You Want Fries With That Shake? Cafe

Last night I posted a photo that was clearly AI but somehow I missed it. Lemme try again:

Black Hole
@konstructivizm
It seems incredible, but this is a real photograph!
It was taken on July 24, 2024, just seconds before Saturn disappeared completely behind the lunar disk. The image creates the illusion that Saturn is hovering right above Glushko Crater--a young, 43-kilometer-wide crater near the Moon's western limb. Of course, the Moon is 400,000 kilometers away, whereas Saturn is 1.4 billion kilometers away.
The photo was taken by amateur astronomer Chengcheng Xu in China.

Poor little herding puppy is disrespected by the goats who chase him off, but then he remembers he is the descendant of wolves and asserts his authoritah.

Two paddleboarders save a weakening wallaby who somehow got herself swept out into the open ocean.

Oh my goodness -- a tiny tree kangaroo has an even tinier joey in her pouch.

Hippos sleep underwater but raise their heads and take a breath automatically, without waking up. Or so the fedslop would have you believe.

He knows what he did.

These babies are hungry!

These baby deer are also hungry!

Painting a mural to merge with the foliage.

This will make you misty. Poor shelter dog.

The cat is unimpressed and he's right to be unimpressed.

The Kelpies are a pair of 30-meter (100-foot) tall, 300-ton stainless-steel horse-head sculptures located in Falkirk, Scotland pic.twitter.com/te5YG8FLw2
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) July 1, 2026

Two way carpet flying

[📹 alladin_skylab] pic.twitter.com/Shs9gh19Fd
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) July 10, 2026

A mother cat teaching her kittens that their dog friend is harmless pic.twitter.com/AS77maUSKu
— Nature Unedited (@NatureUnedited) July 9, 2026

300 m underground, 27 m high, 16 m long and 6°C water. Biggest underground jump found and sent so far.

[📹 jeremynicollin]
[📍 Wales, UK] pic.twitter.com/YbxvYKPYnA
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) July 6, 2026

Fiona, the Giant Schnauzer who learned to walk like a human.

[📹 thefionawalks] pic.twitter.com/chGURAyOt5
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) July 10, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:30 PM

Comments

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1 Foist?

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 10, 2026 06:21 PM (mP0Kj)

2 I'm a time traveler posting this an hour before it supposedly is live!

Posted by: the lower depths at July 10, 2026 06:21 PM (Yh7zv)

3 Looks at time-stamp: 7:20 EDST
Looks at clock: 5:40 CDST
🤔
Some say you can't get there from here.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Pre-first? at July 10, 2026 06:41 PM (9rU9k)

4 I coulda been first by I spent fifteen minutes reading and watching content. And it's still an hour until the thread is posted. Must be on aplane to venus.

Posted by: From about That Time at July 10, 2026 06:45 PM (sl73Y)

5 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 07:33 PM (Ia/+0)

6 I could believe a picture of uranus over the moon.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 10, 2026 07:33 PM (3uBP9)

7 I say old boy, let the bull out of the pantry.

Posted by: Bill Kristol at July 10, 2026 07:34 PM (fkjGs)

8 I'm not sure whats creepier, the octopus that knows how to work a camera, or the dude he snapped the picture of.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 10, 2026 07:39 PM (S41Gd)

9
Lol Berserker

Posted by: four seasons at July 10, 2026 07:39 PM (/QHx4)

10 Can't watch vids on X unless signed in? That sucks. Oh well.

I found out the worst time to find out I need new windshield wipers. That's during a rain storm. Fun times driving into work tonight.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 10, 2026 07:41 PM (L1JuH)

11 That saturn shot is wicked. It looks like you can just pluck it out of the sky.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 10, 2026 07:44 PM (S41Gd)

12 Cephalopods are crazy smart. I've seen videos showing their problem solving capacity and...hoo boy.

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at July 10, 2026 07:44 PM (mQbp+)

13 the Moon is 400,000 kilometers away

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Not as far as you might think given there are 2.54 kilometers to an inch.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 07:45 PM (ndZc7)

14 Today is Moo Deng's birthday.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 10, 2026 07:47 PM (Cqx++)

15 Can't watch vids on X unless signed in? That sucks. Oh well.

I found out the worst time to find out I need new windshield wipers. That's during a rain storm. Fun times driving into work tonight.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 10, 2026 07:41 PM (L1JuH)

Its always that way. Unless you're Mrs B, who I swear marks on the calendar when hers were changed last. She comes home out of the blue "I got us new wipers for the cars". Uh..ok, I didn't notice mine were bad, is this a timed event?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 10, 2026 07:48 PM (S41Gd)

16 Was expecting a crash into the trees on that magic carpet ride

Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 07:48 PM (Ia/+0)

17 The actual odds of being slapped by a random Turtle in the middle of the U.S. Senate these days ARE zero.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 10, 2026 07:50 PM (0sNs1)

18 disrespected by the goats

-
I saw today that California has strict goat ownership
regulations and registration. I guess there's not enough transsexual goat. We really a second and a half amendment regarding goats.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 07:51 PM (ndZc7)

19 Cephalopods are crazy smart. I've seen videos showing their problem solving capacity and...hoo boy.
Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing

I recall a story... some ocean lab type thing. They were losing sharks out of tanks and couldn't figure out how.
The octopus was leaving his tank, getting into theirs, and eating them.
Then going home. Spooky!

Posted by: MkY at July 10, 2026 07:52 PM (q6tQZ)

20 the Moon is 400,000 kilometers away

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Not as far as you might think given there are 2.54 kilometers to an inch.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 07:45 PM (ndZc7)

Doing the math you could drive there in 8-9 months. Not bad considering it probably took some of the "49ers" of the gold rush that long to get to California.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 10, 2026 07:54 PM (S41Gd)

21 Youngest son, the Marine, got accepted to the Florida police academy. I’m proud of him!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 10, 2026 07:55 PM (u73oe)

22 Snauzer is an accomplished speed walker.

Posted by: Eromero at July 10, 2026 07:56 PM (LHPAg)

23 Not as far as you might think given there are 2.54 kilometers to an inch.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 07:45 PM

For once, I'm not going to make an erudite comment, I'm just going to point at Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 10, 2026 07:56 PM (0sNs1)

24 I'd like to know more about that octopus photographer.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 07:58 PM (xHEjv)

25 300 m underground, 27 m high, 16 m long and 6°C water. Biggest underground jump found and sent so far.

He almost reached the far wall. Maybe next time!

Posted by: t-bird at July 10, 2026 08:01 PM (IYMzU)

26 Girl in octopus photo is laughing because the professor has his pants on backwards.

Posted by: Eromero at July 10, 2026 08:01 PM (LHPAg)

27
Congrats, Duke. Thank him for undertaking a hard task.

Posted by: Auspex at July 10, 2026 08:01 PM (Y8DZL)

28 Spain and France in semi finals. This is getting verrrry interesting!

Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 08:01 PM (GD0B3)

29 I recall a story... some ocean lab type thing. They were losing sharks out of tanks and couldn't figure out how.
The octopus was leaving his tank, getting into theirs, and eating them.
Then going home. Spooky!

Posted by: MkY
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An animal with a rational problem solving brain. But a brain totally unlike an earth bound brain. Unfathomable.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 08:02 PM (xHEjv)

30 Today is Moo Deng's birthday.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

What do you get for a hippo who has everything?

Posted by: mikeski at July 10, 2026 08:03 PM (VHUov)

31 Doing the math you could drive there in 8-9 months. Not bad considering it probably took some of the "49ers" of the gold rush that long to get to California.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 10, 2026 07:54 PM (S41Gd)

First you got to put the road in.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 10, 2026 08:04 PM (J4mEx)

32 An animal with a rational problem solving brain. But a brain totally unlike an earth bound brain. Unfathomable.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 08:02 PM (xHEjv)

I swear those things are scouts for an alien landing party.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 10, 2026 08:04 PM (S41Gd)

33 Aint Kelpie one of them critters that will grab you and drag you into a lake?

Posted by: fd at July 10, 2026 08:06 PM (MWfyi)

34 Kelpies; Great Scotland exists only in their dreams.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 08:06 PM (xHEjv)

35 I recall a story... some ocean lab type thing. They were losing sharks out of tanks and couldn't figure out how.
The octopus was leaving his tank, getting into theirs, and eating them.
Then going home. Spooky!
Posted by: MkY

So they're not that smart. Kid coulda kept eating sharks if he didn't bling himself out with a shark-tooth necklace.

Posted by: mikeski at July 10, 2026 08:06 PM (VHUov)

36 The dog at the shelter holds the reporter's hand and refuses to let go.

And the shelters presume to screen us for suitability.

Posted by: t-bird at July 10, 2026 08:07 PM (IYMzU)

37 >given there are 2.54 kilometers to an inch.
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doesn't seem right

Posted by: Don Black at July 10, 2026 08:07 PM (ZxPkt)

38 Are you saying this still isn’t AI? The moon is less than half a millions kilometers from Earth. Saturn is 1.4 billion kilometers from Earth. Rounded to the nearest tenth of a billion, Saturn is also…1.4 billion kilometers from the Moon.

Saturn won’t look any closer from the Moon than it does from Earth - if it’s any closer at all. It will definitely look clearer and brighter - due to the absence of atmospheric distortion, city lights, and all that - but it won’t appear any larger.

Posted by: HavaTequila at July 10, 2026 08:08 PM (4aDif)

39 First you got to put the road in.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

A retired couple friends of ours were driving fools, drove all over the US. The wife wanted to go to Hawaii. He told her as soon as they put a bridge in, they'd go. Probably happen before Newsom finishes the high speed rail.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 08:08 PM (ndZc7)

40 My speedometer read in inches/per/hour.

Posted by: MkY at July 10, 2026 08:09 PM (q6tQZ)

41 doesn't seem right
Posted by: Don Black

What's a few orders of magnitude between friends?

Posted by: mikeski at July 10, 2026 08:10 PM (VHUov)

42 >given there are 2.54 kilometers to an inch.
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doesn't seem right

What, it's cold out there!

Posted by: George Costanza at July 10, 2026 08:10 PM (IYMzU)

43 "given there are 2.54 kilometers to an inch"

What's that in giraffes?

Posted by: fd at July 10, 2026 08:11 PM (MWfyi)

44 given there are 2.54 kilometers to an inch.

Again with the math

Posted by: Halfhand at July 10, 2026 08:12 PM (bDp6B)

45 He's putting profits before people!

Man sells trash from Taylor Swift's wedding for $25 a pop, runs out in less than a day

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 08:13 PM (ndZc7)

46 whoa ...

"What do Gen Z MAGA voters under 30 think on foreign policy?

* 72 percent supermajority believe the United States should be “more engaged and take the lead” on foreign policy, while just 19 percent say it should be “less engaged and react to events” — a 53-point spread in favor of U.S. global leadership.

* 74 percent agree that “the U.S. has a moral obligation to stand up for human rights and democracy whenever possible in international affairs.”

* 73 percent of MAGA voters under 30 approve of Trump’s decision to launch Operation Epic fury.

* 59 percent say “supporting the Iranian people in their efforts to secure freedom and democracy” is important while just 13 percent say it’s not.

* 61 percent want to see the Iranian regime either removed or weakened, while just 35 percent say they prefer a “negotiated settlement.”

* 64 percent agree with Trump’s decision to remove Nicolás Maduro from power in Venezuela.

* 60 percent would support Trump using military force to remove the Cuban government from power.

* 60 percent approve of sending U.S. weapons to Israel.

* 62 percent have a favorable view of NATO...

65 percent say that the security of Taiwan matters to U.S.

Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 08:14 PM (GD0B3)

47 (cont..)

* 76 percent believe America must remain a “shining city upon a hill because its freedom, prosperity, and democratic ideals serve as an example to the world.”

Bottom line: The isolationists are out of step with Trump and the “America First” movement writ large — and there is no help on the way from the Gen Z right..."

Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 08:15 PM (GD0B3)

48 Doing the math you could drive there in 8-9 months. Not bad considering it probably took some of the "49ers" of the gold rush that long to get to California.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 10, 2026 07:54 PM (S41Gd)

First you got to put the road in.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 10, 2026 08:04 PM (J4mEx)

Fuck it, use a florida boat.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 10, 2026 08:15 PM (S41Gd)

49 well, I guess Gen Z is not all a loss!

Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 08:16 PM (GD0B3)

50 "Joel Berry
@JoelWBerry
20h
Postliberal dissident right dark enlightenment bois when Gen Z turns out to be boomer neocons :

https://tinyurl.com/3jhtcaek"

hahahahah!!

Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 08:18 PM (GD0B3)

51 37 >given there are 2.54 kilometers to an inch.
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doesn't seem right
Posted by: Don Black at July 10, 2026 08:07 PM (ZxPkt)

well, it's a Big Inch.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 10, 2026 08:20 PM (edUvp)

52 I have an issue with calling the likes of dark enlightenment bois "dissidents". Dissidents were anti Commuits in the USSR fighting the likes of dark enlightenment bois . Call them something else.

Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 08:20 PM (GD0B3)

53 link don't go

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 10, 2026 08:20 PM (VyBeY)

54 I'm not sure whats creepier, the octopus that knows how to work a camera, or the dude he snapped the picture of.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 10, 2026 07:39 PM (S41Gd)
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Studying us on behalf of its alien overlords.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 10, 2026 08:21 PM (FZ29D)

55 What comes after gen z?

Posted by: Case at July 10, 2026 08:21 PM (IY9No)

56 What comes after gen z?
Posted by: Case

Gen Alpha, just like hurricanes.

Posted by: mikeski at July 10, 2026 08:22 PM (VHUov)

57 Saturn won’t look any closer from the Moon than it does from Earth - if it’s any closer at all. It will definitely look clearer and brighter - due to the absence of atmospheric distortion, city lights, and all that - but it won’t appear any larger.
Posted by: HavaTequila at July 10, 2026 08:08 PM (4aDif)

I'm willing to say it's possible. First, we can and do take clear pictures of Saturn from the Earth, so that's not false. The only question is of the proportions between the moon's surface and Saturn, and that's hard to be certain of with such a small portion of the moon shown.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 10, 2026 08:22 PM (edUvp)

58 What comes after gen z?
Posted by: Case at July 10, 2026 08:21 PM (IY9No)
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According to notable linguist Conrad Cornelius O'Donnell O'Dell, it's Generation Yuzz.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 10, 2026 08:23 PM (FZ29D)

59 37 >given there are 2.54 kilometers to an inch.
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doesn't seem right
Posted by: Don Black at July 10, 2026 08:07 PM (ZxPkt)

Only off by a factor of 100,000.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 10, 2026 08:24 PM (J4mEx)

60 What comes after gen z?

Posted by: Case at July 10, 2026 08:21 PM (IY9No)

Sticks and clubs.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 10, 2026 08:25 PM (S41Gd)

61 21 Youngest son, the Marine, got accepted to the Florida police academy. I’m proud of him!
Posted by: Duke Lowell

Congrats! You must be very proud, papa. Good on you!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 10, 2026 08:26 PM (yEz+x)

62 What comes after gen z?

According to our calendar...nothing. That is it.

Posted by: The Mayans at July 10, 2026 08:26 PM (IYMzU)

63 On Beyond Zebra

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 10, 2026 08:26 PM (Cqx++)

64 what are the chances the octopus, with all eight tentacles akimbo, just happened to push the right button to take a picture

Posted by: Don Black at July 10, 2026 08:28 PM (ZxPkt)

65 "given there are 2.54 kilometers to an inch"

Stacy Abram's ass is an inch wide, then.

Posted by: JuJuBee at July 10, 2026 08:29 PM (YSQQv)

66 The Kelpies are a pair of 30-meter (100-foot) tall, 300-ton stainless-steel horse-head sculptures located in Falkirk, Scotland

Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!

Posted by: Edymandias at July 10, 2026 08:29 PM (VHUov)

67 >>> What comes after gen z?
Posted by: Case at July 10, 2026 08:21 PM (IY9No)

6 7

Posted by: banana Dream at July 10, 2026 08:29 PM (3uBP9)

68 Oh, please. That octopus picture is completely fake.

You know he totally trained that octopus to take that picture on purpose.

Staged fedslop.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 10, 2026 08:29 PM (Ot/FD)

69 I've been busy all day, and am just catching up on everything I missed. Did everyone know what this meant at the end of Platner’s withdrawal letter:

F*uck ICE. Free Palestine. Up the Hearts.

No one mentioned it in the last thread, so I looked it up. We know commies are performative, fake, and gay, but: "Up The Hearts" is an inspiring docuseries that chronicles the evolution of Portland, Maine’s first-ever professional soccer team. Celebrate the journey of soccer uniting a community like never before, and see what it truly means to “Up The Hearts!”

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 10, 2026 08:30 PM (PkrKm)

70 What comes after gen z?
Posted by: Case

Wealthy Gen X guys?

Posted by: half plus seven, carry the $10 million..... at July 10, 2026 08:31 PM (VHUov)

71 Celebrate the journey of soccer uniting a community like never before, and see what it truly means to “Up The Hearts!”
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 10, 2026 08:30 PM (PkrKm)

Not give a fuck we much.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 10, 2026 08:31 PM (Ot/FD)

72 Thanks nurse! How’s your Marine?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 10, 2026 08:32 PM (u73oe)

73 "given there are 2.54 kilometers to an inch"

What's that in giraffes?
Posted by: fd

A couple of henways.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 10, 2026 08:33 PM (VmkSV)

74 What comes after gen z?

===

Seashell white ?

Posted by: runner at July 10, 2026 08:34 PM (GD0B3)

75 Although their horse-like appearance makes them appear friendly and approachable, Kelpies often take their victims into the water, devour them, and throw the entrails to the water's edge.

In its equine form the kelpie is able to extend the length of its back to carry many riders together to a gruesome grave. In one instance, several children were enticed into climbing onto a kelpie's back, while one little boy remained on the shore. He did pet the water horse but his hand stuck to its neck and the lad had to cut it off to free himself. He survived but the other children were carried off and drowned, with only some of their entrails being found later.

Posted by: Kelpie Facts at July 10, 2026 08:35 PM (MWfyi)

76
That shot of Saturn behind the Moon is very real. There are similar shots of Mars during the last occultation. Griffith Observatory out there near LA has lived streamed some of these events, and they have videos from the telescopes tracking it.

That's the problem with the AI slop now. Andrew McCarthy, one of my favorite astrophotographers has lamented how he'll go to incredible trouble to set up a perfect shot, getting the timing and all that planned out perfectly, and then someone says, "Pffffft! AI!".

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 10, 2026 08:35 PM (w6EFb)

77 Just received great news - lovely DIL is pregnant with baby #2! These are the parents of our little Charlie who was born at 29 weeks last April. Yea!!!

Posted by: Tonypete at July 10, 2026 08:36 PM (VmkSV)

78 Although it's kind of hilarious.

It's like if Bud Dwyer yelled "Go Birds" as his actual last two words.

The hell man. I know "Normal" is impossible for you cretins, but can you at least just skootch yourself to within a sigma or two of it for the biggest speech of your life?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 10, 2026 08:37 PM (Ot/FD)

79 The Earth is quite round.

It's everything else that's flat.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 10, 2026 08:38 PM (Ot/FD)

80
You Want Fries With That Shake?

*Shake shake shakes*

*Shake shake shakes*

*Shakes his/he/him booty*

Posted by: KC Miklos and the Sunshine Band at July 10, 2026 08:39 PM (6VErX)

81 A couple of henways.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 10, 2026 08:33 PM (VmkSV

—————-

I thin it’s closer to two dickfers.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 10, 2026 08:39 PM (u73oe)

82 72 Thanks nurse! How’s your Marine?
Posted by: Duke Lowell

Busy busy! Working tech support for ICE! He’s going to be a dad!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 10, 2026 08:39 PM (yEz+x)

83 Congrats, Tonypete!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 10, 2026 08:40 PM (u73oe)

84
Here's a nice image of Mars either before or after a lunar occultation:

https://t.ly/ztZJp

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 10, 2026 08:41 PM (w6EFb)

85 He’s going to be a dad!
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 10, 2026 08:39 PM (yEz+x)

—————-

And you’re gonna be a grandma! Congratulations!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 10, 2026 08:41 PM (u73oe)

86 and then someone says, "Pffffft! AI!".
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

This also ruins trust in the "pics or it didn't happen" rule.

Even if there are "pics"

SAD!

Posted by: President Miklos J. Trump at July 10, 2026 08:41 PM (6VErX)

87 Looks like it’s a day of good news at the HQ!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 10, 2026 08:41 PM (u73oe)

88 45 He's putting profits before people!

Man sells trash from Taylor Swift's wedding for $25 a pop, runs out in less than a day
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 08:13 PM (ndZc7)

*looks at bin full of identical looking garbage outside of garage*

Hear me out....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 10, 2026 08:41 PM (Ot/FD)

89 What if this is all AI and we are on some kind of cosmic holodeck?

Posted by: Guy who relates everything to Star Trek at July 10, 2026 08:42 PM (MWfyi)

90 Launch reminder: About 2hrs

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-48
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: July 10, 2026 PDT
Launch Time: 8:01 p.m. PDT (July 11, 03:01 UTC, 05:01 CEST)

https://youtu.be/-56tCCViN1A

Posted by: Joyenz at July 10, 2026 08:42 PM (2F0/Y)

91 PLO? KGB op. Look it up.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 10, 2026 08:43 PM (YlWIZ)

92 Evening, Ace, and Cafe layabouts! Got in early from mowing; the Dixon mower threw the traction drive belt and stopped dead in its tracks. Became completely unmowtivated, it did.

So I am sipping on a Caesar, instead.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 08:43 PM (1z8ji)

93 You want fries to go with that shake?

Oh, no thanks, I'm on a diet.

Posted by: Case at July 10, 2026 08:43 PM (IY9No)

94 I found out the worst time to find out I need new windshield wipers. That's during a rain storm. Fun times driving into work tonight.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 10, 2026 07:41 PM (L1JuH)

Couple shots of Dawn dishwashing detergent will help.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 08:45 PM (1z8ji)

95 91 PLO? KGB op. Look it up.
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 10, 2026 08:43 PM (YlWIZ)

"Vut iz R-upside down G-O, Vasilly?"

"Not know, Ivan. Pass wodka, already."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 10, 2026 08:45 PM (Ot/FD)

96 Hubs started watching The Agency on tv - which I found out is a remake of a French show, The Bureau.
So of course I had to check out the original.
Comparing, it seems almost identical, except in the original the actors seem softer, more human.
In the remake, the characters seem colder. Specially the lead, Fassbender. Maybe Prometheus has permanently scarred him 😁

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 10, 2026 08:46 PM (WL2lA)

97 "Couple shots of Dawn dishwashing detergent will help.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon"

Could you just eat a Tide pod instead?

Posted by: Pawl at July 10, 2026 08:47 PM (MWfyi)

98 An animal with a rational problem solving brain. But a brain totally unlike an earth bound brain. Unfathomable.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 08:02 PM (xHEjv)

Too bad baby octopus is so tasty.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 08:48 PM (1z8ji)

99 Criminy. This really is the Good News Cafe tonight.

Congrats to everyone who's got awesomeness happening around them.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 10, 2026 08:48 PM (Ot/FD)

100 The other thing is the casting in thd remake tried to get actors with very similar looks - except for the love interest.
The love interest in the original French show is an Iranian hottie. In the remake she is a statuesque Ethiopian.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 10, 2026 08:48 PM (WL2lA)

101 There's a new Little House on the Prairie show from Netflix.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 10, 2026 08:48 PM (0H3sk)

102 I suppose after the first shot the second one goes down easy.

Posted by: Pawl at July 10, 2026 08:48 PM (MWfyi)

103 Maybe Prometheus has permanently scarred him 😁
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 10, 2026 08:46 PM (WL2lA)
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Anyone who's watched Prometheus carries those scars forever....

I can't imagine how bad it is for the actors.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 10, 2026 08:49 PM (FZ29D)

104 101 There's a new Little House on the Prairie show from Netflix.
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 10, 2026 08:48 PM (0H3sk)

It's set in Portland and the house is gay.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 10, 2026 08:49 PM (Ot/FD)

105 Prometheus has permanently scarred most of us.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 10, 2026 08:50 PM (RIvkX)

106
Telescopes are basically huge telephoto lenses. Very narrow field of view, and thin depth of field. This creates a very prominent foreshortening effect. So, Saturn looks very close to the Moon, impossibly close relative to what our own brains and eyes are used to seeing.

You'll see that with telephoto lens. Zoom in on something in the distance, and foreground objects appear much closer to the distant object.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 10, 2026 08:50 PM (w6EFb)

107 When my first grandchild was born, my wife had badly broken her leg in a traffic accident and needed surgery. My other daughter and I waited until Mrs. Wrecks was out of surgery then drove through night from Western Colorado to the Little Apple, Manhattan Kansas, a distance of more than 700 miles, making it just in time.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 08:50 PM (ndZc7)

108 Octopi (or is it Jellyfish?) don’t really have a recognizable genetic lineage with other Erf critters. Could they be alien life forms? They kind of look the part anyhow

Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 08:50 PM (O0G1y)

109 Saturn won’t look any closer from the Moon than it does from Earth - if it’s any closer at all. It will definitely look clearer and brighter - due to the absence of atmospheric distortion, city lights, and all that - but it won’t appear any larger.
Posted by: HavaTequila at July 10, 2026 08:08 PM (4aDif)

You know how a telephoto lens foreshortens perspective? Well so does a real astronomical telescope, only more so.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 08:51 PM (1z8ji)

110 "There's a new Little House on the Prairie show from Netflix.
Posted by: Boss Moss"

Let me guess. The Ingalls family is from Somalia.

Posted by: fd at July 10, 2026 08:51 PM (MWfyi)

111 Congrats nurse grannie!!!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 10, 2026 08:52 PM (7gFa4)

112 "Couple shots of Dawn dishwashing detergent will help.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon"

Could you just eat a Tide pod instead?
Posted by: Pawl

Pods are a Big Dishwasher ripoff

So is Dawn

Hope Proctor and Gamble pays you well

Posted by: Miklos, totally unaffilited with Colgate-Palmolive at July 10, 2026 08:52 PM (6VErX)

113 How woke can a new LHotP be?

Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2026 08:52 PM (Ia/+0)

114 There's a new Little House on the Prairie show from Netflix.
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 10, 2026 08:48 PM (0H3sk)

It's set in Portland and the house is gay.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

I see they're remaking Free Willy. I assume the orca will be transsexual.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 08:52 PM (ndZc7)

115 I went for a walk. Legs burning up feets falling to sleep. I wonder how long until new leg muscles start to form?

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 10, 2026 08:53 PM (0H3sk)

116 Couple shots of Dawn dishwashing detergent will help.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Does it have to be Dawn? I'm an Ajax guy myself.

Posted by: From about That Time at July 10, 2026 08:53 PM (sl73Y)

117 Octopi are incredible creatures. Really smart. Their arms all work independently. I hate that I love eating them.

*bangs head on table*

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 10, 2026 08:53 PM (yEz+x)

118 I see they're remaking Free Willy. I assume the orca will be transsexual.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 08:52 PM (ndZc7)

Just a fat, fishy smelling girl with vitiligo named Wilhelmina.

Who can't swim.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 10, 2026 08:54 PM (Ot/FD)

119 Just don't eat octopi alive

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 10, 2026 08:56 PM (7gFa4)

120 F*uck ICE. Free Palestine. Up the Hearts.

No one mentioned it in the last thread, so I looked it up. We know commies are performative, fake, and gay, but: "Up The Hearts" is an inspiring docuseries that chronicles the evolution of Portland, Maine’s first-ever professional soccer team. Celebrate the journey of soccer uniting a community like never before, and see what it truly means to “Up The Hearts!”
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 10, 2026 08:30 PM (PkrKm)

My response to the Oysterfuhrer: Free ICE (to deport each and every wetback), Fuck Palestine, and Up Your Ass with a red hot railway crowbar.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 08:56 PM (1z8ji)

121 @104.

So an updated version, how nice. I will be sure not to watch.

Posted by: Case at July 10, 2026 08:56 PM (IY9No)

122 Octopi are incredible creatures. Really smart. Their arms all work independently. I hate that I love eating them.

*bangs head on table*
Posted by: nurse ratched

Madame, your Eight Course dinner is served

Posted by: Maitre d'Mikleuse at July 10, 2026 08:56 PM (6VErX)

123 As soon as I can't match the general subject of the post photo I'll quit posting my paintings. Now it just seems to be a challenge. See nic

Posted by: polynikes at July 10, 2026 08:57 PM (/WQyy)

124 121 @104.

So an updated version, how nice. I will be sure not to watch.
Posted by: Case at July 10, 2026 08:56 PM (IY9No)

I have no idea, i'm just being a bitch about it by default.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 10, 2026 08:57 PM (Ot/FD)

125
Other techniques that some object to as "not real" are stacking and compositing. It's real images, just many of them combined. This can reduce noise, enhancing the real signals that are there, and bring foreground and background objects each into better focus.

For very dim stuff like nebula, you need hours and days of exposures night after night, and you can bring incredible detail of stuff that's just dim to see, but it's real information in real light.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 10, 2026 08:58 PM (w6EFb)

126 Well, I didn’t have to pack
Got it all upon my back
Yes, I’m 804.672 kilometers from home …

I’m not a believer particularly in the Mandela Effect.

But I had something weird happen. Bobby Bare, who wrote “500 Miles” was getting on in age and not in the best of health. Periodically I’d check the internet. One day I read that he had died. This did not surprise me, but I thought there would be more news about it or whatever.

Then about a year later I was perusing a music forum site - Steve Hoffman - and by golly, “Bobby Bare Died”. For real this time, I guess. I suppose it was some kind of internet glitch, but it was strange.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 10, 2026 08:58 PM (O0G1y)

127 Octopi are incredible creatures. Really smart. Their arms all work independently. I hate that I love eating them.

*bangs head on table*
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 10, 2026 08:53 PM (yEz+x

Also they were great in Galaxy Quest.

Posted by: polynikes at July 10, 2026 08:59 PM (/WQyy)

128 F*uck ICE. Free Palestine. Up the Hearts.transsexuals.

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Well, it's no give me liberty or give me death.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 10, 2026 08:59 PM (ndZc7)

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