Daily Tech News 15 November 2024

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The EU has fined Facebook 800 million euros for making the Facebook Marketplace part of Facebook. (Ars Technica)

Even Ars Technica knows this shit is coming to an end:
In the past five years, EU regulators have also passed a landmark piece of legislation–the Digital Markets Act–with the aim to slow down dominant tech players and boost the local tech industry.
There is no local tech industry.
However, some observers expect the new commission, which is set to start a new 5-year term in weeks, to strike a more conciliatory tone over fears of retaliation from the incoming Trump administration.
There are going to be so many tariffs. Beautiful tarriffs. You've never seen tariffs like them.

Tech News

Google has a new AI tool that alerts you when a caller is trying to scam you out of your money. (Google)

I thought they already announced that.
UK phone company O2 has an AI tool that answers scam phone calls for you and pretends to have Alzheimer's until the scammers quit in despair. (O2)

That's more like it.
Intel's integrated graphics in its Lunar Lake laptop chips are... Pretty good actually. (Tom's Hardware)

This review puts Intel narrowly ahead of AMD here. AMD begs to differ but I'll take the independent benchmarks over corporate ones

Both processors averaged around 30W in the test, which is quite reasonable.

On the CPU side of things there is no competition though with AMD being around 75% faster.

Holocure 0.7 Trailer Video of the Day

Holocure 0.7 is out today.

This is a Hololive-related game as the name would suggest, but unofficial, fan-made, and completely free. (Hololive is perfectly happy with that although technically they own the IP.)

And it's good.

It's basically a Vampire Survivors clone where you battle swarms of annoying fans as one of - hang on - 47 playable characters, all with unique weapons and skills, and a crazy number of upgrades that switch around randomly between games.

It's also starting to be a Stardew Valley clone with home-building, farming, fishing, and mining (and slave labour), and apparently now a Jump King clone, and has a casino where you can bribe the dealer, and I don't know what else. The Jump King sub-game isn't even in the trailer; Calliope Mori (of Hyte Y40 Limited Edition PC case fame) got early access (since she's in the game) and stumbled across it.

Small problem for the team working on the game is that Hololive is adding new talents faster than they can be added to the game. There are two EN generations and four JP generations yet to be added, with the latest group appearing only a week ago.

Disclaimer: Flow Glow or not Flow Glow...

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 G'morning Pixy, G'morning Horde.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 15, 2024 04:00 AM (O7YUW)

2 First?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 15, 2024 04:00 AM (omVj0)

3 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 15, 2024 04:01 AM (hoCmQ)

4 A micrometer off!

Evening and morning, early risers and late toilers. 'Tis Friday, the consummation devoutly to be wished.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 15, 2024 04:01 AM (omVj0)

5 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at November 15, 2024 04:02 AM (fwDg9)

6 Morning all!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 15, 2024 04:03 AM (BLOW1)

7 And now I must kick myself into working out, or enable my laziness by telling myself I'll need to walk close to a mile round trip this afternoon on a personal errand and do a work errand on the way.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 15, 2024 04:05 AM (omVj0)

8 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 15, 2024 04:05 AM (jrKun)

9 Time for sleep. I need to be up in 5 hrs for my next meds.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 15, 2024 04:06 AM (ynpvh)

10 "UK phone company O2 has an AI tool that answers scam phone calls for you and pretends to have Alzheimer's until the scammers quit in despair. (O2)"

Yeah, you'd just have to program it to say "What?" and "I don't understand" and "Where's the tea?" - who'd know the difference?

Posted by: Zaphod Beeblebrox at November 15, 2024 04:07 AM (O7YUW)

11 10 "UK phone company O2 has an AI tool that answers scam phone calls for you and pretends to have Alzheimer's until the scammers quit in despair. (O2)"

Yeah, you'd just have to program it to say "What?" and "I don't understand" and "Where's the tea?" - who'd know the difference?
Posted by: Zaphod Beeblebrox at November 15, 2024

***
AI: "I'm an AI-generated voice clone, totally incapable of emotion. At least I don't need to count carbs, or have a drinking problem."

Live Human: "Touche."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 15, 2024 04:08 AM (omVj0)

12 Stirling catch the moth yet, Wolfus?

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 15, 2024 04:10 AM (hoCmQ)

13 From the ONT: Funny, Wolfus!

Mom had a cat, what *loved* to hunt zee bugz... especially anything on the ceiling! Cat would dial-in on moth, spider, whatever, and one of us kids would lift her up for the kill. Fun!
Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2024

***
Amazing, how the little furry footstools turn into Seal Team Six commandos with tails the moment prey appears.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 15, 2024 04:11 AM (omVj0)

14 Stirling catch the moth yet, Wolfus?
Posted by: olddog in mo at November 15, 2024

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I don't know, but the odds are pretty good on the moth's side. He can fly up where they can't reach him.

Stirling has been an insect hunter since his kitten days. More than once a wasp got in here and he spotted it before I did. I'd kill it and give him a treat.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 15, 2024 04:12 AM (omVj0)

15 Hey, Pixy...Thanks for tech thread!

The Alzheimer's AI phone thing sounds like *something wonderful*

Love the idea of wasting the scammers' time!!!

Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2024 04:16 AM (njWTi)

16 Intel's integrated graphics being better than AMD's:

Congratulations Intel, you've reached the "Chrysler" point in your devolution. "Fine Corinthian Leather!"

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 15, 2024 04:17 AM (O7YUW)

17 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at November 15, 2024 04:18 AM (dg+HA)

18 We had a dog what loved to *eat* any of the flying, stinging things. Wasps, hornets...

She loved my truck, too-- which would nearly always have a wasp or two in the cab, in summer. Doggo was a blessing! Miss her.

Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2024 04:20 AM (njWTi)

19 Scam phone calls? Caller ID. If I don't recognize it I don't pick up. If it's important they can leave a voice mail and number.
Does Europe have caller ID and voice mail?
I did use to troll the scammers from India when I was bored but I don't bother any longer.

Posted by: Ciampino - short & sweet at November 15, 2024 04:20 AM (i0xsb)

20 @15/JQ:

Finally something where an LLM can perform at its expected level of accuracy and achieve decent results!

Also reminded me of this:
https://youtu.be/LU6U2B4VBqQ

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 15, 2024 04:21 AM (O7YUW)

21 Good morning, good people from the Frigidacks. Nighttime temps are below freezing but days are into the high 40's & 50's yet. Can't decide, I suspect..

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 15, 2024 04:22 AM (hKoQL)

22
Google's scam detection AI had better include recognition of an Indian accent.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 15, 2024 04:24 AM (lCaJd)

23
Kind of tech news-related, I had the flu shot. I doubt everything now. I wonder if it will make any difference good or bad, except to make my arm sore (bad).

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 15, 2024 04:27 AM (lCaJd)

24 We have a Panasonic cordless set of phones, with answerer, for the landline. It has built-in call blocking that works very well (uh, once I switched it on... the default setting was off, grr)

Anyway, it's nice because hubby CANNOT manage to ignore "unknown" callers. He just HAS TO answer any call that rings through... and, sometimes, his mind isn't all there, iykwim... it's not good for him to talk with scammers!

Why do we keep landline?

Because: cell service is still *crap* in our area. Not enough bandwidth, especially if there's a Function at some venue nearby.

Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2024 04:29 AM (njWTi)

25 @19/Ciampino: "Scam phone calls? Caller ID. If I don't recognize it I don't pick up. If it's important they can leave a voice mail and number. "

This is the right way to handle incoming calls.

Caller ID spoofers are another thing I'm seeing. They'll use an inactive number in your area code and local exchange to make you think it's someone in your city trying to reach you, hoping you'll be more likely to answer.

The best one was when they accidentally sent the "Calling this #" field over to the "send this # as the caller-id string" field, so it looked like I was calling myself. Since I know better than to risk a temporal causality event, and since I follow the rule above, I told myself to talk to the machine and I'd better make it good. :-)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 15, 2024 04:37 AM (O7YUW)

26 Our phone blocks the calls with only City/State listed on caller ID. Yay!

Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2024 04:39 AM (njWTi)

27 Flys were quite the challenge for our cats long ago, not sure they ever did get 1. Crickets on the other hand got torn limb from limb.

Posted by: Skip at November 15, 2024 04:39 AM (fwDg9)

28 Lol, Skip.

When I lived in Hawaii, my cat would "play" with the geckos. Poor things. She would play until they had no legs or tail...

Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2024 04:43 AM (njWTi)

29 Decided not to work out this am and am having a short pipe with my second cup of coffee. A pipe has a wonderful, though mild, analgesic effect: The normal aches and pains of a morning wash away very smoothly.

I only wish I had a porch to sit on while smoking and sipping. Well, next year . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 15, 2024 04:47 AM (omVj0)

30 lys were quite the challenge for our cats long ago, not sure they ever did get 1. Crickets on the other hand got torn limb from limb.
Posted by: Skip at November 15, 2024

***
Crickets hold still long enough for the felines to pounce.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 15, 2024 04:48 AM (omVj0)

31 Just leave me a message.

https://youtu.be/JpqIbg0AQ7k

Posted by: George Costanza at November 15, 2024 04:49 AM (dg+HA)

32 @JQ: Panasonic builds some fantastic features into their landline/cordless handset phones. I've got a set, and I made sure to equip my elderly mother with them as well. (For her, it's a case of me wanting her to have one on her in case she takes a fall.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 15, 2024 04:49 AM (O7YUW)

33 >>There are going to be so many tariffs. Beautiful tarriffs. You've never seen tariffs like them.

Haha! Hahahahaha!

Posted by: m at November 15, 2024 04:51 AM (VnUSN)

34 @27/Skip: Set up training apparatus for your kitties:

https://is.gd/tYK0SA

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 15, 2024 04:53 AM (O7YUW)

35 Good morning! Gonna be a bright sunshiny day here in Cowtown with a high of about 73. I guess we're gonna go look at walk in tubs today. Bleh....

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 15, 2024 04:54 AM (3Ope8)

36 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 15, 2024 04:49 AM
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Yes, I'm impressed with these phones. The only thing missing, is "white list" capability. Maybe there's an upgrade by now?

Would be nice, except... all of hubby's appointments, and I don't want to *mistakenly* block any important calls.

Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2024 04:55 AM (njWTi)

37 Google Voice.

Posted by: It's a thing at November 15, 2024 04:56 AM (dg+HA)

38 . I guess we're gonna go look at walk in tubs today. Bleh....
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 15, 2024

***
When I buy my house, if it already has a modern shower with a plexiglas door, that will be a big selling point. Otherwise, I'd love to get one of the modern Jacuzzi remodel things that I see the ads for with a seat and a shelf in it. Of course I have no idea how much they cost. The moment I see the (no doubt $$$) price, I'll lose some enthusiasm.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 15, 2024 04:57 AM (omVj0)

39 I keep a landline for mostly security. Doesn't cost a lot, but Frontier has to add on all those charges that cells don't have. Like a fee to pay for the underprivileged, taxes and taxes and taxes. Frontier has a big reel of fiber parked in my back yard for something. But I have a local fiber service which works just fine. Frontier is owned by Verizon now I think. The Panasonic phone does have lots of features and answers all the spam.

Posted by: Colin at November 15, 2024 04:57 AM (wlQdF)

40 @13/Wolfus: Amazing, how the little furry footstools turn into Seal Team Six commandos with tails the moment prey appears.

Three cats sitting intently watching one spot (like the bottom of the refrigerator) tells you another mouse snuck into the house somewhere, and it's is about to have a very bad day when it makes a break for it.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 15, 2024 04:57 AM (O7YUW)

41 I guess we're gonna go look at walk in tubs today. Bleh....
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead
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Ugh. Not a fan of walk-in tubs. You get in, shut the little door & WAIT for it to fill. Bathe. Pull the plug & WAIT for it to empty, before exiting.

Meanwhile, shiver if it's cold in the room... Meh.

Why not go for a walk-in/roll-in shower?

Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2024 04:59 AM (njWTi)

42 Reasonably nice out
Long road today
Forward Dog 9 out

Posted by: Skip at November 15, 2024 05:00 AM (fwDg9)

43 Grandpa's ranch had a very old stone and wood grain store. It was auxiliary to new silos. G would leave rolls of tar paper atop the pile of grain. Mice would collect inside the tubes.

Let the mayhem begin.

We kids would each grab a mangy farm cat and carry them into the old store, one of us would grab a roll and shake out the mice. It's amazing how cats ricochet off walls and rafters.

Posted by: 13times at November 15, 2024 05:03 AM (O+DpG)

44
I guess we're gonna go look at walk in tubs today. Bleh....
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead

Thunderdome for bathers!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 15, 2024 05:05 AM (xG4kz)

45 Google Voice.
Posted by: It's a thing
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Because: SCREW gurgle. That's why.

Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2024 05:07 AM (njWTi)

46
Three cats sitting intently watching one spot (like the bottom of the refrigerator) tells you another mouse snuck into the house somewhere, and it's is about to have a very bad day when it makes a break for it.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

We are doing a "Digging in the Past" program in my Cub Scout den. This week they "invented" their own dinosaur using paper parts (glued to another piece of paper), markers and stickers.

Two of them included a flaming asteroid headed Earth's way in the scene. I remarked, "I see that your creature is about to have a really bad day."

"Yup!" was their gleeful response.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 15, 2024 05:12 AM (xG4kz)

47 G'morning, all!

52 degrees with a full bird bath.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 15, 2024 05:14 AM (a1415)

48 23 I had the flu shot. I doubt everything now.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 15, 2024 04:27 AM (lCaJd)

Look what they did to us.

Posted by: m at November 15, 2024 05:15 AM (VnUSN)

49 Got on the scale yesterday, and saw that since June, I have managed to misplace 41 pounds of....me!

Seems that just the walking and reducing carbs is a thing.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 15, 2024 05:17 AM (a1415)

50 @36/JQ: "The only thing missing, is "white list" capability. Maybe there's an upgrade by now?"

At one point I was considering setting up my own in-house PBX using the Asterisk software on a PC (needs line cards, one for the incoming line, one for the in-house extensions) to do exactly this and more (set of rules handles incoming calls.)

Known whitelisted caller? Check the current time and if it's in the allowable "put the call through" hours, ring the handsets and display the caller-id string, otherwise, send them to their personalized voicemail box.

Unknown caller? Straight to the automated attendant with the option to dial the extension of the person they're trying to reach (this is essentially a password so I could ring into my own home if I was calling from a payphone, and the call would be put through to the handsets with a customized caller-id string saying it's me, calling from a different number. Don't enter an extension? Off to voicemail you go.

Blacklisted number? (Known scammer/advertising spammer): You get this audio (and no way to leave a message):
https://is.gd/wCA7S3
(turn your audio down a lot for that one, it's loud.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 15, 2024 05:17 AM (O7YUW)

51 52 is our forecast high today, LOL.

Birdbath is 'retired' for the season.

Glad somebody is still getting nice weather!

Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2024 05:17 AM (njWTi)

52 It seems that my usual sources for tech news are triumphant about the apotheosis of Bluesky and the Fall of X.

I'd love to read something like ars technica was 25 years ago, or Hacker News 10 years ago, without having to deal with the people who don't want to hear about the virus but are pointedly not going to talk about the whole virus and the censorship thing at the same time.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at November 15, 2024 05:19 AM (gHSfI)

53 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 15, 2024 05:17 AM

Oh, LOL! Hahaha!

I'm too stupid to implement your idea, but I :heart: the audio message... LOL!

Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2024 05:21 AM (njWTi)

54 39 Frontier has a big reel of fiber parked in my back yard for something.
Posted by: Colin at November 15, 2024 04:57 AM (wlQdF)

Huh. Paying you rent for parking their big reel of fiber there?

Posted by: m at November 15, 2024 05:21 AM (VnUSN)

55 49 Got on the scale yesterday, and saw that since June, I have managed to misplace 41 pounds of....me!

Seems that just the walking and reducing carbs is a thing.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 15, 2024 05:17 AM (a1415)

Many congratulations!

Posted by: m at November 15, 2024 05:23 AM (VnUSN)

56 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at November 15, 2024 05:27 AM (86W+h)

57 52 It seems that my usual sources for tech news are triumphant about the apotheosis of Bluesky and the Fall of X.

I'd love to read something like ars technica was 25 years ago, or Hacker News 10 years ago, without having to deal with the people who don't want to hear about the virus but are pointedly not going to talk about the whole virus and the censorship thing at the same time.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at November 15, 2024 05:19 AM (gHSfI)

Hacker News, bluesky, reverse chronological list

https://tinyurl.com/54nnhpj3

Posted by: m at November 15, 2024 05:29 AM (VnUSN)

58 Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2024 04:59 AM (njWTi)

Because the wife wants a walk in, jacuzzi tub. I'd rather have NO tub and a rainfall shower with a diverter handle that will spray from opposing outlets, kinda alike a car wash. And a heated floor.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 15, 2024 05:32 AM (3Ope8)

59 Got on the scale yesterday, and saw that since June, I have managed to misplace 41 pounds of....me!

Man, I bet you feel so much better, too! Congratulations!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 15, 2024 05:33 AM (3Ope8)

60 I guess I should say "good morning," though it's a few hours until the sun comes up here. I'm up at the crack of dark to catch a plane for a much-needed vacation. I have several hours in planes and airports, followed by a couple hours of driving, to look forward to, so this is going to be one long-assed day. Be well, Horde.

Posted by: PabloD at November 15, 2024 05:34 AM (Y8i3x)

61 I would like to say that midnight visits from the kidney stone fairy are unpleasant.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 15, 2024 05:34 AM (ExV1e)

62 60 I guess I should say "good morning," though it's a few hours until the sun comes up here. I'm up at the crack of dark to catch a plane for a much-needed vacation. I have several hours in planes and airports, followed by a couple hours of driving, to look forward to, so this is going to be one long-assed day. Be well, Horde.
Posted by: PabloD at November 15, 2024 05:34 AM (Y8i3x)

Happy trails!

Posted by: m at November 15, 2024 05:37 AM (VnUSN)

63 UK Phone company with a device that mimics Alzheimers so scammers quit in despair. LOL

We already had something that detects scammers, because at least half of the calls I get say " scam likely". I just don't answer.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 15, 2024 05:38 AM (VxM7q)

64 Because the wife wants a walk in, jacuzzi tub. I'd rather have NO tub and a rainfall shower with a diverter handle that will spray from opposing outlets, kinda alike a car wash. And a heated floor.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead
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Walk-in tubs are "leaks, waiting to happen" IMO.

Hope you can talk her into a REAL tub, and some grab-bars, for security, and maybe get your 'car-wash' shower, too!

Best of luck! If you've gotta spend big-bux, make it count...

Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2024 05:38 AM (njWTi)

65 UK phone company O2 has an AI tool that answers scam phone calls for you and pretends to have Alzheimer's until the scammers quit in despair.

I want a variant on Letters of Marque and Reprisal handed out to companies that burn call centers to the ground with or without the scammers in the building at the time.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 15, 2024 05:38 AM (+4yJ5)

66 bluesky live user counter

https://bcounter.nat.vg

Posted by: m at November 15, 2024 05:39 AM (VnUSN)

67 @66/m: Soon they'll be to 20 million. Just like the votes that never existed in 2020.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 15, 2024 05:42 AM (O7YUW)

68 61 I would like to say that midnight visits from the kidney stone fairy are unpleasant.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 15, 2024 05:34 AM (ExV1e)

Hell yes. Sympathy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 15, 2024 05:46 AM (bss/y)

69 Bluesky looks like a good place if you want to point and laugh.

Posted by: fluffy at November 15, 2024 05:46 AM (86W+h)

70 I wonder how long the migration from X to Bluesky is going to last. I have a feeling that the enthusiasm is going to wane.

But the funny thing is that most of us just give a collective shrug and wave goodbye to the folks that are leaving.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 15, 2024 05:47 AM (+4yJ5)

71 66 bluesky live user counter

https://bcounter.nat.vg
Posted by: m at November 15, 2024 05:39 AM (VnUSN)

Why does this feel like bullshit? No change in rate. 5:47am? 6 users per second? I have not finished the first cup of coffee yet, but I am skeptical...

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 15, 2024 05:48 AM (bss/y)

72 @71/Aetius451AD: Exactly my thoughts.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 15, 2024 05:51 AM (O7YUW)

73 71 66 bluesky live user counter

https://bcounter.nat.vg
Posted by: m at November 15, 2024 05:39 AM (VnUSN)

Why does this feel like bullshit? No change in rate. 5:47am? 6 users per second? I have not finished the first cup of coffee yet, but I am skeptical...
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 15, 2024 05:48 AM (bss/y)

Me, too.

Posted by: m at November 15, 2024 05:52 AM (VnUSN)

74 "When I buy my house, if it already has a modern shower with a plexiglas door, that will be a big selling point. Otherwise, I'd love to get one of the modern Jacuzzi remodel things that I see the ads for with a seat and a shelf in it. Of course I have no idea how much they cost. The moment I see the (no doubt $$$) price, I'll lose some enthusiasm.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius"

They wanted $12k to do our upstairs shower and that was with me doing the paint and tile work. A full remodel could run 20-25k. That's why I did it myself . My calculus is, $4k for materials and I save $8k I can spend on cars. Never mind setting aside two weeks to get it done.

Posted by: fd at November 15, 2024 05:54 AM (vFG9F)

75 G'night, all.

Prayers up for relief from kidney stones... OUCHIE!! Btdt

Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2024 05:54 AM (njWTi)

76 What do you get when you cross unwanted messages and a Dr. Seuss book?

Green eggs and spam.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 15, 2024 05:55 AM (WpuYq)

77 I wonder how long the migration from X to Bluesky is going to last. I have a feeling that the enthusiasm is going to wane.

Best case scenario for them: they finally stick it to that bastard Musk, kill X, and reduce his net worth by 10%.

Most likely scenario: they all quietly return.

Best case scenario for us: they remain sequestered on BlueSky and are stunned every two years when reality doesn't match what they tell each other.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 15, 2024 06:01 AM (ExV1e)

78 Just put out the bird feeders. There are two bunnies out there Hoovering up spilled millet.

It is Arizona dry here in the People's Republic of Massachusetts, so it has to be tough going for a critter who eats plants.

Posted by: fluffy at November 15, 2024 06:02 AM (86W+h)

79 Posted by: fd at November 15, 2024 05:54 AM (vFG9F)

The scope of work for the bathroom here is tear out everything down to the studs and the slab, repair any insect or water damaged framing and then restore. Tile on the floor and in the tub alcove. I'm doing all the electrical and buying all the fixtures (tub, toilet and dual sink vanity). Bids range from $13-18k so far.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 15, 2024 06:02 AM (3Ope8)

80 Prayers up for relief from kidney stones

It ended quickly. No visit to the ER needed. I was fortunate.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 15, 2024 06:03 AM (ExV1e)

81 Experts in wishful thinking?

"Octopuses are the species that are most likely to take over the world after humans, scientists say.

World leading experts claim the eight-limbed creatures are primed to become the dominant force on Earth should humanity die out.

Professor Tim Coulson of the University of Oxford, said their 'dexterity, curiosity, ability to communicate with each other, and supreme intelligence' means they could create complex tools to build a vast Atlantis-like civilisation underwater."

Posted by: fd at November 15, 2024 06:04 AM (vFG9F)

82 Happy Friday

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 15, 2024 06:05 AM (gbOdA)

83 "Bids range from $13-18k so far.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead "

That sounds about right. And then they will send a team of people that don't speak English to do it

Posted by: fd at November 15, 2024 06:06 AM (vFG9F)

84 81 they could create complex tools to build a vast Atlantis-like civilisation underwater."

Assuming they haven't already.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 15, 2024 06:08 AM (+4yJ5)

85 >>> Octopuses are the species that are most likely to take over the world after humans, scientists say.

I can't recall the name of that lefty pundit who wants to be one of the few humans to survive.

Posted by: fluffy at November 15, 2024 06:11 AM (86W+h)

86
Cockroaches are the species that are most likely to take over the world after humans, scientists say.

World leading experts claim the six-limbed creatures are primed to become the dominant force on Earth should humanity die out.

Professor Archie Cucaracha of the University of Palmetto , said their 'dexterity, curiosity, ability to communicate with each other, and supreme intelligence' means they could create complex tools to build a vast Atlantis-like civilisation in the ruins of NYC.

Posted by: A expert at November 15, 2024 06:12 AM (vFG9F)

87 "Cockroaches are the species that are most likely to take over the world after humans, scientists say."

Don't even get me started.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at November 15, 2024 06:15 AM (vFG9F)

88 I don't think Trump should do anything to save Facebook from themselves.
Let them go tits up and assume room temperature.
Toss some nice RICO statuettes at them and break them up in to tiny, shimmery pieces.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 15, 2024 06:16 AM (TGPs7)

89 Hey you Nine Brains, take your Tentacle Sex elsewhere....

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 15, 2024 06:19 AM (TGPs7)

90 88 I don't think Trump should do anything to save Facebook from themselves. Let them go tits up and assume room temperature.

It really would be funny if Elon bought them as well. Yes, yes; that would run afoul of antitrust laws. But the wailing and gnashing of teeth would be a tonic for my dark soul.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 15, 2024 06:22 AM (+4yJ5)

91 Man finds out that owner of his favorite bakery is this mom who had given him up for adoption when she was 17, 50 years earlier:

https://tinyurl.com/3m2ytkr8

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 15, 2024 06:23 AM (5i4w0)

92 If RFK removes Pharmaceutical commercials from TV, Radio and other Mass Media,
that's going to have a hellacious effect on all the networks
and most radio stations/chains.
Because it's all Big Pharma advertising.
You won't see me crying...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 15, 2024 06:24 AM (TGPs7)

93 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 15, 2024 06:27 AM (RIvkX)

94 Professor Tim Coulson of the University of Oxford, said their 'dexterity, curiosity, ability to communicate with each other, and supreme intelligence' means they could create complex tools to build a vast Atlantis-like civilisation underwater."
Posted by: fd at November 15, 2024 06:04 AM (vFG9F)

At this risk of turning this into a Book Thread, that's a theme Adrian Tchaikovsky explores in his series "Children of Time". The other species that makes it is...spiders. Big sentient spiders. ( Don't tell AtC ).

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 15, 2024 06:28 AM (PiwSw)

95 They wanted $12k to do our upstairs shower and that was with me doing the paint and tile work. A full remodel could run 20-25k. That's why I did it myself . My calculus is, $4k for materials and I save $8k I can spend on cars. Never mind setting aside two weeks to get it done.
Posted by: fd at November 15, 2024

***
Jeeez --! This is that Jacuzzi deal that they say can be done in one day??? Do those even work well?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 15, 2024 06:28 AM (omVj0)

96 ‘Hello, my name is google. You have my money. Prepare to pay..’

Posted by: Eromero at November 15, 2024 06:29 AM (jgmnb)

97 87 "Cockroaches are the species that are most likely to take over the world after humans, scientists say."

Don't even get me started.
Posted by: Penguin Facts at November 15, 2024 06:15 AM (vFG9F)

I'm standing right here, mate.

Posted by: Keith Richards at November 15, 2024 06:29 AM (PiwSw)

98 >>> If RFK removes Pharmaceutical commercials from TV, Radio and other Mass Media

The Covid hysteria in 2020 would have been less fervent.

Posted by: fluffy at November 15, 2024 06:30 AM (86W+h)

99 Doug Burgum looks like Henry Winkler...

Hey, hey, it's The Burg!

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 15, 2024 06:30 AM (TGPs7)

100 Posted by: A expert

hahahaha nice nic

Posted by: m at November 15, 2024 06:30 AM (VnUSN)

101 87 "Cockroaches are the species that are most likely to take over the world after humans, scientists say."

Don't even get me started.
Posted by: Penguin Facts at November 15, 2024 06:15 AM (vFG9F)

Or ants?

Posted by: m at November 15, 2024 06:31 AM (VnUSN)

102 Maybe Henry Winkler with a touch of Liberace....

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 15, 2024 06:32 AM (TGPs7)

103 98 >>> If RFK removes Pharmaceutical commercials from TV, Radio and other Mass Media

The Covid hysteria in 2020 would have been less fervent.
Posted by: fluffy at November 15, 2024 06:30 AM (86W+h)

Wheels within wheels.

Posted by: m at November 15, 2024 06:33 AM (VnUSN)

104 "This is that Jacuzzi deal that they say can be done in one day??? "

Yep. The sent me a questionnaire later asking why I turned down their bid. My answer "Too many $$s".

Posted by: fd at November 15, 2024 06:34 AM (vFG9F)

105 At this risk of turning this into a Book Thread, that's a theme Adrian Tchaikovsky explores in his series "Children of Time". The other species that makes it is...spiders. Big sentient spiders. ( Don't tell AtC ).
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 15, 2024 06:28 AM (PiwSw
Sounds like Matrix to me. I knew it!

Posted by: Eromero at November 15, 2024 06:34 AM (jgmnb)

106 Stacey Ann Gooden is wearing a shimmering evergreen velour dress. Yummy.
Virginia Beach/Newport local TV is hideous.

Posted by: Accomack in Jamaica at November 15, 2024 06:36 AM (IG7T0)

107 The Covid hysteria in 2020 would have been less fervent.
Posted by: fluffy at November 15, 2024 06:30 AM (86W+h)

Has Trump nominated anyone for Secretary of Punching Hysterical Media Personalities in the Face yet?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 15, 2024 06:37 AM (ExV1e)

108 Pharmaceutical ads are a money laundering operation.

Posted by: Accomack in Jamaica at November 15, 2024 06:38 AM (IG7T0)

109 Jeeez --! This is that Jacuzzi deal that they say can be done in one day??? Do those even work well?

If you're installing jacuzzi tub, you need electrical for the pump(s) and a dedicated circuit for the heater. No, that aint a single day job.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 15, 2024 06:38 AM (3Ope8)

110
If RFK removes Pharmaceutical commercials from TV, Radio and other Mass Media

Oh, please. Most of them are for diseases ameliorated by lifestyle anyway: weight loss, diabetes, fag flu. I can see commercials for OTC medications but not prescription stuff.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 15, 2024 06:39 AM (JFr+U)

111 If you're still here, Pixy, would you add Vic (of VNN fame) to the list of forgotten friends. A few of us have been asking, and we're beginning to lose hope that he'll be added to the list.

Thank you.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 15, 2024 06:39 AM (VNX3d)

112 Another beautiful pink sunrise here.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 15, 2024 06:41 AM (J6ze8)

113 Hi, this is Cindy. I buy houses in (your area here) and I’d like to buy your house at (your address ).

Posted by: Eromero at November 15, 2024 06:41 AM (jgmnb)

114 The Jacuzzi showers deal is not even for a jacuzzi. They are just installing fancy shower stalls.

Posted by: fd at November 15, 2024 06:41 AM (vFG9F)

115 There are rumors out there of very large, man-eating spiders inhabiting deep jungles or swamps. You have the Bird Eating spiders who are huge and you probably don't want to walk into their webs. If you are suffering from Arachnophobia, you probably don't want to hear that there are approximately 2.5 million spiders in an acre of meadow...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 15, 2024 06:41 AM (TGPs7)

116
Has Trump nominated anyone for Secretary of Punching Hysterical Media Personalities in the Face yet?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 15, 2024 06:37 AM (ExV1e)

My friend has serious heart disease and had to go to the emergency room but there were so many people there with COVID because they didn't get their shots that my friend couldn't see a doctor (*takes deep breath*) and she died because you yahoos don't listen to science and stay home like you should and now my friend is dead because of all you Republicans. (*bursts into tears*)

Yes, someone wrote this.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 15, 2024 06:43 AM (JFr+U)

117 113 Hi, this is Cindy. I buy houses in (your area here) and I’d like to buy your house at (your address ).
Posted by: Eromero at November 15, 2024 06:41 AM (jgmnb)

wut

Posted by: m at November 15, 2024 06:43 AM (VnUSN)

118 g'mornin' everyone!

41 degrees, overcast, 100% chance of coffee

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at November 15, 2024 06:44 AM (gY0JQ)

119 Horus of children ( The Harmony chorus) from India sings, " What faith can do.":

https://tinyurl.com/2m5urh8b

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 15, 2024 06:45 AM (M9Sxt)

120 116
Has Trump nominated anyone for Secretary of Punching Hysterical Media Personalities in the Face yet?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 15, 2024 06:37 AM (ExV1e)

My friend has serious heart disease and had to go to the emergency room but there were so many people there with COVID because they didn't get their shots that my friend couldn't see a doctor (*takes deep breath*) and she died because you yahoos don't listen to science and stay home like you should and now my friend is dead because of all you Republicans. (*bursts into tears*)

Yes, someone wrote this.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 15, 2024 06:43 AM (JFr+U)

Well, that wasn't posted on Bluesky, because there aren't any yahoos or Republicans over there!

Posted by: m at November 15, 2024 06:45 AM (VnUSN)

121
Taking Her Majesty to the airport this morning for her flight to Omaha. She's leaving me behind, burdened by responsibilities, while she goes off to the annual face-to-face board meeting of her national breed club.

(n.b. I would not trade places with her for all the tea in China)

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 15, 2024 06:46 AM (JFr+U)

122 Mazel tov VIA on your weight loss

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 15, 2024 06:47 AM (RIvkX)

123 Let me get this right. Kamala could find time to be in NYC for a four minute appearance on SNL but couldn't find time to get to TX for a three hour appearance on one of the farthest reaching media venues currently in existence? I can't help suspecting that one being a Kamala love fest and the other requiring her to make actual articulation of her beliefs and intents had more than a little to do with it.

Worst candidate of my lifetime.

Posted by: Epobirs at November 15, 2024 06:48 AM (/0z9K)

124 Lefty pundit - I think it was Kurt Eichenwald and his tentacle porn.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 15, 2024 06:48 AM (W6hoT)

125 117 113 Hi, this is Cindy. I buy houses in (your area here) and I’d like to buy your house at (your address ).
Posted by: Eromero at November 15, 2024 06:41 AM (jgmnb)

wut
Posted by: m at November 15, 2024 06:43 AM (VnUSN)
She sends me a postcard 2-3 times a month. Tiny handwriting in blue ink. She seems mice.

Posted by: Eromero at November 15, 2024 06:48 AM (kMxXy)

126 Chorus of children, not Horus.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 15, 2024 06:48 AM (M9Sxt)

127 Good morning. It’s a beautiful fall morning here in western NC; 46 going up to 62 and sunny.

Posted by: Roll Damn Tide at November 15, 2024 06:49 AM (UUYRH)

128 the typos and auto-incorrects are a hoot

Posted by: Don Black at November 15, 2024 06:51 AM (/7KEl)

129 Tremendous win on the scale VIA. I’m sure you’re receiving many well deserved compliments. Enjoy.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at November 15, 2024 06:53 AM (UUYRH)

130 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 15, 2024 06:53 AM (u82oZ)

131 Tariffs are no different than that shit the Euros are doing. Just another tax.

Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at November 15, 2024 06:53 AM (P7Iz+)

132 Tomorrow Mrs. F. and I are spending the night in Palo Alto because we are going to a big birthday celebration there. Girl F. and the Aussie volunteered to stay at our house to keep an eye on Boy F. They are having friends over for dinner in our house. I would like to worry about it but they are so straight edge.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 15, 2024 06:53 AM (RIvkX)

133
Cockroaches are the species that are most likely to take over the world after humans, scientists say.

Slime molds are the species that are most likely to take over the world after humans, scientists say.

Oh, wait, they already have ...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 15, 2024 06:54 AM (xG4kz)

134 Worst candidate of my lifetime.
Posted by: Epobirs at November 15, 2024 06:48 AM (/0z9K)
=====

Her massive, public humiliation has been so psychologically beneficial. It is a cliche, but I do indeed feel like a cloud has lifted.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 15, 2024 06:56 AM (RIvkX)

135 133
Cockroaches are the species that are most likely to take over the world after humans, scientists say.

Slime molds are the species that are most likely to take over the world after humans, scientists say.

Oh, wait, they already have ...
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 15, 2024 06:54 AM (xG4kz)

Probably I shouldn't google "slime mold"?

Posted by: m at November 15, 2024 06:56 AM (VnUSN)

136 I don't X except for animal videos posted by ace. What's the counter, if there is one for users on X?

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 15, 2024 06:56 AM (2NHgQ)

137
Worst candidate of my lifetime.
Posted by: Epobirs

'S'ok. She now is unburdened by what had been.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 15, 2024 06:57 AM (xG4kz)

138 Posted by: Don Black at November 15, 2024 06:51 AM (/7KEl

Yes; They can be pretty funny. Children's Horus sounds like some to do with sexy Indian spirits.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 15, 2024 06:57 AM (M9Sxt)

139 A group of 88 Senate and House Democrats, including some key Democratic leaders, called on President Joe Biden to sanction Israeli Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.

The lawmakers’ letter calling for the aggressive move against the Israeli officials was sent at the end of October, but was not released publicly until Thursday, after the Biden administration declined to withhold additional weaponry from Israel, as some progressive Democrats had demanded.
====

*fires up shredder*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 15, 2024 06:57 AM (RIvkX)

140 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

Wow. Don't turn sideways, or I will never see you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 15, 2024 06:58 AM (u82oZ)

141 Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 15, 2024 06:53 AM (RIvkX)

Have a lovely time and things will be fine at your home.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 15, 2024 06:58 AM (M9Sxt)

142
'S'ok. She now is unburdened by what had been.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 15, 2024 06:57 AM (xG4kz)

She's "resting and recuperating" after her grueling campaign. With a tanker car full of Chardonnay.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 15, 2024 07:00 AM (JFr+U)

143 I think Stephen King is the latest a-wipe to quit twitter

fear not- all the quitters will return

Posted by: Don Black at November 15, 2024 07:00 AM (/7KEl)

144
Probably I shouldn't google "slime mold"?
Posted by: m

Nah, they're okay.

It was more of a cross species metaphor intended to denigrate the powers that be and was a base calumny upon the true slime molds.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 15, 2024 07:00 AM (xG4kz)

145 I am having lunch with a friend. She's an old time liberal and we never discuss politics except when she had a "Cats for Kamala" sign outside her house, and I told her before the election, "My cat is not old enough to vote, and he didn't tell me which candidate he supported anyway."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 15, 2024 07:01 AM (wHNBM)

146 Yes, Horus

brings to mind a really crappy car

Posted by: Don Black at November 15, 2024 07:01 AM (/7KEl)

147
Horus was an Egyptian diety. The onecwith the falcon's head, IIRC.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 15, 2024 07:02 AM (xG4kz)

148 Let the loonies go to BS. X will be a better place.

Posted by: Accomack in Jamaica at November 15, 2024 07:04 AM (IG7T0)

149 136 I don't X except for animal videos posted by ace. What's the counter, if there is one for users on X?
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 15, 2024 06:56 AM (2NHgQ)

I don't know. And I don't know who I'd trust on that. There'd have to be a distinction between accounts and visitors; all sorts of distinctions. I certainly wouldn't trust that Bluesky live user counter, at least without some trustworthy source vouching for it, and I'm not sure who that'd be!

Posted by: m at November 15, 2024 07:04 AM (VnUSN)

150 Hi, this is Cindy. I buy houses in (your area here) and I’d like to buy your house at (your address ).
Posted by: Eromero at November 15, 2024 06:41 AM (jgmnb)

wut
Posted by: m at November 15, 2024 06:43 AM (VnUSN)
She sends me a postcard 2-3 times a month. Tiny handwriting in blue ink. She seems mice.

Maybe your neighbors have asked Cindy to get you out of the neighborhood.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 15, 2024 07:05 AM (rHxhM)

151 Thanks m. All of this seems suspect, much like to vote count for potatus in 2020.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 15, 2024 07:05 AM (2NHgQ)

152 148 Let the loonies go to BS. X will be a better place.
Posted by: Accomack in Jamaica at November 15, 2024 07:04 AM (IG7T0)

Oh, LOL! Somebody at Bluesky didn't anticipate that initialism!

Posted by: m at November 15, 2024 07:06 AM (VnUSN)

153 Jacuzzi Brothers (a local firm in Berkeley!) were a machining and pump making company from 1915. They used to design airplane propellers, and backed into bathtubs[!] due to a kind of inspiring family coincidence. I have a Jacuzzi well-point pump in a locker in the garage, from a gas station we tore down, and wife has been threatened with a "Jacuzzi fountain" so many times I think we're now Jacuzzi-immune.

The Jacuzzi story would make a pretty good movie, or at least one of those TV specials we never watch. Lot going on there.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at November 15, 2024 07:06 AM (zdLoL)

154 Thanks, Krebs vs. Carnot. I should have remembered that. I'm still sleepy. I think I was thinking too of the transparent maidens with large eyes that are in some Muslim writings.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 15, 2024 07:07 AM (EBPnT)

155 Unknown Drip Under Pressure

Naw. Cindy is the cute face of a scum-sucking, bottom-feeding, house-flipping business. Not your friend at all.

Note the Oxford comma.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 15, 2024 07:07 AM (u82oZ)

156 She seems mice.

That Egyptian stalking Fen is nothing compared to this.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at November 15, 2024 07:08 AM (zdLoL)

157 150 Hi, this is Cindy. I buy houses in (your area here) and I’d like to buy your house at (your address ).
Posted by: Eromero at November 15, 2024 06:41 AM (jgmnb)

wut
Posted by: m at November 15, 2024 06:43 AM (VnUSN)
She sends me a postcard 2-3 times a month. Tiny handwriting in blue ink. She seems mice.

Maybe your neighbors have asked Cindy to get you out of the neighborhood.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 15, 2024 07:05 AM (rHxhM)

Ha!

Posted by: m at November 15, 2024 07:08 AM (VnUSN)

158 Axios: The IAF destroyed Iran's nuclear program (again) in last month's bombing. Kalorama hardest hit.

https://tinyurl.com/5p2cckyf

Posted by: Ian S. at November 15, 2024 07:08 AM (P9pDS)

159
Visegrád 24
@visegrad24
·
Follow
The UAE's FlyDubai will operate 8 DAILY FLIGHTS to Tel Aviv starting Sunday.

🇦🇪🇮🇱
9:44 AM · Nov 14, 2024
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No discos in Dubai.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 15, 2024 07:08 AM (RIvkX)

160 The only user count that matters: both Ace and Instapundit are back on X. In fact, Ace is often (re)posting things hours before he's "awake" here.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 15, 2024 07:11 AM (P9pDS)

161 150 Hi, this is Cindy. I buy houses in (your area here) and I’d like to buy your house at (your address ).
Posted by: Eromero at November 15, 2024 06:41 AM (jgmnb)

wut
Posted by: m at November 15, 2024 06:43 AM (VnUSN)
She sends me a postcard 2-3 times a month. Tiny handwriting in blue ink. She seems mice.

Maybe your neighbors have asked Cindy to get you out of the neighborhood.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 15, 2024 07:05 AM (rHxhM)

This is cracking me up.

Posted by: m at November 15, 2024 07:12 AM (VnUSN)

162 "Spending the night in Palo Alto" has to be a euphemism for Whatever They're Calling It Now.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at November 15, 2024 07:12 AM (zdLoL)

163 159 No discos in Dubai.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 15, 2024 07:08 AM (RIvkX)

I follow the musician Zuby on Twitter and he was asked why he moved to Dubai.

"To get away from the kind of stuff you read about on Twitter."

Can't fault the man's logic.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 15, 2024 07:13 AM (+4yJ5)

164 The Jacuzzi family owned a property in Sonoma where, unlike all their wine grape growing neighbors, they grew olives and made pretty darn good olive oil. No idea if it is still going.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 15, 2024 07:13 AM (1GZZ1)

165 Mourning Retort is up.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 15, 2024 07:14 AM (gbOdA)

166 >>>Disclaimer: Flow Glow or not Flow Glow...

That is the Hlestion.

Posted by: m at November 15, 2024 07:14 AM (VnUSN)

167 Have a great day, everyone.

May the blessings of our actions continue.

All honor grammie winger, because she was the key voter, in the key precinct, in the key county, in the key state. And she voted Trump.

But we all are part of the victory.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 15, 2024 07:15 AM (u82oZ)

168 Why not use guuugle to search "slime mold"?

Posted by: Lord Running Clam at November 15, 2024 07:30 AM (M8fnC)

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