Monday Afternoon Experimental Links

by | Oct 12, 2026 | Daily Links | 43 comments

I wanted to do something different today – so you get Andre Mack giving practical wine advice, before the Links.

Wasn’t that fun? Now the links.

Comments are open and yours.

About The Author

Swiss Servator

Swiss Servator

Currently serving at the pleasure of a Swiss multinational. Previously a Soldier, rugby player, lawyer, bouncer, bartender, substitute teacher, risk manager, and cubicle mushroom. Will work for raclette.

43 Comments

  1. ZWAK, doktor of BRAIN SCIENCE!

    Shut down the refrigerators? man, that is cold.

    • Nephilium

      What could possibly go wrong with putting a large number of poorly secured devices on the internet to manage essential activities?

      • ZWAK, doktor of BRAIN SCIENCE!

        You obviously know nothing about nuclear power or missle silos.

        Nothing.

      • Threedoor

        Only thing that would logicly be online is a warning system that the refers are out of their temperature range.

      • Nephilium

        Threedoor:

        No. The warning system may be online, but it should be a read only feed fed by an internal network.

      • Rat on a train

        Zwak, can I order a WOPR?

      • ZWAK, doktor of BRAIN SCIENCE!

        World Order Public Relations?

      • ZWAK, doktor of BRAIN SCIENCE!

        Jebus, I haven’t thought of that movie in 45 odd years.

      • bacon-magic

        We need to freeze all online activities right meow.

      • Threedoor

        Very nice.

        Those grocery stores should be state owned anyway.

      • Rat on a train

        The refrigerators in the government stores will fail without hacking..

      • ZWAK, doktor of BRAIN SCIENCE!

        Lucas made?

  2. Shpip

    The risk of collisions with wildlife on Swiss roads rises sharply in autumn.

    Rut roe…

    • The Other Kevin

      They’re going to rack up a lot of casualties.

      • Chipping Pioneer

        Here’s hoping they buck the trend this autumn.

      • Shpip

        Whump

        D’oh! A deer! A female deer!

      • bacon-magic

        Raclette venison anybody? It behooves me to ask.

    • ZWAK, doktor of BRAIN SCIENCE!

      Now, that is a chamios!

  3. Shpip

    Just three months ago, Zohran Mamdani declared New York City “OPEN for Small Business.”

    Now he’s declaring open season on them.

    Justice is best served cold.

    If it was served warm, it would be justwater.

  4. The Late P Brooks

    POWER, however, would allow private plaintiffs to sue over “unfair methods of competition” and any “unfair, deceptive, abusive or unlawful acts or practices in or affecting business, trade or commerce.”

    “Amazon uses economies of scale and efficiency tricknology to undercut our prices. Not fair.”

    • The Other Kevin

      Vague and subjective, true to form for commies.

    • RAHeinlein

      Failure to fly a Pride flag…out of business.

    • Rat on a train

      They refuse to sell at the price I want.

  5. The Other Kevin

    On our way to Minnesota one year, my teammate and I both blurted out that the many dead deer on the side of the road look like kangaroos. Now it’s a running joke.

    • ZWAK, doktor of BRAIN SCIENCE!

      So, whoever is driving is starting to…

      (puts on sunglasses)

      Roo that day?

      • bacon-magic

        Way to hop on to that one Captain.

  6. The Late P Brooks

    Nonprofits could also sue on behalf of members of the public.

    No way.

    • Rat on a train

      The economy of scale for suing organizations should make it profitable.

    • rhywun

      So basically an end run around the drop in USAID bux.

  7. juris imprudent

    The fire broke out around 3:15 a.m., but by time firefighters arrived an hour later

    Man, we’ve got better response times out here in the boondocks with volunteers.

    • Threedoor

      Step aside and wait for the professionals.

    • rhywun

      Maybe they had to fight through crowds of peacefully protesting students.

      • juris imprudent

        Don’t be silly, why would a news story omit something like that?

    • Necron 99

      My five years old grandson relayed a tall tale about a fire, a squirrel, a transformer, water bottles and the fire department to me the other day. It was difficult to understand all his ramblings, but I got the gist of the story. I had to confirm it with his parents, but yes, a squirrel did in fact get blasted by a transformer and upon his rapid decent to the grass below, did start a fire. Onlookers were trying to put out the fire with water bottles when the local VFD arrived to spray down the remaining flames. Apparently, they don’t have squirrel ambulances (which is a big disappointment to a five year old,) so the injured squirrel was collected by a neighbor and will be rehabilitated. It was quite the tale, had me enthralled the whole time.

  8. Grumbletarian

    Le Marché des Enfants Rouges, which translates to the Red Children, was named for a nearby orphanage that closed in 1772. The children housed there were known for wearing red clothing.

    It translates to the Red Children Market, which is where Native American orphans were sold to Renaissance era libertarians.

    • Rat on a train

      Closed before monocles took off.

    • slumbrew

      I was there almost exactly 1 month ago. It was very cool and I was very sorry to read that story this morning. Just… gone.

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