Daily Tech News 6 June 2025

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AMD's "budget" Radeon 9060 XT graphics card is here. Is it any good? (Ars Technica)

Yes. And also no.

The 16GB model is pretty decent if you can find it for under $400. The MSRP is $349 for basic models, but they sold out pretty quickly in the US. You should still be able to find slightly faster models for around $389.

(In Australia the MSRP models are still available.)

The 8GB model is $50 cheaper and is readily available at MSRP because it sucks and you shouldn't buy it.

It's consistently faster than Nvidia's RTX 5060 and the same price. Compared to the 5060 Ti it's cheaper, and faster on non-ray-traced games, though a little slower in ray-traced titles. (And a lot slower on Black Myth Wukong which significantly favours Nvidia hardware, but that's an outlier.)

If you want a graphics card that is merely a bit expensive but not actually insanely overpriced, this is the one to buy.

(Or go back in time a few months and nab a 7800 XT for $400 like I did.)

Tech News

SpaceX is planning to build an advanced chip packaging factory in Texas. (Tom's Hardware)

That is, a factory that takes individual silicon dies and puts them together to build a more complicated "chip". AMD's server CPUs for example can contain up to 17 individual "chiplets".

SpaceX plans to go a bit further, packaging devices up to, uh, two feet square. (Instead of three inches, which is what most companies settle for.)
Highpoint has a PCIe 5.0 SSD RAID card that takes four M.2 drives and costs less than $1000. (Tom's Hardware)

That includes no SSDs.

I did buy a similar PCIe 3.0 RAID card, but that only cost me $200. It still delivers up to 8GB per second, which is more than enough for me.
Living without episodic memory. (AtherMug)

Better than mistaking your wife for a hat, but still a subtly unsettling read.
Intel wants a 50% gross margin on all new products. (Tom's Hardware)

Same.
Discord's CEO is just as worried about "enshittification" as you are. (Engadget)

(Looks at Discord.)

No. No he is not.
Anthropic cut off direct access to its AI services to coding startup Windsurf because they suspsected the latter company was being targeted for acquisition by OpenAI. (Tech Crunch)

They were right.
Regulate me! Regulate me! (New York Times) (archive site)

Anthropic is upset that the AI industry is not being targeted with an impenetrable swamp of state-level regulations that only a multi-billion-dollar can afford to navigate, because it is a multi-billion-dollar company and can afford to navigate it.

How can we have regulatory capture without regulations?

9060 XT Review Videos of the Day

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. The Ugly is Nvidia.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: I think I bought too many plushies.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at June 06, 2025 04:31 AM (CQE5S)

2 H'lo!

Posted by: m at June 06, 2025 04:31 AM (CQE5S)

3 Morning all.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 06, 2025 04:34 AM (BLOW1)

4 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2025 04:40 AM (+qU29)

5 >>>SpaceX is planning to build an advanced chip packaging factory in Texas. (Tom's Hardware)

That is, a factory that takes individual silicon dies and puts them together to build a more complicated "chip". AMD's server CPUs for example can contain up to 17 individual "chiplets".

SpaceX plans to go a bit further, packaging devices up to, uh, two feet square.
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I read the article--I really did. This reeks of math, but how does a "server CPU [central processing unit]" that "can contain up to 17 individual 'chiplets'" compare to "devices [measuring] up to two square feet"? Number of chips vs size of chips, I think.

Posted by: m at June 06, 2025 04:42 AM (CQE5S)

6 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 06, 2025 04:44 AM (6PUpl)

7 I guess Tom's Hardware is an inside-baseball kind of publication, but the welter of acronyms (albeit some of them spelled out!) is somewhat overwhelming.

fan-out panel-level packaging (FOPLP)
European company STMicroelectronics
printed circuit board (PCB)
chip fabs, like the ones that TSMC operates

Posted by: m at June 06, 2025 04:45 AM (CQE5S)

8 A Tom's Hardware article title:

Intel details new advanced packaging breakthroughs — EMIB-T paves the way for HBM4 and increased UCIe bandwidth

Posted by: m at June 06, 2025 04:46 AM (CQE5S)

9 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at June 06, 2025 04:46 AM (lIgBp)

10 LOL

AMD RX 9060 XT 16GB flies off shelves, 8GB lingers - GPU launch highlights demand split between variants

Posted by: m at June 06, 2025 04:47 AM (CQE5S)

11 also Tom's Hardware

Ukrainian authorities have arrested a hacker who compromised over 5,000 accounts at a major global hosting company and used them to mine cryptocurrency. ... The person was a native of and operated in Poltava, although they also operated between Odesa, Zaporizhzhia, and Dnipropetrovsk.

Posted by: m at June 06, 2025 04:48 AM (CQE5S)

12 Yeah. They have a separate, more mainstream gadget site (Tom's Guide), but this one is for serious nerds.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 06, 2025 04:49 AM (BLOW1)

13 Disclaimer: I think I bought too many plushies.

Unpossible.

Posted by: clarence at June 06, 2025 04:49 AM (p9xBQ)

14 Discord was dead to me when they pushed a BLM banner message to every client.

Actively rooting for their downfall.

Posted by: Sjg at June 06, 2025 04:50 AM (aqZN1)

15 12 Yeah. They have a separate, more mainstream gadget site (Tom's Guide), but this one is for serious nerds.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 06, 2025 04:49 AM (BLOW1)

I'm practicing!

Posted by: m at June 06, 2025 04:51 AM (CQE5S)

16 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Family reunion this weekend - we get to see the grandbabies! 🎉🎉🎉

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 06, 2025 04:53 AM (RPbWK)

17 16 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Family reunion this weekend - we get to see the grandbabies! 🎉🎉🎉
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 06, 2025 04:53 AM (RPbWK)

Fun! Father's Day.

Posted by: m at June 06, 2025 04:58 AM (CQE5S)

18 It's Friday, it's Friday! Happy, happy Friday!

*twirl*

Posted by: Rosasharn at June 06, 2025 05:05 AM (PzBTm)

19 Disclaimer: I think I bought too many plushies.

https://youtu.be/Bprgl_4z6gY?t=27

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant/ at June 06, 2025 05:08 AM (O7YUW)

20 Wait a minute.
Socks & BBQ Tools Day isn't until the 15th.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 06, 2025 05:12 AM (lIgBp)

21 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at June 06, 2025 05:13 AM (AN2gy)

22 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

Still dark, but getting lighter!

Mornin' all!

Posted by: Rosasharn at June 06, 2025 05:17 AM (PzBTm)

23 Intel wants a 50% gross margin on all new products.

It's good to want things.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2025 05:18 AM (O7YUW)

24 Greetings, one and all! I would like to report that my Netgear saga is almost at an end. Yesterday, I received a tracking number from FedEx and the package will be delivered tomorrow.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 06, 2025 05:20 AM (lXoJ5)

25 *twirl*
Posted by: Rosasharn at June 06, 2025 05:05 AM

It is officially Friday.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 06, 2025 05:20 AM (qJyp8)

26 It's good to want things.

youtu.be/krxU5Y9lCS8

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 06, 2025 05:21 AM (6PUpl)

27 @24/NR Pax: my Netgear saga

I seem to have missed out on a good story here. Any chance of a brief summary?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2025 05:22 AM (O7YUW)

28 @26/Puddleglum: *heh* Good one.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2025 05:23 AM (O7YUW)

29 I seem to have missed out on a good story here. Any chance of a brief summary?

Sure. I ordered Powerline extenders through Amazon. One of them was defective out of the box so I submitted an RMA towards the end of April.

Post Office lost it, found it when I filed a claim and delivered it. Netgear claimed they never received it. Went back and forth with India for a few weeks. They finally found the device and are shipping a replacement.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 06, 2025 05:27 AM (lXoJ5)

30 Did a team of biologists have to explain what a "woman" is to Ketanji Brown Jackson before she was able to write her decision?

Posted by: Sam Adams at June 06, 2025 05:34 AM (X+xvk)

31 Did a team of biologists have to explain what a "woman" is to Ketanji Brown Jackson before she was able to write her decision?
Posted by: Sam Adams

A friend thinks that she wrote the court's response to make the ruling as narrow as possible and leave the door open for more discrimination against the correct people.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 06, 2025 05:39 AM (lXoJ5)

32 @29/NR Pax: Good on you for keeping on them and not just accepting the loss (or theft during shipping by someone handling the package.)

I hope the powerline network extenders work out for you. Remember, you've got two separate 120 volt bus-bars in your switch panel for your house. Both of those devices need to be hooked to receptacles that are on the same 120 volt bus-bar.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2025 05:42 AM (O7YUW)

33 Good on you for keeping on them and not just accepting the loss (or theft during shipping by someone handling the package.)

I learned that years ago when I was applying for financial aid: Keep all receipts and hound them mercilessly.

I hope the powerline network extenders work out for you.

They are working fine. We've had them before but we needed to replace a couple that have decided "I'm tired, boss" and check out.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 06, 2025 05:45 AM (lXoJ5)

34 Eternal Faithfulness;

A reflection on Lamentations 3:19-24

The man who wrote the devotional says this verse is one to turn to when we feel overwhelmed:

https://tinyurl.com/5b3jdfwz

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2025 05:46 AM (Ivqq8)

35 This engineer who was a sideline as a comic gives more accurate names for businesses:

https://tinyurl.com/4sjvt728

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2025 05:49 AM (Ivqq8)

36 *Good on you for keeping on them and not just accepting the loss (or theft during shipping by someone handling the package.)*

It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at June 06, 2025 05:51 AM (lIgBp)

37 It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.

True. But they count on most people giving up with enough roadblocks. I drove a dozer for the Corps. Roadblocks mean nothing to me. -:-)

Posted by: NR Pax at June 06, 2025 05:54 AM (lXoJ5)

38 Morning to all you early risers, evening to the late Friday toilers! 'Tis Friday, the consummation devoutly to be wished -- the anniversary of D-Day, no less.

I'm up, sipping coffee in my robe, with the cats racing and chasing each other around in their pre-breakfast workouts.

Oh, and National Donut Day!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2025 05:56 AM (omVj0)

39 Posted by: NR Pax at June 06, 2025 05:20 AM (lXoJ5)

Your problem with Netgear sounds even worse than our problems with the son's cell phone.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2025 05:57 AM (Ivqq8)

40 Got to feed the beasts.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2025 06:01 AM (omVj0)

41 Your problem with Netgear sounds even worse than our problems with the son's cell phone.

My annoyance is that this level of service is considered normal. As I said yesterday if you had a problem with your Chewy order, the person who answered the phone could solve the problem.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 06, 2025 06:02 AM (lXoJ5)

42 From Website: Schoolbusdriver.org

Here’s another from the idiocy files… I was driving my bus a few years back when a woman in a Volkswagen cut me off…and I do mean cut off…

From the idiocy files:

I caught her at a light and she was painting her nails, and as it was a hot summer day near the end of school, my door was open, so I had to ask her if she saw me. She smiled at me and said yeah, but she figured I could stop since…

“MY BRAKES WERE BIGGER!”

You can apparently send own stories if you want to, G &R. 😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2025 06:05 AM (Ivqq8)

43 In the Bond video, the music actually has some of the feel of the best JB movie themes like "Goldfinger" and "Thunderball." Interesting.

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

44 Posted by: NR Pax at June 06, 2025 06:02 AM (lXoJ5

Sorry!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2025 06:07 AM (hP9t8)

45 Got to feed the beasts.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2025 06:01 AM (omVj0)
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Same here.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2025 06:08 AM (GlyvH)

46 Speaking of pre-breakfast workouts, I need to change, stretch, and set out on mine. Later this am Miss Linda and I are going out for coffee -- iced, in my case, or maybe I'll have some milk instead. Once the sun comes up it's too hot to think about hot beverages at all.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2025 06:09 AM (omVj0)

47 I need to get a ad blocker because after a funny little video I do not want to see an ad for a video with some chirpy young woman saying " Here's the best way to get rid of impacted poop."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2025 06:10 AM (hP9t8)

48 Sorry!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

'Tis cool. It's about to be resolved which is the only thing I care about.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 06, 2025 06:10 AM (lXoJ5)

49 Okay, storytime from bus-land:

Location: Two-lane busy road, and we've hit a section with churches and cemeteries. An older lady is driving a car in front of me, and she's stopped and signalling left to turn into the cemetery. Traffic is stacking up behind her pretty good.

Opposing traffic is plentiful, and there's no break in the traffic for a while. When the break finally happens, she hesitates, hesitates a bit more, then cancels her signal. Okaaaaay?

Just as the break in traffic is about to disappear, she races across the other lane just as a pickup truck is about to reach her from the opposing lane. He hits the breaks hard (could see the front end of his vehicle dip.) A very-near miss.

Out loud, I say, "Lady, I'm thinking you're looking for a more permanent arrangement in that cemetery rather than just a visit!"

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2025 06:13 AM (O7YUW)

50 "Here's a product seven times stronger than Viagra."

Posted by: some chirpy older woman with an unusual white sweater at June 06, 2025 06:14 AM (lIgBp)

51 #49: breaks -> brakes

Need. More. Coffee.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2025 06:15 AM (O7YUW)

52 All this talk of receipts reminded me to dig out my receipt with tracking number and check. The pipe I sent to a repair service in PA on Monday was delivered *the next day* to the shop's mailbox. She said giving it a new stem would take about three weeks, so with any luck I'll have it back before the end of the month.

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

53 All this talk of receipts reminded me to dig out my receipt with tracking number and check.

Good thinking. Keep it close at hand and save the information on your computer.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 06, 2025 06:17 AM (lXoJ5)

54 Posted by: some chirpy older woman with an unusual white sweater at June 06, 2025 06:14 AM (lIgBp

Those ads are obnoxious as well, although some men may enjoy the seeing the women. In . Low cut blouses. I hope these women- if they're real actresses-can point to some better experiences than being models for the wonders of Viagra and for lack of a better term: "perfect your poop" which is not exactly like playing Lady Macbeth or doing the sitcom "Friends" although I suppose it helps pay the bills.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2025 06:22 AM (UbL19)

55 37 ... they count on most people giving up with enough roadblocks. I drove a dozer for the Corps. Roadblocks mean nothing to me. -:-)
Posted by: NR Pax at June 06, 2025 05:54 AM (lXoJ5)

Ha!

Posted by: m at June 06, 2025 06:23 AM (CQE5S)

56 Pretty hot video for a string group this morning. I'd arrest that blond in a millisecond.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2025 06:24 AM (Y3fp6)

57 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2025 06:13 AM (O7YUW)

I'm sure there are any number of appropriate comments school bus drivers say about loony or lousy car drivers . I think you should send it into the school bus driver site. It was clever.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2025 06:25 AM (UbL19)

58 Razorfist has thoughts on the Elon blowup.

https://youtu.be/k4WWAGwyuvo

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 06, 2025 06:25 AM (ExV1e)

59 Living without episodic memory. (ÆtherMug)
Better than mistaking your wife for a hat, but still a subtly unsettling read.

Curious choice of artwork throughout.

Posted by: m at June 06, 2025 06:28 AM (CQE5S)

60 Why would we pay real women to be in those ads?

Posted by: Makers of Artificial Intelligence software at June 06, 2025 06:30 AM (lIgBp)

61
Æ (also æ

noun
a letter used in Old English to represent a vowel intermediate between a and e and from the 16th century onwards used in Latin or Latinized Greek words, representing an original diphthong ae or ai.

Posted by: m at June 06, 2025 06:30 AM (CQE5S)

62 Posted by: Makers of Artificial Intelligence software at June 06, 2025 06:30 AM (lIgBp

I'm sure some ads still have real people- for now anyway

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2025 06:32 AM (UbL19)

63 61
Æ (also æ
noun
a letter used in Old English to represent a vowel intermediate between a and e and from the 16th century onwards used in Latin or Latinized Greek words, representing an original diphthong ae or ai.
Posted by: m at June 06, 2025 06:30 AM (CQE5S)

Popularized in the last century by Professor Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli, where he commonly used it as a greeting in the language documentary "Happy Days".

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 06, 2025 06:34 AM (PiwSw)

64 63 61
Æ ( also æ )
noun
a letter used in Old English to represent a vowel intermediate between a and e and from the 16th century onwards used in Latin or Latinized Greek words, representing an original diphthong ae or ai.
Posted by: m at June 06, 2025 06:30 AM (CQE5S)

Popularized in the last century by Professor Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli, where he commonly used it as a greeting in the language documentary "Happy Days".
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 06, 2025 06:34 AM (PiwSw)

hahahahaha
Looks like it's called an "ash."

Posted by: m at June 06, 2025 06:36 AM (CQE5S)

65 mornin yall. What's this about Elon and Blake Lively having a spat with Megan Markle over Justin Bieber's wild night with Gwenyth Platrow's hoo haw scented poodle?

Posted by: fd at June 06, 2025 06:37 AM (vFG9F)

66 65 mornin yall. What's this about Elon and Blake Lively having a spat with Megan Markle over Justin Bieber's wild night with Gwenyth Platrow's hoo haw scented poodle?
Posted by: fd at June 06, 2025 06:37 AM (vFG9F)

It's all true. I was there.

Posted by: Brian Williams at June 06, 2025 06:38 AM (PiwSw)

67 65 mornin yall. What's this about Elon and Blake Lively having a spat with Megan Markle over Justin Bieber's wild night with Gwenyth Platrow's hoo haw scented poodle?
Posted by: fd at June 06, 2025 06:37 AM (vFG9F)

So low have we sunk.

Posted by: m at June 06, 2025 06:39 AM (CQE5S)

68 They should call the movie "The Worst Of Us".

Posted by: fd at June 06, 2025 06:39 AM (vFG9F)

69 Friday morning’s here and the time is payday o’clock.

Posted by: Eromero at June 06, 2025 06:40 AM (jgmnb)

70 NOWHERE have I seen either Elon or PDT tweeting, "your mother was a hamster and your father smells of elderberries." Yet.

Posted by: m at June 06, 2025 06:40 AM (CQE5S)

71 mornin yall. What's this about Elon and Blake Lively having a spat with Megan Markle over Justin Bieber's wild night with Gwenyth Platrow's hoo haw scented poodle?
Posted by: fd at June 06, 2025 06:37 AM (vFG9F)

It's all true. I was there.
Posted by: Brian Williams at June 06, 2025 06:38 AM (PiwSw)

I was there also. I'll put out a book telling the whole truth in ten years or so. -- Jake Tapper

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 06, 2025 06:40 AM (ExV1e)

72 43 In the Bond video, the music actually has some of the feel of the best JB movie themes like "Goldfinger" and "Thunderball." Interesting.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 06, 2025 06:06 AM (omVj0)

The Propellerheads (90s Drum & Bass DJ duo) did a great version of “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service”.

https://youtu.be/7O1_0hikl-A

It’s 9m20s long but I’ve always enjoyed it.
It gets quite drummy & bassy in parts but that was the point.

Also, Sneaker Pimps did a song, also from the 90s, called “Six Underground” that uses a six-note string movement made famous in the background theme from Goldfinger.

https://youtu.be/Wuwfe3DRJzE

I’ve always loved that song.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 06, 2025 06:42 AM (6ydKt)

73 NOWHERE have I seen either Elon or PDT tweeting, "your mother was a hamster and your father smells of elderberries." Yet.
Posted by: m at June 06, 2025 06:40 AM

Well of course not. They're American and South African...not French.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 06, 2025 06:42 AM (qJyp8)

74 Posted by: fd at June 06, 2025 06:37 AM (vFG9F)

LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2025 06:43 AM (vX/Gr)

75 "Zimbabwe to Kill Dozens of Elephants, Give Meat to People"

Big deal. Republicans give us meat here all the time.

Posted by: fd at June 06, 2025 06:43 AM (vFG9F)

76 "The American banana giant Chiquita has announced that its entire staff has been laid off in the US."

So, no top banana?

Posted by: fd at June 06, 2025 06:46 AM (vFG9F)

77 "Zimbabwe to Kill Dozens of Elephants, Give Meat to People"

Big deal. Republicans give us meat here all the time.
Posted by: fd at June 06, 2025 06:43 AM (vFG9F)
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In other words, Zimbabwe has run out of cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, and chickens to feed the people. Not a good sign.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2025 06:46 AM (GlyvH)

78 {{{Rosasharn}}}

Huzzah! And she is twirling!

*Does Happy Dance to Peter White's Reveillez-vous. *

Friday is on!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 06, 2025 06:46 AM (u82oZ)

79 I think I will try to avoid the next episode of the Trump/Musk feud: "Billionaires behaving badly"
I hope Melania as well as Musk's mother calmed them both down.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2025 06:47 AM (vX/Gr)

80 I like Bond as a group. Have two CDs of them.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 06, 2025 06:47 AM (u82oZ)

81 The US Navy spent $1.5 billion on bombs/missiles to fight Houthis, according to WSJ. They agreed to stop shooting at passing ships, for now, but still launch Iranian missiles at Israel.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2025 06:47 AM (5pvBX)

82 "The American banana giant Chiquita has announced that its entire staff has been laid off in the US."

So, no top banana?
Posted by: fd at June 06, 2025 06:46 AM (vFG9F)
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CIA hardest hit.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2025 06:47 AM (GlyvH)

83 76 "The American banana giant Chiquita has announced that its entire staff has been laid off in the US."

So, no top banana?
Posted by: fd at June 06, 2025 06:46 AM (vFG9F)

Banana Splits?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 06, 2025 06:47 AM (PiwSw)

84 Good morning!

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

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

85 66 65 mornin yall. What's this about Elon and Blake Lively having a spat with Megan Markle over Justin Bieber's wild night with Gwenyth Platrow's hoo haw scented poodle?
Posted by: fd at June 06, 2025 06:37 AM (vFG9F)

It's all true. I was there.
Posted by: Brian Williams at June 06, 2025 06:38 AM (PiwSw)

And I have a 1973 memo typed in Microsoft Word that proves it.

--Dan Rather

Posted by: m at June 06, 2025 06:48 AM (CQE5S)

86 Not a good sign.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2025 06:46 AM (GlyvH)

I blame white privilege.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 06, 2025 06:51 AM (2ItO1)

87 77 "Zimbabwe to Kill Dozens of Elephants, Give Meat to People"

Big deal. Republicans give us meat here all the time.
Posted by: fd at June 06, 2025 06:43 AM (vFG9F)
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In other words, Zimbabwe has run out of cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, and chickens to feed the people. Not a good sign.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2025 06:46 AM (GlyvH)

I guess purging the white farmers wasn't such a great idea after all.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 06, 2025 06:53 AM (V9cMX)

88 I think I will try to avoid the next episode of the Trump/Musk feud: "Billionaires behaving badly"
I hope Melania as well as Musk's mother calmed them both down.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2025 06:47 AM (vX/Gr)

Trump doesn't seem all that bothered, really. No all caps tweets, still just calling him Elon.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 06, 2025 06:53 AM (ExV1e)

89 Happy Operation Neptune Day

Posted by: Don Black at June 06, 2025 06:53 AM (AOsQT)

90 Sorry folks, I am guilt of spreading fake news. Chiquita is not firing it's US employees, they are firing their Panama employees. Sorry, I slipped up.

Posted by: fd at June 06, 2025 06:54 AM (vFG9F)

91 Somebody did a video of Sen Kennedy of LA but the voice is coming out of a baby. I laughed;

https://tinyurl.com/426u7mn6

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2025 06:54 AM (vX/Gr)

92 49 Okay, storytime from bus-land:

Location: Two-lane busy road, and we've hit a section with churches and cemeteries. An older lady is driving a car in front of me, and she's stopped and signalling left to turn into the cemetery. Traffic is stacking up behind her pretty good.

Opposing traffic is plentiful, and there's no break in the traffic for a while. When the break finally happens, she hesitates, hesitates a bit more, then cancels her signal. Okaaaaay?

Just as the break in traffic is about to disappear, she races across the other lane just as a pickup truck is about to reach her from the opposing lane. He hits the breaks hard (could see the front end of his vehicle dip.) A very-near miss.

Out loud, I say, "Lady, I'm thinking you're looking for a more permanent arrangement in that cemetery rather than just a visit!"
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2025 06:13 AM (O7YUW)

Seriously, she should be evaluated for having her car keys taken away.

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

93 NOWHERE have I seen either Elon or PDT tweeting, "your mother was a hamster and your father smells of elderberries." Yet.
Posted by: m at June 06, 2025 06:40 AM (CQE5S)

It would be funny if Trump told Elon that he farts in his general direction.

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

94 89 Happy Operation Neptune Day
Posted by: Don Black at June 06, 2025 06:53 AM (AOsQT)

And National Donut Day!

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 06, 2025 06:54 AM (PiwSw)

95 90 Sorry folks, I am guilt of spreading fake news. Chiquita is not firing it's US employees, they are firing their Panama employees. Sorry, I slipped up.
Posted by: fd at June 06, 2025 06:54 AM (vFG9F)

The second story has more appeal.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 06, 2025 06:56 AM (PiwSw)

96 Huck Follywood

A bomb line of unguided Mk 82s would be a lot less expensive.

Put six bomb lines over the capital. In the form of a Star of David.

The big expense was for the SAMs. Standard Mk 3 and 6 are not cheep. The USS Gettysburg (CG-64) came close to being hit by Houtsi anti-ship missiles. They fired all their Standard missiles, and shot down the last two missiles inbound with Evolved SeaSparrow Missiles. Fortunately, everything worked. It was very close.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 06, 2025 06:56 AM (u82oZ)

97 87
'I guess purging the white farmers wasn't such a great idea after all.'

It would be sad if they all starved because of that.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 06, 2025 06:56 AM (3wi/L)

98 32 @29/NR Pax: Good on you for keeping on them and not just accepting the loss (or theft during shipping by someone handling the package.)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 06, 2025 05:42 AM (O7YUW)

I thought about getting a refund/replacement for the jar of Kava that got smashed in our mailbox, but I have neither the time or the energy to engage cyber commerce right now, so moving on...

Posted by: sal at June 06, 2025 06:56 AM (f+FmA)

99 86 Not a good sign.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2025 06:46 AM (GlyvH)

I blame white privilege.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 06, 2025 06:51 AM (2ItO1
Soaking in it.

Posted by: Eromero at June 06, 2025 06:56 AM (jgmnb)

100 Like any good journalist, I blame my sources.

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

101 Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Good for you. Another day you did not help Evolution in Action.

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

102 BBC May 28, 2025

State of Emergency in Panama

US banana giant Chiquita has laid off around 5,000 workers following a month-long strike as part of nationwide industrial action. Workers are protesting against new social security laws lowering pensions. In 2023, Panama exported $273m of bananas, making it the 13th largest exporter of bananas in the world. What do the layoffs mean for Panama and the wider banana industry?

Posted by: m at June 06, 2025 06:57 AM (CQE5S)

103 This song from my favorite band Saint Motel has a Bond vibe:

tinyurl.com/czrpdzee

Posted by: Moonbeam at June 06, 2025 06:57 AM (rbKZ6)

104 87 77 "Zimbabwe to Kill Dozens of Elephants, Give Meat to People"

Big deal. Republicans give us meat here all the time.
Posted by: fd at June 06, 2025 06:43 AM (vFG9F)
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In other words, Zimbabwe has run out of cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, and chickens to feed the people. Not a good sign.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2025 06:46 AM (GlyvH)

I guess purging the white farmers wasn't such a great idea after all.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls

Trump shut down USAID and now Zimbabwe is killing elephants to feed their people!! WAKE UP SHEEPLE!!!

/s

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 06, 2025 06:57 AM (sAmhv)

105 Elon = hysterical baby momma when tossed to the side.

Trump: Still presidentin'.

Case closed.

Posted by: lizabth at June 06, 2025 06:59 AM (Jfw7U)

106 Yes, we have no Chiquitas.

Posted by: Panama at June 06, 2025 06:59 AM (lIgBp)

107 I knew the Fairfax County Public School driver who was turning left, and a Guatemalan woman ran to cross the street. His right front wheel went over her. She took a minute to die.

He was promoted.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 06, 2025 06:59 AM (u82oZ)

108 I bought the 9060 XT (16GB) yesterday for under $400. Considered myself fortunate as there aren’t any reasonably priced cards out there.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at June 06, 2025 07:00 AM (TJLr1)

109 Elephants’ toes, pickled in strong toddy vinegar and cayenne pepper, are considered in Ceylon an Apician luxury. As soon as it is known that an elephant has been killed in Africa, every man in the neighbourhood sets off with his knife and basket for the place, and takes home as much of the carcase as he can manage to carry. The flesh is not only eaten when fresh, but is dried and kept for months, and is then highly esteemed.

Posted by: Elephant Facts at June 06, 2025 07:00 AM (vFG9F)

110 PS: Susie Wiles is likely the only gal with her hand in the Trump-Elon mix, and I imagine she is happy to have Elon taken down a peg or two.

Melania and Ms. Musk likely have other things to do.

Posted by: lizabth at June 06, 2025 07:00 AM (Jfw7U)

111

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at June 06, 2025 07:00 AM (5hfjS)

112 Trump shut down USAID and now Zimbabwe is killing elephants to feed their people!! WAKE UP SHEEPLE!!!

/s
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 06, 2025 06:57 AM

You just know that over at DU dozens of idiots are preparing to post that non-sarcastically as we speak.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 06, 2025 07:00 AM (qJyp8)

113 What do the layoffs mean for Panama and the wider banana industry?
Posted by: m at June 06, 2025 06:57 AM (CQE5S)

Well, since Panama was #13 on the list, I’m going to have to assume that #11 and #14 are going to have to pick up their game a little bit to take up the slack.

I haven’t been a big banana eater since elementary school so this is not my field of expertise, mind you.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 06, 2025 07:01 AM (6ydKt)

114 The media on Elon and Trump: "Let's you and him fight!"

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 06, 2025 07:01 AM (lIgBp)

115 Apparently there are other "Baby Kennedy" videos;

https://tinyurl.com/bdhkaz77

I would like to congratulate the people of LA. For all I know Sen Kennedy may be a crook, but at least he's clever and funny. Can't say the same for my abysmal Senators.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2025 07:02 AM (vX/Gr)

116 Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come

The money from USAID that went to actual food was move to State, but still buys food. The Kansas farmers were assured of this.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 06, 2025 07:02 AM (u82oZ)

117 Elephant jerky. It's what's for dinner. Again.

Posted by: Every man in the neighborhood at June 06, 2025 07:02 AM (vFG9F)

118
"May an elephant caress you with his toes"

Posted by: Little Jimmy Dickens at June 06, 2025 07:04 AM (lIgBp)

119 https://www.bbc.com

No, go ahead, guess. What is the main and LIVE story on the BBC online front page? Well, it's:

🎯 LIVE Trump-Musk relationship implodes with insults and threats
Politico reports White House aides have scheduled a call between the pair after their row erupted into public view on Thursday.

Posted by: m at June 06, 2025 07:04 AM (CQE5S)

120 Hillary Clinton

So the reason you are still alive is Hell does not want you?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 06, 2025 07:04 AM (u82oZ)

121 but I have neither the time or the energy to engage cyber commerce right now, so moving on...

My wife rolls her eyes at how absolutely relentless I get when it comes to pursuing things like this. My only answer is the results I get.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 06, 2025 07:04 AM (lXoJ5)

122 112:You just know that over at DU dozens of idiots are preparing to post that non-sarcastically as we speak.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Sarcasm becomes Prophecy fulfilled!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 06, 2025 07:04 AM (sAmhv)

123 103 This song from my favorite band Saint Motel has a Bond vibe:

tinyurl.com/czrpdzee
Posted by: Moonbeam at June 06, 2025 06:57 AM (rbKZ6)

It does have a Monty Norman/John Barry feel with that bass line at the beginning, for sure.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 06, 2025 07:05 AM (6ydKt)

124 Had dinner last night with my neighbors. We had to not talk about politics at all. My "opinions" were too hurtful.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 06, 2025 07:06 AM (u82oZ)

125 Living without episodic memory. (AtherMug)

Better than mistaking your wife for a hat, but still a subtly unsettling read.

--

Unsettling is s good word.

I have memory issues which I have learned are probably related to having ADHD and a problem with time. But my issue is more that my memories are a mess and mostly forgetteries.

Last week hubby asked me what tv game show it was that I went on as a student and won a small amount of walking around money .

I was like "huh,. Right. I didn't remember." I wasn't sure if it was in HS or college, but probably college. I don't remember almost any details. But I do remember the feeling and the moment of being there, behind the podium with 2 other contestants.

Old memories for me are mostly moments and emotions out of sequence.

It would be good if I kept a journal but it's not something I can hang on to doing for more than a few weeks.

I am grateful I don't have that guy in the article's problem.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 06, 2025 07:07 AM (Splbu)

126 47 I need to get a ad blocker because after a funny little video I do not want to see an ad for a video with some chirpy young woman saying " Here's the best way to get rid of impacted poop."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2025 06:10 AM (hP9t

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If you were a mathematician you would work it out with a pencil.

Posted by: Ciampino - was funny at June 06, 2025 07:08 AM (sPQoU)

127 124 Had dinner last night with my neighbors. We had to not talk about politics at all. My "opinions" were too hurtful.
Posted by: NaCly

Glad you didn't have to listen to their dumbassery

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 06, 2025 07:09 AM (Splbu)

128 Good morning morons

I'm just here for the twirling

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2025 07:10 AM (RIvkX)

129 If you were a mathematician you would work it out with a pencil.

Posted by: Ciampino - was funny at June 06, 2025 07:08 AM

*gof crap*

Posted by: Kim Jong Il at June 06, 2025 07:10 AM (qJyp8)

130 121 but I have neither the time or the energy to engage cyber commerce right now, so moving on...

My wife rolls her eyes at how absolutely relentless I get when it comes to pursuing things like this. My only answer is the results I get.
Posted by: NR Pax at June 06, 2025 07:04 AM (lXoJ5)

I admire you for holding them to account, and we usually try to, but many things pale into insignificance when dealing with a grumpy old man with a broken arm.

He got his clamshell brace yesterday, so things are looking up.

Posted by: sal at June 06, 2025 07:11 AM (f+FmA)

131 108 I bought the 9060 XT (16GB) yesterday for under $400. Considered myself fortunate as there aren’t any reasonably priced cards out there.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at June 06, 2025 07:00 AM (TJLr1)

—

I want a 9060 or 9070 (don’t really need more for the small amount of games I rarely play, I just want the 16GB) but I was going to wait until the end of the year to see how stock and prices shake out.

Until then my 8GB will work fine, and if not I’ll wait until next gen and hope things are more stable in the future.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 06, 2025 07:11 AM (6ydKt)

132 58 years ago today, King Hussein fvcked up.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2025 07:12 AM (RIvkX)

133
Anthropic is upset that the AI industry is not being targeted with an impenetrable swamp of state-level regulations that only a multi-billion-dollar can afford to navigate, because it is a multi-billion-dollar company and can afford to navigate it.

They can always move to Europe, where the motto is "We can't build it, but we can regulate it."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2025 07:12 AM (QnmlO)

134 I should be in jail.

Posted by: Deborah Birx at June 06, 2025 07:13 AM (lIgBp)

135 {{{ vmom }}} deport deport deport

The guy telling me to shut up said he was a loving, caring individual. He has a lot of hate for people that do not share his views, and esp. for Trump.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 06, 2025 07:14 AM (u82oZ)

136 but many things pale into insignificance when dealing with a grumpy old man with a broken arm.

That's fair.

I learned all this when I was applying for Financial Aid. Copies were made of everything, a signature was required upon delivery and I became the nastiest, most evil person they'd ever dealt with.

The only thing that turned it around was the nice lady who worked there who could solve problems quickly and tolerated no incompetence from the bureaucrats. She was on my Christmas card list for years.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 06, 2025 07:14 AM (lXoJ5)

137
58 years ago today, King Hussein fvcked up.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2025 07:12 AM (RIvkX)

Joining the war? Or letting Palestinians into Jordan? Actually, both.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2025 07:14 AM (QnmlO)

138 Epstein didn't kill himself. Evidently it was DOGE.

Posted by: Tired of Coverups PITA at June 06, 2025 07:14 AM (1XoKP)

139 Aw, the Japanese moon launch failed.
I wanted to see a photo of that little red house on the moon.

Posted by: sal at June 06, 2025 07:15 AM (f+FmA)

140 Had dinner last night with my neighbors. We had to not talk about politics at all. My "opinions" were too hurtful.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 06, 2025 07:06 AM (u82oZ)
====
Don't take Tolerance if you're allergic to Tolerance.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2025 07:15 AM (RIvkX)

141 San Franpsycho

Is the center of the Libyan Desert or Haiti good enough for Gaza residents? Cause they do Gaza no good, like Lebanon and Jorden before this.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 06, 2025 07:15 AM (u82oZ)

142 Don't badmouth my namesake.

Posted by: B.O. at June 06, 2025 07:16 AM (lIgBp)

143 In other words, Zimbabwe has run out of cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, and chickens to feed the people. Not a good sign.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2025 06:46 AM (GlyvH)

When that happened here, we only had old Pontiac bumpers to gnaw on.

Those Zimbabweans are lucky!

Posted by: Detroit at June 06, 2025 07:16 AM (87CKS)

144 58 years ago today, King Hussein fvcked up.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2025 07:12 AM (RIvkX)

Joining the war? Or letting Palestinians into Jordan? Actually, both.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2025 07:14 AM (QnmlO)
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September can't come fast enough

Posted by: zombie King Hussein at June 06, 2025 07:19 AM (jbdge)

145 It'll always be Rhodesia to me.

Posted by: J. Peterman at June 06, 2025 07:19 AM (lIgBp)

146 LIVE Trump-Musk relationship implodes with insults and threats
Politico reports White House aides have scheduled a call between the pair after their row erupted into public view on Thursday.
Posted by: m at June 06, 2025 07:04 AM (CQE5S)
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Might be for the best now that Elon has had time to sleep it off.

From what I’ve read many people think what kicked this off was Trump withdrawing the nomination for Elon’s guy at NASA, Issacson, who turned out to be a Democrat with a slight case of TDS.

Apparently that was the last straw for Musk.

Which would explain why Trump was needling him with taking away SpaceX contracts.

I’m guessing Issacson was all-in on a Mars mission which is Elon’s Holy Grail.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 06, 2025 07:19 AM (6ydKt)

147 "Perfessor" Squirrel

Another data point in 154 years of data points for the Left to ignore. The data means their theories and mechanisms are fatally flawed, but they do not care.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 06, 2025 07:20 AM (u82oZ)

148 They can always move to Europe, where the motto is "We can't build it, but we can regulate it."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2025 07:12 AM (QnmlO)

“…and tax it until it stops breathing.”

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 06, 2025 07:21 AM (6ydKt)

149 Hey Elon. Two women at one time takes the edge off. Mars needs babies.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 06, 2025 07:21 AM (u82oZ)

150 Or alternatively they nay have too many elephants. Elephants have very few natural predators and live a long time. Populations build up and absolutely ravage the landscape.

Culling them and using the meat is appropriate and necessary. Or you could let them strip the land and then starve to death.

Posted by: Pete Bog at June 06, 2025 07:22 AM (PVcx/)

151 Trump could have been the bigger man, but he didn't go follow a smooth path.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 06, 2025 07:22 AM (u82oZ)

152 I was pretty mediocre at Wordle today. This must improve!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 06, 2025 07:22 AM (jbdge)

153 I'm going to make some tea in my expendable mug from the thrift store, put on a light overshirt and go ground and get some morning sun in the garden in my jammies.
Because I can.

Have a great one, all.

Posted by: sal at June 06, 2025 07:23 AM (f+FmA)

154 Pete Bog

Zimbabwe needs COVID-19 Wuhan vaccines. That will reduce population pressure on the remaining resources.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 06, 2025 07:23 AM (u82oZ)

155 'I guess purging the white farmers wasn't such a great idea after all.'

It would be sad if they all starved because of that.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 06, 2025 06:56 AM (3wi/L)

No doubt it'll work out better for them in SA.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 06, 2025 07:24 AM (ExV1e)

156 Heh. This one star review for a knife I was thinking of getting:

"This knife contains chemicals and I was very disappointed when i saw the warning on the back, and it did not say anywhere in the product description that it contains chemicals. Money wasted. "

Posted by: fd at June 06, 2025 07:24 AM (vFG9F)

157 I used to have a different nic

No doubt. Without electricity. Maybe the Zulu nation can unite the land, after the spears are washed free of blood.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 06, 2025 07:26 AM (u82oZ)

158 I hear elephant tastes like very big chicken

Posted by: Don Black at June 06, 2025 07:26 AM (AOsQT)

159 109
Posted by: Elephant Facts at June 06, 2025 07:00 AM (vFG9F)
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LOL
Ceylon is a very long way from Africa.

Posted by: Ciampino - was funny ... at June 06, 2025 07:27 AM (sPQoU)

160 Had dinner last night with my neighbors. We had to not talk about politics at all. My "opinions" were too hurtful.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 06, 2025 07:06 AM (u82oZ)

I had a co-worker say that I made her feel unsafe once by saying that, generally, women are more emotional than men. Another person who was present said "way to make his point".

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 06, 2025 07:28 AM (ExV1e)

161 Warai-otoko yesterday; a good one:

47 The Trump Musk fight is fake.

The Biden WH LJP fight is fake and gay.

There's a difference.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 05, 2025 04:20 PM (jeWRt)

114 Why do you say that?
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 05, 2025 04:28 PM (qBdHI)

Wishful thinking, mostly.

It does smell a little too scripted. And nothing they're flinging is very significant if you scratch the surface. "Trump's on the Epstein List". We feckin' well know all about that. "I'm decommissioning Dragon" Really dude? Because of a Twitter spat? Or because you were planning on doing that anyway? "There's not enough cuts in this bill!" You could not have possibly not known that. You could not have possibly not been on the same page as to how shit would go down.

I really suspect shenanigans are afoot.

Or, you know, they're both exactly the kind of assholes we all already know they are.

But the other story is more fun.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 05, 2025 04:33 PM (jeWRt)

Posted by: m at June 06, 2025 07:28 AM (CQE5S)

162
77 "Zimbabwe to Kill Dozens of Elephants, Give Meat to People"

In other words, Zimbabwe has run out of cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, and chickens to feed the people. Not a good sign.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2025 06:46 AM (GlyvH)

---------

My card.

Posted by: The Soylent Corporation at June 06, 2025 07:28 AM (QwK6F)

163 140 Had dinner last night with my neighbors. We had to not talk about politics at all. My "opinions" were too hurtful.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 06, 2025 07:06 AM (u82oZ)
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Don't take Tolerance if you're allergic to Tolerance.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2025 07:15 AM (RIvkX)

—-

When you get right down to it that’s been the left’s entire M.O. for forty years.

This particular subject cannot be broached, much less discussed or debated, because your opinions on the matter hurt our excessive emotionally-invested feelings on the subject, therefore it is taboo and racist/sexist/-ist for us to even talk about.

So, shut up, h8er.

It’s a nice way to get around facing reality as long as the media plays along.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 06, 2025 07:28 AM (6ydKt)

164 Warai-otoko from this post:

Biden Aides Go Nuclear on Latrine John-Pissoir, Calling Her the Most Incompetent WH Spokesman In History
Posted by: Ace at 04:09 PM

Posted by: m at June 06, 2025 07:29 AM (CQE5S)

165 Joining the war? Or letting Palestinians into Jordan? Actually, both.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2025 07:14 AM (QnmlO)
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A classic case of "You fvcked up, you trusted us."

He was committed because the Saudis and Iraqis were already on Jordanian territory.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2025 07:30 AM (RIvkX)

166 All Europe has to do to stop the violence from Islamics is to arm citizens, then say "He deserved to die for pulling out a knife."

Never happen, because subjects in the EU would dislike the leaders.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 06, 2025 07:30 AM (u82oZ)

167 About the only way for Zimbabwe to receive foreign currency is through tourism. They have actually prioritized protecting their most precious resource since they have in other respects become an economic basket case.

Posted by: Pete Bog at June 06, 2025 07:31 AM (PVcx/)

168 Something has gone dreadfully wrong with the MR but it should be here soon.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 06, 2025 07:31 AM (ExV1e)

169 "This knife contains chemicals and I was very disappointed when i saw the warning on the back, and it did not say anywhere in the product description that it contains chemicals. Money wasted. "
Posted by: fd at June 06, 2025 07:24 AM (vFG9F)

Was it a ceramic knife or had a plastic handle or something?

How does this person live in the modern world where just about everything is made with those menacing horrors known as “chemicals”?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 06, 2025 07:31 AM (6ydKt)

170 160 Had dinner last night with my neighbors. We had to not talk about politics at all. My "opinions" were too hurtful.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 06, 2025 07:06 AM (u82oZ)

I had a co-worker say that I made her feel unsafe once by saying that, generally, women are more emotional than men. Another person who was present said "way to make his point".
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 06, 2025 07:28 AM (ExV1e)

hahahahaha
Up Twinkles

Posted by: m at June 06, 2025 07:31 AM (CQE5S)

171 Or alternatively they nay have too many elephants. Elephants have very few natural predators and live a long time. Populations build up and absolutely ravage the landscape.

Culling them and using the meat is appropriate and necessary. Or you could let them strip the land and then starve to death.
Posted by: Pete Bog at June 06, 2025 07:22 AM (PVcx/)
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That's certainly a possibility. Here in the U.S., many states have similar problems with deer.

However, I'm not ready to credit the Zimbabwean government with that much wisdom.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2025 07:32 AM (7fElN)

172 Good morning JJ and horde

Posted by: Skip at June 06, 2025 07:32 AM (+qU29)

173 "It appears the fire may have started in one or more of the lithium-ion batteries that power the EVs. What's certain is that the Coast Guard is going to let the ship burn, since trying to put out a lithium-ion fire is nearly futile."

https://tinyurl.com/3n6wts2h

Posted by: EVs are great! at June 06, 2025 07:33 AM (lIgBp)

174 Waits for JJ's post to be repaired.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 06, 2025 07:33 AM (lXoJ5)

175 Where is the morning report?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 06, 2025 07:33 AM (e5NfL)

176 "How does this person live in the modern world where just about everything is made with those menacing horrors known as “chemicals”?
Posted by: SpeakingOf"

Substitute any noun for "Knife".

"This elephant contains chemicals and I was very disappointed when i saw the warning on the back, and it did not say anywhere in the product description that it contains chemicals. Money wasted"

Posted by: fd at June 06, 2025 07:33 AM (vFG9F)

177 Have a great day, everyone. Be that swan gliding serenely though choppy water. Never let them see the feet moving fast.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 06, 2025 07:34 AM (u82oZ)

178 I clicked on MR comments and it took me here

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 06, 2025 07:35 AM (v/5Y9)

179 What just happened to the main page?

Tech Thread disappeared to be replaced by a Morning Report posted by Pixy Misa.

Have we entered the Twilight Zone?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 06, 2025 07:35 AM (7fElN)

180 Where is the morning report?
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 06, 2025 07:33 AM (e5NfL)

https://youtu.be/ORbseYAkzRM

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 06, 2025 07:35 AM (ExV1e)

181 About the only way for Zimbabwe to receive foreign currency is through tourism. They have actually prioritized protecting their most precious resource since they have in other respects become an economic basket case.
Posted by: Pete Bog at June 06, 2025 07:31 AM (PVcx/)

Well, communism and racial dictatorships run by economically illiterate warlords tend to have that effect.

It’s only taking longer in South Africa because the economy is much larger and they decided to slow-walk the kleptocratic dismantling of it along racial lines.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 06, 2025 07:36 AM (6ydKt)

182 I sense a disturbance in the farce….

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2025 07:36 AM (3tIsI)

183 Zimbabwe’s chief export for the last couple of decades is its people. Many of whom ended up in South Africa which was relatively wealthy by African standards. Unsurprisingly after 30 years of corrupt socialism it no longer is wealthy.

Posted by: Pete Bog at June 06, 2025 07:37 AM (PVcx/)

184 I clicked on MR comments and it took me here
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 06, 2025 07:35 AM (v/5Y9)

Ackshully, you clicked on the tech thread comments because tomfoolery is afoot.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 06, 2025 07:37 AM (ExV1e)

185 JJ = October 1940, Winston Churchill to the defeated French people

Posted by: m at June 06, 2025 07:37 AM (CQE5S)

186 Good morning horde! Happy Friday!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 06, 2025 07:37 AM (ExV1e)

187 Okay, morning thread is here at last.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 06, 2025 07:38 AM (ExV1e)

188 Ask your doctor if chemicals are right for you.

Posted by: The Marketing Department at June 06, 2025 07:38 AM (lIgBp)

189 Those burning cars are eventually going to burn a hole through the hull. Well that’ll put the fire out.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2025 07:38 AM (3tIsI)

190 JJ is back.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 06, 2025 07:39 AM (6ydKt)

191 The terrifying part: I'm full of chemicals, and I did not even come with a warning label. don't know what to do. I'm positively verklempt.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 06, 2025 07:40 AM (V9cMX)

192 Good morning!

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

For the Day Walkers.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 06, 2025 07:40 AM (u82oZ)

193 I clicked on MR comments and it took me here

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It's a mystery wrapped in a riddle stuffed inside an enigma.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 06, 2025 07:40 AM (qBdHI)

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189 Those burning cars are eventually going to burn a hole through the hull. Well that’ll put the fire out.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2025 07:38 AM

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The toxic smoke will be contained. The batteries will continue to short out and self-destruct under water until all the energy is gone .

Posted by: The Soylent Corporation at June 06, 2025 07:46 AM (QwK6F)

195 I picked up the 9060XT Reaper for 349 at microcenter, it is a wonderfully small card for what it does which is blow the doors of the 5060TI in every scenario but raw RT.

Posted by: Sven at June 06, 2025 11:10 AM (XFYYr)

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