After my workout, I watched:

BETELGEUSE'S IMMINENT SUPERNOVA EXPLOSION JUST GOT A WHOLE LOT DRAMATIC: Betelgeuse, the bright red shoulder of Orion, has fascinated astronomers
since Hermann Carl Vogel classified it as variable in 1850. Its erratic brightness, the Great Dimming of 2019, and subsequent identification of
a dust cloud in 2023 all hinted that something more complex was unfolding inside the star's vast, turbulent atmosphere. The idea that Betelgeuse
might hide a smaller companion has circulated since Walter Baade raised
the possibility in the 1920s, but the glare of a supergiant 700 times the
Sun's diameter made direct confirmation nearly impossible.

In July 2025 a team led by NASA's Steve Howell used the 'Alopeke speckle
imager on the 8.1 m Gemini North telescope to resolve that long-suspected companion. Speckle imaging freezes atmospheric turbulence with millisecond exposures, combining thousands of frames into a diffraction-limited picture. The newly resolved point of light is roughly six magnitudes fainter than Betelgeuse at optical wavelengths, sits about four astronomical units from
the primary star, and is estimated at 1.5 solar masses. Spectral clues
place it in a pre-main-sequence stage, meaning the Betelgeuse system now contains two objects at opposite ends of stellar evolution. The discovery
team has proposed the Arabic name "Siwarha," meaning "her bracelet," to
mirror Betelgeuse's traditional "Hand of the Giantess."

Because Betelgeuse is nearing the end of its life, Siwarha's future looks precarious. The supergiant
may engulf its neighbor through tidal drag within the next ten thousand years, or it might explode
first as a core-collapse supernova, violently altering or ejecting the companion. Astronomers expect
their best follow-up view in November 2027, when orbital motion places Siwarha at maximum apparent
separation. Continued high-resolution imaging and spectroscopy will refine its mass, age, and orbit,
offering a unique window on both massive-star death throes and the early life of its much younger
partner.

https://youtu.be/BjBm5D1AF0s?si=lVqXP8_ZTwXl44rY

HUNTER BIDEN SAYS "F THAT" INSTEAD OF APOLOGIZING TO MELANIA FOR SMEARING HER (WITH STU BURGUIERE):
Megyn Kelly is joined by Stu Burguiere, host of BlazeTV's "Stu Does America," to discuss Hunter Biden's refusal to apologize to Melania Trump over his Epstein claim and dropping a f-bomb instead, the possible billion-dollar defamation lawsuit, and more.
https://youtu.be/AJF6vZDamBU?si=2SJa0Ayz9kYk8dRc

JUSSIE SMOLLETT BEGINS HIS COMEBACK ATTEMPT BY CLAIMING HE REALLY WAS ATTACKED (WITH STU BURGUIERE):
Megyn Kelly is joined by Stu Burguiere, host of BlazeTV's "Stu Does America," to discuss Jussie Smollett's latest comeback attempt through a new Netflix documentary, his renewed claim that the hate crime hoax was real, why the
media is still giving him a platform, and more. https://youtu.be/oLdyJO5UK_4?si=S5boSA1T-7t-wG49

NFL PLATFORMS 'CHILD-FRIENDLY' DRAG QUEEN CHEERLEADERS:
The NFL's push for male cheerleaders, like those with the Minnesota Vikings
and Baltimore Ravens, undermines its family-friendly image, prioritizing
trendy diversity over traditional values. Critics argue this shift alienates fans who expect wholesome entertainment suitable for all ages. https://youtu.be/ulVOt-bcSaQ?si=YKIjNGajbdc5Xerl

What did you watch?

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Ubiquitous <[email protected]> wrote:

After my workout, I watched:

What did you watch?

Hey, thanks for asking!

JURASSIC PARK WORLD AFTERBIRTH

In 1997, hack David Koepp “wrote” the worst Jurassic movie ever made. 28 years later, Steven Spielberg asked him if he could write one even worse.
He tried his best and aided and abetted by one of the worst directors in
the business, certainly scored a solid tie for bottom place.

Somehow, in just a couple years since the last movie, the atmosphere of the entire planet has changed, and now dinosaurs can only live in a narrow
strip along the equator. Luckily, this completely different atmosphere doesn’t affect humans at all, in or out of the dino zone. Of course no
humans are allowed in the dino zone because… Well, they don’t actually say. Why would it matter if dinosaurs can’t leave the zone?

A family, and yes, it’s pretty much the family from land of the lost right down to the obnoxious little girl who will befriend a dinosaur that looks
just like a midget in a Halloween costume, is sailing through the forbidden zone because… I never did figure out why. They immediately hit a “dinosaur” and capsize their sail boat, which remains upside down like the USS Poseidon. A boat with the rest of the main cast breaks away from their secret mission to rescue them saying that otherwise they’ll freeze to death in the icy waters of the equator, which would be 80° now and much hotter in
a couple years. They do this, even though there are plenty of boats in the area. What the hell happened to the forbidden zone anyway?

The second boat is on a mission to collect blood samples from the three
largest dinosaurs because with that you can cure all heart disease in
humans and give everybody an extra 20 years of life. We’ve had the
discussion about why the hell you have to get a blood sample from a living specimen before. They actually explain it here. Blood, every single drop of
it, every single drop of the hundred million gallons in the biggest
dinosaur that ever lived, instantly goes rancid when the creature dies.
Why can’t you just blow a hole in its tail and collect the blood there? It’s not dead. Oh, yeah, David Koepp is an idiot. So together they get the blood from the ocean dinosaur which then attacks them, forcing them to seek refuge on a nearby island that it turns out was their destination all
along. Because that’s where the giant flying dinosaur lives. Note that swimming creatures and flying creatures are not dinosaurs by definition.
Also, the biggest pterosaur isn’t going to have this gigantic heart they’re talking about because their bodies are like the size of a turkey. But then David Koepp is an idiot. They explain that this island is where they sent
all the mutant dinosaurs that didn’t work out right for accounting reasons.
Later, they find the secret laboratory where they actually made all those mutant dinosaurs, which is a completely different explanation for
everything than we have seen and were told because David Koepp is an idiot. Also, apparently the secret base has been sitting vacant for 17 years, but still automatically lights up all night when the generator kicks in. Must
be a big gas tank. All the vehicles and everything run too.

The rest of it is just dinosaurs eating people and you’re rooting for the dinosaurs at every turn. At one point, the sailboat people fall off a cliff
and the rest of the expedition just forgets about them and it breaks into
two movies. Nobody slaps the little girl for dragging a baby dinosaur along with them and throwing it food and leaving a trail of food for the
carnivorous creatures on this island to follow them.

And they apparently have a tyrannosaurus with six legs, but no lake bell
just to scratch the surface.

Pretty much everything else is copy pasted from the earlier movies. And
this entire island is honeycombed with secret passages and ancient and
modern tunnels because why not.

The movie has two happy endings. One is they decide to give the blood
samples (one of which is an egg white sample) to the world in general
because then everyone will magically stop having heart disease. I have no
idea how that would work. Why not give it to InGen and take the money and
then release the secrets to the world somehow as well? The other happy
ending is the obnoxious little girl takes her obnoxious dinosaur back to civilization even though dinosaurs can’t live more than a couple of miles from the equator. But apparently they forgot that. Because David Koepp an idiot.



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Melissa Hollingsworth <[email protected]> wrote:

Verily, in article <[email protected]>, did [email protected] deliver unto us this message:

NFL PLATFORMS 'CHILD-FRIENDLY' DRAG QUEEN CHEERLEADERS:
The NFL's push for male cheerleaders, like those with the Minnesota Vikings >> and Baltimore Ravens, undermines its family-friendly image, prioritizing
trendy diversity over traditional values. Critics argue this shift alienates >> fans who expect wholesome entertainment suitable for all ages.
https://youtu.be/ulVOt-bcSaQ?si=YKIjNGajbdc5Xerl

Male cheerleaders don't sound that bad. There have always been a few.

This isn't the same. These dudes don't want to cheer, they want to be
female cheerleaders. Those guys in the clip are doing the prance-swish
thing, like every cliched gay guy in 90s sitcoms. They're not cheering; they're posing.

Kevin Sorbo just X’d that the Vikings had been his favorite team, but he’s going to find someone else to root for


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Melissa Hollingsworth <[email protected]> wrote:

[email protected] deliver unto us this message:

NFL PLATFORMS 'CHILD-FRIENDLY' DRAG QUEEN CHEERLEADERS:
The NFL's push for male cheerleaders, like those with the Minnesota Vikings >>and Baltimore Ravens, undermines its family-friendly image, prioritizing >>trendy diversity over traditional values. Critics argue this shift alienates >>fans who expect wholesome entertainment suitable for all ages. >>https://youtu.be/ulVOt-bcSaQ?si=YKIjNGajbdc5Xerl

Male cheerleaders don't sound that bad. There have always been a few.

This isn't the same. These dudes don't want to cheer, they want to be
female cheerleaders. Those guys in the clip are doing the prance-swish
thing, like every cliched gay guy in 90s sitcoms. They're not cheering; >they're posing.

Lately, in my YouTube feed, I've been getting short videos from college cheerleading practice sessions in which the base, either one or two men,
will throw the flyer, typically a tiny woman, into the air. She does a
flip or a turn. Sometimes he catches her on one hand, balanced on one or
both feet.

These are large men but when the routine is executed properly, they are amazingly gentle when catching her so she doesn't get bruised. Because
she's a cheerleader and not a gymnast, she's wearing a huge smile.

These guys don't prance nor pose, and look like smaller versions of
football linebackers. I doubt the women would trust them if they didn't
look strong enough to catch them and had any other primary interest in performing the routine as safely as possible.

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On Fri, 15 Aug 2025 17:51:21 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
<[email protected]> wrote:

Melissa Hollingsworth <[email protected]> wrote:

[email protected] deliver unto us this message:

NFL PLATFORMS 'CHILD-FRIENDLY' DRAG QUEEN CHEERLEADERS:
The NFL's push for male cheerleaders, like those with the Minnesota Vikings >>>and Baltimore Ravens, undermines its family-friendly image, prioritizing >>>trendy diversity over traditional values. Critics argue this shift alienates >>>fans who expect wholesome entertainment suitable for all ages. >>>https://youtu.be/ulVOt-bcSaQ?si=YKIjNGajbdc5Xerl

Male cheerleaders don't sound that bad. There have always been a few.

This isn't the same. These dudes don't want to cheer, they want to be >>female cheerleaders. Those guys in the clip are doing the prance-swish >>thing, like every cliched gay guy in 90s sitcoms. They're not cheering; >>they're posing.

Lately, in my YouTube feed, I've been getting short videos from college >cheerleading practice sessions in which the base, either one or two men,
will throw the flyer, typically a tiny woman, into the air. She does a
flip or a turn. Sometimes he catches her on one hand, balanced on one or
both feet.

I've been seeing those too. It's amazing what they do and the times
when the woman doesn't land perfectly shows just how dangerous the
performances can be.

These are large men but when the routine is executed properly, they are >amazingly gentle when catching her so she doesn't get bruised. Because
she's a cheerleader and not a gymnast, she's wearing a huge smile.

These guys don't prance nor pose, and look like smaller versions of
football linebackers. I doubt the women would trust them if they didn't
look strong enough to catch them and had any other primary interest in >performing the routine as safely as possible.

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On Aug 15, 2025 at 1:30:41 AM PDT, "Ubiquitous" <[email protected]> wrote:

After my workout, I watched:

BETELGEUSE'S IMMINENT SUPERNOVA EXPLOSION JUST GOT A WHOLE LOT DRAMATIC: Betelgeuse, the bright red shoulder of Orion, has fascinated astronomers since Hermann Carl Vogel classified it as variable in 1850. Its erratic brightness, the Great Dimming of 2019, and subsequent identification of
a dust cloud in 2023 all hinted that something more complex was unfolding inside the star's vast, turbulent atmosphere. The idea that Betelgeuse
might hide a smaller companion has circulated since Walter Baade raised
the possibility in the 1920s, but the glare of a supergiant 700 times the Sun's diameter made direct confirmation nearly impossible.

In July 2025 a team led by NASA's Steve Howell used the 'Alopeke speckle imager on the 8.1 m Gemini North telescope to resolve that long-suspected companion. Speckle imaging freezes atmospheric turbulence with millisecond exposures, combining thousands of frames into a diffraction-limited picture. The newly resolved point of light is roughly six magnitudes fainter than Betelgeuse at optical wavelengths, sits about four astronomical units from the primary star, and is estimated at 1.5 solar masses. Spectral clues
place it in a pre-main-sequence stage, meaning the Betelgeuse system now contains two objects at opposite ends of stellar evolution. The discovery team has proposed the Arabic name "Siwarha," meaning "her bracelet," to mirror Betelgeuse's traditional "Hand of the Giantess."

How cool would it be if Betelgeuse went supernova in our lifetimes?

A Betelgeuse supernova would be roughly as bright as the full moon and would
be visible even during the day. It could outshine all other stars and planets in the night sky for weeks or months.

NFL PLATFORMS 'CHILD-FRIENDLY' DRAG QUEEN CHEERLEADERS:
The NFL's push for male cheerleaders, like those with the Minnesota Vikings and Baltimore Ravens, undermines its family-friendly image, prioritizing trendy diversity over traditional values.

This is why I still like the Dallas Cowboys despite their absolute suckage on the field: they refuse to compromise to the wokesters and put dudes on the cheerleading squad, let alone troons. The Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders are world renowned for scorching hot women in skimpy white shorts and bikini tops and no one wants to see some hulking brute with a 5-o'clock shadow and a bulge in his crotch gyrating out there with them.

What did you watch?

I binged through the entire second season of GANGS OF LONDON on the Netflix. Binging isn't generally my preferred viewing style but Netflix started
throwing up a warning tag on the show saying it will be disappearing from the platform on August 18. This is the third time now that I've had to interrupt
my normal viewing schedule to concentrate on binging a Netflix show to get through it before it disappears.

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BTR1701 <[email protected]> wrote:

Aug 15, 2025 at 1:30:41 AM PDT, "Ubiquitous" <[email protected]> wrote:

NFL PLATFORMS 'CHILD-FRIENDLY' DRAG QUEEN CHEERLEADERS:
The NFL's push for male cheerleaders, like those with the Minnesota Vikings >>and Baltimore Ravens, undermines its family-friendly image, prioritizing >>trendy diversity over traditional values.

This is why I still like the Dallas Cowboys despite their absolute
suckage on the field: they refuse to compromise to the wokesters and
put dudes on the cheerleading squad, let alone troons. The Dallas Cowboy >Cheerleaders are world renowned for scorching hot women in skimpy white >shorts and bikini tops and no one wants to see some hulking brute with
a 5-o'clock shadow and a bulge in his crotch gyrating out there with them.

They're also older, too old for Ian. These aren't college girls but the long-time cheerleaders are women in their late 20s and early thirties.

I mean, if you want to show that you support women's right to work
without harassment, which was a liberal value in the '70s that
Republicans held before Democrats did, you make sure they cannot get
harassed by male employees -- the football players must not date nor
party with them -- and they don't get fired by arbitrarily aging out.

Do we have another scenario in which dudes are changing in their locker
room?

Riley Gaines, we need you more than ever.

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On 8/15/25 9:01 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:

Ubiquitous <[email protected]> wrote:

After my workout, I watched:


What did you watch?

Hey, thanks for asking!

JURASSIC PARK WORLD AFTERBIRTH

In 1997, hack David Koepp “wrote” the worst Jurassic movie ever made. 28 years later, Steven Spielberg asked him if he could write one even worse.
He tried his best and aided and abetted by one of the worst directors in
the business, certainly scored a solid tie for bottom place.

Somehow, in just a couple years since the last movie, the atmosphere of the entire planet has changed, and now dinosaurs can only live in a narrow
strip along the equator. Luckily, this completely different atmosphere doesn’t affect humans at all, in or out of the dino zone. Of course no humans are allowed in the dino zone because… Well, they don’t actually say.
Why would it matter if dinosaurs can’t leave the zone?
[snip]

You aren't convincing me to watch this!! ;)

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Ian J. Ball <[email protected]d> wrote:

On 8/15/25 9:01 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:

Ubiquitous <[email protected]> wrote:

After my workout, I watched:


What did you watch?

Hey, thanks for asking!

JURASSIC PARK WORLD AFTERBIRTH

In 1997, hack David Koepp “wrote” the worst Jurassic movie ever made. 28 >> years later, Steven Spielberg asked him if he could write one even worse.
He tried his best and aided and abetted by one of the worst directors in
the business, certainly scored a solid tie for bottom place.

Somehow, in just a couple years since the last movie, the atmosphere of the >> entire planet has changed, and now dinosaurs can only live in a narrow
strip along the equator. Luckily, this completely different atmosphere
doesn’t affect humans at all, in or out of the dino zone. Of course no
humans are allowed in the dino zone because… Well, they don’t actually say.
Why would it matter if dinosaurs can’t leave the zone?
[snip]

You aren't convincing me to watch this!! ;)

Heh.

This is one of those shows that’s so terrible it actually made me angry.



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