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Overnight Open Thread 10/15/2023]

Every civilization carries the seeds of its own destruction, and the same cycle shows in them all. The Republic is born, flourishes, decays into plutocracy, and is captured by the shoemaker whom the mercenaries and millionaires make into a king. The people invent their oppressors, and the oppressors serve the function for which they are invented.

-- Samuel Langhorne Clemens

I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb. Perhaps two-thirds of the people of the Earth might be killed, but enough men capable of thinking, and enough books, would be left to start again, and civilization could be restored.

-- Albert Einstein

The fact is, that civilization requires slaves. The Greeks were quite right there. Unless there are slaves to do the ugly, horrible, uninteresting work, culture and contemplation become almost impossible. Human slavery is wrong, insecure, and demoralizing. On mechanical slavery, on the slavery of the machine, the future of the world depends.

-- Oscar Wilde

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I swear this is real! Randy Johnson Photography may be the most awesome company logo in the entire history of civilization.

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US Customs officials seize giraffe feces from woman at Minnesota airport

Let he who has never smuggled giraffe feces cast the first stone!

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Are you kidding me. A #Phillies fan tried to come into game tonight with what they said was a “service animal.” An Alligator! Yes an Alligator. Thing’s I’ve never seen. This is it. ⁦@SportsRadioWIP⁩ pic.twitter.com/H7A0FM0IYC

— Howard Eskin (@howardeskin) September 27, 2023

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Somebody posted it recently (last night maybe?) and I knew it was for The Horde...This made me laugh!
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This is a link to a webcam showing Brooks Falls Brown Bears: Brooks Falls - Katmai National Park, Alaska. Yes...it is nighttime now, so you will have to come back tomorrow and see what they are doing. Trust me; it is soothing and strangely pleasant!

And speaking of Katmai...I found this! I think fat-shaming of bears is unconscionable!

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Weekly commenter stats for week of 10-15-2023

Top 10 commenters:
1 [637 comments] 'jim (in Kalifornia)' [89.41 posts/day]
2 [619 comments] 'Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)'
3 [524 comments] 'TheJamesMadison
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5 [495 comments] 'runner'
6 [352 comments] 'Tom Servo'
7 [331 comments] 'Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden'
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4 [53 names] 'Moron Analyst'
5 [52 names] 'More escapist flicks'
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7 [48 names] 'I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper'
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