Monday Overnight Open Thread - May 26, 2025 [Doof]

Gold Star Memorial - Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD

Welcome to the Memorial Day ONT. Please join in as we "salute the ones who died, the ones who gave their lives, so we don't have to sacrifice all the things we love."

Remember and Honor

(from MAGAvoice on X)

And The Trees are all kept equal...

Trees Synchronize Their Bio-electrical Signals During Solar Eclipses: ‘The Wood Wide Web in Action’

More evidence that trees display group cognition and communication has arrived from the Dolomites where a multidisciplinary team monitored a forest during a solar eclipse.

Their research witnessed two things, that the trees of the forest synchronized bioelectrical activity during the eclipse, and that the process of synchronization was started and directed by the eldest trees—a full 14 hours before the eclipse even started.

The results of their experiment, which was published in Royal Society Open Science, demonstrate both the incredible value of old trees to the forests in which they live, but also the extent to which our woody cousins respond to their environment.

Using rugged, custom-built, low-power sensors deployed across a forest in the Dolomites, the interdisciplinary team—comprising experts from Italy, the United Kingdom, Spain, and Australia—recorded simultaneous bioelectrical responses from multiple trees.

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The electrical activity of all three trees became significantly more synchronized around the eclipse—both before and during the one-hour event. The two older trees in the study, about 70 years old, had a much more pronounced early response to the impending eclipse than the young tree. This suggests older trees may have developed mechanisms to anticipate and respond to such events, similar to their responses to seasonal changes, since solar eclipses occur on a cycle as well.

Not sure I trust the findings of any "experts" in any field - but kinda cool if it's really true.

Extreme Identity Verification

Those hypocrites who think Voter ID is too onerous probably are fine with this.

Bank Sparks Outrage for Bringing Bed-Bound 96-Year-Old Woman to Branch to Verify Her Identity

A Mexican bank has been accused of lacking sensitivity after insisting that a bed-bound 96-year-old woman be brought to a physical branch to confirm her identity in order to release her pension.

Photos and video clips of an elderly woman being transported to a BBVA (Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria) bank branch in Oaxaca, Mexico, on an ambulance stretcher have been going viral on Mexican social media and sparking outrage among the general public. 96-year-old Fidelia Vásquez Nuño cannot move due to her advanced age and various illnesses, but despite her son’s attempts to file the necessary paperwork with the bank to verify her identity, she had to be brought to a local branch to correct a glitch in her biometric registration that had prevented her from cashing her pension for six months.

“It’s an outrage. We’ve submitted everything: official documents, powers of attorney, and her legal representative. Yet, they’ve demanded that she come in person, even though she’s clearly not fit enough,” said Gilberto Ayala, the woman’s son. “The BBVA branch manager told us that the pension payment is suspended and that we need to comply with more requirements to be able to reactivate the payment. It’s an ordeal.”

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Following their treatment by BBVA, the 96-year-old woman’s family filed complaints with the National Human Rights Commission, the Ombudsman’s Office of the people of Oaxaca, and the National Commission and Defense of Users of Financial Services.

Video segment at the link.

Smiles and Tears of Joy

Childhood best friends reunions🥹 pic.twitter.com/Q4VIJyiocX

— Wholesome Side of 𝕏 (@itsme_urstruly) May 21, 2025

DJ Doof - This Date in History Version
from thisdayinmusic.com

On this date in 2022: English drummer Alan White best known for his tenure in the progressive rock band Yes died age 72

Also on this date in 2022: Depeche Mode keyboardist Andy Fletcher died age 60. Fletcher was a founding member of the band

Bonus Mode:

Halo

Behind the Wheel (Live 1988) "Good evening, Pasadena!"

Born on this date in 1964: American singer, songwriter, Lenny Kravitz (son of actress Roxie Roker, who portrayed Helen on The Jeffersons)

Also celebrating a birthday today - Stevie Nicks (born in 1948)

What are your favorite tracks from these folks?

Weekly commenter stats for week of 5-25-2025

Top 10 commenters:
1 [502 comments] 'Christopher R Taylor' [71.30 posts/day]
2 [438 comments] 'TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu'
3 [378 comments] 'Oldcat'
4 [348 comments] 'BurtTC'
5 [343 comments] 'Bulg'
6 [324 comments] 'Sponge - F*ck Cancer'
7 [297 comments] 'polynikes'
8 [292 comments] '...'
9 [267 comments] '18-1'
10 [262 comments] 'Smell the Glove'

Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
1 [181 names] 'Ciampino - reminder' [25.71 unique names/day]
2 [144 names] 'Miklos likes Simple and Durable'
3 [142 names] 'Things I learned here, oddly enough'
4 [127 names] 'Miklos has Questions and Skepticisms'
5 [121 names] 'Nordisk Tidende'
6 [81 names] 'Quarter Twenty '
7 [75 names] 'Lindsey Graham, Closeted Homosexual'
8 [51 names] 'I gotta ask '
9 [47 names] 'Moron Analyst'
10 [43 names] 'Count de Monet'

Tonight's ONT brought to you by perspective (this can never been seen too often)

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