Daily Tech News 27 November 2024

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Intel has received a $7.9 billion grant from the US government under the CHIPS Act. (Notebook Check)

This is not a different grant to the previous $8.5 billion grant though. That one had not been completed, and has been reduced by $600 million due to the $3 billion contract Intel has received to produce secure chips for the Pentagon.

Which when compared to the nonsense the government so often gets up to - this grant goes to pay Americans working at American companies in America - seems almost quaint.
I am reminded as I am every couple of years that Perth exists.

That USB storage device I bought was in stock and shipped just hours after I placed my order with Amazon... From the far edge of the asteroid belt.

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ISPs told an FCC inquiry that the reason their customers don't simply leave is down to the excellence of their customer service. (Ars Technica)

Still funnier than Saturday Night Live.
Is Redis going full WordPress? (GitHub)

After abandoning open source itself, Redis is going after open-source libraries supporting Redis and suggesting they sell out to Redis or else.
The US Senate is proposing a minimum security standards law for healthcare providers. (The Register)

On the one hand, security standards of US healthcare providers are shit.

On the other hand, this is the Senate. They are idiots who take advice from idiots to draft legislation for idiots. And this is bipartisan, which means there are twice as many idiots involved.
Huawei's Mate 70 phones will run the new Android-free HaronyOS. (The Verge)

Which is Android.
Apple offered Indonesia a $100 million bribe to un-ban the iPhone 16. (The Register)

Indonesia is holding out for more money.
Britain meanwhile is trying to shake down Google for $8.8 billion. (The Register)

And you get a tariff, and you get a tariff...
The Pilet 5 and Pilet 7 are hand-held computers from an alternate universe 1990s that went in a very interesting direction. (Liliputing)

Resolutely function-over-form, these devices are big and clunky and have not just physical buttons but trackballs and trackpads and joysticks and dials and rollers and actual physical I/O ports.

They're based on the Raspberry Pi 5 so they're quite capable as well.

Disclaimer: Coffee is just bean tea.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 27, 2024 04:02 AM (T53xy)

2 Good job, Biden's Dog!
And Pixy!

Posted by: m at November 27, 2024 04:02 AM (VnUSN)

3 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at November 27, 2024 04:03 AM (fwDg9)

4 Disclaimer: Coffee is just bean tea.
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BLASPHEMY!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 27, 2024 04:03 AM (T53xy)

5 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 27, 2024 04:04 AM (LopHO)

6 The Bulwark election night roundup in the sidebar is simply wonderful. Really nicely top-of-screen captioned and sooooo enjoyable. A whole hourful.

Posted by: m at November 27, 2024 04:04 AM (VnUSN)

7 I shouldn't be up, forgot to turn off alarm

Posted by: Skip at November 27, 2024 04:04 AM (fwDg9)

8 >>>Disclaimer: Coffee is just bean tea.

Go to your room.

Posted by: m at November 27, 2024 04:05 AM (VnUSN)

9 Disclaimer: Coffee is just bean tea.
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GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 27, 2024 04:06 AM (T53xy)

10 The US Senate is proposing a minimum security standards law for healthcare providers. (The Register)
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Bit late for that, innit? I mean, just about everyone's records have been hacked already, somewhere, some how.

But yay, bipartisan!

Posted by: JQ at November 27, 2024 04:06 AM (YoCnN)

11 Anyone here watching Arcane on Netflix?

Straight from China:

https://tinyurl.com/2vtrmxpx

Don't look at me! I don't watch this stuf. No cable. No Satellite. Around 4 boring local TV channels.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 27, 2024 04:09 AM (T53xy)

12 Bean tea > leaf tea

Posted by: JQ at November 27, 2024 04:11 AM (YoCnN)

13 I am reminded as I am every couple of years that Perth exists.

Now I want to go there more than ever. Prior finding out tonight that Perth is part of an asteroid belt all I knew of the place is they have a great rock band, The Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, and that Stadium Super Truck racing takes place there.

Since Eastern Australia has such great disdain for Western Australia, Perth in particular, do the people that live there ever express they want to form their own country and build an opera house?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at November 27, 2024 04:31 AM (vO42M)

14 13 Perth ... they have a great rock band, The Psychedelic Porn Crumpets
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at November 27, 2024 04:31 AM (vO42M)

huh

Posted by: m at November 27, 2024 04:37 AM (VnUSN)

15 The US Senate is proposing a minimum security standards law for healthcare providers. (The Register)

They have to do something. Both of the health insurance companies I deal with have been hacked in the last few years. Every criminal in Russia knows my address and mother's maiden name. I'm sure they're bilking banks in my name to pay for hookers and vodka.

Posted by: Ace's liver at November 27, 2024 04:41 AM (B9Dv5)

16 226 tinyurl.com/ymc2jc7v
20 Tweets from Bad Blue
Posted by: Skip at November 26, 2024 11:23 PM (fwDg9)

Posted by: m at November 27, 2024 04:41 AM (VnUSN)

17 Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey::

You need to get with it and join the crowd who will be buying
the new Jaguar 'car'. Comes with a lifetime membership to the LGBTQIA+ and costs well over 150K. Be the first in your neighbor hood to show off your love. Your so backward in not having a modern connection to the world with 'only' 4 TV channels, how can you exist....

Posted by: Colin at November 27, 2024 04:46 AM (wlQdF)

18 They have to do something.

The reason they have to do something is because they previously had to do something: namely, insist that healthcare records become electronic.

Fuck them with rusty chainsaws.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 27, 2024 04:47 AM (1jzN5)

19 Two nitwits that fancy themselves as influencers on YouTube and on tiktok live in beige houses and order things from Amazon that they promote and then make money off the affiliate links.

Nitwit one is suing nitwit two for being influenced by nitwit one which is somehow costing her money.

It's all quite amusing.

https://is.gd/6gtZrH

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at November 27, 2024 04:50 AM (vO42M)

20 Perth ... they have a great rock band, The Psychedelic Porn Crumpets
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at November 27, 2024 04:31 AM (vO42M)

huh
Posted by: m

That's what they call themselves. I didn't pick it. Their style is something of a mashup between Led Zeppelin meets Radiohead. I seem to play live one time and they are extremely talented. They are touring England and Germany right now if you wanted to go see them.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at November 27, 2024 04:55 AM (vO42M)

21 tinyurl.com/ymc2jc7v

Scott Presler's response in tweet number 12 is great, and I enjoyed the picture of the dachshund puppy.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 27, 2024 04:55 AM (zXLkc)

22 Good morning, good people, from the Adirondacks where we had a 2 day ice event. Do NOT like ice storms at all, this one didn't grow too much ice, fortunately the ambient temps kept the accumulation low. Got just nasty enough to be unpredictable where the slick spots were.

Now the talk is of snow for T Day though no accumulation was even guessed at.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 27, 2024 05:00 AM (hKoQL)

23 In the linked article , the experts are pulling their hair out over Trump's Mexico tariffs predicting the end of the world. Remarkably the article is completely free of the impacts of illegal aliens and drugs pouring over the border. The amusing part is the disclosure at the end of the article that this so-called news organization is funded by the Borderplex Alliance, which has a vested interest in trade not being disrupted.

https://is.gd/JhOvxO

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at November 27, 2024 05:06 AM (vO42M)

24 Morning, all.

The day before Thanksgiving is a spotty one for transcriptionists like me. Either the doctors want to clear the decks for the holiday and so the day is packed from morn till night, or everyone says 'fuck it' and you've got 8 hours of sitting and waiting for work.

Personally, I prefer the latter, but we'll see.

See you on the Morning Report.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 27, 2024 05:07 AM (Q0kLU)

25 20 Perth ... they have a great rock band, The Psychedelic Porn Crumpets
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at November 27, 2024 04:31 AM (vO42M)

huh
Posted by: m

That's what they call themselves. I didn't pick it. Their style is something of a mashup between Led Zeppelin meets Radiohead. I seem to play live one time and they are extremely talented. They are touring England and Germany right now if you wanted to go see them.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at November 27, 2024 04:55 AM (vO42M)

I'd been thinking on what to have for breakfast, here, and was seeing "bean tea" and "Psychedelic Porn Crumpets."

Posted by: m at November 27, 2024 05:08 AM (VnUSN)

26
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 27, 2024 05:17 AM (tljrc)

27 Meanwhile on the other side of Australia from Perth, the major political parties backed a bill that would make platforms including TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram liable for fines of up to 50 million Australian dollars ($33 million) for systemic failures to prevent children, age 16 and under, from holding accounts.

Amusingly Google and Facebook are finding this not amusing.

I have no idea how this is going to be enforced. I'm pretty sure the Australian government doesn't either. 2 years from now: kids in cages, the horrors of social media detox centers.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at November 27, 2024 05:18 AM (vO42M)

28 G'morning, all!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 27, 2024 05:20 AM (a1415)

29 Perth is home to the Triffids!

Posted by: Sandy Devotion at November 27, 2024 05:24 AM (7Nqsl)

30 The day before Thanksgiving is a spotty one for transcriptionists like me.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 27, 2024 05:07 AM (Q0kLU)
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Oh no!

MP4 is trans!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 27, 2024 05:24 AM (T53xy)

31 G'morning Horde.

Here's you're hump-day "wake up and hit the ground running" tune:

"Webb Wilder - Human Cannonball"

https://youtu.be/5IjBXtFgqyQ?t=20

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 27, 2024 05:25 AM (O7YUW)

32 your, not you're. *ugh* Moar coffee dang it.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 27, 2024 05:25 AM (O7YUW)

33 So part of yesterday was set aside to make the 8 foot tall scratching/climbing post for the kittens.

One 7'9" section of 3" PVC pipe with turned and poly'd wooden plugs at each end. A pair of threaded furniture leveling legs and 300' of 1/4 inch sisal rope wrapped around the entire length of pipe. Put it in the archway between the TV room and the kitchen, and the kittens now are enjoying climbing and clawing on the thing.

Oh....and the house is now cleaned from top to bottom for Thanksgiving.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 27, 2024 05:25 AM (a1415)

34 @22/IRONGRAMPA: "Do NOT like ice storms at all..."

Right there with you. Which reminds me... I need to order that set of new cleats for my boots. Thanks.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 27, 2024 05:27 AM (O7YUW)

35 Woman in TX who gives free rides to people in need gets a new car from a stranger:

https://tinyurl.com/rsj9btet

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 27, 2024 05:32 AM (zXLkc)

36 The Pilet 5 makes me think of something you'd see in a cargo ship's dockmaster's hands in a science fiction movie...

I kinda want one now.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 27, 2024 05:32 AM (O7YUW)

37 The area east of Portland, Oregon is known for its wicked ice storms. The conditions there are rather unique as that is where the warm Pacific sir smacks into the arctic air from the east part of the state that leaks through the Columbia gorge that cuts through the entire width of the Cascade mountain range.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at November 27, 2024 05:33 AM (vO42M)

38 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 27, 2024 05:38 AM (hoCmQ)

39 About 5 degrees warmer today. Currently 42 (73% H) going to high of 51.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 27, 2024 05:41 AM (hoCmQ)

40 Good morning good people. Thanks Pixy.

Coffee's on.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 27, 2024 05:41 AM (WXNFJ)

41 Hey Pixy, let me explain what "bipartisan" means. The GOP is the stupid party. The Democrats are the evil party. So if something is bipartisan, it is both evil and stupid.

Posted by: MaureenTheTemp at November 27, 2024 05:42 AM (1KCcl)

42 Might as well see if I can go to work today

Posted by: Skip at November 27, 2024 05:48 AM (fwDg9)

43 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at November 27, 2024 05:49 AM (dg+HA)

44 Just heard from my better half - having unf***ed daughter's situation in Orlando, R. is now on the way back towards home. I imagine the traffic will be brutal through Atlanta.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 27, 2024 05:52 AM (WXNFJ)

45 @41/MaureenTheTemp: "...if something is bipartisan, it is both evil and stupid."

Simple, concise, accurate. I may use this. :-)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 27, 2024 05:55 AM (O7YUW)

46 @44/Tonypete: Safe travels to your spouse, and at least she'll be home for Thanksgiving.

I have to ask, given the full-sized-pigs-in-the-house event you mentioned a while back, how bad was the current nonsense (if you can share details that is.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 27, 2024 05:57 AM (O7YUW)

47 Evening and morning, early risers and late toilers! 'Tis Woden's Day, Thanksgiving Eve. Somewhere a turkey is about to receive a presidential pardon. If, that is, Joey Mushbrain can remember to do it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 27, 2024 06:01 AM (omVj0)

48 Simple, concise, accurate. I may use this. :-)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Delighted to help!! And just remember: the evilness and stupidity of the legislation is inversely proportional to how much it is praised by the media.

Posted by: MaureenTheTemp at November 27, 2024 06:03 AM (1KCcl)

49 Some years ago a married couple at my work emigrated to Perth. I looked it up, and the area seems to have rather a Mediterranean climate, like S. Calif., S. Africa, and a middle stretch of Chile, and for the same reasons (the latitude, location on the western coast of a continent, etc.). The city does seem pretty remote from anything else, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 27, 2024 06:05 AM (omVj0)

50 Oops, meant proportionaal: the more the press likes it, the more hideous it is. Going to go find more coffee.

Posted by: MaureenTheTemp at November 27, 2024 06:05 AM (1KCcl)

51 Oh, yeah. Joe's got a LOT of pardons to issue.

Posted by: Alleged DOCTOR Jill at November 27, 2024 06:06 AM (dg+HA)

52 Good morning all. 38 degrees here in western NC going up to an overcasr 58 today.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at November 27, 2024 06:07 AM (2McGb)

53 Gonna be warm and moist today. Tomorrow, starting out the same, but then rain and a "cold front" will come through in the afternoon, probably just about the time Miss Linda and I are going out to dinner. Friday, high of 56 F.! And the weather mavens say we'll have a stretch of cooler weather for a while, too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 27, 2024 06:07 AM (omVj0)

54 Disclaimer: Coffee is just bean tea.

Let that percolate through your mind.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, la cucina adesso e pulita at November 27, 2024 06:09 AM (i0xsb)

55 Happy Turkey Eve.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 27, 2024 06:09 AM (dR6yv)

56 Apparently Kamala said this in her remarks from yesterday:

" I wish for you that you are surrounded by the people you love and who love you –

I encourage you to be around family in whatever way you compose that family,” she continued.

( What is the necessity of telling people to be part of a family in whatever way they compose that? Don't they know that?)

“We are powerful, those of us who love our country, and we’ve got a lot of work to do."

(Si I guess those of us who didn't vote for her don't love our country?)

Her people couldn't write anything better than this?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 27, 2024 06:13 AM (Z8aje)

57 Enjoying afternoon cappuccino with some 90% cocoa bittersweet chocolate.

Beans & Beans!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 27, 2024 06:13 AM (T53xy)

58 I always roll my eyes at this Presidential Pardon of a turkey.

I'd love to see Trump come out for next year's Thanksgiving "pardoning" and say, "I've named this year's bird, 'The Department of Education.' There will be no pardon. Please take it away and prepare it for dinner."

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 27, 2024 06:13 AM (O7YUW)

59 @51: "Oh, yeah. Joe's got a LOT of pardons to issue."

*sparks*

*smokes*

*burns out due to overwork in the last two years*

Posted by: Presidential Auto-Pen at November 27, 2024 06:15 AM (O7YUW)

60 Planning to go out for a walk, just a walk, in a little bit. The bruised rib is almost twinge-free now, and I don't want to jar it by trotting; but I also don't want to sit around here all morning.

Later Linda wants to go to World Market so she (and I, lackadaisically) can take part in their gift hunt: If you find one of their hidden tokens, you get something free. The something is never a new Buick or a young naked Heather Locklear, so I'm meh about it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 27, 2024 06:17 AM (omVj0)

61 59 @51: "Oh, yeah. Joe's got a LOT of pardons to issue."

*sparks*

*smokes*

*burns out due to overwork in the last two years*
Posted by: Presidential Auto-Pen at November 27, 2024 06:15 AM (O7YUW)

But but but, I'm at the top of the stack, right, Dad? Dad?

Posted by: Hunter Biden at November 27, 2024 06:17 AM (PiwSw)

62 Waiting for coffee

Posted by: Skip at November 27, 2024 06:17 AM (fwDg9)

63 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 27, 2024 06:17 AM (omVj0)

I expect that Miss Linda probably would t be quite as excited if you won a naked Heather Locklear.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 27, 2024 06:23 AM (Z8aje)

64 It is Hump Day

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 27, 2024 06:24 AM (gbOdA)

65 You know what was a truly great handheld computer? The Psion 5. Monochrome but you could still play games on it.

I have two of them. Lack of internet and graphics made them less than perfect though.

Posted by: Beckoningchasm Phone at November 27, 2024 06:26 AM (2Opwo)

66 "What are you excited about?" Rabbi's daughter from IFCJ reflects on a passage from Genesis 24:20:

https://tinyurl.com/bdhctun2

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 27, 2024 06:26 AM (Z8aje)

67 @56/FenelonSpoke: "Her people couldn't write anything better than this?"

Sadly, her people keep failing to position Kamala for success. *snrks*

Posted by: Presidential Auto-Pen at November 27, 2024 06:27 AM (O7YUW)

68 I have to ask, given the full-sized-pigs-in-the-house event you mentioned a while back, how bad was the current nonsense (if you can share details that is.)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

30+ yr old, has a decent job but won't save a penny. Lives with her 'partner', who doesn't cook, clean, drive, or contribute to the household. My Mary (not really daughter - but rather niece by marriage but adopted by her Aunt, my wife) can always find these losers. Anyway - they only had one pos vehicle that died due to lack of basic maintenance, and had absolutely no resources to get other transportation. There is old family $$ that Mary will inherit some day after a certain death in the family. We 'borrowed' some of that to get a decent hoopdie for her to get to work in.

I figured she'll just piss it away after it is bequeathed to her anyway. Might as well use some of it to get her wheels now. The whole thing is maddening.

Mary thinks it is all 'bad luck' when in actual fact, it's all poor life choices.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 27, 2024 06:29 AM (WXNFJ)

69 Rutgers University’s Social Perception Lab, which found that “some anti-oppressive DEI narratives can engender a hostile attribution bias and heighten racial suspicion, prejudicial attitudes, authoritarian policing, and support for punitive behaviors in the absence of evidence for a transgression deserving punishment.”

The beatings will continue...

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 27, 2024 06:29 AM (gbOdA)

70 33 So part of yesterday was set aside to make the 8 foot tall scratching/climbing post for the kittens.

One 7'9" section of 3" PVC pipe with turned and poly'd wooden plugs at each end. A pair of threaded furniture leveling legs and 300' of 1/4 inch sisal rope wrapped around the entire length of pipe. Put it in the archway between the TV room and the kitchen, and the kittens now are enjoying climbing and clawing on the thing.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 27, 2024 05:25 AM (a1415)

Thank you!
--VIA's kittens

Posted by: m at November 27, 2024 06:32 AM (VnUSN)

71 @68/TonyPete: "Might as well use some of it to get her wheels now."

This is a very sensible way of looking at it and dealing with the situation (and the maddening frustrations with the whole situation therein.) Good on you and your spouse.

Posted by: Presidential Auto-Pen at November 27, 2024 06:34 AM (O7YUW)

72 57 Enjoying afternoon cappuccino with some 90% cocoa bittersweet chocolate.

Beans & Beans!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 27, 2024 06:13 AM (T53xy)
----
Now do baked beans for the trifecta.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, pasta e fagioli oggi per pranzo at November 27, 2024 06:35 AM (i0xsb)

73 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 27, 2024 06:17 AM (omVj0)
*
I expect that Miss Linda probably would t be quite as excited if you won a naked Heather Locklear.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 27, 2024

***
Prolly not.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 27, 2024 06:37 AM (omVj0)

74 Man creates treehouse from Narnia just a short way from C.S Lewis' house :

https://tinyurl.com/mtp6zhdc

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 27, 2024 06:37 AM (jHXDF)

75 @65/Beckoningchasm Phone: Just watched a video on that old piece of kit - 8 megabytes, luxury! Cool little clamshell design too and what looks to be a decent keyboard design for the size.

Getting data on/off that thing in today's world is a challenge if the cable no longer works. Cable, Infra-Red, or some kind of memory card were the options apparently.

(Just bought myself an 8-type card reader that plugs into my USB port, so I could maintain backwards and current compatibility with various memory cards, so that part really stood out to me.)

Thanks for mentioning this device. :-)

Posted by: Presidential Auto-Pen at November 27, 2024 06:37 AM (O7YUW)

76 I expect that Miss Linda probably would t be quite as excited if you won a naked Heather Locklear.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

At her age? No one would

Posted by: SFGoth at November 27, 2024 06:38 AM (KAi1n)

77 In a historic and unprecedented move, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s transition team announced Tuesday that it has reached an agreement with the outgoing Biden White House to initiate the formal transfer of power.

Unlike previous transitions, however, Trump has chosen to forgo federal funding and General Services Administration (GSA) resources, opting instead for a privately funded and self-sufficient operation that will not utilize government technology or office space.

gooder

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 27, 2024 06:38 AM (gbOdA)

78 @74/FenelonSpoke: That's quite a labour of love right there. Impressive.

Posted by: Presidential Auto-Pen at November 27, 2024 06:39 AM (O7YUW)

79 Posted by: SFGoth at November 27

I of course left out the part about Miss Locklear being young. 😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 27, 2024 06:39 AM (jHXDF)

80 Okay, gotta get to the salt mines. Grumpy OUT.

Posted by: Presidential Auto-Pen at November 27, 2024 06:40 AM (O7YUW)

81 44 my better half - having unf***ed daughter's situation in Orlando, R. is now on the way back towards home
Posted by: Tonypete at November 27, 2024 05:52 AM (WXNFJ)

Yay!

Posted by: m at November 27, 2024 06:41 AM (VnUSN)

82
Got woken up by Diana at 5:00 after a broken night full of stupid dreams. Just once, I'd like to have a dream where I'm wealthy, powerful and commanding, with women falling over themselves to paw me. Instead of some ridiculous situation where I look ridiculous.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 27, 2024 06:41 AM (dxSpM)

83 Posted by: Presidential Auto-Pen at November 27, 2024 06:39 AM (O7YUW

And I think it's lovely that the doctor created it with very sick children in mind, even now othets can rent it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 27, 2024 06:42 AM (jHXDF)

84 This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: A young naked Heather Locklear at November 27, 2024 06:42 AM (dg+HA)

85 Family to beg Canada for asylum if Trump bans puberty blockers

https://mol.im/a/14130369

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, sono tutti matti at November 27, 2024 06:43 AM (i0xsb)

86 Earl Holliman dead at 96: Forbidden Planet actor starred in first Twilight Zone episode

RIP

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 27, 2024 06:45 AM (gbOdA)

87 Earl Holliman dead at 96: Forbidden Planet actor also in Twilight Zone

https://mol.im/a/14130413

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, i nostri vecchi at November 27, 2024 06:45 AM (i0xsb)

88 85 Family to beg Canada for asylum if Trump bans puberty blockers

https://mol.im/a/14130369
Posted by: Ciampino

I used to be a thing.

Posted by: Mental illness at November 27, 2024 06:46 AM (dg+HA)

89
Mary thinks it is all 'bad luck' when in actual fact, it's all poor life choices.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 27, 2024 06:29 AM (WXNFJ)

It makes me wonder who should be considered "poor". Certainly there are those who, despite working hard and treated unfairly, try to live decent lives but get beaten down by lack of education and no aptitude for acquiring more. Then there are those who are just no damn good, the ones who piss away every opportunity they get, the ones happy to suck up every government benefit and insist on more, the ones who are amoral and have no desire to improve themselves.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 27, 2024 06:48 AM (dxSpM)

90 Family to beg Canada for asylum if Trump bans puberty blockers

Saw an interview with them yesterday. They truly think that the puberty blockers are harmless and it just puts the body on pause so their son isn't traumatized.

I have a feeling that the mother is angry that she birthed a boy and the husband knew he had to go along with it.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 27, 2024 06:48 AM (OPGS/)

91 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 27, 2024 06:49 AM (u82oZ)

92 It will be a Daily Mail continuing sob story:

We'll flee to Canada if we can't "transition" our daughter.

Awful parents.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 27, 2024 06:49 AM (jHXDF)

93
We'll flee to Canada if we can't "transition" our daughter.

To what? A dragon?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 27, 2024 06:50 AM (dxSpM)

94 "they claimed that if their 12-year-old transgender daughter was forced to go off puberty blockers, it would be 'traumatizing' for her."

It sounds like she is already traumatized. Those people should be arrested for child abuse.

mornin yall

Posted by: fd at November 27, 2024 06:52 AM (vFG9F)

95 86 Earl Holliman dead at 96: Forbidden Planet actor starred in first Twilight Zone episode

RIP
Posted by: rhennigantx at November 27, 2024 06:45 AM (gbOdA)

Another sad milestone for the Biden administration.

Posted by: m at November 27, 2024 06:52 AM (VnUSN)

96 Gibson sends cease and desist to maker of Trump Guitars

https://mol.im/a/14130261

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, sembra una copia at November 27, 2024 06:52 AM (i0xsb)

97 Don Lemon, a gay man and gay journalist, would like you to know it's been 2 weeks since he bravely stopped using X.com and that he is still alive.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at November 27, 2024 06:52 AM (vO42M)

98 The Mayor of Tucson, Arizona, says she’s going to use police force to protect illegal immigrants in the city

Police are there to protect the guilty.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 27, 2024 06:53 AM (gbOdA)

99 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

The fan motor arrived in a nearby county yesterday, and was installed that afternoon. We have an exceptional HVAC company.

Wife actually said to me she was happy! Wow.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 27, 2024 06:54 AM (u82oZ)

100 100

Posted by: m at November 27, 2024 06:54 AM (VnUSN)

101 "they claimed that if their 12-year-old transgender daughter was forced to go off puberty blockers, it would be 'traumatizing' for her."

This is where parents need to step the hell up. "Sweetie, your body is going through a lot of drastic changes right now and it sucks even on the good days. And it is far healthier for you to simply go through this instead of thinking a magic shot will make you feel better."

Posted by: NR Pax at November 27, 2024 06:55 AM (OPGS/)

102 Hadrian the Seventh

I was told the key to great sexually charged dreams, even of one's spouse, is a lot of carbs before bedtime.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 27, 2024 06:55 AM (u82oZ)

103 Gibson sends cease and desist to maker of Trump Guitars

https://mol.im/a/14130261
Posted by: Ciampino

Gibson's been doing this for years when they think somebody's copied one of their designs.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at November 27, 2024 06:56 AM (vO42M)

104 m

m has the touch.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 27, 2024 06:56 AM (u82oZ)

105 Not bad out
Flag is up
🫡
Should be a short day
Forward Dog 9 hitting the road

Posted by: Skip at November 27, 2024 06:57 AM (fwDg9)

106
"Sweetie, your body is going through a lot of drastic changes right now and it sucks even on the good days."

Puberty was one of the most miserable times of my life, and that's saying something. But never, ever did it cross my mind to do something stupid, and that's saying something.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 27, 2024 06:58 AM (dxSpM)

107 88 85 Family to beg Canada for asylum if Trump bans puberty blockers

https://mol.im/a/14130369
Posted by: Ciampino

I used to be a thing.
Posted by: Mental illness

So was I.

Posted by: Child abuse at November 27, 2024 06:58 AM (dg+HA)

108 @75 thank you! I did a lot of writing on those things.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 27, 2024 07:01 AM (WPL6O)

109 77 In a historic and unprecedented move, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s transition team announced Tuesday that it has reached an agreement with the outgoing Biden White House to initiate the formal transfer of power.

Unlike previous transitions, however, Trump has chosen to forgo federal funding and General Services Administration (GSA) resources, opting instead for a privately funded and self-sufficient operation that will not utilize government technology or office space.

gooder

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 27, 2024 06:38 AM (gbOdA)
----
No bugs in the rooms.
No bugs or keyloggers on the hardware.
No government lackeys around to snoop.
No government 'helpers' to leak.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, vuol fare tutto da solo at November 27, 2024 07:01 AM (i0xsb)

110 Puberty was one of the most miserable times of my life, and that's saying something.

Being called "ma'am" really irritated me to no end. As for the parents, they need to lose custody if they can't explain why they went through puberty just fine but their kid can't.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 27, 2024 07:01 AM (OPGS/)

111 When Perth is mentioned, I always think of HMAS Perth and how the cruiser fell victim to a German commerce raider with a loss of the whole crew.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 27, 2024 07:02 AM (4aTF4)

112
Being called "ma'am" really irritated me to no end.

Especially if you're a boy.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 27, 2024 07:03 AM (dxSpM)

113
Bert: Why isn't China concerned about climate change?

Ernie: Because they're already a communist country.

Posted by: From that bucket of memes over there at November 27, 2024 07:03 AM (dg+HA)

114 Have a great day, everyone.

No school, but chores abound.

May you all bring bliss into the lives of others.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 27, 2024 07:04 AM (u82oZ)

115 >>>>>Unlike previous transitions, however, Trump has chosen to forgo federal funding and General Services Administration (GSA) resources, opting instead for a privately funded and self-sufficient operation that will not utilize government technology or office space.

gooder

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 27, 2024 06:38 AM (gbOdA)
*******
A very smart move by PDJT and his team. The GSA is another government agency that needs to go away. I hope it is on the DOGE list.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at November 27, 2024 07:05 AM (2McGb)

116 Dan Rather's wife for 67 years, Jean Rather, dies at 89 following health battle

https://mol.im/a/14130895

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, cancro at November 27, 2024 07:07 AM (i0xsb)

117 I was told the key to great sexually charged dreams, even of one's spouse, is a lot of carbs before bedtime.

Ironic, because if one regularly stuffs themselves with carbs before bedtime, the only way to experience anything sexually charged will be through dreams.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 27, 2024 07:08 AM (EH0Zf)

118 In a historic and unprecedented move...

Which word is unnecessary?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 27, 2024 07:10 AM (EH0Zf)

119 A lot of carbs before bedtime?
How do you think I got to be here?

Posted by: Your spare tire of belly fat at November 27, 2024 07:10 AM (dg+HA)

120 Smithfield Market set to close after almost 900 years
City of London have ditched plans to relocate it to Dagenham.
They want to use the old site for “mixed use cultural development”, whatever that means.

https://t.co/DSwUkIkb2a

A mosque?

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, tutti stronzi at November 27, 2024 07:11 AM (i0xsb)

121
lol, fuck you, Gibson

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 27, 2024 07:12 AM (oePr1)

122 Better hide the guns .... Women considering divorce are urged to 'pull the trigger' in case Trump and Vance make good on promise

https://mol.im/a/14130215

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, tutti piu stronzi at November 27, 2024 07:14 AM (i0xsb)

123
Antonio Stradiveri sends cease & desist letter to Gibson for using its iconic shape.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 27, 2024 07:15 AM (oePr1)

124
They want to use the old site for “mixed use cultural development”, whatever that means.

Tenements and pubs.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 27, 2024 07:15 AM (dxSpM)

125 Getting data on/off that thing in today's world is a challenge if the cable no longer works. Cable, Infra-Red, or some kind of memory card were the options apparently.

Before Garmin dominated the market, Polar had an activity smart watch that communicated through Infra-Red. I think I had a few notebook computers that had an IR set-up built in.

Back in the day when "laptop" computers came with 3½" disks and CD/DVD Reader/Writers and sound cards were a luxury.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 27, 2024 07:17 AM (EH0Zf)

126
Antonio Stradiveri sends cease & desist letter to Gibson for using its iconic shape.
Posted by: Soothsayer at November 27, 2024 07:15 AM (oePr1)

A violinist with the Cleveland Orchestra had a Strad. He made an exact copy of it and used it in rehearsal one day. It sounded so good that George Szell asked him what violin he was playing. "A Weiss," was the reply. He ended up selling the Strad and retiring.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 27, 2024 07:18 AM (dxSpM)

127 125
I remember printers with I.R. ports.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, infra-rosso at November 27, 2024 07:19 AM (i0xsb)

128 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at November 27, 2024 07:20 AM (z0QHk)

129 G'mornin' everyone!

17 degrees!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at November 27, 2024 07:21 AM (gY0JQ)

130 So, per the 20 Bad Blue tweets, how does Australia passing an anti-free speech law affect the rest of the world? Wouldn't''t the sane countries just say, "Fuck off, cobber?"

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at November 27, 2024 07:22 AM (z0QHk)

131 *They want to use the old site for “mixed use cultural development”, whatever that means.*

Call us.

Posted by: Pimps and dealers at November 27, 2024 07:22 AM (dg+HA)

132 41 Hey Pixy, let me explain what "bipartisan" means. The GOP is the stupid party. The Democrats are the evil party. So if something is bipartisan, it is both evil and stupid.
Posted by: MaureenTheTemp at November 27, 2024 05:42 AM (1KCcl)

"Borrowing" this. Best ever explanation!

Good morning. Hope you all have a good day of cleaning, cooking or traveling- whatever you have planned
Mr. S is going to help make sausage this morning, but he is vacuuming at the moment, so I can wash the floors later. He washed the porches yesterday and I tidied up the garden, so the outside is done.
Pretty little sliver of moon low in the sky- we might have a campfire tomorrow night.

Posted by: sal at November 27, 2024 07:24 AM (f+FmA)

133 Smithfield Market set to close after almost 900 years
City of London have ditched plans to relocate it to Dagenham.
They want to use the old site for “mixed use cultural development”, whatever that means.
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Back in my day, "mixed use" meant barbecuing Protestants.

Posted by: zombie Bloody Mary at November 27, 2024 07:25 AM (z0QHk)

134 "Unlike previous transitions, however, Trump has chosen to forgo federal funding and General Services Administration (GSA) resources, opting instead for a privately funded and self-sufficient operation that will not utilize government technology or office space.

gooder
Posted by: rhennigantx at November 27, 2024 06:38 AM (gbOdA)"

Brilliant smart!
why allow enemy agents to run your transition team?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at November 27, 2024 07:25 AM (gY0JQ)

135 Off Tudor sock.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at November 27, 2024 07:27 AM (z0QHk)

136 Posted by: From that bucket of memes over there

Nice (temporary) nic!

Posted by: m at November 27, 2024 07:41 AM (VnUSN)

137 Smithfield Market set to close after almost 900 years
City of London have ditched plans to relocate it to Dagenham.
They want to use the old site for “mixed use cultural development”, whatever that means.

England is utterly determined to piss away its history in the name of 'progress' and 'culture.'

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 27, 2024 07:42 AM (Q0kLU)

138 Back from my walk, all. What's up?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 27, 2024 07:54 AM (omVj0)

139 Well! JJ is up

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 27, 2024 07:54 AM (omVj0)

140 That would be Troutdale OR, where there is a gate to close I-84

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 27, 2024 08:43 AM (gfViB)

141 sock off

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at November 27, 2024 09:18 AM (w9Wax)

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