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#91

Off the Record / Re: World Cup 2026

Last post by Richard Hakluyt - June 13, 2026, 02:36:03 AM

England's kit has been stolen https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jun/13/england-world-cup-boots-stolen-before-first-training-session-in-kansas-city

How bad is this? Will they end up limping around the pitch in badly-fitting boots bought from Walmart or is it not a big deal?

#92

Off the Record / Re: The Old Geezer's Thread.

Last post by Norgy - June 13, 2026, 01:21:18 AM

It would activate Siri.

#93

Off the Record / Re: WW2 Alt.Hist. Scenario

Last post by Norgy - June 13, 2026, 01:19:53 AM

"The Plot Against America" by Philip Roth?
It seems sort of plausible even, with anti-semites like father Coughlin stoking the race conflict, the Bund supporting Lindbergh/Trump and a slower pace on the fascist laws than the past, how many years have Trump been president now, 50? That sounds about right, at least I have aged that much.

I am not sure what would replace the Truth Social drops, but perhaps billboards?

#94

Off the Record / Re: World Cup 2026

Last post by Norgy - June 13, 2026, 01:09:26 AM

I find The Soccer Guy sometimes hilarious. Here is his take from the USMNT win.

As expected, USA kick the Para Guys' sorry Mexican asses real good as soccer finally comes home, dropping bombs of soccer awesomeness like the president just launched a headline-grabbing operation overseas to make everyone quit talking about the questionable things he's been up to.
USMNT instantly begun to go dominize, with Christian Pulisic and Poncho Tino's offence guys asking a bunch of questions of the deefense. And the answers, my friends, was blowin' in the wind for Bobadylan, who inserted the negative equity goalshot into the SGI.
The Para Guys sucked real bad, and were kinda lucky when the denial flag denied Folarin Balogun another goalshot. Too bad for the Mexicans, Balogun did double the lead real soon after. And in overtime at the end of the first quarter, he doubled it again to make it 3 to 0 when he found the upper 90, ending the contest before the halftime show.
With the W confirmized, Poncho Tino called Balogun to the subshack in the second quarter. Even though the Para Guys made the constipation insertion, Gio Reyna made it 4 to 1 after the overtime verdict tablet erection.
SOCCER. IS. HOME.

He's moved from X to Facebook, by the way.

#95

Off the Record / Re: WW2 Alt.Hist. Scenario

Last post by crazy canuck - June 13, 2026, 12:35:43 AM

How would World War Two play out if the entire FDR presidency was replaced with donald trump and his cronies?

HBO had a very good series on just that premise, the America firsters took over the United States and supported the Nazis

#96

Off the Record / Re: Iran War

Last post by crazy canuck - June 13, 2026, 12:33:56 AM

The Americans were never going to get as Good of an agreement than what the Obama administration was able to obtain. When Trump cancelled that agreement this was more or less the inevitable result.

#97

Off the Record / Re: World Cup 2026

Last post by jimmy olsen - June 12, 2026, 09:28:01 PM

Is US a lot better than we thought, or is Paraguay a lot worse?

#98

Off the Record / Re: World Cup 2026

Last post by Grey Fox - June 12, 2026, 09:18:12 PM

Like 94, a USA hosted World Cup forces FIFA to evolve quickly.

#99

Off the Record / Re: The AI dooooooom thread

Last post by Zanza - June 12, 2026, 09:17:32 PM

The US government has banned access for foreign nationals to Antrophic's Fable and Mythos models on national security reasons. 

That means Antrophic had to take these models offline.

https://www.anthropic.com/news/fable-mythos-access

At the same time, the US government supposedly negotiates a direct stake in the competitior OpenAI.

#100

Off the Record / Re: World Cup 2026

Last post by HVC - June 12, 2026, 08:33:47 PM

America is better in their front 1/3 than I expected. Or Paraguay is worse.