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Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - April 21, 2026 [Doof]
When ya gotta go... Built-In Car Toilet: The Future of Comfort on The Road?
Long road trips can be uncomfortable, especially when there’s no easy place to stop for a bathroom break. To solve this problem, Chinese engineers are developing a car toilet that can be built directly into electric vehicles. Seres, a company focused on high-end electric cars and smart technology, has received a patent for an in-vehicle toilet system. This car toilet is designed to slide out from under a passenger seat, making it easy to use during long drives, camping trips, or when staying inside the vehicle for extended periods. The system is designed for convenience. Drivers or passengers can activate the car toilet either by pressing a button or using voice commands. When not in use, it stays hidden under the seat, saving space and keeping the interior neat. To manage odor, the toilet includes a ventilation system with a fan and exhaust pipe that pushes smells outside the vehicle. Waste is stored in a tank that needs to be emptied manually. There is also a heating element that helps evaporate liquid waste and dry solid waste, improving cleanliness and reducing odor.You know who might not like this idea?
A day after San Francisco’s Alcatraz Island closed to visitors for a week of repairs at its ferry dock, National Park Service spokesperson Joshua Winchell provided more details regarding what led up to the shutdown — and why another closure is on the horizon. The island was briefly closed on Jan. 14 so staff could inspect the pilings that secure the dock on the island. “Results from this inspection confirmed the need for repair,” he said in an email. “Additional improvements to the dock and pilings are anticipated later this year, which will necessitate another temporary closure of the island.” Alcatraz City Cruises makes more than 3,200 ferry trips to the island annually, according to Winchell, transporting 1.5 million visitors per year.Any of you ever been to "The Rock"? Please share your experience! ----- There was a discussion on a daytime thread last week about new music. Several Hordelings were of the opinion that there is no new rock music being made. I disagree with that. There is plenty of new rock (and other genres, too), we just don't get exposed to new music the way we used to. Here's an interesting article on the subject. It is from an Australian perspective, but its points apply globally, I would say. Streaming platforms give us access to new music, so why are fewer people listening to it?
In 2017, music streaming platforms, led by Spotify, became the dominant form of recorded music distribution in Australia. The shift from a purchase-based (CDs, vinyl and downloads) to an access-based (streaming) economy represented a fundamental change in the music business. Streaming platforms, with close to unlimited repertoire, enable and encourage passive listening via playlists and algorithmic recommendation. The result is that catalogue music has become the mainstay of the recorded music industry.The algorithmic recommendations mentioned above are where users have the power / choice as to what to be fed. If you allow the algorithm to feed you tracks related or similar to those on your playlist, you have a better chance of hearing something new (or at least new to you). What are your thoughts, fellow music lovers? ----- Speaking of music. This is another interesting topic, I think. Comparison of $4,000 boutique audio cable to $7 Amazon Basics cable shows audiophiles waste a lot of money — scientific audio equipment analysis with analyzer shows no difference in quality
Should you splash out on those upgraded audio cables to take your music listening pleasure up a notch? Probably not - affordable Amazon Basics RCA cables are more than good enough - confirms audio TechTuber Amir from Audio Science Review. This won’t be a surprise to regular readers. However, it is interesting to see Amir’s $7 vs $4,000 cable analysis using scientific audio equipment – as well as drawing from his personal music listening experience.Check out the whole thing. Very thorough analysis and comparisons. ----- Couldn't agree with this more! The influencer culture is asshoe.
Let’s find whoever started all that crap and LOCK THEIR ASSES UP.
— Kentucky Girl (@Notwokenow) April 21, 2026
Not even exaggerating.
Lock ‘em up. pic.twitter.com/sY4ouhL7iG
----- Very kewl to see an old baseball glove restored
This dude restored a glove and it might be the best thing I’ve ever seen. Especially when it was being re-laced. If you have a couple minutes to spare, I highly recommend watching this video. pic.twitter.com/jw0XqKch8w
— BaseballHistoryNut (@nut_history) April 20, 2026
----- Smoooooooooth. REAL smooooooth!
These are some pretty smooth moves.😲 pic.twitter.com/d8Zd0n8W4Q
— Linda (@LndamyDark) April 20, 2026
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: nurse ratched at April 21, 2026 10:01 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2026 10:01 PM (YvvFZ)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 21, 2026 10:01 PM (A9n1A)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:01 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Tonypete at April 21, 2026 10:02 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 21, 2026 10:02 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 21, 2026 10:02 PM (A9n1A)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 21, 2026 10:03 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 10:04 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Doof at April 21, 2026 10:04 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:05 PM (+2QQb)
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 10:04 PM (77rzZ)
You noticed that, too?
Posted by: Doof at April 21, 2026 10:05 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Perry the Platapus at April 21, 2026 10:06 PM (+0Wk3)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 21, 2026 10:06 PM (t2oSI)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 21, 2026 10:06 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: tankdemon at April 21, 2026 10:07 PM (PjoYe)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:05 PM (+2QQb)
See any likelies today?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:08 PM (1Ff7Z)
Great ONT! Thanks.
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 21, 2026 10:08 PM (7D3Aa)
Posted by: TRex - smooth dino at April 21, 2026 10:08 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 10:08 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Joemarine at April 21, 2026 10:08 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Kindltot at April 21, 2026
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Salina is a small city, and I like city amenities without too many people and cars. Plus Salty and NotSoThoreau have been talking the state up for a while and urging me to visit.
Why not? I hate Da Swamp and the humidity-drenched regions around it. When I got to Pine Bluff, AR, on Friday evening, I was exhausted, damp, and wrung out. When I arrived at Fort Scott, KS, on Saturday, I was tired but not wasted. And the same on Sunday at Salina -- though that was the short leg of the trip.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:09 PM (+2QQb)
Posted by: Perry the Platapus at April 21, 2026 10:06 PM (+0Wk3)
Despite your misspelling of "platypus" - you've reminded me of something I've been meaning to add to an ONT for many months but keep forgetting. Perhaps Thursday. We'll see.
Posted by: Doof at April 21, 2026 10:09 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: RandomDave at April 21, 2026 10:09 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:09 PM (1Ff7Z)
And the GOPe leadership is thrilled they’ll be able to don their gimp suits again in two years when they hand control back to their masters.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 21, 2026 10:09 PM (aQZli)
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 21, 2026 10:10 PM (7D3Aa)
Pretty work though.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 21, 2026 10:10 PM (YBtcQ)
Posted by: tankdemon at April 21, 2026 10:11 PM (PjoYe)
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 10:11 PM (77rzZ)
I remember days when my guy friends would use a pop bottle to pee on a road trip. Funniest thing when the pressure built up...hahahaha.....🤪
Us girls....honey, you might want to pull over...I'll just hang my butt out the door...or...
Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 21, 2026 10:11 PM (A9n1A)
Well, no "scientific equipment analysis" can listen with the emotional accuracy of the human audiophile ear!
Hidy ho, Hordies. Top 20 maybe? I would have been here sooner but I wasn't. Son's birthday today, so we went out to dinner. Mexican, since you asked. *brrp*
Posted by: mindful webworker - not a cafe -- a zoo at April 21, 2026 10:11 PM (iMJMF)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 21, 2026 10:12 PM (O7YUW)
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 21, 2026 10:12 PM (7D3Aa)
Stupid Stupid Stupid!
Hope I don't end up in the barrel or banneded.
325 I been to The Rock. Twice-t. It was cold and damp and a little sad to wander thru just another old, abandoned building. Smelled musty. I don't recall seeing anything interesting. Nice little boat ride to and from.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 21, 2026 10:10 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 21, 2026 10:13 PM (QGaXH)
Great ONT! Thanks.
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 21, 2026 10:08 PM (7D3Aa)
You may pick your nit
however you see fit
but expect no love
when I see a glove
and you say it's a mitt
Posted by: Doof at April 21, 2026 10:13 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: COMountainMarie
I knew the lovely Mrs. was 'The Old' when dating very early on during a road trip, she insisted I pull over so she could visit the cornfield.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 21, 2026 10:13 PM (cYBz/)
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He charged me $50 for an autograph at ComiCon.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 21, 2026 10:13 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:05 PM (+2QQb)
See any likelies today?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026
***
Well, there was one cute girl who got off the elevator in my hotel this morning . . . but she was guarded by a Doberman.
Oh, you mean houses? Yes, one, a blue-and-white bungalow with a white picket fence (really!) and a two-car garage, plus a partially finished basement that almost doubles the usable space. The floors are hardwood or have been resurfaced with laminate, the garage has a door opener, and there is even a little windowed pantry space off the kitchen that I know the cats would love. Main bedroom and bath downstairs, two smaller bedrooms or offices upstairs. It faces east on a N-S street, too.
A little high on the price scale for me, but my realtor lady thinks I could offer $10K under and see what happens.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:13 PM (+2QQb)
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 10:13 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 21, 2026 10:13 PM (sAmhv)
A buddy of mine always takes a Gatorade bottle because it has a wide mouth. I hope he stops and pulls over to use it but I've never asked.
Posted by: Oddbob at April 21, 2026 10:14 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Tonypete at April 21, 2026 10:14 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: mindful webworker - not a cafe -- a zoo at April 21, 2026 10:11 PM (iMJMF)
I hope to took the Chinese car here.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:14 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: TRex - smooth dino at April 21, 2026 10:08 PM (cCn4/)
*short arm fist bump*
Posted by: Doof at April 21, 2026 10:14 PM (QMAsf)
Apparently there was no real difference found with that either, though that might have been due to the fittings.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 21, 2026 10:15 PM (rbvCR)
Aww, that's nothing. I managed to get out of the car and into the house tonight and barely relied on my cane!
Posted by: mindful webworker - on solid pavement! at April 21, 2026 10:15 PM (iMJMF)
And the GOPe leadership is thrilled they’ll be able to don their gimp suits again in two years when they hand control back to their masters.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 21, 2026 10:09 PM (aQZli)
"The Left means to win"
One correction to that.
The Left means to KILL.
You win by killing your enemies.
Posted by: XTC at April 21, 2026 10:15 PM (6Uni8)
Posted by: Piper at April 21, 2026 10:16 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 21, 2026 10:16 PM (vrNzf)
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 10:04 PM (77rzZ)
Why is she wasting her time watching other people emote about things everyone sees already?
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 10:16 PM (DwqWV)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 21, 2026 10:16 PM (A9n1A)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 21, 2026 10:17 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: mindful webworker - not even sockpuppets at April 21, 2026 10:17 PM (iMJMF)
Posted by: mindful webworker - on solid pavement! at April 21, 2026 10:15 PM (iMJMF)
I used to consider it a win if I got out of the car, didn't slip on the ice and end up under the car looking up.
Or got in the car, same dealio.
Of course, now I have a garage. Times change.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 10:17 PM (DwqWV)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at April 21, 2026 10:17 PM (gpQ8/)
35,000 absentee ballots in Fairfax just in time sealed it
Posted by: Don Black at April 21, 2026 10:17 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 21, 2026 10:18 PM (7D3Aa)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 21, 2026 10:01 PM (A5RD0)
Yeet yaself, ya fucking ray of sunshine!
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 10:18 PM (DwqWV)
In 1957 at the age of 43, he swam across the Golden Gate channel while towing a 2500-pound cabin cruiser.
Bitch
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2026 10:19 PM (YvvFZ)
Apparently there was no real difference found with that either, though that might have been due to the fittings.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 21, 2026 10:15 PM (rbvCR)
There is one Hell of a lot of woo associated with audio cables, both for home and car audio.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 21, 2026 10:19 PM (utfVc)
Yep. Delightful accent. had no idea Kentuckians sounded like that!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 21, 2026 10:13 PM (sAmhv)
The girl in the vid isn't Kentucky Girl.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:19 PM (1Ff7Z)
That glove restore was cool. Looked relaxing.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 21, 2026 10:19 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 21, 2026 10:19 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 21, 2026 10:19 PM (7D3Aa)
A buddy of mine always takes a Gatorade bottle because it has a wide mouth. I hope he stops and pulls over to use it but I've never asked.
Posted by: Oddbob at April 21, 2026
***
I wondered about facilities when I set out on my Indiana trip last year. I needn't have worried. There are 24-hour Love's Travel Stops on every Interstate.
Of course if you are heading out to remote West Texas, or U.S. 50 farther out west, the problem may recur.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:20 PM (+2QQb)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 10:20 PM (RIvkX)
__________________________
I'm going to have to stop you right there. It's my understanding that duplicate patents are null and void.
Sincerely,
You Friendly Neighborhood Big Gulp Cup
Posted by: Orson at April 21, 2026 10:20 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:13 PM (+2QQb)
How long has it been on the market? Can you even consider doing that without discussing it with....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:20 PM (1Ff7Z)
Yep. Delightful accent. had no idea Kentuckians sounded like that!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 21, 2026 10:13 PM (sAmhv)
The girl in the vid isn't Kentucky Girl.
Posted by: OrangeEnt
LoL! I know. Forgot the /s tag.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 21, 2026 10:21 PM (sAmhv)
They accuse both states of anti-Tutsi violence and say the U.S. isn’t doing enough to help.
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OMG! Where will we get our Tutsi Rolls?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 21, 2026 10:21 PM (ndZc7)
A little high on the price scale for me, but my realtor lady thinks I could offer $10K under and see what happens.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
It sounds adorable!
Posted by: Piper at April 21, 2026 10:21 PM (p4NUW)
Apparently there was no real difference found with that either, though that might have been due to the fittings.
Posted by: Kindltot
The old standard, going back to at least the Usenet days, is "megabuck cables vs. a wire coat hanger."
Nobody could tell the difference there, either.
Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 10:21 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Joemarine at April 21, 2026 10:08 PM (y171U)
Goood. Pack it full of dems and shell the fucking place.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 21, 2026 10:22 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026
***
About two weeks, which is longer than average in the Salina market. As for Miss Linda, I wrote her about it this p.m. No reply.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:23 PM (+2QQb)
They accuse both states of anti-Tutsi violence and say the U.S. isn’t doing enough to help.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
Well, we better get on that, tutsuite!
Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 10:23 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 21, 2026 10:24 PM (+9wcF)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 21, 2026 10:24 PM (A9n1A)
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 10:24 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: GigantorX at April 21, 2026 10:24 PM (I5fLw)
Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 10:25 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: mindful webworker - the Old What? at April 21, 2026 10:25 PM (iMJMF)
Posted by: Berserker
About the only way that would work is if there was a ground shield that only attached at one end. Then putting it on the amp end might help in a really electrically noisy environment?
Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 10:25 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 10:25 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 21, 2026 10:21 PM (sAmhv)
Others seemed to think it was her. I thought, wait a minute, the posters photo isn't the same as the girl talking.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:26 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
*
It sounds adorable!
Posted by: Piper at April 21, 2026
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Cuter than that. It's medium blue with white trim, it has a little astroturfed front yard with two garden patches trimmed with bricks, and while there are no porches, there is space out back to make a kind of patio.
The odd thing: The big refrigerator is in the dining room just outside the kitchen. There's an alcove for a fridge in the kitchen proper -- but this big thing just won't go through the archway. Realtor lady said I could have it moved to the garage, buy a new smaller one, and sell the old for more money than the new one.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:27 PM (+2QQb)
Posted by: mindful webworker - 2 and 5 so close together on the keypad at April 21, 2026 10:27 PM (iMJMF)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
It sounds adorable!
Posted by: Piper at April 21, 2026 10:21 PM (p4NUW)
If he gives us the address, we can all check Zillow and give him our opinions.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:27 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
This is none of my business, so please feel free to give it the attention it deserves…but pick up the phone. Tell her what you loved. Tell her you can just picture her in the kitchen, or planting flowers. Send her the listing to look at the pictures with a you are going to be so cute right here arrow by text while you are on the phone.
Posted by: Piper at April 21, 2026 10:28 PM (p4NUW)
Apparently there was no real difference found with that either, though that might have been due to the fittings.
Posted by: Kindltot
The old standard, going back to at least the Usenet days, is "megabuck cables vs. a wire coat hanger."
Nobody could tell the difference there, either.
Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 10:21 PM (VHUov)
I get good cables for the guitar and amp speaker cabinets because they take a beating. The better cables are thicker, have better ends on them, and they last way longer compared to cheaper stuff. I don't do it for sound though. At home I'll use the cheap shit because they don't get hammered, but I have all good ones in the road cases for when it counts.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 21, 2026 10:28 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 21, 2026 10:28 PM (aQZli)
Be careful Doof. A TRex could be lurking🦖....
Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 21, 2026 10:24 PM (A9n1A)
*lurks behind a potted plant*
Posted by: Perry the Platapus at April 21, 2026 10:29 PM (+0Wk3)
Twice. Once as a kid, once as an adult. First time they had a tour guide who actually told us interesting facts about the place and some of the more famous (or infamous, if you prefer) inmates and answered questions. Second time you could rent a headset.
One the first tour the guide told us a story about when they would let you "feel" how it was to be an inmate by letting people go into the cells and closing the cell doors. Then the mechanism had a failure and a group got stuck in the cells for a few hours. They don't do that any more.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 21, 2026 10:29 PM (+9wcF)
Posted by: Iris at April 21, 2026 10:29 PM (bOJ2I)
Posted by: Joemarine at April 21, 2026 10:08 PM (y171U)
Goood. Pack it full of dems and shell the fucking place.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 21, 2026 10:22 PM (snZF9)
Useful test for new Iowa class main battery shells and powder charges.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 21, 2026 10:30 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: mindful webworker - 32, 44, whatever it takes at April 21, 2026 10:30 PM (iMJMF)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 21, 2026 10:30 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Perry the Platapus at April 21, 2026 10:29 PM
***
*already lurking behind a potted plant and wondering why it got so crowded all of a sudden*
Posted by: TRex - "how YOU doin?" dino at April 21, 2026 10:31 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:27
Oh I bet that would be very helpful! He should do that. Lol.
Posted by: Piper at April 21, 2026 10:32 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
But then if he buys it, he's pre-doxxed himself.
Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 10:32 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
But then if he buys it, he's pre-doxxed himself.
Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 10
How else are we going to show up with the house warming potted plant?
Posted by: Piper at April 21, 2026 10:33 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 10:25 PM (VHUov)
Well the cables I have that are actually marked from the factory are shielded as all guitar cables are, but they are grounded at both ends, as guitar guitar cables usually are. Thats the weird thing, no physical difference at either end.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 21, 2026 10:33 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Perry the Platapus at April 21, 2026 10:35 PM (+0Wk3)
Her Majesty and The Big Dummy made it to their intermediate stop, the RV site at the Winstar Casino just over the TX-OK border. It's a favorite stop when heading north and only $35 a night with full hookups.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 21, 2026 10:35 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 21, 2026 10:29 PM (+9wcF)
They still do that at the old prison in St. Augustine or at least did when I was on a tour a few years ago.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 21, 2026 10:36 PM (aQZli)
I don't think it's sunk in yet how big that second is. Under the Biden administration, the SPLC was both government funded and a partner of the DOJ.
They would point out the target and the DOJ would go after them.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 10:36 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Berserker
Then it's a quantum thing, where they make the cables out of metal where all the electrons have the same spin, so they..... nah, I can't even make that BS work.
Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 10:36 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 21, 2026 10:37 PM (S/Y4j)
Oh yeah honey. That has to be racist/transphobic/homophobic/sexist/islamaphobic/zionist/
etc.ect...
Probably white supremist too....or something....
(I understand you all get the very much sarcasm😛
Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 21, 2026 10:37 PM (A9n1A)
Posted by: Piper at April 21, 2026 10:28 PM (p4NUW)
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Great idea and right timing.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 10:37 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Piper
True!
* packages up a potted plant *
* wonders why there were a half-dozen Morons behind it *
Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 10:39 PM (VHUov)
I lived in San Francisco for several years and went to Alcatraz quite a few times. It's best to go around May when the flowers are in bloom and the baby seagulls have hatched. They’re adorable. The audioguide of the prison is a must. It's very well done and there are sound clips of former prisoners that are quite haunting. Plus, the ferry ride over offers exquisite views of the city. I highly recommend it!
Posted by: Moonbeam at April 21, 2026 10:39 PM (rbKZ6)
I may not get recent tracks / artists, but I do get fed suggestions of artists from the past that I didn't listen to because ... "reasons".
So I'm filling in holes in my catalogue from the heyday of CMTV.
I should be smacked for passing on Hal Ketchum, Dwight Yokhum, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Kathy Mattea, Suzy Boggus ... and so many more
Posted by: browndog on replay at April 21, 2026 10:39 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: Piper at April 21, 2026 1
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Piper, I did send her the link with pics galore. I can call her tomorrow. I've *been* telling her about all the things we can do, separately or together, once we have a place of our own -- trying to stress the excitement. Response? Generally silence, or "I don't know."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:39 PM (+2QQb)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 21, 2026 10:40 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 10:36 PM (VHUov)
Right, I heard a lot of weird shit. From the strand orientation of the shield, to how the copper wire is extruded or drawn, to frigging alien influence, etc.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 21, 2026 10:40 PM (snZF9)
Because appeals have been filed, he is stuck in a detention center until his case is heard again by a three-judge panel in five to seven months.
Which means he is in a cell with no A/C and five other roommates.
Johnny will be sleeping next to the shithole in the floor, at least initially as the new guy.
He will only be allowed out of the cell for 30 minutes a day.
There will no talking, only passing letters allowed.
One hot shower a week and there are fights over the hot water.
His food will consist of bad rice and soup unless it's a holiday and then gets white rice.
Only way for him to buy stuff from the commissary is to speak fluent Korean or find someone to buy for him.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 10:41 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: TRex - "how YOU doin?" dino at April 21, 2026 10:31 PM (cCn4/)
Back off!
Posted by: Harvey Weinstein at April 21, 2026 10:41 PM (1Ff7Z)
Wouldn't you have to drive with your pants off? I mean that's ok for the Horde, but some police officers get all cranky about that shit.
Posted by: GWB at April 21, 2026 10:41 PM (mdaV5)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:27 PM (1Ff7Z)
One thing I spend too much time on is researching photos online of places in non-fiction books, especially memoirs.
If they're mid-century or less, addresses are available in the Census and the sites may still be standing.
Sometimes the picture in your head is better than the reality, though.
Mr. S sometimes regrets teaching me how to use Ancestry.
Posted by: sal at April 21, 2026 10:41 PM (f+FmA)
Posted by: mindful webworker - served 5 to life for stealing a candy bar at April 21, 2026 10:42 PM (iMJMF)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 21, 2026
***
I heard it as
"Hutu, Tutsi, goodbye,
Hutu, Tutsi, don't cry . . ."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:42 PM (+2QQb)
Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 10:32 PM (VHUov)
He can buy the fake glasses and mustache. No one will ever know!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:42 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 21, 2026 10:43 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 10:43 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: TRex - "how YOU doin?" dino at April 21, 2026 10:31 PM (cCn4/)
So the Saturday ONT will be filled with potted plants, so the lurkers have more cover to post comfortably? Nice idea!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 21, 2026 10:44 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
>Folks pay for autographs? I've never heard of such a thing.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 21, 2026 10:44 PM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: Pete Rose maybe at April 21, 2026 10:45 PM (7D3Aa)
William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy in 2010 was $75 each.
It used to be the cons covered the guests' expenses and such so autographs were free. But now they charge for autographs to fleece the con-goers for even more money.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 10:47 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 21, 2026 10:44 PM (Fbc0I)
Lots of old tv and movie stars do when they go to conventions. It's a way for those who were somebody before the big money to stay afloat financially.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:48 PM (1Ff7Z)
One important factor is you have a constant strong breeze with all of that. So the temp and humidity won’t seem anywhere as bad as some places. But there will be a few weeks of oppressive heat.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 21, 2026 10:48 PM (aQZli)
Posted by: First time poster longtime lurker at April 21, 2026 10:49 PM (20WTV)
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 21, 2026 10:49 PM (Fmj+u)
Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 10:49 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 10:50 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 21, 2026 10:50 PM (A5RD0)
Yeah. Because any old TREX can just hide out anywhere....🤪
Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 21, 2026 10:50 PM (A9n1A)
Posted by: First time poster longtime lurker at April 21, 2026 10:49 PM (20WTV)
I can run the country or I can control Alice. I cannot do both.
Posted by: TR at April 21, 2026 10:50 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
It sounds adorable!
Posted by: Piper at April 21, 2026 10:21 PM (p4NUW)
If he gives us the address, we can all check Zillow and give him our opinions.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:27 PM (1Ff7Z)
. . . and surprise him by all dropping by a week after he moves in! Kansas MoMeet at Wolfus' new place !
Posted by: a.moron at April 21, 2026 10:51 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 21, 2026 10:51 PM (aQZli)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026
***
About two weeks, which is longer than average in the Salina market. As for Miss Linda, I wrote her about it this p.m. No reply.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:23 PM (+2QQb)
Don't they have tornados in Kansas? I seem to remember a documentary about a girl named Dorothy....and her little dog, too!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 21, 2026 10:51 PM (QGaXH)
Make sure you have the house inspected.
Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 10:49 PM (3ek7K)
Just make sure it's not Mike Holmes.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:51 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 21, 2026 10:52 PM (A9n1A)
For an autograph or the temperature?
You oughta come to OK in the summer. Sometimes 75 is the low for the day!
Did I mention tornados?
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 21, 2026 10:52 PM (7D3Aa)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 21, 2026 10:50 PM (A5RD0)
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Heh you sound like my wife and kids they start showing symptoms of heat exhaustion.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 10:52 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:39 PM (+2QQb)
I hate to mention it, but perhaps Miss Linda likes the arrangement you guys have right now - separate residences, right? Sometimes women don't like to move once they are established someplace.
I could be wrong....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 21, 2026 10:52 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Tonypete
Glad you clarified that. I was wondering…!
Posted by: mindful webworker - the Old What? at April 21, 2026 10:25 PM (iMJMF)
Given enough time, doesn't The One become The Old?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 21, 2026 10:53 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: a.moron at April 21, 2026 10:51 PM (X5Jzz)
Right. Don't want to be there if there's still unpacking to do.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:53 PM (1Ff7Z)
https://tinyurl.com/b4zj2cbn
Posted by: Perry the Platapus at April 21, 2026 10:35 PM (+0Wk3)
Looks like you nailed it !
Posted by: a.moron at April 21, 2026 10:53 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 10:54 PM (RIvkX)
One important factor is you have a constant strong breeze with all of that. So the temp and humidity won’t seem anywhere as bad as some places. But there will be a few weeks of oppressive heat.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 21, 2026
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Which is why I want a house that will be easy to air-condition. And a "few weeks" of oppressive heat sounds like a dream after a climate with *ten months* of oppressive heat, and warm humid days possible in the other two.
The 82 F. today felt so dry by comparison to Da Swamp that it was more like 72. My hands were dry and not feeling dipped in glue. People have said it was one of those perfect days they get every year -- but then they don't know what I'm fleeing.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:54 PM (+2QQb)
I could be wrong....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 21, 2026
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That's probably a big part of it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:55 PM (+2QQb)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 10:56 PM (2GVsD)
https://tinyurl.com/b4zj2cbn
Posted by: Perry the Platapus at April 21, 2026 10:35 PM (+0Wk3)
I even see the big-assed fridge in the dining room that won't fit through the doorway to the kitchen in one of the pictures !
Posted by: a.moron at April 21, 2026 10:56 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:55 PM (+2QQb)
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She can always get her own place.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 10:56 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:57 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 10:59 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 21, 2026 10:53 PM (QGaXH)
Well, yeah. But you're both each other's "The Old".
Posted by: sal at April 21, 2026 10:59 PM (f+FmA)
Did I mention tornados?
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 21, 2026
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The lows in Da Swamp in July and August, and September and June, and many other months, can be close to 80, with a heat index of 90 -- *before* the sun comes up.
As for tornadoes, various people here have told me that they seem to veer to one side of Salina or the other; that the town has rarely been hit direclty.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:59 PM (+2QQb)
Districts are any different than counties.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 21, 2026 10:59 PM (JButp)
Now for your politics lesson: Despite what you may read or hear in the MSM, Kansas is not a "deep red" state. GOPes and a good share of leftwing Dems generally refer to themselves as "Bob Dole conservatives." Demoncrats have held the governorship for 16 of the last 24 years.
Posted by: Stacey Abrams, Topless at April 21, 2026 10:59 PM (gf7Ez)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 21, 2026 11:00 PM (utfVc)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 21, 2026 11:01 PM (Fbc0I)
Because the US House limited the seats in the House in 1913, each district's population grows.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 11:01 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 21, 2026
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I didn't consider it especially. If this doesn't work out, well, who knows.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 11:02 PM (+2QQb)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 11:02 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: First time poster longtime lurker at April 21, 2026 10:49 PM (20WTV)
My favorite story about Alice Roosevelt Longfellow is that she used to throw the most exclusive parties at her house in DC. She had an embroidered pillow on one of her sofas that had a quote sewn into it. "If you don't have anything nice to say about someone, come sit next to me."
Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 21, 2026 11:04 PM (U9juq)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 21, 2026 11:00 PM (utfVc)
Another suggestion is south-east Oklahoma, basically south of I-40 and east of US-69. Somewhat hilly and green, maybe a little warm and humid for your taste, however.
Posted by: a.moron at April 21, 2026 11:04 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 11:04 PM (RIvkX)
160 I don’t understand why congressional
Districts are any different than counties.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 21, 2026 10:59 PM (JButp)
I think that is a great idea!!! Texas of course has 254 counties.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 21, 2026 11:04 PM (Fmj+u)
Thanks for all the comments!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 11:04 PM (+2QQb)
Piper, I did send her the link with pics galore. I can call her tomorrow. I've *been* telling her about all the things we can do, separately or together, once we have a place of our own -- trying to stress the excitement. Response? Generally silence, or "I don't know."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
I hope it works out how you would like it - and I hope she tells you what she needs.
But remember I never even got to see this house - a supposed scouting trip turned into “I put an offer in, oh hey! It was accepted. Hope you like it!” And it wasn’t even our first house. I have also been engaged for 3 years now. So maybe don’t listen to me for relationship advice. 🤣
Posted by: Piper at April 21, 2026 11:05 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Batted Left/Threw Right at April 21, 2026 11:05 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 11:05 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: scampydog at April 21, 2026 11:07 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 21, 2026 10:51 PM (aQZli)
I thought that range was oddly specific.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 21, 2026 11:09 PM (QGaXH)
Giant hugs darlin'💕
Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 21, 2026 10:52 PM (A9n1A)
Awww! Back to you! But they are good night hugs. Everyone is settled, so it’s bedtime. J is still in India so we have the whole bed to ourselves, me, the doge and the 2 cats.
Posted by: Piper at April 21, 2026 11:09 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 21, 2026 11:04 PM (U9juq)
Sounds like something Dorothy Parker would say.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 11:10 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Mel's Rockpile at April 21, 2026 11:11 PM (oftw2)
Think NV has long wildly over-represented Ds, based on total House state-wide votes. Probably other states as well.
Don't the TX and prospective FL redistrictings still leave Ds over-represented?
With unaccountable courts substantially running/ruining the country by ignoring the constitution and building a ridiculous edifice of court-made law, federal institutions under Dem prezes mere weapons against the public and their pathetic political "opponents", nothing resembling an actual press, and rampant official lawlessness at state and municipal level (with enormous costs and body counts) - just to what degree is the US actually a constitutional republic with representative govt. and rule of law?
Rhetorical question.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 21, 2026 11:11 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Brewingfrog at April 21, 2026 11:12 PM (9PxHJ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 11:02 PM (2GVsD)
I don't think Nimmers will be signing any more autographs. He's gone to the Great Holodeck in the sky, has he not?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 21, 2026 11:14 PM (utfVc)
https://tinyurl.com/b4zj2cbn
Posted by: Perry the Platapus at April 21, 2026 10:35 PM (+0Wk3)
I even see the big-assed fridge in the dining room that won't fit through the doorway to the kitchen in one of the pictures !
Posted by: a.moron at April 21, 2026 10:56 PM (X5Jzz)
Nice work!
2200 sq feet for 159 K??
My Gawd! The loft in my garage costs more than that!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 21, 2026 11:14 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Rocco In Cell Block D at April 21, 2026 11:15 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 11:15 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Kindltot at April 21, 2026 11:16 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: 496 at April 21, 2026 11:16 PM (tXY4l)
Posted by: torabora at April 21, 2026 11:17 PM (Pl1+s)
Posted by: Mel's Rockpile
It's a pretty good album overall.
Prog rock algebra:
YES - S = ABWH
Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 11:18 PM (VHUov)
Good night best Horde!
"We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.” ― William Shakespeare
Good night loves.❣
Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 21, 2026 11:18 PM (A9n1A)
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Compared to what?
Germany in 1933?
Indonesia in 1965?
Chile in 1973?
Spain in 1975?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 11:21 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: torabora at April 21, 2026 11:21 PM (Pl1+s)
It was very nice visiting for a short while.
I hope we didn't actually dox Wolfus' new address. He's probably safe anyway - but I'd be wary of the street name. Could be a bad omen.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 21, 2026 11:22 PM (QGaXH)
Eev-ning, all.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 21, 2026 11:22 PM (n7rxJ)
It is a mobile home with expansions and standalone Home Depot mini barn on 1.5 acres with a lake view, opposite shoreline you can see the trailer park.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 11:24 PM (2GVsD)
Save your business for the next charge as you will sitting there for hours anyway.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 21, 2026 11:25 PM (/lPRQ)
Or compared to those qualities, as we understand them, that I listed? All lofty principles and goals are aspirational. I'm not nit-picking imperfection. Not remotely.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 21, 2026 11:25 PM (U/Byj)
Man, I'm really getting in astro-space geek mode. I just watched, with some excitement, NASA's presser today on the new Nancy Grace Roman space telescope. Isaacman was there, and he was happy to tout it came under under budget and ahead of schedule. Let's hope he gets that ethic burned in some hides in NASA.
The thing is fully racked, stacked, and packed ready to be mounted on the launch rocket (Falcon 9 Heavy) to launch it to L2 sometime in Sept.
This thing is going to blow away all the previous ones, as impressive as they've been. It will survey and map in one year what would take 2000 years with Hubble, for instance. It will produce over 1TB of data every day, and will have amassed 20 PB of data after 5 years.
And it will discover tens of thousands of new exoplanets. As of now, there are about 6000 confirmed exoplanets. They expect this thing will raise that to 100,000 when it's done all it can.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 21, 2026 11:26 PM (w6EFb)
Off-world colonies with your Nexus-6 companion.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 11:28 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 21, 2026 10:50 PM (A5RD0)
At Puget Sound's humidity you are absolutely correct.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 21, 2026 11:31 PM (rbvCR)
Friend who's a world-class ocean swimmer used to have business trips up there, with one client they would *go for a swim in the Bay* instead of lunch. !!!! He also used to do the swim where they start (I think) from the Marina, swim out and around Alcatraz, and back. There's a current on the back (north) side that's like 2-3 knots or something, so it takes a while just to swim that portion.
He also won, or placed, in the swim where they drop the contestants out beyond the south pier of the Golden Gate - the finish line is the Bay Bridge. !!!!!! He laughingly described how the "newbies" would seek the warmer water - which was actually the outbound current. Vets knew to find the coldest water on the swim in - in-bound current. Tenders kept ships from killing these guys. This guy's not really human, something different with him.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 21, 2026 11:31 PM (U/Byj)
@C__Herridge
Multiple sources tell me that a credible whistleblower complaint was filed alleging the CIA, FBI and other IC agencies suppressed intelligence about China’s influence operations during the 2020 election targeting President Trump and his campaign. ...
x.com/C__Herridge/status/2046665072798212389
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 21, 2026 11:33 PM (diia5)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 11:24 PM (2GVsD)
That's not the one I see linked above.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 11:36 PM (1Ff7Z)
The technology here with this thing is amazing. It has a fancy coronograph instrument that, bottom line, will allow *direct imaging* of exoplanets close enough.
You've probably seen the LASCO corona graphs and similar. They block out the light of the sun, allowing the corona to be imaged.
Well Nancy Grace will do that with the little points of starlight, and get images of even tinier little dust specks, which are the exoplanets, buzzing in the glare of those points of starlight.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 21, 2026 11:37 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 10:04 PM (77rzZ)
> Why is she wasting her time watching other people emote about things everyone sees already?
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 10:16 PM (DwqWV)
Scoping out the competition. That's how she knew how to put them down.
Posted by: SciVo at April 21, 2026 11:37 PM (Sy6m/)
And it will discover tens of thousands of new exoplanets. As of now, there are about 6000 confirmed exoplanets. They expect this thing will raise that to 100,000 when it's done all it can.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 21, 2026 11:26 PM (w6EFb)
Thats some serious shit.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 21, 2026 11:38 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 21, 2026 11:39 PM (Fbc0I)
A buddy of mine always takes a Gatorade bottle because it has a wide mouth. I hope he stops and pulls over to use it but I've never asked.
Posted by: Oddbob at April 21, 2026
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Yes, both are odd statements.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2026 11:40 PM (YvvFZ)
Posted by: rhomboid at April 21, 2026 11:25 PM (U/Byj)
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I don't think 1980 is even comparable to the crisis today. Jimmy Carter was on-trend with Kennedy and LBJ and arguably less damaging. Obama was the inflection point and represented a clearly anti constitutional attitude that called to my mind Allende, but also Hitler. Pretending allegiance to a system of governance while tearing it down.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 11:40 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 21, 2026 11:39 PM (Fbc0I)
Not any more. He uses the Poopmobile.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 21, 2026 11:41 PM (utfVc)
To be honest the amount of good new music I can find has been dropped every year.
The issue isn't the platform - I don't think pandora, or youtube, or spotify are restricting my access to new music.
The issue is less good new music is being produced. And fewer good movies. And fewer good books. And on and on.
Its cultural rot.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 11:41 PM (sKqQm)
Remember a British newspaper sent British citizens to campaign for John Kerry in 2004. And...that was ok apparently.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 11:42 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
Not any more. He uses the Poopmobile.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
* flat stare *
* begrudging golf clap *
Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 11:43 PM (VHUov)
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth
@SecWar
14h
The War Department is once again restoring freedom to our Joint Force.
We are discarding the mandatory flu vaccine requirement, effective immediately.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 21, 2026 11:44 PM (rbvCR)
I took a look at the list of exoplanets we've found recently and as far as potentially life bearing ones are concerned it has been pretty meek. This should be more exhaustive but I suspect we'll continue to find few life bearing ones.
Yes, we'll find "super earths" but contra Hell Divers I don't think they'll have life, and we'll find earth sized terrestrial planets but without the mass and/or mag field they need.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 11:45 PM (sKqQm)
a fan smashed one of those big glass panels behind the Kings bench, repairs under way
period 2, no score, many fights
Posted by: Don Black at April 21, 2026 11:45 PM (ZxPkt)
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In theory one could gerrymander out the minority party so they hold no majority vote in any district. Even 51% vs 49%.
The only reason why there is even one R district is because they could not find a D with enough intelligence to draw the boundaries. So the best the 51% could do was eliminate 80% of the 49% minority leaving them a net 10% of the population.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 21, 2026 11:45 PM (/lPRQ)
We are discarding the mandatory flu vaccine requirement, effective immediately.
The clot shot fiasco bear heavily in this. We made young healthy people get a poison shot to protect them against a disease that is no danger for young healthy people.
Now, the flu shot isn't dangerous, but it doesn't really do anything either. By the time we guess what flus are coming out of China they'll have mutated so much your vaccine won't protect you.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 11:47 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 21, 2026 11:48 PM (1o8D5)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 21, 2026 11:48 PM (ceJ0R)
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I don't get it! Candidate Spanberger said she had no plans to re-district!
What gives?
Posted by: Don Black at April 21, 2026 11:49 PM (ZxPkt)
Rhetorical question.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 21, 2026 11:11
But a good one. You might say FDR's New Deal was the end with power being handed over to govt bureaucrats.
With only 15 real competitive congressional districts it's hard to say the degree that is left today. What do you think rhom?
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at April 21, 2026 11:50 PM (55Qr6)
Time to make them pay.
Whatever short term changes you need to make, if the economy is perceived to be doing well in the fall the Rs will will these districts...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 11:50 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 21, 2026 11:50 PM (ceJ0R)
Wouldn't you have to drive with your pants off? I mean that's ok for the Horde, but some police officers get all cranky about that shit.
Posted by: GWB
I knew a cop (retired) who worked a district where they could take the cruisers home after each shift. He told me one day he decided he wasn't going to be pulling anybody over so... he didn't wear pants. Just boxers and sandals.
He got rear-ended at a light.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 21, 2026 11:50 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 21, 2026 10:19 PM (7D3Aa)
"Yeet" is what Tim the Enchanter did to travelers who failed to answer his questions correctly; for a concrete example, Hi-Point has a 9mm pistol that they named Yeet Cannon, by popular demand. It comes from the same slang dialect as "boop the snoot." I do not know what its usage here signifies.
Posted by: SciVo at April 21, 2026 11:51 PM (Sy6m/)
What gives?
Meghan McCain of all people was complaining that the CIA agent ran as a moderate and is governing as a leftwing lunatic.
There are no moderate Dems officeholders. The party won't allow that anymore and the actual people that fall into that group like RFK or Tulsi are now Rs (sort of).
But the frustrating part is more LIVs just won't pay attention. "The nice guy on the evening news said Mrs CIA Agent was a moderate unlike that extremist guy running as a Republican! Err what issues was he extreme on? Uh...I don't know?"
Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 11:53 PM (sKqQm)
Does the Pope shit in the woods?
Saw a pic not too long ago of 1950-something Rolls-Royce with a toilet seat under one of the passenger seats. There was no holding tank. You just left whatever on the road for the peasants to deal with.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 21, 2026 11:53 PM (+9wcF)
Posted by: Recidivist at April 21, 2026 11:54 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 11:56 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 21, 2026 11:53 PM (+9wcF)
Has mental image of Silver Cloud sifting down the highway, with a long ribbon of toilet paper dragging from some point on its undercarriage.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 21, 2026 11:57 PM (utfVc)
@C__Herridge
Multiple sources tell me that a credible whistleblower complaint was filed alleging the CIA, FBI and other IC agencies suppressed intelligence about China’s influence operations during the 2020 election targeting President Trump and his campaign. ...
x.com/C__Herridge/status/2046665072798212389
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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>>> alleging the CIA, FBI and other IC agencies suppressed intelligence about China’s influence operations during the 2020 election targeting President Trump
Given everything I have seen that was public domain those agencies would have to prove to me that they did not do it.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 21, 2026 11:57 PM (/lPRQ)
The exoplanet detection method will be gravitational microlensing. This is the tiny, *tiny* bending of light by the planet sized bodies it's looking for. That's just amazing of itself, and show the orders of magnitude this tech is progressing.
That will allow it to detect exomoons, provided they are far enough away from the parent planet. The mass limit there is about Ganymede mass, our own Moon would be a bit below the threshold. They're setting the expectations low, but they say they expect to confirm at least one exomoon orbiting a big Jupiter or bigger sized exoplanet.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 21, 2026 11:57 PM (w6EFb)
Does the Pope shit in the woods?
Saw a pic not too long ago of 1950-something Rolls-Royce with a toilet seat under one of the passenger seats. There was no holding tank. You just left whatever on the road for the peasants to deal with.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 21, 2026 11:53 PM (+9wcF)
"Passengers will please refrain from flushing toilet while train is standing in the station"
Posted by: a.moron at April 21, 2026 11:58 PM (X5Jzz)
https://tinyurl.com/2phhudsn
Just short of an hour in length and well worth listening to.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at April 22, 2026 12:00 AM (c4pSx)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 22, 2026 12:00 AM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
Not any more. He uses the Poopmobile.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
* flat stare *
* begrudging golf clap *
Posted by: mikeski
But his 'outhouse' is that plexiglass dome so everybody gets a gander.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 12:01 AM (/lPRQ)
He got rear-ended at a light.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
Carma can be a bitch.
Posted by: mikeski at April 22, 2026 12:02 AM (VHUov)
At the William Shatner Q@A on Sunday, one of the questions was "Boxers or briefs?"
He waited a moment and responded, "Depends."
Everyone laughed, and he said "You folks have no idea what growing old is like."
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 22, 2026 12:07 AM (CHHv1)
Now, the flu shot isn't dangerous, but it doesn't really do anything either. By the time we guess what flus are coming out of China they'll have mutated so much your vaccine won't protect you.
Posted by: 18-1
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Who is this "we" in "We made young healthy people..."
OK, I know what you mean. Nonetheless, unlike many people who say that only in hindsight do we know it was wrong... no, it was authoritarians fucking over the plebes just for shits and giggles and it was obvious at the time.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 12:07 AM (/lPRQ)
What gives?
Posted by: Don Black
The people trusted the clone of that Nazi who Spanberger pretends she is not.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 12:09 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Oddbob at April 21, 2026
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Yes, if you've had prostate cancer and have urinary issues, a bottle or plastic up is handy usually it is needed when you park and need to pee and can't wait.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at April 22, 2026 12:11 AM (55Qr6)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310
Let he or she who has not dropped a deuce off the tailgate of a F150 while riding as a passenger in back cast the first stone.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 12:12 AM (/lPRQ)
The issue is less good new music is being produced. And fewer good movies. And fewer good books. And on and on.
Its cultural rot.
Posted by: 18-1
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They definitly restrict access to older music.
Searching for things, different sessions of the same song by the same singer or group, will not come up in selection. I think they do it to avoid ASCAP or BMI fees. They also edit movies and other, such as the History channel, showings.
If they do it to those things they will do it to new music.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 12:12 AM (YvvFZ)
Too big a topic for a comments section. The ludicrous disenfranchisement in VA just brought the whole thing to mind.
Technically, as 18-1 wisely pointed out, the ridiculous VA districts create a risk of a Dem wipeout, given plausible political conditions on election day (that's DAY, bitches, talk to Alito if you don't follow). If you draw a map such that about 45% of the voters (all things being equal/typical) can only win 10% of the seats, by necessity you've created some weird and volatile districts.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 22, 2026 12:13 AM (U/Byj)
Does the Pope shit in the woods?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 21, 2026 11:39 PM (Fbc0I)
This pope? He shits out his mouth.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 12:13 AM (snZF9)
There've been many hints of late that the standard model of the Big Bang/cosmology is wrong (hints the universe expansion might not be accelerating -- the type 1a supernovae "standard candles" might be wrong, etc, etc).
When Roman completes it's first one year survey of the whole sky, that will be confirmed or refuted.
The resolution of that initial one-year survey would take 45 city blocks covered with half a million 4K TV screens to display.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 22, 2026 12:14 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 12:16 AM (YvvFZ)
===
At the William Shatner Q@A on Sunday, one of the questions was "Boxers or briefs?"
He waited a moment and responded, "Depends."
Everyone laughed, and he said "You folks have no idea what growing old is like."
Posted by: BeckoningChasm
+++
One of the joys of growing old is having a bit of fun with what everyone thinks all old people suffer through.
Acting like you cannot hear them..
Excusing yourself to use the restroom when you get bored...
Driving really slow in the left lane..
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 12:17 AM (/lPRQ)
I think both the UK and the Netherlands did studies of the enormous data collected over decades on flu shot benefits. IIRC impact on mortality was statistical noise. Don't think they looked at anything else but collecting "data" on things severity of an influenza-like illness is probably doomed to be squishy subjective and useless.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 22, 2026 12:17 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Oddbob at April 21, 2026
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Yes, if you've had prostate cancer and have urinary issues, a bottle or plastic up is handy usually it is needed when you park and need to pee and can't wait.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at April 22, 2026 12:11 AM (55Qr6)
You haven't lived until you pee in a big gulp cup at 70mph and driving with one knee.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 12:19 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 12:21 AM (YvvFZ)
Posted by: Farmer
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Add in Flomax (tamsulosin), and if you've been sitting a while, and then stand, the need to pee is *immediate*.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 22, 2026 12:24 AM (XeU6L)
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of course, it is
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 12:28 AM (YvvFZ)
Hubby & I would exit at nearly *every* rest area, when we travelled. Why? Because we could! Defiance after the fact, you might call it:
His dad and my dad were both the kind of guys what could 'hold it' for-freaking-ever, and wouldn't pull over until the kids were screaming for mercy, on long trips.
"262 miles to Buc-ees; you can hold it" sign would likely *trigger* my bladder into urgency, LOL!
Posted by: JQ at April 22, 2026 12:30 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at April 22, 2026 12:30 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 22, 2026 12:30 AM (f/ULw)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 22, 2026 12:34 AM (f/ULw)
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of course, it is
Posted by: Braenyard
Neato! What gets us? Peak Oil? Global Warming? AI drones? Muslims with Nukes?
Posted by: mikeski at April 22, 2026 12:35 AM (VHUov)
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...USAID and NGO workers are the least sympathetic unemployed people I’ve ever seen.
EVERY person in this story was making well into six figures:
USAID employee: $175,000
USAID contractor: $127,000
USAID-funded NGO employee: $272,000(!)
USAID advisor at the DOD: $195,000
USAID contractor: $200,000
There were 16,000 employees at USAID, and the New York Times was only able to interview one making less than $175k. Worldwide, there were an estimated 280,000 contractors.
ALL of these people were getting paid from our tax dollars. Many were making 2-4x the wage of the average American taxpayer ($65-70k per year).
_@RobertMSterling - 7h
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 12:35 AM (YvvFZ)
Hey Horde, how aah yah, in Bostonese?
I am so old that I remember Burt Lancaster starring in "Birdman of Alcatraz" way back when. Burt was a pretty good actor.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 22, 2026 12:42 AM (0nHVk)
...exercises will include live-fire drills in the northern Philippines, facing Taiwan, and in Palawan, an island province facing the disputed South China Sea
_antiwar. com
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 12:42 AM (YvvFZ)
Posted by: JQ at April 22, 2026 12:45 AM (rdVOm)
The location of the same drills last year, via AEI's Critical Threats Project
https://tinyurl.com/yc7pmbvx
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 12:45 AM (YvvFZ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 12:48 AM (YvvFZ)
How are you? I am so glad that your Hubby gets his couple of smokes after lunch, you are a good wife, let me buy you a drink and I'll have the usual.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 22, 2026 12:52 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 22, 2026 12:53 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 12:13 AM (snZF9)
Sounds like the 8th circle of Dante’s Hell.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 22, 2026 12:54 AM (kd1a0)
Thanks, I'll make a "peppermint patty" for myself... it was warm today but is chilly now.
There are only a couple of nursing homes in this area that allow smoking, glad hubby was able to get into one of them. Yeah, smoking is bad, but-- "what difference, at this point, does it make?"
Posted by: JQ at April 22, 2026 12:58 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 22, 2026 12:59 AM (0nHVk)
Its cultural rot.
Posted by: 18-1
A lot of the books, like many movies, have been infected with identity politics. I like suspense books. So, I started one book that looked promising. Then a female character said she admired a male character because he screwed women and men. It's hard to enjoy a book when you want all of the characters to be killed off.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 22, 2026 01:00 AM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Berserker
Sounds like the 8th circle of Dante’s Hell.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
Treachery to your Lord puts you on the very bottom of the Ninth, though.
Posted by: mikeski at April 22, 2026 01:01 AM (VHUov)
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