"Hot rodent boyfriends are the internet’s latest obsession... These are actual men, lumped into a bizarrely titled group..."

"... after people started realizing a good chunk of actors they find attractive have certain features in common.... His features may include an angular, narrow face, beady eyes, ears that stick out from somewhat unkempt hair, and something going on with his mouth and nose that just makes you feel like he could sprout whiskers and it would seem like the most appropriate turn of events.... But it seems safe to say these fellas are a little odd, a little sweet, a little clever, and have a good sense of humor...."

Writes Rachel Kiley, in "PSA: It’s hot rodent boyfriend summer y’all/'If you liked short king spring you’ll love hot rodent summer'" (Daily Dot).

I tried to find song lyrics with "rat-faced," and I only found this. Sorry. That was terrible of me to show you that. Consider this:

he looks like a very kindhearted mouse who got turned into a prince https://t.co/nqWwgRplXE

— mariana (@pastapilled) April 30, 2024

ADDED: Wait. There's a Bob Dylan song, "Untitled 1 (Baby's Black)": 

"At least six British citizens were killed in Hamas’s attacks on Israel, Rishi Sunak told MPs this afternoon as he described the atrocity as a 'pogrom.'"

 The London Times reports.

The English word "pogrom" comes from the Yiddish (and Russian) word — "pogrom" — for destruction.

The OED definition: "In Russia, Poland, and some other East European countries in the late 19th and early 20th centuries: an organized massacre aimed at the destruction or annihilation of a body or class of people, esp. one conducted against Jewish people. "

The earliest English use was in 1889 ("This unprovoked attack of an armed force upon sleeping an defenseless prisoners is known..as ‘the pogróm of May 11’").

A second meaning, going back as far as 1906, is "An organized, officially tolerated, attack on any community or group." For example, in 1964, New Statesman wrote: "The charge that there had been a plot—a ‘pogrom’ in the contemporary phrase—to crush Ulster's resistance to Home Rule by force of arms."

"It is clear this is not about a handful of badly trained dogs - it is a pattern of behaviour and it cannot go on."

Said UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, quoted in "American bully XLs to be banned as dog attack victim named" (BBC).

And Tory peer secretary Lord Baker... [said t]he American bully XL was "born to be aggressive and bred to be aggressive," he said, adding they had "no place in the large dog-loving public of the country".

Here's a Guardian article from last month, "Perfect pets or dangerous dogs? The sudden, surprising rise of American bully XLs/Of the 10 fatal dog attacks in the UK last year, more than half involved a bully XL. But plenty of British owners love the breed. Should it be better regulated – or outright banned?":

Biden has been calling out "Don't jump!" for a long time.

On April 3rd, responding an RNC Research tweet — "In Philadelphia, Biden stops and randomly yells: 'Don't jump!'" — I blogged "It's not random. It's his sense of humor. Interestingly sadistic."

This morning, I saw email from a reader telling me that Biden had called out "Don't jump!" again — this time, in Ireland.

Searching for this new event, I ran across this:

Biden calls out "Don't jump!" all the time! Well, at least it's not evidence of dementia, which is what his antagonists love to point at. It's more just an old man's idea of how to be funny — ridiculous repetitiveness. He'll say it every damned time. Here, I go again!