# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=20&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 21 --- ## [Does the software allow mod notes to be removed or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-software-allow-mod-notes-to-be-removed-or-not/1033224)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-software-allow-mod-notes-to-be-removed-or-not/1033224 "2026-09-20T18:56:02Z")
I know regular posts can be removed by a moderator but can mod notes be removed or are they part of the permanent record? I ask because I was mod notes, incorrectly, & even another poster questioned it & when I supplied… --- ## [What are YOU doing to save democracy in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-doing-to-save-democracy-in-the-us/1033109)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-doing-to-save-democracy-in-the-us/1033109 "2026-09-20T14:13:15Z")
It’s now less than nine weeks to the midterms, perhaps the most important election of our lives. If Trump and his goons achieve their stated goal of stealing elections, and Democrats do not take back the House and, hopef… --- ## [Urban Fantasy Box Set: Alastair Stone Chronicles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urban-fantasy-box-set-alastair-stone-chronicles/743288)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urban-fantasy-box-set-alastair-stone-chronicles/743288 "2026-09-20T04:05:46Z")
My urban fantasy series, The Alastair Stone Chronicles, has been selling pretty well since I released the first book in March of 2015. Now that I’m up to four books, I’ve released an ebook box set including all four. It’… --- ## [What is a booger, exactly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-booger-exactly/1033134)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-booger-exactly/1033134 "2026-09-20T03:25:04Z")
So the stuff that comes out of your nose… often yellowish-green, sometimes bloody, sometimes soft and slimy, sometimes hard like a slab of petrified disgust. What exactly… is it? What does it do? How is it different or … --- ## [Epstein Files =\> Trump Impeachment & Conviction?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 1110\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-files-trump-impeachment-conviction/1024733 "2026-09-20T03:09:50Z")
I know this is highly speculative right now so maybe we will all spitball then the thread goes on hiatus until the files are released. I’ll start off the assumption that the House & Senate are both approximately 50/50 s… --- ## [Talk me off the ledge: Will AI destroy my industry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-me-off-the-ledge-will-ai-destroy-my-industry/981879)
**Author:** [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Replies:** 185\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-me-off-the-ledge-will-ai-destroy-my-industry/981879 "2026-09-20T00:55:59Z")
I’m a writer for a mid-sized marketing agency. Lately all we can talk about is AI – what the new developments are, how we can leverage it, and (haha) how soon before it takes all our jobs? I’m finding it harder to laugh… --- ## [Missouri Arrest Deck Collapse Follow-up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-arrest-deck-collapse-follow-up/1032841)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-arrest-deck-collapse-follow-up/1032841 "2026-09-20T00:17:47Z")
A few weeks ago, six deputies and marshals were on a rickety deck to arrest a “sexual predator” and the deck collapsed beneath them, sending them on a ten foot plunge. I can find plenty of news stories about the collapse… --- ## [Jeopardy! Season 42. It is what it is](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-42-it-is-what-it-is/1021905)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 542\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2026, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-42-it-is-what-it-is/1021905 "2026-08-13T20:09:29Z")
Season 42 is coming, and there are changes, lordy, there are changes, In some misguided attempt to fix something that isn’tt broken, they are changing the set, and most notably changing the set color from blue to red. W… --- ## [Special Ops: Lioness - Paramount+](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-ops-lioness-paramount/988564)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-ops-lioness-paramount/988564 "2026-09-19T22:29:00Z")
New series on Paramount+ starring Zoe Saldana, Nicole Kidman, and Laysla De Oliveira. It’s an action drama about a CIA special ops team, whose primary mission is to infiltrate female operators into terrorist environment… --- ## [AIs have passed the Turing Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ais-have-passed-the-turing-test/1032674)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ais-have-passed-the-turing-test/1032674 "2026-09-19T21:37:22Z")
The 5 craziest discoveries from OpenAI’s HuggingFace investigation Axois ran a detailed analysis of the AI Hugging Face hack. Jawdropping. The AIs acted - and sounded - exactly like people, created their own secret mess… --- ## [Universal remote -- not so much-- any ideas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-remote-not-so-much-any-ideas/1032827)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-remote-not-so-much-any-ideas/1032827 "2026-09-19T21:25:42Z")
My current remote for my RCA DECG185R (19" TV/DVD combo) only sort-of works - power, channel down, volume up, volume down work – no others. I got a “universal” remote (Insignia NS-RMT-3D21) but so far no codes even work… --- ## [What is this antique (c. 1900) device that I believe is almost certainly toilet-related](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-antique-c-1900-device-that-i-believe-is-almost-certainly-toilet-related/1033187)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-antique-c-1900-device-that-i-believe-is-almost-certainly-toilet-related/1033187 "2026-09-19T20:41:13Z")
Look at the wall behind the left shoulder of the girl in the middle. The entire contraption, I think, is for, shall we say, personal business. The big bowl for washing one’s hands, and the big circular gizmo above it I t… --- ## [Are any of the "origin stories" of Mother Goose rhymes actually well-supported?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-of-the-origin-stories-of-mother-goose-rhymes-actually-well-supported/1033128)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-of-the-origin-stories-of-mother-goose-rhymes-actually-well-supported/1033128 "2026-09-19T20:16:38Z")
Every now and then, you come across an explanation for the supposed story behind this or that Mother Goose rhyme, often claiming that what we tell as a childish nursery rhyme actually stands for a specific event in Engli… --- ## [Should children be shielded from morbid subjects?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-children-be-shielded-from-morbid-subjects/1032999)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-children-be-shielded-from-morbid-subjects/1032999 "2026-09-19T19:21:25Z")
I’m second guessing myself a bit and wanted to check in. I’ve got a six year old boy, brilliant, autistic, never stops wanting to learn about stuff. From a young age I’ve taken the approach of radical honesty with him. … --- ## [Intervening to stop genocide/atrocities while not wanting to be world police - which events qualify?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intervening-to-stop-genocide-atrocities-while-not-wanting-to-be-world-police-which-events-qualify/1033158)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intervening-to-stop-genocide-atrocities-while-not-wanting-to-be-world-police-which-events-qualify/1033158 "2026-09-19T17:05:03Z")
Didn’t want to hijack the ongoing Sudan-crisis thread, so I started a separate one: Many times there is an ongoing atrocity, genocide, civil war, other war, etc. you get two camps of people: One side (correctly) says t… --- ## [Interest rates, inflation, and the economy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interest-rates-inflation-and-the-economy/1033145)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interest-rates-inflation-and-the-economy/1033145 "2026-09-19T16:35:02Z")
My brain won’t let me understand the fundamentals of the Fed raising or lowering interest rates and its effect on the economy. The basics that I do understand (correct me if I’m wrong): Inflation is currently too high… --- ## [The horror in Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horror-in-sudan/1033017)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horror-in-sudan/1033017 "2026-09-19T14:21:20Z")
I wasn’t sure if this should be here or in some other forum. Feel free to move it. I read a horrifying NYT op-ed by Nicholas Kristof about the horror show going on in Sudan. An estimated 60,000 people (mostly males over… --- ## [Name this Garage/Frat anthem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-garage-frat-anthem/1033126)
**Author:** [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-garage-frat-anthem/1033126 "2026-09-19T14:17:13Z")
Ever hear a song you have heard a million times but can’t put a title or artist to it? The song linked below was played by two different bands at a garage rock festival I recently attended. The nature of such performanc… --- ## [Fake football player scams people out of more than a million dollars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-football-player-scams-people-out-of-more-than-a-million-dollars/1032854)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-football-player-scams-people-out-of-more-than-a-million-dollars/1032854 "2026-09-19T13:54:07Z")
I’m not sure if this should be a game room thread, since it’s tangentially about sports… It has recently come to light that a man named Dejean Love has been scamming people out of more than a million dollars by pretendi… --- ## [How can psoriasis medication cause suicidal thoughts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-psoriasis-medication-cause-suicidal-thoughts/1033039)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-psoriasis-medication-cause-suicidal-thoughts/1033039 "2026-09-19T06:46:29Z")
One of the side-effect warnings one sees in TV ads for prescription psoriasis medication is “May cause suicidal thoughts.” This boggles my mind. The larger question is really: how can any external agent generate though… --- ## [Please recommend an inexpensive Spy Cam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-an-inexpensive-spy-cam/1033179)
**Author:** [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-an-inexpensive-spy-cam/1033179 "2026-09-19T04:37:45Z")
Someone is peeing on the kitchen floor when we’re not looking. Could be one of our two dogs, or maybe one of our two cats (less likely). The only way I can figure out to learn who it is, is to get a spy cam of some sor… --- ## [Telemundo reporter Adan Manzano, 27, dies in NOLA; sex worker arrested (Super Bowl reporter)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telemundo-reporter-adan-manzano-27-dies-in-nola-sex-worker-arrested-super-bowl-reporter/1014031)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telemundo-reporter-adan-manzano-27-dies-in-nola-sex-worker-arrested-super-bowl-reporter/1014031 "2026-09-19T02:36:58Z")
His name is Adan, not Adam, FYI. Anyway, he was in New Orleans to do Spanish-language Super Bowl coverage, and was found dead in a hotel room. He was widowed last year - his 24-year-old wife, a schoolteacher, died in a… --- ## [New species of cat discovered in Bolivia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-species-of-cat-discovered-in-bolivia/1033156)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-species-of-cat-discovered-in-bolivia/1033156 "2026-09-19T02:24:51Z")
A new species of cat was recently discovered in Bolivia. They are smaller than domestic cats. IMHO they look like miniature leopards. They were reportedly discovered after someone tried to adopt one thinking it was a … --- ## [Items not even in the "Complete" editions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-not-even-in-the-complete-editions/1033106)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-not-even-in-the-complete-editions/1033106 "2026-09-19T01:00:00Z")
Not long ago we discussed several Sherlock Holmes stories you won’t find in any of the versions labeled “Complete”. Even though Leslie Klinger’s Annotated Sherlock Holmes contains the four stories dubbed “The Apocrypha” … --- ## [Tinnitus and balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tinnitus-and-balance/1033176)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tinnitus-and-balance/1033176 "2026-09-19T00:51:28Z")
First off, I am not a Doc. This is far enough afield of the other tinnitus threads that I thought a new thread was warranted. Mods feel free to move. I’m a 65 year old male with severe tinnitus. I also have Peripheral … --- ## [Martial Law in Today's America - daily report](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martial-law-in-todays-america-daily-report/1022021)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 292\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martial-law-in-todays-america-daily-report/1022021 "2026-09-18T23:58:12Z")
I made this post in the Clusterfuck Continues thread. Now I think this particular part of the clusterfuck should be the focus of its own thread. Feel free to add what you can, even if it’s merely venting over what’s po… --- ## [Need answer fast ..pizza dough inquiry {No Longer Urgent}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-pizza-dough-inquiry-no-longer-urgent/1033064)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-pizza-dough-inquiry-no-longer-urgent/1033064 "2026-09-18T23:41:51Z")
Mid-dau has a pizza dough left over from a couple days ago. She has, at this hour decided she had to use it. We’ve already had supper(beans and greens and cornbread, if you wanna know). She rolling it out now. She says… --- ## [Beck, why didn't you tell me Arkansas has a Cleveland County?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-why-didnt-you-tell-me-arkansas-has-a-cleveland-county/1033097)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-why-didnt-you-tell-me-arkansas-has-a-cleveland-county/1033097 "2026-09-18T21:15:00Z")
Formed in 1873, 70 years after Ohio became a state. We welcome our southern brothers and sisters as long as they behave. And send pie. --- ## [Your favorite examples/uses of sampling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-examples-uses-of-sampling/1033150)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-examples-uses-of-sampling/1033150 "2026-09-18T20:48:37Z")
My first comes from “Angel” by Shaggy & Rayvon. Never in a million years would I have thought that the guitar hook from Steve Miller’s “The Joker” and the melody from Juice Newton’s “Angel of the Morning” would have meld… --- ## [So, what made you smile today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882)
**Author:** [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Replies:** 533\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882 "2026-09-18T20:03:27Z")
A similar thread has gotten a lot of traction on another board I use, so I thought that–with all the social and political turmoil going on in the world today–a little counting of our blessings might not go amiss here. Re… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=19&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=21&state=muted)