Friday Ephemera (660)
“Can it be done?” || A dispute over parking, in two parts. || Telesnaps of TARDIS interiors. || Tough stuff. || A feminist’s view of autogynephilia and transgender ideology. (NSFW) || Workplace woes. || Twerking woo. || What “equity” involves. || Spot the dots. || Steady, boys. (h/t, Darleen) || His – and I say this with some confidence – is bigger than yours. || The bloody cheek of it. || Suboptimal visualization. (h/t, Asiaseen) || Our betters talk about borders. || How it began. || Today’s word is moshpitting. || The progressive retail experience, parts 450 and 451. || “Critical race scholar” can’t get a date. || If he has to deal with it. || He seems very happy about what sounds like an infection. || First, you have to tilt them. || And finally, with some agitation, a domestic drama unfolds.
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Can’t a brother take cocaine, commit felony hit-and-run, and try to steal a car, without getting arrested and tased while fighting the police, and die hours later in the hospital? No justice no peace!
I particularly like how, while resisting, he claimed that he was not resisting and that the police were trying to George Floyd him.
The main course sounds fine, but I think I’ll skip dessert.
Agreed. And for the Starter I’d replace the gravy with lots of butter, because it’s very tasty that way too.
Not enough restaurants around here serve Yorkshire pudding.
Not enough restaurants around here serve Yorkshire pudding.
But the British slang “Yorkie pud” just sounds nasty.
One for the pub quiz.
Re above, bonus question.
Surplus tools. What’s that then?
From the comments:
“This young English teacher was in a car accident and had an anxiety attack and somehow he ended up tased to death by LAPD”
Somehow 😀
Moshpitting….Looks like a hillbilly ass scratching contest, and you are not allowed to use your hands
Somehow
“Driving that train, high on cocaine. Casey Jones you’d better watch your speed.”
Karl, Surplus tools is when you run out of space on top of the two tablesaws to store your belt sanders, routers, jigs, and drill indexes that your dad willed to you in addition to the “necessary” and “just in case” and “You never know” tools occupying the cabinets and shelves. Plus whatever’s in the basement. I’m afraid to look.
Bonus question…
Current calculated value is 70. Hubble’s first calculations yielded 500. (Km/sec/megaparsec).
Science!
My favorite part of that whole story is that the Mr Wilson 100 inch telescope mirror, cast in France by St Gobain, was annealed/cooled by being buried in manure for about 9 months. Because, apparently, TRADITION! But, it worked, so…
Not unfair.
Cult ideological pseudo-reality by James Lindsay.
I just noticed this is 2 years old but he’s talking about something I’ve called Reality Theatre.
………he has nothing. What’s he going to do?
The 2014 competitive dating show(sic) “I Wanna Marry Harry” is presumably overdue a reboot.
In the intervening years the requirement for competitors in such programmes have changed somewhat but we now have his assurance in writing that thanks to the good people at Elisabeth Arden the royal hampton will stand up to scrutiny.
…ideological pseudo-reality…
Speaking of which, what would we do without judges?
The “discrimination” being that a Catholic hospital refused to perform a hysterectomy on an otherwise physically healthy female.
Undisputed Science!™
Poking about on Twitter a few days ago, I watched a self-styled trans activist railing against J.K. Rowling, his Demon Queen, insisting that her supposedly malevolent “transphobia” was “literally killing” people. Someone politely asked for evidence of this alleged malevolence, an actual quote of Rowling’s own words, anything. The activist became angry, or angrier, as if evidence were unnecessary, and any request for it, however polite, were not only uncool, but an act of unspeakable hostility. Blocking ensued, followed by boasts of blocking, as if the act of blocking polite enquiries for evidence were somehow a validation of the recreational umbrage.
…ideological pseudo-reality…
Without which academia would actually have to think. Meanwhile, at the University of Bergen, we find NorWhite™, the titanium dioxide project.
Go on…
Damn those racist…Norwegians? Go on…
RTWT, evidently all the ills of the world are because a couple of Norwegian chemists made titanium dioxide paint around 1910. To find this out, the study, and I use the term loosley, was a bargain at 1.2 million frogskins.
Someone politely asked for evidence of this alleged malevolence, an actual quote of Rowling’s own words, anything.
In all the time they’ve been smearing her I’ve still not seen anything she’s actually said that could be ‘transphobic’.
As an onlooker to the spectacle, the performance, it seemed that a desire to be indignant, chronically indignant, overrode all other considerations. As if the role of Upset And Vengeful were the goal, the prize, the comfiest chair.
And so, we arrive at a bizarre fantasy world in which J.K. Rowling is “closely aligned with white supremacists.”
That’s because you don’t understand that transphobic means refuses to submit to our demands.
the Mr Wilson 100 inch telescope
Still operational only because Dennis the Menace is banned from coming within one mile of the facility.
Someone politely asked for evidence of this alleged malevolence, an actual quote of Rowling’s own words, anything.
Defamation has been a capital crime, in some times and places. Just saying.
The “discrimination” being that a Catholic hospital refused to perform a hysterectomy on an otherwise physically healthy female.
…the transgender patient was represented by the American Civil Liberties Union…”
The ACLU is returning to its roots as a Communist front organization.
I’ll bet you the transgender loonie and the ACLU chose a Catholic hospital in order to bring a lawsuit. Just like the “bake a queer cake” lawsuits.
The “discrimination” being that a Catholic hospital refused to perform a hysterectomy on an otherwise physically healthy female.
Goodbye to the Hippocratic Oath.
Not unfair.
“The thing with Harry is that once he stops talking about his family, he has nothing…Complaining is his only marketable talent.”
He could have stayed in the military. Didn’t that used to be one of the traditional career choices for spare heirs? Ditto the clergy? Ditto charitable endeavors?
The progressive retail experience, parts 450 and 451.
The shoe at the end is the perfect touch – progressive retail experiences, a proper response.
White Context: Uncovering new histories of whiteness in art and architecture history.
Don’t ask those cunts about the “brown and black” societies which have favored white buildings, white clothing, etc. since time immemorial.
Catholic Hospital thing
undisputed facts establish that, as a matter of law, Defendants discriminated against Plaintiff on the basis of his sex
The judge didn’t think that one through. If the undisputed fact is his sex, then the hospital could not physically perform a hysterectomy. Case dismissed.
The Trouble with Harry.
Every faith needs a Saint Thomas.
I’ll bet you the transgender loonie
What’s the exchange rate between the Canadian loonie and the transgender loonie? Who even knew they had their own currency.
“spare heirs” another great turn of phrase. Innumerable civil wars and coups were started by princes unlikely to become king. In places with harems, this could number in the dozens. Just writing a whiny book and talking to Oprah is small potatoes.
“spare heirs” another great turn of phrase. Innumerable civil wars and coups were started by princes unlikely to become king. In places with harems, this could number in the dozens.
I have read that it was common for someone, upon ascending the throne, to order the killing of every male child of the women in the harem.
If the police later shoot these two animals, we will get another chorus of “he dindu nuffin!, po-lice brutality!, George Floyd!”.
And one that should be the norm.
That is THE key point. They’ve redefined “transphobic”, “woman”, “white supremacy”, etc.
As if the role of Upset And Vengeful were the goal, the prize, the comfiest chair.
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-war-on-jk-rowling/
I’ve got questions, too.
Not unfair.
Harry should talk with Hunter about the easy money to be had by blowing bubbles with paint.
Every faith needs a Saint Thomas.
And a Martin Luther.
What happened to the floating comment box?
This one?
What happened to the floating comment box?
Works okay for me. The colour change when new comments have been posted is handy too.
Good. The comment bubble update – the notification of new comments – works fine on my laptop’s browser and on my phone, though it hasn’t taken effect on my tablet’s browser. I have no idea why. There doesn’t seem to be any relevant setting I can fiddle with.
This one?
Yes. It has completely disappeared on my laptop. Windows 10, Firefox browser.
Good. The comment bubble update – the notification of new comments – works fine on my laptop’s browser and on my phone
Still does not work on my laptop and phone. Firefox on laptop. Safari on phone.
I haven’t changed anything this end since the wpDiscuz update two weeks ago.
I haven’t changed anything this end
It’s on my end. I had just enabled an in-page pop-up blocker on my AdBlocker software. Apparently it sees the comment thingy as an in-page pop-up. Just disabled it and viola the comment thingy appeared.
Time for a new program. It’s been causing a number of problems lately along with McAfee.
Sorry for any distress that may have been caused.
Heh. YOU BASTARD.
The comment bubble update – the notification of new comments – works fine on my laptop’s browser and on my phone
Does that feature only work if you are logged in?
I have never clicked “Login” above the comment box, much less created an profile. What happens if I do create a profile? Will I lose the ability to temporarily change my name to “CMOT Dibbler” and other silly things?
Does that feature only work if you are logged in?
I’m not logged in and I can see it (plus colour change when there are new comments).
Clam: thanks.