Trump’s idiot lawyer, Alina Habba, who already got herself slapped with a million dollar penalty for election fraud nonsense, just went on TV and said Trump “needs no time to prepare” for his cases. Because he’s very smart and is honest, so what’s to prepare for? I’m sure Trump’s motions to delay his trials until after the Nov 2024 election will go very well now, with her video being played for the judges. His attorneys want “years” to bilk Trump out of legal fees and ride the gravy train, no matter what the outcome is. But Habba is sure he’s ready now, so bring on the juries!
I just read this one the other day and really enjoyed it. The author lives about an hour or two south of me!
Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher
An original, subversive fairytale about a kind-hearted, toad-shaped heroine, a gentle knight, and a mission gone completely sideways.
Thornhedge is Sleeping Beauty reimagined: What if the princess was awful? What if you’re a fairy guardian and really struggling with your job because your charge is a menace? This is the story of Toadling and the monster she must keep locked away.
A towering wall of brambles and a curse have held a princess for centuries. After so much time, a gentle knight approaches, undaunted by arms-sharp thorns. He’s here to free the captive and break the curse, but lofty as these aspirations are, Toadling has no intention of allowing anyone to vanquish this spell. Walls keep things out, but also hold things in, and no one was meant to cross those thorns.
[...]and then I thought about what it must have been like for the first humans to let a fucking wolf, maybe only a few generations from the wild, behold their infant child. Like man can u believe that? Maybe this alliance is only a few years old and sure you’ve seen the wolf’s kids but now you’ve got one of your own. And even though you’ve seen this wolf tear out the throats of creatures that could kill you, this wolf is your family. This wolf is your friend, you love them and they love you and you gotta show ‘em the new kid, look, friend, I had a child. I know you are wild and dangerous, but look at this, my most precious thing, sniff him, give him a lil lick, his children and your children will be bound together for thirty thousand fucking years because I love you
There’s a set of preserved footprints from 30k years ago that is a young child and a wolf standing side by side can you fucking imagine? Maybe the kid’s mom was like “hey go get some water from the stream, but take the wolf with you. I trust him, he will protect you.”
Biden too old, out of touch, despite highly-popular programs. Trump has other problems, but speaks to Americans that can afford to frequent Midwest exurban diners during the weekdays.
He's just a bad boy of politics! Don't you love his bold reframing of our nation's tired political discourse?? He's really changing things up! So exciting! Be sure to click that link tomorrow to see what happens next!
"The biggest change over the last three decades — the change lurking behind the insecurities and resentments of the working class — has nothing to do with wokeism or any other Republican bogeymen.
It has directly to do with a huge shift in the distribution of income and wealth.
Checkbox on Japanese retailer. "I understand this store is now temporarily closed during Japan's summer vacation (Obon) and the shipment will not be processed until 30 August 2023"
Prepping berries for my Wonkmeet contribution, I found a babby strawberry! I put it into some water to see if I can get it to root. If so, new strawberry plant.
Me too! It's especially neat to find stuff like this when I don't even expect it. Sadly my growing experiments have not borne fruit (yet), but here's hoping this will.
Puzzling who, at this point, would give a self-proclaimed billionaire more money, but doesn't bother me. Why? Because that is money not going to any other GQP candidates, and he will use it for legal fees, not for campaigning.
...Biles is all but assured of returning to the gym where she captured her first world title in 2013. Over the course of two electric nights at the SAP Center, she served notice that even after a two-year break following the Tokyo Olympics, in gymnastics there is the one referred to as the GOAT and there is everyone else.
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis — who is running for the GOP nomination for president, who has loosened gun laws in Florida and who has antagonized civil rights leaders by deriding “wokeness " — was loudly booed as he addressed the vigil.
I meant who she sounds like, not who she looks like..😂
The most punchable face ever!!!
Photographer: “You should try taking a laxative for that.”
Trump’s idiot lawyer, Alina Habba, who already got herself slapped with a million dollar penalty for election fraud nonsense, just went on TV and said Trump “needs no time to prepare” for his cases. Because he’s very smart and is honest, so what’s to prepare for? I’m sure Trump’s motions to delay his trials until after the Nov 2024 election will go very well now, with her video being played for the judges. His attorneys want “years” to bilk Trump out of legal fees and ride the gravy train, no matter what the outcome is. But Habba is sure he’s ready now, so bring on the juries!
Please continue to MOCK.
Everyone! ALL TOGETHER NOW!!
MOCK MOCK MOCK!!!!!!
Who are we mocking?
Wait, IT DOESN'T MATTER!
MOCK! MOCK! A PLETHORA AND SMORGASBORD OF MOCKING!
Mock mock mock mock
Mock mock mock mock
Mock mock mock mock mock!
I just read this one the other day and really enjoyed it. The author lives about an hour or two south of me!
Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher
An original, subversive fairytale about a kind-hearted, toad-shaped heroine, a gentle knight, and a mission gone completely sideways.
Thornhedge is Sleeping Beauty reimagined: What if the princess was awful? What if you’re a fairy guardian and really struggling with your job because your charge is a menace? This is the story of Toadling and the monster she must keep locked away.
A towering wall of brambles and a curse have held a princess for centuries. After so much time, a gentle knight approaches, undaunted by arms-sharp thorns. He’s here to free the captive and break the curse, but lofty as these aspirations are, Toadling has no intention of allowing anyone to vanquish this spell. Walls keep things out, but also hold things in, and no one was meant to cross those thorns.
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[...]and then I thought about what it must have been like for the first humans to let a fucking wolf, maybe only a few generations from the wild, behold their infant child. Like man can u believe that? Maybe this alliance is only a few years old and sure you’ve seen the wolf’s kids but now you’ve got one of your own. And even though you’ve seen this wolf tear out the throats of creatures that could kill you, this wolf is your family. This wolf is your friend, you love them and they love you and you gotta show ‘em the new kid, look, friend, I had a child. I know you are wild and dangerous, but look at this, my most precious thing, sniff him, give him a lil lick, his children and your children will be bound together for thirty thousand fucking years because I love you
There’s a set of preserved footprints from 30k years ago that is a young child and a wolf standing side by side can you fucking imagine? Maybe the kid’s mom was like “hey go get some water from the stream, but take the wolf with you. I trust him, he will protect you.”
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"procrastinatorkimberlygrey" on Tumblr.
Let's see... which should we lead with?
/ffs
𝐁𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬. 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩’𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐬
𝑊𝐴𝑆𝐻𝐼𝑁𝐺𝑇𝑂𝑁 (𝐴𝑃) — 𝐴𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑎𝑤 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑: 𝐽𝑜𝑒 𝐵𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑜 𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚. 𝑂𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑤 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑗𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑜𝑟, 𝐷𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑑 𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑝 𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑦 𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑛 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑔𝑒.
𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑝, 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑓𝑎𝑟 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠. 𝑁𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 — 𝑖𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑦, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 77-𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟-𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤 𝑢𝑝.
wow
Way to lead with a headline lol
Biden is too old! Trump has...someissues eh
And I turned eighty-one in prison doin' life without parole ...
Biden too old, out of touch, despite highly-popular programs. Trump has other problems, but speaks to Americans that can afford to frequent Midwest exurban diners during the weekdays.
"other problems" is insidiously anodyne framing of the most corrupt presidential candidate and former office holder in our nation's history.
But he ought to grow up! Hijinks! Tomfoolery!
[hums the Dukes of Hazzard theme]
He's just a bad boy of politics! Don't you love his bold reframing of our nation's tired political discourse?? He's really changing things up! So exciting! Be sure to click that link tomorrow to see what happens next!
journalism is long dead 🤷♂️
They paved Journalism
and put up a twitter feed
Exactly!
Robert Reich@RBReich
https://twitter.com/RBReich/status/1695513513010069812?
"The biggest change over the last three decades — the change lurking behind the insecurities and resentments of the working class — has nothing to do with wokeism or any other Republican bogeymen.
It has directly to do with a huge shift in the distribution of income and wealth.
Pretty sure it has more to do with the GOP pointing a finger and yelling "those people are after your cookie" Rob.
Checkbox on Japanese retailer. "I understand this store is now temporarily closed during Japan's summer vacation (Obon) and the shipment will not be processed until 30 August 2023"
Prepping berries for my Wonkmeet contribution, I found a babby strawberry! I put it into some water to see if I can get it to root. If so, new strawberry plant.
Don’t strawberries propagate with runners?
Dunno. This is new for me. Let's find out!
[searches] According to this article, yes. https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/strawberry/growing-strawberry-runners.htm
Runners are the easiest way to get more plants.
Since i have this snipped stem, it should still root. And then if that plant gets more runners, more berries. 😁
I love playing around with propagation. I've been doing succulents this year as well as my usual ipomeia and coleus cuttings.
Me too! It's especially neat to find stuff like this when I don't even expect it. Sadly my growing experiments have not borne fruit (yet), but here's hoping this will.
"Playing around with propagation"? Is that what the kids are calling it these days?
[snort]
Pabs's mugshot from FL has made him over 7M$ to this point.
Calm down with this Simba pic.
https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fmedia_upload%2Fcomment%2F48f5e90a-aea3-4bcb-b65a-97cdcd0587dc%2F756cf65e-9e55-4dbc-9a92-db66657e3765.jpeg
It just might be that these liars are lying again.
still only 7mil?
I know that is a lot to allof us, but for him that isn't a ton or anything. Two years ago it woulda been 40 by now
He'd pay his lawyers for a few days with that. If he paid at all, that is.
those social security checks only go so far!
The face that launched 10 million simps.
Puzzling who, at this point, would give a self-proclaimed billionaire more money, but doesn't bother me. Why? Because that is money not going to any other GQP candidates, and he will use it for legal fees, not for campaigning.
Simba pics are always welcome.
After that mental health break:
𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐔𝐒 𝐠𝐲𝐦𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬
...Biles is all but assured of returning to the gym where she captured her first world title in 2013. Over the course of two electric nights at the SAP Center, she served notice that even after a two-year break following the Tokyo Olympics, in gymnastics there is the one referred to as the GOAT and there is everyone else.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/aug/27/simone-biles-us-gymnastics-national-championships-results
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis — who is running for the GOP nomination for president, who has loosened gun laws in Florida and who has antagonized civil rights leaders by deriding “wokeness " — was loudly booed as he addressed the vigil.
𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮 𝗚𝗼𝘃. 𝗥𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗹 𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀
https://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/white-shooter-kills-3-black-people-in-florida-18332822.php
Well deserved, but DeSantis will whine about being canceled.
I am sure we will get treated to some handwringing about civility by the usual suspects also
He wasn't canceled after all, but not out of bravery, out of unearned graciousness (yes, I made my comment before reading the article).
𝑱𝒖’𝑪𝒐𝒃𝒚 𝑷𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒎𝒂𝒏, 𝒂 𝑱𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒍𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅, 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒔𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏.
Ju'Coby Pittman is a far better person than I.
And then Desantis, with his usual understanding of human emotion and social awareness, called the shooter a “major league scumbag.”
Or as we like to call it "A typical DeSantis voter"
Yes, and of course, his solution is arming more people with guns, not any kind of gun regulation. Fuck him and fuck Ted Cruz.
Press ought to back him into a corner and make him say with his mouth that the shooting was by a racist for racist reasons
Since that time of year is approaching:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QGq4XpavQ8
So, there's some Brit effort to restore another Lancaster to flying condition. This is a live stream thing, how long can they show a Lanc taxiing?
https://www.youtube.com/live/KRqcL0YVYAI?si=spr0XbkCVetu2VXu
Is there just one other one in flying shape?
I think there's one airworthy in Britain and one in Canada. The Canadian one flew to Britain and back for the Battle of Britain 75th, IIRC.