# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=827 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 828 --- ## [Texas Federal Judge strikes down FDA approval of the abortion pill (competing lawsuit filed, outcome uncertain)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-federal-judge-strikes-down-fda-approval-of-the-abortion-pill-competing-lawsuit-filed-outcome-uncertain/982351)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2023, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-federal-judge-strikes-down-fda-approval-of-the-abortion-pill-competing-lawsuit-filed-outcome-uncertain/982351 "2023-05-18T11:44:58Z")
Just released about an hour ago, and I don’t see any thread on it? The judge hled that the EPA made a mistake 23 years ago and shouldn’t have approved mifepristone as safe for medical abortions. Same judge who struck… --- ## [MS Word is suddenly Read Only. Need answer fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-word-is-suddenly-read-only-need-answer-fast/984171)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2023, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-word-is-suddenly-read-only-need-answer-fast/984171 "2023-05-18T05:33:29Z")
I’ve saved several .docx files as boilerplates so that I don’t have to enter the same information every time. Apparently I accidentally clicked something, somewhere, so now everything is Read Only. This is not only for… --- ## [What is the trick to forcing Google maps to NOT zoom in during a search?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-trick-to-forcing-google-maps-to-not-zoom-in-during-a-search/984175)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2023, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-trick-to-forcing-google-maps-to-not-zoom-in-during-a-search/984175 "2023-05-18T05:06:44Z")
Sometimes you do a search, the results will default to your current view only. Sometimes, it will zoom into some other location that you were NOT viewing, and only show the results from that area only. Sometimes, it wi… --- ## [Tell me about your Dungeons & Dragons character!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-dungeons-dragons-character/981933)
**Author:** [@NinthAcolyte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinthAcolyte)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2023, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-dungeons-dragons-character/981933 "2023-05-18T03:29:48Z")
(Or your favorite/“main” character from any other TTRPG you fancy!) What’s their class/species/etc? What are their stats? Why did you pick that class and those attributes? What do they look like, and do you have any pic… --- ## [Yale: The Mory’s theme? (Not Whiffenpoofs – I think)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yale-the-mory-s-theme-not-whiffenpoofs-i-think/121698)
**Author:** [@KXL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KXL)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2023, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yale-the-mory-s-theme-not-whiffenpoofs-i-think/121698 "2023-05-18T03:21:19Z")
OK, back in the early 1990s a good friend attended Yale. I hung out with him over a Thanksgiving break. We went to a party. At said party were members of a one of Yale’s singing groups. Since nobody did the Whiff son… --- ## ["I'd read his grocery list."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-read-his-grocery-list/984193)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2023, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-read-his-grocery-list/984193 "2023-05-18T03:04:57Z")
We’ve probably all heard or made a similar comment about some writer or actor where you would consume anything that they put out, but the writer Haruki Murakami not too long ago actually did something similar to that, pu… --- ## [Why no vacuum or hydrogen based airships?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-vacuum-or-hydrogen-based-airships/763811)
**Author:** [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Replies:** 295\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2023, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-vacuum-or-hydrogen-based-airships/763811 "2023-05-18T02:30:05Z")
I know that the Hindenburg clearly put a dent in people’s confidence in hydrogen’s usefulness in lighter than air travel, but that was a very long time ago, and there are still questions as to whether the hydrogen or the… --- ## [How many times can I be cited for the same offence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-can-i-be-cited-for-the-same-offence/984092)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2023, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-can-i-be-cited-for-the-same-offence/984092 "2023-05-18T01:41:29Z")
Some of you have probably seen one of the videos where a code enforcement official is ticketing a homeowner for grilling or smoking because someone called in a complaint about the smell. The basics being that smoke isn’… --- ## [Did the ancient Egyptians travel to South America and build the Inca pyamids?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-ancient-egyptians-travel-to-south-america-and-build-the-inca-pyamids/955528)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2023, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-ancient-egyptians-travel-to-south-america-and-build-the-inca-pyamids/955528 "2023-05-18T01:25:54Z")
My batshit landlord again. He was watching a video about the Egyptian pyramids that made a lot of sense for the first 2 1/2 hours or so, until we got into conspiracy theory territory. I’ve found a decent place to start… --- ## [I just started walking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-started-walking/983575)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2023, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-started-walking/983575 "2023-05-18T01:27:50Z")
After almost 4 years of doing nothing but sitting at a computer or sitting at a coffee shop I decided to start walking again. I had a few breaks in the idleness each year that were usually only about a week or two long d… --- ## [How to question with PowerPoint](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-question-with-powerpoint/983192)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2023, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-question-with-powerpoint/983192 "2023-05-18T01:12:45Z")
I need to teach some teachers how to create an escape room for our students. I have everything ready for that, including a fun PowerPoint presentation. The one thing that would make it more fun is if I can add a sound–sp… --- ## [Yet another inheritance question: Predeceased beneficiary with no secondary beneficiary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-inheritance-question-predeceased-beneficiary-with-no-secondary-beneficiary/984133)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2023, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-inheritance-question-predeceased-beneficiary-with-no-secondary-beneficiary/984133 "2023-05-18T00:31:51Z")
You are not my lawyer, etc., and this probably varies from one state to the next, but anyway. . . Some years ago, the father-in-law of a friend died. He was under the impression that since FIL had only two children, an… --- ## [IMHO, "Confidence comes before success" puts the cart before the horse, and often starts a vicious cycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-confidence-comes-before-success-puts-the-cart-before-the-horse-and-often-starts-a-vicious-cycle/982312)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2023, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imho-confidence-comes-before-success-puts-the-cart-before-the-horse-and-often-starts-a-vicious-cycle/982312 "2023-05-18T00:24:34Z")
The constant refrain in society is that you have to believe in yourself and confidence breeds success. While confidence can certainly increase your success, IMHO, this is putting the cart before the horse. People usuall… --- ## [May 17, 2023 - International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-17-2023-international-day-against-homophobia-transphobia-and-biphobia/984161)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2023, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-17-2023-international-day-against-homophobia-transphobia-and-biphobia/984161 "2023-05-17T22:49:53Z")
Today is May 17, 2023 - International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia Looking forward to the day when everyone can simply be who they are - in the meantime, we’ve got a lot of work to do!! And the mos… --- ## [Do football receivers know in advance if they're getting the ball?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-football-receivers-know-in-advance-if-theyre-getting-the-ball/984072)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2023, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-football-receivers-know-in-advance-if-theyre-getting-the-ball/984072 "2023-05-17T22:41:16Z")
For any given play in American football, there could be 4-6 eligible receivers. How do the players know when the ball is being thrown to them? --- ## [Daughter/car/flight crisis -- need advice quick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-car-flight-crisis-need-advice-quick/984030)
**Author:** [@ASanders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASanders)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2023, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-car-flight-crisis-need-advice-quick/984030 "2023-05-17T20:20:49Z")
My daughter just lost everything she owns in a car fire. I am happy to share the details of how this happened but for now the questions are these: –She is on the side of the road on Route 70 in Illinois. She has no ID. … --- ## [“The Great” on Hulu SPOILERS and discussion thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-on-hulu-spoilers-and-discussion-thread/854379)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2023, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-on-hulu-spoilers-and-discussion-thread/854379 "2023-05-17T19:57:17Z")
First of all, can we just award the Best Actor Emmy to Nicholas Hoult for his madcap performance as Peter III? How about some more for Elle Fanning as Catherine, Adam Godley as the Archbishop, and maybe nominations for… --- ## [Forces and the Planck length](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forces-and-the-planck-length/984177)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2023, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forces-and-the-planck-length/984177 "2023-05-17T18:23:15Z")
If I jump up and down, am I literally making the earth oscillate on its orbit? I guess the answer to this depends on whether the planet’s particles, on average, are experiencing an acceleration enough to move them more t… --- ## [Prince Dead at 57](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-dead-at-57/752828)
**Author:** [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Replies:** 321\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2023, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-dead-at-57/752828 "2023-05-17T18:22:49Z")
This is a hard blow. I’ve seriously been a fan since toddlerhood. --- ## [Zooey Zephyr banned from House floor -- is this legal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-zephyr-banned-from-house-floor-is-this-legal/983315)
**Author:** [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2023, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-zephyr-banned-from-house-floor-is-this-legal/983315 "2023-05-17T18:04:18Z")
Representative in the Montana legislature Zooey Zephyr has been banned from the House floor for remarks she made concerning a proposed transgender medical care ban. She can vote remotely but cannot physically be present … --- ## [Who figured out how to cook beans the first time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-figured-out-how-to-cook-beans-the-first-time/984046)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2023, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-figured-out-how-to-cook-beans-the-first-time/984046 "2023-05-17T17:49:29Z")
I was cooking up a pot of beans today and the thought occurred to me: Who the heck figured out how to cook these things? Especially since there are common varieties of beans that are somewhere between mildly toxic and … --- ## [I need eggplant recipes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-eggplant-recipes/113857)
**Author:** [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-eggplant-recipes/113857 "2023-05-17T17:23:28Z")
Every week at the grocery store, they call to me, begging me to buy one. I gave in one day and took the plump purple fella home, only to watch it die a slow mushy death, because I didn’t know what to do with it. --- ## [Executrix for a will; questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/executrix-for-a-will-questions/983895)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/executrix-for-a-will-questions/983895 "2023-05-17T17:12:09Z")
My gf’s mom has three sisters. One of the aunties died 10 months ago, at 91 years of age. Last week, another died, at 93 years of age. My gf was named executrix for the will of the 91 y.o. aunt, and it was fairly stra… --- ## [X-Rated Easter Egg in the Movie "Batteries Not Included"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-rated-easter-egg-in-the-movie-batteries-not-included/984098)
**Author:** [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2023, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-rated-easter-egg-in-the-movie-batteries-not-included/984098 "2023-05-17T15:36:27Z")
I was re-watching Batteries Not Included, a delightful film from 1987. It’s adorable and wonderful. That said, in the opening credits I noticed something both hilarious and inappropriate. Can you see it? It’s at 3:48… --- ## [What does Trump have on Lindsey Graham?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-trump-have-on-lindsey-graham/981934)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2023, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-trump-have-on-lindsey-graham/981934 "2023-05-17T14:20:54Z")
Over in the “Trump Indicted” thread, @Procrustus asks Of all the crazy conspiracy theories out there, the only one that makes sense to me is that Trump has something on Senator Graham. Something really bad. which got… --- ## [My new favorite Thai dish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-thai-dish/983980)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-thai-dish/983980 "2023-05-17T13:58:41Z")
Met Mrs. solost for lunch at our favorite Thai restaurant yesterday. I had been stuck in a bit of a rut between either Pad Thai or a red curry like a Gang Dang. But while idly browsing YouTube the other day I had seen a… --- ## [Hostel (not the movie!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostel-not-the-movie/983995)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2023, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostel-not-the-movie/983995 "2023-05-17T13:18:05Z")
When I started backpacking in my early 20s, friends/family would have a look of horror when I mentioned staying at backpacking hostels. “Did you see the movie? It’s sooo crazy!”. I’ve been to so many hostels, and at almo… --- ## [20% of the population is LGBT, it's just that this identity was suppressed in the past?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-of-the-population-is-lgbt-its-just-that-this-identity-was-suppressed-in-the-past/982963)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2023, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-of-the-population-is-lgbt-its-just-that-this-identity-was-suppressed-in-the-past/982963 "2023-05-17T13:15:37Z")
The U.S. Census Bureau has released a Household Pulse Survey indicating that 19.7% of Generation Z identify as LGBT (as opposed to only 2.7% for Baby Boomers.) Obviously, sexual orientation is something you are born wit… --- ## [Refractive Lens Exchange surgery (cataract surgery without the cataracts)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/refractive-lens-exchange-surgery-cataract-surgery-without-the-cataracts/982927)
**Author:** [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2023, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/refractive-lens-exchange-surgery-cataract-surgery-without-the-cataracts/982927 "2023-05-17T12:56:43Z")
I was at my eye doctor’s office last week, discussing, conveniently enough, my eyes. I’ve been nearsighted most of my life, but I’ve reached the point that I’m starting to have trouble reading in bed without my glasses.… --- ## [Nylon string guitar recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nylon-string-guitar-recommendations/980758)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2023, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nylon-string-guitar-recommendations/980758 "2023-05-17T08:46:31Z")
Hi, anyone got any thoughts on nylon string guitar brands / models? I’m thinking I might get myself one but I don’t have the same sense of what is good or not compared to my knowledge of electric and steel string acousti… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=826) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=828)