Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

They are lying in pursuit of an agenda.

You can’t love your country only when you win.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

If you are still in the GOP, you are an extremist.

That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.

Seems like a complicated subject, have you tried yelling at it?

If you’re pissed about Biden’s speech, he was talking about you.

So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.

Historically it was a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.

I’d try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

Black Jesus loves a paper trail.

Happy indictment week to all who celebrate!

When do we start airlifting the women and children out of Texas?

Not all heroes wear capes.

Today’s GOP: why go just far enough when too far is right there?

Let there be snark.

I like you, you’re my kind of trouble.

Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.

White supremacy is terrorism.

Whoever he was, that guy was nuts.

A democracy can’t function when people can’t distinguish facts from lies.

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

Insiders who complain to politico: please report to the white house office of shut the fuck up.

Everybody saw this coming.

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Today is the anniversary of my going back to work in 1998 and getting a fax out of the pile that arrived while we were on holiday break. “Please come to our meeting in Tallinn.”

I tweeted the story.

A longer version is here. I think it may be the best thing I’ve done in my life.

And here’s a bushtit, just outside my window. They’re one of the smallest birds, just a little bigger than a hummingbird, and they travel in flocks, sometimes big flocks. They love the suet feeder.

Small gray bird with dark beak in pinon tree, with empty cone slightly in front of it.

Let’s keep this thread light. I am exhausted.

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  3. 3.

    Baud

    getting a fax out of the pile that arrived while we were on holiday break. “Please come to our meeting in Tallinn.”

    Sounds like the prologue to a spy novel.

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    WaterGirl

    @Yutsano: Send me the link and I’ll put it in the comments for you.

    edit: I googled “yutsano’s mom’s puppy twitter” and came up with nothing.

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    sab

    I finally filled the suet holder. That must be why I am suddenly getting tufted titmice outside my window.

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    Roland Stone

    Bushtits are the best. The 12 year old boy inside me giggles just saying their name. And they so obviously like each other; their constant chirping communication, their enjoyment of physical contact.

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    schrodingers_cat

    @Mary G: Me too. I am sad that I can’t do much except tweet and comment here about the horrific situation currently unfolding in India. I am afraid  that there are going to be rivers of blood before this is over.

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    chris

    Very fine bird pic, Cheryl.

    I mentioned last week that the last two cords of my winter wood were dumped in front of the hovel and waiting to be stacked. So the day went like this:

    Throw the ball for Bert, grab an armload, go to the crib, chase Steve the cat out of the way and pile the wood. Repeat. Often.

    When the first cord was stacked I threw the tarp over it and Steve of course got under it because it’s just like making the bed. Chased him out and put the weights on it. Here he is supervising my continuing efforts. From the look on is face I must be doing it wrong ;-)

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    chris

    @Roland Stone: I was introduced to great tits when I was 15. I can still remember the flush as I tried to think of something not stupid to say.

    (A European chickadee as everyone knows.)

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    Mnemosyne

    I went to the LA Zoo today and of course I went to the talk about their giant river otters, which are adorable even when they’re using their powerful jaws and razor-sharp teeth to gnaw apart chunks of frozen fish.

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    dnfree

    Beautiful little bird, and I’ve never even heard of it.

    And congratulations on having a great work memory that made a difference!

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    chris

    @schrodingers_cat: Treats? No worries there. He gets lots of treats and unlimited food so he’s quite, um, prosperous. His belly sways when he walks but that doesn’t stop him from following me and Bert around and generally being nosy.

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    Central Planning

    Keep it light? I read the phrase about the bird as “And here’s the bullshit, just outside my window.”

    Also, too, there’s probably a joke about bushtit in there somewhere.

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    mrmoshpotato

    Let’s keep this thread light. I am exhausted.

    Balloon Juice After Dark Lite – Bushtits Teehehehheeh

    ETA – you said light, not mature. ?

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    A2er

    Just like what my wife said years ago:  ‘We need to go to Tallinn’.  And we did.

    Oh, did I mention she’s Estonian?

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