Shit. If I’m not listening to it, no one will be.

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Jean Van De Velde blowing a three-shot lead on the last hole of the 1999 Open Championship is still my favorite dubious "sports" achievement. Not only the fact that he blew a three-shot lead, but also the way he did it, was spectacular. Wanted to give the dude a hug after that.

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I forgot that I have to stay signed in (duh) for the Foe List feature to work. Argh.

Weather looks like it's going to be crazy today in the central US, particularly just south of Chicago. Stay safe everyone.

crypto mining: look at all this energy we’re expending

AI datacenters: hold my beer

Ohhhhhh.. thank you for this.

Needed some sort of exciting, positive thing to happen with all the shit going on lately.

ChudFusk wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2026 3:33 am Why stop at vegetables?

Why indeed? Pickled books. Pickled guitars.

Dill pickles (cucumbers) are okay. Slices on a pulled pork sandwich can be great.

Pickling other vegetables, though? NOT CRAP

I need to stop thinking about this for a while.

^ Will we, though?

That whole region is full of countries ruled by people with absolute power, more or less. All's this hypothetical dictator has to be is less of a dick, and amenable to the existence of Israel.

When I was in UAE a week or so ago, I talked to my colleague about governments. He ...