Open Thread – Mon 24 Feb 2025


The Death of Laras, Eugene Delacroix, 1858

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MatrixTransform
February 24, 2025 12:06 am

white to move

win the queen !

puzzle_2323232
MatrixTransform
February 24, 2025 12:10 am

… enhance your calm Top Ender

GreyRanga
GreyRanga
February 24, 2025 2:39 am

g2p-g4 check, king takes pawn white queen takes black queen.

Pete of Perth
Pete of Perth
February 24, 2025 12:43 am

Lovely evening in Perth. Missus watched MAFS (no idea why)> I copied my CDs to an SSD. Slowly decluttering.

Bespoke
Bespoke
February 24, 2025 12:51 am

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Tom
Tom
February 24, 2025 4:00 am
Min
Min
February 24, 2025 7:06 am
Reply to  Tom

Throw some iceberg lettuce leaves Albo like you usually do that will make the Chinese stop.and listen to you .

Tom
Tom
February 24, 2025 4:01 am
Tom
Tom
February 24, 2025 4:02 am
Tom
Tom
February 24, 2025 4:03 am
Tom
Tom
February 24, 2025 4:04 am

Peter Broelman.

Tom
Tom
February 24, 2025 4:05 am
Tom
Tom
February 24, 2025 4:06 am
Crossie
Crossie
February 24, 2025 7:40 am
Reply to  Tom

Ooh, at long last Ramirez found something Trump did right.

Tom
Tom
February 24, 2025 4:06 am
Tom
Tom
February 24, 2025 4:07 am
Tom
Tom
February 24, 2025 4:08 am
Tom
Tom
February 24, 2025 4:09 am
Johnny Rotten
Johnny Rotten
February 24, 2025 4:35 am

Thanks Tom.

Miltonf
Miltonf
February 24, 2025 5:11 am
Tintarella di Luna
Tintarella di Luna
February 24, 2025 7:09 am
Reply to  Miltonf

Yes and 30-year old relative plli-lovin’ relative has gone to home to uni but had a head start the vileness is already on display. Oh and to top it all off the palli-lovin’ relative is wanting to become…….. a teacher!!! Oh the shame.

Bungonia Bee
Bungonia Bee
February 24, 2025 6:07 am
Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
February 24, 2025 6:28 am
Reply to  Bungonia Bee

Clearing the decks so it can be sold.
Who would buy it with loons like Madcow and Reid still on the books?

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
February 24, 2025 6:52 am

Four short weeks since the ascension of The Orange Don to the throne.
The Dimocrats didn’t even get the number of the bus.
“Uuurgh … no … it was orange … that’s all I remember …”

Tintarella di Luna
Tintarella di Luna
February 24, 2025 7:06 am
Reply to  Sancho Panzer

Excellent

GreyRanga
GreyRanga
February 24, 2025 7:09 am
Reply to  Sancho Panzer

Great start to the week, Thancho..

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
February 24, 2025 7:27 am
Reply to  GreyRanga

Hasn’t it been a glorious four weeks though?
And we have the “What is it you would say you do around here?” email due for response tomorrow our time.
So much winning.

Bruce of Newcastle
Bruce of Newcastle
February 24, 2025 7:14 am

Polls news.

Coalition extends its lead over Albanese government: Poll (Sky News, 24 Feb)

The latest Freshwater Strategy poll in the Australian Financial Review shows the Coalition is ahead of Labor by 52 to 48 per cent on a two-party preferred basis.

The Sydney Morning Herald has reported a greater gap between the parties, with Resolve Strategic data revealing the Coalition leads 55 to 45 per cent.

ALP staffers will be running around like frightened chooks.

Sancho Panzer
Sancho Panzer
February 24, 2025 7:22 am

The full text of Elon’s request to Public Serpents:-

What did you do last week?

Please reply with approx. 5 bullets of what you accomplished last week and cc your manager.

Please do not send any classified material, links or attachments.

Deadline is this Monday 11:59pm EST. (For Federal employees in California that is in the night-time when the little hand is on 9 and the big hand is a bit before 12).

Quite apart from standard, garden variety lazy pricks, Elon sees dead people.
He suspects there might be deceased persons or other forms of ghosts collecting a Federal pay cheque.
To be fair, my experience of public serpents is you would often have to subject them to the Foggy Mirror Test to establish proof of life.
But this is where it gets interesting.
If there are payroll ghosts, the “cc your manager” piece forces the manager to say “I have no idea who this person is” or keep quiet, which makes them complicit.

Last edited 14 minutes ago by Sancho Panzer
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