Vanderbilt I think was about a divestiture vote or something. The students/protesters were barred entry into a building, and a few of them barged past security; they're the expelled and suspended students. I don't know any details beyond that (or, honestly, if even that bit is totally accurate - the...

Outside of test flights, when is the last time a launch vehicle exploded in the atmosphere? And it's not like these would be orbital missions. Literally, fire that s**t into the sun.

Some more regarding the USC protests In a fit of bravery from which all of the world should take inspiration, the university has cancelled all commencement activities outright and the campus is currently in a state of quasi-lockdown. If following a typical 4-yr track, the 2024 graduating class would...

And I think Kenyon Green has played more games. (He's certainly thrown fewer picks)

I'm very pro-nuke, but "if done properly" bears quite the burden in that equation.

Let's also remember that Roger Ebert died in 2013.

When I was a teenager and just getting into that sort of stuff I watched their show (every Sunday, iirc), and it was just the absolute worst when they would agree on something.

That phrase of “it’s not what you know but who…” is true in the sense that if you’re likable as well as hard working you’ll be much better off. I would say there's nuance to this idea, it's more active. It doesn't really matter who you know, it's who knows you. And that's a function of making yours...

I have a co-worker who is the same age I was when I moved to CA. (That means she had not yet been born when I moved to CA.) The other day I had to explain to her who Roger Ebert was.

Meanwhile, in Washington DC............................... I think Biden's dog got up to two dozen bite incidents before it was removed from the residence. I'm a pretty lenient dog-friendly type of person, but I have to say that's like 20+ more incidents than most places would give a dog. The dog th...

It has become increasingly clear over the last 5-6 years that while our Founders were rightly afraid of an unchecked executive (we had, after all, just embarked in an armed rebellion against a monarch), they were not really anticipating that such an abjectly wanton shi**t smear as Trump would even d...

SCOTUS really gonna come out and say presidents have full immunity? No, they're just going to rule in a way that allows the Trump legal team to keep appealing things and make sure this case happens after the election. Seems they were drilling down on what constitutes an official act of the presiden...

Shōgun thoughts So I've been going back over the episodes, not a full rewatch (I've already watched each episode except the finale 2x) but hitting some highlights. Seems others have noticed the same thing about Yabu's last scene. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GL3XpEqWwAEj9RH?format=jpg&name=small Top ...

Good grief, I remember that. *smh*

The USC thing has some more color to it. The 2024 class valedictorian is a Muslim lady and the university canceled her commencement address after receiving complaints that her IG bio linked to a charity that referred to Zionism as a "racist settler-colonial ideology” (which, I mean, isn't exactly an...

pulling it into this thread from the travel thread: any reason why the airline refund thing couldn’t have been done before now? I’m glad it happened but it feels so coincidentally timed to happen right before the election Biden proposes new air travel rules to compensate passengers -- May 8, 2023

Clearly a response to all the basic dingleberries who have been kicking the robot dogs to knock them over.

lol

I got a Shōgun bento box as swag today.

I don't know how many different ones have been delivered in my neck of the woods, but I am starting to see at least one when I go out almost daily for about 2-3 weeks now. I saw a black one, and it looked like a rolling door stopper.

We use Downey scent beads (I think they're called) with every load of wash, either Unstoppables or one of their other kinds. I think we run the clean cycle with Affresh tablets once every two months or so. These are stupid expensive if you ask me. One of us is complaining about the odor of their la...

We use Downey scent beads (I think they're called) with every load of wash, either Unstoppables or one of their other kinds. I think we run the clean cycle with Affresh tablets once every two months or so.

Jim Henson is one of the top........ 10? storytellers and creative minds in the history of moving pictures.

We still get mail for the previous homeowner and we just hit 5 yrs. Like from banks, and what look to be financial/retirement/401(k) statements.

Shōgun, episode 10 - the finale They stuck the landing. Letting Yabu linger for those few extra moments was cold, but earned. I'm glad the showrunners held their bravery and refrained from the pointless spectacle of a giant battle sequence, and please do not do a Season 2. A flower is only a flower...

I got Mrs Tif two pair of Fab yoga pants, and it was a painless and subscription-free process. I had intended to order them for pickup (the store is only like 2 mi from our house), but they offered free delivery. So went out to dinner and when we got home there was a Fabletics bag on our stoop w yog...