Comments on: Open thread 5/25/2026

By: HC68

HC68 — Thu, 28 May 2026 04:46:29 +0000

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.)

By: Nate Winchester

Nate Winchester — Tue, 26 May 2026 17:09:08 +0000

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/

By: Selfy

Selfy — Tue, 26 May 2026 05:53:29 +0000

Democrat projection: Hakim Jeffries said Republicans are extremists and their souls should be crushed.

Democrats are evil communists and their useful idiots!

By: huxley

huxley — Mon, 25 May 2026 21:04:00 +0000

@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.

By: Miguel cervantes

Miguel cervantes — Mon, 25 May 2026 20:13:22 +0000

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

By: SHIREHOME

SHIREHOME — Mon, 25 May 2026 18:39:40 +0000

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.

By: Charles R Harris

Charles R Harris — Mon, 25 May 2026 18:32:29 +0000

That image makes Kate Winslet look frumpy. Beatrice Wood was the opposite of frumpy.

By: Mike Plaiss

Mike Plaiss — Mon, 25 May 2026 16:29:40 +0000

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.

By: Watt

Watt — Mon, 25 May 2026 15:33:21 +0000

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.

By: Watt

Watt — Mon, 25 May 2026 15:32:03 +0000

Genius:

https://notthebee.com/article/spencer-pratt-is-now-pressure-washing-ads-into-dirty-la-sidewalks