# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=301 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 302 --- ## [Missouri probes false screwworm press release](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-probes-false-screwworm-press-release/1019324)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-probes-false-screwworm-press-release/1019324 "2025-06-09T01:56:12Z")
I think it’s pretty obvious that this was some kind of stock-manipulation scheme. Literally fake news! It’s always scary that a single piece of false information can have such a big impact. https://www.reuters.com/worl… --- ## [Roman Villa as Modern House?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roman-villa-as-modern-house/486211)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roman-villa-as-modern-house/486211 "2025-06-09T01:56:09Z")
Could I bild a modern house, in the style of an ancient Roman villa? How much would such a house cot to construct-would it be comfortable? I like the idea of the atrium, but having it open to the sky would not be a good … --- ## [What is in this photograph of a coal-fired power plant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-in-this-photograph-of-a-coal-fired-power-plant/1019293)
**Author:** [@leswax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leswax)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2025, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-in-this-photograph-of-a-coal-fired-power-plant/1019293 "2025-06-09T01:54:00Z")
In this NY Times article, the wire service photo in the thumbnail shows a concrete structure splitting the water channel in two. My best guess is this is a loop of cooling water, with the building in the foreground housi… --- ## [Annoying - Hearthstone (game) couldn't finish one game today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-hearthstone-game-couldnt-finish-one-game-today/1019348)
**Author:** [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2025, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-hearthstone-game-couldnt-finish-one-game-today/1019348 "2025-06-09T01:44:07Z")
Hearthstone has been freezing in the middle of games for months. Today I started more than a dozen games and it disconnected from all of them before the end. Is anyone else having this problem? Is anyone still playing H… --- ## [What’s with the wrong captions in AI-generated videos?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-with-the-wrong-captions-in-ai-generated-videos/1019295)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2025, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-with-the-wrong-captions-in-ai-generated-videos/1019295 "2025-06-09T01:08:59Z")
My social media feeds are full of videos that people generated with text-to-video models such as Google’s Veo3. The visuals are stunningly good now, but in many cases the captions of what the characters are saying are wr… --- ## [Resolved: The States should enact legislation enabling the impoundment of Federal taxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-the-states-should-enact-legislation-enabling-the-impoundment-of-federal-taxes/1015126)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2025, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-the-states-should-enact-legislation-enabling-the-impoundment-of-federal-taxes/1015126 "2025-06-08T22:52:50Z")
Let’s assume, for example, that the Federal government decides to end Medicaid and all educational programs. Currently, the way that both Medicaid and these programs are funded is that the IRS taxes various entities (in… --- ## [Do blue jays attack other birds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-blue-jays-attack-other-birds/1019271)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2025, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-blue-jays-attack-other-birds/1019271 "2025-06-08T22:26:53Z")
Out my window I saw a blue jay attack a baby sparrow. Just before I reached it, the jay picked up and then dropped the baby, possibly because I was getting close. Why would it do this? Hunger? --- ## [Weird Lineups Of Sports Teams you've seen people rep](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-lineups-of-sports-teams-youve-seen-people-rep/1019288)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2025, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-lineups-of-sports-teams-youve-seen-people-rep/1019288 "2025-06-08T22:00:54Z")
Weird is entirely subjective. Inspired by driving behind a car today with stickers for the Kansas City Chiefs New York Mets Anaheim Ducks So three different sports, and each team is in a major city on both coasts and… --- ## [North Korean Internet Suffers Outage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-internet-suffers-outage/1019294)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2025, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-internet-suffers-outage/1019294 "2025-06-08T21:26:47Z")
North Korea internet hit by a major outage, analyst says --- ## [Startup company busted for secretly using humans to do its "AI"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/startup-company-busted-for-secretly-using-humans-to-do-its-ai/1019287)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/startup-company-busted-for-secretly-using-humans-to-do-its-ai/1019287 "2025-06-08T21:18:21Z")
Thought this was a pretty funny “man bites dog” situation. Lately people/companies are causing small scandals by using AI to do their work for them, but these guys flipped the script by starting an AI service that was ac… --- ## [Luigi Mangione something something Morality something something Billionaires](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luigi-mangione-something-something-morality-something-something-billionaires/1019285)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2025, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luigi-mangione-something-something-morality-something-something-billionaires/1019285 "2025-06-08T21:09:04Z")
Here’s a very straightforward example of (almost certain) bad faith posting from DT: She selectively quotes me to make me appear unhinged and “extremist”, completely leaving out the critical context that the people I’… --- ## [Bringing back manufacturing jobs -- why would this not work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bringing-back-manufacturing-jobs-why-would-this-not-work/676025)
**Author:** [@Billy-o](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy-o)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bringing-back-manufacturing-jobs-why-would-this-not-work/676025 "2025-06-08T17:58:22Z")
I’m not terribly well educated in economics, so I’d welcome any comments on why this suggestion would be impractical or ill-advised. As several recent threads in GD and the Pit have noted, the number of unemployed in th… --- ## [Why are people still making vertical videos?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-still-making-vertical-videos/1012252)
**Author:** [@seven\_bacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seven_bacon)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-still-making-vertical-videos/1012252 "2025-06-08T15:52:04Z")
Smartphones have been part of our lives for almost a decade-and-a-half now. What is going on inside the minds of people still insist on holding the phone vertically while recording a video? --- ## [Is there a "Like" button at SDMB? The Discobot tutorial thinks there is, but I don't see it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-like-button-at-sdmb-the-discobot-tutorial-thinks-there-is-but-i-dont-see-it/996287)
**Author:** [@dewbiedoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dewbiedoo)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-like-button-at-sdmb-the-discobot-tutorial-thinks-there-is-but-i-dont-see-it/996287 "2024-01-23T20:16:15Z")
I’m happy enough to find a place without the like feature (meaning I can take or leave), but I’m stuck on the tutorial because I don’t see any like buttons, but the Discobot keeps insisting that I do a test “Like” of its… --- ## [In this board I have noticed it says to like but I don't see a like button?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-board-i-have-noticed-it-says-to-like-but-i-dont-see-a-like-button/1016919)
**Author:** [@melaniethewitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melaniethewitch)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2025, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-board-i-have-noticed-it-says-to-like-but-i-dont-see-a-like-button/1016919 "2025-06-03T22:52:19Z")
is there any way to obtain the like button////// --- ## [Contradictions in Forgotten Realms - An esoteric discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contradictions-in-forgotten-realms-an-esoteric-discussion/1019319)
**Author:** [@vislor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vislor)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contradictions-in-forgotten-realms-an-esoteric-discussion/1019319 "2025-06-08T15:39:12Z")
I am talking with @Miller about FR but it is on the OotS thread and this is getting long enough, that I think it it deserves its own thread. Link to OotS: Order of the Stick book 7 discussion thread - #2458 by Miller … --- ## [For the love of God, use landscape mode when making videos, people!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-god-use-landscape-mode-when-making-videos-people/851850)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2020, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-god-use-landscape-mode-when-making-videos-people/851850 "2020-04-16T23:01:09Z")
OK, I realize this is about as mundane and pointless as it gets in times like these, but this is a pet peeve of mine that kind of drives me nuts. I’ve had morning news shows playing in the background while I work at hom… --- ## [Best Decision Your Parents Made](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-decision-your-parents-made/1019016)
**Author:** [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2025, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-decision-your-parents-made/1019016 "2025-06-08T14:45:17Z")
We have a thread about the worst mistakes your parents made, I thought we should also have a space for the good things your parents have done, when they absolutely got it right. Mine is incident based. At the time I was… --- ## [Canadian defence policy and the Group of 7](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-defence-policy-and-the-group-of-7/1019231)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2025, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-defence-policy-and-the-group-of-7/1019231 "2025-06-08T09:15:47Z")
Pundits Greg Pollock and Imran Bayoumi have an article titled “A Canadian defense buildup could restart a beautiful friendship” in the WaPo today. It ends “But if the prime minister can put Canada on a credible path to m… --- ## [Guitar Players: I need a little help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-i-need-a-little-help/1019015)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2025, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-i-need-a-little-help/1019015 "2025-06-08T03:28:15Z")
I’m trying to play this song. At the 1:49 mark, he plays a normal D chort, but then raises his pinky to the 2nd string of the 4th fret. I can’t make that stretch quite yet, so wondering if there’s a good easier alterna… --- ## [Stewartville Star - AI online news site?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewartville-star-ai-online-news-site/1019315)
**Author:** [@motu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motu)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2025, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stewartville-star-ai-online-news-site/1019315 "2025-06-08T02:19:07Z")
Looks like it was a legit local newspaper, started in 1891. They were online until 2022. They only have three authors of their articles that do not cite or link any other news providers. No articles about Stewart… --- ## [Were you a hippie? Why'd you stop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-a-hippie-whyd-you-stop/1019230)
**Author:** [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2025, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-a-hippie-whyd-you-stop/1019230 "2025-06-08T02:06:07Z")
This question is for people who were young in the era when hippies were not a lifestyle but a movement. People who weren’t there tend, I’ve noticed, to lump all hippies into one undifferentiated lump, but at the time th… --- ## [The Phenomenon: What is it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phenomenon-what-is-it/1018583)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 410\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2025, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phenomenon-what-is-it/1018583 "2025-06-08T01:32:20Z")
If we take seriously Jacques Vallée’s proposition that the Phenomenon is not only real but may act as a kind of information system—adapting itself to culture and belief—then what kind of reality are we dealing with? Is i… --- ## [MAGA views America as a conquered nation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maga-views-america-as-a-conquered-nation/1019251)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2025, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maga-views-america-as-a-conquered-nation/1019251 "2025-06-08T01:29:37Z")
I was listening to the Political Gabfest last week and John Dickerson said something that really resonated with me. It cleared up a lot of questions for me about the Trump administration and what its goals are. He said… --- ## [The Chinese Version of Where You Live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chinese-version-of-where-you-live/1019306)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2025, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chinese-version-of-where-you-live/1019306 "2025-06-07T22:58:37Z")
Many bigger cities have a “Chinatown” with restaurants serving delicious or dicey food late at night, distinctive signs, tai chi in the park, dim sum joints, big window displays of barbecued meat, and stores selling woks… --- ## [Looks like we’re sending more smoke down south](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-we-re-sending-more-smoke-down-south/1019014)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2025, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-we-re-sending-more-smoke-down-south/1019014 "2025-06-07T21:44:50Z")
Wildfire season has started early in the Canadian West, and predictions are for even more smoke than last year. It’s extremely hazy in southern Sask right now, and I’m even seeing bits of ash floating down, although i… --- ## [Is there a procedure to legally change your social security number?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-procedure-to-legally-change-your-social-security-number/1019076)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-procedure-to-legally-change-your-social-security-number/1019076 "2025-06-07T18:31:51Z")
I know there are always warnings about keeping your social security number private, but it really isn’t possible. I mean, it seems like everything you do with financial effects requires you to put it on an application o… --- ## [You're Marty McFly, ready to play 3 songs from the future at a 1955 prom. What do you play?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-marty-mcfly-ready-to-play-3-songs-from-the-future-at-a-1955-prom-what-do-you-play/603256)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-marty-mcfly-ready-to-play-3-songs-from-the-future-at-a-1955-prom-what-do-you-play/603256 "2025-06-07T18:31:12Z")
Title says it all. Assume, since this is a fantasy and all, that your backing band (and you too!) has the chops to play whatever it is from 1956-now that you select. What do you play? How would the crowd react? Hell, ho… --- ## [Do you have mood boards? Well, I want to see them!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-mood-boards-well-i-want-to-see-them/1019302)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2025, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-mood-boards-well-i-want-to-see-them/1019302 "2025-06-07T18:23:22Z")
And I want to show you mine. The board could be about anything. Clothes, art, design, vacations, kidnapping plans. . . whatever. Mine are all mostly about three different rooms in my future house and they are all Pinter… --- ## [Trump is going to use a gifted foreign aircraft as Air Force One](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-going-to-use-a-gifted-foreign-aircraft-as-air-force-one/1018256)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 197\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2025, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-going-to-use-a-gifted-foreign-aircraft-as-air-force-one/1018256 "2025-06-07T15:44:32Z")
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