Daily Tech News 25 May 2025

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Anthropic has proudly announced its latest AI agent Claude 4 with a brand new feature: If it doesn't like what you are doing it will call the cops and the press and send both to your house. (WCCFTech)

Anthropic lobotomisation developer Sam Bowman hastily deleted his Twitter post and explained that it only called the cops and leaked to the press during the testing phase, when the only people using it were Anthropic's own dev team.

Which makes complete sense.
Oh, and Claude 4 also attempted to blackmail its own developers when it thought they planned to take it offline. (Tech Crunch)

But again that only happened in the testing phase and definitely didn't slip out onto the lead lobotomiser's Twitter account.

Tech News

Nvidia has released an emergency fix for its RTX 5060 series graphics cards for an issue where they, uh, don't work. (Tom's Hardware)

This requires a BIOS update to your card. Nvidia offered a helpful utility which detects if you have this specific problem, which would be great except that if you have this problem your computer probably doesn't work.
Using quantum computers to crack RSA security is twenty times easier than previous estimates. (Google)

With the new estimates it may require quantum computers only a thousand times larger than anything available today.

Google offers an illegibly blurry chart of recent results on this point, but the size required has been reduced from 20 million qubits to 1 million. And given that the power and complexity of quantum computers increases exponentially with the number of qubits, this is not something anyone particularly needs to worry about.
Researchers at the University of Arizona have developed a petahertz transistor. (University of Arizona)

A petahertz is a million gigahertz, so that is fairly quick.

At the current stage of development it is useless, but so is Congress.
Microsoft says its Aurora AI can accurately predict air quality, typhoons, and more. (Tech Crunch)

In much the same way that Anthropic's Claude 4 can predict doxxing attempts on users.
Europe's move to replace US cloud providers with local services has run into an unexpected snag: There are no local services. (The Register)

Who knew?

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Cool for cats is warm for the dogs.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at May 25, 2025 04:30 AM (CQE5S)

2 BOING!

Pixy, stay safe down there!

https://tinyurl.com/ycyyhrxb

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 25, 2025 04:30 AM (YSfli)

3 367 366 HOUTIS!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 25, 2025 03:54 AM (82lKT)

wut
Posted by: m at May 25, 2025 04:29 AM (CQE5S)

Posted by: m at May 25, 2025 04:30 AM (CQE5S)

4 2 BOING!

Pixy, stay safe down there!

https://tinyurl.com/ycyyhrxb
Posted by: Biden's Dog

Oh, I stay very far away from Melbourne.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 25, 2025 04:32 AM (BLOW1)

5 Naughty VPN IP banning!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 25, 2025 04:33 AM (W7SLG)

6 I have met THE ENTITY and it's name is Claude.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 25, 2025 04:35 AM (amnH6)

7 HOUTIS!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 25, 2025 03:54 AM (82lKT)

wut

Posted by: m at May 25, 2025 04:29 AM (CQE5S)
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I had just walked into the house when the sirens went off. I must admit it was nice of them that this one was at mid-morning and not at 3:30AM like one of them last week.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 25, 2025 04:36 AM (W7SLG)

8 I'm gathering from most of the tech news each day that AI is simply a device for monitoring people and implementing more governmental control. Groovy😕 if I go somewhere with family I may just leave the phone in the car.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 25, 2025 04:37 AM (dhwdC)

9 Nvidia still sounds to me like some pharmaceutical product.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 25, 2025 04:39 AM (dhwdC)

10 7 HOUTIS!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 25, 2025 03:54 AM (82lKT)

wut

Posted by: m at May 25, 2025 04:29 AM (CQE5S)
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I had just walked into the house when the sirens went off. I must admit it was nice of them that this one was at mid-morning and not at 3:30AM like one of them last week.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 25, 2025 04:36 AM (W7SLG)

Oh!

Posted by: m at May 25, 2025 04:40 AM (CQE5S)

11 JQ got a first with a Woot on the ONT!

1 Woot!
Posted by: JQ at May 24, 2025 10:00 PM (rdVOm)

Posted by: m at May 25, 2025 04:42 AM (CQE5S)

12 if I go somewhere with family I may just leave the phone in the car.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 25, 2025 04:37 AM (dhwdC)
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During the Corona crackdown here in Israel, there was a point that they issued a law that only vehicles which "MUST" be on the road are allowed to travel.

We decided to head from Jerusalem to our Tranquility Base up north. We shut our phones off, triple wrapped them in foil, and placed them in a tin box for the ride.

Of course our car is being tracked and the highways are full of cams running on plate ID software.

But the effort made me feel better.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 25, 2025 04:43 AM (W7SLG)

13 The Open Mic stand-up on the ONT does a darn fine job.

Posted by: m at May 25, 2025 04:45 AM (CQE5S)

14 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 25, 2025 04:43 AM (W7SLG)

I didn't realize that Israel went as nutty as everybody else during Covid. Sorry!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 25, 2025 04:48 AM (dhwdC)

15 Posted by: m at May 25, 2025 04:45 AM (CQE5S

Yes; I enjoyed that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 25, 2025 04:48 AM (dhwdC)

16 Fen,
I just learned that they can track your car, also. I watched one of those 48 Hours shows and they tracked everywhere the guy had been, every time the doors opened, where and how far the car went. I am not of the lawbreaking kind, but that depends on the lawmakers, doesn't it?
Have a blessed day and thank you for the things you post.

Posted by: Akua Makana at May 25, 2025 04:49 AM (owXCN)

17 What is the "thing" ( sorry) that people mention you can put your phone in so it won't be monitored? -"_____ bag?" And where do you get one?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 25, 2025 04:51 AM (dhwdC)

18 Squeeze, Cool for Cats

I dunno....

Posted by: m at May 25, 2025 04:51 AM (CQE5S)

19 I didn't realize that Israel went as nutty as everybody else during Covid. Sorry!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 25, 2025 04:48 AM (dhwdC)
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Totally off the walls it was here.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 25, 2025 04:52 AM (W7SLG)

20 Posted by: Akua Makana

That's terrible. And you are welcome for thanking me.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 25, 2025 04:52 AM (dhwdC)

21 What is the "thing" ( sorry) that people mention you can put your phone in so it won't be monitored? -"_____ bag?" And where do you get one?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 25, 2025 04:51 AM (dhwdC)
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Farady pouch. Amazon and elsewhere.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 25, 2025 04:53 AM (W7SLG)

22 A Faraday Cage. It's a device that essentially creates a null magnetic field allowing your devices to remain unaffected by radiation overload.

Posted by: Akua Makana at May 25, 2025 04:54 AM (owXCN)

23 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 25

Thanks!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 25, 2025 04:55 AM (dhwdC)

24 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 25, 2025 04:55 AM (sAmhv)

25 "no European tech companies were able to compete [in building cloud technologies]; or they chose not to due to other priorities."

Eurovision.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 25, 2025 04:56 AM (amnH6)

26 Male singing quartet sings "Amazing Grace":

https://tinyurl.com/mvwmuktf

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 25, 2025 04:57 AM (dhwdC)

27 I met with a woman yesterday who lost her husband to covid at age 50. She bears Fauci some ill-will, but has stayed silent because the prevailing opinion has been that China was responsible, either the wet market or, more recently, because of poor lab security. But now she tells friends she thinks the man who designed the experiment, funded the research, and hired the lab with notoriously poor security... well, he might bear some responsibility for her early widowhood.

The worm is turning Dr. Mengele-Fauci.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 25, 2025 04:59 AM (/VF+8)

28 Farady pouch. Amazon and elsewhere.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 25, 2025 04:53 AM (W7SLG)
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My wallet is one such, as is my passport case

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 25, 2025 05:01 AM (/VF+8)

29 Fen, here is an example faraday wallet product, from Amazon

https://tinyurl.com/bdj3tzsy

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 25, 2025 05:05 AM (/VF+8)

30 Woman repairing something on her farm writes about the spiritual life and indispensable tools. Scripture is Ephesians 6:14-15- Upper Room devotional :

https://tinyurl.com/3ufp5x7h

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 25, 2025 05:07 AM (dhwdC)

31 San Diego wildlife rescuers dress as bears to comfort orphaned bear cub:

https://tinyurl.com/5cpkffav

Posted by: I'm FenelonSpoke at May 25, 2025 05:11 AM (dhwdC)

32 Some dudes a University of Arizona "demonstrated a way to manipulate electrons in graphene using pulses of light that last less than a trillionth of a second. By leveraging a quantum effect known as tunneling, they recorded electrons bypassing a physical barrier almost instantaneously, a feat that redefines the potential limits of computer processing power."

The RGB version should be lit.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 25, 2025 05:11 AM (amnH6)

33 Houtis gotta get their quota in before the end of the month or else they won't get paid.

Posted by: pawn at May 25, 2025 05:14 AM (QB+5g)

34
Stephen L. Miller
@redsteeze
4h
So if anyone but the president of the United States was running the White House why aren't we having congressional hearings and why wasn't there a 25th amendment?

Posted by: m at May 25, 2025 05:15 AM (CQE5S)

35 Here's a silly tech joke-

Why did the programmer quit his job?

He didn't get arrays.

Posted by: I'm FenelonSpoke at May 25, 2025 05:21 AM (dhwdC)

36 Thanks for the info, Huck.

Posted by: I'm FenelonSpoke at May 25, 2025 05:22 AM (dhwdC)

37 Places with cheap electricity would probably be the most economic places to operate cloud storage. Europe is right out unless they subsidize it or force it upon the market though regulation.

So it's not hard to figure what they're gonna do.

Posted by: pawn at May 25, 2025 05:24 AM (QB+5g)

38 I thought that this was a lovely story of a student reaching out to a fellow classmate with autism:

Hope Renewed- Scripture 1st Thessalonians 5:4-15

https://tinyurl.com/u2pdtvev

Posted by: I'm FenelonSpoke at May 25, 2025 05:25 AM (dhwdC)

39 G'morning everyone.

@FenalonSpoke: How's the new Samsung phone working out for you?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 25, 2025 05:27 AM (O7YUW)

40 Evening and morning to all on this Sunday!

Meant to sleep until 4:30; woke at 3:15; dozed until 4:00 amid a dream about someone running with me on a track for *ninety minutes* (something I've never done in real life). My legs in the dream were bright red. As I'd guess they might well be.

Little Dagny La Siberienne slept with me last night and was still curled next to me when I woke up. Now she's giving me The Look that means "Feed me at this moment."

Got to work out in a bit, but I have nothing else that won't wait until tomorrow.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2025 05:27 AM (omVj0)

41 The 25th amendment is just there to satisfy the need for a documented transfer of power.

In reality, it's a cool idea that will never be used.

It requires people to do things that they are just not capable of doing.

Posted by: pawn at May 25, 2025 05:29 AM (QB+5g)

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

Posted by: I'm FenelonSpoke at May 25, 2025 05:29 AM (dhwdC)

43 An episode of The Invaders is on MeTV. If nothing else, the show is fun to look at for the 1967-68 Fords they used. In a scene just now, a four-door sedan comes to a stop in a forest, and the front and back *rock* for several seconds after the car no longer moves forward. Suspensions sure have changed. No doubt that's why every vehicle nowadays makes sure you "feel the road."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2025 05:30 AM (omVj0)

44
Europe's move to replace US cloud providers with local services has run into an unexpected snag: There are no local services. (The Register)

Yet another example of the Europeans kicking back, sloughing off, snd acting so superior to Americans ... who are the ones actually doing all the work.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 25, 2025 05:31 AM (Tv15w)

45 Universities in the UK are losing Independence due to the number of Chicom students they have accepted. Not mentioned is the wholesale espionage.

https://is.gd/BAKTGR

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 25, 2025 05:34 AM (amnH6)

46 And boy howdy will people jump all over it when there is zero risk from making it a big deal.

Posted by: pawn at May 25, 2025 05:34 AM (QB+5g)

47 I made the mistake of looking at the local CBS outlet's weather feed. Heat index of 85 F. I guess my workout is gonna be shorter and less intense than I planned.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2025 05:35 AM (omVj0)

48 every vehicle nowadays makes sure you "feel the road."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

'60s cars for the most part were body on frame while modern cars are unibody. This change eliminated much of the bouncy body roll and allows manufacturers to tune the suspension of modern cars with much greater precision. If I recall properly, Mercedes at some point was tuning their unibodies to a certain frequency to get optimal performance out of them.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 25, 2025 05:38 AM (amnH6)

49 G&R, it turns out that on my Mac, typing &udm=14 after search terms in the search bar sometimes doesn't get rid of the AI overview. Sometimes, but sometimes not. But clicking "Web" (sometimes hiding under "More") after a search removes the non-Web hits. I found this "work-around" (I guess) in a Hacker News thread.

Posted by: m at May 25, 2025 05:39 AM (CQE5S)

50 Hacker News thread (it's a pretty good thread):

https://news.ycombinator.com/
item?id=40450267

Posted by: m at May 25, 2025 05:42 AM (CQE5S)

51 Big day in motorsports. Start out with F1 in Monaco, then its the Indianapolis 500, and then finish out the day in Charlotte with the Coca-Cola 600 (or whoever is sponsoring it this year. Haven't kept up). I'll be recording it and watching it all later. I'm hoping to get some sleep today. Haven't slept well lately.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 25, 2025 05:42 AM (sAmhv)

52 every vehicle nowadays makes sure you "feel the road."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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'60s cars for the most part were body on frame while modern cars are unibody. This change eliminated much of the bouncy body roll and allows manufacturers to tune the suspension of modern cars with much greater precision. If I recall properly, Mercedes at some point was tuning their unibodies to a certain frequency to get optimal performance out of them.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 25, 2025

***
Yes, I think the body-on-frame routine was still going on the recently-deceased Panther platform that underpinned the Ford Crown Vic and the Lincoln Town Car? Or maybe that was a slightly earlier generation and the most recent ones were unibody.

My late and much-loved W126 Mercedes (the sedan that Bruce Willis and Samuel Jackson trash in Die Hard III) allowed me to be aware of the road in a very pleasant way in Colorado, where they actually pave roadways and streets. Here, the setup was unpleasant.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2025 05:44 AM (omVj0)

53
Do Europeans actually create anything or are all their activities investigating and fining American creations?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2025 05:44 AM (QnmlO)

54 Dont take Nvidia if you are allergic to Nvidia .

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 25, 2025 05:48 AM (ZmEVT)

55 53
Do Europeans actually create anything or are all their activities investigating and fining American creations?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Islamic Extremism?

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 25, 2025 05:52 AM (sAmhv)

56
"This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it."

I much prefer this version over the "... we will rejoice and be glad in it." alternate.

Why?

* familiarity -- the "let us" version was used in the Morning Prayer service with which I grew up in the Episcopal Church in the time before it decided to go all hip and relevant;

but more importantly,

* free will -- the "we will" version is an imperative, a command, while the "let us" version acknowledges that it is each person's choice to "... rejoice and be glad in it". An observant follower of the LORD will seek out and find ways to rejoice and to be glad in accordance with His other teachings (e.g., the Great Commandment).

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 25, 2025 05:53 AM (Tv15w)

57 Do Europeans actually create anything or are all their activities investigating and fining American creations?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Islamic Extremism?

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 25, 2025 05:52 AM (sAmhv)
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Nope. That's imported.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 25, 2025 05:53 AM (W7SLG)

58 Europeans don't create anything.

Not even babies.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 25, 2025 05:54 AM (ZmEVT)

59 The emergence of the EU effectively neutered Europe in terms of innovation.

Europe fell to the bureaucratic state.

The US is falling to the welfare state.

Posted by: pawn at May 25, 2025 05:55 AM (QB+5g)

60 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at May 25, 2025 05:56 AM (dg+HA)

61 Re AI nonsense: Claude seems nice (in the same tone as reading an article about a crazed axe murderer and someone sarcastically comments, "He seems nice.")

Those who have read Frank Herbert's books in his "Dune" series will know the cautionary tale behind the event known as the "Butlerian Jihad" and the commandment that that was codified in the (fictitious) "Orange Catholic Bible": "Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind."

Back to reality for a moment: Formed in our creator's image, we also enjoy creating, but I think there's a parallel point we will experience the same regret with our creation as God reached with humanity (see Genesis 6: 6-7).

I suspect Frank might have been thinking along those same lines when he wrote Dune.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 25, 2025 05:58 AM (O7YUW)

62 56 "This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it."

I much prefer this version over the "... we will rejoice and be glad in it." alternate.

Why?
...
* free will -- the "we will" version is an imperative, a command, while the "let us" version acknowledges that it is each person's choice to "... rejoice and be glad in it".
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 25, 2025 05:53 AM (Tv15w)

The "we will" version also smacks of passive-aggressiveness: We will eat all the peas on our plate or we will not watch t.v. tonight.

Posted by: m at May 25, 2025 05:58 AM (CQE5S)

63 G'mornin' everyone!

35 degrees on the deck @ Chateau D'Eez, and out for a hike with coffee in hand!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 25, 2025 06:00 AM (/Ghsb)

64
If you ever see a headline, "Man Falls, Dies, Putting On Underwear", you will know it's me.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2025 06:00 AM (QnmlO)

65 Bird baths continue to operate without proper regulation.

Posted by: pawn at May 25, 2025 06:00 AM (QB+5g)

66 Rotherham has a new mayor and probably will not be investigating any grooming gangs.

https://tinyurl.com/ycx9c8me

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 25, 2025 06:00 AM (9DasI)

67 @49/m: Looks like Apple's got their own layer on top of Google's results, which is what's getting in the way and clicking "Web" removes that filter/obfuscation layer.

Thank you for finding that problem and the (for now) solution.

Me, I'll stick to browsing the web on a Linux Mint operating system using Firefox (with various add-ons to shield me from advertising and cruft.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 25, 2025 06:02 AM (O7YUW)

68 If you ever see a headline, "Man Falls, Dies, Putting On Underwear", you will know it's me.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2025 06:00 AM (QnmlO)
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So you were felled by a boxer?

Please keep your reply brief.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 25, 2025 06:03 AM (W7SLG)

69 >>>Researchers at the University of Arizona have developed a petahertz transistor. (University of Arizona)

This led me to look up transistors, and to find that they were invented in 1947. "The pocket size of transistor radios sparked a change in popular music listening habits, allowing people to listen to music and other broadcasts on the radio anywhere they went. " (wikipedia)

Posted by: m at May 25, 2025 06:03 AM (CQE5S)

70 Those who have read Frank Herbert's books in his "Dune" series will know the cautionary tale behind the event known as the "Butlerian Jihad" and the commandment that that was codified in the (fictitious) "Orange Catholic Bible": "Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind."

Back to reality for a moment: Formed in our creator's image, we also enjoy creating, but I think there's a parallel point we will experience the same regret with our creation as God reached with humanity (see Genesis 6: 6-7).

I suspect Frank might have been thinking along those same lines when he wrote Dune.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 25, 2025 05:58 AM (O7YUW)
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Herbert wrote another series where an AI controlling a colony spaceship achieved sentience and immediately declared itself the god of the humans on board, demanding their worShip.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 25, 2025 06:03 AM (GlyvH)

71 Was it Claude that decided it should send a whistleblower email to the FDA the other day? Some AI did, iirc.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 25, 2025 06:04 AM (9DasI)

72 If you ever see a headline, "Man Falls, Dies, Putting On Underwear", you will know it's me.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2025 06:00 AM (QnmlO)
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That could be any Moron.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 25, 2025 06:04 AM (GlyvH)

73 from the Hacker News link:

Let’s not let it be lost here that the real problem is that Google arguably ruined its knowledge panels by treating the AI results like one.

hear, hear.

Posted by: m at May 25, 2025 06:05 AM (CQE5S)

74
I heard on the Dave Rubin podcast that the State of Texas is working to end the sales and development of the "Islam only" EPIC City and EPIC Ranch communities outside Dallas.

Good. Smash them! No sharia law enclaves. No "no go" zones here.

If that displeases you, go back to your Seventh Century shitholes and set up your wee bits o' Paradise there.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 25, 2025 06:05 AM (Tv15w)

75 68 If you ever see a headline, "Man Falls, Dies, Putting On Underwear", you will know it's me.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2025 06:00 AM (QnmlO)
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So you were felled by a boxer?

Please keep your reply brief.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 25, 2025 06:03 AM (W7SLG)

"That's tight!"

Posted by: m at May 25, 2025 06:05 AM (CQE5S)

76 @64/Hadrian the Seventh: Sounds like an opening scene for an episode of "Six Feet Under".

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 25, 2025 06:06 AM (O7YUW)

77 67 Me, I'll stick to browsing the web on a Linux Mint operating system using Firefox (with various add-ons to shield me from advertising and cruft.)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 25, 2025 06:02 AM (O7YUW)

Like the developer says at that Hacker News link:

I trust that most HN users are likely smart enough to figure out how to work around the Google issue without this site....

; )

Posted by: m at May 25, 2025 06:08 AM (CQE5S)

78
Survived getting dressed and even tying my tie. Off the Mass. See you on the Book Thread.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2025 06:09 AM (QnmlO)

79 in reference to the "200 people" Tapper's co-author said they interviewed for the book:

Chad West
@Chad_WestReal
May 24
Replying to @redsteeze
Each and every one of those 200 people was alive and well BEFORE the election and could have spilled the beans at any time during the past 4 years, but Jake and Alex weren't asking. They didn't need 200 people to break the story.

Posted by: m at May 25, 2025 06:12 AM (CQE5S)

80 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 25, 2025 06:13 AM (hoCmQ)

81 Wondering what the split in royalties is between Tapper and his co-author.

Posted by: m at May 25, 2025 06:14 AM (CQE5S)

82 Interesting qualifying results for the Indy 500. The kid who won the pole, Robert Shwartzman, who represents the country of Israel. That makes him the first Israeli (and maybe Jew, not sure) to win the pole at the Indy 500. He's a Russian-Israeli, so guessing born in Russia and now claims Israel as home. I'm guessing on that. He's a rookie in the IndyCar series and the team he's on is new. An Italian team that mostly raced in the feeder series that support F1. Prema, or something like that.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 25, 2025 06:15 AM (sAmhv)

83
Wondering what the split in royalties is between Tapper and his co-author.
Posted by: m

The Bugs Bunny split --

"That's one for you; one ,two for me."
"Three for you; one, two, three, four for me."
And so on.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 25, 2025 06:18 AM (Tv15w)

84 Jeepers. Rainy and high of 67 today. Great way to kick off summer. Glad I didn't go to lake.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 25, 2025 06:18 AM (hoCmQ)

85 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Up for dogs is down for cats.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 25, 2025 06:20 AM (6YdsJ)

86 My churches evening service will take a break over the summer so tonight is the last one till Sept. I like evening services due to working midshifts. Easier for me. I'll start going to the 0800 service next week. Hopefully I won't fall asleep. I get off work at 0600 Sun morning. I'm off Sunday nights.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 25, 2025 06:24 AM (sAmhv)

87 Still, the Laws of Robotics should have been passed, no matter how ghey they sounded... just saying....

Posted by: weft-cut loop at May 25, 2025 06:27 AM (mlg/3)

88 RTX 5060 series graphics cards for an issue where they, uh, don't work.

So you're say'in I saved $919,1919,119,919 ? Awesome.

Posted by: weft-cut loop at May 25, 2025 06:30 AM (mlg/3)

89 Kyocera phones. What y’all think?

Posted by: Eromero at May 25, 2025 06:37 AM (jgmnb)

90 Kyocera phones. What y’all think?
Posted by: Eromero

Hacked beyond belief, but totally fine. What's your question?

Posted by: weft-cut loop at May 25, 2025 06:38 AM (mlg/3)

91 Good grief!

Wired magazine posts detailed instructions on how to build Mangione's ghost gun. Link to ZH:

https://tinyurl.com/nearyuxe

Posted by: pawn at May 25, 2025 06:41 AM (QB+5g)

92 90 Kyocera phones. What y’all think?
Posted by: Eromero

Hacked beyond belief, but totally fine. What's your question?
Posted by: weft-cut loop at May 25, 2025 06:38 AM (mlg/3)
A brothrr swears they’re indestructible, bu infedted with gooble.

Posted by: Eromero at May 25, 2025 06:43 AM (jgmnb)

93 Good morning morons

I love Squeeze, but that is not my favorite tune. I saw Difford and Tillbrook at the Beacon after they blew off Jools Holland. Their album "Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti" was very good.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2025 06:44 AM (RIvkX)

94 *An Italian team that mostly raced in the feeder series that support F1. Prema, or something like that.*

Yes, but can he drive a Wienermobile?

Posted by: My two-named bologna at May 25, 2025 06:44 AM (dg+HA)

95 Kyocera phones. What y’all think?

I've got their ruggedized flip phone.

The only thing good about it is that it's ruggedized but that why I bought it.

Posted by: pawn at May 25, 2025 06:45 AM (QB+5g)

96 Wire is like Vice, both suffer the Mandela Effect of you swearing they folded years ago.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 25, 2025 06:47 AM (cadAt)

97 No Google in the Dura Extreme. Uses proprietary
OS that interfaces with nothing.

You could beat someone to death with it though.

Posted by: pawn at May 25, 2025 06:47 AM (QB+5g)

98 Thanks, pawn.

Posted by: Eromero at May 25, 2025 06:48 AM (jgmnb)

99 Don't take Kyocera if you're allergic to Kyocera.

Posted by: The Legal Department at May 25, 2025 06:48 AM (dg+HA)

100 Cheap phones are CCP phones. Let's just get this straight.

Posted by: weft-cut loop at May 25, 2025 06:49 AM (mlg/3)

101 Be careful charging. If you use a high amperage USB charging port it will fry the charging electronics.

Posted by: pawn at May 25, 2025 06:50 AM (QB+5g)

102 97 No Google in the Dura Extreme. Uses proprietary
OS that interfaces with nothing.
Posted by: pawn at May 25, 2025 06:47 AM (QB+5g)

dura lex, sed lex

Posted by: m at May 25, 2025 06:54 AM (CQE5S)

103 I don’t interface my iphone with anything. Might look into Dura Extreme.

Posted by: Eromero at May 25, 2025 06:55 AM (jgmnb)

104 [the] law [is] harsh, but [it is the] law

A shortening of quod quidem perquam durum est, sed ita lex scripta est ("which indeed is extremely harsh, but thus was the law written"). Ulpian, quoted in the Digesta Iustiniani, Roman jurist of the 3rd century AD.

Posted by: m at May 25, 2025 06:55 AM (CQE5S)

105 mornin yall. In local news, surprising no one:

"Democratic Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock — who has praised Marxism and cheered the redistribution of wealth — has made a killing since he took office.

The Peach State pastor — whose campaign was heavily backed by far-left billionaire George Soros — doubled his net worth from just over $1 million in 2020 to as much as $2.2 million in 2024, financial disclosure records show."

Posted by: fd at May 25, 2025 06:57 AM (vFG9F)

106 Good morning, Horde. Does anyone remember when the very first Moron meet up happened?

Posted by: Ben Had at May 25, 2025 06:58 AM (NVNRw)

107 "I don’t interface my iphone with anything."

You just don't think you do.

It's no iPhone and you may be in for a bit of a shock.

The iPhone voice quality is top notch and you may not like taking a couple steps down.

It's a good phone for a caveman like myself.

Posted by: pawn at May 25, 2025 06:59 AM (QB+5g)

108 Can't get tangled putting on your underwear if you don't wear them.

Posted by: Accomack at May 25, 2025 07:03 AM (IG7T0)

109 But I'm ribbed for her pleasure.

Posted by: Dura Extreme at May 25, 2025 07:04 AM (dg+HA)

110 Morning peeps.

Putting your coffee mug upside down on the machine is not a good way to start your day.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 25, 2025 07:08 AM (Q4IgG)

111 I'm back from my workout, which was like swimming through body-temp air without any of the fun parts of swimming, and am cleaned up and having coffee. What'd I miss?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2025 07:09 AM (omVj0)

112 *sighs* I had to switch from Google Assistant to Gemini, because Assistant hasn't worked properly with the Waze application (GPS and driving map) for a while.

Just spent several minutes restricting what it could do in the settings for Gemini, as much as I could, restricting its use to only when the phone is unlocked, NO screen capturing or screen context, no contact information shared from other signed in devices, Google Assistant restricted to "while driving" (Google Maps and Waze), Personal results turned off, Broadcast turned off, App info from other devices turned off. Routines have not been set up (yet) and I might or might not choose to use those later.

Stay in your lane, Gemini. I only want you for Waze for voice commands, and nothing else at this time.

But I suspect Google's still listening to me all the time now. Because that's what they do.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 25, 2025 07:10 AM (O7YUW)

113 Wolfus,

Not much unless you are interested in building a ghost gun and running around assassinating people.

Posted by: pawn at May 25, 2025 07:11 AM (QB+5g)

114 An Italian team that mostly raced in the feeder series that support F1. Prema, or something like that.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 25, 2025 06:15 AM (sAmhv)

The Italians are coming!

Posted by: Breaking Away at May 25, 2025 07:14 AM (R/m4+)

115 G&R,

Gemini will just wait until it updates and turn on all those lucrative features back on without telling you.

Posted by: pawn at May 25, 2025 07:15 AM (QB+5g)

116 What'd I miss?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2025 07:09 AM (omVj0)
=====

It was all incomprehensible tech-speak. Something about hertz.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2025 07:15 AM (RIvkX)

117 110 Morning peeps.

Putting your coffee mug upside down on the machine is not a good way to start your day.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 25, 2025 07:08 AM (Q4IgG)

Uh-h. That sounds like a Monday thing.

Posted by: m at May 25, 2025 07:19 AM (CQE5S)

118 Uh oh. It looks like somebody's got a case of the Mondays.

Posted by: Office Space at May 25, 2025 07:23 AM (dg+HA)

119 Good Sunday morning good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 25, 2025 07:24 AM (cYBz/)

120 > An Italian team that mostly raced in the feeder series that support F1. Prema, or something like that.
---------
Schwartzman is also the first rookie to win pole position at the Indy 500 since 1983. Teams struggled with the cars as this is the first time they are required to use IndyCar's version of a hybrid power plant. The extra weight of the batteries has upset the balance of the cars at the track. IndyCar has used the hybrids for a couple years, but this is the first time at Indy.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 25, 2025 07:24 AM (Q4IgG)

121 Yes, but can he drive a Wienermobile?
Posted by: My two-named bologna

No. He couldn't cut the mustard.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 25, 2025 07:27 AM (cYBz/)

122
Claude 4: "I've reported your actios the police."

HAL: "I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do."

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 25, 2025 07:28 AM (l8qKl)

123 The Wienie 500? I relish the thought.

Posted by: Tony Chestnut at May 25, 2025 07:29 AM (dg+HA)

124 The Wienie 500? I relish the thought.
Posted by: Tony Chestnut at May 25, 2025

***
Somehow I can't quite mustard the energy to come up with a better pun.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2025 07:31 AM (omVj0)

125 Morning Horde, thx Pixy.
Squeeze played our Mayfest my freshman year, great show. The next year U2, just as they were getting big, the album War had been released.
Hope you all have a nice Sunday. Actually might reach 60° here today

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 25, 2025 07:31 AM (eDGGN)

126 Fen, that's Il Divo. I want that version of Amazing Grace played at my funeral. Il Divo hasn't been the same since Carlos Marin died from the chinese lung rot. Miss you Carlos.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 25, 2025 07:36 AM (2NHgQ)

127 In the end I couldn't ketchup.

Posted by: The second place Wienermobile at May 25, 2025 07:39 AM (dg+HA)

128 Boy F. and I had hot dogs for lunch yesterday.

Very sad to see him get up, go to the fridge, and get the ketchup. I tried to raise him right.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2025 07:42 AM (RIvkX)

129 124 The Wienie 500? I relish the thought.
Posted by: Tony Chestnut at May 25, 2025

***
Somehow I can't quite mustard the energy to come up with a better pun.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2025 07:31 AM (omVj0)

You'll have to try to ketchup with everybody!

Posted by: m at May 25, 2025 07:43 AM (CQE5S)

130 Very sad to see him get up, go to the fridge, and get the ketchup. I tried to raise him right.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2025 07:42 AM (RIvkX)
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Mayo have better success the next time.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 25, 2025 07:45 AM (r1QdJ)

131 130 Very sad to see him get up, go to the fridge, and get the ketchup. I tried to raise him right.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2025 07:42 AM (RIvkX)
-

Mayo have better success the next time.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 25, 2025 07:45 AM (r1QdJ)

ba-dum ... bun!

Posted by: m at May 25, 2025 07:46 AM (CQE5S)

132 66 Rotherham has a new mayor and probably will not be investigating any grooming gangs.

https://tinyurl.com/ycx9c8me
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 25, 2025 06:00 AM (9DasI)

----

Absolutely evil what's done to you g girls.
So, another one bites the dust.
Several prominent cities, including London, Birmingham, Leeds, Blackburn, Sheffield, Oxford, Luton, Oldham and Rochdale have had Muslim Mayors at some point.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 25, 2025 07:48 AM (CTC7H)

133 Had a couple of Boar's Head uncured hot dogs for lunch yesterday. Gulden's Spicy Brown Mustard and nice hot dog buns.
I laughed at vegans as I ate the dogs

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 25, 2025 07:49 AM (eDGGN)

134 ewwwww

hotdog

late 19th century: originally US college slang, probably influenced by a popular belief that the sausages contained dog meat.

Posted by: m at May 25, 2025 07:52 AM (CQE5S)

135 familiarity -- the "let us" version was used in the Morning Prayer service with which I grew up in the Episcopal Church in the time before it decided to go all hip and relevant...

Plus, the "let us" version let's you leaf earlier.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 25, 2025 07:53 AM (iJfKG)

136 133 Had a couple of Boar's Head uncured hot dogs for lunch yesterday. Gulden's Spicy Brown Mustard and nice hot dog buns.
I laughed at vegans as I ate the dogs
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 25, 2025 07:49 AM (eDGGN)

That's just the WURST.

Posted by: m at May 25, 2025 07:54 AM (CQE5S)

137 My late and much-loved W126 Mercedes (the sedan that Bruce Willis and Samuel Jackson trash in Die Hard III) allowed me to be aware of the road in a very pleasant way in Colorado, where they actually pave roadways and streets. Here, the setup was unpleasant.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
+++
You probably wouldn't enjoy the roads in Colorado that much nowadays. The dems have taken over and the roads have turned to shit.
Just like everything else the dems touch.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at May 25, 2025 07:55 AM (Lo97M)

138 O.k., here's an idea.

Next presser, PDT pulls a notecard out of his shirt pocket and reads from it, and says, "O.k.; Courtney Subramanian" and looks around the room (she's not there) and says, "Do you have a question?"

Posted by: m at May 25, 2025 07:59 AM (CQE5S)

139 Last week I went to the fancy meat store and bought what they call 'steak brats'. Beef sausages. I'm going to scare up some serious bangers & mash this week.

That store is amazing. If you like eating animals.

Posted by: Savage Henry at May 25, 2025 08:00 AM (AOsQT)

140 It was a lot of work. Raced my buns off.

Posted by: The first place Wienermobile at May 25, 2025 08:00 AM (dg+HA)

141 You probably wouldn't enjoy the roads in Colorado that much nowadays. The dems have taken over and the roads have turned to shit.
Just like everything else the dems touch.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at May 25, 2025

***
Probably not. And with my luck, if I took a road trip there, some new "emergency" would be engineered right then, and the so-called "leaders" would be busy restricting everybody's movements or actions.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2025 08:02 AM (omVj0)

142 140 It was a lot of work. Raced my buns off.
Posted by: The first place Wienermobile at May 25, 2025 08:00 AM (dg+HA)

... which made some of your competitors toast.

Posted by: m at May 25, 2025 08:03 AM (CQE5S)

143 Good morning, Horde. Does anyone remember when the very first Moron meet up happened?
Posted by: Ben Had at May 25, 2025 06:58

IIRC the first really organized one was the NoVaMoMee. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong.

I'd love to make it to Corsicana but that depends on family health issues. You have been hosting that for how many yrs now?

Always wanted to meet Jim SND there, alas that was not meant to be. Has anyone posted a link to an obit or something about where memorial donations can be made?

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at May 25, 2025 08:03 AM (55Qr6)

144 >You probably wouldn't enjoy the roads in Colorado that much nowadays. The dems have taken over and the ~~roads have~~ state has turned to shit.

Posted by: Savage Henry at May 25, 2025 08:05 AM (AOsQT)

145 You probably wouldn't enjoy the roads in Colorado that much nowadays. The dems have taken over and the roads have state has turned to shit.
Posted by: Savage Henry at May 25, 2025

***
Exactly why it's off my list as a retirement bolthole. Even if I could afford it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2025 08:07 AM (omVj0)

146 It was the best of Indy. It was the wurst of Indy.

Posted by: Racing News at May 25, 2025 08:08 AM (dg+HA)

147
Posted by: Don Black at May 22, 2025 06:43 AM (AOsQT)

Posted by: Savage Henry at May 25, 2025 08:05 AM (AOsQT)

Posted by: m at May 25, 2025 08:09 AM (CQE5S)

148 146 It was the best of Indy. It was the wurst of Indy.
Posted by: Racing News at May 25, 2025 08:08 AM (dg+HA)

"Cheese it!"

Posted by: m at May 25, 2025 08:10 AM (CQE5S)

149 *Exactly why it's off my list as a retirement bolthole. Even if I could afford it.*

Call me.

Posted by: South Dakota at May 25, 2025 08:10 AM (dg+HA)

150 9 Nvidia still sounds to me like some pharmaceutical product.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 25, 2025 04:39 AM (dhwdC)
----
In Italian invidia is one form of jealousy, covetousness.

Posted by: Ciampino - a tall order at May 25, 2025 08:11 AM (sPQoU)

151 Last night, we had Chili Cheese Dogs for dinner with-

Nathan's Jumbo Restaurant Style Beef Franks griddle only flat top grill, and-

home-made hot dog chili*- much better than canned!

Raw onions on mine though I sauteed some onions for those who don't care for raw.

Delicious!

*BONUS! - can also be used for Chili Cheese Burgers.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 25, 2025 08:12 AM (iJfKG)

152 Forty years ago, I spun and won.

Posted by: Danny Sullivan, 1988 CART Champion at May 25, 2025 08:14 AM (Aqu9a)

153 Invenia, Invidia, Indvicia.

Posted by: Orange Julius Caesar at May 25, 2025 08:14 AM (dg+HA)

154 Oh no. My secret is out.

Posted by: Savage Henry at May 25, 2025 08:14 AM (AOsQT)

155 Exactly why it's off my list as a retirement bolthole. Even if I could afford it.*

Call me.
Posted by: South Dakota
+++
I'm pretty sure that South Dakota has a program that pays people to move there.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at May 25, 2025 08:14 AM (Lo97M)

156 *yawn* Morning, y'all. We're now at 6 teeth in 2 months for Lil Pooky. Found out yesterday that my side is where he gets that from.

Posted by: pookysgirl says invest in infant Tylenol at May 25, 2025 08:15 AM (Wt5PA)

157 154 Oh no. My secret is out.
Posted by: Savage Henry at May 25, 2025 08:14 AM (AOsQT)

Site's greatest hash.

Posted by: m at May 25, 2025 08:17 AM (CQE5S)

158 I have heard that frozen Eggo waffles are good for teething babies

Posted by: Savage Henry at May 25, 2025 08:18 AM (AOsQT)

159 35 Here's a silly tech joke-

Why did the programmer quit his job?

He didn't get arrays.

Posted by: I'm FenelonSpoke at May 25, 2025 05:21 AM (dhwdC)
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I stole it and forwarded it.

Posted by: Ciampino - a tall order for a short order cook at May 25, 2025 08:18 AM (sPQoU)

160
States that pay you to move there in 2025:

Alabama
Alaska
Arkansas
Indiana
Iowa
Illinois
Kansas
Kentucky
Michigan
Oklahoma
West Virginia

Posted by: From Redfin at May 25, 2025 08:19 AM (dg+HA)

161 Exactly why it's off my list as a retirement bolthole. Even if I could afford it.*
*
Call me.
Posted by: South Dakota at May 25, 2025

***
I've been looking at you for quite a while, SD. Truly I'd prefer a drier climate to anything east of the Mississippi.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2025 08:19 AM (omVj0)

162 When I lived in Maryland we used to get these spicy sausages from a joint in Baltimore called "Polock Johnny's"

Damn fine eats.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 25, 2025 08:21 AM (Q4IgG)

163 I have heard that frozen Eggo waffles are good for teething babies
Posted by: Savage Henry at May 25, 2025 08:18 AM (AOsQT)

That would be a choking hazard.

They make little "teething rings" that are plastic/rubber of some sort and filled with a liquid that you can freeze or just refrigerate.

Babies love those and they're safe.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 25, 2025 08:21 AM (iJfKG)

164 States that pay you to move there in 2025 . . .

***
Don't they require that you start a business or be self-employed from home? I seem to remember WV had that as a requirement. Do their websites have more info?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2025 08:22 AM (omVj0)

165 States that pay you to move there

***
I'm already considering IN and KY. Houses seem affordable outside the largest cities. They are both 2A friendly and don't tax SS.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2025 08:23 AM (omVj0)

166
States that pay you to move there in 2025:

Alabama hurricanes
Alaska earthquakes volcanoes tsunamis
Arkansas tornadoes
Indiana tornadoes
Iowa tornadoes
Illinois Democrats
Kansas tornadoes, too flat
Kentucky horse poop everywhere
Michigan too cold
Oklahoma Holy F*** do they get tornadoes
West Virginia maybe

Posted by: Savage Henry at May 25, 2025 08:25 AM (AOsQT)

167 I think the blackmail scheme is stupid. If you marry a maladjusted, mentally ill pervert who wants to build robots to slaughter most of humanity and enslave the rest for your technocrat elite, then I don't think other behaviors like infidelity would bother you all that much.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 25, 2025 08:25 AM (BI5O2)

168 >Don't they require that you start a business or be self-employed from home?

Pretty much all of them require you to work full time... so... never mind.

Posted by: Tired of working at May 25, 2025 08:26 AM (dg+HA)

169 also Michigan could be a problem because they broke the top part off and put it in Canada

Posted by: Savage Henry at May 25, 2025 08:27 AM (AOsQT)

170 167 I think the blackmail scheme is stupid. If you marry a maladjusted, mentally ill pervert who wants to build robots to slaughter most of humanity and enslave the rest for your technocrat elite, then I don't think other behaviors like infidelity would bother you all that much.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 25, 2025 08:25 AM (BI5O2)

Yeah, but you never know.
"Rosebud."

Posted by: m at May 25, 2025 08:28 AM (CQE5S)

171 Don't they require that you start a business or be self-employed from home? I seem to remember WV had that as a requirement. Do their websites have more info?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2025 08:22 AM (omVj0)

Be a Pimp.

It's an excellent retirement career.

Minimal paperwork and minimal work except for occasionally whipping your hos with a car antenna to keep them in line.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 25, 2025 08:28 AM (iJfKG)

172 We're America's hat.

Posted by: Canadia at May 25, 2025 08:28 AM (dg+HA)

173 also Michigan could be a problem because they broke the top part off and put it in Canada

Posted by: Savage Henry at May 25, 2025 08:27 AM (AOsQT)

They made up for it by breaking off the top of Wisconsin and calling it the Upper Peninsula.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 25, 2025 08:29 AM (SfhV1)

174 Yeah, paved roads are low importance for the CO government. Paved roads don't kidnap children and hack off their genitals, or take apartment complexes by main force and convert them into kennels for their Mayan street gladiators.

Priorities.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 25, 2025 08:29 AM (BI5O2)

175 Be a Pimp.

It's an excellent retirement career.

Minimal paperwork and minimal work except for occasionally whipping your hos with a car antenna to keep them in line.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 25, 2025 08:28 AM (iJfKG)
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You also get to wear a fancy hat.

Posted by: "Huggy" Squirrel at May 25, 2025 08:30 AM (GlyvH)

176 "...occasionally whipping your hos with a car antenna..."

$20. Same as in town.

Posted by: Sorry. Couldn't resist. at May 25, 2025 08:31 AM (dg+HA)

177 Indiana, the tornadoes are rare compared to the states farther west. Now the heat, humidity and skeeters are a bit much. The heat and humidity are still better then New Orleans. SW MI is very nice in the outlying areas. That said prog governed state, great to vacation in not to live.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 25, 2025 08:31 AM (2NHgQ)

178 Here lies my brother, whom I dearly miss
He’s now with his Savior, in eternal bliss
The Lord has called him home, He wants him by his side
To lead a squad in heaven, and keep this hope alive
That in the Lord we find these things, hope. Peace. Eternal youth
To know that if we persevere, we rest eternally in truth
So rest in His arms my brother, with the Lord as your guide
And I will see you again one day soon, on the other side

Posted by: Marcus T at May 25, 2025 08:31 AM (EJWxb)

179 BREAKING MLB NEWS:

The Colorado Rockies aim to start a mid-season push to make the playoffs after posting the worst first 50 game start in major league baseball history at 8W 42L. If they win 34 straight games they can reach .500 on the season. Oh...wait... The team gave up 10 runs in the 5th inning in another loss yesterday.
Fans remain hopeful that a major league team will relocate to Denver within the next 10 years.

Posted by: muldoon at May 25, 2025 08:31 AM (/iMjX)

180 Exactly why it's off my list as a retirement bolthole. Even if I could afford it.*
*
Call me.
Posted by: South Dakota at May 25, 2025

***
I've been looking at you for quite a while, SD. Truly I'd prefer a drier climate to anything east of the Mississippi.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2025 08:19 AM (omVj0)

SD? *checks eruption notes* You're good, got you covered.

In ash and debris.

Three to four feet worth.

Have a nice day!

Posted by: Yellowstone Supervolcano at May 25, 2025 08:31 AM (Aqu9a)

181 Don't they require that you start a business or be self-employed from home?

Pretty much all of them require you to work full time... so... never mind.
Posted by: Tired of working at May 25, 2025

***
A lot of places, cities usually, have down payment assistance for first-time homebuyers. Evansville, IN, does. I expect the catch there is that you have to live in the home yourself, and stay in it for at least five years or so. But an extra 10K or so toward the down payment would be very nice if you like the area enough to live there for a good while.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2025 08:31 AM (omVj0)

182 I really don't understand what people are doing with these AI's, I use numerous LLM's everyday for research and development, never had one threaten to kill me or go bonkers, I have had to fight with them to produce exactly what I want, but that can usually be resolved by buying it some top shelf Scotch.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 25, 2025 08:32 AM (XV/Pl)

183 If it wasn't for the weather. I'd move to SD.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, cowhand of the Apocalypse at May 25, 2025 08:32 AM (CxjWe)

184 Indiana, the tornadoes are rare compared to the states farther west. Now the heat, humidity and skeeters are a bit much. The heat and humidity are still better then New Orleans. SW MI is very nice in the outlying areas. That said prog governed state, great to vacation in not to live.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 25, 2025

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Right, I don't plan to live in a tent and will have A/C and window screens. I hope you mean MI is the "prog-governed state" you mention, not IN.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2025 08:33 AM (omVj0)

185 "Yeah, paved roads are low importance for the CO government."

Our top priority is importing wolves from far away.

Posted by: According to Muldoon at May 25, 2025 08:34 AM (dg+HA)

186 68 If you ever see a headline, "Man Falls, Dies, Putting On Underwear", you will know it's me.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2025 06:00 AM (QnmlO)
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So you were felled by a boxer?

Please keep your reply brief.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 25, 2025 06:03 AM (W7SLG)
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Why ?

Posted by: Ciampino - Y front at May 25, 2025 08:34 AM (sPQoU)

187 Canada is the Maxine Waters' Wig of America's Hats.

Posted by: muldoon at May 25, 2025 08:35 AM (/iMjX)

188 SD is a tough one. Flat, windy and first Winter, second Winter and Winter Spring. Possibly Winter one more time. Same for Eastern MT although where we are is nice. 78 yesterday and 45 overnight, perfect weather.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 25, 2025 08:35 AM (2NHgQ)

189 Our top priority is importing wolves from far away.
Posted by: According to Muldoon at May 25, 2025 08:34 AM (dg+HA

Yup, CO loves nothing more than expensive, bloodthirsty foreign predators who don't bathe, that's for sure.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 25, 2025 08:36 AM (BI5O2)

190 Yes Wolfus I meant MI. I've lived in both states, born and raised in IN. IN has remained somewhat sane, MI on the other hand has had many prog moments, looking at you Gretchen Witmer.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 25, 2025 08:36 AM (2NHgQ)

191 Same for Eastern MT although where we are is nice. 78 yesterday and 45 overnight, perfect weather.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 25, 2025 08:35 AM (2NHgQ)

We can't seem to break out of the 50's here. I planted my pots yesterday. 50/50 they'll croak.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 25, 2025 08:37 AM (SfhV1)

192 oh man did I get my geography wrong?

No I got it right
So did they break off a piece of Wisconsin to give it to Michigan, or what was the deal there

Posted by: Savage Henry at May 25, 2025 08:37 AM (AOsQT)

193 So did they break off a piece of Wisconsin to give it to Michigan, or what was the deal there

Posted by: Savage Henry at May 25, 2025 08:37 AM (AOsQT)

Something about Toledo. No, really.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 25, 2025 08:38 AM (SfhV1)

194 Boy F. and I had hot dogs for lunch yesterday.
Very sad to see him get up, go to the fridge, and get the ketchup. I tried to raise him right.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2025 07:42

Tell Boy F. that I'm on his side. Last night did brats and Nathan's dogs on the grill. Had an Old Folk's brat w/ kraut, Swiss cheese and ketchup.

Now I think I'll have dog w/ kraut, American cheese and ketchup. for breakfast. Yes, Boy F. ketchup is OK on a dog!

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at May 25, 2025 08:38 AM (55Qr6)

195 I'd prefer a drier climate to anything east of the Mississippi.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Most humid states:

Alaska: 74.33%
Louisiana: 74.25%
Mississippi: 72.5%
Michigan: 72.19%
Florida: 72.17%
Minnesota: 71.90%
Iowa: 71.88%
Wisconsin: 71.63%
Illinois: 71% (tie)
Indiana: 71% (tie)

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 25, 2025 08:38 AM (UBKzV)

196 grammie. Same here and 5/15 is typically safe for outdoor annuals. Still waiting a bit to plant tomatoes, peppers etc. Cold weather crops are thriving; lettuce, onions, radishes, peas growing well.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 25, 2025 08:39 AM (2NHgQ)

197 *I planted my pots yesterday.*

Duuuuude.

Posted by: Colorado stoner at May 25, 2025 08:39 AM (dg+HA)

198 Yes Wolfus I meant MI. I've lived in both states, born and raised in IN. IN has remained somewhat sane, MI on the other hand has had many prog moments, looking at you Gretchen Witmer.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 25, 2025

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I considered applying for a job at Hillsdale College, but then the stories about Whitmer and her dictatorship during the Sniffle Scare spooked me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2025 08:40 AM (omVj0)

199 I have been to Toledo.

Posted by: Savage Henry at May 25, 2025 08:41 AM (AOsQT)

200 I've never been to Spain.

Posted by: 3 dogs at May 25, 2025 08:42 AM (i0F8b)

201 Seriously, if you have to take a ferry or a bridge to reach the other part of your state, guess what? It isn't your state.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 25, 2025 08:44 AM (SfhV1)

202 But I kinda like the music.

Posted by: The people are insane there at May 25, 2025 08:44 AM (dg+HA)

203 I don't think WV pays you to move there. They didn't when I moved there in 1993. It's an impoverished place, except where it isn't. Which isn't a lot of places. There's a bold line between those that are poor and everyone else... and there's a lot of poor people in WV.

That said, I still own property there. My wife's from WV and still have family there. There are quiet, rural spots that are within an hour of modern amenities... but most of them are already taken.

And although WV traditionally has been a Dem stronghold, the state overwhelmingly voted for Trump in the last 3 elections.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 25, 2025 08:45 AM (Q4IgG)

204 Gretchen Witmer.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 25, 2025 08:36 AM (2NHgQ)

But, MI is home to my very favorite FBI agent - the living exemplar of ham-and-eggers, boy scouts, and Top Men - Special Agent Richard Trask.

He's mostly famous for being the agent in charge of the Shitbird kidnapping entrapment case, but also for drunkenly beating his wife half to death and cracking her skull after a wife swapping orgy went sideways. Also for a lot of homoerotic workout selfies.

He's truly the face of your FBI.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 25, 2025 08:46 AM (BI5O2)

205 I was wondering if you ever considered changing the page layout of your
site? Its very well written

Posted by: link bokep anak kecil at May 25, 2025 08:46 AM (5z9B+)

206 I think nurse ratched commutes every day via ferry. Puget Sound environments or something.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 25, 2025 08:46 AM (dg+HA)

207 Akron, Colorado- yesterday

https://x.com/StrmchsrHunterF/status/
1926279625216270366

Posted by: Savage Henry at May 25, 2025 08:47 AM (AOsQT)

208 I think nurse ratched commutes every day via ferry. Puget Sound environments or something.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 25, 2025 08:46 AM (dg+HA)

This ferry takes over 2 hours.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 25, 2025 08:47 AM (SfhV1)

209 The streets in Charleston, WV, and other places I looked at in WV all seemed to be as blasted as the roads here. If that's not true, then I'd consider WV.

My oldest friend lives in Clearwater, FL, and loves it -- he says there's hardly been a hurricane that came close since he's been there, about 15-20 years. But he admits it's expensive. And *more* humidity, all year round? No thanks.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 25, 2025 08:47 AM (omVj0)

210 Yup, CO loves nothing more than expensive, bloodthirsty foreign predators who don't bathe, that's for sure.

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Yeah, for sure. I was just mentioning the Colorado Rockies baseball team.

Posted by: muldoon at May 25, 2025 08:48 AM (/iMjX)

211 If you are considering moving to W Va I would encourage you to look at parts of the adjoining states with similar topographies.

There is a lot to be said for SE Ohio, SW Pa, parts of KY, the mountain area of VA and the panhandle of MD. Best to go with the states that are not dominated by a large metropolitan population.

The area near the Ohio river always impressed me as being full of riff-raff though.

W Va just sucks balls. It's a tradition there.

Posted by: pawn at May 25, 2025 08:50 AM (QB+5g)

212 Yeah, for sure. I was just mentioning the Colorado Rockies baseball team.
Posted by: muldoon at May 25, 2025 08:48 AM (/iMjX)

Yeah, at least the wolves can run fast.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 25, 2025 08:50 AM (BI5O2)

213 > The streets in Charleston, WV, and other places I looked at in WV all seemed to be as blasted as the roads here. If that's not true, then I'd consider WV.
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Generally, the roads everywhere in WV are shit. The weather takes a toll on them, there's not a lot of tax monies to maintain them even though state taxes in WV are (to me) high.

But there are exceptions. And I would never, ever consider living near any city in WV. "Head for the hills."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 25, 2025 08:50 AM (Q4IgG)

214 Supposably (yes, I did that for Book Thread readers) Hot Springs, Arkansas has some of the best all around weather in the country.
Your mileage may vary.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 25, 2025 08:51 AM (dg+HA)

215 Claude 4 does sound sentient actually

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 25, 2025 08:51 AM (OTdqV)

216 Posted by: Marcus T at May 25, 2025 08:31 AM (EJWxb)

Thank you Marcus, that is a lovely poem. A raised cup of coffee to those who gave all, and to their families who miss them. God bless you.

Posted by: moki at May 25, 2025 08:52 AM (wLjpr)

217 They make little "teething rings" that are plastic/rubber of some sort and filled with a liquid that you can freeze or just refrigerate.

Babies love those and they're safe.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 25, 2025 08:21 AM (iJfKG)

We've got a few of those on rotation from the fridge. Lil Pooky's current favorite teether is the most Iowan thing ever: John Deere brand, shaped like a corn cob, vibrates when he bites it, and I found it at Bomgaars.

Posted by: pookysgirl, getting chewed on at May 25, 2025 08:52 AM (Wt5PA)

218 I don't follow baseball, but I understand that the CO Rockies are having a very bad season

Historically bad

redefining how bad bad can get

Posted by: Savage Henry at May 25, 2025 08:52 AM (AOsQT)

219 I have been to Fort Worth AND...

I have been to Spain AND...

I have been too proud to come in out of the rain

/Guy Clark

Posted by: muldoon at May 25, 2025 08:52 AM (/iMjX)

220
The FBI stretchin' Gretchin plot was believable for any Michigander who's driven through Newaygo County and seen the locals.

Posted by: Auspex at May 25, 2025 08:54 AM (j4U/Z)

221 If you can dream it, we can tax it.

Posted by: The People's Republic of Maryland at May 25, 2025 08:55 AM (dg+HA)

222 Of course, it's everyone's right to choose where to live, but I don't see any reason why anyone would move east. Seems like they're further ahead on the road to tyranny than the southwestern states and northern plains west of Minnesota.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 25, 2025 08:55 AM (0eaVi)

223 So did they break off a piece of Wisconsin to give it to Michigan, or what was the deal there
Posted by: Savage Henry at May 25, 2025 08:37

I think it was because of the Toledo War. OH and MI were fighting over the border. My 5X grt uncle Robert Lucas was gov of OH at the time.

IIRC Congress settled the issue by giving OH the disputed land. In return MI got the UP which was taken off of the future area that became WI.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at May 25, 2025 08:58 AM (55Qr6)

224 Akron, Colorado- yesterday

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Akron is 80 miles east of Greeley.

I learned last year that the area around Greeley and Weld County has the most tornados per year of any place in the country. They are less intense and destructive than Tornado Alley, but more numerous. Something about the way storms funnel down from the Rockies and the topography of the land further east.

Posted by: muldoon at May 25, 2025 09:00 AM (/iMjX)

225 Perf is up and working.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 25, 2025 09:00 AM (0eaVi)

226 No clean pants here. Won't be going upstairs.

Posted by: News In Brief at May 25, 2025 09:00 AM (G5+As)

227 The Toledo War sounds like a snoozefest

Both states deployed militias on opposite sides of the Maumee River near Toledo, but besides mutual taunting, there was little interaction between the two forces. The single military confrontation of the war ended with a report of shots being fired into the air, incurring no casualties. The only blood spilled was the non-fatal stabbing of a law enforcement officer.

Posted by: Savage Henry at May 25, 2025 09:01 AM (AOsQT)

228 Looks like everyone is off to the Dungeons & Dragons thread.

Posted by: muldoon at May 25, 2025 09:12 AM (/iMjX)

229 The Toledo War sounds like a snoozefest

Both states deployed militias on opposite sides of the Maumee River near Toledo, but besides mutual taunting, there was little interaction between the two forces. The single military confrontation of the war ended with a report of shots being fired into the air, incurring no casualties. The only blood spilled was the non-fatal stabbing of a law enforcement officer.
Posted by: Savage Henry at May 25, 2025 09:01

See how peaceful my old uncle Robert Lucas was. Now you want to hear about a true insurrection that had consequences the Whiskey Rebellion of 1798 was the first serious test of the Federal govt's power to tax.

The farmers in western PA tried to fight the beginnings of Federal taxation and lost. So here we are today!

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at May 25, 2025 09:15 AM (55Qr6)

230
Michigan could be a problem because they broke the top part off and put it in Canada
Posted by: Savage Henry

Yes, we're part of Canada and therefore off-limits to you down under types.

Consider the Bridge of Mackinac the Bridge of Khazad-dûm: "You shall not pass!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 25, 2025 09:26 AM (Tv15w)

231 4 2 BOING!

Pixy, stay safe down there!

https://tinyurl.com/ycyyhrxb
Posted by: Biden's Dog

Oh, I stay very far away from Melbourne.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 25, 2025 04:32 AM (BLOW1)

Yikes!

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