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Thus causing millions of people to get more exercise by taking the stairs, instead. Brilliant!

Can I believe someone who claims to be an expert on the Dunning-Kruger effect?

I imagine Odin and Athena had quite a play-by-mail chess game going with Nymphs and Valkyries delivering the moves back and forth as well as acting out the game on a giant board.

Of course she would not stream a movie, if it was available to rent at Tensaided's store. As for the movie-going party? The group she identified as "people Tedd does not know" may include members of whom Tedd may be aware, but does not know well. She's going with. Cambot, Gypsy, Tom Servo & Crow.

"I'm taking a nap here. Why the flashy thing?" - Explorer the Cat.

"Done being a madcap running cat. Gonna take a nap here on the comfy chair." - Explorer the Cat.

"Gonna jump up on the desk, get in the way for a few minutes, then get down and eat. Haven't planned much past that." - Explorer the Cat.

Well, they was just after the 2 storm shadow, 1 decoy attack so they might have been a bit trigger happy. Also given that Russia and Ukraine have the same air frames and electronics they have the same IFF units so some mode of IFF will respond the same way. They may have used the wrong mode and gotten a return, which the Russian aircraft had been told to disable. Don't know if this is possibe, but I know that NATO aircraft during exercises would turn off mode 3, but use mode 4. A target the squawked mode 4, but not mode 3 was considered to be friendly. Aircraft that squawked mode 3 only (i.e. commercial aircraft) were evaluated based on their actions. Now IFF is supposed to be coded on a daily or even 4 times a day basis, based on code books sent to the various users. My personal bet it that the ADA units on the ground and the flying units didn't get the same code books, so IFF request goes out, aircraft doesn't squawk the right response, it's hostile. Or the Russians are just idiots, could go either way.

Well, yeah. Suspension is the most important thing for cross county at speed.

One T-34 in the Moscow May 9th parade. Might as well not have any tanks. They have, at last count, 30 functional T-34 (bought from Laos just for parades). No T-14, none of the "modern" APC/IFV. As a victory parade goes, this was close to not having one. https://twitter.com/osinttechnical/status/1655843168225488899?s=46&t=axBHjyvbThecDAhWKWTJNw

On a related note, the anti-war pro-Putin faction in Denmark has come up with an amazing new argument. One side effect of Denmark sending as much gear as possible to Ukraine is that when we replace it, it is generally with newer and better materiel. I mean yes it is not great that it is old stuff the Ukrainians are getting but at least they are getting it right away. But Denmark still needs vehicles and weapons of its own and replacements obviously tend to be more modern. The Putinists are referring to this as 'stealth mobilization' and is warning that this will lead... to Denmark taking a more aggressive stance against her neighbours. ... ...dafuq? Denmark is literally the smallest nation in all of northern Europe with the possible exception of Luxembourg. I don't think we've waged a war of expansion since the 17th Century, and the ones we fought in then did not end well. Well, yes, Luxembourg is smaller than Denmark but I do not quite see the Danish Army beat aside the Germans and the French on our way there. I swear to God, the Putinists have lost control of their single brain cell and it is desperately hiding from them now. (In my teens I did once formulate a plan for Denmark regaining control of southern Sweden, but it involved airdropping large amounts of Schnapps and beer over strategically important junctions and then moving in with truckloads of more booze we would hand over for free. I figured we would be greeted as liberators because of Sweden's near-Prohibition level control of alcohol sales. Sadly, my plan never gained much traction, though my military acquaintances did say it was a lot less likely to lead to mass casualties than conventional warfare.)

"Shouldn't you get dressed before you start using the flashy thing?" - Explorer the Cat.

"Gonna hang out here in the living room in the sunbeam. Then I might get up on The Human or help him on the desk" - Explorer the Cat.

The Ukrainian government has said that it wasn't them. If I was going to make a symbolic attack on Russia/assassination attempt on Putin this time of year, I would wait until the May 9th victory parade. Then you will know exactly where Putin will be and when. A short range loitering munition/suicide drone should be able to deal with him. Granted it would need to be fairly self guiding as the amount of ECM being used in Red Square is rather high. At least GPS is being jammed for a about a half mile radius.

I listened to it. It's well done "Cookie Monster" metal. Not exactly my favorite type of metal, but it's well done.

"Not in the way. Don't know how many times we have to go over this, until the tea is made, I'm not in the way when I'm on this side of the desk."

You need Goldiloxicotton, so you always feel "just right".

It wasn't one of his best ides.

"Sunbeams Rule!" - Explorer the Cat.

No. Team Osiris mostly pushed pawns arround in the game of senet. Julius Caesar developed a similar pawn pushing game called Senate. Unfortunately, his pawns started pushing back.

What am I listening to? Excuses and lies. If the busses are not running on time, adjust the video display boards to show when they will actually depart, please.

/ For some reason, I feel obligated to post this after any exposition dump.

"Running around for a while. Then either gonna get on the desk or hang out in the comfy chair. Might start a nap soon!" - Explorer the Cat.

The restaurant had All-You-Can-Eat pancakes. After my second stack, the waitress asked if I wanted a refill. I asked if I could wait a little while. She said "of course". So I told her I would be back Thursday. She thought it was a joke.

He has a semi-coherent talking Rich, if that counts for anything.

"The Human had The Red Dot out. Gonna wait for it to come back. Or until I get bored, then I'll get on the desk or eat." - Explorer the Cat.

And I just beat FF with the above mentioned team. I wound up only doing two of the bonus dungeons before giving the final boss another try; a few more experience levels and the more powerful healing items you get in those dungeons made a huge difference. I'm not sure if I'm going to bother doing the rest of the bonus dungeons; they really aren't nearly as good as the original parts of the game.

NOT MY IDEA! These idiots apparently can't remember the last time we had Italian Cuisine delivered to the Two Kingdoms. Julius (IVLIVS) and Antony made a royal mess of everything. And if Cleo is to be believed, they forgot the Garlic Knots. Sigh.

I use the spoon theory. Some days I have more spoons than other. Tedd has just gotten a larger pile of spoons, but when they are go, they are gone until they get a chance to recharge.

While I suspect that this is Photo shopped, I'm still amused.

"Done running. Gonna sit on The Human for a while" - Explorer the Cat.

Why am I reminded of Jeremy Clarkson's various things made with a V8 engine?

"The Human made the bed this morning. Still gonna lay on it and nap, even if it's the lumpy blanket" - Explorer the Cat. "Explorer doesn't normally like the weighted blanket" - The Human

Sabot-age... https://www.gocomics.com/9chickweedlane/2023/04/26

It was either a machine gun or a short 37mm gun, not a 20mm. Fun fact: It's called FT-17 because that's what the Americans called it. "French Tank, Model 17"

I don't recognize the ancient armored vehicle. The vintage appears to be not much beyond WW I. The suspension is particularly primitive, and the armor does not look like it would hold up against a 50 cal. It might be best utilized as a decoy while you are running away.

Did you mean "created an Enots S'Rehposolihp?"

"The Human has a headache. I'll help him out" - Explorer the Cat

Yeah that would be a good idea.

Unlikely. When it was reveled that Jay was his granddaughter Sybil used the term "your granddaughter", not "my daughter". Also 3 letter agencies tend to not allow close family relatives to work as leader/subordinate pairs. Sybil being Arthur's daughter is a popular fan theory with no canon support.

"Going to jump off the desk and run around for a while. Day is still open as to other activities." - Explorer the Cat.

"The Human squirted stuff in my mouth this morning. Gonna sulk for a while" - Explorer the Cat.

You're so vain. You probably think this post is about you.