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Friday night Photos Trashy Edition

Happy Friday everyone. Welcome to Friday Night Photos your once a week escape from the day to day insanity of the world we live in. Post any photos, memes, music or whatever else you find of interest that helps tune out the madness.

The San Diego Natural History Museum is currently running an exhibit of art created from trash pulled out of the worlds oceans. It's really sad seeing how bad we treat the world we depend on for our very survival. As a species we're not very bright. Even a dog knows not to shit where it sleeps. Humans, not so much. But hey, the DOW is up.
While we're on the subject of the ocean, ocean temps are heating up causing what climate scientist predict will be a super El NIño this winter. Here's a link with weather predictions for the country this fall and winter.

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/6041581-noaa-releases-fall...

Fish Bite Fish
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Open Thread - 08-21-26 - The Future Will Not Belong to Us

The past is being rewritten. The present is being manipulated. The future will not belong to us.

Some day search engines will disappear.

Then there'll only be AI.

Some day books will disappear.

Then there'll only be AI.

Some day wisdom will disappear.

Then there'll only be AI.

Some day history will disappear.

Then there'll only be AI.

And humanity will forget what it has lost.

Videotaped at the 3rd Annual Symposium on the American Indian, May 1 and 2, 1975, Northeastern Oklahoma State University.
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Save your books, the future will need the truth.

Open Thread - 20 August 2026 - English, Then and Now

English, Then and Now
I happened across a really interesting video on youtube the other day and I want to share it, of course Smile . This is a young man, from England, presenting a monologue in English ranging from the language spoken in 450AD or so, to that spoken in modern northeastern America. It is very cool! It's interesting how the farm animal names haven't changed so much over time, how much, unsurprisingly, English sounds like German, Danish, etc, throughout much of time, and so much more! The rabbit hole beckons! Smile Smile

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