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Mad Matt Mullenweg reportedly flipped out after a judge granted WP Engine a preliminary injunction against WordPress. (404 Media)

WordPress is enjoined from requiring oaths of vengeance against WP Engine and from locking WP Engine and its employees and customers out of the open source services that WordPress provides.

I'll say it again: If you don't want to provide your service to everyone in the world, don't offer it as open source.
"It's hard to imagine wanting to continue to working on WordPress after this," he wrote in that Slack, according to a screenshot viewed by 404 Media. "I'm sick and disgusted to be legally compelled to provide free labor to an organization as parasitic and exploitive as WP Engine. I hope you all get what you and WP Engine wanted."
I've looked at the WordPress code recently. Sick and disgusted is unearned praise.

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I'm sorry, Mario. Your death robot from the future is ~~in another castle~~ down right now. (HackRead)

ChatGPT and the newly released Sora video creator from OpenAI went down for several hours. The cause of the outage is currently reported as "we don't know and if we did we wouldn't tell you".
Speaking of Sora, a new AI that can create entire movies from a simple prompt - movies that last a maximum of twenty seconds because any longer and it goes insane - it looks like copyright lawsuits are back on the menu. (Tech Crunch)

They threw everything into this, including but not limited to Super Mario Bros and Pokemon.

This seems ill-advised.
And speaking of Slack, GM told the employees if its Cruise subsidiary that it no longer has a Cruise subsidiary. (Tech Crunch)

The work will be absorbed into GM as a whole. The jobs... We don't know.
If you have an Embodied Moxie robot, you have a $800 clown. (Ars Technica)

The company is not offering refunds because "we don't have any money left".
In addition to the robot being bricked, Embodied noted that warranties, repair services, the corresponding parent app and guides, and support staff will no longer be accessible.
Specialised devices like this from small startups will always be high-risk. It's a bit like complaining that you can no longer buy ribbons for your 1923 Underwood typewriter, except faster.
BadRAM breaks security on AMD servers by... Opening them up and installing a fake RAM module powered by a Pi Pico and a 9v battery. (Tom's Hardware)

What's interesting is that AMD has issued a software patch that protects against this.
Italy's Datashield antipiracy system blocked another CDN IP address, inadvertently taking down a tech news site that has been noted for its criticism of Datashield. (TorrentFreak)

For very small values of "inadvertently".

Disclaimer: Extremely small.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at December 12, 2024 04:01 AM (fwDg9)

2 https://www.youtube.com/live/UfOYar4WidI

SpaceX launch around lunchtime.

Posted by: Ciampino - The good oils are expensive at December 12, 2024 04:02 AM (i0xsb)

3 BOING!

Hitting the road, heading north. l8r.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 12, 2024 04:04 AM (7PdR6)

4 tinyurl.com/2uw893cf
Bad Blue- Top 10 New Jersey drone swarm concerns

Posted by: Skip at December 12, 2024 04:04 AM (fwDg9)

5 Disclaimer: Extremely small.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM
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Quantum scale?

Posted by: Ciampino - The good ones spin at December 12, 2024 04:07 AM (i0xsb)

6 Evening and morning to all the Thor's Day early risers and later toilers!

Specialised devices like this from small startups will always be high-risk. It's a bit like complaining that you can no longer buy ribbons for your 1923 Underwood typewriter, except faster.

***
Yes, but at one time the Underwood and other typewriters were everywhere in the business world and even in homes. This robot represented a small portion of buyers.

There was once a typewriter with a more logical keyboard arrangement of letters and numbers. The creators claimed that it was easier to learn and would be faster to type on. The world plumped for the QWERTY keyboard. So if you have one of these robots now, it would be like complaining that you can't find service for one of those specialized keyboard machines from 1895 or whenever.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 12, 2024 04:09 AM (omVj0)

7 My cough drags on. It vanishes for a while, and I think Im fine, and then I'm barking like a rabid seal again. The Tussin DM cough medicine I bought yesterday does not seem to help much. It's ntt the sleepy kind, so I'll take it to work with me today and dose myself at appropriate intervals.

At least I got *close to* enough sleep last night.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 12, 2024 04:11 AM (omVj0)

8 The Dvorak keyboard layout.

Posted by: Ciampino - The good ones taste nice at December 12, 2024 04:15 AM (i0xsb)

9 The Dvorak keyboard layout.
Posted by: Ciampino - The good ones taste nice at December 12, 2024

***
Was that the name? I'd forgotten. Yes, it was a pioneer effort. From what I recall, businessmen actually wanted to *slow down* the speed of their typists (??), so they preferred the layout we've come to know.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 12, 2024 04:18 AM (omVj0)

10 If she's innocent then why a pardon? Bill Clinton hatches plot with Biden to protect Hillary from Trump

https://mol.im/a/14183261

Posted by: Ciampino - How about the Dossier? at December 12, 2024 04:19 AM (i0xsb)

11 Good morning all. We lost power here for about 10 minutes tonight. Strong winds and heavy rain at times. So now I am awake and having coffee. Hope everyone has a great day.

Posted by: RetSgtRN at December 12, 2024 04:19 AM (xnmPv)

12 Mornin’ fellow Mooncalves

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at December 12, 2024 04:21 AM (JRP2U)

13 Temp of 47 F., wind chill 42. Dry (as dry as it gets here, that is) and clear, though.

In other news, our local council member Helena Moreno, a former TV anchor, is planning to run for mayor. She's a Dem, so I can't hope that the state of the city will change. But she is one HELL of a lot better looking than LaToya "the Destroya" Cantrell:

https://tinyurl.com/fkrmxa47

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 12, 2024 04:25 AM (omVj0)

14 Good morning, good people, from the windswept Adirondacks, fortified by 36 degree temps and light (fortunately) rain. More in front of the fireplace weather.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at December 12, 2024 04:25 AM (hKoQL)

15 Wolfus: How long have you had this cough and how long have you been treating it with a DM cough syrup? If it's longer than 7 days, see a doctor and ask about a hydrocodone (vicodin) based cough syrup to quiet the chest. It's much more effective, and DM (more correctly, DXM) has nasty mental side effects (paranoia and nervousness increases pretty significantly) if taken longer than 7 to 10 days. Saw someone go through that when they were taking a DM cough syrup for 4 weeks straight. It ... wasn't pretty.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 12, 2024 04:26 AM (O7YUW)

16 How Daniel Penny will get revenge on Manhattan DA who went after him

https://mol.im/a/14182713

Posted by: Ciampino - served cold at December 12, 2024 04:28 AM (i0xsb)

17 Two more days to drag myself through. Then five more next week, and I'll be done until Jan. 2. I hope this cough finishes up this week, though.

The Killer Kittenz From Outer Space are having fun. The big black male chases the little gray girl, and then she gallops around him. He's taken to being sort of bullying though; he chased the little one off the hassock yesterday so he could jump up there and take possession. She had the high ground and could have whapped him with a paw. On the other hand, he's got the reach on her.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 12, 2024 04:30 AM (omVj0)

18 Mornin'

The Salvatore Dali keyboard failed, for some reason.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 12, 2024 04:32 AM (rRMBj)

19 Oops.
Warning as experts discover weight loss jabs like Ozempic render breast cancer chemo ineffective

https://mol.im/a/14182453

Posted by: Ciampino - well lookie here at December 12, 2024 04:33 AM (i0xsb)

20 Wolfus: How long have you had this cough and how long have you been treating it with a DM cough syrup? If it's longer than 7 days, see a doctor and ask about a hydrocodone (vicodin) based cough syrup to quiet the chest. It's much more effective, and DM (more correctly, DXM) has nasty mental side effects (paranoia and nervousness increases pretty significantly) if taken longer than 7 to 10 days. Saw someone go through that when they were taking a DM cough syrup for 4 weeks straight. It ... wasn't pretty.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 12, 2024

***
G & R, the cough just began. The sore throat cropped up on Saturday evening, and I was sneezing and sniffling Sunday through Tuesday. Once that cleared up with the help of DayQuil, the cough began. So it's only been a day or two. It just seems longer. And I haven't been sick in more than two years, so it seems even more onerous.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 12, 2024 04:33 AM (omVj0)

21 @9/Wolfus: DVORAK keyboard history -
https://tinyurl.com/5t4daryx

Long ago, in high school, I had a typing teacher (yes, they had classes for stuff like this back then, I gather they don't anymore) who knew both the QWERTY and DVORAK keyboard.

His speeds were 120 wpm for QWERTY and ~200 for DVORAK. To this day, I'm still amazed that he managed to learn to easily "switch gears" mentally between the two systems. I've been typing on QWERTY for decades, and the thought of learning a second system? Well, let's just say I find that idea daunting at best.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 12, 2024 04:33 AM (O7YUW)

22 @20/Wolfus: Okay. Hope you feel better right quick, and remember the 7 day mark for the cough; doctor time if it isn't gone by then.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 12, 2024 04:35 AM (O7YUW)

23 "It's hard to imagine wanting to continue to working on WordPress after this," he wrote in that Slack, according to a screenshot viewed by 404 Media. "I'm sick and disgusted to be legally compelled to provide free labor to an organization as parasitic and exploitive as WP Engine. I hope you all get what you and WP Engine wanted."

These are the words of a man who is about to flounce out in a destructive way (not that his staying hasn't been rather destructive so far.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 12, 2024 04:37 AM (O7YUW)

24 Squad's Jamaal Bowman launches astonishing racist tirade after Daniel Penny's acquittal

https://mol.im/a/14182489

Posted by: Ciampino - well lookie here, another brown racist at December 12, 2024 04:38 AM (i0xsb)

25 Squad's Jamaal Bowman launches astonishing racist tirade after Daniel Penny's acquittal

https://mol.im/a/14182489
Posted by: Ciampino - well lookie here, another brown racist at December 12, 2024 04:38 AM (i0xsb)

What was astonishing about it? What j-mal s about has been known for years so I don't see how any would be shock about what that thigs says.

Posted by: Someday I'll choose a nick and stick with it. Today is not that day! Dangerous Radical at December 12, 2024 04:41 AM (89Sog)

26 18 Mornin'

The Salvatore Dali keyboard failed, for some reason.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 12, 2024 04:32 AM (rRMBj)
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That was the one with triangular, multicolored keys arranged stochastically, right??

Posted by: Ciampino - Dvorak was a composer right? at December 12, 2024 04:42 AM (i0xsb)

27 Moxie Robot...

"But soon, none of those features will be available, making the pricey children’s toy virtually useless. According to Embodied, Moxie can’t perform core functionality without cloud connectivity."

So it was another digital spy, in your house, engaging with your children, probably while you weren't monitoring closely. Maybe it's just as well the company is thundering in due to lack of funding.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 12, 2024 04:45 AM (O7YUW)

28 @20/Wolfus: Okay. Hope you feel better right quick, and remember the 7 day mark for the cough; doctor time if it isn't gone by then.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 12, 2024

***
I will. It's probably just a post-nasal drip tickling my throat, and will drag on until my nasal passages dry up. They're mostly there already.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 12, 2024 04:50 AM (omVj0)

29 Last surviving Mod Squad actor dead.

https://tinyurl.com/47pnatfn

Posted by: Ciampino - It's getting closer at December 12, 2024 04:51 AM (i0xsb)

30 It's a bit like complaining that your 1923 Underwood decided to only type Fs and Us. And it's not a mechanical problem.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 12, 2024 04:53 AM (y/ZMQ)

31 Cultural Marxists want a protected class, not equally

Posted by: Skip at December 12, 2024 04:58 AM (fwDg9)

32 I can't even go from an IBM ThinkPad to an HP Whatever-the-crap-it-is without making a mess of things...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 12, 2024 04:59 AM (y/ZMQ)

33
Sneaky tricks FBI can deploy to stop Luigi Mangione tipster from claiming $60,000 reward cash

https://mol.im/a/14181937

Posted by: Ciampino - why bother at December 12, 2024 05:00 AM (i0xsb)

34 Doris Day. I've got my love to keep me warm.

The lady could belt it out.

https://tinyurl.com/3hydhb8a

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 12, 2024 05:02 AM (bss/y)

35 *pokes thread*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 12, 2024 05:07 AM (bss/y)

36 Drinking coffee here Aetius, and reading some Canadian news to get my blood pressure up for the day.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 12, 2024 05:09 AM (O7YUW)

37 36 Drinking coffee here Aetius, and reading some Canadian news to get my blood pressure up for the day.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 12, 2024 05:09 AM (O7YUW)

Generous application of Trudeau follies would serve that purpose.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 12, 2024 05:10 AM (bss/y)

38 I think it definitely takes a bit for my blood to start circulating when i wake up.... i bumbled into the kitchen to make some coffee, saw a box on the counter, and said, "what in the hell are SNOOdS? And why is it written all dumb like that?"

SPOONS, jackass. It's a box of plastic SPOONS.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 12, 2024 05:13 AM (y/ZMQ)

39 SPOONS, jackass. It's a box of plastic SPOONS.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 12, 2024 05:13 AM (y/ZMQ)

Heh.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 12, 2024 05:14 AM (bss/y)

40 @38 A snood is also a hair net, commonly used in kitchens.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at December 12, 2024 05:16 AM (hKoQL)

41 At least work today is closest been in awhile

Posted by: Skip at December 12, 2024 05:17 AM (fwDg9)

42 Here's something else (linked over at Insty):

Pfizer hid vaccine deaths, research team alleges

https://tinyurl.com/yhrzvjns

Me: IIRC, the 'vaccine' (which it is not) was originally intended for something else. Maybe heart disease, I cannot remember.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 12, 2024 05:17 AM (bss/y)

43 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at December 12, 2024 05:19 AM (dg+HA)

44 ChatGPT and the newly released Sora video creator from OpenAI went down for several hours. The cause of the outage is currently reported as "we don't know and if we did we wouldn't tell you".

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Kind of like our feral government and the "drone invasion" over the Eastern Seaboard?

Posted by: ShainS -- Deus Ex Muskina [h/t Mike Benz] at December 12, 2024 05:20 AM (0Q8Z+)

45 40 @38 A snood is also a hair net, commonly used in kitchens.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at December 12, 2024 05:16 AM (hKoQL)

I wouldn't give brain that much credit to think it would know that.

If it does, it never told me.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 12, 2024 05:21 AM (y/ZMQ)

46 I'm sorry for posting this out of context but I am closing my open tabs to start a new day and I just can't even:

"Even the U.S. government’s most pessimistic assessments did not anticipate that the Afghan government and security forces would collapse so rapidly in the face of Taliban advances," Blinken told the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday.

This guy says he's planning on heading to Syria to straighten things out. I hope the ransom is too much for Trump to pay.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at December 12, 2024 05:22 AM (QB+5g)

47 Little breezy and below freezing

Posted by: Skip at December 12, 2024 05:23 AM (fwDg9)

48 Kind of like our feral government and the "drone invasion" over the Eastern Seaboard?
Posted by: ShainS -- Deus Ex Muskina [h/t Mike Benz] at December 12, 2024 05:20 AM (0Q8Z+)

I'm almost scared that they're saying "we don't know".

If they really didn't know, they'd make up some preposterous lie to try to damage their enemies.

If they're saying they don't know, it means they *do* know, but don't want us to.

Swamp creatures are pretty predictable.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 12, 2024 05:23 AM (y/ZMQ)

49 Just a funny song based on comments making fun of a dude's massive forehead. Catchy tune.

https://tinyurl.com/5aszcmwz

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 12, 2024 05:26 AM (bss/y)

50 "Room for the manger":

Devotional on 1st Timothy 6:6-12
Passages contains some insights about the passage prior to the devotional:

https://tinyurl.com/4fm3v86x

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 12, 2024 05:27 AM (vWRku)

51 I'm almost scared that they're saying "we don't know".

If they really didn't know, they'd make up some preposterous lie to try to damage their enemies.

If they're saying they don't know, it means they *do* know, but don't want us to.

Swamp creatures are pretty predictable.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 12, 2024 05:23 AM (y/ZMQ)

Reminds you of weather balloons. What is so odd about our current crop of commie technocrat overlords is that they seem to think passive aggressive ignorance is a better public posture than appearing competent and strong. People are weird.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 12, 2024 05:27 AM (bss/y)

52 ignorance is a better public posture than appearing competent and strong. People are weird.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 12, 2024 05:27 AM (bss/y

"Obey us implicitly because we're experts and we know everything!"

"Well then what in the hell is that thing over there?"

"I don't know! how in the hell could i possibly know! fuck you, kulak, for even asking!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 12, 2024 05:29 AM (y/ZMQ)

53 Sisters sing lovely version of "Silent Night":

https://tinyurl.com/3efcxwr9

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 12, 2024 05:30 AM (vWRku)

54 Me: IIRC, the 'vaccine' (which it is not) was originally intended for something else. Maybe heart disease, I cannot remember.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 12, 2024 05:17 AM (bss/y)

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[Found somewhere online:]

"... advances in nanotechnology: the development of fatty droplets (lipid nanoparticles) that wrapped the mRNA like a bubble, which allowed entry into the cells. Once inside the cell, the mRNA message could be translated into proteins, like the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2, and the immune system would then be primed to recognize the foreign protein.

The first mRNA vaccines using these fatty envelopes were developed against the deadly Ebola virus, but since that virus is only found in a limited number of African countries, it had no commercial development in the U.S."

Posted by: ShainS -- Deus Ex Muskina [h/t Mike Benz] at December 12, 2024 05:31 AM (0Q8Z+)

55 Still in internet limbo
Flag is up
🫡
Be back when I get home
Forward Dog 9 out

Posted by: Skip at December 12, 2024 05:31 AM (fwDg9)

56 I hope the ransom is too much for Trump to pay.
Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at December 12, 2024 05:22 AM (QB+5g)

"I'll give you a million to keep him."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 12, 2024 05:31 AM (y/ZMQ)

57 "I don't know! how in the hell could i possibly know! fuck you, kulak, for even asking!"
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 12, 2024 05:29 AM (y/ZMQ)

Exactly. (feigning?) Ignorance while demanding respect and looking down their nose at everyone. Really? You're going to go with that?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 12, 2024 05:32 AM (bss/y)

58 7 My cough drags on. It vanishes for a while, and I think Im fine, and then I'm barking like a rabid seal again.

Wife and I are going through something like that but she has it worse. As for me, I think this is the cough that I've been stuck with for a few decades which always acts up when things get cold.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 12, 2024 05:33 AM (NR6c1)

59 53 Sisters sing lovely version of "Silent Night":

https://tinyurl.com/3efcxwr9
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 12, 2024 05:30 AM (vWRku)

Saving 'O Holy Night' for Christmas Eve. Have to find the right version. Probably my favorite Christmas song if done right.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 12, 2024 05:33 AM (bss/y)

60 The first mRNA vaccines using these fatty envelopes were developed against the deadly Ebola virus, but since that virus is only found in a limited number of African countries, it had no commercial development in the U.S."
Posted by: ShainS -- Deus Ex Muskina [h/t Mike Benz] at December 12, 2024 05:31 AM (0Q8Z+)

Is there really no corporate profit motive to be found in "being the company that everyone knows cured Ebola"?

I mean sure you ain't gonna sell many doses, but heck...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 12, 2024 05:34 AM (y/ZMQ)

61 If our military, with all the billions of bucks, don't know who/what these drones are then it's time for some courts martial.

Posted by: Ciampino - why bother if they won't pay up at December 12, 2024 05:35 AM (i0xsb)

62 38 SPOONS, jackass. It's a box of plastic SPOONS.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

That's the kind of start to your morning where you hope no one else witnesses it.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 12, 2024 05:35 AM (NR6c1)

63 Hmmm, ebola. Clotting.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 12, 2024 05:36 AM (bss/y)

64 Generous application of Trudeau follies would serve that purpose.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 12, 2024 05:10 AM (bss/y)

Or his smirking inept deputy PM & "Finance Minister" Chrystia Freeland...

This is the story currently driving the blood pressure at full tilt:
https://tinyurl.com/ej69v6rc

{{ 'Not an unlimited pot': Some Liberals express concern about Freeland blowing past $40B deficit }}

My opinion? We've got to start living within our means (individually and companies and our governments) and start paying down our debts. Deficit spending long term only leads to bankruptcy and ruin. This claim of "We're in a great position (compared to other countries)" is like claiming we've got our heads the most above the water line in the sewage treatment tank. We're still in a world of shit, you idiots!

Yup. Blood pressure now perking along nicely.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 12, 2024 05:36 AM (O7YUW)

65 "What are all these planes smashing into Hawaii this afternoon?"

"I don't know. Nobody knows. Nobody could possibly know. Shut up."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 12, 2024 05:36 AM (y/ZMQ)

66 62 38 SPOONS, jackass. It's a box of plastic SPOONS.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

That's the kind of start to your morning where you hope no one else witnesses it.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 12, 2024 05:35 AM (NR6c1)

Nah, Warai went with the power move of putting it on the internet. Like walking into a meeting with your boss and letting loose with a massive fart.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 12, 2024 05:37 AM (bss/y)

67 What do you call a computer that tells jokes?

A laugh top.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 12, 2024 05:37 AM (vWRku)

68 My cough drags on. It vanishes for a while, and I think Im fine, and then I'm barking like a rabid seal again.
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Wife and I are going through something like that but she has it worse. As for me, I think this is the cough that I've been stuck with for a few decades which always acts up when things get cold.
Posted by: NR Pax at December 12, 2024 05:33 AM (NR6c1)

I find that when I have a cough that comes on for seemingly no reason, taking a zicam will fix it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 12, 2024 05:37 AM (ExV1e)

69 Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 12, 2024 05:33 AM (bss/y)

Yes; That is a very nice hymn.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 12, 2024 05:39 AM (vWRku)

70 68 I find that when I have a cough that comes on for seemingly no reason, taking a zicam will fix it.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

That's an interesting idea. And I'm serious about how long I've dealt with this. I've been to seven doctors, a couple of whom are specialists, one endoscopy, a barrage of allergy tests and two years of being on meds of asthma and all they can conclude is "Yep. You have a cough."

Posted by: NR Pax at December 12, 2024 05:40 AM (NR6c1)

71 The "drone invasion. My take is that it's an Op to monitor how certain forms of information propagate through our increasingly dysfunctional and unhinged society.

I have a buddy that got into Big Data after the telecom bust and he went to APL where they were setting up a "system" to monitor all the available real-time information to look for an outbreak of some kind, say a disease.

It's amazing how events leave digital footprints everywhere now. Lots of seemingly unrelated events can be accumulated into something bigger going on.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at December 12, 2024 05:41 AM (QB+5g)

72 FenelonSpoke

Groan.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 12, 2024 05:41 AM (u82oZ)

73 Story behind Texas couple's massive Christmas light display:

https://tinyurl.com/mvywaaet

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 12, 2024 05:46 AM (auM1U)

74 Good morning all: 32 degrees here in western NC going up to 50 today and clear.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 12, 2024 05:48 AM (2yAnV)

75 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 12, 2024 05:58 AM (u82oZ)

76 Rufus T. Firefly

25 ℉, going to 37℉ here in rural northeast Kansas.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 12, 2024 06:00 AM (u82oZ)

77 >>>For very small values of "inadvertently".
Disclaimer: Extremely small.

Hahahaha. Pixy brings the funny.

Posted by: m at December 12, 2024 06:00 AM (VnUSN)

78 >>>And speaking of Slack, GM told the employees if its Cruise subsidiary

if = of (?)

Posted by: m at December 12, 2024 06:01 AM (VnUSN)

79 38 I think it definitely takes a bit for my blood to start circulating when i wake up.... i bumbled into the kitchen to make some coffee, saw a box on the counter, and said, "what in the hell are SNOOdS? And why is it written all dumb like that?"

SPOONS, jackass. It's a box of plastic SPOONS.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 12, 2024 05:13 AM (y/ZMQ)

LOL! LOL! Oh, my goodness.

Posted by: m at December 12, 2024 06:06 AM (VnUSN)

80 If we only had a competent Department of Homeland Security that was able to investigate and assess threats from, oh, I don't know, swarms of autonomous flying objects each the size of a minivan flying over densely populated areas of the east coast.

But hey, a taxpayer can dream, right?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 12, 2024 06:06 AM (dg+HA)

81 >>>ChatGPT and the newly released Sora video creator from OpenAI went down

Language?

Posted by: m at December 12, 2024 06:07 AM (VnUSN)

82 Large Satanic display destroyed within 48 hours outside NH State House. Some cop says, Santa wouldn't do this. Maybe Santa wouldn't but St Nicholas wasn't fond of heretics.

https://tinyurl.com/24yxhrfb

I think Satanists are weenies. Their feelings are hurt by.a Nativity display?! . Awwwww

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 12, 2024 06:08 AM (4IA/s)

83 Quarter Twenty

I do not want autonomous drone overlords before Trump is in office.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 12, 2024 06:09 AM (u82oZ)

84 Do you want them after?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 12, 2024 06:11 AM (dg+HA)

85 Quarter Twenty

Nope. Have them go over the UK.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 12, 2024 06:11 AM (u82oZ)

86 WHY NEW JERSEY?

Posted by: m at December 12, 2024 06:13 AM (VnUSN)

87 Hoboken.

Posted by: We're a hidden gem at December 12, 2024 06:15 AM (dg+HA)

88 87 Hoboken.
Posted by: We're a hidden gem at December 12, 2024 06:15 AM (dg+HA)

hmmmmmmmmm

Posted by: m at December 12, 2024 06:16 AM (VnUSN)

89 This Matt person sounds like a bit of a drama queen. For very large values of "bit."

Posted by: pookysgirl has known a few at December 12, 2024 06:16 AM (dtlDP)

90 Actually, we're where you wanna be.

https://youtu.be/jhioeOeOHsA

Posted by: Bayonne at December 12, 2024 06:18 AM (dg+HA)

91 The Dionne Warwick song (I ain't saying what song) that somebody (ace?) put in the sidebar about a week ago has been the first tune that comes into my head every morning since its posting. Gee. "Thanks."

Posted by: m at December 12, 2024 06:19 AM (VnUSN)

92 91 The Dionne Warwick song (I ain't saying what song) that somebody (ace?) put in the sidebar about a week ago has been the first tune that comes into my head every morning since its posting. Gee. "Thanks."
Posted by: m at December 12, 2024 06:19 AM (VnUSN)

At least it is not Bonnie Tyler.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 12, 2024 06:21 AM (bss/y)

93
At least it is not Bonnie Tyler.
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This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: The Singing Nun at December 12, 2024 06:25 AM (dg+HA)

94 Jimmy Snood, race car driver and winner of the 1921 Italian Tour De Uva, went on to become a penguin wrangler for Mussolini until cut down in a tragic accident involving Granita and the famous Emperor penguin "Pinguino Maximus".

Posted by: Penguin Facts at December 12, 2024 06:27 AM (vFG9F)

95 The "Christian Post" has an article about Nancy Pelosi taking the Eucharist in her home diocese despite a ban by the Archbishop. Some commentator over there called "Liberal Jesus" says that "Someday Nancy Pelosi will be declared a Saint.". He better not hold his breath.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 12, 2024 06:33 AM (7RgVe)

96 "Someday Nancy Pelosi will be declared a Saint."

But we're the ones who are in a cult. Go figure.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 12, 2024 06:36 AM (NR6c1)

97 Don’t take the 3 hour Cruise.

Posted by: Eromero at December 12, 2024 06:43 AM (jgmnb)

98 Ot the one hour.

Posted by: Eromero at December 12, 2024 06:46 AM (jgmnb)

99 Not 30 minutes.

Posted by: Eromero at December 12, 2024 06:46 AM (jgmnb)

100 Nor 15.

Posted by: Eromero at December 12, 2024 06:46 AM (jgmnb)

101 I was gonna get off in Hoboken, but it was Hobroken.

Posted by: Take The Train To The Plane at December 12, 2024 06:48 AM (jxRfg)

102 >>>Or his smirking inept deputy PM & "Finance Minister" Chrystia Freeland.
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Far from true, I believe. She's a totalitarian, born and bred. A true Leninist, and, sadly effective.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 12, 2024 06:50 AM (TWOoZ)

103 Just think... Nanzi Pelosi has haunted America for more than fifty years. Isn't there a time limit on ogres? Should be...

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 12, 2024 06:52 AM (23eD8)

104 Burr. 39 degrees in Las Cruces.

Coffee.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 12, 2024 06:53 AM (e+6P0)

105 Don't take Chrystia if you're allergic to Chrystia.

Posted by: The Legal Department at December 12, 2024 06:55 AM (dg+HA)

106 Saving 'O Holy Night' for Christmas Eve. Have to find the right version. Probably my favorite Christmas song if done right.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 12, 2024 05:33 AM (bss/y)

Saving my favorite 'Silent Night' for then, too. It signals the start of Christmas for me.
I remember Andy Williams had a nice version of "Holy Night" back in the '60s.

Morning, all.

Posted by: sal at December 12, 2024 06:57 AM (f+FmA)

107 The annual Las Cruces Christmas tree lighting took place on the plaza on Tuesday. Why Tuesday? Who knows. Eat your heart out New York.

https://is.gd/r5Kr4G

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 12, 2024 06:58 AM (e+6P0)

108 From the DM:

"America's favorite self-proclaimed democratic socialist has announced when he thinks he will retire."

I think that AI might actually do a better job at writing headlines.

Posted by: fd at December 12, 2024 06:58 AM (vFG9F)

109 94 Jimmy Snood, race car driver and winner of the 1921 Italian Tour De Uva, went on to become a penguin wrangler for Mussolini until cut down in a tragic accident involving Granita and the famous Emperor penguin "Pinguino Maximus".
Posted by: Penguin Facts at December 12, 2024 06:27 AM (vFG9F)

Snood's arch nemesis, Rex Antimacassar, was absent from that year's Tour De Uva, having mistakenly written "Tour De Uff Da" in his appointment book, and therefore showed up at the wrong racetrack.

Posted by: The Rest of the Story at December 12, 2024 06:58 AM (PiwSw)

110 Happy Thursday

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 12, 2024 06:59 AM (gbOdA)

111 "Happy Thursday
Posted by: rhennigantx"

Oh no. I forgot to send out Happy Thursday cards.

Posted by: fd at December 12, 2024 07:00 AM (vFG9F)

112 95 The "Christian Post" has an article about Nancy Pelosi taking the Eucharist in her home diocese despite a ban by the Archbishop. Some commentator over there called "Liberal Jesus" says that "Someday Nancy Pelosi will be declared a Saint.". He better not hold his breath.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Christian Post isn't bad as Christian news sites go. Not nearly as woke as some of the others. The message boards are as bad as anywhere though. Just garbage.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 12, 2024 07:01 AM (sAmhv)

113 "Snood's arch nemesis, Rex Antimacassar, was absent from that year's Tour De Uva, having mistakenly written "Tour De Uff Da" in his appointment book, and therefore showed up at the wrong racetrack.
Posted by: The Rest of the Story "

I'm glad you covered that.

Posted by: fd at December 12, 2024 07:03 AM (vFG9F)

114 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Yuge and luxurious!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 12, 2024 07:05 AM (fsC91)

115 It's been years since I've heard a VOA broadcast. Is it still that big of a deal? Didn't they used to give away radios so oppressed peoples could listen?

I suppose I could tune one in on my SDR and hear what kind of propaganda they are putting out right now.

Posted by: fd at December 12, 2024 07:07 AM (vFG9F)

116 Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 12, 2024 07:01 AM (sAmhv)

I think CP is moderate - leaning towards conservative and it has lots of essays by various folks which are quite conservative. However, some the commentators are quite left while still claiming Christianity. "Liberal Jesus" is one of them. He's so over the top I'm not even sure it's not a sock

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 12, 2024 07:07 AM (mL2L5)

117 "...having mistakenly written "Tour De Uff Da" in his appointment book, and therefore showed up at the wrong racetrack."

At least he didn't have a problem with the volume knob on his radio alarm clock.

Posted by: Obscure Seinfeld reference at December 12, 2024 07:07 AM (dg+HA)

118 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at December 12, 2024 07:10 AM (cY18j)

119

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at December 12, 2024 07:10 AM (EFZgU)

120 Hoboken is the home of the world's only Hoboken-born penguin.

Penguin out front should have told you.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at December 12, 2024 07:12 AM (8AONa)

121 My sister was once bitten by a Hoboken penguin.

Posted by: Just filling space until the MR at December 12, 2024 07:15 AM (vFG9F)

122 Some nitwit here in Las Cruces jumped in his Suburban, put it in reverse, stomped on the gas and smashed into a hotel room injuring one and killing another. The perp claimed he was trying to pursue some other perps who were harassing him. Video surveillance showed he jumped in the, fired it up, and smashed into the unit without ever touching the brakes though he claimed he did. The judge gave him $5000.00 bail which it can't make, so there is that. Note to self: commit crimes here.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 12, 2024 07:17 AM (e+6P0)

123 The El Paso Zoo has penguins. I didn't know that until last year. Still haven't been there to see them because the Texas Department of Transportation has had I-10 tore up for two years with no end in sight.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 12, 2024 07:20 AM (e+6P0)

124 120 Hoboken is the home of the world's only Hoboken-born penguin.

"Ooooh! I'm dyin' again!"

Posted by: NR Pax at December 12, 2024 07:20 AM (NR6c1)

125 Have a great day everyone.

May your next cleansing action have much better precautions than hapless Luigi used.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 12, 2024 07:22 AM (u82oZ)

126 Santa Biden is giving out commutations and pardon this year for Christmas. Him being out of office cannot come soon enough.

https://is.gd/0ace0S

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 12, 2024 07:23 AM (e+6P0)

127 What are the medical plan options in a maximum security prison. I am pretty sure Luigi skipped over that detail.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 12, 2024 07:24 AM (e+6P0)

128 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 12, 2024 07:25 AM (hoCmQ)

129 Good morning fine people. I hear Trump is going to ring the opening bell at the NYSE this morning. Man of the Year.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 12, 2024 07:27 AM (SfhV1)

130 What are the medical plan options in a maximum security prison. I am pretty sure Luigi skipped over that detail.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 12, 2024 07:24 AM (e+6P0)
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I wouldn't mind paying for him to be ~~transitioned~~ castrated.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 12, 2024 07:28 AM (fsC91)

131 Good morning fine people. I hear Trump is going to ring the opening bell at the NYSE this morning. Man of the Year.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead

Robo-Donald is unstoppable. He isn't even president and he has been making me money.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 12, 2024 07:29 AM (e+6P0)

132 Today is Day of the Poinsettia. Follow-up to Night of the Lepus.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 12, 2024 07:29 AM (fsC91)

133 Still not tired of winning.

Posted by: The Stock Market at December 12, 2024 07:29 AM (dg+HA)

134 This morning is one of those days where I feel like strangling my kid. Anyone else have days like that? Fortunately, he left for work before I could do that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 12, 2024 07:31 AM (R66DZ)

135 He isn't even president

He's doing so many things, I forget that technically we still have Joe Biden.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 12, 2024 07:31 AM (SfhV1)

136 "Someday Nancy Pelosi will be declared a Saint."

Nancy Pelosi, stantanic patron saint of child murder and stock trades of questionable ethics.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 12, 2024 07:32 AM (ExV1e)

137 Fen - I used to have many days like that with my children. Oddly enough, my grandchildren never do anything wrong. :-)

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 12, 2024 07:33 AM (SfhV1)

138 Good morning early people. Now that I am here JJ will nood any moment.

What's the news on Jim in Kalifornia? How did his resection go? I jumped right to the end of the comments because by the time I read them Jj will be here.

Wolfus, have you talked to Miss Linda about your retirement yet?

Posted by: TecumsehTea at December 12, 2024 07:33 AM (1TzeS)

139 Imma need someone to cover my shift making decisions in the Oval Office today. Got a sick kid.

Posted by: Juanita from Housekeeping at December 12, 2024 07:33 AM (dg+HA)

140 What's the news on Jim in Kalifornia? How did his resection go?
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He appears to have made it through OK, but he's resigned to living with a colostomy bag for the next six months.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at December 12, 2024 07:34 AM (fsC91)

141 Paul McCartney's dream band: John Bonham (Drums), Jimi Hendrix (Guitar), Billy Preston (Keyboards), John Entwistle (Bass), and Elvis Presley (Vocals)

That will do.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 12, 2024 07:34 AM (e+6P0)

142 What's the news on Jim in Kalifornia? How did his resection go?

I'm anxious to hear too.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 12, 2024 07:34 AM (SfhV1)

143 This morning is one of those days where I feel like strangling my kid. Anyone else have days like that? Fortunately, he left for work before I could do that.

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LOL, Fen, my nearly 28 year old son moved home last year to save $ for a house down payment. If I thought my days of wanting to strangle him ended with his teen years, I was wrong.

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 12, 2024 07:35 AM (qBdHI)

144 Snood!

Posted by: fd at December 12, 2024 07:35 AM (vFG9F)

145 No problem, Juanita. I can pull a double today.

Posted by: Gomez from Grounds Maintenance at December 12, 2024 07:35 AM (dg+HA)

146 Wolfus, if you can find a cough syrup that has Cherry Bark in it, it is a wonderful product. You can find it as places like Whole Foods or a natural pharmacy. I highly recommend it.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at December 12, 2024 07:35 AM (1TzeS)

147 Grammie winger - cheesehead at December 12, 2024 07:33 AM (SfhV1)

LOL. I don't think I'll live that long, but I enjoy other people speaking warmly of their grandchildren.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 12, 2024 07:35 AM (R66DZ)

148
JJ
SEF
TON

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 12, 2024 07:35 AM (gbOdA)

149 Posted by: Lady in Black at December 12, 2024 07:35 AM (qBdHI

That makes me feel better. 😊

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 12, 2024 07:36 AM (R66DZ)

150 I knew it! Drat that Sefton! lol

Posted by: TecumsehTea at December 12, 2024 07:36 AM (1TzeS)

151 "Someday Nancy Pelosi will be declared a Saint."

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Santa Muerte?

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 12, 2024 07:37 AM (qBdHI)

152 It's worse than Cherry Bite.

Posted by: Just the punchline at December 12, 2024 07:37 AM (dg+HA)

153 I have a buddy that got into Big Data after the telecom bust and he went to APL where they were setting up a "system" to monitor all the available real-time information to look for an outbreak of some kind, say a disease.

It's amazing how events leave digital footprints everywhere now. Lots of seemingly unrelated events can be accumulated into something bigger going on.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at December 12, 2024 05:41 AM (QB+5g)

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Robert Heinlein used the idea of apparently unrelated things being connected in his story "The Year of the Jackpot."

Posted by: Ronald Kornblow at December 12, 2024 11:32 AM (pXRYM)

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