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Thursday’s Forum

Steven L. Taylor
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  1. Scott Avatar
    Scott

    Copied from Eugene on last night’s Wednesday Forum:

    From the desk of ignint cracker:
    In case no one else remembers to pass this on, Jax passed away last night. He daughter reports that the passing was peaceful. RIP, Jax. Well all knew you too briefly.

    May her memory be a blessing.

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    1. Jen Avatar
      Jen

      Oh, no. I’m so sorry to hear this.

      RIP, Jax. You are very much missed.

    2. Neil Hudelson Avatar
      Neil Hudelson

      This is heartbreaking. Thank you for raising it up. Rest well my friend.

      1. CSK Avatar
        CSK

        I’m so, so sorry.

    3. Kathy Avatar
      Kathy

      I prefer to count the OTB community as lucky to have known Jax.

      We’ll miss her.

    4. Gustopher Avatar
      Gustopher

      Jax was a good one. She will be missed.

    5. MarkedMan Avatar
      MarkedMan

      I always looked forward to her posts

  2. CSK Avatar
    CSK

    We’ve lost some good ones: Teve, Ozark, and now Jax.

  3. Sleeping Dog Avatar
    Sleeping Dog

    Sorry to hear about Jax, her contributions to OTB will be missed.

    Goodspeed, Jax.

  4. Gustopher Avatar
    Gustopher

    US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/30/government-map-mislabels-african-countries

    The map showed Nigeria, where the US currently has several hundred troops deployed, as landlocked in the Sahara desert. Mozambique, which is in south-eastern Africa, was relocated to the Horn of Africa, while Côte d’Ivoire in west Africa was placed on the other side of the continent.

    It was, of course, AI generated.

    This furthers my belief that AI is an excellent tool when you need to get something done and simply don’t care about the quality of the results.

  5. Kathy Avatar
    Kathy

    El Taco is considering to temporarily withdraw Blanch’s nomination until Tillis and Cornyn are out of office.

    It would be hilarious if he did, and the the Democrats won the Senate. I don’t know how likely this is, but it’s not impossible.

    On the other hand, the US economy grew an astonishingly high 1.5% in the second quarter. remember Besetn or someone in the clown car cabinet promised spectacular growth for this quarter?

  6. gVOR10 Avatar
    gVOR10

    Dr. K in his Substack this morning says something I keep saying here.

    Do Trump and his followers actually believe these things? As I see it, that’s a category error, starting from the presumption that they even accept that objective facts exist. All the evidence (Hah! “Evidence!”) says that they don’t.

    If they admitted that AGW is real, that vaccines work, or that Trump lies their whole world view would crumble. I often put it that for them “true” means true to the faith.

    And along that line, I so often see conservatives arguing that religion is necessary to good behavior, or for societal unity, or was inherent in the founding, or something-something, but almost never that it’s true.

  7. Jen Avatar
    Jen

    What’s the over/under that the administration intentionally mislabeled every country in Africa on the map they used at a conference vs. them using AI, which mislabeled everything?

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