Daily Tech News 19 March 2025

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Google has signed a $32 billion deal to buy security firm Wiz (who?) even while it is in the midst of a life-or-death struggle with the DOJ to avoid being divided into the first seven letters of the alphabet. (Ars Technica)

It's a bold strategy.

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SpaceX carried out a picture-perfect rescue mission to return the stranded Butch and Sundance from the ISS and Ars Technica is incandescent with rage. (Ars Technica)

The space coverage was one of the few (only?) areas of the site that hadn't succumbed to the mindless liberal fascism that has overtaken the site in recent years, but now they too have lost their minds.

The coverage of the mission at The Verge in comparison is straightforward, factual, and almost celebratory.

And The Verge is insane.
Nvidia showed off some new things that will be available at some point and will cost some amount of money. (Liliputing)

They were not more specific.
The new HP ZBook 8 has (up to) a 2560x1600 120Hz display, a twelve-core Ryzen 370 CPU, 64GB of user-upgradeable RAM, and very nearly the Four Essential Keys. (Notebook Check)

The Home key doubles up as the F12, but I only use that for opening Chrome Dev Tools and I don't do that all that often, so close enough.

The RAM is almost certainly upgradeable to 128GB with the new kits from Micron/Crucial, since they've already been shown to work with the Ryzen 370.

And two Thunderbolt 4 / USB4 ports (same thing, really), HDMI, wired Ethernet of an unspecified speed, a regular USB port, and an audio jack.

It ticks all the boxes I want for a new laptop... Only right now I don't want a new laptop.
The DC Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously - and for once, correctly - that AI generated art cannot be copyrighted. (Yahoo)

This upholds the district court's decision and the opinion of the Copyright Office, and reflects previous rulings that art produced by animals cannot be copyrighted either.
In an unexpected gift, the March Windows updates have been mistakenly removing Copilot from some systems. (Bleeping Computer)

Sadly, Microsoft plans to fix this.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Do not set the night on fire at home.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

Comments

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1 Congratulations to Huntington Beach’s newest City Council Member, Andrew Gruel.

G’morning.

Posted by: 13times at March 19, 2025 04:03 AM (A/6hL)

2 w00t

Posted by: m at March 19, 2025 04:03 AM (CQE5S)

3 1 Congratulations to Huntington Beach’s newest City Council Member, Andrew Gruel.

G’morning.
Posted by: 13times at March 19, 2025 04:03 AM (A/6hL)

And congratulations to 13times!

Posted by: m at March 19, 2025 04:04 AM (CQE5S)

4 I nooded.

Posted by: m at March 19, 2025 04:05 AM (CQE5S)

5 G'mornin all y'all !!

Posted by: OkJohn at March 19, 2025 04:07 AM (NC/it)

6 "Can NASA remain nonpartisan when basic spaceflight truths are shredded?"

People are insane.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 19, 2025 04:07 AM (bss/y)

7 "The DC Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously - and for once, correctly - that AI generated art cannot be copyrighted. (Yahoo)"

So does that mean the whole NFT thing was just a retarded fever dream? It was, but I am wondering if this is just proof that other people noticed.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 19, 2025 04:09 AM (bss/y)

8 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 19, 2025 04:10 AM (sAmhv)

9 BOING!

Feet up. Stomach virus. Not much sleep last night. Toast and tea for breakfast.

Blah!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 19, 2025 04:12 AM (MVWbi)

10 Speak of the devil.
Thanks m

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 19, 2025 04:12 AM (EvUVd)

11 Not finding smoking guns in the Kennedy files but this hints to it:

https://tinyurl.com/mt6j8cd5

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 19, 2025 04:15 AM (MVWbi)

12 SpaceX carried out a picture-perfect rescue mission to return the stranded Butch and Sundance from the ISS and Ars Technica is incandescent with rage. (Ars Technica)

I appreciate your telling us about them but it sounds like they don't deserve a click.

Posted by: m at March 19, 2025 04:16 AM (CQE5S)

13 10 Speak of the devil.
Thanks m
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 19, 2025 04:12 AM (EvUVd)

😈

Posted by: m at March 19, 2025 04:17 AM (CQE5S)

14 Congratulations to Huntington Beach’s newest City Council Member, Andrew Gruel.
Posted by: 13times at March 19, 2025 04:03

Awesome, from watching him on Gutfeld he's one smart guy. As a former bartender/manager in a past life I enjoy his take on the industry and politics in general.

Posted by: Farmer at March 19, 2025 04:19 AM (55Qr6)

15 9 BOING!

Feet up. Stomach virus. Not much sleep last night. Toast and tea for breakfast.

Blah!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 19, 2025 04:12 AM (MVWbi)

Get well soon!

Posted by: m at March 19, 2025 04:25 AM (CQE5S)

16 Payne talked about market/investor mags talking down the market and especially tech. He also talked about NVDA and that Huang is deliberately playing down what's coming sooner than Huang says.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 19, 2025 04:26 AM (EvUVd)

17 Evening and morning to all the late toilers, early risers, and insomaniacals! Good to see the astronauts made it home.

What exactly is the factual story? Were they supposed to be up there for months, could they have come home at any time, and if not, what was the holdup? The Ars Technica story hinted but didn't explain. Which, I guess, is not their purpose; bashing Trump/Musk is.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 19, 2025 04:29 AM (omVj0)

18 Verge article is a good compendium of the events.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 19, 2025 04:30 AM (EvUVd)

19 JFK files.

One group of people found a 60 year old list of clandestine CIA field offices

They’re very excited.

Posted by: 13times at March 19, 2025 04:31 AM (A/6hL)

20 My intuition tells me that Alec Baldwin is gonna murder another woman:

https://tinyurl.com/yc39ham9

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 19, 2025 04:31 AM (MVWbi)

21 Which, I guess, is not their purpose; bashing Trump/Musk is.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 19, 2025 04:29 AM (omVj0)

On a lark, I checked how many times 'lie' was used (4). Then 'lying' (2). 'Truth' twice in actual story. The other uses were 'Truth social' or the ads on the page.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 19, 2025 04:32 AM (bss/y)

22 Stephen L. Miller
@redsteeze
3h
The Democratic Party and its Vice Chair David Hogg think[ing it's a great idea] sending out the guy who lost an election 3 months ago to celebrate Electric Vehicle stocks crashing on the same day SpaceX returned stranded astronauts to Earth is such a perfect example of where they are approval ratings wise in the wilderness. It's perfect. It can't be replicated.

Posted by: m at March 19, 2025 04:33 AM (CQE5S)

23 Braenyard, thanks for advice on the ONT.

Got t-posts and a driver, but my gate post is sunk into concrete *plus* is right next (and perpendicular) to neighbor's plastic fence. Can't sink a t-post where it needs to go.

The way to do it correctly is to pull that concrete, post and all, and re-do it with another post & concrete. Ugh.

When my 'fix' fails, will do it right.

Posted by: JQ at March 19, 2025 04:37 AM (rdVOm)

24 JFK files.

Intrepid “researchers” performed a word search on “Israel” and found a number of results indicating that 1954 was a big year for mentions of “Israel.”

If only they would search the term “Jew Time Machine” it’d be a major revelation.

Posted by: 13times at March 19, 2025 04:41 AM (A/6hL)

25 Intrepid “researchers” performed a word search on “Israel” and found a number of results indicating that 1954 was a big year for mentions of “Israel.”

Posted by: 13times at March 19, 2025 04:41 AM (A/6hL)
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The Lavon Affair?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 19, 2025 04:50 AM (MVWbi)

26 That live 1967 performance of Light My Fire is from The Ed Sullivan show and showcases the band's stellar musicianship. This particular performance got them banned from The Ed Sullivan show for pretending to knuckle under to Ed Sullivan's demand that they change the line "girl, we couldn't get much higher" to "girl, we couldn't get much better."

Finding acceptable to high quality film of the greatest bands from that time playing live is a challenge since these performances were treated as transitory pop concerts instead of something that were, in essence, a critical component that defines 20th classical music.

Here is another performance of Roadhouse blues by the doors in 1970 at the Isle of White Rock festival.

https://youtu.be/c-xUvX1SSMI

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 19, 2025 04:55 AM (hjWnr)

27 26 That live 1967 performance of Light My Fire is from The Ed Sullivan show and showcases the band's stellar musicianship. This particular performance got them banned from The Ed Sullivan show for pretending to knuckle under to Ed Sullivan's demand that they change the line "girl, we couldn't get much higher" to "girl, we couldn't get much better."
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 19, 2025 04:55 AM (hjWnr)

Thanks for this. Unknown to me.

Posted by: m at March 19, 2025 05:00 AM (CQE5S)

28 The Lavon Affair?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 19, 2025 04:50 AM (MVWbi

There’s no context like that. It’s just Israel Israel Israel. One common sample:

“This may help people searching the JFK release. The term 'israel' occurs at least 61 times.”

#jfkfiles

Posted by: 13times at March 19, 2025 05:02 AM (A/6hL)

29 If it's just the post and the concrete is vertical as it should be and the post is wood. On your side could you pony up a 2x4 next to the weak spot and use lags bolts the depth of the 2x4 and the post.
https://tinyurl.com/yc3s2jd4

Drill through the 2x4 & to depth on the post with a smaller than threads then drill the size of the bolt on the 2x4 so it slips in then bites into the post. Same concept as sheet metal.

Oh, if the 2x4 is too big a piece of bed frame angle iron, it's about one inch will do it especially if you extend it up some. Find someone to drill the holes in the metal it's pretty hard.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 19, 2025 05:02 AM (EvUVd)

30 The coverage of the mission at The Verge in comparison is straightforward, factual, and almost celebratory.

And The Verge is insane.

Yeah, you can't get news from newspeople anymore. That's the dog sitting in a burning home saying this is fine world that we now live in.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 19, 2025 05:04 AM (Kv5Mj)

31 The Lavon Affair?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 19, 2025 04:50 AM (MVWbi

There’s no context like that. It’s just Israel Israel Israel. One common sample:

“This may help people searching the JFK release. The term 'israel' occurs at least 61 times.”

#jfkfiles
Posted by: 13times at March 19, 2025 05:02 AM (A/6hL)
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So I asked Grok. Boring:

https://tinyurl.com/mr4xns56

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 19, 2025 05:11 AM (MVWbi)

32 Braenyard-- the post is metal. 2 3/8" O.D. Split is near bottom, possibly due to tree-removal crew hitting it with their equipment (couple years ago) & I didn't notice at that time?

I supposed I should've slipped a smaller diameter post inside it before applying clamps.

It'll hold until I get a proper replacement, I hope. Maybe this summer.

Posted by: JQ at March 19, 2025 05:14 AM (rdVOm)

33 The overseer of the operation allegedly informed the Egyptians, after which 11 suspected operatives were arrested. Two died by suicide after being captured, two were executed by the Egyptian authorities, two of them were acquitted at trial, and the remaining five received prison terms ranging from 7 years to life in prison.
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Why must there always be a pos in the mix?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 19, 2025 05:15 AM (EvUVd)

34 In an unexpected gift, the March Windows updates have been mistakenly removing Copilot from some systems. (Bleeping Computer)

Sadly, Microsoft plans to fix this.

Copilot is a digital version of Damien Thorn.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 19, 2025 05:15 AM (Kv5Mj)

35 I will be surprised if anything definitive comes out of these last documents surrounding the JFK assassination. I'm of the opinion that anything truly telling if the CIA was behind the assassination long ago disappeared. Still...

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 19, 2025 05:15 AM (hjWnr)

36 Could be, simply, that the post has been strained with weight of metal gate for about 40 years too.

As long as I can open/close the thing for access to yard with lawn tractor and truck...

Posted by: JQ at March 19, 2025 05:17 AM (rdVOm)

37 The Lavon Affair?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 19, 2025 04:50 AM (MVWbi)

Just wait until the October 7th Affair.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 19, 2025 05:19 AM (L5An7)

38 In an unexpected gift, the March Windows updates have been mistakenly removing Copilot from some systems. (Bleeping Computer)

Sadly, Microsoft plans to fix this.

Copilot is a digital version of Damien Thorn.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls.

I lean towards Helen Ready being the flesh and bone version of Copilot. Banal, pointless, and endlessly annoying.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 19, 2025 05:19 AM (hjWnr)

39 It'll hold until I get a proper replacement, I hope. Maybe this summer.
Posted by: JQ
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Metal! Keep your eye out for a welder. It'll take him about 10 minutes.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 19, 2025 05:22 AM (EvUVd)

40 Gotta straighten the pipe before welding, I'd think.

Not sure how to go about that, especially since it's split open and bent.. the clamps pulled the split closed a little, but pipe is still bent enough that gate drags the ground.

Posted by: JQ at March 19, 2025 05:25 AM (rdVOm)

41 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 19, 2025 05:25 AM (hoCmQ)

42 20 My intuition tells me that Alec Baldwin is gonna murder another woman:

https://tinyurl.com/yc39ham9
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 19, 2025 04:31 AM (MVWbi)

lol

That clip. Now you know why he's killing chicks.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 19, 2025 05:27 AM (Kv5Mj)

43 The breathless tech story I've been following is that Apple is going to invent foldable computing devices in late 2026 with the initial device being 18.8 in on one dimension and running MacOS. I take this to imply that the folded size will be roughly the size of an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper. What I think they're really going to invent is the first $5,000 foldable computing device.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 19, 2025 05:30 AM (hjWnr)

44 Would be afraid to heat the pipe, as it is very close to neighbor's plastic fence.

Just looking at yanking the concrete plug and starting over. Metal fence posts and quikcrete are cheap enough; the hard parts would be yanking the original post ass'y and re-mounting the gate.

Posted by: JQ at March 19, 2025 05:31 AM (rdVOm)

45 The winds in the Las Cruces area on Monday we're hitting sustained speeds of 35 mph with gusts into the 60 mph range. The dust in the air was exceptionally bad and reduced visibility so much that I-10 was mostly shut down all day long with orders to "shelter in place". In other news, the local body shops were ordering extra paint in anticipation a very good year coming up.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 19, 2025 05:40 AM (hjWnr)

46 Pierre Poilievre
@PierrePoilievre
·
9m
Last night, President Donald Trump endorsed Mark Carney.

“Why? Because, as Trump said, he’s “easier” to deal with, and knows that I will be a tough negotiator and always put Canada First. Carney is weak and would cave to Trump’s demands, just like he did when he moved his company.”

I don’t get why Trump is pressing Poilievre.

Posted by: 13times at March 19, 2025 05:42 AM (A/6hL)

47 The Horde is the best! You give me plenty of ideas to fix stuff, and even if I'm not sure I can use them, still... so good to know there are options.

Thank you, sincerely!

Posted by: JQ at March 19, 2025 05:42 AM (rdVOm)

48 Currently 34 and clear going up to 62 and sunny in western CT today.

So digesting events from yesterday, as I understand it, there’s a 4th branch of government that is in the text of the Constitution (must have been written on the back), that MUST be funded at war-time spending levels and is accountable to no one but themselves and select District Court Judges in the DC area.

It was on Schoolhouse Rock back in the day. Everybody knows it to be true.

Posted by: CTSPURSMAN at March 19, 2025 05:46 AM (Uy2Lz)

49 Psalm 17

https://tinyurl.com/3jh2x5nb

Verse 7 says "Show thy marvelous loving kindness, O thou that saves by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them."
A note from my "Life Application Bible"
Says that "if life seems bleak and overwhelming, ask God to remind you of his love for you today. His reminder may come from a friend, a song you hear, the beauty of his creation, or a Bible verse he
brings to your mind. When you notice it, recognize it as a way God has chosen to communicate with you and thank him for this sign of his love."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 19, 2025 05:48 AM (BPojm)

50 I liked Helen Ready in "Pete's Dragon."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 19, 2025 05:54 AM (ZmEVT)

51 "g is that Apple is going to invent foldable computing devices in late 2026 "

Google already invented the Pixel Fold.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 19, 2025 05:55 AM (ZmEVT)

52 Just wait until the October 7th Affair.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 19, 2025 05:19 AM (L5An7)
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I'm soaking in it.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 19, 2025 05:57 AM (MVWbi)

53 Good morning morons

Biden's Dog a prayer for complete and speedy healing

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 19, 2025 06:01 AM (RIvkX)

54 Israeli standup comedian Yohay Sponder talks about his crazy but simple friend:

https://tinyurl.com/57dumudx

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 19, 2025 06:01 AM (MVWbi)

55 Biden's Dog a prayer for complete and speedy healing

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 19, 2025 06:01 AM (RIvkX)
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Thanks. I hope that staying off my feet today will let me get back tomorrow to my regularly scheduled program.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 19, 2025 06:03 AM (MVWbi)

56 19 JFK files.

One group of people found a 60 year old list of clandestine CIA field offices

They’re very excited.
Posted by: 13times at March 19, 2025 04:31 AM (A/6hL)

There's a Cleveland in NoVa? Fascinating.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 19, 2025 06:04 AM (KtIIi)

57 There's a Cleveland in NoVa? Fascinating.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 19, 2025 06:04 AM (KtIIi)

The CIA built a Potemkin village to fool their prisoners that they were in hell.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 19, 2025 06:08 AM (L5An7)

58 Who the hell "keeps a list" of clandestine field offices?

Are you worried you'll forget where you left them or something?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 19, 2025 06:08 AM (KtIIi)

59 After discussing the book "Fahrenheit 451" Teacher in PA encourages students to do random acts of kindness. From "Sunny Skyz" site:

https://tinyurl.com/ntejwbjw

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 19, 2025 06:08 AM (b4RLc)

60 Or was that a joke? I might have actually not realized that was a joke. Which would in itself be hilarious.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 19, 2025 06:09 AM (KtIIi)

61 Waiting.

Gunther Eagleman™
@GuntherEagleman
9h

Until you make arrests, the corruption will not end.

Until you impeach rogue judges, the lawfare will not stop.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 19, 2025 06:10 AM (MVWbi)

62 32 mph winds with gusts to 55 and snow. Yes, it was 83 yesterday.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 19, 2025 06:10 AM (7PR43)

63 C clamps and a 2x4 will straighten it. You can use the end of the gate to, 1.take the stress off the pipe and maybe give a little help, then as you tighten the clamps wedge up the gate a little more.

Around here there are welders with rigs built into the bed of their trucks. Chat one up. He'll have a good idea and it shouldn't cost too much.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 19, 2025 06:11 AM (EvUVd)

64 Think Bastrdi said we're going to have a draught.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 19, 2025 06:13 AM (EvUVd)

65 @46/13times: "I don't get why Trump is pressing Poilievre."

Part 1 of 2:

Domestic politics. The Liberals are seeing a resurgence in popularity due to their "We've got to take this economic trade war to the Americans" stance that is popular with their base. It's a rehash of their tired "Americans bad, they cause all our problems" trope they trot out every time their own domestic policies cause misery and failure (and they do, regularly.)

Carney has reduced the Carbon tax to zero effective April 1 (not the same thing as removing it from law, it could be upped again just as quickly the way he's doing it) but this took away one of the major legs of the policy stool Poilievre was standing on: "Axe the tax". Unlike Trudeau and his environment lapdog Guilbeault, Carney recognizes that "Save the Planet" is a political cesspool and is backing away from it because it's not politically expedient.

Carney is not an elected PM, as such, he's under great pressure to call an election. The Liberals are doing everything possible to fix the damage Trudeau and his cabinet caused, so they can call that election and possibly win another term with all their turnarounds.

(continued...)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 19, 2025 06:14 AM (O7YUW)

66 @46/13times: Part 2 of 2

Poilievre now has to take a similar tough stance on American tariffs in order to not look like he's just kowtowing to Trump's desires, which the Liberals would make hay of in an election with the claim "Look, he's bought and paid for by Trump!"

Trump's talk about making Canada the 51st state is also being taken as a threat up here, and is playing into the Liberal "anti-American" sentiment they're whipping up.

Now consider that Trump is very good at getting what he wants in a deal. In 2026, there will be a review of how well the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is doing for the parties involved. Trump is stirring things up in order to get concessions by the other parties in advance of those reviews. This is part of his "America First" doctrine.

So the claim that Trump might want a weaker opponent to get what he wants in these negotiations? It has merit, and it might be what's actually going on.

Poilievre is intelligent, but he has to play the cards he's handed.

And that's my take on what's going on.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 19, 2025 06:14 AM (O7YUW)

67 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at March 19, 2025 06:15 AM (5R/2V)

68 Morning peeps. I have some outpatient surgery this morning. Always exciting to visit the hospital.

Not.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 19, 2025 06:15 AM (Q4IgG)

69 This was the story about the Christian faith of the astronaut Butch. He was able to keep in contact with his church in Texas while he was on the space station:

https://tinyurl.com/mv2vcct7

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 19, 2025 06:17 AM (b4RLc)

70 Man plays music and sings to his farm animals:

https://tinyurl.com/mw4vx2fc

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 19, 2025 06:19 AM (b4RLc)

71 Or PDT wants Canadians to think that he doesn't want Pierre in office and there hatred of PDT & the USA will cause them to vote for Pierre.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at March 19, 2025 06:19 AM (2NHgQ)

72 their not there, can't blame autocorrect on that one

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at March 19, 2025 06:20 AM (2NHgQ)

73 I'm going to try and go back to sleep. It was 60 last night and is 32 now. Not much else to do until the snow ends.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 19, 2025 06:22 AM (7PR43)

74 Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 19, 2025 06:15 AM (Q4IgG)

May you be blessed with a successful surgery and complete healing.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 19, 2025 06:22 AM (b4RLc)

75 Off to the electron mines! Only a few days left of this commute.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 19, 2025 06:23 AM (omVj0)

76 I've fought my last battle with "The Google." My search bar queries DuckDuckGo now. No more five attempts to pose a simple search to Google, then off to a real search engine. Google does not need to be split up. Google needs to be taken, part and parcel to the dump.

Posted by: Marooned at March 19, 2025 06:23 AM (kt8QE)

77 Posted by: San Franpsycho

Amen. May you be blessed with feeling better soon, Biden's Dog.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 19, 2025 06:24 AM (b4RLc)

78 Good morning. The UK-Israel AAPG has released what appears to be the most comprehensive report of the atrocities committed by Hamas and the citizens of Gaza on 10/7.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 19, 2025 06:26 AM (j6NlC)

79 - @62 Notsothoreau

Snow? *checks again*
Currently 66° wind SSW at 27 and I hear gusting
Unlike a half hour ago I slide the hourly bar and...
Yep, looks like I'll have to kick the furnace back on.
I guess the drive into T-town tomorrow for a b-day lunch, eye appointment and hit a garden center isn't going to be as pleasant as I'd hoped.
Par for the course. At least the company will be the best.

Posted by: TeeJ at March 19, 2025 06:28 AM (LajFB)

80 I am simultaneously cringing and laughing at clips of dialog from Ubislop's Assassin's Creed: Shadows.

I have never heard such worse voice acting before, this is making the American dubs of early Toho kaiju movies look great in comparison.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 19, 2025 06:28 AM (Ocj/H)

81 Biden's Dog, how big a deal is it that Google is about to/ or has purchased Wiz?

Posted by: Ben Had at March 19, 2025 06:29 AM (j6NlC)

82 On a positive note, sun is just barely starting to light the sky here. I walked outside to check the temperatures and I heard birds singing their morning songs. I've missed that.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 19, 2025 06:32 AM (O7YUW)

83 I've fought my last battle with "The Google." My search bar queries DuckDuckGo now. No more five attempts to pose a simple search to Google, then off to a real search engine. Google does not need to be split up. Google needs to be taken, part and parcel to the dump.
Posted by: Marooned at March 19, 2025 06:23 AM (kt8QE)

You should probably be aware that, when the Russia/Ukraine conflict began, the CEO of DDG said that they curate search results to ensure that their users don't get unapproved information.

I very much doubt that's the only subject they do that for.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 19, 2025 06:34 AM (ExV1e)

84 Biden's Dog, how big a deal is it that Google is about to/ or has purchased Wiz?

Posted by: Ben Had at March 19, 2025 06:29 AM (j6NlC)
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It's a $32,000,000,000 big deal! Largest acquisition price to date of an Israeli company.

But until yesterday, I thought the Wiz was a wow.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 19, 2025 06:34 AM (MVWbi)

85 Hilaria Baldwin and Jada Pinkett should do a podcast.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 19, 2025 06:37 AM (PiwSw)

86 If you want to be entertained by your search results, try using chatgpt for a few. Very creative interpretations.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 19, 2025 06:45 AM (lGLsa)

87 Wow, that Ars Technica link is a full commode slopping over.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at March 19, 2025 06:47 AM (/HDaX)

88 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 19, 2025 06:48 AM (u82oZ)

89 There's a Cleveland in NoVa? Fascinating.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 19, 2025 06:04 AM (KtIIi)

The CIA built a Potemkin village to fool their prisoners that they were in hell.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 19, 2025 06:08 AM (L5An7)
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Wait... a guy residing in northern New Jersey describes some other place as hell?! Shocking.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 19, 2025 06:52 AM (awECa)

90 NaCly, dearest. Good morning.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 19, 2025 06:53 AM (j6NlC)

91 Notsothoreau, my wife and I met up and had lunch at a twee liberal refuge, then toured an art gallery. It was a fun day yesterday.

Yes, I was able to say "This is a piece of self-indulgent crap!" at a few of the paintings.

The main artist used pointillism with a putty knife. The paintings looked good when seen from an adjacent room. An interesting effect.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 19, 2025 06:53 AM (u82oZ)

92 “It’s a bold move Cotton, let’s see if it pays off.”

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 19, 2025 06:54 AM (gbOdA)

93 Maybe we can trade California to Denmark for Greenland.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 19, 2025 06:55 AM (Ocj/H)

94 85 Hilaria Baldwin and Jada Pinkett should do a podcast.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes

I'm reminded of the movie 'Scanners', for some reason.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 19, 2025 06:55 AM (sAmhv)

95 20 My intuition tells me that Alec Baldwin is gonna murder another woman:

https://tinyurl.com/yc39ham9
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 19, 2025 04:31 AM (MVWbi)
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Woah

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 19, 2025 06:56 AM (awECa)

96 {{{Ben Had}}}
🎼 ♭ 5/4 ♫♫ ♫♫ Good morning! ♬♬ ♩ ♪

I think of you every time I pass a horse from the nearby dressage business being led down the access road. Which can be up to twice daily.

May sunshine and light winds bless your smile.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 19, 2025 06:57 AM (u82oZ)

97 mornin yall. China says they have a EV battery that will charge in 6 minutes. I suspect it's BS, but to charge at the claimed 1000kw rate you would need a cable as big around as my leg. A typical house only has 200kw service.

Posted by: fd at March 19, 2025 06:57 AM (vFG9F)

98 Dawn breaking now and its spectacular. Pale fire in the sky, below a line of low clouds. A huge ship moving across my window, just offshore.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 19, 2025 06:58 AM (awECa)

99

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 19, 2025 06:58 AM (5hfjS)

100 Apparently, Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards kid is a Christian. Her name is Lola Sheen.

https://tinyurl.com/usvej6vb

Goes to The Christian Post.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 19, 2025 07:00 AM (sAmhv)

101 Obviously, Lola knows it's a mixed-up world.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 19, 2025 07:00 AM (Ocj/H)

102 The commenters on Ars Technica on the space articles have always been extreme leftists.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 19, 2025 07:01 AM (Vh9CX)

103 Hillary Clinton

How many times did you have to try for a baby with Webb Hubble?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 19, 2025 07:03 AM (u82oZ)

104 Huck Follywood

Container ship, tanker, or warship?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 19, 2025 07:04 AM (u82oZ)

105 101: ISWYDT

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 19, 2025 07:05 AM (sAmhv)

106 Looked like a container ship in the early morning darkness

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 19, 2025 07:06 AM (awECa)

107 The idiots here voted for more sales tax yesterday. I can't wait to get out of this stupid county.

Posted by: fd at March 19, 2025 07:06 AM (vFG9F)

108 Huck Follywood

Thanks. Commerce continues on the high seas.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 19, 2025 07:07 AM (u82oZ)

109 Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards had 2 girls. One is now a Christian and the other is doing pron on Only Fans.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 19, 2025 07:07 AM (sAmhv)

110 Have a great day, everyone.

May you be blessed with bliss. And not snow, like Notsothoreau.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 19, 2025 07:08 AM (u82oZ)

111 G'morning, all.

Salty!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 19, 2025 07:13 AM (u0h9f)

112 640K ought to be enough for anybody!
(furiously rubs his hard and erect nipples on his hairy man boobs)
Yeah! Oh Yeah!

Posted by: Bill Gates, Owner Of Fat Man Boobs And Tech Weirdo at March 19, 2025 07:14 AM (Ic155)

113 With all the media focus on the price increase to consumers caused by tariffs...

Has anyone estimated the increased cost to consumers based on the Houthi's basically causing so much shipping to divert to avoid the maritime piracy and attack zone that they have created?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 19, 2025 07:15 AM (u0h9f)

114 I don’t know why Trump kept up the 51st state jabs, but it’s definitely helping the Liberals.

I just wish he’d waited for the hard press on Canada until after their election, whenever that will be. The election has to be held by October but I’m thinking Carney will be forced to call one for June or so.

As Grumpy and Recalcitrant said, Carney is an unelected technocrat who’s only had one election, ever, and that was among Liberal party members.

He can’t expect to run the nation for too long without a legitimate mandate.

Rushi Sunak tried it for a year and a half, but at least he held a seat in parliament, and then got absolutely curb stomped in the election last year.

Trump should be a little wiser in his words, re: Canuckland, until they settle on a party and leader to represent them up there.

I want Poilievre to win for the sake of Canada and Canadians. The country has gone straight downhill since Stephen Harper left office and Trudeau took over, especially since COVID.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 19, 2025 07:17 AM (6ydKt)

115 Wait... a guy residing in northern New Jersey describes some other place as hell?! Shocking.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 19, 2025 06:52 AM (awECa)

CBD's gonna need to do a full-on post about his living situation.

He lives in Gay Paree now.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 19, 2025 07:17 AM (ExV1e)

116 Apparently, Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards kid is a Christian. Her name is Lola Sheen.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come

I saw that and thought "Good for her". That takes some guts in the environment she's in.

I watched Starship Troopers last weekend. I'll never understand why Johnny Rico was stuck on Denise Richards when Dina Meyers' Dizzy was just right there.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 19, 2025 07:17 AM (b294k)

117 Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards had 2 girls. One is now a Christian and the other is doing pron on Only Fans.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 19, 2025 07:07 AM (sAmhv)

The Sheen family set to music.

https://youtu.be/bZ_Qfcc0jmY

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 19, 2025 07:19 AM (ExV1e)

118 640K ought to be enough for anybody!
(furiously rubs his hard and erect nipples on his hairy man boobs)
Yeah! Oh Yeah!
Posted by: Bill Gates, Owner Of Fat Man Boobs And Tech Weirdo at March 19, 2025 07:14 AM (Ic155)

I'm second to none in my disdain for Bill Gates but it was the CEO of Intel who said that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 19, 2025 07:20 AM (ExV1e)

119 The lawyers at Powerline say the latest Federal judge to intrude in PDJT's attempt to stop USAID from wasting money has issues a strong opinion and Trump needs to fix the basic issue, or else all DOGE efforts are imperiled. The problem is Musk, and he either needs to be confirmed by the Senate as an "officer" of the United States, or else Doge needs to be very clearly an advisory group to Departments and Agencies. Moreover, the Judge says Congress will likely have to bless shutting down agencies. Trump cannot do that by his own authority.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 19, 2025 07:21 AM (SF4WJ)

120 I watched Starship Troopers last weekend. I'll never understand why Johnny Rico was stuck on Denise Richards when Dina Meyers' Dizzy was just right there.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 19, 2025 07:17 AM (b294k)

Maybe because, in the book, Dina Meyers' Dizzy wasn't just right there.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 19, 2025 07:22 AM (ExV1e)

121 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at March 19, 2025 07:22 AM (fwDg9)

122 100 Apparently, Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards kid is a Christian. Her name is Lola Sheen.

https://tinyurl.com/usvej6vb

Goes to The Christian Post.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 19, 2025 07:00 AM (sAmhv)

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This must be a different daughter from the one doing OnlyFans with her mom?

I honestly don’t know how many kids they have or who’s doing what and where.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 19, 2025 07:24 AM (6ydKt)

123 I watched Starship Troopers last weekend. I'll never understand why Johnny Rico was stuck on Denise Richards when Dina Meyers' Dizzy was just right there.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 19, 2025 07:17 AM (b294k)

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Dizzy had a great body, but Denise looked extra cute in that movie. Those eyes alone would have had me eating out of her hand.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 19, 2025 07:26 AM (6ydKt)

124 Huck- supposedly DOGE is really just a rebranding of a Barky administration organization but that of course was a smoke screen and didn't do anything.

Posted by: Skip at March 19, 2025 07:27 AM (fwDg9)

125 Marco Rubio has surprised me with his stalwart performance in office. Here he rhetorically smacks Margaret Brennan upside the head, which is a good thing if common sense is a goal.

https://tinyurl.com/mrysumhp

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 19, 2025 07:27 AM (Wkb/x)

126 G'mornin' everyone!

arse tecnika is so f.o.s., wow

"certified meteorologist", indeed!
*spit*
"climate liar" is more like it; go "correct" some raw data you rectal fissure on two stick-legs

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 19, 2025 07:27 AM (qHXAR)

127 This must be a different daughter from the one doing OnlyFans with her mom?

I honestly don’t know how many kids they have or who’s doing what and where.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Two daughters. One is a Christian, one is in pron. Sheen and Richards are both red hot messes so I kind of expected the kids to be similar. I pray that Lola Sheen has a good group of strong Christians around her for support. She'll need it.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 19, 2025 07:27 AM (sAmhv)

128 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at March 19, 2025 07:27 AM (dg+HA)

129

Posted by: Don Black at March 19, 2025 07:28 AM (AOsQT)

130 Has anyone estimated the increased cost to consumers based on the Houthi's basically causing so much shipping to divert to avoid the maritime piracy and attack zone that they have created?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 19, 2025 07:15 AM (u0h9f)

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Good question.
You gotta think it’s affected the price of oil just based on the location alone.

Probably one reason Trump wanted to light them up. I’m sure the Saudis and the Emiratis didn’t mind one bit.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 19, 2025 07:29 AM (6ydKt)

131 How many times did you have to try for a baby with Webb Hubble?
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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What difference, at this point, does it make?/1!?1!??

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 19, 2025 07:29 AM (5hfjS)

132 All in all I think last night was best I slept in a long time. Going to be a long day today too

Posted by: Skip at March 19, 2025 07:29 AM (fwDg9)

133 JJ is nood.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 19, 2025 07:30 AM (ExV1e)

134 Sun is up! Shouldn't a rooster be crowing?

Best of luck to all the horde today. Stay healthy and may your day be peaceful and prosperous. Stay away from slow drivers in the left lane.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 19, 2025 07:32 AM (Wkb/x)

135 American television programs didn’t always use film in those days nor pay any special attention to recording audio. A lot of times, not always, they lip synched to some or all of the tune. These were more or less advertisements was the way it was viewed. They weren’t wrong.

One exception to this you’ll see, is the BBC. Both Neil Young and Joni Mitchell are recorded in what was high definition for the time, and good audio. It is quite the contrast.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 19, 2025 07:33 AM (SfY1i)

136 127 Sheen and Richards are both red hot messes so I kind of expected the kids to be similar. I pray that Lola Sheen has a good group of strong Christians around her for support. She'll need it.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 19, 2025 07:27 AM (sAmhv)

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It could be that she looked around at all the hot messes surrounding her and decided she wanted no part in the madness any longer.

Kinda like the child of alcoholics who decides they’ll never take a drink because of it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 19, 2025 07:33 AM (6ydKt)

137 >I'll never understand why Johnny Rico was stuck on Denise Richards when Dina Meyers' Dizzy was just right there.
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cup size

Posted by: Don Black at March 19, 2025 07:33 AM (AOsQT)

138 @ 96. Nobody wants California. That place is more trouble than what it's worth.

Posted by: Case at March 19, 2025 07:34 AM (IFQdH)

139 47 The Horde is the best! You give me plenty of ideas to fix stuff, and even if I'm not sure I can use them, still... so good to know there are options.

Thank you, sincerely!
Posted by: JQ at March 19, 2025 05:42 AM (rdVOm)

Send a photo of the problem to a cob-logger to feature as a First World Problem?

Posted by: m at March 19, 2025 07:48 AM (CQE5S)

140 54 Israeli standup comedian Yohay Sponder talks about his crazy but simple friend:

https://tinyurl.com/57dumudx
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 19, 2025 06:01 AM (MVWbi)

hahahahahaha the punchline

Posted by: m at March 19, 2025 07:51 AM (CQE5S)

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