Sunday Overnight Open Thread - November 8, 2026

Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Sunday ONT. Appreciate you stopping by. Open thread, as always. Fashion and music, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?

[Top photo - recent sunset in SW Idaho, sent in by Jimmy Doolittle]

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Was there a NOOD call at the Panthers vs Broncos game today?

A rogue Corgi at the Panthers-Broncos game now has the Week 9 lead for missed tackles https://t.co/KTwvCyZL3Q
— NFL Memes (@NFLMemes) November 8, 2026

"Lennox" the Corgi? I think he should be named Sponge since he was FIRST!!!

What a day from Lennox the Corgi https://t.co/gqMu3jkfSk
— Ian Hartitz (@Ihartitz) November 8, 2026

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SNL taking some good cracks at Dems? Probably won't last but this was good

SNL Weekend Update on El-Sayed and Schumer
Colin Jost: If I had just gone through the campaign he did, I don't think my first move would be, "get rid of the Jewish guy" https://t.co/nieueIU9Hi
— Clipping Wings (@ClippingWings) November 8, 2026

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Some AI stuff you might not have seen

Nicolas Cage Refused to Sign an AI Waiver From Amazon

Nicolas Cage says he is unwilling to allow artificial intelligence to be used in his performances, revealing that he declined to sign an AI waiver while working on the Prime Video series Spider-Noir.
Speaking at New York Comic Con on Saturday, the 62-year-old actor criticized Amazon’s investment in AI and questioned how performers can maintain their place in an industry undergoing rapid technological change.
“I am not an AI-friendly actor, so it’s like, connect those dots! I’m not a member of their club. I didn’t sign the waiver to let him use AI on Spider-Noir. I’m probably not going to be working with that studio again, but that’s okay.”
Cage says he is still trying to understand how actors could adapt to an entertainment industry increasingly shaped by new technology.
“I’m trying to find a way of surviving with film performance in a very different world that is growing exponentially with so much information, so quickly,” the actor says.
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The use of AI remains a contentious issue in Hollywood, with performers and writers raising concerns about its potential effects on their work. Industry unions, including SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America, have negotiated contractual protections addressing the technology. The emergence of AI-generated performers like Tilly Norwood has added to questions about how the industry will manage its use.
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“If you go into deepfake land, it has none of your points of view. That’s scary. It’s going to be interesting to see how humans deal with these technologies.”
Actors like Ian Holm and Val Kilmer have been controversially resurrected from the dead with AI technology.

I'm generally a fan of Nic Cage. Don't have any reason to dislike him. But if he or other over-paid actors and actresses get culled from the industry because of AI, maybe they can "learn to code".

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Elvis Presley’s music owners file new lawsuit against AI music generator

A group that owns the rights to Elvis Presley’s musical catalog filed a new lawsuit on Friday against SUNO, an AI music generator.
“Suno is the embodiment of why the ELVIS Act [Ensuring Likeness, Voice, and Image Security] was so essentially required. All of the humanity, history, despair, and triumph that constitutes Elvis’ identity was stolen and is stored on servers and harnessed by Suno to make massive amounts of money, despite Suno being there for none of what it took to create, maintain, or attempt to live up to this image, and without license, permission, or payment,” the lawsuit stated.
This comes after the group sued artificial intelligence company Anthropic for alleged copyright violations last month in a federal court in Northern California.
The group also claims Anthropic used some of Elvis’s most famous musical works, including “All Shook Up,” “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” and “Don’t Be Cruel,” to train its AI agent Claude without the owners’ permission.

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Gig workers are using AI to fight deactivations on apps like Uber and Instacart

Article is paywalled but maybe one of you can use AI to find a workaround?

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'Ette Couture (Courtesy of Piper)

It's that time of the week - when we turn the ONT over to our good friend Piper for a bit. Here's this week's fashion pr0n.

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$$$$$ or $?

The Same Holiday Look for $1,327… or $143
A rich burgundy shaggy faux fur jacket layered over a sleek black midi slip dress, finished with strappy black heels and a delicate silver drop pendant? It’s festive, soft, polished, and perfectly on-trend for holiday parties, dinners, and nights out.

The same exact aesthetic can run you $1,327 or just $143 at Target. That’s a difference of more than $1,180. Here’s the side-by-side breakdown.

The Luxe Version: $1,327

The Target Version: $143

Now, Piper, you may be thinking… what if I want an everyday look that’s put together and timeless?

I got you, fam. A Fairisle sweater, corduroy jeans, and ankle boots.

This combination is the definition of elevated casual: the classic Fairisle pattern adds just the right amount of visual interest, corduroy brings texture and a bit of structure, and ankle boots ground the whole thing.

Luxe Version (~$1,991)

Target Version (~$70)

The price gap is enormous again, yet the overall silhouette and vibe stay remarkably close. You won’t get the exact fabric hand-feel, the designer hardware, or the longevity of those Louboutins, but you’ll still look polished and put-together for a fraction of the cost.

Let’s be honest, y’all, the pieces are not identical. The higher-end versions usually have better materials, construction, and staying power. But budget doesn’t have to be the reason you skip a beautiful outfit. You can shop the high-end version for elevated quality and longevity, or assemble the affordable version in one trip to Target and still walk out the door feeling stylish.

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Thanks, Piper!

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Retro tech returns

Sony revives the original Walkman headphones, adds USB-C

Color us nostalgic.
Sony has brought back the MDR-3-series headphones that debuted in 1979 alongside the Walkman TPS-L2 cassette player.
Originally called the “MDR-3L2,” the first Walkman headphones were known for their sleek, adjustable gray plastic headband, which extended via metal sliders and ended in signature orange, circular ear cushions. The lightweight, on-ear headphones are a contrast to the bulky headsets that are popular these days, which use wide, cushioned headbands for long-term comfort and large earcups that can support big drivers and are often heavily padded for noise isolation.
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New headphones are often wireless these days, but the MDR-3R continues the wired tradition of the MDR-3, with an essential twist: a USB-C connector.

Might have to grab a pair of those!

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DJ Doof - Random 70s Stuff Edition

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Weekly commenter stats for week of 11-08-2026

AoSHQ Commenter Statistics:
Posts : 86
Comments : 29318
Unique hashes : 1767

Top 10 commenters:
1 [583 comments] '...' [82.81 posts/day]
2 [513 comments] 'Sponge - F*ck Cancer'
3 [491 comments] 'runner'
4 [449 comments] '18-1'
5 [407 comments] 'jim (in Kalifornia)'
6 [395 comments] 'Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _'
7 [375 comments] 'JackStraw'
8 [372 comments] 'Blonde Morticia'
9 [340 comments] 'fd'
10 [338 comments] 'It's me donna'

Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
1 [92 names] 'Quarter Twenty' [13.07 unique names/day]
2 [75 names] 'Duncanthrax'
3 [73 names] 'Got A Beef With That?'
4 [71 names] 'GlobalMiklosCorp'
5 [54 names] 'Quarter Twenty'
6 [35 names] 'Shaking my head'
7 [32 names] 'M'kay'
8 [30 names] 'Karen Muddlumps, democrat scold and busybody'
9 [24 names] 'Count de Monet'
10 [23 names] '88C+u'

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Tonight's ONT brought to you by roadside attractions

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Doof Enterprises, LLC hopes you enjoy tonight's Realm of Whelm!

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Posted by: Doof at 10:00 PM

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1 Ho1d 9diPgCE

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 08, 2026 10:00 PM (hPgrk)

2 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 08, 2026 10:00 PM (L/8vZ)

3 1st

Posted by: LRob in OK at November 08, 2026 10:01 PM (47diA)

4 Doof! ONT!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at November 08, 2026 10:01 PM (xVpNO)

5 1 Ho1d 9diPgCE

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 08, 2026 10:00 PM (hPgrk)

Do you need us to call a rescue squad for you?

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at November 08, 2026 10:01 PM (xVpNO)

6 Willowed from previous thread-

191 172 Because, in WA as I understand, it is ok for me to own the magazines I already have, but I cannot get more.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 08, 2026 09:08 PM
A possible outcome of a possible burning time is that we will own whatever the heck we want and our very limited 'government' will say nary a word about it.
Posted by: Eromero at November 08, 2026 09:53 PM

Posted by: Eromero at November 08, 2026 10:02 PM (LHPAg)

7 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura at November 08, 2026 10:03 PM (+9wcF)

8 Hello, friends!

Posted by: Piper at November 08, 2026 10:05 PM (ZdaMQ)

9 Ho1d 9diPgCE
Posted by: Braenyard

Is Blonde Morticia around to translate?

Posted by: mikeski at November 08, 2026 10:05 PM (VHUov)

10 Not the Jimmy Doolittle?!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 08, 2026 10:05 PM (ZVgZ4)

11 Thing this week was the highest placement for me ever.

Shame it was such a shitty week

Posted by: 18-1 at November 08, 2026 10:05 PM (sKqQm)

12 We’re not going through a burning time, they are: EO 13848.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 08, 2026 10:06 PM (ZVgZ4)

13 [Top photo - recent sunset in SW Idaho, sent in by Jimmy Doolittle]

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Until now I didn't realize SW Idaho was on the route to bomb Tokyo.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 08, 2026 10:07 PM (ENc66)

14 Doof! ONT!
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at November 08, 2026 10:01 PM (xVpNO)

Hey there, brother!

Posted by: Doof at November 08, 2026 10:07 PM (QMAsf)

15 Tonight's ONT brought to you by roadside attractions

Iowa Math:

How tall is this set of binoculars?

How far away is the horizon?

Calculate the radius of the earth.

Posted by: mikeski at November 08, 2026 10:07 PM (VHUov)

16 Ho1d 9diPgCE
Posted by: Braenyard

Is Blonde Morticia around to translate?
Posted by: mikeski

D R I N K M O R E O V A L T I N E

or something like that. . .

Posted by: Tonypete at November 08, 2026 10:08 PM (L/8vZ)

17 Evening Horde! Pic is gorgeous. And I love the Scenic Overlook photo.

Posted by: Iris at November 08, 2026 10:08 PM (286+n)

18 Evenin'

youtu.be/_LXKZq0fYDw

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 08, 2026 10:09 PM (sAmhv)

19 1 Ho1d 9diPgCE

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 08, 2026 10:00 PM (hPgrk)

Gotta be honest -- that's probably not going to be a Comment of the Week.

Posted by: Doof at November 08, 2026 10:09 PM (QMAsf)

20 Willowed from the gun thread:

196 > . . . and it's a boobs thread !

Posted by: a.moron at November 08, 2026 09:51 PM (X5Jzz)

Speaking of, I see that nVidia's Jensen Huang is the latest guy to fall victim to a Chinese honeypot.

The ChiCom spy in question goes by Alice Huang (no relation to Jensen). Going by an image search, she looks pretty tasty.

It's not just mooks like Eric Swalwell. Even geniuses like Huang are sometimes guilty of letting the little head do the thinking for the big head.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 08, 2026 10:09 PM (qlLNh)

21 Ho1d 9diPgCE
Posted by: Braenyard

Gotta be honest -- that's probably not going to be a Comment of the Week.
Posted by: Doof

Decent password, though. Not many people use spaces.

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

22 Could've been the Polar Route I guess.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 08, 2026 10:11 PM (ENc66)

23 Iowa roadside attraction: cornier is better

Posted by: 496 at November 08, 2026 10:12 PM (Y95t2)

24 No joke, I do kinda miss those classic headphones.

Good evening, and thanks for the ONT, Doof and Piper!

Piper, I do like the casual sweater-and-trousers outfit

I can just see M in it. The Target version, probably.

Job updates:
The folks I did a road trip to interview with said 'thanks but no thanks' finally (kinda expected, not really a great match as it was a junior-mid role and I'm mid-senior experience, and I was surprised they asked for the in-person 2nd-round, but it's still frustrating).
Desperately praying that last Monday's interview gets good news early this week. God has a history of having me start new long-term positions around Veteran's Day.
Subbing again tomorrow.

Posted by: RandomDave at November 08, 2026 10:12 PM (aJQbY)

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the 62-year-old actor criticized Amazon’s investment in AI and questioned how performers can maintain their place in an industry undergoing rapid technological change.

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They can't. That's the point. AI will replace you narcissistic, overpaid, overrated drug abusers with personas that are just as gratifying to viewers as you, but that never hold up a set for three hours while they sleep off a hangover or tell the press that their Disney source material is "weird." Your AI replacements will not need makeup or hair or wardrobe or filters. Voice actors will record the lines and body models will mime the action. You're not needed.

Now fuck off back to the stage from whence you came. That is the future of human acting. You'll actually have to show up and do the job live -- like waitresses, bus drivers, kindergarten teachers.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 08, 2026 10:13 PM (XJ22o)

26 Welp. Hubs and I may have to find a new church. Our current church held a chili cookoff yesterday and the winning chili had carrots in it.

SMH

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 08, 2026 10:13 PM (OlzlW)

27 That picture of the "Iowa Scenic Overlook" doesn't really do it justice. It's much nicer when the corn is in full tassel. Come back in late July.

Posted by: a.moron at November 08, 2026 10:13 PM (X5Jzz)

28 Nice work, Piper! Thanks to Doof, also!

Corduroy pants are back, huh? Well, too bad I can't fit into my ol' cords anymore. (Of course, they're Levi BigBell hiphuggers anyway...)

Posted by: JQ at November 08, 2026 10:13 PM (rdVOm)

29 There's a roadside attraction somewhere in CA called The Mystery Hole, at least according to the bumper stickers.

The imagination runs wild.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 08, 2026 10:13 PM (ENc66)

30 I continue to underperform in the commenting stats. I'm beginning to ask myself what I do here.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 08, 2026 10:14 PM (Riz8t)

31 Personally, I'm looking for a woman who considers Carhartt to be a designer label.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 08, 2026 10:14 PM (FZzOq)

32 > 27 That picture of the "Iowa Scenic Overlook" doesn't really do it justice. It's much nicer when the corn is in full tassel. Come back in late July.
Posted by: a.moron at November 08, 2026 10:13 PM (X5Jzz)

It also needs a stripe of soybeans, for the bold two-tone effect.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 08, 2026 10:15 PM (qlLNh)

33 Ideally it would involve a farmer's daughter.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 08, 2026 10:15 PM (ENc66)

34 I LOL'd for 30 seconds watching that Corgi evading tackles. Thank you Doof.

Posted by: PaleRider at November 08, 2026 10:15 PM (PV+Zw)

35 As a failing writer of no note, I, too, am concerned about the use of AI in creative endeavors. I already can't sell anything. If AI takes over, I never will. This will make me sad. And effect my financial situation.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 08, 2026 10:15 PM (1Ff7Z)

36 > 29 There's a roadside attraction somewhere in CA called The Mystery Hole, at least according to the bumper stickers.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 08, 2026 10:13 PM (ENc66)

(interest intensifies)

Posted by: Paul Pelosi at November 08, 2026 10:15 PM (qlLNh)

37 Emmie, that reminds me, the church has a chili cookoff later this month, I need to go over my recipes and make sure I have everything I need...

Posted by: RandomDave at November 08, 2026 10:16 PM (aJQbY)

38
Ho1d 9diPgCE
Posted by: Braenyard

Is Blonde Morticia around to translate?
Posted by: mikeski

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Derivative slop.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 08, 2026 10:16 PM (XJ22o)

39 Personally, I'm looking for a woman who considers Carhartt to be a designer label.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

Allow me to be your host at my local Waffle House.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 08, 2026 10:16 PM (L/8vZ)

40 31 Personally, I'm looking for a woman who considers Carhartt to be a designer label.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November

Carhartt got a little trendy there for a bit!

Posted by: Piper at November 08, 2026 10:16 PM (ZdaMQ)

41 No joke, I do kinda miss those classic headphones.

Good evening, and thanks for the ONT, Doof and Piper!

Posted by: RandomDave at November 08, 2026 10:12 PM (aJQbY)

I do too because they were lightweight and comfy. But the sound quality was whelming.

I sometimes use the big over-the-ear headphones when I really want to enjoy some music. Haven't found any bluetooth earbuds that come close to that sound quality.

Posted by: Doof at November 08, 2026 10:17 PM (QMAsf)

42
Corgi at the Panthers-Broncos game had the time of his life. Some of those chasers, I swear, did not actually want to catch him.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 08, 2026 10:17 PM (XJ22o)

43 Corduroy pants add 10lbs to your silhouette, I don't care how skinny you may be.

Nope nada. Don't need help with extra padding.

Posted by: Derak at November 08, 2026 10:17 PM (k1H9p)

44 There's a roadside attraction somewhere in CA called The Mystery Hole, at least according to the bumper stickers.

Mystery Spot in Santa Cruz. Mystery Hole is in West Virginia.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at November 08, 2026 10:18 PM (+9wcF)

45 Love that last pic. It reminds me of one of the oddball places I'd like to visit. Panorama Point, NE. The highest point in Nebraska. Why, you ask? (shrugs) I don't know, I just do. I've seen pics of it. Its rolling grasslands as far as the eye can see. It's near the CO,WY borders. There are markers there and the view is pretty amazing, if amazing is rolling grasslands with some cows. Its on some guys ranch but he allows visitors to the markers, that you have to drive to. Anyway, I've rambled enough.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 08, 2026 10:18 PM (sAmhv)

46
Nice party clothes, Piper. I hope people start dressing up again.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 08, 2026 10:18 PM (XJ22o)

47 26 Welp. Hubs and I may have to find a new church. Our current church held a chili cookoff yesterday and the winning chili had carrots in it.

SMH

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 08, 2026 10:13 PM (OlzlW)

SERIOUSLY ? ? ? I thought carrots in chili were just an AOS meme, I never dreamed that someone would actually do it.

And you're right, you need to get away from those kind of people. I assume not Lutheran, as they would put the carrots in the Jell-O.

Posted by: a.moron at November 08, 2026 10:18 PM (X5Jzz)

48 That picture of the "Iowa Scenic Overlook" doesn't really do it justice. It's much nicer when the corn is in full tassel. Come back in late July.
Posted by: a.moron at November 08, 2026 10:13 PM (X5Jzz)

And when the tassels spin... hoo boy!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 08, 2026 10:18 PM (1Ff7Z)

49 commented quite a bit less, still ended up on the list of shame...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 08, 2026 10:18 PM (l3cgK)

50 11 Thing this week was the highest placement for me ever.

Shame it was such a shitty week

Posted by: 18-1 at November 08, 2026 10:05 PM

Sunday is the start of the NEXT week.

I am going to take your high placement as a sign that you are now absolutely going to kick a$$ for the next six days!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 08, 2026 10:19 PM (HlyYF)

51 43 Corduroy pants add 10lbs to your silhouette, I don't care how skinny you may be.

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Also, just try sneaking up on someone.

Posted by: The Night Stalker at November 08, 2026 10:19 PM (ENc66)

52 the church has a chili cookoff later this month, I need to go over my recipes and make sure I have everything I need...
Posted by: RandomDave at November 08, 2026 10:16 PM (aJQbY)

Good luck, RandomDave!

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 08, 2026 10:19 PM (OlzlW)

53 > Carhartt got a little trendy there for a bit!
Posted by: Piper at November 08, 2026 10:16 PM (ZdaMQ)

Yeah.... it was almost as amusing as when "grunge fashion" was trendy for a short time, and you saw epicene persons in Manhattan and Los Angeles running around wearing flannel shirts.

The whole point was that the grunge bands eschewed the spandex and glitter boots for normal, everyday attire from the PNW. This apparently went right over people's heads.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 08, 2026 10:20 PM (qlLNh)

54 I'm never going to be fashionable but I kind of enjoy seeing pics of people who can carry it off. But why did they have to flop from yech skinny legs especially for guy's slacks to bell bottoms?

Posted by: PaleRider at November 08, 2026 10:20 PM (PV+Zw)

55 Bronze!

Posted by: runner at November 08, 2026 10:20 PM (AKptf)

56 35 As a failing writer of no note, I, too, am concerned about the use of AI in creative endeavors. I already can't sell anything. If AI takes over, I never will. This will make me sad. And effect my financial situation.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 08, 2026 10:15 PM (1Ff7Z)

Probably "affect" it, too.

Sorry.

Posted by: a.moron at November 08, 2026 10:20 PM (X5Jzz)

57 Nice work, Piper! Thanks to Doof, also!

Posted by: JQ at November 08, 2026 10:13 PM (rdVOm)

Damn - my indentured servant gets high praise and I get "oh yeah - you too, I guess".

Posted by: Doof at November 08, 2026 10:20 PM (QMAsf)

58 Ho1d 9diPgCE
Posted by: Braenyard

Is Blonde Morticia around to translate?
Posted by: mikeski

Derivative slop.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

😂😂😂

Posted by: mikeski at November 08, 2026 10:20 PM (VHUov)

59 Meow

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at November 08, 2026 10:20 PM (w3u3d)

60 26 Welp. Hubs and I may have to find a new church. Our current church held a chili cookoff yesterday and the winning chili had carrots in it.

SMH

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 08, 2026 10:13 PM

Blasphemers!!!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 08, 2026 10:21 PM (HlyYF)

61 52 the church has a chili cookoff later this month, I need to go over my recipes and make sure I have everything I need...
Posted by: RandomDave at November 08, 2026 10:16 PM (aJQbY)

Good luck, RandomDave!

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 08, 2026 10:19 PM (OlzlW)

You may want to leave the carrots out...unless you don't like some of the folks at church?

Had a friend who made pies for a church luncheon. The potatoes were perfectly sliced, as if they were apples...They looked perfect. His joy was watching how polite everybody was after they tried what they thought were apple pies, but were potato pies...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 08, 2026 10:22 PM (l3cgK)

62 > 43 Corduroy pants add 10lbs to your silhouette, I don't care how skinny you may be.

Nope nada. Don't need help with extra padding.
Posted by: Derak at November 08, 2026 10:17 PM (k1H9p)

Not to mention the free thigh-generated sound effect you get from walking in a pair of cords when you're overweight.

Sounds like a carpenter using a wood rasp.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 08, 2026 10:22 PM (qlLNh)

63 If you've eschewed spandex, seek qualified medical care immediately.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 08, 2026 10:22 PM (ENc66)

64 29 There's a roadside attraction somewhere in CA called The Mystery Hole, at least according to the bumper stickers.

The imagination runs wild.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43

I see your CA Mystery Hole and raise you a Natural Vortex.

Posted by: Montana at November 08, 2026 10:22 PM (sdSI9)

65 Probably "affect" it, too.

Sorry.
Posted by: a.moron at November 08, 2026 10:20 PM (X5Jzz)

Well, it's "e" for effort.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 08, 2026 10:22 PM (1Ff7Z)

66 That picture of the "Iowa Scenic Overlook" doesn't really do it justice. It's much nicer when the corn is in full tassel. Come back in late July.
Posted by: a.moron at November 08, 2026 10:13 PM (X5Jzz)

It also needs a stripe of soybeans, for the bold two-tone effect.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 08, 2026 10:15 PM (qlLNh)

And a dozen wind turbines

Posted by: Doof at November 08, 2026 10:23 PM (QMAsf)

67 45 Love that last pic. It reminds me of one of the oddball places I'd like to visit. Panorama Point, NE. The highest point in Nebraska. Why, you ask? (shrugs) I don't know, I just do. I've seen pics of it. Its rolling grasslands as far as the eye can see. It's near the CO,WY borders. There are markers there and the view is pretty amazing, if amazing is rolling grasslands with some cows. Its on some guys ranch but he allows visitors to the markers, that you have to drive to. Anyway, I've rambled enough.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 08, 2026 10:18 PM (sAmhv)

Sounds a lot like the highest point in Iowa, Hawkeye Point, elevation 1,670 feet.

Posted by: a.moron at November 08, 2026 10:23 PM (X5Jzz)

68 I've been to Nothing, AZ...there are a few buildings there.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 08, 2026 10:23 PM (l3cgK)

69 43 Corduroy pants add 10lbs to your silhouette, I don't care how skinny you may be.

Nope nada. Don't need help with extra padding.
Posted by: Derak at November 08, 2026

Just choose a fine wale and make sure they are the right size.

Posted by: Piper at November 08, 2026 10:24 PM (ZdaMQ)

70 jim in Kalifornia, yeah. I leave out the carrots, I leave out the beans (usually).... gotta decide what spice level to do, and whether to use ground beef or shredded beef.

Posted by: RandomDave at November 08, 2026 10:24 PM (aJQbY)

71 The Target Version: $143
plus
Baby Mama With Cart full of $38 Simulac she pays with EBT and sells at the Bodega
Step Grandma helping 5 YO Sarah get the exact right underpants bulge for tomorrow when he is Sam at K bulge reveal.
Sharona has now tried 3 versions of pink lipstick for trans Bible Reading and given next three people at the makeup desk Herpes Complex IV

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 08, 2026 10:25 PM (/+uur)

72 Just choose a fine wale

Isn't "a fine wale" an oxymoron?

Posted by: Archimedes at November 08, 2026 10:25 PM (Riz8t)

73 68 I've been to Nothing, AZ...there are a few buildings there.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 08, 2026 10:23 PM (l3cgK)

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There's no girl, my lord
And no flatbed Ford
Slowin' down to take a look at me

Posted by: Glenn Frey at November 08, 2026 10:25 PM (ENc66)

74 70 jim in Kalifornia, yeah. I leave out the carrots, I leave out the beans (usually).... gotta decide what spice level to do, and whether to use ground beef or shredded beef.

Posted by: RandomDave at November 08, 2026 10:24 PM (aJQbY)

I don't make chili...
The other day I got lazy, cooked chorizo and added a few cans of cooked beans to it, mashed it all together. Goes great in corn tortillas.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 08, 2026 10:25 PM (l3cgK)

75 31 Personally, I'm looking for a woman who considers Carhartt to be a designer label.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 08, 2026 10:14 PM

My local Tractor Supply store has lots of Carhartt gear in lady sizes and styles.

They even sell camo clothing with pink incorporated in the variegations.

Definitely have observed some cuties rockin' that gear.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 08, 2026 10:26 PM (HlyYF)

76 57 Nice work, Piper! Thanks to Doof, also!

Posted by: JQ at November 08, 2026 10:13 PM (rdVOm)

Damn - my indentured servant gets high praise and I get "oh yeah - you too, I guess".
Posted by: Doof at November 08, 2026 10:20 PM (QMAsf)

It do be like that sometimes.

Posted by: Piper at November 08, 2026 10:26 PM (ZdaMQ)

77 72 Just choose a fine wale

Isn't "a fine wale" an oxymoron?

Posted by: Archimedes at November 08, 2026 10:25 PM (Riz8t)

How's about a gunwale?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 08, 2026 10:27 PM (l3cgK)

78 > given next three people at the makeup desk Herpes Complex IV
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 08, 2026 10:25 PM (/+uur)

We've got monkeypox going around here in Anchorage again.

(screw your "mpox" bullshit. Its also the "Wuhan virus", you yutzes)

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 08, 2026 10:27 PM (qlLNh)

79 jim, yeah, that sounds like a good comfort food for cold weather

Sticks to your ribs and healthy with all that protein.

Posted by: RandomDave at November 08, 2026 10:27 PM (aJQbY)

80 52 the church has a chili cookoff later this month, I need to go over my recipes and make sure I have everything I need...
Posted by: RandomDave at November 08, 2026 10:16 PM (aJQbY)

I can print you a no aminals were haramed in the makering of this Chilis sign

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 08, 2026 10:27 PM (/+uur)

81 Hi Doof!

So, I kinda always liked the Tusk song and video. Those others...they need to remain in the 70s. Bad, bad stuff...
My opinion of course 🤮...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 08, 2026 10:27 PM (96kpa)

82 78 > given next three people at the makeup desk Herpes Complex IV
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 08, 2026 10:25 PM (/+uur)

We've got monkeypox going around here in Anchorage again.

(screw your "mpox" bullshit. Its also the "Wuhan virus", you yutzes)

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 08, 2026 10:27 PM (qlLNh)

Tell me Anchorage has gays without telling me Anchorage has gays...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 08, 2026 10:28 PM (l3cgK)

83 We've got monkeypox going around here in Anchorage again.

(screw your "mpox" bullshit. Its also the "Wuhan virus", you yutzes)

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 08, 2026 10:27 PM (qlLNh)

You got wuhu AIDS in my MOnkeypox

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 08, 2026 10:28 PM (/+uur)

84 Sharona has now tried 3 versions of pink lipstick for trans Bible Reading and given next three people at the makeup desk Herpes Complex IV
Posted by: r hennigantx at November

Well…you certainly read a lot between the lines! 😂

Posted by: Piper at November 08, 2026 10:28 PM (ZdaMQ)

85 60 26 Welp. Hubs and I may have to find a new church. Our current church held a chili cookoff yesterday and the winning chili had carrots in it.

SMH

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 08, 2026 10:13 PM

Blasphemers!!!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 08, 2026 10:21 PM (HlyYF)

Unclean!!

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 08, 2026 10:28 PM (0CU3H)

86 DeSantis continues to show he is politically astute.

https://tinyurl.com/ys9y22ac

Posted by: Archimedes at November 08, 2026 10:29 PM (Riz8t)

87 Tell me Anchorage has gays without telling me Anchorage has gays...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 08, 2026 10:28 PM (l3cgK)

Hi Sailor is more a greeting than a drug effect

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 08, 2026 10:29 PM (/+uur)

88 79 jim, yeah, that sounds like a good comfort food for cold weather Sticks to your ribs and healthy with all that protein.

Posted by: RandomDave at November 08, 2026 10:27 PM (aJQbY)

Well, moderately healthy at any rate...the chorizo isn't exactly health food with all that grease...and the beans soak it all up.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 08, 2026 10:29 PM (l3cgK)

89 SERIOUSLY ? ? ? I thought carrots in chili were just an AOS meme, I never dreamed that someone would actually do it.

And you're right, you need to get away from those kind of people. I assume not Lutheran, as they would put the carrots in the Jell-O.
Posted by: a.moron at November 08, 2026 10:18 PM (X5Jzz)

The winner is a fairly new member. Maybe we can get her excommunicated?

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 08, 2026 10:29 PM (OlzlW)

90 31 Personally, I'm looking for a woman who considers Carhartt to be a designer label.

*raises hand*

Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 08, 2026 10:30 PM (96kpa)

91 > Tell me Anchorage has gays without telling me Anchorage has gays...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 08, 2026 10:28 PM (l3cgK)

Imagine my surprise when the report said that the first two victims were "partners".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 08, 2026 10:30 PM (qlLNh)

92 I find it curious that wool sweaters are now the height of fashion, or did I misinterpret?

Polar fleece pretty much eliminated the wool sweater in the late 1980s. I have an entire wardrobe of classic wool sweaters in a cedar chest I could never, ever part with because they are exquisite, expensive and obtained from as far away as Ireland.

But I will never likely wear them again because..
They are too hot.
The nearest dry cleaner is 60 miles away.
Fashion only looks good on the young.

But boy are they pretty, and maybe I could now pawn them off in hopes they'd get actually get worn instead of being food for the moths.

Posted by: Derak at November 08, 2026 10:30 PM (k1H9p)

93
1 Ho1d 9diPgCE

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 08, 2026 10:00 PM (hPgrk)

Gotta be honest -- that's probably not going to be a Comment of the Week.
Posted by: Doof

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

I can vouch for that.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 08, 2026 10:30 PM (XJ22o)

94 Hi Doof!

So, I kinda always liked the Tusk song and video. Those others...they need to remain in the 70s. Bad, bad stuff...
My opinion of course 🤮...
Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 08, 2026 10:27 PM (96kpa)

Ha! I can actually do a lot worse for 70s stuff.

Posted by: Doof at November 08, 2026 10:31 PM (QMAsf)

95 67: Sounds a lot like the highest point in Iowa, Hawkeye Point, elevation 1,670 feet.
Posted by: a.moron

Panorama Point, NE is 5400+ feet.

The highest point in VA is Mt. Rogers. 5725ft. I was reading about it. Near the Appalachian Trail & NC very close by. Lots of hiking trails, none of them easy. I'm not fit enough for a hard hike. I've seen pics of the summit and it's a bit of a let down. Huge forest all around so no views. Now the hike up is amazing. Gorgeous views. Never done the hike, just seen pics online.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 08, 2026 10:31 PM (sAmhv)

96 Well…you certainly read a lot between the lines! 😂
Posted by: Piper at November 08, 2026 10:28 PM (ZdaMQ)

My HD I am at about 7 X each week has a Targhey
I see about 32 old crippled lesbians going in there each week

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 08, 2026 10:31 PM (/+uur)

97 Imagine my surprise when the report said that the first two victims were "partners".

Practicing law can lead to monkey pox?

Posted by: Blanco Basura at November 08, 2026 10:31 PM (+9wcF)

98 Damn - my indentured servant gets high praise and I get "oh yeah - you too, I guess".
Posted by: Doof at November 08, 2026 10:20 PM

You don't like to share the spotlight?

Doof, you'll always rock.. it's a given.

Piper, you deserve a shout out for posting "normal people wearables" tonight. LOL.

Posted by: JQ at November 08, 2026 10:31 PM (rdVOm)

99 90 31 Personally, I'm looking for a woman who considers Carhartt to be a designer label.

*raises hand*
Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 08, 2026 10:30 PM (96kpa)

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Aaand I believe the HQ has struck another match.

Posted by: Grindr at November 08, 2026 10:32 PM (ENc66)

100 Tonight's ONT brought to you by roadside attractions

Iowa Math:

How tall is this set of binoculars?

How far away is the horizon?

Calculate the radius of the earth.
Posted by: mikeski at November 08, 2026 10:07 PM (VHUov)

Assuming the arc distance is small to the horizon, which seems reasonable given the size of Earth, such that the arc distance to the horizon can be well approximated by the straight-line distance to the horizon, then if h is the height of the binoculars and d, the straight-line distance to the horizon is a good approximation to the arc distance l to the horizon then the radius r is given d^2 / (2h) - h / 2.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 08, 2026 10:33 PM (ZVgZ4)

101 97 Imagine my surprise when the report said that the first two victims were "partners".

Practicing law can lead to monkey pox?
Posted by: Blanco Basura at November 08, 2026 10:31 PM (+9wcF)

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See? This is why the Limited Liability Partnership was invented.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 08, 2026 10:33 PM (ENc66)

102 97 Imagine my surprise when the report said that the first two victims were "partners".

Practicing law can lead to monkey pox?

Posted by: Blanco Basura at November 08, 2026 10:31 PM (+9wcF)

Joke Punchline: "...and Lawyers will do things not even rats will do."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 08, 2026 10:33 PM (l3cgK)

103 But boy are they pretty, and maybe I could now pawn them off in hopes they'd get actually get worn instead of being food for the moths.
Posted by: Derak at November 08,

Get them out! Wool is a staple, always has been. You can get at home dry cleaning kits that you use in your dryer. I maybe get to wear my sweaters 3 days a year, same with my boots. But dang if I don’t make the best of those 3 days!

Posted by: Piper at November 08, 2026 10:34 PM (ZdaMQ)

104 Sounds a lot like the highest point in Iowa, Hawkeye Point, elevation 1,670 feet.
Posted by: a.moron

Or the "Turtle Mountains" on the North Dakota/Manitoba border.

They're 400 feet taller than the surrounding plains.

Which is actually a pretty big hill for an area that got bulldozed by a glacier a few thousand years ago.

Posted by: mikeski at November 08, 2026 10:34 PM (VHUov)

105 DeSantis continues to show he is politically astute.
Posted by: Archimedes

Good. The country needs more stutes.

Posted by: mikeski at November 08, 2026 10:35 PM (VHUov)

106 98 Damn - my indentured servant gets high praise and I get "oh yeah - you too, I guess".
Posted by: Doof at November 08, 2026 10:20 PM

You don't like to share the spotlight?

Doof, you'll always rock.. it's a given.

Piper, you deserve a shout out for posting "normal people wearables" tonight. LOL.

Posted by: JQ at November 08, 2026 10:31 PM (rdVOm)

Well, wearable for the 'ettes, not the 'rons...unless there things about some of our 'rons I'd rather not know...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 08, 2026 10:35 PM (l3cgK)

107 29 There's a roadside attraction somewhere in CA called The Mystery Hole, at least according to the bumper stickers.

The imagination runs wild.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 08, 2026 10:13 PM (ENc66)
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It's on my and Chasten's "to do!" list! Hope it doesn't disappoint!

Posted by: Mayor Pete at November 08, 2026 10:35 PM (oqH4h)

108 Practicing law can lead to monkey pox?
Posted by: Blanco Basura

See? This is why the Limited Liability Partnership was invented.
Posted by: Cicero

Close. That's the "Limited Layability Partnership."

Posted by: mikeski at November 08, 2026 10:36 PM (VHUov)

109 Target Version (~$70)

• A New Day Fairisle sweater — $18
• Universal Thread Corduroy Jeans — $28
• Microsuede ankle boots by A New Day — $24

WalMart Version
• A New sweater — Free (Stuffed in babies bag)
• Corduroy Jeans — Free (Worn under mamas sweat pants)
• ankle boots — Free (Came in with slippers n socks)

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 08, 2026 10:37 PM (/+uur)

110 Posted by: Mayor Pete at November 08, 2026 10:35 PM (oqH4h)

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Don't you have some chestfeeding to do?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 08, 2026 10:37 PM (ENc66)

111 You don't like to share the spotlight?

Doof, you'll always rock.. it's a given.

Piper, you deserve a shout out for posting "normal people wearables" tonight. LOL.
Posted by: JQ at November 08, 2026 10:31 PM (rdVOm)

I don't mind sharing the spotlight - I just don't want Piper thinking she's a shoo-in for Employee of the Month again.

Posted by: Doof at November 08, 2026 10:37 PM (QMAsf)

112 > Close. That's the "Limited Layability Partnership."
Posted by: mikeski at November 08, 2026 10:36 PM (VHUov)

Close. "PartnerSHIT", I think.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 08, 2026 10:37 PM (qlLNh)

113 Ideally it would involve a farmer's daughter.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 08, 2026 10:15 PM (ENc66)

Well, since you asked . . .
https://youtu.be/_lprEac69rM

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 08, 2026 10:37 PM (wVcYX)

114 I'm generally a fan of Nic Cage. Don't have any reason to dislike him. But if he or other over-paid actors and actresses get culled from the industry because of AI, maybe they can "learn to code".

Saw him once up close at Disneyland. He was with his wife? Skinny dude and too many tats.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 08, 2026 10:37 PM (2WIwB)

115 I don't mind sharing the spotlight - I just don't want Piper thinking she's a shoo-in for Employee of the Month again.
Posted by: Doof at November 08, 2026 10:37 PM (QMAsf

Did we get another employee?

Posted by: Piper at November 08, 2026 10:37 PM (ZdaMQ)

116 No kindgs!

"BREAKING: Sen. DAVE MCCORMICK (R-PA) just JOINED the effort to block John Thune's reelection as Senate GOP Leader this week, instead DELAYING Minority Leader selections

Wow! That's now Mike Lee, Ron Johnson, Rick Scott, John Kennedy and McCormick.."One of the things I learned in business and the Army is that after a failure, you have to start with honesty, transparency, and accountability." 🔥

"I don’t believe we should move to leadership elections until we have digested and debated the lessons of the midterms and how to move forward."

"We need leadership in place fast, but Tuesday is too soon."

yeah, good idea.

Posted by: runner at November 08, 2026 10:37 PM (AKptf)

117 Evening, Doof, and ONT Horde.

Got the bumper back on my '49 Shoebox Ford project car today. It was broken and twisted, and all rusty and peeling chrome. I straightened it out, welded it up, and ground all the rust and old chrome off with a 36 grit flap wheel, several of them, in fact. Painted the bumper and bumperettes with gloss aluminum paint, and the brackets matte black. Does it look like new? Not even close. But it's no longer the ugliest part of the car. So, a win.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 08, 2026 10:38 PM (yky4J)

118 Well, wearable for the 'ettes, not the 'rons...unless there things about some of our 'rons I'd rather not know...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Early ideas for next Halloween. The "shaggy faux fur jacket" would work as part of your pimp costume.

Posted by: mikeski at November 08, 2026 10:38 PM (VHUov)

119 The formula comes from the Pythagorean theorem where the legs are d and r and the hypotenuse is h + r, using the approximation that the distance d to the horizon subtends a small angle so that the arc distance to the horizon is well approximated by the straight line distance d.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 08, 2026 10:38 PM (ZVgZ4)

120 I saw "Skinny Dude and Too Many Tatts" open for "Death Cab for Cutie" in a logger bar in Aberdeen Washington back in '98.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 08, 2026 10:39 PM (qlLNh)

121 WalMart Version
• A New sweater — Free (Stuffed in babies bag)
• Corduroy Jeans — Free (Worn under mamas sweat pants)
• ankle boots — Free (Came in with slippers n socks)
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 08, 2026 10

Why I avoid Walmart at all costs.

Posted by: Piper at November 08, 2026 10:39 PM (ZdaMQ)

122 Job updates:
The folks I did a road trip to interview with said 'thanks but no thanks' finally (kinda expected, not really a great match as it was a junior-mid role and I'm mid-senior experience, and I was surprised they asked for the in-person 2nd-round, but it's still frustrating).
Desperately praying that last Monday's interview gets good news early this week. God has a history of having me start new long-term positions around Veteran's Day.
Subbing again tomorrow.
Posted by: RandomDave at November 08, 2026 10:12 PM (aJQbY)

Hate that you're also going through this, but best wishes for the coming week!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at November 08, 2026 10:40 PM (xVpNO)

123 Wow.. home dry cleaning kits? What'll they think of next?

I did notice just last week that the young gals at church were wearing wool sweaters and I thought I was hallucinating.....

I remember when I was in my teens and platform shoes were all the rage. My mother scoffed at me for thinking that was a "new" fashion, as she showed me pics of herself in similar footwear.

She said everything old becomes new again.

Word.

Posted by: Derak at November 08, 2026 10:41 PM (k1H9p)

124 DeSantis is petitioning the State Legislature to impeach Judge Tiffany Baker: “Until you start holding these judges ACCOUNTABLE, they are going to continue to find ways to benefit the criminal element!”

The system with judges was designed to hold them free of direct accountability but there is a problem because the left has designed an alternate system with rewards for ruling how they want (status, access to the powerful, and often cash) and penalties for ruling how they don't (lawfare, physical violence, and social shunning)

In theory one could update judicial code to penalize actions such as these though to get there you would have to remove most of the current judges who are invested in the current corrupt system.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 08, 2026 10:43 PM (sKqQm)

125
Vera Rubin has found another interesting body out there, designation R631. It's a hunk of something ~100km diameter, 142 degree inclination, and hence retrograde out beyond Neptune, out at about 32 AU.

They speculate it may be a giant cometary body:
https://t.ly/pQmng

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 08, 2026 10:43 PM (w6EFb)

126 It is bed time for those of us who wake up at a ridiculous hour. Plus, all the critters have settled and that is my sign.

Night all!

Posted by: Piper at November 08, 2026 10:43 PM (ZdaMQ)

127 Hey there, brother!
Posted by: Doof at November 08, 2026 10:07 PM (QMAsf)

Hey yourself. Thank you, and thanks to Piper, for the girthy ONT content!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at November 08, 2026 10:43 PM (xVpNO)

128 28 Nice work, Piper! Thanks to Doof, also!

Corduroy pants are back, huh? Well, too bad I can't fit into my ol' cords anymore. (Of course, they're Levi BigBell hiphuggers anyway...)
Posted by: JQ at November 08, 2026 10:13 PM (rdVOm)

/walks in

fvfpp fvfpp fvfpp

They most certainly are not.

/flounces quickly

fvp fvp fvp fvp fvp

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at November 08, 2026 10:44 PM (r7+Q7)

129 Carhartt may as well be a "designer label"-- it's pricey enough LOL.

I wear Wrangler. And cheap, colorful t-shirts. Got a good *Carhartt look-alike* winter coat at Costco a few years ago & it's still in great condition. Nice quality, comfortable, very warm, and less than half the Carhartt price.

Posted by: JQ at November 08, 2026 10:44 PM (rdVOm)

130 One of the things I learned in business and the Army is that after a failure, you have to start with honesty, transparency, and accountability

Reward people for failure and you'll get more of it. Penalize them for it and you'll get less of it.

I understand the argument that Thune couldn't get the lefty Reps to vote for SAVE and other important initiatives. Perhaps , if we ever get another senate majority again, that not only is retaining the Republican majority dependent on getting things done so is their cushy title that will get them $$$

Posted by: 18-1 at November 08, 2026 10:45 PM (sKqQm)

131 While serving in 3rd Marine Division band in Japan, Oliver Nelson attended the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra and heard Maurice Ravel's Ma mère l'Oye and Paul Hindemith's Symphony in E Flat.
Nelson said this, ‘was the first time that I had heard really modern music...I realized everything didn't have to sound like Beethoven or Brahms ... . It was then that I decided to become a composer.'

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 08, 2026 10:47 PM (hPgrk)

132 I understand the argument that Thune couldn't get the lefty Reps to vote for SAVE and other important initiatives.

==

Then he does not belong in leadership, managed decline is for failing businesses, we deserve better. Even someone like me can think of a hundred ways someone could have made the intransigent hags to vote for Trump's agenda.

Posted by: runner at November 08, 2026 10:47 PM (AKptf)

133 How far away is the horizon?

I actually include a table for this in the game master’s part of my roleplaying game (Gods & Monsters). I wrote an article about it along with both a Python and a BASIC program to do the calculations for any given planetary radius, for the gaming mag Fight On. That was before their death. They recently revivified themselves. I should probably revisit the article.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at November 08, 2026 10:48 PM (kYmoU)

134 Pipes continues to bring it. And I know nothing about women's shoes.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 08, 2026 10:48 PM (2WIwB)

135 The only Cathartt thing I have are a pair of work gloves. I'm surprised how good and comfortable they are even though they were a bit spendy, $24

Posted by: Beartooth at November 08, 2026 10:48 PM (FuXG7)

136 I got a Carhartt hoodie.

Posted by: lin-duh at November 08, 2026 10:48 PM (VCgbV)

137 I was reading a local thread about a DSA leader elected to local office.

Someone had posted her picture (and she looked exactly like you would expect) and the policy positions of the DSA branch she was the head of.

The response from the left was interesting as the most common response was "You people just lost I think'd you have better things to do then fearmonger". Again, the post listed the DSA's stated positions which as the local DSA leader this woman endorsed and likely wrote.

So lefties know their own views look like something normal people would fear and instead suggest we talk about...hope and change?

Posted by: 18-1 at November 08, 2026 10:49 PM (sKqQm)

138 92 I have an entire wardrobe of classic wool sweaters in a cedar chest I could never, ever part with because they are exquisite, expensive and obtained from as far away as Ireland.

Check for moths. They love that shit🤪!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 08, 2026 10:50 PM (96kpa)

139
Then he does not belong in leadership, managed decline is for failing businesses, we deserve better. Even someone like me can think of a hundred ways someone could have made the intransigent hags to vote for Trump's agenda.

That is my point.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 08, 2026 10:50 PM (sKqQm)

140 I only wear Carhartt hoodies
So my cousin does logging in NE Louisiana.
Under the tree at the Christmas party is 5 new SS Tees, 5 LS Tees, 2 pair jeans and a jacket.
He may have fired a worker but I dont think one has ever quit except to start his own logging compnay that my cousin onwed part of.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 08, 2026 10:51 PM (/+uur)

141 >> How far away is the horizon?

Infinity. The earth is flat.

Posted by: Flerfer at November 08, 2026 10:52 PM (w6EFb)

142 Reward people for failure and you'll get more of it. Penalize them for it and you'll get less of it.

I understand the argument that Thune couldn't get the lefty Reps to vote for SAVE and other important initiatives. Perhaps , if we ever get another senate majority again, that not only is retaining the Republican majority dependent on getting things done so is their cushy title that will get them $$$

Posted by: 18-1 a
----

If Nancy Pelosi were head of the Senate she would have had their asses in gear. There are committee assignments, chair positions etc that can be given and ... oh, campaign finance help; all of those things. Did Thune use that power?

You just can't love 'em enough.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 08, 2026 10:53 PM (hPgrk)

143 Hubby had an outdoor job, so would wear Carhartt insulated overalls. Dang, over $100 each 10-15 years ago. (I could usually find decent pre-season sales at 25- to 50-percent off regular price, but couldn't always find his size in stock.)

Posted by: JQ at November 08, 2026 10:54 PM (rdVOm)

144 I mentioned I saw Brink of War the other day and I was thinking just how amazing Reagan's strategy was.

By 1986 the Soviets knew they were in trouble as with Reagan's rejuvenation of the US economy they were falling farther and farther behind. And SDI would be the nail in the coffin - they would have to give up any hope of being a peer military force to the US or spend into economic destruction.

Gorby was willing to make some compromises previous Soviet leaders weren't but his goal was to maintain communism. And back home some of his peers preferred gambling on WWIII over even his modest reforms.

So Reagan had to essentially string Gorby along. Give him hope that he would sell out America's advantages like Carter before him while not actually doing so, and do it well enough that Gorby's fellow Soviet leaders didn't just remove him and release the balloon in Europe.

And Reagan played it perfectly.

Also note, this is during the time period the left claims he was senile.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 08, 2026 10:55 PM (sKqQm)

145 Infinity. The earth is flat.
Posted by: Flerfer at November 08, 2026 10:52 PM (w6EFb)

More CO2 in the atmosphere will make it sparkling again!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 08, 2026 10:55 PM (yky4J)

146 104 Sounds a lot like the highest point in Iowa, Hawkeye Point, elevation 1,670 feet.
Posted by: a.moron

Or the "Turtle Mountains" on the North Dakota/Manitoba border.

They're 400 feet taller than the surrounding plains.

Which is actually a pretty big hill for an area that got bulldozed by a glacier a few thousand years ago.

Posted by: mikeski at November 08, 2026 10:34 PM (VHUov)

Hawkeye Point isn't noticeably higher in elevation than the surrounding terrain. Looking around it seemed like some of the surrounding areas might have actually been a little higher, but who knows? (the surveyor who marked it, I suppose).

Posted by: a.moron at November 08, 2026 10:55 PM (X5Jzz)

147 I remember when Tusk came out. Listened to AOR as a 13 year old. My god, was there shitposting back in the '70's for anything popular.
Back to the Egg by Wings and Tusk probably the most hated I can remember from 50 or so years ago.
Listening to entire albums from then, so much better than most singles of today.
Even Lobo sounds better than what is on the radio now.
Fashion? Just take a picture of the First Lady, that's all I need.
Love how Hugh Hewitt (Buckeye Bitch) complains to this day about USC's marching band being in this video.
Ain't not I to dot in Tusk or Fleetwood Mac!

Posted by: Don't fall for the doomers at November 08, 2026 10:56 PM (wcnaS)

148 Mystery Spot here in Santa Cruz, CA.
Don't waste your time unless you like optical illusions, but their bumper stickers are awesome. I plastered them all over rocks and derelict boats at remote surf spots in Mexico.

Posted by: wth at November 08, 2026 10:56 PM (oq9dX)

149 Learned something new this week, I don’t like Ketamine. Doesn’t even matter how cute the anesthesiologist is.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at November 08, 2026 10:56 PM (+9wcF)

150 Infinity. The earth is flat.

Perfectly valid option in a fantasy roleplaying game, of course. The consequence is that with sufficient magnification and an Iowa-like flatness, you can see to the literal ends of the earth.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at November 08, 2026 10:58 PM (kYmoU)

151 Dave Chappell feels better that Charlie Kirk is dead
If at any time you spoke up a school, at a youth meeting, at church, or at a conference to TALK to people about your ideas in 100% FREE SPEACH and EXCHANGE of ideas;
Remember they want you silenced.
And Dead.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 08, 2026 10:58 PM (/+uur)

152 Learned something new this week, I don’t like Ketamine. Doesn’t even matter how cute the anesthesiologist is.

Have you tried snorting it off of someone's gentalia while they and their friends all have sex with you?

Posted by: The Cornell "rape" victim at November 08, 2026 10:59 PM (sKqQm)

153 126 It is bed time for those of us who wake up at a ridiculous hour. Plus, all the critters have settled and that is my sign.

Night all!

Posted by: Piper at November 08, 2026 10:43 PM (ZdaMQ)

I assume Piper is referring to ridiculously early, not ridiculously late...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 08, 2026 10:59 PM (l3cgK)

154 Fifteen yo Carhartt leather belt pretty good shape.
Twenty yo, belt from the thrift, wear it with my jeans, still got a few years in it. Good leather lasts.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 08, 2026 10:59 PM (hPgrk)

155
Somebody may have mentioned it, but an approximate formula for the distance to the geometric horizon (ignoring refraction ) in miles for an observer height 'h' in feet is simply:

d = 1.22*sqrt(h).

That ignores refraction. It turns out that refraction can be seen as sort of inreasing the effective radius of the Erf, and for standard atmosphere, the refracted effective radius increased by a factor of ~ 7/6, and that gives a factor of d = 1.32*sqrt(h).

That's visible light. For radar, the effective radius is much larger, and that coefficient is about 4.12.

Posted by: Flerfer at November 08, 2026 10:59 PM (w6EFb)

156 Pipes continues to bring it. And I know nothing about women's shoes.
Posted by: Diogenes
.......

Me neither, but they don't look very comfortable.

Posted by: wth at November 08, 2026 11:00 PM (oq9dX)

157 151 Dave Chappell feels better that Charlie Kirk is dead
If at any time you spoke up a school, at a youth meeting, at church, or at a conference to TALK to people about your ideas in 100% FREE SPEACH and EXCHANGE of ideas;
Remember they want you silenced.
And Dead.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 08, 2026 10:58 PM (/+uur)

And I'm sure he'd feel happy hearing somebody say, "I feel so much better since Malcom X was killed."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 08, 2026 11:00 PM (l3cgK)

158 130

I understand the argument that Thune couldn't get the lefty Reps to vote for SAVE and other important initiatives. Perhaps , if we ever get another senate majority again, that not only is retaining the Republican majority dependent on getting things done so is their cushy title that will get them $$$

Posted by: 18-1 at November 08, 2026 10:45 PM (sKqQm)

Fine, then put the bill in front of them and make them vote against it. Then next primary season go into their district and point out to voters how they voted.

Posted by: a.moron at November 08, 2026 11:00 PM (X5Jzz)

159 156 Pipes continues to bring it. And I know nothing about women's shoes.
Posted by: Diogenes
.......

Me neither, but they don't look very comfortable.

Posted by: wth at November 08, 2026 11:00 PM (oq9dX)

I think shoes are to women as Klingon pain sticks are to Klingons...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 08, 2026 11:01 PM (l3cgK)

160 152 Learned something new this week, I don’t like Ketamine. Doesn’t even matter how cute the anesthesiologist is.

Have you tried snorting it off of someone's gentalia while they and their friends all have sex with you?

Posted by: The Cornell "rape" victim at November 08, 2026 10:59 PM (sKqQm)

How does one short wet Ketamine?...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 08, 2026 11:01 PM (l3cgK)

161 Remember they want you silenced.
And Dead.

That is one of the more odd things in dealing with the GOPe.

They believe, clearly, that the left isn't able to get on with the killing it incessantly talks about so they can just focus on getting their "generational wealth" even while the left literally backs up their words and murders anyone they see as not of the body.

And even more then Kirk, remember that healthcare CEO they assassinated was every bit a well likely member of the leftwing "polite company" that the GOPers themselves are only sort of part of...

Posted by: 18-1 at November 08, 2026 11:01 PM (sKqQm)

162 151 Dave Chappell feels better that Charlie Kirk is dead
If at any time you spoke up a school, at a youth meeting, at church, or at a conference to TALK to people about your ideas in 100% FREE SPEACH and EXCHANGE of ideas;
Remember they want you silenced.
And Dead.

Posted by: r hennigantx

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 08, 2026 11:01 PM (hPgrk)

163 >> How far away is the horizon?

Infinity. The earth is flat.
Posted by: Flerfer at November 08, 2026 10:52 PM (w6EFb)

That’s why you can never see the horizon, and ships never sink below it. /sarc

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 08, 2026 11:02 PM (ZVgZ4)

164
The fact that on the ocean (or something really "flat" in the sense of no local topography and a clear horizon) you see a clean, clear horizon boundary is all the proof you need the earth is not flat.

On an infinite flat plane (or one big enough to approximate it), the horizon would not be sharp, but sort of fuzzy, especially with an atmosphere that somehow behaved the same way it does on earth.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 08, 2026 11:03 PM (w6EFb)

165 And to be the nitpicky person for the evening - those sweater are not fairisle - they are color work.

And I love the simple wearable everyday look of the Target outfits.

Thanks Doef and Piper!!

Posted by: SnailRacer at November 08, 2026 11:03 PM (OpMh5)

166 163 >> How far away is the horizon?

Infinity. The earth is flat.
Posted by: Flerfer at November 08, 2026 10:52 PM (w6EFb)

That’s why you can never see the horizon, and ships never sink below it. /sarc

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 08, 2026 11:02 PM (ZVgZ4)

Ships ALWAYS sink below it...otherwise, they'd sink upwards.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 08, 2026 11:03 PM (l3cgK)

167 Philly ‘Kristallnacht’ Bike Ride vs. Rejected Glass Blowing shards.
Discuss amongst yourselves

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 08, 2026 11:03 PM (/+uur)

168 I think shoes are to women as Klingon pain sticks are to Klingons...

I’ve seen a few that could wield their purse like a bat’leth, so this makes sense.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at November 08, 2026 11:04 PM (+9wcF)

169 It's time for Trump to acknowledge that we are living in an extra-judicial world.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 08, 2026 11:04 PM (hPgrk)

170 167 Philly ‘Kristallnacht’ Bike Ride vs. Rejected Glass Blowing shards.
Discuss amongst yourselves

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 08, 2026 11:03 PM (/+uur)

Philly "Kristalnacht" Bike Ride needs to meet some Mexican barbed wire (e.g. broken glass cemented on the tops of walls)...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 08, 2026 11:04 PM (l3cgK)

171 157

And I'm sure he'd feel happy hearing somebody say, "I feel so much better since Malcom X was killed."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 08, 2026 11:00 PM (l3cgK)

Or Saint MLK.

Posted by: a.moron at November 08, 2026 11:04 PM (X5Jzz)

172 Neither here nor there...
I'm not a particularly religious gal.
But, I have a lovely copy of Dali's Last Supper on my wall. Each time I pass it, I high-five Jesus. It feels nice for me❣️...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 08, 2026 11:04 PM (96kpa)

173 "I don’t believe we should move to leadership elections until we have digested and debated the lessons of the midterms and how to move forward."

"We need leadership in place fast, but Tuesday is too soon."
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Yeah, the Senate had no effective leadership during the entirety of the first 2 years of Trumps second term, so what's the rush in bring back the traitor?

Posted by: Crusader at November 08, 2026 11:05 PM (Cjcf6)

174 >> That’s why you can never see the horizon, and ships never sink below it. /sarc

You wouldn't believe how the Flerfs argue and dispute this. It's amazing the idiocy they come up with.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 08, 2026 11:05 PM (w6EFb)

175 How does one short wet Ketamine?...

I’d guess with a lot of effort.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at November 08, 2026 11:05 PM (+9wcF)

176 168 I think shoes are to women as Klingon pain sticks are to Klingons...

I’ve seen a few that could wield their purse like a bat’leth, so this makes sense.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at November 08, 2026 11:04 PM (+9wcF)

My wife, God rest her soul, would pack so much heavy stuff in her purse that during our marriage she broke more than a few purse handles...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 08, 2026 11:05 PM (l3cgK)

177 How far away is the horizon?

Infinity. The earth is flat.
Posted by: Flerfer

That’s why you can never see the horizon, and ships never sink below it. /sarc
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

That's just Earth's gravity bending the light.

Posted by: a different Flerfer at November 08, 2026 11:07 PM (VHUov)

178 No offense to Piper, but I quit Targhey when they were about the 1st big company to say "trannies can use the ladies restrooms" which I actually didn't initially think was a big deal and then called customers who voiced legitimate concerns narrow minded transphobes in a very snotty way.

Snooty, toffy nosed ,doubling down when a company's actual customers point out a problem is the thing that will make me drop a brand or company when I hear about it, and it would take a lot to for me to go back to one of them.

Posted by: PaleRider at November 08, 2026 11:08 PM (PV+Zw)

179 Now I know where that women's phrase " it was a steal" comes from. I don't know how Walmart makes a profit.

Posted by: Case at November 08, 2026 11:09 PM (En+fz)

180 I looked at my congressional race and compared 2022 to 2026.

Rep gained 10% total votes vs 2022.
Dem gained 40% vs 2022.

Rep still won comfortably, but it wasn’t the blowout it usually is.

This is a congressional seat that has been Republican since the 90s, in a red state spanning almost exclusively red counties and I mean RED counties like 70-30 levels red in presidential elections.

It wasn’t fraud that caused a massive increase in Dem votes. Unless you believe a bunch of red counties in a red state all got together to help a Democrat cheat.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 08, 2026 11:10 PM (LkRIT)

181 I don’t like Ketamine. Doesn’t even matter how cute the anesthesiologist is.
Posted by: Blanco Basura
........

I fell in love with my anesthesiologist for about 10 seconds, but when I woke up she left me before I could propose properly. It came out like: "Didd I hab surgee?"

Posted by: wth at November 08, 2026 11:10 PM (oq9dX)

182 It's time for Trump to acknowledge that we are living in an extra-judicial world.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 08, 2026 11:04 PM (hPgrk)

Start searching for EO 13848.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 08, 2026 11:10 PM (ZVgZ4)

183 Thanks Doef and Piper!!
Posted by: SnailRacer at November 08, 2026 11:03 PM (OpMh5)

Howdy SnailRacer!!

Posted by: Doof at November 08, 2026 11:11 PM (QMAsf)

184 158 130

I understand the argument that Thune couldn't get the lefty Reps to vote for SAVE and other important initiatives. Perhaps , if we ever get another senate majority again, that not only is retaining the Republican majority dependent on getting things done so is their cushy title that will get them $$$

Posted by: 18-1 at November 08, 2026 10:45 PM (sKqQm)

Fine, then put the bill in front of them and make them vote against it. Then next primary season go into their district and point out to voters how they voted.

Posted by: a.moron a
---

Couldn't, can't, piss in pants.
Pull all their funding, pull all of their assignments,
take away every privilege he has authority to do.
Did he do that?
No.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 08, 2026 11:13 PM (hPgrk)

185 Chapels has always be a piece of shit.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 08, 2026 11:15 PM (LkRIT)

186 Start searching for EO 13848.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
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Well and good.
Now, let's do US of A.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 08, 2026 11:15 PM (hPgrk)

187 Doesn't matter if it failed, you put it out, so the rest of us (and Trump) could have put pressure on the Senate squishes to vote the right way. Our guys are way too compliant with the Left. Well, it won't matter by January 20th...
Then the Reps can send out THRICE the number of the usual fundraising pleas, saying they can't do anything since they don't have the House or Senate! Assholes.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 08, 2026 11:16 PM (l3cgK)

188 Happy Sunday. Went to a family birthday party, everyone brought a pot of soup so we had 3 to choose from, plus 3 varieties of bread.

Piper, i like the fair isle sweaters. Gotta knit faster. One of my favorite parts of fall/winter clothing is texture. Velvet, corduroy, sweaters, etc. No shaggy purple muppet for me though.

Posted by: Funsize at November 08, 2026 11:16 PM (3j87q)

189 Good evening morons en bedankt Disko en Piper

I've got that Edison Lighthouse tune on my playlist.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 08, 2026 11:17 PM (RIvkX)

190 I'm a bit mystified how AI can use image scraping (essentially, stealing someone else's photos) to present a product that is entirely based on theft.

For example, suppose you photograph an historical landmark for a feature article published in an archeological magazine. And, you own the rights to the photo.

Now, someone using AI requests a photo of the landmark you photographed.

In a significant number of cases, the photo AI provides to the requester will have an obvious blurred watermark of the the photo's owner. And, yet the courts have been siding with the AI providers under Fair Use.

Posted by: Orson at November 08, 2026 11:17 PM (dIske)

191 Piper, i like the fair isle sweaters. Gotta knit faster. One of my favorite parts of fall/winter clothing is texture. Velvet, corduroy, sweaters, etc. No shaggy purple muppet for me though.
Posted by: Funsize at November 08, 2026 11:16 PM (3j87q)

It will help you blend in with the bath rug.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 08, 2026 11:18 PM (rbvCR)

192 SnailRacer, do you knit?

Posted by: Funsize at November 08, 2026 11:18 PM (3j87q)

193 >>>but I quit Targhey when they ...
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Told Santa to hit the road. ...profitably corrupt, they are

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 08, 2026 11:19 PM (hPgrk)

194 Kindltot, can i use it to hide from my kids?? Sometimes moms need a break...

Posted by: Funsize at November 08, 2026 11:19 PM (3j87q)

195 I skied the Turtle Mountains, back in the day.

Posted by: free tibet at November 08, 2026 11:20 PM (1wtUm)

196 Repeal B.O.care?
Pass the SAVE act?
Nah.
But they will fund the gubmint next month.
Assholes, I hate them all.

Posted by: wth at November 08, 2026 11:22 PM (oq9dX)

197 119 The formula comes from the Pythagorean theorem where the legs are d and r and the hypotenuse is h + r, using the approximation that the distance d to the horizon subtends a small angle so that the arc distance to the horizon is well approximated by the straight line distance d.

I'd have to rely on the Pink Floyd theorem and derive infinity as the distance to the horizon. Recall that:

"You run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking, racing around to come up behind you again".

Posted by: meh at November 08, 2026 11:23 PM (EkJwg)

198 It wasn’t fraud that caused a massive increase in Dem votes. Unless you believe a bunch of red counties in a red state all got together to help a Democrat cheat.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 08, 2026 11:10 PM (LkRIT)

Did we learn nothing from 2020? The cheat doesn’t have to be local. The voting machines are hooked up to the internet. This was proven in court in Georgia. If the machine whose name starts with “D” does this, you can bet your bippie the rest of them do too. If they’re hooked up to the internet then anyone, and particularly highly motivated foreign agents, can manipulate the vote. The algorithm used has already been reverse engineered. It’s just the the Republicans get the Trump vote in 2024 minus 15%, and the Democrats get Kamala 2024 + 15%. Almost all the results follow this except Collins in Maine, where an extra “squeeze” was laid on to insure her loss. Go looking on X. Also expect action 45 days after the election, that would be Dec. 11. This is in accord with Trump’s EO 13848. This will involve the Space Force tracking the scam and delivering a report to the President on that date. This is assuming foreign interference.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 08, 2026 11:25 PM (ZVgZ4)

199 The yarns used these days seem to be short and tend to pill after only a couple of wearings.

Pisses me off. I don’t recall the sweaters of my youth pilling. Not at all.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 08, 2026 11:26 PM (yEz+x)

200 >>>
In a significant number of cases, the photo AI provides to the requester will have an obvious blurred watermark of the the photo's owner. And, yet the courts have been siding with the AI providers under Fair Use.

Posted by: Orson
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ROLOL, that's what extra-judicial means.

Amodi twins / Sam Altman, hey oooooooh

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 08, 2026 11:27 PM (hPgrk)

201 Theoretically it is possible to fly around the Earth in a jet such that the Sun never sets. You would want a supersonic jet and might need inflight refueling, but it could be done.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 08, 2026 11:29 PM (ZVgZ4)

202 Bucs just tied it

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 08, 2026 11:29 PM (ZOopj)

203 Distance to horizon is 10 miles unless you are at the top of the mast, then it's further. Right Straw?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 08, 2026 11:30 PM (hPgrk)

204 198
Simple hack:
One vote R = 2 votes D.

Posted by: wth at November 08, 2026 11:31 PM (oq9dX)

205 >>>Also expect action 45 days after the election, ...

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
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I want my action and I want it now.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 08, 2026 11:32 PM (hPgrk)

206 201 Theoretically it is possible to fly around the Earth in a jet such that the Sun never sets. You would want a supersonic jet and might need inflight refueling, but it could be done.

But that invokes the Superman lemma, in which case time would flow backwards and the horizon would run to negative infinity.

Posted by: meh at November 08, 2026 11:33 PM (EkJwg)

207 Chapels has always be a piece of shit.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 08, 2026 11:15 PM (LkRIT)
-

More details. Worser and worser:

Dr. Johnny @drjohnny__

I was at the Chapelle show at MSG last night… can confirm. His whole set was about 80 mins and he spent about half of it ripping on Charlie Kirk, Trump, & Epstein. I kept waiting for the funny parts and then it just ended.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 08, 2026 11:33 PM (Y+4g7)

208 This is in accord with Trump’s EO 13848. This will involve the Space Force tracking the scam and delivering a report to the President on that date. This is assuming foreign interference.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Space Force? Good lord.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 08, 2026 11:36 PM (LkRIT)

209 Hiya {{{nurse}}}!!!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 08, 2026 11:36 PM (96kpa)

210 Wool pilling: seems to depend on the quality of the wool. Better wool means less pilling. Of course the better wool costs a lot more. I have an old mohair sweater which despite its age has never shown any signs of pilling.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 08, 2026 11:37 PM (ZVgZ4)

211 207 Chapels has always be a piece of shit.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 08, 2026 11:15 PM (LkRIT)
-

More details. Worser and worser:

Dr. Johnny @drjohnny__

I was at the Chapelle show at MSG last night… can confirm. His whole set was about 80 mins and he spent about half of it ripping on Charlie Kirk, Trump, & Epstein. I kept waiting for the funny parts and then it just ended.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 08, 2026 11:33 PM (Y+4g7)

Folks like him think it's fine when someone who advocated for debates over violence are killed. As a poster mentioned earlier, how would he feel if a comedian said the same things about MLK Jr.? Or maybe he doesn't care, as MLK Jr. was a registered Repub.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 08, 2026 11:37 PM (l3cgK)

212
The Concorde could easily beat the rotation of the Erf, even at the equator -- at high latitudes, it was no contest going west. In fact, back in the day, people with more money than sense used to charter flights on New Year's Eve just to ring in the new year multiple times.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 08, 2026 11:38 PM (w6EFb)

213 210 Wool pilling: seems to depend on the quality of the wool. Better wool means less pilling. Of course the better wool costs a lot more. I have an old mohair sweater which despite its age has never shown any signs of pilling.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 08, 2026 11:37 PM (ZVgZ4)

I don't think I'd like to consume a wool pill...sounds itchy.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 08, 2026 11:38 PM (l3cgK)

214 Space Force monitors the internet. What did you think they did, fly the Starship Enterprise?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 08, 2026 11:38 PM (ZVgZ4)

215 the machine whose name starts with “D” does this, you can bet your bippie the rest of them do too. If they’re hooked up to the internet then anyone, and particularly highly motivated foreign agents, can manipulate the vote.

_

So foreign agents gave the Dem in my CD a bunch of extra votes so the loss would be 15 instead of 25. And why would they do this?

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 08, 2026 11:39 PM (LkRIT)

216 212
The Concorde could easily beat the rotation of the Erf, even at the equator -- at high latitudes, it was no contest going west. In fact, back in the day, people with more money than sense used to charter flights on New Year's Eve just to ring in the new year multiple times.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 08, 2026 11:38 PM (w6EFb)

You could do it the redneck way and just celebrate each time a time zone hits the new year...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 08, 2026 11:40 PM (l3cgK)

217 COMM!

Hugs to you, sweet lady! You getting ready to hunker down for winter?

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 08, 2026 11:40 PM (yEz+x)

218 Did we learn nothing from 2020? The cheat doesn’t have to be local.“

I don’t know about other states, but in Texas it DOES have to be local. All 254 counties do their own counting; all 254 counties retain paper copies of each ballot available for recounting. All 254 counties can check the States reported total for their county against their own private reported total

So for there to be cheating responsibile for this in Texas, it would require 254 separate but coordinated fraud operations, existing in even the most conservative counties.

Furthermore, since Paxton, Abbot, and Dan Patrick were all responsible for overseeing the security of this system, it would require their willing cooperation.

There are only two logical options: a) this was a systemic shift in the electorate due to voter dissatisfaction, or b) this was a conspiracy so vast and powerful that it cannot possibly be defeated and its best to just give up now.
I do not believe the latter, thus it would be wise to consider what mistakes we made to get here.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 08, 2026 11:41 PM (dJgiD)

219 214 Space Force monitors the internet. What did you think they did, fly the Starship Enterprise?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 08, 2026 11:38 PM (ZVgZ4)

Marines drop commies from Helicopters...
Airforce drops commies from cargo jets...
Navy drops commies into the Marianas Trench with cement boots.
Space Force drops them from a decaying low-Earth orbit...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 08, 2026 11:42 PM (l3cgK)

220
Another funny thing. If you circumnavigate the globe going west, you'll "lose" exactly one day. Going east, you'll gain a day. Doesn't matter how long it takes, when you return to your starting point, you'll have that one day difference.

This blew the minds of Magellan's crew when they returned.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 08, 2026 11:42 PM (w6EFb)

221 Pilling is a feature of how tightly yarn is spun and if it has a nap (fuzzy halo of hairs sticks out). The more tightly spun, the less likely to pill. But a tighter ply makes a rougher hand (how it feels) and we are so so addicted to soft! I'd rather have a more rustic yarn that holds up than super soft but scuzzy via pilling.

Posted by: Funsize at November 08, 2026 11:43 PM (3j87q)

222 There are only two logical options: a) this was a systemic shift in the electorate due to voter dissatisfaction, or b) this was a conspiracy so vast and powerful that it cannot possibly be defeated and its best to just give up now.
I do not believe the latter, thus it would be wise to consider what mistakes we made to get here.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 08, 2026 11:41 PM (dJgiD)

C. China printed up tons of ballots for each county around the country...

okay, that was semi-sarcasm.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 08, 2026 11:44 PM (l3cgK)

223 179 Now I know where that women's phrase " it was a steal" comes from. I don't know how Walmart makes a profit.
Posted by: Case at November 08, 2026 11:09 PM (En+fz)

Walmart heavily prosecutes shoplifters and will take them to court even if they lose money by doing so. Plus they have tons of surveillance cameras and they see everything. Not a good idea to steal there.

Posted by: Joemarine at November 08, 2026 11:44 PM (y171U)

224 220
Another funny thing. If you circumnavigate the globe going west, you'll "lose" exactly one day. Going east, you'll gain a day. Doesn't matter how long it takes, when you return to your starting point, you'll have that one day difference.

This blew the minds of Magellan's crew when they returned.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 08, 2026 11:42 PM (w6EFb)

And was a plot "surprise" in "Around the World in 80 days"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 08, 2026 11:45 PM (l3cgK)

225 "It reminds me of one of the oddball places I'd like to visit. Panorama Point, NE. The highest point in Nebraska."

Nebraska doesn't get any love, but NE Nebraska is lovely, especially in late spring when everything is green. It's not spectacular, just rolling hills, meadows, and valleys; nor is it especially pretty. Rather, it's beautiful, and beautifully humane.

We've visited the Ashfall Fossil Beds state park in NE Nebraska twice, and found it absolutely fascinating. If you're into palentology at all, it's a must-see.

Posted by: Nemo at November 08, 2026 11:48 PM (4RPgu)

226 And was a plot "surprise" in "Around the World in 80 days"...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Spoiler alert!!

Posted by: mikeski, tongue firmly in cheek at November 08, 2026 11:49 PM (VHUov)

227 Where was Trump holding rallies? Mississippi, South Carolina, Kansas.

That should have been a sign things weren’t going well.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 08, 2026 11:49 PM (LkRIT)

228 We've visited the Ashfall Fossil Beds state park in NE Nebraska twice, and found it absolutely fascinating. If you're into palentology at all, it's a must-see.
Posted by: Nemo at November 08, 2026 11:48 PM (4RPgu)

I’ve read about that and it sounds absolutely fascinating! I just don’t get near Nebraska very often.

I think that deposit was created by one of the Yellowstone caldera explosions.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 08, 2026 11:52 PM (dJgiD)

229 So foreign agents gave the Dem in my CD a bunch of extra votes so the loss would be 15 instead of 25. And why would they do this?
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 08, 2026 11:39 PM (LkRIT)

You can’t cheat too blatantly or even someone like you would have to admit it. For example my county remained strongly Republican because that’s who we are. If my county had flipped, it would have been as blatant as the middle of the night “recounting” that went on in 2020. See the video from the Fulton County arena. Nothing could be done about it then, but Trump knew this could happen and has his ducks in a row. Tell me I’m wrong on or around Dec. 11. That’s when the report’s due according to the EO: 45 days after the election.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 08, 2026 11:52 PM (ZVgZ4)

230 217 nurse
Believe it or not, it's still quite pleasant here. That dang climate change ya know/sarcasm of course....
I'm so looking forward to snow!
Howzit out your way? Get in touch when you you have a moment...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 08, 2026 11:56 PM (96kpa)

231
You can see that one day loss/gain as a smooth thing. Going west one complete circle, the earth "laps" you once. You made one less revolution relative to the sun than your starting point did. Going east, you lap the earth, and make one more solar revolution that the earth.

Doing it the discrete time-zone way, the one day increment would occur at the 180 degree meridian, international date line mark. Going west, you'd increment your day counter. Going east, you'd decrement when you crossed.

Of course, with an accurate uniform clock on board, it wouldn't be a problem anyway. You'd just notice at some point the sun had made one more or one less sunrise/set cycles than the clock indicated.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 08, 2026 11:57 PM (w6EFb)

232 Geez pretty sure the last time I got "top" was when I was convalescing from surgery in 2010. Not a good week for me, I guess. Stupid commie faggots.

Posted by: ... at November 08, 2026 11:57 PM (vE0+H)

233 okay, that was semi-sarcasm.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 08, 2026 11:44 PM (l3cgK)

Just to be pedantic, those outside of Texas most likely don’t know the system we use. When I went to vote, I show my id and am directed to a table top vote machine. I make my selections on the screen, and when I finish and say ok that machine prints out a paper ballot with my selections indicated. I can review it to make sure it accurately reflected my wishes, and I did. As you leave the room you drop your paper ballot off at the ballot box for that polling place.

Each county counts its own paper ballots separately, and only turns the totals in to the state. Each county can then check their own totals against the states totals to make sure they are accurately recorded.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 08, 2026 11:59 PM (dJgiD)

234 Screamin' the Blues:

https://tinyurl.com/mpwmh8sd

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 09, 2026 12:02 AM (hPgrk)

235
Speaking of the idiot flat earth crap, Dave McKeegan on youtube has become one of the best flat-earth and Moon landing hoax debunkers (these two go together like a hand in a glove). He's a photographer, and he can really get in the details of some of the supposed problems with the Apollo photos and all that (some of the Moon hoaxers aren't flat earth/space-is-fake nutjobs, and they are not as crazy, but they still spew stupidity with a lot of their claims about the problems with Apollo).

Anyway, here's a recent one he did. A surveyor, took some measurements with a theodolite of a light house across the water, in order to show drop due to earth's curvature and all that. The Flerfs argue with this:

https://t.ly/HiKfW

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 09, 2026 12:04 AM (w6EFb)

236
For example my county remained strongly Republican because that’s who we are.

My county was for as long as I can remember.
It changed Tuesday.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 09, 2026 12:04 AM (Cqx++)

237
The Flerfer's claim that we have some magical "visual angle limit" which accounts for the drop below the horizon (this makes absolutely no geometric, much less physical sense).

You see, one minute of arc corresponds to a certain distance due to this "visual angle resolution limit". And what is that, well about 1 nautical mile, which is the arc length of one minute of arc along a circle with the radius of earth.

The earth isn't a sphere, oh now, it's just entirely a coincidence that this "angle limit" corresponds to a sphere of exactly the mean radius of the earth.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 09, 2026 12:09 AM (w6EFb)

238 _

So foreign agents gave the Dem in my CD a bunch of extra votes so the loss would be 15 instead of 25. And why would they do this?

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez
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No. It's fucking magic. It just happened if front your eyes.
You know it's ridiculous, you know it's improbable and probably
impossible but it happened. It's magic, don't you see.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 09, 2026 12:10 AM (hPgrk)

239
Each county counts its own paper ballots separately, and only turns the totals in to the state. Each county can then check their own totals against the states totals to make sure they are accurately recorded.

Posted by: Tom Servo
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And it's all done on a computerized electronic machine.
Also, the State law permits anyone with a utility bill to vote,
each county may make its own voting law but that's state law.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 09, 2026 12:13 AM (hPgrk)

240 The vote totals in Texas are only surprising because few of us have processed how much the state has changed recently. According to the US Census Bureau, as of 2026 Texas is:
Hispanic/Latino: 41.7%
White/Non-Hispanic: 37%
Black/Asian/Other: 21%

In this election, Hispanics voted 75/25 for Dems (in 2024 it was more like 50/50)
White/Non-Hispanic were about 75/25 GOP
Black/Asian/Other was about 80/20 Dem.

Work out those numbers, and you get 31+9+15 = Dems end up with 55% of the vote, wiping out the GOP at all levels.
( assuming equal turnout, but actually Hispanic turnout was very heavy)

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 09, 2026 12:16 AM (dJgiD)

241 And it's all done on a computerized electronic machine.
Also, the State law permits anyone with a utility bill to vote,
each county may make its own voting law but that's state law.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 09, 2026 12:13 AM (hPgrk)

Abbot, Paxton, and the Republican legislature were responsible for upholding that law. Not the Dems.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 09, 2026 12:19 AM (dJgiD)

242 The Great Replacement

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 09, 2026 12:21 AM (Cqx++)

243 I saw a darkly amusing thread.

Apparently the Dems are calling for more $$$ for Ukraine now.

A thread asked, "Dems, I thought you said wars are bad...but now after you win an election you want to spend more on wars?!?"

All the responses were variants on, "But the Ukraine war is a good war so of course we want to spend more money on it!"

Posted by: 18-1 at November 09, 2026 12:21 AM (sKqQm)

244 My state had one US Senate seat up for election.
I voted for the Republican. He won

My state has 7 US House seats.
5 of those seats Republicans won.
Including my my Representative that I voted for.

The other big election in my state was Governor.
I voted for the Republican, he won.

I done my part. I voted. Not anything else I could do.
This election may have been stolen across the country
I don't know. But it's over. Time to move on.

Posted by: Case at November 09, 2026 12:23 AM (En+fz)

245
Abbot, Paxton, and the Republican legislature were responsible for upholding that law. Not the Dems.

Posted by: Tom Servo
---

Non sequitur.

Now, tell me again that Mexicans turned out in larger numbers than ever for faggotry, child mutilation and transsexualism. Change their minds from year before last?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 09, 2026 12:23 AM (hPgrk)

246 My county was for as long as I can remember.
It changed Tuesday.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 09, 2026 12:04 AM (Cqx++)

Did your county really change, or were your votes changed for you? After 2020, I don’t trust any sort of electronic voting machine. I know the ones in my state, installed at the insistence of our outgoing Uniparty governor, are designed to be hacked via the internet. This was shown in court, here in Georgia. I don’t believe an extra 20 million Democrats showed up out of nowhere for the midterms any more than Biden got a record number of votes in 2020. Trust your gut: has your county really changed?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 09, 2026 12:24 AM (ZVgZ4)

247 this was a systemic shift in the electorate due to voter dissatisfaction

This is where I am at right now.

The Media/Dem mantra of gas prices, gas prices, gas prices got pretty much *all* of the LIVs to vote for the same people that had the same high gas prices the last time they held the white house.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 09, 2026 12:24 AM (sKqQm)

248
242 The Great Replacement
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 09, 2026 12:21 AM (Cqx++)

Yes, it happened. Texas is exhibit A. We might as well be part of Mexico now.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 09, 2026 12:24 AM (dJgiD)

249 >>>Time to move on.

Posted by: Case
---

Move on to where?
Move on to what?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 09, 2026 12:25 AM (hPgrk)

250 Now, tell me again that Mexicans turned out in larger numbers than ever for faggotry, child mutilation and transsexualism. Change their minds from year before last?

My honest guess? Almost none of those hispanic LIVs had ever even seen a picture of Talarico let alone read any vaguely objective take on his history, political stances, and what he would do if elected

They heard, "Deeply Christian who will lower gas prices and make Trump stop being mean".

Posted by: 18-1 at November 09, 2026 12:26 AM (sKqQm)

251 I done my part. I voted. Not anything else I could do.
This election may have been stolen across the country
I don't know. But it's over. Time to move on.
Posted by: Case at November 09, 2026 12:23 AM (En+fz)

Roll over. Move on. No!
If Trump doesn’t take action on or around Dec. 11, I’ll listen to your advice. In the meantime, read up on EO 13848.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 09, 2026 12:30 AM (ZVgZ4)

252
Now, tell me again that Mexicans turned out in larger numbers than ever for faggotry, child mutilation and transsexualism.

Those things are far-out abstractions to them.
They voted against ICE.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 09, 2026 12:31 AM (Cqx++)

253 I done my part. I voted. Not anything else I could do.
This election may have been stolen across the country
I don't know. But it's over. Time to move on.

Posted by: Case at November 09, 2026 12:23 AM (En+fz)

Yeah, same here.
I voted R for Gov, D won
I voted R for all other executive elections, D won
I voted against bonds and for election integrity props, bonds won, election integrity lost.
Only a few props went well, almost all went left.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 09, 2026 12:31 AM (l3cgK)

254 My honest guess? Almost none of those hispanic LIVs had ever even seen a picture of Talarico let alone read any vaguely objective take on his history, political stances, and what he would do if elected

They heard, "Deeply Christian who will lower gas prices and make Trump stop being mean".

Posted by: 18-1
----

These same border Mexicans that turned out strong for Trump forgot why they turned out two years ago, heard him loud and clear, didn't hear a thing the past two years but Talarico good.
Don't believe it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 09, 2026 12:31 AM (hPgrk)

255 You can see that one day loss/gain as a smooth thing. Going west one complete circle, the earth "laps" you once. You made one less revolution relative to the sun than your starting point did. Going east, you lap the earth, and make one more solar revolution that the earth.
Posted by: publius

This also happens at the next level up, as the earth orbits the sun.

During it's (approx) 365.25 day trip around the sun, the earth rotates about 366.25 times.

Posted by: mikeski spins you right 'round at November 09, 2026 12:31 AM (VHUov)

256 Nebraska doesn't get any love, but NE Nebraska is lovely, especially in late spring when everything is green. It's not spectacular, just rolling hills, meadows, and valleys; nor is it especially pretty. Rather, it's beautiful, and beautifully humane.

We've visited the Ashfall Fossil Beds state park in NE Nebraska twice, and found it absolutely fascinating. If you're into palentology at all, it's a must-see.
Posted by: Nemo

My first assignment in the USAF was Elkhorn, NE (88-90). Small HF Comms site in the middle of a corn field. I have pics to prove it. That's a good description of NE. I agree. My ideal vacation is me, an RV, a starting point in the middle of the country (Kearny, Scottsbluff, whatever) and just drive around and explore.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 09, 2026 12:31 AM (sAmhv)

257 Those things are far-out abstractions to them.
They voted against ICE.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
---

Faggots and child mutilations are not abstractions.
Why did they turn out for Trump two years ago?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 09, 2026 12:33 AM (hPgrk)

258 Those things are far-out abstractions to them.
They voted against ICE.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr
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THIS!!!

Posted by: lin-duh at November 09, 2026 12:33 AM (VCgbV)

259

That was a bunch of crap about them being "natural conservatives."
That was propaganda from Chamber of Commerce types.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 09, 2026 12:33 AM (Cqx++)

260 257 Those things are far-out abstractions to them.
They voted against ICE.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
---

Faggots and child mutilations are not abstractions.
Why did they turn out for Trump two years ago?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 09, 2026 12:33 AM (hPgrk)

Biden f'd up the economy, as inflation raised the prices of everything, despite the fact the Dems wanted to blame the Reps.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 09, 2026 12:33 AM (l3cgK)

261 Established Hispanics in Texas hate the border jumpers. I grew up in South Texas, I know firsthand what the typical Lower Rio Grande attitude to the illegals is. You guys black pill too easily.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 09, 2026 12:34 AM (ZVgZ4)

262 261 Established Hispanics in Texas hate the border jumpers. I grew up in South Texas, I know firsthand what the typical Lower Rio Grande attitude to the illegals is. You guys black pill too easily.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 09, 2026 12:34 AM (ZVgZ4)

Red pill, blue pill, black pill...

But wool pill? That'd be the muzzies (and select Scotsmen)...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 09, 2026 12:35 AM (l3cgK)

263
This prompted to me to look up the various definitions of "horizon" to make sure I had it straight. I didn't. There are four horizons:

1) Astronomical horizon: This is the flat tangent plane passing through the observer's eye level.
2) Geometric horizon: The actual point where the observer's eye line is tangent to the surface.
3) Apparent horizon: The geometric horizon, but with refraction taken into account.
3) Visual horizon: The actual horizon you see with topography and trees and obstructions in the way.

On a flat 2D plane, 1 and 2 would be the same.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 09, 2026 12:35 AM (w6EFb)

264 261 Established Hispanics in Texas hate the border jumpers. I grew up in South Texas, I know firsthand what the typical Lower Rio Grande attitude to the illegals is. You guys black pill too easily.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
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Yes; God, save us. We are witnessing why elected Pubbies get away with their BS. We live in Roll Over City.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 09, 2026 12:37 AM (hPgrk)

265 Now, tell me again that Mexicans turned out in larger numbers than ever for faggotry, child mutilation and transsexualism. Change their minds from year before last?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 09, 2026 12:23 AM (hPgrk)

They turned out because Ginojoza (who none of us Anglos knew) ran what was in retrospect a brilliant Anti-ICE campaign on all Spanish Language media, telling them constantly that they were all subject to being hunted down and arrested regardless of their citizenship status. We didn’t even know this was happening, so of course no Republican candidate responded to the claims at all.

I have several Hispanic acquaintances here who’ve told me how effective it was. Plus, Gina is cute and soft spoken, so Mexican Machismo meant every Mexican male had to vote for her. Outside of those two things, the rest was just whatever to them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 09, 2026 12:38 AM (dJgiD)

266 Today was warmer than usual, no rain, and the wind calmed this afternoon. Yay! So I was able to deal with my 1WP: Leaves.

Freaking leaves were flung far and wide across my half acre during last night's wind, after I'd raked up all that had fallen (straight down from the trees, concentrated in small areas) yesterday.

Tow-behind sweeper and lawn tractor FTW!

Posted by: JQ at November 09, 2026 12:44 AM (rdVOm)

267 The apparent horizon is tricky on a hot day in Arizona: the line of sight from one mountain peak to another can curve upwards such that you can’t measure the curvature of the Earth. One of our physics majors measured this effect on a hot summer’s day over a blazing asphalt road for her senior project. You know those days when you see water on the road ahead that disappears when you get to it? You’re looking at blue sky when you thought you were looking at the road bed. She actually mapped out the deflection of the light and was able to plot the actual curvature upward. She now works as a researcher at one of the major synchrotron sites.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 09, 2026 12:45 AM (ZVgZ4)

268 Another weekend has drawn to a close. I am comfy and warm in my wool sweater as I sit at the keyboard. Last week is in the past, as upsetting as the election was I need to look forward and just keep living the best life that I can. I exist in a deep blue hellhole but there are still some family and great friends who bring joy to my life.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 09, 2026 12:46 AM (ibDUx)

269 Hi, Debby!

*Chivas for you*

Cheers!

Posted by: JQ at November 09, 2026 12:48 AM (rdVOm)

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