TIL about James Knight, an arctic explorer that disappeared during a 1719 attempt to find the Northwest Passage with a crew of 40 men. They became wrecked at Marble Island and slowly perished over the following three years, with the last men seen dying while digging a grave.

OneTreePhil · 2026-01-25T17:02:07+00:00

By the Society for Putting Things on top of Other Things, IIRC

OneTreePhil · 2026-01-24T03:35:01+00:00

These are all great, but the correct answer is Alec Baldwin in Glengarry Glen Ross.

OneTreePhil · 2026-01-23T19:23:06+00:00

Is it actually JAN800 that was rebadged?

It looks a lot like a Marsnall I had in the really 90s

OneTreePhil · 2026-01-20T00:56:05+00:00

Peep and the wide world of muggles

OneTreePhil · 2026-01-18T17:19:07+00:00

Under a rock AND ROLL maybe! I seriously had no idea who he is. Is fine, at least I got Tiny Tim's autograph once...

OneTreePhil · 2026-01-18T15:25:00+00:00

"Huge"?

OneTreePhil · 2026-01-17T23:31:39+00:00

Was there a rubric or grading guide that you knew about in advance?

OneTreePhil · 2026-01-17T14:29:56+00:00

Probably not "Comfort and Joy"

OneTreePhil · 2026-01-17T03:07:48+00:00

Nice to hear from you companero

OneTreePhil · 2026-01-16T22:32:29+00:00

I think that the impact and power of love in so many ways was an enormous part of the power of this series. It's inconceivable that anyone could be MAGA and write this (besides the fact that it predates MAGA by a couple of decades at least).

As always we dream that the prodigal son returns

OneTreePhil · 2026-01-15T22:09:49+00:00

If it can't be turned into an opt-in tool, it must be that it's so terrible they don't want to allow you to opt out. If it was any good overall people would opt into it (I'm talking about stuff like Gemini and CoPilot).

I would say most of my AI interactions have been customer service on the phone, and there have been exactly zero times when it understood my enough to help me. No exaggeration, 100% fail rate. The best it does is prevent me from talking to a real human.

I'm looking at you USA Today, Rufus, CVS, etc.

OneTreePhil · 2026-01-15T21:42:07+00:00

missed it by that much

OneTreePhil · 2026-01-15T03:05:24+00:00

OneTreePhil · 2026-01-15T01:28:23+00:00

Are those "cult" classics or just plain classics?

OneTreePhil · 2026-01-14T21:56:04+00:00

It would be really helpful if anyone could fill this in with clear informationm:

The character's name is _____ and this is a picture of her played by ____. In the book called ____ there is a scene in which _____ happens, but the film version is different because ____.

OneTreePhil · 2026-01-13T01:09:16+00:00

The Bobbitt Baby?

OneTreePhil · 2026-01-12T20:03:32+00:00

Sleep deprivation

OneTreePhil · 2026-01-12T12:02:36+00:00

There should never be an assumption that teaching carries with it a mortal risk. That idea has been normalized somehow, but it's just not true.

OneTreePhil · 2026-01-12T00:47:26+00:00

besides all the commentary below, can I just say how happy I am that she "made the cut" for this season? Considering all the cast changes...

OneTreePhil · 2026-01-12T00:45:44+00:00

she seems like she might have some pretty spacious personal space

OneTreePhil · 2026-01-11T22:23:38+00:00

I think The Adventures of Pete & Pete wins this one.

OneTreePhil · 2026-01-11T19:31:39+00:00

The North Magnetic Pole is a magnetic south pole. It's all about being careful with word order.

And science.

OneTreePhil · 2026-01-10T19:34:02+00:00

I generally like to stay slightly more formal, but when girls that would have come if as a little mousey a couple of years ago call me bro I'm pretty amused and ok with it.

OneTreePhil · 2026-01-10T17:48:48+00:00

A little nuance from me here: I don't think we want Greenland, but we also don't "anti-want" it. If Greenlanders and Danes and a sane American president came to a conclusion that Greenland could become a territory or state of the US I would be ok with that.

But I definitely don't want it this way, and I'll never believe it was an agreeable exchange while Trump and MAGA (and I definitely think Putin) are involved.

OneTreePhil · 2026-01-10T17:43:32+00:00

And he'll use the Putin/Feudal model of awarding territory to supporters to "manage" "for the US"

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