Daily Tech News 5 June 2025

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Microsoft's LinkedIn chief is running Office as part of an AI reorg. (The Verge)

Abort, abort, abort.

WordPerfect is still available if you're allergic to free.

Tech News

Sydney cockatoos have learned to operate drinking fountains. (Science)

Oddly, I see far fewer cockatoos now that I live out in the country than I did in the suburbs of Sydney.
If you're tired of gigabit Ethernet, why not try terabit? (Serve the Home)

1.6 terabit, in fact.

Networking is the one area where if you pay enough money you can get whatever speed you like.
How much energy does it take to think? (Quanta)

More than I have right now. It's been a long day.
The court handling the New York Times lawsuit against OpenAI - which I suspect is baseless though neither party has behaved exactly admirable - has ordered the company to preserve all logs for all users, including data that the user has nominally deleted, creating a privacy nightmare. (Ars Technica)

Or rather, none of the three parties including the court itself has behaved admirable.
Reddit has filed suit against Anthropic, alleging that the company has accessed the site 100,000 times in the past year despite a big sign on the tree fort saying "NO GIRLS ALLOWED". (The Verge)

The one thing keeping Reddit alive right now is charging huge amounts to AI companies for human-generated content.

Reddit itself is increasingly overrun with AI generated content.

Oh no.
ChatGPT can now ready your Google Drive and Dropbox. (The Verge)

No it fucking can't.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: FNORD.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:55 AM

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1 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 05, 2025 04:56 AM (Na5xP)

2 We'll wait!

Posted by: m at June 05, 2025 04:56 AM (CQE5S)

3 There will be news. Eventually. I think.

Stuck in a meeting.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:55 AM
-

/applies for refund

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 05, 2025 04:56 AM (Na5xP)

4 Glad the dingoes didn't get you.

Posted by: m at June 05, 2025 04:56 AM (CQE5S)

5 So....no Dingo attack?

Stay safe, Pixy.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 05, 2025 04:56 AM (a1415)

6 My summons must have worked.

Posted by: Ciampino - time to deploy legs at June 05, 2025 04:57 AM (sPQoU)

7 Anybody else get the feeling that there is less enthusiasm for PRIDE month in general, this year?

Corporate involvement seems to be less and less visible as well.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 05, 2025 04:57 AM (a1415)

8 Heading up north to cozy vacation home. Maybe much, much l8r.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 05, 2025 04:57 AM (Na5xP)

9 We'll just play here quietly by ourselves.

Posted by: m at June 05, 2025 04:58 AM (CQE5S)

10 Yay! Prude Month!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 05, 2025 04:58 AM (Na5xP)

11 Mornin'

Wombat's take there meetings seriously.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 05, 2025 04:58 AM (sAmhv)

12 Meetings stuck.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 05, 2025 04:58 AM (ExV1e)

13 73.2 degrees out.

72.9 dew point.

Moist.

Birdbath is scrubbed and filled.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 05, 2025 04:59 AM (a1415)

14 ... except for ... some people ... who are working in all caps.

Posted by: m at June 05, 2025 04:59 AM (CQE5S)

15 "We'll just play here quietly by ourselves."

* Looks at hand of cards*

Do you have any Three's?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 05, 2025 05:00 AM (a1415)

16 Make 🥘 Pizza🍕Great Again🇺🇸

https://tinyurl.com/4ab472xa

Posted by: Ciampino - time for crust at June 05, 2025 05:01 AM (sPQoU)

17 Go fish.

Posted by: m at June 05, 2025 05:01 AM (CQE5S)

18 14 ... except for ... some people ... who are working in all caps.

Posted by: m at June 05, 2025 04:59 AM (CQE5S)

They cap someone, leave the gun, take the cannoli.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 05, 2025 05:01 AM (ynpvh)

19 15
Do you have any Three's?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 05, 2025 05:00 AM (a1415)
----
Why the apostrophe?

Posted by: Ciampino - time for crust pizza at June 05, 2025 05:02 AM (sPQoU)

20 15 "We'll just play here quietly by ourselves."

* Looks at hand of cards*

Do you have any Three's?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 05, 2025 05:00 AM (a1415)

There was a math and games competition when I was in HS where in the games competition, the guy overseeing it goes, "You know who you're up against. Now, go and play with yourselves..."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 05, 2025 05:02 AM (ynpvh)

21 5 So....no Dingo attack?

Stay safe, Pixy.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 05, 2025 04:56 AM (a1415)

Seems like down under, it's either poisonous, venomous or both.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 05, 2025 05:03 AM (ynpvh)

22 Anyways, off to bed.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 05, 2025 05:04 AM (ynpvh)

23 "Why the apostrophe?"

I suck at punctuation.

Never mastered the concept as a child, as I was busy reading adventure stories behind my textbooks in class.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 05, 2025 05:04 AM (a1415)

24 23
VIA, no disrespect intended.

Posted by: Ciampino - time for coffee at June 05, 2025 05:06 AM (sPQoU)

25 I just watched the musical interlude from yesterday's tech thread: Swing Out Sister, Breakout. It's pretty fun.

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

26 link to Pixy site:

https://ai.mee.nu

Posted by: m at June 05, 2025 05:07 AM (CQE5S)

27 21 5 So....no Dingo attack?

Stay safe, Pixy.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 05, 2025 04:56 AM (a1415)

Seems like down under, it's either poisonous, venomous or both.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 05, 2025 05:03 AM (ynpvh)
----
Also punched to death (kangaroos), pecked to death (emus). Any biters other than dingos?

Posted by: Ciampino - time for coffee - not made at June 05, 2025 05:09 AM (sPQoU)

28 "Also punched to death (kangaroos), pecked to death (emus). Any biters other than dingos?"

Does Australia have Honey Badgers?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 05, 2025 05:10 AM (a1415)

29 "VIA, no disrespect intended."

None taken.

It is one of many areas of my school education that I missed out on.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 05, 2025 05:13 AM (a1415)

30 They were anxiously waiting for you, Pixy. .Thanks for your efforts and time here

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 05, 2025 05:13 AM (9/CBw)

31 Grateful for the AOS early pre morning postststss.

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

32 Happy Friday Eve, all y'all.

Posted by: OkJohn at June 05, 2025 05:18 AM (NC/it)

33 Clowns to the left of me,
Jokers to the right!
Here I am,
Stuck in a meeting with you.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant/ at June 05, 2025 05:22 AM (O7YUW)

34 "Name five things you got done this week."

'Not this meeting!'

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant/ at June 05, 2025 05:24 AM (O7YUW)

35 Time for the morning walk.

BBIAB

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 05, 2025 05:24 AM (a1415)

36 This is a very nice article which was linked at RS McCain's website: "The Glory that is God's " It is by a person that is a Christian Scientist. I am not a Christian Scientist, but I very much liked this approach to have thanks be foundational for the life of faith Anyway, here it is for those that have an interest and also have time to read a longer article:

https://tinyurl.com/mt3sasr8

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 05, 2025 05:25 AM (0o04u)

37 link to Pixy site:

https://ai.mee.nu
Posted by: m at June 05, 2025 05:07 AM (CQE5S)

I know it doesn't stand for the usual but it's ironic that Pixy's site has AI in the name.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 05, 2025 05:28 AM (ExV1e)

38 Despair Inc. (the Demotivational poster guys) have one about meetings I rather like:

https://tinyurl.com/4pnufea4

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant/ at June 05, 2025 05:30 AM (O7YUW)

39 Pixy's here with the news. Thanks Pixy!

(Sorry you got stuck in an awful meeting.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant/ at June 05, 2025 05:30 AM (O7YUW)

40 iSPACE - Hakuto-R - MR-2
Lunar Landing Mare Frigoris - Moon - Space Affairs Live
HAKUTO-R Mission 2 – Live Lunar Landing at Mare Frigoris
Join us live as Japanese space company ispace attempts a precision landing of its Series-2 lunar lander at Mare Frigoris – a bold step forward in commercial lunar exploration. This marks the second mission in the HAKUTO-R program and a critical milestone for global private spaceflight.

The HAKUTO-R Mission 2 lunar landing is scheduled for June 6, 2025, at 4:24 AM Japan Standard Time (JST), which corresponds to June 5 at 1924 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), or 21:24 Central European Summer Time (CEST)
-- 3:24 PM EST.

https://www.youtube.com/live/CJzo8Dd62o4

Check site for latest times and news.

Posted by: Ciampino - time for Moondust at June 05, 2025 05:31 AM (sPQoU)

41 37 link to Pixy site:

https://ai.mee.nu
Posted by: m at June 05, 2025 05:07 AM (CQE5S)

I know it doesn't stand for the usual but it's ironic that Pixy's site has AI in the name.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Not entirely coincidental but predates the current frenzy by.... A bit.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 05, 2025 05:32 AM (BLOW1)

42 "... has ordered the company to preserve all logs for all users, including data that the user has nominally deleted, creating a privacy nightmare."

I see the populace is going to get another lesson in "Why not to trust other people's computers..."

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant/ at June 05, 2025 05:33 AM (O7YUW)

43 33 Clowns to the left of me,
Jokers to the right!
Here I am,
Stuck in a meeting with you.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant/ at June 05, 2025 05:22 AM (O7YUW)

haha
You might have made him laugh.

Posted by: m at June 05, 2025 05:34 AM (CQE5S)

44 39 Pixy's here with the news. Thanks Pixy!

(Sorry you got stuck in an awful meeting.)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant/ at June 05, 2025 05:30 AM (O7YUW)

Thanks, Pixy!

Posted by: m at June 05, 2025 05:35 AM (CQE5S)

45 From near-the-end of yesterday's tech thread, is this comment of mine:

---
@FenelonSpoke, OkJohn, sock_rat_eez, m, and NR Pax:

Thank you for the prayers for my Mom. They've assessed her and it looks like a valve issue in the heart which can be fixed with an endoscopic procedure (they'll go up through a major vein or artery and perform microsurgery that way.)

Bottom line: Not immediately life threatening, but serious enough. I told her to agitate seriously for getting the surgery done sooner rather than later, because our health system up here will absolutely put you off for years if they think they can get away with it. (I'll be advocating on her behalf too if need be, and that might well be the case, and I am not put off easily.)
---

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant/ at June 05, 2025 05:38 AM (O7YUW)

46 >>>How much energy does it take to think? (Quanta)
More than I have right now. It's been a long day.

Sorry.

Posted by: m at June 05, 2025 05:38 AM (CQE5S)

47 WordPerfect is still available if you're allergic to free.

I've recently switched to OnlyOffice since I have no intention of running Win11 on my home computer.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 05, 2025 05:38 AM (ExV1e)

48 And this is a nice devotional by a man from
England on ways God's glory is revealed every day in ordinary ways, and the scripture passage is Genesis 28: 16-22. The prayer focus is for a more appreciative heart. Appropriate devotional for both interested Christians and Jews:

https://tinyurl.com/m4mwwn75

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 05, 2025 05:40 AM (94WMr)

49 Anybody else get the feeling that there is less enthusiasm for PRIDE month in general, this year?

It's on account of the literal genocide against them. It's tough when you can't get attention like you used to.

Does Australia have Honey Badgers?

It's a vacation destination for them.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 05, 2025 05:41 AM (OPGS/)

50 Sin is nothing to be proud of.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 05, 2025 05:43 AM (ZmEVT)

51 >>>Deep Forest Sweet Lullaby

Mesmerizing.

Posted by: m at June 05, 2025 05:44 AM (CQE5S)

52 "...forgive us our ingratitude as we forgive the ingratitude of others..."

Be grateful. Be very grateful.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 05, 2025 05:45 AM (ZmEVT)

53 >>>Disclaimer: FNORD.

One i FBYLAND
And two i FBYSEA
Three i FSUD
Four i FNORD

Posted by: m at June 05, 2025 05:46 AM (CQE5S)

54 Scams --nthhis one is Hard drive

https://tinyurl.com/42ebd5zr

Posted by: Ciampino - time for tire iron at June 05, 2025 05:49 AM (sPQoU)

55 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant/ at June 05, 2025 05:38 AM (O7YUW)

I appreciate the update, and am thankful that Lynda has such a caring, intelligent son to give her good advice. 😊I will continue to pray.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 05, 2025 05:50 AM (vJctU)

56 50: Pride is a sin.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 05, 2025 05:50 AM (sAmhv)

57 Yay G&R

Posted by: OkJohn at June 05, 2025 05:51 AM (NC/it)

58 @41/Pixy Misa: "Not entirely coincidental but predates the current frenzy by.... A bit."

At the beginning of one of my later years in my undergraduate degree (back in '89 or '90) I had the first day of a course on "AI". It was so much fluff and wishful thinking that I was completely turned off by the topic (and remain so today.)

My next lecture (on formal verification of computer code) was in the same hall. In walks the professor, sees the previous professor has left a slide on the overhead projector, lifts it up for all to see, and starts the lecture by saying, "I just want you all to know before we begin this semester that I disagree with everything this woman has to say." Then he threw the slide in the trash.

He and I got along just fine.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant/ at June 05, 2025 05:52 AM (O7YUW)

59 And on a political note: This is a cartoon from RS McCain's website . I think this person draws very well and has a quick mind:

https://tinyurl.com/3yvef6ej

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 05, 2025 05:53 AM (vJctU)

60 I need more napping. BBIAW.

Posted by: Ciampino - later alligator at June 05, 2025 05:53 AM (sPQoU)

61 G'mornin' everyone!

my favorite demotivator said
"when the winds of change blow strong enough the most trivial object can become a deadly projectile."

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 05, 2025 05:56 AM (/Ghsb)

62 Evening on this Thor's Day to all the late toilers; morning to the early risers and insomaniacals. I'm up, I'm sipping coffee and enduring a crick in my neck that popped up yesterday afternoon. And the furry thugs are leaping around as they wait for breakfast. Howzitall for you?

I'd read somewhere that thinking takes about three calories an hour. No idea if that's true. And yes, Pixy, there are plenty of days when even that takes more than you've got.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 05, 2025 05:56 AM (omVj0)

63 The last full moon of spring, or fall for Pixy, is on June 10-11. The local Fox outlet is calling it a "strawberry" moon.

You may take or leave this item according to your preference.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 05, 2025 05:57 AM (omVj0)

64 And.......

It's raining.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 05, 2025 06:03 AM (a1415)

65
*strolls in, whistling*

Good morning, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 05, 2025 06:04 AM (QnmlO)

66 While spouse was waiting for his bus route at the Lower Middle School he heard an announcement "The Muslim Boys Club will meet today in room____" Do they have a club for Christians or Jews." Oh, yes, because they don't have a mosque -yet-they have Friday prayers in the meeting room of the public library.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 05, 2025 06:05 AM (JmPEO)

67 38 Despair Inc. (the Demotivational poster guys) have one about meetings I rather like:

https://tinyurl.com/4pnufea4
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant/ at June 05, 2025 05:30 AM (O7YUW)

"None of us is as dumb as all of us."

heh

Posted by: m at June 05, 2025 06:12 AM (CQE5S)

68 Would be a shame if the Muslim Boy's Club and the Pride Club were scheduled in the same room at the same time.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 05, 2025 06:12 AM (a1415)

69 101 year old woman beats breast cancer with style and strength. This woman looks amazing and apparently she played tennis until she was 92!:

https://tinyurl.com/mr3sr4bu

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 05, 2025 06:16 AM (JmPEO)

70 Got a call back from my oldest friend yesterday evening. He's getting ready for a surgery next week to relieve a pinched nerve in his neck. Problems with getting his disability money too. I suggested he look for a lawyer, or some agency that helps with that. Aren't there some pro bono organizations that assist seniors with such things?

As for me, my doctor is not worried about the mild hernia I've developed. He's sent me a referral to a local surgeon whom his nurse wife, who works at the big hospital ER on my side of the river, thinks is really good. I'm waiting for the surgeon's office to call me. So far, so good. IN the meantime, my dr. says, no problem with activity, but skip the situps and crunches for now. Noooo problem.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 05, 2025 06:16 AM (omVj0)

71 Would be a shame if the Muslim Boy's Club and the Pride Club were scheduled in the same room at the same time.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 05, 2025

***
Make sure the room is on the ground floor.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 05, 2025 06:17 AM (omVj0)

72 Comments from Gen. Flynn regarding Russia.

https://tinyurl.com/2maacyv5+

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 05, 2025 06:17 AM (ExV1e)

73 Greta Whatever her name is:

Mayor Mike
@theMayor_Mike
4h
Replying to @redsteeze
What is she going to do when she gets there, have a press conference?

My fear is that she gets captured--willingly or otherwise--and the West is ordered to release a bazillion Hamas-niks to secure her return.

Posted by: m at June 05, 2025 06:17 AM (CQE5S)

74 @66/FenelonSpoke: Oh, yes, because they don't have a mosque -yet-they have Friday prayers in the meeting room of the public library.

In a just world, one could take the leftwits' own vaunted and practically worshipped "separation of church and state" and shut that nonsense down.

It isn't a just world.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant/ at June 05, 2025 06:17 AM (O7YUW)

75 And on a happier note, veterinarian filmed reaction of some of her patients on seeing her:

https://tinyurl.com/a99dvyvh

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 05, 2025 06:24 AM (6mbQA)

76 My fear is that she gets captured--willingly or otherwise--and the West is ordered to release a bazillion Hamas-niks to secure her return.
Posted by: m at June 05, 2025 06:17 AM (CQE5S)

File them out to a soccer field and have them say "how dare you" in unison. That should be enough.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 05, 2025 06:24 AM (ExV1e)

77 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 05, 2025 06:16 AM (omVj0)

Thanks for the update. Will keep you in prayer.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 05, 2025 06:25 AM (6mbQA)

78 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at June 05, 2025 06:31 AM (lIgBp)

79
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Jun 3
I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore.

This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination.

Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it.

55,502 comments

Posted by: m at June 05, 2025 06:34 AM (CQE5S)

80 Pixy at https://ai.mee.nu

Thursday, June 05
Daily News Stuff 5 June 2025
Plush Month Edition

Posted by: m at June 05, 2025 06:38 AM (CQE5S)

81
Bought EndNote yesterday to try to wrestle some 5000 journal articles in my collection into some coherent organization. It's pretty slick. I'm working through the SciFinder articles and all I have to do is copy the DOI, paste it into Google Scholar, hit the "Cite" link and choose EndNote. And there it is. It can be exported to an Excel file later on as well.

All I can say is, thank God I have my penny-ante LLC. All kinds of stuff ends up being deductible at tax time. Including the cost of the license for this platform.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 05, 2025 06:40 AM (QnmlO)

82 mornin yall. We have met the enemy and it is us.

Posted by: fd at June 05, 2025 06:40 AM (vFG9F)

83 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 05, 2025 06:42 AM (hoCmQ)

84 I don't know if theirs article was written by AI or a "journalist":

"The driver was traveling east on Highway 24 at 11:59 p.m.. They failed to maintain their lane, overcorrected and lost control of the vehicle.

GSP said the vehicle began to rotate clockwise and then struck a concrete culvert. That's when the car tripped and overturned before striking a metal beam in the ground, completely splitting the engine block from the car. The vehicle came to an "uncontrolled rest" on the north side of Highway 24."

Posted by: fd at June 05, 2025 06:45 AM (vFG9F)

85 Is is early, or just me?

Posted by: Eromero at June 05, 2025 06:47 AM (jgmnb)

86 "this" not "theirs".

I know for a fact that newspapers used to have editors. Even here I can correct mistakes after the fact. I suppose that never occurs to journalists.

Posted by: fd at June 05, 2025 06:48 AM (vFG9F)

87 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 05, 2025
*
Thanks for the update. Will keep you in prayer.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 05, 2025

***
Thanks, Fen. My buddy could use those even more than me. His name is "C.J."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 05, 2025 06:48 AM (omVj0)

88 AI is a ‘person ‘ who is on the Asperger scale.

Posted by: Eromero at June 05, 2025 06:50 AM (jgmnb)

89 It's the Strawberry moon because it's when strawberries are ripe for the picking

Posted by: Don Black at June 05, 2025 07:01 AM (AOsQT)

90 Apparently there are free disability assistance services in many states, such as Florida, where my friend lives:

https://disabilityrightsflorida.org/

I've sent him the link.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 05, 2025 07:03 AM (omVj0)

91 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 05, 2025 06:48 AM (omVj0)

Will pray for C.J. as well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 05, 2025 07:05 AM (qbz5w)

92 Having an Aldi-brand pot pie for breakfast. A quick pipe with my coffee afterward, and then I intend to hop in the shower. Some hot water on my neck will probably do it good, though it's already better now that I've stretched and had some coffee.

Today I plan to drive uptown to a shopping district not far from my old work for a coffee and to pick up some things I need, including a visit to Walmart.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 05, 2025 07:07 AM (omVj0)

93
My fear is that she gets captured--willingly or otherwise--and the West is ordered to release a bazillion Hamas-niks to secure her return.

"Keep her. In one week, you'll be begging us to take her back and we'll still say no."

Posted by: NR Pax at June 05, 2025 07:08 AM (OPGS/)

94 strawberries are running late this year in Wisconsin
asparagus is getting going finally

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 05, 2025 07:10 AM (/Ghsb)

95 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 05, 2025
*
Will pray for C.J. as well.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 05, 2025

***
Thank you, Fen. He's a good guy; been married to his wife for over forty years, and has two grown boys. They all live together in an apartment to save money for another house (he had one on the Gulf Coast in MS, but Katrina stomped that one flat in '05). It's remarkable what a positive attitude he has despite all the physical and financial setbacks they've had over the decades.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 05, 2025 07:10 AM (omVj0)

96 Morning Fen, Wolfus et al…

Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2025 07:14 AM (PCK5/)

97 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 05, 2025 07:17 AM (RIvkX)

98 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 05, 2025 07:18 AM (u82oZ)

99 My fear is that she gets captured--willingly or otherwise--and the West is ordered to release a bazillion Hamas-niks to secure her return.

"Keep her. In one week, you'll be begging us to take her back and we'll still say no."
Posted by: NR Pax at June 05, 2025 07:08 AM (OPGS/)
----
Ah, the diabolical "Ransom of Red Chief" strategy.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2025 07:21 AM (7fElN)

100 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

Adjust your smoking jacket, lean over the casino table, and say Banco!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 05, 2025 07:22 AM (u82oZ)

101 “ But let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may rejoice in you.”

Psalm 5/11

Posted by: Marcus T at June 05, 2025 07:26 AM (Q6Bu6)

102 Was Anthony Fauci arrested yesterday?
Deborah Birx?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 05, 2025 07:26 AM (lIgBp)

103
JJ

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 05, 2025 07:26 AM (gbOdA)

104 Was Anthony Fauci arrested yesterday?
Deborah Birx?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty

# two weeks

Posted by: AG P. Bondi - at June 05, 2025 07:27 AM (MsrgL)

105 >My fear is that she gets captured--willingly or otherwise--and the West is ordered to release a bazillion Hamas-niks to secure her return.
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she's Sweden's problem
hey, maybe when Hamas captures her, she can do that 'how DARE you' bit
see how that works out

Posted by: Don Black at June 05, 2025 07:27 AM (AOsQT)

106 Stretching, coffee, hot food, and a short pipe session, plus an ibuprofen, are doing wonders for my neck. The shower should help too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 05, 2025 07:28 AM (omVj0)

107 also, Greta is funny-looking

like she was drawn by Charles Schulz

Posted by: Don Black at June 05, 2025 07:29 AM (AOsQT)

108 107 also, Greta is funny-looking

like she was drawn by Charles Schulz

+++
She just needs some cat eye glasses on a chain with a beehive hairdo.

Posted by: Gary Larson at June 05, 2025 07:33 AM (lIgBp)

109 I've been waiting to get a procedure done that I hope will clear up some issues I've developed swallowing.

It did make much news but here in Brevard County Fl, One of the three major hospitals closed down in May. Just shut the doors. Now people are scrambling to try and get referrals to doctors at the other hospital.

Get this, the new owner decided to close the hospital because it was "old" and the operating expenses were too high, so they just shut it down without another facility available.

There are thousands of people that this has affected not to mention the 900 employees.

Posted by: pawn at June 05, 2025 07:34 AM (PkPf+)

110 I haven’t heard that Dark Forest song in forever.
I’m not even sure if I’ve seen the video before.

I do recall enjoying it when it was on the radio though.

They reminded me of Engima, especially ‘Sadeness (Part 1)’, which was also popular at the time.

Thanks, pixy.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 05, 2025 07:39 AM (6ydKt)

111 *Deep Forest,

ooops.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 05, 2025 07:40 AM (6ydKt)

112 THis is what the new owners had to say about closing the hospital:

""Construction of a new hospital within the region may take several years, which is longer than our experts feel Rockledge Hospital can realistically remain open," Orlando Health said. "Rockledge Hospital is profitable, but the facility was purchased in poor condition, and does not meet our standards for patient-care environments."

They weren't making enough money so thousands of people are now screwed.

This is ridiculous.

Posted by: pawn at June 05, 2025 07:42 AM (PkPf+)

113 Cockies are a lot of fun, although I have to be stern with them since they can be hard on other garden birds.

They really love bits of white bread and Jatz biscuits.

Posted by: Bruce of Newcastle at June 05, 2025 08:56 PM (5ML5K)

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