Golden Sunset Cafe

Meteora Monastery by @katerinakatopis
Short video here
Another one here
And another

I've linked Meteora monastery before but that pic and those videos are new (for the Cafe, at least).

Come get some, p*ssy. I'll slap the Meow Mix out of yo' mouth!

Puffball gets ready to pounce.

A spring is here.

Ready for a night on the yard.

Slowly swaying boobies.

So close.

Crazy head-tilting action from malamute puppies.

Hands off the merchandise, bub.

Eight ball in the corner pocket.

Wait, you mean this little hobo is staying with us? Forever!?

Posted before but too funny: Bear says, "Over here, buddy!"

Golden sunset.

So fluffy and adorable pic.twitter.com/QbL5pqeBOv
— Puppies 🐶 (@PuppiesIover) April 17, 2023

How many ducks did you see? pic.twitter.com/nd1vEcMTxr
— why you should have a duck 🦆 (@shouldhaveaduck) April 14, 2023

Trumpeter shows us an incredible real world expression of audio waveforms pic.twitter.com/P1KqXIOWiz
— Interesting As Fuck (@InterestingsAsF) April 16, 2023

Barkour.. 👌 pic.twitter.com/OcDCECbQgW
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) April 16, 2023

Posted by: Ace at 07:30 PM

Comments

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1 Fetterman in a hoodie

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 17, 2023 07:32 PM (oWBc3)

2 Senate, formal attire

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 17, 2023 07:32 PM (oWBc3)

3 And for the record, I think Fen is quite joyful

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 17, 2023 07:33 PM (oWBc3)

4 Never trust a fluffy dog.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 17, 2023 07:35 PM (rJ7Hd)

5 Hello

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 17, 2023 07:35 PM (n1JsZ)

6 And nooded

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 17, 2023 07:35 PM (oWBc3)

7 Evening all. Missed most of the threads today. Gainful employment can be a drag.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at April 17, 2023 07:37 PM (gryET)

8 I will post this one more time, because it is filled with pure joy and happiness, and a level of cuteness even I can't discount

Baby Ryan Sings Thunderstruck

https://youtu.be/SxWR5VtTMbM

Posted by: Kindltot at April 17, 2023 07:38 PM (xhaym)

9 vodka for the win

Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 17, 2023 07:40 PM (B1FKF)

10 Hope that big green lawn doubles as a helicopter pad

Posted by: Skip at April 17, 2023 07:40 PM (xhxe8)

11 this just in: kamala harris is a giggle idiot.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 17, 2023 07:40 PM (B1FKF)

12 #9, seconded!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at April 17, 2023 07:41 PM (1WdLY)

13 Pennsylvania, your Senator is gone for 8 weeks in a mental hospital and comes back to the most august deliberative body in the world in shorts and a hoodie. Explain to me why anyone should take PA or the US seriously again?

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 17, 2023 07:41 PM (oWBc3)

14 7 Evening all. Missed most of the threads today. Gainful employment can be a drag.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at April 17, 2023 07:37 PM (gryET

Good evening, and same here.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 17, 2023 07:42 PM (OX9vb)

15 That video with the trumpet is cool.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 17, 2023 07:42 PM (tkR6S)

16 I love that monastery, ace. I don't mind the repost at all.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 17, 2023 07:42 PM (OX9vb)

17 Sounds like winds picking up, never fun around here

Posted by: Skip at April 17, 2023 07:42 PM (xhxe8)

18 fetterman to costar in a remake of 'young frankenstein'. adam schiff to costar as a pencil neck bubble head

Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 17, 2023 07:42 PM (B1FKF)

19 ~monastery~

I like it.

It looks defensible.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 17, 2023 07:43 PM (ou9hh)

20 And that monastery is no place for monks who sleepwalk.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 17, 2023 07:43 PM (tkR6S)

21 Repeated, tax day for me - paying for benefits for illegals, wars I dont support, and politicians getting rich. Great day!

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 17, 2023 07:43 PM (oWBc3)

22 Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at April 17, 2023 07:33 PM (oWBc3)

Thanks I appreciate the affirmation.. I've never heard that complaint from anyone anywhere before the "babes and boobs brouhaha *which hardly sums up 13 years of my posting) and I guess some of the folks are sleeping in and don't see my kick a** joyousness on the tech thread-or at least I post stories of human kindness or funny things or devotionasl which I hope often show joy in God's love for us and joy in a life of faith. Of course, many of us have irritable moments here-me too, of course, as is obvious but then it's only the saints here who will go unnamed for fear of embarrassing them who never say a bad word about anyone, and I am not among their exalted crew.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 17, 2023 07:43 PM (Keyt1)

23 Sounds like winds picking up, never fun around here
Posted by: Skip

That's just ducky !

Posted by: JT at April 17, 2023 07:44 PM (T4tVD)

24
19 ~monastery~

I like it.

It looks defensible.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 17, 2023 07:43 PM (ou9hh

Give me some iron hooks, 500 feet of rope, a pack of smokes and I'll impregnate the bitch.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 17, 2023 07:44 PM (rJ7Hd)

25 So where do they park?

Posted by: wth at April 17, 2023 07:45 PM (v0R5T)

26 *looks up Meteora monastery*

Oh, wow, and here I was thinking that Linkin Park probably just made the name up.

Posted by: CppThis at April 17, 2023 07:45 PM (PZvjL)

27 25 So where do they park?
Posted by: wth at April 17, 2023 07:45 PM (v0R5TA

Imagine carrying the groceries up.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 17, 2023 07:45 PM (rJ7Hd)

28 Good night, all! 4:30 a.m comes early.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 17, 2023 07:46 PM (Keyt1)

29 Baby Thunderstruck is cute and fun

I don't know why that song is so compelling an memorable but it really, REALLY works. Its one of the few songs with over a billion plays on Spottify along with stuff like Bohemian Rhapsody and Smells Like Teen Spirit (only ONE song after 1992 is on that list by the way)

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 17, 2023 07:46 PM (0hOvj)

30 g'night, FS!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at April 17, 2023 07:47 PM (1WdLY)

31 I would be so hitting golf balls off that monastery!

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at April 17, 2023 07:48 PM (DsA2n)

32 ducks can probably make good pets under the right conditions.

anyway, i'm gonna do some work, maybe catch youse all later

Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 17, 2023 07:48 PM (B1FKF)

33 Is that the one that James Bond invaded in For Your Eyes Only?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 17, 2023 07:49 PM (0hOvj)

34 Imagine carrying the groceries up.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 17, 2023 07:45 PM (rJ7Hd)

There's probably an elevator shaft in the very middle of that rock pillar.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 17, 2023 07:49 PM (tkR6S)

35 some of the folks are sleeping in and don't see my kick a** joyousness on the tech thread
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 17, 2023 07:43 PM (Keyt1)

Haha, Fen, I love that. I'm usually getting ready for work during the time the tech thread is active, so rarely see it, but I will now forever associate you with kick a** joyousness!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 17, 2023 07:49 PM (OX9vb)

36 >Imagine carrying the groceries up.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 17, 2023 07:45 PM (rJ7Hd)

That's what the trebuchet is for.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at April 17, 2023 07:50 PM (gryET)

37 Those monks better tip well for delivery…

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 17, 2023 07:50 PM (R/m4+)

38 I would be so hitting golf balls off that monastery!

Some poor Greek olive farmer laying on his back in the orchard, golf ball rolling away

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 17, 2023 07:50 PM (0hOvj)

39 No Springs!

Posted by: Coily at April 17, 2023 07:50 PM (63Dwl)

40 ducks can probably make good pets under the right conditions.

anyway, i'm gonna do some work, maybe catch youse all later
Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 17, 2023 07:48 PM (B1FKF)

Ducks find it stressful, living in houses with people, and eventually, they just quack.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 17, 2023 07:51 PM (tkR6S)

41 36 >Imagine carrying the groceries up.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 17, 2023 07:45 PM (rJ7Hd)

That's what the trebuchet is for.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at April 17, 2023 07:50 PM (gryET

I don't think you can get the milk up there in one piece. Better send a cow.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 17, 2023 07:51 PM (rJ7Hd)

42 Ducks find it stressful, living in houses with people, and eventually, they just quack.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 17, 2023 07:51 PM (tkR6S

You quacked me up with that one.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 17, 2023 07:52 PM (rJ7Hd)

43 I don't think you can get the milk up there in one piece. Better send a cow.
Posted by: AlaBAMA

Feche la vache!

Posted by: Outrageous French Accent at April 17, 2023 07:54 PM (DsA2n)

44 Imagine if you dated a girl who lived at that house.

'Walk me to the front door?'

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 17, 2023 07:54 PM (rJ7Hd)

45 Meteora Monastery

-
Think that'd keep the Jehovah's Witnesses from your door?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 17, 2023 07:55 PM (FVME7)

46 Feche la vache!

Posted by: Outrageous French Accent at April 17, 2023 07:54 PM (DsA2n)

Fetch your own veggies, Frenchy!

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 17, 2023 07:55 PM (rJ7Hd)

47 I would be so hitting golf balls off that monastery!

Paper airplanes.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 17, 2023 07:56 PM (anj39)

48
Good night, all! 4:30 a.m comes early.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Good night Fen and I appreciate your posts (even if I smile and laugh at some of them!)

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 17, 2023 07:56 PM (5v3J9)

49 >>Ducks find it stressful, living in houses with people, and eventually, they just quack.

They coot'nt handle it?

Posted by: Lizzy at April 17, 2023 07:58 PM (EdLEa)

50 Certainly could hang glide from there

Posted by: Skip at April 17, 2023 07:58 PM (xhxe8)

51 I don't think any monks have a frisbee dog.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 17, 2023 07:58 PM (n1JsZ)

52 Ducks find it stressful, living in houses with people, and eventually, they just quack.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Dad joke alert!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 17, 2023 07:58 PM (5v3J9)

53 Ducks find it stressful, living in houses with people, and eventually, they just quack.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 17, 2023 07:51 PM (tkR6S

You quacked me up with that one.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 17, 2023 07:52 PM (rJ7Hd)

Black birds just crowk.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 17, 2023 07:58 PM (anj39)

54 Had the dentist dig out the remains of a tooth that once had a crown. First visit to this dentist and he did it that same visit. Really competent dentist and assistant. Doesn't even hurt much tonight, although I expect my jaw will ache tomorrow. Glad to have it done.

I always think of that article by the guy that survived the collapse of Yugoslavia. He said that you should never put off dental work. You don't want to deal with riots and toothaches.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 17, 2023 07:59 PM (u7leW)

55 I tossed the ATAC decoder off of that monastery once.

And killed Grand Maester Pycelle in the process.

Well, ok. Tevye the Dairyman killed Grand Maester Pycelle.

Posted by: Bond, James Bond. at April 17, 2023 07:59 PM (xxG/v)

56 I think it is the one from the Bond movie. Sure looks a lot like it.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 17, 2023 08:00 PM (gOewF)

57 I don't think any monks have a frisbee dog.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 17, 2023 07:58 PM (n1JsZ)

...for long.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at April 17, 2023 08:00 PM (AiZBA)

58 >>Ducks find it stressful, living in houses with people, and eventually, they just quack.

Eider they can handle it or they can't!
Shoulda scauped out a better living situation!!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 17, 2023 08:00 PM (EdLEa)

59 When you ask duck to pay the rent, they say, "Put it on my bill. "

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 17, 2023 08:00 PM (u82oZ)

60 I know they used several locations for the monastery but I am sure that is the main one. Definitely one of the high points in the series.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 17, 2023 08:01 PM (0hOvj)

61 some of the folks are sleeping in and don't see my kick a** joyousness on the tech thread
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Restated: "You people better enjoy my joyousness or there's gonna be some ass kicking going around!!"

Posted by: Tonypete at April 17, 2023 08:03 PM (qoGsy)

62 >>When you ask duck to pay the rent, they say, "Put it on my bill. "

Watch out, though, they'll grebe your valuables when you're not looking!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 17, 2023 08:04 PM (EdLEa)

63 Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s campaign has paid an Illinois resident $7,500 in a settlement after the man sued the California Democrat for repeatedly sending unsolicited fundraising texts.

This has all kinds of potential.

https://tinyurl.com/3n68wszj

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at April 17, 2023 08:04 PM (sWM8x)

64 Yup, that's the monastery in For Your Eyes Only.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at April 17, 2023 08:05 PM (xxG/v)

65 A duck walks into a bar and asks the bartender if he has any bread.

No, the bartender says.

Do you have any bread?

No! I don't have any bread.

Do you have any bread?

No, dammit. If you ask me for bread again I'm gonna nail your beak to the bar.

Got any nails?

No.

Got any bread?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 17, 2023 08:05 PM (rJ7Hd)

66 Watch out, though, they'll grebe your valuables when you're not looking!
Posted by: Lizzy at April 17, 2023 08:04 PM (EdLEa)

CBD will tell you, that if you roast a duck, it undergoes a Mallard reaction.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 17, 2023 08:05 PM (tkR6S)

67 Tonypete

I'll bet FenelonSpoke can be tough, if needed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 17, 2023 08:06 PM (u82oZ)

68 "Quit your complaining and just go down to the cellar and get another bottle. Before dinner and dessert is over."

Posted by: GWB at April 17, 2023 08:06 PM (NJ9MR)

69 I don't think any monks have a frisbee dog.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 17, 2023 07:58 PM (n1JsZ)

...for long.
Posted by: Napoleon XIV at April 17, 2023 08:00 PM (AiZBA)

It never returned the frisbee.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 17, 2023 08:06 PM (anj39)

70 >>CBD will tell you, that if you roast a duck, it undergoes a Mallard reaction.

I've been heron that. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at April 17, 2023 08:06 PM (EdLEa)

71 How do they get to the monastery ? People parachute in ?

Posted by: runner at April 17, 2023 08:07 PM (V13WU)

72 12 #9, seconded!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at April 17, 2023 07:41 PM (1WdLY)

Fifthed!

Posted by: Hillary! at April 17, 2023 08:07 PM (jf6Id)

73 You people and all your duck puns are a bunch of loons

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 17, 2023 08:07 PM (0hOvj)

74 AlaBAMA

**Snort**

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 17, 2023 08:07 PM (u82oZ)

75 FYEO was with Jane Seymour?

She made my no-no square feel funny.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 17, 2023 08:07 PM (n1JsZ)

76 >>You people and all your duck puns are a bunch of loons

NO EGRETS!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 17, 2023 08:07 PM (EdLEa)

77 I'll bet FenelonSpoke can be tough, if needed.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Oh, No doubt!

Posted by: Tonypete at April 17, 2023 08:07 PM (qoGsy)

78 How do they get to the monastery ? People parachute in ?

I believe that the external elevator in the movie is real and part of the structure.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 17, 2023 08:07 PM (0hOvj)

79 State of OR sends me documentation that they have my unemployment claim. In it is a letter stating I have to use ID.me to verify my identify. Said they sent me a link in the original email.. they didn't. Said to go to their website and click on it in Quick Links. It's not there. Went to ID.me's website. There are some states that use it but OR is not on the list. I suspect OR doesn't have the money for it or they don't care about fraud. I'm supposed to complete it in 10 days though. Waiting to hear back from them.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 17, 2023 08:08 PM (u7leW)

80 runner

In the early days it was by rope hoist. Not for the timid.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 17, 2023 08:09 PM (u82oZ)

81 CBD will tell you, that if you roast a duck, it undergoes a Mallard reaction.

I've been heron that. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at April 17, 2023 08:06 PM (EdLEa)

It's the cardinal rule.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 17, 2023 08:09 PM (n1JsZ)

82 FYEO was with Jane Seymour?

No, that was Live and Let Die, and she was absolutely gorgeous in that.

The girl in For Your Eyes Only was Carole Bouquet who was stunning as well. And deadly.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 17, 2023 08:09 PM (0hOvj)

83 Elon Musk talking about discussion w/Google's Larry Page about AI - scary!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 17, 2023 08:10 PM (EdLEa)

84 "When you ask duck to pay the rent, they say, "Put it on my bill. "
Posted by: NaCly Dog"

Did you hear that one on the webb?

Posted by: fd at April 17, 2023 08:10 PM (iayUP)

85 In the early days it was by rope hoist. Not for the timid.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 17, 2023 08:09 PM (u82oZ)

catapult

Posted by: runner at April 17, 2023 08:10 PM (V13WU)

86 Jane Seymour could melt butter just by being in the same room with it.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 17, 2023 08:10 PM (rJ7Hd)

87 Sad if Fetterman is back in Senate

Posted by: Skip at April 17, 2023 08:11 PM (xhxe8)

88 In the early days it was by rope hoist. Not for the timid.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 17, 2023 08:09 PM (u82oZ)

I wonder how they deal with water and sewage?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 17, 2023 08:11 PM (tkR6S)

89 I wonder how they deal with water and sewage?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 17, 2023 08:11 PM (tkR6S

Gravity, I guess.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 17, 2023 08:12 PM (rJ7Hd)

90 Wishing ya'll a pleasant good evening.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 17, 2023 08:12 PM (cweC/)

91 Carole Bouquet, very , very famous model.

Posted by: runner at April 17, 2023 08:14 PM (V13WU)

92 This Musk interview is fascinating and a bit scary.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2023 08:14 PM (ZLI7S)

93 I'm supposed to complete it in 10 days though. Waiting to hear back from them.
Posted by: Notsothoreau

Make it impossible to complete the process... bingo, the State doesn't have to pay out!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 17, 2023 08:14 PM (5v3J9)

94 Jane Seymour could melt butter just by being in the same room with it.

For like 30 years she was an amazing combination of cute and hot. Like she was innocently sexy, she wasn't aware how scorching she was. I'm sure she knew very well, of course. You can never tell what an actress is like for real. I saw a video today that showed how Donna Reed - mrs suburban housewife white bread - was a gangster's moll.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 17, 2023 08:14 PM (0hOvj)

95 Friar Tuck just whizzes over the edge.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 17, 2023 08:15 PM (n1JsZ)

96 actually , I might be confusing her with another French lady

Posted by: runner at April 17, 2023 08:15 PM (V13WU)

97 89 I wonder how they deal with water and sewage?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 17, 2023 08:11 PM (tkR6S

It is good to live at the top of the hill.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 17, 2023 08:15 PM (xAJtR)

98 Hi Ben Had, the better half says hi too!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 17, 2023 08:15 PM (5v3J9)

99 Way past my bedtime
Hope everyone has a great evening

Posted by: Skip at April 17, 2023 08:15 PM (xhxe8)

100 boobies.

Been a long time since Heather Radish moved to Germany.

Posted by: DaveA at April 17, 2023 08:15 PM (FhXTo)

101 runner, get your taxes done?

Posted by: Infidel at April 17, 2023 08:16 PM (/0+YE)

102 Sad if Fetterman is back in Senate
Posted by: Skip

Do we know if it's really Lumpy or that obvious fake his campaign floated?

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 17, 2023 08:16 PM (LrYuZ)

103 get your taxes done?
Posted by: Infidel at April 17, 2023 08:16 PM (/0+YE)

Yes ma'am !

Posted by: runner at April 17, 2023 08:16 PM (V13WU)

104 The driving range on that monastery is great.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 17, 2023 08:17 PM (xAJtR)

105 Ben Had!!!!

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 17, 2023 08:17 PM (XwqDD)

106 Ben Had

♩ Good evening! ♬

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 17, 2023 08:17 PM (u82oZ)

107 I'm having problems working up any enthusiasm about filing for unemployment. I will keep filing for now but really just want to be retired.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 17, 2023 08:18 PM (u7leW)

108 {{{nurse ratched}}}

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 17, 2023 08:18 PM (u82oZ)

109 First time I saw blue footed boobies was in Costa Rica. They are such silly birds. Makes me smile. Just like the kookaburra.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 17, 2023 08:18 PM (XwqDD)

110 YEO was with Jane Seymour?

No, that was Live and Let Die, and she was absolutely gorgeous in that.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 17, 2023 08:09 PM (0hOvj)

Solitaire!

Posted by: BignJames at April 17, 2023 08:18 PM (AwYPR)

111 Elon Musk talking about discussion w/Google's Larry Page about AI - scary!
Posted by: Lizzy at April 17, 2023 08:10 PM (EdLEa)
******
Democrat politicians salivating at the possibilities.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 17, 2023 08:18 PM (NpAcC)

112 Achsualy, taxes are done in January, so I know what to expect, just don't file until later. Because reasons...

Posted by: runner at April 17, 2023 08:18 PM (V13WU)

113 Notsothoreau

Anti-FA is hiring.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 17, 2023 08:19 PM (u82oZ)

114 The driving range on that monastery is great.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 17, 2023 08:17 PM (xAJtR)

Needs a pool.

Posted by: BignJames at April 17, 2023 08:19 PM (AwYPR)

115 Hi salty! How are things out your way?

I don't get to follow all the day threads these days. Anything of consequence happen? Oh, Nevermind. I don't want to get upset.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 17, 2023 08:19 PM (XwqDD)

116 Yikes my Wurger Staffel keeps growing. Not only do I have four Eduard Fw 190F-8s in 1/48 on hand. Now got winging in from Poland an Eduard 1/48 Fw 190D-9 and coming from Sprue Brothers a Zoukei-Mura 1/48 Ta 152H-1.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 17, 2023 08:20 PM (gOewF)

117 AZ deplorable. Hugs to you both.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 17, 2023 08:20 PM (cweC/)

118 Since Skip went to bed without alerting us...

Top 20 Tweets Tonight: https://is.gd/D7z2ck

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 17, 2023 08:20 PM (5v3J9)

119 Uhhhhh....

Reuters reported a team of scientists at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro are taking dead birds and converting them into drones to study flight. While the bird drones might not be spying, it provides some validity to supporters of the Birds Aren't Real movement.

"We came up with this idea that we can use ... dead birds and make them (into) a drone," said Dr. Mostafa Hassanalian, a mechanical engineering professor who is leading the project.

"Taxidermy bird drones - currently being tested in a purpose-built cage at the university - can be used to understand better the formation and flight patterns of flocks. That, in turn, can be applied to the aviation industry," said Hassanalian.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 17, 2023 08:21 PM (xAJtR)

120
Tried to e-file my tax return and it was rejected. Three times. "Your 2021 AGI doesn't match the IRS." I checked the AGI on my 2021 return. Three times. Guess I'm mailing it in.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 17, 2023 08:21 PM (MoZTd)

121 Zombie birds?

Mostafa? But I thought it was the Israelis who made spy birds?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 17, 2023 08:22 PM (gOewF)

122 nurse ratched

Locally, the news is good. Sunny, light pollen, and the turkeys are pairing up.

The males strut their stuff as best they can. Feathers out, chest held high, and trying to outshine the nearby other males. For hours. The hens ignore them and eat seeds and insects on the ground.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 17, 2023 08:23 PM (u82oZ)

123 26 *looks up Meteora monastery*

Oh, wow, and here I was thinking that Linkin Park probably just made the name up.

Posted by: CppThis at April 17, 2023 07:45 PM (PZvjL)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteora

Wikipedia says there are 6 of them surviving out of an original 24. Scrolling through the wikipedia images is really worth it. They have a *lot* of pictures.

The one pictured here is apparently "Grand Meteoron".

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at April 17, 2023 08:24 PM (uyuZF)

124 nurse, you would have gotten a laugh from me trying to recall that a shot of oxytocin would help a mare accept a newborn foal. My brain was spinning faster than a rolodex

Posted by: Ben Had at April 17, 2023 08:24 PM (cweC/)

125 Anna Puma

Do you have a inside an island volcano base? With a runway? And vengeance in your heart?

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 17, 2023 08:24 PM (u82oZ)

126

I want a new duck.

https://youtu.be/3KvgQIBcdRk

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 17, 2023 08:25 PM (63Dwl)

127 As I recall, the rocky spires that they are built on are called meteora, and the monasteries were build on them for obvious reasons to separate from the world.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 17, 2023 08:25 PM (0hOvj)

128 The males strut their stuff as best they can. Feathers out, chest held high, and trying to outshine the nearby other males. For hours. The hens ignore them and eat seeds and insects on the ground.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 17, 2023 08:23 PM (u82oZ

My new house backs up to a pretty wooded lot and there is a female Red Fox who's taken up home in a very close pile of trees that were cut down. She has two kids and comes out in the morning and sits on top of the pile of logs just watching over them as they play. They are old enough to have their eyes open and roughhouse. It's truly the cutest thing I've seen in some time. She's about thirty feet from my back door.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 17, 2023 08:26 PM (rJ7Hd)

129 Robot spy sea otter!

https://tinyurl.com/5cp6e792

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 17, 2023 08:26 PM (U2p+3)

130 NaCly,dearest

Posted by: Ben Had at April 17, 2023 08:27 PM (cweC/)

131 They are old enough to have their eyes open and roughhouse. It's truly the cutest thing I've seen in some time. She's about thirty feet from my back door.

That's amazing, foxes have an almost supernatural awareness and run from people immediately.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 17, 2023 08:27 PM (0hOvj)

132 Tried to e-file my tax return and it was rejected. Three times. "Your 2021 AGI doesn't match the IRS." I checked the AGI on my 2021 return. Three times. Guess I'm mailing it in.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 17, 2023 08:21 PM (MoZTd)

it's not a perfect system....

Posted by: runner at April 17, 2023 08:28 PM (V13WU)

133 Image search on meteora is not too shabby either.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at April 17, 2023 08:28 PM (uyuZF)

134 An active volcano would melt the plastic planes and probably me. Nyah

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 17, 2023 08:28 PM (gOewF)

135 The males strut their stuff as best they can. Feathers out, chest held high, and trying to outshine the nearby other males. For hours.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

This then is the story of the Moron during his mating period. . .

Posted by: Tonypete at April 17, 2023 08:29 PM (qoGsy)

136 131 They are old enough to have their eyes open and roughhouse. It's truly the cutest thing I've seen in some time. She's about thirty feet from my back door.

That's amazing, foxes have an almost supernatural awareness and run from people immediately.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 17, 2023 08:27 PM (0hOvj

Yeah, I can only watch them through the back window so far.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 17, 2023 08:29 PM (rJ7Hd)

137 The AGI of the IRS is waaaaayyyy higher. In the billions.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 17, 2023 08:29 PM (xAJtR)

138
Yikes my Wurger Staffel keeps growing.

That's what SHE said!

Posted by: Sherman T. Potter at April 17, 2023 08:29 PM (63Dwl)

139 The Monasteries of Meteora are well worth the visit. Surprisingly, you can bus up pretty close to that location. You're looking down on the town of Kalambaka.

Just 100 miles from Thermopylae if you have 299 friends

Posted by: buzzsaw90 at April 17, 2023 08:29 PM (6PPdb)

140 well Musk has definitely scared the fuck out of me

and I think he is trying not to

Colossus is here

Posted by: REDACTED at April 17, 2023 08:30 PM (us2H3)

141 We have a chonky turkey who has been strutting around our fields. The ladies do not seem impressed.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 17, 2023 08:30 PM (xAJtR)

142 my guess is Musk knows it's too late

Posted by: REDACTED at April 17, 2023 08:32 PM (us2H3)

143
well Musk has definitely scared the fuck out of me
and I think he is trying not to
Colossus is here
Posted by: REDACTED

China has Guardian this time.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 17, 2023 08:32 PM (63Dwl)

144 Ben Had,

You're a better diagnostician than most physicians I know.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 17, 2023 08:32 PM (U2p+3)

145 This cave is nearby the monasteries. Fifty thousand years of human evolution ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theopetra_Cave

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at April 17, 2023 08:33 PM (uyuZF)

146 Terminator was a warning.

At least they haven't been put in charge of the military industrial complex yet. Or any robot factories.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 17, 2023 08:33 PM (rJ7Hd)

147 TikTok Guardian?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 17, 2023 08:33 PM (gOewF)

148 AZ deplorable. Hugs to you both.
Posted by: Ben Had

Delivered (and thank you!).

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 17, 2023 08:33 PM (5v3J9)

149 *hands all CAT'S kids a turkey call*

Posted by: Ben Had at April 17, 2023 08:33 PM (cweC/)

150 >140 well Musk has definitely scared the fuck out of me and I think he is trying not to

Colossus is here

Posted by: REDACTED at April 17, 2023 08:30 PM (us2H3)

At the rate we're going, there won't be enough electricity to power our new AI overlords.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at April 17, 2023 08:34 PM (gryET)

151 141 We have a chonky turkey who has been strutting around our fields. The ladies do not seem impressed.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 17, 2023 08:30 PM (xAJtR)

does he answer to "Stierwalt" ?

Posted by: REDACTED at April 17, 2023 08:34 PM (us2H3)

152 China has Guardian this time.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

And we gave, and, with our help, they stole everything they needed.

America could have only been destroyed by suicide.

And here we are.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 17, 2023 08:34 PM (qoGsy)

153 I had that happen to me one year too, Hadrian. Really frustrating but there's nothing you can do.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 17, 2023 08:35 PM (u7leW)

154 Good evening, Horde.

Posted by: Ladyl at April 17, 2023 08:36 PM (qpPdw)

155 People are sticking "For Rectal Use Only" stickers on cases of Bud Light, lol

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 17, 2023 08:36 PM (5EnGD)

156 {{{Ladyl}}}

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 17, 2023 08:37 PM (rJ7Hd)

157 Tried to e-file my tax return and it was rejected. Three times. "Your 2021 AGI doesn't match the IRS." I checked the AGI on my 2021 return. Three times. Guess I'm mailing it in.
Posted by: Hadrian

Given what my CPA charges to do our filings, I gave up doing it myself. It's her problem now. The $70/year is well spent. Yeah, I know. 7 0 USD.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 17, 2023 08:37 PM (qoGsy)

158 Hello,sunshine

Posted by: Ben Had at April 17, 2023 08:37 PM (cweC/)

159 Tonypete

Away from the flood lights and urban areas, America lives. It is in our hearts as well.

The Constitution as system software for a great nation is still true.

But with the Deep State of failures running events poorly, and the inevitable fate of our nation, we will need Constitution 2.0 soon.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 17, 2023 08:38 PM (u82oZ)

160 Cool waveform video.

In high school physics we had an old oscillator in class so my buddy brought in his Strat (he was in jazz band) and we plugged in some pedals to demonstrate how fuzz boxes make square waves, how flangers and delays work, etc.

I think we explained things much easier to other students than the waste-of-space teacher who was phoning it in.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 17, 2023 08:38 PM (X+Ku8)

161 >>At the rate we're going, there won't be enough electricity to power our new AI overlords.

If Musk is right, AI won't allow that to happen.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2023 08:38 PM (ZLI7S)

162 Howdy Hordelings!

I see nurse, Ben Had, and Ladyl (so far) -- good evening, you lovely buncha 'ettes!!

Posted by: Doof at April 17, 2023 08:38 PM (yUjc0)

163 People's Hippo Voice

That's funny right there.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 17, 2023 08:38 PM (u82oZ)

164 But with the Deep State of failures running events poorly, and the inevitable fate of our nation, we will need Constitution 2.0 soon.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

I want to be upbeat - it's in my nature. But, wow, these guys.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 17, 2023 08:38 PM (qoGsy)

165 If Musk is right, AI won't allow that to happen.

So The Matrix with humans for batteries.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 17, 2023 08:39 PM (gOewF)

166 Trump 2024 2028. We're gonna repeal the 22nd amendment. Neocon cuckfucks. If you're not one pardon me.

Posted by: Spiro Nipsy Agnew at April 17, 2023 08:39 PM (2t9eG)

167 I have the battle of the doves out here. I seem to have two kinds, but am sure one type are mourning doves. They are battling for territory and mating up.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 17, 2023 08:39 PM (u7leW)

168 *oscilloscope, not oscillator.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 17, 2023 08:39 PM (X+Ku8)

169 At least if any of the monks or brothers got to be too troublesome, it would be easy to expel them.

Posted by: Flyers Club at April 17, 2023 08:40 PM (Nn3xT)

170 * slides Doof Watershed *

Posted by: Ben Had at April 17, 2023 08:40 PM (cweC/)

171 >>So The Matrix with humans for batteries.

More or less.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2023 08:41 PM (ZLI7S)

172 Ben Had! Nurse! Doof! AlaBAMA! And EVERYONE here!

Posted by: Ladyl at April 17, 2023 08:42 PM (qpPdw)

173 157 Tried to e-file my tax return and it was rejected. Three times. "Your 2021 AGI doesn't match the IRS." I checked the AGI on my 2021 return. Three times. Guess I'm mailing it in.
Posted by: Hadrian

Given what my CPA charges to do our filings, I gave up doing it myself. It's her problem now. The $70/year is well spent. Yeah, I know. 7 0 USD.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 17, 2023 08:37 PM (qoGsy)

I filed an extension.
efile wanted 29 bucks to file it
then I stopped at HR Block and ask for an extension form
they said they would only file it for me, 99 bucks
stopped by the local library and got an extension
cost of a stamp

Posted by: REDACTED at April 17, 2023 08:43 PM (us2H3)

174 So The Matrix with humans for batteries.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 17, 2023 08:39 PM (gOewF)

Battery hens, I think

Posted by: Kindltot at April 17, 2023 08:43 PM (xhaym)

175 Hey Ladyl! Good to read you.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 17, 2023 08:43 PM (qoGsy)

176 The CCP has mandated that all Chinese AI reflect the values of communism.

I shit you not.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 17, 2023 08:43 PM (rJ7Hd)

177
I suppose if I mail in my return there's a better chance they'll lose it or never process it. So there's that.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 17, 2023 08:43 PM (MoZTd)

178 Thank you, Ben Had!

*taps couch cushion*
Have a seat. I have an old fashioned here with your name on it.

Posted by: Doof at April 17, 2023 08:44 PM (yUjc0)

179 Hadrian the Seventh

Don't worry. The check will be cashed regardless of the fate of the accompanying paperwork.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 17, 2023 08:45 PM (u82oZ)

180 How is the new place, TonyPete? Wish I could get outta here...

Posted by: Ladyl at April 17, 2023 08:45 PM (qpPdw)

181
The check will be cashed regardless of the fate of the accompanying paperwork.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ)

_________

Damn!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 17, 2023 08:45 PM (MoZTd)

182 The CCP has mandated that all Chinese AI reflect the values of communism.

I shit you not.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 17, 2023 08:43 PM (rJ7Hd)

that's a HAL 9000 moment right there.

"ooh, let's teach the machine Dialectic Materialsim"

Posted by: Kindltot at April 17, 2023 08:45 PM (xhaym)

183 176 The CCP has mandated that all Chinese AI reflect the values of communism.

I shit you not.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 17, 2023 08:43 PM (rJ7Hd)

ChatGPT is woke and that is probably worse.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at April 17, 2023 08:45 PM (uyuZF)

184 just a hunch, I don't think fetterman will be there very long ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at April 17, 2023 08:46 PM (1WdLY)

185 168 *oscilloscope, not oscillator.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 17, 2023 08:39 PM (X+Ku

*****

Polecats (the band), excepted, of course:

A sweet romance is not for me
I need electricity
If you wanna make me flip
Hit me with a micro chip

I'll be a diode, cathode, electrode
Overload, generator, oscillator
Make a circuit with me

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at April 17, 2023 08:46 PM (xxG/v)

186 AlaBAMA

I for one await the CCP AI coup. It will end a lot of corruption. The AI reward is more power.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 17, 2023 08:46 PM (u82oZ)

187 dialecticAL materialism, I suppose

Far better engels than the other one

Posted by: Kindltot at April 17, 2023 08:47 PM (xhaym)

188 the lad don't seem well, at all ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at April 17, 2023 08:47 PM (1WdLY)

189 A sweet romance is not for me
I need electricity
If you wanna make me flip
Hit me with a micro chip

I'll be a diode, cathode, electrode
Overload, generator, oscillator
Make a circuit with me
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at April 17, 2023 08:46 PM (xxG/v)

Are friends electric?

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 17, 2023 08:47 PM (X+Ku8)

190 >>The CCP has mandated that all Chinese AI reflect the values of communism.

>>I shit you not.

Imagine being so arrogant you would create a technology that is infinitely smarter than you are and thinking you can control it.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2023 08:48 PM (ZLI7S)

191 Imagine if the AI is tasked with destroying Democracy.

I'm sure it could come up with some interesting plans.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 17, 2023 08:48 PM (rJ7Hd)

192 Doof, wonderful. I am susceptible to being
plied with liquor.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 17, 2023 08:49 PM (cweC/)

193 AlaBAMA

Building autonomous data centers will replace building dignity canals.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 17, 2023 08:49 PM (u82oZ)

194 Polecats (the band), excepted, of course:

A sweet romance is not for me
I need electricity
If you wanna make me flip
Hit me with a micro chip

I'll be a diode, cathode, electrode
Overload, generator, oscillator
Make a circuit with me
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at April 17, 2023 08:46 PM (xxG/v)

*Fistbump*

I was thinking of that exact obscure new wave song when I saw the word "oscillator". Nice to know someone else knows that song too!

Posted by: Doof at April 17, 2023 08:49 PM (yUjc0)

195 Ben Had

Files this datum under Good things to know.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 17, 2023 08:50 PM (u82oZ)

196 Imagine if the AI is tasked with destroying Democracy.

I'm sure it could come up with some interesting plans.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at April 17, 2023 08:48 PM (rJ7Hd)

Possibly it will come up with an average of all the plans put forward, but remember it has no common sense, only information. this is not the singularity, it is a search bot and sorter.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 17, 2023 08:50 PM (xhaym)

197

[ring, ring...]
*hmmm. the call is from the Meteora Monastery . I'm not answering it*

Posted by: Door Dash at April 17, 2023 08:50 PM (fHWzx)

198 dunno how anyone else does it, the Eez family files handwritten paper returns, by mail.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at April 17, 2023 08:50 PM (1WdLY)

199 I mean the actual people who plan to run it were trying to pull a totalitarian state out of an accidental bioweapon release and wound up fighting a proxy war against Russia.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 17, 2023 08:52 PM (xhaym)

200 the lad don't seem well, at all ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at April 17, 2023 08:47 PM (1WdLY)

Something wrong with his medula oblongata

Posted by: Doof at April 17, 2023 08:52 PM (yUjc0)

201 NaCly, it makes me want to cook for everybody!

Posted by: Ben Had at April 17, 2023 08:52 PM (cweC/)

202 >dunno how anyone else does it, the Eez family files handwritten paper returns, by mail.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez

I pay a guy
last time I did my own return I botched it horribly (something about stock options, I dunno) and got a bill from IRS for over $9000
so now I pay a professional

Posted by: DB - interrupting the broadcast at April 17, 2023 08:53 PM (geLO8)

203 LOL

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at April 17, 2023 08:53 PM (1WdLY)

204 How is the new place, TonyPete? Wish I could get outta here...
Posted by: Ladyl

We absolutely love it. Every day feels like we are on vacation. C'mon down any time - our doors are always open for you two.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 17, 2023 08:53 PM (qoGsy)

205 Ben Had

This is good news we can all use.

Let the good times roll!

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 17, 2023 08:53 PM (u82oZ)

206 Why has this nightly post recently begun to be cluttered with left-wing propaganda amongst the animal videos? Ace - what gives?

Posted by: Caf at April 17, 2023 08:53 PM (/+mVZ)

207 A sweet romance is not for me
I need electricity
If you wanna make me flip
Hit me with a micro chip

I'll be a diode, cathode, electrode
Overload, generator, oscillator
Make a circuit with me
Posted by: Sasquatch
-------

I don't know...it just doesn't resonate with me.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 17, 2023 08:54 PM (tf17a)

208 Twitter is retarded. I would much rather waste my time here at AOSHQ.

Posted by: a.moron at April 17, 2023 08:54 PM (F6Xpw)

209 One of the most fascinating aspects of early to mid-century electronics, to me, thus:

The process of figuring out which compounds would do the resisting inside of a resistor. What would hold that charge inside a capacitor, and not let the smoke out.

The design of the glowie things inside of a vacuum tube, and what those various excitable metallic pathways mean to the flowing electronics, changing that which enters the tube to something entirely different at the exit.

Damn near alchemy, and damn if they didn't make it work. (1st atomic bombs say HI! *loudly*)

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at April 17, 2023 08:54 PM (e6UQI)

210 and I use a private firm- last time I went to HRBlock they sat me down with this lady in her 90s- she actually had the shakes, doing my return

Posted by: DB - interrupting the broadcast at April 17, 2023 08:55 PM (geLO8)

211 Building autonomous data centers will replace building dignity canals.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

I saw Autonomous Data Centers open for Pure Reason Revolution at The Academy Of Music in 2006.

https://youtu.be/lyE82wgOkVY

Posted by: mikeski at April 17, 2023 08:55 PM (DgGvY)

212 there are no extension forms in MA

just send in some cash and you're good

Posted by: REDACTED at April 17, 2023 08:55 PM (us2H3)

213 Howdy Jim SND!
How's it feel to be a gun thread celebrity??

Posted by: Doof at April 17, 2023 08:56 PM (yUjc0)

214 How is the new place, TonyPete? Wish I could get outta here...
Posted by: Ladyl

We absolutely love it. Every day feels like we are on vacation. C'mon down any time - our doors are always open for you two.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 17, 2023 08:53 PM (qoGsy)

That is so nice of you! A chance would be a fine thing! My fella is having cervical spine surgery in June. I'll probably be traveling by myself for a while!

Posted by: Ladyl at April 17, 2023 08:56 PM (qpPdw)

215 You guys fail to understand the Chicago yutes.

Robert Peters
@RobertJPeters
Since I’m a glutton for punishment and I’m sure I’m gonna get the most unhinged, crime weirdo replies but:
I would look at the behavior of young people as a political act and statement. It’s a mass protest against poverty and segregation.
Rest in peace to my mentions.

-
So they're more like the Minutemen at Concord Bridge.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 17, 2023 08:56 PM (FVME7)

216 Hey ever'one!

A/C on last week, snow this week. April is crazy.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at April 17, 2023 08:57 PM (Dc2NZ)

217 For my Kansas startup, I have to file an annual business report. It is a check, nothing more.

Nothing about my efforts to make money. Government takes money.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 17, 2023 08:57 PM (u82oZ)

218 used to do that, DB, moved away from that CPA, so I started doing it myself. meh.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at April 17, 2023 08:57 PM (1WdLY)

219 you got that right, Eris!

6 inches here! spozed to start melting tomorrow ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at April 17, 2023 08:59 PM (1WdLY)

220 So The Matrix with humans for batteries.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Battery hens, I think
Posted by: Kindltot

Are we back to the chicken fighting story?

Posted by: mikeski at April 17, 2023 08:59 PM (DgGvY)

221 I bet the Meteora Brothers get used to cold pizza.

Posted by: Outside Our Delivery Area at April 17, 2023 09:00 PM (Nn3xT)

222 I saw a video today that showed how Donna Reed - mrs suburban housewife white bread - was a gangster's moll.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 17, 2023 08:14 PM (0hOvj)
--

Isn't this, really, the story of Bluebell?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at April 17, 2023 09:01 PM (Dc2NZ)

223 ..Howdy Jim SND! How's it feel to be a gun thread celebrity?? Posted by: Doof at April 17, 2023 08:56 PM (yUjc0)

Hiya, Doof!

Dunno the "celebrity" thing. I'm still in a hangover state from the straight-through drive from Indianapolis to home here on Galveston Island.

Nothing says "privilege" like a 20 hour drive.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at April 17, 2023 09:01 PM (e6UQI)

224 "How do they get to the monastery ?"

Zip line. You never heard of the zip lining monks?
They were on tour for a while...

Posted by: gourmand du jour, a literal ray of sunshine at April 17, 2023 09:01 PM (jTmQV)

225 NaCly, if you have a couple of fenced acres. get three cows and claim an AG exemption too

Posted by: Ben Had at April 17, 2023 09:02 PM (cweC/)

226 Taxes done and 1st quarter paid. Made more than than I anticipated.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 17, 2023 09:02 PM (YRsIm)

227 I'm pretty sure that I've only had maybe half that many ducks in my garage.

Posted by: Duck! Dodge! Hide! at April 17, 2023 09:02 PM (Nn3xT)

228 >>Twitter is retarded. I would much rather waste my time here at AOSHQ.

Twitter was the most powerful censorship and narrative creation machine in the world. I don't we even know just how much it changed the course of the world over the last few years and might not for years if ever.

The left didn't fight Musk's takeover for no reason and if the media actually was free and reported what has been found it would be the biggest scandal in decades. Musk should go down as one of the most important forces for free speech in the history of the country because he is.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2023 09:02 PM (ZLI7S)

229 true dat, Jim!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at April 17, 2023 09:02 PM (1WdLY)

230 and I use a private firm- last time I went to HRBlock they sat me down with this lady in her 90s- she actually had the shakes, doing my return
Posted by: DB
-----

I once met Henry Block at a high-zoot cocktail party. He seemed a very nice fellow, and happy to just to engage in congenial conversation.

He was also one of the best-dressed men that I have ever met. It wasn't an off-the-rack suit, tie, and shirt that he was wearing. I didn't notice the shoes, but I'd bet that they were bespoke also.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 17, 2023 09:02 PM (Sjyvq)

231 I was thinking of that exact obscure new wave song when I saw the word "oscillator". Nice to know someone else knows that song too!
Posted by: Doof at April 17, 2023 08:49 PM (yUjc0)

Makes sense as a new wave song.

Before synths went full digital in the mid-80's, you actually had to know how to "build" a sound with their analog counterparts.
Start with oscillators and choose your waveform, then ADSR envelopes and other filtering after that.

The late-70's to mid-80's really was the heyday for analog synths -- It was after switchboard patch cables were phased out and before the syrupy digital sound became ubitquitous.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 17, 2023 09:03 PM (X+Ku8)

232 Ben Had

Have that planned out and more. But wife says no.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 17, 2023 09:04 PM (u82oZ)

233 Isn't this, really, the story of Bluebell?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at April 17, 2023 09:01 PM (Dc2NZ)
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*cough*

Posted by: bluebell at April 17, 2023 09:04 PM (pTb/Z)

234 & g'night everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at April 17, 2023 09:04 PM (1WdLY)

235

Isn't this, really, the story of Bluebell?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at April 17, 2023 09:01 PM (Dc2NZ)

I'm laughing so hard I'm crying

Posted by: Ladyl at April 17, 2023 09:05 PM (qpPdw)

236 The late-70's to mid-80's really was the heyday for analog synths -- It was after switchboard patch cables were phased out and before the syrupy digital sound became ubitquitous.
Posted by: Dr. Varno
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FWIW, Moog is located just down the street from here.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 17, 2023 09:05 PM (Ym2uE)

237 I got to visit Meteora while I lived in Greece. There are a huge number of those pillars throughout the area, and quite a few have monasteries or the homes of individual monks on top. Very defensible, and a pain to get up to see because women had to wear dresses and be lifted up on rope pulleys. Glad I did it when I was young and agile!

Posted by: Moki at April 17, 2023 09:06 PM (JrN/x)

238
Zip line. You never heard of the zip lining monks?
They were on tour for a while...
Posted by: gourmand du jour, a literal ray of sunshine at April 17, 2023 09:01 PM (jTmQV)

They did in fact have zip lines. They would transfer books and food between the pillars that way.

Posted by: Moki at April 17, 2023 09:07 PM (JrN/x)

239 209 One of the most fascinating aspects of early to mid-century electronics, to me, thus:

The design of the glowie things inside of a vacuum tube, and what those various excitable metallic pathways mean to the flowing electronics, changing that which enters the tube to something entirely different at the exit.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at April 17, 2023 08:54 PM (e6UQI)

Late in the vacuum tube era, miniature tubes which were not much bigger than a pencil eraser, and tubes with multiple independent devices inside the same glass envelope were developed. I wonder where vacuum tube evolution would have gone if solid-state devices had not been invented, quickly making vacuum tubes obsolete for most purposes?

Posted by: a.moron at April 17, 2023 09:07 PM (F6Xpw)

240 *waves to bluebell who is working on the best .MoMe ever*

Posted by: Ben Had at April 17, 2023 09:07 PM (cweC/)

241 >>Isn't this, really, the story of Bluebell?

I got dibs on your stuff.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2023 09:08 PM (ZLI7S)

242
6 inches here! spozed to start melting tomorrow ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

That's what SHE said!

Posted by: Sherman T. Potter at April 17, 2023 09:09 PM (63Dwl)

243 I have some tube amps. The last time I bought tubes they were made in the USSR, only now it's just Russia.
Brand name? SovTek.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, a literal ray of sunshine at April 17, 2023 09:09 PM (jTmQV)

244 "Late in the vacuum tube era, miniature tubes which were not much bigger than a pencil eraser, and tubes with multiple independent devices inside the same glass envelope were developed. I wonder where vacuum tube evolution would have gone if solid-state devices had not been invented, quickly making vacuum tubes obsolete for most purposes? "

Anybody remember the era of the TV repairman who would come and replace a blown vacuum tube whenever you needed one.

Posted by: Tuna at April 17, 2023 09:11 PM (gLRfa)

245 >>243 I have some tube amps. The last time I bought tubes they were made in the USSR, only now it's just Russia. Brand name? SovTek.
Posted by: gourmand du jour, a literal ray of sunshine at April 17, 2023 09:09 PM (jTmQV)

Inherited a teacup and saucer--Made in USSR.

Posted by: ZOD at April 17, 2023 09:11 PM (Q/6pY)

246 FWIW, Moog is located just down the street from here.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 17, 2023 09:05 PM (Ym2uE)

Always wanted a Moog, but they were either really scarce or too expensive. They never came down in price even later on when all their competitors did. I settled on a used Korg which could do pretty much the same as a Minimoog.

If you have a chance to see the Moog documentary, do check it out.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 17, 2023 09:12 PM (X+Ku8)

247 I remember having a tv repairman come over when I was a teen. I also remember the tube-testing machines over at the drug store.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, a literal ray of sunshine at April 17, 2023 09:12 PM (jTmQV)

248 Musk should go down as one of the most important forces for free speech in the history of the country because he is.
Posted by: JackStraw

Yet many, many right thinking rebels are still blocked or choked down.
Why?

Posted by: MkY at April 17, 2023 09:13 PM (cPGH3)

249 *Fistbump*

I was thinking of that exact obscure new wave song when I saw the word "oscillator". Nice to know someone else knows that song too!
Posted by: Doof at April 17, 2023 08:49 PM (yUjc0)

***********

Back in my undergrad years, just after I had switched over to physics from electrical engineering, the local New Wave radio station had this cute female DJ from North Carolina who would play this song all the time.

Integrating circuits certainly did cross my mind a time or two whenever she'd talk while on air...

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at April 17, 2023 09:13 PM (xxG/v)

250 244 "Late in the vacuum tube era, miniature tubes which were not much bigger than a pencil eraser, and tubes with multiple independent devices inside the same glass envelope were developed. I wonder where vacuum tube evolution would have gone if solid-state devices had not been invented, quickly making vacuum tubes obsolete for most purposes? "

Anybody remember the era of the TV repairman who would come and replace a blown vacuum tube whenever you needed one.

Posted by: Tuna at April 17, 2023 09:11 PM (gLRfa)

Or, if you were cheap, you would pull out all the tubes, take them down to the corner store and test them in their tube checker.

Posted by: a.moron at April 17, 2023 09:14 PM (F6Xpw)

251 Tube amps need to warm up. None of this "instant-on" stuff. Usually a minute or 2.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, a literal ray of sunshine at April 17, 2023 09:15 PM (jTmQV)

252 I think I saw Charlie Brown's Dildo on that little snuggy. You gotta sous vide that shit!

Posted by: Dr. Bone at April 17, 2023 09:15 PM (V4X9X)

253 Elon Musk is all the utopian good stuff the liberals claimed to be into before they got institutional power and immediately revealed themselves to be the opposite of what they preached.

Posted by: CppThis at April 17, 2023 09:15 PM (PZvjL)

254
Late in the vacuum tube era, miniature tubes which were not much bigger than a pencil eraser,
---------

Conversely, I've been studying up on 'Project Tuba' lately. Ever hear of the 'Resnatron' tube? Weighed ~225 lbs., I think. Here's a pic:
https://tinyurl.com/2yzwuk94

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 17, 2023 09:15 PM (Sjyvq)

255 I have some tube amps. The last time I bought tubes they were made in the USSR, only now it's just Russia.
Brand name? SovTek.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, a literal ray of sunshine at April 17, 2023 09:09 PM (jTmQV)

What did you put them in? 12Ax7?...6L6?

Posted by: BignJames at April 17, 2023 09:16 PM (AwYPR)

256 Anybody remember the era of the TV repairman who would come and replace a blown vacuum tube whenever you needed one.
Posted by: Tuna

Been told my grandfather had a box of tubes in the basement. If the TV went out, he would grab a tube out of the box, replace one in the TV, which would start working again, then throw the old tube in the box for later use.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 17, 2023 09:16 PM (xAJtR)

257 A pro-athletics, pro-fraternity, pro-partying slate won the student body election at Stanford on a platform of “Fun Strikes Back.”

They were the only candidates who weren’t already in student government (so the only non-losers)

Woke students are absolutely livid.

WE’RE BACK!

Shoot the losers at dawn!!

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 17, 2023 09:16 PM (BRHaw)

258 Hmmm...Meteora Monastery jet pack tours. It could work.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 17, 2023 09:16 PM (VwHCD)

259 when I was a yute (about 29 years ago), my dad bought me a tube tester. I quickly became the electronics "genius" in my small home town and fixed many a radio and tv

Posted by: Admirale's Mate at April 17, 2023 09:17 PM (hGQ+z)

260 That said, I'm pretty sure his Twitter takeover is less about protecting free speech and more about keeping the Western world's idiot squads from finishing the economic engine off with another social media enhanced "pandemic" before he's able to do the Mars thing.

Posted by: CppThis at April 17, 2023 09:17 PM (PZvjL)

261 The Polecats, Make a Circuit With Me (YTube link):

https://tinyurl.com/ywhj3jya

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at April 17, 2023 09:17 PM (xxG/v)

262 Anybody remember the era of the TV repairman who would come and replace a blown vacuum tube whenever you needed one.
Posted by: Tuna

Or, if you were cheap, you would pull out all the tubes, take them down to the corner store and test them in their tube checker.
Posted by: a.moron

All y'all ain't really 29, are ya?

Posted by: mikeski at April 17, 2023 09:18 PM (DgGvY)

263 Tucker Carlson points out that we've always been afraid that AI would defy its human masters and become self-willed -- but what's even more terrifying is that AI remains under human control, but it's servants of The Regime who control it, using it destroy the rest of us.
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I've literally been saying this exact thing right here for the last 10 years. That is all.

Posted by: ... at April 17, 2023 09:18 PM (BXxcV)

264 From what I understand, Theramins are basically a single oscillator with one antenna controlling pitch and the other controlling volume. That's it.

You can buy Theramin kits for pretty cheap nowadays.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 17, 2023 09:18 PM (X+Ku8)

265

Before synthesizers was Simeon.

https://youtu.be/t1xOZyBc2Ck

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 17, 2023 09:18 PM (63Dwl)

266 The baristas had been putting up with Crawford’s flashing since at least Sept. 14, the affidavit says. There were five alleged incidents, though Crawford pleaded guilty to four; and there were four known victims.

By the final flashing Nov. 2, the barista was ready.

“She’d mentally prepared herself for Crawford exposing himself and had poured hot water into a cup,” wrote Cody Police Department detective Scott Burlingame in the affidavit.

too bad it was not acid

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 17, 2023 09:18 PM (BRHaw)

267 "All y'all ain't really 29, are ya?"

29+

Posted by: Tuna at April 17, 2023 09:18 PM (gLRfa)

268 Learned to play go in the summer of '79. Even ordered a board and stones from Japan. Read about these but could not afford one ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVuDM9jQQ1s

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at April 17, 2023 09:19 PM (uyuZF)

269 I put them in maps, mostly guitar amps, some bass amps, some high end home stereo stuff.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, a literal ray of sunshine at April 17, 2023 09:19 PM (jTmQV)

270 >>Yet many, many right thinking rebels are still blocked or choked down.
Why?

Because he's still working to fix years of corruption.

He spent over $40 billion to buy the place and it's now worth $20 something billion because he is taking out leftists who were dominating the place. Right now he's running a campaign to tag NPR, the BBC, the CBC and every other government run media organization as state run media and they hate it. The NYT has said they will minimize their posting on Twitter because they aren't allowed to post their lies without being corrected any longer.

Musk isn't perfect and Twitter isn't either. But it is lightyears better than when it was effectively being run by the intel community and the left. Right now the latest Biden family corruption story is all over Twitter. 2 years ago it would never have been allowed. It's a completely different place.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2023 09:19 PM (ZLI7S)

271 amps, not maps, crap

Posted by: gourmand du jour, a literal ray of sunshine at April 17, 2023 09:20 PM (jTmQV)

272 I have had several nice stereo amps zero had on off as it was left on to stop any surging.

just turn the volume down

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 17, 2023 09:21 PM (BRHaw)

273 Heh, son came home with a 12 pack of Stella Artois, all proud of himself that he didn't buy Bud Light. I had to break the bad news to him.

Posted by: Jordan61 at April 17, 2023 09:21 PM (0KUO3)

274 254
Late in the vacuum tube era, miniature tubes which were not much bigger than a pencil eraser,
---------
Conversely, I've been studying up on 'Project Tuba' lately. Ever hear of the 'Resnatron' tube? Weighed ~225 lbs., I think. Here's a pic:
https://tinyurl.com/2yzwuk94

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 17, 2023 09:15 PM (Sjyvq)

Interesting, I had not heard of that. High power broadcast transmitters use some monster tubes, or at least they did at one time. I don't know how much of that stuff is solid-state now. I believe pretty much everything below VHF is solid-state, with multiple modules and power combiners. Don't know about higher frequencies.

Posted by: a.moron at April 17, 2023 09:22 PM (F6Xpw)

275 I have some tube amps. The last time I bought tubes they were made in the USSR, only now it's just Russia.
Brand name? SovTek.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, a literal ray of sunshine at April 17, 2023 09:09 PM (jTmQV)

Sovtek amplifiers and tubes were one of the few Russian-made things that didn't suck. The amps sound pretty great.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 17, 2023 09:22 PM (X+Ku8)

276 WE’RE BACK!

Shoot the losers at dawn!!
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 17, 2023 09:16 PM (BRHaw)

Stanford hates fun. The council will be dissolved and the students expelled.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 17, 2023 09:23 PM (xhaym)

277 273 Heh, son came home with a 12 pack of Stella Artois, all proud of himself that he didn't buy Bud Light. I had to break the bad news to him.
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 17, 2023 09:21 PM (0KUO3)

Bless his heart. That is one of thee nastiest beers I have ever tasted.

If he ever comes across it, Bitburger is quite good! German pilsner, I believe.

Posted by: Moki at April 17, 2023 09:23 PM (JrN/x)

278 Hiya, Doof!

Dunno the "celebrity" thing. I'm still in a hangover state from the straight-through drive from Indianapolis to home here on Galveston Island.

Nothing says "privilege" like a 20 hour drive.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at April 17, 2023 09:01 PM (e6UQI)

Well you're more of a celebrity than I am - so I raise my glass of Old Forester 1910 to ya!!

Posted by: Doof at April 17, 2023 09:24 PM (yUjc0)

279 too bad it was not acid
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 17, 2023 09:18 PM (BRHaw)

Icy-Hot. Always entertaining.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 17, 2023 09:25 PM (xhaym)

280 Stella is okay, drinkable but I certainly wouldn't go out of my way for it. I'll take a Heineken to satisfy a euro-beer itch any day.

Posted by: CppThis at April 17, 2023 09:25 PM (PZvjL)

281 Race Activist Shaun King Threatens to Dox 80-year-old Homeowner Who Allegedly Shot Black Teen For ‘Ringing Wrong Doorbell’

white dude hates old white dude

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 17, 2023 09:25 PM (BRHaw)

282 Anybody remember the era of the TV repairman who would come and replace a blown vacuum tube whenever you needed one.
Posted by: Tuna

Been told my grandfather had a box of tubes in the basement. If the TV went out, he would grab a tube out of the box, replace one in the TV, which would start working again, then throw the old tube in the box for later use.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 17, 2023 09:16 PM (xAJtR)

My uncle was a TV repair dude in the 60's before becoming an electrical engineer. I ended up with his entire complete repair case as it was the day he stopped using it. Tons of tubes, but none that any of my guitar amps use (FML). Its basically just a monument to the days of fixing shit rather than tossing it. There are some cool little doodads in it though.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 17, 2023 09:26 PM (VwHCD)

283 >>Musk isn't perfect and Twitter isn't either. But it is lightyears better than when it was effectively being run by the intel community and the left.

How was the intel community running Twitter?

Posted by: ZOD at April 17, 2023 09:27 PM (Q/6pY)

284 Jack straw
I get that. But the ones who are currently throttled and still banned are some of my favorites.
I don't read most these jokers.

Posted by: MkY at April 17, 2023 09:27 PM (cPGH3)

285 It's possible vac tubes are made in other places, but if so, I haven't heard of any.
Nothing overdrives like a tube amp.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, a literal ray of sunshine at April 17, 2023 09:27 PM (jTmQV)

286 How was the intel community running Twitter?

Posted by: ZOD at April 17, 2023 09:27 PM (Q/6pY)

Backdoor interfaces.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at April 17, 2023 09:28 PM (uyuZF)

287
Robert Peters
@RobertJPeters
Since I’m a glutton for punishment and I’m sure I’m gonna get the most unhinged, crime weirdo replies but:
I would look at the behavior of young people as a political act and statement. It’s a mass protest against poverty and segregation.
Rest in peace to my mentions.

_________

Roberta Peters >>>>> Robert Peters

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 17, 2023 09:28 PM (MoZTd)

288 282 Anybody remember the era of the TV repairman who would come and replace a blown vacuum tube whenever you needed one.
---

Did he look like the Maytag repair guy?
I saw him sneak out the neighbor's back door with lipstick all over his collar.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 17, 2023 09:29 PM (X+Ku8)

289 I was mostly surprised he even cared about boycotting Bud Light. He usually gets irritated when we bring up anything political.

Posted by: Jordan61 at April 17, 2023 09:29 PM (0KUO3)

290 How was the intel community running Twitter?
Posted by: ZOD at April 17, 2023 09:27 PM (Q/6pY)

Penetration of tech, personnel, funding, and a lot of glad handing about how the staff was doing a noble thing in helping combat all those insurrectionists who wanted to destroy the glowing future.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 17, 2023 09:30 PM (xhaym)

291 I want a refund on those boobies.

Posted by: eleven at April 17, 2023 09:30 PM (t4fCu)

292 Interesting, I had not heard of that.
--

The activities of the RRL are not well known.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 17, 2023 09:30 PM (rx603)

293 Back in my undergrad years, just after I had switched over to physics from electrical engineering, the local New Wave radio station had this cute female DJ from North Carolina who would play this song all the time.

Integrating circuits certainly did cross my mind a time or two whenever she'd talk while on air...
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at April 17, 2023 09:13 PM (xxG/v)

Nice!

I have a 5 CD set called "Living in Oblivion- The 80s Greatest Hits". Lots of great obscure and semi-obscure new wave stuff mixed in with well known / overplayed stuff. That Song from The Polecats is on there. Look it up -- it's a great collection!

Posted by: Doof at April 17, 2023 09:30 PM (yUjc0)

294 >>Backdoor interfaces.
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at April 17, 2023 09:28 PM (uyuZF)

No.

Posted by: ZOD at April 17, 2023 09:31 PM (Q/6pY)

295 I want a refund on those boobies.
Posted by: eleven at April 17, 2023 09:30 PM (t4fCu)

what, you want younger chicks?

Posted by: Kindltot at April 17, 2023 09:31 PM (xhaym)

296 How was the intel community running Twitter?
Posted by: ZOD at April 17, 2023 09:27 PM (Q/6pY)

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At a loss.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 17, 2023 09:31 PM (s12c9)

297 Ever hear of cold fusion? Look no further than the vacuum tube. But the radiation might kill you.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at April 17, 2023 09:32 PM (V4X9X)

298 Zod needs to throw his minions back into the volcano for not keeping him informed.
They did NOT set him up for success.
Har. shades of Kameltoe.

Posted by: MkY at April 17, 2023 09:32 PM (cPGH3)

299 289 I was mostly surprised he even cared about boycotting Bud Light. He usually gets irritated when we bring up anything political.
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 17, 2023 09:29 PM (0KUO3)

Maybe it's another Gamergate moment, when a bunch of people who were too cool for political stuff suddenly find themselves in front of the media bullshit cannon for the first time and they don't like it none too much.

Posted by: CppThis at April 17, 2023 09:32 PM (PZvjL)

300 Butt plugs ?

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at April 17, 2023 09:32 PM (uyuZF)

301 "Hold up guys. I've gotta run back up. I forgot my wallet."

Posted by: Monk #8 at April 17, 2023 09:34 PM (s12c9)

302 >>Jack straw
I get that. But the ones who are currently throttled and still banned are some of my favorites.
I don't read most these jokers.

I see those complaints and I don't doubt the place is not perfect. But I also don't think it's malicious on Musk's part. I've also seen him interact with random people who say they are being throttled or ask for people who were banned under the previous ownership to be allowed back and he fixes things. Look at home many accounts have been restored.

The guy also owns a rocket company, a car company an AI company and a few others. It's not like he sits on Twitter all day and can fix everything that was severely broken for years immediately. On balance I think he is doing a good job and it sure as hell has cost him to even get this far. Losing $20 billion would put a big hurt on my retirement plans.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2023 09:35 PM (ZLI7S)

303 bigK is being very unconvincing on Hannity.

Where are the tapes?
What's this about raising the debt ceiling?
...

nothing.

Posted by: micky at April 17, 2023 09:35 PM (3byMq)

304 >>Penetration of tech, personnel, funding, and a lot of glad handing about how the staff was doing a noble thing in helping combat all those insurrectionists who wanted to destroy the glowing future.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 17, 2023 09:30 PM (xhaym)

You will explain how these imprecise, general assumptions point to collaboration between Twitter and the intelligence committee. The previous answers on offer are insubstantial.

Posted by: ZOD at April 17, 2023 09:35 PM (Q/6pY)

305 Why would anyone want to live with horrible falling death on all sides?

Posted by: eleven at April 17, 2023 09:36 PM (t4fCu)

306 Maybe it's another Gamergate moment, when a bunch of people who were too cool for political stuff suddenly find themselves in front of the media bullshit cannon for the first time and they don't like it none too much.
Posted by: CppThis at April 17, 2023 09:32 PM (PZvjL)

people drank Bud Light for the implication that this was the life they wanted to live - you know, all the ads in the last 30 years. Fun, irresponsible fun, hot chicks and doing fun things

Now it gets pushed in their face that it is a drink for psycho trans crap. Yeah, no. Nope. F%%%% no.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 17, 2023 09:36 PM (xhaym)

307 You will explain how these imprecise, general assumptions point to collaboration between Twitter and the intelligence committee. The previous answers on offer are insubstantial.
Posted by: ZOD at April 17, 2023 09:35 PM (Q/6pY)

you will listen to Musk and then you will know

Posted by: runner at April 17, 2023 09:36 PM (V13WU)

308 Colorado becomes first transgender tourism state: Democratic Gov signs bill that allows children to travel for puberty blockers - even if drugs are banned where they live

Posted by: DB - interrupting the broadcast at April 17, 2023 09:37 PM (geLO8)

309 assumptions

Posted by: ZOD at April 17, 2023 09:35 PM (Q/6pY)

not

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at April 17, 2023 09:37 PM (uyuZF)

310 home = how

Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2023 09:38 PM (ZLI7S)

311 CO Gov has an interest in children

Posted by: runner at April 17, 2023 09:38 PM (V13WU)

312 And don't tell me those monks at the monastery aren't banging chicks like James Bond with a fresh year-long supply of Sildenafil. And martinis.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at April 17, 2023 09:38 PM (V4X9X)

313 > The guy also owns a rocket company, a car company an AI company and a few others. It's not like he sits on Twitter all day and can fix everything that was severely broken for years immediately. On balance I think he is doing a good job and it sure as hell has cost him to even get this far. Losing $20 billion would put a big hurt on my retirement plans.
____________

True. But "he" is not sitting "on Twitter all day fixing things." There's a staff, employees, whatever for that. If they're not doing what needs to be done then there are still lingering, deeply rooted issue at "his" company that need to be addressed.

Twitter, as it stands today is a 24X7 babysitting job. Musk ain't a baby sitter.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 17, 2023 09:40 PM (Q4IgG)

314 Evening.

Posted by: Robert at April 17, 2023 09:40 PM (YbqMd)

315 >>Backdoor interfaces.

It went well beyond backdoor interfaces. Or Musk is lying.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2023 09:40 PM (ZLI7S)

316 what people would do to get away from other people....

Posted by: runner at April 17, 2023 09:40 PM (V13WU)

317 I gotta get outta here

Posted by: DB - interrupting the broadcast at April 17, 2023 09:40 PM (geLO8)

318 >>you will listen to Musk and then you will know
Posted by: runner at April 17, 2023 09:36 PM (V13WU)

(hands Elon a Rubik's Cube)

What you don't know about "the intelligence community" would fill a book.

Posted by: ZOD at April 17, 2023 09:41 PM (Q/6pY)

319 The left didn't fight Musk's takeover for no reason and if the media actually was free and reported what has been found it would be the biggest scandal in decades. Musk should go down as one of the most important forces for free speech in the history of the country because he is.
Posted by

Musk voted for Biden

Posted by: Gonzotx at April 17, 2023 09:41 PM (MwHgU)

320 Colorado becomes first transgender tourism state: Democratic Gov signs bill that allows children to travel for puberty blockers - even if drugs are banned where they live
Posted by: DB

What else would you expect from a faggot.

Posted by: Infidel at April 17, 2023 09:42 PM (/0+YE)

321 Colorado becomes first transgender tourism state: Democratic Gov signs bill that allows children to travel for puberty blockers - even if drugs are banned where they live
Posted by: DB - interrupting the broadcast at April 17, 2023 09:37 PM (geLO

These people are twisted. Child abusers.

Posted by: Doof at April 17, 2023 09:42 PM (yUjc0)

322 Someone say something interesting.

Posted by: ZOD at April 17, 2023 09:43 PM (Q/6pY)

323 the decent people of this state- eastern plains, western slope- are held hostage to the socialist asshole sex deviant wannabe communists that dominate the Front Range

I gotta get out

Posted by: DB - interrupting the broadcast at April 17, 2023 09:43 PM (geLO8)

324 Evil is persistent.

Posted by: runner at April 17, 2023 09:43 PM (V13WU)

325 It went well beyond backdoor interfaces. Or Musk is lying.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2023 09:40 PM (ZLI7S)

That's just the latest thing I'd read on this. The 3-letter agencies were apparently given the ability to fine-tune algorithmic response to individual accounts.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at April 17, 2023 09:44 PM (uyuZF)

326 CO was lost like 40 years ago when the rich nuts in California decided to colonize it. At least it keeps the worst of the nuts contained and not spreading to other states, which are proving surprisingly resistant to CA dysfunction of late.

Posted by: CppThis at April 17, 2023 09:45 PM (PZvjL)

327 >>That's just the latest thing I'd read on this. The 3-letter agencies were apparently given the ability to fine-tune algorithmic response to individual accounts.

According to Musk they had complete access to everything that was going on at Twitter including reading people's Direct Messages.

Kind of a big deal.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2023 09:46 PM (ZLI7S)

328 I have a 5 CD set called "Living in Oblivion- The 80s Greatest Hits". Lots of great obscure and semi-obscure new wave stuff mixed in with well known / overplayed stuff. That Song from The Polecats is on there. Look it up -- it's a great collection!
Posted by: Doof at April 17, 2023 09:30 PM (yUjc0)

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

I'll be sure to! Thanks!

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at April 17, 2023 09:46 PM (xxG/v)

329 Musk voted for Biden
Posted by: Gonzotx

He seemed sincere in how he stated how awesome Joey is though didn't elaborate. OrangeManBad syndrome?

There's no accounting for taste -- Frank

Posted by: micky at April 17, 2023 09:46 PM (3byMq)

330 Musk voted for Biden

Posted by: Gonzotx at April 17, 2023 09:41 PM (MwHgU)

He seems to have woken up. Claims he's vaccine-injured.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at April 17, 2023 09:47 PM (uyuZF)

331 319 Musk voted for Biden
Posted by: Gonzotx at April 17, 2023 09:41 PM (MwHgU)

The guy may not be One Of Us but he's at least doing something, exposing the lies and corruption while 'our guys' fart around. Think about it, all the people actually fighting the thought-control state--Musk, Taibbi, Greenwald, etc--are all intellectually consistent lefties. The Right doesn't care so long as there's money and connections to be had, and the live-wire renegades usually can't stay out of their own way long enough to make a difference.

Posted by: CppThis at April 17, 2023 09:47 PM (PZvjL)

332 Kind of a big deal.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2023 09:46 PM (ZLI7S)

I think that was part of the same story.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at April 17, 2023 09:48 PM (uyuZF)

333 Unless this Carlson interview was months ago ('twasn't) I didn't get that Elon feels badly that he voted for the potato.

Posted by: micky at April 17, 2023 09:49 PM (3byMq)

334 >>I think that was part of the same story.

That was new tonight.

Aside from having the company staffed by numerous ex-FBI and ex-CIA people who were monitoring from the inside the intel community had complete access to everything going on at Twitter including reading people's private communications. That's what Musk said tonight.

You know, fascism. That seems interesting to me.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2023 09:51 PM (ZLI7S)

335 Dr. John Campbell is just waking up to reality. He had a video taken down this week. It was on a specific case of vaccine injury. I watched it all because he said at the beginning he thought it might not stay up. It was taken down within a day. IIRC the victim was a 14 y.o. Japanese girl.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at April 17, 2023 09:51 PM (uyuZF)

336 "Evil is persistent.

Posted by: runner "

And petty.

Posted by: eleven at April 17, 2023 09:52 PM (t4fCu)

337 Sir, the specials for today are the spatchcocked pheasant, or the $10 billion in government subsidies. Vote accordingly.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at April 17, 2023 09:52 PM (V4X9X)

338 285 It's possible vac tubes are made in other places, but if so, I haven't heard of any.
Nothing overdrives like a tube amp.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, a literal ray of sunshine at April 17, 2023 09:27 PM (jTmQV)

Yep, solid-state distortion and vacuum tube distortion have different sounds. I'm not an audiophile vacuum tube snob, but they do sound different.

Posted by: a.moron at April 17, 2023 09:53 PM (F6Xpw)

339 >>According to Musk they had complete access to everything that was going on at Twitter including reading people's Direct Messages.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2023 09:46 PM (ZLI7S)

Did 'they' act on this? If not, why not? If so, how and where? Has Musk acquired TS//SCI? If so, how?

So many questions.

Posted by: ZOD at April 17, 2023 09:54 PM (Q/6pY)

340 That was new tonight.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2023 09:51 PM (ZLI7S)

I'm sure I heard it before today. It's certainly not a surprise.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at April 17, 2023 09:54 PM (uyuZF)

341 This much is true.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 17, 2023 09:54 PM (U2p+3)

342 Anyone heard from Jane D'oh?

Posted by: Infidel at April 17, 2023 09:55 PM (/0+YE)

343 You know, fascism. That seems interesting to me.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2023 09:51 PM (ZLI7S)

Things always suspected but very disconcerting and disheartening to have it confirmed by someone that would know. When you suspect something there is a glimmer of hope that you might be wrong, bit more depressing once confirmed.

Posted by: moon_over_vermont at April 17, 2023 09:56 PM (UEHZk)

344 >>I'm sure I heard it before today. It's certainly not a surprise.

Then you are the only one cause that was news.

Does the intel community also read our mail cause that would be good to know.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2023 09:56 PM (ZLI7S)

345 *strokes not-very-gray, not-very-real millennial beard*

I'm so old I can remember when techies pretty much knew that Echelon and Room 641A were a thing and IC was so far in bed with the telcos they could have done a hot porno, but polite society lacked proof and blah blah blah. Waaaay back in mah day, in 2009 or so.

I guess Twitter Files is the encore performance. Welcome to the party, zoomers!

Posted by: CppThis at April 17, 2023 09:57 PM (PZvjL)

346 Marianne "The Witch" Williamson on the 2nd amendment.

Marianne Williamson
@marwilliamson
When the Founders wrote the Second Amendment, the largest guns they had were muskets.
The modern bullet had not yet been invented.
They could only shoot one bullet at a time.
Today’s assault weapon would be like the power of a cannon to them.
The Second Amendment is NOT a…

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And she's probably the least crazy Donk running for the White House (despite being a witch).

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 17, 2023 10:00 PM (FVME7)

347 Then you are the only one cause that was news.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2023 09:56 PM (ZLI7S)

This was linked on revolver yesterday.

https://tinyurl.com/584trm6c

April 16. You owe me a beer.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at April 17, 2023 10:00 PM (uyuZF)

348 When the Founders wrote the Second Amendment, the largest guns they had were muskets.

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And they were cutting edge weapons at the time.

Whoopsies.

Posted by: They're lying, the bulk of EVs aren't being sold to private individuals at April 17, 2023 10:01 PM (BL1nw)

349 344 Does the intel community also read our mail cause that would be good to know.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2023 09:56 PM (ZLI7S)

One of the nastier little tidbits to come out of the Snowden leaks was that our IC frenz figured out that there was about a week long grace period before they had to have a FISA warrant in place to spy on someone, so they'd go after all and sundry--college rivals, ex-girlfriends, that sort of thing--right up to the limit because they could get away with it. Really should have been a bigger scandal, but it would make the wrong people look like the assholes they were.

Posted by: CppThis at April 17, 2023 10:02 PM (PZvjL)

350 There were privately owned cannon. Usually in the town square.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, a literal ray of sunshine at April 17, 2023 10:02 PM (jTmQV)

351 When the 2A was written they had 10lb cannons.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 17, 2023 10:03 PM (xAJtR)

352 >>Does the intel community also read our mail cause that would be good to know.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2023 09:56 PM (ZLI7S)

Yes. NMEC. Enjoy your decaf.

Posted by: ZOD at April 17, 2023 10:03 PM (Q/6pY)

353
Does the intel community also read our mail cause that would be good to know.
Posted by: JackStraw
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No. We have AI to do that.

Posted by: Bob, at the NSA at April 17, 2023 10:03 PM (Pnbfv)

354
That was new tonight.

Aside from having the company staffed by numerous ex-FBI and ex-CIA people who were monitoring from the inside the intel community had complete access to everything going on at Twitter including reading people's private communications. That's what Musk said tonight.

You know, fascism. That seems interesting to me.

Posted by: JackStraw
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Every major corporation.

We've been living under fascism/chekism for quite some time and didn't realize it.

Posted by: They're lying, the bulk of EVs aren't being sold to private individuals at April 17, 2023 10:04 PM (BL1nw)

355 >>April 16. You owe me a beer.

Because you heard news of the interview where the news was announced a day before it was released?

Oh, ok.

You owe me a beer and a shot for pretending this was old news.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2023 10:04 PM (ZLI7S)

356 ONT NOOD

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 17, 2023 10:05 PM (nRMeC)

357 Time to stock up on grape?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 17, 2023 10:05 PM (Pnbfv)

358 It sure does make sense why the purchase of Twitter was such a big deal and made so many people in the federal government so angry.

That latter part never made sense while it was happening. But now it makes complete sense.

Posted by: They're lying, the bulk of EVs aren't being sold to private individuals at April 17, 2023 10:06 PM (BL1nw)

359 >When the Founders wrote the Second Amendment, the largest guns they had were muskets.

and when they wrote the First, they were using movable type on hand-operated presses, or good old quill and parchment
or just standing on the courthouse steps, orating

what's your point, lady

Posted by: DB - interrupting the broadcast at April 17, 2023 10:06 PM (geLO8)

360 Oh, ok.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2023 10:04 PM (ZLI7S)

I did not pretend any such thing. I just said I'd heard the story already. This sh*t has been dribbling out for months. None of it is surprising any more.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at April 17, 2023 10:07 PM (uyuZF)

361 >>Yes. NMEC. Enjoy your decaf.

I always suspected you were an intel hump.

Thanks for confirming.

Kneel, dipshit.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2023 10:08 PM (ZLI7S)

362 >>>I'm so old I can remember when techies pretty much knew that Echelon and Room 641A were a thing and IC was so far in bed with the telcos they could have done a hot porno, but polite society lacked proof and blah blah blah. Waaaay back in mah day, in 2009 or so.

>AT&T, Bell, US West, Qwest, C.L., etc. The names change at the Company HQ, the infrastructure changes hands and is upgraded.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at April 17, 2023 10:09 PM (V4X9X)

363 Man, those late-model GMC trucks are ugly.

Posted by: mrp at April 18, 2023 12:58 AM (rj6Yv)

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