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This isn't a photograph -- it's a painting by Danish artist Peder Mork Monsted (1859--1941).

For the next vid, I had to look up the term "trophy truck." Google AI:

A trophy truck is a heavily customized, high-speed off-road racing vehicle built to handle extreme desert terrain at speeds exceeding 130 mph.

Check out the suspension on this truck, nom-nom-noming over hills and ruts.

I guess this guy uses random paint strokes and splatters to push him towards fresh images and not the first ones to pop into his head. At any rate, it does wind up looking like something. Or maybe it's just a gimmick. Either way, it's not just splatter.

Mechanizing weed-pulling. Calm down, Jack Straw, I mean the weeds that you can't smoke. The non-wacky ones.

Forced perspective fakery.

A (fake) highway disaster we should have seen coming.

Stronk Empowered Rock Formations.

Piloting a drone down a tall industrial chimney. Reminds me of Blofeld's demise in For Your Eyes Only.

Brazen thieves on a motorcycle attempt to rob a moving truck. A quick application of the brakes results in a painful, hilarious end to the banditry. The Fast and the Furious lied to you.

The Disappearing Mom Trick, a secret learned from wise men of the Himalayas.

The redbud or Judas tree produces flowers from the trunk itself.

In 1991, a Nigerian "prophet" attempted to reproduce the miracle of Daniel in the lion's den by entering a zoo enclosure full of lions. It didn't go great.

Automatic Goat Scritcher. We live in an age of marvels.

This 2-brush system for goats by Schurr Gerätebau is designed for unproblematic use of horned animals with no risk of injuries for the animals. It's automatically activated by the animals' presence pic.twitter.com/JWE7KydvTl
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) September 17, 2026

In 1916 someone dug a well to find water for irrigation, in the middle of a desert. Scalding water exceeding 200°F, has flowed ever since. Calcium carbonate deposits building up into this cone shape with colourful thermophilic algae.

This is the Fly Geyser. pic.twitter.com/Y9M84Hhxy0
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) September 17, 2026

A video analysis of the difference between dog joining cat and cat joining the dog. pic.twitter.com/LvXlhRPWFi
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) September 17, 2026

Camels bathing in the almost mystical environment of Salalah, Oman. pic.twitter.com/It1zqDsPDX
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) September 17, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:32 PM

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1 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 17, 2026 07:32 PM (Ia/+0)

2
*looks at chalkboard specials*

*gags*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 17, 2026 07:33 PM (eRlcH)

3 hello

Posted by: ace at September 17, 2026 07:33 PM (1wjle)

4 Bet that auto- brush gets rid of bugs and things

Posted by: Skip at September 17, 2026 07:34 PM (Ia/+0)

5 Lion trick would have worked if the dude was known and trusted by the lions beforehand. Lions are pack animals and are happy to be friendly kitties to their humans.
Random human jumping in there? Tender vittles.

Posted by: 88C+u at September 17, 2026 07:34 PM (88C+u)

6 >>>For the next vid, I had to look up the term "trophy truck."

That's OK. That's not gay at all.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 17, 2026 07:35 PM (dK+Kv)

7 Danes can't spell.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 17, 2026 07:35 PM (2OBCo)

8 Autumn is coming. The squirrels are eating the not ready yet pecans from our trees. That's the signal for me to start my Fall diet of candy corn and peanut butter.

Posted by: fd at September 17, 2026 07:36 PM (MWfyi)

9 That is an amazing painting. I never would've guessed that it wasn't a photo. And I'm not even high.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 17, 2026 07:36 PM (viF8m)

10
Peder Mork Monsted

Myself, I much preferred the works of Petra Mindy Monsted.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Deport! Deport! Deport! at September 17, 2026 07:36 PM (ixS3i)

11 Bet that auto- brush gets rid of bugs and things
Posted by: Skip at September 17, 2026 07:34 PM (Ia/+0)
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I was thinking I need a smaller version for my cats.

I bet they'd enjoy it, too.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 17, 2026 07:37 PM (FZ29D)

12
Bet that auto- brush gets rid of bugs and things
Posted by: Skip at September 17, 2026 07:34 PM (Ia/+0)

_________

Cattle brushes

https://youtu.be/raLHCMxPgOQ

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 17, 2026 07:38 PM (eRlcH)

13 The dingleberry remover!

Posted by: The Goats at September 17, 2026 07:38 PM (NGvkg)

14 That Fly Geyser is pretty neat.

It's only been around 110 years or so.

Imagine what that thing will look like in a million years (assuming water is still flowing out of it by then.)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 17, 2026 07:38 PM (FZ29D)

15 Carney is a commie. Ursula is a commie. Xi is a commie. They are creating the next trap for America.

Posted by: Accomack at September 17, 2026 07:38 PM (/Chlc)

16
This isn't a photograph -- it's a painting by Danish artist Peder Mork Monsted (1859--1941).

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No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 17, 2026 07:39 PM (eRlcH)

17 "Camels bathing in the almost mystical environment of Salalah, Oman."

After the camels, the goats, and then the women.

Posted by: fd at September 17, 2026 07:39 PM (MWfyi)

18 Happy goats.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 17, 2026 07:40 PM (zZu0s)

19 Monday may be our last 80 degree high.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 17, 2026 07:40 PM (2OBCo)

20 Rosa DeLauro has a similar goatbrush system that scrapes the barnacles off her hull.

Posted by: Wire Brush, Though. at September 17, 2026 07:40 PM (Fn+3X)

21 Autumn is coming. The squirrels are eating the not ready yet pecans from our trees. That's the signal for me to start my Fall diet of candy corn and peanut butter.
Posted by: fd at September 17, 2026 07:36 PM (MWfyi)
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I got out the Halloween decorations tonight. Didn't get them all up (drizzling outside), but I felt we needed a distraction from the cancer. Mrs. Lloyd starts chemo on Saturday, so we'll see how that goes.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 17, 2026 07:40 PM (ZOv7s)

22 After the camels, the goats, and then the women.
Posted by: fd at September 17, 2026 07:39 PM (MWfyi)
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How can you tell?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 17, 2026 07:40 PM (ZOv7s)

23 >>>The Disappearing Mom Trick, a secret learned from wise men of the Himalayas.

As opposed The Disappearing Dad Trick, a secret learned from the ghetto Kangs of Harlem.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 17, 2026 07:41 PM (dK+Kv)

24 The foreground is the giveaway on the painting but I like it because it's just a half step away from photorealism. I prefer two or three steps though because that's what I think it takes to put the artist's take on a subject. I truly respect photorealism painters for their skill but it's not art to me. It's a photocopying machine.

Posted by: polynikes at September 17, 2026 07:41 PM (KC5Lt)

25 That's OK. That's not gay at all.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 17, 2026 07:35 PM (dK+Kv)

Yeah, but a lot of guys buy some serious truck that they never use as an actual truck.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 17, 2026 07:41 PM (zZu0s)

26 @9. JackStraw.

"And I'm not even high."

Really?

Posted by: Case at September 17, 2026 07:41 PM (xJpuh)

27 Huh. Fly geyser is in Nevada.
Australia has some hot springs that are hot because the springs flow through ancient uranium ores. The bubbles are radon.

Posted by: 88C+u at September 17, 2026 07:41 PM (88C+u)

28 By the same token, I am in no position to cast stones at anyone's ridiculous car choice. Have the money? More power to them.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 17, 2026 07:42 PM (zZu0s)

29
The bubbles are radon.
Posted by: 88C+u at September 17, 2026 07:41 PM (88C+u)

__________

RADON!!!

*jumps from window*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 17, 2026 07:43 PM (eRlcH)

30 Really?

Posted by: Case at September 17, 2026 07:41 PM (xJpuh)

Yet.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 17, 2026 07:43 PM (dK+Kv)

31 11 Bet that auto- brush gets rid of bugs and things
Posted by: Skip at September 17, 2026 07:34 PM (Ia/+0)
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I was thinking I need a smaller version for my cats.

I bet they'd enjoy it, too.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 17, 2026 07:37 PM (FZ29D)

I have always posited an automatic dog wash just inside the doggie door, and my thought is that this brush system might do the trick.

Would certainly cut down on the volume of dog hair I sweep and vacuum every damned day.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 17, 2026 07:43 PM (Ntshk)

32 Sweet brother Radon, carry is away from this world of troubles!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 17, 2026 07:43 PM (zZu0s)

33 We need more Radon.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 17, 2026 07:43 PM (2OBCo)

34
Mechanizing weed-pulling. Calm down, Jack Straw, I mean the weeds that you can't smoke. The non-wacky ones.

__________

It's for the asparagus crop.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 17, 2026 07:44 PM (eRlcH)

35 By the same token, I am in no position to cast stones at anyone's ridiculous car choice. Have the money? More power to them.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 17, 2026 07:42 PM (zZu0s)
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I have never bought an extravagant car. Heck, I've only ever bought one new car. Every time I look at the upscale stuff I think: "How many guns am I giving up to get that?"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 17, 2026 07:45 PM (ZOv7s)

36 in case you thought i was exaggerating
tinyurl.com/bds7s3sv

Posted by: australia wants to kill you at September 17, 2026 07:45 PM (88C+u)

37 Those goats aren't using the brushes right.
-the troll

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 17, 2026 07:45 PM (RIvkX)

38 33 We need more Radon.
Posted by: Boss Moss

And Calgon!

Posted by: Ancient Chinee Secret at September 17, 2026 07:45 PM (Fn+3X)

39 We need more Radon.
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 17, 2026 07:43 PM (2OBCo)
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I'm wondering what the Godzilla minus guy will do with Rodan. I bet it will be good. Looking forward to Monster Zero in the next film.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 17, 2026 07:46 PM (ZOv7s)

40 Yeah, but a lot of guys buy some serious truck that they never use as an actual truck.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 17, 2026 07:41 PM (zZu0s)

DH has an F-350 that does some serious trucking. I'm not sure one can live in the boonies in AK without one. It hauls dirt, lumber, firewood, dogs, trash, and, on some occasions, a big camper. Plus, it is the only vehicle he really fits into, with a bit of room to spare.

Otherwise, it would, indeed, be a waste of money.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 17, 2026 07:46 PM (Ntshk)

41
I have always posited an automatic dog wash just inside the doggie door, and my thought is that this brush system might do the trick.

Would certainly cut down on the volume of dog hair I sweep and vacuum every damned day.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 17, 2026 07:43 PM (Ntshk)

_________

We turned the high-speed dryer on old Dot yesterday and she just about disintegrated.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 17, 2026 07:46 PM (eRlcH)

42 I wish I had a truck many times when I didn't. That's when I made decision to just buy trucks. I'm just lucky they make them now where they ride like luxury vehicles.

Posted by: polynikes at September 17, 2026 07:46 PM (KC5Lt)

43 My Folate level was undetectable.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 17, 2026 07:46 PM (2OBCo)

44 Those goats aren't using the brushes right.
-the troll

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 17, 2026 07:45 PM (RIvkX)

It's like they've already forgotten COVID and their Junior Achievement economics classes.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 17, 2026 07:46 PM (dK+Kv)

45 Perfessor a boot polisher would work

Posted by: Skip at September 17, 2026 07:47 PM (Ia/+0)

46 Calcium carbonate = Tums

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 17, 2026 07:47 PM (RIvkX)

47 Paper masks prevent viruses from spreading.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 17, 2026 07:48 PM (2OBCo)

48 Those goats aren't using the brushes right.
-the troll
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 17, 2026 07:45 PM (RIvkX)
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Yeah, you talk about brushes. I knew brushes, too. Brushes that Reagan left behind. Brushes that never had a chance. My parents beat me with brushes, not that anyone here cares.

Covid brushes that everyone accepted. So much for the Bill of Rights. Second Amendment didn't stop brushes.

Posted by: Blackpill Brush Troll at September 17, 2026 07:48 PM (ZOv7s)

49 I have never bought an extravagant car. Heck, I've only ever bought one new car. Every time I look at the upscale stuff I think: "How many guns am I giving up to get that?"
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 17, 2026 07:45 PM (ZOv7s)

I, likewise, have only once bought a new car. Seems like a waste of money, honestly. I can get a low mileage used for less than half the price of new, and I usually drive my cars until they fall apart. The newest vehicle we own is a 2015, and it's going great. The oldest is a 1961, and it isn't going great just yet, but it will.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 17, 2026 07:48 PM (Ntshk)

50 Perfessor a boot polisher would work

Posted by: Skip at September 17, 2026 07:47 PM (Ia/+0)

Then the cats will want boots.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 17, 2026 07:49 PM (dK+Kv)

51 Covid brushes that everyone accepted. So much for the Bill of Rights. Second Amendment didn't stop brushes.
Posted by: Blackpill Brush Troll at September 17, 2026 07:48 PM (ZOv7s)

Well, bless yer heart.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 17, 2026 07:49 PM (Ntshk)

52 Told a few people that the one thing I won't miss with a truck is parking it, parking garages are worse.
Not to mention I am easily doubled my gas mileage

Posted by: Skip at September 17, 2026 07:50 PM (Ia/+0)

53 I, likewise, have only once bought a new car.

Had always been my plan in the past. My last two trucks have been new. The market holds up the value that high.

Posted by: How Long Will This Last at September 17, 2026 07:50 PM (3GnTI)

54 Cats 'n Boots

Posted by: The Goats at September 17, 2026 07:50 PM (NGvkg)

55 I certainly hope my pussy never wants boots.

Posted by: Mrs Slocumbe at September 17, 2026 07:50 PM (MWfyi)

56
Speaking of lions, JWST recently imaged the Lion Nebula (again):

https://t.ly/pRLmu

That's a planetary nebula, and that will be the fate of our solar system in 5 billion years.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 17, 2026 07:51 PM (w6EFb)

57 I certainly hope my pussy never wants boots.

Have you ever seen thigh-high boots ?

Posted by: How Long Will This Last at September 17, 2026 07:51 PM (3GnTI)

58 The trick to the off-road truck suspension is increasing the travel. Monster trucks use suspensions with multiple shock absorbers that extend well above the body of the truck.

Posted by: Advo at September 17, 2026 07:51 PM (jO4mz)

59 Then the cats will want boots.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 17, 2026 07:49 PM (dK+Kv)

I would be more concerned with the big hat and the sword.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 17, 2026 07:52 PM (Ntshk)

60 Seems like a waste of money, honestly.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 17, 2026 07:48 PM (Ntshk)
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I like the warranty and reliability. Right now we've got a 2016 and a 2006 in the fleet. I keep saying "next year we'll retire that Buick," but it keeps running and it's paid for, so we go with it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 17, 2026 07:53 PM (ZOv7s)

61 Mrs fd always gets a new vehicle. She gets to pick and I don't want to hear any complaints for 10 years.

I have used vehicles. That way I can have more.

Posted by: fd at September 17, 2026 07:54 PM (MWfyi)

62 Then the cats will want boots.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 17, 2026 07:49 PM (dK+Kv)

I would be more concerned with the big hat and the sword.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 17, 2026 07:52 PM (Ntshk)

Cats already have 18 hidden switchblades. Adding a sword is no increase in danger.

Posted by: Oldcat at September 17, 2026 07:54 PM (uhVAy)

63 From the radon hot springs link:

>>>At that stage [(1926-27)] , radioactivity was considered to have health benefits.

In my day, we stayed 6 feet away from one another, walked the way the grocery store arrows told us, and wore double and triple masks, except when protesting whitey, because if there is one thing COVID can't stand, its righteous protests.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 17, 2026 07:54 PM (dK+Kv)

64 >>I wish I had a truck many times when I didn't. That's when I made decision to just buy trucks. I'm just lucky they make them now where they ride like luxury vehicles.

My buddy had a number of trucks at the boat shop. I drove a bunch of them and during the lockdown's I delivered some boats for him and drove a couple different ones to Florida, Chicago and a number of other places dragging boats. They drove like trucks.

When he sold the business he bought himself a GMC Denali HD. That thing is sweet. Blasting down the highway in comfort and don't even feel the boat behind you.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 17, 2026 07:54 PM (viF8m)

65 My wife and I tend to buy new and then drive them forever. I’ve looked at low mileage CPOs, but I like the new car warranty. Our current vehicles are a 2013 and a 2014.

Posted by: Advo at September 17, 2026 07:55 PM (jO4mz)

66 I always buy my new vehicle at the end of the model year. The dealers will negotiate a price close to the price of a used vehicle.

Posted by: polynikes at September 17, 2026 07:57 PM (KC5Lt)

67 Mrs. Lloyd starts chemo on Saturday, so we'll see how that goes.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Prayers for Health & Healing ...

And a link to ginger chews, which might help with the nausea:
https://www.grethersusa.com/products/sugarfree-ginger-lemon

Posted by: Adriane the Critic . . . at September 17, 2026 07:57 PM (3ZUWJ)

68 Fake Highway Disaster while fake is funny

Posted by: Skip at September 17, 2026 07:58 PM (Ia/+0)

69 Calcium carbonate = Tums
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 17, 2026 07:47 PM (RIvkX)

A friend's boss had a place that the ground water was so heavy in Calcium Carbonate that it would even clog a reverse osmosis rig. I suggested he go into business making artificial travertine tile, but he thought he had enough to do without going into construction supply as well.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 17, 2026 07:59 PM (rbvCR)

70 Okay, so, X videos will again run on X for me a non-X'er, without the demanding "join up" pop-over. Can't run full-screen, though. And they all come up with the sound muted, so, one more click to enjoy 'em. (Is that anyone else's experience?)

Missing xcancel + redirector, which gave a very nice experience. Thank, Eloon, you mad Martian menace. At least I can watch the cafe videos semi-easily again.

Meanwhile, it seems Fascebook videos or reels or whatever have a limited viewing window. Starts with a join-up panel, but that can be clicked away. Then runs the vid for a bit, but then throws a join-up panel again that cannot be clicked away.

These businesses seem to compete for Worst Experience.
☹️

Posted by: mindful webworker - not a joiner type at September 17, 2026 08:00 PM (XAUvQ)

71 Meanwhile, it seems Fascebook videos or reels or whatever have a limited viewing window. Starts with a join-up panel, but that can be clicked away. Then runs the vid for a bit, but then throws a join-up panel again that cannot be clicked away.

These businesses seem to compete for Worst Experience.
☹️
Posted by: mindful webworker - not a joiner type at September 17, 2026 08:00 PM (XAUvQ)
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Remember---YOU AREN'T THE CUSTOMER.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 17, 2026 08:02 PM (FZ29D)

72 >>>In 1991, a Nigerian "prophet" attempted to reproduce the miracle of Daniel in the lion's den by entering a zoo enclosure full of lions. It didn't go great.

Now you tell me.
--Timothy Treadwell

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at September 17, 2026 08:04 PM (syz1S)

73 What NFL minor league games are of big interest this weekend. I now LSU vs Ole Miss is the big one for my neck of the woods.

Posted by: polynikes at September 17, 2026 08:06 PM (KC5Lt)

74 Actually got to see some of the X videos

Posted by: Skip at September 17, 2026 08:07 PM (Ia/+0)

75 When he sold the business he bought himself a GMC Denali HD. That thing is sweet. Blasting down the highway in comfort and don't even feel the boat behind you.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 17, 2026 07:54 PM (viF8m)

I've already put 35K on a '26 Ram 3500 Big Horn.

It, so far, has been excellent. Surprisingly good ride for such a suspension. Mine's not a dually.

Just hurts every time at the pump right now.

Posted by: Hello Again at September 17, 2026 08:08 PM (5Upfo)

76 Better get to bed
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 17, 2026 08:09 PM (Ia/+0)

77
I now LSU vs Ole Miss is the big one for my neck of the woods.
Posted by: polynikes at September 17, 2026 08:06 PM (KC5Lt)

_________

Wasn't the SEC going to expel, banish and exile LSU? What happened to that?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 17, 2026 08:09 PM (eRlcH)

78 Hah I guess I'm still not a true Texan because I see now that Houston is playing Texas Tech.

Posted by: polynikes at September 17, 2026 08:09 PM (KC5Lt)

79 Wasn't the SEC going to expel, banish and exile LSU? What happened to that?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 17, 2026 08:09 PM (eRlcH)

People in Louisiana are still laughing at that threat.

Posted by: polynikes at September 17, 2026 08:10 PM (KC5Lt)

80

Three Stooges dog washing machine.

https://youtu.be/uTglKaCTv_Y

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 17, 2026 08:10 PM (Cqx++)

81 In 1991, a Nigerian "prophet" attempted to reproduce the miracle of Daniel in the lion's den by entering a zoo enclosure full of lions.

==

I read somewhere that once lions taste human flesh that is all they will hunt. No going back to zebras.

Posted by: runner at September 17, 2026 08:11 PM (AKptf)

82 Paper masks prevent viruses from spreading.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Just like a chain-link fence protects from bbs

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 17, 2026 08:14 PM (NnhvP)

83 It's like they've already forgotten COVID and their Junior Achievement economics classes.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 17, 2026 07:46 PM (dK+Kv)
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ha!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 17, 2026 08:15 PM (RIvkX)

84 Calling All Curs is a great Stooges short!

Posted by: Ruff 'n' Ready at September 17, 2026 08:16 PM (Fn+3X)

85 Paper masks prevent viruses from spreading.
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 17, 2026 07:48 PM (2OBCo)
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I want to make a button to wear that says, "Your Mask Is Soiled! Ew."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 17, 2026 08:16 PM (RIvkX)

86 Gotta Canada credit on this one. Even the icebacks are starting to realize they were lied to about the vaccines.

>>@TheTorontoSun

>>STUDIN: Allison Inquiry must now lead to resignations and full public inquiry

Posted by: JackStraw at September 17, 2026 08:17 PM (viF8m)

87 White (Paper) Birch don't grow this far South and East. They are in the NC mountains, but not near us flatlanders.

Posted by: Coasting Away. at September 17, 2026 08:18 PM (Fn+3X)

88 >>>Yeah, you talk about brushes. I knew brushes, too. Brushes that Reagan left behind.

Those were Bushes.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at September 17, 2026 08:18 PM (syz1S)

89 That's a planetary nebula, and that will be the fate of our solar system in 5 billion years.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 17, 2026 07:51 PM (w6EFb)
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So, wait. No nova? I was so looking forward to it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 17, 2026 08:19 PM (RIvkX)

90 43 My Folate level was undetectable.
Posted by: Boss Moss

What?!

Posted by: L - No nic... at September 17, 2026 08:21 PM (NFX2v)

91 We're at 80% for the week. Let's all be on our best behavior, don't disappoint Ace, and we could well be enjoying a 100% week around this time tomorrow!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 17, 2026 08:21 PM (0sNs1)

92
Paper masks prevent viruses from spreading.
Posted by: Boss Moss

___________

I'm grateful that I live in a reasonably sensible state and county, but even so that was a humiliating time to live.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 17, 2026 08:22 PM (eRlcH)

93 That's a planetary nebula, and that will be the fate of our solar system in 5 billion years.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 17, 2026 07:51 PM (w6EFb)
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e
So, wait. No nova? I was so looking forward to it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 17, 2026 08:19 PM

Planetary nebulae are the afterward of a nova.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 17, 2026 08:23 PM (0sNs1)

94 Superplanetary nebulae are the afterward of a Corvette.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 17, 2026 08:24 PM (0sNs1)

95 Planetary nebulae are the afterward of a nova.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 17, 2026 08:23 PM (0sNs1)
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But I've got plans for after the nova.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 17, 2026 08:24 PM (RIvkX)

96 91 We're at 80% for the week. Let's all be on our best behavior, don't disappoint Ace, and we could well be enjoying a 100% week around this time tomorrow!
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Don't listen to him! Go wild, be free, troll about, make a nuisance of yourself. Take off your pants! Fweedom!

Posted by: Penguin Defense Fund 501c3 at September 17, 2026 08:25 PM (Fn+3X)

97 Those were Bushes.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at September 17, 2026 08:18 PM

Were they happy?

Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at September 17, 2026 08:25 PM (0sNs1)

98 I'm not sure one can live in the boonies in AK without one.…

Randomly tangential, after all these years since the introduction of two-letter state abbreviations, I still have to stop and think, AK, that's Alaska, not Arkansas (which state is just over yonder from us).

Although, I never have to think twice about it when I see "tcn in AK."😜

Posted by: mindful webworker - tangentially random at September 17, 2026 08:27 PM (XAUvQ)

99 My Folate level was undetectable.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Folic acid is pretty important. You might consider supplementing.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 17, 2026 08:27 PM (rbvCR)

100 I owned a Comet, Mercury, Meteor, Nova, Starfire and Satellite.
No Nebula.

Posted by: Star Power at September 17, 2026 08:28 PM (Fn+3X)

101
I owned a Comet, Mercury, Meteor, Nova, Starfire and Satellite.
No Nebula.
Posted by: Star Power at September 17, 2026 08:28 PM (Fn+3X)

_________

No Brown Dwarf?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 17, 2026 08:29 PM (eRlcH)

102 Planning out my Proxmox Hypervisor, with all of the vm's I'll be running had to go with 96gb of ram, that cost a spicy 1500 bucks.

3 years ago, its was about 300 bucks.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 17, 2026 08:29 PM (XV/Pl)

103 >> So, wait. No nova? I was so looking forward to it.

No nova or explosion. In solar mass stars, they just balloon up to red giants, blow away lots of mass, and then become white dwarfs. That blowing away of mass and the white dwarf radiating away are what makes the planetary nebula.

The Sun will undergo a helium flash at some point in the red giant phase, but none of that energy manages to escape, so you don't see it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 17, 2026 08:30 PM (w6EFb)

104 My Dr. Wrote a prescript for Folic Acid and D3. Taking for a week already less random leg pain.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 17, 2026 08:30 PM (2OBCo)

105 Remember---YOU AREN'T THE CUSTOMER.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Well, I'm not joining, so I'm not letting them scrape any info on me, so I'm not the product, either. What does that leave? I'm an annoyance?

Posted by: mindful webworker - annoyingly at September 17, 2026 08:31 PM (XAUvQ)

106 99 My Folate level was undetectable.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Folic acid is pretty important. You might consider supplementing.
Posted by: Kindltot

Have you had your thetan levels checked?

Posted by: Church of Scientology at September 17, 2026 08:31 PM (xDw5z)

107 92
Paper masks prevent viruses from spreading.
Posted by: Boss Moss

The fact that we could make our own masks was hilariously stupid. A scrap from my lucky Budweiser t-shirt is going to save me but the NIH can't do jack. Sounds legit.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at September 17, 2026 08:31 PM (r7+Q7)

108
No nova? I was so looking forward to it.

________

It would be blamed on Trump, Global Warming and late-stage capitalism.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 17, 2026 08:32 PM (eRlcH)

109 Evening, Ace, and Cafe patrons!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 17, 2026 08:32 PM (1z8ji)

110 Cars used to have good names. Now they have names "Venue". That's the best you can come up with? Sheesh.

Posted by: fd at September 17, 2026 08:32 PM (MWfyi)

111 Took the Folic Acid at Woodstock. Stage started spinning and I seen punkin heads comin' at me.

Posted by: Blue Boy at September 17, 2026 08:32 PM (Fn+3X)

112 I read somewhere that once lions taste human flesh that is all they will hunt. No going back to zebras.
Posted by: runner

bon appeti'!

Posted by: Jimmy Chérizier at September 17, 2026 08:33 PM (88C+u)

113 In a viral epidemic supplement nicotine.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 17, 2026 08:33 PM (2OBCo)

114 a Nigerian "prophet" attempted to reproduce the miracle of Daniel in the lion's den by entering a zoo enclosure full of lions.

Yeah, big disappointment there was no video on that one.🤢

Got a line in one of my songs,
Don't walk on the water
'Til you learn how to fly

And, kids, don't try that sawing a girl in half trick. Just, don't.

Posted by: mindful webworker - pulling a rabbit out of my... at September 17, 2026 08:34 PM (XAUvQ)

115 Stay away from the Brown Folic Acid.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 17, 2026 08:34 PM (2OBCo)

116 "read somewhere that once lions taste human flesh that is all they will hunt. No going back to zebras.
Posted by: runner"

It's probably that humans are easier to catch. House cats already know this.

Posted by: fd at September 17, 2026 08:34 PM (MWfyi)

117 Howdy morons!

How’s your Thursday evening going? Just got home. Making some chow. Sunny and 65 on the beach. Should be a nice sunset.

Prayers for your wife, AH. She is fortunate to have you to support her. Good for you

Take care.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 17, 2026 08:35 PM (yEz+x)

118 Well, I'm not joining, so I'm not letting them scrape any info on me, so I'm not the product, either. What does that leave? I'm an annoyance?
Posted by: mindful webworker - annoyingly at September 17, 2026 08:31 PM (XAUvQ)
---
Yep. They actively want you to go away unless you join their collective.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 17, 2026 08:35 PM (FZ29D)

119 "read somewhere that once lions taste human flesh that is all they will hunt. No going back to zebras.
Posted by: runner"

It's probably that humans are easier to catch. House cats already know this.
Posted by: fd at September 17, 2026 08:34 PM (MWfyi)

*fist bump*

Posted by: The Ghost and The Darkness at September 17, 2026 08:35 PM (0aYVJ)

120 Galaxy 500.

Posted by: davidt at September 17, 2026 08:36 PM (Q+gd/)

121 Trophy Trucks race at events like Dakar Rally, the various Baja races, that big one in Nevada (can't recall the name of it but it's been around for decades), and other off road races. Looks like fun!

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 17, 2026 08:38 PM (v9vY1)

122 Galaxie 500

Posted by: Auto Autist! at September 17, 2026 08:38 PM (Fn+3X)

123 The painting by Danish artist Peder Mork Monsted (1859--1941) is well done & cheered me up.

I'm so tired of the heat and humidity and looking forward to snow. Yes, I'll probably really regret that statement by mid-January.

Also, the redbud trees were different than the ones that bloom in spring near here, but the blooms of all of those trees are lovely.

Thanks, ace.

Posted by: L - No nic... at September 17, 2026 08:38 PM (NFX2v)

124 GM couldn't understand why sales of the Chevy Nova were significantly underperforming expectations.

Finally, someone pointed out that "No va" in Spanish is translated as "no go".

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 17, 2026 08:38 PM (0sNs1)

125 AI Deep Fake photos are crazy. Is there technology that can immediately determine a photo is AI?

Posted by: polynikes at September 17, 2026 08:38 PM (KC5Lt)

126
Her Majesty and The Big Dummy got to Belton for shows starting tomorrow. They return Sunday and head off Monday for Chattanooga. I just wave as they pass by.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 17, 2026 08:39 PM (eRlcH)

127 Blame it on the bossy nova.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 17, 2026 08:39 PM (Cqx++)

128 "Galaxy 500.
Posted by: davidt "

Now that's a car name. Instead we get the Putzstar 30e.

Posted by: fd at September 17, 2026 08:40 PM (MWfyi)

129 Carney is a commie. Ursula is a commie. Xi is a commie. They are creating the next trap for America.
Posted by: Accomack at September 17, 2026 07:38 PM (/Chlc)

If Alberta Premier Danielle Smith had any balls (spoiler, she doesn't), she would tell Marx Carnage that any deal to make Canada an associate member or full member of the EU would trigger an automatic Unilateral Declaration of Independence by Alberta, results or lack thereof of the upcoming referendum notwithstanding. And Donald Trump needs to make it clear that the USA would immediately recognize an independent Alberta and protect its right to exist.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 17, 2026 08:40 PM (1z8ji)

130 Australia has some hot springs that are hot because the springs flow through ancient uranium ores. The bubbles are radon.
Posted by: 88C+u at September 17, 2026 07:41 PM (88C+u)

Rae Dawn Chong had some nice bubbles.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 17, 2026 08:42 PM (1z8ji)

131 I'm still a fan of the Ford F950 Earthfucker. I would like one.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at September 17, 2026 08:42 PM (0aYVJ)

132 Three Stooges dog washing machine.
https://youtu.be/uTglKaCTv_Y
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Great clip; never saw that one. The multiple-armed thing was hilarious.

And what a good doggie! Although, when Larry fires a gun, there's a brief moment you can see the dog jump.

Posted by: mindful webworker - nyuk nyuk arf at September 17, 2026 08:42 PM (XAUvQ)

133 104 My Dr. Wrote a prescript for Folic Acid and D3. Taking for a week already less random leg pain.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Good. Keep it up. It's a start.

Posted by: L - No nic... at September 17, 2026 08:44 PM (NFX2v)

134 Mechanizing weed-pulling. Calm down, Jack Straw, I mean the weeds that you can't smoke. The non-wacky ones.

__________

It's for the asparagus crop.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 17, 2026 07:44 PM (eRlcH)

Pretty sure you will find belly-rider platforms on some row-crops farms in the USA, too. makes all kinds of sense. Workers are more comfortable, get better productivity, less downtime due to stooping-related injuries.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 17, 2026 08:45 PM (1z8ji)

135 >>>Paper masks prevent viruses from spreading.
~~~~~

I was particularly fond of the masks fashioned from spent dryer sheets.

Posted by: IrishEi?! at September 17, 2026 08:46 PM (3ImbR)

136
It takes a minimum of about 8 solar masses for a star to go supernova at the end of its life. Stars between about 2 and 8 solar masses go through slightly different paths from the Sun, but no big boom.

The more massive the star, the shorter the life. The big one got out truly in the proverbial blaze of glory.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 17, 2026 08:46 PM (w6EFb)

137 There were active geysers just west of what would become Cody WY. John Colter, from the Lewis and Clark expedition found them, seeing steam clouds in the sky. This was named Colter's Hell. Not Yellowstone. The craters are still there, and one can sometimes smell Sulphur. The Bronze Boot still has active hot spring pools.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at September 17, 2026 08:46 PM (0aYVJ)

138 in case you thought i was exaggerating
tinyurl.com/bds7s3sv
Posted by: australia wants to kill you at September 17, 2026 07:45 PM (88C+u)

There is a "Radon Health Mine" near Boulder, Montana. Radiation hormesis is a thing. A low-level exposure to radiation can bolster the immune system.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 17, 2026 08:48 PM (1z8ji)

139 Custom Ranch Wagon
Galaxie Country Sedan
Galaxie 500 Country Squire
LTD

Need anything more fancy? Try the Lincoln-Mercury Dealer.

Posted by: When America Was Great at September 17, 2026 08:48 PM (Fn+3X)

140 No, you don't want Radon.

Pennsylvania has some of the highest radon levels in the United States, with the entire state classified as EPA Radon Zone 1.

Posted by: L - No nic... at September 17, 2026 08:51 PM (NFX2v)

141 Home! Had veggie pizza the kiddo made because I was teaching, she did a great job. J home tonight around midnight. I am going to talk this dog for his final walk of the night and tempted to go swim.

Posted by: Piper at September 17, 2026 08:52 PM (ZdaMQ)

142 I don't think this young woman really gets the drinking Coca-Cola out of a bottle without any hands technique

https://tinyurl.com/hasekkhp

Posted by: Kindltot at September 17, 2026 08:55 PM (rbvCR)

143

USC, UCLA study finds Olympics could displace nearly 6,000 unhoused people

Officials have yet to determine where displaced Angelenos will go or how their relocation will be funded.

https://t.ly/whIer

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 17, 2026 08:57 PM (Cqx++)

144 When you look at a tik tok can't you feel
it sucking out your brains?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 17, 2026 08:59 PM (VQ0bX)

145 New Objective Unlocked:

"Obtain Trophy Truck"

Posted by: Max Power at September 17, 2026 08:59 PM (SwyyQ)

146
The equinox is drawing nigh. The days are getting shorter at the fastest rate now, and the angle the sun takes at sunset is the steepest, so it gets dark the quickest. All of that adds up the feeling that winter is coming.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 17, 2026 08:59 PM (w6EFb)

147 The Bills look really good. Also, the Lions look really bad.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 17, 2026 09:00 PM (viF8m)

148
Some B-12 probably wouldn't be a bad idea either.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 17, 2026 09:01 PM (w6EFb)

149 I supplement the older cats' wet food with Taurine and Niacin, and it seems to make a difference.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 17, 2026 09:04 PM (rbvCR)

150 Hadrian,

I so admire your commitment to your wife and your doggo’s. You make it all possible. Your support and organization and efforts make the whole thing possible. I hope you realize what an integral place you occupy in the big picture.

And your prayers are so very powerful. Please, if you have the bandwidth, put marine and his wife and my unborn granddaughter in there somewhere. Everyrhing is good so far. I love them all. So much.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 17, 2026 09:04 PM (UjFD0)

151 the suspension on this truck,

Try RC 1st. A fraction of the cost and no spinal compression.

Posted by: DaveA at September 17, 2026 09:05 PM (FhXTo)

152 Some B-12 probably wouldn't be a bad idea either.
Posted by: publius

But no THX-1138.

Posted by: Android Police at September 17, 2026 09:08 PM (Fn+3X)

153 USC, UCLA study finds Olympics could displace nearly 6,000 unhoused people

Officials have yet to determine where displaced Angelenos will go or how their relocation will be funded.

https://t.ly/whIer
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 17, 2026 08:57 PM (Cqx++)

They aren't "Angelenos", they are just parasites. Ship them all to Newscum's estate winery.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 17, 2026 09:08 PM (1z8ji)

154 Try RC 1st. A fraction of the cost and no spinal compression.
Posted by: DaveA at September 17, 2026 09:05 PM (FhXTo)

RC is that much cheaper than Coke or Pepsi?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 17, 2026 09:09 PM (1z8ji)

155 RC is that much cheaper than Coke or Pepsi?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 17, 2026 09:09 PM (1z8ji)

Not really. If you want cheap go with the Walmart brands.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 17, 2026 09:10 PM (rbvCR)

156 145 New Objective Unlocked:

"Obtain Trophy Truck"

Posted by: Max Power
--

OK. I'll take an amped up '62/63 Galaxy 500 or the F-950.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 17, 2026 09:10 PM (VQ0bX)

157 Not really. If you want cheap go with the Walmart brands.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 17, 2026 09:10 PM (rbvCR)

Yeah, I usually buy the no-name cola. I cut it with rum to make it taste better.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 17, 2026 09:11 PM (1z8ji)

158 Fly Geyser. Flyser.

Thanks, ants.

Posted by: mea culpa at September 17, 2026 09:12 PM (iN6fC)

159 Cop, married, with two kids, uses Flock and police databases to stalk a woman who had clearly rebuffed him, mentioned having a boyfriend. Cop says he saw a "shiny thing." Creep. (27:36) -Audit the Audit

https://youtu.be/kTI8Ez39LUY

Posted by: mindful webworker - shiny at September 17, 2026 09:13 PM (XAUvQ)

160 Three minutes of Fernanda Takai:
youtube.com/watch?v=TlQuec08lsg

Posted by: gp at September 17, 2026 09:13 PM (Jr5Lq)

161 "Yeah, I usually buy the no-name cola. I cut it with rum to make it taste better."

I mix 1/3 cup coffee concentrate in 36 floz of the cheapest diet cola. Gets the blood a-pumpin.

Posted by: gp at September 17, 2026 09:15 PM (Jr5Lq)

162 I'm still a fan of the Ford F950 Earthfucker. I would like one.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at September 17, 2026 08:42 PM (0aYVJ)

It'd sell better than the Cybertruck.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 17, 2026 09:16 PM (zZu0s)

163
You make it all possible. Your support and organization and efforts make the whole thing possible. I hope you realize what an integral place you occupy in the big picture.

__________

Thank you. Borzoi people have questioned whether I actually exist, since it's rare for me to go out. But HM can be away for weeks and know the home front is being looked after.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 17, 2026 09:16 PM (eRlcH)

164 Oh, Dear. Basic, Generic, Dollah Store Cola just doesn't sound good. Maybe the rum would help though.

Posted by: RC, The One With The Mad, Mad, Taste at September 17, 2026 09:16 PM (Fn+3X)

165 146
The equinox is drawing nigh. The days are getting shorter at the fastest rate now, and the angle the sun takes at sunset is the steepest, so it gets dark the quickest. All of that adds up the feeling that winter is coming.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb)
---

Around here the temp. highs and lows are about the same but the shorter days coupled with a lower sun is significant to the amount of necessary house cooling.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 17, 2026 09:17 PM (VQ0bX)

166 >>Yeah, I usually buy the no-name cola. I cut it with rum to make it taste better.

This guy gets it.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 17, 2026 09:17 PM (viF8m)

167
The equinox is drawing nigh

________

As are the people who get on the eastbound freeway in the morning, suddenly discover they can't see and slow to 25 mph. Idiots.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 17, 2026 09:19 PM (eRlcH)

168 No cola childhood here. Only on week end's and special occasions.
Ample amounts of sweet iced tea.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 17, 2026 09:21 PM (VQ0bX)

169 I still like Coke. As i have gotten older, I find Pepsi gets more disgusting.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 17, 2026 09:22 PM (zZu0s)

170 As are the people who get on the eastbound freeway in the morning, suddenly discover they can't see and slow to 25 mph. Idiots.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 17, 2026 09:19 PM (eRlcH)

When I was commuting east to work in the mornings, there was another driver who put a double sheet of newspaper over his visor to get an extended area of his windshield covered from the glare, and apparently drove by peering through a very narrow slit.

I gave him a lot of room, in general I would try to stay a mile away from him.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 17, 2026 09:22 PM (rbvCR)

171 I grew up with Fresca and Tab. Loved Fresca and hate Tab.

Posted by: polynikes at September 17, 2026 09:24 PM (KC5Lt)

172 I'm grateful that I live in a reasonably sensible state and county, but even so that was a humiliating time to live.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 17, 2026 08:22 PM (eRlcH)

I get angry and sad at the same time, every time I see a video of those days of stupidity. People in masks playing some sport, playing a musical instrument. Politicians making a show of wearing a mask, only to take it off when they thought the camera was looking elsewhere.

Posted by: browndog says woof at September 17, 2026 09:24 PM (oCio0)

173 The Bills look really good. Also, the Lions look really bad.
Posted by: JackStraw at

Yes indeed.

Posted by: From about That Time at September 17, 2026 09:26 PM (sl73Y)

174 147 The Bills look really good. Also, the Lions look really bad.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 17, 2026 09:00 PM (viF8m)

Just wait for this years Sabres ...

Posted by: browndog says woof at September 17, 2026 09:26 PM (oCio0)

175 169 I still like Coke. As i have gotten older, I find Pepsi gets more disgusting.

Posted by: Aetius451AD
---

All of the original formulas are changed.
MBA buys the company, makes the product cheaper and markets it as same.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 17, 2026 09:27 PM (VQ0bX)

176 "The equinox is drawing nigh." Soon the gentians and asters will bloom, bringing the frost. This year flew by.

Posted by: gp at September 17, 2026 09:28 PM (Jr5Lq)

177 Things aren't the same at Yoo-Hoo since I stopped doing ads for them.

Posted by: Zombie Yogi Berra at September 17, 2026 09:29 PM (Fn+3X)

178 A breakout in the 10-year Treasury yield could hold back stocks if it reaches this level
_CNBC

We're all going to starve and die!

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 17, 2026 09:30 PM (VQ0bX)

179 >>Just wait for this years Sabres ...

Beware. My Rangers are threatening to look extremely average this year.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 17, 2026 09:30 PM (viF8m)

180 It'd sell better than the Cybertruck.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 17, 2026 09:16 PM (zZu0s)

I snarl every damn time I see one of those monstrosities.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at September 17, 2026 09:30 PM (0aYVJ)

181
Politicians making a show of wearing a mask, only to take it off when they thought the camera was looking elsewhere.
Posted by: browndog says woof at September 17, 2026 09:24 PM (oCio0)

___________

And smugly saying that this is the new normal. Media-crazed "experts". Hysterical AWFLs too scared of dying to live. I swear, I will go to jail before I submit to that again.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 17, 2026 09:31 PM (eRlcH)

182 Just the News • Politics •
U.S. military must prepare to fight around the moon, Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine
----

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQZSQdGJujU

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 17, 2026 09:33 PM (VQ0bX)

183 And smugly saying that this is the new normal. Media-crazed "experts". Hysterical AWFLs too scared of dying to live. I swear, I will go to jail before I submit to that again.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

You'd better go to jail when HM is in town. There would be the Canine Mutiny.

Posted by: H-Block Cell at September 17, 2026 09:35 PM (Fn+3X)

184 >> U.S. military must prepare to fight around the moon, Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine

The Chicoms are up to something that they know about. We had that carefully worded thing about weapons in space and now this.

They think they Chicoms are planning on something. Something sneaky.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 17, 2026 09:36 PM (w6EFb)

185 182 Just the News • Politics •
U.S. military must prepare to fight around the moon, Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine

---------

We can't get the Russians to cover this?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 17, 2026 09:37 PM (wpRMV)

186 It worked in WWII.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 17, 2026 09:37 PM (wpRMV)

187 I have a dr. visit coming up at the VA. Wonder if they'll ask me if I want the 'rona booster. They've already told me via text that the flu vax is available.

Last visit I got a tetanus booster, because that one can be lethal. Shingles vax I waffle about. Eh, dunno. I know shingles sucks. I know a few people who got it. And yet, I hesitate.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at September 17, 2026 09:37 PM (0aYVJ)

188 Beware. My Rangers are threatening to look extremely average this year.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 17, 2026 09:30 PM (viF8m)

I had a conversation with a Rags fan at my gym today. He said basically the same thing:

Good enough to not get a lottery pick, bad enough to miss the playoffs.

The dread zone ...

Posted by: browndog says woof at September 17, 2026 09:38 PM (oCio0)

189 I saw parts of the Bills-Texans game Sunday. Buffalo can score in a damn hurry. The Texans have a good D, too.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 17, 2026 09:38 PM (NGvkg)

190 I swear, I will go to jail before I submit to that again.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 17, 2026 09:31 PM (eRlcH)

***pats sofa***

you can sit with me

Posted by: browndog says woof at September 17, 2026 09:39 PM (oCio0)

191 Today's AI & robots news, five items

YouTuber According To Nicole finds out her home background has been AI-hijacked for another's videos (h/t Quarter Twenty) (17:04)
https://youtu.be/DC4GwPPmTc8

They Got Into A Self-Driving Car With A Gun… Then The Car Turned Them In (6:03) -Colion Noir
https://youtu.be/80m9cjIReHg

Democrats intend to seize control over artificial intelligence and shape it to their advantage (h/t JJS's Morning Report)
https://bit.ly/dems-want-to-control-ai

Forget Robot Workers, This Company Wants to Build Soldiers - Foundation has secured a $24 million contract with the Pentagon, can currently produce between 300-500 robots a year, and it is building another site to boost capacity. (h/t Dr. Tar, IOTWreport)
https://bit.ly/war-bots

Uncontrolled AI could lead to ‘silicon species’ rivalling humans, warns Microsoft (h/t Blazingcatfur)
https://bbc.in/4rjHOml

Be afraid. Be veerrryy afraid.

Posted by: mindful webworker - they'll be bock! at September 17, 2026 09:40 PM (XAUvQ)

192 Don't all hockey teams make the Playoffs? Seems like the playoffs are 3 months long.

Posted by: The Big Whistle at September 17, 2026 09:40 PM (Fn+3X)

193 189 I saw parts of the Bills-Texans game Sunday. Buffalo can score in a damn hurry. The Texans have a good D, too.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 17, 2026 09:38 PM (NGvkg)

Josh Allen is a Unicorn ...

Posted by: browndog says woof at September 17, 2026 09:40 PM (oCio0)

194 I got Shingles a year ago. Rib cage area. Very uncomfortable. 10 days antibiotic.

No vax unless absolutely necessary.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 17, 2026 09:42 PM (NGvkg)

195 192 Don't all hockey teams make the Playoffs? Seems like the playoffs are 3 months long.
Posted by: The Big Whistle at September 17, 2026 09:40 PM (Fn+3X)

Mr. Chadwick, long time fan ...

Posted by: browndog says woof at September 17, 2026 09:42 PM (oCio0)

196
Posted by: The Big Whistle at September 17, 2026 09:40 PM (Fn+3X)

__________

Bill Chadwick!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 17, 2026 09:43 PM (eRlcH)

197 >>Don't all hockey teams make the Playoffs?

No, they don't. Ask me how I know.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 17, 2026 09:43 PM (viF8m)

198 Shingles takes two shots. That put me off. Then discover the efficacy. Efficacy v side effects. Yeah, I'm going to wait.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 17, 2026 09:44 PM (VQ0bX)

199 Be afraid. Be veerrryy afraid.

Posted by: mindful webworker - they'll be bock!
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Every Chinese robot is one way or the other belligerent.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 17, 2026 09:46 PM (VQ0bX)

200 197 >>Don't all hockey teams make the Playoffs?

No, they don't. Ask me how I know.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 17, 2026 09:43 PM (viF8m)

Nice to have that monkey off our backs.

It's Detroiettes turn in the barrel now, 11 years and counting ... heh!

Posted by: browndog says woof at September 17, 2026 09:46 PM (oCio0)

201 Shingles takes two shots. That put me off. Then discover the efficacy. Efficacy v side effects. Yeah, I'm going to wait.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 17, 2026 09:44 PM (VQ0bX)

Good point. I had forgotten it was two shots. I recall a cow-orker who got it. Her upper arm was swoll like crazy.

I think I'll rely on my robust immune system for now.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at September 17, 2026 09:46 PM (0aYVJ)

202 >>Nice to have that monkey off our backs.

The winter of my discontent.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 17, 2026 09:49 PM (viF8m)

203 Wow. 11 years without Detroilet in the playoffs.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 17, 2026 09:51 PM (NGvkg)

204 >> Wow. 11 years without Detroilet in the playoffs.

Millions of octopi cheer.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 17, 2026 09:53 PM (viF8m)

205
Wow. 11 years without Detroilet in the playoffs.

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The Dead Wings, Act II

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 17, 2026 09:54 PM (eRlcH)

206 Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger quietly rolls back Youngkin's plans to protect girls' sports
_Fox

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 17, 2026 09:55 PM (VQ0bX)

207 Can one trust the thoughts of a person who speaks with vocal fry?
Can one trust the thoughts of a person who speaks with an uptick?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 17, 2026 09:56 PM (VQ0bX)

208 What, you didn't know the ONT was NOOD?

https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=421421

Posted by: mindful webworker - just LOOK! at September 17, 2026 09:57 PM (XAUvQ)

209 As are the people who get on the eastbound freeway in the morning, suddenly discover they can't see and slow to 25 mph. Idiots.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 17, 2026 09:19 PM (eRlcH)

Willowed, I know, but I just drove to town. Setting Sun blinding me in the rearview mirrors. Coming home, it had set.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 17, 2026 10:02 PM (1z8ji)

210 Three minutes of Fernanda Takai:
youtube.com/watch?v=TlQuec08lsg
Posted by: gp at September 17, 2026 09:13 PM (Jr5Lq)

..And the masked orchestra. Hope Fern got hazard pay. Not all heroes where capes..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at September 17, 2026 10:11 PM (nbLIj)

211 Fast and Furious never lies.
Exaggerates, maybe.
Bills forever. Losers.
Like the Lions.

Posted by: communism for fags at September 17, 2026 10:19 PM (Jmy/7)

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