The Incredibly Weird, Sad Story of "The Mechanical Dancer" (Animated Short Film)

The Incredibly Weird, Sad Story of “The Mechanical Dancer” (Animated Short Film)

Artslast month • Views: 12,725

As an eccentric showman takes drastic steps to achieve fame, the fates of several characters will be decided over the course of one perilous night in his mechanical theater.

“The Mechanical Dancer” by Josh & Jenna Jaillet

For optimal viewing, check your YouTube settings (gear icon) and make sure Ambient Mode is toggled off.

Subscribe to ALTER on YouTube: goo.gl

#ALTER #horror #shortfilm

Connect with the Filmmakers:
mechanicaldancerfilm.com
facebook.com
instagram.com
x.com

More About “The Mechanical Dancer”:
Back in the early 1900s, the world got its very first taste of horror in cinema with German expressionism, and audiences have been covering their eyes with delight ever since!

100 years later, we’re working with today’s techniques and tools in animation to bring you a new, original story told in this spirit. This is the Mechanical Dancer - an animated twist on the classic horror of long ago.

“The Mechanical Dancer” Credits:
Jenna Jaillet // Writer, Director, Lead Animator, Editor
Josh Jaillet // Co-writer, Producer, 3d Modeler, Sound
Steven Rodriguez // Concept Artist, 3d Modeler
Allen Zaborski // 3d Character Sculptor, Concept Artist

Jump to bottom

250 comments

Charles Mar 23, 2024 • 5:03:44pm

EASY PEASY - Episode 10 - Bob Schneider’s Monday Morning Movie Series

Patricia Kayden Mar 23, 2024 • 5:06:44pm

jaunte Mar 23, 2024 • 5:11:09pm

re: #2 Patricia Kayden

This morning at 3:00;
a stick outside the window that looked different and threatening in the moonlight.

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Mar 23, 2024 • 5:11:59pm

Downstairs someone brought up the subject of Florida, and people moving there (I think.)

Being retired now I have, at times, contemplated moving to Florida. Housing at least is much less expensive there than here in San Diego.

But such thoughts quickly leave me… in part because I detest mosquitoes and the little critters love me, always have since I was boy. Whatever it is about my chemistry, they like me.

Anyway, my recent attention being back on climate change has brought to the forefront this problem of Florida: It’s doomed.

First by tropical pests (already occurring), secondly more powerful hurricanes, and thirdly sea level rise.

The last year of sea level measurements have average sea levels at 8 millimeters above where they were a year ago.

That may not seem like a lot but it is by far the biggest jump since satellites have been used to measure sea level.

Consider that even a couple of decades ago that 3mm/yr was considered large.

This abnormal sea level rise in 2023 goes along with the abnormal jump up in surface temps.

Thermal expansion of the water accounts for some of the change - the ocean is getting warmer and not by a little.

But it is also possible that melt from Antarctica and/or Greenland spiked up too.

That this jump in sea level has somehow not been the top-of-the-page headline on every media outlet tells me that we are just sticking our heads in the sand.

darthstar Mar 23, 2024 • 5:12:52pm

From downstairs:
re: #50 silverdolphin

Joe Biden is now eking out a lead over Donald Trump

[Embedded content]

IN less than 1 month. It will get better in another month.

“eking”…tied with Hispanics (sample size 104). Univision poll of Hispanic people has him up 30 or something insane like that(sample size 3,000)

Small sample sizes will be the death of this nation if they aren’t challenged.

darthstar Mar 23, 2024 • 5:14:47pm

re: #1 Charles

8 year old faces with 22 year old breasts. I find AI ‘art’ disturbing.

Joe Bacon ✅ Mar 23, 2024 • 5:17:29pm

Patricia Kayden Mar 23, 2024 • 5:21:44pm

social.seattle.wa.us

Patricia Kayden Mar 23, 2024 • 5:23:24pm

ckkatz Mar 23, 2024 • 5:26:11pm

Patricia Kayden Mar 23, 2024 • 5:28:05pm

Dangerman Mar 23, 2024 • 5:28:47pm

re: #9 Patricia Kayden

[Embedded content]

Dis guy?

I would like to begin by addressing the heinous attack on the United States Capitol. Like all Americans, I am outraged by the violence, lawlessness and mayhem. I immediately deployed the National Guard and federal law enforcement to secure the building and expel the intruders. America is and must always be a nation of law and order.

Donald Trump: (00:25)
The demonstrators who infiltrated the Capitol have defiled the seat of American democracy. To those who engaged in the acts of violence and destruction, you do not represent our country. And to those who broke the law, you will pay. We have just been through an intense election and emotions are high, but now tempers must be cooled and calm restored. We must get on with the business of America

🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈 Mar 23, 2024 • 5:31:52pm

re: #11 Patricia Kayden

It’s not safe to be White, and a hardcore criminal fraud, in Biden’s America.

retired cynic Mar 23, 2024 • 5:34:48pm

Patricia Kayden Mar 23, 2024 • 5:37:23pm

Joe Bacon ✅ Mar 23, 2024 • 5:40:40pm

Neighbor made a plate for me of this and it was so good I asked her for the recipe.
After that I went to the gym and worked out for an hour to atone for Mr. Meter.

This is the Mexican version of French Toast and it’s called Torrejas

She gave me the recipe

3 bolillo rolls or 1 baguette (14 to 16 ounces total)
16 ounces piloncillo or panela (unrefined cane sugar)
4 cups water
5 whole allspice berries
5 whole cloves
1 whole star anise
6 large eggs
2 teaspoons all-purpose flour
3 cups vegetable oil, for frying

Cut 3 bolillo rolls or 1 baguette crosswise into 1 1/2-inch pieces. Place in a single layer on a wire rack and let sit at room temperature overnight to dry out.

Coarsely chop or smash 16 ounces piloncillo with a rolling pin into a few large chunks (it’s okay if the pieces are varying in size). Place the piloncillo, 4 cups water, 5 allspice berries, 5 whole cloves, and 1 whole star anise in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat.

Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer until the piloncillo is melted, 2 to 8 minutes. Keep warm on the lowest heat setting.

Separate 6 large eggs, placing the whites in a stand mixer or large bowl, and the yolks in a small bowl. Beat with an electric hand mixer or stand mixer with the whisk attachment on high speed until stiff peaks form, 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 minutes.

With the mixer on low speed, beat in the egg yolks one at a time, beating until each is incorporated before adding the next. Continue beating until foamy, about 30 seconds. Sprinkle 2 teaspoons all-purpose flour over the top. Beat until just incorporated, about 20 seconds.

Heat 3 cups vegetable oil in a large high-sided skillet or Dutch oven over medium-high heat until shimmering or the oil bubbles around a wooden spoon when dipped in. Working quickly in batches of 3 to 4 pieces, dip the bread slices into the whipped eggs, coating it heavily on all sides, and transfer it to the oil. Fry until golden brown, 30 to 40 seconds per side (don’t forget to turn onto the sides to cook them too). Transfer to a platter (no need to drain).

Add 4 to 5 of the fried slices to the syrup and let soak for 1 minute on each side. Return to the platter and repeat soaking the remaining slices. Pour as much of the remaining syrup over the slices as desired (they should “swim” in it). Serve immediately.

Dangerman Mar 23, 2024 • 6:03:11pm

re: #16 Joe Bacon ✅

Neighbor made a plate for me of this and it was so good I asked her for the recipe.
After that I went to the gym and worked out for an hour to atone for Mr. Meter.

This is the Mexican version of French Toast and it’s called Torrejas

[Embedded content]

She gave me the recipe

3 bolillo rolls or 1 baguette (14 to 16 ounces total)
16 ounces piloncillo or panela (unrefined cane sugar)
4 cups water
5 whole allspice berries
5 whole cloves
1 whole star anise
6 large eggs
2 teaspoons all-purpose flour
3 cups vegetable oil, for frying

Cut 3 bolillo rolls or 1 baguette crosswise into 1 1/2-inch pieces. Place in a single layer on a wire rack and let sit at room temperature overnight to dry out.

Coarsely chop or smash 16 ounces piloncillo with a rolling pin into a few large chunks (it’s okay if the pieces are varying in size). Place the piloncillo, 4 cups water, 5 allspice berries, 5 whole cloves, and 1 whole star anise in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat.

Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer until the piloncillo is melted, 2 to 8 minutes. Keep warm on the lowest heat setting.

Separate 6 large eggs, placing the whites in a stand mixer or large bowl, and the yolks in a small bowl. Beat with an electric hand mixer or stand mixer with the whisk attachment on high speed until stiff peaks form, 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 minutes.

With the mixer on low speed, beat in the egg yolks one at a time, beating until each is incorporated before adding the next. Continue beating until foamy, about 30 seconds. Sprinkle 2 teaspoons all-purpose flour over the top. Beat until just incorporated, about 20 seconds.

Heat 3 cups vegetable oil in a large high-sided skillet or Dutch oven over medium-high heat until shimmering or the oil bubbles around a wooden spoon when dipped in. Working quickly in batches of 3 to 4 pieces, dip the bread slices into the whipped eggs, coating it heavily on all sides, and transfer it to the oil. Fry until golden brown, 30 to 40 seconds per side (don’t forget to turn onto the sides to cook them too). Transfer to a platter (no need to drain).

Add 4 to 5 of the fried slices to the syrup and let soak for 1 minute on each side. Return to the platter and repeat soaking the remaining slices. Pour as much of the remaining syrup over the slices as desired (they should “swim” in it). Serve immediately.

I *just* read a recipe for this a day or two ago

Karma reminds us who’s not in charge

Charles Mar 23, 2024 • 6:07:23pm

re: #16 Joe Bacon ✅

That looks sofa king good.

Joe Bacon ✅ Mar 23, 2024 • 6:10:47pm

re: #18 Charles

When I was a kid I LOVED Dad making French Toast for me in his cinnamon egg batter and then smothering the pieces with Knott’s Boysenberry Syrup

But this was a whole other dimension with the spices!

William Lewis Mar 23, 2024 • 6:15:26pm

The local wildlife was un-amused by the change in the weather now that spring has sprung…

darthstar Mar 23, 2024 • 6:17:13pm

First sunset… doesn’t suck.

William Lewis Mar 23, 2024 • 6:19:13pm

Plus a crop of that tree from yesterday. Not sure if I want to take it further up or not…

Thoughts?

BeenHereAwhile Mar 23, 2024 • 6:19:31pm

re: #3 jaunte

This morning at 3:00;
a stick outside the window that looked different and threatening in the moonlight.

Being awakened ny my dog barking before I had to get up and milk the cow, because the chicken farmer’s several thousand chickens (1 mile away) were awake. I solved that problem by keeping the dog in my bedroom at night.

silverdolphin Mar 23, 2024 • 6:19:45pm

re: #5 darthstar

From downstairs:

“eking”…tied with Hispanics (sample size 104). Univision poll of Hispanic people has him up 30 or something insane like that(sample size 3,000)

Small sample sizes will be the death of this nation if they aren’t challenged.

I should have been clearer. Even in a group of systematically biased for Trump polls, ones that had shown Biden underwater for some time, the trend FOR Biden is up. And rapidly. I would not be surprised that a 5% shift in them worked out to a 10% in real life.

Charles Mar 23, 2024 • 6:22:53pm

I have mixed feelings about Steve Jobs but I have to say that on some issues he comes off better than most of the tech giants of 2024.

JC1 Mar 23, 2024 • 6:23:21pm

re: #21 darthstar

First sunset… doesn’t suck.

[Embedded content]

I don’t remember where it was, but by far the best zipline excursion I’ve done was within reasonable driving distance to Puerto Vallarta.

EstebanTornado1963 Mar 23, 2024 • 6:24:31pm

re: #21 darthstar

Got this one when we were in Kona last week.

JC1 Mar 23, 2024 • 6:25:37pm

re: #25 Charles

I have mixed feelings about Steve Jobs but I have to say that on some issues he comes off better than most of the tech giants of 2024.

Hard for me to have a positive view of him given how he ripped off Woz with regards to the Atari chips project and blatantly lied about. That’s like Trump level of shittiness.

Eclectic Cyborg Mar 23, 2024 • 6:29:14pm

re: #28 JC1

Jobs was smart in some respects and knew how to run a business well.

But he was also an arrogant, conceited asshole who thought he farted unicorn dust.

teleskiguy Mar 23, 2024 • 6:30:25pm

re: #25 Charles

This was debated on the four part Behind The Bastards pod. And they agreed, Jobs would probably be a lot less reactionary than the chuds around now if he were still around.

silverdolphin Mar 23, 2024 • 6:30:27pm

re: #25 Charles

I have mixed feelings about Steve Jobs but I have to say that on some issues he comes off better than most of the tech giants of 2024.

Jobs had a lot of trauma in his life to deal with. He did a lousy job of doing that when young (ie his daughter) but a much better job when he was older. He was a difficult person but he seemed to attract the loyalty of some really high powered people (most of whom have shown themselves o be pretty ethical) who worked with him for decades. That loyalty suggests he had something worthwhile.

One of the things I always liked is he made a point of recognizing the work others did. Putting the signatures of all the Mac team on the plastic inside of the original Mac. Or how he had them actually come out on stage to speak.

teleskiguy Mar 23, 2024 • 6:32:23pm

re: #30 teleskiguy

I did edit this, added something for clarity.

Dave In Austin Mar 23, 2024 • 6:32:26pm

Good evening.

Does Trump get a cut of this? pic.twitter.com/zPYvriqUue

— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) March 24, 2024

silverdolphin Mar 23, 2024 • 6:35:01pm

re: #28 JC1

Hard for me to have a positive view of him given how he ripped off Woz with regards to the Atari chips project and blatantly lied about. That’s like Trump level of shittiness.

Yeah, he was a lot worse in his early life. But as I recall, even Woz was not really too upset by that. ANd I bet Woz never made that mistake again. In general, Jobs treated the cofounders of his company better than Zuckerberg or Musk. He had a lot of really good people with real talent stay with him for decades rather than go somewhere else. I always felt that means something he provided was worth it.

Dave In Austin Mar 23, 2024 • 6:35:10pm

Bass fishing today didn’t suck. A bunch of Lake LBJ chunks today.

silverdolphin Mar 23, 2024 • 6:40:20pm

re: #29 Eclectic Cyborg

Jobs was smart in some respects and knew how to run a business well.

But he was also an arrogant, conceited asshole who thought he farted unicorn dust.

This is one of the better descriptions. In my experience, being an arrogant, conceited asshole is a requirement to be a CEO at a company today. Jobs did seem to realize there were smart people under him and he recognized he needed them. One of my favorite stories is that after the orginal Apple Map debacle, he got the whole group together and told them they were not being fired. That they were good at their jobs and had been misled by bad managers who did not accurately convey the state of the project to him. So he fired the middle manager responsible.

retired cynic Mar 23, 2024 • 6:42:13pm

re: #22 William Lewis

I made some sample crops to the sky, to make the tree more the center of the photo, and I liked that. But YMMV!

silverdolphin Mar 23, 2024 • 6:44:15pm

For anyone interested, Folklore.org has a lot of stories abut the Mac team and Jobs. It makes a fun read.

“folklore.org is a site containing over 100 stories about the development of the original Macintosh and the people who made it. It’s been over twenty years since most of the stories were written; they are historical artifacts in their own right now, officially available under the auspices of the Computer History Museum. “

Joe Bacon ✅ Mar 23, 2024 • 6:49:58pm

In other words she’s gonna be on Press The Meat…

MSNBC says it has ‘no plans’ to put Trump loyalist Ronna McDaniel on air

According to a new exclusive article from The Wall Street Journal, the president of MSNBC isn’t interested in ever using her.

In an effort to “address employee and talent backlash over” the decision to hire McDaniel, Rashida Jones, the cable network’s president, reportedly issued an alert suggesting McDaniel wouldn’t reach MSNBC.

“Jones told employees the cable network has no plans to have McDaniel on the channel, according to people familiar with the conversations,” the report says. “A number of MSNBC anchors and producers have voiced concern internally about McDaniel’s ties to former President Donald Trump and the RNC’s role in his efforts to challenge the 2020 election results.”’

wsj.com

Semper Fi Mar 23, 2024 • 6:57:49pm

re: #22 William Lewis

Plus a crop of that tree from yesterday. Not sure if I want to take it further up or not…

Thoughts?

[Embedded content]

The background trees don’t help.

Charles Mar 23, 2024 • 6:59:51pm

Bleachers - Modern Girl (Official Video)

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips Mar 23, 2024 • 7:04:36pm

NBC announces Dr. Joe Rogan and his assistant Dr. Aaron Rodgers have been hired as their chief medical correspondents. pic.twitter.com/7ejA2KXOr8

— cjmmn (@ChuckCjmmn) March 22, 2024

Charles Mar 23, 2024 • 7:07:07pm

re: #42 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

I wish I could automatically disbelieve this.

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Mar 23, 2024 • 7:10:33pm

re: #43 Charles

I wish I could automatically disbelieve this.

Which? That they’re not going to have the Romney witch on or that Stephen Miller was hired as head of DEI, Rogan/Rodgers were hired as chief medical correspondents and George Santos was hired as head of fact checking? 😂

Mattand Mar 23, 2024 • 7:14:48pm

Regarding the Steve Jobs discussion:

Dude got one of the rare forms of treatable pancreatic cancer, but completely fucked that up by deciding he knew more about oncology than, what do you call them? Oh yeah; oncologists.

Guy had every modern medical intervention at his disposal, and still managed to hubris himself to death.

Dave In Austin Mar 23, 2024 • 7:15:19pm

Sunday Brunch tomorrow!

Mattand Mar 23, 2024 • 7:16:41pm

re: #46 Dave In Austin

This is why I never make anything from the David Cronenberg cookbook.

silverdolphin Mar 23, 2024 • 7:35:25pm

re: #45 Mattand

Regarding the Steve Jobs discussion:

Dude got one of the rare forms of treatable pancreatic cancer, but completely fucked that up by deciding he knew more about oncology than, what do you call them? Oh yeah; oncologists.

Guy had every modern medical intervention at his disposal, and still managed to hubris himself to death.

Yep. This is the karmic pushback for the sort of person Jobs was. Likely he was able to make himself beleive in his own Reality Distortion Field. And it led to his death way too early. This is what true tragedies are - he died because of his own hubris.

Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines Mar 23, 2024 • 7:46:19pm

I’ll believe it when I saw it.
Astrophysicist says he’s cracked the equation for time travel
Can you imagine going back in time to visit a lost loved one? This heartwrenching desire is what propelled astrophysicist Professor Ron Mallett on a lifelong quest to build a time machine. After years of research, Professor Mallett claims to have finally developed the revolutionary equation for time
Professor Mallet has been working on this for over 30 years. He is a minor fixture in media discussions of time travel.

Sherlock Hound Mar 23, 2024 • 7:48:19pm

re: #49 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines

I’ll believe it when I saw it.
Astrophysicist says he’s cracked the equation for time travel

Let us know last Thursday.
//

sizzzzlerz Mar 23, 2024 • 7:55:55pm

re: #49 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines

I’ll believe it when I saw it.
Astrophysicist says he’s cracked the equation for time travel
Can you imagine going back in time to visit a lost loved one? This heartwrenching desire is what propelled astrophysicist Professor Ron Mallett on a lifelong quest to build a time machine. After years of research, Professor Mallett claims to have finally developed the revolutionary equation for time
Professor Mallet has been working on this for over 30 years. He is a minor fixture in media discussions of time travel.

Great Scott!

JC1 Mar 23, 2024 • 7:57:06pm

re: #34 silverdolphin

Yeah, he was a lot worse in his early life. But as I recall, even Woz was not really too upset by that. ANd I bet Woz never made that mistake again. In general, Jobs treated the cofounders of his company better than Zuckerberg or Musk. He had a lot of really good people with real talent stay with him for decades rather than go somewhere else. I always felt that means something he provided was worth it.

Woz said in an interview that he cried when he found out what had really happened (he found out about a decade after the fact).

ibtimes.co.uk

From the wiki article:

Bushnell offered the bonus because he disliked how new Atari games required 150 to 170 chips; he knew that Jobs’ friend Steve Wozniak, an employee of Hewlett-Packard, had designed a version of Pong that used about 30 chips.[12] Jobs had little specialized knowledge of circuit board design but knew Wozniak was capable of producing designs with a small number of chips. He convinced Wozniak to work with him, promising to split the fee evenly between them if Wozniak could minimize the number of chips. Wozniak had no sketches and instead interpreted the game from its description. To save parts, he had “tricky little designs”. Near the end of development, Wozniak considered moving the high score to the screen’s top, but Jobs claimed Bushnell wanted it at the bottom; Wozniak was unaware of any truth to his claims. The original deadline was met after Wozniak worked at Atari four nights straight, doing some additional designs while at his day job at Hewlett-Packard. This equated to a bonus of $5,000, which Jobs kept secret from Wozniak. Wozniak has stated he only received payment of $350;[13][14][15][16][17][18] he believed for years that Atari had promised $700 for a design using fewer than 50 chips, and $1000 for fewer than 40, stating in 1984 that “we only got 700 bucks for it”. Wozniak was the engineer, and Jobs was the breadboarder and tester. Wozniak’s original design used 42 chips; the final, working breadboard he and Jobs delivered to Atari used 44, but Wozniak said: “We were so tired we couldn’t cut it down”.[12]

Eclectic Cyborg Mar 23, 2024 • 7:59:15pm

Other odd things about Jobs: He apparently had a long obsession with fasting and went through an extended period where he felt like he didn’t have to bathe.

Belafon Mar 23, 2024 • 7:59:49pm

re: #49 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines

I’ll believe it when I saw it.
Astrophysicist says he’s cracked the equation for time travel
Can you imagine going back in time to visit a lost loved one? This heartwrenching desire is what propelled astrophysicist Professor Ron Mallett on a lifelong quest to build a time machine. After years of research, Professor Mallett claims to have finally developed the revolutionary equation for time
Professor Mallet has been working on this for over 30 years. He is a minor fixture in media discussions of time travel.

And tomorrow is when everyone attempted to fix the 2016 election, causing the Founding Father’s to add the electoral college, the Bavarian government to strip his grandfather of his citizenship, and preventing Melania from getting a legal work permit to the US.

Belafon Mar 23, 2024 • 8:01:04pm

re: #53 Eclectic Cyborg

Other odd things about Jobs: He apparently had a long obsession with fasting and went through an extended period where he felt like he didn’t have to bathe.

Like Jack Dorsey.

silverdolphin Mar 23, 2024 • 8:05:58pm

re: #52 JC1

Woz said in an interview that he cried when he found out what had really happened (he found out about a decade after the fact).

ibtimes.co.uk

My recollection is not what it used to be. Thanks for looking this up. And to show what a great guy Woz is, he said that if Jobs has said he needed the money, Woz would have given it to him.

JC1 Mar 23, 2024 • 8:06:01pm

re: #53 Eclectic Cyborg

Other odd things about Jobs: He apparently had a long obsession with fasting and went through an extended period where he felt like he didn’t have to bathe.

Fasting can be beneficial if done correctly. Europeans bathed/showered weekly until recently.

DodgerFan1988 Mar 23, 2024 • 8:07:12pm

Watching MAGA buy the Russian line that it was Ukraine and not ISIS….

This movement hates America.

— Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱 (@AdamKinzinger) March 24, 2024

Seeing a lot of Facebook conservative “friends” and family members (unfortunately) blaming Ukraine for the terrorist attack.

retired cynic Mar 23, 2024 • 8:09:54pm

re: #40 Semper Fi

The background trees don’t help.

I don’t mind them. The snow on the branches makes the branches themselves into negative space. It’s a cool effect.

Grunthos the Flatulent 🇳🇿 Mar 23, 2024 • 8:13:46pm

Tomorrow’s Wordle only has elephant’s eggs on the menu.

Click to Reveal

Almost gave an accidental hint up there - caught it just in time.

Wordle 1,009 3/6

🟨⬜🟨🟩⬜
🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SibData: 3,3,4,5,6

The blood lily has returned

William Lewis Mar 23, 2024 • 8:14:46pm

One more variation by me. I’ve left the tree slightly off center with the open sky to the upper right for framing purposes. I still want some of the fence line though. Still not quite happy but need to leave for work.

Semper Fi Mar 23, 2024 • 8:18:19pm

re: #59 retired cynic

I don’t mind them. The snow on the branches makes the branches themselves into negative space. It’s a cool effect.

Also thinking, place the camera near the ground making the stand of trees appear shorter but ????
Also #2: Would be nice if branches had more snow.

BeenHereAwhile Mar 23, 2024 • 8:25:22pm

Watching “The Mist”

I liked the original Stephen King story.

They made it into a pretty good horror film.

imdb.com

Patricia Kayden Mar 23, 2024 • 8:26:06pm

re: #39 Joe Bacon ✅

Good. I watch MSNBC and would stop if that liar was on pushing Trump propaganda. Fox News would suit her much better.

silverdolphin Mar 23, 2024 • 8:27:46pm

re: #63 BeenHereAwhile

Watching “The Mist”

I liked the original Stephen King story.

They made it into a pretty good horror film.

imdb.com

The movie Mist has a much better ending that King’s original. It is devastating, completely undercuts the entire Hero’s Journey and a wonder that any Hollywood company would allow it.

coin operated Mar 23, 2024 • 8:30:02pm

Australian F1 at the top of the hour…

BeenHereAwhile Mar 23, 2024 • 8:30:56pm

re: #65 silverdolphin

The movie Mist has a much better ending that King’s original. It is devastating, completely undercuts the entire Hero’s Journey and a wonder that any Hollywood company would allow it.

Don’t tell me how it ends.

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips Mar 23, 2024 • 8:31:08pm

re: #64 Patricia Kayden

Good. I watch MSNBC and would stop if that liar was on pushing Trump propaganda. Fox News would suit her much better.

Fox would never hire her, not after Trump fired her.

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Mar 23, 2024 • 8:36:17pm

re: #49 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines

I’ll believe it when I saw it.

Professor Mallet has been working on this for over 30 years. He is a minor fixture in media discussions of time travel.

He’s basically providing ideas for Hollywood fantasies. His own life story could make one such movie.

When he publishes his method for time travel in Physical Review then we’ll know it has a chance to be real.

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Mar 23, 2024 • 8:37:51pm

Many people have tried to find time-travel embedded somewhere in Einstein’s field equations for General Relativity.

Some have claimed to figure out such… but the requirements for building any device have impossible costs, such as needing the mass of a neutron star.

darthstar Mar 23, 2024 • 8:38:44pm

re: #33 Dave In Austin

Good evening.

[Embedded content]

Tell me Trump weed is the first brand of pot to fail to make a profit.

darthstar Mar 23, 2024 • 8:39:49pm

re: #46 Dave In Austin

Sunday Brunch tomorrow!

[Embedded content]

Let the cousins from Duluth take it to the garage and it’ll get touched.

sizzzzlerz Mar 23, 2024 • 8:41:22pm

re: #66 coin operated

Australian F1 at the top of the hour…

Can’t say that I’m eagerly awaiting it given the expectation of another dominating race by Verstappen and RedBull. I just can’t find excitement in a race for P2 and P3 unless there’s some chance of their winning the race.

Patricia Kayden Mar 23, 2024 • 8:41:34pm

re: #63 BeenHereAwhile

I loved the movie. Never read the novel.

piratedan Mar 23, 2024 • 8:43:49pm

seeing reports over on bsky that there are Russian missile in Polish airspace.

Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines Mar 23, 2024 • 8:44:07pm

re: #58 DodgerFan1988

[Embedded content]

Seeing a lot of Facebook conservative “friends” and family members (unfortunately) blaming Ukraine for the terrorist attack.

You don’t need a conspiracy theory or search warrants to expose the MAGAt-Russia alliance. They’re shouting it from the rooftops.

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Mar 23, 2024 • 8:45:28pm

re: #58 DodgerFan1988

[Embedded content]

Seeing a lot of Facebook conservative “friends” and family members (unfortunately) blaming Ukraine for the terrorist attack.

Russia invaded Ukraine. Russia ~~liked~~ killed a bunch of civilians in Ukraine Russia stole Ukrainian children. Russia tortured Ukrainian people. If it was Ukraine it would be justified.

They cut off a guys balls and put the video online, FFS.

I’m supposed to be upset if it was Ukraine? I’m not.

Sorry. Not sorry.

* edited

darthstar Mar 23, 2024 • 8:48:12pm

re: #77 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Russia invaded Ukraine. Russia liked a bunch of civilians in Ukraine Russia stole Ukrainian children. Russia tortured Ukrainian people. If it was Ukraine it would be justified.

They cut off a guys balls and or the video online, FFS.

I’m supposed to be upset if it was Ukraine? I’m not.

Sorry. Not sorry.

This.

garzooma Mar 23, 2024 • 8:51:10pm

re: #70 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

[…]

Some have claimed to figure out such… but the requirements for building any device have impossible costs, such as needing the mass of a neutron star.

YouTube

silverdolphin Mar 23, 2024 • 8:52:39pm

re: #67 BeenHereAwhile

Don’t tell me how it ends.

Sorry. Don’t think I gave a spoiler. But I somehow thought you had already seen it.

silverdolphin Mar 23, 2024 • 8:54:37pm

re: #70 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Many people have tried to find time-travel embedded somewhere in Einstein’s field equations for General Relativity.

Some have claimed to figure out such… but the requirements for building any device have impossible costs, such as needing the mass of a neutron star.

well, the key from this guy’s equation is that you can never go back further in time than when the creation of the time travel machine occurred. So we will never be able to even travel back to now.

darthstar Mar 23, 2024 • 8:57:32pm

Coming in to passport check in Puerto Vallarta this afternoon there was a popup sign warning visitors of the signs and symptoms of monkeypox. One of the images on the poster was of a very infected penis - drawn not photographed - but illustrative enough to say to visitors, “If you see this dick, don’t suck it.”

And yes, this is a party town. Great for people watching. And yes, there are potential 50+ year old monkey pox spreaders hanging out on the pools next to the side walk in their Speedos all greased up and tan and looking serious at every person that walks by…kind of funny, but everything sells here… Cigar vendors are all, “Cigars…no? You smoke weed?” and next to the selection of Cuban cigar labels on their board are some hand blown glass pipes.

darthstar Mar 23, 2024 • 8:59:09pm

re: #70 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Many people have tried to find time-travel embedded somewhere in Einstein’s field equations for General Relativity.

Some have claimed to figure out such… but the requirements for building any device have impossible costs, such as needing the mass of a neutron star.

If you want to go back in time just elect more Republicans. The 1850s are closer in the rear view mirror than they appear.

Belafon Mar 23, 2024 • 9:00:29pm

re: #81 silverdolphin

well, the key from this guy’s equation is that you can never go back further in time than when the creation of the time travel machine occurred. So we will never be able to even travel back to now.

Nice. That was actually a plot point in a book idea I had.

coin operated Mar 23, 2024 • 9:01:00pm

re: #73 sizzzzlerz

Can’t say that I’m eagerly awaiting it given the expectation of another dominating race by Verstappen and RedBull. I just can’t find excitement in a race for P2 and P3 unless there’s some chance of their winning the race.

I get it. Cliche as it may sound, it’s true…F1 has always been this way. You’ll have some dominant team/driver blast through multiple seasons until…they don’t. Before Verstappen it was Hamilton…before that was Schumacher.

I still enjoy watching some of the maneuvering that happens between drivers who can earn points…even if it’s a bunch of guys vying for 10th place.

JC1 Mar 23, 2024 • 9:02:58pm

re: #75 piratedan

seeing reports over on bsky that there are Russian missile in Polish airspace.

???

silverdolphin Mar 23, 2024 • 9:04:11pm

re: #84 Belafon

Nice. That was actually a plot point in a book idea I had.

And he said it would need a huge amount of energy, like a galaxy’s. So not happening anytime soon.

JC1 Mar 23, 2024 • 9:05:04pm

re: #77 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Russia invaded Ukraine. Russia ~~liked~~ killed a bunch of civilians in Ukraine Russia stole Ukrainian children. Russia tortured Ukrainian people. If it was Ukraine it would be justified.

They cut off a guys balls and put the video online, FFS.

I’m supposed to be upset if it was Ukraine? I’m not.

Sorry. Not sorry.

* edited

Yep, I know that we’re supposed to feel sorry for the innocent Russian victims. I don’t feel sorry one bit. F*ck em. They’re going to concerts like life is normal while Russia is waging a genocidal war of choice.

darthstar Mar 23, 2024 • 9:08:23pm

re: #88 JC1

Yep, I know that we’re supposed to feel sorry for the innocent Russian victims. I don’t feel sorry one bit. F*ck em. They’re going to concerts like life is normal while Russia is waging a genocidal war of choice.

True, but this attack wasn’t about the war on Ukraine. It was just garden variety terrorism spurred by Putin’s dictatorship.

BeenHereAwhile Mar 23, 2024 • 9:08:26pm

re: #67 BeenHereAwhile

Don’t tell me how it ends.

No Brachiosaurus.

Good horror movie - from the set up - figured it would end that way.

sizzzzlerz Mar 23, 2024 • 9:11:39pm

Verstappen is out on lap 5! Brakes over heated and caught fire. He’s in the pits and out of the race. Sainz is now the race leader.

coin operated Mar 23, 2024 • 9:12:07pm

re: #73 sizzzzlerz

Can’t say that I’m eagerly awaiting it given the expectation of another dominating race by Verstappen and RedBull. I just can’t find excitement in a race for P2 and P3 unless there’s some chance of their winning the race.

And, just like that, Verstappen is out after just 2 laps.

I see you got there already…

sizzzzlerz Mar 23, 2024 • 9:13:23pm

re: #92 coin operated

And, just like that, Verstappen is out after just 2 laps.

I don’t enjoy him winning every race but I never like to see a dnf

William Lewis Mar 23, 2024 • 9:18:28pm

re: #81 silverdolphin

well, the key from this guy’s equation is that you can never go back further in time than when the creation of the time travel machine occurred. So we will never be able to even travel back to now.

Ala Quantum Leap and being limited to Becket’s lifetime?

silverdolphin Mar 23, 2024 • 9:19:18pm

re: #94 William Lewis

Ala Quantum Leap and being limited to Becket’s lifetime?

Yeah. The write up sounded a lot like a TV script.

BeachDem Mar 23, 2024 • 9:20:57pm

re: #94 William Lewis

Ala Quantum Leap and being limited to Becket’s lifetime?

That’s just what I was thinking. Oh boy.

Patricia Kayden Mar 23, 2024 • 9:22:43pm

re: #77 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Agreed. It wasn’t Ukraine and it’s horrific that Republicans will use this as an excuse to justify not providing aid to Ukraine.

William Lewis Mar 23, 2024 • 9:23:15pm

re: #96 BeachDem

That’s just what I was thinking. Oh boy.

I see what you did there.

Hecuba's daughter Mar 23, 2024 • 9:24:35pm

re: #77 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Russia invaded Ukraine. Russia ~~liked~~ killed a bunch of civilians in Ukraine Russia stole Ukrainian children. Russia tortured Ukrainian people. If it was Ukraine it would be justified.

They cut off a guys balls and put the video online, FFS.

I’m supposed to be upset if it was Ukraine? I’m not.

Sorry. Not sorry.

* edited

I don’t share that perspective. If they attacked soldiers on leave or FSB or military headquarters, I would have no problem. But deliberately and methodically slaughtering innocent men, women, and children at a concert is not an unacceptable response.

100

William Lewis Mar 23, 2024 • 9:26:39pm

Still pondering the tree…

Going to the classic square layout could give this:

Which is the best, so far, to me.

101

austin_blue Mar 23, 2024 • 9:27:56pm

re: #29 Eclectic Cyborg

Jobs was smart in some respects and knew how to run a business well.

But he was also an arrogant, conceited asshole who thought he farted unicorn dust.

Well, he *was* a conceited asshole, but he did in fact fart Unicorn Dust.

His was the first corp that had a value that exceeded $1 billion bongo buckaroos.

102

Joe Bacon ✅ Mar 23, 2024 • 9:29:28pm

Just checked my Powerball ticket.

I got the Powerball and one number so in California that usually means $4-6.

103

austin_blue Mar 23, 2024 • 9:31:10pm

re: #102 Joe Bacon ✅

Just checked my Powerball ticket.

I got the Powerball and one number so in California that usually means $4-6.

How much did you bet on the come?

104

Joe Bacon ✅ Mar 23, 2024 • 9:33:00pm

re: #103 austin_blue

I get 1 shot on Powerball, MegaMillions and the California State Lottery because if the lightning is gonna hit it’s gonna strike on one combination.

Yet I see folks going in buying 50-75 Powerballs…

105

DodgerFan1988 Mar 23, 2024 • 9:33:20pm

All civilian targets. I’m sure David Sacks will condemn it…right? https://t.co/3B1gyB4klT

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) March 24, 2024

David Sacks gets his rocks off over dead Ukrainians.

106

Joe Bacon ✅ Mar 23, 2024 • 9:34:15pm

re: #105 DodgerFan1988

[Embedded content]

David Sacks gets his rocks off over dead Ukrainians.

So does Trump and a majority of Republicans in the House and Senate.

107

BeachDem Mar 23, 2024 • 9:35:55pm

re: #98 William Lewis

I see what you did there.

Still a favorite. Bought the boxed set because it didn’t seem like it was ever going to stream anywhere. Scott Bakula never got the credit he deserves

108

darthstar Mar 23, 2024 • 9:36:29pm

People are saying this image of Charles is photoshopped…or worse…AI…but I don’t see it…not in the three places highlighted. I think people are overthinking this…

109

austin_blue Mar 23, 2024 • 9:38:45pm

re: #104 Joe Bacon ✅

I get 1 shot on Powerball, MegaMillions and the California State Lottery because if the lightning is gonna hit it’s gonna strike on one combination.

Yet I see folks going in buying 50-75 Powerballs…

You are one of the very rare humans who broke even or took a small hit tonight.

Countless others made a significant voluntary tax contribution to their State.

110

Targetpractice Mar 23, 2024 • 9:39:36pm

Would Steve Jobs be as bad as Elon Musk? The young Jobs would have, the cocky little fuck who exploited Woz’s work and brilliance to make his first bucks, then mistreated him and the people who joined to work with the famous Steve Jobs to boost his own star and thus polish his ego to a mirror finish. The one who nearly drove the company into a ditch by dumping more and more resources into a dead-end project (Lisa), ignored the one profitable sector of the company (Apple II), and then took over and hobbled the new flagship project (Macintosh) such that the board had to maneuver to run his ass out the door.

The older Jobs, one that had spent several years in the wilderness rebuilding from scratch and getting back to his roots, eventually building a start-up company specializing in high-end computers into a powerhouse that his old company had to buy out just to get him back? Yeah, he’d have stomped on Musk’s balls and did so with a smile on his face. He was still full of ego and hubris, but it had been tempered by the reality that he had to cultivate and nurture talent if he wanted to keep being an innovator and keep the company moving forward. To him, asshats like Musk who made their fortune exploiting others to get ahead would be too much of a reminder of who he used to be.

111

Patricia Kayden Mar 23, 2024 • 9:42:46pm

112

silverdolphin Mar 23, 2024 • 9:44:50pm

re: #110 Targetpractice

Would Steve Jobs be as bad as Elon Musk? The young Jobs would have, the cocky little fuck who exploited Woz’s work and brilliance to make his first bucks, then mistreated him and the people who joined to work with the famous Steve Jobs to boost his own star and thus polish his ego to a mirror finish. The one who nearly drove the company into a ditch by dumping more and more resources into a dead-end project (Lisa), ignored the one profitable sector of the company (Apple II), and then took over and hobbled the new flagship project (Macintosh) such that the board had to maneuver to run his ass out the door.

The older Jobs, one that had spent several years in the wilderness rebuilding from scratch and getting back to his roots, eventually building a start-up company specializing in high-end computers into a powerhouse that his old company had to buy out just to get him back? Yeah, he’d have stomped on Musk’s balls and did so with a smile on his face. He was still full of ego and hubris, but it had been tempered by the reality that he had to cultivate and nurture talent if he wanted to keep being an innovator and keep the company moving forward. To him, asshats like Musk who made their fortune exploiting others to get ahead would be too much of a reminder of who he used to be.

Think this is a pretty nice, reasonable narrative. And then to have the older, wiser Jobs make a stupid choice reminiscent of the younger, stupid Jobs (ie ignoring the doctor’s wrt his pancreatic cancer ubtul it was too late) to create a real Greek tragedy.

113

Patricia Kayden Mar 23, 2024 • 9:54:16pm

114

austin_blue Mar 23, 2024 • 10:04:49pm

Well, I’m off for the rack. We’ve got our 3 week UK trip pretty much planned out. Departing this Wednesday. Busy, busy, schedule for the family in the UK in the time frame.

Easter together, Sister-in-Law off to Birmingham to manage an International Sports Confederation Conference which includes the IOC (she’s an old hand at managing this rodeo) while we train up to Glasgow for food and friends for two days.

Then to Edinburgh for six days for the International Harp Festival (harpfestival.co.uk) and two side trips to Stirling and Rosslyn Chapel, which has finally been repaired.

Then down to Durham for a visit to the cathedral and a nights sleep.

Then the big ass train trip from Durham back to Bedfordshire.

This is hyperbole. It’s five hours.

Then the flight back to Austin, non-stop, on an Airbus 350-1000. It’s got that new plane smell.

115

The Ghost of a Flea Mar 23, 2024 • 10:13:54pm

re: #113 Patricia Kayden

Counterpoint: dying in a trench because people who survived the trenches told you to is an asymptote to patriotism.

116

silverdolphin Mar 23, 2024 • 10:18:14pm

Does Footage Show Migrants Storming Border in El Paso?

It is true and would not have happened if the GOP and Trump had not held up the deal.

117

Patricia Kayden Mar 23, 2024 • 10:31:06pm

118

retired cynic Mar 23, 2024 • 10:33:54pm

re: #100 William Lewis

Still pondering the tree…

Going to the classic square layout could give this:

[Embedded content]

Which is the best, so far, to me.

Agree.

119

Odie Hugh Manatee Mar 23, 2024 • 10:37:03pm

re: #71 darthstar

Probably. I bet that you would have to be already high to buy Trump weed in the first place.

Stupid works too.

120

Hecuba's daughter Mar 23, 2024 • 10:38:59pm

re: #110 Targetpractice

Would Steve Jobs be as bad as Elon Musk? The young Jobs would have, the cocky little fuck who exploited Woz’s work and brilliance to make his first bucks, then mistreated him and the people who joined to work with the famous Steve Jobs to boost his own star and thus polish his ego to a mirror finish. The one who nearly drove the company into a ditch by dumping more and more resources into a dead-end project (Lisa), ignored the one profitable sector of the company (Apple II), and then took over and hobbled the new flagship project (Macintosh) such that the board had to maneuver to run his ass out the door.

The older Jobs, one that had spent several years in the wilderness rebuilding from scratch and getting back to his roots, eventually building a start-up company specializing in high-end computers into a powerhouse that his old company had to buy out just to get him back? Yeah, he’d have stomped on Musk’s balls and did so with a smile on his face. He was still full of ego and hubris, but it had been tempered by the reality that he had to cultivate and nurture talent if he wanted to keep being an innovator and keep the company moving forward. To him, asshats like Musk who made their fortune exploiting others to get ahead would be too much of a reminder of who he used to be.

Jobs flaws are more akin to Zuckerberg. AFAIK neither was/is a racist or right wing bigot. Both had interests in developments related to personal use of technology. Not as sweeping interests as Musk has demonstrated although he himself does not exhibit any special technical expertise or knowledge.

121

sagehen Mar 23, 2024 • 10:43:38pm

re: #94 William Lewis

Ala Quantum Leap and being limited to Becket’s lifetime?

not in the new version… not a reboot, it’s a sequel. Sam Beckett and what happened to him is part of the backstory.

Ben leaps to an 1880’s western town, a 1690’s New England town…

122

Belafon Mar 23, 2024 • 10:48:56pm

Science, or why relativity is needed in quantum mechanics to explain why bismuth is so repelled by magnets that it can float in a magnetic field.

livescience.com

123

Hecuba's daughter Mar 23, 2024 • 10:51:24pm

re: #113 Patricia Kayden

[Embedded content]

As someone who lived through the Vietnam era, I would never criticize Trump solely for avoiding the draft during that period. I knew someone who went to law school to avoid the draft — others went into teaching — got married — joined the National Guard. However, his public mocking of McCain’s experience as a POW certainly merits complete contempt as does his apparent lack of respect for anyone who serves and sacrifices for the survival of our nation.

124

William Lewis Mar 23, 2024 • 10:58:28pm

re: #121 sagehen

not in the new version… not a reboot, it’s a sequel. Sam Beckett and what happened to him is part of the backstory.

Ben leaps to an 1880’s western town, a 1690’s New England town…

I haven’t watched any of the “new” versions of QL, Magnum, Hawaii 5O, etc just on general principles so I wouldn’t know.

125

A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS Mar 23, 2024 • 10:59:48pm

Wifi was unavailable yesterday, so here’s yesterday’s romantic island picture.

126

A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS Mar 23, 2024 • 11:00:35pm

And here’s today’s.

127

Patricia Kayden Mar 23, 2024 • 11:01:06pm

Mastodon

128

silverdolphin Mar 23, 2024 • 11:01:38pm

Debunking Ai’s Supposed Fairness-Accuracy Tradeoff

Very interesting article about how to make AI both more fair and more accurate. Puts the efforts on the right people.

129

A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS Mar 23, 2024 • 11:02:06pm

One thong you can’t see in those photos is how hot it is. And humid.

130

silverdolphin Mar 23, 2024 • 11:18:48pm

Insurance Rates Are Soaring for US Homeowners in Climate Danger Zones

CA, LA and FL are in real trouble, the latter two mainly from water-based destruction. Nature always wins. A drought in LA is causing salt-water encroachment into the bayous, etc. The crawfish haevest has been cut in half because of this.

Meanwhile, home insurance and property taxes are skyrocketing in Florida. Yearly increases in the 5 or 6 figure range are not unusual. And, unsurprisingly, a lot of houses that have been viewed as being overpriced now because they are listed as being outside 100-year flood plains that are not longer relevant.

When they get flooded out, and can’t be rebuilt or insurance skyrockets, the drop in housing prices and equity could be horrendous. A lot of people would find their home mortgage literally underwater as they cannot sell.

131

ckkatz Mar 23, 2024 • 11:18:56pm

Apparently the most recent Russian missile overflight in Poland was March 21st. The Russians launched one of the largest missile attacks in the war then.

Originally the overflight time was reported as 3 minutes with Polish warplanes being scrambled. If the overflight time was 39 seconds there probably would not have been enough time for airplanes to react. And what exactly the warplanes were supposed to do once they got up there is a good question.

And even if the Polish air defense had enough time to react with missiles or cannons, it is usually very risky to fire. Because what goes up must come down. And local civilians would probably be unenthusiastic about being shelled by their own side.

The Russians might have been using Polish airspace to avoid Ukrainian air defenses. (Remember some time back the Ukrainians did fire some air defense missiles that landed in Poland.)

OsitDefender Xitter post

132

Captain Ron Mar 23, 2024 • 11:28:08pm

re: #129 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS

One thong you can’t see in those photos is how hot it is. And humid.

Thank god you didn’t include that picture of you in a thong.

133

Targetpractice Mar 23, 2024 • 11:49:17pm

re: #120 Hecuba’s daughter

Jobs flaws are more akin to Zuckerberg. AFAIK neither was/is a racist or right wing bigot. Both had interests in developments related to personal use of technology. Not as sweeping interests as Musk has demonstrated although he himself does not exhibit any special technical expertise or knowledge.

I compare Jobs to Musk for the same reason I compare Musk to Edison: They were all men whose contribution to the sciences lay more in the social sciences as they were all really salesmen for the ideas of others. All three men were tinkerers at best, having basic knowledge in their fields but dependent upon others with the skills and education necessary to make the real breakthroughs. Their skill lay in selling those breakthroughs as their own, whether by outright theft as Edison was known for or being the pitchman as Jobs and Musk did.

Without Jobs, it’s possible that Woz might have gone on to be a major name in computing and brought the Apple to market under some existing corp’s brand as opposed to a start-up company. Without Woz, Jobs would have probably ended up in the sales department at one of those corpos or even started his own business in some other field. It took the two of them together to make Apple a reality.

134

ckkatz Mar 23, 2024 • 11:52:01pm

Apparently Leonard Leo and his billionaire friends do not take kindly to people getting curious about them.

Leonnig Xitter post

Przybyla Xitter thread

Politico article: What happens when an AG dares to investigate Leonard Leo’s network

Guardian article (from June 2023): US dark-money fund spends millions to back Republican attorneys general

135

ckkatz Mar 24, 2024 • 12:03:12am

re: #130 silverdolphin

Didn’t The State of Florida recently and significantly change the Florida insurance regulations?

I seem to recall there was a large amount of tearing of hair and rending of garments emanating from there.

I didn’t pursue it further beyond celebrating that I was not a participant.

136

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Mar 24, 2024 • 12:14:34am

re: #99 Hecuba’s daughter

I don’t share that perspective. If they attacked soldiers on leave or FSB or military headquarters, I would have no problem. But deliberately and methodically slaughtering innocent men, women, and children at a concert is not an unacceptable response.

Russia is slaughtering innocent men, women and children daily and has been doing so for two years.

137

ckkatz Mar 24, 2024 • 12:14:47am

Time to head to bed.

A bit of Salsa by Puerto Rican/Nuyorican singer Anthony Cruz

Morena Linda

138

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Mar 24, 2024 • 12:24:45am

Another day in the fore zone.

M2JzYTBmcG4vdmw5L3k1Uko4enhiZGNyV2ladm1hd01sL0xVVGlZbUVsa1lHWTBBTk1aSjNIcXRURmFqOWxqNGsrTEF4ZzdoRW0wKzhvQWFJL0hqSytZaXVmd2o3U2NXaW5MZnlDR2hnNGxTckttblFOeVNGUWh6MUI1bWtpa01CWnVQdVBKNEFxL1JKTUsybTJHeTVUWlN5UDVJTkRDR1NhdU1EZWl2azNVPTo6QMG6DpGRZUB1JaXeM3zlDw==

139

silverdolphin Mar 24, 2024 • 1:31:21am

re: #133 Targetpractice

I compare Jobs to Musk for the same reason I compare Musk to Edison: They were all men whose contribution to the sciences lay more in the social sciences as they were all really salesmen for the ideas of others. All three men were tinkerers at best, having basic knowledge in their fields but dependent upon others with the skills and education necessary to make the real breakthroughs. Their skill lay in selling those breakthroughs as their own, whether by outright theft as Edison was known for or being the pitchman as Jobs and Musk did.

Without Jobs, it’s possible that Woz might have gone on to be a major name in computing and brought the Apple to market under some existing corp’s brand as opposed to a start-up company. Without Woz, Jobs would have probably ended up in the sales department at one of those corpos or even started his own business in some other field. It took the two of them together to make Apple a reality.

I agree that the collaboration was key. I would put Jobs a little higher than that. Without Woz (and also Markula) Jobs would have been more of a Dell (Big company with okay hardware). Without Jobs, Woz may have been more of an Adam Osbourne (genius hardware but not big company).

It is very similar to Watson and Crick. Crick was a genius who several times solved very difficult problems and was innovating his whole life. Watson was mostly a great manager but not so much an innovator. Watson was also a real jerk while Crick was a sweet man. Crick without Watson would still have won Nobel prizes. Watson without Crick would likely sill have been Head of the Human Genome Project.

140

silverdolphin Mar 24, 2024 • 1:33:50am

re: #135 ckkatz

Didn’t The State of Florida recently and significantly change the Florida insurance regulations?

I seem to recall there was a large amount of tearing of hair and rending of garments emanating from there.

I didn’t pursue it further beyond celebrating that I was not a participant.

Yes, that is what ooks to have started the reporter to look at other places, like LA and CA. LA and CA are mostly drought related) although water is beginning to reassert its affects. But FL is really having some huge problems.

141

Eventual Carrion Mar 24, 2024 • 1:36:52am

re: #15 Patricia Kayden

[Embedded content]

Fine, ‘cause unlike deer and rabbits, we have fucking guns too.

142

silverdolphin Mar 24, 2024 • 1:58:24am

SO, still dealing with email issues. I’ll hope I can fix it tomorrow. Issue looks to be complicated somewhat if email password is stored on my computer or in the cloud.

Then for no good reason, my paramountplus account went hinky. I subscribe through Apple iTunes. I could get to Paramount+ through my AppleTV app but no longer through my ParamountTV app itself. Really inconvenient as my paramount app had my list on it.

Then I could not access paramount TV on my mac or laptop or iPhone.

After an hour, I found the right web page to reconnect my paramount account and my iTunes account. Now things seem to work. Do not know why they became disconnected. WIshed it had been easier to reconnect,

There are so many similarities between hitech and biotech. I mentioned earlier how Watson and Crick share a lot of similarities to Jobs and Woz. We have our equivalents to Musk and Gates, some even in the billionaire club, But the similarities go much deeper.

One is they are both incredibly complex, and when something goes wrong, you know it is going to take forever to figure it out. In my research, when something basic stopped working, I’d remake all new reagents, order new enzymes, new test kits, make new growth plates, etc.

I’d spend a month trying to revalidate to find out what had happened so it could be fixed. After a month, things would start working again but I would really not know why. Just that they would continue to work until they did not. So anytime basic things went bad, I knew it was going to take a month to backfill and I still would likely not know the solution.

At least hitech has the ballpeen hammer approach - shut the damn thing down and restart (one of the first things I did with the Paramount problem. When it did not work, I knew I was in for a long slog).

That is why this is favorite part of Armageddon:

Armageddon - Russian Cosmonaut

143

Eventual Carrion Mar 24, 2024 • 2:08:21am

re: #60 Grunthos the Flatulent 🇳🇿

Tomorrow’s Wordle only has elephant’s eggs on the menu.

[Embedded content]

Big 5/6 here

Click to Reveal

Wordle 1,009 5/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨
🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

144

silverdolphin Mar 24, 2024 • 2:19:15am

They say doom and gloom are not the way to convince people. Here is a nice representation of how much CO2 is being added to the atmosphere, from Our World in Data.

Here are the annual amounts of CO2 emitted by the US.

US carbon emissions

We are now emitting about the same CO2 as we did 32 years ago. In the 60s, our CO2 emissions were doubling every 20 years. Now they are substantially lower than that doubling rate would suggest. We peaked in 2007.

The full news - China is now far ahead of us and still in exponential mode. This is where China is the enemy of humanity. And India needs to be dealt with.

China is not helping

145

Teukka Mar 24, 2024 • 2:22:14am

Somewhere in Afghanistan, an ISIS leader is throwing his phone at the wall & crying because millions of Muslims think he’s a Jewish Mossad agent.

— أميرة ح | Amira H (@baytifirasek) March 23, 2024

146

Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines Mar 24, 2024 • 2:40:14am

Here’s a new target for Ukrainian forces. This apparent propaganda piece describes defense minister Shoigu’s visit to the plant where the new FAB3000 bombs are being produced. At 6600 pounds (3000kg, hence the designation) this is nowhere near the most destructive non-nuclear bomb in the world. The factory is in Nizhny Novgorod, 685 miles from Kyiv. The bomb can only be carried by the TU-22m3 Backfire and larger bombers, which must directly overfly the target. To say the least this would be very risky (eg suicidal) in Ukrainian airspace.

Russia Launches Mass Production of FAB-3000 World’s Most Destructive Bomb Amid Ukraine Conflict

147

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Mar 24, 2024 • 3:11:57am

re: #108 darthstar

People are saying this image of Charles is photoshopped…or worse…AI…but I don’t see it…not in the three places highlighted. I think people are overthinking this…

Those sausages contain too much meat to be British

148

Eventual Carrion Mar 24, 2024 • 3:43:23am

Perfect! Connections

Click to Reveal

Connections
Puzzle #287
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟨🟨🟨🟨

149

Patricia Kayden Mar 24, 2024 • 4:13:23am

150

Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅ Mar 24, 2024 • 4:14:39am

Birb.
Wordle 1009 3/6

Click to Reveal

⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨
⬛🟩🟨🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

151

Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines Mar 24, 2024 • 4:19:32am

re: #149 Patricia Kayden

“Christian” right=Ayn Rand Golden Calf cult.

152

Patricia Kayden Mar 24, 2024 • 4:24:19am

153

Nojay UK Mar 24, 2024 • 4:28:28am

re: #144 silverdolphin

The only honest way to compare national CO2 emissions is “per capita”. China is indeed producing twice as much CO2 as America but with over four times the population who need energy. There are a couple of countries that emit more CO2 per capita than the US but they’re typically places in the Middle East, oil and gas producers that burn a lot of their own supply to generate electricity.

If you only go by national emission totals then the Vatican City is green as fuck.

154

darthstar Mar 24, 2024 • 4:31:16am

Saved yellow for last on connections…par on the wordle…
Connections
Puzzle #287
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟨🟨🟨🟨

155

Nerdy Fish Mar 24, 2024 • 4:37:04am

I did not know there were that many words.

Click to Reveal

Wordle 1,009 5/6*

⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨
🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛
🟩🟩⬛🟩⬛
🟩🟩⬛🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

156

Patricia Kayden Mar 24, 2024 • 4:37:07am

157

darthstar Mar 24, 2024 • 4:45:52am

I’m being followed by a storm shadow
Storm shadow, storm shadow

Mastodon

158

darthstar Mar 24, 2024 • 5:20:37am

Storm shadow blowed up the thread.

159

darthstar Mar 24, 2024 • 5:25:44am

Mastodon

160

Dangerman Mar 24, 2024 • 5:41:49am

re: #58 DodgerFan1988

[Embedded content]

Seeing a lot of Facebook conservative “friends” and family members (unfortunately) blaming Ukraine for the terrorist attack.

I’m sure these are all people with specialized knowledge and critical, applicable proof.

I mean ttheyre not they types to just parrot some convenient party line they heard someone else say.

They’re conscientious. Surely they’d have to know

161

jeffreyw Mar 24, 2024 • 6:07:37am

the trouble with tribbles

Good morning!

162

Captain Magic Mar 24, 2024 • 6:14:00am

re: #161 jeffreyw

Yep, kitten season has started…

163

darthstar Mar 24, 2024 • 6:16:37am

re: #145 Teukka

Funny, but not far off from fact…

Mastodon

164

darthstar Mar 24, 2024 • 6:17:44am

re: #163 darthstar

Funny, but not far off from fact…

[Embedded content]

Also makes you wonder who Russia arrested and blamed for the attack.

165

darthstar Mar 24, 2024 • 6:20:47am

re: #161 jeffreyw

[Embedded content]

Good morning!

Good morning. Love the coloring of the kitteh behind the ginger on the left. Just a ginger stripe on the face…it’s gonna be a looker.

166

Dangerman Mar 24, 2024 • 6:24:46am

Good morning! (I stole that line)

167

darthstar Mar 24, 2024 • 6:27:51am

Looks like Ronna didn’t delete her MAGA internet history maligning MSNBC fast enough…

Mastodon

168

Dr Lizardo Mar 24, 2024 • 6:32:46am

re: #163 darthstar

That’ll likely lead to IS-K staging an ever bigger, more spectacular attack to prove to the world that they were responsible for the Moscow atrocity.

169

Nerdy Fish Mar 24, 2024 • 6:35:04am

re: #167 darthstar

Looks like Ronna didn’t delete her MAGA internet history maligning MSNBC fast enough…

[Embedded content]

I just can’t comprehend why they thought this was a good idea. They’re never going to get the MAGAt viewership; the distrust of the mainstream media is sown way too deep for that. If they think it’s important for Magical Balance Fairy reasons, there aren’t enough facepalms in the world to describe my reaction. We don’t need literal insurrectionists giving us their takes on the day’s news. I am so sick and tired of media outlets chasing engagement and clicks with outrage, rather than doing their damn jobs.

170

darthstar Mar 24, 2024 • 6:36:51am

re: #168 Dr Lizardo

That’ll likely lead to IS-K staging an ever bigger, more spectacular attack to prove to the world that they were responsible for the Moscow atrocity.

They could blow up the Kerch Bridge…Ukraine will put out a statement condemning the act saying, “THAT BRIDGE WAS OURS TO DESTROY!” and then they should hit Putin’s palace in Sochi.

171

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Mar 24, 2024 • 6:39:27am

Question for you guys. The other day you were discussing vacuum sealers.

Would those work for quilts and pillows as well? I have a bunch of king size quilts that I switch up regularly. Being king size they take up a lot of space. I’d like to launder them and then vacuum seal them so I can store them in less space.

I have at least a dozen quilts (I get cheap cotton quilts that are machine made; basically a single sheet of fabric that’s “quilted” by machine. But they’re warm and real cotton [and cheap]. Nothing like what our resident artist makes!.) so storing them airless would be a benefit.

Thoughts?

172

darthstar Mar 24, 2024 • 6:41:36am

re: #171 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Question for you guys. The other day you were discussing vacuum sealers.

Would those work for quilts and pillows as well? I have a bunch of king size quilts that I switch up regularly. Being king size they take up a lot of space. I’d like to launder them and then vacuum seal them so I can store them in less space.

I have at least a dozen quilts (I get cheap cotton quilts that are machine made; basically a single sheet of fabric that’s “quilted” by machine. But they’re warm and real cotton [and cheap]. Nothing like what our resident artist makes!.) so storing them airless would be a benefit.

Thoughts?

Food sealers are a bit small...but I’ve used variations of these in the past with great success

173

FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Mar 24, 2024 • 6:41:37am

re: #170 darthstar

They could blow up the Kerch Bridge…Ukraine will put out a statement condemning the act saying, “THAT BRIDGE WAS OURS TO DESTROY!” and then they should hit Putin’s palace in Sochi.

Outside their general ability. They did the recent attack with 4-5 actual attackers plus I expect less than a dozen support people. Attacking a location with an active military/police guard will take a much larger attack force with the associated need for equipment and logistics support. Plus the greater chance of being detected during preparations since Russian intelligence *will* be looking at any potential threats on those positions with great seriousness as a default.

174

darthstar Mar 24, 2024 • 6:43:09am

re: #173 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Yep…fuckin’ terrorists. They really aren’t good at doing anything worthwhile…just targeting innocent civilians. Fuckers.

175

Dr Lizardo Mar 24, 2024 • 6:43:30am

re: #170 darthstar

They could blow up the Kerch Bridge…Ukraine will put out a statement condemning the act saying, “THAT BRIDGE WAS OURS TO DESTROY!” and then they should hit Putin’s palace in Sochi.

“THEY STOLE OUR THUNDER!!” 😄

176

No Malarkey! Mar 24, 2024 • 6:44:02am

re: #54 Belafon

And tomorrow is when everyone attempted to fix the 2016 election, causing the Founding Father’s to add the electoral college, the Bavarian government to strip his grandfather of his citizenship, and preventing Melania from getting a legal work permit to the US.

One little hitch: the article says the machine, once its built, won’t allow you to travel backward to a time before the machine itself existed.

177

darthstar Mar 24, 2024 • 6:46:30am

re: #176 No Malarkey!

One little hitch: the article says the machine, once its built, won’t allow you to travel backward to a time before the machine itself existed.

Jumping ahead 24 hours and coming back is all I need for my next Powerball ticket.

178

Nerdy Fish Mar 24, 2024 • 6:51:59am

re: #177 darthstar

Jumping ahead 24 hours and coming back is all I need for my next Powerball ticket.

Biff Tannen furiously taking notes.

179

Captain Magic Mar 24, 2024 • 7:01:34am

re: #178 Nerdy Fish

Don’t forget the UPN series “Seven Days”, where a chrononaut could Go backwards in time 7 days, hence the name of the show.

180

Nojay UK Mar 24, 2024 • 7:05:42am

re: #176 No Malarkey!

One little hitch: the article says the machine, once its built, won’t allow you to travel backward to a time before the machine itself existed.

There was a card game called “US Patent No. 1” about a race to be first in line when the US Patent Office opened for business so you can patent your time machine before the other players do.

181

Patricia Kayden Mar 24, 2024 • 7:08:18am

I thought of our very own Vicious Babushka when I saw this post.

Mastodon

182

Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire Mar 24, 2024 • 7:08:37am

re: #171 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Question for you guys. The other day you were discussing vacuum sealers.

Would those work for quilts and pillows as well? I have a bunch of king size quilts that I switch up regularly. Being king size they take up a lot of space. I’d like to launder them and then vacuum seal them so I can store them in less space.

I have at least a dozen quilts (I get cheap cotton quilts that are machine made; basically a single sheet of fabric that’s “quilted” by machine. But they’re warm and real cotton [and cheap]. Nothing like what our resident artist makes!.) so storing them airless would be a benefit.

Thoughts?

They make vacuum storage bags for quilts, blankets, pillows, etc. I’ve used them to store some quilts Rebecca made. They work reasonably well.

183

PhillyPretzel ✅ Mar 24, 2024 • 7:10:06am

re: #181 Patricia Kayden

Same here. I hope everything is okay with her and her family.

184

Joe Bacon ✅ Mar 24, 2024 • 7:19:46am

WARNING—this will raise your blood pressure as this liar premieres on Press The Meat…

Ronna McDaniel hammered over ‘stolen’ election

185

Patricia Kayden Mar 24, 2024 • 7:21:28am

Mastodon

186

Patricia Kayden Mar 24, 2024 • 7:22:26am

re: #184 Joe Bacon ✅

Nope!! Not watching. My blood pressure is under control and is going to stay that way.

187

darthstar Mar 24, 2024 • 7:41:47am

re: #184 Joe Bacon ✅

WARNING—this will raise your blood pressure as this liar premieres on Press The Meat…

[Embedded content]

Video

She’s got as much appeal on camera as Huckabooboo.

188

darthstar Mar 24, 2024 • 7:42:31am

Arrogant soccer mom Karen - the new face of MSNBC

189

Dangerman Mar 24, 2024 • 7:43:10am

another thing that’s pissing tfg off about this NY bond thing…

aside from the fact that his credit is in the toilet and he cant get one

the bond concept is structured to make him pay now.
in full
cant weasel out of it later
cant delay when he loses the appeal
can’t re-negotiate terms
he’s got to pay up
now
that’s an acknowledgement he lost
and it’s totally out of his control
there’s nothing he can do about it -

must be galling him

190

Dangerman Mar 24, 2024 • 7:48:32am

Donald Trump is expected to spend his Monday morning in the courtroom of a New York judge who might soon preside over his criminal trial and, ultimately, throw him behind bars. And that’s not even the legal predicament that worries Mr. Trump most that day,” the New York Times reports.
“The hearing in his Manhattan criminal prosecution — in which he is accused of covering up a sex scandal to pave his way to the presidency — comes as he races to fend off a financial crisis arising from a $454 million judgment in another case. The New York attorney general, Letitia James, who brought that civil fraud suit against the former president and his family business, might begin to collect as soon as Monday.”

And may this be the best Monday he has for the rest of his miserable life.

191

Dr Lizardo Mar 24, 2024 • 7:49:33am

re: #189 Dangerman

another thing that’s pissing tfg off about this NY bond thing…

aside from the fact that his credit is in the toilet and he cant get one

the bond concept is structured to make him pay now.
in full
cant weasel out of it later
cant delay when he loses the appeal
can’t re-negotiate terms
he’s got to pay up
now
that’s an acknowledgement he lost
and it’s totally out of his control
there’s nothing he can do about it -

must be galling him

This is oddly satisfying….

payuptrump.com

I’m digging the old-school analog flip design.

192

Dangerman Mar 24, 2024 • 7:53:39am

re: #191 Dr Lizardo

This is oddly satisfying….

payuptrump.com

I’m digging the old-school analog flip design.

Damn clocks not quite silently “clicked” every damned minute

193

Dr Lizardo Mar 24, 2024 • 7:55:28am

re: #192 Dangerman

Damn clocks not quite silently “clicked” every damned minute

Yeah, I remember that. Last time I saw one was in a bin at a second-hand shop. I was thinking about getting it, but remembered that “click” and decided against it.

194

silverdolphin Mar 24, 2024 • 7:56:34am

TL:DR We (the US and Humanity) have made a good start wrt CO2 emission levels.
__________________
re: #153 Nojay UK

The only honest way to compare national CO2 emissions is “per capita”. China is indeed producing twice as much CO2 as America but with over four times the population who need energy. There are a couple of countries that emit more CO2 per capita than the US but they’re typically places in the Middle East, oil and gas producers that burn a lot of their own supply to generate electricity.

If you only go by national emission totals then the Vatican City is green as fuck.

I’d disagree. Just a little.

I was trying to make a slightly different point, to show that we had some good news. That US carbon emissions had flattened out. We as a country were actually doing a good job. Let me look at your question - per capita emission by country.

CO2 emission per capita

This is even better news in many ways. US emission of CO2 per capita has gone down a lot. We are now at about 1960s levels per capita. Same with Europe but at lower relative amounts. THe world emissions per capita have been flat for some time. At the rate the US is dropping, we will be at European levels in 20 years or so. If we could get China and India to stabilize at European levels of CO2 emissions rather than US, humanity has a better chance. China has obvious slowed its CO2 emissions per capita and may be at European levels before us. The increase in emissions per capita in China is mostly eaten up by the decrease in US-Canada levels. Which brings us to another point.

How is humanity doing wrt total carbon emissions. That is what is reeally important. That was not clear from what I showed.

What is critical for the planet is just how much CO2 TOTAL is being emitted. For climate change, it does not matter whether China has 10 times the population or half. We all breath the same air eventually.

Here are total CO2 emissions broken up by region.

World CO2 emissions by region

First, you can see that the total global emissions have slowed and are almost flat, even with China. And have been since about 2010. This is due to mostly the US and Europe, likely moving more towards green energy. This balances the growth in China, India and Asia. But, as above, if we can hold them at European levels per capita and keep US-Canada levels dropping, total CO2 emission levels may continue to remain flat.

That is a good thing. A good start. We need to keep going on replacing fossil fuels with green energy to even bring levels down.

The point of this exercise was to move away, ever so slightly, from the doom and gloom we normally hear. We have actually been doing a pretty good job. Not a perfect one but both as a country and as a global community, we have flattened the curves a lot.

And we can even reduce the curves as we shift away from fossil fuels. But slowing the growth is what we needed first. Flattening the curves are where we want to be before we begin reducing the total amounts. SO, we have done some good work but we still have a lot more ahead.

As a somewhat hopeful person, I expect us to make it through this by the skin of our feet.

195

Ace Rothstein Mar 24, 2024 • 7:56:58am

“Trump’s caddy came up to me and said, ‘You know that shot you hit on the par 5? It was about 10ft from the hole,” Tirico explains. “Trump threw it in the bunker. I watched him do it.’”

Fucking asshole.

196

JC1 Mar 24, 2024 • 8:01:57am

re: #120 Hecuba’s daughter

Jobs flaws are more akin to Zuckerberg. AFAIK neither was/is a racist or right wing bigot. Both had interests in developments related to personal use of technology. Not as sweeping interests as Musk has demonstrated although he himself does not exhibit any special technical expertise or knowledge.

Zuck is more akin to Woz. He actually was a brilliant coder who wrote much of the early Facebook code. When he was still in highschool he wrote a piece of software that Microsoft offered to buy for a million bucks; Zuck refused. As negative as social media has been in general, Meta has been a massive contributor to Open Source.

197

Belafon Mar 24, 2024 • 8:09:25am

My wife has the tv on one of the MTV channels showing 80s videos, and this one came on, which I had to share because of just how wacky they went:

Thompson Twins - Lies

Oh, and come to find out Regular Show incorporated the song into their show:

Youtube Video

198

sagehen Mar 24, 2024 • 8:09:54am

re: #195 Ace Rothstein

“Trump’s caddy came up to me and said, ‘You know that shot you hit on the par 5? It was about 10ft from the hole,” Tirico explains. “Trump threw it in the bunker. I watched him do it.’”

Fucking asshole.

um…. I don’t golf. What is “the bunker”?

199

Ace Rothstein Mar 24, 2024 • 8:11:23am

re: #198 sagehen

um…. I don’t golf. What is “the bunker”?

Sand trap.

200

wrenchwench Mar 24, 2024 • 8:12:59am

re: #199 Ace Rothstein

Sand trap.

I’ve been needing a name for a six in wordle. Bunker.

201

BigPapa Mar 24, 2024 • 8:16:51am

Woz is an asshole. I was wiring his house for security, in the garage on top of a ladder. My long drill bits were on the floor below me. He pulled up in his Jag, hesitated tfor a moment, then drove in right over my drill bits. I don’t know if he expected me to jump off the ladder immediately and move my shit but he didn’t give me any time. I had to go get the contractor to move his Jag so I could pick up the drill bits.

A few weeks later I got called in by the boss and put through the ringer if I stole anything. Hard. It pissed me off. So I guess he has a bowl on his desk in his office where he tosses his leftover casino chips of various denominations and casinos. He thought somebody took a good handful of them. He had a house full of contractors there for weeks.

He ended up buying his contractor a new car. Probably because he knows he’s an asshole.

202

BigPapa Mar 24, 2024 • 8:19:17am

re: #200 wrenchwench

I’ve been needing a name for a six in wordle. Bunker.

Fucker. That’s what I call bunkers. And water. And any out of bounds areas. All fuckers.

203

Nojay UK Mar 24, 2024 • 8:20:45am

re: #194 silverdolphin

There’s a single-source measure of atmospheric CO2 that’s the golden standard for historical comparisons of CO2 levels, that’s the Mauna Loa observatory. It’s been operational for several decades in the same location and its instrumentation and measuring methods are considered to be consistent over that period.

The global population is currently adding over 2ppm of CO2 per annum net to the atmosphere and the first derivative is increasing, not decreasing. Back in 1997, the year of the Kyoto Protocols the total amount was 364ppm. Today (March 2024) the observatory reports a CO2 level of 424ppm.

A lot of that increase in CO2 emissions is due to growing populations who want the benefits of civilisation and those benefits (clean water, Netflix servers, electric lights etc.) require energy. They can get that energy today by digging and drilling to extract and burn fossil carbon or they can wait thirty or forty years for solar and wind and maybe nuclear to supply all of that energy. They’re not waiting, basically.

204

GlutenFreeJesus Mar 24, 2024 • 8:22:16am

re: #172 darthstar

Yeah those work pretty well. You can even use your vacuum hose instead of the included pump. Much faster.

205

wrenchwench Mar 24, 2024 • 8:23:40am

re: #202 BigPapa

Fucker. That’s what I call bunkers. And water. And any out of bounds areas. All fuckers.

I got a fucker. Wordle 1,009 X/6*

Click to Reveal

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨
⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩

206

Ace Rothstein Mar 24, 2024 • 8:23:49am

re: #201 BigPapa

Excuse my ignorance. Who is Woz?

207

Belafon Mar 24, 2024 • 8:25:29am

One more, with a surprise cameo:

Tracey Ullman - They Don’t Know

208

Belafon Mar 24, 2024 • 8:26:08am

re: #206 Ace Rothstein

Excuse my ignorance. Who is Woz?

Steve Wozniak.

209

BigPapa Mar 24, 2024 • 8:28:52am

re: #206 Ace Rothstein

Excuse my ignorance. Who is Woz?

That Apple Fucker.

210

Belafon Mar 24, 2024 • 8:29:09am

Today’s oglaf.com is not safe for work, but it is so accurate about most surveys.

211

wrenchwench Mar 24, 2024 • 8:45:28am

Mastodon

212

PhillyPretzel ✅ Mar 24, 2024 • 8:46:56am

re: #211 wrenchwench

Beautiful daffodils. Nice and hungry humming bird.

213

Dave In Austin Mar 24, 2024 • 8:50:36am

Cousin Chuck (and I believe he is a relative of mine) sez things.

Quite a moment on Meet the Press this morning. pic.twitter.com/1RKvAq7mj2

— Mike Hixenbaugh (@Mike_Hixenbaugh) March 24, 2024

214

Joe Bacon ✅ Mar 24, 2024 • 8:51:19am

re: #201 BigPapa

Big Papa I got your back on that. After I retire I’ll explain why.

215

Semper Fi Mar 24, 2024 • 8:54:44am

re: #206 Ace Rothstein

Excuse my ignorance. Who is Woz?

Upding!

216

Dave In Austin Mar 24, 2024 • 9:03:17am

“Our bosses owe you an apology for putting you in this situation,”

217

Hecuba's daughter Mar 24, 2024 • 9:11:55am

re: #143 Eventual Carrion

Big 5/6 here

[Embedded content]

Par here

Click to Reveal

Wordle 1,009 4/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨
⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Group: 2,3,4,4

218

austin_blue Mar 24, 2024 • 9:12:11am

re: #206 Ace Rothstein

Excuse my ignorance. Who is Woz?

Steve Wozniak, inventor of the Input/output device that wiped out the 32-byte limit that was inherent in Microsoft-based devices and software and allowed a GUI to be used. His inventions eventually allowed Apple to use RISC architecture in its hardware.

219

wrenchwench Mar 24, 2024 • 9:14:15am

Mastodon

220

darthstar Mar 24, 2024 • 9:16:26am

I’m not going native…I’m just going with clothes that fit the climate.

221

darthstar Mar 24, 2024 • 9:17:16am

And yes, the hat has great ventilation.

222

Ace Rothstein Mar 24, 2024 • 9:26:02am

re: #221 darthstar

The shirt is pimp.

223

wrenchwench Mar 24, 2024 • 9:29:08am

Mastodon

224

darthstar Mar 24, 2024 • 9:38:00am

re: #222 Ace Rothstein

The shirt is pimp.

I usually come home with 4 or 5 of them. Wear then to work as an option to the Hawaiian shirts I tend to default to. I can wear a t-shirt but I’m moving into a new leadership role. Will go to the Costco in PV later in the week as they usually have a good selection at Costco prices. This was 450 pesos… didn’t haggle… lovely old woman setting up the shop and she was patient with my Spanish.

Wasn’t until I paid her that she spoke in English. I liked that about her.

225

Captain Ron Mar 24, 2024 • 9:38:02am

A mountain lion attack left one person dead and another injured in a remote area of Northern California, officials said. https://t.co/MFRVuczMFR

— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 24, 2024

226

darthstar Mar 24, 2024 • 9:55:02am

Sweet… the property manager we contacted to rent the condo we’re in just Whatsapped me with a car for the second half of our trip at a decent price. And they’ll deliver it to me Friday morning before we check out to drive up to Punta de Mita.

No hassle and full coverage.

227

Belafon Mar 24, 2024 • 9:55:24am

re: #225 Captain Ron

[Embedded content]

Stand your ground, cat edition.

228

Randall Gross Mar 24, 2024 • 10:05:10am

No real surprises here with this year’s 15 top IT jobs for salary

cio.com

Security jobs are finally dropping now that the shortage of trained people has ended.

229

wrenchwench Mar 24, 2024 • 10:16:52am

Mastodon

230

Dr Lizardo Mar 24, 2024 • 10:19:08am

Here’s a look at the newest Japanese ferry, Sunflower Murasaki.

She’s 200 meters (656 feet) long, with a beam of 28 meters (92 feet), eight decks, 17,114 gross tons, with a passenger capacity of 716 and a crew of 40. Speed of 23 knots (26 mph) and built last year (2023) by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Operated by MOL Ferries Ltd. via Ferry Sunflower Co. Ltd.

Riding Japan’s Newest Overnight Ferry || Sunflower MURASAKI First Class Suite (Osaka→Beppu)

231

Belafon Mar 24, 2024 • 10:20:38am

A $20-million sky mansion sits on top of a 33-story luxury apartment complex in India.

The spectacular home was designed for businessman Vijay Mallya.

Mallya, who fled India to the UK, faces charges of alleged financial crimes. He may never live in the mansion.

businessinsider.com

232

Randall Gross Mar 24, 2024 • 10:20:51am

There’s an Apple IOS update out if you haven’t done it yet I recommend…

233

Joe Bacon ✅ Mar 24, 2024 • 10:20:54am

re: #201 BigPapa

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

234

Decatur Deb Mar 24, 2024 • 10:24:06am

re: #231 Belafon

[Embedded content]

businessinsider.com

I know a guy who would snap it up, but he’s a little short of cash for the moment.

235

BigPapa Mar 24, 2024 • 10:27:37am

re: #233 Joe Bacon ✅

R1RsbXUwdTQrMkhBRDNoMVZPdkd1V093bTFTVGY5bHVhbU9yTHRzbnA1WDRqejN2OVhmWDJmc09KRHl0YXhudGNoVzdqTjc1eUVkTjNxZ0VvUUZ5S3FHRWFycE5oYjdLay9kcU0xckJiTmM9OjombqyANYJLHb94KQCZW556

236

Joe Bacon ✅ Mar 24, 2024 • 10:27:40am

re: #231 Belafon

Gosh that mansion on top of the building looks faintly familiar! 🤔

237

Dr Lizardo Mar 24, 2024 • 10:28:34am

re: #232 Randall Gross

There’s an Apple IOS update out if you haven’t done it yet I recommend…

Just did it about an hour ago.

238

Teukka Mar 24, 2024 • 10:31:47am

So, I had to provide an meme example on why always to post links with screencaps, even though it’s rare here, I thought I might share if someone else needs it (webpages can easily be modified and then screencapped to spread disinfo):

239

sizzzzlerz Mar 24, 2024 • 10:36:45am

re: #225 Captain Ron

[Embedded content]

I was fishing in the Feather Falls area in northern cal one time and was walking along a road back to my car when i spotted something behind me. I turned around and saw a mountain lion, standing about 50 yds away from me, gazing rather too intently at me. I immediately started running.., no, I turned to face it, pulled out my knife and proceeded walking backwards, eyes on the cat, until I went around a corner. I waited a bit, didn’t see it, and proceeded the rest of the way to my car. My heart was thumping like the jungle drums in a Tarzan movie. I don’t know if it was stalking me or just happened to cross the road. Quite scary, which ever it was.

240

GlutenFreeJesus Mar 24, 2024 • 10:39:26am

re: #231 Belafon

I’d live there. If I had a parachute.

241

The Ghost of a Flea Mar 24, 2024 • 10:39:32am

re: #194 silverdolphin

First, you can see that the total global emissions have slowed and are almost flat, even with China. And have been since about 2010. This is due to mostly the US and Europe, likely moving more towards green energy. This balances the growth in China, India and Asia. But, as above, if we can hold them at European levels per capita and keep US-Canada levels dropping, total CO2 emission levels may continue to remain flat.

That is a good thing. A good start. We need to keep going on replacing fossil fuels with green energy to even bring levels down.

The point of this exercise was to move away, ever so slightly, from the doom and gloom we normally hear. We have actually been doing a pretty good job. Not a perfect one but both as a country and as a global community, we have flattened the curves a lot.

That graph isn’t exclusively readable as saying we’re “doing better” relative to the bad guys, it’s saying that over the last fifty years wealthy countries de-industrialized. China’s ascent corresponds to the point where everyone starts making everything in Chinese factories. The green slice above China is Oceania…which is spiking for much the same reason: lots of world manufacturing hubs are based in Indonesia, etc.

In a global logistics system that follows existing power imbalances, carbon emissions are displaced to places of precarity just like pollution and dangerous work is offset to places of precarity.

Creating a narraration of the data in which “China is the problem” without doing a further dissection of what China is making for whom, and why there is a race to the bottom to do production as cheaply and dirtily as possible, and where the surplus valuegoes, is just turning climate change into moralistic pissing contest.

Recently people on this very site have been talking about how China’s diminishing as a manufacturing power because Mexico is taking their business; any bets on what’s happening Mexico’s carbon output in the last few years, since their appeal is literally “cheaper and dirtier than the existing setup because China’s raising the price of their labor”?

242

Joe Bacon ✅ Mar 24, 2024 • 10:41:17am

Canada’s most famous psychologist is known for trafficking in pedestrian ideas but typically not in the literal sense.

Dr. Jordan Peterson, an Alberta man the New York Times once described as “the most influential public intellectual in the Western world,” has a long list of sworn enemies — pronouns, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the College of Psychologists of Ontario, Elmo (the Sesame Street puppet, not the Putin one), women who don’t want to fuck unfuckable men, etc. — but directing his fury at a newswire service reporting on a New Jersey city’s initiatives to reduce traffic fatalities was a twist not many people had on their Bingo cards for 2024.

Err Jordan took to the other Elmo’s generic social media site to scream about a report by the Associated Press regarding policies enacted in Hoboken, where nobody has been killed or seriously injured by vehicles in seven years.

Nicknamed Mile Square City, Frank Sinatra’s densely populated hometown has the highest per capita public transportation use of any city in the country and recently adopted a policy known as Vision Zero, which may sound like a description of the GOP’s current platform but instead is a bunch of ideas first cooked up in Sweden to help make it easier for cyclists and pedestrians to not get run over on the regular. Unlike other major Swedish innovations, it doesn’t even require multiple Allen wrenches to make it happen.

A key ingredient is something called “daylighting” where cars are no longer allowed to park near intersections to increase visibility for motorists and pedestrians alike. Presumably it’s even more helpful at night. Mayor Ravi Bhalla kicked the policy into gear a few years after an 89-year-old woman was killed by a van while crossing busy Washington Street.

That prompted Mister Bungle to post this

wonkette.com

243

Patricia Kayden Mar 24, 2024 • 10:48:28am

re: #242 Joe Bacon ✅

I still don’t understand the fascination with this idiot. If I recall correctly, this joker left his professorial position at a Toronto University because he was pissed if at minorities.

244

Dave In Austin Mar 24, 2024 • 10:49:10am

RT & ⁦⁦@NBCNews⁩ to kill the entire contract. #NoLiarsOnNBC

Deadline reported that MSNBC President Rashida Jones told staffers that it would be up to individual shows whether to book her.
https://t.co/dHdtWV2mdo

— Rachel Bitecofer 🗽💡🔭🦆 (@RachelBitecofer) March 24, 2024

245

Joe Bacon ✅ Mar 24, 2024 • 10:49:14am

re: #243 Patricia Kayden

I still don’t understand the fascination with this idiot. If I recall correctly, this joker left his professorial position at a Toronto University because he was pissed if at minorities.

Neither do I but the Corporate Controlled Conservative Press loves him.

246

Nerdy Fish Mar 24, 2024 • 10:50:07am

re: #243 Patricia Kayden

I still don’t understand the fascination with this idiot. If I recall correctly, this joker left his professorial position at a Toronto University because he was pissed if at minorities.

He’s an author, he’s a scholar, and he’s as right-wing as any American Republican. That should sum it up pretty nicely.

247

Hecuba's daughter Mar 24, 2024 • 10:55:48am

re: #213 Dave In Austin

Cousin Chuck (and I believe he is a relative of mine) sez things.

[Embedded content]

Absolutely amazed at his response to the NBC decision. Of course, he has to defend Kristen Welker but at least it’s clear he and the staff are no fans of the McDaniel hire. As I’ve said multiple times, NBC is ultimately responsible for Trump and if our democracy dies, the future Edward Gibbon will identify them as the cause.

248

Hecuba's daughter Mar 24, 2024 • 11:01:41am

re: #246 Nerdy Fish

He’s an author, ~~he’s a scholar~~, and he’s as right-wing as any American Republican. That should sum it up pretty nicely.

Not a scholar — just a misogynistic liar. Why does he have a reputation as a scholar? Did he ever publish anything of merit. Maher always seemed to like him, after all he’s his type of celebrity, but I don’t think Peterson has appeared on the show for a long while.

249

DodgerFan1988 Mar 24, 2024 • 11:55:40am

Biden isn’t chartering flights to import “illegal aliens” and @elonmusk can’t be bothered to spend five minutes to educate himself about it. Instead he keeps spreading this lie to 170 million followers https://t.co/Mf3oiglnSF pic.twitter.com/cC74ad4Ds3

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) March 24, 2024

250

Ferdinand Mar 24, 2024 • 1:14:17pm

re: #248 Hecuba’s daughter

Not a scholar — just a misogynistic liar. Why does he have a reputation as a scholar? Did he ever publish anything of merit. Maher always seemed to like him, after all he’s his type of celebrity, but I don’t think Peterson has appeared on the show for a long while.

Sadly I noticed one of his books last night prominently displayed in the Personal Growth section of our local Barnes and Noble here in the liberal Denver ‘burbs …

Spy Auto

This article has been archived.
Comments are closed.

Jump to top

The Incredibly Weird, Sad Story of “The Mechanical Dancer” (Animated Short Film)

► LGF Headlines

► Top 10 Comments

► Bottom Comments

► Recent Comments

► Tools/Info

► Tag Cloud