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OT 6 MAY 26 ~ Play misty by the sea

Submitted by QMS on Wed, 05/06/2026 - 5:00am

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How does that little Misty ditty go?
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Whoa, another Wednesday occurs. Watching time stream by like a raging river
is embracing a form of reconstituting perceptions.
When yesterday, today and tomorrow meld into an unformulated montage,
time takes on a new dimension. We have highlighted time themes many times
on this board before, so feel no need to revisit that particular aspect now.
Just to say, if you are planning for tomorrow, you should have started yesterday or the day before.

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A bit miffed about Israel playing pirates with a bunch of small sailboats far away from their shores. Is no place safe anymore? The seas have become a dangerous stage with the political madness ongoing.
As if the ocean and associated weather were not challenging enough.
The benefit of the situation is it's a large arena to wander. Hide in the distance?

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Share with us the stories you've found thru your own private telescope.

~ Credits -

Photo of the sea grasses of Monterey Bay by Jon McCormack.

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/04/jon-mccormack-patterns-art-nature...

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Submitted by QMS on Wed, 05/06/2026 - 6:33am
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Having fun with the morning geopolitical headlines
some gems -

Trump-Xi summit at best may codify new US-China coexistence rules
https://asiatimes.com/2026/05/trump-xi-summit-at-best-may-codify-new-us-...

Collapsing Empire: How Iran Defeated Israel
https://www.kitklarenberg.com/p/total-victory-how-iran-defeated-israel

A guy in Alberta is selling tractors with zero computers. No software. No sensors. Just a diesel engine you can fix with a wrench. 400 American farmers tried to buy one after a single interview.
Sometimes the moat isn't more features.
https://x.com/russellbrunson/status/2050326649548202404?ref_src=twsrc%5E...

Don't Cry for Jeff Bezos's Yacht
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/dont-cry-for-jeff-bezoss-yacht

Palantir and the New Order: Neoliberalism is dead. Say hello to Techlordism – The Point
https://www.yanisvaroufakis.eu/2026/05/05/palantir-and-the-new-order-neo...

Hope your day gels into a good mold.

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Submitted by Lookout on Wed, 05/06/2026 - 7:53am
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How about high tech on the sea? Have you seen this $8M all electric sailboat? Blew my mind...

(16 min) Article here

I'm still into the simple boats. I like this Welsford design...
https://www.scampsailboat.com/

Hope all the boats you tend to are doing well. Have a good one and thanks for the OT!

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“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”

Submitted by QMS on Wed, 05/06/2026 - 10:30am
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@Lookout
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within that cat are pretty amazing! Self recharging
and fully push button systems make operation a breeze.
Twin heads and 4 staterooms would accommodate about
8 plus crew (I think)? Pretty good for a 70 footer.

Thanks for sharing this.

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Submitted by on the cusp on Wed, 05/06/2026 - 10:19am

I was invited to sign up for a continuing legal ed course, by the State Bar.
"A Litigator's Guide to Safe and Practical Use of AI".
Yesterday, a man showed me a demand letter under our Deceptive Trade Practices Act statute he received. Because the opposing party claimed this man won his collection case against her and it was unfair, so she needed to retaliate. Statutes and case citations were a half of a page. All AI, all garbage. She would be punished severely if she tries to file a lawsuit based upon retaliation.
I am sick of this shit.
Ok. Enough of my bitching.
Let's all have a great day, shall we?

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"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981

Submitted by QMS on Wed, 05/06/2026 - 10:40am
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@on the cusp
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especially considering the penalties of bogus filings
would seem to preclude actual usefulness. Am hearing
it is a similar in other fields such as health and finance.
Strange new world we are witnessing. Aren't you glad to
be planning your retirement? Leave it to the space monkeys
and robots. They have no conscience after all.

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Submitted by humphrey on Wed, 05/06/2026 - 12:41pm

administration.

The rest of the tweet:

This is equivalent to ~$920 million in notional value, an unusually large trade for 3:40 AM ET.

At 4:50 AM ET, just 70 minutes later, Axios reported that the US is "close" to a "memorandum of understanding" to end the Iran War.

By 7:00 AM ET, oil prices had fallen over -12% with these crude oil shorts gaining approximately +$125 million.

Minutes later, Iran launched the "Persian Gulf Strait Authority" and oil prices surged +8%.

What just happened?

MTG gets it!

Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene @FmrRepMTG

When is everyone going to start realizing that the manic on again off again war/peace rhetoric is really just insider trading?
And sprinkle in some murder.
Only a select few in the top tax bracket are benefiting from this, and the majority of you ain’t in it.

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Submitted by QMS on Wed, 05/06/2026 - 12:50pm
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@humphrey
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Regarding negotiations with team Trump.
Something to the effect - "Sitting with Kushner
and Witkoff is like negotiating with baby Bibis."

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Submitted by enhydra lutris on Wed, 05/06/2026 - 1:03pm
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chores today, sun is out for a change. Thanks for the great photo, the music and the OT. Greatly prefer that high tech cat to Bezos' monster. Does call to mind this little ditty:

be well and have a good one

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Submitted by humphrey on Wed, 05/06/2026 - 3:06pm

the opportunity for additional insider trading.

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