# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=293 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 294 --- ## [Gender-segregated school sports are based on faulty logic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-segregated-school-sports-are-based-on-faulty-logic/1019851)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2025, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-segregated-school-sports-are-based-on-faulty-logic/1019851 "2025-06-21T21:38:09Z")
The logic behind gender-segregated school sports is as follows: School sports have a variety of benefits for those who participate in them. Those benefits should be available to anyone who wants them. Most girls can’t … --- ## [What is the best way to request a video topic from a Youtube channel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-request-a-video-topic-from-a-youtube-channel/1019914)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2025, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-request-a-video-topic-from-a-youtube-channel/1019914 "2025-06-21T20:20:39Z")
Suppose you want to request a Youtube content creator to make a video on a certain topic. Assuming they haven’t provided an e-mail on their channel on which to contact them, what is the best way to make a request and sta… --- ## [What is your reaction to Android 15?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-reaction-to-android-15/1019873)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2025, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-reaction-to-android-15/1019873 "2025-06-21T18:52:02Z")
My Samsung phone updated to Android 15 yesterday. I’m pissed and extremely disappointed. The best features are gone. The gear icon in the upper,top right corner is gone. I finally found Settings in the application dra… --- ## [Presidential pardon for Kilmar Armando Ábrego García](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-pardon-for-kilmar-armando-abrego-garcia/1019917)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-pardon-for-kilmar-armando-abrego-garcia/1019917 "2025-06-21T17:27:17Z")
Of course it won’t happen, but it would be pretty funny if someone were to start a GoFundMe with the purpose of purchasing a pardon. If it went far enough to draw indignation from Leavitt, that would be great. --- ## [How are we to read the opening line of "Moby-Dick"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-we-to-read-the-opening-line-of-moby-dick/1019915)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-we-to-read-the-opening-line-of-moby-dick/1019915 "2025-06-21T17:15:58Z")
The classic novel “Moby-Dick” starts with the three-word sentence: “Call me Ishmael.” Some tout this as a great opening line. I honestly am on the fence about that, but to be honest, I wonder what exactly the author mea… --- ## [Why did I see, what I just saw!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-i-see-what-i-just-saw/1019905)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-i-see-what-i-just-saw/1019905 "2025-06-21T16:45:58Z")
I’m sitting on a deck chair. The garage cats are visiting me. Nice warm morning. My daughter lets the dogs out there. Bayliss comes and makes a wide circle around the cats to my other side and puts his chin on the arm … --- ## [Ausfahrt Along the Road](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ausfahrt-along-the-road/1019181)
**Author:** [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ausfahrt-along-the-road/1019181 "2025-06-21T16:29:55Z")
Just sharing some tidbits of memory here - nothing important. When I went to Germany for the first time many years ago I started to see Ausfahrt signs along the road traveling to the hotel. There were lots of them. See… --- ## [Post preview stopped](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-preview-stopped/1019935)
**Author:** [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2025, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-preview-stopped/1019935 "2025-06-21T16:11:02Z")
Until a couple days ago when looking at the first post in a list of threads, mousing over would display the first couple lines of the post. This is no longer happening and looking through Settings I didn’t find anything… --- ## [Today, June 19, is Juneteenth with Post Offices, Banks, Federal Offices, etc Closed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-june-19-is-juneteenth-with-post-offices-banks-federal-offices-etc-closed/1019852)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2025, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-june-19-is-juneteenth-with-post-offices-banks-federal-offices-etc-closed/1019852 "2025-06-21T15:38:06Z")
I just now came back from the post office–which was closed. I suppose no one else here is as forgetful as I am–but it’s possible someone else here forgot. --- ## [Automotive “Start/Stop” Systems -?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automotive-start-stop-systems/1019820)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2025, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automotive-start-stop-systems/1019820 "2025-06-21T14:40:34Z")
“Start/Stop” is the name Ford attaches to the system that kills the engine when the vehicle comes to a stop. I don’t know what other manufacturers call it. Be that as it may I’m pretty sure there must be a point of dimi… --- ## [Smapti, Kabbalah, And Cultural Appropriation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smapti-kabbalah-and-cultural-appropriation/1019724)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 197\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smapti-kabbalah-and-cultural-appropriation/1019724 "2025-06-21T14:28:05Z")
He started a thread announcing he would be undertaking a six month long Kabbalah ritual. I had questions I objected to the fact that Smapti chose a ritual with rules he didn’t intend to follow. It also called for fa… --- ## [U.S. Politics is ruined, and the SCOTUS did it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-politics-is-ruined-and-the-scotus-did-it/1019276)
**Author:** [@Clu-Me-In](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clu-Me-In)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2025, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-politics-is-ruined-and-the-scotus-did-it/1019276 "2025-06-21T12:51:47Z")
Ever since Obama got elected and Conservatives got stunned, they searched far and wide to find something to make sure we wouldn’t elect another… they ended up with something an Obama-type couldn’t get, and that was a gro… --- ## [Federal judge orders release of Khalil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-judge-orders-release-of-khalil/1019909)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2025, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-judge-orders-release-of-khalil/1019909 "2025-06-21T04:29:43Z")
Just happened. Still faces deportation proceedings. --- ## [Dental bridge vs implant. Experiences? Horror stories?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dental-bridge-vs-implant-experiences-horror-stories/982257)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2025, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dental-bridge-vs-implant-experiences-horror-stories/982257 "2025-06-21T04:14:54Z")
I have a dentist appointment at the end of the month to get a cracked tooth pulled. (The specific tooth is molar #14, upper left side.) The endodontist who did a root canal on the tooth last week said my dentist will lik… --- ## [In the US, could states implement UBI in a post scarcity society {Universal Basic Income}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-us-could-states-implement-ubi-in-a-post-scarcity-society-universal-basic-income/1019901)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2025, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-us-could-states-implement-ubi-in-a-post-scarcity-society-universal-basic-income/1019901 "2025-06-21T03:25:19Z")
The US is a nation heavily divided by tribalism. Whites vs. POC Christians vs. other beliefs and non-beliefs Patriarchs vs. Feminists Native born vs. Immigrants Because of that, passing UBI on a national level will … --- ## [Multiple hikers missing after large rockslide near Banff, AB - 6/19/2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-hikers-missing-after-large-rockslide-near-banff-ab-6-19-2025/1019875)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2025, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-hikers-missing-after-large-rockslide-near-banff-ab-6-19-2025/1019875 "2025-06-21T02:43:42Z")
Details are sketchy, but isn’t this near where the recent G7 summit was? One witness said they estimated the resulting rockpile to be 10 meters deep. This link has before and after pictures. https://www.cbc.ca/news/ca… --- ## [Setting static DNS server addresses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-static-dns-server-addresses/1019897)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-static-dns-server-addresses/1019897 "2025-06-20T23:31:30Z")
As a victim of the CenturyLink outage yesterday, I fixed the issue by setting my DNS server to Google’s Pri: 8.8.8.8 Sec: 8.8.4.4 But I could have used Cloudflare’s server at 1.1.1.1 My question is, what would the ef… --- ## [Is there any evidence the Romans knew lead was bad for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-evidence-the-romans-knew-lead-was-bad-for-you/1019789)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2025, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-evidence-the-romans-knew-lead-was-bad-for-you/1019789 "2025-06-20T23:29:49Z")
Avoiding hijacking another thread on this. It was suggested on this thread that the ancient Romans may have known about the.long term dangers of ingesting lead. Specifically @TriPolar said: I’m pretty skeptical of thi… --- ## [Would you object to being kept alive as a virtual "ghost" using AI?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-object-to-being-kept-alive-as-a-virtual-ghost-using-ai/1019746)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2025, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-object-to-being-kept-alive-as-a-virtual-ghost-using-ai/1019746 "2025-06-20T23:04:10Z")
Topic pompted by this story— —in conjunction with another recent story, which I’ll mention further down. The basic upshot: It’s now feasible (and has been for a little while) to train a generative-AI model on the i… --- ## [Can anyone identify the Medieval tune heard at the end of this clip?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-the-medieval-tune-heard-at-the-end-of-this-clip/1019911)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2025, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-the-medieval-tune-heard-at-the-end-of-this-clip/1019911 "2025-06-20T22:33:10Z")
It brings back memories from my reenactor days 50 years ago. --- ## [A Friend Turns MAGA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friend-turns-maga/1019643)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2025, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friend-turns-maga/1019643 "2025-06-20T21:45:35Z")
a bunch of history that is very relevant- During the last Presidential election, I spoke out against Trump to anybody who would listen and at every possible opportunity. My friends Bob and Stephanie (they have been marr… --- ## [Impeaching Trump, Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impeaching-trump-again/1019805)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2025, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impeaching-trump-again/1019805 "2025-06-20T21:42:55Z")
Assume that the Democrats take control of the House in the 2026 mid-terms. If you were Speaker, would you start impeachment proceedings (3rd time’s the charm!) on Trump? And if so, what would the charges be? IMHO, the… --- ## [Feminine form of Radagast?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feminine-form-of-radagast/1019859)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feminine-form-of-radagast/1019859 "2025-06-20T21:33:20Z")
Using the language rules Tolkein would have used, for example the plural a dwarf being dwarrow. I’m assuming it is not like Latin and simply adding an a but more complex. --- ## [Legal Q: Blackmail/Extortion — in reverse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-q-blackmail-extortion-in-reverse/1019860)
**Author:** [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2025, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-q-blackmail-extortion-in-reverse/1019860 "2025-06-20T20:38:55Z")
Sort of a two-part question about blackmail/extortion; if I’m wrong about the first part, I guess it kinda makes the second part moot — but, if I’m right, I don’t recall ever seeing this come up before: Say you’re in a … --- ## [Tell me about “mheibes”, the world’s hardest bluffing game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-mheibes-the-world-s-hardest-bluffing-game/1019667)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-mheibes-the-world-s-hardest-bluffing-game/1019667 "2025-06-20T20:29:28Z")
Can this really be a thing? Mheibes is a bluffing game where teams of skilled body language experts try to guess which of 45 opponents is holding a ring in one palm. How is this even possible? (NB: gift link is follow… --- ## [Ali v. Liston II: Did Sonny take a dive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ali-v-liston-ii-did-sonny-take-a-dive/1019060)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2025, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ali-v-liston-ii-did-sonny-take-a-dive/1019060 "2025-06-20T20:22:32Z")
May 25th just marked the 60th anniversary of Muhammad Ali’s heavyweight boxing match against Sonny Liston. It was their second match - the first, when Ali was still known as Cassius Clay, ended with a TKO in the 7th rou… --- ## [The Great Ongoing Firearms Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-firearms-thread/1016977)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2025, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-firearms-thread/1016977 "2025-06-20T20:22:11Z")
I was sure there would be a thread for this. I looked up the serial number for my Colt’s Government Model 1911 .45 ACP pistol. It was made in 1917. I’ve ordered a blue, National Match barrel for it to replace the stai… --- ## [How to do a numbered countdown in Discourse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-do-a-numbered-countdown-in-discourse/1019902)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2025, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-do-a-numbered-countdown-in-discourse/1019902 "2025-06-20T18:37:08Z")
Discourse wants to automatically set up a rising numbered list if you enter a number, even if you don’t click on Numbered List. number one number two number three But what if you want to do a countdown? number ten n… --- ## [Karen Read Trial?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karen-read-trial/1019819)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2025, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karen-read-trial/1019819 "2025-06-20T18:21:44Z")
Karen Reed has been through 2 lengthy trials. Legal fees must have been astronomical. While I don’t know anything about her, it’s hard to imagine she could could have come up with that amount of money. Anyone know who pa… --- ## [A new irritating quirk with Mac Mail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-irritating-quirk-with-mac-mail/1019866)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2025, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-irritating-quirk-with-mac-mail/1019866 "2025-06-20T16:36:17Z")
Using a Mac Mini with M1 chip, circa 2020. 8 Gigs Ram. Running Mac OS Sequoia 15.5 Somewhere in the last few OS updates, an amazingly irritating bug has emerged. I use a few Gmail accounts and a work account not in any… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=292) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=294)