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Thursday Overnight Open Thread - May 28, 2026 [Doof]
Sunrise in Sydney Australia - From Kaz
Howdy Hordelings! So -- nowhere else you'd rather be than the Thursday night ONT, eh? Then let's go to it! Content provided for those who care. Open thread, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?
Got an unquenchable thirst? How about some, (checks notes), FEET JUICE?!? Cosplay Models Shock Internet by Selling “Feet Juice” at California Anime Festival
Anime conventions can get pretty wild, but when’s the last time you attended an event where cosplay models were selling actual “foot juice”, as in fruit juice from plastic buckets in which they had dipped their feet? Despite the product’s unconventional nature, the $10-15 price tag wasn’t enough to deter potential clients, and according to multiple reports, the foot juice sold out in less than an hour. *** Photos and videos from Parkon 2026 show young girls in cosplay holding up signs with foot juice offers while having their naked feet dipped in juice, and some even offering to let customers drink the juice dripping directly from their wet feet.Yup - it's real. Go ahead and check out the video at the link.
----- Haven't linked to STREET ART UTOPIA in a while. Seems like as good a night as any! Underpasses That Became Secret Art Worlds (12 Photos)
----- Dad jokes from the deer blind!
These guys are funny.
— ꧁Bobbi꧂ (@SaltyBitch_52) May 27, 2026
Deer Blind Dad Jokes. pic.twitter.com/Pg4D90II1K
----- The model for the sign has finally been found!
----- Highway sign programmer has some fun
from thisdayinmusic.com On this date in 1977: Sting, Stewart Copeland, and Andy Summers played together for the first time in Paris, as part of the band Strontium 90 (with Mike Howlett). The three musicians would go on to form The Police that summer.
On this date in 1996: Depeche Mode singer Dave Gahan was rushed to Cedars Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles after an apparent drug overdose. The singer was later arrested for possession of cocaine and heroin.
On this date in 1983: The four day US Festival '83' took place in California, featuring The Clash, U2, David Bowie, The Pretenders, Van Halen, Stray Cats, Men At Work, Judas Priest, Stevie Nicks, Willie Nelson. INXS, Joe Walsh, Motley Crue and Ozzy Osbourne. Over 750,000 fans attended the festival.
Tonight's ONT brought to you by anesthesia
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Tonypete at May 28, 2026 10:00 PM (440br)
Thanks for the ONT!
Posted by: 496 at May 28, 2026 10:00 PM (sOtuf)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 28, 2026 10:00 PM (6lIrI)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 28, 2026 10:01 PM (6lIrI)
Posted by: javems at May 28, 2026 10:01 PM (zFsEm)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 28, 2026 10:01 PM (6lIrI)
Posted by: Tonypete at May 28, 2026 10:02 PM (440br)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 28, 2026 10:03 PM (6lIrI)
Posted by: Tonypete at May 28, 2026 10:03 PM (440br)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 28, 2026 10:03 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: GWB at May 28, 2026 10:03 PM (kU0PQ)
Always thought it was an introduction to vivisection.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 28, 2026 10:04 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Adriane the Monday Critic on Thursday . . . at May 28, 2026 10:04 PM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: Bulg at May 28, 2026 10:04 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 28, 2026 10:04 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 28, 2026 10:05 PM (zZu0s)
Wow.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 28, 2026 10:05 PM (440br)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 28, 2026 10:05 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 28, 2026 10:05 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country at May 28, 2026 10:05 PM (bfy6w)
https://youtu.be/pQn1B5eLATs
It is James Tabor talking about David Koresh in Israel.
I had not realized there was any relationship between these two individuals but each is referenced in the other's wikipedia page.
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 28, 2026 10:05 PM (AGz65)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher
Except that they'll all turn up at the ER and we shall pay for their stupidity ...
Posted by: Adriane the Monday Critic on Thursday . . . at May 28, 2026 10:06 PM (3ZUWJ)
slaanesh has visited xer spirit upon this place
Posted by: gKWVE at May 28, 2026 10:06 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 28, 2026 10:03 PM (1Ff7Z)
New feature I implemented. Was it intentional or was it a coding error? Y'all can figure that out!
Posted by: Doof at May 28, 2026 10:06 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: LRob in OK at May 28, 2026 10:06 PM (Jr+re)
Posted by: Kratwurst at May 28, 2026 10:07 PM (9gKa/)
Although I suppose sock-ay would be more culturally appropriate.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 28, 2026 10:07 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 28, 2026 10:07 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 28, 2026 10:07 PM (+9wcF)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 28, 2026 10:07 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: 496 at May 28, 2026 10:07 PM (sOtuf)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 28, 2026 10:07 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Bulg at May 28, 2026 10:08 PM (77rzZ)
The blue sign says "No dogs."
Posted by: GWB at May 28, 2026 10:08 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: tankascribe at May 28, 2026 10:08 PM (NtoJk)
I would tell those jokes to 1st and 2nd graders. Not to my bros with deer rifles close to me.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 28, 2026 10:08 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Piper at May 28, 2026 10:08 PM (6aCYf)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 28, 2026 10:08 PM (gzzK/)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 28, 2026 10:07 PM (Riz8t)
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Nailed it
Posted by: 496 at May 28, 2026 10:08 PM (sOtuf)
slaanesh has visited xer spirit upon this place
Posted by: gKWVE
A) Just feet? Wasn't there an e-thot selling her bathwater?
2) Actual goat*e might have been less disturbing than the toddlers-reading-the-fag-book mural.
Posted by: mikeski at May 28, 2026 10:09 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Iris at May 28, 2026 10:09 PM (bOJ2I)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 28, 2026 10:10 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 28, 2026 10:10 PM (Sco7b)
Wine is made with Millipore filters and probably reverse osmosis membranes these days. Not interested in culinary practices of the stone age.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 28, 2026 10:10 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at May 28, 2026 10:10 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Doof at May 28, 2026 10:06 PM (QMAsf)
I guess it depends whether you posted it, or you hand the ONT off to one of the major CoBs to post it for you.
I don't know, because I've never been asked to do a post.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 28, 2026 10:10 PM (1Ff7Z)
That's why they fit in so well in the ONT, Salty!!
Posted by: LRob in OK at May 28, 2026 10:10 PM (Jr+re)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 28, 2026 10:07 PM (1Ff7Z)
*side eyes*
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 28, 2026 10:11 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Splunge at May 28, 2026 10:11 PM (JpUeg)
Those deer blind dad jokes were a hoot! Those three guys were making too much noise to be actually hunting, but at least they had a good time!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 28, 2026 10:11 PM (D/6p1)
It should do well with the families of Democrat and RINO politicians, and perhaps others.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 28, 2026 10:11 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 28, 2026 10:11 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Bulg at May 28, 2026 10:11 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 28, 2026 10:12 PM (y79kU)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 28, 2026 10:13 PM (y79kU)
Posted by: Piper at May 28, 2026 10:08 PM (6aCYf)
You bringing carry-out from Jimmy's up here tomorrow??
Posted by: Doof at May 28, 2026 10:13 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: wth at May 28, 2026 10:14 PM (oq9dX)
Wow.
Posted by: Tonypete
More Bengals fans in Meigs and Athens Counties?
Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country at May 28, 2026 10:14 PM (bfy6w)
Posted by: banana Dream at May 28, 2026 10:14 PM (NfIzX)
Posted by: She Hobbit at May 28, 2026 10:14 PM (ftFVW)
You bringing carry-out from Jimmy's up here tomorrow??
Posted by: Doof at May 28, 2026 10:13 PM (QMAsf
I should! We have to convince my brother.
Posted by: Piper at May 28, 2026 10:15 PM (6aCYf)
Posted by: wth at May 28, 2026 10:14 PM (oq9dX)
That'd be $20. Same as downtown.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 28, 2026 10:15 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: King of Dad Jokes at May 28, 2026 10:16 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: browndog says woof at May 28, 2026 10:16 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: Fred Flintsone at May 28, 2026 10:16 PM (rgnea)
Posted by: Doof at May 28, 2026 10:13 PM (QMAsf
I should! We have to convince my brother.
Posted by: Piper at May 28, 2026 10:15 PM (6aCYf)
Meet me on the golf course - 1:09 tee time!
Posted by: Doof at May 28, 2026 10:16 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Alpa Cino at May 28, 2026 10:16 PM (Q+gd/)
more like 'blew Origin' amirite
https://x.com/Breaking911/status/
2060165698211475916
Posted by: Don Black at May 28, 2026 10:17 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: She Hobbit at May 28, 2026 10:14 PM (ftFVW)
Wow, look who's slumming it in the ONT tonight!
Posted by: Doof at May 28, 2026 10:17 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: tankdemon at May 28, 2026 10:17 PM (n7lb4)
Posted by: Common Tater
Higher pain tolerance. More anesthesia needed than usual. But less opioids needed than usual.
https://is.gd/h6Y68Q (nih.gov)
And the last time this was brought up, I thought it was also "stronger pleasure response," but the nih.gov link isn't going there. Prudes.
Posted by: mikeski at May 28, 2026 10:17 PM (VHUov)
Good f'n grief....
DOOF!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 28, 2026 10:10 PM (uTEOj)
Howdy COMM!
Feet juice is about as ONT as it gets!
Posted by: Doof at May 28, 2026 10:18 PM (QMAsf)
All that being said, the concept of foot juice is absolutely disgusting and really does gross me out. I feel physically repulsed.
Posted by: 496 at May 28, 2026 10:18 PM (sOtuf)
Posted by: Don Black at May 28, 2026 10:18 PM (ZxPkt)
Just saw that and was about to post. Static test fire at LC-34 at the cape. Big boom indeed.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 28, 2026 10:18 PM (w6EFb)
I'm glad I like boobs.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 28, 2026 10:07 PM (zZu0s)
---------
Which, of course, supply their own juice
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 28, 2026 10:18 PM (6lIrI)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 28, 2026 10:18 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: banana Dream at May 28, 2026 10:18 PM (NfIzX)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 28, 2026 10:18 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: Pterodactyl at May 28, 2026 10:19 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 28, 2026 10:19 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: 496 at May 28, 2026 10:19 PM (sOtuf)
Posted by: Iris at May 28, 2026 10:19 PM (bOJ2I)
Why did Mozart sell all his chickens?
They kept going Bach! Bach! Bach!
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 28, 2026 10:19 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 28, 2026 10:05 PM (Wnv9h)
Howdy brother! Hope to see you in NoVa in a few weeks.
Posted by: Doof at May 28, 2026 10:19 PM (QMAsf)
Yes, I'll be clicking on that link at exactly half past never.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 28, 2026 10:20 PM (syz1S)
Posted by: Doof
Hahaha, don't gotta work tomorrow is all.
Posted by: She Hobbit at May 28, 2026 10:20 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 28, 2026 10:20 PM (0Htd1)
LC-36, not 34. 34 was the site of the Apollo 1 fire, and was last used for Apollo 7. It's a basically a monument now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 28, 2026 10:20 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 28, 2026 10:20 PM (1Ff7Z)
For those breathlessly waiting (and for those who read others' comments regardless), today's interview went... okay? But I won't hear back until sometime next week. Of course. Sigh. I keep a-trudgin' along.
Posted by: RandomDave at May 28, 2026 10:21 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Archimedes
Did it have tabi bilingual foot puns?
Posted by: mikeski at May 28, 2026 10:21 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 28, 2026 10:21 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 28, 2026 10:21 PM (wzUl9)
2060165698211475916
yep, yep, yep. Done Blowed up, real good ...
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.
.
I hope like heck no one was hurt.
Posted by: Adriane the Monday Critic on Thursday . . . at May 28, 2026 10:21 PM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: JQ at May 28, 2026 10:22 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 28, 2026 10:22 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Bulg at May 28, 2026 10:04 PM (77rzZ)
How's the tutoring gig going? I'm not on much during the days lately so not sure if I missed an update.
Posted by: Doof at May 28, 2026 10:22 PM (QMAsf)
What does the term “dew-sweeper” mean?
Posted by: King of Dad Jokes at May 28, 2026 10:22 PM (77rzZ)
82 What does an astronaut put on his sandwich?
Launch meat.
Posted by: 496 at May 28
What do you call a herd of sheep falling down a hill?
A lambslide.
Posted by: Piper at May 28, 2026 10:22 PM (6aCYf)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 28, 2026 10:23 PM (Cqx++)
Sorry, Miss Newton.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 28, 2026 10:24 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: nerdygirl
Well, I was gonna have four double cheeseburgers, but I got hungry while I was grillin'.
Posted by: the "pregnant" man at May 28, 2026 10:24 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 28, 2026 10:24 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: banana Dream at May 28, 2026 10:24 PM (NfIzX)
Posted by: four seasons at May 28, 2026 10:24 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
Apparently so did they.
Posted by: She Hobbit at May 28, 2026 10:24 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 28, 2026 10:07 PM (1Ff7Z)
Still not as embarassing a backyard grill picture as Chuck Shumer's.
Posted by: tankdemon at May 28, 2026 10:24 PM (n7lb4)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 28, 2026 10:25 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: 496 at May 28, 2026 10:26 PM (sOtuf)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 28, 2026 10:26 PM (uTEOj)
Well, the payload hadn't been installed, so they didn't lose that, but looks like a lot of damage to the pad.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 28, 2026 10:26 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: tankdemon at May 28, 2026 10:24 PM (n7lb4)
But it's close.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 28, 2026 10:26 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
Apparently so did they.
Posted by: She Hobbit
===
Ahhh, test firing of the engines.
That is why we didn't hear about it.
Partial success.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 28, 2026 10:26 PM (/lPRQ)
D: I have a knock-knock joke
G: okay
D: You start
G: Knock-knock
D: Who's there?
G:
G:
G: erupts in laughter
I know this one has been done before, and since, but Dad's delivery and Grandma's delightful laughter makes it a wonderful bit.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at May 28, 2026 10:26 PM (0aYVJ)
@Breaking911 1h
BREAKING: Blue Origin’s New Glenn exploded at Launch Complex 36 during a static fire test attempt.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 28, 2026 10:27 PM (diia5)
Nobody was hurt, thank goodness.
There's supposed to be safe distance protocols in place for all this just in case something like this happens.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 28, 2026 10:27 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 28, 2026 10:27 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: 496 at May 28, 2026 10:28 PM (sOtuf)
Always thought it was an introduction to vivisection.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
Nickname checks out.
Posted by: mikeski at May 28, 2026 10:29 PM (VHUov)
I’ve got more gigs scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, which I think will go relatively well.
Posted by: King of Dad Jokes at May 28, 2026 10:29 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: publius
..and everything w/i a half mile.
Hope no gopher tortoises were injured.
Water tower looked like it went down too.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 28, 2026 10:29 PM (/lPRQ)
Looks like the explosion started in the second stage (just my eyeballing), and the explosion took out one of the lightning towers.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 28, 2026 10:29 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: banana Dream at May 28, 2026 10:29 PM (NfIzX)
Posted by: nerdygirl
......
He's eating for three. The twins are due next month.
Posted by: wth at May 28, 2026 10:29 PM (oq9dX)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 28, 2026 10:29 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 28, 2026 10:29 PM (Cqx++)
I wonder if it will affect tomorrow's SpaceX launch from LC-40, and ULA's launch from SLC-41.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 28, 2026 10:30 PM (qx7Zg)
Well, the payload hadn't been installed, so they didn't lose that, but looks like a lot of damage to the pad.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 28, 2026 10:26 PM (w6EFb)
_____________
Responses to failures
NASA: blue-ribbon committees, thousands of PowerPoint presentations.
SoaceX: Build another and try again in a month.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 28, 2026 10:30 PM (HdYcL)
BREAKING: Blue Origin’s New Glenn exploded at Launch Complex 36 during a static fire test attempt.
But hey, let's investigate the Starship Booster mishap.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 28, 2026 10:30 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: 496 at May 28, 2026 10:26 PM (sOtuf)
What's the difference between a vitamin and a hormone?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 28, 2026 10:30 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
Yikes!
Lemme show you MY feet...you seriously wouldn't say this🤕...
Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 28, 2026 10:31 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: Bulg at May 28, 2026 10:31 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Don Black at May 28, 2026 10:31 PM (ZxPkt)
What's the difference between a vitamin and a hormone?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 28, 2026 10:30 PM (1Ff7Z)
___________
The first is quieter?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 28, 2026 10:31 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Berserker
I mean, look at what he's having extracted. You've gotta be a hardass to go in for a cardiectomy, awake or asleep.
Posted by: mikeski at May 28, 2026 10:32 PM (VHUov)
slaanesh has visited xer spirit upon this place
Posted by: gKWVE
A) Just feet? Wasn't there an e-thot selling her bathwater?
2) Actual goat*e might have been less disturbing than the toddlers-reading-the-fag-book mural.
Posted by: mikeski at May 28, 2026 10:09 PM (VHUov)
Dr. Squatch mens grooming brand sold a very limited edition soap that used Sydney Sweeney's bathwater as an ingredient, I think in 2024. (Well before her American Eagle jeans ads.)
Posted by: tankdemon at May 28, 2026 10:32 PM (n7lb4)
The odd thing is the casting. Bridges does not play the hero, one of the Secret Service guys trying to stop some high-quality counterfeit plates from getting out. No, he's the crook who originally made them. And John Hoyt plays the central SS guy who eventually takes the ring down!
Hoyt, you'll remember, was a standby on TV in the '60s. He played the ship's doctor, Boyce, on the first Trek pilot; and he was in that ]i]Twilight Zone where a motley group is stuck at a diner, and one of them may be an actual alien from another planet. Turns out two of them are, and one is Hoyt -- as a Venusian.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 28, 2026 10:32 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 28, 2026 10:31 PM (HdYcL)
You can't make a vitamin. Though, you probably can't make a hormone either....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 28, 2026 10:32 PM (1Ff7Z)
I’ve got more gigs scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, which I think will go relatively well.
Posted by: King of Dad Jokes at May 28, 2026 10:29 PM (77rzZ)
I had a side gig as a tutor when I was in college. Economics classes. Never puked afterwards. Interesting choice!
Posted by: Doof at May 28, 2026 10:32 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 28, 2026 10:30 PM (1Ff7Z)
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Men can make vitamins?
Posted by: 496 at May 28, 2026 10:32 PM (sOtuf)
BBQ guy is Wimpie 2026.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 28, 2026 10:34 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
*
Yikes!
Lemme show you MY feet...you seriously wouldn't say this🤕...
Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 28, 2026 [/o]
***
Well, Marie, I speak of feet like those of Nicole Kidman and Charlize Theron among many others.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 28, 2026 10:34 PM (wzUl9)
https://www.kimdutoit.com/
He also has a number of guns posts, stupid headlines, and other topics. He wrote the memorial to JimSND I linked to a while back.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 28, 2026 10:34 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 28, 2026 10:34 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 28, 2026 10:07 PM (1Ff7Z)
You've never been to a Walmart in Alabama have you?
Posted by: polynikes at May 28, 2026 10:34 PM (XMuV+)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 28, 2026
***
"How do you make a hormone?"
"Refuse to pay her."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 28, 2026 10:35 PM (wzUl9)
Wolfus, I've seen that happen before, too. Don't know why some B&W just look like that.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 28, 2026 10:35 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 28, 2026 10:20 PM (0Htd1)
That's just the first course.
Posted by: tankdemon at May 28, 2026 10:35 PM (n7lb4)
Posted by: wth at May 28, 2026 10:35 PM (oq9dX)
Posted by: polynikes at May 28, 2026 10:36 PM (XMuV+)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 28, 2026 10:36 PM (gKWVE)
Knock knock
Who’s there?
Interrupting horse
Interrup…
(NEIGH!)
It was very cute
Posted by: banana Dream at May 28, 2026 10:36 PM (NfIzX)
With remarkable dedication, she squeezes and presses, extracting the precious liquid while a small but brave queue of festival-goers gathers before her. Some appear hesitant, others strangely intrigued by this exotic elixir.
Observe how she moves with practiced grace, her hands working tirelessly as she presents each cup with a bright, hopeful smile. One cannot help but marvel at the mysterious human impulse that draws people not merely to refreshment, but to this most unusual of beverages.
Truly, in all the varied wonders of the natural world, few sights are quite as delightfully peculiar as this young woman and her foot juice at the height of festival season."
Posted by: David Attenborough at May 28, 2026 10:36 PM (440br)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 28, 2026 10:07 PM (1Ff7Z)
God gave us shirts for a reason.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 28, 2026 10:36 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: RandomDave at May 28, 2026 10:36 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
You've never been to a Walmart
You've never been to
Posted by: polynikes
FIFY, two choices.
Posted by: mikeski at May 28, 2026 10:36 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: polynikes at May 28, 2026 10:34 PM (XMuV+)
There's plenty of spandex queens in my area.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 28, 2026 10:37 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Don Black at May 28, 2026 10:37 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at May 28, 2026 10:37 PM (TRCcP)
https://youtu.be/zHVCpeytQCw
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 28, 2026 10:29 PM (Cqx++)
Weird, wild stuff.
BOC is a wonder. I did not fully appreciate them when I was a lad. I love revisiting their catalogue.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at May 28, 2026 10:37 PM (0aYVJ)
I wonder if it will affect tomorrow's SpaceX launch from LC-40, and ULA's launch from SLC-41.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
Miles away. Should be no problems.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 28, 2026 10:38 PM (/lPRQ)
"Refuse to pay her."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
"Another f--king dick-and-dash."
Posted by: the moaning hoor at May 28, 2026 10:38 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 28, 2026 10:07 PM (1Ff7Z)
With women I assume that that type of thing is attention seeking. That whole selling foot juice deal is attention seeking on the part of the gals.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 28, 2026 10:39 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
*
You've never been to a Walmart
You've never been to
Posted by: polynikes
*
FIFY, two choices.
Posted by: mikeski at May 28, 2026
***
Or the West Bank of Noo Awlins. Or Pine Bluff, AR, which somehow is even worse.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 28, 2026 10:39 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 28, 2026 10:39 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: wth at May 28, 2026 10:39 PM (oq9dX)
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 28, 2026 10:39 PM (0Htd1)
Why would any woman want attention from weirdos who'd drink it?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 28, 2026 10:41 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: four seasons at May 28, 2026 10:41 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
You've never been to a Walmart in Alabama have you?
You've never been to a Walmart in Alabama have you?
Posted by: polynikes
FIFY, two choices.
Posted by: mikeski at May 28, 2026 10:36 PM (VHUov)
Wait a minute here!
Posted by: Piper at May 28, 2026 10:41 PM (HvKSW)
Who’s there?
Interrupting horse
Interrup…
(NEIGH!)
It was very cute
Posted by: banana Dream
Ah, the classics. Though I remember it with "interrupting cow."
Another childhood favorite:
Knock knock.
Who's there?
Little old lady.
Little old lady who?
I didn't know you could yodel!
Posted by: grade-school mikeski at May 28, 2026 10:41 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 28, 2026 10:41 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 28, 2026 10:42 PM (wzUl9)
Thanks for ONT, Doof!
My "little" bro is shaped just like BBQ guy. Sad.
Posted by: JQ
My younger sister is obese. I think they just reach a point where they give up to the lure of food.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 28, 2026 10:44 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: nerdygirl
Yup, an appetizer. Cost a lot of money to make a gut like that.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 28, 2026 10:44 PM (snZF9)
If I EVER get to lookin' like this, shoot me now🥺....
Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 28, 2026 10:41 PM (uTEOj)
Got it. Don't stick a beach ball under your shirt.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 28, 2026 10:45 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: 496 at May 28, 2026 10:45 PM (sOtuf)
The 2nd stage of the New Glenn is LOX/LH2. And that was fully stacked and loaded (to properly test everything in a launch config).
First stage is LOX/LCH4, "mee-thane" as the Brit fan bois at NSF call it.
It looks to me like the 2nd stage is where the explosion started.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 28, 2026 10:45 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: four seasons at May 28, 2026 10:46 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Bulg at May 28, 2026 10:46 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: four seasons at May 28, 2026 10:47 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 28, 2026 10:48 PM (QDJ2U)
Play nice, all, and if you can't do that, don't get caught!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 28, 2026 10:48 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Piercello at May 28, 2026 10:48 PM (Ht/sz)
Bartender, I'll have a bloody bunion. Spice it up with some gout.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 28, 2026 10:48 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: 496 at May 28, 2026 10:49 PM (sOtuf)
Based on a joke above, I did come up with this:
When He returns, with a resurrected sense of humor:
Jesus: "Behold, I stand at the door and knock-knock…"
I'll just sit over here in the corner now.
Posted by: mindful webworker - open up it's cold out here at May 28, 2026 10:49 PM (kU8xu)
Posted by: Bulg at May 28, 2026
***
I'm merely a foot appreciator. Lovely elegant curves, all sculpted by nature.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 28, 2026 10:50 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: nerdygirl
It's also due to sedentary lifestyle. Bro is a trucker. Sits & drives all day, eats junk fast food & hi-calorie truckstop crap, then drinks heavily on days off.
Got the sinking feeling I'll outlive him, even tho 10 years older...
Posted by: JQ at May 28, 2026 10:51 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Piper at May 28, 2026 10:51 PM (HvKSW)
Posted by: Bulg at May 28, 2026 10:51 PM (77rzZ)
One of the underpass artworks is in favor of indoctrinating young boys with the worthiness of gay marriage.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 28, 2026 10:52 PM (aJvZA)
Posted by: tankdemon at May 28, 2026 10:52 PM (n7lb4)
Peggy made foot fetish videos
Hank purchased crack multiple times
Bobby cooked meth
Peggy smuggled in coke into prison
Hank was a pimp
Hank smoked weed
Posted by: polynikes at May 28, 2026 10:52 PM (XMuV+)
youtu.be/1O90WZJALYc
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 28, 2026 10:52 PM (UNIfT)
Posted by: Bulg at May 28, 2026 10:55 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg at May 28, 2026 10:55 PM (77rzZ)
That's moops.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 28, 2026 10:55 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: four seasons at May 28, 2026 10:55 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
There is a type of person that is so desperate for attention, that they even look for bad attention.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 28, 2026 10:55 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 28, 2026 10:55 PM (aJvZA)
Posted by: Yop at May 28, 2026 10:56 PM (RKj5x)
I think she got at least $135.
Posted by: tankdemon at May 28, 2026 10:58 PM (n7lb4)
LC-36 in prior incarnations has a history of 'splodey rockets. The biggest explosion in Cape History occurred at the old LC-36A pad in Mar. 1965, when and Atlas-Centaur fell pack on the pad shortly after liftoff.
This New Glenn explosion might top that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 28, 2026 10:59 PM (w6EFb)
How are you doing? The BBQ MoMeet in Kansas City urban was quite a while ago.
ISTR you have been having an adventurous musician's life.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 28, 2026 11:00 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
.......
Nobody, he doesn't want all those carbs.
Posted by: wth at May 28, 2026 11:00 PM (oq9dX)
As I recall the advent of color, much like the advent of sound, was initially used only in parts of movies. Very quickly it became an all or nothing thing (or used for meaning as in The Wizard of Oz) but movies where only a few scenes were in color did exist. Few of them remain because most of them were also distributed in full black and white to the majority of theaters.
This could of course be a misremembered Cliff Claven style fact either in whole or in part.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 28, 2026 11:00 PM (kYmoU)
Posted by: 496
I had a friend whose 20 year old daughter was obese. At the age of 20, she already had serious knee problems.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 28, 2026 11:00 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: polynikes at May 28, 2026 11:00 PM (XMuV+)
Middle school kids are selling $20 dollar raffle tickets.
If you win there is a variety of guns to choose from. Husband was drooling looking at the photos.
Wyoming!!!
Love this state!
Posted by: four seasons at May 28, 2026 11:01 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
I take it you've not seen the feet of ballerinas? Yeah, they look all pretty & elegant in the pointe shoes, but inside, they make Chinese foot-binding look elegant. Gnarly.
Definitely don't want to lick those juicy toes.
Posted by: mindful webworker - pier oh ette at May 28, 2026 11:01 PM (kU8xu)
Looks like the water tower was damaged and the right lightning arrestor tower is gone. Even open lattice did not protect from all that overpressure.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 28, 2026 11:02 PM (u82oZ)
Once again, you've never seen MY feet. Annd, I'm a girl.
I suppose I could've been one of those Chinese gals, what with the bound up feet...
Oh well. No excuse but funky🫤...
Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 28, 2026 11:02 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 28, 2026 11:03 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 28, 2026 11:04 PM (QDJ2U)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 28, 2026 10:05 PM (zZu0s)
Thank you for a proper use of the term 'grok'.
Posted by: GWB at May 28, 2026 11:04 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: polynikes at May 28, 2026 11:05 PM (XMuV+)
——-
“I don’t need to tuck in my shirt, it looks fine”. Hm, it goes downhill from there.
I have a portable generator, about the size of a chunky suitcase, and weighs about 50 pounds. It is insane to carry around that much extra fat. I was about 80 pounds to the high side, and finally decided I wasn’t going to live like that.
One thing I didn’t realize, when someone gets super obese, every thing they do revolves around factors we don’t think about. Is the place I need to go, is it on the second floor? Are there steps involved? Well that poses a problem. They have to plan everything out from a logistics standpoint. What about chairs? Etc. I’m sure it’s all very depressing, contributing to more overeating, and finally never venturing outside. Really sad.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 28, 2026 11:06 PM (0gZLS)
https://tinyurl.com/4vk2esvp
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 28, 2026 11:06 PM (CHHv1)
I bet cocaine was involved...
Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 28, 2026 11:09 PM (uTEOj)
more like 'blew Origin' amirite
Posted by: Don Black at May 28, 2026 10:17 PM (ZxPkt)
Oh my. That's not good. That was definitely unscheduled.
I hope they had a good radar focused on that so they can find all the pieces.
Posted by: GWB at May 28, 2026 11:09 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: Kratwurst at May 28, 2026 10:07 PM (9gKa/)
Eyup.
https://tinyurl.com/5879dzyu
Posted by: Kindltot at May 28, 2026 11:10 PM (rbvCR)
We have a launch in the morning.
SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 10-53
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: May 29, 2026
Launch Time: 7:52 a.m. EDT (1152 UTC, 13:52 CEST)
https://youtu.be/_Lo1BwU-Yec
Posted by: Joyenz at May 28, 2026 11:10 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 28, 2026 11:11 PM (D1E+2)
You need shock troops to subdue the conquered population
Posted by: David French at May 28, 2026 11:11 PM (sKqQm)
Nah.
And I'm definitely not buying any baby oil from them.
Posted by: fresh-squeezed? at May 28, 2026 11:12 PM (VHUov)
youtu.be/kVgLJZLrlro
Posted by: gKWVE at May 28, 2026 11:12 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 28, 2026 11:12 PM (y79kU)
Posted by: polynikes
The guy named "many athletic shoes" isn't into feet? Really?
Posted by: mikeski, running serpentine at May 28, 2026 11:14 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 28, 2026 11:14 PM (rbvCR)
This is going to throw a monkey wrench in the early Moonbase plans. New Glenn was supposed to launch the Blue Moon landers which would carry the LTVs (new rovers) as part of the preparation for the crewed landing of Artemis IV.
These first of these were supposed to be later this year.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 28, 2026 11:15 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: tankascribe at May 28, 2026 10:08 PM (NtoJk)
I started guffawing when the one fell off his seat.
And did you get lucky with that hashtag for that particular comment? Not a
Posted by: GWB at May 28, 2026 11:17 PM (kU0PQ)
The sources are saying the explosion started with the first stage engines. Probably just a fireball punched out the top that I saw coming out of the second stage.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 28, 2026 11:18 PM (w6EFb)
Is the Space X advantage because they have the best rocket engineers?
I know even Space X has rocket motor issues, but a lot less that past programs.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 28, 2026 11:19 PM (u82oZ)
The transporter-erector is apparently damaged beyond repair.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 28, 2026 11:19 PM (w6EFb)
Adventures abound! Tho not much playing in the current area (Philly is oversaturated with both musicians and credentials, to the point that no one wants to hire a hick cellist from the sticks, no matter how good he is).
That said, recently-ish I did make this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDNF0xrSmuY
We are hoping to escape Greater Philly soon.
Posted by: Piercello at May 28, 2026 11:19 PM (Ht/sz)
Posted by: polynikes at May 28, 2026 11:20 PM (XMuV+)
That was a Hollywood worthy explosion. Up there with the Delta II explosion in 97.
LH2 is a bitch. I've got stories.
Posted by: pawn at May 28, 2026 11:22 PM (+rSJz)
A: No, what is it?
Q: You already heard it.
A: No, what is the joke about the gas lighter?
Q: What do you mean, there is no joke.
A: You just said there was!
Q: You are crazy
Posted by: Kindltot at May 28, 2026 11:22 PM (rbvCR)
On May 28th, 2026, a catastrophic failure during a static fire attempt of New Glenn resulted in significant damage to the pad.[6]
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 28, 2026 11:23 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 28, 2026 10:22 PM (/lPRQ)
So did the New Glenn.
Posted by: GWB at May 28, 2026 11:23 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: pawn at May 28, 2026 11:22 PM (+rSJz)
That is a bit more than a "Pweep!"
Posted by: Kindltot at May 28, 2026 11:23 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 28, 2026 11:23 PM (gKWVE)
Interesting synchronization of those 4 parts.
May your escape plans lead to a future as bright as your dreams.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 28, 2026 11:24 PM (u82oZ)
They've blown up their fair share, too. But they are the best now, no question.
Rockets are basically giant bombs sitting there. One little thing goes wrong and Boom. NASA blew up their fair share back in early days. And the Rooskies certainly did as well.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 28, 2026 11:25 PM (w6EFb)
Soon, they'll have to remove the feet juice dispenser altogether based on "changing consumer trends."
Posted by: PabloD at May 28, 2026 11:26 PM (K1RVP)
>>Dear lord, that guy grilling is a walking heart attack
I've always found it fascinating how men can generate guts like that.
Breathing must be difficult.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 28, 2026 11:26 PM (XV/Pl)
Launch meat.
Posted by: 496 at May 28
"I said 'lunch'! Not 'launch'!"
Posted by: The Far Out Space Nuts at May 28, 2026 11:26 PM (/aZwr)
The New Gleen first stage uses LOX and liquid methane. 2nd stage is LH2 and LOX.
Falcon variants uses RP-1 and LOX all stages. Starship is LOX and methane all the way as well.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 28, 2026 11:26 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: pawn at May 28, 2026 11:26 PM (+rSJz)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 28, 2026 11:27 PM (XV/Pl)
...is based on a real event in the Soviet space program. Nedelin. 78 dead, at least.
The Soviets covered it up.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 28, 2026 11:27 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Rex B at May 28, 2026 11:28 PM (rgnea)
Historically there have been two pads at LC-36, A and B. In the current iteration, there's just the one LC-36A, but Bezos was working on building LC-36B.
Something I was just reading said it may be the best to just accelerate completion of B rather than trying to repair A. May be the fastest way to get everything back on track.
This will also fuck up Artemis III plans.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 28, 2026 11:29 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 28, 2026 11:30 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 28, 2026 11:30 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 28, 2026 11:30 PM (RIvkX)
They're saying barring "heroic efforts" New Glenn won't launch again for at least one year.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 28, 2026 11:30 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 28, 2026 11:31 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Thomas Bender
Willie was just there to deal dope to the rest of them.
Posted by: mikeski at May 28, 2026 11:32 PM (VHUov)
This maybe the best thing to happen to HSF in a long time.
Just watch.
Posted by: pawn at May 28, 2026 11:32 PM (+rSJz)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 28, 2026 11:32 PM (8zz6B)
That's a lot of obese people in one office.
Do they require special accommodations, lik heavy duty chairs?
Posted by: four seasons at May 28, 2026 11:34 PM (3ek7K)
I've worked in various labs. I regard foot juice like any other potentially toxic liquid. With proper protective gear and disposal, it can be handled safely.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 28, 2026 11:34 PM (azNOR)
The transporter-erector is apparently damaged beyond repair.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
That's what she said
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 28, 2026 11:35 PM (ixS3i)
If you read the “expert” Health Expert advice, they like to claim there are dozens of reasons why Obesity is not a choice. But, in the same breath, they claim you can choose to lose the weight.
So which is it?
Posted by: Common Tater at May 28, 2026 11:35 PM (0gZLS)
Do they require special accommodations, lik heavy duty chairs?
Posted by: four seasons
Instead of a water cooler they get a McFlurry dispenser.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 28, 2026 11:36 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: four seasons at May 28, 2026 11:36 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 28, 2026 11:18 PM (w6EFb)
=====
I just got home, sounds like something bad happened.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 28, 2026 11:36 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 28, 2026 11:37 PM (RIvkX)
New Glenn rocket undergoing a static fire test at LC-36 just blew up good, real good. Damaged the pad and support structures big time.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 28, 2026 11:38 PM (w6EFb)
We used to have a guy that weighed over 500lbs but he went to another agency. I waiting for one of them to keel over one day...
Posted by: lin-duh is offended
*******
Years ago I was first engineer on a container ship. One of my watch engineers was morbidly obese. He asked me if there was a plan to get someone like himself out of the engine room if he had a medical issue. I told him that as an elk hunter whenever I had to move something his size I quartered it.
Posted by: Cosda at May 28, 2026 11:38 PM (/ZygU)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 28, 2026 11:37 PM (RIvkX)
Via McDonalds, maybe
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 28, 2026 11:38 PM (xcxpd)
Lmao
Posted by: four seasons at May 28, 2026 11:39 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 28, 2026 11:30 PM (w6EFb)
I don't follow this shit as deep as I used to. I was born in the decade we landed on the moon, and I would have thought we would have a frigging Death Star by now, so I basically start paying attention when seriously cool things happen. With that said, I have no clue about this blue origin thing. Am I wrong thinking its just a vanity project for Bezos while Musk is actually in it to win it?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 28, 2026 11:39 PM (snZF9)
Long time, no see! Glad to see u r among the living.
Has your email changed since I lost saw you? Tried to contact you at Xmas.
Ozark greetings.
Posted by: mnw at May 28, 2026 11:40 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Wakka at May 28, 2026 11:42 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 28, 2026 11:42 PM (0gZLS)
The vanity project was the "New Shepard" program which put Katy Perry into freefall for a couple of minutes.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 28, 2026 11:42 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 28, 2026 11:44 PM (0gZLS)
- GWP
If one lacks the mental discipline to control primal animal urges they surely do not have the mental discipline to be a senior police officer or judge. These peoples primary life function should be digging ditches or being fuck puppets for subsistence food and shelter.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 28, 2026 11:44 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: mnw at May 28, 2026 11:45 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: publius
The Paolo's, how you say, transporter-erector is in the pink of health.
Posted by: The Paolo at May 28, 2026 11:45 PM (440br)
Breathing must be difficult.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
......
Heh
among many other simple bodily functions
Posted by: wth at May 28, 2026 11:45 PM (oq9dX)
I'm in the same boat timeline wise. And I'm just getting up to speed. The current Moon plans are in flux, and Isaacman and Trump admin have shaken things up.
At first, I wasn't too keen on Bezos and Blue Origin -- with the Bimbos in Space and New Shepard tourist shit, but then it hit me. If we're going to get back to the Moon and build a fucking moon bases (which we should have had a long time ago), we're going to need as many hands on deck as we can.
And competition is a good thing. So, I started pulling for Blue Origin, to at least give Elon some competition to do even better. And the current NASA/Artemis plans depending on both of them.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 28, 2026 11:45 PM (w6EFb)
Jeff Bezos' brow furrows, propagating well up onto the top of his bald shiny head.
His trophy wife falls asleep facing away from him, but that's just random chance. Doesn't mean anything.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 28, 2026 11:48 PM (azNOR)
Lucky me, I took after Mom's side-- was naturally thin and very active. Auntie (dad's *huge* sister) and her fat kids always nagged me about how skinny I was. My BMI is 25 now, so I could stand to diet/exercise more.
But I feel bad for bro-- he's almost doubled in size since Dad died 7 years ago. Ankle and knee pains plague him. I can't fix him; can only offer encouragement.
Posted by: JQ at May 28, 2026 11:48 PM (rdVOm)
Exactly. New Shepard was suborbital (hell, just straight up and down, not even much sub at all), and New Glenn is orbital.
New Glenn is pretty big, a heavy-lift class. The current version they call "7 x 2", 7 first stage engines, and 2 second stage. Payload to LEO about 100K lbs. They have an even bigger version, "9 x 4" in development which would hit 150K lbs to LEO capacity, and 44K lbs to TLI capacity.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 28, 2026 11:48 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Thomas Bender
......
Heh
among many other simple bodily functions
Posted by: wth
I guess that's when the weight really takes off? When other pleasures are topologically impossible, you replace them with even more eating?
Posted by: mikeski at May 28, 2026 11:48 PM (VHUov)
How are you doing? Still have the Lake of the Ozarks place?
My email has not changed.
In ROT-13 it is still AnPyl_qbt@xfoebnqonaq.arg
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 28, 2026 11:49 PM (u82oZ)
Jeff was seriously violating the law with the New Shepard for a while and basically stood the program down for a long time to actually do the proper certifications.
New Shepard, if it ever flies again, will never carry people. He was damn lucky that nothing happened before now.
Posted by: pawn at May 28, 2026 11:50 PM (+rSJz)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended
*******
Years ago I was first engineer on a container ship. One of my watch engineers was morbidly obese. He asked me if there was a plan to get someone like himself out of the engine room if he had a medical issue. I told him that as an elk hunter whenever I had to move something his size I quartered it.
Posted by: Cosda
=====
In a former life I worked at a remote military station.
One of the contractor support personnel was morbidly obese... had a serious medical event.
Because nobody could haul his 500# ass up the steps into an aircraft they had to airlift him out with a C-141 using a pallet and forklift to load him up.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 28, 2026 11:50 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 28, 2026 11:52 PM (gKWVE)
According to the Fire Chief, getting a grip on either one of them was damn near impossible given all the flab and yuckiness.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 28, 2026 11:52 PM (440br)
Yes, we got them extra large chairs that can hold up to 500lbs. But they all have health issues.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 28, 2026 11:53 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: wth at May 28, 2026 11:53 PM (oq9dX)
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Well, Rings of Power.
Posted by: Methos at May 28, 2026 11:54 PM (vSvIl)
Just saw this. Around 5:30PM EDT, there was a massive rattling of the cages around Columbia, SC area. It was not an earthquake, no seismic activity registered much at all, so probably a sonic boom. May have been a big meteor, but no sightings.
I didn't hear anything up this far.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 28, 2026 11:54 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended
*******
Years ago I was first engineer on a container ship. One of my watch engineers was morbidly obese. He asked me if there was a plan to get someone like himself out of the engine room if he had a medical issue. I told him that as an elk hunter whenever I had to move something his size I quartered it.
Posted by: Cosda
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In a former life I worked at a remote military station.
One of the contractor support personnel was morbidly obese... had a serious medical event.
Because nobody could haul his 500# ass up the steps into an aircraft they had to airlift him out with a C-141 using a pallet and forklift to load him up.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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My BIL was an EMT. On one response, the woman was so obese that the fire and rescue people had to use chainsaws to cut a hole in the wall in order to get her out of the house.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 28, 2026 11:55 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Tonypete
...and lots of sudsy slippery soap.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 28, 2026 11:55 PM (/lPRQ)
Yes, I still have the Lake place, but I haven't been down there in 5-6 years. My kids use it, but... not enuf.
I'm doing OK, thanks, for a youngster.
The email address you list in 289 above isn't the one I have from the Ozark MoMe, & I don't know what "ROT-13" is, I'm afraid.
Mine is still the same one I gave you.
Posted by: mnw at May 28, 2026 11:56 PM (RCjYY)
I started to get winded doing simple tasks. And waking up in the middle of the night with “acid reflux”. Well, initially at least, all that is, is too much goddamned food in yer gullet. It literally backs up.
Everyone talks about exercise. Exercise sucks, mostly. Put the goddamn fork down.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 28, 2026 11:56 PM (0gZLS)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 28, 2026 11:55 PM (XeU6L)
A friend of mine has a sister like that. I'm talking a serious candidate for the TV show my 10,000 pound asteroid life. I seriously at this point don't think she can fit through the front door.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 28, 2026 11:57 PM (snZF9)
At the time of the siege Tabor is reading the FBI transcript of Koresh's radio broadcast. Koresh talks of the Lion of Judah which they interpret as The Liar of Judas. Koresh also talks of the Seven Seals but the Acronyms want to know why he is talking about animals.
Stupid has been going on a long time.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 28, 2026 11:57 PM (y79kU)
Now some Ring doorbell videos from the area are showing up showing what looks like a meteor trail. So that's probably what it is.
It was big boom. Some security footage showing cages being rattled, and audio of the boom.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 28, 2026 11:58 PM (w6EFb)
Knock knock.
Who's there?
Marjorie Greene.
Marjorie Greene who?
*Exactly*.
Insert your favorite has-been.
Posted by: SciVo at May 28, 2026 11:58 PM (Sy6m/)
They stopped flying for over a year
I actually interviewed with BO to bring the NS up to current regulations.
I said "No thanks" to Van Horn and spending my life working on a toy.
Posted by: pawn at May 28, 2026 11:59 PM (+rSJz)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 29, 2026 12:00 AM (XeU6L)
New Glen lacked the certifications to carry humans.
They stopped flying for over a year to get everything straight and tested properly.
Posted by: pawn at May 29, 2026 12:02 AM (+rSJz)
126 The Operation dude got a Moe haircut. If he can handle that, he can handle being awake.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 28, 2026 10:29 PM
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*bzzzzt*
Curly Joe: I'm sorry, Moe.
Moe: Oh, that's all right. (Sticks index finger in Curly's eye.)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 29, 2026 12:02 AM (VWtfl)
I heard they could have nabbed him at any time they wanted. He drove a distinctive car, and went into town on the regular like clockwork.
But FBI funding appropriations were coming up, and they wanted a big production to show off. The standoff was getting tedious. So the story goes. About a 100 men women and children roasted.
And then Butch Reno - “I take full responsibility”
Reporter - “So you’re going to resign?”
Posted by: Common Tater at May 29, 2026 12:03 AM (0gZLS)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 28, 2026 11:37 PM (RIvkX)
Via McDonalds, maybe
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
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If the first person is the cook...
Posted by: buddhaha at May 29, 2026 12:03 AM (Zm+Tt)
"'Allo, Wales!" the girls used to say.
Posted by: mnw at May 29, 2026 12:04 AM (RCjYY)
Do they require special accommodations, lik heavy duty chairs?
Posted by: four seasons at May 28, 2026 11:34 PM (3ek7K)
They can never travel to Guam together...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 29, 2026 12:04 AM (nbLIj)
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Nope. In fact, it gave me a buzz.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 29, 2026 12:04 AM (5UTWB)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Something big has happened now.
https://youtu.be/tW8rDI_95LE
Posted by: mikeski at May 29, 2026 12:05 AM (VHUov)
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No no no… “I’m special” and if you cut calories back, you’ll actually gain weight, I’m big boned, it’s hereditary and it has nothing to do with willpower or discipline. It’s the power company’s fault, global warming, Flouride in the water, and microplastics
Posted by: Common Tater at May 29, 2026 12:06 AM (0gZLS)
Miley says she thought she heard something around that time, a muffled boom, which didn't sound like a gunshot. So, attenuated sound of that may have made it this far up.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 12:07 AM (w6EFb)
Um, no thanks...I don't need any foot fungus in my mouth...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 29, 2026 12:07 AM (l3cgK)
Um, no thanks...I don't need any foot fungus in my mouth...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 29, 2026 12:07 AM (l3cgK)
Can the cures for foot fungus in the ads here be taken orally?...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 29, 2026 12:07 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 29, 2026 12:08 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 12:08 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 29, 2026 12:06 AM (0gZLS)
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I'm not as skinny as I once was. I blame Big Fork for my waistline.
Posted by: 496 at May 29, 2026 12:08 AM (sOtuf)
Knock knock.
Who's there?
Marjorie Greene.
Marjorie Greene who?
*Exactly*.
Insert your favorite has-been.
Posted by: SciVo
Hugh O'Brian would be proud.
He said there were five stages in an actor's career:
Who's Hugh O'Brian?
Get me Hugh O'Brian!
Get me a "Hugh O'Brian" type.
Get me a young Hugh O'Brian.
Who's Hugh O'Brian?
Posted by: mikeski at May 29, 2026 12:08 AM (VHUov)
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No no no… “I’m special” and if you cut calories back, you’ll actually gain weight, I’m big boned, it’s hereditary and it has nothing to do with willpower or discipline. It’s the power company’s fault, global warming, Flouride in the water, and microplastics
Posted by: Common Tater at May 29, 2026 12:06 AM (0gZLS)
We need common sense spoon control...
Fork over yer spoons!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 29, 2026 12:08 AM (l3cgK)
That was so long ago.
Posted by: pawn at May 29, 2026 12:08 AM (+rSJz)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 12:10 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Diogenes at May 29, 2026 12:10 AM (2WIwB)
Christopher Walken once said he owed his success to the fact that, "It's really hard to find a 'Christopher Walken type.' "
Posted by: mnw at May 29, 2026 12:12 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 12:10 AM (gKWVE)
So how do they pop up in various places on the body?...
Okay, nevermind, I don't want to know...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 29, 2026 12:12 AM (l3cgK)
Just looking, New Glenn was supposed to launch two of the Mark 1 Blue Moon landers this year (Sept and later, maybe). These were going to provide a lot of "scouting" stuff at the lunar south pole.
And then, if they got test versions of their man-rated Mark 2 lander version, it was supposed to be tested in LEO with Orion as part of the Artemis III mission in 2027.
So, taking New Glenn out just fucks all that up.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 12:12 AM (w6EFb)
https://tinyurl.com/5n885amf
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 29, 2026 12:15 AM (5UTWB)
None of those people had to die , there was no reason for it. Janet Reno had them all murdered just do she could prove she was meaner than any man, or something. As I’m sure everyone here knows, there was never any reason for a standoff at all.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 29, 2026 12:16 AM (QDJ2U)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 28, 2026 11:56 PM (0gZLS)
It doesn't take long just entering your daily routine into a calorie calculator to realize that it's impossible to exercise your way to weight loss. A long and arduous workout can be countered (and then some) in moments, cheap and easy. The only way is bringing your consumption down, and exercising enough to keep your body from compensating by reducing your basal metabolism (which it may do).
Posted by: SciVo at May 29, 2026 12:17 AM (Sy6m/)
So, taking New Glenn out just fucks all that up.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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Bezos does one thing well but it's not as good as it was. He should focus on improving it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 29, 2026 12:18 AM (y79kU)
Bohemian Rhapsody Played by 100+ year old fairground organ - instrumental, automated, pre-AI
https://youtu.be/JTnGI6Knw5Q
Kind of impressive just for the work involved.
Posted by: mindful webworker - mamaaaa at May 29, 2026 12:23 AM (kU8xu)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 29, 2026 12:23 AM (5UTWB)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Didn't know about Tabor until an earlier post tonight.
Here's an interview, thirty minutes in and it's still a disertation but if you're unfamiliar with Tabor or his story. It's interesting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IizTXT9tQ9Y
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 29, 2026 12:24 AM (y79kU)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 29, 2026 12:06 AM (0gZLS)
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I'm not as skinny as I once was. I blame Big Fork for my waistline.
Posted by: 496 at May 29, 2026 12:08 AM (sOtuf)
I hit 225 at 25... with less than 10% body fat... they had to do the water immersion test for body fat because I was so in shape that the Navy height weight chart showed me as overweight... I was pretty dang buffed.
Now? I'm also 225, but I AM overweight... LOL...
Somehow that 42 years made a difference.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 29, 2026 12:25 AM (mP0Kj)
331 I would place my money on the program being intentionally sabotaged from within:
https://tinyurl.com/5n885amf
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 29, 2026 12:15 AM (5UTWB)
Looking at that announced playlist, if anyone ended it from inside I’d call it a mercy killing. Those acts are embarrassingly bad.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 29, 2026 12:27 AM (QDJ2U)
I see this as a good thing. This will shake stuff up and hopefully it will settle out as something more reasonable, or at least more believable.
Posted by: pawn at May 29, 2026 12:27 AM (+rSJz)
That was one YUGE fireball. I've been looking at videos from all around. A funny one was Ring doorbell video. Somebody had ordered pizza, and the delivery guy come up and rings the bell and then the fireball goes off on the horizon behind him.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 12:28 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 29, 2026 12:27 AM (QDJ2U)
Milli Vanilli? Seriously?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 29, 2026 12:29 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Kevin Federline might be available at May 29, 2026 12:32 AM (gKWVE)
Always thought it was an introduction to vivisection.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 28, 2026 10:04 PM (/lPRQ)
____________________________
I wasn't too concerned. He was obviously a Hobo, based on the rosacea nose due to heavy drinking and the bad haircut. I figure it was acceptable because of the 1937 Hobo Laws. Encouraged even.
Posted by: Orson at May 29, 2026 12:33 AM (dIske)
Howdy, neighbor!
https://tinyurl.com/yu389rz3
Posted by: Biden's Dog
I saw Neighbors With A Uterus open for Totorro at Lonesome Rose in '24.
https://youtu.be/FVCokrs51Cg
Posted by: mikeski at May 29, 2026 12:35 AM (VHUov)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IizTXT9tQ9Y
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 29, 2026 12:24 AM (y79kU)
Thanks, I’ll save that and watch. I have always been disgusted by the way so many people had the attitude “oh well they were nuts, who cares if they and their children were all killed.”
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 29, 2026 12:36 AM (QDJ2U)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 29, 2026 12:37 AM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 29, 2026 12:16 AM (QDJ2U)
Just think what would have happened if Trump had done it, with children burning alive.
The media covered it up. Played as much as they could that the children were molested and all of the people deserved it. They were covering for Reno and for Clintoon. It HAD to be justified. As with Ruby Ridge.
You really cannot hate commies enough.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2026 12:39 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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From Wiki- (which is a great source as long as the subject doesn't impinge in any manner on progressive social.or political values)
"Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" is a poem for children written by American writer and poet Eugene Field and published on March 9, 1889. The original title was "Dutch Lullaby". The poem is a fantasy bed-time story about three children sailing and fishing among the stars from a boat which is a wooden shoe. The names suggest a sleepy child's blinking eyes and nodding head.
Posted by: buddhaha at May 29, 2026 12:40 AM (Zm+Tt)
Hell just watched a radar loop. That explosion fireball showed up on the weather radar.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 12:42 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: pawn at May 29, 2026 12:44 AM (+rSJz)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 29, 2026 12:48 AM (8zz6B)
A bit smaller.
It does not even look as big as the .1 kiloton test at the beginning of the Atomic Bomb Movie- and that was just TNT.
Big explosions form a mushroom cloud. Quit being stupid.
What would they have said during the Halifax accident? OMG, it looks like a thing that has not even been invented yet!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2026 12:51 AM (bss/y)
If you read the “expert” Health Expert advice, they like to claim there are dozens of reasons why Obesity is not a choice. But, in the same breath, they claim you can choose to lose the weight.
So which is it?
Posted by: Common Tater at May 28, 2026 11:35 PM (0gZLS)
As things often do, it comes back to behavioral economics. As Upton Sinclair said, it is very difficult to get a man to understand something, if his salary depends upon his not understanding it. In fact, that applied to him: he was a professional socialist, so his career depended upon not understanding how the power of incentive makes socialism impossible. Indeed, market economics explains that value is subjective, so the 'psychic' salary of goodfeelz is real and counts.
So, it is very difficult to get a man to understand something, when his goodfeelz depend upon his not understanding it. And for the obese, that may include how to lose weight by eating less. The power of incentive could make them functionally retarded.
Posted by: SciVo at May 29, 2026 12:53 AM (Sy6m/)
This was about 1 kT of TNT equivalent. Starship 36 explosion was about 0.5 kT.
So this is going to clock in as the biggest American rocket explosion to date. The Rooskies still hold the record for the biggest, with the N-1 explosion at 7 kT.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 12:59 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 29, 2026 12:00 AM (XeU6L)
Little more complicated than that, when you are really losing weight. Getting enough protein is usually an issue, since you are limited on calories so any protein takes up a fair bit of that. Then there is the slowdown of metabolism which occurs when the body is detecting starvation. So, yeah, you can just diet, but you are likely to lose muscle before much fat, and then your metabolism slows down, and you have to eat less....
Yes, I'm being watched closely by my doc, who tested my metabolism and is checking blood sugar levels, etc.
Just not eating causes more problems than it solves.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 29, 2026 01:00 AM (DwqWV)
Knowing what or how much you can eat and stay within your limit helps much.
Mostly baked chicken, peanuts (busy hand to mouth was a big thing for me), tuna, & peanut butter 'n jelly for the treat.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 29, 2026 01:12 AM (y79kU)
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Gotta get gone now. Have to watch tomorrow morning for any errant twirling. Not the best Friday without it.
How long has it been since you've taken a journey to the center of your mind? Is the center of your mind the corpus collosum?
https://youtu.be/qk-SsrzeYvs
G'nite, y'all. 💤
Posted by: mindful webworker - what goes around at May 29, 2026 01:14 AM (kU8xu)
That N-1 explosion is the largest conventional explosion in history, looks like. And with Tsar Bomba, they hold the biggest nuclear one as well. Although that was intentional. N-1 was not.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 01:16 AM (w6EFb)
The bacteria in your gut has an awful lot to do with how you deal with digestion, and what calories you get out of it.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2026 01:16 AM (rbvCR)
Reporter - “So you’re going to resign?”
Posted by: Common Tater at May 29, 2026 12:03 AM (0gZLS)
Stayed all the way through to 2001.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 29, 2026 01:23 AM (po3Ws)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 29, 2026 01:16 AM (rbvCR)
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Which is one of the reasons that I don't subscribe to the "Gluten Free" fad. Most studies show that gluten has pro-biotic qualities (similar to yogurt). And, while I can understand the necessity for some gluten-free products to accomodate those with Celiac disease, it should be the exception IMO, not the rule. Instead, as usual, it would appear that the few dictate to the many.
Posted by: Orson at May 29, 2026 01:23 AM (dIske)
One problem is that the lack of visible results can crush motivation. Another is that it's small enough for the body to just drop the basal metabolism by that amount and negate it for no effect at all. So the ideal isn't actually practical for everyone. In practice, it can be threading between the Scylla and Charybdis of different pitfalls.
Posted by: SciVo at May 29, 2026 01:29 AM (Sy6m/)
Let this be a warning to any in America who would be tempted to join a cult.
_President William Jefferson Clinton, April 19, 1993
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 29, 2026 01:32 AM (y79kU)
Well, I've been watching some zoomed-in slow motion replays of the New Glenn "anomaly" as they're calling it. They tried to light off the engines earlier, but something went wrong. Those NSF guys who watch everything 24/7 noticed the sound suppression system was started, but nothing happened. So there was some problem that aborted the engine start.
Later, they tried again and the engines were lit off. But from the start, it was much brighter than normal.
And then, with the very bright lower fire plume, just as I thought I saw, the second stage did blow. And then the whole thing went up in that massive fireball.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 01:42 AM (w6EFb)
Another wild thing (I hate to say "cool" for this) was you'll note little vapor trail looking things coming off the top of the fireball moving much faster than the fireball was expanding.
Turns out those were these little very high pressure gas tanks (helium and others). The got a little hole punched in them, and that high pressure gas just launched them off at very high speed.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 01:45 AM (w6EFb)
Let this be a warning to any in America who would be tempted to join a cult.
_President William Jefferson Clinton, April 19, 1993
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 29, 2026 01:32 AM (y79kU)
https://youtu.be/7xxgRUyzgs0&t=10s
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 29, 2026 01:47 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 29, 2026 01:47 AM (8zz6B)
There was another "anomaly" on April 9th, with Blue Origin down there, turns out, something that wasn't reported much. This was before the April 19th launch where the 2nd stage failed and they didn't get the payload high enough.
Anyway on the 9th something happened during testing of a 2nd stage, which blew a hole in the roof of one their buildings at the Cape.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 01:51 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 01:51 AM (w6EFb)
Well, it's not like it is rocket science.
Oh. Wait.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 29, 2026 01:56 AM (DwqWV)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 29, 2026 01:57 AM (y79kU)
Here.
t.ly/liPZ_
If you watch the video, the Brit "mee-thane" boy there goes on about it, and there are pictures below.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 02:00 AM (w6EFb)
In the slow motion, you'll see the two towers shaking.
The tank farm is not in such good shape either.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 02:02 AM (w6EFb)
This was supposed to be a launch wasn't it?
Posted by: Reforger at May 29, 2026 02:03 AM (Rxz7v)
No, just a static fire test of the first stage engines. Now, for these, the vehicle is in a full flight configuration -- you want everything to be as it will be at a real launch -- so the 2nd stage was loaded with LOX and LH2.
The real launch was planned to be on June 4th.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 02:06 AM (w6EFb)
Video from Tampa, 120 miles away, showing the light from the explosion reflecting off the clouds:
t.ly/zRXiK
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 02:12 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Reforger at May 29, 2026 02:12 AM (Rxz7v)
The glow was seen in the Bahamas, 300 miles away, too, I just saw.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 02:13 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Reforger at May 29, 2026 02:21 AM (Rxz7v)
Posted by: Case at May 29, 2026 02:25 AM (8XBuM)
Oh my, on to tape two.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 29, 2026 02:25 AM (y79kU)
And here's the Boston Herald with sound advice on how to avoid getting it:
https://tinyurl.com/2p23ujp9
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 29, 2026 02:31 AM (3n7qY)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 29, 2026 02:31 AM (y79kU)
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is right. Lede from a MSM yesterday making fun of them throwing plagues up against the wall to see which one would stick.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 29, 2026 02:36 AM (y79kU)
Bezos had started construction of a "B" pad there at LC-36, and it may be better to just accelerate construction of that, rather than trying to repair this one.
Historically, there were two pads there, A and B, but only the one now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 02:36 AM (w6EFb)
Sammy did it better:
https://tinyurl.com/4speekwm
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 29, 2026 02:39 AM (3n7qY)
Here's a video of the Atlas-Centaur explosion on Mar 2, 1965, also at LC-36A:
t.ly/AUfHf
Until tonight, that was the biggest American rocket explosion.
LC-36 has a history of rockets exploding.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 02:44 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 29, 2026 02:58 AM (y79kU)
The N-1 rocket, their attempt at a moon rocket. Massive failure.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 02:59 AM (w6EFb)
Or maybe a Chinese spy,...
Posted by: Case at May 29, 2026 03:01 AM (8XBuM)
Posted by: 13times at May 29, 2026 03:06 AM (/LwQg)
And here's the Boston Herald with sound advice on how to avoid getting it:
https://tinyurl.com/2p23ujp9
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 29, 2026 02:31 AM (3n7qY)
Oddly, I doubt I am at risk. Lol.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 29, 2026 03:11 AM (DwqWV)
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 29, 2026 03:11 AM (DwqWV)
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Of course not! There are no monkeys in Alaska. That's silly!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 29, 2026 03:13 AM (3n7qY)
We certainly need a footprint on the Moon before the Chicoms set one up. They have no intention of all this "For All Mankind" and all that crap.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 03:19 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 29, 2026 03:20 AM (DwqWV)
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Learn how to stay alive and function in an unwelcoming environment.
Manufacture items necessary for the trip to Mars.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 29, 2026 03:24 AM (y79kU)
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 29, 2026 03:20 AM (DwqWV)
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Trump plans to export cheese, putting woke Wisconsin out of business.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 29, 2026 03:26 AM (3n7qY)
The Moon is the ultimate high ground. Whoever controls it controls all of the cis-lunar space. Being on the Moon is thus the ultimate air superiority.
We do not, under any circumstances want to cede that to the Chicoms, or anybody else.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 03:28 AM (w6EFb)
Blue Origin isn’t doing much for awhile it seems.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 29, 2026 03:31 AM (pKv0r)
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 29, 2026 03:20 AM (DwqWV)
Store nuclear waste!
Posted by: Gerry Anderson at May 29, 2026 03:32 AM (pKv0r)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 29, 2026 03:26 AM (3n7qY)
Well, I'm good with putting Limburger up there, because of the smell, but the rest will be difficult because cows would have trouble wearing the oxygen masks.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 29, 2026 03:33 AM (DwqWV)
Well, I've been watching some zoomed-in slow motion replays of the New Glenn "anomaly" as they're calling it. They tried to light off the engines earlier, but something went wrong. Those NSF guys who watch everything 24/7 noticed the sound suppression system was started, but nothing happened. So there was some problem that aborted the engine start…
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 01:42 AM (w6EFb)
The Challenger explosion was a “major malfunction”…
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 29, 2026 03:35 AM (pKv0r)
Posted by: Case at May 29, 2026 03:35 AM (8XBuM)
Posted by: Orson at May 29, 2026 01:23 AM (dIske)
For some, a gluten free diet makes sense. But all of a sudden everyone is allergic to gluten, out of nowhere, after 6000 years? THAT I don’t get.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 29, 2026 03:37 AM (pKv0r)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 28, 2026 10:11 PM (qx7Zg)
I need to read it, and fast!
Posted by: Haley Cornyn at May 29, 2026 03:40 AM (pKv0r)
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 29, 2026 03:41 AM (pKv0r)
Posted by: Case at May 29, 2026 03:35 AM (8XBuM)
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Orange fireball bad!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 29, 2026 03:42 AM (3n7qY)
Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 03:47 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 03:47 AM (Ia/+0)
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Ask your doctor if Canada's MAID program is right for you.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 29, 2026 03:49 AM (3n7qY)
t.ly/zRXiK
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
I am about 30 miles south.
Didn't even notice it. We had some mild thunder and lightning further south earlier so probably just figured more of the same.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 29, 2026 03:53 AM (/lPRQ)
I made the mistake of reading the comments on the Daily Mail article about this explosion. Blithering idiots rattling off about stuff they don't have the slightest clue about.
Some are worried about the CO2 the explosion produced, and all the "toxic chemicals" and that shit.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 03:59 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: 13times at May 29, 2026 03:59 AM (/LwQg)
Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 03:47 AM (Ia/+0)
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Ask your doctor if Canada's MAID program is right for you.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 29, 2026 03
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LOL! But seriously, I've been my caring for my ex-wife as she descends into dementia. At times she is extremely difficult. I have no wife, have no kids. If I get dementia, I really don't want to inflict it on someone else.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 29, 2026 04:05 AM (/K2a0)
The Moon is the ultimate high ground. Whoever controls it controls all of the cis-lunar space. Being on the Moon is thus the ultimate air superiority.
We do not, under any circumstances want to cede that to the Chicoms, or anybody else.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 03:28 AM (w6EFb
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The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress -- Robert Heinlin
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 29, 2026 04:09 AM (/K2a0)
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 29, 2026 03:37 AM (pKv0r)
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Drinking tap water. It's full of expelled hormones, antibiotics and hundreds of other man made chemicals that public water does not filter.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 29, 2026 04:11 AM (y79kU)
Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 04:11 AM (Ia/+0)
And nothing on this side of the pond, we just get graffiti
Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 04:15 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 29, 2026 04:05 AM (/K2a0)
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Mrs. BD has always said "just shoot me" if it happens to her.
No can do.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 29, 2026 04:16 AM (3n7qY)
Leveraging coarse moon regolith:
1. Mechanical Interlocking in Geopolymers and Lunar Concrete
The angular, irregular particle shapes enhance mechanical bonding in geopolymer mixes and other regolith-based materials. Sharp edges and rough surfaces improve interlocking within the binder matrix (e.g., alkali-activated aluminosilicates), contributing to higher compressive and shear strengths compared to rounded aggregates
Posted by: 13times at May 29, 2026 04:18 AM (/LwQg)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 29, 2026 04:05 AM (/K2a0)
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Mrs. BD has always said "just shoot me" if it happens to her.
No can do.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 29, 2026 04:16 AM (3n7qY)
You can hug her through it!
Posted by: m at May 29, 2026 04:19 AM (6wpGE)
I think there's a lunar glass you can make that would be as strong as steel.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 04:23 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: m at May 29, 2026 04:19 AM (6wpGE)
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Here's praying we don't get to that.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 29, 2026 04:31 AM (3n7qY)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 04:23 AM (w6EFb)
Not in bulk, but as part of a composite, it could be amazingly strong.
Which leads to the question.... where do you get the "bio" part for your "bio-composite" on another planet?
Steal some poop from the potato pots, maybe?
Posted by: Warai-otoko don't want no poly-poopylene at May 29, 2026 04:40 AM (Ot/FD)
This is why i can't keep a job.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 29, 2026 04:43 AM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 29, 2026 04:09 AM (/K2a0)
"Gravity is a harsh mistress." -- The Tick
Posted by: SciVo at May 29, 2026 04:43 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 29, 2026 04:45 AM (Ot/FD)
If China got Moon superiority, our ability to get shit up there to toss at them would be seriously compromised.
And the far side of the Moon would be the ultimate stealth location.
Just imagine what the Fauci's and worse that the Chicoms could get up to there.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 04:56 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Skip at May 29, 2026 04:56 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 29, 2026 04:23 AM (w6EFb)
And As Cold As Ice?
Posted by: m at May 29, 2026 04:58 AM (6wpGE)
Fork over yer spoons!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
>We need common sense portion control. I don't need a goddamn burger so big I can't fit it in my mouth. Two meals in a loaf of bread. $15 for a burger? I'll order from the children's menu, thank you, I don't need take home. Gluttony.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 29, 2026 04:58 AM (D1E+2)
Posted by: m at May 29, 2026 04:19 AM (6wpGE)
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Here's praying we don't get to that.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 29, 2026 04:31 AM (3n7qY)
Indeed.
"Could" would have been a better word choice on my part.
Posted by: m at May 29, 2026 04:58 AM (6wpGE)
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