Monthly Archive: July 2024

/// July 31, 2024

Donald Trump and The National Association of Black Journalists: Watch For Yourself

Former President Donald Trump and the National Association of Black Journalist were scheduled for a one-hour panel discussion. They made it 35 minutes.

David Thornton

/// July 31, 2024

Be Excellent To Each Other

While I don’t want to write about the Olympic opening brouhaha, I think that there is something that needs to be said on the topic.

Clare Briggs

/// July 31, 2024

The Fishing Has To Wait

When a feller needs a friend

Will Truman

/// July 30, 2024

VIDEO: Guerilla Signage

How a vandal made a Los Angeles freeway safer.

Em Carpenter

/// July 30, 2024

Simone Biles and Squad Get it Done in Paris

Simone Biles is a different beast. She manages to reach heights – literally, I mean – that amaze me, even as a lifelong gymnastics viewer.

Andrew Donaldson

/// July 30, 2024

From 404Media: Reddit Goes Monogamous With Google

Protecting a site from AI scraping or increasing the monopolies monopoly – depending on your point of view – Reddit is now only indexing for Google.

Jaybird

/// July 30, 2024

Twister 2: Two Twisters!

Everything good in the Twisters movie is unspoilable. Be warned: We talk about more than the unspoilable parts.

Jeffery Tyler Syck

/// July 30, 2024

The Problem of Political Commentary

Predictions of pundits get good ratings but are feeding the writhing mass of anxiety, anger, and aimless musings that define our politics.

Clare Briggs

/// July 30, 2024

Isn’t It The Truth?

Married life in 1912.

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Jaybird

/// July 29, 2024

Open Mic for the week of 7/29/2024

On this day in 1981, Prince Charles wed Princess Diana.

Clare Briggs

/// July 29, 2024

Friend Husband At The Beach

Used to be vs Is

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Michael Siegel

/// July 28, 2024

None Dare Call It A Conspiracy, Because It Wasn’t

Given the options – a sham blitz primary/floor fight, with GOP legal challenges to follow – Democrats made the best of a bad situation.

Clare Briggs

/// July 28, 2024

Cubs vs Pirates

Study in expression during the Cubs-Pittsburgh series

Jaybird

/// July 27, 2024

Saturday Morning Gaming: The Agony and Ecstasy of Out of Print Board Games

I’m now going through the tutorial for Fury of Dracula and finding that they go out of their way to say “you know what? Go to YouTube.”

Russell Michaels

/// July 27, 2024

Deadpool & Wolverine: A Nerd Buffet

While Deadpool & Wolverine is the only MCU movie this year, it gave me just about everything I could have wanted from the concept

Clare Briggs

/// July 27, 2024

Wikipedia: Percy Alliss (8 January 1897 – 31 March 1975[1][2]) was one of the leading English professional golfers in the 1920s and 1930s, winning many tournaments in Britain and Continental Europe. He was also the father of...