Monday Overnight Open Thread - April 21, 2025 [Doof]

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Don't Look Down!

China to Inaugurate New World’s Highest Bridge

The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge spanning 625 meters (2,051 feet) above the Beipan River, in China’s Guizhou Province, is set to become the world’s highest bridge upon completion, in the second half of 2025.

The mountainous province of Guizhou is well-known for its complex terrain and the incredible bridges traversing it. Guizhou is home to more than half of the world’s top 100 highest bridges and has set the record for the world’s highest bridge more than once. This year, the Chinese province will once again claim the record for the third consecutive time! The first was in 2003 when the Beipanjiang Guanxing Bridge became the first suspension bridge in the world to surpass the 1,000-foot height threshold. The second time was in 2016, with the innovative Beipanjiang Duge Bridge, and this year, it’s doing it again with a bridge over the deepest part of the Beipan River Valley, a place known as the Huajiang Grand Canyon, or the ‘Earth Crack’.

“At present, the overall progress of the bridge has reached 95%, and it is planned to be opened to traffic in the second half of 2025,” Zhang Shenglin, chief engineer of Guizhou Highway Group, boasted in an interview with China Daily. “By then, this super project that spans the ‘Earth Crack’ will be the world’s first in both directions. It will become another landmark project to demonstrate China’s infrastructure strength.”

More details including a 21 minute video at the link.

Cool Stuff in the Night Sky

Tonight Is Peak Lyrid Meteor Shower

Tonight (April 21st-22nd) is the Lyrid meteor shower that produces anywhere between 10 and 100 shooting stars per hour.

They’re also one of the best for Americans since the point in the sky they seem to originate from is located far in the north of the night sky in the constellation Lyra. Those in the Southern Hemisphere won’t have as much northern sky in their view, but citizens of the US and Europe will have excellent viewing of this meteor stream.

Though the Earth passed into the Lyrid meteor stream on the 16th of April, tonight is what’s called the peak, when the largest number of shooting stars can be seen.

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Though Earth passes through these meteor streams around the same time every year, the Moon’s phases are less consistent. As it happens this year, a waning crescent will fall below the horizon at 01:35 UTC [9:35 East Coast USA] meaning there will be no light pollution from the pale lady.

Get on out there and let us know if you see anything!

Future Morons!

First candidates

Two kids have a dance battle and they are locked in pic.twitter.com/VgqTrIVZVs

— Dudes Posting Their W’s (@DudespostingWs) April 14, 2025

VERY likely candidate

Bro drove to McDonald's flawlessly, probably a better driver than half the people on the road pic.twitter.com/2VJVA49Vze

— Dudes Posting Their W’s (@DudespostingWs) April 15, 2025

Never Not Funny

"Farts are always funny, not going to lie."

Someone farted in the background of Logan Webb's postgame presser, and he couldn't hold it together 💨 🤣 pic.twitter.com/bKpABOpOJi

— SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) April 19, 2025

Monday Night Movie Minute

Tell me you know this awesome 80s movie by dropping a quote from it

DJ Doof - Today In Music History Version
(from thisdayinmusic.com)

Born on this day in 1959: Singer, songwriter and musician Robert Smith with English rock band The Cure who had the 1989 US No.2 single 'Love Song', the 1992 UK No.6 single 'Friday I'm In Love', plus over 20 other UK Top 40 singles. He was also the lead guitarist for the band Siouxsie and the Banshees from 1982 to 1984.

Born on this day in 1960: John Maher, drummer with English punk rock group Buzzcocks who had the 1978 UK No.12 single 'Ever Fallen In Love, With Someone You Shouldn't've'.

On this day in 2016: Prince was found dead at his home in Minnesota at the age of 57, after Police were summoned to his Paisley Park estate and found his body in a lift. The acclaimed and influential musician became a global superstar in the 1980s, with albums such as 1999, Purple Rain and Sign O' the Times and recorded more than 30 albums.

Weekly commenter stats for week of 4-20-2025

Top 10 commenters:
1 [561 comments] 'Sponge - F*ck Cancer' [79.68 posts/day]
2 [409 comments] 'whig'
3 [407 comments] 'Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ '
4 [388 comments] '...'
5 [371 comments] 'Bulg'
6 [332 comments] 'I used to have a different nic '
7 [322 comments] 'm'
8 [307 comments] 'TheJamesMadison, looking for laughs with Ivan Reitman'
9 [276 comments] 'Skip '
10 [272 comments] 'Sebastian Melmoth'

Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
1 [183 names] 'Miklos' [25.99 unique names/day]
2 [172 names] 'Ciampino - I've no idea of where it is'
3 [164 names] 'Mayor Pete'
4 [90 names] 'Free speech except the speech the state doesnt like'
5 [86 names] 'Quarter Twenty '
6 [39 names] 'The Truth'
7 [38 names] 'Disinterested FDA Director'
8 [38 names] 'Count de Monet'
9 [37 names] 'Duncanthrax'
10 [29 names] 'It's not a small thing going on now. '

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