Friday Links - 15 May

Alice Jones Webb at Take It Outside is first with Last Calls and Loose Ends

This week was the final stretch of turkey season in North Carolina. I had one more tag burning a hole in my pocket, so I hit the woods, pulling out of the driveway well before the rest of the world woke up, zipping down two-lane backroads to some tucked-away public land.

Miguel Gonzalez - Vision Zero is actually an appropriate name.

From the get-go: if your plan is zero deaths, you are living in a world of fantasy and bulshitting those around you.

William Teach at Pirate's Cove - NY Times: All You Blue Collar Workers Are Dummies For Not Believing In Climate Doom

Here’s the thing which is being missed by those proclaiming the end of the climate scam cult: it’s not going anywhere. They’re simply keeping quiet about it to win an election. And then it will come right back up, especially if they win the White House in 2028 and control Congress.

George Shay at Chicago Contrarian - Pulitzer Rewards Chicago Tribune for Propaganda and Lies

The latest Pulitzer Prize awards tell us less about journalism than they do about the ideological tastes of the people who now reward it.

The Silicon Graybeard - Starship test flight 12 slips out

In the past few days, the full Wet Dress Rehearsal found a few problems that cause it to slip out in time. What was originally set for this Friday, May 15, has now slipped out to next Tuesday, May 19.

Meep at STUMP - New York City Pension Watch: Balancing the Budget by Shorting the Pensions

Detroit was a city that went bankrupt — not directly due to the pensions, but in the bankruptcy workout for the city, the pensions got involved and payments for current retirees got cut, not just future retirees.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 13 May 2026: Booblegook Edition

Google's Googlebook is the company's answer to Google's Chromebook. (Tom's Hardware)

It's a laptop running Android.

Which raises the question: Why didn't the Chromebook run Android in the first place?

Clayton Cramer - If You Grew Up Watching the Roadrunner Cartoons

You will look forward to this movie: Coyote v. Acme in which Wile E. Coyote hires an ambulance chaser to sue Acme

William Teach at Pirate's Cove - Wackos Sue Trump, Desantis, And More Over Gifting Of Land For Trump Presidential Library

What sound does a moonbat make when they bay at the moon?

Again from Miguel Gonzalez - Mocking creativity mocking Hollywood woke is high

There were rumors and comments that in new movie The Odyssey by Christopher Nolan, the role of Achiles is to be portrayed by Elliot Page…. and the jokes have begun to visualize everywhere thanks to the magic of AI.