Friday Night Open Thread: Camera Angles

New camera guidelines for female athletics coverage
BBC News | June 15, 2026 | Jane Dougall

New guidelines have been released advising broadcasters on how to use more respectful camera angles when covering live female athletics events.

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has worked with female athletes to develop the guidelines, which aims to avoid sexualising the action with unnecessary camera angles.

I can’t think of any camera angle that would avoid sexualizing a woman.

I can’t think of any liberal I would pay attention to when it comes to judging what is a “respectful” or an “unnecessary” camera angle.

Bond Girlathon Friday : Results from 7/10/2026 : New Matches for 7/17/2026

 

          My turn at the helm and we got some ranked Bond Girls facing off this week!    

 

Results from 7/10/2026

Rosemund Pike No Preference Halle Berry
147 2 51

 

(16) Molly Peters No Preference Lola Larson
179 1 9

 

New Matches for 7/17/2026

  Match 1  

(7) Ursula Andress (Honey Ryder) vs (15) Shirley Eaton (Jill Masterson)

Contestant Record Total Scores
(7) Ursula Andress 6 – 1 – 0 1108 – 8 – 467
Honey Ryder
Actress: Ursula Andress
Nationality: Swiss
Bond Movie: Dr. No (1962)

Synopsis:

Honey Ryder dazzled cinema audiences, stepping out of the Caribbean sea wearing a white bikini with a large hunting knife at her side. She proved to be immensely popular with fans and set the tone for all Bond girls to come.

Ursula Andress

 

VS

 

Contestant Record Total Scores
(15) Shirley Eaton 5 – 2 – 0 842 – 16 – 465
Jill Masterson
Actress: Shirley Eaton
Nationality: English
Bond Movie: Goldfinger (1964)

Synopsis:

Jill Masterson was the scantly dressed girl who used binoculars and an ear piece to help Auric Goldfinger cheat at cards. Bond caught her at the game, and together they blackmailed Goldfinger into losing his money. After enjoying a few bottles of Dom Perignon with Bond, Masterson was killed by Goldfinger’s henchman Oddjob, in revenge for her betrayal. Bond awoke to find her covered from head to toe in gold paint.

Shirley Eaton

Who do you prefer?
1 vote · 1 answer
  Match 2  

(14) Tania Mallet (Tilly Masterson) vs (12) Honor Blackman (Pussy Galore)

Contestant Record Total Scores
(14) Tania Mallet 5 – 2 – 0 869 – 4 – 617
Tilly Masterson
Actress: Tania Mallet
Nationality: English
Bond Movie: Goldfinger (1964)

Synopsis:

Tilly Masterson tried to assassinate Auric Goldfinger in revenge for the death of her sister Jill. With her poor marksmanship, she missed and almost shot Bond, who took a sharp interest in her. Bond caught up with Tilly again and foiled another of her attempts to kill Goldfinger. In the process, the two were chased by Goldfinger’s hitmen, and Tilly was killed by Oddjob’s steel rimmed hat.

 

Tania Mallet

 

VS

 

Contestant Record Total Scores
(12) Honor Blackman 5 – 2 – 0 834 – 14 – 539

 

Actress: Honor Blackman
Nationality: English
Bond Movie: Goldfinger (1964)

Synopsis:

The evocatively named Pussy Galore was an original Ian Fleming character from the novel. Ms. Galore ran a flying circus of female pilots, who were hired by Auric Goldfinger to fly over Fort Knox and gas the soldiers, so that Goldfinger could break in to the gold vault.

 

Honor Blackman

 

Who do you prefer?
1 vote · 1 answer

 

Cartoons and Memes

 

 

“Wow Miss Welch, you sure look out of this world.”

“But I am really down to Earth.”

“Like an Angel from Heaven.”

“Oh you kid!”

 

Winner

 

 

10.

 

This week.

 

1.

 

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4.

 

5.

 

6.

 

7.

 

8.

 

9.

 

10.

 

Which one is funniest?
44 votes · 44 answers

 

 

Straight Line of the Day: How Can We Recycle All The Sustainable Energy Waste?

A Follow-Up on a Sour Not-So-Green Clean Up in Sweetwater
Hot Air | 07/09/2026 | Beege Welborn

By 2050, the estimated total boundary area required for 1.5 million wind turbines is expected to reach 3.1 to 4.6 million square kilometers – the combined size of India and Argentina.

The obvious question regarding this transition—with its towering turbine skeletons, virtually indestructible composite blades, and billions of solar panels—is this: Just where will all this metal, silicon and concrete be buried?

Probably throw in a few battery-powered everythings, as well. 

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Visitors should avoid counting cash publicly.

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Americans who do not own firearms should pay particular attention to IMAO’s weapons laws.

Family members at home should receive a copy of the website visit itinerary, including log-in details, any links followed, and planned comment postings.  Visitors should carry only the cash and cards they expect to use that day.

 

Bond Girlathon Wednesday : Results for 7/8/2026 : New Matches for 7/15/2026

 

 

    So, who you pulling for? England or Argentina?    

 

 

Results from 7/8/2026

 

Carole Bouquet No Preference (14) Tina Hudson
112 3 90

 

(9) Tanya Roberts No Preference Lynn-Holly Johnson
141 3 57

 

New Matches for 7/15/2026

  Match 1  

(5) Ana de Armas (Paloma) vs Grace Jones (May Day)

 

Contestant Record Total Scores
(5) Ana de Armas 7 – 1 – 0 1073 – 12 – 516
Ana Celia de Armas Caso (born 30 April 1988) is a Cuban-Spanish actress. She portrayed the Bond Girl Paloma in No Time to Die. An agent of the CIA, James Bond, meets Paloma at the El Nido Bar after agreeing to Felix Leiter‘s request to go there in order to retrieve the scientist Valdo Obruchev, who has been captured by SPECTRE from a MI6 laboratory. To Bond’s bemusement, Paloma tells him that she has had only three weeks of training, though she nevertheless seems confident in her skills. She works together with Bond to infiltrate the party which is being held in the bar, though it turns out to secretly be a trap to capture and kill Bond. Bond ends up in a spotlight and sprayed with nanobots created from Project Heracles, though it ultimately transpires that Obruchev reprogrammed the nanobots to kill members of SPECTRE instead. In the ensuing chaos, Bond and Paloma manage to capture Obruchev, evading Nomi, an MI6 agent who had been sent with the same objective.

Ana de Armas

 

VS

 

 

 

Contestant Record Total Scores
Grace Jones 0 – 8 – 0 118 – 25 – 1707

 

May Day

Actress: Grace Jones
Nationality: Jamaican
Bond Movie: A View To a Kill (1985)

Synopsis:

May Day was the girlfriend of Max Zorin, and also worked for him as an assassin.May Day killed Bond’s chauffeur, and tried to kill Bond on several occasions. Much later in the film, May Day realized that she had been double crossed by Zorin, who had left her to die in an explosion that would cause a flood in silicon valley. May Day joined teams with Bond to remove the bomb, and in doing so, met her death.

Grace Jones

 

Who do you prefer?
48 votes · 48 answers
    Match 2    

Monica Bellucci (Lucia Sciarra) vs Mary Stovin (Kimberley Jones)

 

Contestant Record Total Scores
Monica Bellucci 3 – 5 – 0 724 – 27 – 904
Lucia Sciarra
Born Monica Anna Maria Bellucci 30 September 1964 (age 60) Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy
Occupations Actressfashion model
Instructed by his former superior MJames Bond is assigned to trace notorious assassin Marco Sciarra, kill him, and attend his funeral, knowing his womanizing ways will get him the answers he needs there rather from the assassin himself. Bond travels to Mexico and successfully kills Sciarra, failing his plan of targeting a stadium for a terrorist attack.

Monica Belluci

 

VS

 

 

Contestant Record Total Scores
Mary Stovin 2 – 6 – 0 826 – 22 – 849

 

Kimberly Jones

Actress: Mary Stövin
Nationality: Swedish
Bond Movie: A View To a Kill (1985)

Synopsis:

Kimberley Jones was an MI6 agent who assisted Bond in Siberia, on a mission to recover a lost microchip from assassinated agent 003. Bond snowboarded down a mountain to avoid a helicopter and a gang of hitmen skiers. When he got to the bottom, Kimberley was waiting in a boat disguised as an iceberg. Bond pulled out some beluga caviar, a bottle of Vodka and the microchip, mentioning that it would be five days until they reached Alaska.

Mary Stovin

Who do you prefer?
44 votes · 44 answers

Babesleaga Group AN : Week 3 : Markie Post vs Heather Thomas

Good night.

 

Markie Post vs Heather Thomas

 

Markie Post (2-0-0 Pts. 122 Avg. 61.00)

  • Week 1 Defeated Morgan Fairchild 63-36
  • Week 2 Defeated Goldie Hawn 59-33

 

VS

 

Heather Thomas (2-0-0 Pts. 108 Avg. 54.00)

  • Week 1 Defeated Teri Garr 47-29
  • Week 2 Defeated Kelly Preston 61-25

 

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Who do you prefer?
88 votes · 88 answers

 

Babesleaga Group AN : Week 3 : Kelly Preston vs Geena Davis

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Kelly Preston vs Geena Davis

 

Kelly Preston (0-2-0 Pts. 67 Avg. 33.50)

  • Week 1 Lost to Sela Ward 42-49
  • Week 2 Lost to Heather Thomas 25-61

 

VS

 

Geena Davis (0-2-0 Pts. 83 Avg. 41.50)

  • Week 1 Lost to Goldie Hawn 43-46
  • Week 2 Lost to Sela Ward 40-53

 

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Who do you prefer?
77 votes · 77 answers

 

Babesleaga Group AN : Week 3 : Sela Ward vs Teri Garr

Good afternoon.

 

Sela Ward vs Teri Garr

 

Sela Ward (2-0-0 Pts. 102 Avg. 51.00)

  • Week 1 Defeated Kelly Preston 49-42
  • Week 2 Defeated Geena Davis 53-40

 

VS

 

Teri Garr (1-1-0 Pts. 77 Avg. 38.50)

  • Week 1 Lost to Heather Thomas 29-47
  • Week 2 Defeated Morgan Fairchild 48-47

 

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Who do you prefer?
87 votes · 87 answers