Daily Tech News 26 January 2024

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Apple is bringing third-party app stores and side-loading to the iPhone. (The Verge)

But only in the EU.
Apple will allow full versions of Firefox and Chrome browsers to run on the iPhone, instead of just hastily-drawn skins on top of Safari. (The Verge)

But only in the EU.
Epic Games will make its app store and the game Fortnite available on iPhones. (The Verge)

But only in the EU.
Twitter has been flooded with risque AI-generated images of Taylor Swift. (The Verge)

But only in the EU. Wait.

Tech News

The Pokemon (with a little thing on the e) Company has announced it intends to investigate Palworld (over eleventy billion sold). (Tech Crunch)

Except that The Pokemon (with a little thing on the e) Company announced no such thing. Tech Crunch includes the full text of the announcement, and it's lawyer boilerplate that TPwaltoteC will take legal action against infringing content.

Palworld has been in development for three years now. No action from TPC.

A mod that made Palworld look just like Pokemon came out this week and it was taken down the same day.
Microsoft has announced layoffs - A Thing of the Past (TM) - of 1900 Xbox and Activision staff. (The Verge)

Including the president of Blizzard, which is part of Activision, which Microsoft owns.
The Hugo Awards are in the spotlight again, for the usual reasons: They are complete garbage and have been for the past decade. (The Guardian)

In this case, the 2023 awards were held in China, and multiple award nominations that received enough votes to be on their respective shortlists... Weren't.

The head of the awards jury, Dave McCarty issued a particularly blatant non-denial:
There was no communication between the Hugo administration team and the Chinese government in any official manner.
But unofficially...
"After reviewing the constitution and the rules we must follow, the administration team determined those works/persons were not eligible." He declined to elaborate on what the rules were.
The rules that let us get out of the country with our kneecaps.

Disclaimer: Oh, those rules.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

Comments

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1 out there

Posted by: Ciampino - Day's Update #064 at January 26, 2024 04:06 AM (qfLjt)

2 G'night everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 26, 2024 04:07 AM (fwDg9)

3 http://tinyurl.com/279n4va7
A good Bad Blue

Posted by: Skip at January 26, 2024 04:08 AM (fwDg9)

4
Today's letter is the number green.

Posted by: Kermit the Frog High on THC at January 26, 2024 04:08 AM (nIvob)

5 4
Today's letter is the number green.

Posted by: Kermit the Frog High on THC at January 26, 2024 04:08 AM (nIvob)
----
So what does it smell like?

Posted by: Ciampino - Roofies anyone?! at January 26, 2024 04:10 AM (qfLjt)

6 Synesthesia much?

Posted by: Epobirs at January 26, 2024 04:10 AM (/0z9K)

7 Well it's the 26th. Does anyone think FJB may have filled his Depends over Texas by now?

Posted by: Ciampino - shame losing ..... at January 26, 2024 04:13 AM (qfLjt)

8 Top 10?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 26, 2024 04:14 AM (omVj0)

9 Evening and morning, folken! 'Tis Friday!

The story about X being flooded with AI-generated pics of Taylor? Useless without, uh, pics.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 26, 2024 04:15 AM (omVj0)

10 Ban use of e-cigarette – WHO
http://tinyurl.com/3j6thchf

Posted by: Ciampino - Why WHO Where Which at January 26, 2024 04:16 AM (qfLjt)

11 FJB: get me Austin!

Abbott: Austin here. Waz up?

FJB: Austin, bomb the crap out of Austin?

And so it was written in the history books how the 2nd American Civil War got started.

Posted by: Lost in Space at January 26, 2024 04:18 AM (c2MGA)

12 The booming Biden economy .... Salesforce laying off 700 workers in latest tech industry downsizing - WSJ

http://tinyurl.com/4adnebce

Posted by: Ciampino - What Why WHO Where Which at January 26, 2024 04:18 AM (qfLjt)

13 Apple is bringing third-party app stores and side-loading to the iPhone. (The Verge)

But only in the EU.

*reconsiders Hungarian citizenship*

No

Posted by: Miklos is Strictly Independent at January 26, 2024 04:18 AM (S1Xkm)

14 Foist and I beat Skip.
Hi Skip.
Launch tomorrow. The New Zealand shot.

Posted by: Ciampino - Why What WHO Where Which at January 26, 2024 04:21 AM (qfLjt)

15 The story about X being flooded with AI-generated pics of Taylor? Useless without, uh, pics.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming

There are streets in NOLA that flood after every predictable rain.

Posted by: Miklos, moving his car up onto the Neutral Ground at January 26, 2024 04:22 AM (S1Xkm)

16 I'm need to rest my eyes. See you all later.

Posted by: Ciampino - Why What WHO Which Where at January 26, 2024 04:23 AM (qfLjt)

17 It’s the unpredictable rain ya gotta worry about.

Posted by: Adriane the Old Music Critic of Old Music . . . at January 26, 2024 04:24 AM (4Winp)

18 I'm need to rest my eyes. See you all later.
Posted by: Ciampino

I buy monocles by the six-pack.

Posted by: Miklos, squinting ever so slightly at January 26, 2024 04:24 AM (S1Xkm)

19 I hope the AI didn't take in to account Swift's massive body count, or else they'd have to make her better regions look like a pup tent that's missing some of its structural poles.

Posted by: Rbastid at January 26, 2024 04:25 AM (yW8nm)

20 Meanwhile over at Ars: "Google’s Pixel 9 gets its first render, looks a lot like an iPhone." This is and AI generated Taylor Swift porn is what keeps people up all night. We are doomed.

Posted by: Lost in Space at January 26, 2024 04:25 AM (c2MGA)

21 g'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at January 26, 2024 04:26 AM (WsTvr)

22 4
Today's letter is the number green.

That is not how I see it.

Posted by: rednotgreen at January 26, 2024 04:27 AM (RCAte)

23 I think it's been way more than a decade, just sayin' ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at January 26, 2024 04:27 AM (WsTvr)

24 Taylor Swift's hands are so ugly anything AI does to them will be an improvement.

Posted by: CZ = FNG, Free Republic of Florida at January 26, 2024 04:30 AM (MkuC5)

25 Check this

Posted by: AI Taylor Swift porn from Russian Trumpists at January 26, 2024 04:31 AM (S1Xkm)

26 the days when a hugo or nebula award on a book cover would pique my interest are long, long gone, and are in fact fully inverted.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at January 26, 2024 04:31 AM (WsTvr)

27 Scottish historian Neil Oliver gets it. He’s the guy that produced the 10 part history of Scotland. Back then he was probably happily center-left. No longer. He’s a few parts VDH. Sensible, personable, calm, not a firebrand - and an excellent storyteller.

http://tinyurl.com/yvjscxjj

Posted by: 13times at January 26, 2024 04:33 AM (jBfho)

28 Trump paid Taylor Swift to pee on Russian prostitutes and Mike Obama.

Pass it on

Posted by: 51 Intelligence officials at January 26, 2024 04:35 AM (S1Xkm)

29 26 the days when a Hugo or Nebula award on a book cover would pique my interest are long, long gone, and are in fact fully inverted.

Yeah, the last time I looked at a book because of that was probably around 1985ish.

Posted by: rednotgreen at January 26, 2024 04:36 AM (RCAte)

30 Every news story is improved by adding "on Russian prostitutes".

Try it some time. It's fun.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 26, 2024 04:40 AM (9UlRk)

31 Fed signals continued uncertainty on Russian prostitutes

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 26, 2024 04:42 AM (9UlRk)

32

Hugo's anal sphincter tone is Nebulous at best!

Posted by: Don Lemonparty at January 26, 2024 04:42 AM (7/wNx)

33 Biden to attend upcoming summit on Russian prostitutes

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 26, 2024 04:44 AM (9UlRk)

34 President falls down stairs of Air Force One on Russian prostitutes; no injuries reported

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 26, 2024 04:45 AM (9UlRk)

35 30 Every news story is improved by adding "on Russian prostitutes".

Try it some time. It's fun.

I can't afford to be adding Russian prostitutes, I can't even afford domestic or recently illegally imported ones.

Posted by: rednotgreen at January 26, 2024 04:46 AM (RCAte)

36 29 the days when a Hugo or Nebula award on a book cover would pique my interest are long, long gone, and are in fact fully inverted.

Yeah, the last time I looked at a book because of that was probably around 1985ish.

1993 was a tie between A Fire Upon the Deep and Doomsday Book, which are both what I would consider classic Hugo winners.

As recently as 2011 the winner was Connie Willis's Blackout / All Clear, which is (are) very good.

Funnily enough, after a decade of crap, in 2023 the best novel went to Ursula Vernon for Nettle & Bone. I've read several of her books, and while I wouldn't necessarily pick her for a Hugo winner, she doesn't write woke garbage either.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 26, 2024 04:47 AM (BLOW1)

37 I’m not so turned on by Swift that I would go out of my way to look at TS twitter porn.

The notion of China hosting a international book convention is absurd on the face of it. And then soyboys bend the knee. Totally saw that plot-point coming

Posted by: 13times at January 26, 2024 04:49 AM (91Nxr)

38 Twitter has been flooded with risque AI-generated images of Taylor Swift.

Why, that's just like all that faked evidence of us at Epstein Island!

Posted by: Bette Midler at January 26, 2024 04:49 AM (spt7e)

39
Today's episode of Sinsemilla Street is brought to you by Russian Prostitutes.

Posted by: Kermit the Frog High on THC at January 26, 2024 04:49 AM (nIvob)

40 There are streets in NOLA that flood after every predictable rain.

Posted by: Miklos, moving his car up onto the Neutral Ground at January 26, 2024 04:22 AM (S1Xkm)

Hell...Hoboken floods after big rains. Of course it's a third-world shithole, so it's to be expected.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 26, 2024 04:54 AM (gSZYf)

41 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 26, 2024 04:59 AM (ju2Fy)

42 Morning all!

Another cloudy foggy day. But the good news is, I don't have to shovel Russian prostitutes.

Posted by: Bruce at January 26, 2024 05:00 AM (vd8XM)

43 I love Fire Upon the Deep. Adrian Tchaikovsky‘s Children of Ruin was very good.

Posted by: 13times at January 26, 2024 05:02 AM (+/MNd)

44
BREAKING: Pennsylvania Republicans have filed a lawsuit alleging Biden and Gov. Josh Shapiro violated the U.S. constitution when they passed legislation loosening voting restrictions.

N_ Sh_t Sherlock

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 26, 2024 05:04 AM (nIvob)

45 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 26, 2024 05:16 AM (AdHga)

46 44
BREAKING: Pennsylvania Republicans have filed a lawsuit alleging Biden and Gov. Josh Shapiro violated the U.S. constitution when they passed legislation loosening voting restrictions.

N_ Sh_t Sherlock
Posted by: Divide by Zero

The Keystone State, 25 years ahead at being behind.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 26, 2024 05:24 AM (AdHga)

47
Happy Australia Day Pixy!

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 26, 2024 05:27 AM (nIvob)

48 G'morning, all!

Plinth block and shoe molding are finally finished.

Just in time for the events in Texas to fan the flames of freedom.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 26, 2024 05:27 AM (hH3Px)

49
Australia Day is the official national day of Australia. Observed annually on 26 January, it marks the 1788 landing of the First Fleet and raising of the Union Flag of Great Britain by Arthur Phillip at Sydney Cove, a small bay on the southern shore of Sydney Harbour.

No Russian prostitutes involved.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 26, 2024 05:28 AM (nIvob)

50 Plinth block and shoe molding are finally finished.

Just in time for the events in Texas to fan the flames of freedom.
Posted by: Village Idiot's

Weaponized plinth block? Does it have the thing that goes up?

Posted by: Bruce at January 26, 2024 05:29 AM (vd8XM)

51 "Weaponized plinth block?"

I wish.

Meanwhile, my understanding of Nikki Hailey's visit to N. Charleston was not attended by an excessively large number of folks.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 26, 2024 05:38 AM (hH3Px)

52 he said plinth! huh-huh, huh-huh

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at January 26, 2024 05:39 AM (WsTvr)

53 Including the president of Blizzard, which is part of Activision, which Microsoft owns.

-------------

And all this time I thought Blizzard was a part of Dairy Queen.

Posted by: ShainS -- Civil War 2: 10th Amendment Revolution Boogaloo at January 26, 2024 05:41 AM (/z9fK)

54 Plinth block and shoe molding are finally finished.

Just in time for the events in Texas to fan the flames of freedom.
Posted by: Village Idiot's

Weaponized plinth block? Does it have the thing that goes up?

Posted by: Bruce at January 26, 2024 05:29 AM (vd8XM)

----------------

With the chainsaw attachment?

Posted by: ShainS -- Civil War 2: 10th Amendment Revolution Boogaloo at January 26, 2024 05:42 AM (/z9fK)

55 First time I have ever been up and awake for a tech post.

I have a minor in and out surgery this morning. I'm a bit nervous about it but the worst part is Uggg, no coffee allowed. Actually no nothing is allowed. Except for showers. They want lots of showering before I show up.

Seems ridiculous so I just took one which I would have done anyway cuz I'm not an animal.

Last time I had an outpatient procedure would have been in 93 ish and there was no mention of showering multiple times before I showed up. They must have had some real stinkers show up so they decided to tell you to take multiple showers thinking those that don't shower daily would at least take one.

Posted by: Ethan Saunders at January 26, 2024 05:45 AM (Bn4BP)

56
@TheBabylonBee
Laid-Off LA Times Reporter Sits On Street Corner With Sign Reading 'Will Call You Racist For Food'

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 26, 2024 05:45 AM (nIvob)

57 Taylor Swift? Lol, who cares? Wake me when they're risque images of Charlotte McKinney.

Posted by: Son of Dad at January 26, 2024 05:45 AM (8JB5s)

58 TN police officers delivers firewood to people without heat:

http://tinyurl.com/23nhpu5e

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2024 05:47 AM (PDOO0)

59
"Put Me In Coach"

Crocodiles from all over the world are asking Governor Abbott to add them into the water near the Texas border.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 26, 2024 05:48 AM (nIvob)

60 Every news story is improved by adding "on Russian prostitutes".

Try it some time. It's fun.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 26, 2024 04:40 AM (9UlRk)

---------------

* Goes to MSLSD.com and top headline; deploys meme *

"Trump's 3 minutes of testimony in E. Jean Carroll proved Judge Lewis Kaplan has total control on Russian prostitutes"

* Goes to Clinton News Network and top headline; deploys meme *

"Trump is already flexing strongman power in the GOP on Russian prostitutes"

LMAO -- it works. Brilliant!

Posted by: ShainS -- Civil War 2: 10th Amendment Revolution Boogaloo at January 26, 2024 05:52 AM (/z9fK)

61 Good morning morons

Local TV news is reporting Oakland's largest private employer, Kaiser Permanente, issued a memo directing employees at its headquarters not to leave the building for lunch, and to have food delivered or brought from home because the streets are too dangerous.

Local merchants are up in arms about it. Why won't Kaiser employees continue offering themselves as victims?? H8ers!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 26, 2024 05:53 AM (RIvkX)

62 Kaiser Temporariente

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 26, 2024 05:54 AM (9UlRk)

63 Why don't fish like computers?

They're scared of the net!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2024 05:54 AM (PDOO0)

64
"Trump is already flexing strongman power in the GOP on Russian prostitutes"

LMAO -- it works. Brilliant!
Posted by: ShainS

You can thank and pay us later..

Posted by: Russian Love Ladies by way of Miklos at January 26, 2024 05:57 AM (S1Xkm)

65 That doesn't even make sense.... the streets are too dangerous to go out... so pay some other poor bastard to brave no man's land for you?

Wtf

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 26, 2024 05:57 AM (9UlRk)

66 Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 26, 2024 05:45 AM (nIvob)

Thanks for the laugh!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2024 05:58 AM (PDOO0)

67 Local TV news reports the Mayor, DA, Sheriff, and Chief of Police held a "safety town hall" in the Tenderloin last night, where they answered written questions, and insisted "crime is down!"

And rain makes applesauce.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 26, 2024 05:59 AM (RIvkX)

68 Local TV news asks "IS homelessness getting worse in the Bay area?"

*blinks*

No. Everything is fine, citizen.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 26, 2024 06:01 AM (RIvkX)

69 Local TV news reports State Pervert-in-Chief Scott Weiner has proposed legislation mandating technology that would limit car speeds to 10 mph over posted speed limit.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 26, 2024 06:04 AM (RIvkX)

70 We have Thai take out at 4 AM here, although not a Big City.

Waffle House People know people.
Darleen got off at 4.

Too much broccoli, in my opinion.

Now Darleen and I are in a kind of under cover competition, which Darleen will win, she always does.

Posted by: Small Town Miklos at January 26, 2024 06:05 AM (S1Xkm)

71 hiya

Posted by: JT at January 26, 2024 06:07 AM (T4tVD)

72 It's like some kind of dystopian sci fi novel, where a whole underclass of rough rebellious delivery drivers brave the hordes of mutants and zombies, honing their combat skills and situational awareness over a lifetime, just so all the fat, rich, wobbly perverts on the fifth floor and up (i do too read the content!) can get a greasy bag full of shitty soylent burgers without having to waddle out into the hot zone and waste precious minutes not sitting in their shitty cubicle pretending they're actually clever enough to find new ways to launder money, sweating and burping and up-talking their way through a zoom call with fifty people who are all muted and off camera because they're playing with their fucking cats and not paying a second's attention to Fatty McSixfigure once again say the same fucking thing for the eighth time in as many minutes.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 26, 2024 06:07 AM (9UlRk)

73
The toughest part of the next few days is deciding appropriate apparel to wear to a Civil Reenactment Event.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 26, 2024 06:08 AM (nIvob)

74 36

None of those caught my interest at the time but I will give them a look.

(Thanks or curses as needed but never known)

Posted by: rednotgreen at January 26, 2024 06:09 AM (RCAte)

75 hiya
Posted by: JT

Authentic.

Posted by: the Land o Lakes maiden at January 26, 2024 06:09 AM (S1Xkm)

76 David French wants us to know that he is sorry if he contributed to the anger which resulted in the election of Donald Trump and MAGA because he has finally realized it will never be 2004 again.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 26, 2024 06:11 AM (2ovLw)

77 The toughest part of the next few days is deciding appropriate apparel to wear to a Civil Reenactment Event.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

easy

Posted by: Democrat George Wallace suit, tie and shoes at January 26, 2024 06:11 AM (S1Xkm)

78 Radiant TV- Worshipping God through scripture and song and scenery:

http://tinyurl.com/45dt9d9h

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2024 06:12 AM (kqIHz)

79 55 First time I have ever been up and awake for a tech post.

I have a minor in and out surgery this morning

You should be more careful not to slip and fall...

Posted by: rednotgreen at January 26, 2024 06:12 AM (RCAte)

80 My GPS is never in disagreement with what the posted speed is.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 26, 2024 06:13 AM (2ovLw)

81 It's like some kind of dystopian sci fi novel….

Warai-otoko, have you been visiting my office? Next time come over and say hi, I’ll treat you to Applebee’s!

Posted by: Gouverneur Morris at January 26, 2024 06:15 AM (J8OCH)

82 72 It's like some kind of dystopian sci fi novel, where a whole underclass of rough rebellious delivery drivers brave the hordes of mutants and zombies, honing their combat skills and situational awareness over a lifetime, just so all the fat, rich, wobbly perverts on the fifth floor and up (i do too read the content!) can get a greasy bag full of shitty soylent burgers without having to waddle out into the hot zone and waste precious minutes not sitting in their shitty cubicle pretending they're actually clever enough to find new ways to launder money, sweating and burping and up-talking their way through a zoom call with fifty people who are all muted and off camera because they're playing with their fucking cats and not paying a second's attention to Fatty McSixfigure once again say the same fucking thing for the eighth time in as many minutes.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 26, 2024 06:07 AM (9UlRk)

====

Mmmm. Soylent.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 26, 2024 06:16 AM (RIvkX)

83 It's Friday, it's Friday! Happy, happy Friday!

*twirl*

Posted by: Rosasharn at January 26, 2024 06:17 AM (PzBTm)

84 From the NYPost:

"Another attendee, who wore a wig and glasses to remain “incognito,” pulled a hot dog out of a bag labelled ‘Nathans’ and began to wave it around at the panel."

......

Why even bother writing the rest of the article? Seriously.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 26, 2024 06:18 AM (9UlRk)

85 The toughest part of the next few days is deciding appropriate apparel to wear to a Civil Reenactment Event.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

********

Might I suggest the tight blue pants with the gray sports jacket? And the buttons made of pearls? Yeah, yeah!

Posted by: Muldoon at January 26, 2024 06:18 AM (991eG)

86 Keep 'em comin' Fen !

Posted by: JT at January 26, 2024 06:18 AM (T4tVD)

87 Oh, and good morning y'all

Posted by: Muldoon at January 26, 2024 06:19 AM (991eG)

88 Maybe some people could extend some grace to Some people in the states which didn't sign onto Abbots's declaration, instead of of saying "Let those Northern and Western bastards freeze in the dark. " ( Quote from ONT)"Those of us posting here except for the trolls didn't vote for the ignorant policies of the left- either because some people were never Democrats or at some point years wised up. I support Abbot's declaration and will probably put a sign up later saying so.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2024 06:19 AM (kqIHz)

89 Kids these days with their fancy AI generated sexually explicit pictures of Taylor Swift. Why, back in my day we didn't even have PhotoShop yet!

Posted by: Codger at January 26, 2024 06:23 AM (SYTee)

90 Hiya Muldoon !

Posted by: JT at January 26, 2024 06:23 AM (T4tVD)

91 mornin yall. It's Russian Prostitute Day.

Posted by: fd at January 26, 2024 06:26 AM (vFG9F)

92 'Sup JT?

Posted by: Muldoon at January 26, 2024 06:27 AM (991eG)

93 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at January 26, 2024 06:27 AM (NBVIP)

94 Minimizing expectations decreases your chance of being disappointed.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 26, 2024 06:28 AM (991eG)

95 Trying is the first step toward failing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 26, 2024 06:29 AM (RIvkX)

96 I had a very nice experience yesterday. I had to go to the police department after having an accident and needing to get a report. The accident wasn't fun and I would prefer to go other places than the police department, but the clerk was very nice. Anyway, I met a man in his 80's there whose wife had an accident. Fortunately, thanks be to God, she's ok. Anyway, turns out he had gone to seminary and got his doctorate. He didn't end up teaching but he opened a construction business. He had, however written a book about Jesus and Mary. Anyway, he was a really interesting nice man and I'm thankful that I met him. I call that a "God incidence" rather than s coincidence and I plan to get his book

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2024 06:29 AM (WzZnf)

97 A white sport coat and a pink carnation.

Posted by: I'm all dressed up for the dance at January 26, 2024 06:30 AM (NBVIP)

98
Indecision.

Posted by: Is the key to flexibility. at January 26, 2024 06:32 AM (NBVIP)

99 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering at January 26, 2024 06:27 AM (NBVIP)

Dark.

And WET !!!

Posted by: JT at January 26, 2024 06:35 AM (T4tVD)

100 Texas and Liberty!

Posted by: Eromero at January 26, 2024 06:36 AM (JTuy1)

101 67.5 degrees in the back yard.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 26, 2024 06:36 AM (hH3Px)

102 There are streets in NOLA that flood after every predictable rain.

Posted by: Miklos,

*******

Miklos! How are you doing!?

We used too sit out on the front porch of our shotgun duplex and watch the bodies float by on Jena Street

Posted by: Muldoon at January 26, 2024 06:37 AM (991eG)

103 Dark.

And WET !!!
Posted by: JT at January 26, 2024 06:35 AM

Same here. Dark, rainy day.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 26, 2024 06:37 AM (Wnv9h)

104 We hit a high of 79.3 yesterday.

Back to using the A/C

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 26, 2024 06:37 AM (hH3Px)

105 Well it's the 26th. Does anyone think FJB may have filled his Depends over Texas by now?
Posted by: Ciampino - shame losing ..... at January 26, 2024 04:13 AM (qfLjt)

----------------------

You're assuming Joe knows where TX is, these days.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at January 26, 2024 06:37 AM (tT6L1)

106 Good morning.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at January 26, 2024 06:39 AM (tT6L1)

107 "You're assuming Joe knows where TX is, these days."

Does Joe even know where Joe is, these days?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 26, 2024 06:40 AM (hH3Px)

108 A white sport coat and a pink carnation.
Posted by: I'm all dressed up for the dance at January 26, 2024 06:30 AM (NBVIP)

Written and performed by Marty Robbins.

Posted by: JT at January 26, 2024 06:40 AM (T4tVD)

109 G'morning, Blake.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 26, 2024 06:40 AM (hH3Px)

110 Why, back in my day we didn't even have PhotoShop yet!
Posted by: Codger

********

Pffft! Luxury! All we had was a dried out Sharpy marker and a boys' room cubicle wall!

Posted by: Muldoon at January 26, 2024 06:40 AM (991eG)

111 He also wrote Devil Woman...

I told Mary about us
I told her about our great sin
Mary cried and forgave me
then she beat me with a rolling pin

Posted by: JT at January 26, 2024 06:42 AM (T4tVD)

112 TX is telling the feds where to get off, yet Joe is giving campaign word salad, I mean, speeches, in Wisconsin.

Seems....odd.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at January 26, 2024 06:43 AM (tT6L1)

113 re Texas, The Powers That Be rarely like being told they aren't as great as they believe. Interesting times.

Posted by: davidt at January 26, 2024 06:43 AM (SYTee)

114 Morning, VIA. Hope all is well on your end of the country.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at January 26, 2024 06:44 AM (tT6L1)

115 Prayer request

My former running mate, "P" is having a pacemaker installed today. If you could pray for the medical staff and for a successful operation and recovery it would be much appreciated. Thanks so much!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2024 06:44 AM (WzZnf)

116 So now instead of Powerslap splashed all over Rumble, its Dave Portnoy and pizza grease.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 26, 2024 06:44 AM (RIvkX)

117 You're assuming Joe knows where TX is, these days.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at January 26, 2024 06:37 AM (tT6L1)
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Maybe he'll "campaign" down in TX by accident...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 26, 2024 06:45 AM (BpYfr)

118 Done, Fen.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at January 26, 2024 06:46 AM (tT6L1)

119 Blake...doing well.

Higher temps, and fog this morning.

Possibly record high later today.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 26, 2024 06:47 AM (hH3Px)

120 Okay Fen !

Posted by: JT at January 26, 2024 06:48 AM (T4tVD)

121 How is Mrs. VIA recovering?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 26, 2024 06:48 AM (RIvkX)

122 VIA, not the best morning to put out to sea.

Posted by: Eromero at January 26, 2024 06:49 AM (JTuy1)

123 "How is Mrs. VIA recovering?"

Tooth extraction went flawlessly, and recovery is textbook perfect so far.

So glad we finally have a family dentist identified here.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 26, 2024 06:50 AM (hH3Px)

124 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 26, 2024 06:50 AM (u82oZ)

125
Don't mess with Texas 🤠 !

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 26, 2024 06:52 AM (nIvob)

126 "not the best morning to put out to sea."

True.

I think I'll just sit here and spend time with the Horde.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 26, 2024 06:52 AM (hH3Px)

127 Salty!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 26, 2024 06:52 AM (hH3Px)

128 A restaurant owner in Oakland had his establishment broken into by a car ramming the doors and windows. Thousands of dollars damage. And who sends him a bill to put up plywood to cover the hole, the city of Oakland of course. Whats a few more thousand dollars. He would I think like to leave the city, for some reason.

Posted by: colin at January 26, 2024 06:53 AM (/z/eU)

129 Salty, I've always wondered, does smiling make you happy or does being happy make you smile?

And do cheese puns and limericks strike fear in anybody's hearts? 'Cause that all I've got in my arsenal.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 26, 2024 06:54 AM (991eG)

130 I think I’m clocked in and better get to work

Posted by: Eromero at January 26, 2024 06:55 AM (JTuy1)

131 Rosasharn

Huzzah! She is twirling!

Oh wondrous day.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 26, 2024 06:55 AM (u82oZ)

132 Dig postponed until spring. Spring was not fully defined, so I'm guessing mid-July.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 26, 2024 06:57 AM (991eG)

133 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

Warm. Over freezing. And the third day of heavy fog.

Now I just wish white cars would turn on their headlights.

Usually it is the black cars in the dark with no headlights. But I can see them in the fog.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 26, 2024 06:57 AM (u82oZ)

134 Everything is going swimmingly!

Specially in the Navy/Marine Corp world

http://tinyurl.com/bdhdz4cw

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 26, 2024 06:57 AM (hH3Px)

135 FenelonSpoke

Glad you were able to find the silver lining. I trust you were not hurt.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 26, 2024 06:59 AM (u82oZ)

136 "not the best morning to put out to sea."

It's angry today my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at January 26, 2024 06:59 AM (NBVIP)

137 Dig postponed until spring. Spring was not fully defined, so I'm guessing mid-July.
Posted by: Muldoon at January 26, 2024 06:57 AM (991eG)
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Of this year or next?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at January 26, 2024 07:00 AM (tT6L1)

138 {{{Rosasharn}}}

Please excuse the omission. You make Friday morning a happy place with your twirling.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 26, 2024 07:00 AM (u82oZ)

139 Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 26, 2024 06:59 AM (u82oZ)

Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2024 07:00 AM (WzZnf)

140 Everything is going swimmingly!

Specially in the Navy/Marine Corp world

http://tinyurl.com/bdhdz4cw
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 26, 2024 06:57 AM (hH3Px)

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"Swimmingly" in the context of Marines not being able to deploy an MEU amuses me.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at January 26, 2024 07:01 AM (tT6L1)

141 Mmmmm... cheese curds.

Posted by: With bacon at January 26, 2024 07:01 AM (NBVIP)

142 Bidenomics, baby! Just make the numbers look good. Or make them easier for the press to make them look good.

So the next time you read something like this from the imposter in the White House...

Today we learned that our economy grew 3.1% last year – all while adding another 2.7 million jobs and with core inflation moving back down towards the pre-pandemic benchmark.

That means wages, wealth, and employment are now higher now than they were before the pandemic. https://t.co/SOPzcJn1Of

— President Biden (@POTUS) January 25, 2024
... respond that today we also learned that our debt grew by $2.581 trillion last year. This means that every dollar in GDP growth cost $1.69 in new debt, and also means that every new job cost futures generations of Americans $957,100.48.

Oh, and before we forget, a reminder that all US jobs created since 2019... have gone to foreign born workers.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 26, 2024 07:02 AM (2ovLw)

143 Of this year or next?
Posted by: blake

*******

Oh crap, I forgot to have them specify. Those are the type of details that will come around to bite you.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 26, 2024 07:02 AM (991eG)

144 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Why would anyone put to sea given the current leadership? Crew cohesion is gone. Spare parts are hard to find. You are underway a lot. Well, the last part is OK.

And the missions. I hang my head when considering the strategic and operational failures.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 26, 2024 07:03 AM (u82oZ)

145 Posted by: Muldoon

Cheese or cheesy puns and limericks make us smile and laughs and that helps lift our spirits. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2024 07:03 AM (WzZnf)

146 Muldoon

Good luck with your quest.

Can you hire Mexicans to dig, and have a drone to capture all the details?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 26, 2024 07:04 AM (u82oZ)

147 Sorry about the delay in the dig, Muldoon.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2024 07:04 AM (WzZnf)

148

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at January 26, 2024 07:05 AM (X4yCj)

149 I'm not going to give shit to the sanctuary states. It's a difference of views. Like with everything else. All I want is to let y'all be your own country/s. Yes - that means your Communist states will freeze in the dark. But that's your thing. Just don't make it my thing, please.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 26, 2024 07:05 AM (0FoWg)

150 @Cat Ass Trophy...you think the Junta laughs at their stenographers in the press who uncritically publish the lies of the Administration?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at January 26, 2024 07:06 AM (tT6L1)

151 The digging is the hardest part.

Posted by: No, wait at January 26, 2024 07:06 AM (NBVIP)

152 Muldoon

I smile because I have a song in my heart. Even if the kids strongly request "No singing!"

And you, good sir, are a National Treasure. You lift my spirits with your off-the cuff talent for poetry. You bring a smile to me.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 26, 2024 07:06 AM (u82oZ)

153 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 26, 2024 07:05 AM (0FoWg

I don't want to be my own country with other blue states and I never voted for our current D. Governor.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2024 07:07 AM (WzZnf)

154 Hillary Clinton

Ah, one of the Great Old Ones has arrived.

No one gets a saving throw for sanity.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 26, 2024 07:07 AM (u82oZ)

155 Can you hire Mexicans to dig, and have a drone to capture all the details?
Posted by: NaCly Dog

*******

I joke about digging it up myself, but it is in the hands of the 'experts' now so I would never do that. I am thinking of joining the current property owner in starting a vegetable garden and setting my Roto-Tiller at shallow grave depth.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 26, 2024 07:09 AM (991eG)

156 I don't want to be my own country with other blue states and I never voted for our current D. Governor.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2024 07:07 AM (WzZnf)

I don't want to be a country with blue states either. That's my whole point. I want free of them.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 26, 2024 07:09 AM (0FoWg)

157 Ohmigosh Haley pulled out the "Underestimate me, that will be fun" line again.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 26, 2024 07:11 AM (2ovLw)

158 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 26, 2024 07:09 AM (0FoWg)

I got your point.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2024 07:12 AM (WzZnf)

159 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 26, 2024 07:09 AM (0FoWg)

I got your point.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2024 07:12 AM (WzZnf)

160 Sorry; Phone acting up.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2024 07:12 AM (WzZnf)

161 I don't think they laugh at the press. I think the messaging is coordinated.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 26, 2024 07:12 AM (2ovLw)

162
The Economy:

Stopped by a local takeout pizza and sandwich shop the other day and had a nice conversation with the owner. His shop is across the street from a small college. He *used* to employ between 30 and 35 workers. He's now down to around half a dozen. His prices are fair, the food is amazing.

Something is happening and I don't know what it is, Mr Jones.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 26, 2024 07:15 AM (nIvob)

163 Hi {{{Salty}}}! Haven't seen you for a bit. Hope all is well with you and yours!

Posted by: Rosasharn at January 26, 2024 07:18 AM (PzBTm)

164 Thanks for the prayers for my friend, folks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2024 07:18 AM (WzZnf)

165 Good morning all! Happy Friday!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at January 26, 2024 07:19 AM (iF0sF)

166 Ohmigosh Haley pulled out the "Underestimate me, that will be fun" line again.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

*******

I got one from her yesterday that said, "Trump said if you support me that he will ban you from MAGA forever. Don't let him get away with that"

I am not sure she understands the target demographic.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 26, 2024 07:20 AM (991eG)

167 Time for work preps.

Have a wonderful day, everyone.

We are in the midst of great times. Rest assured the historians will get it all wrong. But you can tell your children the real story.

America lives in our heart.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 26, 2024 07:20 AM (u82oZ)

168 Jewells!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at January 26, 2024 07:20 AM (tT6L1)

169
Puppies run out for half an hour. Puppies brought back in and fed. Puppies run out for another 20 minutes. Puppies brought back in. Puppies run out a third time because they were killing each other. Puppies brought back in and finally asleep.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 26, 2024 07:20 AM (MoZTd)

170 More investigation of antisemitism at U Penn and targeting of a conservative Jewish professor.. Legal Insurrection site:

http://tinyurl.com/54r9uhsp

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2024 07:22 AM (WzZnf)

171 The digging is the hardest part.
Posted by: No, wait

*******

ISWYDT

Posted by: Muldoon at January 26, 2024 07:22 AM (991eG)

172 Mitch McConnell is looking pretty moribund lately. Have they already embalmed him?

Posted by: fd at January 26, 2024 07:24 AM (vFG9F)

173 Be safe, Salty!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 26, 2024 07:25 AM (hH3Px)

174
I suspect the 'boomers' removing themselves from the workforce is having a huge effect on businesses. Where I used to see 15 'associates' at Lowe's - most of them with some grey hair, I now see 5 people and no grey hair. The two or three people behind the "Customer Service' counter are now gone. Different zones of the store where you would bump into some employee, they're no longer there. Four cashiers are now replaced by four self-service checkouts with one person overseeing.

I just think that people are tapped out financially. The customer parking lot is almost empty on every trip.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 26, 2024 07:27 AM (nIvob)

175 Puppies run out a third time because they were killing each other

I wish you and your puppies and Her Majesty well, but the sentence made me laugh. Maybe puppies and that many are meant for younger people, but it was a sad situation and wasn't one you chose. it sounds like you're doing a great job. Also, "Puppies run in , puppies run out" sounds like a great title for a book for kids. You could have pictures of the adorable puppies too

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2024 07:28 AM (7MNsI)

176 Mornin' Horde. Another gray and rainy day here today and tomorrow, but at least it's not icy. Sunday it should be nice enough to get out on the trail and get some mud on my shoes.

Posted by: screaming in digital at January 26, 2024 07:28 AM (i671v)

177
*hic*

Sorry,, I was out all night drinking with Hillary

Posted by: Jimmy Carter at January 26, 2024 07:28 AM (X4yCj)

178 A friend of mine is a self described "Apple" man.

He says he bruises on the inside.

2 glazed doughnuts warmed over.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 26, 2024 07:28 AM (EvkyC)

179 Saw a great comment over at Insty, the gist of which was: "Joe has brought us to the brink of WWIII and Civil War, which is what the left said would happen under Trump."

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(tT6L1) at January 26, 2024 07:29 AM (tT6L1)

180 I've tried this Stable Diffusion thing: "centaur, silhouette, red background" gave me a silhouette of a man sitting on horseback. Two more tries with different wording gave about the same. Finally I simply prompted with "centaur."

It gave me a horse with a bridle standing in a forest.

I don't think this thing is ready for prime time.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 26, 2024 07:30 AM (J2vNu)

181 I don't think this thing is ready for prime time.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

*******

Was the horse at least in the centaur of the page?

Posted by: Muldoon at January 26, 2024 07:34 AM (991eG)

182 So Little VIA's 12 week old puppy has decided that he wants to now poop on the floor instead of going out, like he has been doing.

I told him it takes time, and love to work through this.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 26, 2024 07:34 AM (hH3Px)

183 Maybe the book could be a rhyming one like Dr. Suess: "Puppies run in, puppies run out. They make me want to give a shout."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2024 07:35 AM (zx+RU)

184
However, the spokesperson for the fire department has offered a preliminary explanation, stating, "The fire at Gandhi Hospital is related to the exterior of the building."

Look at the photograph and short video. Apparently Baghdad Bob is now working for Iran. That place is gone.

https://t.ly/162Vc

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 26, 2024 07:37 AM (nIvob)

185 Morning peeps

Looks like a reprieve from the rain today, but no sun.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 26, 2024 07:37 AM (Q4IgG)

186 @180 - "centaur, silhouette, red background"

John has a long mustache.

The chair is against the wall.

The Ka-Boom is covered in Valu-Rite.

Moar covfefe.

Posted by: MATT DAMON, Martian at January 26, 2024 07:37 AM (T+Iwg)

187 So Little VIA's 12 week old puppy has decided that he wants to now poop on the floor instead of going out, like he has been doing.

*******

There are lots of videos on youtube about house breaking puppies. Have the puppy watch a few of those.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 26, 2024 07:37 AM (991eG)

188 Dammit - OFF old sock!!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 26, 2024 07:38 AM (T+Iwg)

189 A friend of mine is a self described "Apple" man.

********

Superficially appealing?

Posted by: Muldoon at January 26, 2024 07:39 AM (991eG)

190 "Have the puppy watch a few of those."

He's too busy playing video games right now.

And chewing stuff.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 26, 2024 07:40 AM (hH3Px)

191 "A friend of mine is a self described "Apple" man"

Sounds Gala.

Posted by: fd at January 26, 2024 07:42 AM (vFG9F)

192 During the recent Arctic Blast the cats were inside a lot. I put one of those "fish tank screen savers" on the TV for them to look at one day.

They were amused for about 5 minutes. Maybe less.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 26, 2024 07:43 AM (Q4IgG)

193
So Little VIA's 12 week old puppy has decided that he wants to now poop on the floor instead of going out, like he has been doing.

I told him it takes time, and love to work through this.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 26, 2024 07:34 AM (hH3Px)

Yes, it takes time and care. The rule of thumb is that they can hold it for one hour for every month of age. Sometimes it seems like all we do with our two-month-olds is run them in and out.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 26, 2024 07:49 AM (MoZTd)

194 "Yes, it takes time and care. The rule of thumb is that they can hold it for one hour for every month of age. "

Thanks.

I'll pass that on.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 26, 2024 07:52 AM (hH3Px)

195 New Biden statement: “Don’t mess with the women of America unless you want to get the benefit!”

I guess he meansFani’s boyfriend is getting the benefit?

Posted by: Ian S. at January 26, 2024 07:59 AM (y6BNc)

196 Le NOOD!!

It be here!!!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 26, 2024 08:00 AM (hH3Px)

197 now I have ☕

Posted by: Don Black at January 26, 2024 08:00 AM (geLO8)

198 Democrats are setting this up: They'll (1) Blame Trump for the border, then (2) pretend to come up with a solution before the election (but won't really)

Posted by: Tom C at January 26, 2024 10:01 AM (wV7ux)

199 199

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