CFdJ - Clusterfucque du jour

[The Blue Newt]

Clusterfucque du jour:

A thread for the main page.

Starting out with an item from today’s Do You Kare:

“... that the construction of Washington State Route 512 included a new high school football stadium to replace a demolished one?”

NSS. That’s how Eminent Domain (T-H-L) works, yup. You take it, you break it? You pay for it, in cash or kind.

[The Blue Newt]

“ 1935 – In one of the biggest upsets in championship boxing, the underdog James J. Braddock (pictured) defeated Max Baer to become the heavyweight champion of the world.”

I guess they just liked the cut of his jib.

[The Blue Newt]

Do You Kare that Amangiri (T-H-L) might be the most blatant puff piece to appear on the Main Page in weeks?

[The Blue Newt]

On today’s Dog’s Breakfast Main Page, On This Day section , we have Landing at Kip's Bay (T-H-L), which is illustrated by a picture of that most Perfidious Albionic trick, the use of hawsers in compression.

The picture, which supposedly show troops landing rather obviously shows troops embarking, and, far from being in New York, they are on their way to Tilbury Fort (T-H-L). The mislabeled image file is sourced to a geocaching site.

Sadness.

[AndyTheGrump]

The picture, which supposedly show troops landing rather obviously shows troops embarking...

Nope, they are clearly landing and then lining up facing the sea, to confuse the enemy. Similar tactics were tried at Dunkirk, though that unfortunately failed when a bunch of civilians turned up unannounced and insisted on dragging the troops back on to their boats.

[The Blue Newt]

The picture, which supposedly show troops landing rather obviously shows troops embarking...

Nope, they are clearly landing and then lining up facing the sea, to confuse the enemy. Similar tactics were tried at Dunkirk, though that unfortunately failed when a bunch of civilians turned up unannounced and insisted on dragging the troops back on to their boats.

There are so many things wrong with that picture it is surprising that even the Front Page Krewe could miss it.

[AndyTheGrump]

The picture, which supposedly show troops landing rather obviously shows troops embarking...

Nope, they are clearly landing and then lining up facing the sea, to confuse the enemy. Similar tactics were tried at Dunkirk, though that unfortunately failed when a bunch of civilians turned up unannounced and insisted on dragging the troops back on to their boats.

There are so many things wrong with that picture it is surprising that even the Front Page Krewe could miss it.

The Krewe aren't interested in minor details like historical accuracy. Or common sense. If it makes the main page, that's all that matters.

[lonza leggiera]

The picture, which supposedly show troops landing rather obviously shows troops embarking...

Nope, they are clearly landing and then lining up facing the sea, to confuse the enemy. Similar tactics were tried at Dunkirk, though that unfortunately failed when a bunch of civilians turned up unannounced and insisted on dragging the troops back on to their boats.

A TinEye reverse image search uncovered this version on the Bridgman images website of stock images. It's apparently an 18th-century British engraving with the title View of Gravesend with troops crossing the Thames to Tilbury Fort.

[The Blue Newt]

The picture, which supposedly show troops landing rather obviously shows troops embarking...

Nope, they are clearly landing and then lining up facing the sea, to confuse the enemy. Similar tactics were tried at Dunkirk, though that unfortunately failed when a bunch of civilians turned up unannounced and insisted on dragging the troops back on to their boats.

A TinEye reverse image search uncovered this version on the Bridgman images website of stock images. It's apparently an 18th-century British engraving with the title View of Gravesend with troops crossing the Thames to Tilbury Fort.

Yep. By Francis West, if I remember right. Robert Cleveley (T-H-L) actually did a view of the landing. It, too, suffered from mistaken views about what it was of, if memory serves.

[The Blue Newt]

The picture, which supposedly show troops landing rather obviously shows troops embarking...

Nope, they are clearly landing and then lining up facing the sea, to confuse the enemy. Similar tactics were tried at Dunkirk, though that unfortunately failed when a bunch of civilians turned up unannounced and insisted on dragging the troops back on to their boats.

A TinEye reverse image search uncovered this version on the Bridgman images website of stock images. It's apparently an 18th-century British engraving with the title View of Gravesend with troops crossing the Thames to Tilbury Fort.

Yep. By Francis West, if I remember right. Robert Cleveley (T-H-L) actually did a view of the landing. It, too, suffered from mistaken views about what it was of, if memory serves.

Damn, that was fast. Ni Yngva and Bilby have already cleaned it up.

[The Blue Newt]

The Pic o’ t’’Day connects to Aleksander Gierymski (T-H-L), which appears to have assembled the maximum possible level of False friends (T-H-L), mistranslation, and general Moose and Squirrelism that could get past casual inspection.

[The Blue Newt]

“.. that Nancy Reagan jumped out of her bath when she heard that her husband had been elected President of the United States?”

I’m trying, in a very small way, to figure out if they are trying to invoke Archimedes or Venus-on-the -half-shell, but I find it hard to give a damn yin way or tother.

[Ansh666]

“.. that Nancy Reagan jumped out of her bath when she heard that her husband had been elected President of the United States?”

I’m trying, in a very small way, to figure out if they are trying to invoke Archimedes or Venus-on-the -half-shell, but I find it hard to give a damn yin way or tother.

and the linked article has really nothing to do with it. I know DYK has really low standards but seriously now...

[The Blue Newt]

Today’s Disgrace o’ the Day (Do you Kare section) links to Kate L. Turabian (T-H-L) and Diana Hacker (T-H-L). There’s a certain irony in these two articles being so badly researched.

[The Blue Newt]

Today’s Deod o’ the Day proves that an alcoholic Uraguayan footballer was Corconian by linking to an Amazon hiring site. (Dunno if its a legit one, but the path looked shady…)

Viva el linkrot!

[The Blue Newt]

link (commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Travelling_English_Court.jpg)

From Do You Kare. Obvious proof of Wiki’s 14th century existence, or that some nying-nyong named Ezrza Funes doesn’t understand the concept of plagiarism. You pick.

PS: More importantly, proof that some nying-nyong named Dumelow (T-C-L) and the Front Page Krewe don’t grok plagiarism, either.

[The Blue Newt]

Do you Kare... “that zinc white was found in several versions of The Scream?”

One of the commonest pigments was used on a painting. Yeah, that’s man-bites-dog.

[Ryuichi]

Do you Kare... “that zinc white was found in several versions of The Scream?”

One of the commonest pigments was used on a painting. Yeah, that’s man-bites-dog.

That's actually mildly interesting. Zinc white is very common as a pigment. But for oil painting, lead white was generally preferred due to its greater opacity.

Though the "several" is perhaps a bit more than the sources suggest.

EDIT: After a little research, I find that zinc white was relatively popular in oils from about 1890 to 1920 (when titanium oxide became available); which corresponds to Munch's work on The Scream. So yes, more man-bites-dog than I had originally believed.

[The Blue Newt]

On today’s Swill-o-t-Day, we learn that there is such a thing in English as “scuttled by fire”, replacing the. simple French “burned”. This phrase is vanishingly rare in books in the BD* era. It grows since.

*”Before D’Jimbo”, based on the starting point of our brave new world.

[AndyTheGrump]

On today’s Swill-o-t-Day, we learn that there is such a thing in English as “scuttled by fire”, replacing the. simple French “burned”. This phrase is vanishingly rare in books in the BD* era. It grows since.

*”Before D’Jimbo”, based on the starting point of our brave new world.

'Burned', or possibly even 'deliberately sunk by gunfire'. Ambiguous....

[The Blue Newt]

Ten Newtpoints to those who can find the cite which fails verification in today’s featured article.

[The Blue Newt]

Do You Kare that

that the 14th-century St Mary's Church, Mablethorpe, in Lincolnshire, England, is constructed of material classified as random mixed rubble, red brick and slate?

I am unsure whether this should go in the NSS pile or not.

[AndyTheGrump]

Do You Kare that

that the 14th-century St Mary's Church, Mablethorpe, in Lincolnshire, England, is constructed of material classified as random mixed rubble, red brick and slate?

I am unsure whether this should go in the NSS pile or not.

Random mixed rubble is an essential component of at least one online encyclopaedia I can think of...

[el84]

DYK that Mablethorpe is only two miles away from Miami Beach.

[The Blue Newt]

DYK that Mablethorpe is only two miles away from Miami Beach.

Of course. Just the other day my wife saw Mozart on the number 9 bus…

[casualdejekyll]

Normally I'd say I appreciate DYK more then the average person in the thread, but

Do you kare... ... that millennials pause? (intentional double ellipses) is the first time I genuinely was entirely unsure how a single person thought it was appropriate for the CFdJ Main Page. While I appreciate good wordplay, this is merely decent wordplay. Furthermore, the writing of the article is... ...not great, and the entire premise seems very dictionary definition.

Also.. CFdJ is one errant F away from being a pretty good way to abbreviate my name. Pretty accurate description of me, I'd say.

[Zoloft]

Normally I'd say I appreciate DYK more then the average person in the thread, but

Do you kare... ... that millennials pause? (intentional double ellipses) is the first time I genuinely was entirely unsure how a single person thought it was appropriate for the CFdJ Main Page. While I appreciate good wordplay, this is merely decent wordplay. Furthermore, the writing of the article is... ...not great, and the entire premise seems very dictionary definition.

Also.. CFdJ is one errant F away from being a pretty good way to abbreviate my name. Pretty accurate description of me, I'd say.

It's the same way they always had kittens in the studio at TV shows in the Sixties - they used their wee paws for station identification.

[The Blue Newt]

that the Arleigh Burke-class destoyers are hardened against electromagnetic pulses?

…along with every other piece of equipment, right down to 3K generators, yup.

Although, come to think of it, perhaps the destoyer follows a different rule from the destroyer (T-H-L).

[The Blue Newt]

Squirrels on college campuses (T-H-L).

Jesus wept.

[eppur si muove]

Squirrels on college campuses (T-H-L).

Jesus wept.

And why aren't there Pigeons on college campuses (T-H-L), Spiders in car factories (T-H-L), Flies in office buildings (T-H-L)? Those topics are just as encyclopaedic.

[tarantino]

In addition to squirrels, I've seen foxes, skunks, chipmunks, mice, rats and feral cats on college campuses.

[Randy from Boise]

Squirrels on college campuses (T-H-L).

Jesus wept.

And why aren't there Pigeons on college campuses (T-H-L), Spiders in car factories (T-H-L), Flies in office buildings (T-H-L)? Those topics are just as encyclopaedic.

Tell ya what, you bring Squirrels on college campuses (T-H-L) to AfD and we gamble five dollars on the outcome. Then when the result comes in Keep, you pay me.

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[AndyTheGrump]

Clearly not everyone's idea of what constitutes an encyclopaedic subject is the same. I'm off to create Squirrels in trees (T-H-L) and Trees on college campuses (T-H-L), as two clearly-needed articles. Cause and effect (T-H-L) has apparently already been written...

[The Blue Newt]

The Costa Concordia disaster (T-H-L) and its aftermath combined heoism, cowardice, technical expertise and technical incompetence, tragedy, black comedy, and farce. So, what’s the Karing Krewe decide to highlight in today’s Do You Kare?

The exact meaning of the Italian word cozzo.

Va fan culo, Krewe. Va fungoo.

[eppur si muove]

The Costa Concordia disaster (T-H-L) and its aftermath combined heoism, cowardice, technical expertise and technical incompetence, tragedy, black comedy, and farce. So, what’s the Karing Krewe decide to highlight in today’s Do You Kare?

The exact meaning of the Italian word cozzo.

Va fan culo, Krewe. Va fungoo.

That is so disrespectful in an article about a lot of people being killed.

[Beeblebrox]

Squirrels on college campuses (T-H-L).

Jesus wept.

I am mildly amused that the article mentions the European black squirells at Kent State, which I knew about from reading Kent State: What Happened and Why by James A. Michener (T-H-L). Michener really liked to add little details like that to give you a real sense of a place.

[MaryKarrel]

Carla Monroe (T-H-L):

Monroe is a vibrato.

[MaryKarrel]

Lil Uzi Vert (T-H-L):

On April 29, 2016, Atlanta rapper OG Maco went on a rant on social media where they claim that they "paved the way" for Woods and that Woods was "stealing their sauce", referring to their style. Maco implied there was no issue between Woods and them though Woods took offense to Maco's comment who mentioned Atlanta rapper Reese LaFlare who Woods was feuding with. In August 2016, Woods attempted to assault Reese LaFlare at Day N Night Fest after seeing them through a security barrier, though they were stopped by security. In September 2016, OG Maco and Woods resolved their feud. In January 2018, Woods punched Reese LaFlare in the face and bragged about it on social media, later deleting the tweet.

The article passed GA like this.

[The Blue Newt]

Elon Musk vs. Mark Zuckerberg (T-H-L). (From Today’s Do You Kare.)

Is it my imagination, or is there a campaign of extra unflattering articles on Musk, much as was done with the Manatee? It Cirt-ainly looks like it.

[casualdejekyll]

Lil Uzi Vert (T-H-L):

On April 29, 2016, Atlanta rapper OG Maco went on a rant on social media where they claim that they "paved the way" for Woods and that Woods was "stealing their sauce", referring to their style. Maco implied there was no issue between Woods and them though Woods took offense to Maco's comment who mentioned Atlanta rapper Reese LaFlare who Woods was feuding with. In August 2016, Woods attempted to assault Reese LaFlare at Day N Night Fest after seeing them through a security barrier, though they were stopped by security. In September 2016, OG Maco and Woods resolved their feud. In January 2018, Woods punched Reese LaFlare in the face and bragged about it on social media, later deleting the tweet.

The article passed GA like this.

What's the issue here..?

[orangepi]

Elon Musk vs. Mark Zuckerberg (T-H-L). (From Today’s Do You Kare.)

Is it my imagination, or is there a campaign of extra unflattering articles on Musk, much as was done with the Manatee? It Cirt-ainly looks like it.

You might be misinterpreting the situation; Elon Musk is on a campaign to do as much stupid stuff in public as possible, and the "kurrent events krew" seems to be behaving as expected in response.

[The Blue Newt]

Elon Musk vs. Mark Zuckerberg (T-H-L). (From Today’s Do You Kare.)

Is it my imagination, or is there a campaign of extra unflattering articles on Musk, much as was done with the Manatee? It Cirt-ainly looks like it.

You might be misinterpreting the situation; Elon Musk is on a campaign to do as much stupid stuff in public as possible, and the "kurrent events krew" seems to be behaving as expected in response.

Musk and Manatee have done more damage to capitalism than Unca Joe Stalin ever dreamed of, yep. And the KEK (!!? Coincidence? Nahh…) do loves them a good scandal. But looking at the edit history of this particular piece of muskiness does suggest thst one of the problem children has worked on it.

[Bezdomni]

Elon Musk vs. Mark Zuckerberg (T-H-L). (From Today’s Do You Kare.)

Is it my imagination, or is there a campaign of extra unflattering articles on Musk, much as was done with the Manatee? It Cirt-ainly looks like it.

I didn't remember Cirt being such a fan of the mdash? (§)

And no mention of the Cirtian book reviews in the April Fools Day creation of Wikipedia coverage of Donald Trump...

This cat does seem like they would have been a hit at Wikinews, though.

[tarantino]

This cat does seem like they would have been a hit at Wikinews, though.

The ElijahPepe blog and twitter accounts give his real name. He's a software engineer at Tesla.

[casualdejekyll]

Elon Musk vs. Mark Zuckerberg (T-H-L). (From Today’s Do You Kare.)

Is it my imagination, or is there a campaign of extra unflattering articles on Musk, much as was done with the Manatee? It Cirt-ainly looks like it.

You might be misinterpreting the situation; Elon Musk is on a campaign to do as much stupid stuff in public as possible, and the "kurrent events krew" seems to be behaving as expected in response.

Musk and Manatee have done more damage to capitalism than Unca Joe Stalin ever dreamed of, yep. And the KEK (!!? Coincidence? Nahh…) do loves them a good scandal. But looking at the edit history of this particular piece of muskiness does suggest thst one of the problem children has worked on it.

Eh. Stalin only cared about damaging capitalism to the extent that it would help him stay in power. By the time he was in power the Soviet system had entirely crumbled and he was redirecting all resources he could to the war machine. It's Lenin you're thinking of, he was the one who actually believed in the nonsense he was spewing.

[Bezdomni]

This cat does seem like they would have been a hit at Wikinews, though.

The ElijahPepe blog and twitter accounts give his real name. He's a software engineer at Tesla.

Fun. I guess that makes them an expert editor for the Tesla Model S (T-H-L) page.

Heya! I'm undergoing a rewrite of this article and I agree with your assessment regarding neutrality on this article. I'll try my best to make it seem less like an ad.

source

NB: in their role as inside undertaker, it's worth noting that they don't seem to have buried much (if any) promotional material, they mostly just moved the details of references out of the text to a reflist and cut an outsized (promotional) table from energy consumption and some praise from the lede.

[MrErnie]

There's an article about what appears to be something to do with cricket today -2023 Ashes series (T-H-L). I don't know much about cricket so I thought I'd read it.

Three overs into the evening session, Root and Bairstow brought up yet another fifty partnership in England's batting innings. Later Bairstow brought up his own half-century with a cover drive off Hazlewood. The two batters took England's lead beyond 300, before the partnership was finally broken with a delivery from Murphy that kept very low and caught Root's inside edge, bowling him for 91. Starc then got Bairstow caught behind for 78, and two overs later Woakes followed suit by driving straight to mid-off for 1 off Starc once more. England lost their eighth and ninth wickets in the space of three deliveries, Ali (29) attempting to ramp Starc but only holing out to Hazlewood at fine leg, and Wood (9) slogging straight to Marsh at deep midwicket off Murphy. Anderson and Broad saw England to stumps on 389/9, leading by 377 runs

One day a team won by wickets, another day the team won by runs. The played 5 matches and apparently it ended in a 2-2 draw, which means that Australia won.

[AndyTheGrump]

There's an article about what appears to be something to do with cricket today -2023 Ashes series (T-H-L). I don't know much about cricket so I thought I'd read it.

Three overs into the evening session, Root and Bairstow brought up yet another fifty partnership in England's batting innings. Later Bairstow brought up his own half-century with a cover drive off Hazlewood. The two batters took England's lead beyond 300, before the partnership was finally broken with a delivery from Murphy that kept very low and caught Root's inside edge, bowling him for 91. Starc then got Bairstow caught behind for 78, and two overs later Woakes followed suit by driving straight to mid-off for 1 off Starc once more. England lost their eighth and ninth wickets in the space of three deliveries, Ali (29) attempting to ramp Starc but only holing out to Hazlewood at fine leg, and Wood (9) slogging straight to Marsh at deep midwicket off Murphy. Anderson and Broad saw England to stumps on 389/9, leading by 377 runs

One day a team won by wickets, another day the team won by runs. The played 5 matches and apparently it ended in a 2-2 draw, which means that Australia won.

Yeah, that's how you report cricket. It isn't supposed to make sense to outsiders, any more than string theory is...

[The Blue Newt]

There's an article about what appears to be something to do with cricket today -2023 Ashes series (T-H-L). I don't know much about cricket so I thought I'd read it.

Three overs into the evening session, Root and Bairstow brought up yet another fifty partnership in England's batting innings. Later Bairstow brought up his own half-century with a cover drive off Hazlewood. The two batters took England's lead beyond 300, before the partnership was finally broken with a delivery from Murphy that kept very low and caught Root's inside edge, bowling him for 91. Starc then got Bairstow caught behind for 78, and two overs later Woakes followed suit by driving straight to mid-off for 1 off Starc once more. England lost their eighth and ninth wickets in the space of three deliveries, Ali (29) attempting to ramp Starc but only holing out to Hazlewood at fine leg, and Wood (9) slogging straight to Marsh at deep midwicket off Murphy. Anderson and Broad saw England to stumps on 389/9, leading by 377 runs

One day a team won by wickets, another day the team won by runs. The played 5 matches and apparently it ended in a 2-2 draw, which means that Australia won.

I’m not sure there is anything wrong with this, aside from the inherent, unuhMurrican, nature of cricket vocabulary itself. I’d expect descriptions of any game complicated enough to have a specialized vocabulary to be equally opaque to any outsider.

So, I dunno if this reflects the particular, peculiar clusterfuckwittery of the Main Page.

[eppur si muove]

There's an article about what appears to be something to do with cricket today -2023 Ashes series (T-H-L). I don't know much about cricket so I thought I'd read it.

Three overs into the evening session, Root and Bairstow brought up yet another fifty partnership in England's batting innings. Later Bairstow brought up his own half-century with a cover drive off Hazlewood. The two batters took England's lead beyond 300, before the partnership was finally broken with a delivery from Murphy that kept very low and caught Root's inside edge, bowling him for 91. Starc then got Bairstow caught behind for 78, and two overs later Woakes followed suit by driving straight to mid-off for 1 off Starc once more. England lost their eighth and ninth wickets in the space of three deliveries, Ali (29) attempting to ramp Starc but only holing out to Hazlewood at fine leg, and Wood (9) slogging straight to Marsh at deep midwicket off Murphy. Anderson and Broad saw England to stumps on 389/9, leading by 377 runs

All but one sentence makes sense but the one beginning "Starc then got ..." is a mess

One day a team won by wickets, another day the team won by runs. The played 5 matches and apparently it ended in a 2-2 draw, which means that Australia won.

The series was drawn but Australia "retained the Ashes" because for England to get them back, they would have had to have beaten Australia over all and someone remains in possession of the notional funerary urn. Though the real urn remains in Lord's Cricket Ground in London being too fragile to be given as a trophy.

The origin of the name "The Ashes" was a notice in The Sporting TImes which read as follows:

In Affectionate Remembrance
of
ENGLISH CRICKET,
which died at the Oval
on
29 August 1882,
Deeply lamented by a large circle of sorrowing
friends and acquaintances

R.I.P.

N.B.—The body will be cremated and the
ashes taken to Australia.