# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=347 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 348 --- ## [Well this is new: Republican appoints convicted mob hit man to city council](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-this-is-new-republican-appoints-convicted-mob-hit-man-to-city-council/1015880)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-this-is-new-republican-appoints-convicted-mob-hit-man-to-city-council/1015880 "2025-03-26T05:07:01Z")
Not alleged. He murdered at least 6 people. Got out of prison early because he snitched. There is another article that I can’t seem to link that says more than half of the towns elected official’s have resigned over th… --- ## [Strange New Worlds season 2 to start June 15, 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 297\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959 "2025-03-26T04:35:56Z")
The best Star Trek since the original returns this month! Now with Carol Kane. (New Chief Engineer) And a live action cross-over with “Below Decks”. The Official Trailer: So yes, I need to subscribe to P… --- ## [Talking cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-cats/1016071)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-cats/1016071 "2025-03-26T03:13:06Z")
Suppose someone developed a cat collar that could translate 4 or 5 cat thoughts into English. Besides “Feed me NOW” and “Don’t bother me!” what other phrases would your cat most want you to understand. --- ## [Knowledge doubling--is there any way this isn't nonsense?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knowledge-doubling-is-there-any-way-this-isnt-nonsense/1015778)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knowledge-doubling-is-there-any-way-this-isnt-nonsense/1015778 "2025-03-26T02:36:31Z")
I was at a conference last week, and amid one very good session, there was a factoid that caught my eye. It’s floating around the Internet, and here’s a good example: In the conference and in other sources, these “ex… --- ## [Ought puzzles (like sudoku) have only 1 solution?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ought-puzzles-like-sudoku-have-only-1-solution/1016037)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ought-puzzles-like-sudoku-have-only-1-solution/1016037 "2025-03-26T02:28:56Z")
My wife does sudoku - I don’t. Today was supposed to be an easy puzzle. She was mildly displeased that the answer was ambiguous - it would have worked equally well if you had placed a 6 and a 7 in one place, and revers… --- ## [Can a Recipient of a Photo in an iPhone Text See the Metadata](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-recipient-of-a-photo-in-an-iphone-text-see-the-metadata/1016120)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-recipient-of-a-photo-in-an-iphone-text-see-the-metadata/1016120 "2025-03-26T02:07:14Z")
Can the recipient of a photo attached to an iPhone text see the metadata, particularly the location associated with a photo taken on that phone? I am baiting a fraudulent transaction phishing scammer from way back in De… --- ## [How did CBS news know what flight Witkoff was on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-cbs-news-know-what-flight-witkoff-was-on/1016110)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-cbs-news-know-what-flight-witkoff-was-on/1016110 "2025-03-26T02:03:40Z")
CBS news reported that a member of the notorious Signal chat was in Russia at the time. Witkoff arrived in Moscow shortly after noon local time on March 13, according to data from the flight tracking website FlightRa… --- ## [Jury Duty TV Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jury-duty-tv-show/982761)
**Author:** [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jury-duty-tv-show/982761 "2025-03-26T00:21:14Z")
We just started watching this very clever and funny TV mockumentary. It’s free to stream on FreeVee. Jury Duty | All-New Series | Coming April 7 - YouTube --- ## [Help me make a playlist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-a-playlist/1016064)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-a-playlist/1016064 "2025-03-25T23:43:39Z")
What I’ve done is collect links to various songs on Youtube in a Word Document. If I feel listening to a little music, I go to this document, and click on a link. After an ad, it plays the song. One at a time. Is there … --- ## [Actors with regular starring roles in two series at the same time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-with-regular-starring-roles-in-two-series-at-the-same-time/1015313)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-with-regular-starring-roles-in-two-series-at-the-same-time/1015313 "2025-03-25T23:28:21Z")
“At the same time” can be sort of a vague concept with modern short streaming seasons with big gaps between them, but two “current” examples I noticed are Danny Pudi in both Mythic Quest and Going Dutch and Peyton List i… --- ## [Sympathy for the Devil and some enigmatic lyrics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sympathy-for-the-devil-and-some-enigmatic-lyrics/1015915)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sympathy-for-the-devil-and-some-enigmatic-lyrics/1015915 "2025-03-25T23:19:22Z")
In this BBQ Pit “Clusterfuck” thread there was a bit of diversion over the song in the post title, in that case, the line: And I laid traps for troubadours Who get killed before they reach Bombay And that was well-a… --- ## [I keep getting text messages of "- - - - - - is your verification code" when I never asked to log into anything. Identity theft?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-text-messages-of-is-your-verification-code-when-i-never-asked-to-log-into-anything-identity-theft/1016107)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-text-messages-of-is-your-verification-code-when-i-never-asked-to-log-into-anything-identity-theft/1016107 "2025-03-25T22:53:09Z")
Starting this morning, I have gotten multiple text messages on my smartphone of “(6-digit number) is your verification code” when I have not been trying to log into anything. Is this some glitch, or someone trying to log… --- ## [Men Choosing to Disengage from Emotional Involvement with Women (... and Bears)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-choosing-to-disengage-from-emotional-involvement-with-women-and-bears/1001627)
**Author:** [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Replies:** 438\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-choosing-to-disengage-from-emotional-involvement-with-women-and-bears/1001627 "2025-03-25T21:47:36Z")
Opening a new thread here in order not to hijack this one. I am one of them. And if that makes me a coward, fine. I’d much rather be a coward than an abuser, even an involuntary one. I’m curious, though. Would you say… --- ## [Would US troops fire on Canadian civilians?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-us-troops-fire-on-canadian-civilians/1014046)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 580\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-us-troops-fire-on-canadian-civilians/1014046 "2025-03-25T21:40:57Z")
Would everyday troops actually fire are Canadian resisters/protestors/unarmed civilians, if so ordered? Were you in the forces? Would you have fired if so ordered? I think Canadians are curious how Americans would ans… --- ## [My dad's old videos of the Galax Fiddler's conventionin Virginia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dads-old-videos-of-the-galax-fiddlers-conventionin-virginia/1016104)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dads-old-videos-of-the-galax-fiddlers-conventionin-virginia/1016104 "2025-03-25T21:29:11Z")
I never got around to watching much of these videos when visiting on holidays and had forgotten about them, found them in a box recently. --- ## [Who Remembers The Red Army Faction? (Baader- Meinhof Gang)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-the-red-army-faction-baader-meinhof-gang/625335)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-the-red-army-faction-baader-meinhof-gang/625335 "2025-03-25T21:16:43Z")
I was wondering how many people remember this rather violent organisation. It is no big deal, I am just curious. Link. --- ## [Why do cats hate animal fur?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-cats-hate-animal-fur/155381)
**Author:** [@tonbo0422](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tonbo0422)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-cats-hate-animal-fur/155381 "2025-03-25T21:03:50Z")
Perhaps it’s just my two (unrelated) Siamese cats, but they absolutely hate dead animal fur. I have a large Alpaca rug, but If I drop them on it they leap off as if it were hot coals. They will literally leap 6 feet over… --- ## [Vance regarding Musk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vance-regarding-musk/1016051)
**Author:** [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vance-regarding-musk/1016051 "2025-03-25T19:28:02Z")
Did vance really get caught trash talking muskrat on a hot mike or leaked recording? I did try to search it, but came up empty. --- ## [Ads on boards in hockey games](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-on-boards-in-hockey-games/1016061)
**Author:** [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-on-boards-in-hockey-games/1016061 "2025-03-25T18:31:20Z")
When watching NHL I see ads on the boards. Some are static, but others are dynamic. I assume these are somehow place there so only the tv audience sees them. Otherwise they’d be dangerously distracting for the players. … --- ## [Routers and firewalls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/routers-and-firewalls/1016057)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/routers-and-firewalls/1016057 "2025-03-25T17:32:47Z")
I have Verizon FIOS. The router went bad, so I had them send me a new one. In the meantime, I connected my Orbi mesh network directly to the box that converts light into the internet. It works fine. However, I recen… --- ## [RIP George Foreman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-george-foreman/1015939)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-george-foreman/1015939 "2025-03-25T17:19:43Z")
George Foreman, two-time world heavyweight boxing champion and pitchman for the George Foreman Grill, which has sold more than 100,000 units, has passed away at the end of 76. --- ## [What are the differences between men and women?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-differences-between-men-and-women/1015688)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 224\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-differences-between-men-and-women/1015688 "2025-03-25T16:02:31Z")
I ask this question sincerely. In modern times, of course, there are laudable efforts to broadly define the genders, and so even basic biological characteristics aren’t necessarily distinct: I mean, it’s plain that you … --- ## [Install sliding door floor guide over carpet over concrete... no wood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/install-sliding-door-floor-guide-over-carpet-over-concrete-no-wood/1015663)
**Author:** [@saladoil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saladoil)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/install-sliding-door-floor-guide-over-carpet-over-concrete-no-wood/1015663 "2025-03-25T15:51:37Z")
Need to purchase sliding door bottom guides over carpet with no wood installed as screw in base. I envision something like a super velcro (Hooks), on one side with sticky back on the other attached to bottom of floor gui… --- ## [Court in Japan orders "Moonies" to disband, strips the church of its tax-exempt status](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/court-in-japan-orders-moonies-to-disband-strips-the-church-of-its-tax-exempt-status/1016090)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/court-in-japan-orders-moonies-to-disband-strips-the-church-of-its-tax-exempt-status/1016090 "2025-03-25T14:57:43Z")
I don’t know much about the Moonies apart from their mass wedding mentioned in the article and that there were possibly some connections between them and the shooting of Abe. They also own some newspapers such as the Was… --- ## [This isn't what they mean by "breakfast at Tiffany's"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-isnt-what-they-mean-by-breakfast-at-tiffanys/1015973)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-isnt-what-they-mean-by-breakfast-at-tiffanys/1015973 "2025-03-25T14:37:05Z")
I’m suprised that it took two weeks to pass all of them. Seems like a really long time to stick around that neighborhood. When officers caught up with him later that day, they saw Mr Gilder “swallowing several objects … --- ## [Cat really exists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-really-exists/1015969)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-really-exists/1015969 "2025-03-25T13:49:26Z")
I’ve actually had her since Dec. 22, 2024, but I just now got a good pic of her. to prove she exists. Trying to figure out how to post it. --- ## [Easy, simple, intuitive drafting software for small projects](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-simple-intuitive-drafting-software-for-small-projects/1016058)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-simple-intuitive-drafting-software-for-small-projects/1016058 "2025-03-25T13:25:27Z")
It doesn’t have to be free, I’m happy to pay for the right product. I like to make things for around the house, out of wood. I’m not a master crafter or anything, but I can be handy with the tools I have. When I get an … --- ## [Competitions where failure is the attraction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competitions-where-failure-is-the-attraction/1016065)
**Author:** [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competitions-where-failure-is-the-attraction/1016065 "2025-03-25T12:52:54Z")
We had guests the other night and the conversation somehow drifted to Cheese Rolling which prompted someone to find relevant YouTube videos on their iPad. We quickly discovered everybody had a favorite YouTube rabbit hol… --- ## [Comedy specials you've seen lately](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-specials-youve-seen-lately/1013788)
**Author:** [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-specials-youve-seen-lately/1013788 "2025-03-25T12:17:38Z")
We have a thread on Movies people have seen recently and one on Television series, but I could not find one on Comedy/Stand Up specials. There are many available on the different streaming services, and while they are u… --- ## [Smacker derivation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smacker-derivation/1015926)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smacker-derivation/1015926 "2025-03-25T11:19:22Z")
How did smacker or smackeroo come to mean a dollar? 10 simoleans to anyone who can figure it out. That’s a nice chunk of cheddar. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=346) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=348)