# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=313 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 314 --- ## [Epstein's flight logs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epsteins-flight-logs/1018540)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2025, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epsteins-flight-logs/1018540 "2025-05-20T23:22:54Z")
The more I hear about these logs, the more I wonder: Why would anyone trust the truthfulness of the flight logs, given the amoral scofflaws involved? And why would anyone assume there to be only one set of books? --- ## [Lithium-Ion batteries: Are there fire extinguishers can can put out a lithium-ion fire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lithium-ion-batteries-are-there-fire-extinguishers-can-can-put-out-a-lithium-ion-fire/1018434)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2025, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lithium-ion-batteries-are-there-fire-extinguishers-can-can-put-out-a-lithium-ion-fire/1018434 "2025-05-20T22:09:32Z")
Title kinda says it all. I have heard Li-ion battery fires are near impossible to extinguish. They have all they need to burn on their own. Like most people these days I live with these batteries (including one fairly… --- ## [Whatever happened to semicolons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-semicolons/324327)
**Author:** [@galen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2025, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-semicolons/324327 "2025-05-20T18:41:42Z")
If you read stuff written more than a couple of decades ago, the writers made proper use of semicolons. Now you rarely see them. They have mostly been improperly replaced by commas. What is going on here? --- ## [Thousands of "fired" federal workers get their jobs back \[Rachel Maddow 5/1/25\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thousands-of-fired-federal-workers-get-their-jobs-back-rachel-maddow-5-1-25/1018506)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2025, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thousands-of-fired-federal-workers-get-their-jobs-back-rachel-maddow-5-1-25/1018506 "2025-05-20T18:40:30Z")
I couldn’t sleep last night and was browsing YouTube around 3 AM when I came across this video. According to it, Rachel Maddow states that a district judge in California, Judge William Alsup, an appointee of former Presi… --- ## [Car bomb explodes outside Palm Springs, CA fertility clinic, killing the car's occupant \[17-May-2025\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-bomb-explodes-outside-palm-springs-ca-fertility-clinic-killing-the-cars-occupant-17-may-2025/1018482)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-bomb-explodes-outside-palm-springs-ca-fertility-clinic-killing-the-cars-occupant-17-may-2025/1018482 "2025-05-20T17:37:19Z")
It also caused damage to nearby buildings, including a Denny’s across the street, but the cold-storage room at the clinic is intact. No other explosives were found in the area. I personally think the location was a coi… --- ## [End of the 20th Century world order? What next?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-the-20th-century-world-order-what-next/1017841)
**Author:** [@natureboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/natureboy)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-the-20th-century-world-order-what-next/1017841 "2025-05-20T16:31:28Z")
Not sure where to put this, but watching the MAGA machine roll on, going back to the summer of last year, I’ve been reading/following articles and information from various people (actually educated people) who seem famil… --- ## [The Wolf of Snow Hollow (no spoilers in the OP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wolf-of-snow-hollow-no-spoilers-in-the-op/1018552)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wolf-of-snow-hollow-no-spoilers-in-the-op/1018552 "2025-05-20T15:28:40Z")
I saw this movie this weekend. It’s fantastic! Written, directed and stared in by Jim Cummings. In my opinion, the guy is very talented, I’d go so far as saying he’s brilliant. It’s a dark comedy and it ultimately is no… --- ## [New Jersey Passed A Law Against Deep Fakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-passed-a-law-against-deep-fakes/1016544)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-jersey-passed-a-law-against-deep-fakes/1016544 "2025-05-20T14:41:37Z")
I cannot find the exact wording of the law. Governor Murphy said on the local news that other states had passed such laws. But that they had been struck down as violations of the first ammendment. That is one reason I o… --- ## [Love Death and Robots Season 4 Netflix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-death-and-robots-season-4-netflix/1018465)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2025, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-death-and-robots-season-4-netflix/1018465 "2025-05-20T14:33:45Z")
New Season drop and deserves a thread. A first live action entry. Cute enough I guess. Overall the animation styles are the star here. And they are interesting. I just wish they were in service of better stories. Prev… --- ## [What is this? (aerial image in someone's back yard)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-aerial-image-in-someones-back-yard/1018543)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2025, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-aerial-image-in-someones-back-yard/1018543 "2025-05-20T14:25:58Z")
I think FQ is the correct spot for this. I was perusing Google Maps and found this in someone’s rural back yard It is two arcs connected by radiating lines (9 x16 meters). THe arcs ‘focus’ on a centered square structu… --- ## [Eurovision 2025 discussion thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2025-discussion-thread/1018339)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2025, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurovision-2025-discussion-thread/1018339 "2025-05-20T10:06:07Z")
It’s the first night of Eurovision. In the USA, you can stream on Peacock. So far, I liked Poland and didn’t like Slovenia --- ## [In Newfoundland you can walk on the mantle of the Earth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-newfoundland-you-can-walk-on-the-mantle-of-the-earth/1018562)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2025, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-newfoundland-you-can-walk-on-the-mantle-of-the-earth/1018562 "2025-05-20T07:16:31Z")
Is it just a huge slab that somehow got to the surface, or does that mean that there’s a gap in the crust and the mantle is poking up? I’m having trouble understanding. Apparently there is an area called the Tablelands … --- ## [Band names containing misspelled animal names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-containing-misspelled-animal-names/1018557)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2025, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-containing-misspelled-animal-names/1018557 "2025-05-20T06:12:05Z")
There was a fad for animal-themed band names in the 60s, which the Internet tells me was started by Buddy Holly and the Crickets. I think there was a sub-fad within it for misspelling the animal name. I can only think of… --- ## [Upgrading a Windows Laptop w/ odd hardware configuration - questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upgrading-a-windows-laptop-w-odd-hardware-configuration-questions/1018183)
**Author:** [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2025, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upgrading-a-windows-laptop-w-odd-hardware-configuration-questions/1018183 "2025-05-20T04:05:47Z")
I have a Dell G3 15" 3579 laptop that I am about to upgrade, and I have a couple of questions on how to go about this that I wondered if the SDMB could help me with. They’re kind of esoteric, but I’d like to know if any… --- ## [Did Carl Sagan say "a physicist is a hydrogen atom's way of learning about hydrogen atoms"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-carl-sagan-say-a-physicist-is-a-hydrogen-atoms-way-of-learning-about-hydrogen-atoms/1018380)
**Author:** [@Xocomil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xocomil)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2025, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-carl-sagan-say-a-physicist-is-a-hydrogen-atoms-way-of-learning-about-hydrogen-atoms/1018380 "2025-05-20T03:48:09Z")
Physicist Brian Cox quoted the beautiful aforementioned phrase on Colbert’s show, attributing it to Carl Sagan. Googling it yielded few results but they seem to be all quoting Brian Cox quoting Carl Sagan. Did Sagan re… --- ## [Guess what went wrong with cat, for fun?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-went-wrong-with-cat-for-fun/1018542)
**Author:** [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2025, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-went-wrong-with-cat-for-fun/1018542 "2025-05-20T03:20:55Z")
A cat has been arrested for drug smuggling. Yes. --- ## [Ironic injuries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ironic-injuries/1018548)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2025, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ironic-injuries/1018548 "2025-05-20T02:23:41Z")
I was doing some chainsawing this weekend, and no, the chainsawing itself was not the cause of the ironic injury. I was putting on safety glasses, one of the arms was bent inward, and I poked myself pretty hard in the fa… --- ## [I don’t listen to podcasts. How do I forbid my echo from offering to play them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-listen-to-podcasts-how-do-i-forbid-my-echo-from-offering-to-play-them/1018558)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2025, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-listen-to-podcasts-how-do-i-forbid-my-echo-from-offering-to-play-them/1018558 "2025-05-19T23:50:23Z")
I’d also like to configure the Amazon music app so it never lists any podcasts as available programming when I’m listening in my car. TIA --- ## [Ben Casey opening -- what did it mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-casey-opening-what-did-it-mean/1018505)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2025, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-casey-opening-what-did-it-mean/1018505 "2025-05-19T23:02:27Z")
Here it is on YouTube: For those who don’t want to watch, the words “Man, Woman, Birth, Death, Infinity” are said (in Sam Jaffe’s voice) while the symbols are written on a chalkboard in a vertical column. … --- ## [Hudson's Bay Company -- Canada's last great department store -- is in trouble](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hudsons-bay-company-canadas-last-great-department-store-is-in-trouble/1015295)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2025, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hudsons-bay-company-canadas-last-great-department-store-is-in-trouble/1015295 "2025-05-19T20:57:53Z")
Founded May 2, 1670 – no, not a typo, but back then they were a fur trading company. But after the demise of department stores one by one, The Bay remained in business, in its unique niche as an upscale department store… --- ## [Could you train a horse to live on the moon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-train-a-horse-to-live-on-the-moon/1018485)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-train-a-horse-to-live-on-the-moon/1018485 "2025-05-19T19:50:46Z")
Several decades from now travel to the moon is do-able, but still challenging. A bit like going to Antarctica today - you live a little rough, but humans have a foothold. There are pressurized domes and people live there… --- ## [Donald Trump is Big Brother](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-is-big-brother/1018547)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2025, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-is-big-brother/1018547 "2025-05-19T19:47:56Z")
Not only is he Auric Goldfinger, now he’s Big Brother from 1984. That’s the almost inevitable comment made after a giant portrait of Trump showed up as a banner on the U.S. Department of Agriculture Building I’m flab… --- ## [What are your thoughts/opinions on "bumping" older threads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-thoughts-opinions-on-bumping-older-threads/1001087)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-thoughts-opinions-on-bumping-older-threads/1001087 "2025-05-19T19:39:33Z")
Even though some people may have mixed feelings towards bumping older threads that aren’t active anymore, I don’t see it being much of an issue IMO, but it depends on what the thread is about: If someone asked for some … --- ## [Welcome!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome/16)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2025, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome/16 "2025-05-19T19:35:29Z")
Hi, folks, and welcome to the “Comment on Cecil’s Columns” folder. Though the Boss is still far from comfortable with this computer thing, we’ve persuaded him to check in periodically to read your comments about his colu… --- ## [Are foreign restaurants with English menus guaranteed tourist traps?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-foreign-restaurants-with-english-menus-guaranteed-tourist-traps/1018440)
**Author:** [@Dirtymartini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dirtymartini)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2025, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-foreign-restaurants-with-english-menus-guaranteed-tourist-traps/1018440 "2025-05-19T18:56:22Z")
Well are they? Plus if anyone knows good restaurants in Barcelona I’d like to know. Plus I don’t speak a word of Spanish. I get there in 3 days. --- ## [Warning: Morbid question about death and pets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-morbid-question-about-death-and-pets/1018489)
**Author:** [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-morbid-question-about-death-and-pets/1018489 "2025-05-19T13:49:33Z")
Let’s say you have a pet dog, cat or other animal(s) that roam around your home. You die in their presence but no one else’s. Q1: Would you be OK (obviously as you think about it now) with them scavenging flesh off your… --- ## [Solar panels to fast-charge an EV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-panels-to-fast-charge-an-ev/977619)
**Author:** [@3AxisCtrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3AxisCtrl)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2023, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-panels-to-fast-charge-an-ev/977619 "2023-01-08T21:15:29Z")
This story features a Shell station in England that now offers only EV charging (no more gas/petrol sales). One sentence caught my attention: The awnings over each charger are equipped with solar panels and can fully c… --- ## [(Old) Who's thinking about summer plans in the MMP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-whos-thinking-about-summer-plans-in-the-mmp/1018289)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 323\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2025, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-whos-thinking-about-summer-plans-in-the-mmp/1018289 "2025-05-19T07:50:46Z")
It maybe late for some or early for others. Still, if you’re hoping to vacation this summer, have you started or completed plans? Or opted for a staycation? If you go, bring me a souvenir! :rofl: Happy Moanday!! --- ## [Ethical Conundrums in Sci Fi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethical-conundrums-in-sci-fi/984101)
**Author:** [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2025, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethical-conundrums-in-sci-fi/984101 "2025-05-19T06:14:32Z")
What are some examples of science fiction, whether it be novels, short stories, movies, or tv episodes, that do a very good job examining a complex ethical issue? --- ## [Part of the Dems problem is a propaganda asymmetry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/part-of-the-dems-problem-is-a-propaganda-asymmetry/1010163)
**Author:** [@survinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/survinga)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2025, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/part-of-the-dems-problem-is-a-propaganda-asymmetry/1010163 "2025-05-19T02:59:00Z")
You have one party that has unapologetically launched a full-blown alternative right-wing media establishment that is encompassed on social media, podcasts, cable “news”, and various websites. As Steve Bannon says, they… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=312) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=314)