Daily Tech News 11 June 2025

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The Bluesky bubble hurts liberals and their causes. Here's why that's a good thing. (Washington Post) (archive site)

Bluesky was an interesting attempt at redesigning the core architecture of Twitter, but had no natural userbase until Trump won the 2024 election, whereupon the craziest people on Twitter departed en masse all at once and created Bluesky accounts.

That gave the site a massive boost in user numbers but at the same time a massive headache, because suddenly its users were overwhelming screamingly insane leftists with all the problems that come with them.
For roughly a decade, Twitter hosted what is lightheartedly called the "national conversation" on issues of the day, particularly social justice and public health. Twitter never had that many users, compared with Instagram or Facebook. But it had a big group of influential users - politicians, policymakers, journalists and academics, all of whom were engaged in a 24/7 conversation about politics and current events.
Mostly leftists, often far left, but at least, at the time, paying lip service to civility and rationality. Those days are far behind us.

That's what they're trying to regain, but the more they tighten their grip, the more star systems slip through their fingers.
That was a boon to progressives, who wielded outsize influence on the platform because they were early adopters who outnumbered the conservatives. They were also better organized and better networked, and had the sympathy of Twitter's professional-class employees, who proved increasingly susceptible to liberals' demands for tighter moderation policies on things such as using male pronouns to refer to a transgender woman.
Translation: Stalinists policing speech.
It's not surprising that progressives want to return to the good old days. But it's not working, and I'm skeptical it ever will.
Those were the days, my friend. Thought they would never end.
Something similar has happened on Bluesky. The nasty fringe has become even nastier: A Bluesky technical adviser recently felt the need to clarify that "The 'let's tell anyone we don't like to kill themselves' crowd are not welcome here" because left-wing trolls kept urging people who disagreed with them to commit suicide. And without the leavening influence of their opponents, Bluesky discourse appears even more censorious and doctrinaire than what progressives were saying on old Twitter.
Jesse Singal, call your office.

Oh yeah, the key point: Bluesky activity is down 50% since November; it's in a death spiral and there's likely no way out.

Tech News

Nvidia's low-end RTX 5050 will be a laptop 4050 only much faster because it's a desktop chip but still using GDDR6 RAM unless it doesn't do any of that. (Tom's Hardware)

Nothing announced officially yet. But it will at least not be significantly hampered by only having 8GB of RAM because it won't be fast enough to need more than that.
Micron has started shipping HBM4 memory. (Serve the Home)

This has up to 2TB per second of bandwidth per stack, with each stack providing 36GB of memory.

Both of those numbers are what is currently described as "a lot". Nvidia's RTX 5090 has 32GB of RAM and 1.8TB per second of bandwidth across sixteen GDDR7 chips, so packing more of each into a single device is quite attractive to high-end hardware designers.

Just... Expensive.
News sites are getting crushed by Google's new AI tools. (WSJ) (archive site)

I had to block a bunch of these today, not just Google but Amazon and Alibaba as well, incessantly spraying redundant and nonsensical requests at my servers.

Time perhaps to take another look at Nepenthes, which is designed to derail AI web crawlers and fill them with garbage.
Starbucks is rolling out a Microsoft Azure OpenAI assistant for baristas because their jobs are just so complicated. (CNBC)

Fuck.
"It's just another example of how innovation technology is coming into service of our partners and making sure that we're doing all we can to simplify the operations, make their jobs just a little bit easier, maybe a little bit more fun, so that they can do what they do best," Starbucks Chief Technology Officer Deb Hall Lefevre told CNBC.
Nuke them all and let God sort them out.
Xlibre, a fork of the X.org server without the discrimination, bigotry, and hatred. (The Register)

This has upset the Stalinists infesting - well, pretty much everything including these days The Register - because they love discrimination, bigotry, and hatred.

But Xlibre works and the main competitor - Wayland - kind of doesn't.
Hang on, did the iPad just become a computer? (The Verge)

Right, that's enough internet for today.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Oh nyo.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:43 AM

Comments

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1 G'morning tech Horde,

Love the music today.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 11, 2025 04:45 AM (O7YUW)

2 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 11, 2025 04:45 AM (copfg)

3 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 11, 2025 04:45 AM (hoCmQ)

4 w00t and yay, there's a BOING sighting!

Posted by: m at June 11, 2025 04:45 AM (CQE5S)

5 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at June 11, 2025 04:46 AM (lIgBp)

6 Well done on being zippy with that nood in the ONT, m.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 11, 2025 04:46 AM (O7YUW)

7 w00t and yay, there's a BOING sighting!

Posted by: m at June 11, 2025 04:45 AM (CQE5S)
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HELP! I'VE BEEN ROBBED!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 11, 2025 04:47 AM (copfg)

8 The sky is noisy.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 11, 2025 04:48 AM (ExV1e)

9 1 G'morning tech Horde,

Love the music today.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 11, 2025 04:45 AM (O7YUW)

I WATCHED that, and wut.

Posted by: m at June 11, 2025 04:49 AM (CQE5S)

10 6 Well done on being zippy with that nood in the ONT, m.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 11, 2025 04:46 AM (O7YUW)

Go, team.

Posted by: m at June 11, 2025 04:51 AM (CQE5S)

11 Evening and morning for this Woden's Day, whether you are a late toiler or an early riser! Or an insomaniacal, as I am. Woke up at 1:45 after going to bed at 10:30, dozed off and on until 3:30, and finally gave up. Pffft. It rained yesterday afternoon and evening; maybe it's less hot out there and I can go for a walk later.

Maybe. Maybe after years and years, MeTV will shift from showing Barnaby Jones at 3 am to something else for a change, too.

Whassup?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 11, 2025 04:54 AM (omVj0)

12 Bluesky: Sewage pit is now "new and improved". Your slurry is ready.

Starbucks and Microsoft Azure OpenAI: Well now we know what they're going to do with all that slurry. Share and enjoy!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 11, 2025 04:57 AM (O7YUW)

13 The sky is noisy.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 11, 2025 04:48 AM (ExV1e)
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Artillery practice? Because that's what we've had around here this morning.

Although I think the big boom last night, by the "neighbors," wasn't practice.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 11, 2025 04:57 AM (copfg)

14 publius would maybe like the video. He's all over the starscape in the ONT.

Posted by: m at June 11, 2025 04:57 AM (CQE5S)

15 @9/m: "I WATCHED that, and wut."

Perhaps this will help (especially at 3:40 in):
https://youtu.be/BjSP0zwh8LY

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 11, 2025 04:59 AM (O7YUW)

16 Elon Musk
@elonmusk
1h

I regret some of my posts about President
@realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far.

Hormonal men!!!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 11, 2025 04:59 AM (copfg)

17
Good morning, superlative citizens of conservative bent, thus admitting they are Americans as opposed to democrats.

Again, my constant wish that all effort from you result in maximum benefit and extreme heartburn plague the leftwit fungi.

As previously reported, I'm without transportation (sold my Ramcharger) for what may be longer than thought. A matter of finding the proper vehicle.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 11, 2025 05:00 AM (hKoQL)

18 Temp *is* lower out there -- 73 F. instead of the 80 of yesterday. Probably 1000% humidity, but it's better than the usual. Maybe I will go walk when it gets light in about ninety minutes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 11, 2025 05:00 AM (omVj0)

19 Mornin'

Blue Sky
youtu.be/JSMubgZoL58

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 11, 2025 05:02 AM (sAmhv)

20
As previously reported, I'm without transportation (sold my Ramcharger) for what may be longer than thought. A matter of finding the proper vehicle.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 11, 2025

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Morning, Irongrampa. What sort of vehicle are you seeking? Another truck, SUV, sedan? Not a lot of coupes and convertibles left out there, sadly.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 11, 2025 05:02 AM (omVj0)

21 The image results for "Nepenthes" is a who's who color explosion of alien- looking carnivorous plants.

Those weird things are magnificent.

Posted by: 13times at June 11, 2025 05:04 AM (a6UZj)

22 You really do have a war on your hands, America.

https://tinyurl.com/44nn8v9e

What's that they used to say about commies?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 11, 2025 05:05 AM (copfg)

23 The sky was noisy that day my friends...

Posted by: George Costanza at June 11, 2025 05:07 AM (lIgBp)

24 Two of the May escapees from Parish Prison are still out there, with a $50K price on each of their pointy little heads. Where is the modern day Josh Randall to track them down?

And the sheriff has fired various employees . . . but according to a city council member, didn't take back their keys.

Yes, you *could* make this stuff up. But fiction, unlike real life, is supposed to make sense. Nobody would believe this sort of thing in a novel.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 11, 2025 05:07 AM (omVj0)

25 Interesting analysis on Bluesky, Pixy. Thanks for the article and your comments. There can be more than enough of " I hate you. You're an idiot." etc on here between people who are conservatives without going to find leftists on Bluesky who also tell others that they should go kill themselves . I don't really understand the attraction of Twitter and Bluesky. I read things occasionally that get retweeted here but I wouldn't get an account.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 11, 2025 05:09 AM (uQ6tF)

26 If someone is telling you to kill yourself,

it's a demon.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 11, 2025 05:10 AM (ZmEVT)

27 Life is short. Spend more time on the internet arguing with strangers.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 11, 2025 05:11 AM (lIgBp)

28 This vulture is conflicted. We deplore anti-vaxxer and other anti-science disinformation. Vaccines don't cause autism; they cause adults. Climate change is real, social justice is a good thing, and we are enthusiastically in favor of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Ah, the Register; never change, you fucking pieces of shit.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at June 11, 2025 05:11 AM (kcTlG)

29 @20 Morning, Wolfus.

Looking for a Ford, vintage 49 through 51, preferably a business coupe or sedan. I always liked those year Fords, my criteria is no rust, has to be a decent driver, but I can rectify any mechanical issues present, Do NOT wish to deal with rust even though I'm capable of it.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 11, 2025 05:14 AM (hKoQL)

30 Since I can't access the Bluesky article here, does it gloss over the number of complaints about child porn that overloaded the site? Or should we not pay attention to that?

Posted by: NR Pax at June 11, 2025 05:14 AM (lXoJ5)

31 15 @9/m: "I WATCHED that, and wut."

Perhaps this will help (especially at 3:40 in):
https://youtu.be/BjSP0zwh8LY
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 11, 2025 04:59 AM (O7YUW)

heh; but/and

@jakerisi
7 years ago
That sample at 3:40 is a vietnamese solider from the movie Deer Hunter shouting "mao"!

Posted by: m at June 11, 2025 05:15 AM (CQE5S)

32 Good morning all y'all !
prolly gonna file bankruptcy. just not "making it ".
Big ole beautiful M O O N out dere !

Posted by: OkJohn at June 11, 2025 05:16 AM (NC/it)

33 Honest teen gets an unexpected reward:

https://tinyurl.com/3hfh6ys8

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 11, 2025 05:16 AM (oJrfS)

34 I don't really understand the attraction of Twitter and Bluesky.

Imagine the people who used to stand on a soapbox in the town square and disclaim on whatever topics they felt were important.

Ignored ~98% of the time, ridiculed 1% of the time, and maybe making someone rethink stuff 1% of the time.

Take the same type of person and give them a soapbox with an indicator of how many people agree with what you are saying or at least think it was worth quoting to other people. That would probably rival crack cocaine as a high for those folks.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at June 11, 2025 05:18 AM (kcTlG)

35 @25/FenelonSpoke: "I read things occasionally that get retweeted here but I wouldn't get an account."

Same.

To expand comments under a post, I substitute "x.com" in the URL with "xcancel.com" - seems to work pretty well.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 11, 2025 05:18 AM (O7YUW)

36 Xtwitter is what you invite into your feed. I follow a few sane local-state people and that's what drives the algorithm. Annoying leftists that squeeze through the door are insta blocked.

Posted by: 13times at June 11, 2025 05:19 AM (a6UZj)

37 I’ve satisfactorily passed the early morning cognitive skills test “make a pot of coffee” ; brain seems to be booting normally, caffeine levels rising nicely into the green.

Posted by: Common Tater at June 11, 2025 05:20 AM (4QJOq)

38 Now that Musk has expressed regret, it would be worthwhile to follow up with an actual apology.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 11, 2025 05:21 AM (O7YUW)

39 28 This vulture is conflicted. We deplore anti-vaxxer and other anti-science disinformation. Vaccines don't cause autism; they cause adults. Climate change is real, social justice is a good thing, and we are enthusiastically in favor of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Ah, the Register; never change, you fucking pieces of shit.

Posted by: Richard Cranium

They're Good Communists, they plead. Stalin still killed Trotsky.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 11, 2025 05:21 AM (sAmhv)

40 Artillery practice? Because that's what we've had around here this morning.

Although I think the big boom last night, by the "neighbors," wasn't practice.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 11, 2025 04:57 AM (copfg)

Storms.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 11, 2025 05:22 AM (ExV1e)

41 Looking for a Ford, vintage 49 through 51, preferably a business coupe or sedan. I always liked those year Fords, my criteria is no rust, has to be a decent driver, but I can rectify any mechanical issues present, Do NOT wish to deal with rust even though I'm capable of it.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 11, 2025

***
Ah, the hunt for a classic. Have you tried Hemmings Auto News, or whatever it's called? Seems to me, whenever I've flipped through an issue at B & N, they have listings for *everything*.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 11, 2025 05:22 AM (omVj0)

42 @37/Common Tater:
https://youtu.be/XeGRwe4g0ew

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 11, 2025 05:23 AM (O7YUW)

43 I’ve satisfactorily passed the early morning cognitive skills test “make a pot of coffee” ; brain seems to be booting normally, caffeine levels rising nicely into the green.
Posted by: Common Tater at June 11, 2025

***
Same here, with the addition of some pipe tobacco and now a little food (wheat toast w/ peanut butter, butter, and honey). To save myself that morning struggle, I set up the coffee the night before, and when I get up only have to turn the machine on and hit "Brew."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 11, 2025 05:25 AM (omVj0)

44 Is Canada still on fire? I noticed a air quality warning for this afternoon here in Babylon DC. Nothing major but it doesn't take much to agitate my sinuses.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 11, 2025 05:27 AM (sAmhv)

45 1-5-4-8-6-3-7-2

This is the Song of my People

Posted by: Common Tater at June 11, 2025 05:27 AM (4QJOq)

46 Golden Retriever to the rescue?

https://tinyurl.com/yc4vhhzf

Video from Sunny Skyz site

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 11, 2025 05:28 AM (M2++h)

47 Stirling the great black cat is reminding me in his subtle bumping-his-head-against-my-hand way that IT IS TIME TO FEED ME, HOOMAN.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 11, 2025 05:28 AM (omVj0)

48 There is no reason for a barista. Fresh coffee sold now is ground and brewed by the cup.
The flaming lefty who runs Arseblog, an Arsenal blog, dumped Twitter for Bluesky. I kinda hope it doesn't go well.

Posted by: Accomack at June 11, 2025 05:29 AM (4qMiv)

49 Siblings sing an old time spiritual " Down to the River to pray":

https://tinyurl.com/yse7w994

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 11, 2025 05:31 AM (M2++h)

50 Good morning! Its a cool humid morning here on the patio in Cowtown with temps in the low 70s and humidity to match and storms inbound from the south. We had a great storm Sunday night with high winds and a lot of lightning. The neighbors tree shed a limb that we still need to cut up. The lawn has been wet all week and I still have a ton (literally) of stone to move and a yard of mulch to spread.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 11, 2025 05:35 AM (3Ope8)

51 Stirling the great black cat is reminding me in his subtle bumping-his-head-against-my-hand way that IT IS TIME TO FEED ME, HOOMAN.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 11, 2025

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Which also reminds me that today is his third anniversary with me. On 6/11/22, we drove four hours to a Vicksburg shelter to meet him after viewing his profile on Petfinder, and ultimately to bring him home. Perhaps he'll get an extra bit of crunchy treats tonight.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 11, 2025 05:35 AM (omVj0)

52 @44/Puddleglum: "Is Canada still on fire?"

Yes.

Here's yesterday's hotspot map (most recent available):
https://tinyurl.com/2vxd9wep

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 11, 2025 05:37 AM (O7YUW)

53 Hero crane operator who saved man from burning building get one of his humble "bucket wishes":

https://tinyurl.com/2uhfabe5

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 11, 2025 05:38 AM (M2++h)

54 @Wolfus: Way to go on Stirling. Also your term "Furry thugs" makes me smile every time I see it.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 11, 2025 05:39 AM (O7YUW)

55 On the good news front, I met the new neighbor and his wife who just moved in a couple of weeks ago and he plays golf too. Looks like I may have a regular partner.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 11, 2025 05:40 AM (3Ope8)

56 54 @Wolfus: Way to go on Stirling. Also your term "Furry thugs" makes me smile every time I see it.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Me too! Its like they hang around menacingly, flip up a switchblade, and demand a payment from Wolfus.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 11, 2025 05:41 AM (sAmhv)

57 " No wasted pain" Man reflects on Exodus 3:1-4 and 7-10z "Our daily bread" devotional:

https://tinyurl.com/3fd6ud6n

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 11, 2025 05:43 AM (M2++h)

58 54 @Wolfus: Way to go on Stirling. Also your term "Furry thugs" makes me smile every time I see it.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant
*
Me too! Its like they hang around menacingly, flip up a switchblade, and demand a payment from Wolfus.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 11, 2025

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The Outsiders or West Side Story, Feline Edition!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 11, 2025 05:44 AM (omVj0)

59 The ‘Oh Yeah’ song was made popular by Ferris Bueller’s Day Off:

https://youtu.be/DVfVzS3hh8M

Also “Abe Froman, the Sausage King of Chicago”.

And Wayne Newton’s “Danke Schoen.”

"Not that I condone fascism, or any -ism for that matter. -Ism's in my opinion are not good. A person should not believe in an -ism, he should believe in himself. I quote John Lennon, 'I don't believe in The Beatles, I just believe in me.' Good point there. After all, he was the walrus. I could be the walrus. I'd still have to bum rides off people."

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 11, 2025 05:46 AM (6ydKt)

60 Suns comin' up. It's a interesting shade of red this morning. I blame Canada.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 11, 2025 05:52 AM (sAmhv)

61 As for little Dagny Sophia, La Siberienne, she is still not a lap cat and rarely sleeps with me. But since her flea treatment she clearly feels better and is spending nearly all her time in the living room with me. She's filling out too; another year or so and she will reach her full development. Siberians are supposed to take up to five years to reach the peak of their looks.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 11, 2025 05:53 AM (omVj0)

62 19 Mornin'

Blue Sky
youtu.be/JSMubgZoL58
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 11, 2025 05:02 AM (sAmhv)

The song, not the similarly named twitter site!

Posted by: m at June 11, 2025 05:54 AM (CQE5S)

63 The ‘Oh Yeah’ song was made popular by Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

It was also in The Secret of My Success.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 11, 2025 05:54 AM (ExV1e)

64 Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 11, 2025 05:40 AM (3Ope

That's great!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 11, 2025 05:57 AM (ZSy1P)

65 It was also in The Secret of My Success.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 11, 2025 05:54 AM (ExV1e)

I’d forgotten that one.
I guess I didn’t watch it 10 times as a kid like Ferris Bueller.

I guess watching Michael J. Fox become a spiraling coke addict was nowhere near as entertaining.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 11, 2025 05:59 AM (6ydKt)

66 wow, sad, the Register is gone down the Stalinist path, too.

presumably the BOFH is now a camp commandant somewhere ....

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 11, 2025 06:01 AM (/Ghsb)

67 I guess watching Michael J. Fox become a spiraling coke addict was nowhere near as entertaining.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 11, 2025

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Though I've read the novel multiple times, I've only seen the Fox-starring movie version of Bright Lights, Big City once. It's darn good though. Who'd have thought Michael had it in him to be a dramatic actor?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 11, 2025 06:01 AM (omVj0)

68 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 11, 2025 06:02 AM (/Ghsb)

69 I’d say they should do a sequel or remake of Ferris Bueller but modern Hollywood would screw it up so badly I’d be absolutely horrified at what they’d do to it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 11, 2025 06:02 AM (6ydKt)

70 Or this Blue Sky song (ELO Mr. Blue Sky):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQUlA8Hcv4s

Posted by: Richard Cranium at June 11, 2025 06:04 AM (kcTlG)

71 Nice Pixy-essay around the WaPo Bluesky article, Pixy.

Posted by: m at June 11, 2025 06:04 AM (CQE5S)

72 I’d say they should do a sequel or remake of Ferris Bueller but modern Hollywood would screw it up so badly I’d be absolutely horrified at what they’d do to it.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 11, 2025

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Today's writers and producers have no idea how to write funny, lighthearted, or gleeful. Everything has to be grim and dark, both in cinematography and content. Even aside from their current crusade to sex-switch lead characters and push the woke narrative.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 11, 2025 06:05 AM (omVj0)

73 Oh yeah, Secret of My Success was the comedy.

Bright Lights, Big City was where he got hooked on coke.

I got them confoozled it’s been so long since I’ve seen them.

I like Secret of My Success, now that I’m remembering it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 11, 2025 06:05 AM (6ydKt)

74 Starbucks is rolling out a Microsoft Azure OpenAI assistant for baristas because their jobs are just so complicated. (CNBC)

A generation of goddamn Eloi.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 11, 2025 06:06 AM (Dg2sF)

75 I guess watching Michael J. Fox become a spiraling coke addict was nowhere near as entertaining.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 11, 2025 05:59 AM (6ydKt)

You are thinking of an entirely different movie. Secret of My Success is a romcom.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 11, 2025 06:07 AM (ExV1e)

76 Today's writers and producers have no idea how to write funny, lighthearted, or gleeful. Everything has to be grim and dark, both in cinematography and content. Even aside from their current crusade to sex-switch lead characters and push the woke narrative.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 11, 2025 06:05 AM (omVj0)

They’d woke it up so much it would suck the humor right out of it.

Ferris would be black.
Cameron would be gay & fabulous,
And Sloan would be a gender queer with suicidal tendencies and cut marks on her arms.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 11, 2025 06:08 AM (6ydKt)

77 Cameron would be gay

He wasn't?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 11, 2025 06:10 AM (ExV1e)

78 You are thinking of an entirely different movie. Secret of My Success is a romcom.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 11, 2025 06:07 AM (ExV1e)

Yup.
I was like 10 or 12 when those came out.

Most of Fox’s movies just blend together in my head at this point.

I remember Doc Hollywood because it was set in some fictional town in SC, mainly.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 11, 2025 06:10 AM (6ydKt)

79 Crotchety Old Jarhead, you are about to get a whole lot more water.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 11, 2025 06:11 AM (DLqye)

80 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. 57 sunny degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor.

Much more work this morning than usual. I knew I should have started an hour earlier than I did. At least 2 more hours of typing ahead of me.

Oh, well. . .

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 11, 2025 06:12 AM (Dg2sF)

81 77 Cameron would be gay

He wasn't?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 11, 2025 06:10 AM (ExV1e)

Was he?
Injustice thought he was depressed.

He did smile when Sloan asked him if he watched her changing into her bikini.

I was just mad at the time that they didn’t show that part in the movie.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 11, 2025 06:12 AM (6ydKt)

82 77 Cameron would be gay

He wasn't?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

There is a fan hypothesis that Cameron and Ferris are the same person.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 11, 2025 06:13 AM (lXoJ5)

83 Injustice = I thought.

Why do you do this to me, autocucumber?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 11, 2025 06:13 AM (6ydKt)

84 I have what might seem like an odd question for the golf players . Background: My son is working Temporarily ) unless he gets promoted
at a place that deals with turf grass for golf courses and I guess for athletic fields. He is working hard is very reliable and has a pretty long commute each way. He always says that work is fine and we're all thankful to God he's getting paid. However, I think he would like to do something connected to research. I try to encourage him right now to say golf is very important to help people unwind and get exercise so the turf growth and maintenance is valuable

So, here is my question: what has playing golf been important to you in your life? What has this done for you personally

Thanks so much.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 11, 2025 06:13 AM (ZdCkS)

85 70 Or this Blue Sky song (ELO Mr. Blue Sky):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQUlA8Hcv4s
Posted by: Richard Cranium at June 11, 2025 06:04 AM (kcTlG)

That is so great. The looks on their faces, they know they've nailed it.

Posted by: m at June 11, 2025 06:14 AM (CQE5S)

86 There is a fan hypothesis that Cameron and Ferris are the same person.
Posted by: NR Pax at June 11, 2025 06:13 AM (lXoJ5)

So a Reagan era version of Fight Club?
Interesting,

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 11, 2025 06:17 AM (6ydKt)

87 82 77 Cameron would be gay

He wasn't?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

There is a fan hypothesis that Cameron and Ferris are the same person.

Posted by: NR Pax

A Ferris Bueller/Fight Club mash up would be weird and interesting.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 11, 2025 06:18 AM (sAmhv)

88
A Ferris Bueller/Fight Club mash up would be weird and interesting.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 11, 2025

***
"The first rule of The Day Off: You don't talk about The Day Off."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 11, 2025 06:19 AM (omVj0)

89 I like that ELO song.

Don’t Bring Me Down is another good one.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 11, 2025 06:21 AM (6ydKt)

90 88
A Ferris Bueller/Fight Club mash up would be weird and interesting.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 11, 2025

***
"The first rule of The Day Off: You don't talk about The Day Off."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 11, 2025 06:19 AM (omVj0)

Now you tell me!!!

Posted by: Benjamin French at June 11, 2025 06:21 AM (OA79/)

91 Or this Blue Sky song (ELO Mr. Blue Sky):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQUlA8Hcv4s
Posted by: Richard Cranium at June 11, 2025 06:04 AM (kcTlG)

That is so great. The looks on their faces, they know they've nailed it.
Posted by: m at June 11, 2025 06:14 AM (CQE5S)

That celloist is hilarious.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 11, 2025 06:22 AM (ExV1e)

92 87 82 77 Cameron would be gay

He wasn't?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

There is a fan hypothesis that Cameron and Ferris are the same person.

Posted by: NR Pax

A Ferris Bueller/Fight Club mash up would be weird and interesting.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 11, 2025 06:18 AM (sAmhv)

My fan hypothesis is ferris was a psychopath.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at June 11, 2025 06:23 AM (OA79/)

93 I can't explain why I love to golf. My back has prevented me from doing any golfing so far and I'm annoyed about it. Did go to the Chiro and now feel much better. I'm going again on Monday. Hopefully, I'll get straitened out, more or less. Need to lose about 50 pounds too. As to your question, Fen. Some guys love the competition and you can play golf way into your senior years. I'm not really all that competitive but love the challenge of golf. A well struck shot off a golf club is a beautiful sound. Someday's I think I'm improving, the next I'm wondering why I play this stupid game. The challenge, I guess. Keeps me coming back.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 11, 2025 06:24 AM (sAmhv)

94 My fan hypothesis is ferris was a psychopath.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at June 11, 2025 06:23 AM (OA79/)

Charismatic, lies with utter sincerity, unconcerned with potential consequences... fella has a bright future in politics.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 11, 2025 06:24 AM (ExV1e)

95 The US Open is this week. Starts tomorrow. It's at Oakmont CC in Pittsburgh this year.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 11, 2025 06:25 AM (sAmhv)

96 and then there's

Blue skies
Smiling at me
Nothing but blue skies
Do I see

Posted by: m at June 11, 2025 06:27 AM (CQE5S)

97 Charismatic, lies with utter sincerity, unconcerned with potential consequences... fella has a bright future in politics.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 11, 2025 06:24 AM (ExV1e)

I'll take him under my wing.

Posted by: Senator John Blutarsky at June 11, 2025 06:27 AM (PiwSw)

98 69 I’d say they should do a sequel or remake of Ferris Bueller but modern Hollywood would screw it up so badly I’d be absolutely horrified at what they’d do to it.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 11, 2025 06:02 AM (6ydKt)

Do a meta movie about the making of a modern remake of Ferris buellar with all the switched characters and everyone fighting and pissing on each other as they make a turkey the know will bomb but will own the chips.

Pretty much a spinal tap for a modern audience

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at June 11, 2025 06:28 AM (OA79/)

99 If I remember right, the guy who played the principal in Ferris Bueller got busted for child porn. Long time back.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 11, 2025 06:30 AM (b294k)

100 FBDO and Predator II take place in the same universe.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 11, 2025 06:30 AM (jeWRt)

101 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at June 11, 2025 06:30 AM (X9y8b)

102 The first rule of passive-aggressive fight club is...

You know what? Never mind. Forget it. It's fine.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 11, 2025 06:32 AM (b294k)

103 102 passive-aggressive fight club
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 11, 2025 06:32 AM (b294k)

LOL

Posted by: m at June 11, 2025 06:33 AM (CQE5S)

104 mornin yall. PDT made Newsome cry. Now make him say "uncle".

I can't say that golf has had any real effect of my life, but my grandfather loved it and it kept him active, so that's a good thing.

Posted by: fd at June 11, 2025 06:34 AM (vFG9F)

105 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQUlA8Hcv4s
Posted by: Richard Cranium at June 11, 2025 06:04 AM (kcTlG)

That is so great. The looks on their faces, they know they've nailed it.
Posted by: m at June 11, 2025 06:14 AM (CQE5S)

This was fairly early in their career, because you can actually see Jeff Lynne has eyes. Shortly after this video was made, he had his sunglasses surgically attached.

Posted by: ELO Facts at June 11, 2025 06:34 AM (PiwSw)

106 @99/Blutarski: "If I remember right, the guy who played the principal in Ferris Bueller got busted for child porn. Long time back."

That'd be Jeffrey Jones who played Principal "Ed Rooney".

From an NY Post article 2 days ago:

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Jones had a colossal fall from grace in 2002 when he was arrested on charges of soliciting a minor for nude photos and possession of child pornography.

He pleaded no contest to soliciting a minor and prosecutors dropped the child pornography charge.

The actor was sentenced to five years of probation, one year of psychological counseling and two years of drug and alcohol abuse counseling.

As part of the deal, he was also ordered to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.
---

Article here:
https://tinyurl.com/4abt4t7x

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 11, 2025 06:34 AM (O7YUW)

107 Is passive-aggressivity recoverable-from? I mean post-teens. So: is adult passive-aggressivity recoverable-from?

Posted by: m at June 11, 2025 06:36 AM (CQE5S)

108 If I remember right, the guy who played the principal in Ferris Bueller got busted for child porn.

I think the only surprise is when an actor doesn't do things like that. Starting to understand why actors were treated with such contempt in Shakespeare's day.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 11, 2025 06:36 AM (lXoJ5)

109 102
'The first rule of passive-aggressive fight club is...'

That'd be more of a bicker club.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 11, 2025 06:36 AM (3wi/L)

110 If I remember right, the guy who played the principal in Ferris Bueller got busted for child porn. Long time back.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 11, 2025 06:30 AM (b294k)

I haven’t seen that guy in anything for a long time.

I know he was in a lot of stuff, Beetlejuice comes to mind, but I can’t recall him in anything recent.

That would explain his disappearance.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 11, 2025 06:38 AM (6ydKt)

111 " is adult passive-aggressivity recoverable-from?
Posted by: m"

I think some are not even aware they are doing it.

Posted by: fd at June 11, 2025 06:38 AM (vFG9F)

112
If I remember right, the guy who played the principal in Ferris Bueller got busted for child porn. Long time back.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 11, 2025 06:30 AM

you remember correctly

he was good as the newspaper guy in Deadwood

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 11, 2025 06:38 AM (tljrc)

113 Jeffrey Jones was also in The Hunt For Red October.

Posted by: ELO Facts at June 11, 2025 06:40 AM (PiwSw)

114 I use Wayland on my Hyprland install, it works fantastically well.

Tiling window management has become my default GUI environment.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 11, 2025 06:40 AM (XV/Pl)

115 34 I don't really understand the attraction of Twitter and Bluesky.

Imagine the people who used to stand on a soapbox in the town square and disclaim on whatever topics they felt were important”

Pretty much. Although I like X because it’s the best breaking news site that exists, and you can find a few good people who think like you do to follow.

Bluesky is really pathetic, the only people there are sad libs who can’t handle being made fun of, so they populate a site where anyone who says there are only two genders is instantly banned.
Gabe Malor posts there and nowhere else ever since Trump won.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 11, 2025 06:44 AM (3tIsI)

116 111 " is adult passive-aggressivity recoverable-from?
Posted by: m"

I think some are not even aware they are doing it.
Posted by: fd at June 11, 2025 06:38 AM (vFG9F)

Pretty near 100%, I would wager!

Posted by: m at June 11, 2025 06:44 AM (CQE5S)

117 115 34 Gabe Malor posts there and nowhere else ever since Trump won.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 11, 2025 06:44 AM (3tIsI)

Darn. He was a good one, way back.

Posted by: m at June 11, 2025 06:45 AM (CQE5S)

118 I love golf. It is a wholesome pastime for retired folks such as myself with too much time on my hands.

On the one hand, is it a prudent expenditure?

OTOH, it keeps the greenskeepers and others employed.

Money is like blood. It is meant to circulate.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 11, 2025 06:50 AM (ZmEVT)

119 "Darn. He was a good one, way back.
Posted by: m"

Gabe banned me before he left, but I'm still here and he's gone.
And I'm STILL NOT GAY.

Posted by: fd at June 11, 2025 06:51 AM (vFG9F)

120 I don't look for fulfillment in my golf game. Just looking to enjoy time in such a beautiful venue.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 11, 2025 06:53 AM (ZmEVT)

121 Golf can help you in your career. It actually opened some doors for me. It wasn’t the cause, I had my ducks lined up. If I didn’t, it wouldn’t have mattered. But what it did was I got to know some people who were positioned to put in a good word for me to the people who make decisions. Knowing the social graces and protocol can go a long ways.

Posted by: Common Tater at June 11, 2025 06:53 AM (c5vIv)

122
https://bsky.app/profile/gabrielmalor.bsky.social

Posted by: m at June 11, 2025 06:54 AM (CQE5S)

123 Darn. He was a good one, way back.
Posted by: m at June 11, 2025 06:45 AM (CQE5S)

He was always a fraud - revealed, just like AllahPundit (Nick Cottagio) as having always been a Bulwark / Bill Kristol type “conservative”. Trump broke all of these types forever.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 11, 2025 06:57 AM (3tIsI)

124 "Love is love."

Okay, just leave the kids alone.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 11, 2025 06:58 AM (ZmEVT)

125
Reposted by Gabriel Malor
‪Lawrence Hurley‬
‪@lawrencehurley.bsky.social‬
· 15h
The clear distinction is that one group of people support Trump and the other doesn't.

‪Sahil Kapur‬
‪@sahilkapur.bsky.social‬
· 17h
Speaker Johnson to reporters on the difference in his attitude to violent rioters in LA versus in DC on Jan 6: “Everybody wants me to re-litigate January 6. I’m not going to do that. There's a very clear distinction between the two.” He says LA rioters are “destroying property.”

Posted by: m at June 11, 2025 06:58 AM (CQE5S)

126 Bluesky is killing itself!

Posted by: Bang-a-gong at June 11, 2025 06:58 AM (SRiFu)

127 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 11, 2025 06:59 AM (u82oZ)

128 123 Darn. He was a good one, way back.
Posted by: m at June 11, 2025 06:45 AM (CQE5S)

He was always a fraud - revealed, just like AllahPundit (Nick Cottagio) as having always been a Bulwark / Bill Kristol type “conservative”. Trump broke all of these types forever.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 11, 2025 06:57 AM (3tIsI)

I believe you. I fell for it.

Posted by: m at June 11, 2025 06:59 AM (CQE5S)

129

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at June 11, 2025 07:00 AM (5hfjS)

130 Gender refers to words, not people. Romance languages mainly. Historically sailing ships, and perhaps pickup trucks, are referred to in the feminine.

Sex is the word properly used. Not gender. For example “There are two sexes. Boys have a penis. Girls have a vagina.” It’s very important not to let leftists define the terms in any debate. Words mean things. In order to pervert people, it is first necessary to pervert the language. Euphemisms are part of this process. It is a strategy, a technique. “Undocumented” for example. (That isn’t even close to accurate. They have all sorts of documents. Just not in English. The idea is to smooth things over, and make it sound like they lost their wallet or something.

Posted by: Common Tater at June 11, 2025 07:01 AM (c5vIv)

131 I believe you. I fell for it.
Posted by: m at June 11, 2025 06:59 AM (CQE5S)

Trump’s most effective superpower - he has been, and continues to be, the Great Unmasker.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 11, 2025 07:01 AM (3tIsI)

132 “Violent Rioters”

Is there any other kind? LOL

Posted by: Common Tater at June 11, 2025 07:02 AM (c5vIv)

133 He was always a fraud - revealed, just like AllahPundit (Nick Cottagio) as having always been a Bulwark / Bill Kristol type “conservative”. Trump broke all of these types forever.

sanctimonious, bigoted, no sense of humor at all ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 11, 2025 07:03 AM (/Ghsb)

134 New American Oxford Dictionary

USAGE
The word gender has been used since the 14th century as a grammatical term, referring to classes of noun designated as masculine, feminine, or neuter in some languages. The sense denoting biological sex has also been used since the 14th century, but this did not become common until the mid 20th century. Although the words gender and sex are often used interchangeably, they have different connotations; sex tends to refer to biological differences, while gender more often refers to cultural and social differences and sometimes encompasses a broader range of identities than the binary of male and female

Posted by: m at June 11, 2025 07:03 AM (CQE5S)

135 "I know he was in a lot of stuff, Beetlejuice comes to mind, but I can’t recall him in anything recent."

Played the emperor in Amadeus

Posted by: Tuna at June 11, 2025 07:04 AM (lJ0H4)

136 sanctimonious, bigoted, no sense of humor at all ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 11, 2025 07:03 AM (/Ghsb)

The perfect leftist personality.

And all of Bluesky is like that 24/7. It’s a good online ghetto for them all to be stuck in with each other.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 11, 2025 07:06 AM (3tIsI)

137 Maybe all the feverish typing keeps them occupied and out of our hair.

Posted by: m at June 11, 2025 07:08 AM (CQE5S)

138 m

Thanks for the fate of Gabe Malor. He was not really missed. No where near like OregonMuse.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 11, 2025 07:09 AM (u82oZ)

139 Pixy Misa

Thanks for that old Yello music. Good German Krautrock.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 11, 2025 07:11 AM (u82oZ)

140 Although the words gender and sex are often used interchangeably, they have different connotations

Nope. They are interchangeable and always have been. The "spectrum" nonsense is a recent invention.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 11, 2025 07:12 AM (lXoJ5)

141 Hillary Clinton

So you hate Trump, anyone that supports him, and want the US to be governed by Communists (the core Dems). And you want no back-lip, which is why you disabled comments on your latest lame and gay comments on the riots.

We knew this.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 11, 2025 07:13 AM (u82oZ)

142 It's nice to hear Bluesky is in an irreversable doom loop, they deserve it and more.

Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at June 11, 2025 07:13 AM (tykPk)

143 Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen?

Bluesky was a useful containment vessel for people I don't want to interact with. Now, their walls are getting thinner. Hope the survivors leave us alone.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 11, 2025 07:15 AM (u82oZ)

144 After I finish installing Azure AI in all the Starbucks, I am going to pull a Chuck Berry and place cameras in all the toilets for my viewing pleasure.

Yeah! Oh Yeah!

Posted by: Bill Gates, Owner Of Fat Man Boobs And Tech Weirdo at June 11, 2025 07:16 AM (PxmHT)

145 "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy than Bluesky." - things Obi-wan said.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 11, 2025 07:16 AM (C4l7t)

146 Hillary Clinton will never be President.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 11, 2025 07:17 AM (C4l7t)

147 "Violent Rioters”

Is there any other kind? LOL
Posted by: Common Tater at June 11, 2025 07:02 AM

Ahem...

Posted by: Quiet Riot at June 11, 2025 07:18 AM (AA9bt)

148 As opposed to 'mostly peaceful rioters' I guess.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 11, 2025 07:18 AM (C4l7t)

149 Listening to Jean Sibelius - Finlandia.

Wakes you up.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 11, 2025 07:21 AM (u82oZ)

150 The Old: Hate has no place here
The New: Welcome to Bluesky!

Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 11, 2025 07:21 AM (Z64UG)

151 @146

>> Hillary Clinton will never be President.

Until the Devil claims his servant, we can never be safe or sure.

Vigilance.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 11, 2025 07:21 AM (XV/Pl)

152
Denizens of Bluesky: Bluesheviks

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 11, 2025 07:23 AM (QnmlO)

153 Hadrian the Seventh

Good one. Nailed it in one word.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 11, 2025 07:24 AM (u82oZ)

154 Everything leftist ends up in a death spiral. The key question always is, how much of the rest of the world gets sucked into the spinning vortex of ruin.

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 11, 2025 07:24 AM (x2CMu)

155 Bluesky is really pathetic, the only people there are sad libs who can’t handle being made fun of, so they populate a site where anyone who says there are only two genders is instantly banned.
Gabe Malor posts there and nowhere else ever since Trump won.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 11, 2025 06:44 AM (3tIsI)
---
So it's basically this generation's Democratic Underground.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 11, 2025 07:26 AM (7fElN)

156
Diana has gotten a referral for an MRI on her rear musculature. We made an appointment with the clinic that does them.

We have now found out that the visit is not for an MRI but an appraisal by the specialist to determine whether an MRI is warranted. Which we had a referral for. So it's two visits instead of one.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 11, 2025 07:27 AM (QnmlO)

157 >> If I remember right, the guy who played the principal in Ferris Bueller got busted for child porn.

He was the king in the film Amadeus.

Posted by: 13times at June 11, 2025 07:28 AM (LR2XU)

158 I see it mentioned above, but Jeffrey Jones played Emperor Joseph II in Amadeus.

Fun fact: Patrick Hynes, who was Maryland delegate Samuel Chase in 1776, was the doddering, trembling Kapellmeister Bonno in Amadeus.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 11, 2025 07:30 AM (Dg2sF)

159 The shame agenda doesn’t resonate as much as it used to. “We support diversity inclusion and if you don’t you’re a caveman.” That angle hinges upon toxic self-centerdness that seeks to prop itself up constantly by feeling relevant - it needs causes to champion and to feel like it’s making a difference. The cohort of people who have reached an age where they finally come to grips with the fact that every issue in the world isn’t somehow their fault or something they need to fix must eventually realize they’re being played.

The ones that cling on to the shame narrative are secretly narcissists of the highest order who have too much free time. Hence blue sky.

Posted by: H at June 11, 2025 10:07 AM (2gjbv)

160 "This vulture is conflicted. We deplore anti-vaxxer and other anti-science disinformation. Vaccines don't cause autism; they cause adults. Climate change is real, social justice is a good thing, and we are enthusiastically in favor of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Ah, the Register; never change, you fucking pieces of shit."

I'm old enough to remember when it was a good, insightful, politics-free tech e-paper. Now it's filled with pseudo-nerds who either got tired of chasing the impossible ideal anime waifu and decided to just become the anime waifu or are the perverts who chase trannies.

Of course, it could be the geek social fallacies making their appearance yet again. ("I was bullied in high school for being a massive autist, so discrimination=bad and the left says they're against discrimination and they wouldn't *lie* to me because they're my ~friends~")

Posted by: Saber Alter at June 11, 2025 10:52 AM (AZg1Q)

161 >But Xlibre works and the main competitor - Wayland - kind of doesn't

For some definition of "works". X.org is a dumpster fire and always has been, rooted as it is in 1980s concepts of how display graphics works. It took Microsoft decades to come up with a graphics API and a kernel architecture that would work reliably on whatever grey market dogsh*t chips were in your homebrew PC; a bunch of Communists in their mothers' basements hasn't a prayer of that.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at June 11, 2025 10:54 AM (xBngO)

162 "...stacking the corpses of the filthy human garbage engaging in violent revolution like cordwood?"

This is fun to say, and even more fun to imagine, but keep in mind that the entire goal of this operation is to have some kid killed by a cop, or especially a Guardsman or Marine. In ten minutes that dead kid will, in the media, become the Avatar of Christ Walking the Earth.

There will be many attempts during Trump's military parade to capture a photo of one protestor standing in front of a stalled line of military vehicles. This photo will win a Pulitzer. You heard it here first.

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