Language: If whales had it, would we know? If whales sang love sonnets or expositions on philosophy and mathematics to one another, would we know about it? I suppose that this is a signal processing problem: given what we know about whales’ li...

Layman's discussion of whale intelligence spanning over 24 and a half years:

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Bien belle journée #intergen numérique à @villelausanne.bsky.social Ça se passe à l'association #SDMB la Société de Développement Marterey-Bugnon qui fête cette fin d'année ses 130 ans 😮👍
De beaux échanges, des problèmes résolus et une super équipe 👌

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This hypothesis received some favorable attention at #sdmb. Dodecahedron is an object used for encrypted military messaging disguised as a game object.

No really!

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[Roman] Dodecahedrons Consider where these things are found. Why are they so frequently found, and always made of bronze? They might be Go/Nogo gauges used for making things like spears, arrows, sling bullets, fasteners ...

Over 1000 posts about the dodecahedron and still no answers. But the utilitarian explanations appear to be weaker. #sdmb
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This is my camper for the #OnTheMove build challenge *Tours on Twitch, Saturday 4Oct2025 #SDS0925 #SDMB. Placed in #ChestnutRidge 20x15. #CampSite #CamperVan #MB
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Trump approval on the issues. #sdmb

Meh, a chart of currencies and bitcoin since the beginning of the year. #sdmb

Tracking the terms of the FOMC members. #sdmb

"Nothing in particular" comprises the bulk of the religiously unaffiliated. #sdmb

Sets of three just feel better! I still think about #sdmb and Opal's assertion that a list is not truly a list if it doesn't have at least three items.

« Un week-end pour les regarder tous
Et dans les ténèbres, passer un moment inoubliables! »
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✨ Rendez-vous au local de la #SDMB, au 16 rue Caroline, 1003 Lausanne, les 7 et 8 juin 2025!!

🎟️ Entrée libre, mais les dons sont toujours très appréciés! 😘
#heroicfantasy #anneaux

Bible literacy in the days of illiteracy OK, so I can only speak to 14th-15th century England, but there were a LOT of channels through which people could potentially learn about the Bible, and a really determined illiterate person, like Mar...

"How familiar was the average Christian with the #Bible back when most people couldn’t read Latin, let alone read at all? Would they be familiar with all the stories, even the more salacious ones? Would they know anything about more minor prophets...?" #sdmb boards.straightdope.com/t/bible-lite...

Fucking scammer motherfuckers Bleeping Computer reports a text scam requesting payments for overdue parking tickets: “…a massive wave of phishing text messages has caused numerous cities throughout the US to issue warnings, includ...

Fake overdue parking ticket text scam. #sdmb

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#sdmb #GreatDebates Back in 2000.

More #sdmb forums from 2000:

Snapshot of Straight Dope Message Board from Aug 15, 2000

#sdmb from internet archive, August 2000.

Shine the bat-signal: we need a Democracy Defense Force (Legal Defense Fund for those targeted by Trump) This just in: Trump files harassing lawsuit against the Des Moines Register, claims report of final election poll is, “Election interference”. What a surprise: Trump sends up another Roman candle that...

Trump's ridiculous lawsuits need to be met with a bombastic and well funded response. #sdmb #TPM @joshtpm.bsky.social

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Mark me down as a longtime Ankylosaurus fan. Perfect defense combined with a club tail for emphasis.

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I SEE THE PRIDE OF THE SOUTHWEST! That’s my band!! 🥰 #sundevilmarchingband #sdmb

Trump Media plummets 10% as post-lockup selloff picks up steam Donald Trump is the majority owner of Trump Media, which owns social media platform Truth Social and trades as DJT on the Nasdaq.

"Trump Media ended last quarter with $344 million in cash and cash equivalents and zero debt"

If $DJT has zero debt, who is receiving $39.4 million of interest listed on their financial statements? #sdmb

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