# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=795&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 796 --- ## [Harvard/UNC lawsuit oral arguments today \[Update 29-June-2023 Supreme Court rules that using race in admissions violates constitution\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harvard-unc-lawsuit-oral-arguments-today-update-29-june-2023-supreme-court-rules-that-using-race-in-admissions-violates-constitution/974094)
**Author:** [@damuriajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/damuriajashi)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harvard-unc-lawsuit-oral-arguments-today-update-29-june-2023-supreme-court-rules-that-using-race-in-admissions-violates-constitution/974094 "2023-06-29T14:17:34Z")
Oral arguments are typically about an hour per case. UNC took 3 hours. Harvard took 2 hours. Ketanji Brown participated in the UNC case but not in the Harvard case. --- ## [Dangerous Playgrounds and Moveable Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dangerous-playgrounds-and-moveable-furniture/986011)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2023, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dangerous-playgrounds-and-moveable-furniture/986011 "2023-06-29T14:11:05Z")
I was reading a book (about modern values) which was describing some newer playgrounds in Britain. It said some of them were designed in a non-traditional way, including metal containers where children could (more) safe… --- ## [Unpacking Rosanne Barr's Latest Rant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpacking-rosanne-barrs-latest-rant/986220)
**Author:** [@Guapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guapo)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2023, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpacking-rosanne-barrs-latest-rant/986220 "2023-06-29T12:57:47Z")
Can anyone unpack Roseanne’s latest outburst? It seems as though she was trying to compare holocaust deniers to people who censor social media, but does she believe the Trump/Biden election was rigged or was she saying t… --- ## [Heinlein and "Dr.Renshaw"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heinlein-and-dr-renshaw/40142)
**Author:** [@zen101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zen101)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2023, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heinlein-and-dr-renshaw/40142 "2023-06-29T12:27:44Z")
For those of you RAH junkies the name “Renshaw” might ring a bell or two. If you read Robert Heinleins’ works this name keeps popping up all over the place (Citizen of the Galaxy, Friday, just off the top of my head). In… --- ## [Ketchup - To Refrigerate or Not to Refrigerate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ketchup-to-refrigerate-or-not-to-refrigerate/161891)
**Author:** [@DoperChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoperChic)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2023, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ketchup-to-refrigerate-or-not-to-refrigerate/161891 "2023-06-29T12:16:50Z")
…that is the question. Does it really need to be put in the fridge? I worked in a restaurant for over 5 years and we never refrigerated ours. Come to think of it, my bottle doesn’t say anything about refrigeration. Wh… --- ## [Updating games apps on phone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/updating-games-apps-on-phone/986262)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2023, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/updating-games-apps-on-phone/986262 "2023-06-29T11:39:03Z")
I have a few free games on my phone that I use to kill time in waiting rooms etc. Along with the annoying ads I also get requests/demands to download the latest version of solitaire or whatever. The games themselves don’… --- ## [Aerial observers in World War Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aerial-observers-in-world-war-two/986269)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2023, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aerial-observers-in-world-war-two/986269 "2023-06-29T08:08:22Z")
With the ongoing debates about UAPs, a basic question is just how reliable reports of sightings are. And it occurs to me that we had the perfect laboratory for that question during World War Two. The airspaces of the bel… --- ## [The Supreme Court and Moore v Harper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-supreme-court-and-moore-v-harper/976045)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2023, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-supreme-court-and-moore-v-harper/976045 "2023-06-29T07:27:23Z")
In what might be (for me, anyway) the absolutely scariest decision to get handed down by the US Supreme Court could come from Moore vs Harper, commencing this Wed. (Oct.7). Normally I’d try to avoid posting a Daily Beas… --- ## [Electric airplanes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electric-airplanes/844530)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2023, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electric-airplanes/844530 "2023-06-29T04:35:22Z")
NASA is experimenting with an electric airplane, the X-57 Maxwell. It has several changes that should make it more efficient than just replacing the engines and fuel tanks with electric motors and batteries. They’re taki… --- ## [Suggest your best fake research grant applications](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-your-best-fake-research-grant-applications/986192)
**Author:** [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2023, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-your-best-fake-research-grant-applications/986192 "2023-06-29T01:40:41Z")
The idea of persuading some naive university to pay you to spend a year or more just goofing off must surely inspire a few people to apply for ‘research’ grants using grandiose or obscure scientific terms to disguise the… --- ## [What is left in the still classified JFK assassination files?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-left-in-the-still-classified-jfk-assassination-files/953493)
**Author:** [@PozhanPop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PozhanPop)\ **Replies:** 361\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2023, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-left-in-the-still-classified-jfk-assassination-files/953493 "2023-06-29T01:19:16Z")
I still can’t come to terms with lone gunman theory and the SBT. It may or may not have happened that way. I have to leave it at that. JFK the movie stirred the pot and resulted in the JFK’s wife did not want too much… --- ## [My first DIY project: caulk in my shower](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-diy-project-caulk-in-my-shower/978649)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2023, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-diy-project-caulk-in-my-shower/978649 "2023-06-29T00:15:35Z")
So I’m almost moved into the condo I recently closed on. One of the things the inspector found was that the caulk in the shower was peeling away a little from the tub in a few small places. So that’s something I want to … --- ## [Billy Crudup on "Finding Your Roots"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-crudup-on-finding-your-roots/986075)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2023, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-crudup-on-finding-your-roots/986075 "2023-06-28T23:49:54Z")
I saw this episode today, but I don’t know when it was first aired. He mentioned in the show that he was 53 when it was made, so it may be a couple of years old, but I think it was originally aired fairly recently. You c… --- ## [Right Wing message boards and my 8 year journey into and hopefully out of it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-wing-message-boards-and-my-8-year-journey-into-and-hopefully-out-of-it/985791)
**Author:** [@survinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/survinga)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2023, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-wing-message-boards-and-my-8-year-journey-into-and-hopefully-out-of-it/985791 "2023-06-28T22:17:55Z")
I have spent the last 8 years arguing with whack-jobs on a right-wing board. It began in 2015, a few months before Trump announced his POTUS campaign. I keep hoping that I can make a break-through with a few of them. … --- ## [Were drive ins with car hops a thing outside the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-drive-ins-with-car-hops-a-thing-outside-the-us/986086)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-drive-ins-with-car-hops-a-thing-outside-the-us/986086 "2023-06-28T22:02:30Z")
They were all over the place in the US during the 1950s and 60s. Some had car hops on foot and others roller skated. There are still several near me that I go to a few times a year. In Elyria, Ohio there is the Dinner Be… --- ## [Too soon to pit ChatGPT discussions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-soon-to-pit-chatgpt-discussions/980785)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2023, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-soon-to-pit-chatgpt-discussions/980785 "2023-06-28T21:50:48Z")
I was listening to the radio, and there was an interview with someone working in education who happened to mention language model AIs, but just briefly among a range of technologies. The interviewer then took that as ju… --- ## [JFK Assassination](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jfk-assassination/649942)
**Author:** [@prolific71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/prolific71)\ **Replies:** 194\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jfk-assassination/649942 "2023-06-28T20:50:18Z")
What’s the official US government stance on the JFK assassination? Are they still saying there was a single shooter from the TSBD as the Warren Commission said? Was the Zapruder film available to the public at the time … --- ## [YouTube links randomly re-starting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-links-randomly-re-starting/982532)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2023, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-links-randomly-re-starting/982532 "2023-06-28T20:06:54Z")
Most recently, this happened while reading the Mandalorian thread. I had opened a YT link and watched it part way down the thread. I finished, hit pause, and went on scrolling. Several times, as I was trying to read, … --- ## [Weird Watermelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-watermelon/986234)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2023, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-watermelon/986234 "2023-06-28T19:23:59Z")
I LOVE watermelon and have become pretty good at picking out good watermelons. One thing that I’ve come across a few times in the last maybe 5 years is when I cut the watermelon in half, it will have a split in the cente… --- ## [Every single breath we take, we get at least one atom from Julius Caesar's last breath?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-single-breath-we-take-we-get-at-least-one-atom-from-julius-caesars-last-breath/973691)
**Author:** [@EmbarrassingDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmbarrassingDad)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-single-breath-we-take-we-get-at-least-one-atom-from-julius-caesars-last-breath/973691 "2023-06-28T18:43:17Z")
I’ve heard this touted as a fact a few times. Is it true? --- ## [Why would any portion of a classified doc need to be revealed at trial?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-any-portion-of-a-classified-doc-need-to-be-revealed-at-trial/986149)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-any-portion-of-a-classified-doc-need-to-be-revealed-at-trial/986149 "2023-06-28T18:39:47Z")
Why does there need to be a Classified Information Procedures Act? If it’s a crime to take national defense information knowingly and attempt to conceal it from the government, wouldn’t it be enough for the defendant, t… --- ## [The Four Mandan, North Dakota Killings or the Perils of Being a Criminal in a Small Town](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-four-mandan-north-dakota-killings-or-the-perils-of-being-a-criminal-in-a-small-town/832251)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-four-mandan-north-dakota-killings-or-the-perils-of-being-a-criminal-in-a-small-town/832251 "2023-06-28T17:13:55Z")
https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/crime-and-courts/4595521-mandan-murder-suspects-vehicle-quickly-recognized-washburn-detective I just don’t think this investigation process would work that well in a big city… --- ## [Author's "most recent book" was three years in the future. Is there some weird Mandela effect happening here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/authors-most-recent-book-was-three-years-in-the-future-is-there-some-weird-mandela-effect-happening-here/986188)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/authors-most-recent-book-was-three-years-in-the-future-is-there-some-weird-mandela-effect-happening-here/986188 "2023-06-28T15:21:10Z")
I happen to own a book whose title is rather embarrassing, from a sneak bragging perspective, to tell people, but in this case I must: The Superior Person’s Book Of Words by Peter Bowler. For anyone interested in unus… --- ## [How is abusive treatment in the military is reported or underlings protected](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-abusive-treatment-in-the-military-is-reported-or-underlings-protected/986132)
**Author:** [@hat\_trick\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hat_trick_1)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2023, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-abusive-treatment-in-the-military-is-reported-or-underlings-protected/986132 "2023-06-28T14:33:17Z")
Given the hierarchy of military organizations, I assume there is enormous potential for abusive treatment. Famously, this crops up in fiction, and infamously there are well-documented cases of sexual harassment. My ques… --- ## [MLB: HBP Yields a Run](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-hbp-yields-a-run/986145)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2023, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-hbp-yields-a-run/986145 "2023-06-28T13:11:11Z")
When a hit by the pitch (HBP) yields a run, is that an earned run or an unearned run? Seems to me the pitcher should be held accountable. (a) Let’s assume the bases are loaded, and all men on base, plus the HBP, are the … --- ## [Doesn’t the existence of trans people imply an underlying biological fact of the matter regarding gender?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesn-t-the-existence-of-trans-people-imply-an-underlying-biological-fact-of-the-matter-regarding-gender/979434)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 205\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2023, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesn-t-the-existence-of-trans-people-imply-an-underlying-biological-fact-of-the-matter-regarding-gender/979434 "2023-06-28T12:26:14Z")
This was inspired by a discussion elsewhere. If someone identifies as the opposite gender doesn’t this implicitly mean there’s an underlying fact of the matter and a biological reality to gender rather than it just being… --- ## [Wagner PMC's ultimate fate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wagner-pmcs-ultimate-fate/986179)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2023, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wagner-pmcs-ultimate-fate/986179 "2023-06-28T11:56:55Z")
What is going to happen to Wagner PMC now that its soldiers have been offered the choice of joining the regular army or returning to Russia as a civilian? Seems that Wagner has been too useful to the Kremlin to simply d… --- ## [Adapting Cranium to a two-player game?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adapting-cranium-to-a-two-player-game/136324)
**Author:** [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2023, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adapting-cranium-to-a-two-player-game/136324 "2023-06-28T11:22:50Z")
Cranium is undoubtedly a wicked game. Lots of fun, especially when combined with a few beers. My partner and I are like to play board games and we’re usually pretty good at making up our own rules to games that make… --- ## [Ice house illumination?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-house-illumination/985584)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2023, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-house-illumination/985584 "2023-06-28T10:35:07Z")
In the nineteenth century before mechanical refrigeration, storing ice harvested in the winter was a thing. So how were they lit for people working inside? I can’t imagine that either flame or windows were particularly g… --- ## [MMP: The quilt show spin off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-the-quilt-show-spin-off/986070)
**Author:** [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2023, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-the-quilt-show-spin-off/986070 "2023-06-28T09:26:56Z")
Let me start off by saying none of these quilts are my work. I haven’t been at this long enough to have a finished piece ready. I will have entries next year. There were more than 150 quilts on display. I have pictur… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=794&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=796&state=watching)