CRANKY OLD FART’S BROWSER HISTORY #384  [archive] NOV. 21, 2023

Argentina elects far-right libertarian Javier Milei as president
    Here’s a brave prediction: Flurries of wacky headlines and bad news are in Argentina’s future. Scientists who study Earth’s ice say we could be committed to disastrous sea level rise
    God, it’s sad watching billionaires kill the world. How the dead are counted in Gaza
    Undercounted, probably.
Advocates push for change on World Day of Remembrance for Victims of Traffic Violence 

Getting to know your AR-15 What are the right codewords to convince a doctor you’re in pain? Republican-controlled court guts Voting Rights Act 

Ohio voted to protect abortion rights. Republicans are scheming to undo it. US Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) proves she is not antisemitic: “I actually support Jewish space lasers” Nobody hates baseball more than Major League Baseball: Owners approve Oakland A’s planned move to Las Vegas in 2025 

This isn’t the Death Star trench you were looking for Explaining cricket, the world’s second-most popular sport, to Americans  The Great Library Card Collection 

Tumblr is betting big on going small
    I’ve been reading Tumblr blogs for years, but haven’t even figured out how to comment on posts there. Everything about the place is counterintuitive to me, and yet — most of my favorite blogs are on Tumblr.
    Odd, eh? If anyone reading this is active on Tumblr, please explain to me how it works. 

Russell T Davies on secrets, sex and falling for Doctor Who Quite the self-ownWhy there’s no Wyoming 

At CooperCon, D.B. Cooper is a mystery, a passion and a community Apostrophe Protection Society • Amusing, Interesting, Outrageous, or Profound
    AIOP is my Lemmy page, for anything that’s (in my opinion) amusing, interesting, outrageous, or profound. It’s mostly a rough draft of this page, but you’re invited to stop by.

♫♬  MUSIC  ♫ Alice’s Restaurant — Arlo Guthrie Hey Ya! — Outkast Long Black Road — Electric Light Orchestra Thanksgiving Prayer — William S. Burroughs Trouble Waiting To Happen — Warren Zevon 

⚰️  OBITUARIES  ⚰️ Joss Ackland
actor, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy George “Funky” Brown
drummer, Kool & the Gang A. S. Byatt
author, Possession Rosalynn Carter
former First Lady of Georgia and America Charlie Dominici
singer, Dream TheaterSarah Keys Evans
refused to ride at the back of the bus Sanjay Gadhvi
film director, Dhoom H. Roger Grant
railroad historian Janel Green
civil rights activist Zdena Hadrbolcová
actress, Idiot Returns  Luis Larraín
gay rights activist Fredrik Ohlsson
actor, Pippi Longstocking Carlton Pearson
heretic, preached that God doesn’t hate gay people Suzanne Shepherd
actress, Mystic Pizza Gregory Woolley
first Black member of Hells Angels  

 11/21/2023    Cranky Old Fart is annoyed and complains and very occasionally
offers a kindness, along with anything off the internet that’s made me
smile or snarl. All opinions fresh from my ass. Top illustration by Jeff Meyer. Click any image to enlarge. Comments & conversations invited.