Daily Tech News 30 July 2025

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What's up with Steam and Itch.io suddenly vanishing all those games and books and art and stuff? (The Verge) (archive site)

Proximate cause: Visa and Mastercard deciding they have to act as global fun censors.

Distal cause: Some group of Australian Stalinist nutcases called Collective Shout who have for years believed they have to act as global fun censors.
As a result of Collective Shout's actions, in tandem with the payment processors, over 20,000 games, books, comics, and other creative works - confirmed via the Internet Archive - functionally ceased to exist on the site (though purchased content remains in users' libraries so long as it doesn't violate itch.io's new guidelines), imperiling the creators who depend on sales from itch.io. In addition to NSFW content, notable projects that didn't have the tag were caught up in the purge as well.
Anything not mandatory is forbidden.
Whenever a platform announces a blanket ban on adult content, LGBTQ+ creators are almost always disproportionately affected, harming queer artists and invariably queer people.
This is true, because "queer" artists and "queer" people are sex-obsessed lunatics, but I'll support them before a bunch of Stalinist fun censors who are probably from Melbourne anyway.

Update: Nope. Sydney. Well, I moved out of there just in time.

Tech News

AMD finally announced a Ryzen 9000 12 core chip with a 65W TDP. (Tom's Hardware)

The Ryzen 9 Pro 9945 is a lower power Ryzen 9900X.

The company also has - I only learned this today but it was announced a couple of months ago - the Epyc 4545P, which is a Ryzen 9000 16 core chip with a 65W TDP.

This is aimed at small servers, but it goes in Socket AM5 boards, the standard for AMD's desktop chips.

The 9950X, the full power desktop model, uses 170W of power by comparison. But it is 20% faster on average.
Corsair has announced its own version of the Ryzen AI Max mini desktop PC. (Liliputing)

These are really aimed at running AI on large models on your own hardware, because they can give you 128GB of video RAM for not much money.

I'm a little surprised that so many companies are bringing out models given that, at the price of $2000 for a 128GB model, there wouldn't seem to be that large a market.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Blerch.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at July 30, 2025 04:30 AM (aURVT)

2 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at July 30, 2025 04:34 AM (XQo4F)

3 G'mornin all y'all !!

Posted by: OkJohn at July 30, 2025 04:35 AM (NC/it)

4 BOING!

Late because I'm reviewing my 110 page IRS tax return. Help me, President Trump. You are our only hope!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 30, 2025 04:35 AM (PxkKd)

5 High Ground, Pixy

High Ground

The climate people just emailed to explain that there was a Trumpquake and Australia will be under water within minutes

Posted by: Helpful Miklos at July 30, 2025 04:36 AM (lenBr)

6 Simple Minds
Hey! I resemble that remark.

Posted by: m at July 30, 2025 04:38 AM (aURVT)

7 No worries Miklos. I'm half a mile up and a hundred miles inland.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 30, 2025 04:38 AM (BLOW1)

8 Simple Minds?

That one song got him Chrissy Hynde.

I woulda settled for royalties.

Posted by: Cautionary Miklos at July 30, 2025 04:41 AM (lenBr)

9 Jim Kerr, lead singer, Simple Minds (Wikipedia)

Kerr lives in Taormina, Sicily with his Japanese partner Yumi, where he owns the hotel Villa Angela. He has Italian citizenship.

Posted by: m at July 30, 2025 04:42 AM (aURVT)

10 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. 71 degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor, with a high of 91 predicted. I don't mind heat, but this month has been Heat Miser territory and that, combined with the humidity, makes me cranky.

A surprisingly small amount of work this morning; I have the feeling that something happened yesterday to stop everyone else and that as soon as the various hospitals open up for the day, I am going to be swamped.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 30, 2025 04:43 AM (Dg2sF)

11 No worries Miklos. I'm half a mile up and a hundred miles inland.
Posted by: Pixy Misa

Good on ya

Posted by: Miklos had an Australian girlfriend once, you wouldn't know her at July 30, 2025 04:44 AM (lenBr)

12 Jim Kerr looks sort of like Bruce Willis.

Posted by: m at July 30, 2025 04:44 AM (aURVT)

13 /seas pixy

/waves

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 30, 2025 04:46 AM (PxkKd)

14 Chrissie Hynde...cue the unforgettable bass riff from The Pretenders...

"Greetings conversationalists, all across the fruited plain..."

Posted by: I miss Rush at July 30, 2025 04:46 AM (XQo4F)

15 "Greetings conversationalists, all across the fruited plain..."
Posted by: I miss Rush

I am a Charter Member of the Institute for Advanced Conservative Studies.

And have the oversized magnetic ornament to prove it.

Posted by: Miklos from Dittoville at July 30, 2025 04:52 AM (lenBr)

16 Well.

Just looked at it, and it does not have written what Rush used to say.

It does not say "conservative", it says"anti-leftist"

Posted by: Miklos corrects self at July 30, 2025 04:56 AM (lenBr)

17 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, back in Babylon DC at July 30, 2025 04:59 AM (sAmhv)

18 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at July 30, 2025 05:00 AM (AN2gy)

19 Good Morning.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at July 30, 2025 05:01 AM (dR6yv)

20 I saw Simple Minds a couple of months ago. They were still really good.

Posted by: bear balls and asymmetry: a case study at July 30, 2025 05:01 AM (V9cMX)

21 Simple Minds is too complex of a concept for me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTDsJd1l7Aw

Posted by: Miklos, Ignorance is bliss at July 30, 2025 05:06 AM (lenBr)

22 >>> 71 degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor, with a high of 91 predicted.

I'm just a bit further inland with a forecast of 97. You must be in for some sea breeze.

Posted by: fluffy at July 30, 2025 05:06 AM (AN2gy)

23 80s rock. Somebody needs to tend to the lawn.

I remember a time when games were about finger twitching and not a mindfuck.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 30, 2025 05:08 AM (u/fjM)

24
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 30, 2025 05:13 AM (tljrc)

25 I'm just a bit further inland with a forecast of 97. You must be in for some sea breeze.
Posted by: fluffy at July 30, 2025 05:06 AM (AN2gy)

You would think, right?

I can't swim, but after work, I am severely tempted to go to the local public-access pond with a lawn chair and sit in the water up to my shoulders.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 30, 2025 05:15 AM (Dg2sF)

26 Grok Imagine did the meme!

https://tinyurl.com/mryvyeae

Video memes will now become the norm.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 30, 2025 05:18 AM (PxkKd)

27 Hmm. I should boot into Windows on my laptop and see if my Duke Nukem Forever and expansion The Doctor Who Cloned Me still work in Steam. Maybe later.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at July 30, 2025 05:24 AM (5WDkb)

28 >>> I am severely tempted to go to the local public-access pond with a lawn chair and sit in the water up to my shoulders.

I endorse this message.

Posted by: fluffy at July 30, 2025 05:26 AM (AN2gy)

29 G'morning' all!

Rain all around us this soggy morning.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 30, 2025 05:31 AM (a1415)

30 Here's another 1980s song that begins with "Don't."

youtube.com/watch? v=Y-4hp5HZ2aU&list=RDY-4hp5HZ2aU&start_radio=1

extra space included

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 30, 2025 05:35 AM (u/fjM)

31 And here I thought there was no such thing as too much Bookers!

https://tinyurl.com/bde4dmnh

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 30, 2025 05:35 AM (PxkKd)

32 Almost forgot, walking past the community pool at 0615 yesterday, the pool maintenance guys told us that the pool water was 92 degrees at that time.

I suspect it warmed up further under the hot sun yesterday.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 30, 2025 05:36 AM (a1415)

33 Happy Wednesday, one and all! I had a wonderful birthday yesterday. My wife and I went to my mother-in-law's house and from there, we went to a local butcher. She buys me several packages of meat from there.

The only cause for concern was a birthday greeting I got in my email:

Happy Birthday from all of us here at Will Surgical Arts!

Have a great day and we look forward to seeing you soon!

That's a surgeon's office sending me a greeting like that. Hoping I don't wake up with missing parts anytime in the future.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 30, 2025 05:40 AM (BpO1e)

34 G'morning Horde.

TweakTown has an article up about Visa's response to this adult material + payment processors thing:

https://tinyurl.com/4c3whvw6

It's not great.

My thoughts: The credit card companies have so much data on each user, they already know the age of the cardholder. The sensible thing to do would be to have a flag on a vendor: "Offers adult material". If that flag is set, check the buyer's age and the region. Is the buyer of legal age to purchase adult material in that region? Yes? Let the transaction go through. Done.

The fact that the CC companies are involving themselves with their own customer's business dealings in a "prior restraint" sort of way means this is about a lot more than just age verification. This is about generating fear, and thus wielding control on a large scale.

Combine this with a trend of the "Know your customer" and "Know your customer's customer" laws and regulations in the USA and Canada (and probably worldwide knowing how these things tend to go) and the efforts to discourage the use of cash...

Well let's just say I'm starting to have dark and dystopian thoughts that are as black as my coffee this morning.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 30, 2025 05:41 AM (O7YUW)

35 Here's another 1980s song that begins with "Don't."

And now my mood has improved even more. Thanks!

Posted by: NR Pax at July 30, 2025 05:42 AM (BpO1e)

36 Pony penning is today. My road is closed till this afternoon.

Posted by: Accomack at July 30, 2025 05:44 AM (6HDsc)

37 "Combine this with a trend of the "Know your customer" and "Know your customer's customer" laws and regulations in the USA and Canada (and probably worldwide knowing how these things tend to go) and the efforts to discourage the use of cash..."

One can almost predict the path with which this will go.

Almost biblical, if one is inclined as I am to believe such things.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 30, 2025 05:45 AM (a1415)

38 @30/Rev. Wishbone:

The short version of a link for videos for Youtube (using the link you pasted) is as follows:

https://youtu.be/Y-4hp5HZ2aU

So:
Base url (up to and including the final forward slash)
plus:
Video ID

You get this by right clicking the video in Youtube and selecting "Copy Video URL".

When you paste it, strip out everything after the video ID, starting with the "?" which indicates "Parameters to follow" in a URL. All of that is unnecessary extra information.

May this be helpful to you and others here as well.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 30, 2025 05:48 AM (O7YUW)

39 Folks in Baltimore County, Maryland are getting another chance to see Democratic politics in action, as the interim County Executive decides to do some really stupid crap.

https://tinyurl.com/2ephttmx

Oh, and her choice to fill the seat has said that she will remain a resident of Virginia, and commute to work in Baltimore County daily.

As the back story involves a serving US Senator as well, it should have national attention. And as the serving US Senator is aligned with the Governor who is widely expected to run for President in 2028, that increases the fun factor. But will fly under the radar.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 30, 2025 05:51 AM (a1415)

40 And now, a commercial message from The White House:

https://tinyurl.com/c8neadxc

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 30, 2025 05:53 AM (PxkKd)

41 >>>May this be helpful to you and others here as well.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

>Okay. I hope I didn't break the blog. Noted and thanks.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 30, 2025 05:53 AM (u/fjM)

42 Man reflects on a friend at midnight. Scripture is John 15:9-17 and the devotional is followed by a reflection and a prayer:

https://tinyurl.com/3hamwrah

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 30, 2025 05:55 AM (2GCMq)

43 Spouse just told me that Elon Musk has a diner in LA which looks like a spaceship and that leftists are protesting against it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 30, 2025 05:58 AM (2GCMq)

44 @30/Rev. Wishbone:

Also: I'd forgotten how much I liked that song, thank you. :-)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 30, 2025 05:58 AM (O7YUW)

45 Quick launch reminder; Going live in 95 minutes

GO! - ISRO - GSLV MkII - NISAR - Second Launch Pad - Satish Dhawan SC, India

Launch Date: July 30, 2025
Launch Time: 17:40 IST, 1210 UTC, 14:10 CEST

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFLaJHWwNN8

Posted by: Joyenz at July 30, 2025 05:59 AM (sPQoU)

46 mornin yall. We had a real 100 degree day here yesterday. Heat index was 190.

Posted by: fd at July 30, 2025 05:59 AM (vFG9F)

47 Elon Musk has a diner in LA which looks like a spaceship and that leftists are protesting against it.

Mind you, if Elon had stayed on the plantation like he was supposed to, the line would stretch for blocks.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 30, 2025 06:00 AM (BpO1e)

48 This will just keep me waiting for more arrests and trials:

https://tinyurl.com/yc2drb6n

So far, nada.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 30, 2025 06:01 AM (PxkKd)

49 Heads up, Iowan Democraps:

https://tinyurl.com/57d2j9sj

The Internet is forever.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 30, 2025 06:04 AM (PxkKd)

50 @43/FenelonSpoke: "Spouse just told me that Elon Musk has a diner in LA which looks like a spaceship and that leftists are protesting against it."

Proving once again that the left is controlling and unforgiving. Leave their reservation, even once, and they'll direct their vitriol and lies against you forever.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 30, 2025 06:04 AM (O7YUW)

51 FenSpouse wanted to look at "Diaper Diplomacy"
again with baby Trump talking about windmills . It's still funny a second time. Thanks, Biden's Dog!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 30, 2025 06:05 AM (2GCMq)

52 Anyone care about Christians in ~~Gaza~~ ~~Syria~~ Congo?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 30, 2025 06:06 AM (PxkKd)

53 The NYC shooter's rifle was assembled using a lower purchased from PSA, by the shooter's boss. So not a "ghost gun". Not a very smart boss either.

Posted by: fd at July 30, 2025 06:06 AM (vFG9F)

54 Anyone care about Christians in ~~Gaza~~ ~~Syria~~ Congo?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 30, 2025 06:06 AM (PxkKd)
-

Link:

https://tinyurl.com/43rjxyyr

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 30, 2025 06:07 AM (PxkKd)

55 I'm trying to understand why Paramount would give 1.5b dollars to a show that gets 150k-500k viewers per episode.

South Park hasn't been relevant since the Chocolate Salty Balls and Saddam days.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 30, 2025 06:09 AM (XV/Pl)

56 @48/Biden's Dog: "So far, nada."

Yup, and that's how you know it's political kabuki theater until proven otherwise. Still waiting.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 30, 2025 06:10 AM (O7YUW)

57 South Park hasn't been relevant since the Chocolate Salty Balls and Saddam days.

Same for The Simpsons. That show ran out of funny moments 20 years ago.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 30, 2025 06:13 AM (Dg2sF)

58 "I'm trying to understand why Paramount would give 1.5b dollars to a show that gets 150k-500k viewers per episode."

I can't resist responding with the ever popular...

Good one....now do Saturday Night Live.

Although I don't honestly know if the comparison holds up under scrutiny.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 30, 2025 06:13 AM (a1415)

59 Old time hymn- from 1939- "Victory in Jesus":

https://tinyurl.com/4ua6y8bc

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 30, 2025 06:15 AM (2GCMq)

60
See all y'all at detention this Saturday!

How are we getting to Des Plaines, IL? I do hope that Carl is there.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh![ at July 30, 2025 06:15 AM (xG4kz)

61 @48/Biden's Dog: "So far, nada."

Yup, and that's how you know it's political kabuki theater until proven otherwise. Still waiting.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 30, 2025 06:10 AM (O7YUW)

You can't keep stringing people along forever (well, you can, but. . .). If there aren't consequences for the big names by the midterms - arrests, perp walks, jail time - I am willing to predict a lot of Trump-allied voters will stay home.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 30, 2025 06:16 AM (Dg2sF)

62 Morning, all.
Spent part of yesterday researching our dad's very brief career in the the Navy in WWII. My brother wants to honor him with a hole in a military charity golf tournament and needs to know what his rank (hope that's the right term!) was.
It was interesting- I didn't know that he had mustered in at the University of Kentucky - he graduated from UT Austin- and I assume it must have been a war-time thing.
Next time, L. can do our maternal grandfather, who was a major in the Air Force, as a medical officer.

Posted by: sal at July 30, 2025 06:18 AM (f+FmA)

63 I suppose I side with global fun censors, as adult content seems to have the effect of leading people into progressively more disturbing content and away from normal, healthy relationships.

Digital fertility gods.

Posted by: H at July 30, 2025 06:20 AM (2gjbv)

64 @57

>>Same for The Simpsons. That show ran out of funny moments 20 years ago.

The Simpsons seem to have been subsumed in the AI remix engines as I see clips for them on YouTube all the time.

And I still see Simpsons toys and other swag at Target.

South Park does not seem culturally relevant at all so it doesn't make sense to be giving them any money.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 30, 2025 06:20 AM (XV/Pl)

65 Comedian Tim Hawkins and parents' gift of "No":

https://tinyurl.com/3e8cbmfr

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 30, 2025 06:22 AM (2GCMq)

66 @55/Thomas Bender: "I'm trying to understand why Paramount would give 1.5b dollars to a show that gets 150k-500k viewers per episode."

Left wing funding.

If South Park was politically neutral, they'd pillory whoever was in power regardless of party, and they'd do it with equal enthusiasm. They don't.

Compare what they're doing to Trump with how they handled Biden with kid's gloves:

See here:
https://tinyurl.com/mtbe4xye

There was an absolute ton of material to work with and create parody and political commentary on when Biden was in office. As a show based on cruel satire and parody, not using that source material is a huge tell.

We never manage to hate the media enough.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 30, 2025 06:22 AM (O7YUW)

67 28 >>> I am severely tempted to go to the local public-access pond with a lawn chair and sit in the water up to my shoulders.

I endorse this message.
Posted by: fluffy at July 30, 2025 05:26 AM (AN2gy)

Me, too. That sounds great.

Posted by: m at July 30, 2025 06:23 AM (aURVT)

68 The fact that the CC companies are involving themselves with their own customer's business dealings in a "prior restraint" sort of way means this is about a lot more than just age verification.

This is the obvious follow-on to their earlier "we won't do payment processing for firearms businesses" bullshit. What needs to happen is that the US government needs to inform payment processors that if they block legal purchases, as policy, they will be fined an exorbitant amount per infraction. But they won't because it's what they want to happen.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 30, 2025 06:24 AM (ExV1e)

69
BTW, Molly Ringwald, who has no other claim to fame and fortune, basically renounced, within the last couple of years, all of the John Hughes films in which she starred.

When can we expect you to return all of your ill-gotten gains, Sugar Tits?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh![ at July 30, 2025 06:24 AM (xG4kz)

70 Evening and morning to all the farflung satellites of AoSHQ! 'Tis Woden's Day; soon we will be (and some of you are already) halfway through the week. Take a breath and hold it. Hold it. Okay, let it go. You just contributed to global warming. Ain't that cool?

I'm up after a dream that I had gone back to school, apparently at the big commuter state college I attended without enthusiasm in the early and mid-'70s. This appeared to be a physics class taught by some weedy-looking fellow in a pink sweater. It seemed the class did not understand him and was restless. Another grad student came in to take it over. I grabbed the chance to slide out to the men's room -- where, as usual in my dreams, the stalls had no doors. When I got back, *80%* of the class had left, and the second grad student was chatting casually with the remainder.

Don't know what it means, Red Ryder, but it must mean somethin'.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 30, 2025 06:24 AM (omVj0)

71 Spouse and I were in a clothes store yesterday and we passed the kids section. They had a little shirt with a crazy looking Sponge Bob and Patrick
and it said " Stay Weird". Spouse wanted that shirt but in a larger size. He thought it would be fun to wear on the school bus. 😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 30, 2025 06:25 AM (2GCMq)

72 Spouse just told me that ~~Elon Musk has a diner in LA which looks like a spaceship and that~~ leftists are protesting ~~against it~~.

Shorter version... and evergreen.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 30, 2025 06:27 AM (ExV1e)

73 mornin yall. We had a real 100 degree day here yesterday. Heat index was 190.
Posted by: fd at July 30, 2025 05:59 AM (vFG9F)

We are forecast to get our first 100 of the year on August 8th. Cray-cray.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 30, 2025 06:28 AM (ExV1e)

74 Anyway, how are you? A good morning to Fen, Miklos, MP4, Grumpy, Different Nic, m, Krebs; afternoon (I think?) to Biden's Dog; and evening to Pixy.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 30, 2025 06:28 AM (omVj0)

75 "The Simpsons creator Matt Groening sees a moment sometime in the cartooning future when “kids across America will liberate their Republican parents from the cult of MAGA” adding “Here’s how to do it. Delete Fox News.”

Well, Fox "News" does suck ass, but to be fair, so does the Simpsons.

Posted by: fd at July 30, 2025 06:29 AM (vFG9F)

76 @65/FenelonSpoke: *heh* Good one.

In the same vein, remember the "Capitol One" commercials featuring David Spade centered around "the answer is always 'no'" ?

https://youtu.be/8Z_ZN2ZddII

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 30, 2025 06:30 AM (O7YUW)

77
Has the tsunami cleansed California with its waters, or was that just another cruel hoax?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh![ at July 30, 2025 06:30 AM (xG4kz)

78 This will just keep me waiting for more arrests and trials

The big names behind it will never be arrested and they'll never be tried. It is what it is. The very best that we can hope for, at this moment in history, is to put some safeguards in place and ensure that the younger generations know that all the horrible bullshit they endured as a result of the interregnum was due to coordinated illegal activity on the part of the Democrats (and their GOPe enablers).

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 30, 2025 06:31 AM (ExV1e)

79
Is Hawaii under water yet?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 30, 2025 06:32 AM (HZi96)

80 @74/Wolfus: Good morning to you too, Sir. I trust the furry thugs are doing well and didn't harass you too much for the morning feedings?

Also:
https://youtu.be/9EYZnSXEla0

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 30, 2025 06:32 AM (O7YUW)

81 Another part of the dream: When I left the men's room, for some reason I could not go back through the corridor to the class. I had to leave the building and jog through darkness (? a night class?) and light rain to the front door. Earlier they'd had sandwiches and baked goods there to welcome the new students -- which never happened when I was a student there in reality. Unfortunately all that was left were packages of cookies. I grabbed a few freebies before returning to my now nearly empty classroom.

I dream of essentials.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 30, 2025 06:32 AM (omVj0)

82 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 30, 2025 06:04 AM (PxkKd)

I particularly appreciated the "Why do I bail out farmers in Iowa? I don't have farm debt?"

Coming from a Dem, that's rich.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 30, 2025 06:33 AM (ExV1e)

83 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 30, 2025 06:30 AM (O7YUW)

David Spade is a funny. What was that airtime he was one some years ago? I enjoyed that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 30, 2025 06:34 AM (2GCMq)

84 Proving once again that the left is controlling and unforgiving. Leave their reservation, even once, and they'll direct their vitriol and lies against you forever.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 30, 2025 06:04 AM (O7YUW)

They act so much like a certain religious group that I'm waiting for them to attend rallies with signs that say things like "Behead those who insult Planned Parenthood".

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 30, 2025 06:34 AM (ExV1e)

85 "The creator of The Simpsons, Matt Groening, had feet so "crusty" they almost made a woman linked to Jeffrey Epstein be sick during a foot rub on a private jet, according to court documents.

Virginia Roberts, who has made allegations against Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, claimed in a book manuscript that she was told to massage Groening's feet on Epstein's plane, known as the "Lolita Express"."

Let's hear some more about that, Matt. Maybe on Fox "News".

Posted by: fd at July 30, 2025 06:36 AM (vFG9F)

86 BTW, Molly Ringwald, who has no other claim to fame and fortune, basically renounced, within the last couple of years, all of the John Hughes films in which she starred.

When can we expect you to return all of your ill-gotten gains, Sugar Tits?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh![ at July 30, 2025 06:24 AM (xG4kz)

Someone tweeted Hank Azaria the same thing when, in 2017, he announced that because Apu the Quik-E-Mart owner was a racist stereotype, he wasn't going to voicxe the character anymore.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 30, 2025 06:36 AM (Dg2sF)

87 I'm trying to understand why Paramount would give 1.5b dollars to a show that gets 150k-500k viewers per episode.

South Park hasn't been relevant since the Chocolate Salty Balls and Saddam days.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 30, 2025 06:09 AM (XV/Pl)

All these mega-contracts are payoffs. Parker / Stone will spend their time bitching about Trump so they get a payday.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 30, 2025 06:36 AM (ExV1e)

88 @79/Hadrian the Seventh: "Is Hawaii under water yet?"

Has Guam flipped over and capsized yet?

Posted by: Rep. Hank Johnson (D - GA, maybe) at July 30, 2025 06:36 AM (O7YUW)

89 South Park does not seem culturally relevant at all so it doesn't make sense to be giving them any money.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 30, 2025 06:20 AM (XV/Pl)

The only time you hear about it is when they are going to parody some famous person.

Megan Markle and Harry got skewered by South Park a few years ago and it was in the news for a week or so.

The show is topical and they produce them pretty quickly. It’s known for still being worked on the same week the show airs.

That’s about all they have going for them.

I suppose it’s all about Trump, MAGA and ICE lately but I never watch it, or any adult animation.

I tried watching Futrurama on Hulu a few weeks back and got bored with it pretty quickly.

The last animated series I watched entirely was Attack on Titan but that’s a Japanese anime with very little humor.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 30, 2025 06:38 AM (6ydKt)

90 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 30, 2025 06:39 AM (dKEEs)

91 Wolfus: Good morning to you too, Sir. I trust the furry thugs are doing well and didn't harass you too much for the morning feedings?

Also:
https://youtu.be/9EYZnSXEla0
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 30, 2025

***
Ha! There are several very good-looking cats in that cluster. No, the monsters are generally polite -- not crying, but trotting around me and giving me The Look.

Big Stirling nipped me -- gently -- twice this weekend. He used to try to chew me when he was a three-month kitten, which he's outgrown; but now his jaws and teeth are much bigger and stronger. For some reason he did it only when he was sitting on a cushion on my lap. I dispensed with the cushion yesterday, and he curled up on me twice just as usual, now nipping attempted.

I've accepted that Dagny will probably never be a lap cat, but she does like to hang around her people, and if you get down on the floor with her, she rolls on her back for belly rubs. Her idea of affection, I guess.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 30, 2025 06:39 AM (omVj0)

92 Collective Shout is a bunch of harridans who are lashing out now that their scheme has been exposed. They deserve all the ridicule and rotten fruit thrown at them.

VISA and Mastercard are being inundated by calls and such protesting their censorious actions. They need to be monopoly busted for these actions.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 30, 2025 06:39 AM (iPCQF)

93 You can't keep stringing people along forever (well, you can, but. . .). If there aren't consequences for the big names by the midterms - arrests, perp walks, jail time - I am willing to predict a lot of Trump-allied voters will stay home.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 30, 2025 06:16 AM (Dg2sF)

There are never, ever, going to consequences for political big shots beyond losing access to power. Accept that, take what you can get, and move forward. Or... stay home, let the leftist regain power, and watch the ratchet click another notch.

The idea that an utterly corrupt system will suddenly straighten up and fly right only happens in novels.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 30, 2025 06:39 AM (ExV1e)

94 “kids across America will liberate their Republican parents from the cult of MAGA”

So this is the new "Racist Uncle" trope? And given that kids are becoming more right wing, he's in for a disappointment.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 30, 2025 06:39 AM (BpO1e)

95 Has the tsunami cleansed California with its waters, or was that just another cruel hoax?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh![ at July 30, 2025

***
Waves were supposed to hit there around three hours ago, a bit more or less depending on location.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 30, 2025 06:41 AM (omVj0)

96
This appeared to be a physics class taught by some weedy-looking fellow in a pink sweater. It seemed the class did not understand him and was restless.

My first quarter calculus class at Michigan Tech in the autumn of '76 was taught by a professor who came from Taiwan and had a pronounced accent. (Yes, MTU scheduled classes in quarters, not semesters, back then.)

We thanked our lucky stars that he at least was writing out things as he taught, as we would have been puzzling out his neologisms caused by his accent, such as "delta etch", for a long time.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh![ at July 30, 2025 06:42 AM (xG4kz)

97 VISA and Mastercard are being inundated by calls and such protesting their censorious actions. They need to be monopoly busted for these actions.

And roadblocks to creating new institutions needs to happen as well. I recall that the man responsible for the website Gab is trying to set up a bank for folks who keep getting deplatformed.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 30, 2025 06:42 AM (BpO1e)

98 I must decide if I am up to a walk. Still hot outside, but I think I feel more like it than I did the last two days.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 30, 2025 06:43 AM (omVj0)

99 Don't know what it means, Red Ryder, but it must mean somethin'.

Physics class? Hmmm... it means that you have repressed sexual desires for your mother. -- Dr. Fraud

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 30, 2025 06:43 AM (ExV1e)

100 I friend of a friend once said "If you are not being audited, you aren't trying hard enough."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 30, 2025 06:43 AM (ZmEVT)

101
Up, dressed, morning prayers said, dogs taken care of, coffee prepared. Now sitting in the Command Center at Schloss Hadrian.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 30, 2025 06:44 AM (HZi96)

102 The idea that an utterly corrupt system will suddenly straighten up and fly right only happens in novels.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 30, 2025 06:39 AM (ExV1e)

There's still that big Perp Walk in the Sky, they don't straighten up.
I pray they avoid that, but it's very likely they won't.

Posted by: sal at July 30, 2025 06:44 AM (f+FmA)

103 Anyway, how are you? A good morning to Fen, Miklos, MP4, Grumpy, Different Nic, m, Krebs; afternoon (I think?) to Biden's Dog; and evening to Pixy.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 30, 2025 06:28 AM (omVj0)

I am well. I have only 63 more days until I give notice of my retirement. Life is not horrible.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 30, 2025 06:45 AM (ExV1e)

104 I am in mourning for the Cleveland baseball franchise. Its all-star relief pitcher is accused of betraying his team mates to serve the interest of gamblers. A disaster season made much worse.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 30, 2025 06:46 AM (9vcWq)

105 “ “The Lord is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.”

Exodus 15:2

Posted by: Marcus T at July 30, 2025 06:46 AM (D7Yu1)

106 @89

>>Megan Markle and Harry got skewered by South Park a few years ago and it was in the news for a week or so.

But that pretty much was amplified on right leaning blogs, it really didn't have any impact on general culture.

The get zero ratings, they are on cable so the ads are going to be limited. I know zero people or kids who are watching it at all.

So yeah, it makes no sense to keep that largely irrelevant show going.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 30, 2025 06:46 AM (XV/Pl)

107
My dreams are routinely stupid. I'm always doing something stupid, or saying something stupid, or being put in some stupid situation. Never anything like being commanding, or admired, or accomplished.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 30, 2025 06:47 AM (HZi96)

108 "The Simpsons creator Matt Groening sees a moment sometime in the cartooning future when “kids across America will liberate their Republican parents from the cult of MAGA” adding “Here’s how to do it. Delete Fox News.”

Aging lefty railing against the fact that he too shall fade away.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 30, 2025 06:47 AM (ExV1e)

109 Is Fauci in jail?

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 30, 2025 06:50 AM (nUA2B)

110 That is very telling Matt boy, 'delete' Fox News? You kinda left that wide open to interpretation.

To say, 'stop watching' would be more specific and less open to more extreme versions of 'delete.'

Matt boy, stop projecting your sick fantasies.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 30, 2025 06:51 AM (iPCQF)

111 VISA and Mastercard are being inundated by calls and such protesting their censorious actions. They need to be monopoly busted for these actions.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 30, 2025 06:39 AM (iPCQF)

They really are pushing the limits on denying payment processing for perfectly legal and legitimate activity.

They were going after gun, ammo, and accessories, at one point.

You can’t have large financial companies denying service based on the whining of Karens to the Nanny State.

If it’s an illegal transaction, fine.
But legal purchases of products shouldn’t be halted because a payment processor has ethical concerns brought about by hysterics.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 30, 2025 06:51 AM (6ydKt)

112
I am in mourning for the Cleveland baseball franchise. Its all-star relief pitcher is accused of betraying his team mates to serve the interest of gamblers. A disaster season made much worse.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 30, 2025 06:46 AM (9vcWq)

Don't know what he's accused of, just gambling on baseball or gambling on his own team. Manfred will likely shoot him as a warning to the other players.

Sports leagues getting into bed with the gambling industry was just a terrible decision. All that talk about corrupt umpires and referees? It comes from degenerate gamblers.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 30, 2025 06:52 AM (HZi96)

113 VISA and Mastercard, Interference with Interstate Commerce. Ask your lawyers about that.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 30, 2025 06:52 AM (iPCQF)

114 A good morning to Fen, Miklos, MP4, Grumpy, Different Nic, m, Krebs; afternoon (I think?) to Biden's Dog; and evening to Pixy.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 30, 2025 06:28 AM (omVj0)
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Good morning!

Yeh, US ET + 7 here.

/slef-suspended for math

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 30, 2025 06:53 AM (PxkKd)

115 @114/Biden's Dog:

It's Slef's turn in the barrel! (Poor Slef.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 30, 2025 06:54 AM (O7YUW)

116 That is very telling Matt boy, 'delete' Fox News? You kinda left that wide open to interpretation.

To say, 'stop watching' would be more specific and less open to more extreme versions of 'delete.'

Matt boy, stop projecting your sick fantasies.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 30, 2025 06:51 AM (iPCQF)

Matt even went through detailed instructions on how to delete Fox from the Channel List on a cable or satellite system at your house.

It shows you how old and out of touch this guy is that he thinks deleting Fox from your channel list is going to solve all the problems of the world.

He’s still living in 1999.
And it shows on his shows.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 30, 2025 06:55 AM (6ydKt)

117
There was a time when I had a recurring dream in which I was informed that I would be expelled from the graduate program in Chemistry at Berkeley because I "had failed to take English for my Bachelors degree at MTU". I most certainly did, for the one quarter required of me, instead of three quarters, because I had teachers in high school who had taught me how to read and write.

I eventually told myself, "Enough of this nonsense!" and that dream went to its infernal reward.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh![ at July 30, 2025 06:57 AM (xG4kz)

118 Is Hawaii under water yet?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 30, 2025 06:32 AM (HZi96)
-

They say no major damage.

https://tinyurl.com/4bkt3h3z

And warnings have been rescinded.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 30, 2025 06:57 AM (PxkKd)

119 It's Slef's turn in the barrel! (Poor Slef.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 30, 2025 06:54 AM (O7YUW)
-

/shoots slef

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 30, 2025 06:58 AM (PxkKd)

120 I have a prayer request for the pray-ers here. Some big thing is going on at the place today at my son works. It might be on opportunity to meet other people in his field who do hiring, so if you could pray that my sort of introverted son is good at effective "schmoozing" it would be much appreciated . Thanks so much!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 30, 2025 06:59 AM (2GCMq)

121 @83/FenelonSpoke: "What was that airtime he was one some years ago? I enjoyed that."

airtime = airline?

"Total Bastard Airlines", a sketch on SNL is what I'm coming up with...

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 30, 2025 06:59 AM (O7YUW)

122
It shows you how old and out of touch this guy is that he thinks deleting Fox from your channel list is going to solve all the problems of the world.

Delete away! That won't stop Fox from receiving revenue from his show as long as it remains in the bundled cable subscription.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh![ at July 30, 2025 07:00 AM (xG4kz)

123
There was a time when I had a recurring dream in which I was informed that I would be expelled from the graduate program in Chemistry at Berkeley because I "had failed to take English for my Bachelors degree at MTU".

Now the TA's can't speak English.

I have a recurring dream where I'm back in grad school or my postdoc or employer. I have no idea how I got there, nothing fixed to do, and no equipment to work with.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 30, 2025 07:00 AM (HZi96)

124 He should be careful what he wishes for. Fox is controlled oppo media that exists to keep people on the plantation. Anyone who quits it will move to the Right, not Left.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 30, 2025 07:00 AM (BI5O2)

125 Sorry- typos Bah! "going on today at the place my son works"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 30, 2025 07:00 AM (2GCMq)

126
Sorry- typos Bah! "going on today at the place my son works"
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 30, 2025 07:00 AM (2GCMq)

Too much gin on your Wheaties this morning?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 30, 2025 07:01 AM (HZi96)

127 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 30, 2025 06:59 AM (O7YUW)

It was a show about an advertising agency and I think Spade was the photographer.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 30, 2025 07:02 AM (2GCMq)

128
"Total Bastard Airlines", a sketch on SNL is what I'm coming up with...
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Was that the source for the line, "What part of 'buh-bye' don't you understand, the 'buh', or the 'bye'?"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh![ at July 30, 2025 07:03 AM (xG4kz)

129 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 30, 2025 07:01 AM (HZi96)

Nope😉. Lack of sleep and being the world's worst typist anywhere, but particularly bad on a small cell phone

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 30, 2025 07:03 AM (2GCMq)

130 @119/Biden's Dog: "/shoots slef"

Alas poor Slef! I knew him, Horatio.

Posted by: William Tell, no wait, Shakespeare! at July 30, 2025 07:04 AM (O7YUW)

131 @128/Krebs v Carnot: { Was that the source for the line, "What part of 'buh-bye' don't you understand, the 'buh', or the 'bye'?" }

Just so:
https://youtu.be/wg5lIpQkoOg

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 30, 2025 07:05 AM (O7YUW)

132

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at July 30, 2025 07:05 AM (5hfjS)

133 Delete away! That won't stop Fox from receiving revenue from his show as long as it remains in the bundled cable subscription.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh![ at July 30, 2025 07:00 AM (xG4kz)

I should’ve added the News on there.

He doesn’t want people to delete Fox Network.
Just Fox News.

It’s all under the same company, Fox Corporation, though. So he’s basically asking people to hurt the company that pays him.

You’d think the Murdochs would tell Groeing to STFU and mind his own business.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 30, 2025 07:06 AM (6ydKt)

134
It might be on opportunity to meet other people in his field who do hiring, so if you could pray that my sort of introverted son is good at effective "schmoozing" it would be much appreciated . Thanks so much!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Will do.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh![ at July 30, 2025 07:06 AM (xG4kz)

135 Just looked it up. Sitcom with Spade was called "Just shoot me."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 30, 2025 07:06 AM (2GCMq)

136 Good morning all.

Fen, you are thinking of "just shoot me"

Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at July 30, 2025 07:06 AM (zs2tC)

137 @127/FenelonSpoke: "It was a show about an advertising agency and I think Spade was the photographer."

Perhaps: 'Just Shoot Me!' ?
https://youtu.be/d6npnnWvHYE

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 30, 2025 07:08 AM (O7YUW)

138 Wow, Horde mind in triplicate.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 30, 2025 07:08 AM (O7YUW)

139 Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh![ at July 30, 2025 07:06 AM (xG4kz

Thanks so much!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 30, 2025 07:08 AM (2GCMq)

140 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 30, 2025 07:08 AM (O7YUW)

That was a good show!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 30, 2025 07:09 AM (2GCMq)

141
132

Howdy, Shrills!

What delightful body odor will you be sporting today? Are there plans afoot for some "gals' day out" day drinking with Old Lady Emhoff?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh![ at July 30, 2025 07:09 AM (xG4kz)

142 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 30, 2025 07:10 AM (u82oZ)

143 I remember when Global Fun Censor used to post here with spelling corrections, upstaging with facts and poopooing anything sexual in nature, especially homo stuff.

Good times, good times...

Posted by: Chef's Kiss at July 30, 2025 07:12 AM (G3G8A)

144 @FenelonSpoke: Prayer offered, as well as a request that he be steered towards useful conversations that will benefit him professionally.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 30, 2025 07:12 AM (O7YUW)

145 You gotta start in the morning if you're gonna drink all day.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at July 30, 2025 07:14 AM (nUA2B)

146 Fen, I just read your prayer request. I can understand being introverted and being afraid that you're bothering someone while you're trying to schmooze.

Good luck to him. We hope to hear good results.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 30, 2025 07:14 AM (BpO1e)

147 Hawaii didn't tip over from the the tsunami.
That's good I suppose.
But Oprah's still a Bitch...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at July 30, 2025 07:15 AM (TGPs7)

148
jj is here

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 30, 2025 07:15 AM (gbOdA)

149 Hillary Clinton

Ignoring your doctor's advice, again?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 30, 2025 07:18 AM (u82oZ)

150 Just Shoot Me also starred Laura San Giacomo in her prime.

We were just reminiscing about her the other day from Quigley Down Under.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 30, 2025 07:18 AM (6ydKt)

151
You gotta start in the morning if you're gonna drink all day.
Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff

Once you never stop drinking, the feared 'first drink of the day' becomes an ever increasingly infinitesimal portion of your drinking experience.

Something to think about!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh![ at July 30, 2025 07:18 AM (xG4kz)

152 FenelonSpoke

Prayers ascending for FenelonSon, that his worth be recognized, and for you, that your worries about your son be unfounded.

I know this is willowed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 30, 2025 07:23 AM (u82oZ)

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