Tuesday Overnight Open Thread (10/29/24)

It is nice to see the people savers saving a dipshit.

SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A man who was pinned to a tree on Bennett’s Creek Lane in Suffolk about 20 feet above the ground was rescued Monday, Suffolk Fire & Rescue said.

The man was rescued from the tree in the 5900 block of Bennett’s Creek Lane after a tree branch that had become tangled in his safety gear pinned him, Suffolk Fire & Rescue said.

RIP Teri Garr.

We knew it. We just didn't have great proof of it. MushHead hates us.

President Joe Biden disrupted Vice President Kamala Harris‘s last-ditch effort to reach undecided or conservative voters on Tuesday night when he appeared to call supporters of former President Donald Trump “garbage.”

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Let 's get worked up about something that will make us feel useful.

Can music be sustainable?
Music has a climate problem - and these bands are doing something about it!

I've mentioned before how Coldplay was the first band to set a goal of cutting their tour's carbon footprint by 50%. According to their latest update, they've cut their emissions by 59% in the last two years, compared to their previous tour, through reducing air travel and even using a power-generating dancefloor: similar to that of a concert venue I reported on a few months ago in Glasgow, Scotland, that’s heated and cooled using the stored body heat of concertgoers.

It’s time for an update, though, because there are a lot more efforts afoot to curb the emissions from the music industry and call for climate action at a broader level. This week, the whole newsletter focuses on the music industry - the good news, the not-so-good news, and my top inspiration. Read on!

Is there anybody at the White House with an ounce of common sense? MushHead is out to pasture. And the San Francisco Headhunter? Headlining a concert perhaps.

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said Tuesday that his government is preparing “countermeasures” in response to evidence of a growing North Korean presence in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, demanding of his Cabinet a “heightened sense of vigilance.”

He made the comments after holding a phone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, on Tuesday in which the Ukrainian leader said the two agreed to “intensify contacts at all levels” and cooperate to limit North Korean influence in the war.

I use to officiate on Friday nights. I never saw a kicker like this kid. Not even close.

So it hit 70+ today and the lake called and then the grill. Well, it's an abbreviated ONT this evening.

I read. I snickered. Genius Award Winner.

A driver crashed into a parked car while performing an ‘incredibly dangerous’ maneuver in the middle of a crowd of people.

Onlookers had their phones out to film two BMWs doing ‘doughnuts’ around a cluster of people at an industrial estate in Swindon, Wiltshire.

The stunt leaves distinctive circular tire marks on the ground due to friction from the cars rotating.

But this time it also left an member of the public with minor injuries after the rear of a red BMW driven by Milosz Sobiechowski, 22, clipped a parked car.

No mention of the amount of fossil fuels consumed to make the world wide web Genius Award Winner.

The ONT Is Always Looking Out For You^TM (Especially you Morons at least age 29)

My Guns Don't Suit Me Anymore
As an older shooter, your accuracy is not what it used to be with your favorite pistol.

The Problem
As an older shooter, you are becoming disgusted with your shooting these days. Your accuracy is not what it used to be with your favorite pistol. Your sights are hard to see, and your ability to hold still is a dream of what was, but is never to be again. And your trigger seems to have a mind of its own, breaking sometimes before you are ready for it, and other times seeming so hard to move that you thought you had forgotten to release the safety. You are wondering if a new gun will help, or if you are at the stage in life where you should hang up your guns and find something else to do for fun as opposed to frustration.

The Solution
The likelihood of your pistol changing all by itself is far from realistic. The reality of what you are experiencing is a product of two things: time and adaptability.

Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by TMPS (Too Much Pumpkin Spice).

Notice: Posted with permission by the Ace Media Empire & AceCorp, LLC. Any resemblance to a Peabody Award is purely coincidental and just good old fashioned luck. And sweat. Mostly luck.

posted by Misanthropic Humanitarian at 10:00 PM

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