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This stunning photo by Giorgia Hofer captures the position and phases of the Moon above the Cridola Group peaks in the Italian Alps during a synodic month

Dolphins dropped by to say hi to the astronauts abandoned by Biden and rescued by Trump and Elon Musk.

Sneezey the Tiger.

Thundering cuteness.

"Tiger Mom" Golden Retriever.

Hawk lands on a parachuter's helmet mid-fall.

I've linked this before, but: man takes his hawk out for a drive-and-fly.

The insane (medieval) engineering of Venice. The video says that because the piles that support the city are completely underwater, they are protected from rot and most of the piles are the same ones that were first pounded into the ground a thousand years ago. Wait -- wood doesn't rot underwater? What about barnacles and stuff?

An absolute mob of camels migrates along the beach.

Speaking of mobs: a mob of roo's invades Hole 12.

ICYMI: Camel tries to make frenz with a pack of horses.

Duck has a crush on a cow.

Bioluminescence.

The alpaca's name is Poochie.

Very deceptive picture -- no, those aren't black horses. They're the shadows of zebras you can't even see until you look real hard for them.

Border collies absolutely flying under stormy skies.

Dog enjoys a baby's toys.

Woman rescues a dog.

Water spout. The top just kinda curls off into nowhere.

This is why you shouldn't bother buying toys for cats.

The Sun photographed for a year and a half every day from the same spot at the same time ♾ pic.twitter.com/y8QH7zeP0h
— Curiosity (@MAstronomers) December 16, 2024

this is the most magical thing I've ever seen ✨ pic.twitter.com/UqtFV7R1mR
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) November 19, 2024

This is so beautiful it’s almost scary🥺😱 pic.twitter.com/34zISq6E7p
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) February 25, 2025

Nature is so amazing. Connect with it as much as possible. Enjoy everything it has to offer. 🤩🍁🌿 pic.twitter.com/2GK3CwE6ZU
— Ali 🌟 (@a_ramono) October 14, 2024

This is straight out of a fairy tale book, absolutely beautiful... pic.twitter.com/aDm99ULO2Z
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) September 18, 2023

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1 Well now.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 21, 2025 07:40 PM (Q4IgG)

2 Fetched 'em.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 21, 2025 07:42 PM (Q4IgG)

3 Videos with Meat.... lots of MEAT...

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 21, 2025 07:42 PM (QAkQ3)

4 And we're back.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 21, 2025 07:43 PM (Q4IgG)

5 wood doesn't rot in anaerobic mud.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 21, 2025 07:43 PM (gKWVE)

6 I've linked this before, but: man takes his hawk out for a drive-and-fly.

Vulture

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 21, 2025 07:43 PM (bxwtE)

7 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at March 21, 2025 07:44 PM (fwDg9)

8 6: Hawk lands on a parachuter's helmet mid-fall.

Oops. This is the vulture. The other link was a hawk.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 21, 2025 07:45 PM (bxwtE)

9 A synodic reminder that camels have two humps. Those with only one hump are properly classified as dromedaries.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at March 21, 2025 07:45 PM (a3Q+t)

10 Speaking of mobs: a mob of roo's invades Hole 12.

I thought you meant roosters.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 21, 2025 07:45 PM (Vqx30)

11 Dolphins probably were keeping a eye on the astronauts story being stranded and were happy they got back.

Posted by: Skip at March 21, 2025 07:46 PM (fwDg9)

12 Touch ass.

Er, grass. Touch grass.

Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 21, 2025 07:46 PM (/tzYP)

13 The puppy stampede was cute.

As to the golden retriever in the tiger compound, one of these days she's going to come to a sudden realization: "What the...these things are tigers! Get. Me. OUTTA HERE!!!!"

Posted by: Paco at March 21, 2025 07:46 PM (mADJX)

14 Barnacles dot rot wood ships. They just make the ship heavier and add drag and make the ship slower.

Now there are worms that eat into the wood of old ships.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 21, 2025 07:46 PM (n7h9X)

15 The Red Tail hawks are mating here. The other day there was two sets of them flying around the house. Lots of noise. Beautiful birds.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 21, 2025 07:48 PM (Q4IgG)

16 The deer in the pool - does anybody know where that was filmed? It looks like the kind of magical nature shot that is so frequently associated with Japan.

Posted by: Paco at March 21, 2025 07:48 PM (mADJX)

17 Barnacle Bill the sailor man

Posted by: Ben Had at March 21, 2025 07:48 PM (j6NlC)

18 The music in Interstellar helped make the movie.

That was the sound bit that was used in the Sun video.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 21, 2025 07:49 PM (VofaG)

19
The figure-8 curve the sun traces out over the course of the year is known as the analema. A lot of interesting stuff, such as the Equation of Time can be seen geometrically from the shape. In taking morning and evening, not mean solar noon versions, you can see the dates of earliest and latest sunrise/sets based on when portions of the curve are tangent to the horizon, IIRC.

It's possible to get a lunar analema as well, but your notion of same time has to be based on a "mean lunar day", when the earth's rotation catches back up the mean position of the moon. That is about 50 minutes longer than a mean solar day, somewhere around there.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 21, 2025 07:49 PM (w6EFb)

20 Dolphins thought it was Star Trek IV

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 21, 2025 07:49 PM (63Dwl)

21 Barnacles dot rot wood ships. They just make the ship heavier and add drag and make the ship slower.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 21, 2025 07:46 PM

As they age out, cabin boys often celebrate their experiences by adding drag to the ship, as well.

Posted by: Cap'n Ned at March 21, 2025 07:50 PM (a3Q+t)

22 Whales found the capsule in "The Core"

Posted by: Ben Had at March 21, 2025 07:50 PM (j6NlC)

23 Sun time lapse is neat

Posted by: Skip at March 21, 2025 07:51 PM (fwDg9)

24 analema. A lot of interesting stuff

Butt stuff?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 21, 2025 07:51 PM (KitMy)

25 Okay back after finishing touches on the dinner prep. Veggies and tenderloin finishing their roast.

The dolphins were perfect. It was hysterical to read those who thought it was all fake point to the dolphins as proof. I live here on the Gulf of America and we see dolphins a lot! They are not mysterious creatures never seen outside of aquatic zoos.

Posted by: Piper at March 21, 2025 07:51 PM (p4NUW)

26 My first three cats all never cared for the red dot laser and would look right at me instead. A cat product that was a bit of wire with some cardboard twisted into little rods was the best thing ever.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 21, 2025 07:53 PM (n7h9X)

27 The hawk is a turkey vulture. Or a buzzard in redneck speak. I rather enjoy watching them. They can projectile vomit if frightened. That is a minus.

Posted by: ScaryMary at March 21, 2025 07:53 PM (wX56x)

28 Sad to hear Ace is worn out. Couldn't Chuy and Lamont take over for a while? Blog is more diverse that way, anyway.

Posted by: Happy Harry at March 21, 2025 07:53 PM (G5+As)

29 The dolphins were hoping for Lume handouts.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 21, 2025 07:55 PM (mH6SG)

30 I better get ready for bed, working tomorrow, hopefully only half day if all goes right

Posted by: Skip at March 21, 2025 07:56 PM (fwDg9)

31 >>Wait -- wood doesn't rot underwater? What about barnacles and stuff?

Not just underwater, but in an mud. I think it has something to do with the pH. It is also anaerobic, but the bacteria that does break down cellulose (found in termites and ruminants) is a specific methanogenic bacteria which is anaerobic so it's not that even though that is what you always read when they find a roman ship in the mud that hasn't rotted. Maybe the lack of O2 keeps the woodworms away though.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 21, 2025 07:56 PM (cA8Y5)

32 The video says that because the piles that support the city are completely underwater, they are protected from rot and most of the piles are the same ones that were first pounded into the ground a thousand years ago. Wait -- wood doesn't rot underwater? What about barnacles and stuff?

Shipworms, aka Toredos would fall under the category of other stuff. They destroyed wooden ship hulls before the advent of copper sheathing. No, I don't know why the pilings haven't disintegrated, although the usual explanation is anaerobic conditions (low oxygen).

Posted by: Archimedes at March 21, 2025 07:56 PM (xCA6C)

33 Women outlive men, usually because of stuff like the idiots standing on the dock watching as a water spout approaches.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 21, 2025 07:57 PM (xCA6C)

34 nature is amazing...but storks are asshoe.

Posted by: runner at March 21, 2025 07:58 PM (g47mK)

35 25 Okay back after finishing touches on the dinner prep. Veggies and tenderloin finishing their roast.

The dolphins were perfect. It was hysterical to read those who thought it was all fake point to the dolphins as proof. I live here on the Gulf of America and we see dolphins a lot! They are not mysterious creatures never seen outside of aquatic zoos.
Posted by: Piper

Yep. When I was stationed at MacDill, it was a pretty common site around the Bay. Sharks too.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 21, 2025 07:58 PM (bxwtE)

36 That's not a hawk, that's a TV!

Posted by: Bombadil at March 21, 2025 07:58 PM (MX0bI)

37 Storks kill their young (usually the most vulnerable), torture them, toss them out of nests, or sometimes torture them to death and then eat them.

Posted by: runner at March 21, 2025 07:59 PM (g47mK)

38 Shipworms, aka Toredos would fall under the category of other stuff.

Correction: Teredos.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 21, 2025 07:59 PM (xCA6C)

39 Storks kill their young (usually the most vulnerable), torture them, toss them out of nests, or sometimes torture them to death and then eat them.

So, Democrats?

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 21, 2025 08:00 PM (mH6SG)

40 Clearly that cow needs advice on how to pick up a duck.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 21, 2025 08:00 PM (cA8Y5)

41 runner, well that kills all images of the benevolent stork.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 21, 2025 08:01 PM (j6NlC)

42 I've had piles myself, but wouldn't trust them to hold up a city.

Posted by: Pickled Pete at March 21, 2025 08:01 PM (G5+As)

43 Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 21, 2025 08:00 PM (mH6SG)

LOL

Posted by: ScaryMary at March 21, 2025 08:01 PM (wX56x)

44 I thought the dolphins were there to interview as PT helpers for the newly returned astronauts, for their water exercises.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 21, 2025 08:02 PM (VNX3d)

45 STARSHIP TROOPERS IS GETTING A REMAKE | Film Threat Versus
Film Threat
youtube.com/watch?v=bvODAY2Cij8
7,272 views Mar 19, 2025 #SupportIndieFilm #FilmThreat
Today on Versus, Chris Gore, Alan Ng along with special guests debate…

‘Starship Troopers’ Redo In Works At Sony From Neill Blomkamp
http://bit.ly/41S5jqj

Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at March 21, 2025 08:03 PM (9aVck)

46 STARSHIP TROOPERS IS GETTING A REMAKE | Film Threat Versus
Film Threat
youtube.com/watch?v=bvODAY2Cij8
7,272 views Mar 19, 2025 #SupportIndieFilm #FilmThreat
Today on Versus, Chris Gore, Alan Ng along with special guests debate…

‘Starship Troopers’ Redo In Works At Sony From Neill Blomkamp
http://bit.ly/41S5jqj
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at March 21, 2025 08:03 PM (9aVck)

Spoiler alert: The bugs win in the remake.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 21, 2025 08:04 PM (VNX3d)

47 ‘Starship Troopers’ Redo In Works At Sony From Neill Blomkamp

999 days until I get to not watch this trash
starting... now

Posted by: gKWVE at March 21, 2025 08:05 PM (gKWVE)

48 I thought the cellulose and lignin digesters were of the amoebic variety and not bacteria.

Posted by: Ciampino - I tell you it was horrible without Internet all day at March 21, 2025 08:07 PM (sPQoU)

49 Rescued and rehabbed a red tailed hawk. A once in a lifetime experience

Posted by: Ben Had at March 21, 2025 08:07 PM (j6NlC)

50 Last shot has to be a deer breeding farm. No way those big boys would tolerate each other else.

Posted by: MkY at March 21, 2025 08:07 PM (cPGH3)

51 I consider this article one sided Hamas support.

-
And now, from the Britain formerly known as Great . . .

https://shorturl.at/lbvKI

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at March 21, 2025 08:08 PM (L/fGl)

52 Spoiler alert: The bugs win in the remake.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 21, 2025 08:04 PM (VNX3d)

Protaganist.... Juanita Rico, who TRANS forms into her / its Powered Armor...

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 21, 2025 08:08 PM (QAkQ3)

53 Our cat didn't have any interest in the laser pointer. Yawned at the funny spot on the floor and just walked away. She will bat a plastic bottle cap all over the house but literally yawns about the pointer.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at March 21, 2025 08:09 PM (4XwPj)

54 Madame Mayhem, you have a new grandson?

Posted by: Ben Had at March 21, 2025 08:10 PM (j6NlC)

55 I thought the cellulose and lignin digesters were of the amoebic variety and not bacteria.
Posted by: Ciampino

We were taught in the soil, it's bacteria. Dunno in the water.

Posted by: MkY at March 21, 2025 08:10 PM (cPGH3)

56 The Cafe is just a straight up celebration of God's majesty, innit

Posted by: ... at March 21, 2025 08:11 PM (lX8VI)

57 Cliff Clavin trivia:

The word ghetto originated in Venice where they basically kept the Jewish artisans prisoners separate on an island neighborhood. Over 500 years ago.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 21, 2025 08:11 PM (VofaG)

58 The Dolphins were probably curious in part because there was no "track" for that to be there like they would typically see from a boat. One minute, no vessel in site--next split second, viola! Vessel bobbing in the waves!

Posted by: Crusader at March 21, 2025 08:11 PM (TN0g+)

59 ..., Amen.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 21, 2025 08:12 PM (j6NlC)

60 37 Storks kill their young (usually the most vulnerable), torture them, toss them out of nests, or sometimes torture them to death and then eat them.
Posted by: runner

Planned Parenthood of the avian world.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 21, 2025 08:12 PM (bxwtE)

61 Some of the most expensive architectural wood are recovered underwater logs .

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 21, 2025 08:12 PM (VofaG)

62 48 I thought the cellulose and lignin digesters were of the amoebic variety and not bacteria.
Posted by: Ciampino

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Not an expert so not gonna say anymore than I have.
Also it is not really something I have a burning desire to understand.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 21, 2025 08:13 PM (cA8Y5)

63 What fun will Noted Constitutional Rapist John Roberts concoct for us next?

Do ALL district court justices have power over the Executive Branch?

If a district court judge had ordered Joe Biden to secure the border and stop all illegal immigration, is it John Robert's opinion that Biden would have had to comply?

The Left is openly fomenting violence. Our corrupt judiciary which couldn't stand up to Biden is relentlessly attacking Trump, demanding he forego the powers of the Presidency. Time to tell them, including Constitutional Rapist John Roberts, to go to hell.

Posted by: Sam Adams at March 21, 2025 08:14 PM (X+xvk)

64 37 Storks kill their young (usually the most vulnerable), torture them, toss them out of nests, or sometimes torture them to death and then eat them.
Posted by: runner

Planned Parenthood of the avian world.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 21, 2025 08:12 PM (bxwtE)

Crazy that we trust them to deliver newborn humans!

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at March 21, 2025 08:15 PM (iwhil)

65 On the Missouri between Independence and KC are the remains of Wayne City Landing... a riverboat wharf.
Pilings are still there. Kinda creepy.
Site of the first railroad west of the Mississippi. Horse drawn up the hill.

Posted by: MkY at March 21, 2025 08:15 PM (cPGH3)

66 37 Storks kill their young (usually the most vulnerable), torture them, toss them out of nests, or sometimes torture them to death and then eat them.

Posted by: runner at March 21, 2025 07:59 PM (g47mK)

I believe all toss animals do this. Several years ago I found two dead malformed young squirrels in my yard. About one-third size of an adult, with little hair and both looked like mutants in several ways. The mother must have nursed them for a time but eventually threw them out of the nest. I buried them.

Posted by: Gref at March 21, 2025 08:15 PM (aBgBM)

67 49 Rescued and rehabbed a red tailed hawk. A once in a lifetime experience

Posted by: Ben Had at March 21, 2025 08:07 PM (j6NlC)

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How very cool!

Posted by: ScaryMary at March 21, 2025 08:16 PM (wX56x)

68 AW I have seen that woman before on video

Posted by: Skip at March 21, 2025 08:17 PM (fwDg9)

69 The word ghetto originated in Venice where they basically kept the Jewish artisans prisoners separate on an island neighborhood. Over 500 years ago.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 21, 2025 08:11 PM (VofaG)

So the plural should be ghetti?

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at March 21, 2025 08:17 PM (iwhil)

70 ScaryMary, can't wait to meet you both in October.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 21, 2025 08:18 PM (j6NlC)

71 How do cuckoos keep getting away with it? just sneak an egg into someone else's nest and the other dumb bird never figures it out?

Posted by: gKWVE at March 21, 2025 08:18 PM (gKWVE)

72 Madame Mayhem, you have a new grandson?
Posted by: Ben Had at March 21, 2025 08:10 PM (j6NlC)

Not yet. Evidently he did not get the memo that he was supposed to debut yesterday. I don't think I have ever met a baby that showed up on the due date though. Hopefully he will appear tomorrow or Sunday since Hubbymayhem is home those days and the little is named for him.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at March 21, 2025 08:18 PM (4XwPj)

73 The video that shows all of the various cloud layers at the time should give you and indication of just how insignificant CO2 as compared to water in the atmosphere. The global warmingists don't really want you to understand science, history and nature because you might wise up to their scam.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at March 21, 2025 08:19 PM (7geUv)

74 *sigh* Power is still a bit unstable in my neck of the woods after last Friday's tornado.

My power just went out and then came back on again a short time later...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 21, 2025 08:23 PM (cweKM)

75 This Harry Sisson thing is getting curiouser and curiouser - big possibility he is not a citizen, no one knows who his parents are, he is getting tied to a potential pedo //scammer ring?

Posted by: Piper at March 21, 2025 08:24 PM (pZEOD)

76 Ditto, Ben Had.

Posted by: ScaryMary at March 21, 2025 08:24 PM (wX56x)

77 Yes, my bacon wrapped fillet was perfect. As was the grilled mushrooms and onion. The baked sweet potato was a bit fibrous but the garlic bread was delicious.

If I had room there is some vanilla icecream in the freezer.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 21, 2025 08:26 PM (jc0TO)

78 Ever since "Star Trek: Starfleet Academy" was announced, there's been a sense of concern in the fandom that the upcoming series isn't for them, that it's teen romance and all the corniness that comes with it - "Riverdale" in space. But according to longtime "Star Trek" actor and director Jonathan Frakes, "Starfleet Academy" is being made for "the hardcore fans."

Posted by: SMOD at March 21, 2025 08:26 PM (GITLP)

79 That rescued dog looks like it's wearing a cat suit.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 21, 2025 08:28 PM (LkLld)

80 CBD's art thread sent me on a quest for black walnut ice cream. Mission accomplished

Posted by: Ben Had at March 21, 2025 08:28 PM (j6NlC)

81 So the plural should be ghetti?
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director

Did they have a Spa?

Posted by: Il Miklosio at March 21, 2025 08:29 PM (zRebN)

82 Two quotes from wikipedia:

"Some termites contain in their hindguts certain flagellate protozoa producing such enzymes, whereas others contain bacteria or may produce cellulase."

"Gut protozoa, such as Trichonympha, in turn, rely on symbiotic bacteria embedded on their surfaces to produce some of the necessary digestive enzymes."

Animals also use bacteria or protozoa (which use bacteria) to break down cellulose.
So it appears to be all done by bacteria.
Or fungus which I have not looked into yet.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 21, 2025 08:29 PM (cA8Y5)

83 That rescued dog looks like it's wearing a cat suit.
Posted by: JackStraw

I wasn't gonna mention that... the boss feeling puny and all.

Posted by: MkY at March 21, 2025 08:31 PM (cPGH3)

84 Harry Sisson thing is getting curiouser and curiouser - big possibility he is not a citizen, no one knows who his parents are

I... I was not there, the nobody is to proving any thing, mamma mia look over there at that other thing!

Posted by: Paolo at March 21, 2025 08:31 PM (gKWVE)

85 There's more Cows!
There's more Chickens!

Do you want to know more?

Tune into the ONT.

(I'm doing my part!)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 21, 2025 08:31 PM (O7YUW)

86 *sigh* Power is still a bit unstable in my neck of the woods after last Friday's tornado.

My power just went out and then came back on again a short time later...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Been there. Done that. Several times.

The power company's explainer is that there are various points of failure that are not necessarily reported by customers. Like a down line "down the road" that the customers don't think is important because their power's on. Thus, the utility doesn't give it much attention until others complain.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 21, 2025 08:31 PM (Q4IgG)

87 Or fungus which I have not looked into yet.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus)

Most fungi I know are aerobic. But I'm no expert.

Posted by: MkY at March 21, 2025 08:32 PM (cPGH3)

88 "Gut protozoa, such as Trichonympha, in turn, rely on symbiotic bacteria embedded on their surfaces to produce some of the necessary digestive enzymes."

Animals also use bacteria or protozoa (which use bacteria) to break down cellulose.
So it appears to be all done by bacteria.
Or fungus which I have not looked into yet.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 21, 2025 08:29 PM (cA8Y5)

I have three stomachs for a REASON

Posted by: Stacy Abrams at March 21, 2025 08:32 PM (zRebN)

89 83 That rescued dog looks like it's wearing a cat suit.
Posted by: JackStraw

I wasn't gonna mention that... the boss feeling puny and all.
Posted by: MkY at March 21, 2025 08:31 PM (cPGH3)

The animal is an effin cat! And it's not nice to call the kind girl a dog!!

Posted by: Night lifted.... at March 21, 2025 08:34 PM (2NXcZ)

90 Or fungus which I have not looked into yet.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus)

Fungi are probably the most important wood decomposers, near as I can tell. I keep a pretty big chip pile, and when it's turned, the fungus amungus smell is noticeable. A real earthy smell. Also, tons of white mycelia of various fungi.
But I know that when we chip out a tump, any chips left will bleach any grass growing over the chips, cause the bacteria that decompose it uses up nitrogen.
All I know.

Posted by: MkY at March 21, 2025 08:35 PM (cPGH3)

91 The Left is openly fomenting violence. Our corrupt judiciary which couldn't stand up to Biden is relentlessly attacking Trump, demanding he forego the powers of the Presidency. Time to tell them, including Constitutional Rapist John Roberts, to go to hell.
Posted by: Sam Adams at March 21, 2025 08:14 PM (X+xvk)

The judiciary agreed with Biden and Schwab.

Posted by: Night lifted.... at March 21, 2025 08:36 PM (2NXcZ)

92 *sigh* Power is still a bit unstable in my neck of the woods after last Friday's tornado.

My power just went out and then came back on again a short time later...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
---------
Been there. Done that. Several times.

The power company's explainer is that there are various points of failure that are not necessarily reported by customers. Like a down line "down the road" that the customers don't think is important because their power's on. Thus, the utility doesn't give it much attention until others complain.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 21, 2025 08:31 PM (Q4IgG)
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Eh. I get it. An EF2 tornado ain't nothing to sneeze at. I'm amazed they were able to get most of the power back in just 3 days. I expect we'll see minor fluctuations over the next few weeks as the outlying areas are turned back on.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 21, 2025 08:36 PM (cweKM)

93 For anyone here who placed a put on Ubisoft stock last week or so: congratulations and enjoy your new boat.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 21, 2025 08:37 PM (gKWVE)

94 Ketanji is a communist
Kagan is a communist
Sotomayor is a communist
Roberts and Kav are globalists who'll be shocked to be arrested by the communists
Gorsuch can't decide
ACB is a lunatic
Thomas and Alito are the only Constitutionalists.

And ACB is a lunatic with crazy eyes.

Posted by: Night lifted.... at March 21, 2025 08:42 PM (2NXcZ)

95 She should have just switched to a three wood and lofted right over those 'roos.
Golf is slow enough as it is.

Posted by: From about That Time at March 21, 2025 08:42 PM (n4GiU)

96 From the "what the fuck " dept. 2 guys running for Mayor here and no evidence of party affiliation. Elections dept and Chamber of Commerce have no idea either.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 21, 2025 08:43 PM (j6NlC)

97 80 CBD's art thread sent me on a quest for black walnut ice cream. Mission accomplished
Posted by: Ben Had at March 21, 2025 08:28 PM (j6NlC)

Without juglone I hope?

Posted by: Night lifted.... at March 21, 2025 08:43 PM (2NXcZ)

98 From the "what the fuck " dept. 2 guys running for Mayor here and no evidence of party affiliation. Elections dept and Chamber of Commerce have no idea either.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 21, 2025 08:43 PM (j6NlC)

Is it too late to register one of your horses in the mayor's race?

At least it would be easy to tell where the horse would stand on the issues.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 21, 2025 08:45 PM (VNX3d)

99 Night lifted, absolutely.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 21, 2025 08:46 PM (j6NlC)

100 At least it would be easy to tell where the horse would stand on the issues.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 21, 2025 08:45 PM (VNX3d)

*snort*

Posted by: Incitatus at March 21, 2025 08:47 PM (gKWVE)

101 99 Night lifted, absolutely.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 21, 2025 08:46 PM (j6NlC)

Good job. Juglone is nasty stuff unless you have worms.

Posted by: Night lifted.... at March 21, 2025 08:48 PM (2NXcZ)

102 Hour of the Wolf, this is a 76% R voting town but the incumbent decided to step down. I have not seen a campaign that has no declared party.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 21, 2025 08:49 PM (j6NlC)

103 Night lifted, I use ivermectin for that !

Posted by: Ben Had at March 21, 2025 08:51 PM (j6NlC)

104 From the "what the fuck " dept. 2 guys running for Mayor here and no evidence of party affiliation. Elections dept and Chamber of Commerce have no idea either.

Posted by: Ben Had

Sounds pretty good. Corrupt fuckheads seem to run both parties. Hope you get good governance, BH.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at March 21, 2025 08:52 PM (kcMPk)

105 94 Ketanji is a communist
Kagan is a communist
Sotomayor is a communist
Roberts and Kav are globalists who'll be shocked to be arrested by the communists
Gorsuch can't decide
ACB is a lunatic
Thomas and Alito are the only Constitutionalists.

And ACB is a lunatic with crazy eyes.
Posted by: Night lifted....

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A perfectly accurate summation.

We are going to live in very, very, very rough times. We can either allow America to sink under the control of the Communists, or we can save our nation. Roberts and the other unelected black-robed dictators must be defied. To hell with them. Let them give their orders. As Andrew Jackson said, let's see them enforce them.

Posted by: Sam Adams at March 21, 2025 08:52 PM (X+xvk)

106 So the plural should be ghetti?
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director

Did they have a Spa?
Posted by: Il Miklosio at March 21, 2025 08:29 PM (zRebN)

Are Bilbao and Pamplona Basque-ghetti?

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at March 21, 2025 08:54 PM (iwhil)

107 103 Night lifted, I use ivermectin for that !
Posted by: Ben Had at March 21, 2025 08:51 PM (j6NlC)

Ha! And never let horses get into the black walnut tree droppings.

Posted by: Night lifted.... at March 21, 2025 08:54 PM (2NXcZ)

108 Just saw a bad-ish sci fi movie, "Ash", about a space colonist who wakes up to find everyone in her station killed, and she has no memory of who she is and what happened. It gets more confusing as her memories return.

The movie somewhat redeemed itself when it went batshit Lovecraftian and then ripped off "The Thing".

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 21, 2025 08:56 PM (kpS4V)

109 Howard Stern is no Don Imus.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 21, 2025 08:56 PM (cYBz/)

110 The American People were told we had no standing before the courts after the fraudulent 2020 elections, but violent illegal alien gang members MUST be granted due process!

Right, Constitutional Rapist John Roberts?

Right?

Posted by: Sam Adams at March 21, 2025 08:56 PM (X+xvk)

111 >>Most fungi I know are aerobic.

Piper might have a fungi in her aerobics class!

Posted by: haffhowershower at March 21, 2025 08:59 PM (NMT5x)

112 Storks kill their young (usually the most vulnerable), torture them, toss them out of nests, or sometimes torture them to death and then eat them.
Posted by: runner

Liberals too. How odd.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 21, 2025 08:59 PM (cYBz/)

113 escued and rehabbed a red tailed hawk. A once in a lifetime experience

Posted by: Ben Had at March 21, 2025 08:07

About a million years ago (actually about 50 years ago), the Nature area of the Scout Camp I worked at found a hawk chick (it was pretty big) that had kind of been rejected by it's parents, or something like that. Some of the feathers had been sheared off, somehow.
They built a big hawk cage with chicken wire(outside, about the size of a small room) and fed the hawk various meat and stuff over the summer. The camper Scouts thought it was cool (it was). By end of summer, when we all went home, they set it loose. All the feathers had regrown.

Posted by: A face in the crowd.... at March 21, 2025 09:00 PM (tjZg/)

114 Most fungi I know are aerobic.

Matango has shambled into Chat.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2025 09:00 PM (wNl7U)

115 Lot of city elections here in Colorado are 'not party based.'

Lets the blue cities like Denver have their choice of socialist light, socialist or commie.

Posted by: PaleRider at March 21, 2025 09:01 PM (bP/i4)

116 Howard Stern is no Don Imus.
Posted by: Tonypete

Don Imus was no Johnny Carson, either.

Posted by: A face in the crowd.... at March 21, 2025 09:02 PM (tjZg/)

117 Matango has shambled into Chat.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2025 09:00 PM (wNl7U)
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Is that "Attack of the Mushroom People"?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 21, 2025 09:02 PM (kpS4V)

118 ha

‘Four shots of vodka’: JD Vance says he’d need to be totally boozed up to answer questions like Kamala Harris. “The vice president joked that he cannot relate to drinking ‘four shots of vodka’ before every meeting, which he said would be necessary to answer ‘word salad’ questions like Harris.”

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 21, 2025 09:04 PM (gbOdA)

119 Eris

Yes

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2025 09:05 PM (wNl7U)

120 I always liked this song and it seems appropriate here.

https://shorturl.at/Jnq03

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at March 21, 2025 09:06 PM (L/fGl)

121 Illegal aliens, foreign nationals have rights. They have standing, because reasons. Privileges.

American citizens are chumps, second class citizens.

This has been the case for decades. Near as I can tell the average American is on a 25 to 35 year “time delay” on what the current state of affair are. Doesn’t bode well going forward

Posted by: Common Tater at March 21, 2025 09:07 PM (KE/UI)

122 Hola, Hall. ‘Appy Friday Night.

Posted by: Bulg at March 21, 2025 09:07 PM (77rzZ)

123 Eris,

I bet Ash is no anime Root Search OVA. Thankfully. How about LILY Cat?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2025 09:09 PM (wNl7U)

124 Hey, Tonypete! How art thou?

Posted by: Bulg at March 21, 2025 09:12 PM (77rzZ)

125 This has been the case for decades. Near as I can tell the average American is on a 25 to 35 year “time delay” on what the current state of affair are. Doesn’t bode well going forward
Posted by: Common Tater at March 21, 2025 09:07 PM (KE/UI)

Interestingly MSN and other media re portraying the TdA guys as "mostly citizens of he US" who are being sent to the moral equivalent of Auschwitz

Posted by: Night lifted.... at March 21, 2025 09:16 PM (2NXcZ)

126 @117 There was a fungus among us!

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 21, 2025 09:16 PM (CHHv1)

127 117 Matango has shambled into Chat.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2025 09:00 PM (wNl7U)
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Is that "Attack of the Mushroom People"?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 21, 2025 09:02 PM (kpS4V)

I first saw that movie as a kid on our independent station that showed Japanese movies on Saturday afternoons. Usually it was Kaiju or Ultraman, but one afternoon it was this and it freaked the hell out of me!

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 21, 2025 09:21 PM (AXL3t)

128 . How about LILY Cat?
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2025 09:09 PM (wNl7U)
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Lily's great!

Or is that a title of one of your freaky anime p0rnz?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 21, 2025 09:21 PM (kpS4V)

129 Yes, I caught "Shroom People" on a creature feature as a kid and it freaked me out too.

Back when foam rubber monsters ruled VHF.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 21, 2025 09:24 PM (kpS4V)

130 So the plural should be ghetti?
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at March 21, 2025 08:17 PM (iwhil)

And was there a spa on that island? Maybe they served dinner?

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 21, 2025 09:25 PM (AXL3t)

131 Glad your kitteh is doing fine.

But yes, there is an anime called LILY Cat which is a rip off of Alien that meets The Fugitive. But anyway, one of the passengers has a cat, named Lily. However, the backup to their Mother is actually an android copy of Lily.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2025 09:25 PM (wNl7U)

132 the last video, are those Pere David deer?

Posted by: Kindltot at March 21, 2025 09:26 PM (D7oie)

133 Matango is such a dark creepy horror movie. Gilligan's Island as written by H.P Lovecraft almost.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2025 09:26 PM (wNl7U)

134 Anna, I think I've seen clips of that! 😆

Yeeeesh

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 21, 2025 09:26 PM (kpS4V)

135 Prayers please. Our dear Eromero is in the hospital and we damnned near lost him.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 21, 2025 09:28 PM (j6NlC)

136 Try watching the whole movie. It and Root Search you watch once just to establish creds and then never watch again.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2025 09:29 PM (wNl7U)

137 Oh my gosh, what happened to Eremro?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2025 09:30 PM (wNl7U)

138 Prayers up for Eromero!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 21, 2025 09:30 PM (kpS4V)

139 Prayers for Eromero.

Get tough, mister. You got this.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 21, 2025 09:35 PM (mT+6a)

140 What's going on with Eromero?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 21, 2025 09:36 PM (CHHv1)

141 Bulg - I am great. Thanks for asking.

Big prayers for Eromero.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 21, 2025 09:36 PM (cYBz/)

142 Three Excalibur images is probably enough, all because I caught clips of the movie.

https://tensor.art/u/727481333235843246

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2025 09:37 PM (wNl7U)

143 Marked SAFE from Snow White Premier.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 21, 2025 09:39 PM (aOqEy)

144 135 Prayers please. Our dear Eromero is in the hospital and we damnned near lost him.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 21, 2025 09:28 PM (j6NlC)

Dammit. People better stop getting sick!

I'm sick of it!

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 21, 2025 09:40 PM (aOqEy)

145 141 Yes, prayers for Eromero indeed!

Posted by: Bulg at March 21, 2025 09:40 PM (77rzZ)

146 135 Prayers please. Our dear Eromero is in the hospital and we damnned near lost him.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 21, 2025 09:28 PM (j6NlC)

😳

Oh no, prayers up …

Can you tell us what happened, or is discretion the order of the day

Damnnnnm, E’s a tough bird, had to be serious

Posted by: browndog tilting head at March 21, 2025 09:40 PM (TTAGa)

147 Eromero has pneumonia in both lungs and is in ICU.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 21, 2025 09:41 PM (j6NlC)

148 Yike, of course all the prayers and best wishes.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2025 09:42 PM (wNl7U)

149 Quentin Tarantino on Attack of the Mushroom People:

https://tinyurl.com/35sjsx2y

I think this will be my midnight movie.

I didn't know it was in color! I saw it on our old black and white tv.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 21, 2025 09:42 PM (kpS4V)

150 Birds are horrible. Pretty, but evil as fuck.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wish I could Type Good at March 21, 2025 09:43 PM (0aYVJ)

151 Praying for Eromero. +

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wish I could Type Good at March 21, 2025 09:45 PM (0aYVJ)

152 Birds are horrible. Pretty, but evil as fuck.
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Agree.

Posted by: Tippi Hedrin at March 21, 2025 09:45 PM (kpS4V)

153 Prayers please. Our dear Eromero is in the hospital and we damnned near lost him.
Posted by: Ben Had

Was just on my knees with a prayer.

Posted by: Miklos knows Eromero is originally from right around here at March 21, 2025 09:46 PM (zRebN)

154 Eris

Make sure your popcorn is mushroom free.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2025 09:47 PM (wNl7U)

155 What do they do for you if you have bad pneumonia?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 21, 2025 09:47 PM (kpS4V)

156 Miklos, I get this and so does he. Thank you.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 21, 2025 09:48 PM (j6NlC)

157 147 Eromero has pneumonia in both lungs and is in ICU.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 21, 2025 09:41 PM (j6NlC)

Prayers up. Had that happen before covid struck. Post covid he should get great treament.

Posted by: Night lifted.... at March 21, 2025 09:48 PM (2NXcZ)

158 Not sure what the treatment for pneumonia is.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 21, 2025 09:49 PM (aOqEy)

159 Prayers up for Eromero.

Posted by: PaleRider at March 21, 2025 09:49 PM (bP/i4)

160 147 Eromero has pneumonia in both lungs and is in ICU.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 21, 2025 09

This is awful. Absolutely will pray for him.

Posted by: Piper at March 21, 2025 09:50 PM (pRpzT)

161 All prayers and good thoughts to ERomero.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 21, 2025 09:50 PM (CHHv1)

162 155 What do they do for you if you have bad pneumonia?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 21, 2025 09:47 PM (kpS4V)

I got 2 antibiotics, steroids, inhalation treaments and oxygen.

Posted by: Night lifted.... at March 21, 2025 09:50 PM (2NXcZ)

163 I got 2 antibiotics, steroids, inhalation treaments and oxygen.
Posted by: Night lifted.... at March 21, 2025 09:50 PM (2NXcZ)
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So, the standard post-MoMee protocol.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 21, 2025 09:52 PM (kpS4V)

164 If its not viral hopefully they can give Eremero strong antibiotics. If it is viral hopefully they give him some decent antivirals. I guess the other part is having you on oxygen while your body fights off the disease?

Posted by: PaleRider at March 21, 2025 09:53 PM (bP/i4)

165 135 Prayers please. Our dear Eromero is in the hospital and we damnned near lost him.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 21, 2025 09:28 PM (j6NlC

I absolutely will pray for him and his family.

Seems like a lot of people are coming down with pneumonia. Wonder what's up with that.

Posted by: Emmie at March 21, 2025 09:54 PM (Sf2cq)

166 Eris

You forgot the aspirin and mouthwash.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2025 09:56 PM (wNl7U)

167 So, the standard post-MoMee protocol.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 21, 2025 09:52 PM (kpS4V)

There ya go.

Posted by: Night lifted.... at March 21, 2025 09:57 PM (2NXcZ)

168 Seems like a lot of people are coming down with pneumonia. Wonder what's up with that.
Posted by: Emmie at March 21, 2025 09:54 PM (Sf2cq)

Maybe secondary infections from all the flu going around

Posted by: Night lifted.... at March 21, 2025 09:58 PM (2NXcZ)

169 Star Trackin' Across the universe

Posted by: mindful webworker - close enough at March 21, 2025 10:00 PM (qMjwS)

170 RIP George Foreman

Posted by: JROD at March 21, 2025 10:00 PM (IlL6s)

171 170 RIP George Foreman
Posted by: JROD at March 21, 2025 10:00 PM (IlL6s)

Sad news.

Posted by: Night lifted.... at March 21, 2025 10:01 PM (2NXcZ)

172 But his grills will keep selling.

Too soon?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 21, 2025 10:02 PM (wNl7U)

173 What do they do for you if you have bad pneumonia?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 21, 2025 09:47 PM (kpS4V)

antibiotics, steroids, O2 and supportive treatments. I think they are also doing other anti-inflammatory treatments as well. If the fluid build up is critical they may drain the lung via a chest puncture, but that is if the patient is in very serious condition due to low O2 absorption

Some MDs want to do an anti clotting or anti-fibrin treatment in case there is some question of damage or clotting in the blood vessels at the aevioli.
Bilateral pneumonia used to be considered unusual, it is often confined to a single lobe. It means he is quite ill.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 21, 2025 10:09 PM (D7oie)

174 The ONT is up and running.

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at March 21, 2025 10:15 PM (ha1wR)

175 "Nature is so amazing. Connect with it as much as possible. Enjoy everything it has to offer. "

Indeed!

It may seem like you get the shitty ending, but the trip is the best part.

Posted by: Timothy Treadwell at March 22, 2025 04:31 AM (RCAte)

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