Not sure some of you fellow ‘vintage’ TH fans are gonna love this, but they undoubtably meant well…
Music Review: Miley Cyrus, Lorde and more team up for fun Talking Heads' 'Stop Making Sense' tribute https://t.co/MXbXcQUrnK
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 13, 2024
Harris utters a profanity in advice to young Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders https://t.co/utEVPDHzXC
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 14, 2024
… Harris was participating in a conversation moderated by actor and comedian Jimmy O. Yang when he asked her what it means to be the first vice president of Asian descent and how that heritage has informed her views and roles as a leader. Harris’ mother was from India and her father was from Jamaica, and she’s the first woman elected vice president.
Harris gave a lengthy response in which she told the young people to keep their chins up when they go into spaces where no one else looks like them.
She added: “We have to know that sometimes people will open the door for you and leave it open. Sometimes they won’t. And then you need to kick that f——— door down.”
The audience clapped and hollered. Laughing herself, Harris said, “Excuse my language.”…
The vice president made her comments in a conversation at the annual Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies Legislative Leadership Summit. The conversation was live-streamed on the White House website…
You were already warned pic.twitter.com/B4rPD6xuc4
— cats with powerful auras (@catshouldnt) May 8, 2024
Experts have warned that artificial intelligence voice-cloning technology can amplify scams, disrupt elections, and impersonate people without their consent.
But these Rhode Island doctors believe they’ve found a use that justifies the risks. Meet Lexi Bogan. pic.twitter.com/sWjECORw0R
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 13, 2024
At Westminster dog show, a display of dogs and devotion https://t.co/NZLa4FWusk
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 14, 2024
… Monday marked the start of the traditional judging that leads to the best in show prize, to be awarded Tuesday night at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Selection of seven finalists began Monday night; each represents a group of breeds, such as hounds or herding dogs.
One is Louis, an Afghan hound that bested Zaida, Frankie, her littermate Belle and others to win the breed…
Other finalists include Sage, a miniature poodle who gave “100%” in the ring, as handler Kaz Hosaka put it; Mercedes, a big-winning German shepherd whose handler, Kent Boyles, led another German shepherd to a best in show trophy in 2017; and Comet, a shih tzu who took the top prize at last year’s huge, televised American Kennel Club National Championship.
Three more finalists will be chosen Tuesday night before all seven vie for best in show…
The 148th Westminster show kicked off Saturday with an agility competition — won by a mixed-breed dog for the first time since Westminster added the event in 2014. Nimble, the winner, was handled by Cynthia Hornor, who took the trophy with a border collie last year.
I’ll admit Nimble left me a little verklempt. Our late ‘papillon mix’ rescue Gloria was also, I’m pretty sure, a pap-border collie mix (she didn’t have Nimble’s coat, though: she looked like a 15lb border collie with unusually large ears). She had speed, she had smarts, and I sometimes regretted that she never got a chance to show off her talents, or at least to live with a more active family. But she’d been abused before coming to us ‘just temporarily’ (the rescue group offered to pay for her euthanasia, which was the last time I tried to follow up), and she was never completely trustworthy around people or other dogs.
She did enjoy bossing her rescue ‘brothers’ Zevon & Sydney, though. She considered the Spousal Unit the love of her life (persistently humping his leg to prove it), and fully enjoyed a low-key long-running Who Is The Alpha Bitch Here? competition with me. If we didn’t give her what might have been her ‘best’ life, at least she got an additional dozen years in a low-stress, loving home…
WATCH: This speedy dog has made history at the 2024 #WestminsterDogShow. 'Nimble' is the first mixed-breed dog to claim the club's agility championship pic.twitter.com/NDnhBT9BX8
— Reuters Asia (@ReutersAsia) May 14, 2024
On The Road – ema – 5th Avenue Easter Bonnet Parade
Nukular Biskits
Good mornin’, y’all
Holy cow! I’m first? I’m buying a lottery ticket today!
Baud
Who’s Joy?
SiubhanDuinne
I’m all for joy, but first Imma bring this up from downstairs:
Way to further debase the once-respected office of Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
Baud
Wait till you hear what Trump did.
prostratedragon
Wow, Nimble! Woof woof woof!
Mousebumples
Good morning! I saw the Paramore clip of Burning Down the House with video of their recording. I’ll see if I can track it down. Great vocals, perfect for that song.
Eta – link
BellyCat
Mixed breed dog wins agility competition? Who let that damn (and very cute!) thing in to compete?!?!
QAnon has a new grievance to pursue.
Soprano2
@SiubhanDuinne: It’s mind-boggling that his family can’t just show up. They could take turns! I wonder if people on the jury even know who half these people are – the ones from Congress.
ETA – my mother didn’t like dogs, but she loved dog shows. I always think of her when I see one on TV. They were watching this on one of the TV’s at the bar on Sunday, so I got to see some of them (but not the dog that won). I would hate to have to chase that dog!
Another Scott
I’m old enough to remember the oh so serious people in the press bringing out the smelling salts when Jimmy Carter was reported to have said (about Ted Kennedy running against him) – “I’ll whip his ass!”
A former Navy sailor saying “ass”. Heavens to Betsy!!
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Good for Kamala.
Cheers,
Scott.
rikyrah
Good Morning, Everyone😊😊😊
JML
@Mousebumples: I watched their video too recently; they seemed to be having a great time recording it! It’s very well done.
Baud
@rikyrah:
Good morning.
suzanne
MVP is this administration’s MVP. Love her.
lowtechcyclist
Not technically an open thread, but I figure close enough, given the wide range of topics. So I must share this:
‘It is never too late’: 83-year-old woman earns doctorate, becomes Howard University’s oldest graduate
I think that made her an even older graduate student than Rincewind at Unseen University. ;-)
Baud
@lowtechcyclist:
It’s says open thread right in the post title.
SiubhanDuinne
@Baud:
Exactly. Why is this even a story in 2024?
Spanky
“Uttered”. Is that word ever used where it isn’t disparaging someone?
Harrison Wesley
All these Congresscritters showing up for the Trump Show – I guess they’ve got nothing else to do.
Spanky
@SiubhanDuinne:
Speaking of Imma, when was the last time we heard from him?
lowtechcyclist
@Baud:
See, it’s not technically an open thread because it doesn’t say ‘open threads’ in that blue list of topics underneath the thread title. So there! ;-)
Kay
Beyond parody. They’re mandated to write an essay renouncing their own political speech. They must comply with the management/donor views on US foreign policy, or be banished.
They’re charging them 58,000 dollars a year for this:
O. Felix Culpa
My son and DiL go every year to the first and super fun day of the Westminster show. They particularly enjoy the dock diving and “meet the breed” events.
ETA: You can watch the full dock diving competition here, if so inclined.
TBone
https://crooksandliars.com/2024/05/massive-campaign-will-connect-gop-right
Video
https://youtu.be/XakD1edeQiM
prostratedragon
@Spanky: I like to say in such circumstance that they hath oped their mouth and spaketh.
JAFD
Good morning, jackals !
Some of you may be interested in the Campionato Mondiale di Umari – the 2024 World Umarelling Championship.
more info at https://www.scopeofwork.net/il-campionato-mondiale-di-umari/?ref=scope-of-work-newsletter
In tabletop boardgames, it’s release day for Hollandspiele’s Striking Flint, a co-operative game about the UAW vs General Motors in 1937; designer’s diary at https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/161000?commentid=12176789#comment12176789
purchase at https://hollandspiele.com/products/striking-flint
Is everyone ready for the Ides of May ?
Harrison Wesley
@Kay: Couldn’t they just write “I love Big Brother” and be done with it?
Another Scott
@JAFD: Ha!
I thought you were trying to trick us, but I see May fits the usual rule. (April doesn’t.)
Crazy planet Earth. Months should be 30 days!!1
Cheers,
Scott.
Baud
@Kay:
If they’re not careful, House Republicans will make university presidents do the same thing.
sab
@Kay: My, that certainly has a “re-education camp” feel to it.
zhena gogolia
@SiubhanDuinne: Vomit.
Steve in the ATL
@Spanky: just after he bought the haunted farmhouse in the NY countryside….
Sure Lurkalot
@SiubhanDuinne: Beyond debasing the office, how dickless do you have to be to humiliate yourself thusly? The sleeping, farting, gagged fool needs a panoply of emotional support dogs to be his mouthpiece, what other human function is up next?
zhena gogolia
@Baud: I thought this comment was referring to showing up for Trump’s trial. I’d love to see some university presidents having to do that.
prostratedragon
Contolled demolition of the collapsed Key Bridge. Very noticeable damage to the ship where it struck the pier.
mrmoshpotato
@Another Scott:
That made me faint! Thankfully, I was already on my couch.
Dorothy A. Winsor
@Harrison Wesley: Chuck Schumer should call a vote on something controversial while those R senators are missing
Matt McIrvin
The thing that strikes me about the “Burning Down the House” track is that the instrumentation is such a sound-alike of the original (particularly the “Stop Making Sense” version). I might have gone a different direction just to explore different possibilities.
Dorothy A. Winsor
@TBone: What action are they calling for? Because one of the things I find most discouraging is that the Court is truly immune.
OzarkHillbilly
@Dorothy A. Winsor: This is the Senate, where Decorum rules the day Dorothy, always decorum first.
lowtechcyclist
@Kay:
If I were one of those students, I’d regard that censure as something to be proud of.
NYU should lose its accreditation for this, once the students currently there have graduated. (Wouldn’t want to punish the students for the University’s abhorrent conduct.) Unfortunately that won’t happen, but dammit, it should.
Soprano2
@Kay: I agree, that’s ridiculous. They’re treating them like rebellious 10-year-olds.
twbrandt
@Mousebumples: That was fun!
SiubhanDuinne
@Spanky:
Been a while, hasn’t it? I hope he and the Immp are doing well.
Geminid
I see that outgoing VA10 Representative Jennifer Wexton has endorsed Suhas Subramanyam in the Democratic primary to succeed her. Subramanyam is now the state Senator for the 32nd District.
The 37 year-old Subramanyam was born in Houston and attended Tulane University; he earned a law degree from Northwestern University. Subramanyam served in the Obama administration on a science advisory panel. In 2019, he ran for state Delegate and became the first Indian-American member of the Virginia General Assembly.
The Virginia 10th CD* lies in the northern Piedmont and includes Loudon County. Primary Day is June 25, I believe.
* Fun 10th CD facts. The district was established in 1788. In the reapportionment that followed the 1930 Census, the district was abolished. It was re-established in 1952. Republicans Joel Broyhill, Frank Wolf and Barbara Comstock represented the 10th; then, Jennifer Wexton unseated Comstock in 2018.
Kay
@Soprano2:
They outsourced it to a private for-profit, too. They’re not even conducting the mandatory political compliance training themselves:
They hired these criminals to do the ethics evaluation.
TBone
@Dorothy A. Winsor: they are combatting the widespread myth that Dems and liberals are responsible for the bad things the Supremacists are up to because “it happened on Biden’s watch.” A lot of low information voters need the dots connected for them! They are calling out the MAGA court.
The Rolling Stones article linked in the post has good detail.
TBone
@Matt McIrvin: here’s an example 🎶
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iYuldgIOelY
Kay
@lowtechcyclist:
It’s handy for their 1st amendment case though. They’ll be able to show they were punished for the content of the (constitutionally protected) speech, because of the disparity in university management’s response to this speech compared to other speech. Has to be neutral – time, place and manner restrictions that apply to everyone, not targeted only to certain speakers.
Matt McIrvin
(but I dig Paramore–them doing Talking Heads covers is 100% apropos)
lowtechcyclist
@Geminid:
Nitpick: Loudoun.
BellyCat
To the surprise of no one. Likely recommended by Fortune 500 board members.
Layer8Problem
@lowtechcyclist: I mean can it truly be an Open Thread if it’s only titled Open Thread but lacks the ‘Open Threads’ tag allowing us to find it amongst all the other Open Threads when we’re reminiscing over our favorite open threads in our golden years? Hah? Perhaps if the front pagers post it from the special server maintained in the Fils Ouvertes region of France for these situations.