Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - August 18, 2026 [Doof]

Howdy Hordelings! Tuesday night ONT is here. Open thread, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?

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Flock is asshoe

(H/T Bluebell)

Gosh so terrible why would someone do this in my home town. Hope they catch the rapscallion. pic.twitter.com/XyWDRZzOkR
— Shawn Hendrix (@TheShawnHendrix) August 17, 2026

Posts on social media say that Halloween will be "De-Flock America" night!

On October 31st, millions of people are out after dark wearing masks, allowing masked Flock camera-cutters to blend in and work all night! 😂

Happy Halloween! pic.twitter.com/drj0s7XcwE
— Old School Eddie (@Old_SchoolEddie) August 17, 2026

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Some cops like Flock but don't like being recorded themselves

The police don't like being recorded

He should have told him if he isn't doing anything wrong he doesn't have anything to worry about.

source: https://t.co/uRnWOBS7yL pic.twitter.com/KZSDsshApD
— Orwell Day (@OrwellDay) August 18, 2026

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Leftism and Islam do not exist well together. Yet leftists keep falling for the idea of thinking they do.

This is the real reason the Left is uniting with Islam, and how it’s going to end

“I keep wondering why the left is so obsessed with defending an ideology that would be the first to execute them. Democrats have spent decades fighting for things like women's rights, and yet they… pic.twitter.com/774YmS9s0H
— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) August 18, 2026

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DJ Doof - In The Cards Edition

Not just the name of this here blog - it's a cool tune, too! Here's a worthy cover version from the supergroup Hollywood Vampires, featuring Alice Cooper (AKA - Vincent Fournier), Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry, actor Johnny Depp, and others.

Article about their version here

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More songs about playing cards

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1 "You cannot perceive spiritual truth until you feelingly experience it, and many truths are not really felt except in adversity."

Howsomever, feelingly experiencing adversity is no guarantee you will perceive spiritual truth.

Posted by: mindful webworker - sockpuppeting in plain sight at August 18, 2026 10:24 PM (Cl/mc)

2 Is that a pyramid in the top pic? Has it been looted yet?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026 10:25 PM (1Ff7Z)

3 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2026 10:25 PM (hrOJm)

4 hola chamucos y chamucas

Posted by: alpine_beer at August 18, 2026 10:26 PM (EH7ZV)

5 *Puts on hat*
*Begins looking for whelm*

Posted by: Perry the Platypus at August 18, 2026 10:29 PM (+0Wk3)

6 Two (2) beers are still, as far as I know, part of the German lunchtime negotiated union agreement. For a brief time this carried over to US Army personnel on base too, but (surprise) they abused the privilege and it was rescinded. Dumb shits

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 10:29 PM (5VXJH)

7 >>233 ZOD! I’m gonna be a granny!
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 10:21 PM (CKPDL)

You will name the child ZOD.

Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 10:29 PM (UfDpa)

8 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Squeeee - congrats, Nurse!

Had time to complete tomorrow's NYT online crossword before coming back to no new ONT.

Thanks for finally posting one, Doof! 💕💕💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 18, 2026 10:29 PM (SRRAx)

9 Good evening morons and Слава Диско!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 10:30 PM (RIvkX)

10 1 "You cannot perceive spiritual truth until you feelingly experience it, and many truths are not really felt except in adversity."

Howsomever, feelingly experiencing adversity is no guarantee you will perceive spiritual truth.
Posted by: mindful webworker - sockpuppeting in plain sight at August 18, 2026 10:24 PM (Cl/mc)

I've been watching a lot of stoicism videos on YouTube.

They've been very helpful.
Completely incompatible with every lefty we see here.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 10:30 PM (Sco7b)

11 I was wondering when this would pop. Hey everyone!

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 18, 2026 10:31 PM (D2ig8)

12 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2026 10:31 PM (sAmhv)

13 5 *Puts on hat*
*Begins looking for whelm*
Posted by: Perry the Platypus at August 18, 2026 10:29 PM (+0Wk3)

galoshes are better for that

Posted by: 88C+u at August 18, 2026 10:31 PM (88C+u)

14 Hi everyone! Technology not in our corner tonight? I hate that.

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 10:32 PM (ZdaMQ)

15 The first time I saw Rush live was that '91 tour (Roll the Bones). Saw them at Wembly Arena in London. It was a hell of a show!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2026 10:32 PM (sAmhv)

16 Alice Cooper still bringing it

Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at August 18, 2026 10:32 PM (woVO1)

17 What's on YOUR mind tonight?

Poon, mostly.

Posted by: Typical horndog Moron at August 18, 2026 10:33 PM (TbWk/)

18 7 >>233 ZOD! I’m gonna be a granny!
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 10:21 PM (CKPDL)

Congratulations nurse!
That child will be blessed!

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 10:33 PM (Sco7b)

19
They've now got Starship in safe harbor so to speak off the coast of Christmas Island.

Elon says they're eventually going to bring it back to Starbase. Now, how they're going to do that, he didn't say.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 10:33 PM (w6EFb)

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2 Is that a pyramid in the top pic? Has it been looted yet?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026 10:25 PM

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There used to be a pyramid there. That's how thorough the looting has been.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 18, 2026 10:33 PM (VWtfl)

21 I remember the first time I attended a lunch hosted by the department I worked in at a NW-base Defense and Aerospace company that shall remain nameless. Half the people there were drinking. I was stunned. Two martini lunches. I just assumed that was a tv/movie thing.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2026 10:33 PM (2WIwB)

22 What the flock is going on?

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 18, 2026 10:34 PM (D2ig8)

23 Tuesday already? Thanks for the ONT, Doof!

Cool photo up top.

We had a Flock camera near us but it was taken down after only a short time. The camera has now been resurrected at its original site. Wonder who saw me flip it off this afternoon?

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 18, 2026 10:35 PM (D/6p1)

24 Watching people comment on this Lindsay Clancy murder trial is wild.

"You can't judge her because you aren't a woman". "Its really her husband's fault because he didn't support her enough" or my favorite "Obviously its a conspiracy where the husband did and and the police are working with him to blame his innocent wife"

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 10:35 PM (sKqQm)

25 Killer cover of Ace of Spades. Well, other than Joe Perry completely fucking up the guitar parts. Everybody else was nuts on.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2026 10:35 PM (S41Gd)

26 I shant not.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 10:36 PM (VPNgR)

27
We have a strict minimum of three (3) Breakfast Beers

Ask any of our Regional Managers how they got those sweet jobs

Posted by: GlobalMiklosCorp at August 18, 2026 10:37 PM (XOG/m)

28 I remember the first time I attended a lunch hosted by the department I worked in at a NW-base Defense and Aerospace company that shall remain nameless. Half the people there were drinking. I was stunned. Two martini lunches. I just assumed that was a tv/movie thing.
Posted by: Diogenes

Liquor? Hell, Martin-Marietta used to send hookers to employee candidates when they stayed over in the local hotels.

Not that I would know anything about that.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2026 10:37 PM (hrOJm)

29 Four Beer Fridays was a thing back in the day ...

Posted by: browndog says woof at August 18, 2026 10:37 PM (3sXRv)

30 Ohio professor specialized in uptalking. HANG 'IM.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 10:37 PM (VPNgR)

31 There used to be a pyramid there. That's how thorough the looting has been.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 18, 2026 10:33 PM (VWtfl)

Of course! It's an afterimage. The pyramid's only a shadoof of its former self.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026 10:38 PM (1Ff7Z)

32 *Puts on hat*
*Begins looking for whelm*
Posted by: Perry the Platypus at August 18, 2026 10:29 PM (+0Wk3)

First read that as phlegm...

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2026 10:38 PM (2WIwB)

33 Alice Cooper, John Lennon, Mickey Dolenz and others used to party hardy together, calling their group the vampires because they would go all night.

Posted by: davidt at August 18, 2026 10:38 PM (Q+gd/)

34 Who was the lead singer on that AoS cover? It was very good.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2026 10:38 PM (sAmhv)

35 As a member of the solidly over 92 29 club here at AoS, who would like to peruse the content and maybe a few comments before it's my nap time, I must humbly request that the ONTs be posted more promptly at 10E/9C as Lord Ace intended, Prince CBD notwithstanding.

In protest of tonight's nearly half-hour later post, I'm going to stand here out front having a staring contest with the Moose, holding this sign which (looks at sign) uh, wrong side (flips sign) uh, okay, looks like I forgot to write anything on the sign. But if I had written something, it would be in protest of something but I can't remember what. Have you seen my glasses? Do I even wear glasses? Oh, look! Comments…!

Posted by: mindful webworker - manning the barricades and baring the manicades at August 18, 2026 10:39 PM (Cl/mc)

36 You will name the child ZOD.
Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 10:29 PM (UfDpa)

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Can we talk about middle names?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 10:39 PM (RIvkX)

37 Elon says they're eventually going to bring it back to Starbase. Now, how they're going to do that, he didn't say.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Hypertunnel is almost complete

Posted by: The Boring Company at August 18, 2026 10:39 PM (XOG/m)

38 Evening, folken!

Just finished watching the first two episodes of the 2022 Why Didn't They Ask Evans?, an adaptation in four parts of Agatha Christie's novel. This one is fun so far, with real humor -- possibly because it was adapted and directed by Hugh (House) Laurie. He had a solid background in comedy before his turn as the difficult doctor; you remember he worked with Stephen Fry in comedy, and played the hapless Bertie Wooster in a fairly recent adaptation of the Jeeves stories by Wodehouse.

So this miniseries has good genes. We'll see how it goes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 10:39 PM (wzUl9)

39 I watched Conan O'Brien interview Mick Jagger. Conan flew to London for that. It was pretty good. The Stones made a new studio album, apparently. Conan knows from music, so it went well. I like Mick, as a person.

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 10:39 PM (g47mK)

40 Leftism and Islam do not exist well together. Yet leftists keep falling for the idea of thinking they do.

Socialism is slavery. Islam is slavery. They are both whole-of-society grifts, that make everyone and everything into the property of the ruling clique, that got its hands on the levers of state power and eliminated its competitors.

The rhetoric of socialism and Islam, all the blah-blah and yadda-yadda, is just the scam patter of a confidence scheme. If a scruffy guy comes up to you in a grocery store parking lot with a rhythmic patter, you don't have to listen to the words to dismiss him. You already know that he's just going to say whatever he thinks would get you part with some of your folding money.

So it is with socialism and Islam, as with any grift. Looking for logical holes in the rhetoric is a job for chumps. They don't even care themselves if their own words are true or false, only whether they're effective at manipulating you.

So why would they be incompatible? Because their rhetoric is incompatible? The rhetoric that literally does not matter, even to themselves? There is no contradiction, because they are literally the same grift under the hood.

Posted by: SciVo at August 18, 2026 10:40 PM (L3Npt)

41
It would appear that the Mariners lost a close one tonight. 22-0.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 10:40 PM (O0L8i)

42 I'll always remember Hugh Laurie for his part in 101 Dalmatians.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2026 10:41 PM (hrOJm)

43 ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard has passed away in TX. He was the only one without a beard. Billy Gibbons is now the only surviving original member of the band.
I was lucky enough to see them perform at the Peace Center in Greenville SC in 2017. They were always on my bucket list.
RIP Frank Beard.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 18, 2026 10:41 PM (Lo97M)

44 And, how many of the Slow Horses fans here are aware that Mick co-wrote and performed the theme song "Strange Game" ?

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 10:41 PM (g47mK)

45 Sorry, Mr. Doof, about the technical difficulties. Have you tried unplugging, then plugging it back in.

Why did autocorrect change Doof to Doo? Glad I checked.

Posted by: My Kingdom For An Edit Button at August 18, 2026 10:41 PM (JM9I6)

46 ZOD

ITS A GIRL!!!!

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 10:41 PM (HCL3E)

47 How is it that in English you can be *over*whelmed, and *under*whelmed, but never "whelmed"?

Musta been one of them Olde English words we don't use no mo'.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 10:42 PM (wzUl9)

48 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 10:39 PM (wzUl9)

I think I replied to you about something today. Can't remember what. Maybe on ALH.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026 10:42 PM (1Ff7Z)

49 I worked at a couple of places that had a "2 drink maximum" for lunch. Mostly because no one had gotten around to changing the rules from when they had been established in the 50's

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2026 10:42 PM (rbvCR)

50 Surrounded by losers
Misfits and boozers
Hanging by your fingernails...

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 10:43 PM (g47mK)

51 It would appear that the Mariners lost a close one tonight. 22-0.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 10:40 PM (O0L8i)

That's only three touchdowns with one extra two.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026 10:43 PM (1Ff7Z)

52 So why would they be incompatible? Because their rhetoric is incompatible? The rhetoric that literally does not matter, even to themselves? There is no contradiction, because they are literally the same grift under the hood.
Posted by: SciVo

When both sides think the other are the useful idiots, they're both correct.

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 10:44 PM (VHUov)

53 I think I replied to you about something today. Can't remember what. Maybe on ALH.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026

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I commented on one of your recent threads there.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 10:44 PM (wzUl9)

54 Musta been one of them Olde English words we don't use no mo'.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

That's too bad

Because Olde English 800 has the Power

Posted by: Miklos of Lesser Whelmsby at August 18, 2026 10:44 PM (XOG/m)

55 Surrounded by losers
Misfits and boozers
Hanging by your fingernails...
Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026

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Clowns to the left of me --
Jokers to the right --
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 10:44 PM (wzUl9)

56 How is it that in English you can be overwhelmed, and underwhelmed, but never "whelmed"?

This is English. You can unwhelm “whelmed” if you want to.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 18, 2026 10:45 PM (kYmoU)

57 Musta been one of them Olde English words we don't use no mo'.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 10:42 PM (wzUl9)

Those are always thornes in our side, aren't they?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026 10:45 PM (1Ff7Z)

58 I don't know, Arafat was a socialist and an Islamist terrorist, they can COEXIST. No problem there.

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 10:45 PM (g47mK)

59 ITS A GIRL!!!!
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 10:41 PM (HCL3E)
* * * *
Congratulations!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 18, 2026 10:45 PM (D/6p1)

60 Musta been one of them Olde English words we don't use no mo'.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026
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Those are always thornes in our side, aren't they?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026

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Some ffolken think so

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 10:46 PM (wzUl9)

61 ***The police don't like being recorded
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Pulled over because of stupid TV's 'see something say something' (pre-obama). First cop was more or less reasonable (my truck had been reported by a neighbor). Second cop rolls up and during the discourse he says, "I could have shot you." I looked him in the eye and said, demonstrably, 'You would have shot the wrong man'.
He shut the fuck up.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 10:46 PM (VPNgR)

62 I commented on one of your recent threads there.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 10:44 PM (wzUl9)

It's still a going concern!

Just seems like you, men, and Richard Caire comment anymore.

I do have another post I put up today.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026 10:47 PM (1Ff7Z)

63 Four Beer Fridays was a thing back in the day ...
Posted by: browndog says woof

Company I worked at had margarita fridays. We shut down at noon and went home at 3

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 10:48 PM (YZ0Fo)

64 Anybody remember when Kraft (I think it was) introduced cheese spread in a jar? One of the flavors was Old English, I'm pretty sure.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 10:48 PM (wzUl9)

65 Before Prohibition almost every worker was intoxicated to some degree.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 10:48 PM (KC5Lt)

66 I don't know, Arafat was a socialist and an Islamist terrorist, they can COEXIST. No problem there.
Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 10:45 PM (g47mK)

And had a membership at Man's Country. A veritable Democrat he was!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026 10:49 PM (1Ff7Z)

67 Yes, thank you for the ONT Doof.

When I taught English in South Korea, we'd be occasionally taken out for drinking parties. The South Koreans are pretty good drinkers.

Our boss was impressed at how well my Florida girl co-worker and I could hold our soju.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 10:49 PM (Sco7b)

68 don't know, Arafat was a socialist and an Islamist terrorist, they can COEXIST. No problem there.
Posted by: runner at

Schooled in the west. Means to an end.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 10:50 PM (YZ0Fo)

69 don't know, Arafat was a socialist and an Islamist terrorist, they can COEXIST. No problem there.
Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 10:45 PM (g47m

That's because he was a butt pirate.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 10:50 PM (KC5Lt)

70 Anybody remember when Kraft (I think it was) introduced cheese spread in a jar?

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Easy Cheese!!

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 10:50 PM (g47mK)

71 Some ffolken think so
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 10:46 PM (wzUl9)

Yes, we do.

Posted by: Rufus Excalibur ffolkes at August 18, 2026 10:51 PM (1Ff7Z)

72 The Kraft Old English cheese spread has been around for a hundred years, says one site. So when it seemed to appear when I was about ten or eleven, maybe I'd never noticed it before, or it had just been introduced in my part of the country.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 10:51 PM (wzUl9)

73 Matthew "Stymie" Beard, Jr.>>James Beard>>Frank Beard

Posted by: Earnie Shavers at August 18, 2026 10:51 PM (JM9I6)

74 Ugh crosstown classic in rain delay tied in the 8th

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 10:51 PM (YZ0Fo)

75 If you want get rid of the Flocks....hang on for about 4 months....then very quietly slip a few Ben Franklins to the local snow plow driver. First big snow, it will be uncanny how the plow hit very single one of them. They should have marked their location better.

You guys in Florida have the "Florida Man" and he's likely figure out a way to incorporate a hooker, an alligator, fireworks, and a bedpan into inadvertant Flock camera disposal. I have no idea how, but that's the great thing about the "Florida Man"...neither does he.

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 10:51 PM (dIske)

76 Easy Cheese >> Kraft in a jar

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 10:51 PM (g47mK)

77 "I must humbly request that the ONTs be posted more promptly at 10E/9C as Lord Ace intended, Prince CBD notwithstanding."

It's funny that you think Ace knows of the existence of the ONT and/or gives a rodent's rectum about what time it is posted.

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2026 10:52 PM (QMAsf)

78 You will name the child ZOD.
Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 10:29 PM (UfDpa)

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Can we talk about middle names?
Posted by: San Franpsycho
......

Imperial?

Posted by: wth at August 18, 2026 10:52 PM (oq9dX)

79 Wasn't easy cheese the one in the can with the whippet nozzle?

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 10:52 PM (YZ0Fo)

80 Who was the lead singer on that AoS cover? It was very good.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2026 10:38 PM (sAmhv)

I'm curious too. He had the bass part down good too.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2026 10:53 PM (S41Gd)

81 Schooled in the west. Means to an end.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 10:50 PM (YZ0Fo)

Arafat was mean to many an end.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026 10:53 PM (1Ff7Z)

82
There is unrest in the forest, there is trouble with the trees
For the maples want more sunlight, and the oaks ignore their pleas

The trouble with the maples, and they're quite convinced they're right
They say the oaks are just too lofty, and they grab up all the light
But the oaks can't help their feelings if they like the way they're made
And they wonder why the maples can't be happy in their shade

There is trouble in the forest, and the creatures all have fled
As the maples scream, “Oppression!”, and the oaks just shake their heads

So the maples formed a union, and demanded equal rights
“The oaks are just too greedy, we will make them give us light”
Now there's no more oak oppression, for they passed a noble law
And the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, axe and saw

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 10:53 PM (VPNgR)

83 My observation is things tend to go from one extreme to the other. One person shits their pants, well, therefore we all gotta wear diapers. A beer at lunch is perfectly reasonable, at least for the last several thousand years anyway.

Now? They want to give you a DUI if you if you merely drove by a liquor store 2 days ago. It’s just bullshit.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 10:53 PM (dLnkr)

84 You know, if you shined a good high power laser pointer, especially a green one at least 2w or more, through the lens of a Flock camera for 10-15 seconds it will severely damage the sensor. It will work even from a hundred feet away. Pass it on.

Posted by: Old Tech Guy at August 18, 2026 10:53 PM (Mlvy0)

85 79 Wasn't easy cheese the one in the can with the whippet nozzle?
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026

And it’s grabber orange.

Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 10:53 PM (ZdaMQ)

86 Hahah the cubs tarp is sponsored by Reynolds wrap. That's just funny.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 10:53 PM (YZ0Fo)

87 LOl, Trump is paying attention !
"U.S. President Donald Trump:

"SleazeBag Vindman loses tonight to a Radical Left Lunatic. How cool is that??? President DJT".

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 10:54 PM (g47mK)

88 So this miniseries has good genes. We'll see how it goes.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 10:39 PM (wzUl9)

I was very pleased and surprised, b/c BBC DEI was kept in check on this one. Been thinking of watching it again- it keeps popping up on the suggested show thingie.

Posted by: sal at August 18, 2026 10:55 PM (f+FmA)

89 And it’s grabber orange.
Posted by: Piper

That's how you knew it was tasty!

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 10:55 PM (YZ0Fo)

90 Matthew "Stymie" Beard, Jr.>>James Beard>>Frank Beard
Posted by: Earnie Shavers at August 18, 2026 10:51 PM (JM9I6)

Beard Meets Food>>Matthew "Stymie" Beard, Jr.>>James Beard>>Frank Beard

Posted by: Burma Shavers at August 18, 2026 10:55 PM (1Ff7Z)

91 Did I miss what the 4 beer guy's job was? Of course that makes a big difference.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 10:55 PM (KC5Lt)

92 You know what's missing in modern music?
Romance. 1979 forward it's less and less.
1979 back, most all styles of music were mostly
concerned with getting close to the opposite sex.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 10:55 PM (VPNgR)

93 That could have something to do with our lowered birth rate.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 10:56 PM (VPNgR)

94 Imperial?
Posted by: wth at August 18, 2026 10:52 PM (oq9dX)

(horn flourish)

crown appears on wth's head.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026 10:56 PM (1Ff7Z)

95 Also, a really powerful laser (like 15w) could even melt or burn the sensor and completely kill the camera. Just saying.

Posted by: Old Tech Guy at August 18, 2026 10:56 PM (Mlvy0)

96 Who was the lead singer on that AoS cover? It was very good.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 18, 2026 10:38 PM (sAmhv)

I'm curious too. He had the bass part down good too.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2026 10:53 PM (S41Gd)

Pro tip - When there's a link below the video, maybe click it and read the info.

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2026 10:57 PM (QMAsf)

97 SleazeBag Vindman loses tonight to a Radical Left Lunatic. How cool is that??? President DJT".
Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 10:54 PM (g47mK)

Did he lose to himself?

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 10:57 PM (KC5Lt)

98 A feller could make good money selling Pringles and snack crackers + Easy Cheese etc in a can to long haul hikers on the trail I betcha.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 10:57 PM (dLnkr)

99 Re: Flock

We don't have any here, but the tiny town to the east has two- one at each end of the city limits. Can't imagine what is going on 10 miles down the road that needs them, if we don't have them.

Posted by: sal at August 18, 2026 10:57 PM (f+FmA)

100
It's funny that you think Ace knows of the existence of the ONT and/or gives a rodent's rectum about what time it is posted.

Posted by: Doof
---

Bingo!
Actually, he does, but only in a minor way.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 10:57 PM (VPNgR)

101 Pro tip - When there's a link below the video, maybe click it and read the info.
Posted by: Doof

That sounds like reading the content.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 10:57 PM (YZ0Fo)

102 A feller could make good money selling Pringles and snack crackers + Easy Cheese etc in a can to long haul hikers on the trail I betcha.

===

You know things!

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 10:58 PM (g47mK)

103 Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2026 10:57 PM (QMAs

You're in a mood tonight.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 10:58 PM (KC5Lt)

104 >>46 ZOD
ITS A GIRL!!!!
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 10:41 PM (HCL3E)

Congratulations. Name her ZOD.

"Yeah, but what's your middle name?"

"I am ZOD."

Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 10:58 PM (UfDpa)

105 Flock

We don't have any here, but the tiny town to the east has two- one at each end of the city limits. Can't imagine what is going on 10 miles down the road that needs them, if we don't have them.
Posted by: sal

We have a fair amount. The city council just tried to get a ton more and got voted down. Town just north has none.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 10:59 PM (YZ0Fo)

106 And it’s grabber orange.
Posted by: Piper

I did not grabber oranges. I don't even know her.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026 10:59 PM (1Ff7Z)

107 Pro tip - When there's a link below the video, maybe click it and read the info.
Posted by: Doof

That sounds like reading the content.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 10:57 PM (YZ0Fo)

Lofty expectations. I should know better.

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2026 11:00 PM (QMAsf)

108 Meyer lemons, those are very good! All lemons should be remade into Meyer lemons.

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 11:00 PM (g47mK)

109 104 >>46 ZOD
ITS A GIRL!!!!
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 10:41 PM (HCL3E)

Congratulations. Name her ZOD.

"Yeah, but what's your middle name?"

"I am ZOD."
Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 10:58 PM (UfDpa)
__________________

Congrats....maybe ask Elon Musk for some suggestions. He's good at picking names. And there are 25 more letters in the alphabet he hasn't used.

Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 11:01 PM (dIske)

110 Finished the media management and replication module for media vault, also updated the graphics on the companion Roku app.

Next up, figuring out how to refactor into a universally deployable app.

Right now it's a collection of python scripts and libraries serving web-pages using a free API key from the Movie Database.

Exploring if monetizing it is a possibility, will have to rip out the acquisition portion if I do.

Oh well, I will dwell on this over a nice Gimlet.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 18, 2026 11:01 PM (XV/Pl)

111 The Kraft Old English cheese spread has been around for a hundred years, says one site. So when it seemed to appear when I was about ten or eleven, maybe I'd never noticed it before, or it had just been introduced in my part of the country.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 10:51 PM (wzUl9)

I do a lot of online jigsaw puzzles and found an ad for Kraft cheese spreads. They had a line of about 6 or 7 back in the '30s- most of which you would not want to eat...

Posted by: sal at August 18, 2026 11:01 PM (f+FmA)

112 And this ain't 4 beer guy's first write up according to him.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 11:01 PM (KC5Lt)

113 We got HR in about 88
She wanted to do lunch with us
It was a Thru or Fri and we went to Carrabas
Bread paper crayon I ordered a bottle of wine
HR person asked if we were drinking
said nope we are working
Person next to me wrote entire PPT on the paper on next phase of project
We drank she drank and we got written up

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 18, 2026 11:01 PM (/+uur)

114 Pro tip - When there's a link below the video, maybe click it and read the info.
Posted by: Doof

That sounds like reading the content.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 10:57 PM (YZ0Fo)

Right? I don't do cheat sheets. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2026 11:01 PM (S41Gd)

115
Her Majesty and The Big Dummy have made it to Faribaut, MN. On to Lake Elmo tomorrow and the St. Croix Valley Cluster of Dog Shows.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 11:01 PM (O0L8i)

116 If you want get rid of the Flocks....hang on for about 4 months....then very quietly slip a few Ben Franklins to the local snow plow driver. First big snow, it will be uncanny how the plow hit very single one of them. They should have marked their location better.

You guys in Florida have the "Florida Man" and he's likely figure out a way to incorporate a hooker, an alligator, fireworks, and a bedpan into inadvertant Flock camera disposal. I have no idea how, but that's the great thing about the "Florida Man"...neither does he.
Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 10:51 PM (dIske)

They had to be taken down ... for cleaning. They were absolutely covered in seagull crap and dead giant bugs. The pole was falling over, anyways, from the rust. Haven't you people heard about Rust-Oleum?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 18, 2026 11:02 PM (qx7Zg)

117 Right? I don't do cheat sheets. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Read? I don't even know what that means.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:03 PM (YZ0Fo)

118 You're in a mood tonight.
Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 10:58 PM (KC5Lt)

It happens sometimes

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2026 11:03 PM (QMAsf)

119 The Flock cameras are here to stay, more's the pity. However, I have installed three in the fortress to ensure that the wife is making sandwiches and doing laundry and not eating Old Bay cheese puffs and watching some binge drama on Netflix.

Resume her toil.

Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 11:04 PM (UfDpa)

120 SleazeBag Vindman loses tonight to a Radical Left Lunatic. How cool is that??? President DJT".
Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 10:54 PM (g47mK)

Did he lose to himself?
Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 10:57 PM (KC5Lt)

He lost to Bearclaw, his brother?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 18, 2026 11:04 PM (qx7Zg)

121 I can't afford Kraft Cheese Spread. Had to go with the generic, ersatz Kramp brand. Doesn't sit well in the tummy.

Posted by: Iona Traylor at August 18, 2026 11:05 PM (JM9I6)

122 You're in a mood tonight.
Posted by: polynikes

"I'm in the nood for looooove. . .
Simply because you're near me.. .
Funny but (who has a funny butt)
When you're near me. .
I'm in the nood for love."

Posted by: Misheard lyrics at August 18, 2026 11:05 PM (hrOJm)

123 39 I watched Conan O'Brien interview Mick Jagger. Conan flew to London for that. It was pretty good. The Stones made a new studio album, apparently. Conan knows from music, so it went well. I like Mick, as a person.

Posted by: runner
---

I watched an interview with Benny Goodman, 'King of Swing' - he was. The interviewer mentioned that he and Jagger were at a jam session at the same time. Goodman answered affirmative.
The next question was a softball for Goodman to denigrate Jagger.
'He knows what he's doing.' Was Goodman's response.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 11:05 PM (VPNgR)

124 real robot

A Chinese co called Unitree has debuted its robot, which beat Usain Bolt's record in the 100m dash; beat the world record for standing jump EASILY; can do backflips.

I can't link to it, but if you Google "Chinese robot within last 24 hours," several videos are available for your viewing pleasure.

I never heard of Unitree, and I never mess with non-U.S. stocks in any event. However, Unitree jumped 542% today. Not bad-- $542 for $1. In one day.

Posted by: mnw at August 18, 2026 11:05 PM (RCjYY)

125 Two nights ago Doof posted a photo of a beached huge stump - it had been spotted a sea -10 years previous.

We had a beach cottage on north Everett Bay, Puget Sound. 1974 a huge egg-shaped root ball washed ashore during a massive storm/exceptionally high tide. The solid egg root ball was approx. 8ft high by 12ft long by 10ft wide, weathered, nearly perfectly smooth with a shattered tree trunk jutting up from one end of the egg. Four years ago I looked at the sat view on google Erf. It's still there.

Posted by: 13times at August 18, 2026 11:06 PM (ZXHKz)

126

The ONT shows up sometime. Just keeping yakking on the previous thread. It's not world ending.

Posted by: four seasons at August 18, 2026 11:06 PM (/QHx4)

127 real robot

A Chinese co called Unitree has debuted its robot, which beat Usain Bolt's record in the 100m dash; beat the world record for standing jump EASILY; can do backflips.

I can't link to it, but if you Google "Chinese robot within last 24 hours," several videos are available for your viewing pleasure.

I never heard of Unitree, and I never mess with non-U.S. stocks in any event. However, Unitree jumped 542% today. Not bad-- $542 for $1. In one day.
Posted by: mnw

Was that the one that was mimicking the dudes moves. And then he kicked himself in the nards?

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:07 PM (YZ0Fo)

128 Every time I hear Rush I think of the movie I Love You , Man. Rush was prominently featured. Pretty funny movie.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 11:07 PM (KC5Lt)

129 I do a lot of online jigsaw puzzles and found an ad for Kraft cheese spreads. They had a line of about 6 or 7 back in the '30s- most of which you would not want to eat...
Posted by: sal

Bing Crosby was a cheesemonger for Kraft during those years. Sold tonnes of it.

Posted by: Bob Hope For Pepsodent at August 18, 2026 11:07 PM (JM9I6)

130 Every time I hear Rush I think of the movie I Love You , Man. Rush was prominently featured. Pretty funny movie.
Posted by: polynikes

Slappa da bass

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:07 PM (YZ0Fo)

131 I never heard of Unitree, and I never mess with non-U.S. stocks in any event. However, Unitree jumped 542% today. Not bad-- $542 for $1. In one day.
Posted by: mnw at August 18, 2026 11:05 PM (RCjYY)

The question is, who did the Chinese steal it from?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026 11:08 PM (1Ff7Z)

132 You guys in Florida have the "Florida Man" and he's likely figure out a way to incorporate a hooker, an alligator, fireworks, and a bedpan into inadvertant Flock camera disposal. I have no idea how, but that's the great thing about the "Florida Man"...neither does he.

Posted by: Orson
---

Usually there are more than one to several cameras at one location. It will take two teams. Team #1 job will be to paint the lens of the cameras allowing team #2 the time necessary to disembowel the cameras.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 11:08 PM (VPNgR)

133 Usually there are more than one to several cameras at one location. It will take two teams. Team #1 job will be to paint the lens of the cameras allowing team #2 the time necessary to disembowel the cameras.

Posted by: Braenyard -

Send the yutes out with paintball guns

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:09 PM (YZ0Fo)

134 Slappa da bass
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:07 PM (YZ0Fo)

LOL

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 11:10 PM (KC5Lt)

135 I could be in favor of Flock cameras, if they were only used to track, map, and publicly identify people still wearing Covid masks

Posted by: Miklos is persuadable at August 18, 2026 11:10 PM (XOG/m)

136 I do a lot of online jigsaw puzzles and found an ad for Kraft cheese spreads. They had a line of about 6 or 7 back in the '30s- most of which you would not want to eat...
Posted by: sal at August 18, 2026

***
Well, not after the stuff's been sitting around for ninety years!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 11:11 PM (wzUl9)

137 The Chinese do not produce robots. They produce remote-controlled toys.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 11:11 PM (RIvkX)

138 >>A Chinese co called Unitree has debuted its robot, which beat Usain Bolt's record in the 100m dash; beat the world record for standing jump EASILY; can do backflips.

I can't link to it, but if you Google "Chinese robot within last 24 hours," several videos are available for your viewing pleasure.

I never heard of Unitree, and I never mess with non-U.S. stocks in any event. However, Unitree jumped 542% today. Not bad-- $542 for $1. In one day.

Posted by: mnw
---

The Chinese are building their robots to fight.
Chinese robots have bashed more people than
all the other robot manufacturers put together.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 11:11 PM (VPNgR)

139 Slappa da bass
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:07 PM (YZ0Fo)

LOL
Posted by: polynikes at

Say what you want. But Paul Rudd is always likeable in movies.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:11 PM (YZ0Fo)

140 could be in favor of Flock cameras, if they were only used to track, map, and publicly identify people still wearing Covid masks
Posted by: Miklos is persuadable

Best I can do is hijabs.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:12 PM (YZ0Fo)

141 >>135 I could be in favor of Flock cameras, if they were only used to track, map, and publicly identify people still wearing Covid masks
Posted by: Miklos is persuadable at August 18, 2026 11:10 PM (XOG/m)

And whisper craziness to them.

Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 11:12 PM (UfDpa)

142 7 >>233 ZOD! I’m gonna be a granny!
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 10:21 PM (CKPDL)

You will name the child ZOD.
Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 10:29 PM (UfDpa)

46 ZOD

ITS A GIRL!!!!
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 10:41 PM (HCL3E)

You will name the child ZODA.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 18, 2026 11:12 PM (Sj6Ot)

143 104 >>46 ZOD
ITS A GIRL!!!!
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 10:41 PM (HCL3E)

Congratulations to all of you!

Everyone have a good night.

Damn, it was 22-0.
And Ohtani hit 30 home runs again. That guys amazing.
Good night.

Ralphy wants out and Snowflake is sleeping in my room already.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 18, 2026 11:13 PM (Sco7b)

144 Her Majesty and The Big Dummy have made it to Faribaut, MN. On to Lake Elmo tomorrow and the St. Croix Valley Cluster of Dog Shows.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Faribaut, MN

The home of Luck's beans

Posted by: Miklos, yer Fun Fact pal at August 18, 2026 11:13 PM (XOG/m)

145 However, Unitree jumped 542% today. Not bad-- $542 for $1. In one day.
Posted by: mnw

"Up 100%" doubles your money, it doesn't multiply it by 100.

Still, I'd take $6.42 for $1 as a one-day investment.

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 11:14 PM (VHUov)

146 I know security cameras helped catch Bryan Kohberger but I don't think they were Flock.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 11:15 PM (KC5Lt)

147 137 SFP

Then it's a helluva toy.

Posted by: mnw at August 18, 2026 11:15 PM (RCjYY)

148 Starting to nod off here; time to imitate the Arab, fold my tent, and steal silently away. Night, all.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 18, 2026 11:15 PM (wzUl9)

149 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2026 11:15 PM (Y/06r)

150
Some people have health issues and they wear masks.

The bag wearing pos's are to be mocked.

Who knows if it is a man or woman in those bags and what type of weapon they are hiding.

Posted by: four seasons at August 18, 2026 11:16 PM (/QHx4)

151 119 The Flock cameras are here to stay, more's the pity. However, I have installed three in the fortress to ensure that the wife is making sandwiches and doing laundry and not eating Old Bay cheese puffs and watching some binge drama on Netflix.

Resume her toil.
Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 11:04 PM (UfDpa)
***********
I want to know how my husband figured out how to log into the AOC. My cover is blown.

Hi ZOD

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2026 11:16 PM (hzuYO)

152 Say what you want. But Paul Rudd is always likeable in movies.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:11 PM (YZ0Fo)

I agree.

Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 11:16 PM (KC5Lt)

153 know security cameras helped catch Bryan Kohberger but I don't think they were Flock.
Posted by: polynikes

It was actually his cell phone tracking data more than cameras. There's a guy that worked for the defense before the plea and has since came out and said the if you saw the cell data you'd take a deal too.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:17 PM (YZ0Fo)

154 Her Majesty and The Big Dummy have made it to Faribaut, MN. On to Lake Elmo tomorrow and the St. Croix Valley Cluster of Dog Shows.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Faribaut, MN
The home of Luck's beans
Posted by: Miklos, yer Fun Fact pal

"Faribault."

Not that it matters much since the pronunciation has little to do with the spelling. It's "Fair-Bow."

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 11:17 PM (VHUov)

155 Every time I hear Rush I think of the movie I Love You , Man. Rush was prominently featured. Pretty funny movie.
Posted by: polynikes at August 18, 2026 11:07 PM (KC5Lt)

Arguing with Neil Peart over how to pronounce his last name was great

Posted by: Doof at August 18, 2026 11:17 PM (QMAsf)

156 >Bing Crosby was a cheesemonger for Kraft during those years.
-----

How does one 'mong' ?

I don't think I've ever monged

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2026 11:20 PM (ZxPkt)

157
They've now got Starship in safe harbor so to speak off the coast of Christmas Island.

Elon says they're eventually going to bring it back to Starbase. Now, how they're going to do that, he didn't say.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Reindeer

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2026 11:21 PM (Cqx++)

158 ZOD requires a good binge series. I am tired of re-watching "Endeavour" and getting flanked by the last-minute deus ex machina endings. I've already done the Breaking Bad show, Say, and Ozark. Ken Burns is a hard No.

Speak.

Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 11:22 PM (UfDpa)

159 A Chinese co called Unitree has debuted its robot, which beat Usain Bolt's record in the 100m dash; beat the world record for standing jump EASILY; can do backflips.

I can't link to it, but if you Google "Chinese robot within last 24 hours," several videos are available for your viewing pleasure.

I never heard of Unitree, and I never mess with non-U.S. stocks in any event. However, Unitree jumped 542% today. Not bad-- $542 for $1. In one day.

Posted by: mnw

The Chinese released a video that purports to show a robot doing those stunts. AI video is thing, now.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 11:23 PM (1z8ji)

160 ZOD requires a good binge series. I am tired of re-watching "Endeavour" and getting flanked by the last-minute deus ex machina endings. I've already done the Breaking Bad show, Say, and Ozark. Ken Burns is a hard No.

Speak.
Posted by: ZOD

Deadwood. Wire.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:23 PM (YZ0Fo)

161 >Bing Crosby was a cheesemonger for Kraft during those years.

How does one 'mong' ?
I don't think I've ever monged
Posted by: Don Black

And why is it only a small number of seemingly-unrelated things can be monged? Cheese, fish, iron, whores.....

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 11:24 PM (VHUov)

162
Some people have health issues and they wear masks.

ONE cashier at the local Kroger always wears a double canister mask and plastic gloves. I assume she has issues of some sort.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2026 11:24 PM (Cqx++)

163 Pluribus. Severance. Widows bay.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:24 PM (YZ0Fo)

164 46 ZOD

ITS A GIRL!!!!
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 10:41 PM (HCL3E)

A girl that will probably be able to blow you away by age two or so. I suspect.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2026 11:25 PM (AT6oe)

165 …posted more promptly at 10E/9C as Lord Ace intended, Prince CBD notwithstanding."

It's funny that you think Ace knows of the existence of the ONT and/or gives a rodent's rectum about what time it is posted.
Posted by: Doof

I just saw that Ace set the rules in the original-edition style guide. Never said he ever looked again (just like the unchanging antiquated Some Humorous Asides list on the front page). We all know that every weekday, as soon as he posts the cafe, he runs to the arms of that hussy BlueSky.

Posted by: mindful webworker - x never got over losing him at August 18, 2026 11:25 PM (Cl/mc)

166 ITS A GIRL!!!!
Posted by: nurse ratched
----
Good luck!
My mother often said that she would rather raise 5 boys than 1 girl. I found out what she meant after my daughter was born.
Showing that there is no justice in the world, she had 4 boys.

But!... All is not lost. When we had the boys for visits, we'd wind 'em up, feed 'em lots of sugar and send them home. Revenge!

Posted by: buddhaha at August 18, 2026 11:25 PM (r9XTa)

167 Pluribus. Severance. Widows bay.
Posted by: BruceWayne

* checks enigma machine *

* flees *

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 11:26 PM (VHUov)

168 What's on my mind?

Nancy wrote something on X about the death penalty.

I responded:

Preach it. Contrary to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, with of its "poison pills," the Death Penalty is licit. The Catechism of the Council of Trent calls for its "judicious" use for the punishment (of the criminal) and the protection of the innocent. Judicious use doesn't mean limited.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 18, 2026 11:26 PM (qFwJc)

169 142

You're right. I didn't pay much attention to that. I was more focused on the amazing athletics! I never invest a dime in those tiny foreign companies anyway. I'm not going to research it, but I suspect it would've been nigh on impossible for an American to buy Unitree today. You couldn't do it on E*Trade. You'd have to find some tiny specialty broker & open an accoun

Onto another subject:t.

Anybody else watch "Air"? It's really good. I realize this isn't the movie thread. But I showed it to my adult son last night, & he loved it too. It's a Matt Damon/Ben Affleck film about Nike, Air Jordan BB shoes, MJ's family, & how it all came together in 1984.

Posted by: mnw at August 18, 2026 11:27 PM (RCjYY)

170 They've now got Starship in safe harbor so to speak off the coast of Christmas Island.

Elon says they're eventually going to bring it back to Starbase. Now, how they're going to do that, he didn't say.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Reindeer
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2026 11:21 PM (Cqx++)

Refuel and relaunch.

Buy the retired USS Enterprise (CVN-65], and put it on the flight deck.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 18, 2026 11:27 PM (qx7Zg)

171 Nancy Mace, of all people.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 18, 2026 11:27 PM (qFwJc)

172 157
They've now got Starship in safe harbor so to speak off the coast of Christmas Island.

Elon says they're eventually going to bring it back to Starbase. Now, how they're going to do that, he didn't say.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Reindeer

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr
---

If it were green, you know what it would look like?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 11:27 PM (VPNgR)

173 Elon says they're eventually going to bring it back to Starbase. Now, how they're going to do that, he didn't say.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Hypertunnel is almost complete
Posted by: The Boring Company at August 18, 2026 10:39 PM (XOG/m)

More realistically, through the Panama Canal?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 18, 2026 11:28 PM (ZVgZ4)

174 She doesn’t have issues, she’s got a lifetime subscription

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 11:28 PM (dLnkr)

175 >ZOD requires a good binge series.
----

I'm watching The Blacklist

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2026 11:28 PM (ZxPkt)

176 Anybody else watch "Air"? It's really good. I realize this isn't the movie thread. But I showed it to my adult son last night, & he loved it too. It's a Matt Damon/Ben Affleck film about Nike, Air Jordan BB shoes, MJ's family, & how it all came together in 1984.
Posted by: mnw

Really good "point in time movie". Even mama Wayne liked it. And she doesn't like movies.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:28 PM (YZ0Fo)

177 I love the HR write-up. Great find Doof!

Posted by: Iris at August 18, 2026 11:28 PM (286+n)

178 ZOD requires a good binge series. I am tired of re-watching "Endeavour" and getting flanked by the last-minute deus ex machina endings. I've already done the Breaking Bad show, Say, and Ozark. Ken Burns is a hard No.

Speak.
Posted by: ZOD

Deadwood. Wire.
Posted by: BruceWayne
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Firefly. Amazon Prime and Hulu

Posted by: buddhaha at August 18, 2026 11:29 PM (r9XTa)

179 When we had the boys for visits, we'd wind 'em up, feed 'em lots of sugar and send them home
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Espresso, a toy drum, and a Kitten. Works every time!

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 11:30 PM (dLnkr)

180 >>171 Nancy Mace, of all people.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 18, 2026 11:27 PM (qFwJc)

She is permitted to orally service ZOD. Her suggestions on binge-watch television are probably not reliable.

Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 11:31 PM (UfDpa)

181 Espresso, a toy drum, and a Kitten. Works every time!
Posted by: Common Tater

That toy that like a vacuum that just pops the balls over and over.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:31 PM (PVUR/)

182 The best series of the last decade, perhaps last two decades, is Chernobyl.

It’s only 5 episodes so you can finish it on a random Sunday.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 18, 2026 11:31 PM (XV/Pl)

183 will that thing fit thru the Suez Canal?

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2026 11:31 PM (ZxPkt)

184 best series of the last decade, perhaps last two decades, is Chernobyl.

It’s only 5 episodes so you can finish it on a random Sunday.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Phenomenal. But heavy. Not like a let me watch this on a lazy afternoon.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:32 PM (YZ0Fo)

185 It's a Matt Damon/Ben Affleck film about Nike, Air Jordan BB shoes, MJ's family, & how it all came together in 1984.

Posted by: mnw
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Jordan is smarter than most. He say, everybody buys tennis shoes, an stfu.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 11:33 PM (VPNgR)

186 Zod ordering Nurse Ratched around. That can only work out well. We are amused.

I have it on good authority his real name is Groot.

Taking a quick exit before either of them comes after me.

https://youtu.be/QIgR9lvmBVM

G'nite, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - how much cob would a cob logger log if a cob logger could lob cogs? at August 18, 2026 11:33 PM (Cl/mc)

187 I have seen some youtube videos about Richard ? great physicist. He said that a mission to Mars would fail because they could never get home.

But what if Elon sends a yuge amount of food, fuel, and supplies to one place on Mars? And when the astronauts get there, there are plenty of provisions?

Question? Is there an atmosphere on Mars? I just watched "The Martian" recently and he was beset with storms? Huh? Storms? High winds? I thought there was no atmosphere.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 18, 2026 11:33 PM (qFwJc)

188

Harriet Hageman won the primary here in Wyoming for Cheney's seat.

Check out picture on Fox. The hag part of her name fits to a tee.

Posted by: four seasons at August 18, 2026 11:33 PM (/QHx4)

189 More realistically, through the Panama Canal?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
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Put it on a barge and head west.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 11:34 PM (VPNgR)

190 Harriet Hageman won the primary here in Wyoming for Cheney's seat.

Check out picture on Fox. The hag part of her name fits to a tee.

Posted by: four seasons

That was for senate. She already took that clowns seat. I was a lil worried when she was down but it was only 2% in. So then I was like ya she's fine.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:35 PM (YZ0Fo)

191 The Chinese released a video that purports to show a robot doing those stunts. AI video is thing, now.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Look up The China Show on YouTube. A couple of guys who lived in China for years.They cover all of the propaganda crap that the PRC peddles, and pour cold water on most of it.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 18, 2026 11:35 PM (r9XTa)

192
The LRO has taken detailed images of that Falcon 9 2nd stage impact on the Moon:

https://t.ly/hHD48

It hit almost right on top of another small crater.

The new crater is about 60' wide and 10' deep.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 11:36 PM (w6EFb)

193 A Model T could beat Usain Bolt too. So what?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 18, 2026 11:36 PM (ZVgZ4)

194 What animal is the archenemy of the moose? Timber wolf would seem to be the obvious choice. But that's what the Germans WANT you to believe!

Posted by: JB1000 at August 18, 2026 11:37 PM (XyUpG)

195 178 ZOD requires a good binge series. I am tired of re-watching "Endeavour" and getting flanked by the last-minute deus ex machina endings. I've already done the Breaking Bad show, Say, and Ozark. Ken Burns is a hard No.

Speak.
Posted by: ZOD

Deadwood. Wire.
Posted by: BruceWayne
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Firefly. Amazon Prime and Hulu
Posted by: buddhaha at August 18, 2026 11:29 PM (r9XTa)

My go-tos:

Person of Interest
Elementary (over Sherlock)
Poirot
The Expanse

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 18, 2026 11:37 PM (Sj6Ot)

196 178 ZOD requires a good binge series.
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The Americans

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 11:37 PM (VPNgR)

197 Question? Is there an atmosphere on Mars? I just watched "The Martian" recently and he was beset with storms? Huh? Storms? High winds? I thought there was no atmosphere.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 18, 2026 11:33 PM (qFwJc)

Mars has a thin atmosphere, composed of 95% CO2. Funny it's so damned cold there, what with its atmosphere being almost entirely "greenhouse gas".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 11:38 PM (1z8ji)

198 185

Yes, he did say that.

I saw MJ on camera often, doing interviews. I thought he was funny & very likable. Off camera, I've read that he got irritated easily & had quite a temper. Maybe we're all like that.

Posted by: mnw at August 18, 2026 11:38 PM (RCjYY)

199 The Americans

Posted by: Braenyard

Yes!

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:38 PM (YZ0Fo)

200 > More realistically, through the Panama Canal?
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that would mean towing it across the Pacific ocean in typhoon season

I think the only way they get that thing back to the US is in pieces

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2026 11:39 PM (ZxPkt)

201 Question? Is there an atmosphere on Mars? I just watched "The Martian" recently and he was beset with storms? Huh? Storms? High winds? I thought there was no atmosphere.
Posted by: no one of any consequence

There is, though it's almost all CO2, and surface pressure is around 0.006 ATM.

There was discussion on an ONT a month or three ago about it; the atmosphere is about the worst possible for space travel. Too thin to use as an air brake, so you have to carry fuel to slow you down. But also thick enough that you need heat shielding for the friction.

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 11:40 PM (VHUov)

202 Mars atmosphere is toxic, mostly CO2 maybe?

The opportunity for closest approach is cyclical, in the 1960s it was something like 1982 and they had plans to try it, but the funding was slashed. Getting to Mars would take almost two years. So the notion of landing, grabbing a few rocks and immediately returning doesn’t make any sense either.

A one-way trip has a lot going for it, in a way.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 11:40 PM (dLnkr)

203 >> I have seen some youtube videos about Richard ? great physicist.

Feynman, I think you're talking about, and those youtube videos of him "speaking" on certain subjects are highly misleading. That is AI generated stuff. It's his "real voice" in a sense, but AI just takes his voice pattern and makes him say things.

This crap is highly misleading and pisses me off.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 11:40 PM (w6EFb)

204 Hey, let's do this again:

FOX31 Denver KDVR
@KDVR
·
3h
COVID is 'growing' in nearly every state, CDC reports. Here's where levels are highest

Posted by: Don Black at August 18, 2026 11:41 PM (ZxPkt)

205 Yes, he did say that.

I saw MJ on camera often, doing interviews. I thought he was funny & very likable. Off camera, I've read that he got irritated easily & had quite a temper. Maybe we're all like that.
Posted by: mnw

He now owns a nascar team that doing quite well this season. Not bubba. And he was asked why he's doing it. And he said "I want to win. I don't care if it's golf or nascar. I'm here to win"

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:41 PM (YZ0Fo)

206
Speak.
Posted by: ZOD

==============

The Good Place

Keep watching. It's incredible. Jameela Jamil is gorgeous and hilarious.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 11:42 PM (XJ22o)

207 >>199 The Americans Posted by: Braenyard
Yes! Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:38 PM (YZ0Fo)

Yeah, that was good. Love the look on his face when, early on, he learns that the guy living across the street is FBI.

Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 11:42 PM (UfDpa)

208 194 What animal is the archenemy of the moose? Timber wolf would seem to be the obvious choice. But that's what the Germans WANT you to believe!
Posted by: JB1000 at August 18, 2026 11:37 PM (XyUpG)

Probably the grizzly bear, but a moose can do some serious damage to a bear. Wolves, but it takes more than two to do it, and one or more will get hurt.

Full grown moose are formidable, with sharp hooves. The bulls have horns, and can lift a bear and throw it from the right angle.

Baby moose, OTOH, are bears' favorite meal.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2026 11:42 PM (AT6oe)

209 FOX31 Denver KDVR
@KDVR
3h
COVID is 'growing' in nearly every state, CDC reports.
Posted by: Don Black

There is an election approaching, after all.

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 11:42 PM (VHUov)

210 A Model T could beat Usain Bolt too. So what?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 18, 2026 11:36 PM (ZVgZ4)

An electric race car from 1899 hit 65 mph (La Jamais Contente)

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 18, 2026 11:43 PM (qx7Zg)

211 The Good Place

Keep watching. It's incredible. Jameela Jamil is gorgeous and hilarious.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

My absolute fav 30 min show ever. Everyone was so great. The chilli babies episode is my fav.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:43 PM (YZ0Fo)

212 >>The Good Place. Keep watching. It's incredible. Jameela Jamil is gorgeous and hilarious.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 11:42 PM (XJ22o)

If this is not good, consequences.

Posted by: ZOD at August 18, 2026 11:44 PM (UfDpa)

213 Feynman, I think you're talking about, and those youtube videos of him "speaking" on certain subjects are highly misleading. That is AI generated stuff. It's his "real voice" in a sense, but AI just takes his voice pattern and makes him say things.

This crap is highly misleading and pisses me off.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 11:40 PM (w6EFb)

The maggots responsible for that shit should be gassed, with something slow-acting and exquisitely painful. Scum.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 11:44 PM (1z8ji)

214 Yeah, that was good. Love the look on his face when, early on, he learns that the guy living across the street is FBI.
Posted by: ZOD at

The wife Keri Russell new show the diplomat is a good watch.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:44 PM (YZ0Fo)

215 ZOD requires a good binge series.

The "12 Monkeys" SyFy series is on Prime.

"The Blacklist" ran for 10 seasons, long enough for some of the actors to literally get old and die. On Netflix. James Spader gleefully chewing on the scenery never got boring.

The BBC Sherlock Holmes series with Jeremy Brett is on Prime.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 18, 2026 11:45 PM (UdecX)

216 194 What animal is the archenemy of the moose? Timber wolf would seem to be the obvious choice. But that's what the Germans WANT you to believe!
Posted by: JB1000 at August 18, 2026 11:37 PM (XyUpG)

Ticks.

Thousands and thousands of deer ticks feed on the blood of moose. Eventually, they weaken the moose. Younger calves are most vulnerable to them - especially when winter comes.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 18, 2026 11:45 PM (Sj6Ot)

217
Mars surface pressure is about 6 mbar, or .006 atm roughly. It can get up to double that in the deepest basins.

That "dust storm" scene from The Martian wasn't accurate, they just needed some dramatic device. Wind speeds on the surface can hit 100 mph (in those dust devils), and you'll see that quoted, but because the atmosphere is so thin, the force is not that much.

100 mph Martian wind would feel like a 7 -10 mph breeze on earth. The dust storms would be a bitch. Imagine getting covered in fine flour by that 10 mph wind.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 11:45 PM (w6EFb)

218

If you don't mind reading subtitles, i have been watching Highland Cops.

The rescuers of people lost or injured in the mountains have balls of steel.

Posted by: four seasons at August 18, 2026 11:47 PM (/QHx4)

219 100 mph Martian wind would feel like a 7 -10 mph breeze on earth. The dust storms would be a bitch. Imagine getting covered in fine flour by that 10 mph wind.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 18, 2026 11:45 PM (w6EFb)

Kind of like getting breathed upon by a hamster with emphysema.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 11:48 PM (1z8ji)

220 Full grown moose are formidable, with sharp hooves. The bulls have horns, and can lift a bear and throw it from the right angle.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 18, 2026 11:42 PM (AT6oe)

I'm sure that causes the bears acute pain.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 18, 2026 11:50 PM (1Ff7Z)

221 There was discussion on an ONT a month or three ago about it; the atmosphere is about the worst possible for space travel. Too thin to use as an air brake, so you have to carry fuel to slow you down. But also thick enough that you need heat shielding for the friction.

Posted by: mikeski
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There will be a tanker in orbit around Mars to refuel the travelers before landing.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 11:50 PM (VPNgR)

222 Woah! Columbia House is shutting down next month?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 18, 2026 11:51 PM (qx7Zg)

223 46 ZOD

ITS A GIRL!!!!
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 18, 2026 10:41 PM (HCL3E)
*********
Congratulations!

After two brothers and two sons I now have two granddaughters in my life! They live 10min away. Grandson was first and we are very ok with boys as we know boys. He's a sweetheart.

The girls are a delight, and I have bought clothes, jewelry, and dolls and all I can think of for girls. So much fun! And to have the oldest be my clone is mindblowing, both in looks and personality. Baby sister at 12mo coming on strong but looks like her older brother.

Enjoy it all, Nurse. Great joy ahead!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2026 11:51 PM (hzuYO)

224 Rep Harriet Hageman (R-WY): She beat Liz Cheney (again) today, in the GOP primary for WY U.S. Senate.

I believe she's of mixed race. She's acknowledged the AmerIndian part. She's very dark-skinned. 100% MAGA. I wish we had more like her!

Posted by: mnw at August 18, 2026 11:51 PM (RCjYY)

225 The best series of the last decade, perhaps last two decades, is Chernobyl.

It’s only 5 episodes so you can finish it on a random Sunday.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 18, 2026 11:31 PM (XV/Pl)

No spoilers, please

Posted by: Kindltot at August 18, 2026 11:51 PM (rbvCR)

226 Good Place

Keep watching. It's incredible. Jameela Jamil is gorgeous and hilarious.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

I actually have the final chidi speech saved in my phone for when I move on.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:52 PM (YZ0Fo)

227 You may depend on the Boring Company. We will provide ample shelter and comfort.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 11:52 PM (VPNgR)

228 He now owns a nascar team that doing quite well this season. Not bubba. And he was asked why he's doing it. And he said "I want to win. I don't care if it's golf or nascar. I'm here to win"

Posted by: BruceWayne
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He knows what he's doing.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 11:54 PM (VPNgR)

229 You may depend on the Boring Company. We will provide ample shelter and comfort.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 11:52 PM (VPNgR)

No entertainment, though. We're Boring.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 18, 2026 11:55 PM (qx7Zg)

230 Oh my, these are hypnotic.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CadC0CgTxIA

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2026 11:57 PM (S41Gd)

231 You may depend on the Boring Company. We will provide ample shelter and comfort.
Posted by: Braenyard

No entertainment, though. We're Boring.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

If I'm living in artificial tunnels, the last thing I want is for them to be exciting. "Boring" is the best feature a tunnel can have.

Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 11:57 PM (VHUov)

232
If this is not good, consequences.
Posted by: ZOD

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Pretty much what the show is about.

bwahahaha

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 11:58 PM (XJ22o)

233 He knows what he's doing.

Posted by: Braenyard

There's a reason he became the first athlete billionaire. Waaayyyy before they had contracts there like 60m a year. And did it without a podcast or a media deal.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:58 PM (YZ0Fo)

234 Feynman. yes. I know it's ai, but he was not thinking like Elon is thinking.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 18, 2026 11:58 PM (qFwJc)

235 ZOD requires a good binge series. I am tired of re-watching "Endeavour" and getting flanked by the last-minute deus ex machina endings. I've already done the Breaking Bad show, Say, and Ozark. Ken Burns is a hard No.

The Creep Tapes. 2 seasons.

Plus two movies: Creep, Creep 2.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 18, 2026 11:58 PM (r7ofC)

236 Columbia House ist kaput? Really?

Finally, I no longer have to look over my shoulder all the time. Like a great weight lifted off my shoulders

Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 11:58 PM (dLnkr)

237 Pretty much what the show is about.

bwahahaha
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

I deserve a medium place!

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 18, 2026 11:59 PM (YZ0Fo)

238 The Creep Tapes. 2 seasons.

Plus two movies: Creep, Creep 2.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls

Trailer for season 3 came out today.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:00 AM (YZ0Fo)

239 Feynman. yes. I know it's ai, but he was not thinking like Elon is thinking.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 18, 2026 11:58 PM (qFwJc)

The AI vandals are putting their words in his mouth.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2026 12:00 AM (1z8ji)

240 RIP Frank Beard
Seen ZZ in Chicago ont the Tejas tour and Deguello tour.
Great live band.

Posted by: Lars at August 19, 2026 12:00 AM (kJH1Z)

241 Elon is getting up to sending thousands of unmanned drones to Mars so that when the humans arrive, there is plenty of provisions.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 19, 2026 12:00 AM (qFwJc)

242
This crap is highly misleading and pisses me off.
Posted by: publius

Youtube has really gone to hell with all the clickbaited AI junk.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2026 12:01 AM (Cqx++)

243 Elon looks around SpaceX HQ.

"Okay, nerds! Who wants to volunteer for the Away Team to go to Christmas Island to get the Starship? It shouldn't take more than six months, nine max!"

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 19, 2026 12:01 AM (UdecX)

244 Columbia House ist kaput? Really?

Finally, I no longer have to look over my shoulder all the time. Like a great weight lifted off my shoulders
Posted by: Common Tater

Still running from that 15cents for 30 albums? Hahah

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:01 AM (YZ0Fo)

245 >> I know it's ai, but he was not thinking like Elon is thinking.

That is not his "thinking" at all. It's a a bunch of fraudsters putting their words in his voice. It is just about criminal, IMO.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2026 12:02 AM (w6EFb)

246 Youtube has really gone to hell with all the clickbaited AI junk.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 19, 2026 12:01 AM (Cqx++)

Time for a Butlerian Jihad against malicious uses of AI.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2026 12:03 AM (1z8ji)

247 205 Batman

I believe MJ is also (or at least was until recently) a major part owner (majority owner?) of the NBA Charlotte Hornets.

I didn't know about the NASCAR team.

He had script approval on "Air," even though he wasn't in it. He requested that the part of one of the AA characters be expanded, which it was subsequently. The character in question, a black NIKE exec, is one of the best and funniest things in the movie.

Posted by: mnw at August 19, 2026 12:03 AM (RCjYY)

248 I used Columbia House to buy a lot of Jazz and Classical music CDs. I still have them. Good bang for the buck.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 19, 2026 12:04 AM (qFwJc)

249 Question? Is there an atmosphere on Mars? I just watched "The Martian" recently and he was beset with storms? Huh? Storms? High winds? I thought there was no atmosphere.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 18, 2026 11:33 PM (qFwJc)

Mars has an atmosphere, it is very thin and mostly CO2, Nitrogen and Argon.
It used to have an atmosphere estimated at about 1 bar, but that was at the end of the Earth's Cambriam period so not so interesting today.
Mars has planet wide dust storms, and dust devils as well. There is just enough moisture in the atmosphere for it to freeze out at the poles as hoarfrost in the planetary winters - in the north and south poles.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 19, 2026 12:04 AM (rbvCR)

250 That is not his "thinking" at all. It's a a bunch of fraudsters putting their words in his voice. It is just about criminal, IMO.
Posted by: publius

Agree. Feynman is one of the great minds of anytime. Let his words and lectures be what they are.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:04 AM (YZ0Fo)

251 Elon is getting up to sending thousands of unmanned drones to Mars so that when the humans arrive, there is plenty of provisions.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 19, 2026 12:00 AM (qFwJc)

Gonna be a shock when we arrive and a find a fuck ton of empty snickers wrappers and passed out martians in a sugar coma.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2026 12:05 AM (S41Gd)

252 I could research Richard Feynman's work, but that would be work. Oh well.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 19, 2026 12:06 AM (qFwJc)

253 Gonna be a shock when we arrive and a find a fuck ton of empty snickers wrappers and passed out martians in a sugar coma.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2026 12:05 AM (S41Gd)

I seem to remember a Sci-Fi novel in which Martians became addicted to Coca-Cola.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 19, 2026 12:07 AM (1z8ji)

254 >> ONT a month or three ago about it; the atmosphere is about the worst possible for space travel.

Yes, indeed. Mars is about the sour spot for "EDL", entry, descent and landing.

The boys at JPL call landing on Mars "Seven Minutes of Terror". The mean one-way light time from Mars is about 12.5 minutes. When they usually do the EDLs, it's about 14 minutes.

It takes about 7 minutes from entry to landing. So, when they get a signal from the spacecraft that EDL has begun, it's already either landed or crashed and burned.

They have to wait another 7 minutes to know that fate.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2026 12:07 AM (w6EFb)

255 Batman

I believe MJ is also (or at least was until recently) a major part owner (majority owner?) of the NBA Charlotte Hornets.

I didn't know about the NASCAR team.

He had script approval on "Air," even though he wasn't in it. He requested that the part of one of the AA characters be expanded, which it was subsequently. The character in question, a black NIKE exec, is one of the best and funniest things in the movie.
Posted by: mnw

Yup all true. And yes he's still the majority owner of the hornets. Seems he's getting more run out of the nascar teams these days. Why he traded the best hornets players cause they couldn't win with him. They can pay him. I'll rebuild.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:07 AM (YZ0Fo)

256 I am watching Tousi TV and I read/scan the comments rolling by.

One person claims bikers are showing up in Dearborn to deal with the durkas (the word he used). 50k expected to arrive person says. I don't know when or what is going on.

I have no idea if this is true. However, if it is I know who I'm cheering for.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 19, 2026 12:08 AM (hzuYO)

257 209 FOX31 Denver KDVR
@KDVR
3h
COVID is 'growing' in nearly every state, CDC reports.
Posted by: Don Black

There is an election approaching, after all.
Posted by: mikeski at August 18, 2026 11:42 PM (VHUov)

Even after all the releases about actual science on Covid...

I saw 4 Different Ladies wearing masks in the Grocery store today...

Floored me.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 19, 2026 12:09 AM (mP0Kj)

258 One person claims bikers are showing up in Dearborn to deal with the durkas (the word he used). 50k expected to arrive person says. I don't know when or what is going on.

I have no idea if this is true. However, if it is I know who I'm cheering for.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

Dearborn was lost 20 years ago

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:10 AM (YZ0Fo)

259
Take the Moon. No atmosphere. And gravity is only 1/6 that of Erf. Powered descent with rockets are easily doable.

Take Earth. Powered descent would take as much fuel to get down as to get up. But the atmosphere is thick enough to do all the braking you need to bleed off orbital to escape speed off.

Mars gravity is 1/3 earth. More fuel. The atmosphere is not think enough to do all the braking. Terminal velocity on Mars is still supersonic. You need fuel and heat shields both.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2026 12:11 AM (w6EFb)

260 Anyway, I realized that it may be possible for humans to go to Mars and return. Atmospheric pressure is needed to prevent atrophy on muscles and bones. Clearly, enough fuel to get and and get home. Why can't they travel faster? Why two years to get there? Why not 3 months?

LOL. IDK.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 19, 2026 12:11 AM (qFwJc)

261 Oh game back on after 90 min

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:12 AM (YZ0Fo)

262 Good evening, Horde. I tire of all the stupid in the world, but the Horde, like the Dude, abides.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 19, 2026 12:13 AM (aJQbY)

263
Dearborn was lost 20 years ago
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:10 AM (YZ0Fo)

*******
I know. Only reporting what I read. Which could be bullsharte...that "thousands" of trucks are arriving. Bikers the guy said. Maybe wishful thinking on the part of this person.

I'd prefer they arrive in Minnesota first for the Somolians. Then swing by Dearborn.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 19, 2026 12:14 AM (hzuYO)

264 256

Christy

They usually go to Sturgis, SD. Dearborn would be something I didn't read about.

Posted by: mnw at August 19, 2026 12:14 AM (RCjYY)

265

Go Cubs!!!

Hubby went to bed. He will see the score in the morning.

We are diehard Cub fans..

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 12:15 AM (/QHx4)

266 >> Atmospheric pressure is needed to prevent atrophy on muscles and bones

That's gravity, not pressure. Mars' low pressure is very bad for other reasons -- you need a pressure suit (but it could be more a "tight spandex" type of thing with a breathing helmet). But it's the lower gravity that's the problem.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2026 12:15 AM (w6EFb)

267 know. Only reporting what I read. Which could be bullsharte...that "thousands" of trucks are arriving. Bikers the guy said. Maybe wishful thinking on the part of this person.

I'd prefer they arrive in Minnesota first for the Somolians. Then swing by Dearborn.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

If they wanted to have an effect they hit hamtramack. They don't do the call to prayer there yet

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:16 AM (YZ0Fo)

268 Go Cubs!!!

Hubby went to bed. He will see the score in the morning.

We are diehard Cub fans..
Posted by: four seasons

Back on finally

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:16 AM (YZ0Fo)

269 RandomDave

Hope you're hanging in there. Your quest is quite inspirational.

Posted by: mnw at August 19, 2026 12:17 AM (RCjYY)

270
The biker thing i read about is they are going to grill lots of meat, hopefully pork.

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 12:17 AM (/QHx4)

271 I am watching Tousi TV and I read/scan the comments rolling by.

One person claims bikers are showing up in Dearborn to deal with the durkas (the word he used). 50k expected to arrive person says. I don't know when or what is going on.

I have no idea if this is true. However, if it is I know who I'm cheering for.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 19, 2026 12:08 AM (hzuYO)

From what I understand there was supposed to be a huge outdoor christian prayer to counter the usual large muslim outdoor prayer that's used for intimidation. The bikers are there for the muscle. What I'm hearing is most are them are ones returning from the Sturgis rally in S. dakota that ended 2 days before this event. Somebody reached out to them and said hey on your way back stop by.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 19, 2026 12:17 AM (S41Gd)

272 He's going to put it on a barge an float it around the Cape of Good Hope and up to Starbase.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 12:18 AM (VPNgR)

273 From what I understand there was supposed to be a huge outdoor christian prayer to counter the usual large muslim outdoor prayer that's used for intimidation. The bikers are there for the muscle. What I'm hearing is most are them are ones returning from the Sturgis rally in S. dakota that ended 2 days before this event. Somebody reached out to them and said hey on your way back stop by.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

That's what I was gonna say. Makes sense.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 19, 2026 12:18 AM (YZ0Fo)

274 I think they've developed a new treatment of some kind to help Cub fans kick the habit.

Posted by: mnw at August 19, 2026 12:19 AM (RCjYY)

275 >> Why can't they travel faster? Why two years to get there? Why not 3 months?

Orbital mechanics and the fuel/delta-v requirements vs current engineering and rocket capability.

Invent an Epstein-drive fusion engine (which is possible physics wise, just well beyond anything our current engineering and materials science is capable of), and you can get to Mars at 1g constant acceleration trajectory in 3 days. Jupiter in 6 days, Saturn in 8, and about #2 weeks to Neptune.

Uranus in 12 days.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 19, 2026 12:20 AM (w6EFb)

276

Lol mnw

Posted by: four seasons at August 19, 2026 12:20 AM (/QHx4)

277 Bikers did a similar thing in Houston. Totally peaceful but the rally against 2A and the innocent home owner was totally shut down.
Those megaphones can't compete with sets of full throated Harleys.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 19, 2026 12:22 AM (VPNgR)

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