Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - January 20, 2026 [Doof]

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Feel good story

Cajun Navy Travels To Oklahoma To Find Missing Boy — Brings Him Home Safe

A happy ending came for 12-year-old Ryan “RJ” Davis, who was recently found safe in Oklahoma thanks to the efforts of the United Cajun Navy.

Nine days after being reported missing by his mother and stepfather, RJ was found safe indoors, unharmed, and warmly embraced by his rescuers.

Authorities believe RJ ran away to seek safety away from his parents’ home.

“He gave us a hug and we told him that he was safe and nobody was going to harm him anymore, and he gave us a big hug and he was ready to go eat some pizza,” said Thomas Gentile of the United Cajun Navy.

Local authorities confirmed RJ is now in a safe environment, and he will not be returning to the property where he was previously living.

The community played a key role in bringing RJ home.

“I asked for the media’s help and we got it,” said Chickasha Police Chief Goebel Music. “How I know that to be true is that where I met and spoke with RJ, when I was hugging him, he said, ‘Hey, I saw you on the news.’ So, what you did worked.”

Check out the whole thing. Video segment at the link

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Wholesome content

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Not exactly wholesome

Walrus Penis Bone Stolen from Iconic Camden Cheesesteak Restaurant

A decades-old walrus penis bone that had become a quirky fixture at Donkey’s Place, a well-known cheesesteak spot in Camden, was stolen by a bar patron, according to the restaurant’s staff.

The item, considered a good luck charm by employees and regulars, was taken by a man who had reportedly been drinking for several hours with two others. Surveillance footage shows the suspect leaving the premises with the walrus penis bone in hand, shortly after the group asked to see it.

Really? A bone from a walrus' junk? People need help.

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Spalding! Don't touch it!

Something huge and brown is crossing the Atlantic from Africa to America, and satellites can no longer ignore it

For more than a decade, satellites have watched a brown streak grow across the Atlantic Ocean. In May 2025, that streak reached a new record of about 37.5 million tons of floating seaweed stretching over 5,400 miles, roughly twice the width of the continental United States. Scientists call it the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt, and it is now big enough to be tracked from space almost every year.

A new scientific review led by marine scientist Brian Lapointe at Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute pulls together forty years of data to explain how this happened. Published in the journal Harmful Algae, the work shows that a mix of natural forces and human made nutrient pollution has turned a once patchy seaweed into a recurring ocean-scale belt that threatens coasts, economies, and even the climate.

But OF COURSE - it threatens the climate. Good grief.

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Cool photos

33 Unseen Historical Photos Revealing Forgotten Moments History Never Taught Us

#6. What 5 megabytes of computer data looked like in 1966: 62,500 punched cards, taking four days to load.

Check out the link. Lots of interesting photos.

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More cool photos

Having Fun With Statues (26 photos)

DJ Doof - Guess The Theme

Difficulty level 2 out of 5

What's the common thread / common meaning / common leitmotif?

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