Weather finally broke here, and after a storm moved through, we’re in comfortable temps with windows open for a while. I for one am enjoying it. I’ll be going to the preseason game on Saturday, and am still trying to decide on what mask to bring to the games this year. I mean, I’ll be in the Dawg Pound, so there’s a good chance I’ll be on camera. And well… this is not looking like a promising season.
The entertaining (to me at least) story of the first mayor of Cleveland Heights continues.
I’ll believe this date after launch (and based on the name, expect it to be unplayable for at least three months after launch).
I’m sure you’ve all seen the graph showing how terrible the younger generation is. This puts it in a more important light, they’re killing one of my favorite game genres!
Huh, I have a couple of ideas as to why.
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I wonder if anyone’s told them that a water cooling system is generally a closed system, and water doesn’t get “used up”.
Well, at least they’re following the proper steps.
A new place for drugs to fall out of.
What’s the cutesy Limey way to say “Snitches get stitches“?
Satire or not? I leave it to y’all.
JFC.
No religious tests people.
For the drink this week, let’s go with something a bit different but still old.
South Side
- Mint leaves
- 1 part (1 oz) citrus (lemon/lime) juice
- 1 part (1 oz) simple syrup
- 2 part (2 oz) gin
This drink has a couple of different origin stories, as it has similarities to quite a few other cocktails. Guess what? That’s how it works. Spirit, citrus juice, sweetener, and accents. There are even arguments over the recipe for this drink. You can find it with either lemon juice, lime juice, or a combination of both. You should know what I’ll say here, so I won’t say it. To make the drink, start with 5-8 mint leaves in the bottom of a shaker, and gentle muddle them. Add ice to the shaker, and put in your ingredients. Shake until chilled, and then strain out (double strain if you’re worried about mint bits in your teeth) into a chilled cocktail glass. For a garnish, you can either go with a mint leaf, a slice of citrus, or nothing at all.
With that, go out and do what you want with the weekend.
I thought they canned that?
I’m still not taking a chance given the development history.
It was cancelled and moved to a different developer at least once I believe. I’ll wait for it to hit a sale, a small sale if the reviews are good, otherwise I’ll wait for the deep cut sale.
I seem to remember playing the original on CD-ROMs about a century ago.
They wouldn’t get it.
Everything is a closed system if you scale out far enough.
To be the most fair — the secondary loops often are evaporative cooling, so maybe they’re thinking water is “lost” to the wider world from that. (My solution — build them in the MidWest on the Eastern side of the Rockies where there’s plenty of water anyway. Kind of like the Imperial Valley… yeah, you can farm all year by diverting the Colorado… but should you? Better that than the Delta Smelt, to be sure.
We have a treaty with Mexico where we have to give them a certain amount of water along the Colorado. I forget the exact amount of water, but unlike the econut arguments, It’s something we said we were going to do (not that we’re that great about sticking to treaties)
I can tell you, no one here in Ohio is worried about running out of water at any point soon. I’m one of the lucky ones, my basement doesn’t get flooded.
Moving from Nevada to the Ohio Valley I just now leave my faucet running all day long
I get billed by the 100 gallons used. So I’m not doing that. (supply and sewer maintenance, not the actual water being the cost centers)
“U want us to be called racist, m8?”
“Harry Potter’s got to go to Madame Pomfrey again”?
Transphobe!
The July monsoon season is past us here in west Texas, it’s a seasonable 94, and all my grass is scorched, so I don’t have to mow it. It’s the most wonderful time of the year!
It’s 75 right now, with clear skies. Doors and windows are open. It’s supposed to get up to 80 tomorrow, a bit warm for a football game, but I can deal with it. Then we’re not expected to get out of the 70’s for the foreseeable future.
No, that is waaay to hot for human habitation.
🥵
Beats the 114 we often got in the Central Valley. We have a front moving through here in NE GA though — so only 79 and still a good chance of evening thunderstorms. Sincerely love that weather pattern.
Spring only sighed
Summer had to be satisfied
– Townes van Zandt
It’s a competence test. I wouldn’t trust any teacher certified by the New York system. They dun failed me and everyone in my schools.
Of course they dun failed you — they weren’t allowed to tan your hide when you messed up anymore!
I was told to stop asking questions so that they could address the lowest common denominator – who wasn’t ever going to care, and half the teachers didn’t know their subject.
After I did my student teaching I left the building, along with Elvis, and never looked back. Factory schools are part of the problem. Kids’ identity gets lost as part of the group.
Ｔｈｅ ｗｅｅｋｅｎｄ ｉｓ ａｌｍｏｓｔ ｕｐｏｎ ｕｓ!
My work week is over already.
Show off.
He has to go the long way around where you can just skip ahead in the TARDis, Sean… I’m surprised you’re even vaguely impressed.
Here comes the weekend…
Tomorrow is my Wednesday.
The officers allegedly found 3.1 pounds of cocaine inside a sex toy hidden in her genitals
She must’ve done her Kegels like a bodybuilder training for the Mr. Universe.
Nonetheless, there was some serious fallout from her decision, it appears.
The lesson here may well be to smuggle your drugs in a butt plug instead…
^^ Uh. That right there is solid advice. No, I haven’t done it, but the idea’s always in the chute.
I’m quite sure the authorities know to check the ol’ prison wallet.
But, then you can’t play chess!
3.1 pounds! My God, how big was that thing?
Is cocaine especially dense? Asking for a friend.
It reminds me of the bit in Curb Your Enthusiasm. “I don’t have a small penis! You have a large vagina!”
Just imagining the ad from that man – do you have a cavernous vagina? Have I got an offer for you!
Obligatory
Sean, I always already laughing at that visual in my head. Perfection. Then ya link to it and I do it again.
*forcefully claps wrists together in a V-shape*
Lol, they must really want that conviction. I wonder how many untested rape kits the PD has awaiting processing…
The mayor, his wife, and their office have been making piles of accusations about the city police as well. I believe there was at least one motion that the Cleveland Heights police should not be involved in the investigation, and they should hand it over to the county.
The mayor has an entire wing of City Hall?!?
Beau Knott:
Well, he’s the first mayor the city has ever had (the change was in 2022). Which adds to my entertainment.
I hadn’t, but it wouldn’t surprise me in the least given the last 15 years of castigating conscientiousness as white supremacy.
Just wait until you get to the AFRU link. Apparently ‘making good decisions’ is white privilege.
OFFS…
Invoking Poe’s law there.
Based on the swag they’re selling, I’m guessing it’s satire. It’s too retarded even for “intellectuals”.
Distractions from smartphones don’t help either.
I have some Brockmans in the cabinet. I am going to try some of these recipes Labor Day Weekend.
Do you have any flavor preferences? I can see about lining up another drink for you next Friday?
I like my lime and my G&Ts. That’s why several of your recent recipes sound tempting. Just need to line up ingredients before happy hour.
Drake:
Line up the simple syrup, you can buy it, but it’s really easy to make (1:1 sugar to water heated). You can also go with other sweeteners as well, I routinely use agave syrup for tequila based drinks, maple for bourbon, and the like. If you’re planning on sticking to a style/family of drinks, you can also do a flavored simple syrup (such as mint to make this drink even easier).
Thanks. I have an extreme surplus of basil in my garden right now – if that’s used in any of these cool drinks.
Drake:
Sub out mint for basil (they’re related after all), Off the top of my head, I can’t think of any basil exclusive cocktails, but it’s a frequent addition to cobblers (berry and fortified wine over crushed ice), citrus drinks (generally paired with a fruit, like basil strawberry lemonade), or as a mint substitute (in a smash as an example).
I’m going to second Neph here. I’ve been doing berry smashes with fruit from the garden, and using basil I’m growing instead of mint. Stellar.
That’s just a minted Gimlet.
Only if you’re using lime juice. There are recipes for the drink that call for just lemon as well. Look at the difference between a Gibson and a Martini for the more meaningless change (and I believe they should be called the same thing, as you can request a garnish as you see fit).
And as this is an unsafe space, I’ll share one break I make from the greater cocktail world. I’m a fan of the shitty gimlets popularized by Chandler:
–The Long Goodbye
Yep, it’s objectively not as good as one made from scratch, but memories are strong and funny things.
I will be making Daiquiris tonight, as soon as I get done making more simple syrup.
Well, that’s just a minted Tom Collins without the seltzer…
Pat:
You would love the Cocktail Codex. 🙂
The premise of the book is that there’s only six cocktails, everything is a variant of one of them. I’ve got a good selection of recipes I keep memorized, but generally, I’ll put things together by feel, mood, and how late in the night it is (I can guarantee you that if it’s not the only drink, I will never be making an egg white drink as my last drink of the night). One thing that I both love and am constantly entertained by is the cocktail world’s contradiction in demanding (and supplying) strict recipes while also saying to adjust to taste and personal preference. You’re dealing with products that have had their recipes changed on a regular basis and agricultural products.
Lol, I mean, it’s like the five mother sauces.
I like a good cocktail from time to time, but I’m fairly lazy, and tend to avoid anything with added sugar, so I don’t make them all that often. Love a nice Tom Collins in the summertime though, I should make one tonight after work.
Pat:
My quick and dirty Tom Collins is to buy a good Italian soda/sparkling lemonade and mix it like a highball. Lemon juice, simple syrup, and carbonated water already mixed together.
It’s interesting to me that you can see tastes and preferences fade and change over time as you look at what cocktails were being written about, created, or having their recipes adjusted through the years. I like seeing things like the Old Fashioned (bitters, sugar, whiskey) becoming the Champagne Cocktail (bitters, sugar, champagne) becoming a variant Champagne Cocktail (bitters, sugar, whiskey, champagne) etc… The inspirations are not always the way you would expect either. Most of what I’ve seen has the Manhattan (bourbon and sweet vermouth) originating as a variant of the Martinez (gin, sweet vermouth, dry vermouth, and/or Maraschino).
🤮️
Being a bit of a history nerd, I do enjoy drinking old-timey cocktails sometimes. It strangely kind of connects you to the past drinking something that your great-grandfather probably did too.
If you ever find yourself out and about without a cocktail book at hand, the Drinkable app is handy to keep around. FOSS and available on F-Droid.
Pat:
It was sugar cube, bitters, 1 ounce of bourbon, and top with champagne. It worked well enough, but I much prefer an old fashioned or a champagne cocktail than the two mixed together.
The dirty little secret is that the names of the drinks are generally unimportant (outside the big ones), and every good cocktail bar will have their own riffs and variants. With the bartenders I trust, I’m also willing to put myself in their hands entirely (never done unless it’s the theme of the bar, or it’s slow). I’m at about 75% of naming the drink after a couple of sips. As for references, you can never go wrong with the Bartenders Guide. It’s the oldest known US cocktail book.
New study reveals that people who make good decisions have an unfair advantage
Executive function is white supremacy. This is known.
(I’m pretty sure that the entire site is parody, but it’s so slick that I’m not sure.)
I read through their About page several times looking for a hint or tell that would let me know either way. I think they may be serious, but I’m not certain enough to lay into it too much.
I blame Poe.
Same re: the about page. If it’s parody they’re not breaking.
Google AI says:
While the domain afru.com exists, it is widely considered a fake and highly suspicious website. The site, which claims to be a “Black-led and Black-owned activist venture,” is likely a scam designed to drive traffic to other sites or generate revenue through questionable means.
Here’s a breakdown of the red flags associated with afru.com:
Questionable content: Many of the articles on the site are considered questionable or inflammatory. The content’s tone suggests it may be written by non-native English speakers unfamiliar with US or UK-based activism.
Suspicious links: Afru.com has been observed linking to external websites that have been associated with scams, including crypto scams. One example shows it linking to a T-shirt seller whose address is in Norway.
Misleading purpose: The site’s logo and overall presentation appear to be a front to sell T-shirts rather than for genuine activism.
Comparison to other scams: Security experts have linked afru.com to other obviously fake sites used to facilitate scams.
I’m pretty sure it’s a parody. If it were real I would think the article would link to the actual study rather than a generic link to Oberlin (which is kind of too on the nose). But it real hard to tell.
Neph, any low-ABV suggestions along the lines of an aperol spritz but no so carby?
I suppose I can just short-pour myself a vodka soda…
Sweet Vermouth and soda, maybe?
Sorry, I don’t know carb contents of spirits off the top of my head, but I would lean towards drinks like the Diplomat , Negroni Sbagliato, Americano, Garibaldi, or a Bicicletta.
To simplify, vermouth, apertifs, and digestifs mixed with club soda, sparkling wine, or fruit juice.
Thanks, I’ll dig into those!
slumbrew:
Not a problem at all.
If you’re avoiding carbs, just find a distilled spirit you’re comfortable drinking neat, rocks, or with seltzer. Liquor contains zero carbohydrates.
Oh, I know all that – but my drinking pace tends to be the same regardless of what I’m drinking, which can be… problematic.
X and soda is fine, just looking for a little variety. I had some aperol spritz’s while on a beach vacation last weekend and was wondering if there was something that light (11% abv) and flavorful that’s not a ton of carbs.
I can enact my own labor, of course…
(just poured a mezcal and soda)
And pace Gemini, “The American Spritz”
The “American Spritz”
Ingredients:
1.5 oz St. George Bruto Americano
3-4 oz Gruet Sauvage Blanc de Blancs
1 oz Club soda or sparkling water
9-ish grams of carbs.
I’ll note I specified the Sauvage, which I love.
Put extra ice in your vodka.
The cocktail looks interesting.
Sign up for a verge account? Sure I will.
Redacted Ghislaine Maxwell interview transcripts are up.
She attended the “Sgt. Schultz Institute of Observable Phenomena?”
Apple Strudel?
Sweet Vermouth and soda, maybe?
Campari? I had a friend a long time ago who was into Campari and soda (when he wasn’t guzzling gin & tonics).
I love campari and aperol, but they’re about 15g of sugar per shot.
The questions cited on that Oklahoma test don’t seem too onerous, though asking for the first 3 words to the Constitution seems kind of irrelevant. It’s interesting that people see those questions as some kind of MAGA thing.
We the People think the constitutional law requirement should be more strict.
While perhaps intuitively obvious, the findings actually have profound implications for our understanding of success, inequality, and human potential.
Conducted by a team of researchers at Oberlin, the paper tracked the decision-making processes and outcomes of 15 participants over a span of three years, and will be published in August. Participants, ranging from various socio-economic backgrounds, were repeatedly interviewed about real-life scenarios where they had to make significant choices — career moves, financial investments, personal relationships — as well as their ability to remain calm under pressure.
Are you fucking shitting me?
Swiss is going to hate the headline
The story that’s inspired a thousand puns has now sparked a serious debate about government overreach, food freedom, and the limits of municipal power. State lawmakers are preparing pro-pickle legislation, and the chairman of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BMA) is demanding answers from city agencies.
As NHJournal first reported, the Manchester Department of Public Health sent local resident Daniel Mowery a cease-and-desist letter over a social media post in which he offered to sell a jar of his homemade pickles. The letter warned that continued sales could result in fines, court summonses, or other enforcement actions.
When BMA Chair Joe Kelly Levasseur suggested the state’s Homestead License exemption allowed Mowery to distribute his pickles, the city pushed back, insisting it had the power to regulate homemade goods.
“State exemptions do not preempt municipal authority to enact local regulations,” said Manchester Health Director Anna Thomas, adding that distributing homemade pickles falls under her jurisdiction.
She’s really just fronting for Big Pickle, isn’t she?
I got a flyer to win a car and decided to enter since the prize drawing is a short drive away. When I got there, I got a lottery ticket which didn’t win me anything and a free set of wireless earbuds (about $20 value). The prize drawing is the 30th. I figure I’ve already come out ahead. If I win the car, I’ll sell it as I’d rather have the money.
It’s clear it was all a way to entice people to see the cars they have for sale. Not sure how they make money with this kind of thing, but it must work somehow. If you build it, they will come? The odds of winning the car are orders of magnitude better than winning from the lottery tickets they hand out.
But American quiltbaggers expect exceptional treatment, without exception. Who knew the Dutch could be so low?
The Dutch are notoriously cheap and don’t want to be on the hook for a lifetime of medical and psychological treatment. Not that I can blame them.
Wherein our heroine finds out the hard way that Europe is sick of their shit already.
Seriously. There is no place more bend-over backwards submissive to such delusions than the United States right now.
Why won’t you science deniers play ball?
*gaze from mound intensifies*
That person better have a *damn* good reason for that name combination. Reminds of that interracial pegging flick I saw on Only fans with Amanda Eiffel-Tower and Steve Great Wall of China. (Walls were breached.)
Wow. Way to condescend.
It was a hilarious romp! Sadly probably not parody, but who can tell with that crowd?
Hooray. I’ve been selected for the first pass of county jury duty. I haven’t made it this far for about 25 years.
Parody or not. How can anyone tell anymore?
Here comes the weekend
I’ve been working for it.
OK, so they did break character at the end.
AFRU.com is parody. I had to research it.
Talk about on the nose.
Yes! It’s so good it could pass for real.
Titania McGrath level
I figured I did my due diligence and feel somewhat vindicated that others had to do work to figure it out
You supervised!
The fact that you had to research that is an indictment of the state of societal affairs.
This is the most true, and it’s disheartening. On the way back from dinner I responded to Mom’s claims about trans and “non-binary” shit and I politely told her why I thought it was all evil. “Gender-affirming care” was highlighted, using examples glossed here about a phantom limb’s illness being “confirmed” by actually chopping that bitch off.
I know Dad got it, but he stayed silent, which is good for all. All calm and polite with no nastiness on either side, I think my points at least resonated with Mom, though she ‘believes’ in this shit, though not being aware of it 15 years ago. (That was a big selling point, back then. Let liberals be ‘on the edge!’
X Japan continues to show they have no sense of humor. I recognize their impact but picture U2 and Bono at their peak and take Bono’s arrogance and double it.
TW – Gizmodo
‘Dandadan’ Studio Apologizes for Its Exorcism Rock Opera Homaging Too Close to the Sun
It was spectacular, hilarious and respectful.
According to the Japanese news site Oricon, Yoshiki held a press conference on August 22, addressing the controversy, stating that he and the producers of Dan Da Dan are on good terms.
“I was surprised and maybe not very careful when I first posted, but afterwards I received a call from the producer and we had a very positive conversation. It was an honor to have my work used, and it became a valuable learning experience,” Yoshiki said.
So, in the typical Japan way, everybody saves face and X Japan probably gets some cash for doing something small for them in the future as a way of making amends. In the US – X Japan would have had zero recourse. Definitely two distinct set of norms. South Park could never be made there.
“Democrats vacate endorsement of democratic socialist mayoral candidate in Minneapolis”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5465468-minneapolis-mayor-endorsement-controversy/
State DFL Party Chair Richard Carlbom said in a statement Thursday that the party’s committee overseeing bylaws and rules found “substantial failures” in the Minneapolis party convention’s voting process and vacated the endorsement of Fateh.
There’s the issue. They allowed a vote instead of selecting the candidate.
No fall weather here. Yesterday it was about 90 F and raining. Blech.
re-run: the white privilege conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJpvFnL6dOk
amusing demonstration of stepwise refinement of a vehicle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwglOlD7e0M
So the taxpayers have decide to go long on INTC.
U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel, as Trump expands control over private sector
So Intel is barred from contracts?
It’s so good it could pass for real.
If it’s not real it should be.
How has that site managed to not get taken down? It’s racist.
Because it is no more bullshit than you’d get from Tema Okun.
On the Oberlin evil about good decision making: It doesnt matter if it is parody or not. Plenty of useful idiots will read that and agree.
If your friends could see you now!*
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87821224358?pwd=eW55MTRDbDNtQkh2aHd3M1Nmenlzdz09#success
*All sloppy and drunk and pantsless on a Zoom meeting with a bunch of equally sloppy and drunk and pantsless strangers
Variety’s the spice of life. I like a wide selection. Sometimes I’m in the mood for nasty close-ups, sometimes I like them arty and air-brushed. Sometimes it’s a spread brown-eye kind of night, sometimes it’s girl-on-girl time. Sometimes a steamy letter will do, sometimes — not often, but sometimes — I like the idea of a chick with a horse.
Or, y’know, just the usual suspects talking about their week or whatever.
FTA:
Not.
Also, [insert per-capita meme here].
Never mind. I’ll go sit with my nose in a corner.
See my comment above….it doesnt matter if it is parody or not.
Because it is no more bullshit than you’d get from Tema Okun.
Sorry, but that was much too long and tedious. I’ll take your word for it.
Is everyone celebrating the release of Maryland man?
John Bolton?
Male orca acting like SEA SMITH:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5YJO9HhR3Q
suggested music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6kxau0ePlg
Pretty poor Orca Porn, I mean I’m a huge Orca fan and even I’m having a hard time wanking to that.
I still have my Paul Brent pillowcase from when I was a wee lad. Orcas on one side, dolphins on the other.
Perhaps right whales are more your thing?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv4g_UqxXSw
the opah (moonfish) was first warm-blooded fish to be discovered:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXgQmXYF4IM
I guess they should have paid the $450. Canadian no less.
The story of how Novo Nordisk will lose billions because it didn’t pay a couple of hundred dollars
“Furthermore, you bumbling fool, that’s coming out of your pay each week until it’s paid back.”
https://nypost.com/2025/08/22/us-news/tour-bus-crash-causes-several-deaths-and-injuries-on-the-new-york-thruway/
Yikes
That does not read like happy times.
O’Callaghan said most of the people on the bus were of Indian, Chinese and Filipino ethnicity.
And if the bus driver was, too… well, it’d be par for the course.
We don’t wanna shift too off focus; he simply wasn’t clutch.
No religious tests…
For federal office.