Yesterday, in history

Nineteen years and several hours ago:

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Funny and cool

From today's Versioning email newsletter:

Finally, here’s an amazing image showing the world from space, partially occluded by the moon. Or, to put it in language millenials would understand: “the moon photobombed our big space selfie” [nasa].

Droll is always good

From a summary of yet another gambling operation that, shockingly, has failed to deliver on its sellers' hype, a brilliant bit of just-the-facts from Jesse McKinley and Charles Bagli, and props to whoever did the layout, too:

The reality has been far less rosy. Seven years after opening, the Mount Airy Casino Resort has fewer than half of the hotel rooms envisioned by developers, and a third of the slot machines promised in news releases. It has generated about half of the slot revenue forecast by Pennsylvania officials, and little economic spillover has occurred outside the resort. Expansion plans have long since been shelved. The much-heralded charitable foundation has raised a grand total of $1, federal filings show.

Those funds have not been distributed.

Not to worry, though! The next four casinos are sure to fix all the things!

P.S. Aside to Gov. Cuomo: Your father was once courageous enough to call legalized gambling -- lotteries, in his case -- a cowardly attempt by politicians to balance the budget on the backs of poor people.

What's black and white and read all over?

From a piece by Clay Shirky about the decline of printed newspapers:

... and black newsroom humor long ago re-labelled the Obituary column ‘Subscriber Countdown.’

(h/t: David Dobbs)

lolzebras

-- or --
Had Photoshop been around when Gary Larson was a boy ...

(Swiped from Christian Heilmann)

*snicker*

Dhananjay had posted his problem on StackOverflow and promptly got an answer that wasn’t really solving or explaining the issue, but at least linked to W3Schools to make matters worse ...
    -- Christian Heilmann

Good piece on Dave Chapelle

Here.

So, despite the DH, not really so different after all

Ripped from context ...

Homo sapiens, the species that would eventually form both the American and National Leagues, ...

Hot air

A man flying in a hot air balloon suddenly realizes he’s lost. He reduces height and spots a man down below. He lowers the balloon further and shouts to get directions, "Excuse me, can you tell me where I am?"

The man below says, "Yes. You're in a hot air balloon, hovering 30 feet above this field."

"You must work in Information Technology," says the balloonist.

"I do," replies the man. "How did you know?"

"Well," says the balloonist, "everything you have told me is technically correct, but it's of no use to anyone."

The man below replies, "You must work in management."

"I do," replies the balloonist, "But how'd you know?"

"Well," says the man, "you don’t know where you are or where you’re going, but you expect me to be able to help. You’re in the same position you were before we met, but now it’s my fault."

(source | via)

Be wary of that first link. It could cost you a whole day.

The Truth about the Obama Sequester

Jack sent me this great picture of the new American Navy.

But, as we know, every military vessel must fly a flag.

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Ironworker

(pic. source: Chris Rodda)

Found on #skeeters: PROOF!!!1!

Mighty sinister ... click to enlarge.

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(Screenshot of a MoJo post.)

(h/t: Zaibatsu News)

The real reason dinosaurs went extinct? Lack of exercise.

(source)

Happy Easter!

Google askew.

(here)

(h/t: KK)

Still not tired of being a poor winner, concerning the recent election? ME NEITHER.

Click it to big it, and then print 5000 copies, and then wrap them all around a large brick, and then send that postage-collect to your favorite wingnut. Repeat for your second-favorite wingnut. &c.

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Or! You could buy them each a coffee cup find out their credit card numbers, and order them each a gross of coffee cups.

Ceci n'est pas un autoportrait

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I don't claim to be that big of a deal.

(Image swiped from Plognark, whose work you may have recognized in the previous post.)

Mysteriously, December 20th has come and gone. This might explain everything.

Maybe it was all a simple spelling error.
    -- George Takei

[Added] Also.

USA! USA! USA!

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artist: Farley Katz | pic. source: The New Yorker

You might also have a look at the cartoon-off between Farley Katz and Randall Munroe.

[Added] Eleventy!

I think Howard Zinn might fail to see the humor in this

(vide | pic. source: The New Yorker/Michael Shaw | also? just sayin: top result.)

That uncomfortable feeling of, "Hey, are they talking about me?"

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Good thing the steering wheel's on the wrong side.

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[Added] Belinda responds thus.

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