Get Woke, Go Broke - Gaming Edition

It isn't just Marvel movies that have gone Woke, Marvel Games, in this case Marvel's Wolverine, has also gone Woke, and looks to be going broke.

Whether or not you care about gaming, this is part and parcel of the destruction of our culture in favor of woke BS. Women can't be attractive in media or gaming. Men can't be masculine, unless they are gay. (And there is some of that in this.)

But the worst is the pandering to the lowest common denominator. The game is simplified to the point that it is hardly a game, because is someone complains on X/Twitter that it is too hard, and they got their feelings hurt, well that would be the end.

And according to Asmongold (who get's todays hat tip with his review of the video below), Sweet Baby, Inc. did work on this game. IYKYK. If you don't know, look it up. There are websites devoted to the destruction done by Sweet Baby, Inc. and similar organizations.

This is the Freakazoid video wolverine is a concord level FAILURE

Well, well, well. How the fallen have fallen. I would say I'm surprised, but I'm not. This is what happens when your boss can't call you a stupid fuckin' dummy. You end up spending $300 million on a remake of Ben 10 for the DS.

The video is just under 9 minutes.

The Nintendo DS was a handheld gaming console released between 2004 and 2005.

Texans Are Still Armed

Home invaders are still getting shot. Homeowner fatally shoots man who broke into Lytle home after fleeing disturbance, police say

A man was “aggressive and out of control.” He was causing a disturbance, and police were called. He fled that scene and entered a home, apparently at random, and cornered the homeowner.

After the man entered the home and cornered the homeowner, police said the homeowner used a firearm to protect himself and his family. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.

At the site of the initial disturbance, the release states that a female juvenile was found with knife wounds and was taken to a hospital. Her condition was not immediately available.

Is that enough to qualify as a crime spree? Whatever it was, it was ended by an armed homeowner defending himself.

Lytle, Texas is about 20 mile drive southwest of San Antonio.

Self-defense is a human right.

911 Response Times for Nashville

Calling 911 is a fine thing to do. They can send all kinds of help your way, but it will not arrive instantly. You are on your own. - by Miguel Gonzalez

Police across Davidson County, Tennessee, "stepped away" from patrol on Tuesday, to participate in National Night Out. It is focused on getting cops connected with the people they (are supposed to) serve.

I went to see if there was a news item where response times were mentioned, but I found something a bit better: Police Data Dashboard: Police Response Time

That is a website that shows average 911 response times (for police) across the entire Nashville area, or Davidson County, anyway.

Still, the point to be made in general is the same we have been making for decades: When seconds count, Metro Nashville Police Department is only 14.5 minutes away (on average.)

A lot of bad things can happen in 14 minutes, and some people will wait longer than that. You should probably have a plan B thought out in advance. And the police are only going to arrive to save you, if you manage to call 911 before the bad things happen.

There is more, click thru.

Georgia Power Hacked

Someday companies will take security seriously, but today is not that day. Georgia Power cyberattack exposed 400,000 customer accounts - WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta

Georgia Power says a cyberattack exposed limited customer account information belonging to hundreds of thousands of customers after an unauthorized third party gained access to its online customer portal.

"Limited."

The company said that the hack exposed customers’ names, addresses, phone numbers, emails, and last four digits of their Social Security numbers.

That isn't quite everything you need to steal someone's identity, so I guess limited can apply, but probably only if you are professional PR bullsh*ter.

They have apparently not said what they will do for customers, or at least I could not find a statement. Companies have stopped even providing a year of credit monitoring service. There is a a list of "what people should do," and not a list of what companies should do.

And this the regular media, not the tech media, so there is no information on how the "unauthorized access" was obtained.

Wednesday Link Roundup - 7 October

William Teach at Pirate's Cove is up first with Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

Bookworm Room has the Bookworm Beat
Bustednuckles has benign.
Don Surber has highlights of the week.

Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 10.06.26 (Afternoon Edition)

Stoic Observations: Peasants – You Don’t Get It
Sensurround: Dracena Malfoy Part I, also, Part II

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 5 October 2026: Dragonspit Edition

Sam Altman says you have to accept some bad with the bad when it comes to AI. (Politico)
I'm sure he does.

EBL - BOLSONARO WINS BIG IN BRAZIL

Instapundit: Bolsonaro wins big in Brazil and Fight the Power
Good News! No USAID to mess things up.

Small Dead Animals - Saturday On Turtle Island

The Democratic Party’s America: A social media manager. Democrat judges.
Conman Carney’s Canada: Elbows Up Chinese steel (CBC). Carney’s Toronto Star. No time for vets. Tunnel.

The Glibertarians - Sunday Morning Gonna Kill Someone Links

Is there a word for “whistling past the graveyard that you dug?”
Here’s a look at some of those graves.

A View from the Beach - Flotsam and Jetsam - Sun Comes Up, It's Tuesday Morning

Cathy Salgado at PJM elaborates FlyDubai Hijacker Wanted to Crash Into Tel Aviv Airport to Maximize Casualties. I didn't think of the airport, but I figured it was somehow intended to be more than just the plane full of passengers.

Again from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 10.06.26 (Evening Edition)

Shark Tank: Everglades Trust Endorses Byron Donalds For Governor
The Political Hat: The Totalitarianism Of The Friend-Enemy Distinction, also, “Bleeding Heart Postliberals” — Making Welfare Great Again?

Gates of Vienna - News Feed 10/5/2026

School Board Candidate Excuses Students’ Math Failures
California’s leading candidate for state superintendent opposes reinstating standardized testing for UC admissions despite math professors’ concerns about students’ basic skills.

Vlad Tepes - Sky-News Oz is the only MSM media left with any truth, An interesting day today for Brazil and more: Links 1 for Oct. 5, 2026

1. Sky News Australia may be the last man standing when it comes to actual information under the news rubric on main stream broadcast media. Some people are taking this clip and putting it out there saying it’s proof of how corrupt the media is that they didn’t let him speak more.

Don Surber - Highlights of the Week

ITEM 2: Barack Obama told a crowd of morons, “I don’t understand how we got so toxic and just so divided and so bitter.”
He shouldn’t be so modest about his accomplishments.

Political Hat - News of the Week (October 4th, 2026)

Indians Hail ‘Hero Pilot’ Who Fought Off Mid-Air Attacker, Save 174 Lives
Prime Minister Modi: “India is proud of Captain Machchhar.”

Bacon Time!!!! - Sunday Linkange

The Midwest Chick Saturday Meme Drop………….
Pirates Cove Dems Pretty Upset Over Proposed Census Changes

Maggie's Farm - Saturday morning links

UK Gov Claims Russian Disinformation is Only Reason People Are Unhappy
London Mosque Pushes Wife-Beating, Throwing Gays Off Tall Buildings

J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report — 10/6 /26

Currently, the Trump government is doing great work cracking down on fraud, but the sad fact is that it’s everywhere, in ways not just big, but quite small.
The costly immigrant fraud that no one sees

Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: Iran's Revolutionary Guard Sends 26-Page Letter to Voters: "Death to America, Vote Democrat!"

Report on CA's Response to Devastating LA Fires Is In, and It's Even Worse Than You Thought - Bob Hoge
The Fed Created Zohran Mamdani - Quoth the Raven

I leave you with Sunday Funnies For 10-04-26 from Stately McDaniel Manor, Sunday Funnies from Flopping Aces, Sunday’s Meme Drop 10-4-26 from Midwest Chick's Place, Monday Memes from Granite Grok, and Quick Hits Of Wisdom, Knowledge And Snark #4258 from 90 Miles from Tyranny.

Why Do They Always Minimize the Age?

Media have to do everything they can to scream about the bad gun owners. Boy shot after allegedly trying to enter Lafayette home

Now they have listed the guy who got shot as a minor, so they aren't releasing any details, except 1. But do we think this guy is 7 years old, or 17 years old?

Lafayette police said officers first got a call about someone causing a disturbance on 1500 Sibon Circle around 10 p.m. Thursday. In a press release, police said a man was alarmed by someone who was allegedly trying to enter his home, so he grabbed his gun and fired.

Lafayette, Colorado, is about 5 miles east of downtown Boulder. It is about a 20 mile drive north of downtown Denver.

As for the minor who got shot, he was taken to a local hospital. His injuries were not considered life threatening.

No one had been arrested as of the writing of the article linked above.

Self-defense is a human right, and even in a Blue State, it might be your legal right. That will be up to the DA, and I have absolutely no idea how the Boulder County prosecutor handles things like this.

Saltwater Versus Lithium-Ion Batteries

Salt water destroys lithium-ion batteries. Not might destroy; will destroy. Fresh water will only reach the level of "probably destroy" the batteries.

This is a result of the Nor'easter that recently hit the East Coast.

This is the StacheD Training video Nor'easter Flooding: Lithium-ion Golf Cart Battery Ignites Days Later. There have been "about a dozen battery related fires since the storm."

The tl;dr recommendation: After seawater flooding (or any flooding), get all lithium-ion batteries that have been flooded out of and away from your home until you can dispose of them properly. That can be tough to do.

Untamed

I'm not sure how I first ran across Lindsey Stirling. I know she was on America's Got Talent, and I've seen some of that, but only by way of YouTube. I wasn't really watching television in 2010, because I had moved aboard my boat, and I didn't have a television. But I really like her approach to the violin.

This song is "Untamed" by Lindsey Stirling. It is on her 2024 album Duality. She released an "official video" on Thursday, 25 June, which brought it to my attention again, and I haven't featured Stirling's music in a while.

And yes, I mentioned that there is an official video. This is not that. I find official videos distract from the music. Mostly. It is easy enough to find.

Tuesday Links - 6 October

Not the Bee starts us off with State Department revokes a QUARTER MILLION visas in immigration crackdown

We're kicking out criminals, kicking out anti-American activists, fraudsters, and birth-tourists trying to mint American citizens.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 3 October 2026: Kleene-Belnap Jailbreak Edition

Hey, FBI. This company right here. OpenAI has alerted more than a hundred companies and other groups that it may had inadvertently hacked their systems. (Reuters)

AI safety isn't about AI being too smart. It's about humans not being sent to prison.

Not the Bee - Democrat confuses 'Mein Kampf' and 'Communist Manifesto' during attack on Republican opponent

Brandon Herrera is a viral GunTuber who is running for Congress in Texas.

And while the moniker "GunTuber" may be used as slander by some, here it is clearly a badge of honor, because Herrera is obviously far more intelligent (and well read!) than his Democratic opponent, Katy.

Wombat-socho - FMJRA 2.0: No Grandeur This Week Just Misery

Another bad week to be a Senators fan. The week started off well enough with a 2-1 series against the Tribe, but then we came home to RFK and got swept by the Red Sox.

The Other McCain - The Wrong Matthew Ingalls, the Correct ‘Jane Doe’ and the Cornell 7 Case

The Ivy League Is Decadent and Depraved, as I have been saying for years, and recent events at Cornell University confirm my judgment.

Irons in the Fire - Yeah, the special relationship with (formerly Great)Britain is done for

And barring massive change in their government*, it'll stay done for. Because nobody in their right mind will trust the bastards in charge.

Juvat at Chant du Départ - What a week!

The horses are getting closer to release from "horse jail" and moved to their new home.

Stephen Green, the Vodka Pundit, at PJ Media - You'll Never Believe How L.A.'s 'Ambitious Effort' to Fix Homelessness Totally Failed

Sometimes, a simple I-told-you-so just won't do. Some failures are so massive and utterly predictable that they call for an I-told-you-so dance, or better yet, an entire I-told-you-so song-and-dance number from a 1950s Hollywood Technicolor musical, complete with a chorus line, water skiers, and possibly an elephant in a tutu.

New Orleans Home Invader Shot

How would you respond to a home invader at 7 a.m.? Man shoots, kills attempted home intruder on Harrison Avenue, NOPD says

That is when New Orleans PD was called to home in the Gentilly neighborhood. They found a man with a gunshot wound. He was declared dead at the scene.

On Friday afternoon, NOPD officials confirmed that the man who opened fire did so because the person was trying to break into his house. Officers believe he was defending himself and others during the incident.

Self-defense is a human right.

Federal Judge Calls Flock Unconstitutional

404 Media has the news. Federal Judge Rules a Flock Search Was ‘Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance’ and Unconstitutional

A federal judge in Oklahoma ruled Thursday that a police officer violated the Fourth Amendment rights of a woman accused of meth trafficking when he searched her license plate in Flock’s automated license plate reader system simply because her license plate was from California, then used her travel history as part of the reason to search her car. The judge’s opinion is one of the first times a federal judge has decided Flock searches can be unconstitutional, and suggested that Flock’s network is “a type of indiscriminate mass surveillance.”

Gee... Flock, indiscriminate? You don't say?

I don't expect this to stand. Flock has too many fans and too much money.

In this case, Judge Sara Hill said the deputy should have obtained a warrant before searching the Flock database for the woman’s license plate, as he had “no apparent reason” for the search “other than the fact that [the woman’s vehicle] had a California license plate.”

It is a start. (Hat tip to TechCrunch: Federal judge calls Flock ‘indiscriminate mass surveillance’)

College Grade Inflation Leaves Grades Meaning Nothing

On Monday I had a post about the economics of college collapsing. One of the reasons for that is grade inflation. Ivy League’s Big Three 'A'rms race leaves top grades increasingly meaningless

If everyone gets an "A," why bother working hard?

Yale awarded more than 80 percent of its undergraduate grades in the A range in 2024-25, while Harvard reported an even higher share and Princeton approached two-thirds.

If everyone in a class gets an "A," and professors who remain committed to minimum standards are fired, what does that grade even mean?

At Yale University, an A officially means “excellent.” But in the 2024-25 academic year, more than four out of every five undergraduate grades fell in the A range.

There is a chart about Yale. The increase in grades over COVID is astonishing. Not that inflation wasn't underway before that. Click thru for more on the COVID-era insanity.

When the overwhelming majority of students at America’s most historically selective universities receive grades intended to signify exceptional performance, the distinction those grades are supposed to convey becomes increasingly difficult to preserve.

Hat tip to Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit.

Sasameyuki

A recent song out of Japan reminded me that I had not featured Wagakki Band in a very long time. A lot of their work reminds me of the music that you would find in Anime. I hear their music in playlists from various music streaming platforms, but I don't usually go looking for it. (I did go looking for the purposes of this post.)

Wagakki Band (和楽器バンド) is a Japanese Rock/Metal band that uses a lot of traditional Japanese instruments in their music. Wagakki means "traditional insturments" or something similar in Japanese, at least as far as I can tell.

This song is "Sasameyuki" (細雪) by Wagakki Band from their 2018 album Otonoe. The song title translates to "Light Snowfall." I wasn't going to put this on Monday, for Metal for Mondays, but it has too much energy for first thing on a Wednesday morning.

Don't Bring a Machete to a Gunfight

He was "upset" about a cross, and other religious items on display. Machete-wielding man shot after forcing way into apartment, residents say

One of those residents was 74-year-old Ms. Brown, who said she was awakened around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday by loud banging on her door.

“A mad man had a machete,” Brown said.

Mrs. Brown was the one who had displayed the cross. She was forced to push her sofa in front of the door in an effort to keep him out.

Residents say the man moved through the building, kicking several doors and attempting to force his way inside apartments.

Eventually he did break into an apartment, where he encountered an armed resident.

The wounded suspect was transported to a hospital with injuries that investigators described as non-life-threatening.

DeKalb County, Georgia, is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area, with the county line being about 3 miles east of downtown Atlanta.

Mrs. Brown, who is obviously a charitable, Christian woman, thinks the guy is insane. I believe he was completely sane, and was just mad that someone followed a religion different from his own. But I'm cynical as hell.

Still, it is mostly a happy ending. Good Guys 1, Bad Guys 0.

The Higher-Education Bubble Might Be Bursting

From Issues & Insights, we get an article about the collapse of job prospects for the whiny class. Reality Slaps College Graduates In The Face

The job market is booming for young people – but not those with college degrees. Are employers finally coming to realize that colleges these days mainly produce coddled, know-nothing, whiny, entitled brats?

A recent analysis from Burning Glass Institute found that unemployment among those 22-34 years old without a college degree is lower than it’s been in decades, but those with college diplomas are having a much harder time finding work than before.

Between the indoctrination of the hard Left, the dumbing down of classes that are "too hard," even though the material hasn't changed in decades, and the complete lack of work ethic. (Why study if everyone will get an A?)

Some of this article is based on something from the Wall Street Journal, which has been behind a paywall, since forever.

The Journal says that AI is contributing to this unprecedented education divergence in job prospects, because companies are replacing entry-level white-collar jobs with AI just as colleges churn out more graduates than ever. At the same time, the shortage of skilled workers is making it hard to replace the many who are now retiring.

The skills gap has been coming for decades. They mention the work of John Ratzenberger, but not Mike Rowe, in raising awareness. I guess they think Rowe doesn't have the correct politics.

And they get extra points for mentioning this insanity.

A Columbia University professor recently won a national book award for a volume arguing that white paint is racist. We kid you not.

Hat tip to Glenn Reynolds (author of The Higher Education Bubble) at Instapundit.

So kids today go to college, and end up with 10's of thousands (sometimes many 10s of thousands) of dollars in student loan debt, and then they cannot find a job based on that "education." In the meantime, employers are struggling to fill good jobs requiring actual skills, not a degree in ... What are the kids getting degrees in, these days?

Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira Bridge collapse in Brazil

I haven't had an Infrastructure post since July. I thought it was time for another.

This bridge in question collapsed on 22 December 2024. The start of the collapse was caught on video, though slightly grainy video.

The Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira Bridge crossed the Tocantins River. It connected the cities of Estreito, Maranhão, and Aguiarnópolis, Tocantins, Brazil. The Tocantins River is one of the largest rivers in South America. The clear span at the center of the bridge, the section that collapsed, was 140 meters or 460 feet. It was an important route for cargo transportation in Brazil. 140 meters was record-setting long, at least for a post-stressed, poured in place, concrete bridge.

The bridge opened in January 1961, and was named for the outgoing president of Brazil. Like many bridges built in the 1960s, the load it ended up carrying was significantly higher than that envisioned by the engineering team.

Maintenance was also an issue, and in May of 2024, the Brazilian National Department of Transport Infrastructure started a bidding process to have contractors correct some issues with the bridge.

Ten vehicles fell into the river, on 22 December 2024, killing 13 people. A vehicle carrying 76 metric tons of sulfuric acid and 22,000 to 25,000 liters of pesticide also fell into the river, causing concerns about contamination, but the truck's cargo was found and recovered intact by divers after the disaster.

This is the Plainly Difficult video Moment Of Disaster Caught On Camera

Humans do a pretty good job with Infrastructure when it is new, and we often rebuild after disasters even better than new. The problem is that every piece of infrastructure has an expiration date, and no one wants to save for replacement. Maintenance of existing bridges, dams, whatever, also doesn't offer any politician a chance to put his name on something. That is, unfortunately, why we tend to clean up after disasters.

This story put me in mind of the The Morandi Bridge Collapse, in Genoa Italy. That was also a bridge, designed and built in the 1960s, that was carrying more load than it did when it was new, and it was known to need repair.

A Sunday Musical Interlude from Miguel G

Miguel Gonzalez has a musical interlude every Sunday. Sunday Repose

Click thru for Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers playing "Moanin'." It is the title song to the 1959 album.

Before striking out with his own band, Blakey worked with people like Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, and Dizzy Gillespie. Once The Jazz Messengers was established, Blakey became known for encouraging young talent, and he helped launch the careers of people like Chick Correa, Wynton Marsalis, Wayne Shorter, and Chuck Mangione.

And you should be reading Miguel Gonzalez's writing.

What Would You Do If a Bear Broke Into Your Home?

It is the time of the year when bears are trying to gain a lot of weight before winter. Bear euthanized after Steamboat Springs homeowner shoots it in self-defense: CPW

The bear entered the home Monday and the resident tried to get the bear to leave before it charged toward them, according to a spokesperson with Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

Officials said the resident then shot the bear in self-defense and the bear left alive but injured. CPW officers euthanized the bear when they arrived at the scene, the spokesperson said.

When I first read the headline, I thought this was going to be a "poor bear, mean gun owner" story, but it is actually a fairly good article. It includes some stuff from the state wildlife department on being safe from bears during this time of year.

As bears begin to enter hyperphagia — an instinctive, metabolic change resulting in an almost constant feeding frenzy as the bears prepare for winter hibernation — bear activity is expected to increase while they search for 20,000 calories per day before denning.

Steamboat Springs is a town, and a ski area, about 100 miles northwest of Denver, though the drive will be longer.

Be careful out there.

The Gun-Hating Part of the Left and 18-Year-Old Adults

Gun Control groups want to control guns. It is what their reason for existing. From Townhall: Gun Control Advocates Really Don’t Think There Is Any Age at Which People Should Own Guns

The usual suspects are upset that the Justice Department has decided to stop enforcing the 1968 ban on "law-abiding 18-, 19-, and 20-year-olds" buying firearms from a licensed dealer. (Please note that the law-breaking part of the demographic doesn't have any trouble getting firearms.)

My focus on guns has been only defensive, for the past 30 years or so. Which is why I appreciated this statement.

It is true that young people commit crime at relatively high rates, but they are also more likely to be victims of crime. A 20-year-old woman facing a stalker needs protection as much as a 21-year-old woman does. Young adults also face substantial risks of becoming victims: Reported rapes are 32 percent more likely for ages 18 to 20 than for people ages 21 to 23, and the younger group’s homicide rate is 7 percent higher.

There is more. Click thru for a discussion of how "[gun] bans consistently produce more crimes." (Hat tip to MaddMedic at Freedom Is Just Another Word…)