Meanwhile, in Dobrzyn, Hili is on the alert:
Hili: The Chinese are coming!
A: You must be confused.
Hili: So maybe it’s somebody else.
Hili: Chińczycy idą!
Ja: Chyba ci się coś pomyliło.
Hili: To może jacyś inni.
On BlueSky, Jack Ashby is continuing his observations of the duckbilled platypus:
Perfect #platypus – you can see how they change from swimming to waddling to slithering depending on how deep the water is.#MonotremeMonday #fieldwork #Tasmania #MammalWatching #platypuses #WildOz
— Jack Ashby (@jackdashby.bsky.social) 2024-12-09T08:22:33.461Z
And Ze Frank is exploring how species are named:

Hili, relax!
Been meaning to catch up w/ Ze Frank – so good – gonna check out platypuses – strange thought: imagine Botany Pond with platypuses!
I think that Hili is wondering where Jerry went. “Now where did I leave that guy?”
Jerry you have to change your travel plans and make a side trip to Krakow. It turns out the two hydrofeminist ecosexual cyber-nympho artist-brides who married the brine shrimp now have an interspecies baby. There are photos.
https://x.com/SwipeWright/status/1866160572028366944
Waiting for comparisons to Don Williamson (remember him, “worst paper of the year”, 2009 edition? whyevolutionistrue.com/2009/09/04/worst-paper-of-the-year).
Please let this be a mere parody. But as one commenter said, at the least this is all a desperate attempt for online attention. Like people who drink a soft drink + Mentos on camera just want attention.
Thanks for the platypus video – that was wonderful.
In other news, the Orange One is apparently floating the possibility of prosecuting Liz Cheney for … something.
You know, if Biden just waited a bit longer and issued multiple broad pardons to all the people who Trump might go after, he could have just slipped Hunter into the list and it would have looked a bit, well, less unsavory.