"Sundog and I repeated yesterday’s leash training protocol to ensure a happy experience. Took him in the bathroom and put him on the electric blanket. Zen. Gently applied the harness. He snuggled up next to me and even chuffed to me (for the first time) a little bit. I clipped leash on. Put him in the carrier and took him outside. He was pretty excited to do this again and led me on a confident walk. As we approached a flower bed he noticed a small hollow log there that I had intended for his enclosure, but had no room for it. He went in the log. And came out the other side. WITHOUT THE HARNESS!! I was holding a leash with no lizard on the end of it. Panic (on my part). Excitement (on his part). I reached down and scooped him up and he went into full out tegu rebellion—twisting and whipping and carrying on. Holy Jeeezzzus! It was crazy!!! I managed to stumble to the carrier and put him in and zip it up. Crazy lizard inside! I put my hand in and he settled. Whew! I pulled myself back together, put the harness and leash back on and got him back out —-to end on a good note. What I learned today: His harness is tight enough that if I keep a little pressure straight up, he can’t get out of it—BUT, if I release pressure and he zooms through a log with his little arms behind him, it comes right off. Lesson learned."
"Sundog and I repeated yesterday’s leash training protocol to ensure a happy experience. Took him in the bathroom and put him on the electric blanket. Zen. Gently applied the harness. He snuggled up next to me and even chuffed to me (for the first time) a little bit. I clipped leash on. Put him in the carrier and took him outside. He was pretty excited to do this again and led me on a confident walk. As we approached a flower bed he noticed a small hollow log there that I had intended for his enclosure, but had no room for it. He went in the log. And came out the other side. WITHOUT THE HARNESS!! I was holding a leash with no lizard on the end of it. Panic (on my part). Excitement (on his part). I reached down and scooped him up and he went into full out tegu rebellion—twisting and whipping and carrying on. Holy Jeeezzzus! It was crazy!!! I managed to stumble to the carrier and put him in and zip it up. Crazy lizard inside! I put my hand in and he settled. Whew! I pulled myself back together, put the harness and leash back on and got him back out —-to end on a good note. What I learned today: His harness is tight enough that if I keep a little pressure straight up, he can’t get out of it—BUT, if I release pressure and he zooms through a log with his little arms behind him, it comes right off. Lesson learned."
"Someone posing as a Ukrainian citizen just joins the chat and starts spreading misinformation, or gathers data, like the location of shelters," Tsekhanovska said, noting how false messages have urged Ukrainians to turn off their phones at a specific time of night, citing cybersafety. He said that since his platform does not have the capacity to check all channels, it may restrict some in Russia and Ukraine "for the duration of the conflict," but then reversed course hours later after many users complained that Telegram was an important source of information. Telegram has become more interventionist over time, and has steadily increased its efforts to shut down these accounts. But this has also meant that the company has also engaged with lawmakers more generally, although it maintains that it doesn’t do so willingly. For instance, in September 2021, Telegram reportedly blocked a chat bot in support of (Putin critic) Alexei Navalny during Russia’s most recent parliamentary elections. Pavel Durov was quoted at the time saying that the company was obliged to follow a “legitimate” law of the land. He added that as Apple and Google both follow the law, to violate it would give both platforms a reason to boot the messenger from its stores. "Like the bombing of the maternity ward in Mariupol," he said, "Even before it hits the news, you see the videos on the Telegram channels." As the war in Ukraine rages, the messaging app Telegram has emerged as the go-to place for unfiltered live war updates for both Ukrainian refugees and increasingly isolated Russians alike.
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