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How many PhDs does the world need? (Nature) (archive site)

Or more precisely, how many academic PhD students does each existing academic PhD need to train in order to meet demand?

The answer is, more or less, one.

If you're working on a PhD, time to find a job. Like, now. It's only going to get worse.

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Compared with TSMC's 2nm process, Intel's upcoming 18A - 1.8nm - process is up to 25% faster and uses 36% less power than Intel's existing 3nm process. (Tom's Hardware)

Yeah, the article doesn't actually compare anything against TSMC, only Intel's 1.8nm against Intel's 3nm and older processes.
The judge presiding over the New York Times vs. OpenAI lawsuit rejects claims that she created a mass surveillance nightmare after she created a mass surveillance nightmare. (Ars Technica)

OpenAI has been forbidden from deleting anything.

Including data completely unrelated to the case that customers have requested be deleted.
Apple keeps taking down its own ads. (The Verge)

This started a year ago, when it was pointed out that Apple's "Crush" ad for the iPad displayed a positive and inspiring image - when you played in in reverse.

The multi-trillion-dollar company followed up for an ad libelling Thailand, and one highlighting features of voice app Siri that don't actually exist.

The latest ad merely seems guilty of being bad.

Maybe their PC went bleep-bleep-bleep-bleep and devoured it.
Hinge CEO Justin McCleod says dating AI chatbots is "playing with fire". (The Verge)

Next they'll be saying I can't have tea parties with my stuffed animals.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Never mind my imaginary friend, Fred.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 BOING!

Ceasefire my eye!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 24, 2025 04:31 AM (NC42u)

2 Ok, then. Time to be ignored here, too.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 24, 2025 04:36 AM (0eaVi)

3 I've worked with PhDs in math, engineering chemistry, physics and most of them couldn't turn a screwdriver.

Like drilling a hole with a drill motor with the direction in reverse.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 24, 2025 04:40 AM (ioEI6)

4 Happy-ish It’s Still Monday Somewhere west of me …

Posted by: Adriane the Monday Critic . . . at June 24, 2025 04:41 AM (cfyxU)

5 Maybe they didn’t like orange juice …

Posted by: Adriane the Monday Critic . . . at June 24, 2025 04:42 AM (cfyxU)

6 G'mornin all y'all.

Posted by: OkJohn at June 24, 2025 04:42 AM (NC/it)

7 If you're working on a PhD, time to find a job. Like, now. It's only going to get worse.

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Yes but which fields?

Posted by: Ciampino - a D.Ed. is a token of uselessness at June 24, 2025 04:42 AM (sPQoU)

8 Physics reached it's peak in the 1930's before the war.

Physics post war has been pretty sketchy.

String Theory and even The Big Bang Theory itself is looking pretty shaky these days with bigger and better telescopes.

Posted by: eleven at June 24, 2025 04:44 AM (fV+MH)

9 Like drilling a hole with a drill motor with the direction in reverse.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

So you've worked with Ace?

Posted by: mikeski at June 24, 2025 04:44 AM (DgGvY)

10 "Like drilling a hole with a drill motor with the direction in reverse.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone"

Uncool shot at Ace.

Posted by: eleven at June 24, 2025 04:45 AM (fV+MH)

11 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. A sultry 74 degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor, with temperatures scheduled to hit the high 90s. It will probably be almost as bad tomorrow, with no real relief until Thursday.

I have a fan and a sort-of A/C here in the attic where I work, but it's going to be rough. Fortunately, I clock off at noon, so I can go back downstairs, take a cold shower and nap in my nice cool bedroom. I hope.

Time for work. Talk to you all later.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 24, 2025 04:47 AM (Dg2sF)

12 Sounds like Iran is just begging to "FO".

They aren't going to like Angry Trump....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 24, 2025 04:48 AM (SRRAx)

13 3 I've worked with PhDs in math, engineering chemistry, physics and most of them couldn't turn a screwdriver.

Like drilling a hole with a drill motor with the direction in reverse.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 24, 2025 04:40 AM (ioEI6)
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That doesn't hold in poorer countries where you have to know that basic stuff in order to get things done.

Posted by: Ciampino - a D.Ed. is a token of uselessness! at June 24, 2025 04:49 AM (sPQoU)

14 Or more precisely, how many academic PhD students does each existing academic PhD need to train in order to meet demand?

We'd have fewer PhD students if dissertations were required to be something of value.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 24, 2025 04:50 AM (ExV1e)

15 Old time hymn sung by a male singing group, "It is well with my soul"

https://tinyurl.com/33n3a6b3

This hymn has a powerful story behind it.

Posted by: Politicians pondering at June 24, 2025 04:52 AM (2GCMq)

16 We'd have fewer PhD students if dissertations were required to be something of value.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 24, 2025 04:50 AM (ExV1e)

Come on. Who doesn't want a dissertation on the uses of cheese in the poems of Tibullus?!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 24, 2025 04:52 AM (0eaVi)

17 I've worked with PhDs in math, engineering chemistry, physics and most of them couldn't turn a screwdriver.

Like drilling a hole with a drill motor with the direction in reverse.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 24, 2025 04:40 AM (ioEI6)

So you're saying that Ace has a PhD?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 24, 2025 04:52 AM (ExV1e)

18 "Sounds like Iran is just begging to "FO".

Unregenerate maniacs, completely incapable of coexisting within any order of humanity.

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 24, 2025 04:53 AM (wQOIH)

19 Ceasefire my eye!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 24, 2025 04:31 AM (NC42u)

Has it officially started yet?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 24, 2025 04:54 AM (ExV1e)

20 >> How many PhDs does the world need?

How many PhDs does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

Posted by: m at June 24, 2025 04:57 AM (CQE5S)

21 BBC

Israel defence minister accuses Iran of violating ceasefire and orders ‘powerful strikes’ on Tehran

Posted by: m at June 24, 2025 04:58 AM (CQE5S)

22 How many PhDs does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
Posted by: m at June 24, 2025 04:57 AM (CQE5S)

That sounds like a topic for a dissertation.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 24, 2025 04:58 AM (ExV1e)

23 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 24, 2025 04:59 AM (hoCmQ)

24 Christian devotional about media with some thoughts on Luke 12:22-31:

https://tinyurl.com/2hh7dmcr

Posted by: Politicians pondering at June 24, 2025 05:03 AM (2GCMq)

25 Good morning, good people, from our part of the swamp.

If anyone thinks that Iran will even come close to honoring the "cease fire" please state how and why, if you would be so kind.

And may all effort from you result in maximal benefit to you, with grievous heartburn for the leftwits.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 24, 2025 05:05 AM (hKoQL)

26 ICE detains marine corps veteran's wife who was still breastfeeding their baby

https://tinyurl.com/yycamxew

This story has been updated to correct that Paola Clouatre initially entered the U.S. seeking asylum, not that she illegally entered the country.

Asylum from what? That's s scam. Asylum seekers are usually political. Any other problem does not come under asylum (usually).

Posted by: Ciampino - better jobs? at June 24, 2025 05:10 AM (sPQoU)

27 22 How many PhDs does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
Posted by: m at June 24, 2025 04:57 AM (CQE5S)

That sounds like a topic for a dissertation.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 24, 2025 04:58 AM (ExV1e)

Early Threadwinner.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 24, 2025 05:10 AM (PiwSw)

28 >> Apple keeps taking down its own ads. (The Verge)

... when you played in in reverse.

when you played it in reverse.

Posted by: m at June 24, 2025 05:11 AM (CQE5S)

29 The people whom I'm guessing are evangelical Christians who do the "Faithpot" site are quite clear in their support of Israel and quote numerous Bible verses to express how God loves Israel:

https://tinyurl.com/mjh368vk

Oh, yes, the man who wrote "It is well with my soul", Horatio Spafford" settled in Jerusalem and founded what they called The American Colony back when Jerusalem was part of the Ottoman Empire.

Posted by: Politicians pondering at June 24, 2025 05:11 AM (2GCMq)

30 9, 10

Hordemind...beautiful and terrible.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 24, 2025 05:12 AM (Wnv9h)

31 Posted by: Politicians pondering at June 24, 2025 04:52 AM (2GCMq)
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Very nice, FenelonSpoke.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 24, 2025 05:13 AM (hoCmQ)

32 Forget something, Fen?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 24, 2025 05:14 AM (0eaVi)

33
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 24, 2025 05:14 AM (tljrc)

34 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at June 24, 2025 05:15 AM (3xZyM)

35 Oops; Dim witted politician sock off.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 24, 2025 05:15 AM (2GCMq)

36 20 >> How many PhDs does the world need?

How many PhDs does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

Posted by: m at June 24, 2025 04:57 AM (CQE5S)
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Is it a threaded bulb or a bayonet type?
Does it want to be screwed?
Do the female PhDs want to be screwed? In a lightbulb? Clear or frosted?

Posted by: Ciampino - better bulbs? at June 24, 2025 05:16 AM (sPQoU)

37 I was using the sock to make fun of Hakeem Jeffries and AOC last night in a time of insomnia.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 24, 2025 05:16 AM (2GCMq)

38 9 Like drilling a hole with a drill motor with the direction in reverse.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

So you've worked with Ace?
Posted by: mikeski

10 "Like drilling a hole with a drill motor with the direction in reverse.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone"

Uncool shot at Ace.
Posted by: eleven

Who knew a drill ran both directions????

*snort

Posted by: rickb223 at June 24, 2025 05:18 AM (3xZyM)

39 G'morning Horde, and a special g'morning to OrangeEnt.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 24, 2025 05:19 AM (O7YUW)

40 12 Sounds like Iran is just begging to "FO".

They aren't going to like Angry Trump....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 24, 2025 04:48 AM (SRRAx)

That would be an angry Bibi, not an angry Trump, wouldn't it?

Posted by: m at June 24, 2025 05:20 AM (CQE5S)

41 G'morning Horde, and a special g'morning to OrangeEnt.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 24, 2025 05:19 AM (O7YUW)

Perks up.

Wha... huh? Someone noticed I was here?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 24, 2025 05:21 AM (0eaVi)

42 How many PhDs does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

"The Systemic Racist Roots of Lighbulb Replacement: A holistic investigation into the patriarchial heteronormativity of functional and non-functional replacement praxis, with an emphasis on identifying specificities of trans-hostile decolonializations."

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, who needs ChatGPT? at June 24, 2025 05:22 AM (PiwSw)

43 Good morning, all you happy people. Yes, even you.

After work today, I'm going in for the initial consultation with the PT about my knee. This will be the only nice interaction as follow up meetings will be painful.

Obviously, it's been too hot to function in the GPROMD. All but one of the dogs in my house are in full lazy mode. The other dog is a lab and he wants to keep playing.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 24, 2025 05:23 AM (NR6c1)

44 M's video "Pop Muzik" has a DEVO feel, probably due to the voice and cadence used by the lead singer.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 24, 2025 05:23 AM (O7YUW)

45 "If anyone thinks that Iran will even come close to honoring the "cease fire" please state how and why, if you would be so kind."

The why: To save their skins.

The how is up to Israel. Entirely.

Posted by: eleven at June 24, 2025 05:24 AM (fV+MH)

46 "The Systemic Racist Roots of Lighbulb Replacement"

Sadly, that's a very believable subject for a paper.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 24, 2025 05:24 AM (NR6c1)

47 Grumpy- Last day on the bus for you. FenSpouse should be home by 4:00. Unfortunately it is supposed to be 98 and there is no air conditioning in the bus.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 24, 2025 05:25 AM (2GCMq)

48 16 We'd have fewer PhD students if dissertations were required to be something of value.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 24, 2025 04:50 AM (ExV1e)

Come on. Who doesn't want a dissertation on the uses of cheese in the poems of Tibullus?!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 24, 2025 04:52 AM (0eaVi)

You just know this already exists.

Posted by: m at June 24, 2025 05:27 AM (CQE5S)

49 Good morning! It's a sultry 80 out on the patio here in Cowtown, and I gotta go the aircraft today. And tha lil' puddin head baby's car is still in the shop so I guess I'll be riding the scooter. Gonna be a hot ride home.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 24, 2025 05:28 AM (3Ope8)

50 Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, who needs ChatGPT? at June 24, 2025 05:22 AM (PiwSw)

Wow; That was brilliantly awful . Do you know many people in academia?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 24, 2025 05:30 AM (2GCMq)

51 You just know this already exists.
Posted by: m at June 24, 2025 05:27 AM (CQE5S)

It does. My old college advisor said something about it years ago.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 24, 2025 05:32 AM (0eaVi)

52 David Byrne approves of todays video, "I coulda done that!"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 24, 2025 05:38 AM (zF/S9)

53 50 Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, who needs ChatGPT? at June 24, 2025 05:22 AM (PiwSw)

Wow; That was brilliantly awful . Do you know many people in academia?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 24, 2025 05:30 AM (2GCMq)

Not really, it's just fun ( and kind of tragic ) to imitate them..

BTW, Brother Lawrence is still in my TBR pile.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 24, 2025 05:38 AM (PiwSw)

54
Yashar Ali 🐘
@yashar
1h
BREAKING

The Islamic Republic of Iran has violated the ceasefire agreement.

The Israeli Defense Minister says he has instructed the IDF to respond forcefully by hitting regime targets in Tehran.

Posted by: m at June 24, 2025 05:39 AM (CQE5S)

55 Thankfully, I found out what I wanted to do in life before I got my PhD. My experience with then since then just makes me wonder what the hell my life would have been like if I had finished.

I really didn't start to learn anything useful until I got out of school.

Posted by: pawn, the original at June 24, 2025 05:39 AM (fkuu7)

56

Yashar Ali 🐘
@yashar
2h
Even if you go with the Islamic Republic’s definition, it was three hours ago.

Three hours ago the regime announced on state TV that they were entering a ceasefire.

Bluesky Libs
@BlueskyLibs
2h
Replying to @yashar
What’s the exact cut-off time?

Posted by: m at June 24, 2025 05:40 AM (CQE5S)

57 Evening and morning, satellites,

How many PhDs does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
Posted by: m at June 24, 2025

***
Just one -- but he's "ABD" and is working as a yoga instructor in Guam.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 24, 2025 05:42 AM (omVj0)

58 Apple is a dipshitted company, but women won't buy any other phone.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at June 24, 2025 05:43 AM (TdCYS)

59 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at June 24, 2025 05:43 AM (AN2gy)

60 >>> Next they'll be saying I can't have tea parties with my stuffed animals.

That's why I keep the curtains closed.

Posted by: fluffy at June 24, 2025 05:45 AM (AN2gy)

61 I can get irritated on here and I have my regular routine in noting that the "the man of many handles" is back with a new handle, , but generally it bothers me when conservative regular posters of many years here insult each other, so I'm going to take the advice of the devotional and "turn it off "the internet) off today. May you all have a blessed day and know that you are a blessing to others.

Pray for Sock Monkey and family after the death of his brother, and for AOP who has PVC and spent hours in the hospital yesterday. Both were noted on the ONT. Also, pawn is having work issues. People are being laid off. Pawn noted that sometime yesterday.

Pray for Israel as well as our country and for Donald Trump JD Vance and their families and Trump's administration.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 24, 2025 05:45 AM (2GCMq)

62 Posted by: fluffy at June 24, 2025 05:45 AM (AN2gy)

LOL

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 24, 2025 05:46 AM (2GCMq)

63 Some lightbulb jokes require the phrasing "How many x's does it take to CHANGE a lightbulb." Like:

How many x's does it take to change a lightbulb?
Only one. But it has to really want to change.

Posted by: m at June 24, 2025 05:46 AM (CQE5S)

64 The job market for Physics PhDs when I left had two options.

1) Weapons research

2) Teaching algebra to nursing students at Mt. St. Jackoff College.

I had a close friend of mine who was a high energy particle physicist take option #2. He was miserable. Retrained himself as a programmer and retired in 10 years.

Posted by: pawn, the original at June 24, 2025 05:46 AM (fkuu7)

65 60 >>> Next they'll be saying I can't have tea parties with my stuffed animals.

That's why I keep the curtains closed.
Posted by: fluffy at June 24, 2025 05:45 AM (AN2gy)

whoa

Posted by: m at June 24, 2025 05:46 AM (CQE5S)

66 That depends. STEM Ph.Ds or 'other' Ph.Ds?

The essential problem with a Grievance Studies major is the only non-scammy career path is replacing your professor when they retire.

Posted by: Epobirs at June 24, 2025 05:46 AM (/0z9K)

67 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 24, 2025 05:48 AM (Z5NUn)

68 Quick pause for a cooling breeze.

Apropos of the heat, I don't understand how people in tropic latitudes or even in the deep South ever have children. This weather leaves me so limp and dispirited that I can't even think dirty thoughts, let alone work up the energy for sex.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 24, 2025 05:48 AM (Dg2sF)

69 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 24, 2025 05:42 AM (omVj0)

Saw Black Cat Weekly is interested in another of your stories, Wolfus.

What is their word count guideline for stories? I've reworked Dee Arthur and got it up to 2300 words. Still too short I think for Rac Press.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 24, 2025 05:48 AM (0eaVi)

70 pile.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 24, 2025 05:38 AM (PiwSw)

I hope you enjoy that book. It has been such a blessing to me.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 24, 2025 05:50 AM (2GCMq)

71 Rain w/ thunder and lightning here this am, so no workout for yours truly. Coffee, a pipe of mild and cheerful tobacco, feline company, and the prospect of a good breakfast on the near horizon: What else can one ask on a Tiu's Day?

Well, *not* having to go to the surgeon this p.m. to consult about fixing a mild hernia, that's what. And it will probably be raining again by that time. On the other paw, there'll be beef tortillas w/ cheese for dinner.

Black Cat Weekly wants the "Weird West" story I sent them about a month ago; they've requested a few line edits, but nothing super serious, and I'll ship the corrected ms. back to them this morning.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 24, 2025 05:50 AM (omVj0)

72
Good morning, Hordians. A long, frantically busy day today.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 24, 2025 05:51 AM (QnmlO)

73 Apropos of the heat, I don't understand how people in tropic latitudes or even in the deep South ever have children. This weather leaves me so limp and dispirited that I can't even think dirty thoughts, let alone work up the energy for sex.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 24, 2025

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You're lucky in this, MP4, that your summer doesn't begin until June. Here the awfulness really begins in March, ramps up in May, and remains vicious until November. No wonder I want to flee -- and will.

Still, the natives here manage to breed quite strongly. We have good cold A/C everywhere.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 24, 2025 05:53 AM (omVj0)

74
The quality of Ph.Ds has plummeted dramatically. After I got mine, of course.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 24, 2025 05:54 AM (QnmlO)

75 Sea breezes only kick in if there is cold air aloft. I went to the beach and it was as stagnant as in town.
But, it is summer.

Posted by: Accomack at June 24, 2025 05:54 AM (Y6Ecf)

76 Still, the natives here manage to breed quite strongly. We have good cold A/C everywhere.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 24, 2025 05:53 AM (omVj0)

Caught a couple episodes of This Old House during the workout. It was the New Orleans house. How many areas of the city are called "The Good Block?" They referenced that while checking out another house.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 24, 2025 05:55 AM (0eaVi)

77
Apropos of the heat, I don't understand how people in tropic latitudes or even in the deep South ever have children.

_________

Eventually your body acclimatizes. It was in the 90s yesterday here at Schloss Hadrian but I got the lawn mowed, two dogs bathed outside and the RV loaded. No big deal.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 24, 2025 05:57 AM (QnmlO)

78 71 Black Cat Weekly wants the "Weird West" story I sent them about a month ago; they've requested a few line edits, but nothing super serious, and I'll ship the corrected ms. back to them this morning.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 24, 2025 05:50 AM (omVj0)

Congratulations!

Posted by: m at June 24, 2025 05:57 AM (CQE5S)

79 Saw Black Cat Weekly is interested in another of your stories, Wolfus.

What is their word count guideline for stories? I've reworked Dee Arthur and got it up to 2300 words. Still too short I think for Rac Press.

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OE, their mystery portal says 1500 to 15K words (up to 45K even), but their pay limit is $50, so a longer piece means actually less payment per word. Same for the SF portal. Still, it would be a sale.

This "Weird West" tale (which Raconteur passed on) is the first of three, so maybe I can place the other two with BCW.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 24, 2025 05:58 AM (omVj0)

80
I told Her Majesty that we had to leave at 6:00. Unfortunately she takes this as anything between 6:10 and 6:30.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 24, 2025 05:58 AM (QnmlO)

81 This "Weird West" tale (which Raconteur passed on) is the first of three, so maybe I can place the other two with BCW.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 24, 2025 05:58 AM (omVj0)

Sounds like a good idea. Are they still accepting Weird West subs?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 24, 2025 06:00 AM (0eaVi)

82 The essential problem with a Grievance Studies major is the only non-scammy career path is replacing your professor when they retire.
Posted by: Epobirs at June 24, 2025 05:46 AM (/0z9K)

Which would be fine if the final step in acquiring your PhD was single combat to the death.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 24, 2025 06:00 AM (ExV1e)

83 Caught a couple episodes of This Old House during the workout. It was the New Orleans house. How many areas of the city are called "The Good Block?" They referenced that while checking out another house.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 24, 2025

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It depends. There is no "Across the Tracks" bad area here, or at least there did not used to be. A given street, say in Uptown where I used to work, might be excellent for several blocks, and then suddenly the neighborhood takes a nose dive.

The few "still good" areas are all expensive, or far away from the city proper, or both.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 24, 2025 06:01 AM (omVj0)

84
Sounds like a good idea. Are they still accepting Weird West subs?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 24, 2025

***
I just looked, and both the SF/fantasy and mystery portals say "Open for submissions."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 24, 2025 06:02 AM (omVj0)

85 The few "still good" areas are all expensive, or far away from the city proper, or both.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 24, 2025 06:01 AM (omVj0)

This block was in Algiers. But then again, this was a mid-eighties or early nineties tape.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 24, 2025 06:02 AM (0eaVi)

86 Apropos of the heat, I don't understand how people in tropic latitudes or even in the deep South ever have children. This weather leaves me so limp and dispirited that I can't even think dirty thoughts, let alone work up the energy for sex.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 24, 2025 05:48 AM (Dg2sF)

Acclimation. I'll see Brits bitching about some heatwave and how they're all going to die and when I convert it to F I find that it's about the temperature where I stop wearing a sweatshirt.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 24, 2025 06:02 AM (ExV1e)

87 Which would be fine if the final step in acquiring your PhD was single combat to the death.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 24, 2025 06:00 AM (ExV1e)

Cut the head off and then there's a whole bunch of lightning and all the Science comes out.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 24, 2025 06:03 AM (BjH5D)

88 Headed to 98 here today, or so claims the forecasters. Thursday brings cooler temps and some rain, which will please my bride who is a dedicated plant-waterer.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 24, 2025 06:03 AM (Wvwtw)

89 I just looked, and both the SF/fantasy and mystery portals say "Open for submissions."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 24, 2025 06:02 AM (omVj0)

Thanks, Wolfus. I'll check it out. No harm in trying. It's either yes, or another rejection.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 24, 2025 06:04 AM (0eaVi)

90 in the end, there can be only one.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 24, 2025 06:05 AM (Z5NUn)

91 >> If you're working on a PhD, time to find a job. Like, now. It's only going to get worse.

This is a perennial warning. Maybe the "worse" is worse now.

Posted by: m at June 24, 2025 06:05 AM (CQE5S)

92 Mornin'

Just came back from my stroll. The temp and humidity are the same. 83. Going to 100 again today.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 24, 2025 06:06 AM (sAmhv)

93 Acclimation. I'll see Brits bitching about some heatwave and how they're all going to die and when I convert it to F I find that it's about the temperature where I stop wearing a sweatshirt.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 24, 2025 06:02 AM (ExV1e)

They do the opposite too.

Yank: "Man, it's gonna be like 102 tomorrow. Ugh."

Limey: "Oh, you fussy yanks, what is that in real units, like, twenty-.....*messes with calculator* good heavens, how are you people not liquid?!?!?!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 24, 2025 06:07 AM (BjH5D)

94 This block was in Algiers. But then again, this was a mid-eighties or early nineties tape.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 24, 2025

***
I lived in Old Algiers, the "Point" as it's called, in '88-'89, and it was still affordable and nice. Many blocks, esp. close to the river, are still very nice, and the area has a pleasant neighborhood feel with coffee shops and churches. But the bad blocks, and other rundown areas, surround the good section, and you have to drive through the DMZs to get to the nice parts of the Point.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 24, 2025 06:10 AM (omVj0)

95 Brits lost the privilege of using Imperial units when they left their Empire on the vanity in the strip club shitter that one night.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 24, 2025 06:10 AM (BjH5D)

96 74 degrees 93% humidity.
Truck says 81.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 24, 2025 06:10 AM (3xZyM)

97
Eventually your body acclimatizes. It was in the 90s yesterday here at Schloss Hadrian but I got the lawn mowed, two dogs bathed outside and the RV loaded. No big deal.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 24, 2025

***
No one of European extraction ever acclimates to this hot foulness. You simply endure.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 24, 2025 06:11 AM (omVj0)

98
New York is at the same latitude as Rome. Houston is the same latitude as North Africa. Plus our weather is much more violent than Europe's.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 24, 2025 06:12 AM (QnmlO)

99 NYC's primary election is today. We'll see if New Yorkers have gone totally bat guano nuts or are content to have the Cuomo dynasty continue....

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 24, 2025 06:12 AM (PiwSw)

100 100

Posted by: m at June 24, 2025 06:12 AM (CQE5S)

101
Open Source Intel
@Osint613
1h
The world is waiting for the next trump tweet.

Posted by: m at June 24, 2025 06:12 AM (CQE5S)

102 My SIL, a Boston-based Ph.D., tells me the job market sucks rotten eggs in his field (biomedical engineering). Few jobs available. His employer is barely limping along right now, so we pray a lot. Fortunately my daughter's job seems fairly solid right now, so I think groceries will still be bought.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 24, 2025 06:13 AM (B1a/Q)

103
Brits lost the privilege of using Imperial units when they left their Empire on the vanity in the strip club shitter that one night.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 24, 2025 06:10 AM (BjH5D)

__________

English units: weights and measures of a free people.

Metric units: weights and measures for sheep.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 24, 2025 06:13 AM (QnmlO)

104 But the bad blocks, and other rundown areas, surround the good section, and you have to drive through the DMZs to get to the nice parts of the Point.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 24, 2025 06:10 AM (omVj0)

Makes me wonder if the couple on the show still live there? I think both were Navy, so maybe not.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 24, 2025 06:13 AM (0eaVi)

105 Plus our weather is much more violent than Europe's.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 24, 2025 06:12 AM (QnmlO)

I would say the Mid Atlantic is possibly the best at mapping out the entire available space of unpleasant atmospheric conditions over the course of a year.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 24, 2025 06:15 AM (BjH5D)

106 The Islamic Republic of Iran has violated the ceasefire agreement.

The Israeli Defense Minister says he has instructed the IDF to respond forcefully by hitting regime targets in Tehran.
Posted by: m at June 24, 2025 05:39 AM (CQE5S)

They could do this the easy way, or the hard way.

They chose ... poorly.

Posted by: MrExcitement at June 24, 2025 06:15 AM (hOOi9)

107 New York is at the same latitude as Rome. Houston is the same latitude as North Africa. Plus our weather is much more violent than Europe's.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 24, 2025

***
The dryness of a Mediterranean climate makes a big difference, though. Humid air retains heat, so a steambath like Houston or Da Swamp never cools off at night in summer.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 24, 2025 06:16 AM (omVj0)

108 NYC's primary election is today. We'll see if New Yorkers have gone totally bat guano nuts or are content to have the Cuomo dynasty continue....
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 24, 2025 06:12 AM (PiwSw)
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It's shocking that the guy who created the banking crisis under Clinton before going on to his real career of assaulting women at work and killing the elderly, is the better choice over a 23 year old who wants to bring homelessness and food shortages to the masses.

What a time to live in NYC.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 24, 2025 06:17 AM (B1a/Q)

109 Oops - 33 year old, not 23

Phone keyboarding is tres difficult

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 24, 2025 06:18 AM (B1a/Q)

110 You mean to say Iran agreed to a ceasefire, and then violated it less than a day later?

They can't be trusted (which has been self-evident for decades). The US needs to declare a fatwa upon the "leadership" there.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 24, 2025 06:20 AM (omVj0)

111 Typical dumbass rugfuckery. But they don't realize that the UN is neutered and the Muslim World is mostly rubbing their dicks on the shag so hard praying for them to lose it's setting off the smoke detectors.

The usual playbook ain't gonna work for you this time.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 24, 2025 06:20 AM (BjH5D)

112 I told Her Majesty that we had to leave at 6:00. Unfortunately she takes this as anything between 6:10 and 6:30.

One might think a simple solution to this well known problem would be to generally shift all operations ahead on a permanent basis by perhaps 35 to 45 minutes, to compensate for the latent tardiness. But I expect, this doesn’t work.

Posted by: Common Tater at June 24, 2025 06:20 AM (+/0+/)

113 NYC commie shit weasels will chose Mamdani. They will blame Trump for their problems.

Posted by: Accomack at June 24, 2025 06:21 AM (wmiYU)

114 You mean to say Iran agreed to a ceasefire, and then violated it less than a day later?

They can't be trusted (which has been self-evident for decades). The US needs to declare a fatwa upon the "leadership" there.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 24, 2025 06:20 AM (omVj0)

I assume this means it'll be another day of wailing that Trump is going to get us into a million year war in the ME and send everyone under the age of 200 over there to die for absolutely no reason cuz those nice Iranians never did nothing to us.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 24, 2025 06:23 AM (ExV1e)

115
One might think a simple solution to this well known problem would be to generally shift all operations ahead on a permanent basis by perhaps 35 to 45 minutes

________

Theoretically, yes. Practically, no.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 24, 2025 06:23 AM (QnmlO)

116 The rain has stopped here. Still a little lightning and faint distant thunder.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 24, 2025 06:24 AM (omVj0)

117 Did they continue launching missiles after the "deadline"? Or was it just that barrage that was sent off in the run up to it that happened?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 24, 2025 06:26 AM (BjH5D)

118 Polls show that older white voters, lots of them Jewish, living comfortably on the Upper West Side and in the nicer parts of Brooklyn, are his strongest supporters. "Self destructive" is one thing but this extreme is just weird

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 24, 2025 06:27 AM (WFmLb)

119 NYC will see its first wildfire in a century.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 24, 2025 06:27 AM (BjH5D)

120
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cn7ze4vmk2pt

• At 06:08 BST, Donald Trump posted on social media that a ceasefire between Iran and Israel had come into effect

• Just over an hour later, Israel said it had agreed to the US ceasefire proposal, while Iran said earlier it would stop attacking if Israel did the same

• Then at 08:30, the Israeli military said it had identified missiles launched from Iran and intercepted them over northern Israel

Posted by: m at June 24, 2025 06:29 AM (CQE5S)

121 I wonder if Iranian leadership is so decimated they can't get a "stop firing!" order obeyed by missile launcher commanders.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 24, 2025 06:30 AM (WFmLb)

122
Sad to say, there is a species of people who, given a block of time, will fill it with more and more activities in order to exceed the deadline set.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 24, 2025 06:31 AM (QnmlO)

123
Yashar Ali 🐘
@yashar
24m
President Trump is headed to The Hague today for a NATO summit.

Posted by: m at June 24, 2025 06:32 AM (CQE5S)

124 117 Did they continue launching missiles after the "deadline"? Or was it just that barrage that was sent off in the run up to it that happened?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 24, 2025 06:26 AM (BjH5D)

56
Yashar Ali 🐘
@yashar
2h
Even if you go with the Islamic Republic’s definition, it was three hours ago.

Three hours ago the regime announced on state TV that they were entering a ceasefire.

Bluesky Libs
@BlueskyLibs
2h
Replying to @yashar
What’s the exact cut-off time?
Posted by: m at June 24, 2025 05:40 AM (CQE5S)

Posted by: m at June 24, 2025 06:34 AM (CQE5S)

125 Someone said here yesterday that it took several hours for Iranian negotiators to get in touch with leadership for permission to make a deal. Apparently, the mullahs carry no phones or other electronic devices and are in physical isolation, so finding them and getting decisions relayed back is tough.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 24, 2025 06:34 AM (WFmLb)

126 125 Someone said here yesterday that it took several hours for Iranian negotiators to get in touch with leadership for permission to make a deal. Apparently, the mullahs carry no phones or other electronic devices and are in physical isolation, so finding them and getting decisions relayed back is tough.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 24, 2025 06:34 AM (WFmLb)

No pagers? Wonder why...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 24, 2025 06:34 AM (PiwSw)

127 G'morning, all!

I see that the Iranian leadership is gonna do Iranian Leadership things.

Well......sux being them.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 24, 2025 06:35 AM (a1415)

128 President Trump is headed to The Hague today for a NATO summit.
Posted by: m at June 24, 2025 06:32 AM (CQE5S)
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I am now fully in charge

Posted by: President Boasberg at June 24, 2025 06:35 AM (WFmLb)

129 121 I wonder if Iranian leadership is so decimated they can't get a "stop firing!" order obeyed by missile launcher commanders.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 24, 2025 06:30 AM (WFmLb)

Huh. Truly rogue state!

Posted by: m at June 24, 2025 06:36 AM (CQE5S)

130 mornin yall. Temps expected in the upper 90s here today. Heat indices up to 108. Hot sticky sex in a lightbulb index is at 11.

Posted by: fd at June 24, 2025 06:36 AM (vFG9F)

131 We wanted peace. They wanted war. War it shall be, then. Time to flatten the place.

Go ahead and Just Ask all the Questions you wanna, if you like. My answer will likely be some variation on the theme of "Fuck Off".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 24, 2025 06:36 AM (BjH5D)

132 As Baltimore's Mayor says..

Mostly peaceful.

https://tinyurl.com/2uw72a4w

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 24, 2025 06:38 AM (a1415)

133
Yashar Ali 🐘
@yashar
3h
BREAKING:

The Islamic Republic of Iran has launched another barrage of ballistic missiles towards Israeli territory.

This is the seventh barrage in the past few hours.

If the missiles enter Israeli territory, it is a violation of the ceasefire deal.

Posted by: m at June 24, 2025 06:38 AM (CQE5S)

134 Keir Starmer is going to have some 'splaining to do, after refusing to say yesterday the UK would come to the aid of America if she were attacked.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 24, 2025 06:38 AM (WFmLb)

135 In local news, public records show that the city's electric vehicle charging stations lose money. Federal grant-funded chargers generate revenue but can't cover electricity costs.

Posted by: fd at June 24, 2025 06:40 AM (vFG9F)

136 Someone said here yesterday that it took several hours for Iranian negotiators to get in touch with leadership for permission to make a deal. Apparently, the mullahs carry no phones or other electronic devices and are in physical isolation, so finding them and getting decisions relayed back is tough.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 24, 2025 06:34 AM (WFmLb)

No pagers? Wonder why...
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes

Telegram for Mongo. Telegram for Mongo!

Posted by: rickb223 at June 24, 2025 06:40 AM (3xZyM)

137 Federal grant-funded chargers generate revenue but can't cover electricity costs.
Posted by: fd at June 24, 2025 06:40 AM (vFG9F)
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Electricity "costs"? But I thought it was free!

Posted by: The modern left at June 24, 2025 06:41 AM (WFmLb)

138 In local news, public records show that the city's electric vehicle charging stations lose money. Federal grant-funded chargers generate revenue but can't cover electricity costs.
Posted by: fd

File this story in the "No shit?" file.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 24, 2025 06:41 AM (3xZyM)

139 The exact cutoff time is irrelevant. Once a ceasefire is declared, it's on. The "deadline" is to allow combatants in the field to disengage fairly and in orderly fashion. It's not a time for some beat-the-buzzer murder spree to see how many civilians you can take out before the clock hits zero.

The ceasefire was violated the moment they launched, deadline be damned.

And fuck NATO. Let them clean up their own mess in the steppes and fuck allllllll the way off.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 24, 2025 06:41 AM (BjH5D)

140 @47/FenelonSpoke: "Last day on the bus for you."

Negative. Thursday is our last day. Temperatures are similar here. 90 F without the humidity factored in, 106 F with. Joy.

I'm sure FenSpouse is already bringing extra hydration. I've got an insulated cooler with 4 water bottles frozen solid, and 3 just water that are being cooled down by the first 4.

Oh look at the time, I have to dash to work...

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 24, 2025 06:42 AM (O7YUW)

141 G & R, does the bus have A/C?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 24, 2025 06:43 AM (omVj0)

142 The city is charging 10 cents per KW hr less than Bucky's EV charging stations and they wonder why they are losing money.

Posted by: fd at June 24, 2025 06:44 AM (vFG9F)

143 From The Hodgetwins:

CEASEFIRE? IRAN LAUNCHES MISSILES ANYWAY — 4 DEAD IN ISRAEL
So much for “peace.”

Just hours after Tehran declared a ceasefire, Iran launched a fresh round of missile attacks on Israel, killing four innocent people.

F Iran. Glass their ass.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 24, 2025 06:45 AM (3xZyM)

144 12-Day War?

Has it really been going on that long, or short?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 24, 2025 06:45 AM (ZmEVT)

145 The Israelis bring a whole new meaning to the term "burner phone"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 24, 2025 06:46 AM (B1a/Q)

146 144 12-Day War?

Has it really been going on that long, or short?
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 24, 2025 06:45 AM (ZmEVT)

Battle of 12 Days would probably be more accurate.

The War has been going on for fifteen hundred years.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 24, 2025 06:46 AM (BjH5D)

147 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at June 24, 2025 06:47 AM (lIgBp)

148 139 The exact cutoff time is irrelevant. Once a ceasefire is declared, it's on. The "deadline" is to allow combatants in the field to disengage fairly and in orderly fashion. It's not a time for some beat-the-buzzer murder spree to see how many civilians you can take out before the clock hits zero.

The ceasefire was violated the moment they launched, deadline be damned.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 24, 2025 06:41 AM (BjH5D)

PDT's announcement of the ceasefire agreement allowed for ongoing operations. (Not, though, for post-ceasefire deadline operations.)

Posted by: m at June 24, 2025 06:47 AM (CQE5S)

149 reposting

"CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE! It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE (in approximately 6 hours from now, when Israel and Iran have wound down and completed their in progress, final missions!), for 12 hours, at which point the War will be considered, ENDED! Officially, Iran will start the CEASEFIRE and, upon the 12th Hour, Israel will start the CEASEFIRE and, upon the 24th Hour, an Official END to THE 12 DAY WAR will be saluted by the World. During each CEASEFIRE, the other side will remain PEACEFUL and RESPECTFUL. On the assumption that everything works as it should, which it will, I would like to congratulate both Countries, Israel and Iran, on having the Stamina, Courage, and Intelligence to end, what should be called, “THE 12 DAY WAR.” This is a War that could have gone on for years, and destroyed the entire Middle East, but it didn’t, and never will! God bless Israel, God bless Iran, God bless the Middle East, God bless the United States of America, and GOD BLESS THE WORLD!" - President Donald J. Trump

Posted by: m at June 24, 2025 06:47 AM (CQE5S)

150 One might think a simple solution to this well known problem would be to generally shift all operations ahead on a permanent basis by perhaps 35 to 45 minutes, to compensate for the latent tardiness. But I expect, this doesn’t work.
Posted by: Common Tater at June 24, 2025 06:20 AM (+/0+/)

My mom had a bright idea similar to this years ago.
She had a problem with always running late.
To solve that she decided to set all the clocks fifteen minutes ahead of the actual time.

It worked for a few weeks, until her brain caught up and reminded her that the clocks were wrong and eventually she began to tell herself. “I’ve still got fifteen minutes left” and she started cutting it closer and closer until she was right back where she started.

This idea lasted a few years and then it was back to the correct time on the clocks again.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 24, 2025 06:47 AM (6ydKt)

151 You would have better luck negotiating a cease fire with a fire ant hill.

Posted by: fd at June 24, 2025 06:49 AM (vFG9F)

152 >Ceasefire my eye!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey
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shocker, that the Regime can't be trusted.

Posted by: Don Black at June 24, 2025 06:49 AM (AOsQT)

153 *looks at watch and calendar*

I guess we’re going to have to call it the “13 Day War” now?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 24, 2025 06:49 AM (6ydKt)

154 Telegram for Mongo. Telegram for Mongo!
Posted by: rickb223 at June 24, 2025 06:40 AM (3xZyM)

I hate to be that guy but...

Candygram for Mongo.

https://youtu.be/lO9oT-PZqOU

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 24, 2025 06:50 AM (ExV1e)

155 Will no one rid us of these troublesome mullahs?!?!

Posted by: Famous Henry the Second Quotes at June 24, 2025 06:51 AM (B1a/Q)

156 I guess we’re going to have to call it the “13 Day War” now?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 24, 2025

***
The Latest Battle in the Forever War in the Muddle East

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 24, 2025 06:52 AM (omVj0)

157 "Iran will start the ceasefire".

so.... I guess they haven't yet.

And Israel will then get 12 hours of Free Time on the clock to blow up whatever the fuck they want, then, with impunity.

Is that the agreement? I'm sure it isn't. I'm also sure I don't give any fucks.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 24, 2025 06:52 AM (BjH5D)

158 Iran stuck to the CF timeline which was today at 12:01AM eastern US.

Some say Israel enters the CF timeline today at 12:01 PM eastern US.

Go scroll the ONT. It's hashed out and all there.

95f today which is typical June weather.

Posted by: 13times at June 24, 2025 06:52 AM (BanGW)

159 Going up to 102 today.

Might get hotter in Tehran.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 24, 2025 06:53 AM (a1415)

160 *taps microphone*
Does this thing work? Hello? Testing...testing....

Posted by: Communications line with Itan at June 24, 2025 06:54 AM (B1a/Q)

161 source of the text of the ceasefire agreement tweet:

https://nitter.net/statedept_nea

(Near Eastern Affairs)

Posted by: m at June 24, 2025 06:54 AM (CQE5S)

162 Will no one rid us of these troublesome mullahs?!?!
Posted by: Famous Henry the Second Quotes at June 24, 2025 06:51 AM (B1a/Q)

This is the problem with modern, surgical warfare.

We don't, generally, target leaders so they're in no personal danger.
We don't, deliberately, target civilians or civilian infrastructure so they suffer no hardship.

The way to get rid of the mullahs is to make the Iranian people choose to get rid of the mullahs by making their lives as miserable as necessary until they choose that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 24, 2025 06:54 AM (ExV1e)

163 Today is going to be day two of mowing the grass, it rained so much the last three weeks that the grass has grown to ludicrous heights.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 24, 2025 06:55 AM (XV/Pl)

164 160 *taps microphone*
Does this thing work? Hello? Testing...testing....
Posted by: Communications line with Itan at June 24, 2025 06:54 AM (B1a/Q)

One ringy-dingy, two ringy-dingies? Is this the number to whom I am speaking?

Posted by: Lily Tomlin in a burka at June 24, 2025 06:56 AM (PiwSw)

165 JJ will give us all the relevant facts

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 24, 2025 06:57 AM (B1a/Q)

166 42
Well done - comment of the week material.

Posted by: Ciampino - better garlic bulbs? at June 24, 2025 06:58 AM (sPQoU)

167 Going up to 102 today.

Might get hotter in Tehran.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 24, 2025 06:53 AM (a1415)

My Weather app still says 97 for the high.

I have no doubt the “Real Feel” will be well over 100 with the humidity - 89% currently.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 24, 2025 06:59 AM (6ydKt)

168 Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

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9m
ISRAEL. DO NOT DROP THOSE BOMBS. IF YOU DO IT IS A MAJOR VIOLATION. BRING YOUR PILOTS HOME, NOW! DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 24, 2025 06:59 AM (ExV1e)

169 Time I showered and shaved, I guess. Keep your fingers on the pulse of the world until I get back.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 24, 2025 07:00 AM (omVj0)

170 PDT is telling Israel NOT to respond and that both parties are in violation.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 24, 2025 07:00 AM (ZIggv)

171 @138

>> File this story in the "No shit?" file.

Every aspect of EVs is subsidized, the car, the infrastructure, the energy.

They literally make no f***ing sense.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 24, 2025 07:01 AM (XV/Pl)

172

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at June 24, 2025 07:01 AM (5hfjS)

173 168 Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

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9m
ISRAEL. DO NOT DROP THOSE BOMBS. IF YOU DO IT IS A MAJOR VIOLATION. BRING YOUR PILOTS HOME, NOW! DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 24, 2025 06:59 AM (ExV1e)

Don't they have 12 hours?

It sounded like the deal was they get 12 hours after the Iranians start the ceasefire to blow up whatever the fuck they like.

That's what it sounded like to me.

Are only missiles at civilians allowed during the countdown? No bombs? Seems arbitrary.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 24, 2025 07:02 AM (BjH5D)

174 Ah Pixy, thanks for the Pop Muzik. Never seen the video before. Memories, heh.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at June 24, 2025 07:03 AM (C4/Hz)

175 "My Weather app still says 97 for the high."

* Rubs eyes...has another cup of coffee*

* Re-reads weather report*

Oops...that's what I meant.

Back yard weather station hit 102.1 yesterday.
Most of the other online ones in the immediate area agreed within about a degree.
I sometimes think I am getting reflective heat from the less than ideal location of the outside station. But most of the online neighbors with the same unit all show that same unique micro-climate effect.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 24, 2025 07:03 AM (a1415)

176 170 PDT is telling Israel NOT to respond and that both parties are in violation.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 24, 2025 07:00 AM (ZIggv)

Link?

Posted by: m at June 24, 2025 07:05 AM (CQE5S)

177 "Relax, Donald. We're just going to bomb Pakistan now."

"WHAT?!?!?!??!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 24, 2025 07:06 AM (BjH5D)

178 Right now I have seven homes within a mile of us with online weather station reporting.

All of them are within a maximum of .9 degrees of difference with each other.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 24, 2025 07:07 AM (a1415)

179 m,Arutz Sheva.

Israel says it is trying to understand PDT'S last message

Clusterfuck status being achieved

Posted by: Ben Had at June 24, 2025 07:08 AM (ZIggv)

180 Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 24, 2025 07:02 AM (BjH5D)

I don't know. Fortunately, we can count on the diligent and entirely unbiased members of the western media to provide us a full explanation of the situation.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 24, 2025 07:09 AM (ExV1e)

181 >@realDonaldTrump

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ISRAEL. DO NOT DROP THOSE BOMBS. IF YOU DO....

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seriously, what the f*** is this
conducting foreign policy on X

Posted by: Don Black at June 24, 2025 07:09 AM (AOsQT)

182 I get it. Israel appears to have had just about enough of Americans telling them "just one more black eye and there will be Peace, trust me".

Israel will defend itself. America can either help nor not help as she sees fit.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 24, 2025 07:10 AM (BjH5D)

183 Link?
Posted by: m at June 24, 2025 07:05 AM (CQE5S)

https://tinyurl.com/3n5ca239+

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 24, 2025 07:10 AM (ExV1e)

184 It's not on xtwitter.

Posted by: 13times at June 24, 2025 07:10 AM (BanGW)

185 JJ is up.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 24, 2025 07:10 AM (NR6c1)

186 86
Acclimation. I'll see Brits bitching about some heatwave and how they're all going to die and when I convert it to F I find that it's about the temperature where I stop wearing a sweatshirt.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 24, 2025 06:02 AM (ExV1e)
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But when you go indoors, home or office, it's usually air-conditioned whereas the Brits rarely have that.

Posted by: Ciampino - better living through Physics at June 24, 2025 07:11 AM (sPQoU)

187 seriously, what the f*** is this
conducting foreign policy on X
Posted by: Don Black at June 24, 2025 07:09 AM (AOsQT)

It's an attempt to force everyone's hands. It's unorthodox, it's a little desperate. But it's not absurd.

I'd rather ugly gauche open source Twitter Diplomacy than everyone lie about everything and we find out twenty years later what really happened CNN Diplomacy.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 24, 2025 07:11 AM (BjH5D)

188 179 m,Arutz Sheva.

Israel says it is trying to understand PDT'S last message

Clusterfuck status being achieved
Posted by: Ben Had at June 24, 2025 07:08 AM (ZIggv)

Thank you!
https://nitter.net/arutzsheva_en

Posted by: m at June 24, 2025 07:11 AM (CQE5S)

189 Oops...that's what I meant.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 24, 2025 07:03 AM (a1415)

Ha, I was going to defer to whatever you have there.

Apple’s app is wrong, a lot.

Once it gets to the high 90s it doesn’t really matter.
Walk outside and it’s H O T.

No matter a few degrees here or there, come afternoon it’s siesta time.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 24, 2025 07:12 AM (6ydKt)

190
Yashar Ali 🐘
@yashar
13s
NEW

An angry President Trump on Israel and the Islamic Republic of Iran:

“You have two countries that have been fighting for so long and so hard that they don’t know what the f*ck they’re doing.”

yikes

Posted by: m at June 24, 2025 07:14 AM (CQE5S)

191 But when you go indoors, home or office, it's usually air-conditioned whereas the Brits rarely have that.
Posted by: Ciampino - better living through Physics at June 24, 2025 07:11 AM (sPQoU)

From experience here, into the mid 80s isn’t terrible as long as you have a fan and can open some windows if needed.

But once you get past 90 it’s miserable inside without AC, especially if the humidity matches the temps.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 24, 2025 07:16 AM (6ydKt)

192 60 >>> Next they'll be saying I can't have tea parties with my stuffed animals.

That's why I keep the curtains closed.
Posted by: fluffy at June 24, 2025 05:45 AM

And wash your hands afterwards.

Posted by: Always good advice at June 24, 2025 07:18 AM (lIgBp)

193 Newsmax: Ukraine Seeks .25 Percent of Allies' GDP for Weapons Production.

Which they want to sell. Daddy needs a new Ferrari.

https://is.gd/g8TaOh

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 24, 2025 07:56 AM (NXz8h)

194 How many PhDs does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

Posted by: m at June 24, 2025 04:57 AM (CQE5S)

1. They hold the bulb, and the world revolves around them.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 24, 2025 10:52 AM (GR0E1)

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