Daily Tech News 22 September 2025

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40,000 year old symbols found in caves worldwide may be the earliest written language, according to a bunch of idiots. (Open Culture)
And what's more, it may be possible, suggests paleoanthropologist Genevieve von Petzinger, that those prehistoric forms of writing, which include the earliest known hashtag marks, consisted of symbols nearly as universal as emoji.
#coughbullshitcough

Yes, they're directly conflating decorative art with actual writing. They're obviously directly conflating decorative art with actual writing, and it's all being reported seriously.

Welcome to my TED Talk. Check under your seats as you leave the venue.

Tech News

An online store listed the 24GB Intel Arc B60 Pro for $600. (WCCFTech)

This is basically a B580 with twice the RAM. The B580 costs $249 - nominally - so in theory you could buy two of those and a have something nice for dinner.
Microsoft put me on a list. (Slugcat)

If you are porting a game to a new version of Windows and you're getting bizarre results, check to see if Microsoft has enabled optimisations specific to the name of your executable.

Because in this case, they had.
The best time to fix software security was fifty years ago. The second best time was May 26, 2009 before Node.js launched. (CACM)

After that there was no hope.
That's no moon. (CNN)

Astronomers have found another quasi-moon. Of Earth. We have several.

This one is about 60 feet wide and technically orbits the Sun but in such a way that it sticks close to us.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Well, switch it off then.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2025 04:31 AM (+qU29)

2 w00t

Posted by: m at September 22, 2025 04:32 AM (aURVT)

3 It's Monday again

Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2025 04:32 AM (+qU29)

4 >>Welcome to my TED Talk. Check under your seats as you leave the venue.
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You get a hashtag and YOU get a hashtag-- *everybody* get a hashtag. Yay!!!

? Wha...?

Posted by: JQ at September 22, 2025 04:34 AM (rdVOm)

5 You know, I don't know what any of that means.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 22, 2025 04:35 AM (k7op9)

6 If you've seen the declaration made by Van Jones about a text message he got from Charlie Kirk the day before the assassination, here's an overlooked framing of it that is very generous and (I think) on point:

Aelfred The Great
@aelfred_D
15h
One thing I like about this is the order.

A lot of people on the other side will decry Kirk’s death, and then move on to their BUT of attacking him.

Van Jones, on the other hand, starts with their opposition, and then moves to the BUT of appreciation.

Posted by: m at September 22, 2025 04:37 AM (aURVT)

7 Ancient were well aquainted with gibberish.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 22, 2025 04:37 AM (k7op9)

8 guten morgen, horde

Posted by: clarence at September 22, 2025 04:38 AM (QHFMR)

9 Apparently old Total Wars won't work any more.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 22, 2025 04:39 AM (k7op9)

10 Van Jones is still a commie.

Probably just spouting whatever he thinks may further a career.

Posted by: JQ at September 22, 2025 04:39 AM (rdVOm)

11 G'mornin all y'all
Strange world we have.
Pray.

Posted by: OkJohn at September 22, 2025 04:43 AM (NC/it)

12 Posted by: OkJohn

Yep.

G'night, horde. <3

Posted by: JQ at September 22, 2025 04:44 AM (rdVOm)

13 Out of all of a excellent ceremony I hope or wish Tuck will get a awakening

Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2025 04:44 AM (+qU29)

14 Van Jones is still a commie.

Probably just spouting whatever he thinks may further a career.

He has realized the standard response is a career ender. That makes him smarter than 99.5% of the left. Still a commie but not interested in self immolation.

Posted by: clarence at September 22, 2025 04:45 AM (QHFMR)

15 from the Open Culture article:

In her TED Talk at the top, von Petzinger describes this early system of communication through abstract signs as a precursor to the “global network of information exchange” in the modern world. “We’ve been building on the mental achievements of those who came before us for so long,” she says, “that it’s easy to forget that certain abilities haven’t already existed,” long before the formal written records we recognize.

wut

Posted by: m at September 22, 2025 04:49 AM (aURVT)

16

Good morning, good people, from our section of this most exceptional country, as I am fond of reiterating.

I forever feel deep gratitude for the privilege of living here and find no problem declaiming it.

Thus may all effort on your part meet with extreme benefit to you, and grievous heartburn for the leftwit fungi.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at September 22, 2025 04:50 AM (vFbHf)

17 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 22, 2025 04:50 AM (sAmhv)

18 We've been quasi-mooning for decades as well!

Posted by: Plumbers at September 22, 2025 04:50 AM (DsA2n)

19 Open Culture is padding their contents:

Note: An earlier version of this post appeared on our site in 2019.

... which doesn't seem to be linked at the Open Culture site.

Posted by: m at September 22, 2025 04:52 AM (aURVT)

20 Glenn Frey's solo career was ok. He never matched his rival and former bandmate, Don Henley. That had to sting. On the bright side, he was a bigger a**hole than Don Henley. That's an accomplishment.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 22, 2025 04:55 AM (sAmhv)

21 Long commute north again
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2025 04:58 AM (+qU29)

22 13 Out of all of a excellent ceremony I hope or wish Tuck will get a awakening
Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2025 04:44 AM (+qU29)

Me, too!

Posted by: m at September 22, 2025 04:59 AM (aURVT)

23 18 We've been quasi-mooning for decades as well!
Posted by: Plumbers at September 22, 2025 04:50 AM (DsA2n)

ha ha!

Posted by: m at September 22, 2025 04:59 AM (aURVT)

24 14 Van Jones is still a commie.

Probably just spouting whatever he thinks may further a career.

He has realized the standard response is a career ender. That makes him smarter than 99.5% of the left. Still a commie but not interested in self immolation.
Posted by: clarence
.....................................
Yep. Van Jones has just enough sense to realize that dancing on the still warm corpse of a nice man who was assassinated because he had different opinions has a downside.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 22, 2025 05:00 AM (sAmhv)

25 G'morning, all!

I gotta tell ya...if Erika Kirk's words did not move you, you have no soul.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled Tech Thread.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2025 05:01 AM (a1415)

26 from the Open Culture comments:

OC says:
September 18, 2025 at 8:53 pm
Hi there,

This is the editor of Open Culture, and we’re just wondering if anyone can tell us how they found this article since it is getting a lot of visits right now.

Thanks very much,
Open Culture

Posted by: m at September 22, 2025 05:10 AM (aURVT)

27 OC says:
September 18, 2025 at 8:53 pm
Hi there,

This is the editor of Open Culture, and we’re just wondering if anyone can tell us how they found this article since it is getting a lot of visits right now.

Thanks very much,
Open Culture

Have they started to notice that we are making fun of them?

Posted by: clarence at September 22, 2025 05:13 AM (QHFMR)

28 on the speaker in the TED talk touted at Open Culture:

Genevieve von Petzinger | Speaker

TED Talks
https://www.ted.com › speakers › genevieve_von_petzi...
Genevieve von Petzinger is a Canadian paleoanthropologist and rock art researcher finishing up her doctorate at the University of Victoria.

Posted by: m at September 22, 2025 05:19 AM (aURVT)

29 at Amazon:

Part travel journal, part popular science, part personal narrative, von Petzinger’s groundbreaking book starts to crack the code on the first form of graphic communication.

ahem

Posted by: m at September 22, 2025 05:22 AM (aURVT)

30 I will call upon the Lord, to praise Him. He shall save me from my enemies. Psalm 18:3

Posted by: Kingsman at September 22, 2025 05:31 AM (ehY6c)

31 And with that, time for the morning walk.

BBIAB

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 22, 2025 05:35 AM (a1415)

32 Good morning, one and all. A decent weekend where my big accomplishments were helping two people in Aikido get ready for their tests and getting my lifetime admission card for US National Parks (Perk of being a vet).

And now I'm back to work.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 22, 2025 05:35 AM (NR6c1)

33 That's no moon.

Posted by: Sir Alec Guinness at September 22, 2025 05:38 AM (PiwSw)

34 Belated BOING!

Away for 2+days.

שנה טובה ומתוקה

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 22, 2025 05:42 AM (uHi2H)

35 Good Morning.

Posted by: Mick Jagger and his tiny todger at September 22, 2025 05:43 AM (LjSYW)

36 Evening and morning, all! Ys, it's Monday . . . but remember:

"Compared to being on the wrong side of the ground, even a bad Monday is pretty small kumquats, nicht wahr?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 22, 2025 05:43 AM (omVj0)

37 Mornin' Horde.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 22, 2025 05:44 AM (O7YUW)

38 Evening and morning, all! Ys, it's Monday . . . but remember:

"Compared to being on the wrong side of the ground, even a bad Monday is pretty small kumquats, nicht wahr?"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Starting out on your trip today?

Posted by: Tuna at September 22, 2025 05:45 AM (lJ0H4)

39
@AGHamilton29
7h
The announcements by Canada, France, the UK, and Australia claiming to recognize a Palestinian state aren’t worth the paper they are printed on.

These announcements all include caveats that don’t match reality. They are all supposedly predicated on Hamas not being in power, return of hostages, Palestinian recognition of Israel’s right to exist, settled borders, and eventual elections.

But the states in question aren’t actually doing anything to contribute to the achievement of any of those conditions.

Posted by: m at September 22, 2025 05:47 AM (aURVT)

40 What a dream . . . somehow I got stuck with custody of Joe Biden.

I was at a hotel somewhere, and I realized this creepy old guy in a suit was lost in the admin offices with me. Gradually I also realized this was Biden the US president. Nobody was looking for him. I led him out, only to find that everybody he had come with had left not only the hotel but the city. Yes; they had neglected to take along Creepy Joe. I expected there to be some news -- "President Missing!" -- but no. I took him along to a pay phone I knew in town. It had been removed. So I had to wait to use a business line, and called person-to-person to the White House for "Mr. Donald Rumsfeld." (Don't ask me why.)

And . . . I got put on hold.

Then I woke up.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 22, 2025 05:48 AM (omVj0)

41
Canada
France
the UK
Australia

Posted by: m at September 22, 2025 05:48 AM (aURVT)

42 Starting out on your trip today?
Posted by: Tuna at September 22, 2025

***
I am! Having a bit of coffee to wake up. I've fed the monsters. Next a shower, and then I'll finish packing and get out of town before the traffic builds on the bridge. Waffle House on the road will be a good choice for breakfast.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 22, 2025 05:49 AM (omVj0)

43 Are we checking for gum?

Posted by: GWB at September 22, 2025 05:49 AM (bfoqz)

44 Drive carefully Wolfus, we expect regular updates if possible. Have fun!

Posted by: Tuna at September 22, 2025 05:53 AM (lJ0H4)

45 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at September 22, 2025 05:54 AM (XQo4F)

46 And of course Linda had to burst out last night as she was leaving with "When you get back, I want you to take me to have my hair cut, and I want to go to the thrift store, and . . ." In other words, things she could have mentioned much earlier when I said, "Want me to bring you something back from Indiana?" The adult and human response would have been, "No, but I'd like it if . . ." But no. So I went to bed irritated and later than I planned. Grrrr.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 22, 2025 05:55 AM (omVj0)

47 Drive carefully Wolfus, we expect regular updates if possible. Have fun!
Posted by: Tuna at September 22, 2025

***
I'm bringing along this laptop and will post when I can.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 22, 2025 05:56 AM (omVj0)

48 AG retweeted
Amit Segal
@AmitSegal
Sep 21
On the morning of Britain’s recognition of a Palestinian state, a @Telegraph poll reveals overwhelming opposition in the UK to unconditional recognition. Even 89% of Labour voters themselves oppose the move.

An absolute majority of 51% of the British public object to recognition as long as Hamas controls Gaza, and another 40% demand conditions of dismantling Hamas and returning the hostages.

Posted by: m at September 22, 2025 05:58 AM (aURVT)

49 45 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering
................................
I'm about to put a restraining order on you, creep! LEAVE ME ALONE!!!

Posted by: Birdbath at September 22, 2025 05:59 AM (sAmhv)

50 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

"In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 22, 2025 05:59 AM (WvZaB)

51 Apparently old Total Wars won't work any more.
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 22, 2025 04:39 AM (k7op9)
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What ones? Medieval 2 still works.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 22, 2025 06:00 AM (WvZaB)

52 @40/Wolfus: "What a dream . . . somehow I got stuck with custody of Joe Biden."

Meanwhile, back in reality right before your dream, one of the cats let out a truly horrific and odious fart in your room. Your subconscious reacted accordingly.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 22, 2025 06:02 AM (O7YUW)

53 Mary Katharine Ham retweeted
Bethany S. Mandel
@bethanyshondark
10h
I’m not a person who sees dog whistles quickly or readily, but I sure as shit saw it in Tucker’s speech.

Was glad to hear DJT reference how Charlie was mourned across the world, including in Tel Aviv.

There is a fight for the soul of the conservative movement.

Posted by: m at September 22, 2025 06:05 AM (aURVT)

54 Wolfus: "What a dream . . . somehow I got stuck with custody of Joe Biden."

Meanwhile, back in reality right before your dream, one of the cats let out a truly horrific and odious fart in your room. Your subconscious reacted accordingly.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 22, 2025

***
Cause and effect!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 22, 2025 06:06 AM (omVj0)

55 I did NOT hear the dog whistles in Tucker's speech, but I did notice, at the time, that the audience was quiet and was not going along with him. And I wondered why. I'm not sure.

Posted by: m at September 22, 2025 06:07 AM (aURVT)

56 Forget the Insta-lanche.

We can unleash the Moron-slaught.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 22, 2025 06:14 AM (06Hmj)

57 mornin yall

"Samsung Electronics will begin displaying advertisements on the touchscreens of its premium Family Hub refrigerators in the United States"

Sounds great. Spend $2000 on a fridge and get ads for toenail fungus prevention.

"the company emphasized it will display ads but not collect data about consumer interactions with the advertising content."

Yeah, right. And penguins will fly out of my butt.

Posted by: fd at September 22, 2025 06:15 AM (vFG9F)

58 "Samsung Electronics will begin displaying advertisements on the touchscreens of its premium Family Hub refrigerators in the United States"

Sounds great. Spend $2000 on a fridge and get ads for toenail fungus prevention.

"the company emphasized it will display ads but not collect data about consumer interactions with the advertising content."

Yeah, right. And penguins will fly out of my butt.
Posted by: fd at September 22, 2025 06:15 AM (vFG9F)
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Big Penguin is behind this idea, of course.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 22, 2025 06:17 AM (IBQGV)

59 Damin Toell retweeted
Shayan Sardarizadeh
@Shayan86
10h
I don't know, but I do know that young man looks nothing like Sam Altman and those hands give strong AI-generation vibes.

Truth_teller 🇷🇺
@Truthtellerftm
Sep 21
What is the Jeff Epstein, Sam Altman connection?

Posted by: m at September 22, 2025 06:17 AM (aURVT)

60 Tell you what, Samsung.

You give me that fridge for free, and you can play an ad.

Once a day.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 22, 2025 06:18 AM (06Hmj)

61 The hands! Oh, the hands!

Posted by: m at September 22, 2025 06:18 AM (aURVT)

62 Two Years Ago Me: "Why would I ever need my refrigerator to be connected to the internet?"

Samsung: "....."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 22, 2025 06:19 AM (06Hmj)

63 55 I did NOT hear the dog whistles in Tucker's speech

Posted by: m at September 22, 2025 06:07 AM (aURVT)

I never hear the dog whistles either, but I just assumed it’s because I’m not a dog.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 22, 2025 06:19 AM (6ydKt)

64 briefly looking around this twitter site:
this looks sensible:

Shayan Sardarizadeh
@Shayan86
Senior journalist at BBC Verify | verification, AI, disinformation, conspiracy theories, open source investigations, extremism | shayan.sardarizadeh@bbc.co.uk

Posted by: m at September 22, 2025 06:27 AM (aURVT)

65 I pray that the next King of the United Kingdom will take seriously his duty as the head of the Church of England, and Defender of the Faith.
The current idi0t said he was defender of “all of the faiths”, which could lead to extermination of the faiths that made western/ first world civilization.

Posted by: Fenderbender at September 22, 2025 06:27 AM (1FEc1)

66 Tech companies spend about a quarter of their time these days just thinking about where, and how big they can go with placing an ad before they piss enough people off that it loses them more money than it earns.

It’s a delicate balancing act.

YouTube, for example, has decided that their smart TV viewers should see an add that takes up the entire top half of the TV as soon as you log in.

They’ve also decided that people watching livestreams occasionally need an ad pushed in from the side covering half the screen and turning off the audio from the livestream so you can hear the ad audio.

That was a bold choice, I’ll give them that.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 22, 2025 06:27 AM (6ydKt)

67 "the company emphasized it will display ads but not collect data about consumer interactions with the advertising content."

Yet.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 22, 2025 06:29 AM (ExV1e)

68 “ . . . . somehow I got stuck with custody of Joe Biden."

Yikes! That’s horrible, we all hope you get the help that you need.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 22, 2025 06:30 AM (cUWlp)

69 68" . . . . somehow I got stuck with custody of Joe Biden."

Guilty as sin. Free as a bird!

Posted by: Dr. Jill Biden, Ed.D at September 22, 2025 06:31 AM (PiwSw)

70 "the company emphasized it will display ads but not collect data about consumer interactions with the advertising content."

Yet.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 22, 2025 06:29 AM (ExV1e)
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SPOILER: They're lying.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 22, 2025 06:31 AM (IBQGV)

71 Two Years Ago Me: "Why would I ever need my refrigerator to be connected to the internet?"

My washer/dryer can be connected to the internet. Can. Isn't.

Adding internet connectivity is rather like companies adding 'AI' to everything. Like your toaster. Who asked for that?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 22, 2025 06:31 AM (ExV1e)

72 We won't collect data about consumer interactions with the advertising content.

But we will collect data from every single pc, phone, tablet, car, and soup can on your home network.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 22, 2025 06:33 AM (06Hmj)

73 This door is not opening until you give me 50, fatty.

Posted by: AI fridge at September 22, 2025 06:33 AM (vFG9F)

74 Adding internet connectivity is rather like companies adding 'AI' to everything. Like your toaster. Who asked for that?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 22, 2025 06:31 AM (ExV1e)
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"You haven't cleaned me in ages! I'm up to my diodes in crumbs!"

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 22, 2025 06:34 AM (WvZaB)

75 Adding internet connectivity is rather like companies adding 'AI' to everything. Like your toaster. Who asked for that?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 22, 2025 06:31 AM (ExV1e)

Ten years from now they'll have toasters that upload a new corporate logo every day and burn it into your two slices of wheat.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 22, 2025 06:34 AM (06Hmj)

76 I don’t mind advertising on websites or anywhere else, but the way they are done is just rancid. Particularly discussion forums, I gravitated to those early on the web. Whether car repair or music, or history, sports, they work best for me.

Many of them became completely unusable in recent years, especially on smart devices or cell phones. They just plaster them all over making the screen unreadable. Popup videos.

And advertisements wholly unrelated to the subject matter as well as the demographic. I don’t see how they make any money, as I no longer visit the website at all, and make a mental note never to buy a product from anyone that hijacks my computer device.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 22, 2025 06:36 AM (cUWlp)

77 I literally lost my keys inside my truck and can't find them. Been looking everywhere inside for over a half hour

Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2025 06:37 AM (Gldzw)

78 77 I literally lost my keys inside my truck and can't find them. Been looking everywhere inside for over a half hour
Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2025 06:37 AM (Gldzw)

Good luck, Skip.

Posted by: m at September 22, 2025 06:38 AM (aURVT)

79 71 Adding internet connectivity is rather like companies adding 'AI' to everything. Like your toaster. Who asked for that?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 22, 2025 06:31 AM (ExV1e)

Ya never know when you might need to pop in some toast and then go take a shower, do some chores, and run errands while you’re toast is toasting.

But now you can get a smart toaster, and download its app (everybody needs an app!), and then the app can tell you that your toast is as black as coal now while you’re out getting groceries.

Welcome to the future,

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 22, 2025 06:39 AM (6ydKt)

80 Ten years from now they'll have toasters that upload a new corporate logo every day and burn it into your two slices of wheat.

Sunbeam T20, the power utility needs to bring another natural gas peak load generator online when I punch that sucker down!

Will toast a pair of English muffins to crispy browned perfection in a single iteration if desired. Built when the chrome was thick, and the women were straight.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 22, 2025 06:40 AM (cUWlp)

81 I confirmed something yesterday. Rand Paul is a useless dishrag. Interviewed on some network Sunday show by a crazy-eyed female, he capitulated to the "both sides" bullshit. Is it so hard to point out that if Trump is demanding action on prosecuting those who targeted him, that he's doing so because they acted ILLEGALLY and are CRIMINALS rather than because they're mere "political opponents"?

Posted by: Ordinary American at September 22, 2025 06:40 AM (h/ffs)

82 Ten years from now they'll have toasters that upload a new corporate logo every day and burn it into your two slices of wheat.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 22, 2025 06:34 AM (06Hmj)
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Don't give them any ideas. I bet they could do that now.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 22, 2025 06:41 AM (IBQGV)

83 I literally lost my keys inside my truck and can't find them. Been looking everywhere inside for over a half hour
Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2025 06:37 AM (Gldzw)

You wouldn’t, by chance, have a metal detector lying around, would you?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 22, 2025 06:41 AM (6ydKt)

84 I have ordered 5 lbs of kale for you and incinerated the rest of the jelly donuts. You're welcome.

Posted by: AI fridge at September 22, 2025 06:41 AM (vFG9F)

85 You give me that fridge for free, and you can play an ad.

Once a day.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Samsung seems to think that people will not find ways to remove the ads and that videos on how to do it will not show up.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 22, 2025 06:43 AM (NR6c1)

86 I will text you at work to remind you to stop by the store for some oat milk.

Posted by: AI fridge at September 22, 2025 06:44 AM (vFG9F)

87 Why are books perfectly sized for cats to sit on them?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 22, 2025 06:45 AM (IBQGV)

88 Just found them under the seat, 45 minutes tearing my truck apart

Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2025 06:45 AM (Gldzw)

89 Rand Paul is a useless dishrag. Interviewed on some network Sunday show by a crazy-eyed female, he capitulated to the "both sides" bullshit.

Posted by: Ordinary American at September 22, 2025 06:40 AM (h/ffs)

Which is strange considering that Rand’s neighbor beat him until he broke some ribs and punctured a lung, all because he was reliably informed that Rand was a Nazi.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 22, 2025 06:46 AM (6ydKt)

90 I I literally lost my keys inside my truck and can't find them. Been looking everywhere inside for over a half hour
Posted by: Skip

I have one of those Apple tags on my key ring. Misplacing my keys is now a thing of the past as I can track them with my cell phone.

Posted by: Tuna at September 22, 2025 06:46 AM (lJ0H4)

91 "I see you have Bud Light in here. I'll gladly not email your football peeps for a modest monthly fee of $20."

Posted by: Football fan's AI fridge at September 22, 2025 06:47 AM (PiwSw)

92 But first you'll need to download the iFlush app and create an account.

Posted by: Your future toilet at September 22, 2025 06:47 AM (XQo4F)

93 It's "No Meat Month". I have rotated the stock. Celebrate with a nice bowl of brussel sprouts.

Posted by: AI fridge at September 22, 2025 06:47 AM (vFG9F)

94 55 I did NOT hear the dog whistles in Tucker's speech, but I did notice, at the time, that the audience was quiet and was not going along with him. And I wondered why. I'm not sure.
Posted by: m at September 22, 2025 06:07 AM (aURVT)

To me it was painfully obvious as he said it.

First the tone; he’s using his haha isn’t this funny type storytelling style, completely inappropriate at a memorial like this one; then by saying “2000 years ago” he directly compared Kirk to Christ. Kirk was a great man; but even he would have said “whoah, too far there”. But Tucker’s not a believer, so he doesn’t know.
And worst, he said that Charlie’s murderer was just the same as these “men sitting around eating hummus” who brought about Christ’s death. In other words, Charlie’s killer was just like a Jew.

Everyone in that stadium got it. They were polite, but stayed quiet. It was at best a completely tone deaf remark. Add to that the bullshit that Candace and her pals have been spreading the last week, and it was downright offensive.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 22, 2025 06:48 AM (5Gg6R)

95 87 Why are books perfectly sized for cats to sit on them?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 22, 2025 06:45 AM (IBQGV)

I’m going out on a limb here, but I’m going to guess it’s for the same reason that cats are perfectly sized to fit in both hands.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 22, 2025 06:49 AM (6ydKt)

96 64 briefly looking around this twitter site:
this looks sensible:

Shayan Sardarizadeh
@Shayan86
Senior journalist at BBC Verify | verification, AI, disinformation, conspiracy theories, open source investigations, extremism | shayan.sardarizadeh@bbc.co.uk
Posted by: m
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In other words, this nEwz Pyrsons has the easiest job at the BBC. Just make crap up and print. Just add the appropriate bs words for cover.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 22, 2025 06:49 AM (sAmhv)

97 I can't keep up with the fallout on the right regarding the Kirk assassination -- who is saying what, who is fighting with whom, etc. Twitter fights among Tucker, Fuentes,
Owens, Shapiro et al is very confusing because I have neither the patience nor the time to read through all the slop to try to figure it out.

Posted by: one hour sober at September 22, 2025 06:50 AM (Y1sOo)

98 It's "No Meat Month". I have rotated the stock. Celebrate with a nice bowl of brussel sprouts.
Posted by: AI fridge at September 22, 2025 06:47 AM (vFG9F)
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I thought that was last month...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 22, 2025 06:51 AM (IBQGV)

99 And worst, he said that Charlie’s murderer was just the same as these “men sitting around eating hummus” who brought about Christ’s death. In other words, Charlie’s killer was just like a Jew.
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Hummus is a pretty common side in that part of the world, Jew-Arab-Turk-whatever. Hell, I like hummus.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 22, 2025 06:53 AM (sAmhv)

100 I’m going out on a limb here, but I’m going to guess it’s for the same reason that cats are perfectly sized to fit in both hands.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 22, 2025 06:49 AM (6ydKt)
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They are also perfectly sized to sit in my lap, like Allie is doing right now.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 22, 2025 06:53 AM (IBQGV)

101 Awright! The car is loaded with suitcases; I need to pack this laptop, my briefcase, a windbreaker and hat, and pet the cats one last time before I leave. Updates will follow!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 22, 2025 06:54 AM (omVj0)

102 I now recall a few years back when some mischievous soul at Best Buy loaded a porn site onto an internet connected refrigerator. No idea if that helped sell them.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 22, 2025 06:54 AM (NR6c1)

103
They are all supposedly predicated on Hamas not being in power, return of hostages, Palestinian recognition of Israel’s right to exist, settled borders, and eventual elections.

Well! I'm sure the Palestinians will rush to comply with those conditions.

Seriously, those conditions are a false nose. They'll eventually be set aside.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 22, 2025 06:54 AM (tgvbd)

104 88 Just found them under the seat, 45 minutes tearing my truck apart
Posted by: Skip at September 22, 2025 06:45 AM (Gldzw)

Yay!

Posted by: m at September 22, 2025 06:55 AM (aURVT)

105 through all the slop to try to figure it out.
Posted by: one hour sober at September 22, 2025 06:50 AM (Y1sOo)

Why worry about figuring out slop? That's why it's there. It's slop. It's not intended to be figured out. It's intended to demoralize you, distract you, and make you think there's no way you could ever make sense of anything.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 22, 2025 06:57 AM (06Hmj)

106 Awright! The car is loaded with suitcases; I need to pack this laptop, my briefcase, a windbreaker and hat, and pet the cats one last time before I leave. Updates will follow!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Bon voyage.

Posted by: Tuna at September 22, 2025 06:57 AM (lJ0H4)

107 I have neither the patience nor the time to read through all the slop to try to figure it out.
Posted by: one hour sober
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Then don't. God created us with our own minds to reason this out. Nobody needs talking heads to think for them.

youtu.be/_3eC35LoF4U

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 22, 2025 06:57 AM (sAmhv)

108 First the tone; he’s using his haha isn’t this funny type storytelling style, completely inappropriate at a memorial like this one

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 22, 2025 06:48 AM (5Gg6R)

I saw a clip of that part.
Tucker has gotten quite annoying with that manic laugh if his when he says something that he thinks is obviously truth and anybody might disagree with.

It was a fine move on Fox when he was going toe to toe with a lefty and Tucker wanted to laugh at some ridiculous position they were taking but now he uses that laugh on anybody who thinks his position is nuts.

I don’t think Tucker is an atheist, though.
I don’t know what he is now, but he has brought up being a former Episcopalian many times.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 22, 2025 06:58 AM (6ydKt)

109 They're always in the last place you look.

Posted by: Someone has to say it at September 22, 2025 06:59 AM (XQo4F)

110 96 64 briefly looking around this twitter site:
this looks sensible:

Shayan Sardarizadeh
@Shayan86
Senior journalist at BBC Verify | verification, AI, disinformation, conspiracy theories, open source investigations, extremism | shayan.sardarizadeh@bbc.co.uk
Posted by: m
..............................
In other words, this nEwz Pyrsons has the easiest job at the BBC. Just make crap up and print. Just add the appropriate bs words for cover.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 22, 2025 06:49 AM (sAmhv)

Here's an example, his pinned tweet that includes a link to an article:

Shayan Sardarizadeh
@Shayan86
Jun 21
The Iran-Israel conflict marks the first time in a war where AI-generated videos and images have been widely shared by supporters of both sides as an effective tool to fight the information war.

Posted by: m at September 22, 2025 06:59 AM (aURVT)

111 They are also perfectly sized to sit in my lap, like Allie is doing right now.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 22, 2025 06:53 AM (IBQGV)

The best kind of cats.
Most of the cats I’ve known would only sit in your lap once a month after they wore themselves out doing the zoomies at night.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 22, 2025 07:01 AM (6ydKt)

112 They're always in the last place you look.

Well, yes. If you find them, why would you keep searching?

Posted by: NR Pax at September 22, 2025 07:01 AM (NR6c1)

113 Hummus is a pretty common side in that part of the world, Jew-Arab-Turk-whatever. Hell, I like hummus.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 22, 2025 06:53 AM (sAmhv)

But he prefaced it with “2000 years ago”. That’s what pinpointed who he was directly talking about, and he knew it. No turks around then, and very few Arabs.
The “Christ Killers” slander of all Jews has been one of the primary attacks from European Jew haters for the last thousand years. Totally wrong and beyond inappropriate for Tucker to bring that up at the memorial.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 22, 2025 07:02 AM (5Gg6R)

114 "...the first time in a war where AI-generated videos and images have been widely shared by supporters of both sides as an effective tool to fight the information war."

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I did it better.

Posted by: Baghdad Bob at September 22, 2025 07:02 AM (XQo4F)

115 Here's another example, the latest tweet, screenshotting the referenced video embedded in a 2023 tweet:

Shayan Sardarizadeh
@Shayan86
9h
"BREAKING"
"The mainstream media does not want you to SHARE this!"
"USA News"
1.3 million followers
10,000 retweets
54,000 likes

The video is actually from 2023.

Posted by: m at September 22, 2025 07:03 AM (aURVT)

116
Her Majesty and The Big Dummy returned yesterday afternoon. Saturday they head out again for New Jersey.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 22, 2025 07:03 AM (tgvbd)

117 Morning Horde, thx Pixy.
So our allies are recognizing "Palestine" with conditions. They seem to think the Palis have the urge or wherewithal to toss Hamas to the curb. Don't think so. Also what are the borders of the "Palestinian" state?
I think the leftists running our allies are doing this for the domestic consumption of their invaders.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 22, 2025 07:07 AM (lmTGO)

118 Side note related to nothing: The wife and I finished the second season of "My Dress-Up Darling."

The two main characters are the definition of the term "adorkable." And it was a lot of fun to watch.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 22, 2025 07:07 AM (NR6c1)

119 "I see you have Bud Light in here. I'll gladly not email your football peeps for a modest monthly fee of $20."
Posted by: Football fan's AI fridge at September 22, 2025 06:47 AM (PiwSw)

Also, don't forget your monthly test for AIDS. -- AI fridge

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 22, 2025 07:10 AM (ExV1e)

120 Totally wrong and beyond inappropriate for Tucker to bring that up at the memorial.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 22, 2025 07:02 AM (5Gg6R)

I think Tucker’s point was that Charlie and Jesus were both murdered (by ‘’them’

for speaking the truth.

But considering it’s coming from Tucker, the ‘them’ could be construed just as you’re interpreting it, and Tucker knows that, so he’s being sneakily provocative at a memorial.

Meanwhile, Candace is over in her corner saying Trump is controlled by the Zionists because she didn’t get an invite to speak at the funeral.

It’s Kookoo for Cocoa Puffs with those two over that past year.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 22, 2025 07:11 AM (6ydKt)

121 On the plus side at the memorial every statement made by anyone in this administration, including JD Vance, Rubio, and Hegseth, was perfectly appropriate and did great honor to Charlie and his faith.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 22, 2025 07:13 AM (5Gg6R)

122 Umm, that was an unintentional wink, but somehow it works in that context.

One of those rare spontaneous, serendipitous, emoji surprise inserts.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 22, 2025 07:13 AM (6ydKt)

123 I muted someone on Facebook who was ranting about the funeral and how Charlie is being treated as a Saint as well as getting such an elaborate service.

She probably thinks the five state funerals for Saint Fentanyl were not enough.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 22, 2025 07:14 AM (NR6c1)

124 Never cared for Tucker and won't spend time trying to parse what he said to find the dog whistles. On the other hand it's very easy to understand ilhan omar, what a repulsive idiot.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at September 22, 2025 07:15 AM (2NHgQ)

125 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at September 22, 2025 07:16 AM (hoCmQ)

126 I didn't hear Tucker, or the rest. I just fast forwarded to the important part (Trump).

I had hoped he would announce a nationwide crackdown on the Left, but no such luck. The reaction to this should make the J6 crackdown look like a day in the traffic court.

And I can't say for sure, maybe he is planning something. But he mostly just gave a campaign speech. I'm beginning to think the enemy just peeled one of our scalps at zero cost besides a stupid furry.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 22, 2025 07:16 AM (BI5O2)

127 NR Pax. Great comment. I'm going to use that when my husband's asshole brother ask why the flag was at half staff for Charlie Kirk.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at September 22, 2025 07:16 AM (2NHgQ)

128 Happy Solstice Day. Or Chevy Equinox Day. Or Septeenth.

Posted by: Whatever at September 22, 2025 07:16 AM (XQo4F)

129 I literally lost my keys inside my truck and can't find them. Been looking everywhere inside for over a half hour

Check the roof, says the voice of experience.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at September 22, 2025 07:17 AM (AJKkb)

130 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 22, 2025 07:18 AM (u82oZ)

131 Wolfus, safe travels this week. Praying you find what you are looking for, and that you have an enjoyable week away from NO.
Your friends here are cheering for you.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at September 22, 2025 07:20 AM (OAsOu)

132 118 Side note related to nothing: The wife and I finished the second season of "My Dress-Up Darling."

The two main characters are the definition of the term "adorkable." And it was a lot of fun to watch.
Posted by: NR Pax at September 22, 2025 07:07 AM (NR6c1)

I have not seen it, but I do know of one character, just because she’s popular around the net, Kitagawa Marin, and yes, she’s quite the cutie for an anime character.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 22, 2025 07:21 AM (6ydKt)

133 Once again, it has become apparent that horde participation in the early morning hours is not reaching sufficient numbers. This simply will not be tolerated. Set your alarm clock if you have to.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 22, 2025 07:22 AM (ZafiO)

134 "And what's more, it may be possible, suggests paleoanthropologist..."

I don't trust anything "scientists" say anymore. My immediate go-to is they're lying.

Posted by: Biergood at September 22, 2025 07:23 AM (PwgSL)

135 “I had hoped he would announce a nationwide crackdown on the Left, but no such luck. The reaction to this should make the J6 crackdown look like a day in the traffic court.”

I’m very glad he didn’t, that would have turned a very respectful memorial service into a Paul Wellstone like political farce. This memorial was about Charlie, and nothing else.
As for Trump’s style, well that’s just Trump being Trump. It’s what he does.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 22, 2025 07:23 AM (5Gg6R)

136 she’s quite the cutie for an anime character.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Absolutely. And the relationship between her and Wakana Gojo is as wholesome as it is funny.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 22, 2025 07:24 AM (NR6c1)

137 No. An appropriate statement from the administration would have been "to the Left - know this... we're putting an end to you now, though the heavens may fall. All of you are going to pay for this, and Kirk's two children will only learn of the Left as a bad memory. We're going to excise you from the body politic, as we should have years ago."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 22, 2025 07:24 AM (BI5O2)

138 I'm going to use that when my husband's asshole brother ask why the flag was at half staff for Charlie Kirk.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine

The democrats adore criminals because they see them as helpless victims of society who just need love and guidance.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 22, 2025 07:25 AM (NR6c1)

139 So far I've had THREE kitties in my lap this morning: Allie, Jasmine, and now Penny.

Fortunately for me, they didn't all try to crowd into my lap at once.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 22, 2025 07:25 AM (IBQGV)

140 JJ is nood!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 22, 2025 07:28 AM (ExV1e)

141
JJS

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 22, 2025 07:28 AM (gbOdA)

142 Cave art - I like to have fun with the Visitor’s Log at some of the national monuments and parks - lodge a complaint about the ancient “Graffiti” on the rocks and walls. Terrible!

Posted by: Common Tater at September 22, 2025 07:28 AM (ZafiO)

143 I don't trust anything "scientists" say anymore. My immediate go-to is they're lying.
Posted by: Biergood at September 22, 2025 07:23 AM (PwgSL)

In this case she’s making it up as she goes along to sell her book, apparently.

Ancient people liked to dip their hands in paint and make handprints on the wall, who knew?

In 40,000 years some eager paleoanthropologist will suddenly discover kids handprints in concrete driveways and immediately think she’s found an heretofore unknown universal communication symbol and write a holographic novel about it,

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 22, 2025 07:29 AM (6ydKt)

144
I don't trust anything "scientists" say anymore. My immediate go-to is they're lying.
Posted by: Biergood at September 22, 2025 07:23 AM (PwgSL)

I distrust anything they say reported by the mainstream press. Weekly, it seems, there's some article saying something like "Revolutionary Catalyst Breaks Down Carbon Dioxide!!" and you read it and find out it's never made it out of the laboratory and the turn-over number is 1.01.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 22, 2025 07:30 AM (tgvbd)

145 - The words of our Lord - Matthew 23:8-9

But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.
And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

Posted by: TeeJ at September 22, 2025 07:31 AM (eDPLA)

146 But he mostly just gave a campaign speech. I'm beginning to think the enemy just peeled one of our scalps at zero cost besides a stupid furry.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 22, 2025 07:16 AM (BI5O2

I'm afraid I agree. A lot of proclamations and noble words about Charlie (which I'm sure are nothing but sincere) but the conservative movement is congenitally unwilling to fight like the Left fights, or fight like is required to win.

Posted by: Ordinary American at September 22, 2025 07:39 AM (h/ffs)

147 Glad I switch over to DDGo. On this site alone with google I was track 4,589 times in 5 days.

Posted by: sidney at September 22, 2025 07:45 AM (Uy/WF)

148 145 - The words of our Lord - Matthew 23:8-9

But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.
And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
Posted by: TeeJ at September 22, 2025 07:31 AM (eDPLA)

Hey, TeeJ!

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