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Helen Warlow
Holy Island (Lindisfarne), Northumberland

I posted a picture of that castle before:

Holy Island, Northumberland
by Jim Scott

Poor dog depressed about the passing of his dog-sister smiles again when he meets his new rescue-dog brother.

It's raining monkeys.

Raven steals the cat's food to give it to the dog.

Stella the stray dog is rescued -- and it's discovered she has something lodged in her stomach she can't digest, so she can't eat and can't poop. She would have died within days, but for one concerned man's intervention.

When a dog is caught chewing on a family picture, the two cats swarm in to cover up the crime. The cats have nothing to gain from this. Some men just want to watch the world burn.

Baby bear found alone on the road.

Moose drops by for a visit.

Clumsy baby elephant wakes up from a nap. This might be his first or second time on his feet.

Baby and husky puppy grow up together.

"New Zoo Review" intro.

"Great Space Coaster" intro. Plus: "Gary Gnu" with the Gnus.

Poorly aged -- #based -- advertisements from 1960s TV.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:30 PM

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1 Nooded, and good night best of Hordes!

Posted by: Nazdar at July 15, 2026 07:32 PM (NcvvS)

2 And SPONGE!!

Posted by: Nazdar at July 15, 2026 07:32 PM (NcvvS)

3
good night all

Posted by: Auspex at July 15, 2026 07:32 PM (Y8DZL)

4 Truly, good night all y'all.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 15, 2026 07:33 PM (NcvvS)

5 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 15, 2026 07:36 PM (Ia/+0)

6 Good night, Nazdar!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 15, 2026 07:37 PM (zYpTz)

7 I was just thinking about Paul Lynde in the previous ghey thread.
How 'bout that?

Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 15, 2026 07:37 PM (nDXEV)

8 Well, it's not Bebbanburg but it will do.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 15, 2026 07:38 PM (afJtY)

9
That's the castle from Polanski's MacBeth. Moody af!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 15, 2026 07:39 PM (mmrXZ)

10 Pinoche, heche cafe ahorra!

Posted by: Senor Juan Valdez at July 15, 2026 07:39 PM (wOO3z)

11 I was just thinking about Paul Lynde in the previous ghey thread.
How 'bout that?
Posted by: Dr. Varno

X gets the square.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 15, 2026 07:40 PM (wOO3z)

12 New Zoo Review is one click more trippy than H.R. Puf'n'stuf.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 15, 2026 07:40 PM (RIvkX)

13 Is that half an upside down boat for a house?

Cool.

Posted by: She Hobbit at July 15, 2026 07:40 PM (ftFVW)

14 I remember Gary Gnu but I don't think I ever saw that space coaster stuff. It must have been inserted or syndicated on something else I was watching as a kid.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 15, 2026 07:40 PM (3uBP9)

15 Stella the stray dog is rescued -- and it's discovered she has something lodged in her stomach she can't digest, so she can't eat and can't poop. She would have died within days, but for one concerned man's intervention.

Men like that. 👌🏼

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Great pictures. Thanks ace.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 15, 2026 07:42 PM (NFX2v)

16 X now blocks non-subscribers from viewing tweets. Can you please embed them in your post? Conversely, does anyone know of a way for a non-subscriber to be able to read a tweet?

Posted by: furball at July 15, 2026 07:42 PM (As8gg)

17 Willowed:
Did you just call me a retard?
Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2026 07:05 PM (/WQyy)

Lol. No. Myself. I was making up a fake quote, so I was quoting myself.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 15, 2026 07:43 PM (zZu0s)

18 Somehow got back downstairs.

I.hope that ravin has claw marks across its head

Posted by: Skip at July 15, 2026 07:43 PM (Ia/+0)

19
That woman has no chance with Ling-ling the cat. I've been watching YouTubes about cats lately, and they're not domesticated animals like dogs. They're wild animals that live with us.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 15, 2026 07:44 PM (mmrXZ)

20 New Zoo Review:

the chick in the short skirt had a kind of Parker Posey vibe going on.

Never saw that show as a kid.

Lidsville is the one I remember.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, All Erudite and Stuff at July 15, 2026 07:44 PM (0aYVJ)

21 Holy Island Batmsn!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 15, 2026 07:44 PM (7gFa4)

22 I didn’t understand the adult jokes on Hollywood Squares, but instinctively realized that Lynde wasn’t quite right, and to be kept far, far away from little boys

Posted by: Common Tater at July 15, 2026 07:46 PM (kHRz0)

23 Noting wrong with those commercials. Just putting broads in their place and teaching them some home training so they can get a man and raise a family.

Posted by: Daddy at July 15, 2026 07:48 PM (45BvE)

24 Baby and husky puppy grow up together.

--
Super cute but also kibd of horrifying to me

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 15, 2026 07:49 PM (7gFa4)

25 Still some residual mephiticism, but the AoSHQ Café Custodial Engineers are doing a manly job of containing and slowly eliminating the residues they left behind.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 15, 2026 07:49 PM (0sNs1)

26 X now blocks non-subscribers from viewing tweets. Can you please embed them in your post? Conversely, does anyone know of a way for a non-subscriber to be able to read a tweet?
Posted by: furball

For x posts that require you to sign up, which is all of them now, just sub xcancel for x in the URL.

Note that xcancel won't accept the URL if there's stuff after the main URL, from "?" forward.

Xcancel.com Redirector extension from the Chrome Web Store* will automagically do the substitution for you, although you still have to delete the ?+ info from the URL.

*This works on my Vivaldi browser on Windows. Your milage may vary.

Posted by: mindful webworker - still safe from subscribing to XMusk at July 15, 2026 07:50 PM (p+5Bi)

27 22 I didn’t understand the adult jokes on Hollywood Squares, but instinctively realized that Lynde wasn’t quite right, and to be kept far, far away from little boys
Posted by: Common Tater at July 15, 2026 07:46 PM (kHRz0)

It's like thinking Match Game was hilarious when you were a kid, but in reruns you realize they're just drunks that were funny once in a while.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 15, 2026 07:50 PM (nDXEV)

28 Noting wrong with those commercials. Just putting broads in their place and teaching them some home training so they can get a man and raise a family.
Posted by: Daddy

AI Subtitling is a little rough. "As Best As Tile."

Posted by: mikeski at July 15, 2026 07:50 PM (VHUov)

29 All it took was one cup of instant Folger's for her to get lucky!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 15, 2026 07:52 PM (0sNs1)

30 Willowed:
Did you just call me a retard?
Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2026 07:05 PM (/WQyy)

Lol. No. Myself. I was making up a fake quote, so I was quoting myself.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 15, 2026 07:43 PM (zZu0s)

I forgot to put the smiley face after my question.

Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2026 07:53 PM (/WQyy)

31 20 New Zoo Review:

the chick in the short skirt had a kind of Parker Posey vibe going on.

Never saw that show as a kid.

Lidsville is the one I remember.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, All Erudite and Stuff

Sigmund and the Seamonsters ftw!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 15, 2026 07:54 PM (FVIA4)

32 Those some good dog buddy clips.

Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2026 07:57 PM (/WQyy)

33 Noting wrong with those commercials. Just putting broads in their place and teaching them some home training so they can get a man and raise a family.

And without picking up any new training bruises too!

Posted by: A-shirt wearing man at July 15, 2026 07:59 PM (xE0sV)

34 Time for bed
Hopefully not a nocturnal visitor on ONT tonight
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 15, 2026 07:59 PM (Ia/+0)

35 Smokey haze in the air from fires in Canada and Minnesota.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 15, 2026 07:59 PM (kpS4V)

36 You think the guitar player nailed the New Zoo Revue miniskirt lady?

Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2026 08:00 PM (/WQyy)

37 Sigmund and the Seamonsters ftw!
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 15, 2026 07:54 PM (FVIA4)

Ah, but yes. I can still sing the theme song, and it pops up as an earworm in the wee hours.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, All Erudite and Stuff at July 15, 2026 08:00 PM (0aYVJ)

38 "bluewashing" the Democrat anti-male agenda

If bluewashing lasts more than 4 hours seek medical attention.

Posted by: DaveA at July 15, 2026 08:01 PM (FhXTo)

39
Home. Dogs let out and fed. Her Majesty and I fed. Everyone relaxing.

The Big Dummy got a Hound Group 3 today. He really looked good out there, very happy and animated, and I had high hopes, alas incompletely fulfilled.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 15, 2026 08:01 PM (O0L8i)

40 I have to bring my kittehs for the rabies shot on Monday.

I'd rather have my wisdom teeth pulled.

Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2026 08:03 PM (/WQyy)

41 "New Zoo Review:

Posted by: Pug Mahon"

MST3K, Teenagers From Outer Space. As Gramps is walking out of the house, to get the mail I think, he sings "It's the New Zoo Review, coming right at you". Voiced by Tom Servo. It goes by quick but I caught it the first time I saw it, some 29 odd years or so ago. Now you have to watch it again to find it.

Posted by: fd at July 15, 2026 08:04 PM (MWfyi)

42 Posted by: Pug Mahon, All Erudite and Stuff at July 15, 2026 08:00 PM (0aYVJ)

Now you've made me have an HR Puff n Stuff earworm.

Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2026 08:04 PM (/WQyy)

43 >>Smokey haze in the air from fires in Canada and Minnesota.

It's looked like dusk here all day.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2026 08:05 PM (viF8m)

44 I have to bring my kittehs for the rabies shot on Monday.

I'd rather have my wisdom teeth pulled.
Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2026 08:03 PM (/WQyy)
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I did that a few weeks ago. Surprisingly easier than past visits. I must getting the hang of putting my cats in their carriers.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 15, 2026 08:05 PM (FZ29D)

45 MST3K, Teenagers From Outer Space. As Gramps is walking out of the house, to get the mail I think, he sings "It's the New Zoo Review, coming right at you". Voiced by Tom Servo. It goes by quick but I caught it the first time I saw it, some 29 odd years or so ago. Now you have to watch it again to find it.
Posted by: fd at July 15, 2026 08:04 PM (MWfyi)

Ha! that was my first thought as well! One of my favorite episodes.

Gramps reminded me of my own Grandpa. And the girl, odd and yet cute face, but rockin' bod.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, All Erudite and Stuff at July 15, 2026 08:07 PM (0aYVJ)

46 Still some residual mephiticism...

Fun Fact:
Did you know that Mefitis is the Roman/Samnite goddess of fetid farts and other malodorous smells?

Bonus Fun Fact:
Its where the scientific name for skunk originated.

Posted by: A-shirt wearing man at July 15, 2026 08:08 PM (rgGn5)

47 Voyager 1 Has Traveled Through Space at 38,000 Mph Since 1977 And Still Hasn’t Reached 1 Light-Day.

I hate astrology

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 15, 2026 08:10 PM (/+uur)

48 If one looked closely, one could see Billy Barty's sneakers underneath the rubber carapace of Sigmund as he cavorted across the beach.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 15, 2026 08:10 PM (nDXEV)

49 MST3K, Teenagers From Outer Space. As Gramps is walking out of the house, to get the mail I think, he sings "It's the New Zoo Review, coming right at you". Voiced by Tom Servo. It goes by quick but I caught it the first time I saw it, some 29 odd years or so ago. Now you have to watch it again to find it.
Posted by: fd at July 15, 2026 08:04 PM (MWfyi)

My lil sister Rhonda RIP loved that show.
I wanted to pluck out an eye

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 15, 2026 08:11 PM (/+uur)

50 "Gramps reminded me of my own Grandpa. And the girl, odd and yet cute face, but rockin' bod.
Posted by: Pug Mahon"

The monster reminded me of a lobster. Cause it was.

Posted by: fd at July 15, 2026 08:12 PM (MWfyi)

51 Lots of dubious role models in my childhood viewing, all of whom I loved, being blissfully unaware of subtext: Charles Nelson Reilly, Paul Lynde, Uncle Fester, Reuben Kincaid (I read that Dave Madden used to take Danny Bonaduce to the racetrack), and Uncle Al, the Kiddies' Pal on Laugh-In, who would mix a pitcher of martinis in front of the children.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 15, 2026 08:13 PM (kpS4V)

52 >>47 Voyager 1 Has Traveled Through Space at 38,000 Mph Since 1977 And Still Hasn’t Reached 1 Light-Day.

V'ger doesn't learn very fast.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 15, 2026 08:13 PM (nDXEV)

53 Fart is an onomatopoeia

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 15, 2026 08:15 PM (/+uur)

54 Voyager 1 Has Traveled Through Space at 38,000 Mph Since 1977
-------------------

That really reminds me of the time I traveled through space at 38,001 miles per hour.

Posted by: Candy Owens at July 15, 2026 08:16 PM (vE0+H)

55 I hope the person that was Henrietta Hippo is dead

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 15, 2026 08:16 PM (/+uur)

56 Fart is an onomatopoeia
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 15, 2026 08:15 PM (/+uur)

Like belch.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, All Erudite and Stuff at July 15, 2026 08:16 PM (0aYVJ)

57 re: Safe Spaces

Can affirm there have been no women attempting to invade spaces in the men's changing room at our local gym.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 08:17 PM (C0oZI)

58 An elderly woman in Pompano Beach, Florida, is asking for a new license plate after receiving one with a combination of letters and numbers she finds inappropriate.

The license plate reads “SQZ A55,”

Puts out the lavendar looffa

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 15, 2026 08:17 PM (/+uur)

59 55 I hope the person that was Henrietta Hippo is dead
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 15, 2026 08:16 PM (/+uur)

People often talk about "Patient Zero" but I think we need to trace obvious current-day neuroses back to "Furry Zero."

Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 15, 2026 08:18 PM (nDXEV)

60
Like belch.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, All Erudite and Stuff at July 15, 2026 08:16 PM (0aYVJ)

Burp would be a better example

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 15, 2026 08:18 PM (/+uur)

61 "Furry Zero."
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 15, 2026 08:18 PM (nDXEV)

hahaha

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 15, 2026 08:19 PM (/+uur)

62 Charles Nelson Reilly is on Match Game on Buzzer TV almost every night. I only get 40 or so over the air tv channels so it's pretty sad when that's the best thing on.

Posted by: fd at July 15, 2026 08:21 PM (MWfyi)

63 "I hope the person that was Henrietta Hippo is dead
Posted by: r hennigantx"

That person may be, but Henrietta lives on, in our nightmares.

Posted by: fd at July 15, 2026 08:23 PM (MWfyi)

64 26 X now blocks non-subscribers from viewing tweets. Can you please embed them in your post? Conversely, does anyone know of a way for a non-subscriber to be able to read a tweet?
Posted by: furball
---

No, there is no way on this earth to view X unless you belong.
Anyone who says different is pulling your leg and leading you
down a blind alley.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 08:23 PM (C0oZI)

65 You think the guitar player nailed the New Zoo Revue miniskirt lady?

Chicks dig musicians, man.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 15, 2026 08:26 PM (vTZFs)

66 No, there is no way on this earth to view X unless you belong. Anyone who says different is pulling your leg and leading you down a blind alley.
Posted by: Braenyard]/i]

See me at #26. I must be hallucinating?

Posted by: mindful webworker - or having my leg pulled? at July 15, 2026 08:26 PM (p+5Bi)

67 Ah. Saved by Pixy's auto-close once again.

Posted by: mindful webworker - sticks tongue out at barrel at July 15, 2026 08:27 PM (p+5Bi)

68 Holy shit the media is STILL obsessed with the reflecting pool.

Posted by: steevy at July 15, 2026 08:27 PM (YwEeS)

69 I don't know how xcancel exists. How is it funded?

Posted by: fd at July 15, 2026 08:27 PM (MWfyi)

70 Troops over 30 must have testosterone levels checked annually to ensure 'leading edge of lethality,' Hegseth says
---

Whiff of Big Pharma in the air?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 08:27 PM (C0oZI)

71 No, there is no way on this earth to view X unless you belong.
Anyone who says different is pulling your leg and leading you
down a blind alley.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 08:23 PM (C0oZI)

Happens a lot.

Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 08:28 PM (vE0+H)

72 Major smoke from wildfires in northern Minnesota here in N WI today.

Posted by: davidt at July 15, 2026 08:30 PM (Q+gd/)

73 An elderly woman in Pompano Beach, Florida, is asking for a new license plate after receiving one with a combination of letters and numbers she finds inappropriate.

The license plate reads “SQZ A55,”
Puts out the lavendar looffa
Posted by: r hennigantx

Almost as good as the A55 RGY one from a few years ago.

On the older Florida plate, with only one Orange drawn in the middle.

You'd think they'd learn and skip over "A55" altogether.....

Posted by: mikeski at July 15, 2026 08:31 PM (VHUov)

74 53 Fart is an onomatopoeia
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 15, 2026 08:15 PM (/+uur)

Everybody farts, sometimes. But bad odor is a choice you can avoid with new Altoids Suppositories. Now available in Cinnamon!

Posted by: Chuck Schumer for Altoids Suppositories - Curiously Minty! at July 15, 2026 08:33 PM (w/O5Q)

75 Fart is an onomatopoeia
Posted by: r hennigantx

If you're lucky!

Posted by: J. Robinette Biden at July 15, 2026 08:34 PM (VHUov)

76 That Holy Island shack is where England's soccer coach is going to find himself when he gets back to Old Blighty.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 15, 2026 08:35 PM (QaH55)

77 Like belch.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Burp would be a better example
Posted by: r hennigantx

Depends if you're really letting it go from the diaphragm or not.

Posted by: mikeski at July 15, 2026 08:36 PM (VHUov)

78 70s cartoons were on All. The. Drugs.

Exhibit Z:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k_HFgBtXBs

Anyone who's 29 remember this being screened at school?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 15, 2026 08:39 PM (Wnv9h)

79 V'ger 1 will hit the 1 light day mark on Nov 18, 2026 at 10:16:07Z.

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at July 15, 2026 08:41 PM (mPTFR)

80 20 New Zoo Review:

the chick in the short skirt had a kind of Parker Posey vibe going on.

Never saw that show as a kid.

Lidsville is the one I remember.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, All Erudite and Stuff at July 15, 2026 07:44 PM (0aYVJ)

Thanks to AFN I saw plenty of New Zoo Revue. And couldn’t watch anything else as I was not fluent in German. And unlike now there was ONE AFN channel.

The only Sid & Marty Krofft show I was subject to was Land of the Lost - again, thanks AFN.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 15, 2026 08:44 PM (4g5V+)

81 74 53 Fart is an onomatopoeia
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 15, 2026 08:15 PM (/+uur)

Everybody farts, sometimes. But bad odor is a choice you can avoid with new Altoids Suppositories. Now available in Cinnamon!

Posted by: Chuck Schumer for Altoids Suppositories - Curiously Minty! at July 15, 2026 08:33 PM (w/O5Q)

If you have to fart, fart! You will feel much better for it.

Posted by: Mao at July 15, 2026 08:45 PM (4g5V+)

82 Evenin’, All.

I sure hope nobody mentions farts on this thread.

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2026 08:46 PM (77rzZ)

83 79 V'ger 1 will hit the 1 light day mark on Nov 18, 2026 at 10:16:07Z.
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at July 15, 2026 08:41 PM (mPTFR)

What about V’ger 6?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 15, 2026 08:46 PM (4g5V+)

84 V'ger 1 will hit the 1 light day mark on Nov 18, 2026 at 10:16:07Z.
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at July 15, 2026 08:41 PM (mPTFR)

Astronomy is wonderful, but profoundly humbling.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, All Erudite and Stuff at July 15, 2026 08:46 PM (0aYVJ)

85 82 Evenin’, All.

I sure hope nobody mentions farts on this thread.
Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2026 08:46 PM (77rzZ)

Go to Xinjiang Province and fix tractors.

Posted by: Mao at July 15, 2026 08:47 PM (4g5V+)

86 Charles Nelson Reilly? Now THAT'S a man's man!

Posted by: Brian Poindexter, Manly Candidate at July 15, 2026 08:48 PM (0e5Te)

87 *ANTHROPIC IN TALKS TO EXPAND $2.5B CREDIT LINE: INFORMATION

it's down to the revolver?
_ZH
---

Poor little crook, Sam Altman.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 08:48 PM (C0oZI)

88 Charles Nelson Reilly? Now THAT'S a man's man!
Posted by: Brian Poindexter, Manly Candidate at July 15, 2026 08:48 PM (0e5Te)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLnapb-30hA

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 15, 2026 08:49 PM (amcLV)

89 The lead on HR Puffinstuff was the same kid who played the Artful Dodger in the 1968 movie version of Oliver!.

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2026 08:50 PM (77rzZ)

90 I think I found Fawn Liebowitz's real alma mater:
youtube.com/watch?v=BcrUcfNcpJU

Posted by: gp at July 15, 2026 08:51 PM (Jr5Lq)

91 Has anyone else seen the movie Bad Frank ?

Watched it last night. Not an original type story but they changed it up enough to be interesting and not predictable.

Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2026 08:52 PM (/WQyy)

92 In 40K years, Voyager 1 will make its first closest approach to another star, Gliese 445 at 1.7 ly.

This is not due to how fast Voyager is moving relative to the Sun, but how fast Gliese 445 is moving toward us. It's barrelling towards us at 112 km/s.

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at July 15, 2026 08:53 PM (iKvf9)

93 I moved to Atlanta 6 months after they closed the World of Sid and Marty Krofft. Alas, now it is CNN HQ.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 15, 2026 08:53 PM (nDXEV)

94 Are they still tracking the Tesla with the Starman manikin?

Posted by: davidt at July 15, 2026 08:53 PM (Q+gd/)

95 89 Jack Wild

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2026 08:54 PM (77rzZ)

96 Cats are just…weird. It’s not that I don’t like them, they are just weird.

Dogs are easier to figure out. They instinctively have the pack mentality and just see their human owner as the head of the pack.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 15, 2026 08:54 PM (4g5V+)

97 Is Bad Frank like Bad Ronald?
Cos he was pretty bad.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 15, 2026 08:54 PM (nDXEV)

98 Helen Comperatore, whose husband Corey, a 50-year-old volunteer firefighter and father of two, was fatally shot while shielding his family, told NewsNation that she believes the July 13, 2024, assassination attempt was "an inside job."
...
A recent Office of Inspector General report found that the Secret Service shockingly missed over 100 radio transmissions from local law enforcement about a suspicious individual, ...

https://tinyurl.com/u8yrcsrv

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 08:56 PM (C0oZI)

99 If you could travel at the speed of light you could make it to Pluto in about 5 hours.

Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2026 08:56 PM (/WQyy)

100 Whiff of Big Pharma in the air?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 08:27 PM (C0oZI)

Big (insert business here) bad, Big Government GOOD!

Posted by: Americans at July 15, 2026 08:56 PM (4g5V+)

101 In 300K years, Voyager 2 will get within 4+ ly of Sirius.

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at July 15, 2026 08:57 PM (iKvf9)

102 When you look at the moon it is how it looked 2.5 hours ago.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 15, 2026 08:57 PM (4g5V+)

103 66 No, there is no way on this earth to view X unless you belong. Anyone who says different is pulling your leg and leading you down a blind alley.
Posted by: Braenyard]/i]

See me at #26. I must be hallucinating?

Posted by: mindful webworker - or having my leg pulled?
---

There you go again, pulling legs.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 08:57 PM (C0oZI)

104 2.5 hours. Fuck. I meant 2.5 seconds.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 15, 2026 08:58 PM (4g5V+)

105 The Moon is roughly 2 light seconds away on average.

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at July 15, 2026 08:59 PM (iKvf9)

106 Here’s a thought: A global war between dogs and cats. The dogs would be better in open battle, because they’re generally bigger, and, as pack animals, would be better organized. But the cats would excel at espionage and subterfuge. So who knows how it would turn out?

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2026 08:59 PM (77rzZ)

107 That person may be, but Henrietta lives on, in our nightmares.
Posted by: fd at July 15, 2026 08:23 PM (MWfyi)

MAROUSHKA LIVES IN OUR BRAINS!!!

Posted by: Slayer at July 15, 2026 09:00 PM (4g5V+)

108 Is Bad Frank like Bad Ronald?
Cos he was pretty bad.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 15, 2026 08:54 PM (nDXEV)

Never heard of Bad Ronald until just now. Sounds reallycreepy from the summary I read.

Bad Frank is more of a bad guy trying to go straight but bad luck made him go back to being bad. Really bad.

Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2026 09:00 PM (/WQyy)

109 The sun is eight light minutes away.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 15, 2026 09:02 PM (4g5V+)

110 Cats would not stand a chance against a pack of dogs. Maybe if the ratio of cats to dogs was 10-1.

Posted by: fd at July 15, 2026 09:02 PM (MWfyi)

111 Bulg, cats have groups - prides. In fact, we have let Saijo know he has joined the pride here.

Posted by: Piper at July 15, 2026 09:02 PM (Dd38x)

112 100 Whiff of Big Pharma in the air?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 08:27 PM (C0oZI)

Big (insert business here) bad, Big Government GOOD!

Posted by: Americans
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This is another dumb expirment. They've been selling that crap on the radio for a couple years. It's a combination of several hormones and several glands - hello pituitary, hello adrenal, hello thyroid, hello the one's I don't know.
Ask Lyle Alzado.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 09:03 PM (C0oZI)

113 Bad Ronald terrified every 70's girl into thinking there were peepholes everywhere in her house.
Thankfully, that's just a myth, right?

Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 15, 2026 09:03 PM (nDXEV)

114 Speed of light is approximately 670 million mph.

That's ludicrous !!

Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2026 09:03 PM (/WQyy)

115 The speed of light is everywhere.

One time, this guy handed me a picture of him, he said "Here's a picture of me when I was younger."

Every picture is of you when you were younger. -- Mitch Hedberg

Posted by: mikeski at July 15, 2026 09:05 PM (VHUov)

116 Canadian smoke is bad all the way down here in Jersey. Smells and it stings my eyes.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at July 15, 2026 09:06 PM (3ImbR)

117 Bab Bob...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zPo253ePXM

Posted by: davidt at July 15, 2026 09:08 PM (Q+gd/)

118 Cuddly squirrels? No such thing.
The squirrels in my yard get a bb in the ass. Well,if I can hit the damn things. They're quick. Ill give 'em that.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 15, 2026 09:08 PM (2WIwB)

119 111 Piper, I hope that he is dominating the cats.

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2026 09:08 PM (77rzZ)

120 Sorry, don't get the anything wrong with the commercials. Loved them as a kid. We had a sense of humor.

Posted by: Enola Gay Pride at July 15, 2026 09:09 PM (D+cp8)

121 When you look at the moon it is how it looked 2.5 hours ago.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 15, 2026 08:57 PM (4g5V+)

I was told there would be no math.

Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 09:09 PM (vE0+H)

122 Geesh, when are they not having wildfires in Canada?

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2026 09:10 PM (77rzZ)

123
Any news about Graham's funeral?

I have not seen anything.

Posted by: four seasons at July 15, 2026 09:12 PM (/QHx4)

124 119 111 Piper, I hope that he is dominating the cats.
Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2026 09:08 PM (77rzZ

Nope. In fact, Kovu just whacked Saijo’s waggy tail, and they played a little bit. He won’t go past Sabi if Sabi is sitting in the hallway. Or a door way. Or anywhere. Sabi has whacked him on the nose and made him cry, so he is afraid of him. But I have really big cats. Kovu is the same size as Saijo, he just weighs a little less.

Posted by: Piper at July 15, 2026 09:12 PM (Dd38x)

125 123 Lindsey’s funeral is the next in line after McCain’s, Jimmuh’s, and the Ayatollah’s are wrapped up.

Ya gotta be patient.

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2026 09:14 PM (77rzZ)

126 >>>In the famous "Data Center Alley" of northern Virginia, energy giant Williams Companies is expanding its Transco natural gas pipeline system, while developers are proposing to build gas-fired power plants adjacent to data centers to bypass traditional grid interconnections, according to Global Energy Monitor.

Enlarging the support network for ramped-up natural gas production involves far more than installing and replacing pipes. Systems require stations that maintain the pressure to move gas over hundreds of miles, through processing plants, storage facilities, and metering stations. They also require connections to power plants, factories, export terminals, and local distribution networks.

Industry experts say this infrastructure network must continue modernizing to improve reliability and reduce supply bottlenecks
_ZH

Sounds like an article from a dime store periodical.
This is what we do. We are America. We make things. We make things work. This is not a hill to climb this is go to work tomorrow morning and get it done.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 09:14 PM (C0oZI)

127 Geesh, when are they not having wildfires in Canada?
Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2026 09:10 PM (77rzZ)

Or eastern Washington. I'm half.convinced the state does it on purpose so they can create more climate warming taxes.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 15, 2026 09:15 PM (2WIwB)

128 Kovu is the same size as Saijo, he just weighs a little less.
Posted by: Piper

I'm not fat. I'm big-furred.

Posted by: Kovu at July 15, 2026 09:15 PM (VHUov)

129 124 It’s disgraceful for any dog to be afraid of a cat. For goodness’ sakes, Pipes, teach that canine some proper canine defense skills.

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2026 09:16 PM (77rzZ)

130 116 Canadian smoke is bad all the way down here in Jersey. Smells and it stings my eyes.

Posted by: IrishEi ?!
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It's the acid condensed from the rain.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 09:16 PM (C0oZI)

131 Here’s a thought: A global war between dogs and cats. The dogs would be better in open battle, because they’re generally bigger, and, as pack animals, would be better organized. But the cats would excel at espionage and subterfuge. So who knows how it would turn out?
Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2026 08:59 PM (77rzZ)
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I'm picturing a Churchillian bulldog looking out his balcony and muttering "The cats! The cats! Nothing matters except beating the cats!"

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 15, 2026 09:18 PM (kpS4V)

132 Sorry, I loathe those fucking ass-ugly data centers.

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2026 09:19 PM (77rzZ)

133 >>>You think the guitar player nailed the New Zoo Revue miniskirt lady?

She married him

Posted by: Kindltot at July 15, 2026 09:19 PM (rbvCR)

134 I don't know how xcancel exists. How is it funded?
Posted by: fd at July 15, 2026 08:27 PM (MWfyi)

Human trafficking and illicit organ sales to Asia. Don't accept the EULA even if they offer you the expanded package.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 15, 2026 09:21 PM (rbvCR)

135 Speaking of getting smoked in Canada, Mrs D is watching some Canadian tv police show that has a dog. Rex - something. Anyway, every murder victim so far has been a woman. Must have a gay producer or something to hate women that much.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 15, 2026 09:21 PM (2WIwB)

136 U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces observed Curacao-flagged M/T Belma transiting international waters toward Kharg Island. The commercial vessel ignored multiple warnings as it attempted to violate the U.S. blockade. A U.S. aircraft disabled the vessel after firing hellfire missiles into the ship’s smokestack. The ship is no longer transiting to Iran.
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Don't understand why they are avoiding the excellent promo video opportunities. From shipboard, color video of rocket fired, rocket going down the funnel and rocket exploding. How cool. But no, we get some bureaucratic note.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 09:22 PM (C0oZI)

137 Don't understand why they are avoiding the excellent promo video opportunities. From shipboard, color video of rocket fired, rocket going down the funnel and rocket exploding. How cool. But no, we get some bureaucratic note.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 09:22 PM (C0oZI)

There is a FLIR video out there, it is just very BWGrainy

Posted by: Kindltot at July 15, 2026 09:29 PM (rbvCR)

138 Jeesh, New Zoo Review is a deep space callback. Right up there with Kukla, Fran, and Ollie. Deep in the recesses of my childhood.

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2026 09:30 PM (77rzZ)

139 Canada assaults Great Lakes states all the way through DC to Long Island with acid smoke. Is this their war plan?
Poison us.

https://tinyurl.com/3b9xxjrc

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 09:33 PM (C0oZI)

140 129 124 It’s disgraceful for any dog to be afraid of a cat. For goodness’ sakes, Pipes, teach that canine some proper canine defense skills.
Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2026 09:16 PM (77rzZ)

Our dog Beauregard was smacked in the face as a puppy by a neighbor cat. He did not forget. When he grew up, he knew exactly where the 6 ft. wooden fence was from wherever he was sitting at the time. He always waited until the neighbor cats were on top of the fence and in range, and then he hit that fence doing about 90 mph, cat was immediately in mid-air, and did not survive the landing.

My dad was forever bagging up the cats and delivering them back to the neighbors.

Bobo didn't like cats. Not one little bit.

Mind you, this was the same dog that we, as little kids, could ride on, put our hands in his mouth, and grab his fur, and he would just be happy as a clam.

It was just those cats.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 15, 2026 09:35 PM (bl07w)

141 And, besides being ugly, the data centers are all outposts of the surveillance state.

Screw data centers, screw AI, abd screw the deep/surveillance state.

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2026 09:35 PM (77rzZ)

142 The problem with AI is the same as any other programming effort. GIGO. It will look for what it is told to look for, and if the people telling it what to look for are nefarious, well then so is the AI.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 15, 2026 09:36 PM (bl07w)

143 140 Because cats stink. They’re great at killing rodents, but nothing else.

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2026 09:37 PM (77rzZ)

144 127 Geesh, when are they not having wildfires in Canada?
Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2026 09:10 PM (77rzZ)

Or eastern Washington. I'm half.convinced the state does it on purpose so they can create more climate warming taxes.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 15, 2026 09:15 PM (2WIwB)

The Lower 48 is funny about summer wildfires. Up here, we may have as many acres on fire at one time as the size of some of the smaller states, and nobody really cares much unless they come near somebody's house. The taiga is supposed to burn off every few years, to keep healthy. The idea that all fires must be extinguished is poor land management.

If you hate Canada's fires so bad, put up a nice mountain range on the border to keep that crap on their side.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 15, 2026 09:38 PM (bl07w)

145 143 140 Because cats stink. They’re great at killing rodents, but nothing else.
Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2026 09:37 PM (77rzZ)

Terriers are just as good at hunting rodents, and they don't crap in the house.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 15, 2026 09:38 PM (bl07w)

146 >>You think the guitar player nailed the New Zoo Revue miniskirt lady?

She married him
Posted by: Kindltot at July 15, 2026 09:19 PM (rbvCR)

So that's a yes.

Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2026 09:39 PM (/WQyy)

147 142 I’m sorry, AI can go DIAF. Human civilization got along perfectly well for millennia without the gadgets telling us how to think.

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2026 09:40 PM (77rzZ)

148 Speaking of the Moon, there's a spectacular thin crescent looming large and yellowish right after sunset. New moon timing was right to see it the second day after.

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at July 15, 2026 09:40 PM (mPTFR)

149 Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2026 09:37 PM (77rzZ)

I don't know if you have self awareness sometimes. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt you don't intentionally try to start crap.

Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2026 09:45 PM (/WQyy)

150 20 New Zoo Review:

the chick in the short skirt had a kind of Parker Posey vibe going on.

Never saw that show as a kid.

Lidsville is the one I remember.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, All Erudite and Stuff at July 15, 2026 07:44 PM (0aYVJ)

Thanks to AFN I saw plenty of New Zoo Revue. And couldn’t watch anything else as I was not fluent in German. And unlike now there was ONE AFN channel.

The only Sid & Marty Krofft show I was subject to was Land of the Lost - again, thanks AFN.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 15, 2026 08:44 PM (4g5V+)]

Oh yuk. Those were all so terrible. "It's the new zoo review, coming right at you!" Probably even worse than the Banana Splitz.

It was my cue to turn off the Saturday morning cartoons and go play, even if it was raining.

Posted by: LASue at July 15, 2026 09:45 PM (lCppi)

151 Uh oh
looks like some Naval AviaTORS are gonna be called on the carpet for hijinks

https://tinyurl.com/43cfe43p

Posted by: Don Black at July 15, 2026 09:46 PM (ZxPkt)

152 Mind you, this was the same dog that we, as little kids, could ride on, put our hands in his mouth, and grab his fur, and he would just be happy as a clam.

It was just those cats.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 15, 2026 09:35 PM (bl07w)

tcn: puppy of pack leaders

Cats: Enemy of pack

Posted by: Beauregard at July 15, 2026 09:46 PM (zZu0s)

153 Posted by: polynikes

You’re a lot nicer person than I am.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 15, 2026 09:46 PM (C2/L2)

154 Jeesh, New Zoo Review is a deep space callback. Right up there with Kukla, Fran, and Ollie. Deep in the recesses of my childhood.
Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2026 09:30 PM (77rzZ)

Did anyone else watch Romper Room, or was that just local? Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop were around the same time, I think.

Posted by: LASue at July 15, 2026 09:49 PM (lCppi)

155 AI is just a tool. For good or ill.

It has its uses. It has its downsides. Same as pretty much every invention in human history.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 15, 2026 09:50 PM (zZu0s)

156 149 Is this about my views of cats, or AI? Because, though I am not a “cat person,” I at least recognize cats as fellow creatures, and can interact with them pleasantly on that basis.

But AI can go DIAF.

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2026 09:51 PM (77rzZ)

157 147 142 I’m sorry, AI can go DIAF. Human civilization got along perfectly well for millennia without the gadgets telling us how to think.
Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2026 09:40 PM (77rzZ)

AI used for medical diagnoses will save time and lives.

Posted by: Joemarine at July 15, 2026 09:52 PM (y171U)

158 I used AI to shop for a mattress

Posted by: Don Black at July 15, 2026 09:53 PM (ZxPkt)

159 >>> 126
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Sounds like an article from a dime store periodical.
This is what we do. We are America. We make things. We make things work. This is not a hill to climb this is go to work tomorrow morning and get it done.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 09:14 PM (C0oZI)

Conspiracy Theory: the data center hype is how OrangeManBad and team are pushing an massive upgrade to our electrical grid, which is probably about a half-century late.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 15, 2026 09:53 PM (R+iUD)

160 Whoa. Gotta go put the trash can out on the road.

Save me a comment slot on the ONT. First would be ok.

Posted by: mindful webworker - chore is fun to bee here at July 15, 2026 09:54 PM (p+5Bi)

161 I guess everyone is on the main page, flogging F5 like an unresponsive penis

Posted by: Don Black at July 15, 2026 09:55 PM (ZxPkt)

162 It has its uses. It has its downsides. Same as pretty much every invention in human history.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 15, 2026 09:50 PM (zZu0s)

Except the Whipple tree . No downside 🙂

Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2026 09:55 PM (/WQyy)

163 Did anyone else watch Romper Room, or was that just local? Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop were around the same time, I think.

Posted by: LASue at July 15, 2026 09:49 PM (lCppi)

Romper room was on TV when I was real young, but I don't think I watched it. Not a single image is in memory, so I would say I didn't watch it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 15, 2026 09:55 PM (S41Gd)

164 Hey, Nurse Ratched!

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2026 09:55 PM (77rzZ)

165 >Romper room was on TV when I was real young, but I don't think I watched it. Not a single image is in memory, so I would say I didn't watch it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads
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all I know is, she never even called me by my name

Posted by: Don Black at July 15, 2026 09:56 PM (ZxPkt)

166 158 I used AI to shop for a mattress
Posted by: Don Black at July 15, 2026 09:53 PM (ZxPkt)

I used AI just now to search the benefits from cats. Apparently they bring calming presence to their humans and promote overall good mental health and sense of well being.

Posted by: Candace, the Whore of Babbles On at July 15, 2026 09:56 PM (R0XxO)

167 Off, whore sock!

Posted by: Rex B at July 15, 2026 09:57 PM (R0XxO)

168 Captain Kangaroo...

Posted by: JQ at July 15, 2026 09:57 PM (rdVOm)

169 157 Fine. I’m not a doctor. I’ll do my own thinking, tank you.

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2026 09:57 PM (77rzZ)

170 I watched Polycarp growing up in South Louisiana.

He was our Captain Kangaroo.

Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2026 09:57 PM (/WQyy)

171 Romper room was on TV when I was real young, but I don't think I watched it. Not a single image is in memory, so I would say I didn't watch it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads
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all I know is, she never even called me by my name

Posted by: Don Black at July 15, 2026 09:56 PM (ZxPkt)

Now I definitely know I didn't watch it. No "she" in my memory at all.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 15, 2026 09:59 PM (S41Gd)

172 155 AI is just a tool. For good or ill.

It has its uses. It has its downsides. Same as pretty much every invention in human history.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone
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Musk uses it to help design engines and ships, military uses it to help plan invasions, Sam Altman uses it to take your money.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 09:59 PM (C0oZI)

173 Captain Kangaroo...

Posted by: JQ at July 15, 2026 09:57 PM (rdVOm)

Didn't really watch that either. might be before my time.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 15, 2026 10:00 PM (S41Gd)

174 154 Did anyone else watch Romper Room, or was that just local? Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop were around the same time, I think.
Posted by: LASue at July 15, 2026 09:49 PM (lCppi)

Romper Room was franchised to local cities. Same as Bozo. Boston had a Bozo, Chicago had a Bozo. Different actors.

I am old enough to remember Romper Room with the Magic Mirror.

Posted by: Joemarine at July 15, 2026 10:00 PM (y171U)

175 I am old enough to remember Romper Room with the Magic Mirror.
Posted by: Joemarine at July 15, 2026 10:00 PM (y171U)

I too, am that old...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 15, 2026 10:02 PM (nbLIj)

176 Well, got on the ONT in time anyway

NOOD ONT
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=420557

Posted by: mindful webworker - back again for one more at July 15, 2026 10:02 PM (p+5Bi)

177 Captain Kangaroo had that bowl cut so I could never respect him.

Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2026 10:02 PM (/WQyy)

178 ONT is nood.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 15, 2026 10:02 PM (zZu0s)

179 >>>Did anyone else watch Romper Room, or was that just local? Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop were around the same time, I think.

> I watched Romper Stomper and Russell Crowe portrayed a skinhead playing with the asian community. Pretty grim story.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 15, 2026 10:09 PM (sYM3s)

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