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Supposedly a real shot, not a composite,
taken at Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

An alligator attacks its handler so a spectator jumps in and wrestles the alligator to submission.

Fun with forced perspective.

Old but cute: Giant seal poses with family.

Alpaca has my fifth-grade haircut. So stylish!

Fear me.

Town builds statue to commemorate day that citizens formed human chain to pull a dog out of a dangerously-fast canal.

This seems like it would be pretty distracting.

Programmers designed the worst-possible volume controls for a computer or phone. I will implement these into the site ASAP

I think we have a dog hoarding situation here.

The Last Waterbender.

Kittens practice pouncing on each other.

Via Mark1971, a woman was attacked by a river otter, who turns out to be, as nurse ratched always says, evil. Caution for video showing a woman's face bloodied by the evil river otter.

Puppy eating watermelon.. 😊 pic.twitter.com/Qq7CvCoZBl
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Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:50 PM

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1 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 02, 2026 07:51 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Thanks for the bat yesterday, Ace!!!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 02, 2026 07:51 PM (0sNs1)

3 Via Mark1971, a woman was attacked by a river otter, who turns out to be, as nurse ratched always says, evil.

Wasn't this attack in Lake Tahoe? If so, then wouldn't that be a lake otter, not a river otter? And aren't lake otters more closely related to sea otters than river otters?

And do lake otters hold hands while they sleep?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 02, 2026 07:54 PM (0sNs1)

4 Ah, the ol' "Lawson vs. old-timey Japan" meme. Half the tourism in Japan now revolves around getting these shots.

Posted by: zombie at September 02, 2026 07:55 PM (Av6i5)

5 I would have been first except that giant ad. Curses!

Posted by: H at September 02, 2026 07:55 PM (cb2nX)

6 Convenience stores in Japan are pretty awesome. They have odd snacks though.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 02, 2026 07:56 PM (zZu0s)

7 They still have Lawsons somewhere in the world?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 02, 2026 07:56 PM (zYpTz)

8 5 I would have been first except that giant ad. Curses!
Posted by: H at September 02, 2026 07:55 PM

First or First Not.

You've got to want it. You've got to be fhirsty for it.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 02, 2026 07:57 PM (0sNs1)

9 7 They still have Lawsons somewhere in the world?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

There are 37 Lawson per square mile in every Japanese prefecture.

Posted by: zombie at September 02, 2026 07:58 PM (Av6i5)

10
*scan Café menu*

Horsemeat? Again?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 02, 2026 07:59 PM (eRlcH)

11 *scan Café menu*

Horsemeat? Again?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 02, 2026 07:59 PM

I can offer you some goat, but it's from this village.

Posted by: Abdully al-McAbdulface at September 02, 2026 08:00 PM (0sNs1)

12
If you don't eat it tonight you will have everyday until you do.

Love Mom

Posted by: four seasons at September 02, 2026 08:00 PM (/QHx4)

13 I have heard tales of this wondrous place called "X", where one may view video and pictures, and even comments from the denizens of the realm. Alas, my path to this forbidden place is blocked, for I have no password to open the door to it's glory.

Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 08:00 PM (MWfyi)

14
I should have motivated myself to do something today.

But I didn't.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 02, 2026 08:00 PM (eRlcH)

15 There are 37 Lawson per square mile in every Japanese prefecture.
Posted by: zombie at September 02, 2026 07:58 PM (Av6i5)

Huh. I did not know that. I remember them from the 1960s, before all the gas stations added convenience stores. Used to get that long rope of bubble gum.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 02, 2026 08:02 PM (zYpTz)

16 An alligator attacks its handler so a spectator jumps in and wrestles the alligator to submission.
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Dude that jumped in is a bad ass. He took a second to access the situation, and then just jumped on the gator's back and said, "Ok, pokey. Let's see if you can buck 200 lbs or beer infused dead weight. Spin again, I dare ya."

Half way through he smacks water at the window. Probably at someone being hysterical.

Posted by: Orson at September 02, 2026 08:02 PM (dIske)

17 >>And do lake otters hold hands while they sleep?

You ask a lot of questions.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 02, 2026 08:03 PM (viF8m)

18 That one light in the window is Frau Blucher, up late

Posted by: Don Black, bringing the funk at September 02, 2026 08:04 PM (ZxPkt)

19 >>Half way through he smacks water at the window. Probably at someone being hysterical.

Looked like he through something, might have been his sunglasses.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 02, 2026 08:05 PM (viF8m)

20 18 That one light in the window is Frau Blucher, up late
Posted by: Don Black, bringing the funk at September 02, 2026 08:04 PM (ZxPkt)

________________________________

*Horse Whinny*

Posted by: Orson at September 02, 2026 08:05 PM (dIske)

21 Panda Bears are like the Babel Fish. They could not have evolved on their own...

Posted by: redchief at September 02, 2026 08:06 PM (oKwKB)

22 I knew it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 02, 2026 08:08 PM (hPgrk)

23 Dude that jumped in is a bad ass. He took a second to access the situation, and then just jumped on the gator's back and said, "Ok, pokey. Let's see if you can buck 200 lbs or beer infused dead weight. Spin again, I dare ya."

Posted by: Orson at September 02, 2026 08:02 PM (dIske)

And then those other two dudes just hanging over the edge, yakking at them. Don't they have tranquilizer darts or something? Just left him in there to finish the job by himself. Good thing he was up for it.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 02, 2026 08:08 PM (zYpTz)

24 And do lake otters hold hands while they sleep?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 02, 2026 07:54 PM (0sNs1)

no, pistols.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026 08:08 PM (uhVAy)

25 My mini dachshund loves watermelon too. Heck, he loves any kind of melon.

Posted by: Tuna at September 02, 2026 08:09 PM (lJ0H4)

26 I have heard tales of this wondrous place called "X", where one may view video and pictures, and even comments from the denizens of the realm. Alas, my path to this forbidden place is blocked, for I have no password to open the door to it's glory.
Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 08:00 PM (MWfyi)

I clicked through and got to view the video. I have no X account.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026 08:10 PM (uhVAy)

27 Panda Bears are like the Babel Fish. They could not have evolved on their own...
Posted by: redchief at September 02, 2026 08:06 PM (oKwKB)

They took some wrist bone or something and evolved something thumb like, but that seemed to exhaust them completely.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026 08:12 PM (uhVAy)

28 That one light in the window is Frau Blucher, up late"

Check out the doors. What knockers!

Posted by: man at September 02, 2026 08:12 PM (XuXeR)

29 Evenin’, All. For what it’s worth.

Posted by: Bulg at September 02, 2026 08:13 PM (77rzZ)

30 An alligator attacks its handler so a spectator jumps in and wrestles the alligator to submission.
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Reptiles can't be trained.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 02, 2026 08:13 PM (hPgrk)

31 Maybe not as impressive, but guy jumping in to wrestle the alligator should have had a bowie knife and shoved it through the top of its head

Posted by: Skip at September 02, 2026 08:14 PM (Ia/+0)

32 "I clicked through and got to view the video. I have no X account.
Posted by: Oldcat"

I get a message that ends with:

" To view this media, you’ll need to login to X."

Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 08:14 PM (MWfyi)

33 Maybe not as impressive, but guy jumping in to wrestle the alligator should have had a bowie knife and shoved it through the top of its head
Posted by: Skip at September 02, 2026 08:14 PM (Ia/+0)

That gator is expensive! and the keeper's job security!

Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026 08:15 PM (uhVAy)

34 "I clicked through and got to view the video. I have no X account.
Posted by: Oldcat"

I get a message that ends with:

" To view this media, you’ll need to login to X."
Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 08:14 PM (MWfyi)

think i did 'continue to X' there and could view it.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 02, 2026 08:16 PM (uhVAy)

35 "guy jumping in to wrestle the alligator should have had a bowie knife and shoved it through the top of its head
Posted by: Skip"

What are the chances that Tarzan would be watching at that very minute?

Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 08:16 PM (MWfyi)

36 >>Reptiles can't be trained.

I don't know, that Wally Gator was a hell of an actor.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 02, 2026 08:16 PM (viF8m)

37 "Reptiles can't be trained.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others"

But they can run for Congress.

Posted by: Chuck Schumer at September 02, 2026 08:17 PM (MWfyi)

38 Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 02, 2026 08:19 PM (Ia/+0)

39 Say what you want about pandas, but when ace fed the crows peeps, they all bloated up and shit like canadian geese in a football pitch.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 02, 2026 08:20 PM (C/aDH)

40 *** Caution for video showing a woman's face bloodied by the evil river otter.
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In LA, troopers keep the canals clear of nutria with 10/22s.
They could do the same at Lake Taco.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 02, 2026 08:21 PM (hPgrk)

41 "think i did 'continue to X' there and could view it.
Posted by: Oldcat"

I can't do that. It wants me to open an app. I don't have any apps.

Posted by: Guy with no apps at September 02, 2026 08:22 PM (MWfyi)

42 ICYMI: A biting parody of "Paw Patrol," for the behaviorally undisciplined postmodern age:

Bridget Phetasy - Dumpster Fire 346 - "Hole Control"
https://youtu.be/9m9uvYBl12Y?t=982

Bridget's trainer's mantra is to "control your holes," such as by not putting that whole pie in your mouth. She suggested this was relevant to Milo's deportation, or more pointedly his unlamented failure to avoid it, due to an apparent lack of self-regulation or "hole control." The above link is cued to the ensuing animated parody.

Posted by: SciVo at September 02, 2026 08:23 PM (ke3zm)

43 26 I have heard tales of this wondrous place called "X", where one may view video and pictures, and even comments from the denizens of the realm. Alas, my path to this forbidden place is blocked, for I have no password to open the door to it's glory.
Posted by: fd
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psst -- > https://twitterviewer.net

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 02, 2026 08:23 PM (hPgrk)

44 @nicksortor
·
3h
🚨 BREAKING: The US House has FAILED to secure the votes needed to pass a Constitutional Amendment capping the number of Supreme Court justices at 9

Posted by: Don Black, bringing the funk at September 02, 2026 08:23 PM (ZxPkt)

45 It's ok. I don't want to go to X anyway. It's a silly place.

Posted by: fd at September 02, 2026 08:24 PM (MWfyi)

46 "Reptiles can't be trained.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others"

But they can run for Congress.
Posted by: Chuck Schumer

*golf clap*

Posted by: Tuna at September 02, 2026 08:24 PM (lJ0H4)

47 I have heard tales of this wondrous place called "X", where one may view video and pictures, and even comments from the denizens of the realm. Alas, my path to this forbidden place is blocked, for I have no password to open the door to it's glory.
Posted by: fd
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Me either. It's frustrating that the links embedded within the body of the blog (puppy, panda, beaver, seals) connect just fine, but nothing in the 8-10 straight links will.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 02, 2026 08:25 PM (XeU6L)

48 Half way through he smacks water at the window. Probably at someone being hysterical.
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Looked like he through something, might have been his sunglasses.
~~~~~

Yep. And he said, "hang on to this/these."

Posted by: IrishEi?! at September 02, 2026 08:26 PM (3ImbR)

49 *gurgle*

Posted by: Mitch McConnell at September 02, 2026 08:27 PM (C/aDH)

50 psst -- > https://twitterviewer.net
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Website blocked due to phishing

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 02, 2026 08:27 PM (XeU6L)

51 My phone has less apps than it did when I bought it.
Spent two days drilling in that thing shutting down and deleting.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 02, 2026 08:28 PM (hPgrk)

52 I think that kid is now just an "alligator ler" because the gator got the hand.

Posted by: Wally at September 02, 2026 08:29 PM (avzFa)

53 🚨 BREAKING: The US House has FAILED to secure the votes needed to pass a Constitutional Amendment capping the number of Supreme Court justices at 9
Posted by: Don Black
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[eyes Ol'Betsy hanging over the mantle]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 02, 2026 08:29 PM (XeU6L)

54 I haven't seen a Lawson's store since I left Ohio. Their big advertising deal was the "Big O" tanker truck, hauling fresh OJ from Florida. I knew they went international but didn't realize they were in Japan.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 02, 2026 08:30 PM (gm9Sb)

55 Re the sidebar 4 day weekend announcement:

Bad shoulders are PITA. I'm told I need a new one. Right now I'm surviving on cortisone shots but sooner or later I'll have to make a decision on a replacement.

Posted by: Tuna at September 02, 2026 08:30 PM (lJ0H4)

56 >>Yep. And he said, "hang on to this/these."

Did you hear about that crazy dude who stole a sailboat in NJ sailed it to Newport and then got in a gunfight with the cops last week?

Posted by: JackStraw at September 02, 2026 08:32 PM (viF8m)

57 My phone has less apps than it did when I bought it.
Spent two days drilling in that thing shutting down and deleting.

Posted by: Braenyard
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How can you live wihout those?!

Posted by: A Millennial at September 02, 2026 08:33 PM (XeU6L)

58
Kountze, TX got some 22 inches of rain from TS Ernesto. Schloss Hadrian, 112 miles away, received zero rain.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 02, 2026 08:33 PM (eRlcH)

59 57 I think of all the things I miss having a flip phone and no apps. Life's a bitch without those Subway and Burger King discounts.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 02, 2026 08:35 PM (gm9Sb)

60 >>>but sooner or later I'll have to make a decision on a replacement.

Posted by: Tuna
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It's not the operation it's the PT.
If you don't do it you've wasted your time.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 02, 2026 08:35 PM (hPgrk)

61
In LA, troopers keep the canals clear of nutria with 10/22s.
Baloney.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at September 02, 2026 08:36 PM (/NhK2)

62 Did you hear about that crazy dude who stole a sailboat in NJ sailed it to Newport and then got in a gunfight with the cops last week?
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Living the dream!

For a while anyway.

Posted by: IrishEi?! at September 02, 2026 08:36 PM (3ImbR)

63 I washed out my rain gauge so it could be read. No rain yet.

Posted by: Eromero at September 02, 2026 08:37 PM (LHPAg)

64 58
Kountze, TX got some 22 inches of rain from TS Ernesto. Schloss Hadrian, 112 miles away, received zero rain.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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After your first post I watched it. After Beaumont instead of petering out it got bigger and stayed (the eye) over the Lufkin (that was marked on the radar) forever.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 02, 2026 08:38 PM (hPgrk)

65 Evening, all. I am spiritually refreshed and ready to face tomorrow and Friday.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 02, 2026 08:39 PM (aJQbY)

66 Chunk Yuugur being a 9/11 truther is water is wet type news. That fat fuck has always just axed questions.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 02, 2026 08:39 PM (NK89z)

67 Did you hear about that crazy dude who stole a sailboat in NJ sailed it to Newport and then got in a gunfight with the cops last week?
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Pre-arrest:

Well, it's not far down to paradise
At least it's not for me
And if the wind is right, you can sail away
And find tranquility
Oh, the canvas can do miracles
Just you wait and see
Believe me

Posted by: Christopher Cross at September 02, 2026 08:39 PM (XeU6L)

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