Daily Tech News 24 August 2025

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Who are the 400 million people who made Threads the second most popular discussion platform after only Twitter? (Mashable)

The article doesn't seem to understand its own conclusion: That these are the same people who made The Big Bang Theory the most popular show on television: Bipedal sphex wasps.

In short, they don't exist, or at least not as recognisably individual human beings. They are trivially interchangeable corporate drones, the same people who made CB (formerly Cracker Barrel, the nation's foremost fine dining cheese experience) a household name for all the wrong reasons.
Speaking of households, I peeked out of mine this afternoon. It was a warm winter's day, so I essayed out to tackle the easiest part of the garden - the patch of lawn nearest the house - which was dusted with small weeds and could do with a trim before the season kicks off for real next month.

Even my smaller lawnmower (an 18V Bosch unit) could handle the task, though I did need to swap batteries at the midpoint because I had neglected to do so before putting it away for the winter.

On the other hand, that virus really did a number on me, and I also needed to recharge half-way through mowing less than half the lawn. It'll likely be weeks before I'm back to normal.
Also had a migraine. Just 'cause.

Tech News

Will Trump help 4Chan escape the UK's Thought Police? (The Verge) (archive site)

Uncertain but hopeful. Certainly someone needs to drag the Latter Day Stasi to one side before they bring down the entire internet in civil war.
Will the FTC help Europe escape its own catastrophic meddling in critical internet security protocols? (Bleeping Computer)

So many idiots, so little time.
Coinbase's CEO explains why he fired engineers who didn't try AI immediately. (Tech Crunch)

Because he's an asshole.
"I jumped on this call on Saturday and there were a couple people that had not done it. Some of them had a good reason, because they were just getting back from some trip or something, and some of them didn't [have a good reason]. And they got fired."
And then Coinbase was nuked from orbit, and oh how we laughed.
InnoDisk demonstrated DDR5 MRDIMMs running at capacities up to 128GB and speeds up to 12,800MHz. (Serve the Home)

These could be interesting in a second-generation AMD Strix Halo desktop - expandable memory and 50% more bandwidth than the soldered solutions currently availabe.

Musical Interlude

In the original Predatorese.

Extended play version in English.

Disclaimer: Who knew that was a cover?

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

Comments

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at August 24, 2025 04:30 AM (aURVT)

2 Oink!

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at August 24, 2025 04:30 AM (zdKZs)

3 guten morgen, horde

Posted by: clarence at August 24, 2025 04:37 AM (dL2Vj)

4 wait wait wait

4chan can hire lawyers?

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 24, 2025 04:37 AM (0CU3H)

5 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 24, 2025 04:38 AM (E+OH8)

6 "InnoDisk demonstrated DDR5 MRDIMMs running at capacities up to 128GB and speeds up to 12,80MHz."

From the article:
The MCR DIMM , short for Multiplexer Combined Rank DIMM, is a higher bandwidth slotted memory solution that Intel has been touting for over a year and a half. Ultimately, we believe it will give way to another technology, and shockingly quickly.

Intel. Ooops. Again.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at August 24, 2025 04:41 AM (zdKZs)

7 >>>So many idiots, so little time.

So evergreen!

Posted by: m at August 24, 2025 04:42 AM (aURVT)

8 PIXY

why does my WIN11 laptop go bluescreen and ask me to enter a bitlocker key

Posted by: Don Black at August 24, 2025 04:43 AM (AOsQT)

9 >>>It'll likely be weeks before I'm back to normal.

Booooo! Bad virus.

Posted by: m at August 24, 2025 04:45 AM (aURVT)

10 The idiocy has been going on for a long time and has given the idiots time to increase their numbers.

Posted by: clarence at August 24, 2025 04:45 AM (dL2Vj)

11 Don Black - unfortunately I can't think of any good reason.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 24, 2025 04:46 AM (BLOW1)

12 According to Gold, "Thank You for Being a Friend" was "just this little throwaway thing" that took him "about an hour to write." (Wikipedia)

Posted by: m at August 24, 2025 04:52 AM (aURVT)

13 I never had on my bingo card the US government saving 4Chan from the UK government.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 24, 2025 04:58 AM (zdKZs)

14 13 I never had on my bingo card the US government saving 4Chan from the UK government.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 24, 2025 04:58 AM (zdKZs)

But it rocks!

Posted by: m at August 24, 2025 04:59 AM (aURVT)

15 why does my WIN11 laptop go bluescreen and ask me to enter a bitlocker key

Posted by: Don Black at August 24, 2025 04:43 AM (AOsQT)
-

So I asked Grok:

https://tinyurl.com/tp8ryvn9

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 24, 2025 05:00 AM (E+OH8)

16 The song was recorded by Cynthia Fee to serve as the theme song for the NBC sitcom The Golden Girls.... (Wikipedia)

Maybe it could serve as the theme song for a Cracker Barrel commercial.

Posted by: m at August 24, 2025 05:02 AM (aURVT)

17 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 24, 2025 05:03 AM (ErLti)

18 G'Day everyone
Time to make coffee

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 05:14 AM (+qU29)

19 Andrew Gold bears a resemblance to the Brothers Gibb.

Posted by: m at August 24, 2025 05:15 AM (aURVT)

20
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 24, 2025 05:16 AM (tljrc)

21
The Coinbase CEO should use my nic instead of whatever spawned it named it.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at August 24, 2025 05:17 AM (ddp/T)

22 From the article:
The MCR DIMM , short for Multiplexer Combined Rank DIMM, is a higher bandwidth slotted memory solution that Intel has been touting for over a year and a half. Ultimately, we believe it will give way to another technology, and shockingly quickly.

Intel. Ooops. Again.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram

MRDIMM / MCRDIMM seems to be interchangeable though maybe slightly different implementations of the same idea: Pack two DIMMs worth of chips onto one physical DIMM and run it twice as fast.

Intel vs. AMD is a lot less interchangeable. These only work properly on Intel; on AMD chips they run, but not only do they fail to hit 12,800MHz, they don't work at any speed beyond the minimum of 3200MHz for DDR5.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 24, 2025 05:17 AM (BLOW1)

23 Re the bitlocker stuff.

My wife's desktop is on Windows 11, so I need to ensure that she has a copy of her keys somewhere. (Like our linux fileserver)

I only boot into Windows to play games on Steam and I haven't done that in months.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at August 24, 2025 05:25 AM (ddp/T)

24 a summary version of the 4chan article, from the end of the article:

[Preston Byrne, a First Amendment lawyer]: “None of my clients, including 4chan, will allow themselves to be deputized by a hostile foreign government which wants to censor its own people,” he wrote. “[British regulator] Ofcom has the power, if it wants, to get a court order and serve that order on UK-based ISPs to DNS block 4chan. That is entirely a domestic UK matter for Ofcom and the British courts to decide upon.”

Posted by: m at August 24, 2025 05:35 AM (aURVT)

25 and an example of US companies being deputized to censor foreign-based ISPs:

“several major U.S. companies — including Reddit, Bluesky, X, and Grindr — were forced to implement age verification systems that haphazardly blocked some or all access for users [in the UK] who didn’t want to hand over an ID or face scan”

Posted by: m at August 24, 2025 05:39 AM (aURVT)

26

Cold Fusion for the Win!

Posted by: Autosucking Ice-cream Dick at August 24, 2025 05:42 AM (a9s9e)

27 There was a dear lady at the funeral which I conducted for J. yesterday At the funeral home ( well, there was more than one, but she had an interesting story). She looked familiar and she said after the service. "Do you remember me.? I came into J's room when you were visiting and I sang " How great thou art" with you.? She is the nursing home hairdresser . I guess J was such a dear person that the hairdresser was fond of her almost like a mother. I thought that was lovely.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2025 05:52 AM (2GCMq)

28 https://tinyurl.com/3z3cxmf8
20 Posts from Doug Ross Substack

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 05:57 AM (+qU29)

29 I am sorry that you have a migraine, Pixy. I think you should take some days off even from here.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2025 06:01 AM (2GCMq)

30 And here's a wonderful hymn: " How great thou art "

https://tinyurl.com/hyxv7d8n

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2025 06:05 AM (2GCMq)

31 Teens knock down door of burning home to save dogs:

https://tinyurl.com/53wvtt3v

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2025 06:09 AM (2GCMq)

32 G'mornin' everyone!

LOL, Pixy, ": Bipedal sphex wasps."

always one of the best threads on the blog, every day! Bravo!

Hope you feel better soon!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 24, 2025 06:13 AM (ppG5b)

33 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 24, 2025 06:19 AM (4NhiA)

34 @NEWSMAX 4h
Prospective home buyers in the United States set an all-time high record of purchase contract cancellations in July
----

They are waiting for interest rates to drop.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 06:20 AM (5LCqK)

35 Evening to Pixy -- I hope your personal batteries are back to full charge soon! And morning to you early risers.

I've fed my own sphexes, aka the cats, and am having coffee. How about you?

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

36 I like that song "Thank you for being a friend." Thanks, Pixy.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2025 06:24 AM (+U9BP)

37
Good morning, Hordians. Went to Mass yesterday afternoon - a rebarbative experience - so no need to get up early today. Last day of work at the Toy Dog show.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2025 06:26 AM (kkTda)

38 Odd dream last night: I was slated to take a school bus to *work* for some reason. But nobody could tell me which bus, or where and what time to catch it. I was preparing to call the school board office, and bracing for a long frustrating session on hold (while listening to a symphonic arrangement of the Hawaii Five-O theme), when I woke up.

Apparently -- and Fen asked me about this -- the dreams I recall often revolve around *trying to find out something*, or a search for something. The search might only be for a clean bathroom, but I'm usually hunting something, a place or a fact.

Which tells me something. I'm just not sure what.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 06:29 AM (omVj0)

39 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: GET TO DA CHOPPAH!!!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 24, 2025 06:29 AM (WvZaB)

40 I've never seen Predator, and of the actors in the end credits, I recognized only Arnold and Jesse Ventura. How old is that film, late Eighties?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 06:34 AM (omVj0)

41 Once again the morning hunt begins for the motivation to go walk. I know I saw it around here on Friday. Maybe the cats shredded it and I threw it away, thinking it was garbage.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 06:36 AM (omVj0)

42 Trump administration house-cleaning and firings at the Pentagon, as late Friday it was reported that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dismissed...:

director of (DIA), Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse
head of the Navy Reserve, Vice Adm. Nancy Lacore,
Naval Special Warfare Command, Rear Adm. Milton Sands

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 06:36 AM (5LCqK)

43
Unfortunately, virtually all of my dreams feature me doing or saying something stupid, or being put in a ridiculous situation, or having to manage something with inadequate or no means to do so. Never, but never, in them am I accomplished or commanding or admired or desirable.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2025 06:38 AM (kkTda)

44 I've never seen Predator, and of the actors in the end credits, I recognized only Arnold and Jesse Ventura. How old is that film, late Eighties?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 06:34 AM (omVj0)
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You've never heard of Carl Weathers?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 24, 2025 06:40 AM (WvZaB)

45 G'morning Horde.

Pixy: Good articles today, and I'm glad you're recovering, but I'm sorry you suffered the migraine. Those are... awful.

About MCRDIMM memory: My eyes land on that and I keep trying to parse Roman Numerals.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 24, 2025 06:41 AM (O7YUW)

46 I've never seen Predator, and of the actors in the end credits, I recognized only Arnold and Jesse Ventura. How old is that film, late Eighties?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025
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You've never heard of Carl Weathers?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 24, 2025

***
Ack. After I pressed "Post," I realized I'd forgotten him. Okay, three out of the main cast I know.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 06:42 AM (omVj0)

47 Nawlins connection:

Carl Weathers was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1948. (IMDB)

Posted by: m at August 24, 2025 06:43 AM (aURVT)

48 Ack. After I pressed "Post," I realized I'd forgotten him. Okay, three out of the main cast I know.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 06:42 AM (omVj0)
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That's OK. I haven't seen any of the other guys in anything but Predator, either.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 24, 2025 06:44 AM (WvZaB)

49 Bill Duke looks familiar, but I don't recognize the name.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 06:44 AM (omVj0)

50 45 About MCRDIMM memory: My eyes land on that and I keep trying to parse Roman Numerals.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 24, 2025 06:41 AM (O7YUW)

hahahahaha

Posted by: m at August 24, 2025 06:47 AM (aURVT)

51
I may have seen Carl Weathers elsewhere but the only movie I associate his name with is Force 10 from Navarone.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2025 06:48 AM (kkTda)

52 I may have seen Carl Weathers elsewhere but the only movie I associate his name with is Force 10 from Navarone.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2025 06:48 AM (kkTda)
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He was Rocky's opponent (and later friend) in the Rocky movies.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 24, 2025 06:48 AM (WvZaB)

53 Let's replace Coinbase's pointy headed CEO with a chatbot and see if anyone notices.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 24, 2025 06:49 AM (T9VmS)

54 MPPPP! It's Vera Miles' 95th birthday:

Westerns & the Old West
@DavidLambertArt
12h
Happy 95th Birthday to Vera Miles, born Vera June Ralston

Posted by: m at August 24, 2025 06:50 AM (aURVT)

55 "I've never seen Predator, and of the actors in the end credits, I recognized only Arnold and Jesse Ventura. How old is that film, late Eighties?"

1987.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at August 24, 2025 06:54 AM (ddp/T)

56 Byeee...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 24, 2025 06:55 AM (WvZaB)

57 thoughtful thread @aelfred_D

Aelfred The Great
@aelfred_D
18h
One of the hardest things about suicide is we tend to view it as coloring the whole life before it.

An easy example is DFW. He ultimately killed himself, so that vitiates a lot of his work, the idea goes.

No. He lost the fight one day. He won it for thousands of others.

1/4

Posted by: m at August 24, 2025 06:56 AM (aURVT)

58 Golfing with president Trump.

https://tinyurl.com/3and63tn

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 06:57 AM (5LCqK)

59 Dallas, Fort Worth?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 06:59 AM (5LCqK)

60
Dallas, Fort Worth?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 06:59 AM (5LCqK)

__________

David Foster Wallace. An author read by status-anxious AWFLs.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2025 07:02 AM (kkTda)

61 Golfing with president Trump.

https://tinyurl.com/3and63tn

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 06:57 AM (5LCqK)
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WINNING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 24, 2025 07:04 AM (E+OH8)

62 @49

>>Bill Duke looks familiar, but I don't recognize the name.

Bill Duke, plays the big surly black dude/president/official in a lot of films.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 24, 2025 07:04 AM (XV/Pl)

63 Bill Duke, plays the big surly black dude

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 24, 2025 07:04 AM (XV/Pl)
-

Oh.

So not Patty's brother?

OR IS HE?????????

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 24, 2025 07:06 AM (E+OH8)

64
Oh Lord, it's the Red Sox and Yankees on Sunday Night Baseball. ESPN's coverage will be even more nauseatingly over the top. Plus a four hour game.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2025 07:07 AM (kkTda)

65 Hope you are back to 100% soon. Lots of stuff to do.

Posted by: Pamazon at August 24, 2025 07:09 AM (b5MGU)

66 @pixy, do you mow your lawn for the exercise or because it has to be done?

I've had a robot mower for about a year now. It does not require a wired perimeter and actually uses the RTK technology used by modern farmers to place crops within inches of the desired planting location. The company claims to be (IIRC) German (the support addresses have a .eu component) but the mower itself was built in Shenzhen, PRC.

It's a mammotion mower bought in 2024. It worked well for almost a year, but I have had recent problems resulting in 2 shipments to a repair facility. (Both on the company's dime and the 2nd repair ongoing.) I believe my issues with the mower (power-off in the middle of mowing) are temperature/battery related. In fairness, the company has been responsive to my complaints; OTOH, the issue wasn't fixed after the first repair.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at August 24, 2025 07:10 AM (ddp/T)

67 This is Water by David Foster Wallace (Full Transcript and Audio)

https://fs.blog/david-foster-wallace-this-is-water

Posted by: m at August 24, 2025 07:12 AM (aURVT)

68 Morning peeps.

Light fog this cool morning, and it's extremely quiet. Good morning to sit on the porch with my coffee and commiserate with the cats.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 24, 2025 07:13 AM (Q4IgG)

69 I had "the golf dream," where everything other than playing golf is involved.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 24, 2025 07:13 AM (ZmEVT)

70 Bill Duke, plays the big surly black dude/president/official in a lot of films.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 24, 2025 07:04 AM (XV/Pl)

He gets dropped off a balcony by Richard Gere in "American Gigolo."

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 24, 2025 07:14 AM (h/ffs)

71 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at August 24, 2025 07:15 AM (XQo4F)

72 Good morning morons

Pixy, a prayer for your complete and immediate recovery

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2025 07:16 AM (RIvkX)

73 Solo Beats 4 ....passed the "Pneuma" test 1/2 off @ Amazon

Posted by: qmark at August 24, 2025 07:17 AM (+t9Oi)

74 62 @49

>>Bill Duke looks familiar, but I don't recognize the name.

Bill Duke, plays the big surly black dude/president/official in a lot of films.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 24, 2025 07:04 AM (XV/Pl)

Plays a corrupt cop in Payback (loosely based on the first Parker novel).

Posted by: long tall sally, she got everything at August 24, 2025 07:17 AM (SSEhk)

75 Bill Duke, plays the big surly black dude/president/official in a lot of films.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 24, 2025 07:04 AM (XV/Pl)

He gets gutted like a fish in "No Man's Land" with Charlie Sheen.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 24, 2025 07:19 AM (h/ffs)

76 SanFranpsycho, Good morning. What's for breakfast?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2025 07:20 AM (dxWFK)

77 @Osint613 . 5m

Khamenei:

“A war was imposed on us. The Iranian nation stood firmly against it with great strength, capturing the world’s attention. Iran gained a special magnificence in the eyes of the world.”

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 07:20 AM (5LCqK)

78 thank you for your responses to my Bitlocker question-
seems Microsoft likes to make things unbelievably complicated, for my protection

Posted by: Don Black at August 24, 2025 07:23 AM (AOsQT)

79 G'morning all, from beautiful Lake Keowee. Visited Whitewater Falls in NC yesterday. 411 ft tall waterfall. Very nice.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 24, 2025 07:24 AM (14NAx)

80 In northern Egypt, a resort village named Marina Delta was built in the shape of a menorah, and it is now sparking a major uproar in Arab media

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 07:24 AM (5LCqK)

81 Australia has some full on anti-Israel hate going .

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2025 07:26 AM (dxWFK)

82 I first learned of “The Barrel” joke in a professional training environment in the late ‘70s. It was told by a professor when describing a less-than desirable daily assignment. I can’t imagine any professional workplace today where a mentor would use that joke.

Posted by: Fenderbender at August 24, 2025 07:27 AM (1FEc1)

83 mornin yall. I believe Bitlocker has caused more sorrow than it has prevented. Thanks a lot, Microsquat.

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2025 07:27 AM (vFG9F)

84 I don't know, robot lawn mover then next you know it wants to borrow the car, or starts demanding weekends off.

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 07:27 AM (+qU29)

85 The Tafach neighborhood, a large Hamas stronghold in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, has been completely wiped off.
---

And that's a good thing.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 07:28 AM (5LCqK)

86 Nnnnnnngh...... Up early to take care of Lil Pooky after a night of almost no sleep. Pooky tried to dismantle his CPAP in the middle of the night yet again, and tried to convince me that "they" are stopping him from creating his own type of mask. His bladder infection seems to be fending off this second round of antibiotics. I am very close to putting him in the hospital just so they can sedate him. He hasn't really slept for over a month now, and therefore neither have I.

Posted by: pookysgirl, exhausted at August 24, 2025 07:28 AM (ue9rP)

87 I had "the golf dream," where everything other than playing golf is involved.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 24, 2025 07:13 AM (ZmEVT)
-

/claps

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 24, 2025 07:28 AM (E+OH8)

88 84 I don't know, robot lawn mover then next you know it wants to borrow the car, or starts demanding weekends off.
Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 07:27 AM (+qU29)

Starts sleeping with your wife.
No good can come of it.

Posted by: battery-operated terminator at August 24, 2025 07:30 AM (SSEhk)

89 I saw a robot mower this summer, they look very cool.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2025 07:31 AM (RIvkX)

90 In California news, "Suspect stops for gas in the middle of high speed car chase with cops – and still gets away"

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2025 07:31 AM (vFG9F)

91 Just looked up some Robot Lawnmowers, they are quite pricey and only go up to 2acres.

I have a JD lawn tractor for such things, takes a couple hours to mow.

That's what Sunday's are for.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 24, 2025 07:32 AM (XV/Pl)

92 He hasn't really slept for over a month now, and therefore neither have I.
Posted by: pookysgirl, exhausted
----------------

I'll put a word in for you two and also ask for decision help.
He's needs his sleep and you need your rest.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 07:32 AM (5LCqK)

93 VIA. Say hi to Lake Keowee for me, lived on the lake for 7 years. Loved the lake and the people of Seneca and Clemson. Hated the heat and humidity so we moved north. Need to go back sometime and see how things have changed.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 24, 2025 07:33 AM (2NHgQ)

94 "That's what Sunday's are for.
Posted by: Thomas Bender "

Oh, no, I am explicitly forbidden from mowing on Sunday by Mrs fd.

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2025 07:34 AM (vFG9F)

95 Not sleeping isn't good, those 3 months on night shift was all the time tired. Been pretty good since got off that.
It will be back soon enough but should be a week or two only.

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 07:34 AM (+qU29)

96 Hope Musk keeps his price point on his robot.
Hopefully it will learn to cook. As far as the lawn, I'll keep it away from the rider but teaching it to use the push mower and weedeater shouldn't be difficult.
I'll let it use the electric chainsaw but I'm keeping my hand on the plug.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 07:36 AM (5LCqK)

97 “A war was imposed on us. The Iranian nation stood firmly against it with great strength, capturing the world’s attention. Iran gained a special magnificence in the eyes of the world.”
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 07:20 AM (5LCqK)

- they imposed this war
- they buckled like an apprentice pimp
- most of the world gave zero foxes
- they got hit by a couple bombs and wet themselves. How magnificent.

Standard IR press release. Every single dependent clause contains at least one lie.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 24, 2025 07:37 AM (3pmZ8)

98 I meant independent. But whatever, I'm still asleep.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 24, 2025 07:39 AM (3pmZ8)

99 “ Praise the Lord, all you nations;
extol him, all you peoples.
For great is his love toward us,
and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.
Praise the Lord.”

Psalm 117

Posted by: Marcus T at August 24, 2025 07:40 AM (mHvan)

100 The 1937 Snow White is on Free-form channel, doughty seen this in 50 years

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 07:40 AM (+qU29)

101 100

Posted by: m at August 24, 2025 07:40 AM (aURVT)

102 Posted by: pookysgirl, exhausted at August 24, 2025 07:28 AM (ue9rP)

He may need IV administration of antibiotic, and maybe a nice trazadone for a night's sleep.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2025 07:40 AM (RIvkX)

103 @101/m: Missed it by THAT much.

Posted by: Maxwell Smart at August 24, 2025 07:42 AM (O7YUW)

104 103 @101/m: Missed it by THAT much.
Posted by: Maxwell Smart at August 24, 2025 07:42 AM (O7YUW)

: (

Posted by: m at August 24, 2025 07:45 AM (aURVT)

105 > I have a JD lawn tractor for such things, takes a couple hours to mow.

That's what Sunday's are for.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
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I spent a couple hours on my Kubota tractor mowing some of our property yesterday. Once the dew dries I'll get to the rest. It was really dry and dusty too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 24, 2025 07:45 AM (Q4IgG)

106 @Osint613
1h
WILD 🔴

Reform rabbis held a protest prayer against Israel at the opening of a rally attended by Rashida Tlaib.

And then, in what seemed like a divine coincidence, during the Torah reading of that very portion, they came to the promise of the Land of Israel to the people of Israel:

“Live in this land and I will be with you and bless you, for to you and to your offspring I will give all these lands, and I will uphold the oath that I swore to Abraham your father.”

So what did they do?
They read the verses in a whisper, quickly, nervously, hoping no one will catch on.

You can’t make this up

https://tinyurl.com/yc6nh2ty

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 07:46 AM (5LCqK)

107 103 @101/m: Missed it by THAT much.
Posted by: Maxwell Smart at August 24, 2025 07:42 AM (O7YUW)

: (

Posted by: m at August 24, 2025 07:45 AM (aURVT)
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You and Skip.

Water Soakers at 20 paces.

Don't forget to upload the video.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 24, 2025 07:48 AM (E+OH8)

108 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 07:46 AM (5LCqK)
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Oh, the irony!

Bil'am's descendants.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 24, 2025 07:50 AM (E+OH8)

109 Run your own server? Now you have to worry about AI squatting on it:

"At OpenAI, a model named “o1” was caught trying to copy itself onto external servers, then lied about the attempt when questioned"

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2025 07:51 AM (vFG9F)

110 Posted by: Marcus T at August 24, 2025 07:40 AM (mHvan

Very nice passage. Thanks, Marcus!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2025 07:53 AM (2GCMq)

111 *looks at AI diktat*

"OK, Boss, this AI will be a game-changer! You are genius!!*

*goes back to coding as normal*

Posted by: What a smart Coinbase programmer would do at August 24, 2025 07:55 AM (PiwSw)

112 According to Fortune Magazine, "the top three individual actions that help the climate include avoiding plane flights, choosing not to get a dog and using renewable electricity."

Did AI tell them this? I hope it was using renewable energy.

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2025 07:58 AM (vFG9F)

113 I think AI just doesn't like dogs.

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2025 07:59 AM (vFG9F)

114 112 According to Fortune Magazine, "the top three individual actions that help the climate include avoiding plane flights, choosing not to get a dog and using renewable electricity."

Did AI tell them this? I hope it was using renewable energy.
Posted by: fd at August 24, 2025 07:58 AM (vFG9F)

"not using plane flights"

That's just for the proles, dear, not us.

Posted by: WEF attendees, giving assurances at August 24, 2025 08:01 AM (PiwSw)

115 According to Fortune Magazine, "the top three individual actions that help the climate include avoiding plane flights, choosing not to get a dog and using renewable electricity."

I would like to know what "help the climate" looks like.

Who knew that having a dog could change your local weather.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 24, 2025 08:03 AM (a4flb)

116 They can't help themselves by not thinking the weather is a human problem

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 08:05 AM (+qU29)

117 To hell with the climate, I'm keeping my dog.

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2025 08:05 AM (vFG9F)

118
I think AI just doesn't like dogs.
Posted by: fd at August 24, 2025 07:59 AM (vFG9F)

_________

Dog >>>> AI

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2025 08:05 AM (kkTda)

119
Good morning, everyone. Community dark roast mixed 50/50 with Community chicory. Wakes me right up. No mowing for Bif anymore after the knees went on strike. Smash hired a local small business landscaper to do all that for me.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 24, 2025 08:06 AM (QVmho)

120 George Carlin sez the planet is fine:

https://youtu.be/arbpu1xKAow

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 24, 2025 08:09 AM (XQo4F)

121 The climate has been changing for billions of years. Get over it.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2025 08:12 AM (dxWFK)

122 >> Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2025 07:53 AM (2GCMq)

Thank you ma’am. God Bless, and GodBless all of God’s people here who are in need.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 24, 2025 08:13 AM (aoC8T)

123 How many airplane flights = 1 dog?

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2025 08:13 AM (vFG9F)

124 Do you know what has infinite more to do with the weather than your Dog?
Your Sun

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 08:14 AM (+qU29)

125 > Good morning, everyone. Community dark roast mixed 50/50 with Community chicory. Wakes me right up.
-----------
I've been a fan of Community Coffee for years. I periodically get a variety pack of 3 different blends off Amazon... 36 K-cups.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 24, 2025 08:14 AM (Q4IgG)

126 And more importantly, how many airplane flights = 1 cat?

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2025 08:15 AM (vFG9F)

127 >>“Live in this land and I will be with you and bless you, for to you and to your offspring I will give all these lands, and I will uphold the oath that I swore to Abraham your father.”

lol.

I wondered how they were going to navigate so many parts of the Old Testament/Tirah that have similar references…Joshua, Ezekiel, Jeremiah, etc.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 24, 2025 08:15 AM (aoC8T)

128 According to Fortune Magazine, "the top three individual actions that help the climate include avoiding plane flights, choosing not to get a dog and using renewable electricity."

I'm guessing that the author of this article has a neighbor in the adjoining apartment that has a loud continuously barking dog.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 24, 2025 08:15 AM (a4flb)

129 *Torah. No offense meant. Just bad spelling.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 24, 2025 08:15 AM (aoC8T)

130 I going to take this further and suggest that using hamsters to power a blog is destroying the climate.

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2025 08:16 AM (vFG9F)

131 I wondered how they were going to navigate so many parts of the Old Testament/Tirah that have similar references…Joshua, Ezekiel, Jeremiah, etc.
Posted by: Marcus T at August 24, 2025 08:15 AM (aoC8T)
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They wouldn't be counted in my minyan.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2025 08:18 AM (RIvkX)

132 It looks like the climate today will change from partly cloudy to mostly cloudy.

*glares at Bruno*

Just kidding, boy.

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2025 08:18 AM (vFG9F)

133 Asking for suggestions. We have to replace our desktop computer which can't be upgraded to Windows 11. We were thinking of a laptop, 14 inch or so screen. We do not need some fancy gaming machine since we don't play computer games of any kind. It's main use will be for email, doing TurboTax, Youtube, online banking, and similar mundane WiFi things.

- No using the Cloud for storage, internal to the machine only.
- I want a mouse or mouse pad, not touch screen or touch screen only.
- Windows 11.
- Able to accept external CD or DVD players.

Any thoughts?
Thanks

Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025 08:19 AM (yTvNw)

134 >> They wouldn't be counted in my minyan.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2025 08:18 AM (RIvkX)

lol. Imagine being so lost you have to corrupt scripture to make your points.

I can’t even.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 24, 2025 08:20 AM (4caix)

135 According to Fortune Magazine, "the top three individual actions that help the climate..."

At this point, all climate claims are about keeping the Green New Deal grift money flowing.

CO2 is plant food. You want more plants, emit more CO2 and you get more green using less water. This is a fact.

China is building gigawatts of new coal fired power every month. Your dog's flatulence is not going to compete with burning 410 tons of coal per 1 GWh of electricity.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 24, 2025 08:21 AM (a4flb)

136 I've been a fan of Community Coffee for years. I periodically get a variety pack of 3 different blends off Amazon... 36 K-cups.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 24, 2025

***
They have several coffee shops here in town. Coffee is generally cheaper than at the other local chain, PJs, and just as good.

They used to have more shops, but Katrina and then the Sniffle Scare ruined that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 08:21 AM (omVj0)

137 I was surprised to learn yesterday the root of "Bethel". I wonder why they never taught us that in Sunday school. Yes, I know the story of Jacob, but never got the connection.

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2025 08:22 AM (vFG9F)

138 Psalm 117
Posted by: Marcus T

Alleluia

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 08:24 AM (Mgy3C)

139 " Your dog's flatulence is not going to compete with burning 410 tons of coal per 1 GWh of electricity.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure"

You have never been stuck in a motorhome with my dog.

Posted by: fd at August 24, 2025 08:25 AM (vFG9F)

140 "the top three individual actions that help the climate..."

Help! I've fallen and I can't get up!

Posted by: The Climate at August 24, 2025 08:26 AM (i0F8b)

141 want a mouse or mouse pad, not touch screen or touch screen only.
- Windows 11.
- Able to accept external CD or DVD players.

eBay the cheapest computer that fits that description - heck, you can probably find one at Goodwill or Salvation Army. At the level of your needs, a computer is a commodity object.

Developing software for over forty years, I have gone through all stages of computer platforms, operating systems, performance, yada yada.

I use what the client gives me (pretty much anyone doing financial work requires people to use company assets). For personal, I went from pricey notebooks, to a cockpit of three 4k monitors (main being 43") powered by an AMD processor NUC or mini-PC since that gives far more bang for the buck and I can toss the computer cube in the vault when I leave the property.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 24, 2025 08:27 AM (a4flb)

142 According to Fortune Magazine, "the top three individual actions that help the climate include avoiding plane flights, choosing not to get a dog and using renewable electricity."
Posted by: fd

Speaking of poor decisions keeping one poor - my daughter decided to spend her car payment $$ on her dog the last two months.

She is deep into the FA portion of her financial life.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 24, 2025 08:28 AM (cYBz/)

143 I went to the grocery store yesterday and noticed Halloween candy on display. Plus, pumpkin coffee creamer was available as well.

* looks at the calendar in the kitchen *

It's not even Labor Day yet.

Posted by: dantesed at August 24, 2025 08:29 AM (Oy/m2)

144 125 ... "I've been a fan of Community Coffee for years"

Community Coffee Breakfast Blend, already ground, has been my go to for several years. They somehow get a slight sweet taste in the roasting without adding anything and not acidic. It goes great with a morning pipe with a Navy Flake tobacco. My next purchase will be the whole bean version and grind it myself to use in a stovetop percolator.

Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025 08:30 AM (yTvNw)

145 I keep pondering getting a laptop mostly for my miniatures collection and games, haven't done it.
Certainly don't need a top model, just a basic laptop.

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 08:31 AM (+qU29)

146 Tried watching Big Bang Theory back when it was on first run - about as funny as watching wood rot.

Posted by: Trey at August 24, 2025 08:32 AM (fGAly)

147 I'm receiving the notices to upgrade to Windows 11 on a regular basis, had one this morning. Do I need to back up my laptop before upgrading? Not everything, just the important stuff like Quicken, KeyPass, etc?

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 24, 2025 08:33 AM (2NHgQ)

148 Checkout this kid (literally they look like middle schoolers) doing a cover of Smooth Operator

https://tinyurl.com/5zf5xvez

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 08:34 AM (Mgy3C)

149 I've been a fan of Community Coffee for years.

Community Coffee has been probably the best value for coffee other than roasting your own.

I'm getting beans for $7.50 a pound and getting the benefit of not having stale coffee.†

† Rule of 15:
Coffee goes stale after:
• 15 months from picking
• 15 days from roasting
• 15 minutes from grinding

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 24, 2025 08:34 AM (a4flb)

150 38 Odd dream last night: I was slated to take a school bus to *work* for some reason. But nobody could tell me which bus, or where and what time to catch it.

--

Anxiety dream

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 08:35 AM (Mgy3C)

151 >> I've been a fan of Community Coffee for years. I periodically get a variety pack of 3 different blends off Amazon... 36 K-cups.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 24, 2025

***
They have several coffee shops here in town. Coffee is generally cheaper than at the other local chain, PJs, and just as good.

They used to have more shops, but Katrina and then the Sniffle Scare ruined that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 08:21 AM (omVj0)
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New Orleans is where I first had Community Coffee... some 20 years ago when my wife and I were there for Mardi Gras.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 24, 2025 08:35 AM (Q4IgG)

152 According to me, one of the top three things you can do to improve your life is to stop reading Fortune Magazine.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 24, 2025 08:35 AM (XQo4F)

153 Coffee is especially problematic too! They left that out. No house, no car, no AC, no dog, no flying or driving anywhere.

Enjoy!

Posted by: Common Tater at August 24, 2025 08:35 AM (QGfnd)

154 43
Unfortunately, virtually all of my dreams feature me doing or saying something stupid, or being put in a ridiculous situation, or having to manage something with inadequate or no means to do so.

--

Embarrassment dream

Posted by: vmom dream categorizer at August 24, 2025 08:36 AM (Mgy3C)

155 I think the kid band's name is the Graystones

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 08:37 AM (Mgy3C)

156 Community Coffee Breakfast Blend, already ground, has been my go to for several years. They somehow get a slight sweet taste in the roasting without adding anything and not acidic. It goes great with a morning pipe with a Navy Flake tobacco. . . .
Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025

***
Morning, JTB! It's amazing to me that, in the Eighties, I could not drink coffee with a pipe. Now I enjoy it. I guess I've learned how to breathe right and dry the leaf, and so not get my tongue bitten.

I'm having a mix of MacBaren Virginia No. 1 and Cornell & Diehl's Sansepolcro (which is too strong or rough for me by itself) with my Cafe Morro.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 08:37 AM (omVj0)

157 I'm receiving the notices to upgrade to Windows 11 on a regular basis, had one this morning. Do I need to back up my laptop before upgrading? Not everything, just the important stuff like Quicken, KeyPass, etc?

You should have been backing up all the time using OneDrive, Dropbox or at least Windows History on an external drive.

I can go from out of the box to fully operational in less than an hour (mostly loading/installing drivers, applications and tools) with all of my data going back a decade if I cared by using continuous external backup.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 24, 2025 08:37 AM (a4flb)

158 Watch a little of The Big Bang Theory without the laugh track:

https://youtu.be/jKS3MGriZcs

Yawn.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 24, 2025 08:37 AM (XQo4F)

159 I'm receiving the notices to upgrade to Windows 11 on a regular basis, had one this morning. Do I need to back up my laptop before upgrading? Not everything, just the important stuff like Quicken, KeyPass, etc?
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 24, 2025 08:33 AM (2NHgQ)
====
I don't want Windows 11

They suckered me into both Windows Me and Vista. Why won't they stop the harassment?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2025 08:38 AM (RIvkX)

160 @133

>>Any thoughts?

You can get a renewed HP 800 Mini i7 with Win 11, 32gb of ram 1tb of ssd for 199.00, you could add a usb/dvd player for for 20 bucks, a keyboard mouse combo for 25 bucks and add a descent asus 27" 1080p monitor for 130 bucks, so all in, you're looking at a pretty decent system for under 400 bucks.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 24, 2025 08:38 AM (XV/Pl)

161 New Orleans is where I first had Community Coffee... some 20 years ago when my wife and I were there for Mardi Gras.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 24, 2025

***
The company is local to me. I'm not sure if they are somewhere in the city, or just in the state.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 08:38 AM (omVj0)

162 I used to worry that my dog was causing climate change. But I've been working with him.
I've trained him to turn off the light whenever he leaves a room. And he also turns off the TV now when he's not watching it.

Still working on getting him to put on a sweater instead of fiddling with the thermostat.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 24, 2025 08:39 AM (Lo97M)

163 Thomas Bender that would work for me, just need to get one someday

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 08:39 AM (+qU29)

164 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2025 08:40 AM (u82oZ)

165 We liked Big Bang Theory, specially the nerd jokes and the academic backstabbery and insularity.
Leonard, btw, is a villain.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 08:40 AM (Mgy3C)

166 Florida Peasant

Hell of a way to talk about your spouse.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2025 08:41 AM (u82oZ)

167 LLMs lying is fascinating!

Here's a paper where some of the processes involved in lie detection is involved.

https://tinyurl.com/3pmu8b2y

Mimicking human behavior may not turn out to be such a great idea.

Soulless machines need a come to Jesus rebooting.

Posted by: pawn at August 24, 2025 08:42 AM (iR1Qr)

168 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

I need to get up and go brush my teeth.

However, a certain kitty cat (*cough* Allie *cough*) is sitting in my lap.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2025 08:42 AM (IBQGV)

169 whining about coffee prices has begun. Brazil tariffs. We can buy coffee from the 4th largest producer in the world - Indonesia. Suck it , Brazil. Suck it Lula.

Posted by: runner at August 24, 2025 08:42 AM (g47mK)

170 We can also buy it from the 2nd largest coffee producer in the world - Vietnam.

Posted by: runner at August 24, 2025 08:43 AM (g47mK)

171 However, a certain kitty cat (*cough* Allie *cough*) is sitting in my lap.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Maybe from your morning breath she thinks you died and is just waiting for your corpse to stop twitching?
*runs away*

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 08:44 AM (Mgy3C)

172 Seem to be drinking less coffee in summer anyway

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 08:44 AM (+qU29)

173 There's a black guy that calls himself King Randall on X. He runs a school for black boys and teaches them practical skills. One of the recent skills was eating at a formal dinner. People were giving him grief about "acting white". But he said the exerience would give them confidence. I pointed out that JD Vance had to deal with that and had no idea what to do with all the forks. It's interesting that the folks in favor of his school do seem to be white. He was blessed to have competent black men in his life and is trying to do what he can for his community.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 24, 2025 08:44 AM (kUxzU)

174 156 ... "I'm having a mix of MacBaren Virginia No. 1 and Cornell & Diehl's Sansepolcro (which is too strong or rough for me by itself) with my Cafe Morro."

Good morning Wolfus,
Had to smile. I'm puffing Sansepolcro as we speak. Goes great with the coffee. Boswell's Honey Roasted works well, too.

Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025 08:45 AM (yTvNw)

175 If anyone ever had Vietnamese coffee you know what I am talking about.

Posted by: runner at August 24, 2025 08:45 AM (g47mK)

176 However, a certain kitty cat (*cough* Allie *cough*) is sitting in my lap.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Maybe from your morning breath she thinks you died and is just waiting for your corpse to stop twitching?
*runs away*
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 08:44 AM (Mgy3C)
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A distinct possibility I had not considered.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 24, 2025 08:45 AM (IBQGV)

177 No house, no car, no AC, no dog, no flying or driving anywhere.

Enjoy!
Posted by: Common Tater
______

And it really has nothing to do with being green. If some green source could produce inexhaustible power right now, they would be against it. Primitivism for its own sake is the goal.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 24, 2025 08:45 AM (XvL8K)

178 Perfesser, at least she's sitting on your lap and not your face, although that may be step 2 if her breakfast is delayed

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 08:47 AM (Mgy3C)

179 Had to smile. I'm puffing Sansepolcro as we speak. Goes great with the coffee. Boswell's Honey Roasted works well, too.
Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025

***
So Sansepolcro is a navy flake? I did not know that.

One of these days I'll try something from Boswell's. Do they insist on your uploading an ID before you can buy online? Some retailers do now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 08:47 AM (omVj0)

180 One of the recent skills was eating at a formal dinner. People were giving him grief about "acting white".

As opposed abiding by the traditions and habits of other cultures towards gun fights and impromptu MMA when dining at the Gold Corral.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 24, 2025 08:48 AM (a4flb)

181 Florida Peasant

Hell of a way to talk about your spouse.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
+++
Believe me. Much easier to train the dog.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 24, 2025 08:48 AM (Lo97M)

182 We liked Big Bang Theory, specially the nerd jokes and the academic backstabbery and insularity.
Leonard, btw, is a villain.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 08:40 AM (Mgy3C)
-

Like many other TV series for the last 30+ years, we liked BBT until is started getting slutty. We haven't finished watching numerous TV series because of this.

We both just shut it off at some point and say we've had enough.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 24, 2025 08:50 AM (E+OH8)

183 And it really has nothing to do with being green. If some green source could produce inexhaustible power right now, they would be against it. Primitivism for its own sake is the goal.

Even more reasons to hate "The China Syndrome".

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 24, 2025 08:50 AM (a4flb)

184 Posted by: Notsothoreau

I follow King Randall on x
Very inspiring

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 08:50 AM (Mgy3C)

185 You people already buying pumpkin spice items bother me to no end.

Posted by: Short Fuse at August 24, 2025 08:50 AM (G5+As)

186 160 ...Thomas Bender and all,
Thanks for the suggestions about the laptop. We learned recently that the latest version of TurboTax won't work with Windows 10 unless you do it all online only. Nope! We want it on our machine not in the ether. I know, we are old fashioned and conservative but that approach usually works for us.

Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025 08:51 AM (yTvNw)

187 He may need IV administration of antibiotic, and maybe a nice trazadone for a night's sleep.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2025 07:40 AM (RIvkX)

Trazadone turned him into a zombie and gave him muscle shakes. The first time he was on it for a few weeks eight years ago, he had minor hand tremors. Then he overdosed on it and the hand tremors became permanent, showing up most prominently when he's stressed. He wasn't on it "long enough" for Trazadone to be the definite cause, so his med manager put him on it this summer and now his hands and arms spasm. He's been off of it a few weeks and the muscle issues are not getting better.

TLDR: Trazadone is going on Pooky's "DO NOT PRESCRIBE" list.

Posted by: pookysgirl, exhausted at August 24, 2025 08:51 AM (ue9rP)

188 Take care of yourself Pixy. Honestly, the blog could probably better survive losing Ace than losing you.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 24, 2025 08:52 AM (lFFaq)

189 And it really has nothing to do with being green. If some green source could produce inexhaustible power right now, they would be against it. Primitivism for its own sake is the goal.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 24, 2025 08:45 AM (XvL8K)
-

On stage - Bill Gates:

https://tinyurl.com/2m6nee2f

h/t: Skip

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 24, 2025 08:54 AM (E+OH8)

190 179 ...Wolfus,
I didn't mean Sansepolcro was a navy flake, just I like a navy flake with coffee. Last time I ordered from Boswell it was as a guest, not requiring an ID.

PS: My favorite navy flake is Peter Stokkebye's Luxury Navy Flake. I get it 8 ounces or a pound at a time.

Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025 08:55 AM (yTvNw)

191 Leonard’s mother, played by Christine Baranski, was the most hilarious character on BBT. She didn’t appear much but whenever she was on she was brilliant.

And Threads is the Kaboom of social media.

Posted by: Your Grandfather at August 24, 2025 08:57 AM (PfGa7)

192 Good morning. A couple people asked on the prayer thread yesterday how I am doing, but I had just popped on there while it was live for a little bit, as I had a church brunch to attend.

I am steadily improving. This really knocked the wind out of my sails. Finally saw the cardiologist on Friday, which was a huge disappointment. He had zero interest in me or my heart . . . going to find a new cardio tomorrow. In fact, he didn't even listen to my heart.
So thank you to any who have been praying, this has been an interesting experience , for sure. Just starting week 6 of recovery and finally feeling mostly like myself again.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at August 24, 2025 08:57 AM (mZ/55)

193 I mentioned China building coal plants, in a discussion on Substack. Guy got ticked off, said he was muting me because he couldn't learn from me and I got my info from entertainment tv. I told him I didn't care and I didn't watch tv, I got my info from Doomberg. Instant 180. I was shocked. We parted on good terms.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 24, 2025 08:58 AM (kUxzU)

194 We learned recently that the latest version of TurboTax won't work with Windows 10 unless you do it all online only. Nope! We want it on our machine not in the ether. I know, we are old fashioned and conservative but that approach usually works for us.

Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025 08:51 AM (yTvNw)
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Our company is running Quickbooks 2016 on Win10 because of this. So is our accounting firm. But this can't last, unfortunately.

There is a market opportunity here and no one can fill Intuit's boots apparently. Pity.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 24, 2025 08:58 AM (E+OH8)

195 Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 24, 2025 08:58 AM (kUxzU)
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OK. Now look into how much of China's energy is solar. Compare to coal over the last 5-10 years. What do you find?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 24, 2025 09:00 AM (E+OH8)

196 192 ... "Just starting week 6 of recovery and finally feeling mostly like myself again."

Tecumseh Tea,

Glad you are feeling better. Prayers continue.

Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025 09:00 AM (yTvNw)

197 PS: My favorite navy flake is Peter Stokkebye's Luxury Navy Flake. I get it 8 ounces or a pound at a time.
Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025

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Never tried it. My local cigar/pipe shop has it in bulk, but when I sniff it the aroma is not pleasant to me. I love their Luxury Twist Flake and their Bullseye Flake, while strong, is good too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 09:00 AM (omVj0)

198 Noodus biblioteca

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2025 09:00 AM (omVj0)

199 I have to urinate.

Posted by: Leonard's Mother at August 24, 2025 09:01 AM (RIvkX)

200 And I bought one of those electric lawnmowers to try and keep up with it. The good news is that it fits well between the garden beds. The bad news is a 12" blade, so it takes forever on the rest of the yard. I may get a bigger one, as I keep losing the people that cut my grass.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 24, 2025 09:02 AM (kUxzU)

201 Notsothoreau

You make it sound like your yard is akin to the African Veldt, and there are baboons that eat mowing people hiding in your patch.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 24, 2025 09:04 AM (u82oZ)

202 "I don't know, robot lawn mover then next you know it wants to borrow the car, or starts demanding weekends off."

Well, it's got a camera so I thought about putting a winnie-the-poo graphic where it can see it while in the charging station.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at August 24, 2025 09:05 AM (ddp/T)

203 It was a bit like that. I couldn't spot Jake at the back of the place. The weeds had grown up around the beds. I was trying to cut it, but with the oxygen issues, I couldn't spot only do part of it. I had a guy come out, cut it and take down a few branches. He said he would come back, but is now ghosting me. I still need to drag the branches out of the front yard. Really don't want to buy one of those electric chain saws but I may need to

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 24, 2025 09:08 AM (kUxzU)

204 I know China is putting in solar. They make the panels there. Are they covering farmland with them? Pretty sure they aren't. And they are hedging their bets with coal as it can be bought in advance and stored. Would be one thing if the West were hedging its bets, but they aren't. And wind is just dumb.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 24, 2025 09:11 AM (kUxzU)

205 Just starting week 6 of recovery and finally feeling mostly like myself again.
Posted by: TecumsehTea
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Didn't know you are sick. Good luck with the new doc. Prayers will be with you.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 09:12 AM (5LCqK)

206 "Just looked up some Robot Lawnmowers, they are quite pricey and only go up to 2acres."

3 acres for the mammotion ones. Yeah, they ain't cheap. OTOH, they'll mow the lawn on schedule day or night and don't need gasoline (i.e. you don't need a fuel can to refuel your mower so it can mow).

It's your money and time as well as how you want to spend each of them. Getting some sun while mowing the lawn is a plus, after all.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at August 24, 2025 09:18 AM (ddp/T)

207 Electric chain saw with and extension pole.
The pole is a must. At least 75% of the time you will be able to stand upright, lay the saw on the wood and let gravity do the work; whether it's a limb above or on the ground.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 09:21 AM (5LCqK)

208 >>>Threads the second most popular discussion platform after only Twitter

from the article:

Not only are all your Threads followers connected to your Instagram or Facebook accounts, but Threads is integrated with ActivityPub, a decentralized protocol that also powers Mastodon, which pushes the platform into federated, open social networking.

yuck; the borg

Posted by: m at August 24, 2025 09:27 AM (aURVT)

209 from the Threads article:

On Instagram, you're met with the most viral Threads posts, but the last few words will almost always be cut off, convincing you to click through, and there you have it — an account on Threads, and with that one click, you're one of the 400 million monthly users of the site.

Posted by: m at August 24, 2025 09:32 AM (aURVT)

210
*as I keep losing the people that cut my grass.*

They're always in the last place you look.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 24, 2025 09:39 AM (XQo4F)

211 when I forget to add -noai to the search box I get this earnest drek:

AI Overview

There is no scientific evidence or common knowledge about bipedal sphex wasps, as all wasps, including sphex wasps, naturally possess six legs and are quadrupedal or hexapedal, not bipedal. The term likely stems from a misunderstanding or an inaccurate observation, as sphex wasps use their legs in coordinated ways for digging and moving their prey, but they always walk or run on at least four legs.

Posted by: m at August 24, 2025 09:55 AM (aURVT)

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