History, Politics And Current Affairs

You were the repeated victim of the multi-verse branching off and collapsing the branch onto the main time line. Each time you found something where you previous looked is a symptom of the branching and pruning.

Coffee memes

https://accordingtohoyt.com/2026/08/01/ ... for-memes/

Good geology lesson

I'll admit, I always thought we needed a half dozen more Kidd class

James1978 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 30, 2026 7:46 pm Just happened to me today.

Same.

Then again, when we get an AI smart enough to be a member here, is it welcomed?

Fine work.

I wonder how reliable the Soviet forces in Moscow are?

Not really if you accept the premise that gun control is keeping the people in power in power. Latin American countries, France (?), Italy (?) are afraid of veterans who took their weapons home after their service revolting, so they ban ownership military caliber weapons US post Civil War didn't wan...

I found this on Instapundit. The SpaceX caught my attention, the bottom one is the money shot https://x.com/multiplanet1/status/2079619917406425594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2079619917406425594%7Ctwgr%5E791823417219c3a4a4d057afac1cc5d78e73c75e%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=htt...

M.Becker wrote: ↑Thu Jul 23, 2026 7:51 pm The Tigers and the Maus are going waaay too fast.

You mean they need a repair crew beside them?

rtoldman wrote: ↑Thu Jul 23, 2026 12:31 pm why does all this give me skynet vibes?

Or Colossus: The Forbin Project

I'm slightly confused, if it wasn't suppose to have Internet access, why not remove it from the network fully. Physically remove the network cables.

Bernard Woolley wrote: ↑Tue Jul 21, 2026 5:51 pm

drmarkbailey wrote: ↑Tue Jul 21, 2026 2:30 amClemenceau might be easier to restore to limited service than you think,<SNIP>

Now, why did I guess that you would know that, Mark?
Thanks for that very useful information. It will come in very handy.

You just ensured her getting a surface gunfire action.

1961: Gus Grissom becomes the second astronaut to fly a suborbital mission, aboard Liberty Bell 7. 1969: Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin lift off from the lunar surface to begin their journey home. 2011: The space shuttle Atlantis lands at Kennedy Space Center, closing out the sh...

A yardstick or (metric version), can't force it up or out?

Nik_SpeakerToCats wrote: ↑Mon Jul 20, 2026 2:11 pm
Oh, and perhaps a parallel purge of KGB etc who failed to notice this political tsunami developing...

Poland and NATO should be that lucky.

Poohbah wrote: ↑Mon Jul 20, 2026 1:38 am German "Sondernapkinwaffen" are "special" in the sense that anyone buying in on them rode the short bus.

But much loved by some alt-history writers. I'm looking at you Discover.