Open thread 5/25/2026
One of the better uses of AI. Some of the matching of actors to the actual historical people is impressive:
The New Neo
A blog about political change, among other things
One of the better uses of AI. Some of the matching of actors to the actual historical people is impressive:
“Some gave all” – Memorial Day Tribute Videos
https://commoncts.blogspot.com/2026/05/some-gave-all-memorial-day-tribute.html
Genius:
https://notthebee.com/article/spencer-pratt-is-now-pressure-washing-ads-into-dirty-la-sidewalks
Via a hotair headline:
https://www.military.com/every-american-needs-to-know-what-happens-at-3-pm-on-memorial-day
I wasn’t aware of this.
On X via Instapundit.
https://x.com/PeterDClack/status/2058863998993604922
Freeman Dyson suggested this long ago. Fortunately his reputation was so firmly established that he wasn’t cancelled. But upon his death while fellow scientists eulogized him few could resist adding – it’s a shame he was wrong about climate change.
He wasn’t wrong about climate change.
That image makes Kate Winslet look frumpy. Beatrice Wood was the opposite of frumpy.
I am so Old that I did not remember that today was Memorial Day. I remember that it was on May 31. I visited my Dad’s grave yesterday. The only way I could show my respect for him was to Stand At Attention and Salute.
As I have mentioned before he was at Pearl Harbor, then points West.
I didnt know there was an analog to rose i guess they had to make a mustache twirling villain with billy zane as hoxley also david warner to pad the run time
Before cameron they didnt make it a morality tale but a study in hubris although there are indications the iceberg wasnt the main culprit although it was a contributing cause
‘Where do we find me like these’ as with the bridge over toko ri
@Mike Plaiss: [Freeman Dyson] wasn’t wrong about climate change.
Amen.
Dyson remains one of my scientist heroes. That list has grown shorter in the last few decades.
Democrat projection: Hakim Jeffries said Republicans are extremists and their souls should be crushed.
Democrats are evil communists and their useful idiots!
That’s why I’ve always loved this site which put pictures of the real person beside the actors playing them.
https://www.historyvshollywood.com/
This is Marilyn Lovell in 1970, at the time of the Apollo 13 incident:
https://www.alamy.com/marilyn-lovell-wife-of-apollo-13-commander-james-a-lovell-is-shown-march-26-1970-ap-photo-image525565850.html
This is the actress who played her in the 1995 movie:
https://www.alamy.com/usa-kathleen-quinlan-in-a-scene-from-the-cuniversal-pictures-film-apollo-13-1995-plot-nasa-must-devise-a-strategy-to-return-apollo-13-to-earth-safely-after-the-spacecraft-undergoes-massive-internal-damage-putting-the-lives-of-the-three-astronauts-on-board-in-jeopardy-ref-lmk110-j8839-080323-supplied-by-lmkmedia-editorial-only-landmark-media-is-not-the-copyright-owner-of-these-film-or-tv-stills-but-provides-a-service-only-for-recognised-media-outlets-pictures@lmkmediacom-image538295334.html
(Sorry about the length of the link.)