CRANKY OLD FART
WITH THE NEWS #336
Tuesday, July 4, 2023
• When Georgia football players are accused of crimes — which is often — this fixer shows up • As theorized by Einstein, time flowed slower way back when • Gizmodo and Kotaku staff furious after owner announces move to AI content • Twitter’s decline: Gradual, then sudden
• A third of North America’s birds have vanished • Yesterday was the hottest day ever as global temperatures rise • Splooting behavior in animals signals extreme heat made worse by climate change • New paper links climate change to shrinking brain size in humans • Study deepens our understanding of how humans affect climate change • Global climate institutions have embraced the primacy of capital, private firms, and markets — and in so doing have fatally undermined their own efficacy • Only 5% of national TV news segments on the record-shattering heat wave that scorched Texas mentioned climate change
• Half the police force quit. Crime dropped. • Ohio prison system bans java computer manual, but allows Hitler’s Mein Kampf • Black man sues after being shot in the mouth while handcuffed by deputies • No charges after 17-year-girl dies in agony of untreated infection at “Academy” that’s buddy-buddy with local cops • Cop used “marijuana” subterfuge to trigger mall gunfight
My browser history
without the porn• The perfect game that also sucked
by Jen Ramos Eisen• Marie Helmey, the last of the hot lead typesetters
by Bruce Anderson• The day my friend B N Duncan died
by Ace Backwords• Is Defector good at sports?
A Hell Gate investigation • Civil rights wade-ins • The capitol crawl • Flood bypass tunnels • A Nightmare on Elm Street:
Based on a true story, sort of
Mystery links
There’s no knowing where you’re going• Click
• Click
• Click • Click • Click
♫♬ It don’t mean a thing ♫
if it don’t have that swing• Across the Universe — Hikaru Utada • 500 Miles — Celtic Thunder • The Man Who Sold the World — Nirvana • Stairway to Heaven — Heart • Take On Me — Reel Big Fish
Eventually, everyone
leaves the building• Robert Black• Monte Cazazz• Mo Foster • Joseph Pedot• H Lee Sarokin
7/4/2023 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. Tip ‘o the hat to ye olde AVA, BoingBoing, Breakfast at Ralf’s, CaptCreate’s Log, Looking for My Perfect Sandwich, One Finger Medical, Two Finger Magical, Miss Miriam’s Mirror, Nebulously Burnished, RanPrieur.com, Voenix Rising, and anywhere else I’ve stolen links, illustrations, or inspiration.Special thanks to Linden Arden, Becky Jo, Wynn Bruce,
Joey Jo Jo, John the Basket, Dave S, Name Withheld, and always extra
special thanks to my lovely late Stephanie, who gave me 21 years and
proved that the world isn’t always shitty.
Leave a Reply