Friday Ephemera
Hardcore rocker. || Careful now. || Fashion statement detected. || Innards. || Nice touch. || Snow scenes. (h/t, Julia) || Beach scenes. || And speaking of beaches. || Job candidate of note. || Because you’ve always wondered. || Bodes well. || We must flee. || How stickers are applied to lemons. || How to cut a baby’s hair. || Educating children. || Unemployed dogs. (h/t, Damian) || Golden mole at large. || Virtual ancient Rome (minus Romans, filth, etc.) || Free very soon. || And finally, fragrantly, it’s entirely possible that the grilled chicken may have been detected.
Anti-bike rant here.
“male cyclists on bikes big enough to seat a threesome.”
Can anybody explain what the writer means by big bikes?
Can anybody explain what the writer means by big bikes?
That photo looks many decades old. I’ve only heard of large, oddball bikes in places like Portland and Seattle.
what the writer means by big bikes?
She likes them and cannot lie?
That photo looks many decades old.
Doors of note.
Farnsworth: Even in England?
Even in England?
“male cyclists on bikes big enough to seat a threesome.”
What is this obsession with being neither male nor female?
Getting the worst of both worlds and consequent entitlement to mega-victimhood.
Peach Res
I just noticed that about twitter. Must be the new management making bold decisions. I think they think people will login in order to not miss out but I also think they have misjudged their appeal.
Anyway, if it’s a choice between logging in or no more twitter, well . . . bye.
Maybe she’s been watching The Goodies?
It can’t be watching the roads, as the sort of cyclist she is venting at goes out of their way to have the least mass of bicycle beneath them as they can afford…
Ah, but we’re not supposed to notice the mental health issues, or act accordingly. That would be bad.
That.
That.
Well, likewise, parents may wonder why some educators find it so exciting to ‘come out’ to children, including primary-school children, even pre-school children, and to discuss their sexuality, repeatedly, in class. Or to turn up for work in tart shoes or full drag, thereby having a captive audience for their own narcissistic psychodrama.
As if this weren’t inapt, unprofessional, and rather creepy. As if their behaviour weren’t an obvious warning sign.
Headline The Babylon Bee couldn’t make up.
Makes perfect sense, I guess.
Of course he did.
Oh.
I wonder is the style guide demands reference to him as “he” when reporting about those crimes.
I just noticed that about twitter. Must be the new management making bold decisions. I think they think people will login in order to not miss out but I also think they have misjudged their appeal.
The only person I would bother to follow (in the non-twitter sense) on Twitter is Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams. I’ve read his blogs and such off and on over the years and got a great deal out of his feed, both good and bad, since Trump and the Damnpanic. I will not join Twitter just for that but I wish he would repost elsewhere. I find those video blogs a bit tiresome to sit through. If it’s important or something he tweets sounds interesting I will skip through it and watch maybe 1/3 of one at most. I don’t always agree with his conclusions but his raw data analysis is very good. Without the tweets it’s going to be too much of a PITA. Does anyone who follows other significant people on Twitter see a reaction from them to this change? What little I’ve been able to read of Adams it’s like he’s not aware of it.
There are dumb criminals, but I believe that this guy’s major failing was not moving to San Francisco or Los Angeles.
I wonder is the style guide demands reference to him as “he” when reporting about those crimes.
Seems to my dumb ignorant philistine engineer ass that that should read “when he was two weeks away…”. At that time this person they refer to in the present as ‘she’ was a ‘he’ so…why f-up logic and reason with pronouns here? Should have used its name. But again, don’t ask me. I’m an idiot.
As of last night, you must be registered to *read* Twitter at all.
Что?
If you don’t have a favorite twit already bookmarked, you can just search for whomever you want and get a direct link, e.g., per WTP, “Scott Adams twitter” gets you Scott Adams. No log in needed.
Farnsworth,
I was able to use that link that you provided for a little bit longer and thought, cool…no problem. Then after scrolling down a piece the login screen hit me. Which also sucks because, on iPad using Brave browser anyway, it locks up the screen for several seconds and you…or I…have to thrash away before the navigation bar appears so I can back out of it..
WTP,
Weird, I can scroll down as far as I like (quit at December) on three different browsers (GNU IceCat, Brave, & Vivaldi) on a PC and a phone running Lineage 18.1 using DucDuckGo browser. Running a VPN, same story regardless what country things were routed through.
Only thing that happened is that it would occasionally hang for a couple seconds as it loaded more twits, Adams being a rather prolific twitterer.
Maybe a software/memory conflict between Brave and the Apple OS?
WTP,
Try this – the first twit that comes up, click on the “Scott Adams” next to his avatar, that takes you to the top page with the Dilbert strip header, then Robert should be your father’s brother.
I don’t see the Twitter problem on my iPhone, or my employer’s laptop which has Edge and Firefox (without script blockers).
I do see the problem on my personal laptop which has Firefox (with NoScript).
“Mr Yaniv…”
Careful, barkeep. It’s unclear whether or not misgendering someone in Canada will get you a criminal record.
At the very least, you’ll be in for a session with some sort of kangaroo court.
I had to explain to my 89 year old mother last night that the … “person” … who just lost at Jeopardy was in fact a transgaga and not an actual biological woman.
She was very suitably confused and kept asking why they kept calling it “her” and why was it allowed to be the all time “womens” champion ?
She grew up during WW2. Doesn’t seem kitted out for this ‘bright new future’
I wonder if I’ll be that way in 40 years when they try to explain to me that AIs are now actual citizen with the same, nay more, rights than me.
Reposting Muldoon’s link above.
I had to explain to my 89 year old mother last night that the … “person” … who just lost at Jeopardy was in fact a transgaga and not an actual biological woman.
Yeah, yeah…next time your 75 year old mother asks you to verify what she…accurately it turns out…thinks “oral sex” is get back to me. Damn Bill Clinton to hell.
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As for Twitter….after spending the afternoon and $175 on a new battery for wifey’s car….which I swear is not the reason I got my lazy ass out of my recliner to try this on the laptop….I swear I was already in the office when her battery died…I just got back to try the link here on my Dell/Windoze 10(?) with Chrome browser and again the tease. As with a couple of the previous attempts, seemed to be OK until I scrolled down to the tweet about Australian media and the Damnpanic or whatever. Though repeated attempts seem to be independent of that specific story. Getting same thing with my iPhone. Siri won’t tell me what OS I have and I honestly really don’t care anymore but I refused to upgrade past version 14.99999999 or whatever because wife is past 15.0 and goes in and out of being miserable about it. And yes on my iPhone I am using Safari. Make of that what you will. Mock me, ridicule me, make me write bad checks. Chrome is on there somewhere but I rarely use it.
Since retirement I’m very lazy about updating anything. I did update my apps on my iPad just to troubleshoot this problem and because it had been a while. I am actually thinking about downloading (if necessary…do I already have it? Probably but who knows?) and installing the latest Internet Explorer. Not to troubleshoot anything with this per se but just to spite my former techie self.
Maybe I’m having issues because Robert’s my mother’s brother as well? They were a big family. People lose track of these things over time.
Yeah, yeah…next time your 75 year old mother asks you to verify what she…accurately it turns out…thinks “oral sex” is get back to me. Damn Bill Clinton to hell.
I have literally no idea what you are on about ? Is this some sort of “your mama” joke ?
If so, Leno had a good one on his game show the other day (the wife is a fan of Mr. Chin).
“Your mama is so dumb she thinks a quarterback is some kind of refund.”
Bit of an anachronism…during the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal, back in 1998(?)…I actually believe this was on our way to church as well…ok, maybe just dinner…but my 75 year old mother was somewhat apparently confused, or more likely not sure, what the term “oral sex” meant. I’m guessing Dad refused to explain it, though from his war experience if nothing else, I’m quite sure he knew, asked my WIFE and I this question. Believe me, explaining trannies, which were a known entity as far back as the 1970’s, is a cakewalk in comparison. I still have the scars. As you probably can tell.
Information based on scientific facts is a human right, Pope Francis said Friday
The fucking Pope said that. We truly live in the upside-down.
It’s noon in London. Where are all the commenters???
The fucking Pope said that. We truly live in the upside-down.
Hey, no one knows science like a Pope knows science. Galileo got what he deserved, dammit!!
A single small woke complaint has creates problems for a larger group.
It’s noon in London. Where are all the commenters???
Finishing up their elevenses.
Join us, friends, for another exciting episode of “Today In Lunacy™”…
In this exciting episode, Kurt Cobain was a transwoman!
His daughter might have doubts, but seriously, are you going to argue this learned expert?
OK, this guy’s steamboat may be way round the bend, but you have to admire his dedication.
Thought I might share this response to someone who asked when Donald Trump would be canceled…
Lawrence Patterson Cancel Donald Trump? Why you might as well cancel Christmas. There will always be a Donald Trump. He will live in the majesty of our purple mountains, in eye of a soaring American Bald Eagle. He’s in the orange and blue of a Florida sunrise and yes, even in the shivering wind of a Chicago February. Yes, Lawrence, we will always have Trump. If not in the hearts of true American patriots he will live forever in the heads of leftist snowflakes.
In this exciting episode, Kurt Cobain was a transwoman!
Says the transflag bluetick. But Cobain was always theirs, wasn’t he? He was never a swaggering 70’s rocker, he was stamped out from the pattern of the sensitive Generation X man, exposing his vulnerabilities, “not like other guys”.
I don’t people who grew up on the Internet appreciate how pervasive that kind of self-effacing supplicating masculinity was in the early 90s. Young men who’d spent their formative years mainlining anti-male content like Thelma and Louise, but with none of today’s Internet counternarrative.
A single small woke complaint has creates problems for a larger group.
He can play Grumpy.
OK, this guy’s steamboat may be way round the bend, but you have to admire his dedication.
More like a battery-powered dinghy.
…but seriously, are you going to argue this learned expert?
Trans lunatics, now with klezmer music!
I suppose if you make the same prediction over and over, eventually you’ll get it right.
Pentagon experts, is there anything they don’t know?
I suppose if you make the same prediction over and over, eventually you’ll get it right.
I don’t know about the same, causal prediction but seems they got the follow-on stuff pretty close.
He can play Grumpy.
He’s an angry elf.
He’s an angry elf.
He might get put on a shelf.
He can play Grumpy.
Amazon is exploring a “re-interpretation” of the tale with additional dwarves named Horny, Pervy, and Tonker.
with additional dwarves named Horny, Pervy, and Tonker.
I think that one might have already been made. Never underestimate the porn industry (I’d provide a link, but probably not a good idea).
“(I’d provide a link, but probably not a good idea).”
Clicks on ‘Incognito Mode’…
I think that one might have already been made…
There are things I don’t want to know.
Clicks on ‘Incognito Mode’…
And now I know too much about sonny wayz. 😉
[ As the comment thread spirals down into the sewer, David ponders whether to get out the hamster urine spray bottle or to distract his deranged readers with a new post. ]