The New Coffee Room

Story with pics of the drain and surrounding area.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/baltimore/news/13-year-old-boy-died-storm-drain-flash-floods-mount-airy/

I have been paused from the start. Sir Brave Jon!

Even Israel is Asian!

Indeed. I stumbled into investing in Palantir in Jan 2023. It’s up 2100% now so I just sold 1/3 of it. The bubble will burst one day, I think their PE ratio is like 650 or something.

Same here, life at 25 vs 35…very different. Good perspective. My parents were on a MUCH tighter budget.

Why does it have to be so muddy and insufferable? Don’t just tell me because it has to stand up in court. There’s a document I had to read yesterday, probably 80 pages, an operating agreement. It took 80 pages to say what you could want it to say in 5 pages, with pure clarity and no ambiguity. In fact, after reading all 80 pages I had some very fundamental questions I had to ask the author about since it wasn’t clear after the word vomit document…who replied with 5 word answers. Wasn’t there a law passed where legal documents need simple and clear summaries? Maybe that’s just for loans.

Presuming @Horace didn't get on the wrong plane and flew to Italy... I saw this thread recently: https://www.reddit.com/r/howislivingthere/comments/1meskzv/how_is_living_in_tuscany_italy/

Yes all 5 kids have Asian ancestry (3 China, 1 Ukraine, 1 India). Still, that's what makes MURICA numero uno!

https://aas.org/posts/news/2025/07/us-physics-team-wins-international-olympiad```

You’d think I’d be numb to this by now. This is insane, but also predictable.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/01/trump-fires-erika-mcentarfer-labor-statistics

@Horace said in Off to the Tuscan countryside:

Upgraded to business class on the way over. 80% off the price we saw when we booked economy in March.

Good for your long FIGure

Sure is good motivation to not commit treason!

@Doctor-Phibes said in Off to the Tuscan countryside:

Don't forget your American flag and MAGA hat. The Italians love a bit of patriotism

Joke's on him, he's actually getting on a plane to go to Tucson instead of Tuscan! Maybe in Arizona he'll even drive a Hyundai Tucson!

Ridiculous.

You know what would be a good idea, maybe it already exists, mailing your Blu-ray discs in and a company load them into a virtual library, you get your discs back, pay a one time fee, and you have forever unlimited streaming access to your own collection.

I even had them downloaded on my iPad during my recent work trip, I shouldn’t have turned my iPad WiFi on!!

Ugh. I was 2 episodes in just this week via Disney+ and now all episodes are locked unless you get a Hulu subscription. It’s not the money it’s the annoyance, just flipping a switch and another show adjusts its streaming options.

New species of "stick insect" discovered... 15" long. Australia, seriously WTF.

Best comment I saw, this isn't a stick bug, it's a branch bug!

https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/1melqra/scientists_have_discovered_a_giant_new_species_of/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/31/science/australia-new-huge-stick-insect-intl-hnk

That left hand became a blur at the end

Haha!

@jon-nyc said in Testing 89’s geolocation superpowers:

Actually the link was off by 5mi. But we are at 1st Avenue beach in Asbury Park.

HAHAHA BULLSEYE!!!!!!!!!!

LOL