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Will you still live in the U.S. in 20 years?
Mrs Whiggins replied to TexArcher's topic in Cloak Room
I'm leaning no but only because I'm not sure I'll be living in 20 years. -
He was in a *relationship with Emma (Emily now as she has been using her real name lately) Stone prior to her *relationship with Andrew Garfield and IIRC, they've all remained friends. Very talented group and I've enjoyed their work. *I know Hollywood sometimes has PR pairings and since I know none of these actors personally, it doesn't really matter, but I am somewhat relieved when folks behave like adults and get along.
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The books by Laura Ingalls Wilder have been removed from some reading lists due to stereotyping of certain minority groups, but considering they're children's literature, they do provide a window into the harsh reality of life without a safety net. That glass of warm raw milk...consuming consumption.
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Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
Mrs Whiggins replied to MaybeACoordinator's topic in Daily Texan
He's not unlike a twelve year old boy except most of them are more aware and compassionate and that's saying something, considering the immaturity of that age. Boys in early adolescence are seeking their place in the world and since most of the world follows patriarchal models, it takes some time to figure out which path to follow. Having money (i.e. coming from 'money') usually means that you're going to have a certain set of allowances that society 'grants' to you based on that as well as a certain set of expectations. Elon is going to forever chase the image he has of himself: as a historical figure, a man of brilliancy, the world's richest man, a father sperm donor to many children, an emperor, but he will never achieve satisfaction because there is no substance to that which he seeks. These are all characteristics that are ephemeral--someone will eventually surpass the qualities of richest or most children or brilliancy and even historical figures who are infamous are, in hindsight, reviled and derided as fools or evil. Andrew Carnegie was able to blink away some rather shrewd manipulative business dealings by giving away much of his fortune with philanthropy. Somehow I don't see Elon doing that. he is a rather hollow brittle personality, one that shatters when touched. -
She is one half of the podcast, Gaslit Nation, IIRC. I used to listen to it quite a bit but backed off as my blood pressure needed a break. It was a poster on here that mentioned it but I can't recall who exactly. Sorry if that was already covered; busy times this week.
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The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
Mrs Whiggins replied to Horn Dog's topic in Cloak Room
Gerrymandering? -
Covid/Influenza/Black Death. 2024 and beyond
Mrs Whiggins replied to Parliament's topic in Daily Texan
When was the last time you heard an official having to warn against measles parties, because that is what the health officials were talking about in Lubbock last week. -
The baton drop in the 4x4 relay in the men's race and the women getting DQ'd in their 4x4 race didn't help, but both teams lagged the entire competition. Texas did have some graduation losses, I mean Neugebauer was amazing and always scored points but sitting there on Saturday and watching Arkansas with three athletes in one final and/or Texas A&M with the same in another, and then teams like Auburn and Alabama having some solid depth in certain events and the points for the Longhorns aren't there. I don't have insight into the program behind the scenes, but as great as many of the athletes are on a global level, track is fighting pretty hard to stay relevant right now (in the US). Conjecture on my part is that programs that pour NIL money into this specific sport (plus XC) and the portal give an advantage, especially with the way the NCAA disburses scholarships and numbers of allowed scholarships. But as I said, I don't know anything specific w/respect to the Longhorn teams. Some of the athletes set personal bests and I always like to see that. Here are the results from the meet: https://flashresults.com/2025_Meets/Indoor/02-27_SEC/index.htm The meet was at A&M in their new facility. Having attended meets in their old place (Gilliam), there are some things about the new building I like: more seating and it wraps around 3/4 of the track and the banking is such that the finish line view is better. In Gilliam, the officials that were waiting or off duty used to lean on the railing by the finish and depending upon your seat, would inadvertently block sight lines. A friend occasionally served as a meet official and I mentioned it to him more than once, but it was apparently a hard habit to break, especially since T&F (like many sports) is hurting for officials and so you see some fairly elderly folks spending all day on their feet. I also don't like that the shot put and weights are pretty much invisible for most in attendance from the general seats. I'm also not a fan of playing music while making announcements simultaneously--you're inside in a cheaply made building with a lot of metal seating and the acoustics are ass. The announcers try and introduce the athletes and even though I often know who the athletes are, others don't and you can't hear anything except a Peanuts voice because of the usual track noises, people yelling, and music playing. I'm getting older so that's likely me being a bit cranky about it, but considering that a good portion of attendees are family members of athletes, I like to see the students recognized and given their due, especially in the finals. The sprint and hurdle races are in the middle now, and that has its pluses and minuses but I won't go into the particulars on that. This meet had a lot of false starts and in the first (slower) sections of the distance races, there were issues because the slower sections are frequently packed. For ex, the men's 3000 had (I think) 3 false starts and I know in at least one of them, a UT athlete went down and I think it was Berhane (a jr) due to the scrum. While the final second section is where the faster runners are, it wouldn't have killed them to have 3 sections. These athletes are running ~8:00 minute times on average (best time overall in the second section was 7:53 by Drew Rogers of Missouri in a fantastic come-from-behind win). While the women's race doesn't have quite as many runners, the total time it adds for an extra section M/F is only around 20 minutes with set up and all and the meet was over at 7ish as it was. The running events started around 4:00 and that was when a majority of the fans showed up (side note: we were alone in our spot for a goodly part of the meet but damn I hate it when fans show up, sit right behind me, and spend the entire time talking and not paying attention to the meet. We usually try and find seats with the press box right behind us so we can avoid that but it doesn't always work out.) We missed a lot of the prelims because the meet was held over three days but any day to watch track live is a good day and there were some exciting moments.
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I was somewhat aware of this. For example, TxDot was doing some work on a state FM road in the city where I live and the traffic signing and marketing company,etc they hired left the silt screens up and even better the posts to which the detour and other signs were attached. I can't remove those even if I wanted I don't think although we do own a crowbar. Although I really hate to put myself on some annoying Karen list, especially in this day and age, I'm considering compiling a list with photos and just sending it in to the city council or local news channel. After all, its offseason and I'm feeling a little surly about it. I guess it is related to the enshittification thread in a way (but that might be in CR so I'll stop there) but as annoying as the cups and food containers are at least they're somewhat easily removed.
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But it's so absolutely perfect because it completely encapsulates the dangers of short term thinking from both a baseball and national policy perspective with respect to others. Very on point in that regard?
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FIFM. A lot transpired today while I was working, much to think about. But the roller coaster will still depart this fall and still magnificently plunge by November.
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Friday night and I'm lit up like a ferris wheel at the state fair. Anyone else?
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I don't know if this is trivial or not but I'm going to rant so... I am so sick and tired of infrastructure trash. I had commented on another thread about picking up litter in our neighborhood and on my walks since I can no longer run (per doctor). So I walk. I pick up beer and spiked tea cans. I pick up energy bar wrappers. I pick up Whataburger, McDonalds, and Chik-fil-a bags and containers. I pick up plastic coffee cups from Dutch Bros, Dunkin', and Starbucks. But the thing that pisses me off is the large amount of trash left behind by road construction and other municipal uses such as old signage, orange barricade cones, sand bags, posts...and telecom wires, boxes, covers to conduits, phone poles that were replaced by larger ones and left lying in a ditch, silt barriers complete with t-posts, and so on. No one seems willing to claim this trash after the job or original use is complete and many of these objects are too large for one person to handle and haul back to place in the regular trash collection so I just fume about it. Hmmfph. Surly indeed.
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The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
Mrs Whiggins replied to Horn Dog's topic in Cloak Room
I read this and despite the warning in BOLD LARGE FONT, I'm going to comment: no need to use bold large font. We get it, you are affected directly because you voted without using your brain which isn't surprising because the one you have is rather insignificant. *not directed towards the Surly poster but the FB poster, just to make clear. -
To quote George Clooney (Danny Ocean) in Ocean's 11: Ted Nugent called. He wants his shirt back.
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Covid/Influenza/Black Death. 2024 and beyond
Mrs Whiggins replied to Parliament's topic in Daily Texan
You're correct of course; however the vaccination rate is still high enough in some areas that aren't west Texas that an outbreak (3+ cases) in the Dallas area may be limited IF they can limit exposure. I realize that's a big if, and I'm not in RFK Jr downplay mode or anything; but IMO the larger risk is still someone who travels around the Midland/Odessa or Lubbock corridors to other Texas cities spreading it or unvaccinated thru travelers who catch and spread it along their way east/west/north south--lots of people who travel to Colorado & NM to go skiing this time of year. It's measles season, and there have been other ongoing cases in other states plus Ontario has an outbreak right now that is of similar size as Texas has. Obviously Europe and other countries have outbreaks right now as well so international travel is aiding the virus the way it always has. Thus far, those with vaccinations have been protecting others but the system is being strained and we'll see how long it holds. As much of a ledge sitter as I tend to be, I'm going to try and remain optimistic. -
Covid/Influenza/Black Death. 2024 and beyond
Mrs Whiggins replied to Parliament's topic in Daily Texan
Texas DSHS has confirmed 146 cases now, with 98 of them being in Gaines County. Most of the cases are in counties near to Gaines County so thus far it has not gotten a toehold further east. -
The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
Mrs Whiggins replied to Horn Dog's topic in Cloak Room
Elon has a new toy in his sandbox. Hell, he's got the entire sandbox now, he's never going back to Tesla in a functional way. -
I'm no engineer, but that would piss me off in more than way. The idiot is driving a huge-ass SUV onto something that may not be structured to withstand that psf. Every time I watch drivers do shit like that on (taxpayer as opposed to private spaces like this building in the photo) curbs, sidewalks, medians, and so on it pisses me off. Like we don't have enough construction in this state without people selfishly causing more issues.
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The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
Mrs Whiggins replied to Horn Dog's topic in Cloak Room
I'm not sold on ai for weather given some of the other product I've seen out there. I mean, a person living in OKC just minutes away from the Severe Storms Lab in Norman (eventually shut down due to cuts) and a Category 5 is barreling down I-35 towards the subdivision and ai goes with: "Hell is empty and all the devils are here!" Now that might be appropriate to have a quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest since it is Oklahoma and all, but LuAnne and Walter in their 2100 sq ft tract home are going to be screwed. -
The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
Mrs Whiggins replied to Horn Dog's topic in Cloak Room
Thank you for the additional information. The high support is nowhere to be seen on the Aggie forum--they figure AI and models can take care of it and/or the numbers are not a high enough percentage to matter. When I was little I used to watch my older brother play this really old and beat up arcade game at a pizza place our family dined at for a treat. He didn't get to play games like that very often so can't imagine he was all that skilled. I can't remember what it was called but it seemed like it ended with missiles raining down until the screen was practically white. We're only at the end of February and I'm bug-eyed like I was watching him try desperately to play that game. -
The Onion has had some gems today (SIAP)
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Per usual, The Onion with the brushback pitch:
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Thanks for the clarification.
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