Daily Tech News 26 April 2025

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What this country needs is a really good $20,000 electric truck. Apparently. (The Verge) (archive site)

I mean, given what vehicles cost these days, it's worth a shot.

There are a few corners cut, to be sure. The Slate Truck is available in one colour - slate grey, has no sound system, and only does 150 miles on a charge. And the body panels are plastic, not metal, though that's not a first even on much more expensive models.

And it's designed to be repairable by the owner, though how far that goes is something that we'll have to see when it comes out next year.

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Netflix now has dialogue-only subtitles because of the current trend for actors to mumble incoherently through their lines. (Ars Technica)

No, it's not your hearing going. I mean, that might also be true, but the younger generations also watch TV with subtitles on because they can't tell what the hell the actors are saying.
Microsoft's Recall spyware is here. (Tom's Hardware)

Also Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC is cheap (if a little fiddly to install) and receives security updates through January 2027 - and no new features at all.

Just saying.

If you can find the IoT edition that's supported through 2032 but I don't know where to get that.
If you mention the /etc/hosts file - found on all modern operating systems - Substack sends etheric ninjas down the wire to terminate you. (Substack)

Or more specifically it raises a 403 error when the editor attempts to automatically save your post.

Potato, potahto.
This mini-ITX NAS motherboard has 10Gb Ethernet. (Liliputing)

And costs $139 if you can find someone who will ship it to you, given current tariff uncertainties.

There are many such boards on sites like Aliexpress, but most of the cheap ones don't have 10GbE.
Why are companies lining up to buy Chrome? (The Verge)

Perplexity, OpenAI, and Yahoo are all among the bidders should the government force Google to divest its browser.

But you can already get Chrome-based browsers like Brave and Vivaldi for free.

These companies aren't looking to buy Chrome. They're looking to buy you.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Blip.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 26, 2025 04:34 AM (ypFCm)

2 G'day, Skip

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at April 26, 2025 04:36 AM (/HDaX)

3 Morning all.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 26, 2025 04:36 AM (BLOW1)

4 Now, how long before MS forces the Recall feature on their customers?

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at April 26, 2025 04:39 AM (/HDaX)

5 That truck looks like a throw back 70s, not sure if people will want it.

Posted by: Skip at April 26, 2025 04:39 AM (ypFCm)

6 Verizon should buy Google's Chrome browser and rename it Oath. Oh wait, they already tried that with Yahoo and Aol and it went about as well as one would expect.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 26, 2025 04:44 AM (amnH6)

7 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 26, 2025 04:44 AM (AdHga)

8 I bumped into that $20,000 electric truck online a couple of days ago. Did that Toyota el cheapo truck ever happen?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 26, 2025 04:45 AM (LSoM1)

9 Is PaleMoon still a thing?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 26, 2025 04:48 AM (LSoM1)

10 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at April 26, 2025 04:50 AM (dg+HA)

11 Morning Horde. Sitting in the emergency room where Mr nec just arrived by ambulance. Nasty fall. Please send up prayers.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at April 26, 2025 04:52 AM (Qh2+Q)

12 I'm getting up, with no reason for it.

Posted by: Skip at April 26, 2025 04:52 AM (ypFCm)

13 Cheap Truck's music sucks!

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 26, 2025 04:53 AM (V9cMX)

14 Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at April 26, 2025 04:52 AM (Qh2+Q)

done

sorry for your troubles

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 26, 2025 04:54 AM (V9cMX)

15 Plastic truck probably has a 300ish pound carrying capacity, which is perfect for weekend home repair warriors.

Posted by: 13times at April 26, 2025 05:07 AM (Hn8lp)

16 A cheap, much better small ICE truck already exists. Toyota Hilux. Sold everywhere but the US.

Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at April 26, 2025 05:09 AM (McYvC)

17
Cheap Truck's music sucks!
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls

"I Want You To Want Me" is right out for any sales pitches, then?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 26, 2025 05:14 AM (xG4kz)

18 The Ars Technica commetariat is saying they are ready to go back to something like a 1970s Japanese pickup truck. It seems modernizing that using a small 3 or 4 cylinder engine would be cheaper, have far better range and lifespan than an EV that in reality is going to have about 100 mile range. But that will never fly with those people as that takes all the fun out of saving Mother Earth through militant virtue signaling.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at April 26, 2025 05:14 AM (amnH6)

19 G'mornin all y'all
Prayers up for Mrnec. BTDT

Posted by: OkJohn at April 26, 2025 05:17 AM (NC/it)

20 I'm fine. Save yourselves.

Posted by: Mother Eartt at April 26, 2025 05:17 AM (dg+HA)

21 Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at April 26, 2025 04:52

Certainly will and can sympathize

Posted by: Skip at April 26, 2025 05:19 AM (ypFCm)

22 Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at April 26, 2025 04:52 AM (Qh2+Q)

Sorry to hear that. Will pray.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 26, 2025 05:21 AM (oHbDU)

23 Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre has died by suicide, her family says.

Posted by: 13times at April 26, 2025 05:21 AM (Hn8lp)

24 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at April 26, 2025 05:28 AM (AN2gy)

25 >>> Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre has died by suicide, her family says.

You don't say

Posted by: Boeing at April 26, 2025 05:30 AM (AN2gy)

26 Teen takes grandma to prom after she tells him she never got to attend:

https://tinyurl.com/4v52y62w

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 26, 2025 05:30 AM (oHbDU)

27 Yellowjacket got in house

Posted by: Skip at April 26, 2025 05:32 AM (ypFCm)

28 Amish come to help rebuild NC town. Maybe we should put them in charge of FEMA?

https://tinyurl.com/4p4pyrr6

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 26, 2025 05:34 AM (oHbDU)

29 Christian devotional " from "Our Daily Bread". "Action not distraction. " Alert boy saves kids and bus driver after driver had medical episode. Scripture is Joshua 1:1-6:

https://tinyurl.com/bdfanc3r

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 26, 2025 05:38 AM (oHbDU)

30 29- sorry. Passage goes to verse 9, not 6.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 26, 2025 05:41 AM (oHbDU)

31 25 >>> Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre has died by suicide, her family says.

++++
Police suspect fair play.

Posted by: Old Dennis Miller line at April 26, 2025 05:52 AM (dg+HA)

32 Amazon's OS isn't bad, just blocked from Google's playstore. Maybe Bezos should buy Chrome.
Google should be busted into a 1000 pieces, shoved thru bankruptcy, and the IP sold off.

Posted by: Accomack at April 26, 2025 05:54 AM (Bbhox)

33 That poor woman- Virginia Guiffre. What a heck of a life!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 26, 2025 05:56 AM (8uGPf)

34 G'morning, all.

NEC...prayers up for Mr NEC.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 26, 2025 05:56 AM (a1415)

35 Scripture when worried. Old and New Testament:

https://tinyurl.com/2ww9pk9y

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 26, 2025 06:00 AM (8uGPf)

36
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 26, 2025 06:10 AM (tljrc)

37 Suddenly seeing lots of bumble bees, as of yesterday. Spring must be here to stay.

Don't tell my son, or he will never visit here again until fall chills send them away.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 26, 2025 06:12 AM (u3hby)

38 Amongst other projects, we have been cat sitting for the original owners of our two 10 month old kittens, going to their house to feed the mother cat, their remaining brother and two other older cats twice daily.

The owners wound up stranded in Atlanta as another passenger had to be removed from the flight by ambulance, and the required delay causing a missed connection back home to Charleston.

Fortunately the were able to get in on another later flight, and are now safely home. But if one were to offer prayers for the unknown passenger who needed emergency medical care, it would be appreciated.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 26, 2025 06:13 AM (a1415)

39 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 26, 2025 06:13 AM (hoCmQ)

40 I would like to apologize for being irritable yesterday. Some men going on about "vaginas" (slang for women) who want to destroy men's lives getting to be a bit wearying especially since we have a number of women posters here. In addition, I think it's sloppy language. There aren't any better words to describe women who are "manipulative" or "mercenary" or "nasty" or "corrupt"?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 26, 2025 06:16 AM (DPzJO)

41 And speaking of the kittens, we were able to grab oral DNA samples and mailed them in for processing yesterday.

Photos of what is presumed to be the father cat show distinctive Norwegian Forest Cat traits, but the mother is a short haired tuxedo.

But both kittens have marked long haired traits, and Frog is continuing to gain size and weight, as a Norwegian would do. 10 months old, and 12.4 pounds.
And little Margo is holding at about 7.5 pounds, but her fur is growing longer every day.

DNA esults should be interesting

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 26, 2025 06:18 AM (a1415)

42 esults=results

The blessings of fat/clumsy fingers, I guess.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 26, 2025 06:19 AM (a1415)

43
Good morning, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 26, 2025 06:19 AM (QnmlO)

44
Netflix now has dialogue-only subtitles because of the current trend for actors to mumble incoherently through their lines.

Compare to the movies of the '30s and '40s, where dialogue was crisply enunciated. I understand the Mid-Atlantic accent was widely used among actresses was that it was picked up very well by the microphones of the day.

Actually, I don't know if today's movies actually have dialogue. More like the various characters talking past each other, gunfire and CGI.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 26, 2025 06:24 AM (QnmlO)

45 Morning Horde. Sitting in the emergency room where Mr nec just arrived by ambulance. Nasty fall. Please send up prayers.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at April 26, 2025 04:52
---------

On it.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 26, 2025 06:28 AM (hoCmQ)

46 We routinely watch tv with subtitles on. Actors do indeed mumble.

Also, why are shows so dark now? Sometimes we have to turn room lights down low, just to ease the ambient light contrast, so we can see the shows.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 26, 2025 06:30 AM (AMfad)

47 Slow thread today. Everyone sleeping in?
I have been awake for a while - cats zooming over me chasing insects I guess. Flying toys.

Posted by: Ciampino - it didn't rain on the plain at April 26, 2025 06:30 AM (sPQoU)

48 All our tv sets have CC turned on. Been doing that for last 10 years.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 26, 2025 06:31 AM (hoCmQ)

49 Thanks all. They have him in a cervical collar and waiting on the radiology report. Odd area showing up in the scan.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at April 26, 2025 06:32 AM (2NQlp)

50 "All our tv sets have CC turned on. Been doing that for last 10 years."

Now that you mention it, I realize that I have too been doing that more than I had realized.

Dialog has really become an issue with the newer movies.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 26, 2025 06:33 AM (a1415)

51 Time for the slightly delayed morning walk.

BBIAB

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 26, 2025 06:34 AM (a1415)

52 >>> Suddenly seeing lots of bumble bees, as of yesterday.

Did he have a bad experience? Bumblebees are typically quite docile.

Posted by: fluffy at April 26, 2025 06:34 AM (AN2gy)

53 olddog, how's the pup?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 26, 2025 06:35 AM (oXfCm)

54 neverenoughcaffeine, prayers for both of you.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 26, 2025 06:36 AM (oXfCm)

55 AltonJackson, good morning with a big hug thrown in.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 26, 2025 06:37 AM (oXfCm)

56 46 We routinely watch tv with subtitles on. Actors do indeed mumble.

Also, why are shows so dark now? Sometimes we have to turn room lights down low, just to ease the ambient light contrast, so we can see the shows.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 26, 2025 06:30 AM (AMfad)
----
Cheapskates have little or no props so they need to hide that fact from audiences.
What gets me is actors walking into a dark room and not immediately turning on lights as all normal people would do, partiularly in a spooky atmosphere.

Posted by: Ciampino - it was a dark room at April 26, 2025 06:40 AM (sPQoU)

57
g'mornin', Ben Had

174 days...

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 26, 2025 06:43 AM (tljrc)

58 Testing

Posted by: Tuna at April 26, 2025 06:45 AM (lJ0H4)

59 Good morning

Posted by: Tuna at April 26, 2025 06:46 AM (lJ0H4)

60 Tuna, B+ for the effort. Needed a question mark

Posted by: Ben Had at April 26, 2025 06:46 AM (oXfCm)

61 I've been using a lot of CC, too. More importantly, I try to find the date of release of any film or series. If it's at all recent, it's woke and unwatchable. If it's from the Before Time, it's probably OK.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 26, 2025 06:48 AM (b294k)

62 I've been using a lot of CC, too. More importantly, I try to find the date of release of any film or series. If it's at all recent, it's woke and unwatchable. If it's from the Before Time, it's probably OK.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly

Nice to know that others have to use CC too. I thought I was the only one.

Posted by: Tuna at April 26, 2025 06:51 AM (lJ0H4)

63 Evening and morning, late (and weekend) toilers and early risers! 'Tis Saturn's Day, the day of errands and relaxation!

Disaster struck this morning. I dropped one of my pipes onto my tile kitchen floor, and the stem, the part that you clench in your teeth, snapped off, with part of it stuck inside the pipe. I have no way to get that piece out, and even if I did, regluing the stem won't work. It would never be strong enough to stand up to normal use. I've written to a long-time and well-respected pipe repair place in PA and will see what they say.

It's not like the pipe is my favorite; I haven't had it that long. But I hate to simply throw it away if it can be repaired at reasonable cost.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 26, 2025 06:52 AM (omVj0)

64 My bride has gone off to her high school reunion, but no worries, I'm in charge.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 26, 2025 06:54 AM (UHTm2)

65 What's next?

An IKEA electric car?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 26, 2025 06:55 AM (zogjM)

66 We routinely watch tv with subtitles on. Actors do indeed mumble.

Also, why are shows so dark now? Sometimes we have to turn room lights down low, just to ease the ambient light contrast, so we can see the shows.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 26, 2025

***
I've been complaining about both of these for years. It's heartening to see that even younger viewers use the closed captioning. And when did H'wood stop using Technicolor and good lighting? The new True Grit, for instance, for all its virtues, is greyish and dull compared to the 1969 version.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 26, 2025 06:56 AM (omVj0)

67 An IKEA electric car?
Posted by: Anna Puma

Runs on 9 volts. Batteries not included.

Posted by: Tuna at April 26, 2025 06:56 AM (lJ0H4)

68 Was the musical interlude supposed to trigger an epileptic seizure? I don't even have epilepsy, and I think the musical interlude triggered an epileptic seizure.

Is there some support group for this that I might join?

Posted by: tankdemon at April 26, 2025 06:57 AM (x/vdX)

69 Cartel drug money corrupts a New Mexico judge and his family.

https://tinyurl.com/4rakszxr

Posted by: Just the beginning? at April 26, 2025 06:57 AM (dg+HA)

70 *giggles*

Who is T3?

They describe Netflix's butchered live action adaptation of an anime that is called Bet as a cross between The Queen's Game and Naruto.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 26, 2025 06:59 AM (zogjM)

71 69 Cartel drug money corrupts a New Mexico judge and his family.

https://tinyurl.com/4rakszxr

Posted by: Just the beginning? at April 26, 2025 06:57 AM (dg+HA)
----
Why weren't they on USAID like all the rest?

Posted by: Ciampino - it was a dark room not darkroom at April 26, 2025 07:01 AM (sPQoU)

72 Listening to "All The Roadrunning" this morning, a good choice for early morning music, if you like listening to Emmylou and Mark Knopfler (as I do).

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 26, 2025 07:02 AM (y6l9B)

73 Yes, the more "naturalistic" acting style of today (thanks, Marlon Brando) means the actors murmur and mumble more than in earlier times. We watched Hitchcock's Rear Window the other night, and had zero problem understanding Stewart, Grace Kelly, Thelma Ritter, Wendell Corey, or Raymond Burr in the few lines he has. I was beginning to think my hearing was going, that I needed a new speaker for my 2020 TV, or both.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 26, 2025 07:03 AM (omVj0)

74 In the case of the Kurtzman Trek the depressing lighting is deliberate. Can't have a bright future now can we, we must mire the 'modern' audience in stuff they can identify with.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 26, 2025 07:04 AM (zogjM)

75 w00t

Posted by: m at April 26, 2025 07:08 AM (CQE5S)

76 Actors whispering their lines just means they are acting their asses off

Posted by: Don Black at April 26, 2025 07:10 AM (AOsQT)

77 Just saw my feel good video clip of the day. A group of little sand rats stoned the wrong car. Driver hits one of them and gets thrown over the car. Driver wisely just drives on.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 26, 2025 07:10 AM (oXfCm)

78 We've been watching "Darby And Joan", an Aussie series starting Greta Scacchi and Bryan Brown. Its a pretty benign detective show (not a lot of violence and no politics) and you get an eyeful of Australian landscape.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 26, 2025 07:12 AM (y6l9B)

79 77 Just saw my feel good video clip of the day. A group of little sand rats stoned the wrong car. Driver hits one of them and gets thrown over the car. Driver wisely just drives on.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 26, 2025 07:10 AM (oXfCm)

Link? I want to see a feel good video this morning too.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 26, 2025 07:12 AM (x/vdX)

80 Another winning headline from the NY Post about the brouhaha at the court of the judge who was arrested for helping an illegal alien : ICE capades.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 26, 2025 07:13 AM (+wFQe)

81 tankdemon, it's at vivid prowess

Posted by: Ben Had at April 26, 2025 07:14 AM (oXfCm)

82 No, it's not your hearing going. I mean, that might also be true, but the younger generations also watch TV with subtitles on because they can't tell what the hell the actors are saying.

I watch with subtitles for two reasons:

1. I watch a lot of anime and prefer listening to it in Japanese. Same with Bollywood movies.

2. I tend keep the volume low because audio levels for dialogue are set at about 20db and action scenes suddenly jump to 130.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 26, 2025 07:15 AM (lXCUP)

83 As others have noted, cheap trucks already exist outside of America, regulations and greed are what prevent them from being sold in the US.

The 20k ev truck will quickly morph into a 30k truck and 40k soon after that.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 26, 2025 07:20 AM (yk7js)

84
The new True Grit, for instance, for all its virtues, is greyish and dull compared to the 1969 version.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

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

True Technicolor ended in the 1950s. The gritty dull shyte we see now is partly thanks to digital, partly style.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at April 26, 2025 07:21 AM (n7rxJ)

85 Is that Toyota Hilux the one all the jihadis use?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 26, 2025 07:21 AM (oXfCm)

86 Miss Linda brought a film from the library, Kandahar, from 2023. I can already tell it will have the same lighting problems and cinematography I hate: The pics on the DVD cover are all yellowish, with little contrast. sure, it takes place in deserts -- but Lawrence of Arabia didn't look like that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 26, 2025 07:23 AM (omVj0)

87 twitter.com/vividprowess/status
/1916073494816698786

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 26, 2025 07:23 AM (xG4kz)

88 Wolfus, I just watched that this morning.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 26, 2025 07:24 AM (oXfCm)

89 77, 79. This maybe? https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ videos/ amazing-but-true/ instant-karma-driver-hits-man-who-throws-stones-at-his-car/ videoshow/ 80725695.cms

Might have to take the spaces out of the url, the ones I had to put in because the ace comment system thinks long strings are annoying and doesn't know what http means

Posted by: Fred_Z at April 26, 2025 07:24 AM (VQIqq)

90
Ben Had's referenced video is linked at #87

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 26, 2025 07:26 AM (xG4kz)

91 Fred_Z, the one I watched was at vivid Prowess and happened in Israel.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 26, 2025 07:26 AM (oXfCm)

92 20 I'm fine. Save yourselves.
Posted by: Mother Eartt at April 26, 2025 05:17 AM (dg+HA)

The planet has been through a lot worse than us. Been through earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics, continental drift, solar flares, sun spots, magnetic storms, the magnetic reversal of the poles … hundreds of thousands of years of bombardment by comets and asteroids and meteors, worldwide floods, tidal waves, worldwide fires, erosion, cosmic rays, recurring ice ages … And we think some plastic bags and some aluminum cans are going to make a difference? The planet isn’t going anywhere. WE are!

--George Carlin

Posted by: m at April 26, 2025 07:27 AM (CQE5S)

93 I've had coffee, a short pipe, and breakfast. Time to struggle out into the damp heat* to wash the car. Then I'll stagger back inside and detail *me*.

* Yes, it's only 72 F., but the humidity is awful.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 26, 2025 07:27 AM (omVj0)

94 Krebs, thank you. I don't try to link things for fear of breaking the blog.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 26, 2025 07:28 AM (oXfCm)

95
It rained here overnight, with light intermittent rain promised for the daylight hours.

It looks like this will be a good day to power wash our front porch

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 26, 2025 07:29 AM (xG4kz)

96 Just saw my feel good video clip of the day. A group of little sand rats stoned the wrong car. Driver hits one of them and gets thrown over the car. Driver wisely just drives on.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 26, 2025 07:10 AM (oXfCm)
****
twitter.com/vividprowess/status
/1916073494816698786
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 26, 2025 07:23 AM (xG4kz)

and ... The adults nearby just happen to be standing there with their cameras with telephoto lens.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 26, 2025 07:30 AM (pJWtt)

97
Krebs, thank you. I don't try to link things for fear of breaking the blog.
Posted by: Ben Had

You are more than welcome, Ben Had.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 26, 2025 07:31 AM (xG4kz)

98 Ah but Ben this is the week to try and screw up the Blog

( grabs scissors)

Posted by: Skip at April 26, 2025 07:31 AM (ypFCm)

99 and ... The adults nearby just happen to be standing there with their cameras with telephoto lens.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer

Just a coinkydink.

Posted by: Tuna at April 26, 2025 07:32 AM (lJ0H4)

100 Retired Buckeye Cop, yeah, their little jihad video didn't quite work out the way they were planning.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 26, 2025 07:32 AM (oXfCm)

101 Skip, I know when I am out of my depth and technology is at the top of that list.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 26, 2025 07:34 AM (oXfCm)

102 Good morning! Looks like a busy weekend ahead. We're gonna take the younger granddaughter to buy a new golf outfit, then to the local par 3 and then to the burger place with the menus. Probably going out to the nursery later this afternoon or tomorrow to pick up a Texas Mountain Laurel for the back yard.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 26, 2025 07:37 AM (3Ope8)

103 CrotchetyOldJarhead, sounds like a lovely day.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 26, 2025 07:38 AM (oXfCm)

104 102 Good morning! Looks like a busy weekend ahead. We're gonna take the younger granddaughter to buy a new golf outfit, then to the local par 3 and then to the burger place with the menus. Probably going out to the nursery later this afternoon or tomorrow to pick up a Texas Mountain Laurel for the back yard.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 26, 2025 07:37 AM (3Ope

Great stuff!

Posted by: m at April 26, 2025 07:38 AM (CQE5S)

105 Good morning morons

We usually use captions because bad actors think whispering is "dramatic."

Like the demented pervert used that stage-whisper of his.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 26, 2025 07:38 AM (RIvkX)

106 NY Post shows Biden snapping selfies with other attendees at Pope Francis' funeral. What class.

Posted by: Tuna at April 26, 2025 07:39 AM (lJ0H4)

107 Well, Jarhead, that sounds like a fine day. Slip in some pie later on and you're good.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 26, 2025 07:40 AM (dyDiI)

108 105 Good morning morons

We usually use captions because bad actors think whispering is "dramatic."

Like the demented pervert used that stage-whisper of his.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 26, 2025 07:38 AM (RIvkX)

And then intermittently started yelling. What a charmer.

Posted by: m at April 26, 2025 07:40 AM (CQE5S)

109 NY Post shows Biden snapping selfies with other attendees at Pope Francis' funeral. What class.
Posted by: Tuna

I'm more worried about whether or not he's got two layers of Depends on.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 26, 2025 07:43 AM (lXCUP)

110 There are a few corners cut, to be sure. The Slate Truck is available in one colour - slate grey, has no sound system, and only does 150 miles on a charge. And the body panels are plastic, not metal, though that's not a first even on much more expensive models.

But can you take the e-truck out in the rain or will the paper mâché body panels and truck bed fall apart?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at April 26, 2025 07:43 AM (a4flb)

111
Virginia Giuffre didn't kill herself.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at April 26, 2025 07:43 AM (n7rxJ)

112 109
I'm more worried about whether or not he's got two layers of Depends on.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 26, 2025 07:43 AM (lXCUP)
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That would mak it twice at the Vatican?

Posted by: Ciampino - it was a brown patch at April 26, 2025 07:45 AM (sPQoU)

113 And speaking of the kittens, we were able to grab oral DNA samples and mailed them in for processing yesterday.

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I may not be fully awake yet and not understanding what I read. Did you actually live through swabbing a cat's mouth for DNA? And you lived to tell about it!?

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 26, 2025 07:45 AM (qBdHI)

114 Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at April 26, 2025 04:52 AM (Qh2+Q)
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Prayer for complete and speedy recovery.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 26, 2025 07:46 AM (RIvkX)

115 Free Press this morning has an article by reporter Madeline Kearns on "why having babies is now seen as right wing", and she says some protestors in Austin called her a Nazi because she is visibly pregnant.

First off, congratulations to her and her husband. Secondly, Darwin wins again if idjit lefties are determined to stop procreating. I'm all in favor.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 26, 2025 07:47 AM (ErAKr)

116 NY Post shows Biden snapping selfies with other attendees at Pope Francis' funeral. What class.

Has he replicated the meme by crouching down next to the grave grinning and making a peace sign?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at April 26, 2025 07:48 AM (a4flb)

117 There's this actress from Ozark and more recently Wolf Man who thinks eye-blinking is acting, Julia Garner.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 26, 2025 07:50 AM (RIvkX)

118 Today is Melania's 55th birthday. The most beautiful First Lady we've ever had. At least, in modern times.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 26, 2025 07:50 AM (qBdHI)

119 "I may not be fully awake yet and not understanding what I read. Did you actually live through swabbing a cat's mouth for DNA? And you lived to tell about it!?"

Just finished an abbreviated morning walk, so I saw this.

Why yes, we lived through it. They didn't have the bristle brush swabbing in the mouth on their list of favorite things to do, but they accepted it with good grace.
And then were rewarded with treats.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 26, 2025 07:50 AM (a1415)

120 116 NY Post shows Biden snapping selfies with other attendees at Pope Francis' funeral. What class.

Has he replicated the meme by crouching down next to the grave grinning and making a peace sign?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at April 26, 2025 07:48 AM (a4flb)

Ha!

Posted by: m at April 26, 2025 07:51 AM (CQE5S)

121 And on another note, Dixie, the wild mallard that has been nesting next to our house for the last four years has shown up again.

Surprisingly demanding her Purina brand duck pellets that she loves.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 26, 2025 07:52 AM (a1415)

122 Congrats, VIA. As someone who can't even clip our cat's nails, let alone getting anything into its mouth, I'm in awe! Now you get to await the exiting results. That's the fun part!

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 26, 2025 07:53 AM (qBdHI)

123 118 Today is Melania's 55th birthday. The most beautiful First Lady we've ever had. At least, in modern times.
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 26, 2025 07:50 AM (qBdHI)

There are some exquisite photos of her at the funeral as a Lady in Black!

Posted by: m at April 26, 2025 07:53 AM (CQE5S)

124 Today we are taking Boy F. to the Menlo Games down in Menlo Park.

It's a massive day-long party for Special Olympics and oh yeah there's a track meet.

Mrs. F. and I will have lunch with the friends who introduced us 35 years ago.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 26, 2025 07:53 AM (RIvkX)

125 Morning, Ben Had. Full of pee and vinegar. Fam's out of town and I've got her to myself. Wearing me out. Can't wait until she's a dog and not a pup.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 26, 2025 07:53 AM (hoCmQ)

126 M, where did you see the photos? At the DM?

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 26, 2025 07:53 AM (qBdHI)

127 126 M, where did you see the photos? At the DM?
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 26, 2025 07:53 AM (qBdHI)

NYPost

Posted by: m at April 26, 2025 07:55 AM (CQE5S)

128 M, where did you see the photos? At the DM?
Posted by: Lady in Black

The Post has several.

Posted by: Tuna at April 26, 2025 07:55 AM (lJ0H4)

129 Interesting research paper on the effectiveness of an armed populace in stopping shooters.

https://tinyurl.com/3r3mzput

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 26, 2025 07:55 AM (a1415)

130 https://tinyurl.com/mrxcsuw9

Week in Pictures

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 26, 2025 07:56 AM (RIvkX)

131 129 Interesting research paper on the effectiveness of an armed populace in stopping shooters.

https://tinyurl.com/3r3mzput
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 26, 2025 07:55 AM (a1415)

Blam. Blam blam blam blam blam!

Posted by: m at April 26, 2025 07:56 AM (CQE5S)

132 I'll go check them out. I did hop over to the DM and saw the screaming headline on Donald Trump showing disrespect for wearing a blue suit and tie.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 26, 2025 07:57 AM (qBdHI)

133 And it's designed to be repairable by the owner, though how far that goes is something that we'll have to see when it comes out next year.
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The raspberry pi of cars?
I like the concept

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 26, 2025 07:57 AM (gDlxJ)

134 Saw the first dragonflies out at the pond last week. Hostas, cannas and lilies are up an running, and the caladiums have emerged. Red yucca has bloomed and the climbing rose on the south side has erupted. I love this time of the year!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 26, 2025 07:58 AM (3Ope8)

135 There are a few corners cut, to be sure. The Slate Truck is available in one colour - slate grey, has no sound system, and only does 150 miles on a charge. And the body panels are plastic, not metal, though that's not a first even on much more expensive models.

But can you take the e-truck out in the rain or will the paper mâché body panels and truck bed fall apart?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at April 26, 2025 07:43 AM (a4flb)

Finally! An American truck to compete with TATA Motors of India.

Though, it's still got more than one door. So,Slate willl have to work on that.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 26, 2025 07:58 AM (iJfKG)

136 132 I'll go check them out. I did hop over to the DM and saw the screaming headline on Donald Trump showing disrespect for wearing a blue suit and tie.

that makes no sense

he's wearing dark blue - navy really - that is equal to wearing black for funerals

also good morning guys

Posted by: Black Orchid at April 26, 2025 07:58 AM (Pv3Rg)

137 Cartel drug money corrupts a New Mexico judge and his family.

Cartel money buys a lot of US judges and US Attorneys - ask former US Attorney Johnny Sutton how well we he was treated by the Sineloa Cartel.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at April 26, 2025 07:59 AM (a4flb)

138 134 Saw the first dragonflies out at the pond last week. Hostas, cannas and lilies are up an running, and the caladiums have emerged. Red yucca has bloomed and the climbing rose on the south side has erupted. I love this time of the year!

that's awesome jarhead! just the tulips and some late daffodils and the azaleas so far here. oh and the lenten rose and bleeding hearts almost forgot those guys

Posted by: Black Orchid at April 26, 2025 07:59 AM (Pv3Rg)

139 130 https://tinyurl.com/mrxcsuw9

Week in Pictures
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 26, 2025 07:56 AM (RIvkX)

"Dig if you will these cookies"!

Posted by: m at April 26, 2025 07:59 AM (CQE5S)

140 There's this actress from Ozark and more recently Wolf Man who thinks eye-blinking is acting, Julia Garner.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 26, 2025 07:50 AM (RIvkX)

It very effective....if you know Morse Code.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 26, 2025 08:00 AM (iJfKG)

141 he's wearing dark blue - navy really - that is equal to wearing black for funerals

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I always thought so too. They're saying there's a strict protocol, and blue isn't permissible? I have no idea, but they get to rag on Trump. I looked at many crowd pictures and saw several dark blue suits. They probably lightened his to make it look inappropriate.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 26, 2025 08:02 AM (qBdHI)

142 Please send up prayers.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine

Will do

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 26, 2025 08:02 AM (gDlxJ)

143 And it's designed to be repairable by the owner,

No mention of the repair frequency. Could be like the F-35 where the maintenance per operational hour is 7.5 hours.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at April 26, 2025 08:03 AM (a4flb)

144 Posted by: Black Orchid at April 26, 2025 07:59 AM (Pv3Rg)

I have never had luck with bleeding hearts. Tried them in baskets and pots, but never in the ground.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 26, 2025 08:03 AM (3Ope8)

145 NYPost

The president and first lady, along with the US delegation, were also seated nearby Ethiopia and Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland, due to Vatican protocol that organizes world leaders in alphabetical order according to the name of their country in French.

Posted by: m at April 26, 2025 08:06 AM (CQE5S)

146 There aren't any better words to describe women who are "manipulative" or "mercenary" or "nasty" or "corrupt"?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 26, 2025 06:16 AM (DPzJO)

Well, we call men dicks, so......and for lesser offenses!

Posted by: BonnieBlue at April 26, 2025 08:06 AM (wwFcv)

147 I have never had luck with bleeding hearts. Tried them in baskets and pots, but never in the ground.

I literally do nothing and they go crazy under my trees. that's why I forgot the lenten rose and the bleeding hearts - they are back in the woods.

they probably like shade?

Posted by: Black Orchid at April 26, 2025 08:06 AM (Pv3Rg)

148 I am about to bogart all the fresh nood coffee

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 26, 2025 08:07 AM (gDlxJ)

149 "I have never had luck with bleeding hearts. Tried them in baskets and pots, but never in the ground."

There is an obvious joke about liberals in that sentence.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 26, 2025 08:07 AM (a1415)

150 150

Posted by: m at April 26, 2025 08:08 AM (CQE5S)

151 146 There aren't any better words to describe women who are "manipulative" or "mercenary" or "nasty" or "corrupt"?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 26, 2025 06:16 AM (DPzJO)

Umm...

Posted by: See you next Tuesday at April 26, 2025 08:10 AM (dg+HA)

152 never enough - prayers to your DH

I'm not a fan of falls myself as of late.. hope he's ok

Posted by: Black Orchid at April 26, 2025 08:10 AM (Pv3Rg)

153 speaking of prayers I'll repost this in the pet thread but it's timely

my bengal had a NIGHT Thursday - thankfully the dog (who must actually like him) woke me up to him struggling to pee

took to 24 hour ER - no blockage thankfully - but no idea why he got the UTI - anyway on three different meds and seems better but it sure freaked me out. dangerous stuff for a male cat

Posted by: Black Orchid at April 26, 2025 08:12 AM (Pv3Rg)

154 Just saying, instead of putting inhard to find spaces and line breaks, you could use a url shortener.

You don't have to but you could.

Posted by: Kwak! at April 26, 2025 08:13 AM (89Sog)

155
Last night night, we watched a new Netflix action thriller titled, "Havoc".

On the downside, it was filmed in MumbleVision(TM).

On the upside: It contained more violent death than ten average action movies. I think a thousand or so people were killed with shotguns, pistols, and machine guns at the climax.

No long bows were involved. Though a Spear Gun(!) was.

A whole Great Lake or two of fake blood was unleashed during this cinematic masterpiece.

Check it out.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 26, 2025 08:15 AM (iJfKG)

156 153 speaking of prayers I'll repost this in the pet thread but it's timely

my bengal had a NIGHT Thursday - thankfully the dog (who must actually like him) woke me up to him struggling to pee

took to 24 hour ER - no blockage thankfully - but no idea why he got the UTI - anyway on three different meds and seems better but it sure freaked me out. dangerous stuff for a male cat
Posted by: Black Orchid at April 26, 2025 08:12 AM (Pv3Rg)

Yikes. Good kitty!

Posted by: m at April 26, 2025 08:17 AM (CQE5S)

157 The Vatican reports an on-site audience of 200,000 people.

Posted by: m at April 26, 2025 08:21 AM (CQE5S)

158 Vatican online

https://www.vatican.va/content/vatican/en.html

Apostolica Sedes Vacans

"The Apostolic See is Vacant"

Posted by: m at April 26, 2025 08:23 AM (CQE5S)

159 I see a guy walking his Bengal kitteh on a leash in GG park.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 26, 2025 08:31 AM (RIvkX)

160 When John Paul II z"l passed Mrs. F. and I stayed up all night to watch.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 26, 2025 08:33 AM (RIvkX)

161 Ummm...nood

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 26, 2025 08:37 AM (RIvkX)

162 "Netflix now has dialogue-only subtitles because of the current trend for actors to mumble incoherently through their lines."

The trend has been coming for some time. Harrison Ford, for example, mumbled his way through "Star Wars".

But for an example of superb diction, just listen to any recording by Ella Fitzgerald. Every word of every lyric is clear as a bell, but without sounding labored or forced. She's still the best.

Posted by: Nemo at April 26, 2025 09:31 AM (4RPgu)

163 Google being Google ...

Google says it will end support for 1st- and 2nd-gen Nest thermostats on October 25, and won't launch new models in Europe due to its “unique” heating systems

Posted by: SMOD at April 26, 2025 09:31 AM (GITLP)

164 But you can already get Chrome-based browsers like Brave and Vivaldi for free.

BUT those browsers rely on Google doing all the maintenance hard work, before forking off their latest version. Will they be able to continue doing that?

Posted by: GWB at April 26, 2025 10:13 AM (wbjSL)

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