I need to start playing my mandolin again…maybe after I get a few more of these Jerry licks down I’m working on.
The minute this pandemic is over, I’m gonna come-up-with-new-reasons-not-to-go-to parties so hard
— Ben Wexler (@mrbenwexler) March 1, 2021
Is anyone here a fan of Peter Ostroushko? He was another PHC alumnus. The 67 y.o. mandolin and fiddle player passed away this week. In 2018, he had a stroke that left him unable to play.
“His family told MPR News he had been admitted to intensive care over the weekend and died of heart and breathing issues on Wednesday.”
re: #5 🌹UOJB!
The weird part of that mirror gold effect the sculptor probably didn’t anticipate: it could be anyone’s face up there. You can’t tell.
First two awards at the Globes still going to Brits, but it’s the black ones now!
From downstairs:
re: #145 ckkatz
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Of course he does.
Remember the video of the various cats reacting to the cat-head filters of their humans a year ago?
Same vibe here.
Though AS A FURRY, I wish that WEREN’T true because if nothing else it would sort of be a way to still have Charlie with me if he passes…— Chrysi Cat (no, Karen is STILL my sister!) 🏳️⚧️ (@chrysicat) March 1, 2021
Incidentally, Steve_davis said in his state one of those would get you arrested.
The tongue brush, or the mask?
re: #8 Chrysicat
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Incidentally, Steve_davis said in his state one of those would get you arrested.
The tongue brush, or the mask?
Less creepy than Golden Calf Trump
In 1896 Louis Lumière filmed the launching of a ship and I think it looks bloody amazing. pic.twitter.com/h4CTqyHf0i
— Daniel Holland 🎗 (@DannyDutch) February 27, 2021
To celebrate Black History Month, the St. Augustine Gospel Choir was invited to the White House for a special performance. Watch here: pic.twitter.com/dLc6JpWBVo
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 1, 2021
I’m starting to think we’re never going to find evidence of a long-lost Martian civilization.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 1, 2021
go joe go!
Workers in Alabama – and all across America – are voting on whether to organize a union in their workplace. It’s a vitally important choice – one that should be made without intimidation or threats by employers.
Every worker should have a free and fair choice to join a union. pic.twitter.com/2lzbyyii1g— President Biden (@POTUS) March 1, 2021
re: #12 Charles Johnson
They went into hiding after John Carter flopped.
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) March 1, 2021
A great coach CAN change a life! https://t.co/Vj6Vr6GXFl
— Greg Grunberg 🚀🥁🎬 (@greggrunberg) March 1, 2021
how i’m spending my sunday pic.twitter.com/6ToxtshIiB
— Living Morganism 🌱 (@ok_girlfriend) March 1, 2021
But seriously how did we get from dinosaurs to this
— Living Morganism 🌱 (@ok_girlfriend) March 1, 2021
re: #12 Charles Johnson
No, but that isn’t going to stop us from trying, because space is cool and robots are cool and why the fuck not?
I have rarely felt so judged 😬 pic.twitter.com/vcUqh5yEwt
— Janet Hill (@Saskajanet) February 28, 2021
re: #13 b.d. (America is Great Again)
go joe go!
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It literally has to pass the Senate first
— Sailor Haumea ⚦ ♀ 🌋 (Honorary SCHOOL BONDS Dog) (@SailorHaumea) March 1, 2021
What you’re saying is that Biden is to blame for not having enough coattails to turn the Senate.
Any campaign promises he made were on the assumption that he wouldn’t need 60-63 votes, and he was wrong.— Chrysi Cat (no, Karen is STILL my sister!) 🏳️⚧️ (@chrysicat) March 1, 2021
re: #5 🌹UOJB!
I tried to find a source for it but I couldn’t find it.
I’ve been gone studying for my CCNA. Hoo boy. Now it’s the pre-testing phase. Bwainz melted.
Ok, the praying over Trump’s statue isn’t real. It’s taken from this image. Not any less creepy.
re: #20 Unabogie
I tried to find a source for it but I couldn’t find it.
Thankfully that’s because it’s a shoop of the laying-on-of-hands in the Oval last year.
OTOH, neither element is a falsification in its own right, and that should be terrifying and perhaps depressing as well.
There is no dictionary in which that Trump statue isn’t defined as an idol except possibly Andy Schafly’s.
re: #1 darthstar
I really want to learn how to play the mandolin. Should I buy one and watch videos to learn how? I can play the piano.
He still hasn’t pivoted to being presidential? I was sure today was going to be the day!
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) March 1, 2021
QNuts are claiming that this afternoon’s lame speech, full of all the usual lies, was “The President’s State of the Union Address”
re: #26 The Pie Overlord!
QNuts are claiming that this afternoon’s lame speech, full of all the usual lies, was “The President’s State of the Union Address”
I hope it frosted the Orangeanus’ butt that he wasn’t even the lead story on the network newscasts an hour after he was done bleating tonight. And aside from a handful of Political Twitter stalwarts I follow, most of my social media feed seems barely aware that he spoke today.
He’s a has-been who doesn’t realize it completely yet.
From my column: “What Trump is saying is what many in his party believe. The GOP “won’t rethink, it’s not moving forward…it can’t build a new majority. It can win only by stopping voters who reject them, as they rejected Trump, from casting ballots.”https://t.co/FYpUwnIoCL https://t.co/B6D9yL2Diq
— EJ Dionne (@EJDionne) March 1, 2021
re: #11 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’m going to guess that that piano hasn’t been tuned for at least 4 years. It needs it badly.
re: #26 The Pie Overlord!
QNuts are claiming that this afternoon’s lame speech, full of all the usual lies, was “The President’s State of the Union Address”
QAnon followers were predictably emboldened by Trump’s CPAC speech, which was filled with baseless claims the election was “rigged” and he “won”
Some are particularly latching onto Trump saying “Joe Biden” and not “President Biden” throughout the speech https://t.co/94hQVgWJBF pic.twitter.com/SKOkqQIMXm— Will Steakin (@wsteaks) March 1, 2021
re: #29 stpaulbear
I’m going to guess that that piano hasn’t been tuned for at least 4 years. It needs it badly.
Just remember, you can tune a piano, but you can’t tuna fish.
Because you want to see a bunny rabbit react to it’s first bed. 🐰 pic.twitter.com/uZpCxZvEIi
— Danny Deraney (@DannyDeraney) February 27, 2021
you’re welcome
This is a little disturbing.
If you are bitten by a coral snake and you go to the hospital for an antivenom, your last thoughts will probably be of shock and anger of the fact that the pharmaceutical companies stopped producing it in 2003 because it doesn’t generate any profits for them.
— 🦋 Jillian 🦋 (@INTPlefty) February 28, 2021
I killed a coral snake here in the yard last spring.
Well, it’s been a weird week at the ski area. Lost two employees (hopefully only temporarily) because they were exposed to someone who tested positive for COVID-19, they can come back after a negative test (fingers crossed). And sadly, someone died when they hit a tree on Tuesday, a man from Bethesda, MD, pronounced dead in our First Aid Room. The director of Ski Patrol made the call, she and the three other patrol who responded are pretty shaken up by it. Only the third death at the ski area ever, last one was about 20 years ago.
re: #31 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
Just remember, you can tune a piano, but you can’t tuna fish.
Dumbest album title of all time. At best in the top ten dumb album titles. I hate that album just for the name.
re: #36 stpaulbear
Dumbest album title of all time. At best in the top ten dumb album titles. I hate that album just for the name.
Full disclosure, I didn’t know that dumb dad joke had anything to do with an album at all.
re: #33 jaunte
This is a little disturbing.
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I killed a coral snake here in the yard last spring.
I find them frequently here in Hill Country. My only concern is the dogs. They are just not a threat to humans. I just put them over the fence if I find them. They spend 90% of their lives underground as it is.
Bites are extremely rare. I believe there are stocks in Mexico and it is produced on as needed basis, US produces stock have had the past due dates updated several time without issue. Venom research and collection is still ongoing in Texas.
— And The Wind Cries: “I’m Tired of Donald Trump” (@DaveoutofAustin) March 1, 2021
re: #37 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
Full disclosure, I didn’t know that dumb dad joke had anything to do with an album at all.
REO Speedweiner.
re: #38 Hecuba’s daughter
COVID-19 is not the reason for the spike in avalanche deaths. Yes, more people are venturing into the backcountry, but that’s been a trend for years, covid or no covid. Everyone who has died this winter were experienced and well-equipped. The reason for the spike in avalanche deaths is the super sketchy snowpack, the kind that only rears its ugly head once a decade or less.
This year’s snowpack is the sketchiest it’s probably ever been. 10 people died in a week earlier this month. This year’s deadly avalanche season https://t.co/sWgz1mzNSG via @highcountrynews
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) February 27, 2021
Tag line: Get vaccinated. Own the libs. https://t.co/xsAfcdNFaF
— Yair Rosenberg (@Yair_Rosenberg) February 28, 2021
re: #43 teleskiguy
COVID-19 is not the reason for the spike in avalanche deaths. Yes, more people are venturing into the backcountry, but that’s been a trend for years, covid or no covid. Everyone who has died this winter were experienced and well-equipped. The reason for the spike in avalanche deaths is the super sketchy snowpack, the kind that only rears its ugly head once a decade or less.
Is this similar to what we’re seeing in Alaska, where the city of Juneau is under avalanche advisory because the snowpack on the moutains is so unstable?
re: #45 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
Is this similar to what we’re seeing in Alaska, where the city of Juneau is under avalanche advisory because the snowpack on the moutains is so unstable?
Probably, though I’m not familiar with what’s going on with the snowpack there. The article I just posted is a good explainer of how snowpack can become avalanche-y.
re: #46 Dave In Austin
Oh My!!! Live as well. I really like these guys
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Charles… Get on this.
re: #16 Backwoods_Sleuth
I love birds so much. They’re funny and wise little creatures.
re: #43 teleskiguy
COVID-19 is not the reason for the spike in avalanche deaths. Yes, more people are venturing into the backcountry, but that’s been a trend for years, covid or no covid. Everyone who has died this winter were experienced and well-equipped. The reason for the spike in avalanche deaths is the super sketchy snowpack, the kind that only rears its ugly head once a decade or less.
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The article also discussed climate change being a major factor.
re: #47 teleskiguy
Probably, though I’m not familiar with what’s going on with the snowpack there. The article I just posted is a good explainer of how snowpack can become avalanche-y.
Something to do with layers of freezing rain and snow allowing disturbances to propagate fast under the surface, with the visible surface avalanche trailing behind the leading edge of the shockwave.
re: #28 jaunte
What’s the sense of having Democrats like Manchin and Sinema in the Senate majority when they can’t figure out how important voter protection legislation is? It’s so frustrating. Nuke the dang filibuster.
re: #49 plansbandc
I love birds so much. They’re funny and wise little creatures.
And way smarter then we give them credit for.
re: #50 Hecuba’s daughter
The article also discussed climate change being a major factor.
That’s a given. Stable snowpacks only occur when there’s good consistent snowfall with little temperature fluctuations. When it snows a lot early season and then it’s warm and dry for weeks and then snows a lot again (repeated twice now this winter), the snowpack becomes very unstable. Good consistent snowfalls with consistent cold temperatures don’t seem to happen anymore where I’m at, likely an effect of climate change.
re: #52 Patricia Kayden
What’s the sense of having Democrats like Manchin and Sinema in the Senate majority when they can’t figure out how important voter protection legislation is? It’s so frustrating. Nuke the dang filibuster.
There are more Democrats opposed to eliminating (6) it than outright getting rid of it (5). And most Democrats are either for reform or haven’t given an opinion.
Here is a good follow up idea for news organizations.
In about two weeks, try to determine how many people who attended Qpac this weekend, have contracted Covid.— Art Martin (@gartmartin9) February 28, 2021
People at the Super Bowl were distanced and masked.
CPAC looked like it was taking place in 2017 as far as spacing and naked mouths.
Care to try again?— Chrysi Cat (no, Karen is STILL my sister!) 🏳️⚧️ (@chrysicat) March 1, 2021
re: #56 Chrysicat
CPAC was intentionally designed as a superspreader event. They want to kill us all, and they don’t care if a few of their pawns die in the process.
Biden Voters🙂 vs Trump Cult😱#MICDrop 🎤 pic.twitter.com/Qx9rLeOZxI
— 👊🏻💫TraitorWarrior💫👊🏻 (@Traitor_Warrior) February 28, 2021
Like that viral video a few weeks ago, the reason you don’t see us flying big Biden flags from our trucks is… because he’s not our tribal warlord.
Did the same Parler Security guy work for Gab?
Brace yourselves, folks! Another right wing dam broke and here comes the leaks!
Hacktivism is bigger than ever. Now far-right-friendly site Gab has been hacked, and leaked private posts are being made available to journalists and researchers.
Wired story: https://t.co/y2DnQY8eht— Joseph Menn (@josephmenn) March 1, 2021
re: #58 The Pie Overlord!
— LuluLindaIsProRealityProTruth 🐾✌🏻😷🇺🇸☮️👩🏻 (@Rosemarie4311) February 28, 2021
re: #60 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
I may have found the ultimate dad joke:
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My wife has been less than enthusiastic about how much time I spend reading threads here. I guess she wanted my attention with something needing repair, because she left a note on the refrigerator saying “It’s not working.” So I opened the fridge and found that it’s working just fine. Problem is, I can’t seem to get in touch with the wife to tell her so. ////
recently I started drawing a series called ✨Strange Planet✨
here is a thread of these comicshttps://t.co/WcqCOljAIJ pic.twitter.com/uuYnqeuCc8— Nathan W. Pyle (@nathanwpyle) February 21, 2019
https://t.co/4yiqe55Uwa
Former convict felon, Trump aide; Katrina Pierson; is planning to file in the coming days to run for (TX) Rep. Ron Wright’s seat, based southeast of Fort Worth and stretching into rural Ellis and Navarro counties.— Gina “Nevertheless, She Persisted.” #Resist (@TexasBluein20) March 1, 2021
re: #60 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
the tweet:
I was recently asked who my favorite vampire was.
I said the muppet on Sesame Street.
They told me “He doesn’t count”. I replied “I assure you, he does.”— The bad ass kicking new atheist (@atheist_bad) February 28, 2021