Sunday Overnight Open Thread - September 20, 2026

Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Sunday ONT. Appreciate you stopping by. Open thread, as always. Fashion and music, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?

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Happy Anniversary to Buck Rogers!

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Jimmy's is getting ready for Halloween

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Careful out there, oyster lovers

Fourth Florida resident dies after contracting flesh-eating bacteria linked to oysters

A fourth person in Florida has died after contracting flesh-eating bacteria commonly linked to consuming raw or undercooked oysters, health officials said.

The death was included Thursday in the Florida Department of Health's updated fatality count for the deadly flesh-eating bacterium Vibrio vulnificus.

The individual was from Broward County and between the ages of 75 and 79, WSFA reported. It remains unclear exactly how the person contracted the infection.

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Another day, another something happening differently than the "scientists" thought it would

Africa Is Breaking Apart Faster Than We Thought, Forming a New Ocean

Geologists have discovered that the African continent will split apart sooner than we thought. An active rift has reached a "critical threshold" and will soon break apart, forming a new ocean.

That said, 'soon' is a relative term – it'll still take a few million years more, but that's a blink of an eye on a geological scale.

"We found that rifting in this zone is more advanced, and the crust is thinner, than anyone had recognized," says Christian Rowan, a geoscientist at Columbia University.

"Eastern Africa has progressed further in the rifting process than previously thought."

These super smart people want us to make long term policy decisions based on their predictions of stuff. Yet they are constantly proven wrong.

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Need a place to stay for the Texas MoMe? Maybe this is your answer!

Towable A-frame is about as small and simple as a tiny house gets

Personally, if I was living in a tiny house, I'd want to get the largest and most luxurious model I could afford, but a lot of people neither want nor need all that extra space. This A-frame on wheels is for such people. With a length of just 4.8 m (15 ft) and consisting of one room, it's about as small and simple as they come.

The Mini Brda Classic is designed by Poland's Mini Domy and is a pint-sized take on the firm's much larger Brda. Taking its name from a traditional Polish A-frame house, this thing is seriously small and is more like a hardshell tent than a proper house. To put its diminutive size into perspective, the 2023 Ford Expedition is significantly longer.

It's built from wood and clad in metal, with a classic A-frame triangular form, while the interior is finished in tongue-and-groove wood and laminate flooring. Though pictured here on a double-axle trailer for easy towing, it can also come without a trailer for permanent installation.

Staying with the tiny house idea

Shipping container transformed into cozy tiny house for two

The humble shipping container is little more than a basic metal box, but designers and architects never seem to run out of ideas for what to do with it. The Luna Cottage is a particularly nicely done example, transforming a standard container into a cozy tiny house for two.

The Luna Cottage is based on a 20-ft (6-m)-long shipping container, but it has been heavily modified with a door and windows, plus given a uniform coat of paint. A secondary roof has also been added, which does a good job disguising the metal box's original industrial origins and should improve its thermal performance.

Not bad looking inside - check the link for more photos.

'Ette Couture (Courtesy of Piper)

It's that time of the week - when we turn the ONT over to our good friend Piper for a bit. Here's this week's fashion pr0n.

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Late 1800s–1940s:

Organized cheering began at American colleges in the late 19th century, and it was mostly men. There was no official uniform industry. Squads wore sweaters, slacks, or whatever athletic clothes they already owned.

Women were not widely allowed onto squads until the 1920s. During World War II, men left campus and women took over the activity, ruining it just like they do everything else they touch. Dang 19th Amendment. Anyway, a recognizable girls’ look began to settle in: long skirts, sweaters over blouses or turtlenecks, sturdy shoes and pointy elbows.

1950s-60:

By mid-century the uniform had a formula people still picture when they think “old-school cheerleader”: a bulky letter sweater, a long wool or cotton skirt, saddle shoes or oxfords, and socks. School letters and megaphone patches made the squad readable from the bleachers.
Skirts were still modest—often calf-length or longer. The point was identity, not range of motion. A 1959–60 school photo captures the look almost perfectly: oversized letter sweaters, below-the-knee green skirts, white shoes, and a megaphone appliqué on the hip.

1970s:

Uniforms kept evolving toward mobility: shorter skirts, tighter sweaters, short sleeves, and tennis shoes. Some teams tried jumpers, hot pants, go-go boots, or capes. Hemlines rose because tumbling and partner stunts were not feasible with extra fabric.

The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, redesigned in the early-to-mid 1970s, put a midriff-baring top, tiny shorts, fringe, and white boots on national television.
An early Cowboys photo still has hats, longer skirts, and a more costume-like Western theme.

Within a few years the signature formula was set: cropped vest, knotted blouse, short white shorts, belt, and boots.

1980s–1990s:

Skirts kept shrinking through the ’80s and ’90s as routines got more athletic. A common school rule had been “skirt to the fingertips.” That rule lost to tumbling safety: extra fabric can catch during a back handspring. Fitted stretch fabrics replaced stiff wool. Metallics and rhinestones crept in by the late ’90s, especially on college and all-star teams.

2000s–today:

A current uniform is sleeker than the 1980s version but still built on the same pieces: fitted top, short skirt, team colors.

The through-line is simple. Every time the choreography got harder, the clothes got lighter, shorter, and more engineered. The letter sweater never fully vanished, it just got compressed into a shell, then into a crop top covered in rhinestones.

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Thanks, Piper!

The rest of you - Don't forget to check out Piper's X page.

Speaking of Piper's X page - evidently the Emmy's took place on Monday. Piper posted a bunch of fashion stuff. Including this

I guess X thinks I care about this stuff now because this hit my feed recently

These celebrity types really do make some stupid choices with the stuff they wear.

DJ Doof - Random Stuff Edition

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