Monday, September 23, 2024

Montana says it quickly fixed an error that omitted Kamala Harris from electronic ballots provided to overseas and military voters

Montana Free Press:

The error was first reported by the Daily Inter Lake, which included an account by a Montana voter living in the United Kingdom who said Harris’ name was absent from his ballot when he accessed it through the Electronic Absentee System. In an email exchange with Montana Free Press Monday, Jacobsen’s office confirmed the report referenced in the article of a ballot “not displaying properly” through the system.

(A brief write-up by the AP confirming the story.)

Collection of unit patches from the Air, Space and Cyber Conference

The silliest is the one that says BESPIN, with modified Star Wars symbols: "BESPIN actually stands for Business and Enterprise Systems Product INovation, an Air Force software factory that is meant to help the service churn out easy-to-use mobile apps for education, mission scheduling, childcare, and everything in between." and the coolest might be the 533rd Training Squadron's emblem.

Bert and Ernie "Ultimate" figures by Neca up for preorder

Bert comes with both his bottle cap collection, his paper clip collection, a book titled "Boring Stories," and more.

New sale items at the BBTS for their anniversary

Fantasy themed figures by McFarlane, Storm Collectibles, Neca, and more.

Sleepy Hollow, New York football team led to the field by the Headless Horseman

(If they had a merch store online, I didn't see it.)

Sunday, September 22, 2024

Wild photo of the Starship booster recovered from the sea



FWIW, a Youtube video by enthusiasts describing the operation

Daniel Ricciardo, so emotional he can barely speak after what was probably his last F1 race

(F1 racer necks are so funny.) (Alas, his last act was doing something tacky for Red Bull.)


Happier days earlier this year:



(The page created fror the campaign)



Probably the best moment of the day was the Aston Martin tech boss (correctly) assuring an incredulous Ted that Stroll's car would be reassembled in time: