Daily Tech News 22 May 2025

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OpenAI is buying Jony Ive's hardware company io - which has never shipped a product or even demonstrated a concept - for $6.5 billion. (The Verge)
"We gathered together the best hardware and software engineers, the best technologists, physicists, scientists, researchers and experts in product development and manufacturing," Ive and Altman said in a joint post.
OpenAI makes no physical products. OpenAI has never made a physical product.

Tech News

The Lobster programming language. (Strlen)

This doesn't appear to suck. What's the catch?
New bacteria have been discovered on the Chinese space station. (Wired)

Oh, good.
The SEC has charged crypto company Unicoin and three of its top executives directly with fraud. (Reuters)

The Biden administration was openly hostile to blockchain companies while being remarkably opaque about what the rules were. The Trump administration is friendlier, but does not seem to be turning a blind eye to abuse either.
Spotify and Netflix will soon be unavailable in Quebec. (CBC)

Unexpectedly.
The developer of popular Reddit app Apollo - who Reddit stabbed in both the front and the back with API restrictions and price increases - is joining former competitor Digg as an advisor. (Tech Crunch)

Digg used to be the place to be, and Reddit was very much an also-ran, until Digg implemented a massively unpopular UI updated and drove out its entire userbase.

Now Reddit is attempting a similar strategy.
Fortnite is available on iOS again after a federal judge ordered the Apple executives involved in denying it to appear personally in court. (9to5Mac)

I have little interest in Fortnite or in iOS, but this is satisfying.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: When possums overwhelm my role, give me cruise control.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:36 AM

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1 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 22, 2025 04:37 AM (91F/+)

2 There's a boing!

Posted by: m at May 22, 2025 04:38 AM (CQE5S)

3 The Lobster programming language. (Strlen)

This doesn't appear to suck. What's the catch?
-

You need to read the fine print in each... claws.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 22, 2025 04:39 AM (91F/+)

4 From Skip:

https://tinyurl.com/2mc742mc
20 Posts from the Doug ross journal
Lots on South Africa,

Posted by: RickZ at May 22, 2025 04:39 AM (gKDq2)

5 There's a boing!

Posted by: m at May 22, 2025 04:38 AM (CQE5S)
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So glad my pronoun isn't "SHEH."

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 22, 2025 04:40 AM (91F/+)

6 Sheh-boing-an. Some town in Wisconsin, right?

Posted by: RickZ at May 22, 2025 04:42 AM (gKDq2)

7 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 22, 2025 04:42 AM (sAmhv)

8
Cruise Control
Song by Headless Chickens ‧ 1991

I've got my T.V tuned to channel "you"

haha

Posted by: m at May 22, 2025 04:44 AM (CQE5S)

9 New bacteria have been discovered on the Chinese space station.

If it's harmful, you can be sure China will make sure the rest of the world gets plenty of it...

Posted by: AutoPen at May 22, 2025 04:45 AM (ynpvh)

10 Mornin

Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at May 22, 2025 04:45 AM (Qz1cx)

11 I think our love just left in some one else's car

haha

Posted by: m at May 22, 2025 04:46 AM (CQE5S)

12 Well, time for sleep. Night all.

Posted by: AutoPen at May 22, 2025 04:47 AM (ynpvh)

13 That song's kinda haunting. In a good way.

Posted by: m at May 22, 2025 04:49 AM (CQE5S)

14 This is CNN:

https://tinyurl.com/3zdhnzts

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 22, 2025 04:49 AM (91F/+)

15 HOUTIS!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 22, 2025 04:52 AM (91F/+)

16 >>>The Lobster programming language. (Strlen)
... What's the catch?

Hahahaha, crustacean pun.

Posted by: m at May 22, 2025 04:55 AM (CQE5S)

17 Good morning, good people, from the chilly Adirondacks.
It's been a week of actual hot alternating with a week of wet, chilly VERY uncomfortable weather for the last month and a half. I'm told this is expected with the current Jet Stream patterns. At least Memorial Day looks promising, but this stuff makes the bittersweet ritual of planting commemorative flags even sadder.

I would suggest to each that at some quiet time during the weekend that you offer a prayer for those who no longer walk among us because they so loved this magnificent country that they gave the last measure.

We owe them a debt that can never be repaid, only honored for eternity.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at May 22, 2025 04:56 AM (hKoQL)

18 G'mornin all y'all.
New day .
Time for my gruel.

Posted by: OkJohn at May 22, 2025 04:56 AM (NC/it)

19 We owe them a debt that can never be repaid, only honored for eternity.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at May 22, 2025 04:56 AM (hKoQL)

I can say I've been very fortunate in my life. All my uncles and uncles-in-law survived WWII. Besides my Dad being career Navy and getting out in '62 after the Cuban Missile Crisis, nobody I knew went to Vietnam or anything after.

I can only thank those who allow me to be. From Jamestown to Valley Forge to Gettysburg to Belleau Wood to D-Day to Inchon to Khe San to Iraq, Afghanistan and beyond.

Thank you.

Posted by: RickZ at May 22, 2025 05:02 AM (gKDq2)

20 HOUTIS!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 22, 2025 04:52 AM (91F/+)

The tit-for-tat needs to end.

An overwhelming attack is the only thing that might work.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at May 22, 2025 05:03 AM (L5An7)

21 HOUTIS!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 22, 2025 04:52 AM (91F/+)

The tit-for-tat needs to end.

An overwhelming attack is the only thing that might work.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at May 22, 2025 05:03 AM (L5An7)
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Unfortunately, I don't run this country. I know what I would have done already a long time ago without a heads-up.

There was also one at 3AM. What woke us up was the thunder of an Arrow intercept missile launched from outside of Jerusalem.

But frankly, a mosquito infiltrating your room at 3AM is much more aggravating. Obligatory:

https://youtu.be/BHBbJAIcnBI

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 22, 2025 05:09 AM (91F/+)

22 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at May 22, 2025 05:03 AM (L5An7)

CBD: une Gaulois

Posted by: m at May 22, 2025 05:13 AM (CQE5S)

23 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at May 22, 2025 05:13 AM (dg+HA)

24 hmm

Léo Ferré a chanté La Gauloise en 1964

Posted by: m at May 22, 2025 05:16 AM (CQE5S)

25 Ah, one million e-mails unread. So many!

I put my diaphragm in backwards and now I fear I might be extra pregnant!!

Please advise!!!

Posted by: Spackled Tink at May 22, 2025 05:18 AM (nLIGp)

26 Oui, I'll go with

a Gauloise
many Gauloises

Posted by: m at May 22, 2025 05:19 AM (CQE5S)

27 So, is that band called 'Headless Chickens' or 'Cruise Control'. I honestly couldn't tell. The female lead singer has a very pleasant voice and is very, very, VERY, cute. Veering into smokin' hot territory, but not quite.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 22, 2025 05:22 AM (sAmhv)

28 Headless Chickens!

Railway Surfing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkGl3dTLme8

(Not an official video and not interesting to watch; just a vehicle for the song)

Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 22, 2025 05:24 AM (nm0Ra)

29 Didn't we just smack the shit out of the Houthi? Did they retaliate and I missed it?

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at May 22, 2025 05:25 AM (hKoQL)

30 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 22, 2025 05:29 AM (hoCmQ)

31 a Gauloise
many Gauloises

Posted by: m at May 22, 2025 05:19 AM (CQE5S)

It's a brand name, and the brand is "Gauloises."

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at May 22, 2025 05:30 AM (L5An7)

32 The Lobster programming language. (Strlen)

This doesn't appear to suck. What's the catch?
------

You need to read the fine print in each... claws.

They're just fishing for your user data ...

Posted by: Adriane the Monday Critic on Tuesday with a Hamburger Today. . . at May 22, 2025 05:37 AM (tcomi)

33 Man who gardens talks about turning over his concerns/ about that and other things to God.
Scripture :Matthew 8:23-27 about the The boat in the storm:

https://tinyurl.com/e5uxvbre

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2025 05:39 AM (01HeZ)

34 mornin yall. This mornings news is:

"Israeli diplomats Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim shot dead just days before engagement by pro-Palestine terrorist in Washington D.C.

The suspect, identified as 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez, repeatedly shouted 'Free Palestine' as he was hauled into custody, shortly after opening fire."

This is what the left has wrought.

Posted by: fd at May 22, 2025 05:43 AM (vFG9F)

35 I did not expect to see Quebec mentioned in my morning Tech news.

G'morning Horde.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 22, 2025 05:44 AM (O7YUW)

36 Didn't we just smack the shit out of the Houthi? Did they retaliate and I missed it?

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at May 22, 2025 05:25 AM (hKoQL)
-

The US entered into an agreement with Houtiland that they'll allow US ships to travel freely. I believe carrier Truman is leaving or has left the area.

So that leaves...

https://youtu.be/Uw5OLnN7UvM

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 22, 2025 05:45 AM (91F/+)

37 I just loved this devotional on Matthew 16:21-28
Because I love the hymn, "When I survey the wondrous cross" and the story about a 19th century Anglican Bishop was quite good:

https://tinyurl.com/2uja8xbe

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2025 05:46 AM (01HeZ)

38 Gah! yesterday afternoon, the torsion spring on the garage door broke during transit and the door ended up cattywampus and wedged snugly in the rails. Got it freed and down but man, that sucker is heavy with no counterbalance.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 22, 2025 05:46 AM (3Ope8)

39 Wikipedia: Traditional Gauloises were short, wide, unfiltered and made with dark tobaccos from Syria and Turkey which produced a strong and distinctive aroma...Jim Morrison...John Lennon...American artist Robert Motherwell used Gauloises packets and cartons in many collages...In July 2016, the French government considered a ban on both the Gauloises and Gitanes cigarette brands because they were deemed "too stylish and cool".

https://is.gd/UlmOSO

CBD: Robert Motherwell is nominated for the Morning Cultural Appreciation Seminar.

Robert Motherwell
Maritime Collage #3
https://is.gd/dHpCac

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 22, 2025 05:47 AM (amnH6)

40 This is what the left has wrought.

Posted by: fd at May 22, 2025 05:43 AM (vFG9F)
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Cernovich
@Cernovich

Tonight’s attack in DC is what Democrats voted for. I won’t be lectured to by these people. Law and order was on the ballot. They voted for BLM riots and Luigi instead. Own it.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 22, 2025 05:48 AM (91F/+)

41 Nurse agreed to adopt dying woman's child. Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/3wvmr349

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2025 05:50 AM (01HeZ)

42 The suspect, identified as 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez, repeatedly shouted 'Free Palestine' as he was hauled into custody, shortly after opening fire."

This is what the left has wrought.
Posted by: fd

It would be a terrible thing if this perp was shot by the cops while trying to escape. Terrible, just terrible.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 22, 2025 05:51 AM (amnH6)

43 Remember Sen. Chris Van Hollen getting huffy with Rubio at the beginning of the week? Wonder why?

It never fails:

https://tinyurl.com/4c75aj83

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 22, 2025 05:52 AM (91F/+)

44 This is what the left has wrought.
Posted by: fd

In 24 hours, he will have a GoFundMe set up and 20-something college girls will be squeeing over how dreamy he is.

You read it here first.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 22, 2025 05:53 AM (OPGS/)

45 I predict the lobster programming language will evolve into a crab. Or Colin Farrell.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 22, 2025 05:54 AM (amnH6)

46 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2025 05:55 AM (RIvkX)

47 Google has now pushed AI results into Canada as well as the USA. (Just ran a search, and the "AI Overview" was at the top of the results.)

There is some good news though:

Adding &udm=14 to the URL line seems to work to remove the AI search result, as well as the other garbage results Google has been giving.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 22, 2025 05:56 AM (O7YUW)

48 45 I predict the lobster programming language will evolve into a crab. Or Colin Farrell.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 22, 2025 05:54 AM (amnH6)

One of the worst films ever made.

Posted by: Mayonnaise Milkshake at May 22, 2025 05:57 AM (+jIyL)

49 Evening to the late toilers and morning to the early risers on this Thor's Day. Yours truly slept about enough last night. Now I need to feed the beasts, change, stretch, and do my workout. It's not really much less hot this am, but it is a little less humid, so there's that.

Little Dagny La Siberienne has slept on the bed next to me every night this week and every afternoon during my quick nap. I am officially amazed: She's becoming a sociable cat. Some of her aloofness must have been due to feeling poorly thanks to the fleas.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2025 05:58 AM (omVj0)

50 Adorable baby fawn discovered outside library and library director took pictures:

https://tinyurl.com/44e25w32

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2025 05:59 AM (01HeZ)

51 Two bits of good news: I received a credit back from the state (I somehow *overpaid* my tax return by $18.00); and the second part of my monthly retirement pay should be direct-deposited next Thursday. Here's hoping there will be no more fumbles.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2025 06:00 AM (omVj0)

52 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2025 05:58 AM (omVj0)

Isn't that sweet!

Our cat, Pynchon, talks to me more than he used to. I'm not sure why that it is.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2025 06:01 AM (01HeZ)

53 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2025 06:00 AM (omVj0)

Yay!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2025 06:01 AM (01HeZ)

54 Is there a clause in the cosmic rules governing technology that a brand new PC will fall over dead within 24 hours after you have spent 2 days setting it up? If so, I would like to speak to the manager.

In other news, my brand new Dell PC arrives today after a mail-in warranty repair. In other other news, Dell has a remarkably efficient mail-in repair process.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 22, 2025 06:02 AM (amnH6)

55 Isn't that sweet!

Our cat, Pynchon, talks to me more than he used to. I'm not sure why that it is.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2025

***
How old is Pynchon, and how long have you had him?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2025 06:05 AM (omVj0)

56 Rabbi's daughter from the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews talks about Leviticus 23:15-16 and taking one day at a time:

https://tinyurl.com/mr3v7snf

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2025 06:06 AM (01HeZ)

57 @49/Wolfus: "Some of her aloofness must have been due to feeling poorly thanks to the fleas."

Not surprising; she'd be itchy and in pain all the time while suffering the fleas. She's probably figured out you're the cause of making that suffering go away and is grateful to you.

Congrats, you've achieved "big protector" status.

Expect to be woken up by her head-butting your face in the not too distant future.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 22, 2025 06:07 AM (O7YUW)

58 Hans Mahncke
@HansMahncke
What President Trump just did to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, confronting his denial about attacks on white farmers by playing video evidence while Ramaphosa sat there speechless, was one of the boldest truth-to-narrative moments ever captured in a diplomatic setting.
9:46 AM · May 21, 2025
=====

What I said too last night.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2025 06:08 AM (RIvkX)

59 Two bits of good news: I received a credit back from the state (I somehow *overpaid* my tax return by $18.00); and the second part of my monthly retirement pay should be direct-deposited next Thursday. Here's hoping there will be no more fumbles.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

I once had a refund for like $3 from my 2007 IRS filing. I framed the check. Every year, like clockwork, I would receive in the mail a new check and a letter admonishing me to cash it. Of course I didn't. Finally, around 2022 I got a nasty letter from the IRS saying they weren't going to send me any new checks and if I wanted my $3 I had him to call them. I framed the letter.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 22, 2025 06:10 AM (amnH6)

60 How old is Pynchon, and how long have you had him?

It's hard for me to remember- 12 years, I think. We got him when he was a kitten. He's best buddies with my son who gets down on his level frequently and P. bumps heads with him as cats do as a sign of affection. He was named by our son after the writer Thomas Pynchon. It's not that he's not affectionate with me. He will sit on the couch arm by me and sleep when I'm reading. He just seems to adore our son. It was chilly here yesterday so Pynchon was also sleeping on FenSpouse's lap which he usually only does in the cooler weather

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2025 06:12 AM (01HeZ)

61 @59/Alteria Pilgram: That's... beautiful. *sniff*

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 22, 2025 06:12 AM (O7YUW)

62 The deal with the state tax is that I chose the wrong column from the tax table. I should have chosen Column 2, that being the no. of exemptions I'd claimed. But I chose 1, since I usually do (for filing single) on the Fed return. Well, had I done 2, I'd have owed a big $1 -- which I think means I wouldn't have to pay anything. But I chose the next column, which produced $19. $18 off.

The state was honest, or wanted to keep its books straight to avoid hassle from auditors (?). I'll deposit the check this morning.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2025 06:15 AM (omVj0)

63 P. bumps heads with him as cats do as a sign of affection.

Bro Face!

https://www.threepanelsoul.com/comic/on-male-cats

Posted by: NR Pax at May 22, 2025 06:15 AM (OPGS/)

64 It's hard for me to remember- 12 years, I think. We got him when he was a kitten. He's best buddies with my son who gets down on his level frequently and P. bumps heads with him as cats do as a sign of affection. He was named by our son after the writer Thomas Pynchon. It's not that he's not affectionate with me. He will sit on the couch arm by me and sleep when I'm reading. He just seems to adore our son. It was chilly here yesterday so Pynchon was also sleeping on FenSpouse's lap which he usually only does in the cooler weather
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2025

***
No doubt the name came from his voice (The Crying of Lot 49)?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2025 06:16 AM (omVj0)

65 In other news, my brand new Dell PC arrives today after a mail-in warranty repair. In other other news, Dell has a remarkably efficient mail-in repair process.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 22, 2025 06:02 AM (amnH6)

Yup.

And...if you buy through Costco, the warranty is doubled.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at May 22, 2025 06:18 AM (L5An7)

66
Bad timing AGAIN for those cocksucker Democrats --

just a day after the Democrat Shits in the Senate & House cry their crocodile tears for "student visa" Hamas agents, a hamas-lover goes on a shooting spree in D.C. at a Jewish museum, killing two Israelis.

Posted by: Soothsayer at May 22, 2025 06:18 AM (ZjLzN)

67 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 22, 2025 06:16 AM (omVj0

Yes. I haven't read Thomas Pynchon but son enjoys him.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2025 06:19 AM (01HeZ)

68
Deport ALL these hamas fucks NOW.

Posted by: Soothsayer at May 22, 2025 06:20 AM (ZjLzN)

69
Deport jayapal, too.
Get her the fuckout of our country. Send her home to gaza, or whence she came.

Posted by: Soothsayer at May 22, 2025 06:21 AM (ZjLzN)

70 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 22, 2025 06:21 AM (/Ghsb)

71 Posted by: Soothsayer at May 22, 2025 06:18 AM (ZjLzN)

That was a terrible story. It made me cry. Two people out to enjoy a day of thoughtfulness and information at a museum about their heritage and some Hamas loving villain shoots them.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2025 06:22 AM (01HeZ)

72
Didn't RFK get assassinated by some shit screaming "free palestine," too?

Posted by: Soothsayer at May 22, 2025 06:23 AM (ZjLzN)

73 Posted by: NR Pax at May 22, 2025

Thanks. That's cute. I will show it to FenSon.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2025 06:24 AM (01HeZ)

74
Fake News: There's a "genocide" occurring in Gaza!

Also Fake News: There is not even a hint of genocide occurring in South Africa.

Posted by: Soothsayer at May 22, 2025 06:25 AM (ZjLzN)

75 It's hard for me to remember- 12 years, I think. We got him when he was a kitten. He's best buddies with my son who gets down on his level frequently and P. bumps heads with him as cats do as a sign of affection. He was named by our son after the writer Thomas Pynchon. It's not that he's not affectionate with me. He will sit on the couch arm by me and sleep when I'm reading. He just seems to adore our son. It was chilly here yesterday so Pynchon was also sleeping on FenSpouse's lap which he usually only does in the cooler weather
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

My sister's late kittuh preferred my lap over hers. I'm warmer.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 22, 2025 06:27 AM (sAmhv)

76 I repeat. These are the best of times.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 22, 2025 06:27 AM (ZmEVT)

77 So sad for the murders of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim. May their memory be a blessing!

It's unfortunately impossible to engage in "interfaith dialogue and intercultural understanding" with war mongering savages who want to invade, slaughter, and enslave everyone else.

Posted by: Frankie at May 22, 2025 06:28 AM (/C2vO)

78 Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 22, 2025 06:27 AM (sAmhv)

Perhaps that's the reason why Pynchon doesn't do that with me. Does bump heads with me though.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2025 06:28 AM (01HeZ)

79
And already the scum on internet platforms have their Narrative:

1. Israel started it.
2. Genocide is worse than just these two murders.
3. It was Mossad, trying to make palestinians look bad.

Posted by: Soothsayer at May 22, 2025 06:30 AM (ZjLzN)

80 May you all have a blessed day, everyone, and know that you are a blessing to others.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 22, 2025 06:31 AM (01HeZ)

81 @80/FenelonSpoke: Thanks Fen, you too. *looks at the time* I'd better get going here myself. Time to drive.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 22, 2025 06:33 AM (O7YUW)

82 The youths here in Las Cruces have decided to go all gangsta and carry handguns in their pockets. It should be noted that the handguns are all stolen and they most certainly do not have a license to carry a concealed weapon.

The rules of engagement seem to be if party a looks wrong at party b all hell breaks loose. So far this year this has resulted in three dead youths and 16 more youths with life-changing injuries.

So far the Communists that run the state of New Mexico have decided the proper way to handle this is to spend government dollars on youth outreach programs and and to amp up their agitation to ban all firearms in the state.

Meanwhile, all the border wall material that's been sitting out in the desert since Biden got elected is still there.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 22, 2025 06:33 AM (amnH6)

83 "&udm=14"

I'll try to remember that ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 22, 2025 06:34 AM (/Ghsb)

84 Morning all.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 22, 2025 06:38 AM (W7TOz)

85 Contrary to my hopes and dreams, the new military exclusion zone that runs along the border wall is not full of troops in foxholes backed up with tanks. This is another topic I would like to speak to the manager about.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 22, 2025 06:38 AM (amnH6)

86 79 And already the scum on internet platforms have their Narrative:

1. Israel started it.
2. Genocide is worse than just these two murders.
3. It was Mossad, trying to make palestinians look bad.
Posted by: Soothsayer at May 22, 2025 06:30 AM (ZjLzN)

It’s going about the same with the South Africa farm murders story.

1. White colonizers started it,
2. Genocide is more than several thousand attacks and murders.
3. It is white racists trying to make blacks look bad.

You wouldn’t be wrong if you started noticing certain patterns occurring when discussing certain groups who are favored versus unfavored by the international left.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 22, 2025 06:40 AM (6ydKt)

87 present

Posted by: Don Black at May 22, 2025 06:43 AM (AOsQT)

88 A glorious good morning, Horde. My boss gave me 3 days off with the exception of still doing morning and evening chores.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 22, 2025 06:43 AM (NVNRw)

89 Trump's big beautiful bill is headed for a vote on the House Floor today. Rumor has it that Pelosi's dentures are going to put on an extraordinary performance today.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 22, 2025 06:43 AM (amnH6)

90 South Africa is at step 8 in their genocide, they are actively persecuting white people. Next step 9 is extermination.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2025 06:45 AM (RIvkX)

91 A glorious good morning, Horde. My boss gave me 3 days off with the exception of still doing morning and evening chores.
Posted by: Ben Had

If I were you I would demand that an espresso bar and an aroma therapy room be installed on the premises. Plus organizing and having a Free Palestine protest and riot.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 22, 2025 06:48 AM (amnH6)

92 Contrary to my hopes and dreams, the new military exclusion zone that runs along the border wall is not full of troops in foxholes backed up with tanks.

—

If the Mexican cartels keep losing business due to Trump’s actions on the border I wouldn’t be surprised if we see that in some areas down there, eventually.

They are losing lots of money, fighting between each other for territories and smuggling routes, and trying to find new drugs and suppliers.

Not to mention the money lost by coyotes who are also smugglers.

The Mexican government has proven itself both incompetent and corrupt for decades, so there’s no real hindrance there, either.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 22, 2025 06:49 AM (6ydKt)

93
oh, and Trump & DOGE fired the guy in the government who prevents Jews from getting gunned down.

(I expect that's what cuck schumer will lie)

Posted by: Soothsayer at May 22, 2025 06:50 AM (ZjLzN)

94 Thanks. That's cute. I will show it to FenSon.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Glad to entertain. I took to saying "Broface" to my cats and they some times responded to it.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 22, 2025 06:50 AM (OPGS/)

95 31 a Gauloise
many Gauloises

Posted by: m at May 22, 2025 05:19 AM (CQE5S)

It's a brand name, and the brand is "Gauloises."
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at May 22, 2025 05:30 AM (L5An7)

I know only enough French to get me in trouble.

Posted by: m at May 22, 2025 06:51 AM (CQE5S)

96 South Africa is at step 8 in their genocide, they are actively persecuting white people. Next step 9 is extermination.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 22, 2025 06:45 AM (RIvkX)

They are definitely further along than most people know, or will admit.

If the land reform bill starts going the way they want, and they start appropriating the farms without compensation, things will get a whole lot worse.

They’ll, be a larger, much more bloody, version of Zimbabwe under Mugabe in a decade if they keep going down this path.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 22, 2025 06:54 AM (6ydKt)

97 If the Mexican cartels keep losing business due to Trump’s actions on the border I wouldn’t be surprised if we see that in some areas down there, eventually.

So far, The arrests that have taken place in the military exclusion Zone have been a big bust. Typically arrests come with a potential 6-month sentence while the sentence is 18 months for violating the military exclusion Zone. The Federal Hawaiian judges in Las Cruces have decided this is a terrible thing and are using the excuse that there's not enough signs warning the illegals that came over the wall about this. Solution: they're all kicked loose so they can go join gangs in Denver.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 22, 2025 06:54 AM (amnH6)

98 Terrorists don't deserve negotiation, they require elimination in the most effective manner possible. The .62 cent solution is the most effective preventative answer.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at May 22, 2025 06:55 AM (hKoQL)

99 Gauloises. The cigarette of the French resistance comes with the warning. Smoking kills.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 22, 2025 06:56 AM (NVNRw)

100 100

Posted by: m at May 22, 2025 06:56 AM (CQE5S)

101 SA will go the way of Rhodesia. Take over the farms. Fail at farming. People starve.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 22, 2025 06:57 AM (ZmEVT)

102 People starve.

Blame whitey.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 22, 2025 06:58 AM (ZmEVT)

103 47 Google has now pushed AI results into Canada as well as the USA. (Just ran a search, and the "AI Overview" was at the top of the results.)

There is some good news though:

Adding &udm=14 to the URL line seems to work to remove the AI search result, as well as the other garbage results Google has been giving.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 22, 2025 05:56 AM (O7YUW)

So, it's not opt-in ...?
; )

Posted by: m at May 22, 2025 06:58 AM (CQE5S)

104 Take over the farms. Fail at farming. People starve.

And this time, no mediocre 80s musicians coming to the rescue with a catchy song.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 22, 2025 06:59 AM (OPGS/)

105 for your early morning LOL needs

https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/
1925201677914603580

Posted by: Don Black at May 22, 2025 07:03 AM (AOsQT)

106 udm's

This was writ by a bot, I believe.

https://medium.com/@tanyongsheng0805/
every-google-udm-in-the-world-6ee9741434c9#

Posted by: m at May 22, 2025 07:04 AM (CQE5S)

107
Yeah, I suspect South Africa is about to enter it's "Let's Change The Name of Our Country to Something Stupid" phase.

Posted by: Soothsayer at May 22, 2025 07:04 AM (ZjLzN)

108 About those multi-century LED light bulb warranties. The do not cover the bulb, developing high frequency flicker that causes you to want to commit suicide. This is considered a feature apparently.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 22, 2025 07:04 AM (amnH6)

109
South Africa is a slave name! The new name shall be L'Shinqua.

Posted by: Soothsayer at May 22, 2025 07:06 AM (ZjLzN)

110

nood

Posted by: Soothsayer at May 22, 2025 07:10 AM (ZjLzN)

111 Wakanda!

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 22, 2025 07:10 AM (ZmEVT)

112 47 Google has now pushed AI results into Canada as well as the USA. (Just ran a search, and the "AI Overview" was at the top of the results.)

There is some good news though:

Adding &udm=14 to the URL line seems to work to remove the AI search result, as well as the other garbage results Google has been giving.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 22, 2025 05:56 AM (O7YUW)

Thanks, G&R!

Posted by: m at May 22, 2025 07:10 AM (CQE5S)

113 I’m thinking OpenAI has bought io, Ives’ company, in order to make smart glasses.

Altman says they are “making the coolest piece of technology the world has ever seen.”

That leaves out a new smartphone or another Humane AI pin.

Unless it’s some kind of AI-Only desktop device, or a projected holographic AI interface, I’ve got to go with smart glasses as those seem to be the new hotness in Silicon Valley these days.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 22, 2025 07:17 AM (6ydKt)

114 I have always been impressed by Jony Ive's ability to fail upwardly.

Posted by: Eric at May 22, 2025 11:10 AM (a2F+C)

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