In The Kingdom Of The Blind, The ONT Is King

Happy Friday everyone! Let's take a closer look at America

Fido Friday: Save the baby!

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AI sex

Ooops

Painting

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Commies

Culture

Friday cute

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Shut up and take my money

Field trip

Remember what we've lost

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Greed

But it hurts to sit down

Indians

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Story behind this. A new airport opened in India, and the locals descended en masse and looted all the landscaping. How are we supposed to live with a culture where this is the norm? Better question: What's going to happen to our culture when we import people like this by the millions? I'm looking at you, Canada, but we're not far behind.

He's not wrong

Did the NFA actually die in court?

Tie down

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What do you pick from each row?

For me it's 1, 3 or 4, and 2

Islam

Close call

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1037 called "birdstrike, aborting takeoff" but they did it when the tower was talking and the tower overrides everyone else on the coms, so nobody heard. Good thing the trailing aircraft was alert.

Sinning

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1 "Affectation is the ridiculous effort of the ignorant to appear wise, the attempt of the barren soul to appear rich."

You hardly see affectation nowadays.🙄

Posted by: mindful webworker - identifies as mindful webworker at August 07, 2026 09:59 PM (62m/B)

2 Time machine activated apparently.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 07, 2026 09:59 PM (ExV1e)

3 Golly Gee

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 07, 2026 09:59 PM (3oLMy)

4 I used to have a different time machine.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 07, 2026 09:59 PM (3oLMy)

5 Hey, where all da white wimmen at?

Posted by: Sheriff Bart at August 07, 2026 10:00 PM (6/7Fs)

6 Yay, Friday ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 07, 2026 10:02 PM (+9wcF)

7 15 minutes to go on this 13h 3D print.

Having another prayerful Gimlet.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 07, 2026 10:03 PM (XV/Pl)

8 Hmm, so I'm in the border area between the NY metro area and the Philly metro area. Probably explains why it's peaceful here. I'm in Borderlands. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 07, 2026 10:04 PM (S41Gd)

9 That poor Leviticus.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 07, 2026 10:04 PM (6/7Fs)

10 Gas for $1.09

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 07, 2026 10:04 PM (Cqx++)

11 Thank you WeirdDave!

Gutfeld: Reports are that Mandami is hyper-sensitive. I'd usually make a joke about this but I don't want him to fly a plane into my building.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 07, 2026 10:05 PM (Sco7b)

12 a closer look at America

We live right there in NE Okla, where the Ozarks butt up against the South Great Plains. Drive east and you get into the forests and rolling hills and lakes and streams. Drive west, actually from here you go just over the river and up the hill and you're in the prairie, then it's a long mostly-flat drive until you hit the Rockies. Kind of neat, really, to be right at that transition.

Is that TMI for OPSEC? Oh, well.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Okie by birth and choice at August 07, 2026 10:05 PM (62m/B)

13 I am NA - 3 - 2.

Why not throw in some onions?

Posted by: LRob in OK at August 07, 2026 10:06 PM (Jr+re)

14 The sign outside say HATE HAS NO HOME HERE but I really hate these pop-ups.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 07, 2026 10:07 PM (6/7Fs)

15 5-2-2

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 07, 2026 10:07 PM (6/7Fs)

16 mindful, about an hour and a half into that long, mostly flat drive, you would pass my abode.

Posted by: LRob in OK at August 07, 2026 10:08 PM (Jr+re)

17 3, 3, 1.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 07, 2026 10:08 PM (w+2cP)

18 For me it's 1, 3 or 4 and 2

Your answers are correct.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 07, 2026 10:08 PM (ExV1e)

19 Close call link goes to same place as Tie Down link.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 07, 2026 10:09 PM (ExV1e)

20 It's not an ID for New York Grocery stores!

It's a Library Card!!!

That you will have to show ID to get...

Oh.... wait...

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 07, 2026 10:10 PM (mP0Kj)

21 Like number 19 said, close call and tie down are the same video.

Thanks for the ONT though! Better than what I can do!

Posted by: SimoHayha at August 07, 2026 10:10 PM (IeYnM)

22 OK- strip club/school bus meme is a laugher

Posted by: Don Black at August 07, 2026 10:11 PM (ZxPkt)

23 14 The sign outside say HATE HAS NO HOME HERE but I really hate these pop-ups.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 07, 2026 10:07 PM (6/7Fs)

Need to put up an ad.

Room for Rent.... Hate Welcome

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 07, 2026 10:11 PM (mP0Kj)

24 figured this was a good night to watch Stripes again.
i want to party with you, cowboy.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 07, 2026 10:12 PM (88C+u)

25 4 The sign outside say HATE HAS NO HOME HERE but I really hate these pop-ups.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 07, 2026 10:07 PM (6/7Fs)

I saw one of those uptown today.

I was driving but I'm pretty sure white Christians aren't on those.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 07, 2026 10:14 PM (Sco7b)

26 Am I missing something in the What Instantly Ruins a Pizza deal? Should I laugh?

Posted by: LRob in OK at August 07, 2026 10:14 PM (Jr+re)

27 Thanks for the ONT, Weird Dave!!

Posted by: LRob in OK at August 07, 2026 10:14 PM (Jr+re)

28 So probably missed it and it's been discussed here at the HQ already, but Enes Freedom Kantor, a former NBA player, a 6'11'' center, just declared for the WNBA draft next season.... citing inclusion and identity. powerline has it.

Posted by: SimoHayha at August 07, 2026 10:17 PM (IeYnM)

29 For me it's 1, 3 or 4 and 2

Oh, so close. 1, 4 or 5, and 2.

Posted by: Idiot AWFLs at August 07, 2026 10:19 PM (Riz8t)

30 The Grok AI sex scenes, reads better than that Arday guy's resignation letter.

Speaking of AI, the Horror Writers Association has blacklisted one of their female writers for daring to have the opinion of saying 'stop with the witch hunts against people wanting to learn about AI.'

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 07, 2026 10:19 PM (2GVsD)

31 For me it's 1, 3 or 4 and 2

Your answers are correct.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Agreed.

Unless it's the burnt-tasting crap from starbux, then probably 4-3-2.

Posted by: mikeski at August 07, 2026 10:19 PM (VHUov)

32 26 Am I missing something in the What Instantly Ruins a Pizza deal? Should I laugh?
Posted by: LRob in OK at August 07, 2026 10:14 PM (Jr+re)

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Just laugh and stop asking awkward questions.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 07, 2026 10:19 PM (6/7Fs)

33 The dog rescuing the baby from a knife is AI, I think.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 07, 2026 10:20 PM (Riz8t)

34 Well, I screwed that all up. Think it's fixed now.

Posted by: Weirddave at August 07, 2026 10:21 PM (q7DDe)

35 Okay, this is different. You know how the old school folks before matches were invented had to get a fire going with flint & steel? You’d shower some prepared char cloth with sparks, the char cloth basically burnt carbonized cotton or linen, which would hopefully catch the spark, and glow into a glowing coal, and build from there.

I thought this would have to be bone dry to work, right? Just makes sense to me. But a feller on YouTube made a demonstration. He claimed that carbon molecules can’t absorb water. I mean, OK if you say so. But he was able to soak this char cloth in water, and still get a coal going with flint & steel.

So keep this in the back of your mind the next time you’re out in the rain without any lighter or matches!

Posted by: Common Tater at August 07, 2026 10:22 PM (lrEMD)

36 Fido Friday, save the baby is scary. What a smart doggie.

Posted by: Joemarine at August 07, 2026 10:22 PM (y171U)

37 Friday Cute

Good thing the kid's got gymnast genes. Great balance.

Posted by: mikeski at August 07, 2026 10:23 PM (VHUov)

38 Happy Friday! Thanks, WD

Posted by: Piper at August 07, 2026 10:23 PM (ZdaMQ)

39 1, 4, 2

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 07, 2026 10:25 PM (0aYVJ)

40 For me it's 1, 3 or 4 and 2

For me it's zero (as in no coffee...), 3 on the toast, and I would prefer 2 on the meat, but doc makes me have 4-6...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 07, 2026 10:26 PM (l3cgK)

41 For those who like to play with tables and stats

from Denmark: Persons guilty in crimes aged 15-79 by country of origin and type of decision.

https://tinyurl.com/ywtcujrm

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 07, 2026 10:26 PM (2GVsD)

42 The sign outside say HATE HAS NO HOME HERE but I really hate these pop-ups.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 07, 2026 10:07 PM (6/7Fs)

Mine says Hate has no home here, but vengeance has a master suite.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 07, 2026 10:27 PM (S41Gd)

43 I would happily pay to "adopt an illegal for deportation" for a lot more than $19 to see them board the plane!

I read of a handful or a gang of old Karens (6), and man are they ugly, protesting deportations at the airport. Apparently they figured out certain days that the illegals are brought to a hanger and shipped out this summer by ICE.

They have signs! One old bag looked very tired as well as ugly and I want to deport her as well. She probably wants to adopt one to hang out with her feral cats.

The horror of cuffs and chains on their feet disturbs them! The illegals are treated unkindly!

One commented that "people noticed! as they were reading their signs!" Right. Right. Right.

They noticed, you nitwit, as probably they were curious as well as 90% or more wanting to cheer about the deportations.

I have no idea how many want to cheer and made up this number...however they did not mention anyone cheering for the Karens or wanting to join.

Bring back Hari Krishnas!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 07, 2026 10:27 PM (hzuYO)

44 Good evening morons e grazie wd

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 07, 2026 10:29 PM (JvZF+)

45 They have signs! One old bag looked very tired as well as ugly and I want to deport her as well. She probably wants to adopt one to hang out with her feral cats.

The horror of cuffs and chains on their feet disturbs them! The illegals are treated unkindly!

The bint's grandmother was onboard with FDR having "undocumented Japanese workers" shot with no trial. Something these people should be reminded of...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 07, 2026 10:29 PM (sKqQm)

46 So very much to comment upon. I am whelmed too overly to even know where to start.

Thanks, 'nother good'n, Weird Dave.

Weird Dave? (checks to be sure)
"Posted by: WeirdDave"

As if there was any question!

Posted by: mindful webworker - 30-second exposure at August 07, 2026 10:30 PM (62m/B)

47 The culture image is actually a really, really important point.

If you ask leftist atheists if they like Christian morality the answer will be no, its all wrong.

But ask them if they like what came before Christianity, which they are trying to return to more and the answer will be yes until you force them to acknowledge what that culture was actually like.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 07, 2026 10:32 PM (sKqQm)

48 Sigh, back to sleeping in the car. Good news is tonight's temps are moderate by Alabama August standards.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at August 07, 2026 10:32 PM (4YEhy)

49 3, 3 and 3.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 07, 2026 10:33 PM (/HDaX)

50 Maybe my statistics illiteracy will pay off tonight and I will win the lottery.

*crosses fingers*

^O_o^;

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 07, 2026 10:34 PM (2GVsD)

51 3, 3 and 3.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent

Consistency!

And I just realized anyone who would pick all 6's probably is the Antichrist.

Posted by: mikeski at August 07, 2026 10:35 PM (VHUov)

52 mindful, about an hour and a half into that long, mostly flat drive, you would pass my abode.
Posted by: LRob in OK

I thought you didn't get to adobe until New Mexico.

Ooohhh. (Rosanne Rosannadanna voice) Never miiiind.

I meant to mention, that long, mostly flat drive from here west is actually an imperceptible gradual climb to the foothills of the Rockies.

Posted by: mindful webworker - do young folk even get the ancient SNL reference? at August 07, 2026 10:36 PM (62m/B)

53 0, 3, and 3

Posted by: GWB at August 07, 2026 10:37 PM (kU0PQ)

54 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 07, 2026 10:37 PM (byWhc)

55 33 The dog rescuing the baby from a knife is AI, I think.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 07, 2026 10:20 PM (Riz8t)
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I wondered about that. Our dogs, even the smart one who taught herself to pee/poop outside at 9wks by hitting the front door with her paw, would not know what a knife was.

She also smiled on command which would scare people.

German Shepherd/Malamute/Husky and looked like an Akita. Saved me once from an intruder and bit his butt as I opened the door and told her to "get him." She lunged at him. Surprise! He was right at the door with his hand on the handle.

She was not trained for this but knew something was up, sensed it with me, and would have tried to kill him. We named her Gilda from SNL.

He might not have seen me reading the paper and was simply a burgler. I heard bushes rustle, reading the paper one morning, and then saw him walk through two gates of the picket fence to the back porch.

I quickly dressed and she was right there with me the entire time. He jumped a fence and she brought back his jean's pocket to me.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 07, 2026 10:37 PM (hzuYO)

56 So probably missed it and it's been discussed here at the HQ already, but Enes Freedom Kantor, a former NBA player, a 6'11'' center, just declared for the WNBA draft next season.... citing inclusion and identity. powerline has it.
Posted by: SimoHayha at August 07, 2026 10:17 PM (IeYnM)

Oops, sorry ref. I didn't see you down there, or I wouldn't have dribbled the ball on your head.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 07, 2026 10:38 PM (qx7Zg)

57 "close call and tie down are the same video"

Yeah, I'd been hoping the 2nd one was the continuation with consequences.

Posted by: mindful webworker - inconsequentially at August 07, 2026 10:38 PM (62m/B)

58 it is a 'tikkie' for 0.50 EUR from my Dutch colleague for the morning coffee I had at his place
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Gierige bastaarden

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 07, 2026 10:39 PM (JvZF+)

59 Black coffee, medium toast, and rare steak.
It works.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 07, 2026 10:40 PM (sl73Y)

60 28 So probably missed it and it's been discussed here at the HQ already, but Enes Freedom Kantor, a former NBA player, a 6'11'' center, just declared for the WNBA draft next season.... citing inclusion and identity. powerline has it.
Posted by: SimoHayha at August 07, 2026 10:17 PM (IeYnM
SissyBall.

Posted by: Eromero at August 07, 2026 10:40 PM (LHPAg)

61 "close call and tie down are the same video"

Yeah, I'd been hoping the 2nd one was the continuation with consequences.
Posted by: mindful webworker

Maybe he's not going anywhere, but he doesn't want his stuff to blow away in the wind?

He didn't have a come-along, so he'll roll the truck forward a foot after he's done tying it.

Posted by: mikeski at August 07, 2026 10:41 PM (VHUov)

62

So far, the Dog Days haven't been too bad. At least the first week of August not all that bad. First and third weeks of July were the worst here, looking at my weather station graphs.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 07, 2026 10:42 PM (w6EFb)

63 publius, it's always hot in OK this time of year, and lately we've gotten to when it "dips" down to 98 we think it's cool. It'll cool off by Halloween.

Posted by: LRob in OK at August 07, 2026 10:44 PM (Jr+re)

64 Try to Drain Lymph Fluid From Ankles and Legs? Try This At Home

Posted by: mnw at August 07, 2026 10:44 PM (RCjYY)

65 There is a nest full of robin hatchlings who go off like 1000 tribbles ratting out a Klingon spy every time mom or dad show up with food. This has been happening about every 5 minutes since dawn.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 07, 2026 10:45 PM (JvZF+)

66 The dog rescuing the baby from a knife is AI, I think.
Posted by: Archimedes

I presumed it was.

Women painting: I sure hope that's AI.

Friday cute (balancing kid) - terrifying. With it was AI.

Tie-down: AI refuses to be that stupid.

Madmanny's 9-eleven grocery: All too real.

Posted by: mindful webworker - nothing artificial, 150% natural at August 07, 2026 10:45 PM (62m/B)

67 We should be allowed to deal with Karen's in the airport like this.

https://youtu.be/E3GGKF6CsjY

RIP Robert Stack

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 07, 2026 10:46 PM (qx7Zg)

68 Pro tip: take off your stupid earphones while supposedly watching the baby.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 07, 2026 10:46 PM (JvZF+)

69 Did an adbot take over mnw?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 07, 2026 10:47 PM (qx7Zg)

70 So far August here blows ass. It always does. July was a surprise because usually it's satan's ass crack heat wise, but it was cooler and drier. Now its hot, humid, and rains a little every day.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 07, 2026 10:49 PM (S41Gd)

71 The pop up says I can get gallon-size Ziploc bags of Viagra at Home Depot.

What a country!

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 07, 2026 10:49 PM (hj9Cy)

72 CVS's Nightmare Come True: Men Ditching Viagra for This 87 Cents Aisle 7 Hack

You know the problem with that cut-rate Viagra knockoff, though?

It gives you a stiff neck, a stiff back...

Posted by: mnw at August 07, 2026 10:52 PM (RCjYY)

73 https://youtu.be/E3GGKF6CsjY

You youngsters have no idea what LAX was like in the 70s. Moonies, Krishna, Scientology, EST, TM, Ananda, the Mahavishnu John McLaughlin Orchestra,...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 07, 2026 10:52 PM (JvZF+)

74 Happy Friday!

Posted by: Iris at August 07, 2026 10:52 PM (286+n)

75 13 Hour 3D print complete, just a little cleanup and it will be ready to go.

Thankfully this is the longest part to print, the rest of the parts are in the half to 3hr range.

Problem is there are still a kajillion parts left.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 07, 2026 10:52 PM (XV/Pl)

76 Oops, sorry ref. I didn't see you down there, or I wouldn't have dribbled the ball on your head.
****

slow golf clap 👍🏻

Posted by: clarence at August 07, 2026 10:53 PM (BJ9EB)

77 Top row: 1,1,1

Middle row: 3

Bottom row, 2

Posted by: 496 at August 07, 2026 10:53 PM (OaiXh)

78 Ah, India. My favorite export from them is the mine field of turds they leave on the public beach....so frequent that Toronto had to close down the beaches...and the Canadian CBC claimed it never happened. The hell it didn't. I was laughing at the video...and a giant "catbox" is hard to forget.

It might have something to do with most of the lower class Indians are the ones migrating to Canada under the guise of fake student VISAs, and in their places of origin falls the 30% of Indians without indoor plumbing.

I went to India once. And, I vowed never to go back. However, if I'm looking for a novel form of suicide someday, Indian street food will do the trick.

Posted by: Orson at August 07, 2026 10:53 PM (dIske)

79 I'm going with 3,3,4.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 07, 2026 10:54 PM (S41Gd)

80
I didn't break 100F here this July, topping out for a high of 99.5F. But hell, dew point hit 82F, and on the day at some point the heat index on that day briefly hit 121F on the console, and that was during the first week in July.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 07, 2026 10:54 PM (w6EFb)

81 The pop up says I can get gallon-size Ziploc bags of Viagra at Home Depot.

What a country!
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

I'm okay with a half-cup or so. Not sure what I'd do with a gallon-size one, other than scare the horses.

Posted by: mikeski at August 07, 2026 10:55 PM (VHUov)

82 Am I missing something in the What Instantly Ruins a Pizza deal? Should I laugh?
Posted by: LRob in OK at August 07, 2026 10:14 PM (Jr+re)

Violent gorilla attack.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 07, 2026 10:55 PM (1paM0)

83 2, 5.5, and 1.5

Did not know that pure Texas essence extended this far North but I'll take it.

Posted by: These fish sticks are hard as tits at August 07, 2026 10:55 PM (RLh3Z)

84 it is a 'tikkie' for 0.50 EUR from my Dutch colleague for the morning coffee I had at his place

I think reciprocating with a 'tikkie' for the rides would more than balance that out… and obviate a repeat.

Posted by: mindful webworker - extra charge for seatbelt use at August 07, 2026 10:56 PM (62m/B)

85 4,3,2

Posted by: Piper at August 07, 2026 10:56 PM (ZdaMQ)

86 Evening all,

We have a launch in the morning.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-38
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: August 8, 2026 PDT
Launch Time: 7:00 a.m. PDT (1400 UTC, 16:00 CEST)

https://youtu.be/IKpbroR9kuk

Posted by: Joyenz at August 07, 2026 10:56 PM (2F0/Y)

87 The German Shepherd saving the baby video is fake.

Posted by: JuJuBee at August 07, 2026 10:57 PM (YSQQv)

88 "undocumented" Japanese shot in the US in WWII? Huh?

Only furrin spies exemecuted were the Germans deposited on LI by the U-boat, I think. Forget the process. Should know it. Vaguely recall there was a legal kerfuffle over the process. One guy was spared because he talked, as I recall.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 07, 2026 10:57 PM (U/Byj)

89 So much stuff is happening it's easy to miss pretty wild stuff happening. A strong Trump ally won the presidency of Colombia last night running against the cartels. This is on top of all the other wins against communists in Latin America since Trump took office this term.

Apparently, the people of Medellin are happy.

https://tinyurl.com/39c3spry

Posted by: JackStraw at August 07, 2026 10:59 PM (viF8m)

90 …it's always hot in OK this time of year, and lately we've gotten to when it "dips" down to 98 we think it's cool…
Posted by: LRob in OK

Cool enough at night now to leave the bedroom windows open.

*blink blink*

I just realized that I had a dream that the temperature was going down to the 50s tonight. Pretty sure that was a dream.

Posted by: mindful webworker - dream on at August 07, 2026 10:59 PM (62m/B)

91 69

Yes! I can't refresh the page, or leave and return, without having to fight my way through a page of popup ads.

So, since some of them are unintentionally funny, I thought I'd share some of them with the horde.

As publius pointed out last night, the Google algorithm has figured out I must be a seasoned citizen.

Posted by: mnw at August 07, 2026 11:00 PM (RCjYY)

92 The heat here is one thing. The smoke is another matter. Reminds me of Fort Collins in 2012 and 2022ish. Eh. I'm old. I just know it sucked.

Right now, the sky is slate gray. My throat is feeling it.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 07, 2026 11:00 PM (0aYVJ)

93 Well, I'm watching The Blob for the 4th day running.

It occurs to me that the evil scientist in this movie is Black Fauci... he developed a horrible bio weapon that came back unsummoned, and attacks a whole town, and he becomes an Ahab character who seeks to protect his ungodly creation and his own reputation by sacrificing the town to it, while demonizing everyone who tries to stop it by claiming they've been "infected" by it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 07, 2026 11:00 PM (BI5O2)

94 87 The German Shepherd saving the baby video is fake.
Posted by: JuJuBee at August 07, 2026 10:57 PM (YSQQv)

_________________________________

Trying to think what my dog would do. I'm about 99% sure he'd get closer for a better view and in his little doggy brain he'd be thinking.... "Oh, this is going to be good."

Posted by: Orson at August 07, 2026 11:00 PM (dIske)

95 NA, 3, 2

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 07, 2026 11:01 PM (1paM0)

96 I went to India once."

So you know the smell...

Posted by: man at August 07, 2026 11:02 PM (XuXeR)

97 QX, 4, 7

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 07, 2026 11:03 PM (BI5O2)

98 In addition to Enes Kanter, Royce White is also declarred for the WNBA draft.

X has been hilarious today with the discourse and banter on these two declaring. I imagine Reddit has the sads.

Posted by: Ann at August 07, 2026 11:04 PM (SHHm+)

99 Cool enough at night now to leave the bedroom windows open.

*blink blink*

I just realized that I had a dream that the temperature was going down to the 50s tonight. Pretty sure that was a dream.
Posted by: mindful webworker - dream on at August 07, 2026 10:59 PM

High 97 tomorrow. But the low is 79.

Posted by: Piper at August 07, 2026 11:05 PM (ZdaMQ)

100 93 Well, I'm watching The Blob for the 4th day running.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 07, 2026 11:00 PM (BI5O2)

___________________

Which one? The Steve McQueen one from the 50's. The half-assed one from the 70's. Or the one from the 80's that stars no one I recognize but was supposed to have been a very solid remake.

Posted by: Orson at August 07, 2026 11:05 PM (dIske)

101 Some of the funnies in this ONT were hit or miss for me. I watched the Indian video first, then read the explanation. Without context, it made little sense. The guy tying down something on his truck seemed inconclusive. The violent gorilla attack ruining the pizza is true, but my eyes glided over that line first time through, I think because it was above the pizza, not below.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 07, 2026 11:06 PM (1paM0)

102 96 I went to India once."

So you know the smell...
Posted by: man at August 07, 2026 11:02 PM (XuXeR)
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Oh yeah. Sort of like hanging around a dumpster after that unidentifiable liquid which is oddly reflective makes little rivers across the macadam on a hot day. The depressing thing was the little kids running all over the place with no supervision (some had to be under 5 years old).

Posted by: Orson at August 07, 2026 11:07 PM (dIske)

103 Just cross the border into Mexico and it stinks. Same with China.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 07, 2026 11:08 PM (1paM0)

104 The F.B.I. was criticized a bit, because they tried to cultivate the impression it was their top agents that caught the U-Boat spies. When what happened, they all got drunk as hell, and a couple guys surrendered right away.

But, what the government wanted to convey at the time, was that there was no chance for spies and saboteurs to succeed in fortress America. No chance they were going to report what actually happened and let it filter back. Otherwise they would have tried it again, only with more reliable personnel

Posted by: Common Tater at August 07, 2026 11:08 PM (lrEMD)

105 I agree; comments should be posted below what they're responding to. Otherwise this happens.

The violent gorilla attack ruining the pizza is true, but my eyes glided over that line first time through, I think because it was above the pizza, not below.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Posted by: mikeski at August 07, 2026 11:09 PM (VHUov)

106 Better than the AI dog saving the kid from the knife:

https://t.co/j37uY2iBkd

Posted by: mindful webworker - hero President at August 07, 2026 11:09 PM (62m/B)

107 In order to play back German spies that they'd turned, the British first had to give them more powerful radios. The ones the Germans provided were too weak to transmit back to the Fatherland.

Posted by: mnw at August 07, 2026 11:09 PM (RCjYY)

108 The heat here is one thing. The smoke is another matter. Reminds me of Fort Collins in 2012 and 2022ish. Eh. I'm old. I just know it sucked.

Right now, the sky is slate gray. My throat is feeling it.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at August 07, 2026 11:00 PM (0aYVJ)

Pug, as I'm sure others have told you, the "typical" Boise summer only has a couple of smoky weeks at the end of August. This has been a nasty one.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 07, 2026 11:11 PM (hj9Cy)

109 103 Just cross the border into Mexico and it stinks. Same with China.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 07, 2026 11:08 PM (1paM0)
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I went to China a couple times. I was less concerned about the smell than I was about the fact that I could actually see the air I was sort of breathing.

Posted by: Orson at August 07, 2026 11:12 PM (dIske)

110
The guy tying down something on his truck seemed inconclusive.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

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Glad I'm not the only one.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 07, 2026 11:13 PM (mmrXZ)

111 Ooohhh. (Rosanne Rosannadanna voice) Never miiiind.

Posted by: mindful webworker - do young folk even get the ancient SNL reference? at August 07, 2026 10:36 PM (62m/B)

Having just entered college when SNL premiered, I think never mind was Emily Latilla. Prima facie evidence that I am heretofore ancient.

Posted by: TxAnn at August 07, 2026 11:13 PM (SjAWL)

112 Incredible sunset in Sonoma tonight clouds turning orange then purple.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 07, 2026 11:14 PM (JvZF+)

113 Remember what we've lost

The enshittification of pretty much everything. We will be squeezed and mined to the last penny. At this rate we'll be required to buy subscription services to be allowed to buy groceries.

Posted by: You watch, they'll do it! at August 07, 2026 11:15 PM (TbWk/)

114 One of the propaganda broadcast guys was executed by the British. William Joyce iirc, aka “Lord Haw Haw”. What was kind of strange is, he wasn’t British. I guess he must have pissed off the wrong people.

The Fibbies were opening everybody’s mail that was coming from overseas during the war. Quite an operation. There was all sorts of codes and secret inks and microdots and the rest of it.

One thing about an open society, their spies only needed to go to a well stocked public Library to get all sorts of sensitive information. “Aviation Leak” they used to call it. Meanwhile, in places like the Soviet Union, you couldn’t even get a road map.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 07, 2026 11:15 PM (lrEMD)

115 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

I am at daughter's house - they sprang me early this afternoon 🎉🎉🎉

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 07, 2026 11:15 PM (S7WXb)

116 The guy tying down something on his truck seemed inconclusive.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Glad I'm not the only one.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

As I joked, it's fine if he's not going anywhere.

If he's going to drive away, tying the rope off to the spokes of his wheels isn't ideal.

Posted by: mikeski at August 07, 2026 11:16 PM (VHUov)

117 What ruins a pizza for me is listening to some whiner bitching about what does or does not belong on my pizza. Go cook your own pizza and be as pure as you want. My pizza, I bought it. Piss me off and I will eat anchovies and pineapple at you. Piss me off and it will have beef and cheese on it. If I want Spam I don't bother asking permission.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 07, 2026 11:16 PM (rbvCR)

118
tying the rope off to the spokes of his wheels isn't ideal.
Posted by: mikeski

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I did notice those spokes, kinda wondered what he was attempting.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 07, 2026 11:16 PM (mmrXZ)

119 [sigh....]

Look closely where the guy has the tiedown rope looped...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 07, 2026 11:18 PM (XeU6L)

120 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

I am at daughter's house - they sprang me early this afternoon 🎉🎉🎉
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth

"Hospitals! They may take our dignity, but they'll never take our freedom!" -- things an elderly William Wallace might have said

Welcome back to vacation!

Posted by: mikeski at August 07, 2026 11:18 PM (VHUov)

121 Which one? The Steve McQueen one from the 50's. The half-assed one from the 70's. Or the one from the 80's that stars no one I recognize but was supposed to have been a very solid remake.

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The '88 version. My 6yo has decided it's her new favorite (instead of her previous favorite, The Car). So I get to watch it every freaking night.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 07, 2026 11:18 PM (BI5O2)

122 Good for you TiFW!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 07, 2026 11:19 PM (1paM0)

123 The Sonoma mountains are dark and backlit by the setting sun and the clouds above it are brightly lit pink underneath it is a stark contrast

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 07, 2026 11:20 PM (JvZF+)

124 Just saw a headline " Appeals Court Strikes Down Trump's Ballroom"

Posted by: steevy at August 07, 2026 11:20 PM (YwEeS)

125 The German Shepherd saving the baby video is fake.
Posted by: JuJuBee at August 07, 2026 10:57 PM (YSQQv)

This video is fake, also

Charles Curran
@charliebcurran
Aug 6
The year is 2030. Claude 9 has gone rogue and taken control of one billion Sexbots.
They call it the Goonpocalypse.

https://tinyurl.com/4wzfaw2k

Posted by: Kindltot at August 07, 2026 11:20 PM (rbvCR)

126 Evening, Weird Dave, and ONT Horde! I have a new "helper" here at Peon Manor: an old and well-used baby Kubota excavator. Managed to drive it off the trailer without it toppling over and killing me, so there's that. On loan to me for about a month.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 07, 2026 11:20 PM (1z8ji)

127 Ok, now that you point it out, it’s obvious I wasn’t really looking.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 07, 2026 11:21 PM (1paM0)

128 The '88 version. My 6yo has decided it's her new favorite (instead of her previous favorite, The Car). So I get to watch it every freaking night.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 07, 2026 11:18 PM (BI5O2)
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So much better than Mary Poppins

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 07, 2026 11:21 PM (JvZF+)

129 Youtube:

Watched a honey badger kill and eat a 4-foot long black mamba snake.

Snakes lose to house cats every time, because reflexes.

However, a badger can't do that. It got bit repeatedly... and kept getting back up to try again! Badgers have acquired a natural immunity to the same venom that can kill an adult lion with one bite.

Posted by: mnw at August 07, 2026 11:21 PM (RCjYY)

130
At this rate we'll be required to buy subscription services to be allowed to buy groceries.
Posted by: You watch, they'll do it!

You'll need a good social credit score.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 07, 2026 11:21 PM (Cqx++)

131 Lord Haw Haw was born in the US.His father moved back to Ireland when he was a kid. Then he lived in Britain and was in Oswald Moseley's National Socialist party.

Posted by: steevy at August 07, 2026 11:22 PM (YwEeS)

132 The '88 version. My 6yo has decided it's her new favorite (instead of her previous favorite, The Car). So I get to watch it every freaking night.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 07, 2026 11:18 PM (BI5O2)
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Ahuha,...I have an Idea. Ahuha....How does a purple dinosaur sound? Pretty tempting, no? Ahuha.

Posted by: Barney at August 07, 2026 11:22 PM (dIske)

133 But she also loves Walker, Texas Ranger. I think that's my exit ramp from The Blob. Hopefully.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 07, 2026 11:22 PM (BI5O2)

134 Just saw a headline " Appeals Court Strikes Down Trump's Ballroom"
Posted by: steevy

If it's literal, that's fine. Get the judges out there with sledgehammers.

Posted by: mikeski at August 07, 2026 11:23 PM (VHUov)

135 I am at daughter's house - they sprang me early this afternoon 🎉🎉🎉
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 07, 2026 11:15 PM (S7WXb)
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Yay! Go look outside to the west!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 07, 2026 11:23 PM (JvZF+)

136 Just saw a headline " Appeals Court Strikes Down Trump's Ballroom"
Posted by: steevy at August 07, 2026 11:20 PM (YwEeS)

Trump will file an appeal and keep on building. He’ll finish the ballroom before the litigation is done.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 07, 2026 11:23 PM (1paM0)

137 Apparently, the people of Medellin are happy.

https://tinyurl.com/39c3spry
Posted by: JackStraw at August 07, 2026 10:59 PM (viF8m)

I said when Petro was first a candidate, why were they so hot to kill Pablo Escobar if they are going to turn around and let a M19 leader run instead?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 07, 2026 11:23 PM (rbvCR)

138 124 Just saw a headline " Appeals Court Strikes Down Trump's Ballroom"
Posted by: steevy at August 07, 2026 11:20 PM (YwEeS)

I thought there already was some kind of ballroom. Where in the WH was that famous pic of Princess Di dancing with John Travolta taken during the Reagan years?

Posted by: TxAnn at August 07, 2026 11:24 PM (SjAWL)

139 Saw a running gag on X the other day about how people take their coffee. "My coffee is so black, it stole my bike" and "My coffee is so black, each cup has a different father". There were others, but those 2 made me laugh. Wrong, but funny.

Posted by: AnchorPoint at August 07, 2026 11:25 PM (J3Cv/)

140 It just angers me how the left fights him even over the most mundane things. They are so pleased the reflecting pool has algae in it and a saboteur was released. They were practically orgasming that Iran killed Americans a couple weeks ago and that they were able to fire some ballistic missiles at US bases.I never rooted against my country because I hated Obama or Biden.

Posted by: steevy at August 07, 2026 11:26 PM (YwEeS)

141 I didn't break 100F here this July, topping out for a high of 99.5F. But hell, dew point hit 82F, and on the day at some point the heat index on that day briefly hit 121F on the console, and that was during the first week in July.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 07, 2026 10:54 PM (w6EFb)

July was great here other than the first few days. Very high 70's to barley over 80. Dry enough where I needed a light sweatshirt on the bike, especially around the 6pm area. At night it would be really low 60's. That is not our normal July by a long shot. There was also no rain other than around the 4th at the end of the heat wave. I said we'll probably pay for it in August. So far it seems that august will break it off in our ass.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 07, 2026 11:26 PM (S41Gd)

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