Link round-up for 1 August 2026
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Here are a few fun memes. Here are some more, along with some animal stickers.
Stupid people shouldn't play with fire.
And some people just shouldn't do anything with food at all.
Pakistan sends its first man into space.
After a last bit of snacking, they prepare to return to their planet.
Have a few jokes and cartoons.
Hear the birds sing.
A shirt worn, a promise kept.
For those who didn't see The Odyssey, Dave Barry has posted the screenplay.
Some sign writers have a sense of humor.
Star Trek had the best costumes.
Here's a little story of wealth inherited too young.
Learn the origin of cartoons.
1960s TV commercials were super cringey.
"There are very real things that live out of sight....."
This is Castle Howard at York, England (for full size, right-click any image and open the link in a new tab). Part 2 is here.
See the marble temples of Attibele (Jain religion, not Hindu) near Bengaluru, India.
The ancient Indian city of Mohenjo-Daro seems to have achieved more equal distribution of wealth over time, rather than rising inequality. This is somewhat speculative since we actually know very little about the culture -- its written language has not even been deciphered.
What would the Middle East have been like without colonialism?
This is what having a psychotic episode is like, as described by a blogger who recently had one.
Flight attendants are always sizing you up. Are you dangerous? Do you smell bad? Will they marry you?
Many Claude chat sessions that were supposed to be private are visible to anyone on the internet.
Here's an overview of how to use early modern English correctly (so you won't write ungrammatical rubbish like "I hath").
"A book, newspaper or magazine will do. Paper does not vibrate, demand an update or interrupt a paragraph to tell you that someone you barely remember has reacted to a photograph of someone else's lunch."
Christian pain-in-the-ass types on passenger planes are preaching their tired old Jesus stuff at fellow passengers who form a captive audience.
The author of a recent translation of The Odyssey is not at all impressed with Nolan's film.
That story that OpenAI's "AI" went rogue and hacked another company is looking like just another case of phony hype.
Here's why that stupid theater marquee in Lake Oswego OR is worth some of attention.
If God is good, why was World War I like that?
It's the twenty-first century and there are still people who believe that homosexuality is caused by demons.
The US delegation at this conference in Brazil displayed an "AI"-generated map of Africa which got the location of every country it mentioned completely wrong.
The House has passed a bill to get rid of those tiresome twice-yearly clock changes, and Trump wants to sign it, but now Thune is saying the Senate probably can't pass it. Why can't they fucking get this done? Why can't they? Everybody hates all this constant clock-changing and it's the simplest thing in the world to fix. If it's inconvenient for some businesses or schools they can just change their hours of operation for part of the year, instead of everyone in the whole damn country having to change their clocks. It's insane.
This is how propaganda works.
This is how gaslighting works.
Police abuse of surveillance cameras to stalk people is apparently pervasive -- remember that the ones being caught and punished are probably only a small fraction of those who are doing it.
Really? Bullying teenagers because of their T-shirts? The kind of person who does this must be seriously running scared.
48% of adults under twenty-eight say that Evangelical support for Trump makes them less likely to attend church.
The Democratic party no longer has the kind of agenda that could win back the working class.
Black residents at an apartment complex bravely rally to defend their Hispanic neighbors from ICE.
In Altadena CA, a community came together against Jew-hatred.
"You all went from rebels to bootlickers so fast it gave the country whiplash."
So, what's the deal with Rand Paul and Dr Fauci? Medical groups are strongly supporting Fauci, a giant of American science and disease prevention since the 1980s.
64% of Americans oppose laws to restrict the mailing of abortion pills.
A group of billionaires is plotting to build a quasi-autonomous city in Solano county CA -- this would violate local land-use laws, but these assholes are notorious for believing laws don't apply to them.
The Nazis never really went away. They're just using different rhetoric now.
Kentucky will use an unexpected budget surplus to reverse some Republican-imposed cuts to Medicaid (found via AutisticAF).
Eldridge Cleaver can help us understand the Western left's weird reaction to jihadism.
Your legitimate freedom does not entitle you to control my use of language.
BuzzFeed is continuing to go down the tubes as it strengthens its commitment to using "AI".
Here's a round-up of abortion news, including a fake study which claimed urban water supplies are tainted with mifepristone.
Don't be fooled by Susan Collins's claims that she's trying to rein in ICE.
79% of Americans, including 67% of Democrats, agree that men should not be allowed to participate in women's sports, even in a poll using misleading and confusing language like "transgender female" to refer to men.
A petition has been launched asking the governor of New York state to remove Mamdani from office. This seems like a long shot but still worth a try (I assume you need to be a New York state resident to sign it).
Citizens in a small South Carolina town try to fight back against surveillance cameras.
For sex work, the "Nordic model" is not the solution.
Research shows that only 53% of American adults own homes, not 65% as generally reported.
An Arab Israeli woman speaks out.
Working-class people in Maine weren't fooled by Graham Platner.
41% of people in my state don't have enough income to cover basic expenses, even though most of them are technically above the poverty line.
Forced-birthers are trying to censor abortion advocacy.
The lettuce-borne explosive diarrhea outbreak has induced 40% of Americans to avoid eating fruits and vegetables, which will probably be even worse for our overall national health than the diarrhea outbreak is.
All across the US, anti-surveillance-camera resistance is active.
Trump's pro-data-center stance is a gift to the Democrats in this year's election.
A seventy-three-year-old woman is suing, saying that a delivery robot repeatedly rammed her, causing injuries.
The only "acceptable" Jews are those who are hardly Jewish at all.
Bill and Hillary Clinton had slaves in the 1980s.
MIT plans to equip its grounds with hundreds of "AI" surveillance cameras, spending millions to do so after closing two libraries due to lack of money.
A court case will soon test the legality of a phone feature designed to protect data privacy.
Republicans suffer a huge voter enthusiasm disadvantage. It's not that Democrats are so highly motivated, it's that Republicans are massively turned off.
Amnesty International UK has apologized for its recent absurd smears against women's and gay groups.
If you live in the UK, you can sign this petition asking the British government to ban "smart" glasses.
An activist group in London has identified the ideal person to personify "smart" glasses users.
This is what trans ideology looks like. No wonder it's backfiring massively.
New Zealand shows a bit of defiance against woketardia. More, please.
The Palestinian movement has long had European supporters.
German authorities knew that Abdul Ballout (the terrorist who attacked the pride event in Berlin last weekend) was dangerous, but took no effective action. And the chancellor's eulogy for the victims was the usual exercise in cowardly evasion.
On Thursday fifty to sixty thousand Moroccans swarmed into Spain's Ceuta territory, whose own population is only eighty-five thousand. Border guards apparently made no effort at all to stop the invasion. There were reports of arson, looting, stabbings, robbery, desecration of a cemetery, and other mayhem as locals laid low at home. By Friday most of the mob were reportedly returning to Morocco, and are unlikely to face any punishment.
Morocco is actually a fairly successful developing country, but the jihadists are propagandizing to the contrary.
Maybe Poland is more civilized than western Europe.
Here's the Aviatek plant in Kirov after a Ukrainian cruise missile hit it. The plant manufactured aviation and military equipment. Dozens of workers were killed or injured.
Take a look inside one of those Wildberries warehouses attacked by Ukraine.
Belgorod, a Russian city near the Ukrainian border, has been getting hammered lately.
The recent Ukrainian attack on an Iranian ship shows that the Ukraine-Russia war and the Israel-jihadist war may be starting to merge into a single conflict. Iran and Russia, of course, have already been aiding each other's war efforts in various ways.
Will Netanyahu be able to get Trump back on track about Iran?
In Iran, the recent execution of two protesters is hardening the people's resolve to oppose the regime.
Don't expect too much from the Gaza "disarmament plan".
After a dozen years in power in India, Modi's religio-nationalist government has been seriously destabilized by massive student protests.
More links at Red State Blues, AutisticAF (on disability issues), and Comedy Plus.
My posts this week: a lesson from Berlin, an image round-up, and a poetic remembrance of a being without a soul.
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