst the increasing aggression.
This is fucking ugly. But the fact remains that this is something that's been fomenting for quite some time. It's a conflict that MUST be resolved and that's not going to happen diplomatically. That simply isn't possible.
We MUST take a stand. We HAVE to for our OWN sake.
I think the thing that bothers a lot of MAGAs the most is that everywhere they look, the TV is full of non-white people and other groups they don't look. It's not all-white like it was when they were younger, or maybe where they live still is. In their minds, sports and music have been taken over, too – hell they can't even have country music or NASCAR to themselves.
So they've enjoyed raging at HollyWeird for a long time, and Trump knows it.
Not to be an alarmist or anything, but I just read an article that the sleeping giant Juan de Fuca plate is getting active, undersea lava releases, and is on the overdue side of a massive 9+ earthquake and 100 foot tsunami (see Ghost Forest) for the Pac NW
I’m at either 312 or 213 feet. Some day I will look it up again. Fortunately, there’s also half a mile between me and the Pacific. Almost a full mile if you take the road rather than flying. As a non-corvid, I have to walk, so maybe I should just say I am a mile from the sea.
Hopefully the video plays for you. Stay watching for the only palatable version of Trump.
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The annual Lambeth Country Show featured some star names this year - in the form of vegetables.
The free festival, which takes place in south London's Brockwell Park, included entries to its carved vegetables competition, with sculptures portraying famous figures such as Dolly Parton and the Pope.
There were some excellent puns accompanying the artwork, including 'Mo Salad' and a papal 'Cornclave'.
From 2019 to 2023, Amazon has increased its U.S. air freight pollution by 67% (average annual growth of 15%), reflecting a deliberate decision to bypass emissions reduction initiatives with an increased aviation focus. Last year, air freight generated more than 42% of the carbon emissions of a package’s journey in the U.S.
From 2019 to 2023, Amazon’s delivery van carbon dioxide emissions grew over 190%, and its heavy-duty truck emissions grew by 51%. Heavy-duty trucks comprise the second largest share of U.S. dock-to-door emissions, with 37% of each package’s carbon output.
Amazon’s U.S. inbound and domestic marine shipping emissions increased 26% in 2023 compared to 2019. The company has not announced plans for the transition of this sector to zero emissions.
In 2023, Amazon Logistics U.S. dock-to-door delivery pollution generated 5.8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (+18% average year-over-year since 2019).
If he’s like my former boss, who had his own private jet and giant yacht, his yacht crew motors the yacht to somewhere (Saint-Tropez, whatever) and then he jets over there to hang out on the boat.
For next week's Movie Night showing of 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐧 I am going to open up the trivia to everyone. If you have trivia for The Maltese Falcon and want to quiz your fellow movie watchers, please do! I just request that you try to keep the timing of the question to what is happening in the movie. Also no spoilers. I am going to be too busy to do trivia so it will be a great help. If you ever wanted to be a Wonkette Trivia master here's your chance.
A Jon and Vangelis-related question would be fun.
I'm so sorry I missed this. Had to do all the planning for No Kings last week bc seeing family this week and collapsed from exhaustion. I'm sure it was a hoot!
Fingers crossed that this backfires on Mad Lord Yam!
I thought A.R. Moxon's piece at The Reframe was exceptionally good this morning https://www.the-reframe.com/winning-the-middle.
Your mention of Stacey Dash led me down a rabbit hole for a bit. Apparently, she forswore politics 4 years ago. She's now 57, having been married 4 times, and has attempted to apologize for her FFOTUS support and several homophobic and transphobic she made on social media over the years. She aired her dirty laundry about getting addicted to opioids and how she beat the addiction...
She is apparently still as shallow as the kid she played in "Clueless".
OT: Welp, going into Lack of Power Hour #5. Apparently a pole fell/was knocked over, causing everything to go kerflooey.
Not the distraction from President Shit-Stirrer that I wanted, but sometimes Fate naps on the job.
We had an outage for 2 1/2 hours a while ago. The trout hatchery down the highway a few miles lost all their fish, or most of them, because their backup generators also failed to come online.
https://sierrawave.net/power-outage-causes-failure-at-eastern-sierra-hatchery/
Take care of you and yours.
The Herd is doing their part to protect the Batcave, barking at any voices, leaves, birds, and squirrels that might present a threat. We’re in good hands.
All that shooting is going to spoil Donny's birthday.
(Unless, of course, that's what he asked for his birthday.) . . .
I know that cake is traditional for birthdays, but maybe we should make an exception this year and get Minny Jackson to bake one of her famous chocolate pies for the occasion.
If it’s happening to other people, and he can convince himself it makes him look tough, he doesn’t give a fuck.
ICE is provoking the people. PAB wants to Kent State us so badly.
There has to be easier ways to get a mention in a Neil Young song . . .
I’m so very disappointed in cholesterol. It had *one* job, and could have saved us from all of this.
Reichminister Miller and Unhuman Homan, also too.
This coming Saturday, we may be reaching critical mass within the movement to push back against our fascist slide. I may be wrong but it feels like it's building up to that moment. I know where I'm going to be.
I've committed to a smaller protest that probably will not get out of hand but will show local commitment.
I'm not expecting anything out of the ordinary where I'm going (Concord, NH), but I do expect a huge turnout.
Drama daughter, her husband, and my 1 year old granddaughter live in LA.
I am worried for them, and the entertainment industry that employs them.
You always wanted CA, didn't you petty Mad Orange Yam?
Taking your revenge for not being invited to the "right" parties, by the "right" people.
Pretty sure he wasn’t invited to any parties, by any people.
I am willing your precious loved ones to remain safe amidst the increasing aggression.
This is fucking ugly. But the fact remains that this is something that's been fomenting for quite some time. It's a conflict that MUST be resolved and that's not going to happen diplomatically. That simply isn't possible.
We MUST take a stand. We HAVE to for our OWN sake.
Agreed.
I'm just surprised that NYC is not the place, (but demonizing CA is probably easier for the MAGATs).
I think the thing that bothers a lot of MAGAs the most is that everywhere they look, the TV is full of non-white people and other groups they don't look. It's not all-white like it was when they were younger, or maybe where they live still is. In their minds, sports and music have been taken over, too – hell they can't even have country music or NASCAR to themselves.
So they've enjoyed raging at HollyWeird for a long time, and Trump knows it.
Correct
California is home to Gavin, Kamala, Nancy, Adam, Eric and Hollywood. It’s by far the richest target.
THIS!
New Yorkers hate him, California hates him, everybody hates him except the MAGA orcs.
Nobody has done enough for him, so everyone must suffer until they die.
Yep. He wants to burn down the world.
He needs to fucking go first.
This is just bonkers that this was allowed to fucking happen.
Every morning I go to a certain website and EVERY fucking morning I am disappointed. WHY. WON'T. HE. DIE. DAMMIT!
This one?
https://ishedeadyet.us/
Yup!
https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/72314108-is-he-dead-yet#369P72314108D1V
Apologies for doubling up if it was you I shared this with last week.🫠
That wasn't me but 😈. I have an "Is he 💀 yet" pin that I have on my purse.
I hope your family stays safe!!!!
This thing with Trump and LA. Dress rehearsal? Or is this the start of his civil conflict wet dream?
GOP Warmonger David Frum thinks so . . .
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"For Trump, This Is a Dress Rehearsal" –https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/06/los-angeles-dress-rehearsal-trump/683078/
Everything is a con, until it succeeds . . .
yes
Not to be an alarmist or anything, but I just read an article that the sleeping giant Juan de Fuca plate is getting active, undersea lava releases, and is on the overdue side of a massive 9+ earthquake and 100 foot tsunami (see Ghost Forest) for the Pac NW
https://phys.org/news/2025-05-mysterious-highly-undersea-volcano-california.html
Honestly, lots of bits of small activity is good. Means it's moving steadily. If it starts going quiet, that implies something big is building...
Here on the west coast, we’re regularly reminded that we’re due for some sort of tectonic apocalypse. Any time now.
Oh yeah, there’s no end to the jokes about “falling into the ocean.”
Good news: I'm safe from that scenario, being on the inland side of the Sierra.
Bad news: I'm downhill from the Long Valley Caldera.
Yippee, we're all gonna die!
If you live on the coast, I recommend you get 101 foot stilts for you homes, stat.
We're 30 blocks from sealevel and at 285 feet elevation. So maybe beachfront coming?
I’m at either 312 or 213 feet. Some day I will look it up again. Fortunately, there’s also half a mile between me and the Pacific. Almost a full mile if you take the road rather than flying. As a non-corvid, I have to walk, so maybe I should just say I am a mile from the sea.
But the sea is only a half mile from *you*!
It's the only rational response
That volcano erupts on the regular, it doesn't seem connected to the plate slipping.
That’s good news
Ughhhhh I don’t want to worry about that until next week please thank you.
NWesterner here (via other paths) Perhaps better to die from this than from some intentionally man made catastrophe. Just thinking out loud.
I'm still pissed they decided that the Yellowstone caldera isn't close to blowing.
Right? just get it over with
With LA in open revolt I wonder who will prevent turnip from nuking it...just doing the same.
Great, something else to freak out about this morning.
Hopefully the video plays for you. Stay watching for the only palatable version of Trump.
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The annual Lambeth Country Show featured some star names this year - in the form of vegetables.
The free festival, which takes place in south London's Brockwell Park, included entries to its carved vegetables competition, with sculptures portraying famous figures such as Dolly Parton and the Pope.
There were some excellent puns accompanying the artwork, including 'Mo Salad' and a papal 'Cornclave'.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cwyjlg83k7zo
Not even 10 of the AM, as counted in Central Daylight Savings Time, and the not-electric Amazoon trucks have been down the block many times...
I wonder how much exhaust Bezos' yachts put out, even "at rest", and what it consists of...
Sometimes I think he might be lying about that "commitment to decarbonization" I read about...
We see the Rivian vans around here, but that’s the last few miles of the package’s journey
We have those two. The sound they make reminds me of something out of a Bond film.
Amazon made a "Carbon Pledge" in 2019.
From 2019 to 2023, Amazon has increased its U.S. air freight pollution by 67% (average annual growth of 15%), reflecting a deliberate decision to bypass emissions reduction initiatives with an increased aviation focus. Last year, air freight generated more than 42% of the carbon emissions of a package’s journey in the U.S.
From 2019 to 2023, Amazon’s delivery van carbon dioxide emissions grew over 190%, and its heavy-duty truck emissions grew by 51%. Heavy-duty trucks comprise the second largest share of U.S. dock-to-door emissions, with 37% of each package’s carbon output.
Amazon’s U.S. inbound and domestic marine shipping emissions increased 26% in 2023 compared to 2019. The company has not announced plans for the transition of this sector to zero emissions.
In 2023, Amazon Logistics U.S. dock-to-door delivery pollution generated 5.8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (+18% average year-over-year since 2019).
https://www.pacificenvironment.org/september-2024-newsletter-amazons-missed-climate-pledge-scrubber-pollution-in-alaska-waters-and-more/
Business is booming.
Lots of ICE cosplay tactical gear to deliver.
Soooo big, enterprise lying... Big fraudulent lying protected by carefully crafted legalese...
If he’s like my former boss, who had his own private jet and giant yacht, his yacht crew motors the yacht to somewhere (Saint-Tropez, whatever) and then he jets over there to hang out on the boat.
Yeah, well. Bad things happen at seas.
They're still making US postal carriers deliver Amazon packages on Sundays here.
Geeebuzz, hope the local contract lets the letter carriers soak 'em on OT
Amazon has a fleet of planes as well.
Better or worse than thousands of people headed off to the mall? Maybe it depends on how far away the mall is. IDK
Yes, but they have those special back up buzzer that are "less noise pollution" that I like.
At the school I taught at in the Peace Corps, the headmistress's pickup's back up noise sounded like a crying baby.
Yeah, that was my reaction too.
I agree with you here. Our dog doesn't go nearly as insane as when it's "beep, beep, beep" vehicle.
SPREAD IT AROUND!!!
"𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗗𝘂𝘁𝘆 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗨𝗦 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗜 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗛𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲.
𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘁. 𝟴𝟳𝟳-𝟰𝟰𝟳-𝟰𝟰𝟴𝟳"
https://bsky.app/profile/out5p0ken.bsky.social/post/3lr2qk5lvwk2z
𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗢𝗔𝗧𝗛!
https://bsky.app/profile/democratcats.bsky.social/post/3lr42grxeq22j
Interesting, the Tweet being Sky'ed (I guess?) is from June 2020.
Prophetic.
We didn't stop the Republican fascists then, with California today being the result.
https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:hrua3ygv56plak6mna5x37iu/bafkreigtbnva5olza7zio2jfk2l26mvyojbswbypi6b5rvl672sqvvezf4@jpeg
Or as Ben Franklin allegedly said during debate on the declaration of independence, we must all hang together or we will surely hang separately.
THIS is how it is done.