Surprise! They Made the SAT "Less Demanding" to Hide the Fact That the Establisment Has Given Up Teaching Children to Read<br>Plus: FAA Orders National Grounding of All Flights

Surprise! They Made the SAT "Less Demanding" to Hide the Fact That the Establisment Has Given Up Teaching Children to Read
Plus: FAA Orders National Grounding of All Flights

SAT reading section is "less demanding" than in past decades, study finds

Changes could be attempts to increase equity, education expert says

We're dumbing educational standards down to "increase equity"? Well knock me over with a feather.

Why even bother? Just give them crap degrees. They're just going to use AI to write their papers anyway.

A recent study funded by Thomas Aquinas College is making waves after it revealed major changes to one of the nation's most well-known standardized tests.
Johns Hopkins University's Institute for Education Policy released a study comparing older versions of the SAT with a current practice test. Although a change in difficulty cannot be established, researchers found substantial differences in the reading section that, across the examined dimensions, "point to the test becoming less demanding."
Questions now loom over whether expectations for college preparedness have declined, and whether the changes signal a deeper problem affecting the school system.

I don't think questions loom. I think obvious conclusions loom.

Through a comparative analysis of SAT forms from 1980, 1987, and a 2026 College Board practice test, researchers discovered substantial adjustments to the tests' reading section that transitioned away from longer, more traditional readings.
The changes include significantly shorter passages, an 83 percent drop in vocabulary questions that require independent word knowledge, the near-total replacement of argumentative and persuasive texts with expository ones, and readings whose meaning can be grasped through context rather than assumed prior knowledge.
David Steiner, executive director of Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy, told The College Fix that the test has indeed changed, but that the "report does not say that the test got easier."

You've shortened the passages because kids can't even read full magazine articles, let alone books. And by the way, I used to teach the SAT. A shorter passage means there's less text to scan through to find answers.

Steiner posited that the changes could be attempts to increase equity. "We know that children of more privileged backgrounds bring more background knowledge to a test on average, so by dialing back the amount of background knowledge required, you're enabling a more level playing field," he said.
Regarding the implications, Steiner told The Fix that different universities have different expectations, which can affect how they interpret these changes and weigh SAT scores.
He added that the test necessarily "moves in tandem with the rest of the education system," meaning it reflects trends such as grade inflation and reading declines that we see in schools.

And speaking of "moving in tandem with the education system:" everyone wants an A. And the dum-dums want all distinctions between "A" work and "B" work and "F" non-work eliminated.

Presto! Everyone is equal! Everyone gets a Participation A!

(Even if they don't actually participate.)

Joanne Jacobs:

Parents are lawyering up to challenge a bad grade -- or a teacher's unflattering comment -- on their child's report card, reports Zusha Elinson in the Wall Street Journal.
In affluent Palo Alto, my daughter's old district, one mother is suing because her third-grader's report card said he needs to work on "cooperating with others."
A Palo Alto father filed suit after AI-detection software flagged his 10th-grade son's essay on The Crucible as "76% AI," writes Elinson. The teacher "gave him a D on the retake, bringing his final grade down to a C."
Takashi Kato, a Silicon Valley CEO, submitted a 1,162-page packet showing the sophomore's "drafting and revision process," and claimed detection software can be biased against non-native English writers. "He offered to accept a B to resolve the dispute," writes Elinson. He dropped the suit in September. The district says there was no settlement.
Many Silicon Valley parents are competitive overachievers who want their children to get into very selective universities. They think that takes a perfect report card. And they all have lawyers.

Below: A report on the grounding. "A national ground stop due to extraordinary circumstances and reasons of safety."

Supposedly this has nothing to do with a "nefarious attack." It's due to a "telecommunications outage." Though DHS Secretary Mullin says we're not sure what caused it yet. It could turn out to be a cyberattack.

But for the moment, there's no evidence that it is due to an attack.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:20 PM

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1 Everyone is stupid with us now!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 13, 2026 05:21 PM (hzuYO)

2 Idiocracy keeps seeming more likely every year

Posted by: H at November 13, 2026 05:21 PM (3GOGR)

3 Whelp.monasteries it is.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 13, 2026 05:21 PM (hxMfc)

4 They no longer teach, they indoctrinate.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at November 13, 2026 05:22 PM (Q/FnY)

5 I shall put my broken record on the turntable:

Homeschool if you possibly can.

Posted by: bluebell at November 13, 2026 05:23 PM (uyuYG)

6 Newd

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at November 13, 2026 05:23 PM (Q/FnY)

7 If you want to ensure that a job NEVER gets done properly, hire Union Employees.

Posted by: garrett at November 13, 2026 05:24 PM (k1S9h)

8 Changes could be attempts to increase equity, education expert says

"Why Can't LaShawnda Read?"

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at November 13, 2026 05:24 PM (0FL7P)

9 Opppssssssiiiieeessss

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at November 13, 2026 05:24 PM (Q/FnY)

10 Well, today is proof that we don't need a work force that knows how to do shit.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Time of Our Discontent at November 13, 2026 05:24 PM (ndZc7)

11 Homeschool if you possibly can.

Unschool if you can’t.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at November 13, 2026 05:24 PM (f2Jjf)

12 My class is easy enough that anyone who puts in *some* effort is guaranteed a B.

But they have to do the work. I hand out zeros like Halloween candy to those who choose not to participate.

I've failed more than one student who was capable, but just didn't bother to try.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 13, 2026 05:24 PM (s2iZv)

13 I know teachers who are good and really care. I also know teachers who I would be surprised they remember to breath. The stupid ones are the indoctrinators who the union protects

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 13, 2026 05:25 PM (Qu9v+)

14 I thought we were gonna get a Thread on Brennan's Son.

Posted by: garrett at November 13, 2026 05:25 PM (k1S9h)

15 It's got electrolytes. Plants love it.

Posted by: Brawndo at November 13, 2026 05:25 PM (2Ez/1)

16 One less nood ...one less egg to fry

Posted by: Marylynn McCoo at November 13, 2026 05:25 PM (oCio0)

17 AI isn't going to make kids smarter, either.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at November 13, 2026 05:25 PM (0FL7P)

18 5 I shall put my broken record on the turntable:

Homeschool if you possibly can.
Posted by: bluebell at November 13, 2026

Very much this.

Posted by: Piper at November 13, 2026 05:25 PM (ZdaMQ)

19 Daily bread -

https://tinyurl.com/ysvhm6ve

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 13, 2026 05:25 PM (Dv3i1)

20 The kids AREN'T all right...

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 13, 2026 05:26 PM (XMwZJ)

21 willowed:

311 Anyone else seeing that John Brennan's Son was arrested for possession of Kiddie Porn?
Posted by: garrett at November 13, 2026 05:20 PM (k1S9h)

The Daily Mail has reported it, and ZeroHedge has a story.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 13, 2026 05:26 PM (6ydKt)

22 We don't need to be fanatics about this. Recognizing 18 out of the 26 letters should be good enough

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Time of Our Discontent at November 13, 2026 05:26 PM (ndZc7)

23
How can we be worrying about this when travelers are trapped in airports?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 13, 2026 05:26 PM (eRlcH)

24 >>AI isn't going to make kids smarter, either.

Just give them all a Computer, they said...

what could go wrong?

Posted by: garrett at November 13, 2026 05:27 PM (k1S9h)

25
Never go full retard, American Society.

Whoops, too late!

Posted by: naturalfake at November 13, 2026 05:27 PM (YSUhf)

26 Just showing up for the daily indoctrination is all that matters.

An actual education is optional.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 13, 2026 05:27 PM (6ydKt)

27 All the internet aviation "experts" have suddenly switched to being "experts" in tanker and riverboat operations.

Posted by: one hour sober at November 13, 2026 05:27 PM (J4Dwc)

28
About T - 20 minutes till launch. SpaceX feed here:
https://t.ly/ZR88v

And mee-thane boys feed here:
https://t.ly/722xY

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 13, 2026 05:27 PM (w6EFb)

29 Pookette is in 8th grade, and this year and last year, the LA teacher would hand out a piece of candy every time someone successfully used a vocab word in context. I think that's a great idea.

Posted by: pookysgirl, master of the thesaurus at November 13, 2026 05:27 PM (Wt5PA)

30 AI isn't going to make kids smarter, either.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at November 13, 2026 05:25 PM (0FL7P)
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I routinely show my students when and how AI fails to perform well in writing tasks.

As near as I can determine, freely available AI-generative tools (i.e., the ones students are most likely to use) are geared to provide median content. That is, they can write well enough to cluster around the average scores of human-generated content, but will never show real creativity or true mastery of language.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 13, 2026 05:28 PM (s2iZv)

31 Blah. Whatever.

Affirmative Action didn't start yesterday. Or even twenty years ago.

This is all a bunch of folks suddenly hearing that gambling is allowed in this establishment.

Posted by: Really at November 13, 2026 05:28 PM (V0dOF)

32
If you're a stupid, illiterate ignoramus, you're more dependent on the government.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 13, 2026 05:28 PM (eRlcH)

33 People have been claiming for DECADES that college entrance exams are biased against minorities. The College Board has been paying people for DECADES to unbias the tests.

An example one goofy kid gave me one time was the word, "couch." Apparently black people don't know what a, "couch" is. They call it a sofa.

So they've been working on this fake problem for 40+ years, looking for all of the hidden gotchas like using the word, "couch" and the only way to get racial parity is to just hand black kids 300 bonus points on the SAT.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 13, 2026 05:28 PM (mkw2N)

34 This slide into idiocracy isn't really new. When I was in the Navy I did a stint at RTC great lakes boot camp processing new recruits back in the early 90s.

We tested pretty much everybody with a mini ASVAB test when they got there. The test was set up with the basic skills an 8th grader would have.

About 10% of all new recruits failed that test and had to attend a basic skills class for about 2 weeks before they could start boot camp. The BSC class taught reading, math and verbal skills.

Even back then the schools were failing students.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 13, 2026 05:28 PM (I43vL)

35 Musician. What do you think, I do magic or something.
That's ghetto.

Posted by: Student at November 13, 2026 05:28 PM (uUHnE)

36 Teachers have generally been on the left side of the IQ curve for at least 50 years, since I was in grade school. But they are far worse now; not only stupid, but proud of it...and also gay.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 13, 2026 05:28 PM (XMwZJ)

37 I met a woman the other day who told me that her daughter was unschooled. I had never heard that term before. What does it mean?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 13, 2026 05:29 PM (JrHfD)

38
On the upside, this means that we finally get Brawndo next year!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at November 13, 2026 05:29 PM (YSUhf)

39 > All the internet aviation "experts" have suddenly switched to being "experts" in tanker and riverboat operations.

I have no idea what circumstances led to the tanker t-boning that river boat at 90 degrees, but I can fairly confidently say it was a massive fuck-up. HUGE.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 13, 2026 05:30 PM (mkw2N)

40 How can we be worrying about this when travelers are trapped in airports?
-
Are they resorting to cannibalism in New Orleans yet?

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 13, 2026 05:30 PM (vSvIl)

41 J is stuck on the tarmac and can’t get to his rental car. He said he is about to make the news. I asked him to use a fake name if he does.

Posted by: Piper at November 13, 2026 05:30 PM (ZdaMQ)

42 Half the population gets to eat without ever working. You don't need to read to apply for bennies.

This is why the scumbags want to import new people to replace the poor fools who went to US schools without strict parents to force learning.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at November 13, 2026 05:30 PM (uUHnE)

43 The trees were all made equal.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 13, 2026 05:31 PM (Cqx++)

44 When the history of this time is written, the stupidity will not be believed.
-Harrison Bergeron

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 13, 2026 05:31 PM (RIvkX)

45 The greatest vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The greatest virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.

Dumbing everyone down to be equal is just one more part of socialism. Everyone is equally ignorant.

Posted by: polynikes at November 13, 2026 05:31 PM (OXhw3)

46 > I met a woman the other day who told me that her daughter was unschooled.

It's like unscrewed.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 13, 2026 05:31 PM (mkw2N)

47 I have no idea what circumstances led to the tanker t-boning that river boat at 90 degrees, but I can fairly confidently say it was a massive fuck-up. HUGE.
Posted by: bonhomme at November 13, 2026 05:30 PM (mkw2N)
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GPS spoofing?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 13, 2026 05:31 PM (s2iZv)

48 DEI and the Myth of White Privilege are nothing more than Liberals finally coming up with an excuse for having low expectations of black people.

Posted by: 29Victor at November 13, 2026 05:31 PM (0MjtC)

49 When this ground stop is over, expect the govt to hand the airlines a big fat bailout check.

Posted by: gp at November 13, 2026 05:31 PM (Jr5Lq)

50 All the internet aviation "experts" have suddenly switched to being "experts" in tanker and riverboat operations.
-
I mean, I know it's preferable for boats *not* to run into each other.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 13, 2026 05:31 PM (vSvIl)

51 I was told giving grades less than 60 was bad and hurt students’ feelings.

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 13, 2026 05:31 PM (nbhjE)

52 Whoa...

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 13, 2026 05:31 PM (XMwZJ)

53 >>J is stuck on the tarmac and can’t get to his rental car. He said he is about to make the news. I asked him to use a fake name if he does.

I miss the days they would just roll a set of stairs up to the plane and allow you off on the airfield.

Posted by: garrett at November 13, 2026 05:31 PM (k1S9h)

54 Centered.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 13, 2026 05:32 PM (mkw2N)

55 All the internet aviation "experts" have suddenly switched to being "experts" in tanker and riverboat operations.
Posted by: one hour sober

The main thing is they should stay on top of the water.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Time of Our Discontent at November 13, 2026 05:32 PM (ndZc7)

56 Post Election Ace is Guaranteed to Move to the Center.

Posted by: garrett at November 13, 2026 05:32 PM (k1S9h)

57 J is stuck on the tarmac and can’t get to his rental car. He said he is about to make the news. I asked him to use a fake name if he does.
Posted by: Piper at November 13, 2026 05:30 PM (ZdaMQ)
====

I have muttered a few times, "Lucky for you, I don't want to become famous today."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 13, 2026 05:32 PM (RIvkX)

58 Yo, check this out, straight up. Two trains rollin' toward the same spot, each 20 miles out. One's movin' at 60 miles per hour, the other's crawlin' at 20 miles per hour. How long that first train gotta wait for the slackin' train to pull up?

Posted by: Orson at November 13, 2026 05:32 PM (dIske)

59
I don't think questions loom. I think obvious conclusions loom.

The questions have been answered.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 13, 2026 05:32 PM (Cqx++)

60 The gremlins invaded the blog again...

Probably unrelated to the air traffic control communication issue.

But can we be sure?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 13, 2026 05:32 PM (s2iZv)

61 Just showing up for the daily indoctrination is all that matters.

That's "school" period. That's what it is.

When somebody sends Little Suzy to Catholic School ? They want Little Suzy indoctrinated in the Catholic Way.

When the Jesuits say they'll be responsible for the child they teach ? They don't teach the kid to question. They indoctrinate.

Posted by: Really at November 13, 2026 05:32 PM (V0dOF)

62 J is stuck on the tarmac and can’t get to his rental car. He said he is about to make the news. I asked him to use a fake name if he does.
Posted by: Piper

Oliver Clothesoff.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 13, 2026 05:33 PM (bFq8h)

63 >>All the internet aviation "experts" have suddenly switched to being "experts" in tanker and riverboat operations.

I can't wait for a TikTok Wiccan to tell us the problem is that Air Brakes don't work on the Water.

Posted by: garrett at November 13, 2026 05:33 PM (k1S9h)

64 This is why we can't
have
nice
things.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 13, 2026 05:33 PM (RIvkX)

65 I have no idea what circumstances led to the tanker t-boning that river boat at 90 degrees, but I can fairly confidently say it was a massive fuck-up. HUGE.
Posted by: bonhomme at November 13, 2026 05:30 PM (mkw2N)

Engines must have quit.

Posted by: polynikes at November 13, 2026 05:33 PM (OXhw3)

66 Posted by: bonhomme at November 13, 2026 05:31 PM (mkw2N)

So what does that effectively mean? She corrected all the deficiencies of the public school system without actually homeschooling?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 13, 2026 05:33 PM (JrHfD)

67 Ah, an update alert down here in the comments.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at November 13, 2026 05:33 PM (uUHnE)

68 "@libsoftiktok 59s
BREAKING: The FAA has issued a NATIONWIDE ground stop order, halting all flights due to "extraordinary circumstances."

DOT Secretary Sean Duffy says that the issue is related to a "telecommunications outage" and that the public should not be afraid."

Posted by: illiniwek at November 13, 2026 05:33 PM (vbXSk)

69 I remember a while back some very smart edumacated person told white parents they shouldn't read to their kids.

Equality was the reason!

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 13, 2026 05:33 PM (Sco7b)

70 I asked him to use a fake name if he does.

Posted by: Piper at November 13, 2026 05:30 PM (ZdaMQ)

Moron McMoronface?

Posted by: pookysgirl remembers the classics at November 13, 2026 05:34 PM (Wt5PA)

71 We seem to be living in interesting times....yes?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 13, 2026 05:34 PM (iMotb)

72 TWO TRAINS

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=1Qnn_B0xILU

Posted by: LITTLE FEAT 9.19.74 at November 13, 2026 05:35 PM (k1S9h)

73 > GPS spoofing?

Hey, Mohinder. Why are we moving parallel to that bridge over there?

The GPS says *CRASH*

Posted by: bonhomme at November 13, 2026 05:35 PM (mkw2N)

74 so by dialing back the amount of background knowledge required, you're enabling a more level playing field

Well no, you are tilting the field to retard.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 13, 2026 05:35 PM (n5tGW)

75 I bet JD Vance's SAT scores were good.

Posted by: Oglebay at November 13, 2026 05:35 PM (2ap+5)

76 37 I met a woman the other day who told me that her daughter was unschooled. I had never heard that term before. What does it mean?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

It’s a concept where children learn through their own interests and real-life experiences rather than following a set curriculum, classes, or grades. It’s a 1970s thing and if you have a really bright child, it can work. If you don’t have this, or a driven child, it can be pretty chaotic.

Posted by: Piper at November 13, 2026 05:35 PM (ZdaMQ)

77 "Engines must have quit." Posted by: polynikes

iirc, that was the issue when a foreign flagged ship slammed into the Riverwalk in the 1990's.

Posted by: illiniwek at November 13, 2026 05:35 PM (vbXSk)

78 Oliver Clothesoff.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 13, 2026 05:35 PM (bFq8h)

79
At least with AoSHQ, I have access to the most recent and authoritative information and analysis about this incident.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 13, 2026 05:35 PM (eRlcH)

80 I was in standardized test development for 10 years. Nothing about this shocks me. Clients (state DoEs and College Board) were constantly putting pressure to to lower standards, across all grade levels and exam check points.

And all that was happening back before 2016, when I left the field.

Posted by: Shinjinrui at November 13, 2026 05:35 PM (xNMCe)

81 An example one goofy kid gave me one time was the word, "couch." Apparently black people don't know what a, "couch" is. They call it a sofa.

-
Da fuq?
- Davenport Antidiscrimination League

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Time of Our Discontent at November 13, 2026 05:35 PM (ndZc7)

82 This Friday the 13th is really living up to its reputation. All we need now is a hoard of Jasons on a rampage.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 13, 2026 05:36 PM (XMwZJ)

83 71 We seem to be living in interesting times....yes?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 13, 2026 05:34 PM (iMotb)

_______________________

"We be livin' in phat times....yo."

Posted by: Orson at November 13, 2026 05:36 PM (dIske)

84 A grape that has lost its reason to live has lost its raisin d’etre.

Posted by: Bulg at November 13, 2026 05:36 PM (77rzZ)

85
It’s a concept where children learn through their own interests and real-life experiences rather than following a set curriculum, classes, or grades.

So, not toilet trained.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 13, 2026 05:36 PM (eRlcH)

86 So,why are we centered?

Posted by: cccp3o at November 13, 2026 05:37 PM (19470)

87 Even back then the schools were failing students.[/]
Posted by: Mister Scott

Indeed, ever since "Why Johnny Can't Read" it's been a national obsession. I have never heard anything else. We used to get drubbed with the Sputnik inferiority complex, even as we had to eat our succotash because children were starving in China.

"I used to teach the SAT" was a show-stopper in my day sonny. The idea that you would cheat by tutoring-up and studying in advance for a test that was supposed to gauge the totality of your education so far? It was spat on in the 60's. Rich kids, mama's boys and flakes, did that to get into schools where they didn't really belong.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at November 13, 2026 05:37 PM (zdLoL)

88
An example one goofy kid gave me one time was the word, "couch." Apparently black people don't know what a, "couch" is. They call it a sofa.

The example I heard about 50 years ago was with the word "regatta."

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 13, 2026 05:37 PM (Cqx++)

89 No longer.

Posted by: cccp3o at November 13, 2026 05:37 PM (19470)

90 What the fokking hell?

@disclosetv
·
1m
JUST IN - The FAA was in the process of rolling out SMART, its $875 million AI air traffic tool, across the airspace of all 22 regional control centers when the nationwide ground stop hit.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 13, 2026 05:37 PM (nEUC6)

91
Da fuq?
- Davenport Antidiscrimination League

Hey!
- Amalgamated Settee Alliance

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 13, 2026 05:37 PM (eRlcH)

92 >>It’s a concept where children learn through their own interests and real-life experiences rather than following a set curriculum, classes, or grades.

It takes a Generation of Retards to come up with a concept this stupid.

Posted by: garrett at November 13, 2026 05:38 PM (k1S9h)

93 79
At least with AoSHQ, I have access to the most recent and authoritative information and analysis about this incident.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 13, 2026 05:35 PM (eRlcH)

Should I laugh, or not?

Posted by: tubal at November 13, 2026 05:38 PM (Gqar8)

94 I mean, I'm no merchant marine, but in my experience waterways run perpendicular to bridges.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 13, 2026 05:38 PM (mkw2N)

95 Engines must have quit.

Posted by: polynikes at November 13, 2026 05:33 PM (OXhw3)

That's what happened when that ship hit the bridge in Baltimore, I believe.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 13, 2026 05:38 PM (6ydKt)

96 At least with AoSHQ, I have access to the most recent and authoritative information and analysis about this incident.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 13, 2026 05:35 PM (eRlcH)
=====

Happy to help.

Posted by: Captain Franpsycho at November 13, 2026 05:39 PM (RIvkX)

97 Freaky that my painting I linked to in this morning's art thread was a tanker in New Orleans.

Posted by: polynikes at November 13, 2026 05:39 PM (OXhw3)

98 JUST IN - The FAA was in the process of rolling out SMART, its $875 million AI air traffic tool, across the airspace of all 22 regional control centers when the nationwide ground stop hit.
Posted by: weft cut-loo

-----------------
They're just making it easy for the robots when the robot wars start.
Who's side are they on?

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at November 13, 2026 05:39 PM (uUHnE)

99 DOT Secretary Sean Duffy says that the issue is related to a "telecommunications outage" and that the public should not be afraid."
-
A radio out at one airport, sure.

Every flight in the country cancelled? I think I'm going to be a little concerned.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 13, 2026 05:39 PM (vSvIl)

100 FAA was rolling out SMART, its AI air traffic tool, when the nationwide ground stop hit

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said Friday officials are looking at whether the $875 million tool’s rollout was linked to the communications outage.

https://www.disclose.tv/id/wbwhppcl2p/

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 13, 2026 05:39 PM (aStBq)

101 Ugh...hoard should be horde.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 13, 2026 05:39 PM (XMwZJ)

102 JUST IN - The FAA was in the process of rolling out SMART, its $875 million AI air traffic tool, across the airspace of all 22 regional control centers when the nationwide ground stop hit.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 13, 2026 05:37 PM (nEUC6)

Not enough facepalm in the world.

Posted by: Dr. T at November 13, 2026 05:39 PM (lHPJf)

103 >>JUST IN - The FAA was in the process of rolling out SMART, its $875 million AI air traffic tool, across the airspace of all 22 regional control centers when the nationwide ground stop hit.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 13, 2026 05:37 PM (nEUC6)

SMART?

Missed it by THAT much.

Posted by: Roy at November 13, 2026 05:39 PM (qwype)

104 73 > GPS spoofing?

Hey, Mohinder. Why are we moving parallel to that bridge over there?

The GPS says *CRASH*
Posted by: bonhomme at November 13, 2026 05:35 PM (mkw2N)

Maybe they were using Apple Maps?

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at November 13, 2026 05:40 PM (9ZFZd)

105 "So, not toilet trained."

Their grasping of Newton's First Law of Motion could be interesting to watch.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 13, 2026 05:40 PM (iMotb)

106 100 FAA was rolling out SMART, its AI air traffic tool, when the nationwide ground stop hit

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said Friday officials are looking at whether the $875 million tool’s rollout was linked to the communications outage.

https://www.disclose.tv/id/wbwhppcl2p/
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 13, 2026 05:39 PM (aStBq)

Again, should I laugh, or not?

Posted by: tubal at November 13, 2026 05:40 PM (Gqar8)

107
The FAA was in the process of rolling out SMART, its $875 million AI air traffic tool, across the airspace of all 22 regional control centers when the nationwide ground stop hit.

Two female AI air traffic centers refused to talk to one another.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 13, 2026 05:40 PM (eRlcH)

108 It takes a Generation of Retards to come up with a concept this stupid.

May I give you a Spoiler Alert ?

Gen Z, Millennials, and Gen X still are not in charge.

Posted by: Really at November 13, 2026 05:40 PM (V0dOF)

109 JUST IN - The FAA was in the process of rolling out SMART, its $875 million AI air traffic tool, across the airspace of all 22 regional control centers when the nationwide ground stop hit.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 13, 2026 05:37 PM (nEUC6)
====

*smashes Change Reservation button*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 13, 2026 05:40 PM (RIvkX)

110 "Engines must have quit." Posted by: polynikes
*
iirc, that was the issue when a foreign flagged ship slammed into the Riverwalk in the 1990's.
Posted by: illiniwek at November 13, 2026

***
I was almost there that day. For Christmas shopping, I considered driving down to the Riverwalk. But knowing there would be traffic and parking hassles (and parking charges) dissuaded me. Good thing.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 13, 2026 05:40 PM (56Qyq)

111 >>JUST IN - The FAA was in the process of rolling out SMART, its $875 million AI air traffic tool, across the airspace of all 22 regional control centers when the nationwide ground stop hit.

Brought to you by the US Government.

Makers of the (mostly) successful Obamacare dot Gov...

Posted by: garrett at November 13, 2026 05:40 PM (k1S9h)

112 Posted by: Piper at November 13, 2026 05:35 PM (ZdaMQ)

Thanks

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 13, 2026 05:41 PM (JrHfD)

113 From Move to a Military Base:

13 Saw a leftist post:

"I don't like capitalism. I don't want to clock in every day. I want to make art and be in my garden."

But the same guy wants food, housing and healthcare.

The way this was resolved in the old days was...slavery. Because it is the only way that one group of people gets stuff without having to work
Posted by: 18-1 at November 13, 2026 01:15 PM (sKqQm)

Well... yes. Socialism is slavery. The 'new' way is the old way, just with better marketing.

What the sucker-chumps voting for socialism want: to be a slave owner, living a life of leisure.

What they would settle for: to be a slave overseer, telling everyone else what to do.

What they'll get: to be a slave, doing as they're told or getting sent to the work-to-death camps.

Posted by: SciVo at November 13, 2026 05:41 PM (ke3zm)

114 Freaky that my painting I linked to in this morning's art thread was a tanker in New Orleans.
Posted by: polynikes

So, it was your fault.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 13, 2026 05:41 PM (bFq8h)

115 JUST IN - The FAA was in the process of rolling out SMART, its $875 million AI air traffic tool, across the airspace of all 22 regional control centers when the nationwide ground stop hit.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

Should've gone with the $950 million model.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Time of Our Discontent at November 13, 2026 05:41 PM (ndZc7)

116 As I don't watch FOX since 2012, I didn't know Hunt was still around. I saw what Shep called him live. Of course I laughed.

Wow on the ground stop. Texted and our son is thankfully in town and not flying. What a mess and scary for those involved as well. Unsure where our pilot neighbor is today.

Prayers for our country's safety every night and now.

I took the ACT only and was worse for wear after a sleepover. Scored well enough and didn't take it again. I still somehow managed to graduate with honors from a great nursing college.

Someday will there even be colleges?

God help us all today and always. It's time for me to find a bottle of good wine in the basement. Which is not a fancy wine celler but a model train room. We have a large house that is very eclectic. The basement stays wine celler cool year round. hic

Drinks to Ace! and all Morons and 'ettes for keeping me sort of sane!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 13, 2026 05:41 PM (hzuYO)

117 >>GPS spoofing?

It was broad daylight and the tanker ran into the ship while it was docked.

Maybe a steering malfunction or some other mechanical issue but if the ship was there the tanker would have run straight into the dock. I don't think they are allowed to use autopilot inshore like that.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 13, 2026 05:41 PM (viF8m)

118 92 >>It’s a concept where children learn through their own interests and real-life experiences rather than following a set curriculum, classes, or grades.

It takes a Generation of Retards to come up with a concept this stupid.

Posted by: garrett at November 13, 2026 05:38 PM (k1S9h)

The kid learns no discipline, no focus, no real-world experiences.

They are just supposed to float through life faking it I suppose.

The education system could be improved, no doubt, but that ain't it.

I've always liked the idea of hiring private tutors again.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 13, 2026 05:41 PM (6ydKt)

119 JUST IN - The FAA was in the process of rolling out SMART, its $875 million AI air traffic tool, across the airspace of all 22 regional control centers when the nationwide ground stop hit.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 13, 2026 05:37 PM (nEUC6)

Actually that makes me feel better. Haji probably hit the wrong switch and failed to tell his supervisor hoping he wouldn't notice.

Posted by: polynikes at November 13, 2026 05:41 PM (OXhw3)

120 He's really, really back again under his latest handle. He really gets it. We don't.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 13, 2026 05:42 PM (JrHfD)

121 111 >>JUST IN - The FAA was in the process of rolling out SMART, its $875 million AI air traffic tool, across the airspace of all 22 regional control centers when the nationwide ground stop hit.

The Dems can add Duffy to their investigations.. They're gonna be busy

Posted by: It's me donna at November 13, 2026 05:42 PM (+gK6I)

122 Good thing I flew yesterday; otherwise I'd be having a staycation. I'm cautiously optimistic they can un-fuck the system before my return flight next weekend.

Posted by: PabloD at November 13, 2026 05:42 PM (GQ+/L)

123 Ever since we got fucked in the face by midterms:

NVidia CEO steps down due to spy scandals, Microsoft & Outlook goes down globally, a building collapses in NYC, a
Tanker sinks a River cruise ship in New Orleans, and now the FAA has grounded ALL flights across the country

But everything is fine

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at November 13, 2026 05:42 PM (fapp/)

124 > Freaky that my painting I linked to in this morning's art thread was a tanker in New Orleans.
Posted by: polynikes

Someone get the ducking stool.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 13, 2026 05:42 PM (mkw2N)

125 wasn't

Posted by: JackStraw at November 13, 2026 05:42 PM (viF8m)

126 They think that takes a perfect report card.
===================
That helps.

The days where a mediocre report card could be explained away are probably gone.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 13, 2026 05:43 PM (mbNQQ)

127 >>JUST IN - The FAA was in the process of rolling out SMART, its $875 million AI air traffic tool, across the airspace of all 22 regional control centers when the nationwide ground stop hit.

Brought to you by the US Government.

Makers of the (mostly) successful Obamacare dot Gov...
Posted by: garrett

So they do this rollout on Friday. Instead of at 3am on a Tuesday. Outstanding common sense.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 13, 2026 05:43 PM (bFq8h)

128 Yo, check this out, straight up. Two trains rollin' toward the same spot, each 20 miles out. One's movin' at 60 miles per hour, the other's crawlin' at 20 miles per hour. How long that first train gotta wait for the slackin' train to pull up?
Posted by: Orson at November 13, 2026

***
Trains? Don't nobody ride trains no mo', homes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 13, 2026 05:43 PM (56Qyq)

129 At least with AoSHQ, I have access to the most recent and authoritative information and analysis about this incident.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
......

A whale has exploded.

Posted by: wth at November 13, 2026 05:43 PM (UjdFS)

130 The race to equality will be fun.

Break the knees of the fastest.
Scarring the prettiest.
A few whacks to the head for the smartest.
And then enforced penis equality.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 13, 2026 05:43 PM (Sco7b)

131 "I don't like capitalism. I don't want to clock in every day. I want to make art and be in my garden."

But the same guy wants food, housing and healthcare.

The way this was resolved in the old days was...slavery. Because it is the only way that one group of people gets stuff without having to work
Posted by: 18-1 at November 13, 2026 01:15 PM (sKqQm)

Back in the day, if you were a good artist, you got a sponsor and made your art. Or you sold your work, or hired it out for portraits.

If you didn't, you starved and dealt with it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 13, 2026 05:43 PM (6ydKt)

132 Cultural Marxism Seminaries only need bodies, not brains

Posted by: Skip at November 13, 2026 05:44 PM (Ia/+0)

133 "But everything is fine"

If we wake up to grocery store freezer units being offline overnight, I may just consider enemy action at the root of all this.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 13, 2026 05:45 PM (iMotb)

134
SMART?

Missed it by THAT much.
Posted by: Roy

Would you belive it'll be fixed in two hours?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 13, 2026 05:45 PM (Cqx++)

135
Coming up on T - 2 minutes.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 13, 2026 05:45 PM (w6EFb)

136 FAA was rolling out SMART, its AI air traffic tool, when the nationwide ground stop hit
-
They're going to be runnig air traffic with AI?

Maybe it's best to just ground everything and keep it there. Forever.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 13, 2026 05:45 PM (vSvIl)

137 So has the raccoon penii discussions ceased??

Posted by: tubal at November 13, 2026 05:45 PM (Gqar8)

138 Parents are lawyering up to challenge a bad grade -- or a teacher's unflattering comment -- on their child's report card, reports Zusha Elinson in the Wall Street Journal.

Heaven forfend AoSHQ Commentators ever read their Permanent Records here.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 13, 2026 05:45 PM (0sNs1)

139 JUST IN - The FAA was in the process of rolling out SMART, its $875 million AI air traffic tool, across the airspace of all 22 regional control centers when the nationwide ground stop hit.

Brought to you by the US Government.

Makers of the (mostly) successful Obamacare dot Gov...

Posted by: garrett at November 13, 2026 05:40 PM

So we can blame the FAA call center in Bangalore India for the ground stop?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 13, 2026 05:45 PM (I43vL)

140 Two minutes to spacex launch, btw.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 13, 2026 05:45 PM (vSvIl)

141 Brandon flying off the shelves

Posted by: Lars at November 13, 2026 05:46 PM (kJH1Z)

142
If the universities want to bring in a more "diverse" and "inclusive" body of students, then there's nothing preventing them from lowering the minimum SAT scores while leaving the test alone. But of course, that would make the universities themselves look like they're lowering standards.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 13, 2026 05:46 PM (y9nCu)

143 > FAA was rolling out SMART, its AI air traffic tool, when the nationwide ground stop hit

Remember when Apple replaced their old auto-correct implementation with an AI version and it got noticeably worse?

Posted by: bonhomme at November 13, 2026 05:46 PM (mkw2N)

144 >>So they do this rollout on Friday.

Friday...the 13th.

Posted by: garrett at November 13, 2026 05:46 PM (k1S9h)

145 Veteran's Day -

https://tinyurl.com/2kee98v9

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 13, 2026 05:46 PM (Dv3i1)

146 SMART?

Missed it by THAT much.
Posted by: Roy
*
Would you belive it'll be fixed in two hours?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 13, 2026

***
Would you believe two cops in a rowboat?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 13, 2026 05:46 PM (56Qyq)

147 So has the raccoon penii discussions ceased??
Posted by: tubal at November 13, 2026 05:45 PM

Bats have baculii, too. As do many other mammals.

Some whisper The Paolo has one.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 13, 2026 05:47 PM (0sNs1)

148 Would you believe it'll be fixed in two hours?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 13, 2026 05:45 PM (Cqx++)
---
Chief Engineer Scotty could do it in 30 minutes...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 13, 2026 05:47 PM (s2iZv)

149 2 minutes

Posted by: Don Black at November 13, 2026 05:47 PM (ZxPkt)

150 don't like capitalism. I don't want to clock in every day. I want to make art and be in my garden."

Universal income. Couple of cities are trying it now and being sued by the DOJ.

Posted by: polynikes at November 13, 2026 05:47 PM (OXhw3)

151 Don't think they mean to go Harrison Bergeron on everyone, because that would be going too far, and tyrannical.

Only the Republicans will be affected.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 13, 2026 05:47 PM (mbNQQ)

152 "So they do this rollout on Friday. Instead of at 3am on a Tuesday. Outstanding common sense."

They should have waited, and did this in the early morning of Sunday, November 29th.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 13, 2026 05:47 PM (iMotb)

153 The fascination with "AI" is going to screw us. No doubt.

Now think - except for Fen. Because you can't, my dear.

How is "AI" - whatever that is - going to suddenly find
"optimal routes" between cities for aircraft ? How is
"AI" going to find, well, anything new ?

I seriously wonder about people now. Do they think some magic happens in that data-center ? Some manufactured genius ?

Why in the fuck would anyone connect airports to an AI ? Assuming this is what happened. Its just a program.

Posted by: Really at November 13, 2026 05:47 PM (V0dOF)

154 Live video to launch on youtube:
https://youtu.be/vNubY1p8Fms

Posted by: bonhomme at November 13, 2026 05:47 PM (mkw2N)

155 111 >>JUST IN - The FAA was in the process of rolling out SMART, its $875 million AI air traffic tool, across the airspace of all 22 regional control centers when the nationwide ground stop hit.

This is like the IT guy in Jurassic Park that takes the park off line:

"Alright. Hold onto your butts"

Posted by: Gavin Newsom at November 13, 2026 05:47 PM (OkYzo)

156 35 seconds to launch

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 13, 2026 05:47 PM (RIvkX)

157 Liftoff!

Posted by: bonhomme at November 13, 2026 05:47 PM (mkw2N)

158
They're going to be runnig air traffic with AI?

Maybe it's best to just ground everything and keep it there. Forever.
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 13, 2026

***
Funny how the Western world once did just fine with airplanes, and before that with trains, without any computers other than people's brains.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 13, 2026 05:48 PM (56Qyq)

159 The floppies are crashing!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 13, 2026 05:48 PM (lbtIB)

160 "I don't like capitalism. I don't want to clock in every day. I want to make art and be in my garden."

-------

Another reason the SAT had to be dumbed down. Because people are effing dumb.

Who is going to tell this idiot it won't be "her" garden and she won't have the money to make her art? Because of her dumbness, she should be working in the gulag mopping up vomit.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 13, 2026 05:48 PM (iOpI2)

161 So they do this rollout on Friday. Instead of at 3am on a Tuesday. Outstanding common sense.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

You expect the FAA to be smarter than every two-bit local ISP in 1998?

Posted by: mikeski at November 13, 2026 05:48 PM (VHUov)

162 Brandon flying off the shelves
Posted by: Lars at November 13, 2026 05:46 PM (kJH1Z)

Brawndo. Damn auto correct

Posted by: Lars at November 13, 2026 05:48 PM (kJH1Z)

163 Idiocracy has been jump started with the midterms.

Posted by: Dave at November 13, 2026 05:48 PM (sbsMc)

164 FAA was rolling out SMART, its AI air traffic tool, when the nationwide ground stop hit
-
So we're really going to go AI everything without any reason to believe that it works.

Cool.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 13, 2026 05:49 PM (vSvIl)

165 Trains? Don't nobody ride trains no mo', homes.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 13, 2026 05:43 PM

Ahem.

Posted by: Bonnie Blue at November 13, 2026 05:49 PM (0sNs1)

166 I also previously sarcastically posted that I blame data centers for the grounding .

I'm freaking myself out today.

Posted by: polynikes at November 13, 2026 05:49 PM (OXhw3)

167 162 Brandon flying off the shelves
Posted by: Lars at November 13, 2026 05:46 PM (kJH1Z)

Brawndo. Damn auto correct
Posted by: Lars at November 13, 2026 05:48 PM (kJH1Z)

Well, Brandon WAS pretty funny.

Posted by: tubal at November 13, 2026 05:49 PM (Gqar8)

168 Funny how the Western world once did just fine with airplanes, and before that with trains, without any computers other than people's brains.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 13, 2026 05:48 PM (56Qyq)

We used to be able to run supermarket freezers without them being connected to the internet, too.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 13, 2026 05:50 PM (lbtIB)

169
"Did you jiggle the handle? Try jiggling the handle."

-FAA IT guy

Posted by: Frank Barone at November 13, 2026 05:50 PM (OkYzo)

170 Good stage separation.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 13, 2026 05:50 PM (mkw2N)

171 Well, I'm going to watch a movie with the family: "Phantom Thread," I know nothing about it's about the fashion industry and Daniel Day-Lewis is in it. I think he's a very good actor.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 13, 2026 05:50 PM (JrHfD)

172 "I don't like capitalism. I don't want to clock in every day. I want to make art and be in my garden."

You could earn and save enough and then retire. But that's soooo haaarrrd.

Guy just wants to be a child for his whole life. Sad.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 13, 2026 05:51 PM (Dv3i1)

173 142
If the universities want to bring in a more "diverse" and "inclusive" body of students, then there's nothing preventing them from lowering the minimum SAT scores while leaving the test alone. But of course, that would make the universities themselves look like they're lowering standards.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 13, 2026 05:46 PM (y9nCu)

Pretty much. Although the UC system here in California just stopped using the SAT for admissions.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at November 13, 2026 05:51 PM (9ZFZd)

174
Booster catch coming up in a few minutes. So far so good.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 13, 2026 05:51 PM (w6EFb)

175 Trains? Don't nobody ride trains no mo', homes.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 13, 2026 05:43 PM
*
Ahem.
Posted by: Bonnie Blue at November 13, 2026

***
Said "ride," dude, not "run" trains!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 13, 2026 05:51 PM (56Qyq)

176 FAA was rolling out SMART, its AI air traffic tool, when the nationwide ground stop hit
-
So we're really going to go AI everything without any reason to believe that it works.

Cool.
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 13, 2026 05:49 PM (vSvIl)
----
This does sound like a typical government operation. Did they even bother to test this on a smaller scale? With a regional airport? When they spent nearly a billion dollars on this, who was skimming off the top? You know *someone* was making bank off this operation.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 13, 2026 05:51 PM (s2iZv)

177 >> Funny how the Western world once did just fine with airplanes, and before that with trains, without any computers other than people's brains.

All of the beautiful architecture being destroyed throughout Europe (by muslims) was pretty much built using Stick and String.

Posted by: garrett at November 13, 2026 05:52 PM (k1S9h)

178 I was unaware that the towers were being operated on MS Teams.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 13, 2026 05:52 PM (rbvCR)

179 Having distrupted weather radar at the same time is no fun to be a pilot. Good thing the country has mild weather today.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 13, 2026 05:52 PM (n5tGW)

180 I know nothing about it's about the fashion industry Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 13, 2026 05:50 PM

* pats bench *

Come sit next to me.

Posted by: The Devil wearing Prada at November 13, 2026 05:52 PM (0sNs1)

181 Hate to say it but we were dumb enough to be conquered by South/Central America/Mexico and Somalia.

Posted by: Eromero at November 13, 2026 05:52 PM (LHPAg)

182 163 Idiocracy has been jump started with the midterms.
Posted by: Dave at November 13, 2026 05:48 PM (sbsMc)

Don't compare Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho to this group... He's way less weird

Posted by: It's me donna at November 13, 2026 05:52 PM (+gK6I)

183 Just put them into the Matrix already.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at November 13, 2026 05:53 PM (tB7nu)

184 JUST IN - The FAA was in the process of rolling out SMART, its $875 million AI air traffic tool, across the airspace of all 22 regional control centers when the nationwide ground stop hit.

Suddenly that 50-year-old COBOL code is lookin' pretty effin' good, huh?

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at November 13, 2026 05:53 PM (0FL7P)

185 >>"I don't like capitalism. I don't want to clock in every day. I want to make art and be in my garden."

All this tells me is that this person sucks at both Art AND Gardening.

Otherwise, they'd be able to monetize their skill.

Posted by: garrett at November 13, 2026 05:53 PM (k1S9h)

186 I'm watching flightaware tracking for OHare traffic. It's looking pretty empty for a Friday at 1700CT. I see maybe 1-2 dozen planes over CONUS yet to land there.

Posted by: gp at November 13, 2026 05:53 PM (Jr5Lq)

187 Hey, we're upgrading our Point of Sale software on Black Friday.

Posted by: WalMart at November 13, 2026 05:53 PM (bFq8h)

188 @127 -- Good point.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 13, 2026 05:53 PM (XMwZJ)

189
Catch attempt aborted. Bummer.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 13, 2026 05:54 PM (w6EFb)

190 Reminded me of two movies I enjoyed about or connected to air traffic controllers.

Pushing Tin with Billy Bob Thornton

Summer Rental with John Candy

Posted by: polynikes at November 13, 2026 05:54 PM (OXhw3)

191 Doctors Without Borders announced the suspension of some operations at one of Gaza’s largest functioning hospitals after patients and staff reported seeing armed, masked men roaming parts of the building.

Posted by: 13times at November 13, 2026 05:54 PM (f6cPJ)

192 Well, I'm going to watch a movie with the family: "Phantom Thread," I know nothing about it's about the fashion industry and Daniel Day-Lewis is in it. I think he's a very good actor.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 13, 2026

***
The Poseidon Adventure is on Movies! at 7 pm Central. I dunno if we'll watch it. We have Gunga Din with Cary Grant from 1939, John Wayne in The High and the Mighty, and a 1950-era noir, 711 Ocean Drive, on DVD.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 13, 2026 05:54 PM (56Qyq)

193 When the Jesuits say they'll be responsible for the child they teach ? They don't teach the kid to question. They indoctrinate.
Posted by: Really at November 13, 2026 05:32 PM (V0dOF)

I remember a Jewish friend being terrified of the Klu Klux Klan in Oregon. I had to reassure her regularly that the Klan in Oregon didn't care about the Jews, they only hated Catholics.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 13, 2026 05:54 PM (rbvCR)

194 Superheavy will be diverted offshore for landing

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 13, 2026 05:54 PM (RIvkX)

195 This does sound like a typical government operation. Did they even bother to test this on a smaller scale? With a regional airport? When they spent nearly a billion dollars on this, who was skimming off the top? You know *someone* was making bank off this operation.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 13, 2026 05:51 PM (s2iZv)

Just imagine the dollar amount the change order requests generated for the contractor.

Posted by: Beartooth at November 13, 2026 05:55 PM (KWbVO)

196 "Idiocracy"? Yeah. I'm the fourth person to say it.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 13, 2026 05:55 PM (2sX6p)

197 Getting down to around 24 degrees tonight, so the wood furnace is currently getting fired up for the first time since we bought the cabin.

Reading about all the outages makes me thankful that we have alternative means of heating.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 13, 2026 05:55 PM (aStBq)

198 Weather service is back up.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 13, 2026 05:55 PM (n5tGW)

199 @191 -- I'd be more surprised if the weren't armed, masked men at Gaza hospital.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 13, 2026 05:55 PM (XMwZJ)

200 But everything is fine
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger

Man the "vote to burn it all down" guys are sure getting their wish fast.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 13, 2026 05:55 PM (vJrRc)

201 Would you believe it'll be fixed in two hours?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 13, 2026 05:45 PM (Cqx++)
---
Chief Engineer Scotty could do it in 30 minutes...
----

He'd tell Kirk he needed 2 days first...

Posted by: Crusader at November 13, 2026 05:56 PM (TN0g+)

202 Doctors Without Borders announced the suspension of some operations at one of Gaza’s largest functioning hospitals after patients and staff reported seeing armed, masked men roaming parts of the building.
Posted by: 13times at November 13, 2026 05:54 PM (f6cPJ)
====

And gambling in the Kasbah!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 13, 2026 05:56 PM (RIvkX)

203 ok they skipped booster catch

splashdown and explode

Posted by: Don Black at November 13, 2026 05:56 PM (ZxPkt)

204 So we're really going to go AI everything without any reason to believe that it works.

And this, right here, wears me out. I hear my wife "warming up" to AI. Because her job, as a Database Manager, is getting pushed into AI.

The fucking program does not think. OK. It doesn't innovate.

Old school shit, even shit I've done, could self-adjust parameters. That's all. And that's as old as anyone doing a PID controller that looked at gaps and bumped a smidge off one of the gains. In the 90s, we called it "Fuzzy Logic".

This AI fascination is insane. Worse than Six Sigma. Worse than Just in Time. Worse than the Toyota Method.

Just do a Google Search now. That's how shitty "AI" has become. You can't even find stuff you knew was there.

Posted by: Really at November 13, 2026 05:56 PM (V0dOF)

205 Well, the question on everyone’s mind: did John Thune get back to South Dakota ok for his recess?

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at November 13, 2026 05:56 PM (IEz5J)

206 So you won't have Bobert's boobs to push around anymore! Happy now ?

Posted by: polynikes at November 13, 2026 05:56 PM (OXhw3)

207 and the booster is afloat

Posted by: Don Black at November 13, 2026 05:57 PM (ZxPkt)

208 Would you believe it'll be fixed in two hours?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 13, 2026
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Chief Engineer Scotty could do it in 30 minutes...
----

He'd tell Kirk he needed 2 days first...
Posted by: Crusader at November 13, 2026

***
That's the way. Under-promise and over-deliver!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 13, 2026 05:57 PM (56Qyq)

209 All this tells me is that this person sucks at both Art AND Gardening.

Otherwise, they'd be able to monetize their skill.
Posted by: garrett

What, and be a sell-out just like those grody capitalists?

Posted by: Socialist "artiste" at November 13, 2026 05:57 PM (vJrRc)

210 >>Did they even bother to test this on a smaller scale? With a regional airport?

The AI-assisted air traffic management system is for the enroute air traffic control centers, not local approach and tower operations.

Posted by: one hour sober at November 13, 2026 05:57 PM (J4Dwc)

211 Changes could be attempts to increase equity, education expert says

"If Johnny can't read, thank an administrator."

Posted by: t-bird at November 13, 2026 05:57 PM (SOF+/)

212 Posted by: Really at November 13, 2026 05:56 PM (V0dOF

I bet you thought the smart phone was going to be a bust too.

Posted by: polynikes at November 13, 2026 05:57 PM (OXhw3)

213 Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.

https://tinyurl.com/27xbup96

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Time of Our Discontent at November 13, 2026 05:58 PM (ndZc7)

214 "I don't like capitalism." = I don't like working and expect other people to fund my lifestyle

Starve to death fuckface

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at November 13, 2026 05:58 PM (fapp/)

215
Ship looking good. Still suborbital, and they'll make the call for the final little orbit insertion burn.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 13, 2026 05:58 PM (w6EFb)

216 actually the booster is in Titanic pose, one end sticking out of the water

Posted by: Don Black at November 13, 2026 05:58 PM (ZxPkt)

217 191 Doctors Without Borders announced the suspension of some operations at one of Gaza’s largest functioning hospitals after patients and staff reported seeing armed, masked men roaming parts of the building.
Posted by: 13times at November 13, 2026 05:54 PM (f6cPJ)
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They're...Candystripers! Candystripers with AKs. Yeah, that's it, that's the ticket...

*shifty eyes*

Posted by: UNRWA at November 13, 2026 05:58 PM (xg/DD)

218 "Yahoo News
All passengers accounted for after tanker collides with cruise ship in New Orleans, mayor says
Mayor Helena Moreno said that 32 people were taken to the hospital with noncritical injuries."

Posted by: illiniwek at November 13, 2026 05:59 PM (vbXSk)

219 The Senate conveniently got to fly out last night.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 13, 2026 05:59 PM (n5tGW)

220 He'd tell Kirk he needed 2 days first...
Posted by: Crusader at November 13, 2026

***
That's the way. Under-promise and over-deliver!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 13, 2026 05:57 PM (56Qyq)
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Captain Kirk once asked Scotty if he always overestimates his repair times by a factor of four. Scotty replies that's how he maintains his reputation as a "miracle worker."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 13, 2026 05:59 PM (s2iZv)

221 Equity==Making everyone equally stupid.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 13, 2026 05:59 PM (XMwZJ)

222
Heaven forfend AoSHQ Commentators ever read their Permanent Records here.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 13, 2026 05:45 PM (0sNs1)

*******
If on index cards, mine will be in the top 10.

I had the most in our 200 kid HS, and I'm not lying. To the point I said hey to the principal's secretary as I was summoned. For really stupid stuff mostly involving talking too much or being late for class.

My worst offense was being in the Beta Club photo with a friend I went to a dance with. He talked me into it. I had to pay for a new photo and should have asked for the rejected one as it was great of me. The yearbook editor busted me and later apologized.

The principal hated my last name because Daddy picked on him in elementary school in the city. He never called my parents but told me I'd never amount to anything. I sat calmly and just stared at him and left til next time.

Life was good then and always.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 13, 2026 06:00 PM (hzuYO)

223 Equity just means making everyone as stupid as the stupidest kids because it is easier and you are a lazy fuck of a teacher.

Posted by: Zeno the Stoic at November 13, 2026 06:00 PM (nqpJg)

224 Wasn’t this the plot to Die Hard 2?

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at November 13, 2026 06:00 PM (IEz5J)

225 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Time of Our Discontent at November 13, 2026 05:58 PM (ndZc7)
===============
Can't resist that guilty face

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 13, 2026 06:00 PM (35F6t)

226 All passengers accounted for after tanker collides with cruise ship in New Orleans

************************

That's a miracle, there were still people on board when it lopsided a literal 90 degrees

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at November 13, 2026 06:00 PM (fapp/)

227 Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.

Dogs are good people.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at November 13, 2026 06:01 PM (0FL7P)

228 "Yahoo News
All passengers accounted for after tanker collides with cruise ship in New Orleans, mayor says
Mayor Helena Moreno said that 32 people were taken to the hospital with noncritical injuries."
Posted by: illiniwek at November 13, 2026

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The CBS outlet's website says it happened right near downtown riverfront, near the twin bridges.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 13, 2026 06:01 PM (56Qyq)

229 Tune into the YouTube channel for "Soc119" a zero-level for-credit sociology class taught at Penn State's main campus. The guy who runs the class, taught in an ampitheater-sized room, has a film crew shooting every class. Lotsa bullshit about race, class, DEI, race, and more race. Panning around the attendees for reaction shots to Prof Sam's smug antics on stage, we get the united colors of benneton, lots of blacks, browns, yellows, reds, and a few whites. His schtick is to pick audience members at random and bring them up front to sit on the edge of a table, making them look even dumber than they are, and engage them in some q and a on the topic of the day. Listen to these morons speak. Like. Like, I feel, like. Like. A recent topic was about NYC's special you-must-test-in high schools, Bronx Science one of I think five. 25,000 NYC 8th graders take the entry test each year and the top 2,500 get in. He asks the class, "anybody take that test?" Crickets.

Posted by: M. Gaga at November 13, 2026 06:01 PM (3p/KU)

230 I bet you thought the smart phone was going to be a bust too.
Posted by: polynikes at November 13, 2026 05:57 PM (OXhw3)

The opposite, smart ass. I thought everyone having access to the World's Public Library would bring in a new Golden Age. I'm not kidding.

I was wrong.

Posted by: Really at November 13, 2026 06:01 PM (V0dOF)

231 About T - 20 minutes till launch. SpaceX feed here:

Not covered by the FAA grounding?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at November 13, 2026 06:02 PM (sEJQa)

232
Equity==Making everyone equally stupid.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 13, 2026 05:59 PM (XMwZJ)

___________

Equity: fixing a flat by letting the air out of the other three tires.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 13, 2026 06:02 PM (eRlcH)

233 an earlier comment said "12 in water", and video showed 6 or so holding onto flotation rings, being pulled into boats. So ... no big deal .. OR, it was another "just a mistake" terrorist attack by jihadis, pretending to be just good old boys ramming their ship into a white American infidel vessel? (insert terror screams here). heh

Posted by: illiniwek at November 13, 2026 06:02 PM (vbXSk)

234 Space Force Eleventy Star General Jaglesh Ramasmoorthy has activated the Bangalore help desk.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at November 13, 2026 06:02 PM (IEz5J)

235 Just wanted to say that Pixy liked my post on X and I feel very special right now.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at November 13, 2026 06:02 PM (ufggD)

236 Affirmative action was always a lie--there has never been and never will be proof that minorities, as a group, failed to achieve equal to other groups due to lack of opportunity.

But, we've cut down the entire Constitution, and now are chopping away at the pillars of modern society, to maintain that lie.

Better to destroy everything than admit ... the Bell Curve was and is proven science.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 13, 2026 06:02 PM (MPTEW)

237 Reading about all the outages makes me thankful that we have alternative means of heating.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 13, 2026 05:55 PM (aStBq)

We have three ways of heating Beartooth manor, gas furnace, heated tile in about 1/3 of the house and wood burning fireplace insert and a fireplace. Granted it's over kill but we don't have to worry about being warm in case power and/or the gas goes out during the winter.

Posted by: Beartooth at November 13, 2026 06:02 PM (KWbVO)

238 Mr. Peebles! Don't know if you are still here but I just got back to this thread and my, it was good to see your name!

Posted by: bluebell at November 13, 2026 06:02 PM (uyuYG)

239 “Trust me.” Jack Bauer

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 13, 2026 06:03 PM (hxMfc)

240 It's much easier to install the techno nepo aristocracy when the peasants' children arent literate and dont know any history. Disarm them, and it may last a thousand years...

Posted by: Azjaeger at November 13, 2026 06:03 PM (3/XaG)

241 This does sound like a typical government operation. Did they even bother to test this on a smaller scale? With a regional airport?

Be done in a few minutes! Tricky business, trapping all these rats.

Posted by: OSS at November 13, 2026 06:03 PM (SOF+/)

242 220 He'd tell Kirk he needed 2 days first...
Posted by: Crusader at November 13, 2026

***
That's the way. Under-promise and over-deliver!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 13, 2026 05:57 PM (56Qyq)
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Captain Kirk once asked Scotty if he always overestimates his repair times by a factor of four. Scotty replies that's how he maintains his reputation as a "miracle worker."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 13, 2026 05:59 PM (s2iZv)

On that episode of ST:NG where the found Scotty in a transport buffer he keeps trying to tell Jordi to not tell Picard exact estimated for that reason, and Jordi looks at him like he's insane. At that point he's so annoyed by Scotty it's hilarious.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 13, 2026 06:03 PM (6ydKt)

243 If you can read, easily and we’ll, you’ll always be able to take in information faster than having the text read to you.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 13, 2026 06:04 PM (12Bbv)

244 Don't compare Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho to this group... He's way less weird
Posted by: It's me donna at November 13, 2026 05:52 PM (+gK6I)

He knew when shit was gay and all retarded.

We could only dream of a leader such as he.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 13, 2026 06:04 PM (lbtIB)

245 If you can read, easily and we’ll, you’ll always be able to take in information faster than having the text read to you.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 13, 2026 06:04 PM (12Bbv)

*stage whisper*

'Well', sir.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 13, 2026 06:05 PM (lbtIB)

246 The Fox outlet is saying that the authorities are "evaluating the situation, to see how soon they can reopen the river."

No deaths, 32 hospitalized.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 13, 2026 06:05 PM (56Qyq)

247 They're...Candystripers! Candystripers with AKs. Yeah, that's it, that's the ticket...

*shifty eyes*
Posted by: UNRWA at November 13, 2026 05:58 PM (xg/DD)
********
I was a candystriper. When using my mother's giant and new V8 station wagon I broke speed records on I-Fiddy Fi as often as possible. Age 15yrs, permit, clocked, wearing the uniform, slowing down at 93mph by MS Hwy Patrol. He yelled at me (and I agree he should have) and gave me a $20 ticket. I saw him and was going well over 100mph.

I could have paid and parents none the wiser, maybe. But, noooooooooo. The evil ex-friend of mine insisted they be told. Mama cried. Daddy yelled. I went to my room.

The next day,and for the only time in my life, my father apologized as he was speeding several nights prior in the new car "to see how fast she'd go." Bless him, he thought he was a bad influence on me. I was already speeding like a lunatic whenever I could.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 13, 2026 06:06 PM (hzuYO)

248 Affirmative action was always a lie--there has never been and never will be proof that minorities, as a group, failed to achieve equal to other groups due to lack of opportunity.

We do this here, constantly. Dildo wades in and bans it when he doesn't like the conclusions.

But here it is. Groups act like Groups. When seeing Groups ? Treat them as Groups.

The last few Decades have been a dedicated push to pretend Groups do not act as Groups.

Posted by: Really at November 13, 2026 06:06 PM (V0dOF)

249 246 The Fox outlet is saying that the authorities are "evaluating the situation, to see how soon they can reopen the river."

No deaths, 32 hospitalized.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 13, 2026 06:05 PM (56Qyq)

River’s closed : Otter out front shoulda told ya.

Posted by: tubal at November 13, 2026 06:06 PM (Gqar8)

250 "The CBS outlet's website says it happened right near downtown riverfront, near the twin bridges." Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Yes, but it was on the West Bank. Still strange how it managed to get vertical into the docked ship, but currents are pretty strong, so if they lost power (cuz they are foreign flagged and don't care about safety?) I guess they could flip sideways and still have momentum into the dock? idk.

Posted by: illiniwek at November 13, 2026 06:06 PM (vbXSk)

251 We could only dream of a leader such as he.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 13, 2026 06:04 PM (lbtIB)
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Well, if Hunter Biden really does run for President you might get your wish.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 13, 2026 06:07 PM (35F6t)

252 Captain Kirk once asked Scotty if he always overestimates his repair times by a factor of four. Scotty replies that's how he maintains his reputation as a "miracle worker."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 13, 2026
*
On that episode of ST:NG where the found Scotty in a transport buffer he keeps trying to tell Jordi to not tell Picard exact estimated for that reason, and Jordi looks at him like he's insane. At that point he's so annoyed by Scotty it's hilarious.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 13, 2026

***
Scott knew his captain, and Geordi knew his.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 13, 2026 06:07 PM (56Qyq)

253 AI would prolly do a better job than the DEI hires.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 13, 2026 06:07 PM (yVYSZ)

254 The last few Decades have been a dedicated push to pretend Groups do not act as Groups.
Posted by: Really at November 13, 2026 06:06 PM (V0dOF)

Always exceptions, but, valid.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 13, 2026 06:07 PM (lbtIB)

255 Reading about all the outages makes me thankful that we have alternative means of heating.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 13, 2026 05:55 PM (aStBq)

I have three cords of wood, one of which is two-year dried maple. I am rich.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 13, 2026 06:07 PM (rbvCR)

256 "The CBS outlet's website says it happened right near downtown riverfront, near the twin bridges." Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
*
Yes, but it was on the West Bank. Still strange how it managed to get vertical into the docked ship, but currents are pretty strong, so if they lost power (cuz they are foreign flagged and don't care about safety?) I guess they could flip sideways and still have momentum into the dock? idk.
Posted by: illiniwek at November 13, 2026

***
I didn't realize it happened on my side.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 13, 2026 06:08 PM (56Qyq)

257 158
They're going to be runnig air traffic with AI?

Maybe it's best to just ground everything and keep it there. Forever.
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 13, 2026

***
Funny how the Western world once did just fine with airplanes, and before that with trains, without any computers other than people's brains.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 13, 2026 05:48 PM (56Qyq)

Just having a bad day over here, Boss!

Posted by: AI at November 13, 2026 06:08 PM (5rh/l)

258 the skies are sure quiet here over the front range (DIA path).. eerie, just like 09/11

Posted by: grass monkey at November 13, 2026 06:08 PM (eP4XR)

259 SAT reading section is "less demanding" than in past decades, study finds

Changes could be attempts to increase equity, education expert says

==

What a nice way of calling non-whites stupid.

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 13, 2026 06:08 PM (qBdHI)

260 btw, the West bank at that point is East, which is part of the "Crescent City" strangeness, which carries over into all the curved streets in the CBD and central NOLA.

Posted by: illiniwek at November 13, 2026 06:08 PM (vbXSk)

261 Scott knew his captain, and Geordi knew his.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 13, 2026 06:07 PM (56Qyq)

That's right.
I couldn't figure out how to spell the name for the life of me.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 13, 2026 06:08 PM (6ydKt)

262 What Happened ??

Posted by: runner at November 13, 2026 06:08 PM (AKptf)

263 No city in the western world is laid out as retarded as Rome.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 13, 2026 06:09 PM (lbtIB)

264 First thoughts: Bomb Iran into the the stone age.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 13, 2026 06:10 PM (826kS)

265 Something special in the air?

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 13, 2026 06:10 PM (hwFie)

266 All this tells me is that this person sucks at both Art AND Gardening.

Otherwise, they'd be able to monetize their skill.
Posted by: garrett at November 13, 2026 05:53 PM (k1S9h)

Is skill even relevant at 0% effort? This tells me this person expects obstacles to be removed for them, rather than learning how to overcome even the smallest inconvenience.

That's not healthy, but it sure is easy to rule over large groups of them. It's a learned impotence.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at November 13, 2026 06:10 PM (r7+Q7)

267 That's right.
I couldn't figure out how to spell the name for the life of me.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 13, 2026 06:08 PM (6ydKt)

'Banana clip' would also have been accepted.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 13, 2026 06:10 PM (lbtIB)

268 "They're going to be runnig air traffic with AI?
Maybe it's best to just ground everything and keep it there. Forever."

Yes, but you are perfectly SAFE, as long as you don't fly, or travel, or invest in global markets, or leave your house EVER. Stay in your home and built a bunker, and you will be fine (and have some guns in case zombies or hungry neighbors come for you).

Posted by: illiniwek at November 13, 2026 06:11 PM (vbXSk)

269 I always wondered how the guy from Reading Rainbow got into Starfleet. And went blind yet that hairclip let him kinda' see.

I really liked ST:TNG. Especially when they let Troy take her hair down and dressed her better. OK - alot because of Troy.

DS9 was good once the war started.

Posted by: Really at November 13, 2026 06:11 PM (V0dOF)

270 263 No city in the western world is laid out as retarded as Rome.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 13, 2026 06:09 PM (lbtIB)

That's why the Man With A Vespa is King!

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, trying to upgrade my AoSHQ Membership level at November 13, 2026 06:11 PM (xg/DD)

271 Are we posting SAT scores?

1340 composite in 1988

I guess it’s the University of Illinois for me!

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at November 13, 2026 06:11 PM (IEz5J)

272 We have three ways of heating Beartooth manor, gas furnace, heated tile in about 1/3 of the house and wood burning fireplace insert and a fireplace. Granted it's over kill but we don't have to worry about being warm in case power and/or the gas goes out during the winter.

Posted by: Beartooth at November 13, 2026 06:02 PM (KWbVO)

I won't live anywhere without at least a fireplace and preferably a wood stove. We had toyos before this summer, which we replaced with a propane forced air furnace. We still have one toyo in the guy room and garage. But we kept the wood stove which heats the house entirely on its own. So, propane, heating oil, and wood. We are covered.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 13, 2026 06:11 PM (5WPt1)

273 If we are going to live in a Star Trek world I had rather the Earth exploded into trillions of pieces.

Posted by: Case at November 13, 2026 06:11 PM (En+fz)

274 Air traffic control bumfuzzled, Mississippi River cruise boat sinks, Starship booster goes BOOOM!

I am not leaving the house tonight! God only knows what disaster awaits on the roads and sidewalks!

Posted by: Gref at November 13, 2026 06:12 PM (5rh/l)

275 We have three ways of heating Beartooth manor, gas furnace, heated tile in about 1/3 of the house and wood burning fireplace insert and a fireplace. Granted it's over kill but we don't have to worry about being warm in case power and/or the gas goes out during the winter.
___

We have mini splits, a wood stove, and an outdoor wood furnace.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 13, 2026 06:12 PM (aStBq)

276 If, in fact, this shutdown was due to rolling out a new system, doing it on a Friday seems incredibly stupid.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 13, 2026 06:12 PM (iOpI2)

277 I won't live anywhere without at least a fireplace and preferably a wood stove. We had toyos before this summer, which we replaced with a propane forced air furnace. We still have one toyo in the guy room and garage. But we kept the wood stove which heats the house entirely on its own. So, propane, heating oil, and wood. We are covered.
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 13, 2026 06:11 PM (5WPt1)

So, Manhattan is out, yes?

Posted by: tubal at November 13, 2026 06:12 PM (Gqar8)

278 I solve my heating problems by living in Houston. Yeah I could have an uncomfortable week in the dead of winter without heat but very survivable.

Now summer without a/c could drive a man insane even though fans were the only cooling apparatus less than a century ago.

Posted by: polynikes at November 13, 2026 06:13 PM (OXhw3)

279 *reads new sidebar items*

Dear Lord, is DC just a swingles bar for normally unfuckable retards?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 13, 2026 06:13 PM (lbtIB)

280 If, in fact, this shutdown was due to rolling out a new system, doing it on a Friday seems incredibly stupid.
Posted by: Seems Legit at November 13, 2026 06:12 PM (iOpI2)
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Maybe they planned on working out the kinks over the weekend...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 13, 2026 06:13 PM (s2iZv)

281 I finally got around to hunting down versions of T'Pau's "Heart And Soul" with a decent bitrate. The official music video on YouTube, and even the first official audio I downloaded, had only 48kbps, which is abysmal. (Most music videos have mp3-standard 127-128kbps audio, which is.. adequate.) Heck, even with this one, the 480p level of video isn't good enough; you have to go above that to get above 48kbps audio, which is very unusual:

T'Pau - Heart And Soul (1987) (Original Version) HD
https://youtu.be/xhBQO7-IINI

The way I can tell which videos have inadequate audio is that you can customize your folders to show things like frame height, frame width, frame rate, and bitrate. The tricky part in Windows is that when you go to folder Properties, on the Customize tab, you can only have five templates! Super annoying. So when you get all your columns just right for your music videos, you're either going to save it for *all* Video type folders, or Windows will eventually forget and change it to a default.

Posted by: SciVo at November 13, 2026 06:13 PM (ke3zm)

282 btw, the West bank at that point is East, which is part of the "Crescent City" strangeness, which carries over into all the curved streets in the CBD and central NOLA.
Posted by: illiniwek at November 13, 2026

***
Yes. When you drive from West Bank to East Bank, you are driving west toward the sunset. And it is possible (I've done it) to stand at the foot of Canal, looking over to the other side, and watch the sun come up over the West Bank.

No wonder i'm the only native here who understands the cardinal points of the compass.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 13, 2026 06:13 PM (56Qyq)

283 Airtravelers need paper masks. Paper masks make you impervious to death.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 13, 2026 06:13 PM (hwFie)

284 271 Are we posting SAT scores?

1340 composite in 1988

I guess it’s the University of Illinois for me!
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at November 13, 2026 06:11 PM (IEz5J)

That was all the talk of the freshman at my university. Mine was not all that high, but it was adequate. Math was better than English, certainly. I'm an architect, not a lawyer, but I do read like a fiend, and always have.

I know people who "studied" for it. I couldn't really be bothered. I can't imagine that score meant a damned thing in any other part of my life.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 13, 2026 06:13 PM (5WPt1)

285 We have mini splits, a wood stove, and an outdoor wood furnace.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 13, 2026 06:12 PM (aStBq)

I have a hyper-kinetic dog.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 13, 2026 06:14 PM (lbtIB)

286 >>>But for the moment, there's no evidence that it is due to an attack.

Were they using Microsoft software?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 13, 2026 06:14 PM (YFmGh)

287 What a nice way of calling non-whites stupid.
Posted by: Lady in Black at November 13, 2026 06:08 PM (qBdHI)

In fairness, over half the whites I deal with every day are also stupid. I'm so white I'm clear.

Why wife has two college degrees. She's stupid. I'll go to sleep tonight with an internal monologue about how stupid I am to stay.

We don't call out stupid nearly enough.

Posted by: Really at November 13, 2026 06:14 PM (V0dOF)

288 If, in fact, this shutdown was due to rolling out a new system, doing it on a Friday seems incredibly stupid.
Posted by: Seems Legit at November 13, 2026 06:12 PM (iOpI2)

Is that the story ?

Posted by: runner at November 13, 2026 06:14 PM (AKptf)

289 283 Airtravelers need paper masks. Paper masks make you impervious to death.
Posted by: Boss Moss at November 13, 2026 06:13 PM (hwFie)

No, not death, they make you impervious to sense. Not the same thing.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 13, 2026 06:14 PM (5WPt1)

290 Hmmm, spawn's reading part of the SAT seemed unusually high compared to the other sections now we know why.

Posted by: lin-duh at November 13, 2026 06:14 PM (9U6Wl)

291 I couldn't figure out how to spell the name for the life of me.

Fram. The guy wearing an air filter so he could see.

Posted by: t-bird at November 13, 2026 06:14 PM (SOF+/)

292 'Well', sir.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 13, 2026 06:05 PM (lbtIB)

Autocucumber, friend, and careless proofing.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 13, 2026 06:14 PM (12Bbv)

293 Dear Lord, is DC just a swingles bar for normally unfuckable retards?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 13, 2026 06:13 PM (lbtIB)
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Apparently. I guess they couldn't hang with the Harvey Weinstein crowd in Hollywood, so they make do with weirdly incestuous relationships in DC. (Everyone is banging everyone else...)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 13, 2026 06:15 PM (s2iZv)

294 AI will make them even dumber.

Posted by: fd at November 13, 2026 06:15 PM (MWfyi)

295 AI almost never goes rogue. And always in a fun way.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 13, 2026 06:15 PM (rbvCR)

296 Is that the story ?
Posted by: runner at November 13, 2026 06:14 PM (AKptf)

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It's on X and others here are mentioning it.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 13, 2026 06:15 PM (iOpI2)

297 Hmmm, spawn's reading part of the SAT seemed unusually high compared to the other sections now we know why.
Posted by: lin-duh

They have to protect their own.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 13, 2026 06:15 PM (NnhvP)

298 I think that headline is at least three decades old, IIRC.

Posted by: ShainS at November 13, 2026 06:16 PM (V3Oxf)

299 Hey, you know what those of us with a few decades of working years left have to look forward to?

1) Having to "train up" these new hires forever and ever 'cause they'll never get it 'cause they never had anything to build on to get from.
2) having them promoted over you--cause stupid can't see stupid and so stupid sees stupid as smart 'cause stupid says stupid must be smart or else stupid is racist. And you're not being a team player.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 13, 2026 06:16 PM (MPTEW)

300 Do paper masks make you impervious to the sense of impending doom?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 13, 2026 06:16 PM (12Bbv)

301 311 Anyone else seeing that John Brennan's Son was arrested for possession of Kiddie Porn?
Posted by: garrett at November 13, 2026 05:20 PM (k1S9h)

The Daily Mail has reported it, and ZeroHedge has a story.

Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Another way to do it.
Arrest all the children.
Children of Republican shits too, like Wiles and the Nepot twins daddy gave the business to ($394M NVDA stock) - all the traitorous bitches. Put them in jail and let their lawyers get them out.
Put them in Louisiana jails.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 13, 2026 06:16 PM (826kS)

302 Hmmm, spawn's reading part of the SAT seemed unusually high compared to the other sections now we know why.
Posted by: lin-duh at November 13, 2026 06:14 PM (9U6Wl)

My verbal was far higher than my math in the early 90s.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 13, 2026 06:16 PM (lbtIB)

303 If we are going to live in a Star Trek world I had rather the Earth exploded into trillions of pieces.
Posted by: Case at November 13, 2026 06:11 PM (En+fz)
___

When the Lord creates a new Heaven and a new Earth, this world will pass away.

There will be no Star Trek-like world.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 13, 2026 06:16 PM (aStBq)

304 Is that the story ?
Posted by: runner

not the official one, but I bet it's the one the Enemedia will run with.

Posted by: Socialist at November 13, 2026 06:16 PM (vJrRc)

305 So, Manhattan is out, yes?
Posted by: tubal at November 13, 2026 06:12 PM (Gqar

For more reasons that just the wood stove, my friend.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 13, 2026 06:16 PM (5WPt1)

306 251 Well, if Hunter Biden really does run for President you might get your wish.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

ahem, that's Trinity College Gold Medal Winner for Outstanding Contribution to Public Discourse Hunter Biden to you, sir!

Posted by: Auspex at November 13, 2026 06:17 PM (Y8DZL)

307 Some rap artist should do a SAT rap.

Watch test scores sky rocket on the 1st of tha month!

Posted by: Bone Thugs N Harmony at November 13, 2026 06:17 PM (Ssbab)

308 The video of the tanker hitting the cruise sh\ip is being filmed from a long walkway with tables and chairs on it. The newsreader says it happened "just a little ways downriver from Algiers Point." Another says that it is "adjacent to Mardi Gras World and Blaine Kern Studios," which is now on the East Bank. So I'm confused.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 13, 2026 06:17 PM (56Qyq)

309 Biden 2028. Four more years.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 13, 2026 06:18 PM (hwFie)

310 Hey, you know what those of us with a few decades of working years left have to look forward to?

I'm 55. Just "nope". Nobody trained me. And I'm still just figuring this shit out every damn day.

Can't train it. I hate my job. It'll give me a heart attack sooner than later. There is no "class" for that.

Posted by: Really at November 13, 2026 06:18 PM (V0dOF)

311 At DM: "DHS Secretary Mullin was asked if the crisis could last 'days' or 'weeks.'

'Too early to tell,' he said."

This is fine.

Posted by: gp at November 13, 2026 06:18 PM (Jr5Lq)

312 305 So, Manhattan is out, yes?
Posted by: tubal at November 13, 2026 06:12 PM (Gqar

For more reasons that just the wood stove, my friend.
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 13, 2026 06:16 PM (5WPt1)

Yes, I have never liked the idea of living in an anthill.

Posted by: tubal at November 13, 2026 06:18 PM (Gqar8)

313 This is how you get Idiocracy.

Posted by: fd at November 13, 2026 06:18 PM (MWfyi)

314 At DM: "DHS Secretary Mullin was asked if the crisis could last 'days' or 'weeks.'

'Too early to tell,' he said."

===

no. NO! FIX IT NOW.

Posted by: runner at November 13, 2026 06:19 PM (AKptf)

315 Which is why I gotta get outa here.

Posted by: fd at November 13, 2026 06:19 PM (MWfyi)

316 And by the way, I used to teach the SAT. A shorter passage means there's less text to scan through to find answers.

------------

Being a visual learner, my reading comprehension wasn't very good.

In those standardized tests, that was my strategy: read the questions below first -- then quickly scan the text for "keywords" to identify the correct answers.

Posted by: ShainS at November 13, 2026 06:19 PM (V3Oxf)

317 Telecom outage.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 13, 2026 06:20 PM (hwFie)

318 I think this boat T-boning happened on the east bank side of the river, right near Mardi Gras World and what used to be the Riverwalk.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 13, 2026 06:20 PM (56Qyq)

319 Yes, I have never liked the idea of living in an anthill.
Posted by: tubal at November 13, 2026 06:18 PM (Gqar

Thats Warhammer 40k- not Star Trek. Be very, very glad we do not live in THAT world.

Or hope we don't.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 13, 2026 06:20 PM (lbtIB)

320 So, Manhattan is out, yes?

I’m having a Manhattan right now. In a Vietnamese restaurant. No dwarf with pink telephone in sight.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at November 13, 2026 06:20 PM (8DgRl)

321 This is how you get Idiocracy.
Posted by: fd at November 13, 2026 06:18 PM (MWfyi)

We is bees in Idiocracy.

Welcome to Costco, I love you!

Posted by: smooth brained Texas democrat voter at November 13, 2026 06:20 PM (Ssbab)

322 320 So, Manhattan is out, yes?

I’m having a Manhattan right now. In a Vietnamese restaurant. No dwarf with pink telephone in sight.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at November 13, 2026 06:20 PM (8DgRl)

Snort!!

Posted by: tubal at November 13, 2026 06:21 PM (Gqar8)

323 I like how all of corporate is just pretending like we'll never have another MS email outage.

Because there is no alternative anymore.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 13, 2026 06:21 PM (MPTEW)

324 Don't you usually roll out new software at like 2AM instead of 2PM Friday afternoon?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 13, 2026 06:21 PM (n5tGW)

325 And Armstrong Airport has ground to a halt because of the grounding. Nobody in the TSA lines.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 13, 2026 06:21 PM (56Qyq)

326 I'm having an Old Fashioned at home.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 13, 2026 06:22 PM (n5tGW)

327 Nood week in woke

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 13, 2026 06:22 PM (56Qyq)

328 I like how all of corporate is just pretending like we'll never have another MS email outage.

Because there is no alternative anymore.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 13, 2026 06:21 PM (MPTEW)

Work got hit with it yesterday. Oddly, I was able to do my job and survive without email. Strange.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 13, 2026 06:22 PM (lbtIB)

329 Idk where my husband saw this detail, but he said the ATCs just added AI in some capacity last week? Don't know if I believe it (no clue where he gets his news) but I would just like to say i am firmly on team-no-robots.

Posted by: Funsize at November 13, 2026 06:22 PM (3j87q)

330 313 This is how you get Idiocracy.
Posted by: fd at November 13, 2026 06:18 PM (MWfyi)

We already have it.

I can't count the number of times I have had to explain to some person behind a desk precisely how they need to do their job so that I can get the service I am waiting and paying for. The levels of incompetence are staggering. I'm polite about it, because nothing ever really calls for being unpleasant, but I have to say I use all of the patience I have with so many of them. Particularly the health care settings, but retail and even service places just seem to lack the basic ability to collect information and use it appropriately to deliver to the customer.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 13, 2026 06:22 PM (5WPt1)

331 Everything is going to crap. This is the way the world ends. A pile of crap.

Posted by: fd at November 13, 2026 06:22 PM (MWfyi)

332 I like how all of corporate is just pretending like we'll never have another MS email outage.

Corporations are just like Government. Here's another saying that pisses certain folks off. But its true.

Life is not a Meritocracy. Its a Bureaucracy. A ton of things here, spouted loudly, just are not true.

Posted by: Really at November 13, 2026 06:23 PM (V0dOF)

333 Work got hit with it yesterday. Oddly, I was able to do my job and survive without email. Strange.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 13, 2026

***
At my last job, I'd have been stuck on a desert island without email.

Protonmail has been fine.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 13, 2026 06:23 PM (56Qyq)

334 "Yes. When you drive from West Bank to East Bank, you are driving west toward the sunset. And it is possible (I've done it) to stand at the foot of Canal, looking over to the other side, and watch the sun come up over the West Bank." Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

The Riverwalk (the benches by the river, not the shopping center) is a great place for an early morning beignet and coffee, and watching a ship come in. Or it was back in my days in the the 1990's.

Posted by: illiniwek at November 13, 2026 06:23 PM (vbXSk)

335 >No city in the western world is laid out as retarded as Rome.
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ever drive in DC?

Posted by: Don Black at November 13, 2026 06:23 PM (ZxPkt)

336 We have mini splits, a wood stove, and an outdoor wood furnace.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 13, 2026 06:12 PM (aStBq)

I have a hyper-kinetic dog.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 13, 2026 06:14 PM (lbtIB)

I have lots of blankets

Posted by: one hour sober at November 13, 2026 06:23 PM (J4Dwc)

337 "We already have it."

To some extent but once we get universal basic income and free housing it will be full blown dumb.

Posted by: fd at November 13, 2026 06:24 PM (MWfyi)

338 Hmmm.... remember a few years back when the Edumuhcation System was all in on Standardized testing?

That sure went away quickly.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 13, 2026 06:25 PM (mP0Kj)

339 Baiting here !

Posted by: polynikes at November 13, 2026 06:26 PM (OXhw3)

340 Don't you usually roll out new software at like 2AM instead of 2PM Friday afternoon?

Sadly, no. I used to make the suggestion every time I was allowed input that upgrades and new software were best introduced in the morning and earlier in the week, rather than just before the weekend or, worse, a long holiday when everyone who could fix the problem would be gone. Eventually I was not allowed input.

Weekends would be fine for some things, IF the people doing the install were planning to stay until it worked. That was never the plan. The plan was always update, leave, come back on Monday to an unfixable mess.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at November 13, 2026 06:26 PM (JLVwo)

341 335 >No city in the western world is laid out as retarded as Rome.
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ever drive in DC?
Posted by: Don Black at November 13, 2026 06:23 PM (ZxPkt)

Ah yes... DC... where you can be going East on one highway, and West on another, in the exact same lane.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 13, 2026 06:26 PM (mP0Kj)

342 278 I solve my heating problems by living in Houston. Yeah I could have an uncomfortable week in the dead of winter without heat but very survivable.

Now summer without a/c could drive a man insane even though fans were the only cooling apparatus less than a century ago.

Posted by: polynikes
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1. It's going to be two weeks this winter.

2. That's when the term Don't Fuck With Texas was derived.
The were so hot it didn't take much.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 13, 2026 06:26 PM (826kS)

343 Life is not a Meritocracy. Its a Bureaucracy. A ton of things here, spouted loudly, just are not true.
Posted by: Really "

I am deeply offended, sir.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at November 13, 2026 06:26 PM (MWfyi)

344 Don't you usually roll out new software at like 2AM instead of 2PM Friday afternoon?
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

SHIP IT!

Posted by: t-bird at November 13, 2026 06:26 PM (SOF+/)

345 339 Baiting here !
Posted by: polynikes at November 13, 2026 06:26 PM (OXhw3)

Are you a Master at it?

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 13, 2026 06:27 PM (mP0Kj)

346 313 This is how you get Idiocracy.
Posted by: fd at November 13, 2026 06:18 PM (MWfyi)

There are actual drinks you can buy that advertise they have Electrolytes....

First time I saw one of those ads I facepalmed.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 13, 2026 06:29 PM (mP0Kj)

347 I never start any major upgrades on a Friday unless I am prepared to spend the weekend making it work if needed.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at November 13, 2026 06:30 PM (MWfyi)

348 So,
the Mississippi is shut down
All flights are shut down
What's number three?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 13, 2026 06:32 PM (826kS)

349 348 So,
the Mississippi is shut down
All flights are shut down
What's number three?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 13, 2026 06:32 PM
Power grid, refineries, medical facilities, armories.

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Surprise! They Made the SAT "Less Demanding" to Hide the Fact That the Establisment Has Given Up Teaching Children to ReadPlus: FAA Orders National Grounding of All Flights

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Surprise! They Made the SAT "Less Demanding" to Hide the Fact That the Establisment Has Given Up Teaching Children to Read
Plus: FAA Orders National Grounding of All Flights