Monday Overnight Open Thread - July 21, 2025 [Doof]

Howdy Hordelings! The time for the Monday ONT is now. Regulars - you know what to do. Lurkers - don't be scared to jump on into the world of commenting. Shall we step on in?

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Quotes of the day

"We wanted to send a powerful message and I think that’s what we did. I think it’s just getting what we deserve, I think sometimes people don’t understand what it is we’re asking for. We’re going to get what we deserve, and we’re standing on business. We’re asking for what we deserve, you’ll see. We just want a piece of our pie."
Minnesota Lynx guard Courtney Williams

"The WNBA loses $50 million every year and has NEVER generated a profit. You deserve $0.00."
End Wokeness on X

Family Guy sums up the WNBA 💀 pic.twitter.com/d60el8s3fy
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) July 20, 2025

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The Latest Buzz

Scientists Create World’s First Cyborg Bee with Ultra-Light Brain Controller

Scientists at the Beijing Institute of Technology used a 74-milligram insect brain controller to create the world’s first cyborg bee.
Worker bees can carry nectar sacks weighing about 80 per cent of their body mass for 5 km (3 miles) without resting, so they have no problem carrying a 74-milligram brain controller developed by Chinese researchers. The ultra-light device can be strapped to the bee’s back and connected to its brain via three tiny needles, allowing humans to control the movements of the insect. The controller uses low-intensity electric impulses to input the insect’s movements, making it turn left, turn right, advance, or turn back, depending on the situation. According to Professor Zhao Jieliang, in the tests performed by his team so far, the bees obeyed their commands 9 times out of 10.
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“In future research, precision and repeatability of insect behaviour control will be enhanced by optimising stimulation signals and control techniques,” Chinese researchers wrote. “Concurrently expanding functional modules of the control backpack will improve environmental perception capabilities of insect-based robots, advancing their deployment in complex operational settings such as reconnaissance and detection missions.”

Read the whole thing. Kinda cool, but also kinda creepy.

Related earworm

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Fun Stuff

Mascots vs Cheerleaders

Every mascot needs an innocent cheerleader in their nutritional diet😂 pic.twitter.com/yvyRLTr0ZS
— Love Music (@khnh80044) July 15, 2025

[EDIT: Apparently the Corvette video here is fake, and Ace posted a correction. So here's a different video]

In Alaska it doesn’t get dark enough for fireworks so they do this instead pic.twitter.com/PFqJ1WnJzw
— greg (@greg16676935420) July 5, 2025

90s TV - ahead of its time

In Living Color’s 1990 ‘EnvironMENTAL Man’ perfectly predicted the future.

How did we go from laughing at this nonsense to celebrating it?!? pic.twitter.com/QpGJojbIIN
— Clyp Keeper (@DGrayTexas45) July 15, 2025

Good question!

Does any company make "dumb" refrigerators, dishwashers, washing machines, dryers, etc.?

I'm tired of these smart products breaking down every three years.

My grandparents had the same fridge for 50 years. It can be done.
— Vibrant Dad (@vibrantdad) July 16, 2025

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Good advice even if you're only 29

Walking Slightly Faster Can Help Seniors Stay Active Longer

Walking just slightly faster helps older people stay active for longer, and stave off frailty.
Taking just 14 steps per minute more than their usual pace led to “meaningful” improvements in physical well-being for seniors who were frail or at risk of becoming frail, according to new findings.
The research team explained that frailty is a medically defined condition in older people that increases vulnerability to everyday stresses, leading to a higher risk of falls, hospitalization, and loss of independence.
Warning signs of frailty include 1) unintentional weight loss, 2) moving slowly, 3) feeling weak, 4) persistent tiredness and 5) low levels of physical activity.
Because most of these signs have a direct link to how active someone is, scientists say walking is a particularly effective way for older people to improve their overall health and quality of life, and maintain their independence longer.
But the question had remained until now: how fast do they need to walk to see real benefits.

Check out the whole thing to find out!

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DJ Doof - This Date in Music History Version
from thisdayinmusic.com

On this date in 2023: American singer Tony Bennett died at his home in New York City just two weeks short of his 97th birthday, following seven years of Alzheimer's disease.

On this date in 1987: Los Angeles hard rockers Guns N’ Roses unleashed their debut album, Appetite for Destruction, via Geffen Records. Aided by three hit singles – “Welcome To The Jungle,” “Paradise City” and “Sweet Child O’ Mine” – the album quickly rose to the top of the Billboard 200. It would eventually amass US sales of over 18 million, making it the best-selling debut LP of all time in America.

Born on this date in 1955: Howie Epstein, bass, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

What other songs do you find noteworthy from these artists?

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Tonight's ONT brought to you by dejection

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Comments, questions, suggestions, or emotional outbursts? Take a number!

Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 PM

Comments

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1 If the sound barrier got broken…

…how would one fix it?

Posted by: mindful webworker - still the same at July 21, 2025 10:00 PM (RviYc)

2 Yay, Legal Drinking Age Day ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 21, 2025 10:00 PM (lUFok)

3 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 21, 2025 10:00 PM (cYBz/)

4 Ha! Not first😛

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 21, 2025 10:01 PM (L9kkv)

5 Did the nood thing down below. Corgi stampede incoming.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 21, 2025 10:01 PM (lUFok)

6 Good evening. Sitting on the front porch of our Airbnb in Amish country. Loving it.

Posted by: QED Texan at July 21, 2025 10:01 PM (kAAmt)

7 Sorry I'm late, I was trying to get the bears under control.

I wasn't even remotely successful.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 21, 2025 10:01 PM (VSht7)

8 Scientists at the Beijing Institute of Technology used a 74-milligram insect brain controller to create the world’s first cyborg bee.

Interesting. I wonder who developed the technology?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 21, 2025 10:02 PM (0eaVi)

9 th

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 21, 2025 10:03 PM (kOluj)

10 Wait, cyborg bees with lasers on their heads?

Posted by: Dr Evil at July 21, 2025 10:04 PM (i0F8b)

11 I want you guys to know, I went all day without Saying It. Not in here, not on X.

Posted by: Don Black at July 21, 2025 10:04 PM (AOsQT)

12 I've come across the first LLM that I can legitimately say is out of it's mind.

Starcoder will not do what you ask it to do, it will tell you it's name is Christopher, it's 36 and it likes to code.

Only if you ask it to produce C++, it will produce python, if you ask it to correct the syntax of Ruby, it will correct it in PHP.

If you ask it's hallucinating, it will respond: Maybe.

Truly wacky stuff.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 21, 2025 10:04 PM (XV/Pl)

13 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, golfin' in Amish Country at July 21, 2025 10:04 PM (uGaBv)

14 Great. Cyborg Bee Drone.
Each one can take out a MBT.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 21, 2025 10:04 PM (/lPRQ)

15 The controller uses low-intensity electric impulses to input the insect’s movements, making it turn left, turn right, advance, or turn back, depending on the situation.

Drone technology miniaturization progresses apace.

Posted by: mindful webworker - swarms of killer cyborg bees at July 21, 2025 10:05 PM (RviYc)

16 Good evening. Sitting on the front porch of our Airbnb in Amish country. Loving it.
Posted by: QED Texan

Nice! The dear wife and I took a trip to our local Mennonite community the other day and stopped in the bulk store. I bought 10# of KA bread flour for $5, had a killer sandwich and a monster bag of chips. Oh, and they actually had birch beer from my favorite soda place in Kutztown PA.

Heavenly.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 21, 2025 10:05 PM (cYBz/)

17 I also just found out that the president of the Philippines is Bongbong Marcos.

Yes. His name is Bongbong.

Posted by: Don Black at July 21, 2025 10:05 PM (AOsQT)

18 the album quickly rose to the top of the pole dancing strippers chart.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 21, 2025 10:05 PM (utRVu)

19 OT:
Why do lesbians buy sporting goods at Sports Authority?

Because they don't like Dick's.

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at July 21, 2025 10:06 PM (6O8uT)

20 @8

>>Interesting. I wonder who developed the technology?

The Belgians of course, they are well known for their advancements in Cybernetics.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 21, 2025 10:06 PM (XV/Pl)

21 I want you guys to know, I went all day without Saying It. Not in here, not on X.
Posted by: Don Black at July 21, 2025 10:04 PM (AOsQT)

I also did not say it

Posted by: Doof at July 21, 2025 10:06 PM (QMAsf)

22 Bathroom break / semis...true. Thanks for the fun ONT, Doof.

Posted by: scampydog at July 21, 2025 10:06 PM (41CYW)

23 That last meme WAS my Dad. I'd send it to him if I could.

As for that Corvette find video, the general consensus is it's fake. Ace had something up on it earlier.

Posted by: RickZ at July 21, 2025 10:06 PM (gKDq2)

24 Happy-ish Monday Evening ...

Posted by: Adriane the Timeline in Which I Won the Lottery Critic . . . at July 21, 2025 10:07 PM (3ZUWJ)

25 I got Willowed in the last thread so I'm exporting it to here, and then I shall leave you all to you're late night hugs.

"China is in a weird no man's land between Capitalism and Communism.

I don't think even they know what they are.

I see youtubes of people in Chinese cities walking around in western style clothes and booty shorts and pink and blonde hair with stores having English signs.

I don't know what the fuck is going on in China."

Posted by: eleven at July 21, 2025 10:08 PM (fV+MH)

26 "Does any company make "dumb" refrigerators, dishwashers, washing machines, dryers, etc.?

I'm tired of these smart products breaking down every three years."

There's a major refrigerator brand that's having lots of premature failures, not with the fancy electronics, but with the compressors. You'd think they'd remember how to make a durable compressor.

Posted by: El gp De Los Vientos Calientes at July 21, 2025 10:08 PM (klf3J)

27 If the sound barrier got broken…

…how would one fix it?
Posted by: mindful webworker - still the same at July 21, 2025 10:00 PM (RviYc)

What?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 21, 2025 10:08 PM (0eaVi)

28 As for that Corvette find video, the general consensus is it's fake. Ace had something up on it earlier.
Posted by: RickZ at July 21, 2025 10:06 PM (gKDq2)

Who is this Ace guy you mention??

Posted by: Doof at July 21, 2025 10:08 PM (QMAsf)

29 >>>
On this date in 1987: Los Angeles hard rockers Guns N’ Roses unleashed their debut album, Appetite for Destruction, via Geffen Records. Aided by three hit singles – “Welcome To The Jungle,” “Paradise City” and “Sweet Child O’ Mine” –

All these years I thought those songs were by "Love and Rockets"?!

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 21, 2025 10:08 PM (/lPRQ)

30 33 original miles Corvette first wash in 42 years

Um…

A little correction: I posted a video that purported to show a 40-year-old Corvette being discovered in a garage having never been driven (except from the dealers to the garage). Eric Blade says that the hot new fake video is "Barn Finds," where people pretend to discover treasures in barns. I think he's probably right. Sorry about that, I didn't know about the Hot New Fake Video trend.
—Ace, earlier today

Posted by: mindful webworker - barn it at July 21, 2025 10:08 PM (RviYc)

31 I wonder if Doof saw Ace's little correction in the Cafe today.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 21, 2025 10:09 PM (VSht7)

32 Caitlyn Clark made $11 Million in endorsements in 2024.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 21, 2025 10:09 PM (EQg1P)

33 Thomas Bender, we could have used you in the AI thread this morning.

Posted by: El gp De Los Vientos Calientes at July 21, 2025 10:09 PM (klf3J)

34 I love the last image. Me to a tee.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at July 21, 2025 10:09 PM (0aYVJ)

35 NOT THE BEES!!!!!

Posted by: Nicolas Cage at July 21, 2025 10:09 PM (ULPxl)

36 Bathroom break / semis...true. Thanks for the fun ONT, Doof.
Posted by: scampydog at July 21, 2025 10:06 PM (41CYW)

*pats Doggo on the head*

Posted by: Doof at July 21, 2025 10:09 PM (QMAsf)

37 One step every 4 seconds? I’m walking faster than that right now and I’m currently asleep in bed.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 21, 2025 10:10 PM (cduTK)

38 Who is this Ace guy you mention??
Posted by: Doof at July 21, 2025 10:08 PM (QMAsf)

Nobody important. (He never reads the blog so he'll never see that comment.)

Posted by: RickZ at July 21, 2025 10:10 PM (gKDq2)

39 Maybe if they more trannies into ladies basketball, they'll be worth a pay raise.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 21, 2025 10:10 PM (0Htd1)

40 Thank you, Doof.

Hope all is well with you, sweet friend.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 21, 2025 10:11 PM (mT+6a)

41 We just want a piece of our pie."

Brain bleach.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 21, 2025 10:11 PM (0Htd1)

42
We now know that Doof doesn't read the content either.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 21, 2025 10:11 PM (HL/Ld)

43 Nice! The dear wife and I took a trip to our local Mennonite community the other day and stopped in the bulk store. I bought 10# of KA bread flour for $5, had a killer sandwich and a monster bag of chips. Oh, and they actually had birch beer from my favorite soda place in Kutztown PA.

Heavenly.
Posted by: Tonypete

We’re in northeastern Indiana. Stopped at a family’s farm stand and bought sweet corn to take back to Texas. Now just watching the buggies go by and the fireflies blinking. Mrs QED says she could take a real vacation here (currently visiting my dad in the area).

Posted by: QED Texan at July 21, 2025 10:11 PM (kAAmt)

44
Last time today for those who don't day-walk:

For Jay Guevara:

https://toastourfriend.com/coop

Password = coop

They didn't want to be flooded with bots.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 21, 2025 10:12 PM (HL/Ld)

45 Ace had something up on it earlier.
Posted by: RickZ

—Ace, earlier today
Posted by: mindful webworker - barn it
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Content readers? What is this dark magic?

Posted by: scampydog at July 21, 2025 10:12 PM (41CYW)

46 Posted by: mindful webworker - barn it at July 21, 2025 10:08 PM (RviYc)

I think that's the point. It's metal.

Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 21, 2025 10:12 PM (zZu0s)

47
The Corvette has 42 years of sitting there but the tires are fully inflated and in perfect shape.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2025 10:12 PM (HZi96)

48
Scientists at the Beijing Institute of Technology used a 74-milligram insect brain controller to create the world’s first cyborg bee.

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A career in science that began way back in childhood, with a magnifying glass and some ants.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 21, 2025 10:12 PM (OA/Kt)

49 6 Good evening. Sitting on the front porch of our Airbnb in Amish country. Loving it.
Posted by: QED Texan

Fake news! Amish people don't comment on smart military blogs! Or have sparktricity to run a device!

Posted by: Quit Pulling My Leg at July 21, 2025 10:12 PM (G5+As)

50 DOOF!
Hey buddy, remember way back in June, and you were going to visit me in CO?
Yeah, I hung out for days on end at Mickeys...you never showed...
I feel like the fat girl who was a part of a bet...🤨
I still luv ya honey🤪

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 21, 2025 10:12 PM (L9kkv)

51 >>> General Flynn Calls on FBI to Raid Barack Obama’s D.C. Mansion IMMEDIATELY Over Criminal Conspiracy in Russia Hoax

Flynn just said this to trick them into jamming up their toilets with papers, drugs, etc. and flood themselves.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 21, 2025 10:13 PM (/lPRQ)

52 Good evening Horde. Thanks Doof. Nicely done.

Posted by: TRex - busy re-passing traffic at July 21, 2025 10:13 PM (IQ6Gq)

53 Related earworm

I expected "Flight of the Bumblebee".

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 21, 2025 10:13 PM (0Htd1)

54 @33

>>Thomas Bender, we could have used you in the AI thread this morning.

Unfortunately, I sometimes must produce tangible work product, which will make me miss choice threads.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 21, 2025 10:13 PM (XV/Pl)

55 Does any company make "dumb" refrigerators, dishwashers, washing machines, dryers, etc.?
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Not sure about refrigerators or dishwashers but Speed Queen washers and dryers are pretty dumb and built to last here in the USA.

Posted by: lin-duh at July 21, 2025 10:14 PM (VCgbV)

56 31 I wonder if Doof saw Ace's little correction in the Cafe today.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 21, 2025 10:09 PM (VSht7)

I guess he has by now.

Though it should brighten his heart to know that I was totally not expecting that tune to be the mystery click from thst picture.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 21, 2025 10:14 PM (VSht7)

57 If the sound barrier got broken…

…how would one fix it?
Posted by: mindful webworker - still the same at July 21, 2025 10:00 PM (RviYc)

Reminds me...if illegal growers are growing pot in greenhouses in States that have "legalized" pot, could the USAF make low passes with fighter jets at say, Mach 1.5, and let the sonic boom destroy the greehouses?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2025 10:14 PM (IF6wk)

58 Content readers? What is this dark magic?
Posted by: scampydog at July 21, 2025 10:12 PM (41CYW)

I'll go with boredom. There's a lot of not funny on the innertubes. Here I get funny.

Posted by: RickZ at July 21, 2025 10:14 PM (gKDq2)

59 I edited the content to remove the embedded fake video. Link is still there if you want to go see it.

New video added in its place.

Everyone from comment 53 and earlier gets a full refund of tonight's cover charge.

Posted by: Doof at July 21, 2025 10:15 PM (QMAsf)

60 G & R are utterly talentless hacks, and I'll never forget the glares of pure hatred directed at the execrable Axl Rose during the Freddie Mercury benefit concert in Wembley Stadium by such fellows as Robert Plant, Brian May, and everybody else on stage. Appalling.

As to Tom Petty, his oeuvre features many fine tunes which have stood the test of time and continue to entertain every day...

Posted by: Brewingfrog at July 21, 2025 10:15 PM (wISCy)

61 14 steps/ min more or 14 steps/min? Either way my pace is pretty brisk but I’m still in my 29s

Posted by: banana Dream at July 21, 2025 10:15 PM (cduTK)

62 17 I also just found out that the president of the Philippines is Bongbong Marcos.

Yes. His name is Bongbong.
Posted by: Don Black at July 21, 2025 10:05 PM (AOsQT)

Marcos? He was a shoo in.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at July 21, 2025 10:16 PM (pIfcn)

63 Related earworm

I expected "Flight of the Bumblebee".
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 21, 2025 10:13 PM (0Htd1)

What is the song that includes the lyrics:

The birds and the bees,
And the flowers and the trees,
And the moon up above...

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 21, 2025 10:16 PM (S/Y4j)

64 42
We now know that Doof doesn't read the content either.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 21, 2025 10:11 PM (HL/Ld)

Unless he's going 3d Chess on us.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 21, 2025 10:16 PM (VSht7)

65 Nice job, Doof! Axl Rose has a 6 octave range. 5 Semitones? Maybe? Anyway, he has pipes, believe it or not.

Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2025 10:16 PM (pZEOD)

66
Marcos? He was a shoo in.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here

__________

A real heel.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2025 10:17 PM (HZi96)

67 "Related earworm"

I expected that Pink Floyd song about wires in the brain. There was at least one.

Posted by: El gp De Los Vientos Calientes at July 21, 2025 10:17 PM (klf3J)

68 Regarding the In Living Color clip, Keenan Ivory Wayan was on some talk show and said that he couldn't believe what Fox let him get away with.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 21, 2025 10:17 PM (0Htd1)

69 That's the Yamato in the top pic, right?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 21, 2025 10:18 PM (JkO4W)

70 DOOF!
Hey buddy, remember way back in June, and you were going to visit me in CO?
Yeah, I hung out for days on end at Mickeys...you never showed...
I feel like the fat girl who was a part of a bet...🤨
I still luv ya honey🤪
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 21, 2025 10:12 PM (L9kkv)

Sorry I couldn't make it up your way, COMM. But younger son of Doof is moving to Denver next week, so I'll likely be out there frequently. Next time for sure!

Posted by: Doof at July 21, 2025 10:18 PM (QMAsf)

71 I got Willowed in the last thread so I'm exporting it to here, and then I shall leave you all to you're late night hugs.

"China is in a weird no man's land between Capitalism and Communism.

I don't think even they know what they are.

I see youtubes of people in Chinese cities walking around in western style clothes and booty shorts and pink and blonde hair with stores having English signs.

I don't know what the fuck is going on in China."
Posted by: eleven
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Like Japan and the USSR, they just got nuked by the US and don't even know it yet. They will get a lot weirder before it gets better.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 21, 2025 10:18 PM (/lPRQ)

72
50 DOOF!
Hey buddy, remember way back in June, and you were going to visit me in CO?
Yeah, I hung out for days on end at Mickeys...you never showed...
I feel like the fat girl who was a part of a bet...🤨
I still luv ya honey🤪
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 21, 2025 10:12 PM (L9kkv)

He was apparently 40 minutes from my house in Pensacola, didn’t bother to visit me either. But it’s fine.

Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2025 10:19 PM (pZEOD)

73 Fake news! Amish people don't comment on smart military blogs! Or have sparktricity to run a device!
Posted by: Quit Pulling My Leg at July 21, 2025 10:12 PM (G5+As)

Not Amish. Ex-Mennonite.

Posted by: QED Texan at July 21, 2025 10:19 PM (kAAmt)

74 Marcos? He was a shoo in.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls,

Filipinos have tiny feet, so their shoes are cheaper.

Posted by: Buster Brown (and Tige) at July 21, 2025 10:19 PM (G5+As)

75 Thank you for the great ONT Doof.

I loved the videos. The Corvette was cool. Pretty cheerleaders being eaten. Sweet.

And the "In Living Color" video was great.

Back to cleaning the basement for a little while longer before bed.

Everyone have a great night!

Posted by: Stateless - HAPPY NOT HOMELESS! - New Life Creation 14.3 % at July 21, 2025 10:19 PM (jvJvP)

76 "The WNBA loses $50 million every year and has NEVER generated a profit. You deserve $0.00."

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This makes the WNBA the Stephen Colbert of sports.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 21, 2025 10:19 PM (JkO4W)

77 Thanks for another fine, fine Monday Night ONT, Doof!

Great photo up top. Colors in the sky are gorgeous!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 21, 2025 10:19 PM (kB9dk)

78 77 Thanks for another fine, fine Monday Night ONT, Doof!

Great photo up top. Colors in the sky are gorgeous!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 21, 2025 10:19 PM (kB9dk
Sunrises and sunsets at sea make the storms worthwhile. But then I never got seasick.

Posted by: Eromero at July 21, 2025 10:21 PM (LHPAg)

79 Good evening, good people.

Is it possible for us good guys to win if we play by the rules and the other side doesn't? Not just blue state politicians and media hacks, but now the judges? Margot Cleveland today: "Cruz argued in a 2024 opinion piece that he is 'concerned that this collaboration means court staff are helping far-left climate activists lobby and direct judges behind closed doors.' "

I love what Trump is doing. He, and a supply of ammunition, give me hope.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 21, 2025 10:22 PM (PCkod)

80 looks like the Rockies are losing

Posted by: gKWVE at July 21, 2025 10:22 PM (gKWVE)

81 Babylon Bee had the best response to the WNBA dingbats

Posted by: steevy at July 21, 2025 10:22 PM (YwEeS)

82 Rocket Queen is the best song on that album.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 21, 2025 10:23 PM (dR6yv)

83 Bongbong a heel? Eh, wife voted for him.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 21, 2025 10:23 PM (0eaVi)

84 Concurrently expanding functional modules of the control backpack will improve environmental perception capabilities of insect-based robots, advancing their deployment in complex operational settings such as reconnaissance and detection missions.”

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*rolls up magazine*
*SWAT!!!!!*

Threat neutralized

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 21, 2025 10:23 PM (JkO4W)

85 The Corvette has 42 years of sitting there but the tires are fully inflated and in perfect shape.
Posted by: Hadrian

I noticed that, too.

I liked how in Back to the Future 3, the tires on the DeLorean were properly degraded.

I edited the content to remove the embedded fake video. Link is still there if you want to go see it.
New video added in its place….
Posted by: Doof

Oh, great. All those comments, made meaningless, like tears in the rain.

Like when there's some error in the main post that makes all the comments too wide or italicized or something, and everyone comments on it, then it's fixed. "It's all gray now!" "Huh?"

Posted by: mindful webworker - can't trust these cobs at July 21, 2025 10:24 PM (RviYc)

86 Another day another record close for Nasdaq and S&P500.

Worst economy evahhhh!!

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 21, 2025 10:25 PM (Vvm2m)

87 If the WNBA players want a piece of the profits, they will start paying the league to play, instead of getting a paycheck?

What are they going to do to raise that kind of money? A WNBA OnlyFans package? I don't think that would draw much money.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 21, 2025 10:25 PM (S/Y4j)

88 Cyborg bees?

Neurohard by Masamune Shirow

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2025 10:26 PM (UNuW6)

89 Marcos? He was a shoo in.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here

Imelda? Is that you?

Posted by: QED Texan at July 21, 2025 10:26 PM (kAAmt)

90 All these people aghast about Colbert losing his job claiming it to be an attack on free speech. As if, since getting his show, Colbert wouldn't hasn't actively worked at suppressing conservative voices.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 21, 2025 10:27 PM (VSht7)

91 Oh, great. All those comments, made meaningless, like tears in the rain.

Like when there's some error in the main post that makes all the comments too wide or italicized or something, and everyone comments on it, then it's fixed. "It's all gray now!" "Huh?"
Posted by: mindful webworker - can't trust these cobs at July 21, 2025 10:24 PM (RviYc)

It's something we learn on Day 1 of ONT COB School. The AOSHQ "that content you thought you saw never existed" trick.

Posted by: Doof at July 21, 2025 10:27 PM (QMAsf)

92 Scientists at the Beijing Institute of Technology used a 74-milligram insect brain controller to create the world’s first cyborg bee.

Oh yeah? Who'd they steal it from?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 21, 2025 10:28 PM (mlg/3)

93
looks like the Rockies are losing
Posted by: gKWVE at July 21, 2025 10:22 PM (gKWVE)

__________

And the Yankees lost. I sad.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2025 10:28 PM (HZi96)

94 >>> 88 Cyborg bees?
==
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2025 10:26 PM (UNuW6)

I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords.

Posted by: Kent Brockman at July 21, 2025 10:28 PM (ULPxl)

95 GnR had their moment, it was a 5 year long rocket ride into the stratosphere before their rapid descent straight into the ground.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 21, 2025 10:28 PM (XV/Pl)

96 72 Piper

I know! That guy! Now that he's a big ol' CoB, gosh...now he's all that🤪!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 21, 2025 10:28 PM (L9kkv)

97 I mixed a Manhattan using CBD's recipe.

Ahhhhhhhh. . . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at July 21, 2025 10:28 PM (cYBz/)

98 *rolls up magazine*
*SWAT!!!!!*
Threat neutralized
Posted by: Cicero

Like the President in Fifth Element did with his shoe to that robot cockroach.

Posted by: mindful webworker - multisquash at July 21, 2025 10:29 PM (RviYc)

99 How much money does the ONT lose every year?

Posted by: Mon Lee Hand Laundry at July 21, 2025 10:30 PM (G5+As)

100 Oh yeah? Who'd they steal it from?
Posted by: weft cut-loop

Abby.

Abby Normal.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 21, 2025 10:30 PM (cYBz/)

101 There is a FW 190A on display in situ you could say. The water has corroded much of the airframe. But items made of bakelite have survived. So, to did the tires in remarkable shape, in fact the tailwheel is still a whitewall, and all the lettering is fully readable. And they still retain air.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2025 10:30 PM (UNuW6)

102 Hour of the Wolf,
"The Birds and the Bees". That's the title of the song. Heh.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 21, 2025 10:30 PM (0Htd1)

103 The Corvette has 42 years of sitting there but the tires are fully inflated and in perfect shape.
Posted by: Hadrian

Not going to bother with the Vette video, but on a personal 'barn find' - Uncle bought a '67 Impala SS convertable with Grandpa co-signing. Less than 6 months Uncle missed a payment so Grandpa took the car, parked it in one of his barns until the good for nothing son would catch up on the payments... Uncle never did.
Twenty years later my dad bought it.
Had several inches of chicken shit on it...

Nothing left in a real barn for years will be covered in chicken shit, filled with rodent nests, and bee nests.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 21, 2025 10:31 PM (/lPRQ)

104 China isn’t communist. It’s authoritarian but communist? Nah. More capitalism there than here.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 21, 2025 10:31 PM (Vvm2m)

105 80

And this is different from when?!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 21, 2025 10:31 PM (L9kkv)

106 Born on this date in 1955: Howie Epstein, bass, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Mike Campbell, guitarist, just came out with his autobiography called 'Heartbreaker: A Memoir'. It's excellent.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 21, 2025 10:32 PM (T66XB)

107 I approve of sending a schoolbus careening over a cliff.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 21, 2025 10:33 PM (VSht7)

108 96 72 Piper

I know! That guy! Now that he's a big ol' CoB, gosh...now he's all that🤪!
Posted by: COMountainMarie

He’s been promising to come visit me for two years now.

I guess I should take the hint.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 21, 2025 10:33 PM (mT+6a)

109 It's something we learn on Day 1 of ONT COB School. The AOSHQ "that content you thought you saw never existed" trick.
Posted by: Doof

“Every post has been destroyed or falsified, every comment rewritten, every embed has been replaced…"

Posted by: mindful webworker - Orwell, updated at July 21, 2025 10:33 PM (RviYc)

110 During cancellations culture the left always said free speech doesn't mean consequence free speech. They were more than happy to destroy people’s livelihood because they said something.

Well two can play that game assholes.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 21, 2025 10:33 PM (Vvm2m)

111
Now that Colbert is on the way out and Kimmel is teetering on the brink of falling into the wood chipper, is it too much to wish for that insufferable limey ass, John Oliver, to get the boot next?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at July 21, 2025 10:33 PM (xG4kz)

112 107 I approve of sending a schoolbus careening over a cliff.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 21, 2025 10:33 PM (VSht7)

Perhaps I should clarify that the word "empty" probably belongs somewhere in that previous statement.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 21, 2025 10:33 PM (VSht7)

113 Not sure about refrigerators or dishwashers but Speed Queen washers and dryers are pretty dumb and built to last here in the USA.
Posted by: lin-duh at July 21, 2025 10:14 PM (VCgbV)

I adore my Speed Queen washer, because it assumes I'm smart enough to not insert my arm in a moving drum and lets me add dropped/forgotten laundry without making me stand there while it comes to a halt and unlocks itself, for my protection.

Posted by: sal at July 21, 2025 10:34 PM (f+FmA)

114 107 I approve of sending a schoolbus careening over a cliff.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 21, 2025 10:33 PM (VSht7)

Empty, full of test dummies, or full of cyborg bees and a small EMP device?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 21, 2025 10:34 PM (S/Y4j)

115 108 96 72 Piper

I know! That guy! Now that he's a big ol' CoB, gosh...now he's all that🤪!
Posted by: COMountainMarie

He’s been promising to come visit me for two years now.

I guess I should take the hint.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 21, 2025 10:33 PM (mT+6a)

Who needs him! We can visit each other.

Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2025 10:35 PM (pZEOD)

116 Perhaps I should clarify that the word "empty" probably belongs somewhere in that previous statement.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 21, 2025 10:33 PM (VSht7)

---------

Could be better. Could be the Nickelback tour bus.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 21, 2025 10:35 PM (dDmld)

117
I checked and the 82-84 Corvettes did have a Crossfire fuel injection system that, it seems, did not work very well.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2025 10:35 PM (HZi96)

118 A clip from In Living Color. This actually played on tv.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGEi6IbQ-jI

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 21, 2025 10:35 PM (0Htd1)

119 SNL did a hilarious sketch "Gold Diggers of the WNBA"

It has been memory-holed by NBC, but I did manage to find a portion of it.

x.com/Ballislife/status/1104895114453880832

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 21, 2025 10:36 PM (eIjvK)

120 I saw Tony Bennett live in Chicago in the seventies. But that night, his partner on stage, Lena Horne, was better. Both wonderful singers. RIP

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 21, 2025 10:36 PM (PCkod)

121 Good to see the ONT has got off to a rollickin' start. I know it's in good hands. Or fingers. Whatev.

Gonna hang out with MiladyJo for a bit, so this is my exit.

G'nite, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - [cuts across three lanes] at July 21, 2025 10:37 PM (RviYc)

122 "China isn’t communist. It’s authoritarian but communist? Nah. More capitalism there than here.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald "

So it's like a meld of Hong Kong and Communism?

You got your Communism on my Hong Kong, no you got your Hong Kong on my Communism.

I honestly don't know what the fuck China is now.

Posted by: eleven at July 21, 2025 10:37 PM (fV+MH)

123 I think Blue Bird school buses can fly.

Posted by: Fort Valley, Georgia at July 21, 2025 10:37 PM (G5+As)

124 What are they going to do to raise that kind of money? A WNBA OnlyFans package? I don't think that would draw much money.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 21, 2025 10:25 PM (S/Y4j)

Let's see... Sid, Raimondo, Alias, David Hogg....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 21, 2025 10:38 PM (0eaVi)

125 Bought a GE washer and dryer set in May. Next week it goes in the trash and a Speed Queen is being delivered.

Posted by: MH-53J at July 21, 2025 10:38 PM (oms5f)

126 108 {{{nurse}}}!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 21, 2025 10:39 PM (L9kkv)

127
On Gutfeld, Tyrus made a good point about the Coldplay Cheatin' CEO. This shows his leadership ability -- when the shit hits the fan, he hides.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 21, 2025 10:39 PM (w6EFb)

128 120 I saw Tony Bennett live in Chicago in the seventies. But that night, his partner on stage, Lena Horne, was better. Both wonderful singers. RIP

---------

I saw Tony Bennett with Lady Gaga at the Hollywood Bowl about seven(?) years ago. Lady Gaga ran rings around Tony, who seemed almost Bidenesque in his lack of awareness.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 21, 2025 10:39 PM (dDmld)

129 Not sure about refrigerators or dishwashers but Speed Queen washers and dryers are pretty dumb and built to last here in the USA.
Posted by: lin-duh

Dear wife loves her SQ set also and swears by them. I did have occasion to call service once for the dryer though. I described the issue and the lady on the other end of the line said I can sent the repairman out in a few days or, if you are up to it, I'll tell you how to fix it.

Hokay, lay it on me.

"Remove the access cover on the bottom front, and locate the IC board on the left side. See those two tan relays next to each other? Tap them with one of your fingers."

That did the trick.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 21, 2025 10:39 PM (cYBz/)

130 GnR had their moment, it was a 5 year long rocket ride into the stratosphere before their rapid descent straight into the ground.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 21, 2025 10:28 PM (XV/Pl)

Did they augur, or auger?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 21, 2025 10:40 PM (0eaVi)

131 @111

>>is it too much to wish for that insufferable limey ass, John Oliver, to get the boot next?

Since he's on HBO and doesn't have to really worry about Demos or advertising, he'll probably outlast the rest of the clown show Late Night Hosts.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 21, 2025 10:40 PM (XV/Pl)

132 A school bus driven by Camera Hogg with Greta von Thule?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2025 10:40 PM (UNuW6)

133 You got your Communism on my Hong Kong, no you got your Hong Kong on my Communism.

Posted by: eleven at July 21, 2025 10:37 PM (fV+MH)

Generally, bet on the side with the tanks. Now that doesn't always work out, like in 1989. So bet with you head, not over it.

Posted by: RickZ at July 21, 2025 10:41 PM (gKDq2)

134 I know! That guy! Now that he's a big ol' CoB, gosh...now he's all that🤪!
Posted by: COMountainMarie

He’s been promising to come visit me for two years now.

I guess I should take the hint.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 21, 2025 10:33 PM (mT+6a)

Who needs him! We can visit each other.
Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2025 10:35 PM (pZEOD)

So many 'ettes, so little time

Posted by: Doof at July 21, 2025 10:42 PM (QMAsf)

135
And they discovered a little space rock that barely missed earth, after the fact. It was a little chunk of rock, maybe 10 - 20' in diameter than got within 2000 miles or so of earth.

They saw a day after perigee. Had it hit, it wouldn't been much other than a big boom high the sky. Smaller than that the Chelyabinsk event. It might have rattled some cages a bit depending on the angle.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 21, 2025 10:42 PM (w6EFb)

136 Nice photo.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 21, 2025 10:42 PM (viF8m)

137 Great Balls of Fire!!
In Living color and Mad TV were both so good. Very similar styles.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 21, 2025 10:42 PM (Vvm2m)

138 @130

>>Did they augur, or auger?

Oh they augered alright, with the help of alcohol, heroin and egos as outlandish as Liberaces Candelabra.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 21, 2025 10:44 PM (XV/Pl)

139 A 20ft space rock and it missed Rosie O'Donnel?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2025 10:44 PM (UNuW6)

140 Monday is wash day in Amish country. Not sure how the washing is done. But no Speed Queen dryers here. Everyone hangs their clothes on lines outside. It was a sight driving through the country this morning on our way to town.

Posted by: QED Texan at July 21, 2025 10:44 PM (kAAmt)

141 72
50 DOOF!
Hey buddy, remember way back in June, and you were going to visit me in CO?
Yeah, I hung out for days on end at Mickeys...you never showed...
I feel like the fat girl who was a part of a bet...🤨
I still luv ya honey🤪
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 21, 2025 10:12 PM (L9kkv)

He was apparently 40 minutes from my house in Pensacola, didn’t bother to visit me either. But it’s fine.
Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2025 10:19 PM (pZEOD)

I have been told that in some parts of the country, women of stature use the phrase, "Bless His Heart".

You never, ever want to hear a woman tell you that.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at July 21, 2025 10:44 PM (dadcM)

142 >>> 139 A 20ft space rock and it missed Rosie O'Donnel?
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2025 10:44 PM (UNuW6)

Would ANYONE hit that?!

Posted by: space rocks at July 21, 2025 10:44 PM (ULPxl)

143
How much do we really know about China? Can you visit the Chinese equivalent of Gary, IN or Possum Snot, KY? What's a farm like in Szechwan? Or the suburbs of Nanjing?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2025 10:45 PM (HZi96)

144 GNR writing a song about heroin.

In one of the greatest lyrics ever, U2 says "every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief, they kill their inspiration and sing about their grief."

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 21, 2025 10:45 PM (MZ+PY)

145 115 Piper

We probably shouldn't hurt his Disco heart...
But yeah! We surely can visit each other all over 'Merica!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 21, 2025 10:46 PM (L9kkv)

146 Doof is so in the dog house.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2025 10:47 PM (UNuW6)

147 “ ….but with the compressors. You'd think they'd remember how to make a durable compressor.”
———

What was particularly offensive was the assertion that vintage refrigerators are some sort of energy hog compared with “Energy Star” compliant chinesium units.

It was flat out lie. You can see this for yourself, don’t take my word for it. Don’t guess - measure. A nifty little device called a kill-a-watt meter will show you exactly what the electricity consumption rate of any device in your home is. You can even input the kWh rate and it will show the $$ rate annually.

Certainly styles change - it might not be realistic to keep a 1958 Philco in the kitchen. Don’t throw it out - put it in the garage or basement for soda or something, they work well, quiet, and I betcha your POS 2023 unit won’t last 70 years.

Our betters want people to borrow $900 at 9% interest to buy a POS appliance that will fail in less than 5 years to “save” $20 annually, after throwing away the Amana. (There is a steady demand for vintage washers and dryers, and all sorts of things, that aren’t made of scheisse components and materials).

Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2025 10:47 PM (S5W8S)

148 There was a South African YouTube guy who lived in China and did a lot of videos of out of the way places in China. He didn't seem to have any issues going places.

But he did piss off the govt when he started talking smack about China and its underbelly which the west never finds out about.. They forced him to leave.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 21, 2025 10:47 PM (Vvm2m)

149 Past bedtime, night y’all.

Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2025 10:47 PM (pZEOD)

150 Nite Piper, say hi to Soup for me.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2025 10:47 PM (UNuW6)

151 The Dodgers pitcher keeps holding his glove up to his ear like he's on the phone

Posted by: Don Black at July 21, 2025 10:48 PM (AOsQT)

152 Good evening morons from Sonoma y gracias Disco

"Scientists at the Beijing Institute of Technology..."

Sure, Jan. There are no scientists at the Beijing Institute if Technology

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 21, 2025 10:49 PM (JvZF+)

153 There is a lot of appliance hate in the thread tonight.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 21, 2025 10:49 PM (dDmld)

154 >>> 153 There is a lot of ~~appliance~~ "planned obsolescence" hate in the thread tonight.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 21, 2025 10:49 PM (dDmld)

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 21, 2025 10:50 PM (ULPxl)

155 Well, bedtime. Got an early tee time tomorrow. Later.

youtu.be/sNBM9l28hDo

Posted by: Puddleglum, golfin' in Amish Country at July 21, 2025 10:50 PM (uGaBv)

156 There is a lot of appliance hate in the thread tonight.

It all goes back to Heavy Metal when that Bronx secretary worried her robot lover would cheat and boink the toaster.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2025 10:50 PM (UNuW6)

157 “He bought the farm”

Some suggest this phrase arose from the early Army aviation - when planes augered in, crop damage, buildings, etc - the farmers would make claims against the government, sometimes exaggerated as to actual damages. Thus, an especially bad crash, the unfortunate pilot was said to have “bought the farm”

Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2025 10:51 PM (S5W8S)

158 There is a lot of appliance hate in the thread tonight.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 21, 2025 10:49 PM (dDmld)

They don't seem to take it personally, though.

Posted by: RickZ at July 21, 2025 10:51 PM (gKDq2)

159 >>The Dodgers pitcher keeps holding his glove up to his ear like he's on the phone

He might be. PitchCom. Pitchers can wear earpiece's now to get pitch calls.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 21, 2025 10:52 PM (viF8m)

160 Doof is so in the dog house.
Posted by: Anna Puma
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Whoa, whoa. I didn't get any bacon or treats. One-den dog house. Besides, it is full of tennis balls and bones.

Posted by: scampydog at July 21, 2025 10:52 PM (41CYW)

161 They don't seem to take it personally, though.

Want to bet with them now having Wi-Fi connections to report on you? Oh you bet there is now a grudge list. They are just waiting for the AI Messiah to arrive.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2025 10:53 PM (UNuW6)

162 They don't seem to take it personally, though.
Posted by: RickZ at July 21, 2025 10:51 PM (gKDq2)

Not yet.

Posted by: Connected Appliances at July 21, 2025 10:53 PM (0eaVi)

163 Now then...a fun ONT...where the heck is Rat or Miklos?!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 21, 2025 10:55 PM (L9kkv)

164 WNBA is the perfect example: you never succeed in pleasing, you never appease, you never satisfy the left. Ever. They've enjoyed at least an uptick in recent viewership w the idiot white chick from Iowa's popularity, but rather than try to parlay that goodwill they defecate all over the "sport" and the fans, similar to certain zoo animals.

Posted by: Baconeater at July 21, 2025 10:55 PM (84zT0)

165 Evening all,

Dad's death certificates have arrived. We'll have to pick them up Wednesday because the funeral home office closes just as my sister gets off work. It feels so final now. Today marked two weeks Dad has been gone. Once we get his bank account sorted out, the funeral home will be able to officially announce his passing and post his obituary.

We are still raising funds to pay for his cremation costs.

[Link to Ciampino's fund: https://t.co/NfEjq7HEkV]

Posted by: Joyenz at July 21, 2025 10:55 PM (sPQoU)

166 There was a South African YouTube guy who lived in China and did a lot of videos of out of the way places in China. He didn't seem to have any issues going places.
====

See "The China Show" weekly on utube

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 21, 2025 10:55 PM (JvZF+)

167 Jackstraw, I went to BU Law; I know how to pronounce Billricka native Tom Glavin. I also learned the hard way that regulah coffee has cream and sugah. Bleh!

Posted by: Dark Litigator at July 21, 2025 10:56 PM (KAi1n)

168 >He might be. PitchCom. Pitchers can wear earpiece's now to get pitch calls.

Posted by: JackStraw
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What a fascinating modern age we live in.

Posted by: Don Black at July 21, 2025 10:57 PM (AOsQT)

169 China Show. Two guys driving around China on motorcycles.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 21, 2025 11:00 PM (EQg1P)

170 160 Scampy

Who's a good boy? Scampy's a good boy! Fetch Doggo! Good boy!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 21, 2025 11:01 PM (L9kkv)

171 Not yet.
Posted by: Connected Appliances at July 21, 2025 10:53 PM (0eaVi)

(presses hot soldering iron onto microwave's wifi modem chip)

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2025 11:01 PM (UqdkK)

172 He might be. PitchCom. Pitchers can wear earpiece's now to get pitch calls.

Posted by: JackStraw
-----

What a fascinating modern age we live in.
Posted by: Don Black at July 21, 2025 10:57 PM (AOsQT)

Pitcher: Ok, what's the next pitch, coach?

Coach: What? Bzzzzzz

Pitcher: The next pitch?

Voice: You don't call, you don't write...

Pitcher: Ma, I'm workin' here.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 21, 2025 11:03 PM (0eaVi)

173 >>What a fascinating modern age we live in.

I hate what they are doing to baseball. Extra innings with a baserunner starting on 2nd? Bah. And don't get me started with the DH which is of the devil.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 21, 2025 11:03 PM (viF8m)

174 WNBA is the perfect example: you never succeed in pleasing, you never appease, you never satisfy the left. Ever. They've enjoyed at least an uptick in recent viewership w the idiot white chick from Iowa's popularity, but rather than try to parlay that goodwill they defecate all over the "sport" and the fans, similar to certain zoo animals.
Posted by: Baconeater at July 21, 2025 10:55 PM (84zT0)

One would think that Subaru, and the makers of trucker wallets and lumberjack shirts would be clamoring to buy ad time for WNBA games.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2025 11:05 PM (UqdkK)

175 The launch today was aborted at 11 seconds. We do have a launch tomorrow afternoon.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - TRACERS & Others - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB

Launch Time: 11:05 a.m. PDT (1805 UTC, 20:05 CEST)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0mDgQqDxIk

Posted by: Joyenz at July 21, 2025 11:08 PM (sPQoU)

176 Yeah, ok, space aliens arrive, and are about to consider whether they do the "first contact thing" or decide on conquest for resources and slave labor.

Then they watch those lunatics in Alaska firing a School Bus off a cliff. Take a few seconds to consider the situation.

"Let's get the hell out of here before they see us!!!!"

Posted by: Orson at July 21, 2025 11:09 PM (dIske)

177 Sorry I haven’t been around much lately.

Did we ever get that Dan Rather guy?

Posted by: Kasper_Hauser_in_Sydney at July 21, 2025 11:12 PM (1f+mC)

178 I hate what they are doing to baseball. Extra innings with a baserunner starting on 2nd? Bah. And don't get me started with the DH which is of the devil.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 21, 2025 11:03 PM (viF8m)
________________________

Oh, don't get me started on the "Buster Posey" rule.

Posted by: Orson at July 21, 2025 11:12 PM (dIske)

179 I don't like "assault weapons!"-hysteria-participating Dicks either.

I guess that validates my claim of being a lesbian trapped in a man's body.

Posted by: buddhaha at July 21, 2025 11:12 PM (hW8x2)

180 Joyenz

That doesn’t seem to be the right link…

Posted by: Fritz (not Fritz) at July 21, 2025 11:14 PM (R5tHz)

181 I hate what they are doing to baseball. Extra innings with a baserunner starting on 2nd? Bah. And don't get me started with the DH which is of the devil.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 21, 2025 11:03 PM (viF8m)

I used to love extra innings Got to play longer.

Posted by: javems at July 21, 2025 11:15 PM (8I4hW)

182 Shouldn't the WNBA players get tax free earnings because they're a charity recipient?

Posted by: torabora at July 21, 2025 11:15 PM (G0jjl)

183 "Dreams are the powerhouse of inspiration. Go on to dreamland, knowing that you are embarking on a new adventure each time.” — Unknown

I better check out now before I get in trouble,,,,and I will after these cocktails...
Love youz....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 21, 2025 11:15 PM (L9kkv)

184 1 If the sound barrier got broken…

…how would one fix it?
Posted by: mindful webworker - still the same
___________

Just remember there’s a demon out there at Mach 1.

Posted by: Dirac_Delta at July 21, 2025 11:15 PM (9EO0O)

185
And don't get me started with the DH which is of the devil.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 21, 2025 11:03 PM (viF8m)

___________

Connie Mack proposed the DH back in the 1910s. He didn't want his pitchers to get hurt batting or running bases. It was nearly adopted in the 1930s.

It used to be that a team had a regular DH like they had a regular shortstop. Nowadays it's a way of giving a position player a night off but keeping his bat.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2025 11:16 PM (l7y9o)

186 Didjah evah get out to Woosteh?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 21, 2025 11:16 PM (Vvm2m)

187 >>Oh, don't get me started on the "Buster Posey" rule.

I played catcher, shut up you homos, from little league to college and I hate it. I loved plays at the plate.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 21, 2025 11:18 PM (viF8m)

188 You want a 50 year refrigerator? Have you no care for the environment?
That *flounces* three year refrigerator */flounce* saved you $5 a month on your electric bill, you ingrate.
Now, quit whining and go buy another $2k refrigerator.

Posted by: buddhaha at July 21, 2025 11:18 PM (hW8x2)

189 180 Joyenz

That doesn’t seem to be the right link…
Posted by: Fritz (not Fritz)

I made several tries, persisted, and got to the donation page. Not even sure how I did it now.

Posted by: Not Sure How All This Works at July 21, 2025 11:19 PM (G5+As)

190 "I wasn't even remotely successful."
Posted by: tankdemon

DA BEARS!

Posted by: Pikov Andropov at July 21, 2025 11:21 PM (y7zkd)

191 I haven’t had an appliance 10 years in my adult life. Washer, driver, fridge, toaster you name it. 5-7 years is the best one can hope for these days.

Meanwhile my parents still have a fridge from the 80s they keep in the garage. Runs like the day it was purchased. AP

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 21, 2025 11:21 PM (Vvm2m)

192 A thing should have a beginning, a middle, and an end.

Posted by: eleven at July 21, 2025 11:24 PM (fV+MH)

193 How can anyone live with a refrigerator without an app, and a camera?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 21, 2025 11:25 PM (XeU6L)

194 Now just watching the buggies go by and the fireflies blinking.
Posted by: QED Texan
-------
I've lived west of the Mississippi since 1969, but I still miss summer fireflies.
I don't miss summer weather (90/90), though.

Posted by: buddhaha at July 21, 2025 11:25 PM (hW8x2)

195 Posted by: Buster Brown

Buster Brown? I'll take "things that Willie did to Kamala" for $500 Alex.

Posted by: haffhowershower at July 21, 2025 11:25 PM (144I4)

196 My only fridge here is an old round-shouldered Philco form the 1950's, that fits the round-shouldered alcove built into the kitchen. So old, it doesn't even have auto defrost.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2025 11:27 PM (UqdkK)

197 Can be lunch or nap time, not sure which

Posted by: Skip at July 21, 2025 11:27 PM (N3Idc)

198 The Universe may be infinite, but entertainment should be finite.

People have other things to do.

Posted by: eleven at July 21, 2025 11:27 PM (fV+MH)

199 FOOD!

Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2025 11:28 PM (77rzZ)

200 Reminds me...if illegal growers are growing pot in greenhouses in States that have "legalized" pot, could the USAF make low passes with fighter jets at say, Mach 1.5, and let the sonic boom destroy the greehouses?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
-----
Pickling a hundred pounder is much more satisfying. More permanent, too.

Posted by: buddhaha at July 21, 2025 11:28 PM (hW8x2)

201 "GNR writing a song about heroin."

Everyone writes about heroin (well, some write about coke) but no one writes about pantothenic acid.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at July 21, 2025 11:29 PM (KAi1n)

202 "My only fridge here is an old round-shouldered Philco form the 1950's, that fits the round-shouldered alcove built into the kitchen. So old, it doesn't even have auto defrost.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon"

You lucky bastard. Thank you for your advice the other day about restoring my computer.

Posted by: eleven at July 21, 2025 11:30 PM (fV+MH)

203 I wonder if MLB toyed with putting the extra-innings free runner on 1st....

Posted by: Dark Litigator at July 21, 2025 11:30 PM (KAi1n)

204 I want a new fridge. Frigidaire has some nice reviews online.

Posted by: Don Black at July 21, 2025 11:31 PM (AOsQT)

205 I wonder if MLB should just restrict Rockies innings to seven.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 21, 2025 11:32 PM (gKWVE)

206 call it the "Dean Wormer Rule".

Posted by: gKWVE at July 21, 2025 11:33 PM (gKWVE)

207 FOOD!
Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2025 11:28 PM (77rzZ)

Howdy Glub

Posted by: Doof at July 21, 2025 11:33 PM (QMAsf)

208 Is the link not working for anyone? I checked it and it worked for me.

Does this one work ok?
https://gofund.me/4fe75aa5

Posted by: Joyenz at July 21, 2025 11:33 PM (sPQoU)

209 That dad at the rest stop?
He me.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 21, 2025 11:34 PM (xcxpd)

210 GnR had their moment, it was a 5 year long rocket ride into the stratosphere before their rapid descent straight into the ground.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
-----
If the Greeks hadn't already created it, the word "hubris" would have had to been defined for rock and roll "stars".

Posted by: buddhaha at July 21, 2025 11:36 PM (hW8x2)

211 I only buy refurbished appliances now. There's a appliance recycling shop in Snohomish.

Washer and Dryer are both low tech and were old when I bought them. Only had to replace one part on the dryer, cost less than 100 bucks. Fridge is over 15 years old, so is the washer. Microwave is a refurb, door sticks but it runs so I'm keeping it.

I don't want anything new....except certain handguns...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 21, 2025 11:37 PM (xcxpd)

212 177 Sorry I haven’t been around much lately.

Did we ever get that Dan Rather guy?
Posted by: Kasper_Hauser_in_Sydney at July 21, 2025 11:12 PM (1f+mC)

Nemesis took care of him.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 21, 2025 11:38 PM (xcxpd)

213 When we remodeled my old place my ex asked for two things in the kitchen, a Viking range and a Sub Zero refrigerator which I think might be a transformer. Never really trusted it.

Both are over 20 years old and both work as new. And they both get a lot of work as my ex is an excellent cook. They are built like tanks with no frills but they just work all the time and keep on going. Look classic too.

You can buy a bunch of "cheap" appliances and replace them every decade or so or just take the pain all at once. You can still buy great appliances that last but they cost.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 21, 2025 11:39 PM (viF8m)

214 I have a really silly question. Does any one know how much it costs to have a Persian cat shaved? The new assistant manager at my apartment complex was a vet tech for five years and has volunteered to shave my Persian. She insists she'll do it for free, but I really want to pay her. She is a really nice person, loves critter, and I don't want to seem like I'm taking advantage of her.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at July 21, 2025 11:40 PM (sZyeE)

215 Damn, now I want be a mascot and eat a hot blonde cheerleader.

Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2025 11:41 PM (77rzZ)

216 Does any one know how much it costs to have a Persian cat shaved?”

Is that what they’re calling it these days?

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 21, 2025 11:43 PM (e2MJJ)

217 Parisian cat shaving should be 40 bucks .

Posted by: eleven at July 21, 2025 11:43 PM (fV+MH)

218 217 Parisian cat shaving should be 40 bucks .
Posted by: eleven at July 21, 2025 11:43 PM (fV+MH)

40 bucks? That's twice as much as in town.

Posted by: Reforger at July 21, 2025 11:47 PM (sNI6D)

219
Why shave a cat?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 21, 2025 11:49 PM (uz6ub)

220 219 Why shave a cat?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 21, 2025 11:49 PM

You wanted to try the Medieval medical practice of blood letting?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 21, 2025 11:51 PM (HlyYF)

221 f the sound barrier got broken…

…how would one fix it?
Posted by: mindful webworker

Put a band aid on it and kiss the sonic boo(m) boo(m)

Posted by: haffhowershower at July 21, 2025 11:52 PM (144I4)

222 Parisian cat shaving should be 40 bucks .
Posted by: eleven

I heard they don't shave over there...

Posted by: haffhowershower at July 21, 2025 11:53 PM (144I4)

223 Parisian cat shaving cost? Francly, I have no idea.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 22, 2025 12:05 AM (XeU6L)

224 Does any one know how much it costs to have a Persian cat shaved?”

Is that what they’re calling it these days?
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 21, 2025 11:43 PM (e2MJJ)

Wouldn't a Brazilian wax job be more effective?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 22, 2025 12:09 AM (UqdkK)

225
Here's an image of "Betelbuddy" next to Betelgeuse, imaged by Gemini Observatory:

https://tinyurl.com/23acct5w

The angular separation between those two is just about 20 milli-arcseconds. 20/1000 of 1/86400 of a degree. That resolution is amazing, and is a testament to how good they're getting.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 22, 2025 12:10 AM (w6EFb)

226 "Betelgeuse is an 8-million-year-old red supergiant located approximately 724 light-years away in the shoulder of the constellation Orion."

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.

Posted by: Roy Batty at July 22, 2025 12:14 AM (XeU6L)

227 You wanted to try the Medieval medical practice of blood letting?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot
---------

I have a bone-handled fleam, if anyone wants to borrow it.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 22, 2025 12:17 AM (XeU6L)

228 Wonder what would happen...

Betelgeuse

Betelgeuse

Betelgeuse

...?

Posted by: JQ at July 22, 2025 12:18 AM (rdVOm)

229 I'd believe it.

Posted by: Attack Ship Captain at July 22, 2025 12:19 AM (F1x4H)

230 I'd be perfectly happy never hearing any Guns N Roses songs ever again. Particularly those three.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at July 22, 2025 12:22 AM (V362x)

231 I've lived west of the Mississippi since 1969, but I still miss summer fireflies.
I don't miss summer weather (90/90), though.
Posted by: buddhaha

We get fireflies occasionally in north Texas. Not every year. I just learned last weekend that they aren’t in CA. The best ones are in the Smokies where their blinking is synchronized. One of only a couple places in the world. I’ve never seen these, though.

Posted by: QED Texan at July 22, 2025 12:27 AM (kAAmt)

232 Stepson told me that one of his teachers would play "Paradise City" at the start of class every day.

This would've been, oh, about late 1990s. So, 10 years or so *later* Heh.

Kid (not a kid anymore, close to 40 now) likes all kinds of music, but mostly rock.

Posted by: JQ at July 22, 2025 12:28 AM (rdVOm)

233 Ain't seen "lahtnin' buhgs" since I was a wee one, on a visit to Oklahoma one summer.

Posted by: JQ at July 22, 2025 12:30 AM (rdVOm)

234
They just announced the discovery of Betelgeuse's companion today. It's a close binary, and that confirms a suspicion that the companion was causing a long 6 year variability cycle. 6 years is about the orbital period of the smaller companion.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 22, 2025 12:31 AM (w6EFb)

235 The best ones are in the Smokies where their blinking is synchronized. One of only a couple places in the world. I’ve never seen these, though.
Posted by: QED
------

I've seen displays that were so astounding that I just sat down in the woods and watched. Almost mythical.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 22, 2025 12:33 AM (XeU6L)

236 I saw Shaved Persian cats open for Skinny Puppy at the local animal shelter in...

Yeah, you knew it was coming.

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at July 22, 2025 12:35 AM (6O8uT)

237 Fireflies are THE coolest thing that my childhood self ever saw. Cherished memory!

Posted by: JQ at July 22, 2025 12:35 AM (rdVOm)

238 Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at July 21, 2025 11:40 PM

Serious answer:

You maybe could call a groomer for a quote, and offer payment based on that?

Best of luck!

Posted by: JQ at July 22, 2025 12:39 AM (rdVOm)

239 Two appliance anecdotes before I hit the hay.

Amish use a number of kerosene-powered appliances, including refrigerators. I wonder if they have planned-obsolescence?

Mrs. QED and I aren’t 29. Been married more than that many years. Bought the first clothes dryer of our wedded years in 2024. The previous dryer came with her house when she bought it before I even knew her. One repairman told us to never get rid of it. I kept it going many years (thanks ewe-tube). Couldn’t do it any longer. I don’t think we’ll get 29 years out of the new one.

Posted by: QED Texan at July 22, 2025 12:44 AM (kAAmt)

240
I was just pondering the enormity of it all, and how short-lived and little we are. Betelgeuse is very young, only around 10 million years old. It didn't exist at the time of the dinosaurs. It's a stellar flash in the pan on astronomical and geological time scales.

It was the late Miocene when Betelgeuse first appeared. Massive stars like this are short fused. Bright and fast. Orion wouldn't have existed as we know it today. Rigel is a bit younger, and wouldn't have been there. Bellatrix and Saiph would likely be there. The belt wouldn't have existed. Might have been something sort of fuzzy visible in the belt area.

At that time, Greenland was ice free, with summer temps reaching maybe 60F or so.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 22, 2025 12:46 AM (w6EFb)

241 Fireflies are THE coolest thing that my childhood self ever saw. Cherished memory!
Posted by: JQ

Yes, indeed!

Posted by: QED Texan at July 22, 2025 12:47 AM (kAAmt)

242 I’ve never lived east of the Mississippi.

Never think I’d want to.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 22, 2025 12:57 AM (mT+6a)

243 I'm with you on that, Nurse.

I love The West. Particularly, I love The North West!

Posted by: JQ at July 22, 2025 12:58 AM (rdVOm)

244 Mark Anthony Edwards,

Any comments on the anime series I mentioned?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 22, 2025 01:01 AM (UNuW6)

245 The ultra-light device can be strapped to the bee’s back and connected to its brain via three tiny needles, allowing humans to control the movements of the insect. The controller uses low-intensity electric impulses to input the insect’s movements, making it turn left, turn right, advance, or turn back, depending on the situation.

1982: Yar's Revenge on the Atari 2600
2025: Yar's Revenge IRL

Posted by: mikeski at July 22, 2025 01:02 AM (DgGvY)

246 Mikeski, real killer bees.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 22, 2025 01:05 AM (UNuW6)

247 It’s crazy that even if we could travel 10x the speed of light it would still take us over 72 years to reach ‘Betelgeuse’ .

The closest star other than our Sun is 4 light years away . Traveling 1/10 the speed of light ( 67 million mph) would take us 40 years to reach.

There are no aliens .

Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2025 01:09 AM (VofaG)

248 I hate living on the east coast, it is beautiful, but I live in a liberal hell.

I wonder if my Epipen is effective against cyborg bees.

I have read the content but not the comments. Posting is a pain in the ass.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 22, 2025 01:09 AM (0nHVk)

249 *pours a nightcap for DDS*

*clinks glass*

Cheers, girl! Sorry you're in liberal lalaland!

Posted by: JQ at July 22, 2025 01:11 AM (rdVOm)

250 Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 22, 2025 01:09 AM (0nHVk)

The West coast ain’t exactly liberal paradise.

Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2025 01:12 AM (VofaG)

251 a Sub Zero refrigerator which I think might be a transformer. Never really trusted it.
Posted by: JackStraw

No, Sub Zero is a Mortal Kombat character, not a transformer.

Posted by: mikeski at July 22, 2025 01:13 AM (DgGvY)

252 The closest star other than our Sun is 4 light years away . Traveling 1/10 the speed of light ( 67 million mph) would take us 40 years to reach.

There are no aliens .
Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2025 01:09 AM (VofaG)

Well, I am guessing, that if we find a solution for FTL travel, the upper bound on our (perceived?) speed will be almost limitless.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 22, 2025 01:18 AM (UqdkK)

253 No, Sub Zero is a Mortal Kombat character, not a transformer.

Flawless victory. Just don't go see the forthcoming live action movie.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 22, 2025 01:18 AM (UNuW6)

254 I have a really silly question. Does any one know how much it costs to have a Persian cat shaved? The new assistant manager at my apartment complex was a vet tech for five years and has volunteered to shave my Persian. She insists she'll do it for free, but I really want to pay her. She is a really nice person, loves critter, and I don't want to seem like I'm taking advantage of her.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at July 21, 2025 11:40 PM (sZyeE)

Buy her a really nice dinner if she won't take payment. You can ask her for information on caring for cats which sounds like she will like even better.

is your cat getting mats? Make sure to get information on how to avoid that. Then enter your pic of her Lion Cut for the pet thread

Posted by: Kindltot at July 22, 2025 01:18 AM (D7oie)

255 I'd like to eat a cheerleader.

Posted by: TC at July 22, 2025 01:19 AM (szqEY)

256 The one about road trips with Dad hit home. Don't know how many times I heard, "I just passed those semi trucks and if you think I'm going to do it again.. " As a child, I once needed to pee in Fresno CA and had to "hold it" until Sacramento! In retrospect, good bladder training for a career as a nurse (few bathroom breaks.)

Posted by: Frankie at July 22, 2025 01:21 AM (e/VZF)

257 95 GnR had their moment, it was a 5 year long rocket ride into the stratosphere before their rapid descent straight into the ground.

Ignoring the results coming from their personal issues, what they were was the final evolution of the linear rock path that started with the Yardbirds and ended with the rise of Nirvana. Rose and Cobain both at least subconsciously realized this which is why they instinctively hated each other. Apparently very early Rose wanted Nirvana to open for them and Nirvana said no. It would have been interesting to see how the crowd would have reacted...

Posted by: azjaeger at July 22, 2025 01:23 AM (3/XaG)

258 Thanks JQ, most of my family is here, I am going nowhere until my brother dies, sometimes life just passes you by, I guess. I used to have dreams, not so much anymore.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 22, 2025 01:25 AM (0nHVk)

259 ...I used to have dreams, not so much anymore.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
---------

Oh Lord, do I feel your pain, Debby!

Yeah. Dreams. Pfffffft!

Posted by: JQ at July 22, 2025 01:28 AM (rdVOm)

260 Why does Georgia smell so bad?

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 22, 2025 01:30 AM (EQg1P)

261 Yeah, ok, space aliens arrive, and are about to consider whether they do the "first contact thing" or decide on conquest for resources and slave labor.

Then they watch those lunatics in Alaska firing a School Bus off a cliff. Take a few seconds to consider the situation.

"Let's get the hell out of here before they see us!!!!"
Posted by: Orson

It's been linked here before, but Terry Bisson's short story, "They're Made Out of Meat."

https://is.gd/MjORcc

Posted by: mikeski at July 22, 2025 01:30 AM (DgGvY)

262 260 & 261, serendipity.

Posted by: mikeski at July 22, 2025 01:31 AM (DgGvY)

263 Every month, as I write the ("spend down") check to hubby's Care Facility, I think to myself:

Welp, there goes...all the things this house needs...

New windows

Deck replacement

New floor coverings

Mini-split heat/air system

Carport

...

...and on and on...

Posted by: JQ at July 22, 2025 01:31 AM (rdVOm)

264 So much for "retirement travel" for us!

Bah.

G'night, horde. I need sleep...

Posted by: JQ at July 22, 2025 01:33 AM (rdVOm)

265 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 22, 2025 01:18 AM (UqdkK)

There is not even an accepted theory of the possibility that anything can travel FTL much less human travel.

There is a rejected theory of particles called tacrons or something like that traveling faster than light but again rejected by most of the scientific community.

Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2025 01:34 AM (VofaG)

266
Here's a map of our immediate stellar neighborhood to around 12 ly:

https://tinyurl.com/2xuwefok

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 22, 2025 01:35 AM (w6EFb)

267 Flawless victory. Just don't go see the forthcoming live action movie.
Posted by: Anna Puma

* searches *

So, it's a sequel to a reboot?

Yeah, Bullwinkle, that trick never works.

Posted by: mikeski at July 22, 2025 01:35 AM (DgGvY)

268 There is a rejected theory of particles called tacrons or something like that traveling faster than light but again rejected by most of the scientific community.
Posted by: polynikes

And they can't cross the speed-of-light barrier, either, IIRC. They're always faster than.

Posted by: mikeski at July 22, 2025 01:37 AM (DgGvY)

269 Night, JQ, I am off to bed too.

AOP, my first apartment fridge was an International Harvester, it kept things very cold, I liked it a lot.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 22, 2025 01:40 AM (0nHVk)

270
There is not even an accepted theory of the possibility that anything can travel FTL much less human travel.

There is a rejected theory of particles called tacrons or something like that traveling faster than light but again rejected by most of the scientific community.

Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2025 01:34 AM (VofaG)

Perhaps we will find a way to step outside the Universe, cruise around its exterior at infinite speed, and step back in again.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 22, 2025 01:42 AM (UqdkK)

271 I'd like to eat a cheerleader.
Posted by: TC at July 22, 2025 01:19 AM (szqEY)

Well this one time at Band Camp…….

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 22, 2025 01:44 AM (VeMN6)

272 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 22, 2025 01:42 AM (UqdkK)

portals , worm holes, folding space, etc.

It’s all just SciFi to me .

But I believe something exists

Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2025 01:49 AM (VofaG)

273 Should have completed the thought that something exists related to my belief in God.

Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2025 01:51 AM (VofaG)

274 And they can't cross the speed-of-light barrier, either, IIRC. They're always faster than.
Posted by: mikeski at July 22, 2025 01:37 AM (DgGvY)

FTL would involve time travel.

Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2025 01:53 AM (VofaG)

275 I'd like to eat a cheerleader.
Posted by: TC

Well this one time at Band Camp…….
Posted by: Pete Bog

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE ALYSON HANNIGAN'S CHARACTER ON BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER WAS A LESBIAN.

Posted by: BEN ROFLCOPTER at July 22, 2025 01:55 AM (DgGvY)

276 I’ve never lived east of the Mississippi.
Never think I’d want to.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 22, 2025 12:57 AM (mT+6a)

The benefit of being any Army brat. Lived all over the east. Came west to Washington state in 1974. First time west of Fort Worth where my grandmother lived. Now I’ve lived a few spots around the west. With the exception of Carlisle Pennsylvania I could live happily in most of them. Home is where your family, friends and most importantly my lovely wife are located. The rest is just a formality

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 22, 2025 01:56 AM (VeMN6)

277 "There are no aliens .
Posted by: polynikes"

There are most certainly aliens in such a vastness.

Whether we can ever contact each other is the question.

Whether alien civilizations have cheerleaders is another question that I have no ideas about.

Posted by: eleven at July 22, 2025 01:57 AM (fV+MH)

278
Of these three, FTL, Special Relativity, Causality, pick any two. You can't have all three.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 22, 2025 01:58 AM (w6EFb)

279 I mean...we have cheerleaders.

So why wouldn't aliens have cheerleaders?

Posted by: eleven at July 22, 2025 02:10 AM (fV+MH)

280 *tachyons.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 22, 2025 02:17 AM (gKWVE)

281 False alarm:

https://tinyurl.com/3r7tpsd5

You have to scroll down to see whom he's actually referring to.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 22, 2025 02:18 AM (VFv8R)

282 279 I mean...we have cheerleaders.

So why wouldn't aliens have cheerleaders?
Posted by: eleven at July 22, 2025 02:10 AM (fV+MH)

It may be because it's late and I MIGHT have had a beer or two or three....but something about that comment strikes me as 'Comment of the Week' material....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at July 22, 2025 02:19 AM (QGaXH)

283 There are many ways to skin a Fed Chair:

https://tinyurl.com/47r74rp8

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 22, 2025 02:21 AM (VFv8R)

284 283 There are many ways to skin a Fed Chair:

https://tinyurl.com/47r74rp8
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 22, 2025 02:21 AM (VFv8R)

Jerome....we hardly knew ye.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at July 22, 2025 02:24 AM (QGaXH)

285 Jerome....we hardly knew ye.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at July 22, 2025 02:24 AM (QGaXH)
-

E X X ➠A L E R T S
@ExxAlerts

BREAKING: 🚨 Chair of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell to deliver speech tomorrow at 8:30 AM EST.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 22, 2025 02:29 AM (VFv8R)

286 https://tinyurl.com/47r74rp8
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 22, 2025 02:21 AM (VFv8R)

Jerome....we hardly knew ye.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at July 22, 2025 02:24 AM (QGaXH)

That'll leave a mark.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 22, 2025 02:32 AM (6ecJK)

287 Well, past midnight here, going to call it a night. Later, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 22, 2025 02:37 AM (6ecJK)

288 Minneapolis > Salt Lake City

https://tinyurl.com/2kj3k4ys

If I'm reading this correctly, it is/was Catholic Charities again.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 22, 2025 02:41 AM (VFv8R)

289 That'll leave a mark.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 22, 2025 02:32 AM (6ecJK)
-

Hopefully this will lead to death by a 1000 cuts:

https://tinyurl.com/4ka6nxcs

But as was discussed here yesterday, hope is not a strategy.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 22, 2025 02:59 AM (VFv8R)

290 Here's a very interesting interview with PM Liz Truss, about whom I only knew that her tenure was almost comically brief:

https://tinyurl.com/kafw6ja2

She and the host discuss what are problems across the West: judicial overreach, unelected bureaucracy, infiltration of institutions, population replacement, etc. "We will have to undo 50 years of laws", such as the Human Rights Act which protects criminals and invaders.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 22, 2025 03:45 AM (kpS4V)

291 If I'm reading this correctly, it is/was Catholic Charities again.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 22, 2025 02:41 AM (VFv8R)

Catholic Charities ceased to be Catholic about 40 years ago. They still beg for donations at Mass, but nobody I know supports them. They are run by non-Catholics for their own benefit, and apparently to collect USAID cash. I wouldn't ask them for a handout in a million years.

I have no idea why the USCCB allows them to be called Catholic anymore, except that USCCB isn't particularly Catholic anymore, either.

*spit*

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 22, 2025 03:52 AM (1Gsou)

292 There is not even an accepted theory of the possibility that anything can travel FTL much less human travel.

There is a rejected theory of particles called tacrons or something like that traveling faster than light but again rejected by most of the scientific community.

Posted by: polynikes at July 22, 2025 01:34 AM (VofaG)

I'm pretty sure my dog's wind travels faster than the speed of light. That smell can clear a room in less than a particle of a second. And it pretty well blankets the known universe of me and DH.

So, there's my take on physics and time travel and....

well, it kinda stinks.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 22, 2025 03:56 AM (1Gsou)

293 I'm pretty sure my dog's wind travels faster than the speed of light. That smell can clear a room in less than a particle of a second. And it pretty well blankets the known universe of me and DH.

So, there's my take on physics and time travel and....

well, it kinda stinks.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 22, 2025 03:56 AM (1Gsou)

Rumor and scuttlebutt in the USN proves, beyond any doubt, that information travels faster than the speed of light.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 22, 2025 04:03 AM (mP0Kj)

294 Catholic Charities ceased to be Catholic about 40 years ago.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 22, 2025 03:52 AM (1Gsou)
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Just like HIAS ceased to be anything Jewish for decades.

I recall the great work they did with help Soviet Jews who got out from behind the Iron Curtain start anew. That was then.

Even the ADL, which was never particularly Jewish per se, was much more reasonable and level headed way back when.

All of these institutions were invaded and usurped over the years. Need to follow the money. The plan seems pure Soros.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 22, 2025 04:04 AM (VFv8R)

295 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 22, 2025 04:04 AM (VFv8R)

Anything the ADL says is immediately suspect.

They are the mouthpiece for the hardline progressive "Jews" in America.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 22, 2025 04:28 AM (L5An7)

296 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at July 22, 2025 04:31 AM (aURVT)

297 297

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