Marc Reeve

I thought hippos were #2 behind Cape buffalo.

They are the most deadly animal in Africa, as I recall. (Hippos are #2, I don’t think there are any carnivores until around #5)

More bullshit from TERF Island

Though one of my uncles was already there as an "advisor", and had been for nearly a year at that point.

I certainly haven't noticed any decline in the volume of posts. Though perhaps that is due to the people I follow.

The fun part of Cape buffalo is that they are visually indistinguishable from regular water buffalo. Until you piss them off.

Yup

Darn, looks like someone bought it already

I might be able to contribute to such an enterprise.

Rebalancing the humours perhaps?

RFKjr has been known to eat roadkill, I'm not sure his opinions on diet are worth repeating.

Perhaps a corvid platoon.

Given that I know an English woman who is 6’4”, this is not very convincing.

Nice

A plaque with the arms of British North America and the following text: Close to this commanding and historic spot Sir Humphrey Gilbert landed on the 5th day of August 1583 and in taking possession of this new found land in the name of his sovereign Queen Elizabeth thereby founded Britain's overseas empire

442 years ago, the first English colony in North America was established at St. John's in the "New Found Land". The colony did not prosper, and its sponsor, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, was lost in a storm on the way back to England, ending the venture.

405 years ago, the ships Mayflower and Speedwell left Southampton harbor, heading for America. They made it all of 105 miles before having to pull into Dartmouth harbor when the Speedwell began to leak.

164 years ago, Abraham Lincoln signed the Revenue Act of 1861, levying the first income tax in US history. (3% on all income over $800.) The Internal Revenue Service was established the following year, with the passage of the Revenue Act of 1862.

that they proceed with caution with "Damn the torpedoes! Four bells. Captain Drayton, go ahead! Jouett, full speed!" And so they did, and pretty much annihilated the Confederate fleet defending Mobile Bay.

141 years ago, the cornerstone for the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty was laid on Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor.
161 years ago, Admiral David Farragut, who had just seen one of his ships sunk by a mine (or torpedo, as they were called back then), responded to his flag captain's suggestion

111 years ago, the first naval battle of WWI took place, as the German minelayer Königin Luise was sunk by HMS Amphion while laying mines in the approaches to the Thames.
137 years ago, Bertha Benz borrowed Patent-Motorwagen Model III from her husband Karl's workshop and took it for a 65-mile drive.

99 years ago, Harry Houdini premiered a new variant of his "Buried Alive" escape, spending 91 minutes in a sealed coffin at the bottom of the swimming pool at the Hotel Shelton in New York City. He would only perform this trick twice before his death later that fall.

76 years ago, a 6.4 earthquake in Ecuador largely destroyed 50 towns and 5 cities, and killed somewhere between 5,000 and 6,000 people.
80 years ago, a Martin-built B-29 Superfortress, serial no. 44‑86292, got named by her mission commander, just before being loaded with a special cargo.

68 years ago, a Philadelphia dance-party show that had been running for 7 years under the name "Bandstand" made its first national broadcast on ABC under a new name, "American Bandstand." The show would run on ABC for the next 30 years.

61 years ago, aircraft from the carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation bombed targets in North Vietnam in response to the "Gulf of Tonkin incident".
63 years ago, Nelson Mandela was imprisoned on Robben Island in South Africa. He would not be released until 1990.

50 years ago, Congress voted to reduce the amount of military aid being given to South Vietnam from $1 billion annually to $700 million.
51 years ago, the Watergate tapes were turned over to the Special Prosecutor's office.

Today in history:
44 years ago, Ronald Reagan fired 90% of the membership of the Professional Air Traffic Controller's Organization after they refused to comply with a return-to-work order. (10% did obey the order and kept their jobs.)

Sounds like Trump’s kinda guy!

Museum of Jurassic Technology Suffers Smoke Damage - MyNewsLA.com A fire at what Smithsonian Magazine once called “Los Angeles’ strangest museum” caused smoke damage to some exhibits but resulted in no injuries before it was put out Wednesday. The fire was reported ...

Somebody dislikes it enough to have tried to burn it down about a month ago.

DOGE staffer attacked in DC, Trump says in threat to federalize city President Donald Trump once again threatened a federal takeover of D.C., calling crime “totally out of control” and saying a DOGE member was beaten.

Apparently Edward "Big Balls" Coristine got jumped by a gang of teenagers in DC and had the worst of the encounter.

a man covering his face with his hands with the words no way written on his face Alt: a man covering his face with his hands with the words no way written on his face

I never would have guessed!