# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1440 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1441 --- ## [What's the latest on Anastasia Vashukevich (model on oligarch's yacht with info on 2016 election)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-latest-on-anastasia-vashukevich-model-on-oligarchs-yacht-with-info-on-2016-election/943482)
**Author:** [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-latest-on-anastasia-vashukevich-model-on-oligarchs-yacht-with-info-on-2016-election/943482 "2021-06-02T16:47:42Z")
Anastasia Vashukevich was the Russian model who claimed to have inside info on Russian interference in the 2016 election, based in part on her being on a yacht with the oligarch Oleg Deripaska and cronies. She was arres… --- ## [The long-term fate of cemeteries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-long-term-fate-of-cemeteries/941829)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-long-term-fate-of-cemeteries/941829 "2021-06-02T16:23:07Z")
Inspired by this thread about church funding, because it reminded me of a church near my house that was recently torn down. It doesn’t have a cemetery associated with it, but some other churches do, and lately I’ve been… --- ## [At a loss for where to get app help for an i-phone 6](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-a-loss-for-where-to-get-app-help-for-an-i-phone-6/943302)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-a-loss-for-where-to-get-app-help-for-an-i-phone-6/943302 "2021-06-02T15:56:49Z")
My Chase bank app is signalling that I need to update it and it won’t work until I do. The app store says it requires updates of 13.0 and beyond to download the app. But my phone says it’s up to date at 12. something. … --- ## [Bustin' Out All Over: JUNE Mini-Rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bustin-out-all-over-june-mini-rants/943428)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bustin-out-all-over-june-mini-rants/943428 "2021-06-02T07:16:38Z")
Hey, it’s the 2nd, and people are still posting in May! Get with it! --- ## [Questions about Hesiod's epic poem, the 'Theogony' and Golden Race of Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-hesiods-epic-poem-the-theogony-and-golden-race-of-man/943447)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-hesiods-epic-poem-the-theogony-and-golden-race-of-man/943447 "2021-06-02T14:28:19Z")
Regarding Hesiod’s epic poem, the ‘Theogony’ (which I have not read) and specifically the Golden Race of Man, I was curious to know where, logistically speaking, the Golden Race actually lived. Was it on Olympus itself,… --- ## [Unlocking a picture on my backup drive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlocking-a-picture-on-my-backup-drive/943313)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlocking-a-picture-on-my-backup-drive/943313 "2021-06-02T13:32:16Z")
For some reason, there are a number of things that were not successfully moved when my last MacBook Pro wouldn’t boot and I got a new one. I would very much like to save a photo that is stored on my backup drive. It op… --- ## [I want my digital photos and movies to last many decades. How do I archive them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-my-digital-photos-and-movies-to-last-many-decades-how-do-i-archive-them/943376)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-my-digital-photos-and-movies-to-last-many-decades-how-do-i-archive-them/943376 "2021-06-02T11:26:18Z")
I currently have 50 GB of photos and movies on my computer’s hard drive. Yesterday I backed them up to an external hard drive. But the HD in my computer won’t last forever. And neither will the external HD. I suppose o… --- ## [Why does the “SD” icon disappear when I’m looking at the list of open tabs on my iPhone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-sd-icon-disappear-when-i-m-looking-at-the-list-of-open-tabs-on-my-iphone/942799)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-sd-icon-disappear-when-i-m-looking-at-the-list-of-open-tabs-on-my-iphone/942799 "2021-06-02T10:44:25Z")
You know how on an iPhone if you click on the little page icon at the bottom right corner, you get a display of all open tabs? And the SDMB has the little “SD” in gold and blue on the left corner of each tabbed page? E… --- ## [Has your significant other ever fetish-shamed you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-your-significant-other-ever-fetish-shamed-you/943123)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-your-significant-other-ever-fetish-shamed-you/943123 "2021-06-02T09:14:26Z")
A turning point in my most recent relationship, which ended about 15 months ago, was when I mentioned to my girlfriend that I liked her feet, and she said, “OH GOD, tell me you’re not one of those people.” What? I like… --- ## [Security Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-question/943309)
**Author:** [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2021, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-question/943309 "2021-06-01T02:12:38Z")
On several websites, when I want to log in, the website will tell me that my phone number is on file and that they will call/text me at the phone number they already have to prove it’s me. This makes some sense to me. … --- ## [Ring Around the Collar: How dirty is my shirt I only wore for a few hours?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ring-around-the-collar-how-dirty-is-my-shirt-i-only-wore-for-a-few-hours/943385)
**Author:** [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ring-around-the-collar-how-dirty-is-my-shirt-i-only-wore-for-a-few-hours/943385 "2021-06-02T07:48:05Z")
How dirty does a shirt get if you only wear it for a few hours and don’t sweat or eat in it? How often would you wash such a garment? Especially considering it might need to be dry-cleaned or pressed…? I have a habit wh… --- ## [Movies With Someone Being Interviewed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-someone-being-interviewed/941901)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-someone-being-interviewed/941901 "2021-06-02T06:13:46Z")
Featured films… I don’t mean someone trying to get a job… But someone who’s interviewed, mostly likely for being famous, but it could have been a reporter who finds a witness who witnessed something. “La Dolce Vita” is… --- ## [Identify a cartoon: space ships, giant monsters, and clone zombies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-cartoon-space-ships-giant-monsters-and-clone-zombies/943379)
**Author:** [@smilingbandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smilingbandit)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-cartoon-space-ships-giant-monsters-and-clone-zombies/943379 "2021-06-02T06:03:57Z")
By chance, I happened to watch a few minutes of a cartoon I’d never seen before, but didn’t catch the title or the network. It looked liked a modern western animated show, where a giant humanoid monster was attacking a s… --- ## [Seven year old boy swims to Shore and saves his family](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-year-old-boy-swims-to-shore-and-saves-his-family/943395)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-year-old-boy-swims-to-shore-and-saves-his-family/943395 "2021-06-02T05:08:23Z")
That’s one brave kid. I couldn’t have swimmed a mile against the current at that age. I earned my mile swim badge in Scouting Camp at 13. There was no current in the lake. I’m very surprised that he planned his trip so … --- ## [Botticelli - May 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098)
**Author:** [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Replies:** 398\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-may-2021/941098 "2021-06-02T04:16:27Z")
I am Link to April thread: Botticelli - April 2021 - #408 by Prof.Pepperwinkle --- ## [Can anything be done about obviously disinformational news outlets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anything-be-done-about-obviously-disinformational-news-outlets/926048)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 170\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anything-be-done-about-obviously-disinformational-news-outlets/926048 "2021-06-02T03:53:21Z")
After seeing the role that obviously wrong, inaccurate, and frankly fraudulent news sources like Newsmax, Fox News, OANN, Daily Caller, etc… have played in a lot of recent events, is there anything that can be done? The… --- ## [Medical Professionals, Clinical Distance, and Sex](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-professionals-clinical-distance-and-sex/943296)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-professionals-clinical-distance-and-sex/943296 "2021-06-02T02:52:26Z")
Hi folks - This is a mostly GQ topic but we’ll probably be settling for anecdote, so IMHO it is. Medical professionals learn what I’m going to call “clinical distance” (if there’s a better official term please share). N… --- ## [My Preciousssssss! -- Operator Crashes Drone into Lava Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-preciousssssss-operator-crashes-drone-into-lava-stream/943360)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-preciousssssss-operator-crashes-drone-into-lava-stream/943360 "2021-06-02T02:32:17Z")
Now you can have a better idea of what Gollum saw as he plunged into the Crack of Doom the movie only gave you a CGI interpretation --- ## [How are small peer-to-peer groups restarting meetings in real life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-small-peer-to-peer-groups-restarting-meetings-in-real-life/943386)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-small-peer-to-peer-groups-restarting-meetings-in-real-life/943386 "2021-06-02T01:48:49Z")
I’m in two organizations that used to host peer-to-peer meetings in real life, meeting in church basements. Meeting sizes varied 5 to 20. One is an LGBTQ+ support organization, and one is a suicide bereavement support or… --- ## [Stock market hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stock-market-hypothetical/943278)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stock-market-hypothetical/943278 "2021-06-02T01:39:53Z")
If you had perfect knowledge of the stock market, how fast could you go from having 1 dollar to becoming the richest man alive? Assuming you are trading manually, so no high frequency trading. --- ## [Why does my browser window separate from the other tabs when I click somewhere?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-browser-window-separate-from-the-other-tabs-when-i-click-somewhere/924484)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-browser-window-separate-from-the-other-tabs-when-i-click-somewhere/924484 "2021-06-02T01:33:27Z")
When I start up my browser (normally Firefox), I normally open 4 tabs in a row. It often happens to me that I will accidentally slide or click my mouse/cursor and one of the tabs will separate itself from the other four … --- ## [Is there a name for this cake?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-cake/943318)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-cake/943318 "2021-06-02T01:17:04Z")
I made it up, but it’s so obvious that I can’t be the first. I took a package of yellow mix (it’s what I had) and mixed in a cup of water and 3 eggs. It called for a half cup of oil, but I subbed about a cup of apple pie… --- ## [Why are so many Americans killing themselves and others compared to other countries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-so-many-americans-killing-themselves-and-others-compared-to-other-countries/942975)
**Author:** [@civilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/civilis)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-so-many-americans-killing-themselves-and-others-compared-to-other-countries/942975 "2021-06-02T00:01:29Z")
It is at least another order of magnitude. I think it is the worship guns , but it could be the lack effort to support the less fortunate who need it. I’m from Canada, and the help I got from our government during tough … --- ## [Alternatives to "Atlas Shrugged"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-to-atlas-shrugged/943107)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2021, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-to-atlas-shrugged/943107 "2021-06-01T23:58:16Z")
Regardless of what one thinks of Ayn Rand or her Objectivist philosophy, the general consensus is that “Atlas Shrugged” simply isn’t a good novel by literary standards. So what would be a good alternative? A story that d… --- ## [Wiffle ball and other childhood sports rules](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiffle-ball-and-other-childhood-sports-rules/943179)
**Author:** [@Happytree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happytree)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2021, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiffle-ball-and-other-childhood-sports-rules/943179 "2021-06-01T23:15:06Z")
I remember when i was a kid (late 80’s - early 90’s) we played a lot of wiffle ball. I remember in wiffle ball, we didn’t need to tag out the base runner; we could simply throw the ball at them to tag them before they re… --- ## [Hey-I'm Alive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-im-alive/943326)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2021, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-im-alive/943326 "2021-06-01T22:07:59Z")
Hi everybody! Been away awhile! Much has changed since I last visited. FGIE --- ## [Apparent motion of stars in the night sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparent-motion-of-stars-in-the-night-sky/943251)
**Author:** [@hibernicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hibernicus)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2021, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparent-motion-of-stars-in-the-night-sky/943251 "2021-06-01T22:07:07Z")
I live at about 53 degrees north. If I stand facing north the circumpolar stars trace an arc around the Celestial north pole over the course of the night. There are lots of long-exposure images online that purport to sho… --- ## [Earliest TV commercial you remember verbatim](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-tv-commercial-you-remember-verbatim/942917)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2021, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-tv-commercial-you-remember-verbatim/942917 "2021-06-01T21:44:50Z")
I always kind of resented the substantial portion of my brain seemingly devoted to the puerile commercials popular when I was young. What Canadian could forget the wonder of Zoodles animal-shaped noodles (which my paren… --- ## [UEFA Championship: Should I Support Man City Or Chelsea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-championship-should-i-support-man-city-or-chelsea/943177)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-championship-should-i-support-man-city-or-chelsea/943177 "2021-06-01T21:41:59Z")
American soccer fan here. Apparently there’s a game of some importance today :wink: Based on my research, it appears that Man City has won twice, Chelsea never. So I’m leaning towards supporting Chelsea. However, I don’… --- ## [Worlds oldest snake in captivity decides to be a mommy without a males help at 62](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-oldest-snake-in-captivity-decides-to-be-a-mommy-without-a-males-help-at-62/920537)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2021, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-oldest-snake-in-captivity-decides-to-be-a-mommy-without-a-males-help-at-62/920537 "2021-06-01T21:06:00Z")
heres what happened : shes saved them up for 15 years (the last time she was near a male) at least …apparently, 3 are going to make it tho [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1439) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1441)