hey, that dogs whole job is to point at birds, and it is indeed pointing at a bird

What more do you want?

Ok so it's clear to me that some of y'all are having issues with this video. As someone who understands breed specific behaviors and dog body language this shit is objectively hilarious to me. Lemme explain why:

Beagles are a very vocal breed. They are hound dogs, specifically hunters, so their job is to communicate and be extra loud when excited or a "treat" is found.

Due to their nature as hounds, and in part genetically predisposed health issues, they get fat often. They're prone to eat too much and need exercise. Old beagles tend to get over weight.

This dog is not biting, frustrated, or aggressive. He's wagging his tail, licking his owner, and engaging in hunting behaviors (barking, sniffing, pointing, and nipping.) This dog is trying to catch his treat. He's working for his reward.

TLDR: The dog is having fun. Don't take it seriously. Using a crunchy mic with a beagle makes his barking sound so funny. Enjoy the humor.

Nearly blocked someone for a vaguely annoying reply they made in 2017 then remembered 2017 was 9 years ago. They will live. We can change *opens their blog* nevermind they got worse. Guards

aaiiieeeeee!!!!! hell for you forever

dressing the way i do is so funny because everyone thinks i’m a weirdo except for literally every old woman i run into. they all adore my silly little hat and my awesome cloak and my big big skirt

old women love me

dc fandom has been redeemed by 99% of the fandom siding with riddler over joker

to be fair its kinda like being asked to choose between a delicious slice of cake and a kick in the crotch with ice skates

I bet even Batman likes Riddler. He gets the call that Riddler’s broken out of Arkham and is terrorizing the city, and he’s like “Oh, good. I get to give my mind a workout and keep Eddie from doing anything too stupid. I’ll bring the kids. They could use some critical thinking training.”

Ahh, the riddler. Just remember, in the Arkham games, he’s just “hey batman, I hid question marks. Can you find them?” And then just wandered off. No murder no mayhem. Just puzzles.

Joker: “hahhahhhehehehhhhhrhrghhghh I’m gonna do murder and make people die I’m a clown and I made Harley Quinn’s life hell hhehhhgheghegghghhhh”

The riddler: “hey Batman they just let me out on good behavior and I’ve been bored as all hell so come solve my riddles I got some spicy new ones I think you’ll like”

this is it. this is the funniest scooby doo clip

god, the voice actor cooked with this one

Underneath the ubermensch tones, this feels like a precursor to food safety standards being lowered for meat. They're just tapping into toxic masculinity as a way to repackage what they want.

Americans, if you're able to shop from local processing butchers, especially halal/kosher ones, I'd suggest preparing to make the switch.

I see in the notes people engaging with the White House's announcement at face value and pointing out this is hypocritical/nonsensical.

Of course it's both.

"The War on Protein" is just a slogan to make it look like the previous administration and the Left in general were/are deliberately trying to keep the nation weak. (This slots in well with white supremacist fears about the Great Replacement, etc.)

This is deliberately to rile up folks and further draw Us vs Them lines. In addition, their current base that actually knows science will be forced to parrot this nonsense as a loyalty test.

It doesn't matter that we see protein added in all sorts of things these days, even bottled water. It doesn't matter that America is the land of burgers, hotdogs, and steaks.

Treat this as an example of how this regime tries to sell its bullshit as "beneficial". See how everything is now a "war", and how America needs to be "strong".

This is most likely propaganda to disguise a campaign to lower food safety standards. Probably also to change requirements for food lunches to favor corporate donors whose food is unhealthy/unsafe.

The formula that worked so well to cast public doubt upon COVID and vaccines is being used here to do the same food safety. Expect to hear that regulations are "unreasonable" and actively hurting America.

Again, do not engage this regime with the surface content of their messaging - treat everything as propaganda and look for who stands to benefit.

Guys, it's not about deregulation. It's about the new food pyramid guidelines. The "war on protein" they're talking about is previous guidelines that recommended limiting red meat and had a lower protein recommendation.

I don't know enough about nutrition science to say if the new guidelines are actually healthy - per the article the response from nutritionists has been "mixed." My guess is no, but my guess on this is worth very little, given I have no training or background in this area.

I agree that the language used is intended to evoke reactions, and plays on associations between meat and strength.

But please stop telling people they can't trust their food to be safe based on vibes and assumptions

https://news.northeastern.edu/2026/01/12/food-pyramid-new/

But regulatory oversight and testing literally has been cut in 2025. In part because there is an effort to shift regulations at the federal level to the states, many of which are underfunded.

Many things can be happening here at once. In fact, a new food pyramid combined with easing regulations and testing sort of goes hand in hand.

Some events from 2025 and early 2026:

Deregulation is moving through legislation at the state level, such as in New Hampshire. This is currently at odds with federal standards, but only as far as those standards continue to exist, imo.

Pesticide tracking requirements have been rescinded.

The feds hadn't been using this data for years because of lack of funding, but now preventing any future studies via a data blackout is concerning.

Pork and chicken processing speed has been increased. Faster speeds = more chance for error and worker injury.

Key Federal Food Safety Advisory Committees, NACMCF and NACMPI, Have Been Terminated.

CDC Cuts Back FoodNet Surveillance.

Not all of these examples are directly meat related, but it still points to a pattern where public safety has been impacted.

There have been enough listeria outbreaks since 2025 to where I will no longer buy bagged salad.

And from where I sit in federal space and the cuts and sleight of hand I've personally witnessed on my own program - even while not CDC or USDA related - I am inclined to believe many decisions by this administration are to line pockets at the expense of public safety.

Call me paranoid, fine, but as has pointed out in the notes, making at effort to patronize local butchers, especially those from underrepresented communities, is good from a community-building standpoint.

I'm not done with the connections behind this announcement.

This promotion of protein also ties into rewarding the production of meat, which has climate and labor impact.

Prison labor is tied to some of the world's most popular food brands.

And with immigrants being so under attack in the US, that means a huge source of labor is dwindling, likely to be picked up by prisons. (Tyson foods is a big offender here.)

Meat's environmental impact.

We already know this administration is denying climate change, which is convenient for an industry that contributes so much to it.

This isn't "just" a new food pyramid. It seeks to prop up a system that is already rife with abuse.

Am I saying you should be afraid of your food? I dunno, maybe a little, to where you need to be more keyed into recalls and the like. The quality of consumer goods has dropped so much due to capitalism that it feels naive to assume food won't follow suit.

You definitely should be more mindful of where it comes from and make the choices that are the most positive and impactful for you and your community.

Alright, fine, here's the backstory about replacing my Microsoft Copilot key with a picture of a carp. Warning: that's the whole story.

When I bought my latest laptop, which coincidentally is already losing functionality in multiple keys, I noticed that the right Control button was no longer a right Control button. This was a bad sign for me, someone who fairly frequently used the right Control button. Worse still, it now bore the Microsoft Copilot logo and would open, when pressed, Microsoft Copilot. Not having personal interest in that particular robot, I was now in the market to rebind that key to something else.

I initially considered setting it up as my dedicated The Sims 2 button, but not only do I not yet have The Sims 2 installed on this computer, the way I play that game, it takes upwards of 15 minutes to boot up. I knew I would be constantly accidentally hitting this key, and I did not want to be constantly accidentally opening The Sims 2.

My partner immediately suggested that I set it to open "a jpeg of a fish." I Googled "carp," found an image, and set my right Control key to open a tiny browser window with a link to said fish. Though it is a .png file from pngtree labeled "pngtree-rohu-carp-fish-png-png-image_4022775.png", in an effort to display matrimonial piety, I dutifully labeled it "fish jpeg."

I now accidentally open this link multiple times a day, which is great, because it means I have a lot of opportunities to see a fish. Sometimes I accidentally hit it several times in quick succession, which means I get to see several fish! When I close all my open programs to shut down my computer, I usually find at least one forgotten fish. Things are working out beautifully, and everyone is happy.

The other day I brought up this story to a friend and relayed the saga of my success to her through her obvious confusion. At the end of my tale she asked me, "Why didn't you just bind it back to right Control?" and I had to admit to her that it honestly never occurred to me.

as a smoker one of the fastest way i dissuade people from smoking is i go you know how your headaches suck. imagine a permanent headache that slowly gets more and more expensive to cure and also you cant stop coughing in the middle of all of this. yeah? this sucks.

i have said this before but end stage liver failure did not dissuade me from starting opiates. what dissuaded me was someone telling me "do you want to be itchy for the rest of your life? this is how you be itchy for the rest of your life."

people in the tags keep bringing things that are terminal, and i need you to understand some thing critical here. people do not conceptualise what they've not experienced properly and the 'inconvenient' side-effects come faster, and are far more likely than the Big Scary Ones. "dont start cocaine because your liver will fail" -- means nothing to me, have never experienced liver failure, also it takes forever for me to get to that stage. "do you want to know what cocaine shits are" -- paying attention, do not alter my shits habits.

being an intersex person who isnt a waifish hairless elf devoid of any visible sex characteristics i honestly think if i was a fictional character id be denounced as a transphobic stereotype

when intersex people have mixed sex characteristics and hormones 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

every time I see extra virgin olive oil at work I think of that "lightly fucked?" olive oil meme. one sec let me find it

so like is anyone else seeing what's happening on the dilbert website right now

every moment of every day i am thinking about this tiktok

Lumpfish come in a variety of shapes and colors.

[He scoops up the fish, it spits water and he turns it toward the camera]

This one is stumpy and green. Very beautiful, very powerful.

[He picks up another fish and turns it toward the camera]

This is what a normal lumpfish looks like. It is more elongated, but still a vibrant blue color. Very beautiful, very powerful.

[He picks up another fish and turns it toward the camera]

This is one of the stumpiest ones we have. Its hump is very high. It is very stumpy, but yet very beautiful, and very powerful.

[He pans over a lot of fish, all looking up at the camera]

My fish army is ever growing, and soon I will over throw the world. Very beautiful, very powerful.

because of this tiktok, i frequently murmur "very beautiful, very powerful" at myself, and i cannot recommend it enough.

I was literally thinking about this very thing yesterday. Nice

I was literally

thinking about this very

thing yesterday. Nice

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

writing goals for 2026 ✨

to write

I told myself that if I ever need anything to paint I should pick the first photo I see on my dash and paint it and this was the first one so I committed.