# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) --- ## [Good Idea or Bad Idea? AI in meetings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-idea-or-bad-idea-ai-in-meetings/1033682)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-idea-or-bad-idea-ai-in-meetings/1033682 "2026-10-08T23:50:22Z")
Here’s the issue. I frequently have grant committee meetings where I’m so busy writing stuff down, I’m not really aware of what was said. Also due to executive functioning issues I can forget stuff. So I’ve had to piece … --- ## [What became ubiquitous then went away in your lifetime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-became-ubiquitous-then-went-away-in-your-lifetime/1029180)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 941\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-became-ubiquitous-then-went-away-in-your-lifetime/1029180 "2026-10-08T23:48:01Z")
There are the two threads, one about how things are different from when you were a child, and the other is how are things the same. There are the two threads, one about how things are different from when you were a chil… --- ## [The Trump Administration: The Clusterfuck Continues (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 9349\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-2/1025298 "2026-10-08T23:47:36Z")
Continuing the discussion from The Trump Administration: The Clusterfuck Continues (Part 1) - #10061 by Procrustus. Previous discussions: The Trump Administration: The Clusterfuck Continues (Part 1) --- ## ["Burn Notice" question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-question/1033681)
**Author:** [@Leftpopulist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leftpopulist)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-notice-question/1033681 "2026-10-08T23:46:15Z")
Michael Westen appears to be superhuman, combining the skill-sets of a mater criminal, a police detective, and a special forces soldier. Are spies like that in real life? --- ## [Lanterns (the green kind)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lanterns-the-green-kind/1032374)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 399\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lanterns-the-green-kind/1032374 "2026-10-08T23:45:13Z")
Watched the first episode. Liked it, looking forward to the next episode. Drama with very little humor. Despite that the first episode reminded me quite a bit of --- ## [How has the disgraced, CONVICTED FELON, former but once again President Trump pissed you off today? (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 6064\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-disgraced-convicted-felon-former-but-once-again-president-trump-pissed-you-off-today-part-2/1013964 "2026-10-08T23:36:15Z")
Continuing the discussion from How has the disgraced, CONVICTED FELON, former but once again President Trump pissed you off today? (Part 1) - #10021 by Johnny\_L.A. Previous discussions: How has the disgraced, CONVICTE… --- ## [I pit male rapist apologists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-male-rapist-apologists/1033569)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-male-rapist-apologists/1033569 "2026-10-08T23:26:39Z")
So, in the last several days, my Facebook feed has become full of Cornell 7 posts, maybe 95-ish percent by women. Any other posts, by men, and comments by men, basically say that \[and I am obviously paraphrasing\] “pussy … --- ## [Loopy Limericks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149)
**Author:** [@Orson\_Carte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orson_Carte)\ **Replies:** 8460\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loopy-limericks/712149 "2026-10-08T23:22:18Z")
With a modicum of trepidation, in that it might be seen as slightly precocious for a raw newbie to suggest a new game … oh, what the hell. The format that I would suggest is that each contributor may only ever offer one… --- ## [So, Has NOAH's ARK Been Found?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-has-noahs-ark-been-found/361488)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-has-noahs-ark-been-found/361488 "2026-10-08T23:20:08Z")
Eery so often, the crank press brings up the myth about the “Noah’s Ark”. Invariably, they say that an expedition to Mt. Ararat found the boat, but had to turn back. So, I assume a bunch of fundamentalists have been swar… --- ## [Botticelli - Oct 2026](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517)
**Author:** [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-oct-2026/1033517 "2026-10-08T23:18:27Z")
Starting up a new round for the new month: I am J On we go! Rules are here. --- ## [Shelbyvilles, i.e. places that look like they have a generic place name in them but don't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shelbyvilles-i-e-places-that-look-like-they-have-a-generic-place-name-in-them-but-dont/1027667)
**Author:** [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shelbyvilles-i-e-places-that-look-like-they-have-a-generic-place-name-in-them-but-dont/1027667 "2026-10-08T23:17:05Z")
The fictional Simpsons city of Shelbyville was named after a person called Shelbyville Manhattan, rather than a person called Shelby. There are some real life examples of this: In Australia, the city of Townsville was … --- ## [“Wordle,” a strangely compelling word game (Part 4)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 630\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553 "2026-10-08T23:15:16Z")
Continued from “Wordle,” a strangely compelling word game (Part 3) --- ## [AI and the "end of humanity". Explain please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-and-the-end-of-humanity-explain-please/1033021)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 196\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-and-the-end-of-humanity-explain-please/1033021 "2026-10-08T23:15:11Z")
There has been a lot of news about the notion that AI will somehow engineer the end of humanity at some point in the next couple of decades. I admit that I have no idea how that could happen. What would be the process? H… --- ## [Let's tell a story four words at a time (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-2/1022289)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 1188\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-2/1022289 "2026-10-08T23:10:59Z")
Continuing the discussion from Let's tell a story four words at a time (Part 1) - #10001 by 2\_More\_Bits. Previous discussions: Let's tell a story four words at a time (Part 1) --- ## [Mobile phone problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mobile-phone-problem/1033652)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mobile-phone-problem/1033652 "2026-10-08T23:08:38Z")
I’ll readily admit I have a poor knowledge of technical issues. I have a mobile phone (a Samsung A12). The storage is almost filled up and the phone is telling me there are some functions I can’t use because storage is … --- ## [So - I've started my medical transition last week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-started-my-medical-transition-last-week/1033380)
**Author:** [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Replies:** 194\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-started-my-medical-transition-last-week/1033380 "2026-10-08T23:07:54Z")
Quick note to the folks who know me IRL: This is not your news to share. I am no where near my social transition at this time. Last November, I had a life shattering revelation. The long and short of it, is that I re… --- ## [My cat died last night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-died-last-night/1033672)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-died-last-night/1033672 "2026-10-08T23:05:29Z")
She was old and sick. I don’t know how old, because she was a foster failure, and when we took her, she was “more than ten years old”. She had been in kitty hospice for more than a year, when the vet diagnosed her with “… --- ## [Plague in Russia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-in-russia/1033622)
**Author:** [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-in-russia/1033622 "2026-10-08T23:03:34Z")
I just learned yesterday that there’s an “Anti-Plague Research Facility” in Siberia. A young worker dropped a vial containing Pneumonic Plague and died from it a few days later. I’m not a doctor, but my understanding is … --- ## [NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 4)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 5978\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678 "2026-10-08T23:03:20Z")
Continuing the discussion from NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 3) - #10000 by OttoDaFe. Previous discussions: NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 1) NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 2) N… --- ## [Is Russia indefensible except by preemptive aggression?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-russia-indefensible-except-by-preemptive-aggression/1033662)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-russia-indefensible-except-by-preemptive-aggression/1033662 "2026-10-08T23:00:13Z")
I’ve been watching a lot of YouTube videos, most notably by Sarah Paine, who put forward a “geography is destiny” argument with regards to Russian culture and geopolitical outlook. Paine for example argues that Russia is… --- ## [Multiple Shootings At Fort Hood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-shootings-at-fort-hood/516472)
**Author:** [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Replies:** 317\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-shootings-at-fort-hood/516472 "2026-10-08T22:59:57Z")
Bad scene…seven dead, 20 wounded, possibly multiple gunmen still on the loose. --- ## [Why would Google have delisted the Cleveland Public Library?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-google-have-delisted-the-cleveland-public-library/1033659)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-google-have-delisted-the-cleveland-public-library/1033659 "2026-10-08T22:57:23Z")
I first noticed an issue with this a week or so ago. I Googled “Cleveland Public Library”, and although the results contained sub-sites for various branches of the library, none of them pointed to https://cpl.org/ , the… --- ## [Senate races 2026](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-races-2026/1013534)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 619\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-races-2026/1013534 "2026-10-08T22:56:37Z")
Didn’t see a thread, but forgive me if there’s one already. The first major news from an incumbent: Gary Peters (D-MI) won’t seek reelection in 2026. He’s a two term Senator who led the Senate Dems election efforts in t… --- ## [Free Association v2.0 (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 2154\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734 "2026-10-08T22:54:00Z")
Continuing the discussion from Free Association v2.0 (Part 1) - #10000 by Gr8Kat. Previous discussions: Free Association v2.0 (Part 1) --- ## [Custom Licence Plates — Seen in the Wild](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 3767\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-licence-plates-seen-in-the-wild/992965 "2026-10-08T22:50:46Z")
The other day I was driving to work and ended up behind a car with a custom plate: BLEAGH And a cheerful commute to you today as well. --- ## [Restoring mundanity and pointlessness to the forum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restoring-mundanity-and-pointlessness-to-the-forum/1033631)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restoring-mundanity-and-pointlessness-to-the-forum/1033631 "2026-10-08T22:49:37Z")
I decided to take the name of all fifty states, rearrange the letters in alphabetical order, and then list the resulting words in alphabetical order. aaaablm aaakls aaaknrss aabeknrs aacehmssssttu aacfiilnor aachi… --- ## [What are the Christian views on extraterrestrials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-christian-views-on-extraterrestrials/1033285)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-christian-views-on-extraterrestrials/1033285 "2026-10-08T22:49:15Z")
Inspired by another recent thread on a narrower topic. Is there a general consensus among Christians on the subject of intelligent races on other planets? Do they feel that extraterrestrials are impossible because the … --- ## [Tell us an interesting random fact you stumbled across (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 5505\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785 "2026-10-08T22:47:31Z")
Continuing the discussion from Tell us an interesting random fact you stumbled across (Part 1) - #10012 by hajario. Previous discussions: Tell us an interesting random fact you stumbled across (Part 1) --- ## [Do you waste extra time off like I do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-waste-extra-time-off-like-i-do/1033668)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-waste-extra-time-off-like-i-do/1033668 "2026-10-08T22:44:55Z")
I had a lot of stuff to get done. Gotta start winterizing the house and yard, my wife is quite ill so I have house work to do, have to meet with the manager of a business I own, need to meet with my financial advisor ab… --- ## [Do progressives believe that all religions are liberal at their true core?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-progressives-believe-that-all-religions-are-liberal-at-their-true-core/1033297)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-progressives-believe-that-all-religions-are-liberal-at-their-true-core/1033297 "2026-10-08T22:44:15Z")
I’ve often seen progressives argue that hard-line fundamentalist Christians or Muslims don’t reflect “true” Christianity and Islam, and that the true nature of a religion is found in its peaceful moderates. This is ofte… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1&state=watching)