"The deeper blue becomes, the more urgently it summons man toward the infinite, the more it arouses in him a longing for purity and ultimately, for the supersensual."
“The size of golf ball” and it’s blue. Mom Nature has come up with an Earth mascot that can plead with the destructive sociopaths to stop wrecking our home.
Octopuses are fascinating! And this one is such a pretty color. The octopus info reminded me of an old Mythbusters episode, when Adam met an octopus who appeared to fall in love with him - or at least his arm.
I saw it. My son gave me Netflix for a month so I could watch it, he was so impressed and thought I would enjoy it. I wasn't entirely happy with the filmmaker, but loved the octopus.
I don't know who you're thinking of, but I've only heard Elvis Costello's version of that song, so that's whose voice it is that I'm hearing right now.
Was saying to someone last week that the proliferation of data centres that use water and power and make heat and bad writing under the current circumstances of all things is kinda like watching someone who you already know has a problem going on a month long binge you know is going to kill them.
The Montreal even will be so! much! fun! I work until 3 that day which (best case at the border) would get me there for just the last half hour so.. I'll have to miss it.
Just try to speak a little bit of French and they will be extra nice to you, in my experience. A quick 'bonjour' goes a long way!
This is a thing to which we should pay attention, because it would take the policy bat out of the hands of Congress forevermore, on funding Israel's aggression in the region.
I like the prospect of closing the “borrow” tax loophole for billionaires a lot more than I like the prospect of half nationalizing the AI financial bubble (in an effort to convince us we shouldn’t rightfully hate all the costs AI is externalizing on to the rest of us).
Fuck yeah, I've been saying here that the rich should pay cap gains when they borrow against their assets. Glad to see Ruben Gallago introduced legislation.
"It is uncommon for a U.S. attorney in a major city to appear in the grand jury room. Boutros said he didn’t speak to jurors about how to apply the law or the evidence against the protesters at a Chicago-area immigration detention site. Rather, he suggested that he was there simply to give a pep talk while his staff handled the details of the case. Boutros’ office said a grand jury unwilling to receive “evidence impartially without fear or favor” is a threat to enforcing the law.
And what if the jury was impartial and you just had a shit case? Are they supposed to roll over and indict just because you say so? Mr. Boutros you suck as an attorney and a human being. People like you need to be shunned in society.
Because this is a very bad story about Graham Platner :/ (Gift link New York Times)
The question is: What will Mainers do if Platner is the candidate? I don't live in Maine, but if i did, I'd vote for Platner and hope that he's changed for the better. If they want a better candidate, now would be the time to find one.
A sizable segment of the alleged left will never let go of their misogyny. They'll keep witlessly bro-ing out over this asshole until he's the candidate. Susan Collins will hold her seat by looking "concerned" over his fitness for office, which will be rich coming from her Trump-supporting-ass, but will probably work. Thanks, guys.
I'm weirded out by the NYT spending months tracking down his Exs to ask them their opinions of him. I can't think of any other candidate or incumbent who faced that strange scrutiny.
Best case scenario we get a Fedderman-style "Democrat."
Democrats keep trying to kick that football. We all knew about the nazi tattoos months ago, like we knew Fedderman held a Black jogger at gunpoint way before his primary. But the "media" says IT'S OK THIS IS A FIGHTER then once he's the only option starts to tell you the rest of the stuff they know. The sorts of things you might expect from someone with a nazi tattoo.
Hopefully he'll mostly caucus with the Dems, if he can get by the Collins machine.
Your hed gif info: https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/something-new-something-blue-something
And meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/f3dff51d-e07e-476c-be90-6d6b155db300?utm_source=share
A fine weekend to all!
"The deeper blue becomes, the more urgently it summons man toward the infinite, the more it arouses in him a longing for purity and ultimately, for the supersensual."
Kandinsky, "On the Spiritual in Art"
“The size of golf ball” and it’s blue. Mom Nature has come up with an Earth mascot that can plead with the destructive sociopaths to stop wrecking our home.
So, cute. I really should stop eating those.
I have now pictured a bag of these, dried, with Spanish writing on the package and little cartoon blue octopi.
Octopii are awesome: https://radiolab.org/podcast/octomom?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20986778840&gbraid=0AAAAAD9J8hHBh81UETcldq8EW0pKQMH0y&gclid=Cj0KCQjw54nRBhDCARIsAMcY_SDfosM-4YZcAk5-huPEZVttipCHSMjip0ypLXK9bSmDJRqczZoLXW0aAl2NEALw_wcB
Yes, but is it "American Flag Blue"?
Little blue dot
"Blue, blue, electric blue. That's the colour of my r̶o̶o̶m̶ ̶ octopus...
The rhyme was for shite anyway, but now the meter's gone too!"
The real reason David Bowie's 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘝𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 wasn't about blue octopi.
True story, you can look it up!
Am I blue? Yes.
Now, an aside...is Blue eating the fuzzy thing on top of it? Or is funny perhaps eating parasites off Blue? Or do I still just need more coffee?
"AM I BLUE" - also a track on the FRIENDS Bette Midler Album
https://youtu.be/d6lmJ_vigTI?si=-4icNmf9iICD321I
Its arms are the darker shade of blue, it's body the lighter (the mouth is underneath, where all the arms meet).
And, of course:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De1LCQvbqV4
Octopuses are fascinating! And this one is such a pretty color. The octopus info reminded me of an old Mythbusters episode, when Adam met an octopus who appeared to fall in love with him - or at least his arm.
I recommend "My Octopus Teacher", a documentary that is prolly streaming somewhere. Very moving.
I saw it. My son gave me Netflix for a month so I could watch it, he was so impressed and thought I would enjoy it. I wasn't entirely happy with the filmmaker, but loved the octopus.
Yeah, same.
The guy was a jerk; the octopus was cool.
My son was also of that opinion.
“All the things that you promised with your eyes
I see in hers too
Now your eyes are red from crying
Almost you
Almost me
Almost blue”
I don't know who you're thinking of, but I've only heard Elvis Costello's version of that song, so that's whose voice it is that I'm hearing right now.
Elvis wrote it, Chet Baker sang it first, but EC owns it, IMO.
I can never decide who does a better job on Shipbuilding.
Robert Wyatt's "slightly broken, inexpressibly plaintive" voice nails it.
https://youtu.be/z4PKzz81m5c?si=xCZdI64VG-d2RBAz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH9aRAy-vvQ
👍
Maybe it's time for me to switch to a different octopus pic for my avatar.
Bluey of the sea!
Just fix the damned car and leave my personal life out of it.
EDIT: thought that said seal...I need new glasses.
LMAO
You guys are doing a great job helping Collins keep her seat.
Was saying to someone last week that the proliferation of data centres that use water and power and make heat and bad writing under the current circumstances of all things is kinda like watching someone who you already know has a problem going on a month long binge you know is going to kill them.
The Montreal even will be so! much! fun! I work until 3 that day which (best case at the border) would get me there for just the last half hour so.. I'll have to miss it.
Just try to speak a little bit of French and they will be extra nice to you, in my experience. A quick 'bonjour' goes a long way!
Canada is awesome!
This is a thing to which we should pay attention, because it would take the policy bat out of the hands of Congress forevermore, on funding Israel's aggression in the region.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260604-my-plan-netanyahu-letter-reveals-israels-bid-to-replace-us-aid-with-military-fusion/
I like the prospect of closing the “borrow” tax loophole for billionaires a lot more than I like the prospect of half nationalizing the AI financial bubble (in an effort to convince us we shouldn’t rightfully hate all the costs AI is externalizing on to the rest of us).
FYI, Milk is also back in select multiplexes this week.
We need that coal to power our dreadnoughts!
Fuck yeah, I've been saying here that the rich should pay cap gains when they borrow against their assets. Glad to see Ruben Gallago introduced legislation.
I like this Father Dowling reboot.
https://www.jalopnik.com/2187345/detroit-priest-punches-teen-car-crash/
Gallego's tax bill: "The provisions of the bill apply to taxpayers who have an income over $100 million and/or assets worth more than $1 billion."
In other words, prepare for the onslaught of ads telling MAGA morons making $65k/yr that this is a tax coming for them.
I think the threshold is still too high/generous, but it’s a place to start.
Also thank you for the Talarico clip. That was wonderful. We need more reminders on what real men do vs the assholes who work for and support Stinky.
And they’re taking his name back off the Kennedy Center
Whomp whomp.
^^^THIS^^^
"One Dirty Martini Pasta please!"
NO
I'd think the gin would make a pizza soggy
"It is uncommon for a U.S. attorney in a major city to appear in the grand jury room. Boutros said he didn’t speak to jurors about how to apply the law or the evidence against the protesters at a Chicago-area immigration detention site. Rather, he suggested that he was there simply to give a pep talk while his staff handled the details of the case. Boutros’ office said a grand jury unwilling to receive “evidence impartially without fear or favor” is a threat to enforcing the law.
And what if the jury was impartial and you just had a shit case? Are they supposed to roll over and indict just because you say so? Mr. Boutros you suck as an attorney and a human being. People like you need to be shunned in society.
Harsh, but fair.
Because this is a very bad story about Graham Platner :/ (Gift link New York Times)
The question is: What will Mainers do if Platner is the candidate? I don't live in Maine, but if i did, I'd vote for Platner and hope that he's changed for the better. If they want a better candidate, now would be the time to find one.
A sizable segment of the alleged left will never let go of their misogyny. They'll keep witlessly bro-ing out over this asshole until he's the candidate. Susan Collins will hold her seat by looking "concerned" over his fitness for office, which will be rich coming from her Trump-supporting-ass, but will probably work. Thanks, guys.
I'm weirded out by the NYT spending months tracking down his Exs to ask them their opinions of him. I can't think of any other candidate or incumbent who faced that strange scrutiny.
Best case scenario we get a Fedderman-style "Democrat."
Democrats keep trying to kick that football. We all knew about the nazi tattoos months ago, like we knew Fedderman held a Black jogger at gunpoint way before his primary. But the "media" says IT'S OK THIS IS A FIGHTER then once he's the only option starts to tell you the rest of the stuff they know. The sorts of things you might expect from someone with a nazi tattoo.
Hopefully he'll mostly caucus with the Dems, if he can get by the Collins machine.
I think five months ago would have been the time, the primary is in four days.
In my opinion if you take the Republican operative accuser out of that NYTimes story, there is very little left.
You can tell by the very weak headline "Several Women Who Dated Graham Platner Recall 'Unsettling' Behavior".
Better than the accurate title "Republican operative has opinions about her ex. Two aren't that thrilled about their ex either."