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  2. Season 4 with some new dude is out.
  3. I certainly didn't have mine memorized either until going to college and having to use it for every damn thing. So, now we have a legal resident held without charges. LaNd oF ThE fReE! AnD tHe HoMe Of ThE BrAvE! Such an absolute bullshit couple of lines. We're going to have to change it to something else.
  4. Wordle 1,594 3/6 ⬛🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟨🟩⬛🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #872 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🙂 Daily Quordle 1375 4️⃣7️⃣ 5️⃣6️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
  5. I watched the first episode tonight, and it's pretty fun. The next two are already up as well.
  6. I'm more of a Denny's guy, which also happens to be a little closer. Plus, there's the late-night nostalgia of going there with buddies back during our high school days.
  7. That's funny. After somehow missing out on Mythic Quest, I recently binged all 3-4 seasons. Really good show once you get past the first few episodes. /csb
  8. All true. Our KFC was a stand-alone. The Taco Hell shares a building with Long John Silver’s. As for the local fast-food chicken wars in this town, there's Chicken Express, Chick-fil-A, Golden Chick, Popeye's, and a local place called Gill's that’s been here forever. For the fried stuff, I usually go to the last one, which used to be a small regional chain, but I think it's the only one left. The Popeyes is out on the interstate on the other side of town, embedded in a truck stop with IHOP, so I tend not to get out there very often.
  9. I think I read that one just opened up in San Antonio a few months ago.
  10. It's weird how the "saviors of Western Civilization" always fantasize about societal collapse.
  11. It's incredible how badly they've gone downhill and fucked up something as simple as fried chicken, ruining their "brand" and having to close locations. We just lost our local one a few months ago, not that I'll miss it since I haven't had KFC for several years, but still. That place used to be the gold standard for basic fast food chicken, and now they're probably the worst of the bunch.
  12. I guess this is the right thread for this. Paramount to Lay Off 2,000 Employees The job cuts are the result of a merger with Skydance, the Hollywood studio founded by David Ellison. Paramount on Wednesday began laying off more than 2,000 employees, a long-awaited consequence of its merger with the Hollywood studio Skydance. The cuts, announced internally by David Ellison, Paramount’s chief executive, will initially include roughly 1,000 employees in the United States across many divisions, including CBS News, the Paramount film studio and cable networks like MTV, Nickelodeon and BET. The rest of the cuts, some of which will affect Paramount’s international employees, will come later. Overall, Paramount is planning to cut roughly 10 percent of the combined company. In a memo to employees Wednesday, Mr. Ellison said that the cuts were focused on eliminating redundant jobs or phasing out positions not in keeping with Paramount’s evolving priorities. “These decisions are never made lightly, especially given their effect on our colleagues who have made meaningful contributions to the company,” Mr. Ellison said in the memo. Paramount employees, who have been subjected to near-annual corporate reorganizations, have been bracing for layoffs for months. When Skydance announced its merger with Paramount last year, the company said it was looking for $2 billion in synergies, Wall Street argot for cost-cutting. Mr. Ellison signaled earlier this year that major changes were coming. In September, he sent a memo telling employees they would be expected to return to the office five days a week in the coming months. Employees unwilling or unable to return to the office would be eligible for a severance package, he said. Some of Paramount’s most senior employees have already announced their departures as the layoffs have drawn near. Pam Kaufman, the head of Paramount’s international business, told employees in September she was leaving after more than a quarter-century. Chris Aronson, the president of U.S. distribution for Paramount Pictures, said this month that he would be departing in December. Successive waves of layoffs have become the new normal in Hollywood as executives merge companies and try to wring out billions in costs after those deals close. The specter of further cuts has been the talk of Hollywood in recent days as Mr. Ellison plans a bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, the parent company of CNN, HBO and the Warner Bros. film studio.
  13. Yeah, I recall that getting posted a week or so ago. Not only does disinfo poison our neighbors' brains, but also computers' algos.
  14. https://www.wired.com/story/chatbots-are-pushing-sanctioned-russian-propaganda/ OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, DeepSeek, and xAI’s Grok are pushing Russian state propaganda from sanctioned entities—including citations from Russian state media, sites tied to Russian intelligence or pro-Kremlin narratives—when asked about the war against Ukraine, according to a new report. Researchers from the Institute of Strategic Dialogue (ISD) claim that Russian propaganda has targeted and exploited data voids—where searches for real-time data provide few results from legitimate sources—to promote false and misleading information. Almost one-fifth of responses to questions about Russia’s war in Ukraine, across the four chatbots they tested, cited Russian state-attributed sources, the ISD research claims. “It raises questions regarding how chatbots should deal when referencing these sources, considering many of them are sanctioned in the EU,” says Pablo Maristany de las Casas, an analyst at the ISD who led the research. The findings raise serious questions about the ability of large language models (LLMs) to restrict sanctioned media in the EU, which is a growing concern as more people use AI chatbots as an alternative to search engines to find information in real time, the ISD claims. For the six-month period ending September 30, 2025, ChatGPT search had approximately 120.4 million average monthly active recipients in the European Union, according to OpenAI data. Free link: https://archive.is/jSh6X
  15. Still going after Ukrainian civilians.
  16. Hate to be the bearer of bad tidings. From the Kyiv Independent: With a web of drones and infiltrating infantry, Russian troops overrun Kupiansk https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/us-intelligence-agencies-see-no-sign-russia-ready-compromise-ukraine-rcna239645
  17. I'm no hunter, but this guy seems like one helluva shot.
  18. No shit. I'm old enough to remember when every country in Europe would have to call in the riot police whenever English soccer fans ventured onto the continent, and they still sometimes have to.
  19. We're at 39F right now but are under a Freeze Watch for tomorrow morning with a forecast low of 32F, according to the NWS. I think we're done here and can move on to the Winter Weather thread.
  20. Austin Public Health says whooping cough likely spreading at Lamar Middle School Austin Public Health has confirmed five cases of pertussis, better known as whooping cough, at Lamar Middle School this year. Those cases involve unrelated students from various grades and classes. “It is difficult to confirm, but it is highly likely that pertussis is spreading at this middle school,” said Heather Cooks-Sinclair, epidemiology and disease surveillance manager for Austin Public Health. Cooks-Sinclar noted that five other schools across various local districts also reported cases of pertussis this school year. She said cases in Travis County are rising — which she said could be due in part to increased local testing. The illness is highly contagious. Its signature symptom is a persistent cough that lasts more than 10 days and often worsens at night. Patients may hear a distinctive “whoop” sound when coughing or vomit after coughing. They may also experience a runny nose, sneezing and fever. Severe cases are often treated with antibiotics. Whooping cough can be dangerous to young children and babies, who may struggle to breathe. Around one in three babies who contract whooping cough end up hospitalized, according to APH and other health experts. “If your physician suspects you or your child has pertussis, please do not attend school until you/your child has been cleared to return by the physician and health department,” said Austin-Travis County Health Authority Desmar Walkes in a letter to Lamar Middle School parents notifying them of a positive case this fall. In Texas, students are required to receive the TDAP vaccine — which protects against tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis — before enrolling, unless they apply for a conscientious exemption. According to data from the Texas Department of State Health Services, only 74.31% of Austin ISD kindergartners had received their TDAP vaccine as of the 2024-25 school year. The exemption rate for Austin ISD was 2.19% — meaning some unvaccinated students did not have an exemption on file. Cooks-Sinclair said the confirmed cases at Lamar Middle School underline the need for parents to get their children up to date on vaccines, including TDAP. “If your child has not been vaccinated, get them vaccinated,” she said. “The effectiveness of the pertussis vaccine wanes over time. If your child is between 9 and 10 years of age or 15 and 16 years of age, they may need a booster.” Late last year, Texas DSHS reported an increase in pertussis cases — around three times the number of cases in 2024 compared to the previous year. DSHS does not yet have provisional case counts for 2025. KUT has reached out to Austin ISD and Lamar Middle School for comment.
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  22. Just heard that one of the hurricane-hunting aircraft had to turn around due to extreme turbulence.
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