Daily Tech News 14 February 2025

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AMD will not be releasing a 32GB model of the upcoming Radeon 9070XT. (Tom's Hardware)

But they will be holding a launch event on February 28, with cards expected at retail in the first week of March.
If 32GB of memory on your graphics card isn't enough how about 4TB? (Tom's Hardware)

SanDisk has announced high-bandwidth flash.

Similar to high-bandwidth memory (HMB) it uses a stack of flash dies connected to a very wide bus to deliver hundreds of gigabytes per second of bandwidth.

And then, in SanDisk's plan, you put it on a video card so you have terabytes of local memory - since flash is much cheaper and smaller than DRAM.

Problem is of course that it's also a lot slower, at least for writes. But if your entire dataset can live semi-permanently on your video card, is that a problem anymore?

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The MSXBOOK is an MSX laptop. (Hackster)

MSX was a Microsoft-led home computer standard from the 1980s, with sound and graphics and ROM cartridges and joysticks.

This laptop uses an FPGA to emulate the original hardware - up to 20x faster than the original hardware - and includes compatible ports for the joysticks and cartridges, along with 2MB of RAM - very rare at the time, a 1024x768 display, also rare, and 4GB of flash storage, which was totally unheard of.
The Crow Pi 3 is a Raspberry Pi 5 powered hobby / education kit for learning electronics and programming. (Liliputing)

Or will be once it's available which it isn't yet.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Why not both?

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 The emu shall know no peace.

Posted by: enemy of emukind at February 14, 2025 04:02 AM (qE+/V)

2 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 14, 2025 04:02 AM (hoCmQ)

3 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 14, 2025 04:04 AM (ohOaC)

4 Got willowed, of course - gonna post this here for WD:

Weirddave, many years ago when my little sister passed away unexpectedly, I had to do the same things for the rest of my family as you are having to do now. Someone had to be the rock for both of my parents and for my nephew, and even for my sister's ex-husband, who found himself strangely affected by her loss, even though they had been divorced for many years.

Yes, you are grieving, but yes, you have to be the port in the storm for everyone else in your family. Thankfully, you have your own "rock" in Gingy - she is why you can be there for your family right now, and she will be there for you a few months from now when you have seen the rest of your family through to the point where they are able to "stand" again. That is when you will feel like you can fully grieve - not that you aren't grieving now, but you have to be strong right now - and you will.

For me, that was about 6-8 months later. Everyone's timeline is different - there is no set amount of time for something like this.

But I do know that when we see each other at this year's MoMe, I am going to give you a big ol' Texas hug, because I have BTDT, and I know

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 14, 2025 04:05 AM (SRRAx)

5 ....what you are going through. Love ya, darlin' 🙏💔

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 14, 2025 04:07 AM (SRRAx)

6 MSX is essentially the same machine as a ColecoVision in the Adam home computer configuration, but without the funky cassette drives and bizarre power routing that meant you lost the whole setup if the printer died from a power problem. Z80, TI video chip, and GI/Yamaha audio chip. (That audio chip was in a zillion other things like the Atari ST computers and appliances.)

After the Coleco devices became orphaned, a few small companies specialized in bringing over MSX software to the US market. This also served the tiny number of Spectravideo owners, which was an MSX system in all but name.

Hopefully, this MSXBOOK will support the MSX 2 spec, which was a significant upgrade.

During the period when consoles were dead and Nintendo's Famicom hadn't yet conquered the 8-bit gaming market, MSX was the happening platform in Japan for gaming. Several well known franchises had their start there, including Metal Gear.

Posted by: Epobirs at February 14, 2025 04:16 AM (/0z9K)

7 "Problem is of course that it's also a lot slower, at least for writes. But if your entire dataset can live semi-permanently on your video card, is that a problem anymore?"

Interesting.

Posted by: pawn at February 14, 2025 04:18 AM (QB+5g)

8 Yeah TiFW, I left a follow up. It took me months too.

Posted by: pawn at February 14, 2025 04:20 AM (QB+5g)

9 High-bandwidth flash could be something the gaming sector needs in the faced of single-digit improvements over GPU generations. I'd hope to see it socketed, to allow both optional configurations and easy replacement if there are lifespan issues. Also different capacities. 1TB would be overkill for gaming for at least another decade (though it would allow multiple games to be cached, somewhat like how the hard drive was used in the original Xbox), while professional creators would have no problem exploiting 4TB for work on a bleeding edge animated movie.

Posted by: Epobirs at February 14, 2025 04:24 AM (/0z9K)

10 Mornin' Horde. I'm glad it's Friday.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 14, 2025 04:30 AM (O7YUW)

11 BREAKING: Reuters reports that 'mass firings' of US government employees has begun

That's nice that they have a church service to go along with it.

Posted by: Bruce at February 14, 2025 04:32 AM (oEgF3)

12 Evening and morning to all the insomaniacals, late toilers, and early risers across the System! 'Tis Friday, Freya's Day, the consummation devoutly to be wished! I've slept about enough after last night's early wakeup, so there's that. No workout today.

Miss Linda and I made it to Texas Roadhouse in record time last night, and didn't have to wait more than a few minutes for a table. Food was pretty good (though I should *not* have ordered my steak medium well!), and the prices were no worse than many other restaurants in town and better than some. No wonder the place is popular.

So? Whassup?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 14, 2025 04:35 AM (omVj0)

13 Good morning good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 14, 2025 04:37 AM (WXNFJ)

14 Weirddave, if you're here, I read Teresa's message up above. Condolences, sir. I'll send you a note today.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 14, 2025 04:38 AM (omVj0)

15 When do all the arrests begin?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 14, 2025 04:40 AM (qFAfu)

16 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at February 14, 2025 04:41 AM (Z9s5G)

17 Weirddave, if you are still around, you have my deepest condolences.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 14, 2025 04:45 AM (Z9s5G)

18 So? Whassup?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Good morning Wolfus! All is well. My wife and I had lunch at a place we haven't tried before. It's sort of fru-fru and trashy all at the same time. The lady makes and sells soap, goat cheese, raises goats and chickens, etc. out of her house. From the outside, it looks exactly like you'd imagine. You know, you have to kick the chickens out of the way to open the door. BUT, inside is a terrific coffee and lunch place. She charged me $8 for a sandwich so big we both ate on it and took half home. It was fantastic. The bread was homemade and so good I wanted to cry. She's gonna bake again on Sunday and invited me to help.

The world isn't as shitty as I had thought for a long time.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 14, 2025 04:46 AM (WXNFJ)

19 This morning, 48 F. and clear or at least no rain. Looking at the 60s today, 80 tomorrow (!) and rain, then chilly and cool for most of next week. Better than 80s like last week.

The damn parades are going to start this weekend and will run on until March 4.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 14, 2025 04:47 AM (omVj0)

20 Day 3 of a cold, yesterday was really bad.

With all the goofy crap the USAID spent money on, I wish they would have funded a study on where all the nose goo comes from when you have a cold.

Posted by: Bruce at February 14, 2025 04:50 AM (oEgF3)

21 But, the cold should be gone by the time I go ice fishing next week.

Posted by: Bruce at February 14, 2025 04:51 AM (oEgF3)

22 On February 11, 1911, John Moses Browning patented his famous 1911 Semi-auto pistol.

Happy Valentine's Day America!!!

Posted by: Tonypete at February 14, 2025 04:53 AM (WXNFJ)

23 Good morning!

But, the cold should be gone by the time I go ice fishing next week.

Don't you want it to be cold when you go ice fishing?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 14, 2025 04:55 AM (3Ope8)

24 But, the cold should be gone by the time I go ice fishing next week.

Don't you want it to be cold when you go ice fishing?
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead

A two edged sword.

Posted by: Bruce at February 14, 2025 04:55 AM (oEgF3)

25 Tonypete, your "fru-fru and trashy" place sounds great. Texas Roadhouse wanted about the same price, $12.99, for their burger w/ fries as for the small sirloin, so I went with that. But Linda's dinner, pulled pork, was about the same; and she had a coupon for a free onion mum thing. And we got sides with the dinners. $31 for both of us, some food to take home, and I left a cash 20% tip. So I've known much worse.

The place was noisy and busy even at 5:15, though. I think I'd like your home-like atmosphere place better.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 14, 2025 04:56 AM (omVj0)

26 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at February 14, 2025 04:58 AM (dg+HA)

27 An editor at an online short story magazine emailed me with a request for some revisions on a story I submitted to them in Jan. Three small things, though I'm not sure how to do two of them. Perhaps OrangeEnt's Literary Horde people can suggest something. If I can sell this one, perhaps I can join up with Reedsy, and I might be able to land some editing gigs through that site. We'll see.

In the meantime, my boss will probably approve the job posting for my replacement, and I'll submit that. And while I'm still wrestling with that greased alligator called The Budget, I can see how to get a hold on it and put it into its cage by mid-March's deadline -- in time for me to walk out the door on 3/31 and let my successor handle the big office move this summer. Heh, heh, heh. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 14, 2025 05:02 AM (omVj0)

28 Well, the renovation of the master bathroom is a go. All the fixtures for showed up yesterday, tile and sheetrock will be delivered today, the trailer for the debris will be set tomorrow and the contractor shows up Monday. And I fly out for a day trip that morning.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 14, 2025 05:02 AM (3Ope8)

29 "And I fly out for a day trip that morning."

You're gonna miss all the fun!!!

Posted by: pawn at February 14, 2025 05:06 AM (QB+5g)

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

And Happy Valentine's Day, too!

*twirl*

Posted by: Rosasharn at February 14, 2025 05:11 AM (PzBTm)

31 Good morning, good people

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at February 14, 2025 05:17 AM (hKoQL)

32 And Happy Valentine's Day, too!

*twirl*
Posted by: Rosasharn

Remember gentlemen. What you do tonight, impacts opening day of deer season.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 14, 2025 05:18 AM (uUKhP)

33 To continue #31-from the Adirondacks where our weather people are positively orgasmic over this dire weather forecast that features feet of snow, sleet and ice.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at February 14, 2025 05:20 AM (hKoQL)

34 Remember gentlemen. What you do tonight, impacts opening day of deer season.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 14, 2025 05:18 AM (uUKhP)

...Possibly the rest of your life.

But Happy Valentine 's Day!

Posted by: Rosasharn at February 14, 2025 05:23 AM (PzBTm)

35 Good morning one and all. Yesterday was my wife's birthday. At her request (Which took a lot of effort for me to get her to tell me), we went to a restaurant called Dutch's Daughter. Very fancy place and the food was wonderful.

Best reservation we could get was for 7:30 so I was in bed later than normal. But she had a fun time so that balances things.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 14, 2025 05:25 AM (NR6c1)

36
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

============

Hey, cool. Keep us up on it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at February 14, 2025 05:26 AM (wjjYr)

37 In the news, DOGE is at the IRS. Found this gem of a quote from Sen. Ron Wyden (Dirtbag-Ore.)

“That means Musk’s henchmen are in a position to dig through a trove of data about every taxpayer in America. And if your refund is delayed, they could very well be the reason.”

You and your kind increased the number of agents working for that organization. And now that the magnifying glass is being pointed at them, you play on emotion because that's all you have left.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 14, 2025 05:29 AM (NR6c1)

38 Posted by: NR Pax at February 14, 2025 05:25 AM (NR6c1

That's great!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 14, 2025 05:29 AM (XLNjK)

39 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at February 14, 2025 05:29 AM (AN2gy)

40 Pixy, doesn't a pic of Elon Musk in his t-shirt qualify for a tech thread?

https://tinyurl.com/2s4xdybu

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 14, 2025 05:32 AM (qFAfu)

41 About St. Valentine:

https://tinyurl.com/33b5vh5b

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 14, 2025 05:34 AM (XLNjK)

42 >>> Remember gentlemen. What you do tonight, impacts opening day of deer season.

I was told there would be no math.

Posted by: fluffy at February 14, 2025 05:34 AM (AN2gy)

43 Collect them. Trade them with your friends.

https://tinyurl.com/ykpx3sz4

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 14, 2025 05:36 AM (qFAfu)

44 38 That's great!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

It really was. Neither of us are the type to enjoy getting dressed up for dinner but this was one of those occasions where she wanted to be spoiled.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 14, 2025 05:38 AM (NR6c1)

45 26 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering at February 14, 2025 04:58 AM (dg+HA)

Well, temps have been below freezing the last couple of nights here in North Texas - our bird bath is frozen solid! 😊❤

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 14, 2025 05:42 AM (SRRAx)

46 Collect them. Trade them with your friends.

https://tinyurl.com/ykpx3sz4
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 14, 2025 05:36 AM (qFAfu)

I don't recognize middle left and middle bottom.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 14, 2025 05:45 AM (ExV1e)

47 The lovely Mrs. is an unrepentant night owl. So, she got up at 0200 to work on her papers and presentations. I put her valentine and box of salted caramel chocolates on her keyboard before I went to bed.

I learned over the years how this is done correctly.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 14, 2025 05:45 AM (WXNFJ)

48 I love the idea of the IRS being nervous in case they didn't fully account for 57 cents of interest from a forgotten bank account and they know there is massive inconvenience at best and an audit and loss of funds at worse ahead.

Welcome to the other side, fellas.

Posted by: Boron Quidquid questions if McConnell survived after having polio at February 14, 2025 05:45 AM (TLtxo)

49 >>> 26 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering at February 14, 2025 04:58 AM (dg+HA)

Up here in southern New England we have a fancy plug in bird bath.

There is a robin pair that is hanging around for winter that stops by.

Posted by: fluffy at February 14, 2025 05:48 AM (AN2gy)

50 You own a store. Your store gets robbed. You bring in Elon Musk to review the security tapes. Elon Musk identifies who robbed you. You want Elon Musk arrested.

That makes you a special kind of stupid.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 14, 2025 05:49 AM (uUKhP)

51 I love the idea of the IRS being nervous in case they didn't fully account for 57 cents of interest from a forgotten bank account and they know there is massive inconvenience at best and an audit and loss of funds at worse ahead.

Welcome to the other side, fellas.
Posted by: Boron Quidquid

Amen.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 14, 2025 05:51 AM (uUKhP)

52 I would love to see a nationwide poll of taxpayers asking how many of them are upset that the IRS is having its budget and spending audited.

I bet it would be less than 5%

Posted by: Boron Quidquid questions if McConnell survived after having polio at February 14, 2025 05:53 AM (TLtxo)

53 Massive waste, fraud, and abuse of the government and BY the government and all I hear is politicians and the MSM (BIRM) shrieking about the guy doing the auditing.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 14, 2025 05:55 AM (3Ope8)

54 Deer season will be again selecting the deer that would seem to be the tenderest (young and fat) because I want the good eating. Plus thanks to older daughter, the taste delight of corned venison was given 3 years ago.

Meantime, may all effort from you this day result in maximum benefit and conversely, maximum anguish for the leftwit fungus.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at February 14, 2025 05:56 AM (hKoQL)

55 Couple has flower grandparents instead of flower girls at their wedding:

https://tinyurl.com/2tvpd4w6

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 14, 2025 05:57 AM (42Vb+)

56 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: I Love Rocky Road.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at February 14, 2025 05:58 AM (6K6Eu)

57 I would like to see PDTS shut down each agency after it's audited until the agency comes up with a budge that is transparent and granular. Then congress can vote on it and they can reopen. Maybe have the wholesale impeachment of federal judges to keep congress busy while agencies are preparing their budgets.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 14, 2025 05:59 AM (3Ope8)

58 Posted by: Tonypete

I used to love salted caramel chocolates but I can't eat chocolate anymore so kind spouse gave me caramels.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 14, 2025 05:59 AM (TANOR)

59 Today is the 4th anniversary of the Portland Valentine's Day Ice Storm. Nature has celebrated by giving us snow. gach.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at February 14, 2025 06:00 AM (6K6Eu)

60 Nice catch Fen! Wow!

Posted by: Tonypete at February 14, 2025 06:00 AM (WXNFJ)

61 I don't recognize middle left and middle bottom.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 14, 2025 05:45 AM (ExV1e)
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Yeh. Sagging does that to your body.

Oh.

You mean the cards!
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.
.

NEVERMIND.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 14, 2025 06:07 AM (qFAfu)

62 G'mornin' everyone!

lol, I remember sometime in the early 80s, the first 1 gigabyte memory device from the Center for Supercomputing at ChamBana; something ornate involving crystals and lasers ...
incredible space for unimaginable uses, or is it other way round?

pretty sure I was using a stock IBM 51-sometning at the time.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 14, 2025 06:09 AM (KaBJL)

63 Zuckerberg - still looking like a badly-animated sex doll.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at February 14, 2025 06:09 AM (6K6Eu)

64 Good morning, and Go Birds!

Posted by: L - No nic, another day at February 14, 2025 06:12 AM (NFX2v)

65 Hey, Pixy

I've been thinking about writing a kind of spider to fetch the comments of a thread periodically and see if there are any anomalies in the way the data comes back. Before I do such a thing, I thought I'd see if that causes you any heartburn so I know not to do it.

Of course, general laziness means that I probably would never actually do such a thing, anyway, but what say you?

Posted by: Cybersmythe at February 14, 2025 06:13 AM (iZEhM)

66 Sounds like an awesome place, Tonypete!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 14, 2025 06:15 AM (KaBJL)

67 Good morning morons

I'm just here for the twirling

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 14, 2025 06:17 AM (RIvkX)

68 Thank you, Rosasharn!

Fridays rock!

*shuffles awkwardly in a circle*

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 14, 2025 06:17 AM (KaBJL)

69
One wonders what crumbs of Parmesan cheese the Dims found crawling on the carpet of desperation today that they''ll smoke in their continued futile attempts to find some way to be relevant.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 14, 2025 06:19 AM (xG4kz)

70 50, yes, the analogy is exact ... the circumstance where that would be true is if the robbery was faked so you could steal the till.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 14, 2025 06:19 AM (KaBJL)

71 Good morning morons

I'm just here for the twirling
Posted by: San Franpsycho

"I've got the Power Pasties and I know how to use them!!"
-- Dr. Flexi Jerkoff

Posted by: Tonypete at February 14, 2025 06:20 AM (WXNFJ)

72 61 I don't recognize middle left and middle bottom.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 14, 2025 05:45 AM (ExV1e)

Yeh. Sagging does that to your body.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 14, 2025 06:07 AM (qFAfu)

Aagghh! But true.

Posted by: m at February 14, 2025 06:21 AM (v0TzN)

73 Somehow i deleted my iphone flashlight while in zombie mode, found it, but can't get back to sleep. Sigh

Posted by: SFGoth at February 14, 2025 06:21 AM (KAi1n)

74 Yes; We have a new feline escape wintertime Olympic record.! Cat did the 100 yard "dash for the door" and actually stayed out for an entire minute before deciding he'd rather be inside instead.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 14, 2025 06:21 AM (42Vb+)

75 @walterkirn

Shouldn't have murdered that squirrel.

10:21 PM · Feb 12, 2025

++++++

lol

Posted by: one hour sober at February 14, 2025 06:23 AM (Y1sOo)

76 LOL, FS!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 14, 2025 06:27 AM (KaBJL)

77 Massive waste, fraud, and abuse of the government and BY the government and all I hear is politicians and the MSM (BIRM) shrieking about the guy doing the auditing.

Because massive waste, fraud and abuse is the Left's brand and core competencies.

Destruction of society is their product, and MAGA is making their industry obsolete.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 14, 2025 06:28 AM (a4flb)

78 Off to the electron mines. Later!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 14, 2025 06:28 AM (omVj0)

79 What did the computer say when it felt really unwell?

I think I have a terminal illness.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 14, 2025 06:30 AM (rqtp5)

80 75 @walterkirn

Shouldn't have murdered that squirrel.

I hope Peanut and Fred are remembered in the history books.

"It was a dark time for us, children. The fed had grown too strong and the freedom of our country was about to be snuffed out. And then came the death of Peanut and Fred."
"Did that really turn things around grandpa?"
"Oh yes. It woke up enough people that we all fought back. Our rage was so great, that DOGE destroyed a lot of entrenched institutions."

Posted by: NR Pax at February 14, 2025 06:31 AM (NR6c1)

81 People say that AI is no good, but this video, although rather salty and not exactly my taste in music is a good example of the merging of generative AI and good editing:

https://x.com/i/status/1890137951063142464

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 14, 2025 06:34 AM (a4flb)

82
Good morning, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 14, 2025 06:39 AM (dxSpM)

83
*snaps fingers*

I know what the Democrats can propose: reparations!!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 14, 2025 06:41 AM (dxSpM)

84 83
*snaps fingers*

I know what the Democrats can propose: reparations!!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Not a bad notion. They owe us a few billion for the damages their foot soldiers in Antifa and Burn Loot Murder did to my country. Maybe they can get a payment plan with a reasonable rate.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 14, 2025 06:42 AM (NR6c1)

85 Shouldn't have murdered that squirrel.
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It's a joke, but I truly think those abuses helped Trump win his third term. And he's nothing if not a promoter, so this IRS examination isn't accidental.

Posted by: Boron Quidquid questions if McConnell survived after having polio at February 14, 2025 06:45 AM (TLtxo)

86 Massive waste, fraud, and abuse of the government and BY the government and all I hear is politicians and the MSM (BIRM) shrieking about the guy doing the auditing.

Because massive waste, fraud and abuse is the Left's brand and core competencies.

Destruction of society is their product, and MAGA is making their industry obsolete.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

I don't care which party is guilty. I want the guilty parties arrested, charged, tried & jailed.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 14, 2025 06:45 AM (uUKhP)

87 11 BREAKING: Reuters reports that 'mass firings' of US government employees has begun

That's nice that they have a church service to go along with it.

Posted by: Bruce at February 14, 2025 04:32 AM (oEgF3)
----
Mass eh? Good one.
Reuters is probably praying they won't all be in jail as receivers of stolen money (USAID).

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, sono tutti ladroni at February 14, 2025 06:45 AM (KjLnc)

88 ‘H.I. Turn to the right!’

Posted by: Eromero at February 14, 2025 06:46 AM (jgmnb)

89 Heh, heh, heh. . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

I read that in a Fat Albert voice.

Posted by: Moderately sized Miklos at February 14, 2025 06:47 AM (xesY+)

90 What is it with USSS DEI agents having trouble holstering their weapons?

Posted by: one hour sober at February 14, 2025 06:49 AM (Y1sOo)

91 Haviv Rettig Gur
@havivrettiggur
If you think the problem is two individuals, you’re part of the problem.

Anthony Albanese
@AlboMP
The antisemitic video circulating today is disgusting. The comments are vile.

The footage is sickening and shameful.

These antisemitic comments, driven by hate, have no place in our health system and no place anywhere in Australia.

These individuals have been stood down by…
12:16 AM · Feb 12, 2025
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Labour must go.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 14, 2025 06:50 AM (RIvkX)

92 {{{Rosasharn}}}

Huzzah! And she is twirling!

*Does Happy Dance to Vince Guaraldi*
And big finish - * Crash, Bang, Boom, sounds of metal plates hitting the floor. *

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 14, 2025 06:50 AM (u82oZ)

93 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 14, 2025 06:50 AM (u82oZ)

94 Today is no school, not President's day. But chores? Boy howdy.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 14, 2025 06:51 AM (u82oZ)

95 Christina Rossetti (1830-189 was an invalid for most of her life,. She was a devout Christian and prolific poet and one of her poems are the words to the Christmas hymn, "In the Bleak Midwinter" I didn't know this , but she wrote a devotional commentary on the Book of Revelation called "The Face of the Deep" in which reflections on biblical texts are interspersed with prayers. Here is one little poem:

"I cannot plead my love"

O Lord, I cannot plead my love of thee::
I plead thy love of me;-
The shallow conduit hails the unfathomed sea.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 14, 2025 06:51 AM (ierbo)

96 91 These antisemitic comments, driven by hate, have no place in our health system and no place anywhere in Australia.

I've already read a comment from one lady who actually used the "Both sides do it!" argument. And she called me antisemitic since Muslims are semitic people as well.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 14, 2025 06:52 AM (NR6c1)

97
That's nice that they have a church service to go along with it.

Posted by: Bruce at February 14, 2025 04:32 AM (oEgF3)

An Auto-da-fé! If you're going to be a Christian Nationalist, you may as well go the whole hog.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 14, 2025 06:52 AM (dxSpM)

98 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

North Alabama is 28°, warming up to the low 50s. It would be a feathery ice hockey rink if we had one. Birds are emptying the feeder almost as quick as we fill it. Nuthatch, downey and spotted woodpeckers, titmouse, chickadee, house fench (with his harem), orioles, and gold fenches are our regulars. There is a family of purple something or other wintering here as their migration home, they'll be leaving soon to go back Canada i think.

Posted by: BifBewalski at February 14, 2025 06:52 AM (MsrgL)

99 Labour must go.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

And they could cut their vowel budget by a third without the stupid, pointless "u".

Posted by: Miklos from DOGE Down Under at February 14, 2025 06:52 AM (xesY+)

100 one hour sober

Much more practice on the four rules of gun safety needed. Especially, keep your fingers off the trigger until ready to fire.

Around here that knowledge is a given for all 4th grade boys.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 14, 2025 06:54 AM (u82oZ)

101 Lisa Murkowski, shocking I know, is trying to protect earmarks, according to the WSJ.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 14, 2025 06:56 AM (MimCE)

102 An Auto-da-fé! If you're going to be a Christian Nationalist, you may as well go the whole hog.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 14, 2025 06:52 AM (dxSpM)

It is what you oughtn't do, but you do anyway.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 14, 2025 06:57 AM (jKo6M)

103 Morning peeps. It's a bitterly cold morning here in Bourbon Country. 13 degrees. But, hey... the sun will shine today.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 14, 2025 06:58 AM (Q4IgG)

104 85 Shouldn't have murdered that squirrel.
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It's a joke, but I truly think those abuses helped Trump win his third term. And he's nothing if not a promoter, so this IRS examination isn't accidental.
Posted by: Boron Quidquid questions if McConnell survived after having polio

They should have left The Babylon Bee alone. They didn't and here we are.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 14, 2025 06:58 AM (sAmhv)

105
Nuthatch, downey and spotted woodpeckers, titmouse, chickadee, house fench (with his harem), orioles, and gold fenches are our regulars.

Strange to relate, despite being in a major flyway and with a huge sanctuary near us, we don't get an enormous variety here at Schloss Hadrian. Cowbirds, red-winged blackbirds, ground doves, sparrows, goldfinches, the odd cardinal and chickadee and, even more rarely, a blue jay.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 14, 2025 06:59 AM (dxSpM)

106 99 Labour must go.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

And they could cut their vowel budget by a third without the stupid, pointless "u".
Posted by: Miklos from DOGE Down Under at February 14, 2025 06:52 AM (xesY
I said the same thing about LeBeouf in True Grit.

Posted by: Eromero at February 14, 2025 06:59 AM (jgmnb)

107 New amendment:

Any representative wanting to insert an earmark into a bill must sacrifice one of their own ears on the altar of Columbia.

Burnt offering too, none of this take backsies oh we'll sew it back on crap.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 14, 2025 07:00 AM (jKo6M)

108 People say that AI is no good, but this video, although rather salty and not exactly my taste in music is a good example of the merging of generative AI and good editing:

https://x.com/i/status/1890137951063142464

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 14, 2025 06:34 AM (a4flb)

Pretty good. Thanks for sharing.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 14, 2025 07:00 AM (ExV1e)

109 Good morning!
Can't sleep, open up X and learn that "Boku Haram" is trending because - get this - Obama's USAID gave them millions as part of their overthrow of the Nigerian government. Yes, we paid for the terrorists and the Michelle highlighted the #Bring BackOurGirls campaign in the West. Wow.

So this is how we spread "democracy" around the world?

Posted by: Lizzy at February 14, 2025 07:03 AM (Cki93)

110 Have a wonderful day, everyone.

May you be warm, happy, and have at least one valentine and no scheduling issues.

For your enjoyment:

https://youtu.be/ZedhoqYdfTM
Bring Me Sunshine
Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 14, 2025 07:03 AM (u82oZ)

111 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

There is a super sized pilated woodpecker that comes through about once every two or three months. I've seen him once, but hear him everytime he's in the neighborhood. Sounds like a sledge hammer hitting the trees.

Posted by: BifBewalski at February 14, 2025 07:03 AM (MsrgL)

112 An editor at an online short story magazine emailed me with a request for some revisions on a story I submitted to them in Jan. Three small things, though I'm not sure how to do two of them. Perhaps OrangeEnt's Literary Horde people can suggest something. If I can sell this one, perhaps I can join up with Reedsy, and I might be able to land some editing gigs through that site. We'll see.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 14, 2025 05:02 AM (omVj0)

Wolfus, I sent you something. Might have a couple more ideas for you, too.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 14, 2025 07:04 AM (0eaVi)

113 Birds...

Anyone see Sandcranes lately? Before our last bout of winter weather we saw huge flocks of them... heading North.

Back in December we saw huge flocks of them heading south and then, about a week later, we got hit with our first winter storm. That one dumped nearly a foot of snow and ice on us.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 14, 2025 07:08 AM (Q4IgG)

114 >>North Alabama is 28°, warming up to the low 50s. It would be a feathery ice hockey rink if we had one. Birds are emptying the feeder almost as quick as we fill it. Nuthatch, downey and spotted woodpeckers, titmouse, chickadee, house fench (with his harem), orioles, and gold fenches are our regulars. There is a family of purple something or other wintering here as their migration home, they'll be leaving soon to go back Canada i think.

Sounds wonderful! We've been getting finches, chickadees, downey woodpeckers, flickers, white breasted and red-breasted nuthatches, and a sharp-shinned hawk (which really put a chill on backyard activity while it was hunting for mice - so we let the dog run around the yard after it had been here a while). Have only seen the horned owl once, but neighbors say it lives in the general area. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at February 14, 2025 07:09 AM (Cki93)

115
Yesterday, there was a surveyor working on the other side of the road across from our house. I asked, semi-jokingly, "Are they finally going to put a four-lane road in?" He said, no, they were surveying for a subdivision in the fields across the road.

Well, that's just great. We moved here to get away from all that. Now it'll be traffic and idiots.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 14, 2025 07:09 AM (dxSpM)

116 23 And Me is slowly shutting down, its board has resigned and the company has gone through two rounds of mass layoffs. What happens to all that DNA data? Sell it to the Mormons at Ancestry or to the Chinese? To big pharma?

https://tinyurl.com/yw7k7nub

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 14, 2025 07:10 AM (fQisP)

117 Nothing but magpies here

Posted by: Don Black. Message: It is decidedly so at February 14, 2025 07:11 AM (AOsQT)

118 Pound sign Bring Back Our Money.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 14, 2025 07:11 AM (dg+HA)

119 Strange to relate, despite being in a major flyway and with a huge sanctuary near us, we don't get an enormous variety here at Schloss Hadrian. Cowbirds, red-winged blackbirds, ground doves, sparrows, goldfinches, the odd cardinal and chickadee and, even more rarely, a blue jay.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 14, 2025
06:59 AM

There were a couple of hundred geese on the lake at Beays Bayou Park yesterday morning when I drove by it on the Westpark.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at February 14, 2025 07:14 AM (iZEhM)

120 11 BREAKING: Reuters reports that 'mass firings' of US government employees has begun
That's nice that they have a church service to go along with it.
Posted by: Bruce at February 14, 2025 04:32 AM (oEgF3)

Boy are we glad we retired last year. Nice fat pension with bennies, social security out the wazoo, still have my department gas card that Elon and Trumpf have not turned off so we use it occasionally because that's how we roll and we are looking forward to sticking it to the taxpayers for another 30 plus years sitting on our fat asses. Suck it taxpayers! Suck it hard!

Posted by: Bob And Martha Quisling, federal retirees and assholes at February 14, 2025 07:14 AM (y7KuV)

121 JD Vance is in Europe giving the Euro's a close up taste of Trump views on a variety of topics. Sounds good to me.

#IreallyDon'tCareMargaret

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 14, 2025 07:15 AM (fQisP)

122 23 And Me is slowly shutting down, its board has resigned and the company has gone through two rounds of mass layoffs. What happens to all that DNA data? Sell it to the Mormons at Ancestry or to the Chinese? To big pharma?

I'd have been interested in getting a DNA test, just for chuckles, but I was always bothered by that question, even before this company went out of business. Probably enough people related to me have done it that my caution doesn't matter, but still.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 14, 2025 07:16 AM (ExV1e)

123 Well, that's just great. We moved here to get away from all that. Now it'll be traffic and idiots.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 14, 2025 07:09 AM (dxSpM)

Flee, flee for your lives!

That sucks though. When we were house hunting last year, we found a really nice little place in the middle of almost nowhere. Good house, plenty of useable land... but there was a defunct golf course across the street. Couple minutes of searching later, we found that it had been sold to a developer....

Hard pass.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 14, 2025 07:16 AM (jKo6M)

124 Labour must go.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
*
And they could cut their vowel budget by a third without the stupid, pointless "u".
Posted by: Miklos from DOGE Down Under at February 14, 2025

***
As a kid, when I'd see "colour" in an old book, I'd want to pronounce it "cow-loor." And to this day I want to say "labour" as "lay-boor."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 14, 2025 07:16 AM (J2vNu)

125
There were a couple of hundred geese on the lake at Beays Bayou Park yesterday morning when I drove by it on the Westpark.
Posted by: Cybersmythe at February 14, 2025 07:14 AM (iZEhM)

It's fun to see the cattle egrets following along when the medians on 288 are mowed.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 14, 2025 07:16 AM (dxSpM)

126 I said the same thing about LeBeouf in True Grit.
Posted by: Eromero

Real Men spell it Sleepy LaBeef

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm8U5Z5_Zug

Posted by: Miklos, tore up at February 14, 2025 07:17 AM (xesY+)

127 Brays Bayou, not Beays Bayou. Stupid tiny phone keyboard

Posted by: Cybersmythe at February 14, 2025 07:17 AM (iZEhM)

128 43 Collect them. Trade them with your friends.

https://tinyurl.com/ykpx3sz4

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 14, 2025 05:36 AM (qFAfu)
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Loved them.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, sono tutti imbroglioni at February 14, 2025 07:18 AM (KjLnc)

129 There's going to be some very interesting and unsettling information finally coming out about what USAID, NED and other US actors have been doing overseas. This independent reporter, David Hundeyin, has been covering it for years, and thanks to Trump's DOGE, may finally be heard:

https://tinyurl.com/2fdyjms7

How many Ukraine-like wars are we behind?

Posted by: Lizzy at February 14, 2025 07:18 AM (Cki93)

130 I believe the sand cranes usually winter near Freeport on the Texas coast. Hope they didn’t get fooled and head north too early.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 14, 2025 07:18 AM (khPC6)

131 >>> North Alabama is 28°, warming up to the low 50s. It would be a feathery ice hockey rink if we had one. Birds are emptying the feeder almost as quick as we fill it. Nuthatch, downey and spotted woodpeckers, titmouse, chickadee, house fench (with his harem), orioles, and gold fenches are our regulars.

We have all of those up here in Massachusetts right now, excepting the spotted woodpeckers and the orioles. Mr O should be back about May 4th.

The goldie's are scarce, but present. I suspect that we have both a summer flock and a winter flock.

Posted by: fluffy at February 14, 2025 07:18 AM (AN2gy)

132 We have no egrets.

Posted by: The cattle at February 14, 2025 07:19 AM (dg+HA)

133 Back in December we saw huge flocks of them heading south and then, about a week later, we got hit with our first winter storm. That one dumped nearly a foot of snow and ice on us.

Posted by: Martini Farmer

The sandhill cranes winter over here at the Wheeler refuge. They close down a lot of the refuge biking trails during the winter as the cranes nest along the waterways the trails follow. The park rangers built an observatory to watch them from and it's kinda cool to hear them.

Lizzy - we alo have a colony of barred owls that live in the neighborhood, they'll kick start a hoot en nanny every evening. The bird feeder substitutes as a hawk and falcon feeder frequently. Just a poof of feathers and zero bird activity for a bit.

We put the bird feeder in to entertain the cat, he loves it from the enclosed porch and has no desire to experience cold or summer heat.

Posted by: BifBewalski at February 14, 2025 07:19 AM (MsrgL)

134
Hard pass.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 14, 2025 07:16 AM (jKo6M)

What terrifies me is that they'll put in a subdivision of rental houses, like they've done a few miles away. Can you say "instant slum"?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 14, 2025 07:19 AM (dxSpM)

135 Ron Wyden whining about DOGE at the door of the IRS ignores a report from the Biden Junta itself (via WSJ):
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Better financial controls, technology and data-sharing could reduce IRS improper payments, including in the earned income tax credit (estimated at 33.5%), ObamaCare net premium tax credit (26%), the refundable portion of the child tax credit (14.5%) and the education tax credit (31.6%). Those estimates come from the Biden Treasury inspector general for tax administration.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 14, 2025 07:20 AM (n6qDp)

136 >>> There is a super sized pilated woodpecker that comes through about once every two or three months.

Listen for the monkey call. Loud and distinct.

Posted by: fluffy at February 14, 2025 07:20 AM (AN2gy)

137 > What happens to all that DNA data? Sell it to the Mormons at Ancestry or to the Chinese? To big pharma?
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What happens to the blood samples taken during routine physicals? Yea, they check various things related to your health... but what else? And where's THAT data going?

I've asked that very question and gotten unsatisfactory answers. They're vague about it all...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 14, 2025 07:20 AM (Q4IgG)

138 121 JD Vance is in Europe giving the Euro's a close up taste of Trump views on a variety of topics. Sounds good to me.

#IreallyDon'tCareMargaret
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 14, 2025 07:15 AM (fQisP)

Euroweenie kleptocrats inherited a position of power from the violence of unwashed mobs, but still like to pretend they are direct descendants of the old Aristocrats.

So whenever a Yank treats them like the filthy peasant bastards they actually are, it brings me joy.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 14, 2025 07:21 AM (jKo6M)

139 How many Ukraine-like wars are we behind?
Posted by: Lizzy at February 14, 2025 07:18 AM (Cki93)

At a guess? All of them.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 14, 2025 07:21 AM (ExV1e)

140 Cranes made of sand are even more difficult than castles made of sand.

Posted by: Ah, grasshopper at February 14, 2025 07:21 AM (dg+HA)

141 We've got mostly jencos, sparrows, hummingbirds, warblers, some chickadees, and beautiful bluebird pair. Sometimes a flock of parrots goes by but they never stop here.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 14, 2025 07:21 AM (RIvkX)

142 So whenever a Yank treats them like the filthy peasant bastards they actually are, it brings me joy.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 14, 2025 07:21 AM (jKo6M)
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I would like to endorse this world-view.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 14, 2025 07:22 AM (RIvkX)

143 Whew, I thought I got willowed.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 14, 2025 07:23 AM (RIvkX)

144
We have no egrets.
Posted by: The cattle at February 14, 2025 07:19 AM (dg+HA)

Cattle egrets are a Gulf Coast bird. They follow livestock around in the fields and eat bugs churned up by their hooves. Occasionally, you'll see them riding on a cow's back.

So to them, a mower (even mine) is like a big quadruped and they swoop down to feed on what gets turned up.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 14, 2025 07:23 AM (dxSpM)

145 138 So whenever a Yank treats them like the filthy peasant bastards they actually are, it brings me joy.

"Do you know who I am?"
"Why do you think I'm treating you this way?"

Posted by: NR Pax at February 14, 2025 07:24 AM (NR6c1)

146 141 We've got mostly jencos, sparrows, hummingbirds, warblers, some chickadees, and beautiful bluebird pair. Sometimes a flock of parrots goes by but they never stop here.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 14, 2025 07:21 AM (RIvkX)

Me in Pennsylvania: "Got those. Got those. Yup, yup, yup, yup.... parrots?!?!?!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 14, 2025 07:24 AM (jKo6M)

147 Yesterday, there was a surveyor working on the other side of the road across from our house. I asked, semi-jokingly, "Are they finally going to put a four-lane road in?" He said, no, they were surveying for a subdivision in the fields across the road.

--

Hope it stops there for you. About 10 years ago, our peaceful, quiet little area, which was surrounded by farmland. It's all been bought up now and we have thousands of new people in the area and dozens of new subdivisions. Everything that was great about where we live is now gone.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 14, 2025 07:24 AM (qBdHI)

148 79 What did the computer say when it felt really unwell?

I think I have a terminal illness.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 14, 2025 06:30 AM (rqtp5)
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Good one.

If you wish to submit a recipe for publication in the cookbook, please include a short antidote concerning it.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, e una cosa comica at February 14, 2025 07:25 AM (KjLnc)

149 Jonah From Jappa experienced being swallowed by a whale but I never thoight we would see actual video of the event. But Ace delivers in last nights Quick Hits thread!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 14, 2025 07:26 AM (n6qDp)

150 I saw a flock of egrets a couple of weeks ago. I've never seen that many together, close to 100. Standing in a field. There were more flying overhead.

Posted by: fd at February 14, 2025 07:26 AM (vFG9F)

151 Someone poked a hole in the Chernobyl sarcophagus last night.

Posted by: pawn at February 14, 2025 07:26 AM (QB+5g)

152 >>We have no egrets.

I've been heron that. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at February 14, 2025 07:26 AM (Cki93)

153 Hope it stops there for you. About 10 years ago, our peaceful, quiet little area, which was surrounded by farmland. It's all been bought up now and we have thousands of new people in the area and dozens of new subdivisions. Everything that was great about where we live is now gone.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 14, 2025 07:24 AM (qBdHI)

This is one of the reasons I look askance at people worried about "replacement fertility rates"....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 14, 2025 07:26 AM (jKo6M)

154 >>> We've got mostly jencos, sparrows, hummingbirds, warblers, some chickadees, and beautiful bluebird pair. Sometimes a flock of parrots goes by but they never stop here.

We get huge flocks of juncos, probably a different sub-species than in SF.

They will migrate north in a couple months.

Posted by: fluffy at February 14, 2025 07:26 AM (AN2gy)

155 > Hope it stops there for you. About 10 years ago, our peaceful, quiet little area, which was surrounded by farmland. It's all been bought up now and we have thousands of new people in the area and dozens of new subdivisions. Everything that was great about where we live is now gone.
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It's happening here too. The subdivision down the road is expanding. Going to triple in size. At its closest it will encroach to within a mile of us. I've seen the survey markers elsewhere. A lot of "multi-family" units. Apartments, condos and townhomes.

It was suggested they're for the illegals. If so, that raises some questions.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 14, 2025 07:28 AM (Q4IgG)

156 This is one of the reasons I look askance at people worried about "replacement fertility rates"....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 14, 2025 07:26 AM (jKo6M)

These places aren't because Americans are having kids. It's either imports or people trying to flee the invaders.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 14, 2025 07:29 AM (ExV1e)

157
We have, for the winter at least, eight feeders of varying types and three water sources. We are a very popular place.

All these are situated so that Her Majesty can sit in the chair in her study and see them. Her binoculars and bird books are near to hand.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 14, 2025 07:30 AM (dxSpM)

158 High-bandwidth flash is a really dumb idea. Why would you want memory that isn't byte-programmable and will fail after a relatively short number of write cycles on your video card? That's not useful for AI, and it's not useful for games. Regular high-bandwidth RAM is better for both of those applications.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 14, 2025 07:30 AM (eH/sm)

159 One of the things i enjoy about living in north alabama is that i frequently see bald eagles along the tennessee river. Huge nests. There's one near a boat ram, gas station that is active nearly 24 hours a day. You'd think the eagles wouldn't choose a spot to nest in that was that active.

Here's a google maps pin pointer. Use street view to see the nest. Remove the carriage return...
https://maps.app.goo.gl/
yKGqFDCjHXAuuUKF6?g_st=ac

Posted by: BifBewalski at February 14, 2025 07:30 AM (MsrgL)

160 >>Lizzy - we alo have a colony of barred owls that live in the neighborhood, they'll kick start a hoot en nanny every evening. The bird feeder substitutes as a hawk and falcon feeder frequently. Just a poof of feathers and zero bird activity for a bit.

We put the bird feeder in to entertain the cat, he loves it from the enclosed porch and has no desire to experience cold or summer heat.
- - - -

Ooh, would love to hear more owls!
My project for the past year has been to make my parent's back yard a bird haven for their entertainment. Got hummingbirds visiting daily last summer. Recently added several feeders, including a couple of tray feeders that attach to the back windows wo we can get some larger birds. Still experimenting with types of food. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at February 14, 2025 07:31 AM (Cki93)

161 AI model release news stories hitting every week, but I don't care. Am I a luddite?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 14, 2025 07:32 AM (n6qDp)

162 We have no egrets.
Posted by: The cattle

Me neither

Rien de rien

Posted by: Edith Piaf at February 14, 2025 07:34 AM (xesY+)

163 Yes, iirc parrots are native species. They are known for nesting on Telegraph Hill. They have a very unique call when they fly.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 14, 2025 07:34 AM (RIvkX)

164 We have three bald eagles at a nearby park! They're not here year round, so it's been fun looking for them in the winter/early spring months. Saw one enjoying a goose breakfast on the iced-over lake last week. Beautiful birds - and huge!

Posted by: Lizzy at February 14, 2025 07:34 AM (Cki93)

165 When I moved to CO (Jefferson Co.) in 2000, people here bragged about the 'Open Space' that had been set aside for no development. 'Oh, we have all this lovely open space. Look at the open space'.

I told them it'll be open space until somebody comes up with the right amount of money.

It's mixed residential and commercial now.

Posted by: Don Black. Message: It is decidedly so at February 14, 2025 07:35 AM (AOsQT)

166 Is Coffee necessary for human survival? (Think carefully!)

Posted by: Common Tater at February 14, 2025 07:35 AM (VRkwH)

167 J.J. Nood

Posted by: Inogame at February 14, 2025 07:36 AM (53oGX)

168 And the homeowners who used to have a view of the mountains now have a view of the townhomes that have a view of the mountains.

Posted by: Don Black. Message: It is decidedly so at February 14, 2025 07:36 AM (AOsQT)

169 JJ is nood.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 14, 2025 07:36 AM (ExV1e)

170 >>I told them it'll be open space until somebody comes up with the right amount of money.

It's mixed residential and commercial now.
- - - -

What's been done to Colorado is such a shame.
The development of high-density apartment housing is overwhelming and ugly.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 14, 2025 07:37 AM (Cki93)

171 Got hummingbirds visiting daily last summer.

Posted by: Lizzy

Mom has maybe thirty or so ruby throated hummingbirds that she feeds and watches. Boil water and disolve about a cup of suger for each quart of water. Put up multiple little 2 to 3 ounce feeders. They'll stake out their personal feeder and have minature battle of briton air fights over them u less you have multiple feeders. Fun to listen to them, they sound like big bees. When i visit, i wear a bright red hat and they'll zoom down to see if i'm a mobile flower to feed from. Kinda spooky if you're not expecting it.

Posted by: BifBewalski at February 14, 2025 07:37 AM (MsrgL)

172 Fenelon Spoke is the only reason I come here.

Posted by: eleven at February 14, 2025 07:37 AM (fV+MH)

173 A couple of Sandhill cranes flew over me a day ago with one of them raising hell with that raspy squawk they do. They were flying really fast. Something was up.

Posted by: pawn at February 14, 2025 07:38 AM (QB+5g)

174 75 @walterkirn

Shouldn't have murdered that squirrel.

10:21 PM · Feb 12, 2025

++++++

lol
Posted by: one hour sober at February 14, 2025 06:23 AM (Y1sOo)

Heh. Great X site.

Posted by: m at February 14, 2025 07:43 AM (v0TzN)

175 I come here because it's a more low key place than some of the other political threads, because people are pleasant and amusing and I like hearing about their life and days. Also, they kindly put up with my total lack of knowledge of tech issues. I also appreciate pixy's sometimes caustic comments on tech bloopers as well as the music links..

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 14, 2025 07:48 AM (rqtp5)

176 121 #IreallyDon'tCareMargaret
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Posted by: m at February 14, 2025 07:53 AM (v0TzN)

177 And today, I appreciated -among other things- all the interesting talk about birds.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 14, 2025 07:55 AM (rvikl)

178 133 The bird feeder substitutes as a hawk and falcon feeder frequently. Just a poof of feathers and zero bird activity for a bit.
Posted by: BifBewalski at February 14, 2025 07:19 AM (MsrgL)

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Posted by: m at February 14, 2025 07:55 AM (v0TzN)

179 160 My project for the past year has been to make my parent's back yard a bird haven for their entertainment. Got hummingbirds visiting daily last summer. Recently added several feeders, including a couple of tray feeders that attach to the back windows wo we can get some larger birds. Still experimenting with types of food. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at February 14, 2025 07:31 AM (Cki93)

How wonderful, Lizzy!

Posted by: m at February 14, 2025 08:03 AM (v0TzN)

180 Good day! This is my first comment here so I just wanted to give a quick shout out
and tell you I truly enjoy reading through your articles. Can you recommend any other blogs/websites/forums that deal with the same topics?

Thanks!

Posted by: test backlink at February 14, 2025 05:39 PM (VFAsp)

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