Tuesday Links - 29 August

The Other McCain is up first with another example of how Crazy People Are Dangerous

Everybody agrees Portia Odufuwa is dangerously crazy, and yet officials keep releasing her to terrorize others:

Lone Star Parson is up next with a Musical Interlude. DFTR

Feel it's right to post this again.

Again from The Other McCain - ‘The Blind Side’ and Business Reality

Oher recently filed a lawsuit claiming that the Tuohys cheated him out of his rightful share of the proceeds of that film, a claim which the producers of the film have now rebutted — or, at least, they’ve tried to clarify the facts, contrary to misinformation promoted by the media.

Wombat-socho - FMJRA 2.0: Thy Eternal Summer Shall Not Fade

At this time last week, I was in the Las Vegas VA hospital with IV drips of Rocephin and Vancomycin going into my veins in a successful effort to exterminate the vile bacteria that were trying to kill me. I’m home now, feeling better, and have another four days of Levaquin ahead of me until I’m 100% again.

Meep at Stump - Sunday Sumo: September 2023 Banzuke Released

Back in May 2019, Asanoyama won the Grand Sumo Tournament, and at the time he was ranked Maegashira 8. Trump was at the tournament to give a prize — the President’s Cup to the winner of the tournament.

Jonas J. Campbell - Everything Woke About Disney Junior Firebuds | Pre-school Disney | Reimagine Tomorrow

It's a Disney Junior show aimed at children as young as two-years-old, so just how woke could it be? The Walt Disney Company's pre-school channel tells the tale of two working moms and their gay ambulance partners as they abandon their daughter in the park.

Professor David Yamane at Gun Curious - Still More on Why Gun Ownership Rates Are Underestimated in Surveys

I have written previously about how survey research underestimates the rate of gun ownership in the United States.

The main sources of “false negatives” (people who own guns but tell survey researchers they do not) are (1) people who don’t want outsiders to know they have guns, (2) people who...

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 28 August 2023: Tell Me O Muse Edition

Amazone just sent a Dear John letter to users of its Honeycode service. (Honeycode Community)

This was a platform that allowed people who didn't understand how to build applications to build applications that they didn't understand.

The results were rather predictable.

Tam at View from the Porch - Useless Karens

I often refer to NextDoor as "Karens dot com", and for good reason.

While it might be useful for parting with the occasional used appliance, getting a recommendation for a local tree removal service, or posting lost dog notices, the vast majority of the content on the site is an annoying morass of Gladys Kravitzes with too much time on their hands airing their beefs and paranoid fantasies.

The Other McCain again - Best Mug Shot Ever

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