Friday, August 21, 2026

Drone warfare developments - it's a scary future

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  Many of my readers doubtless took note of a report earlier this month about a US-Ukrainian military exercise earlier this year. Ukrainian...
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Thursday, August 20, 2026

Our politicians will never agree, but we can dream...

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  My hat's off to President Milei of Argentina for his " Grillete Fiscal " proposal - literally, the "Fiscal Shackles...
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Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Verily, the mind doth boggle...

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  Believe it or not, this is a genuine e-poster from an outfit calling themselves Mainebreastfeeds .  Click the image for a larger view. The...
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Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Tab clearing

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  A number of articles caught my attention over the past couple of weeks, but I didn't have time to write about them in detail here.  Th...
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Monday, August 17, 2026

Memes that made me laugh 324

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  Gathered from around the Internet over the past week.  Click any image for a larger view.
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Sunday, August 16, 2026

Sunday morning music

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  I'd never heard of Greg Kihn until last week Zendo Deb, who blogs at 357 Magnum, embedded a video of one of his songs.  I liked it, ...
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Friday, August 14, 2026

A sobering look at automation, here and in China

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  Fedex is making news by employing robots to load and unload trailers. FedEx says that trailer loading remains one of the most physically ...
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Thursday, August 13, 2026

Doofus Of The Day #1,129

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  An "influencer" in Nebraska appears to have generated entirely the wrong kind of influence in the firearms community. A Lincoln...
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Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Health update

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  This is an "omnibus post" to draw together threads from various earlier report-backs and clarify the situation for those interes...
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Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Is the UAE taking combat warship lessons from Israel?

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  Some years ago, I said about the Israeli Navy: I like the Israeli approach, which crams lots of hitting power into even small hulls (see, ...
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Monday, August 10, 2026

Memes that made me laugh 323

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  Gathered from around the Internet over the past week.  Click any image for a larger view.
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Sunday, August 9, 2026

No Sunday morning music today

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  Sorry.  I had a bad health day Friday, and I'm still getting over it.  No music today.  Hopefully memes as usual tomorrow. Peter
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Friday, August 7, 2026

Why are they still wearing badges and carrying guns?

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  A gentleman (?) named Jamarcus Oneal Spates was arrested by a gaggle of Houston police officers on Monday.  It's not clear why so many...
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Thursday, August 6, 2026

Animals and aircraft: a sometimes dubious mixture

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  Courtesy of an e-mail from Eaton Rapids Joe , I was led to this account of a massive pig airlift operation. Business pard's son flies...
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Wednesday, August 5, 2026

I bet the locals were a bit garum-py over that...

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  For those who didn't know, the staple sauce throughout the Roman Empire of old was called garum . Garum is a fermented fish sauce that...
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Tuesday, August 4, 2026

I had no idea these things existed

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  I've heard of machines that deploy barbed or razor wire, making it easy to set up fences, obstacles, etc.  However, I'd never hea...
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Monday, August 3, 2026

Memes that made me laugh 322

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  Gathered from around the Internet over the past week.  Click any image for a larger view.
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Sunday, August 2, 2026

Sunday morning music

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  How about a blend of American and British music?  Lonnie Donegan was a very well-known skiffle player in Britain during the 1960's, b...
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Friday, July 31, 2026

So much for advanced computer technology!

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  Many of us will know of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal , a long-standing comic strip by Zach Weinersmith.  Sometimes he can make me lau...
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Thursday, July 30, 2026

I wouldn't bet against this man...

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  I was intrigued to read this post about Elon Musk.  Click the screen capture below to be taken to the full-size version on X.com. I admire...
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