Daily Tech News 27 September 2025

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Two new Xbox models have just gone up for pre-order, sort of: The portable Ally X for $999 and the cheaper Ally Nothing for $599. (Tom's Hardware)

Can these portable devices from Asus really be described as Xboxes? They have AMD Ryzen CPUs - but then, so do the current Microsoft Xboxes. But they have AMD Radeon graphics - which the current Microsoft Xboxes also have.

So I guess the answer is yes.

The Ally X has a Ryzen Z2 AI Extreme, with 8 Zen 5 CPU cores and 16 RDNA3.5 graphics cores, and 24GB and a 1TB SSD.

The Ally Nothing has a Ryzen Z2 A, which doesn't sound like a huge downgrade but definitely is: Just 4 Zen 2 CPU cores and 8 RDNA2 graphics cores, plus 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD.

It has the same screen and controllers as the more expensive model, but offers less than half the CPU performance. Comparing the desktop equivalents, a four-core Zen 2 would be one third the speed, but in a mobile device the faster chip is likely the be thermally constrained anyway.
And it's sold out, for rather dubious values of "sold out". (WCCFTech)

It's a pre-order, so this restriction is limited to the units from the first production batch that were allocated to the Microsoft Store. There are plenty more out there.

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Meta, parent company of Facebook, has announced its new app: Vibes, an infinitely scrolling stream of AI slop. (Facebook)

Thanks, Mark.
Is the HP Z2 Mini G1a the small form-factor Strix Halo workstation you were waiting for? $5021 as tested. (Hot Hardware)

I'm siding with no.
Well, how about the Minisforum MS-S1 MAX? (YouTube)

Maybe. Currently selling at $2399 for the sole available model, so it's by no means cheap. But it has two USB4 ports offering 40Gbps, two USB4V2 ports offering 80Gbps, two 10Gb Ethernet ports, two M.2 slots, and a PCIe expansion slot.

Plus of course a Ryzen 395 with 16 Zen 5 CPU cores and 40 RDNA3.5 graphics cores, and 128GB of LPDDR5-8000 memory.

You can configure a Mac Studio with equivalent specs (the 16 core M4 Max also has 40 graphics cores and supports 128GB of RAM) but it's slower and significantly more expensive.
Electronic Arts is seeking to go private under a $50 billion leverage buyout. (Notebook Check)

Is it suddenly the 80s again?

Artistic Interlude

Good news: The pigment this week wasn't made of cow piss.

Bad news: It was supposed to be made of cow piss.

Ugly news: It was made of arsenic.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Razors pain you;
Rivers are damp;
Acids stain you;
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren't lawful;
Nooses slump;
Gas smells awful;
You might as well jump.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at September 27, 2025 04:30 AM (aURVT)

2 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 27, 2025 04:31 AM (+qU29)

3 Morning all.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 27, 2025 04:34 AM (BLOW1)

4 Van Halen - Jump
They look like they're having so much fun.

Posted by: m at September 27, 2025 04:35 AM (aURVT)

5 David Lee Roth, master of everything!

In 2004, he trained as a state-licensed emergency medical technician in New York. In 2012 he said, "I probably have over 200 9-1-1 calls on my ticket in the last six years alone. I live a very different life away from music." He is a martial artist, has been training in kenjutsu since he was twelve years old, and also practices kenpō and Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Since 2006, Roth is a licensed private pilot for rotorcraft-helicopter. (wikipedia)

Posted by: m at September 27, 2025 04:43 AM (aURVT)

6 G'morning, all!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 27, 2025 04:44 AM (a1415)

7 Coffee or more nap time?

Posted by: Skip at September 27, 2025 04:50 AM (+qU29)

8 Looks like these offshore storms will bring us over a week of storms, rain and crappy weather.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 27, 2025 04:56 AM (a1415)

9 I guess I should get up

Posted by: Skip at September 27, 2025 05:08 AM (+qU29)

10 guten morgen, horde

Posted by: clarence at September 27, 2025 05:14 AM (iTPg3)

11 God never leaves us. Christian devotional on Joshua 1:1-3 & 1:5-9

https://tinyurl.com/5n8zyabz

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 27, 2025 05:15 AM (lQ+/f)

12 And....it's drizzling out.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 27, 2025 05:20 AM (a1415)

13 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 27, 2025 05:21 AM (Xr4QU)

14 "Jump" - was the 1st song on our RPG Dungeon Master's background music playlist for group games of Traveler.

Posted by: BobM at September 27, 2025 05:21 AM (85Wlp)

15 A beautiful psalm about the mercy and love of God. Psalm 136:

https://tinyurl.com/zf27kdwn

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 27, 2025 05:23 AM (ZeH0U)

16

Goodmorning, good people, from the Adirondacks. There's more than a hint on these mornings that a weather change is in the offing. I'm guessing there will be sufficient snow this year for the skiers and snowmobilers if the upper wind patterns continue.

Meantime, may all effort on your part result in maximal benefit to you and grievous heartburn for the ambulatory leftwit feces who contaminate the landscape.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at September 27, 2025 05:35 AM (vFbHf)

17 Via !!! flew down to S Fla. picked up a nice gem
09 C30 T5 Rdesign 6spd I needed a new daily
this popped up ... a little overkill excellent driver.

Posted by: Qmark at September 27, 2025 05:41 AM (yOns7)

18 Evening and morning to you late toilers and early risers on this Saturday -- the last of September! How'd it get so late in the year when I wasn't looking?

I'm awake ahead of the alarm I set. Breakfast at the hotel is not until 7:00 on weekends, so I have some time to kill. Once I wake up a bit more I'll hit the fitness center for some treadmill time, then shave and shower. If there's still more time until they set out the spread, I'll have a pipe outside. Current temp in Evansville: 57 F., going for a high of 83, dry-ish air conditions.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 27, 2025 05:41 AM (cCu74)

19
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 27, 2025 05:43 AM (tljrc)

20 Wolfus thought that too, where did September go?

Posted by: Skip at September 27, 2025 05:44 AM (+qU29)

21 The Searchers is on TCM right now. John
Wayne and Jeffrey Hunter have made camp, and Wayne suspects the guy at the trading post is going to come after them. He does, and Wayne's Ethan shoots him and takes back the money they paid him earlier. Seems sensible to me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 27, 2025 05:45 AM (cCu74)

22 Just remembered yesterday I missed Battle of Paoli last week, I wanted to go

Posted by: Skip at September 27, 2025 05:45 AM (+qU29)

23 " a little overkill excellent driver."

Sounds like you did good!

That's a fun little vehicle there.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 27, 2025 05:47 AM (a1415)

24 Today is my last in Evansville. I'll drive to inspect the exterior of three houses on Realtor and have a look at the neighborhoods. Tonight, instead of dinner at the hotel, I plan to visit the local seafood parlor called the Tin Fish. Reservations are not mentioned on their site. I'll go over before it gets dark, and shouldn't have any trouble finding my way back.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 27, 2025 05:47 AM (cCu74)

25 Just doing the jobs that Americans refuse to do.

https://tinyurl.com/2mknykrd

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 27, 2025 05:49 AM (a1415)

26 It looks like in order to support the trip from Charleston to Dallas, then Corsicana in the Miata, an oil change, transmission drain/fill and serpentine belt change are in order.

So that will get done this week, before I replace the timing belt, water pump and accessory drive belt on the V-70.

Gonna be a busy month.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 27, 2025 05:56 AM (a1415)

27
The neighborhood yard sale day is today.

A not inconsiderable amount of stuff came down from our attic and garage yesterday. It is not going back there.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at September 27, 2025 05:56 AM (xG4kz)

28 Meta, parent company of Facebook, has announced its new app: Vibes, an infinitely scrolling stream of AI slop. (Facebook)

I'm guessing we're not the target audience for Vibes.

Posted by: m at September 27, 2025 06:01 AM (aURVT)

29 @25

That Des Moines situation should entail multiple heads rolling and a major reconstruction of the school board plus any ancillary involvement from others.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at September 27, 2025 06:05 AM (vFbHf)

30 Ken Curtis, the future Festus from Gunsmoke, was in The Searchers too. He did the cracked cornpone dialect so well and in so many roles, it comes as a terrific surprise to hear him speak in a role without it. Or to sing, which he does beautifully. It's like the first time I saw Jim Nabors sing on a variety show. I'd only known him as Gomer Pyle. But he stepped up in a tuxedo, opened his mouth, and out came "The Impossible Dream," and I was floored.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 27, 2025 06:06 AM (cCu74)

31 "That Des Moines situation should entail multiple heads rolling and a major reconstruction of the school board plus any ancillary involvement from others."

It should.

But I doubt that it will.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 27, 2025 06:07 AM (a1415)

32 David Lee Roth - Jump (Apr. 15, 2025)
'behind the scenes' footage ...

https://youtu.be/vUngIbFzoUk&t=77s

Posted by: m at September 27, 2025 06:11 AM (aURVT)

33 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: I can take or leave it as I please.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 27, 2025 06:12 AM (WvZaB)

34 In this photo, he is identified as Dr Ian Roberts.

I wonder if the title of Doctor is actually legitimate either.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 27, 2025 06:13 AM (a1415)

35 OOOPs

Photo

https://tinyurl.com/5cau5euz

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 27, 2025 06:15 AM (a1415)

36 mornin yall. In local news:

"Organizer of Hispanic Heritage Month Festival cancels, cites fear of immigration enforcement"

Posted by: fd at September 27, 2025 06:15 AM (vFG9F)

37
It seems my transportation now after selling my beloved Ramcharger is going to be a Ford, vintage 1950, specifically a business coupe when I find a suitable one.

We have a transportation module, a Rogue Sport that wifey drives and I couldn't care less about, for me it's got all the appeal of a tree stump.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at September 27, 2025 06:15 AM (vFbHf)

38 The realtor I spoke with yesterday is sending me listings . . . most of them $10K too high in price. It's like a car salesman, I guess. You say you want to buy a Buick, he tries to talk you into a Cadillac.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 27, 2025 06:15 AM (cCu74)

39 "Velez says he's organized his Hispanic Heritage Month Festival for ten years, and that he's canceled this year's event for his attendees safety, and because a scheduled performer from Mexico was not able to obtain Visas.

However, Velez says that fear goes beyond festivals. He says people in his community are afraid to do every day activities because of ICE"

Aw. Awwww.

Posted by: fd at September 27, 2025 06:15 AM (vFG9F)

40 Wolfus, that $10k is negotiable, especially after an inspection. Don't let it stop you from getting what you want.

Posted by: fd at September 27, 2025 06:19 AM (vFG9F)

41 "He says people in his community are afraid to do every day activities because of ICE""

Is it safe to assume that people in his community are in the United States illegally?

Could be part of the issue right there.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 27, 2025 06:20 AM (a1415)

42 Apparently one of the most prominent things about Hispanic Heritage is illegal immigration.

Posted by: fd at September 27, 2025 06:24 AM (vFG9F)

43
Ken Curtis also played Dermot Fahy, the accordion player who accompanied and sang "The Wild Colonial Boy" in the tavern scene of "The Quiet Man".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at September 27, 2025 06:24 AM (xG4kz)

44 In NYC, you can punch someone in the face if they make you.

Posted by: fd at September 27, 2025 06:28 AM (vFG9F)

45 Spider solitaire is evil

Posted by: Skip at September 27, 2025 06:31 AM (+qU29)

46 Ken Curtis also played Dermot Fahy, the accordion player who accompanied and sang "The Wild Colonial Boy" in the tavern scene of "The Quiet Man".
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at September 27, 2025 06:24 AM (xG4kz)
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Yeah, and he just mimes playing the accordion. Once seen, cannot be unseen.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 27, 2025 06:32 AM (WvZaB)

47
No Cinco de Mayo?

American Chinese food > Chinese food

American Mexican food > Mexican food

Posted by: Auspex at September 27, 2025 06:36 AM (Y8DZL)

48 FULL Q AND A: Megyn Kelly Takes Questions From VA Tech Students At Turning Point USA Event

https://youtu.be/oaWTLIj10Mg

Glenn Youngkin, who introduces Megyn here, is just a really boring speaker and he has Gavin Newsom hand action going on.

Posted by: m at September 27, 2025 06:36 AM (aURVT)

49 "Experts predict ‘superintelligent’ AI could build a robot army to wipe out the human race."

"The only way to stop judgment day, per the scientists, would be to nip it in the bud by preemptively bombing any data centers that show signs of artificial superintelligence"

Posted by: fd at September 27, 2025 06:46 AM (vFG9F)

50 The YouTube link for the Minisforum mini-PC is by ETA Prime. I like his reviews, watched a lot of them when I was trying to pick a Mini-PC to buy. He isn’t flashy, or trying to be famous - all business, all the time.
He never even shows his face. All you see are his hands and hearing his radio announcer voice give you the lowdown on whatever he’s checking out.

BTW, that HP Z2 Mini G1a is listed at $2163 on Amazon here in the States. It has a 1TB SSD and 64GB of RAM, which is plenty unless you’re trying to run AI models on it. I’m guessing the $5000 version must have the full 128GB RAM and two 4TB M.2 SSDs to get the price up that high.

The chart on HotHardware showed it did well in Cinebench. It’s right behind top end desktop chips, a few with 5090s attached. Pretty good ranking for what’s essentially a power-efficient laptop chip with a mid-range GPU attached to it.

If AMD can come down off that high price for the next generation(s) of these AI Max chips they could really grab a big share of the low to mid range PC gaming market by essentially selling a better version of a PlayStation with all the added PC functionality and also not being locked down by Sony to play games.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 27, 2025 06:46 AM (6ydKt)

51 48 FULL Q AND A: Megyn Kelly Takes Questions From VA Tech Students At Turning Point USA Event

https://youtu.be/oaWTLIj10Mg

Glenn Youngkin, who introduces Megyn here, is just a really boring speaker and he has Gavin Newsom hand action going on.

Posted by: m

Youngkin is a vast improvement over the previous guy, Gov Mengele. (or whatever that creeps name was)

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 27, 2025 06:46 AM (sAmhv)

52 They better get started now. The bombing begins in five minutes.

Posted by: fd at September 27, 2025 06:47 AM (vFG9F)

53 I was able to successfully clone an M2 drive using the Lazesoft software. Don't know why Clonezilla didn't work but I suppose it doesn't matter now.

Posted by: fd at September 27, 2025 06:48 AM (vFG9F)

54 I get the feeling I will be buying my first computer game in quite awhile. Ananta looks like way too much fun, it is GTA meets Saints Row meets Spiderman meets Yakuza meets about five other games.

One of the characters, though not the main one, is a dragon girl with pink hair named Ritchie. She is a cop. And yes you can arrest people, frisk, give them a drug test, make them breath into a breathalyzer, or simply let them go.

Actually, Ananta is free to play and all the characters are unlockable through gameplay. Certain cosmetics, furniture, houses, and cars are purchasable.

7 minute trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMzzXYQ8zoQ

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 27, 2025 06:50 AM (UfpLt)

55 "Spider solitaire is evil"

You can get Hearts of Iron 2 from GOG for about two fitty.

Still the best version of HoI ever.

Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at September 27, 2025 06:50 AM (89Sog)

56 Good morning, all. Just went through ace's "the weekend woke". As a result, I would rewrite Henry David Thoreau's essay explaining why "I went to the woods...".

And never came back. There be crazies out there.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at September 27, 2025 06:52 AM (uGks3)

57 Skynet will send us Terminators

Posted by: Skip at September 27, 2025 06:56 AM (+qU29)

58
You want Terminators
You'd settle for AI Storm Troopers
You get a homicidal Roomba.

Posted by: fd at September 27, 2025 06:59 AM (vFG9F)

59 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 27, 2025 07:00 AM (A0sqA)

60 My long commute these past couple weeks is to a university, yet haven't seen but a few crazy color hairs or anyone looking to much out of the ordinary.

Posted by: Skip at September 27, 2025 07:00 AM (+qU29)

61 Glad you got the clone to work, fd.

Anna, I watched that trailer from your post on the ONT.

I like the graphics. It does look like a fun game.
Should be a hit by the looks of it.

The girls with bunny ears, and fox tails and were too cute.
I am never going to understand the Japanese obsession with female chimeras, though.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 27, 2025 07:01 AM (6ydKt)

62 Good early f***ing morning from the left coast. Something woke me up at 3:00 AM and I instantly knew I wasn't getting back to sleep so here I am. Once the sun is up, I'll be out the door for a hike and SOTA activation.

Posted by: PabloD at September 27, 2025 07:02 AM (WIjYx)

63 @41/Village Idiot's Apprentice: "Is it safe to assume that people in his community are in the United States illegally?"

Maybe some, but others may be in the USA legally. For someone legal, if you don't have your I-9 and your passport on you at the moment that ICE decides you're potentially an illegal alien, and even if you do but they need to verify your documents, there's still the potential of things going pear-shaped. "Good enough for government work." That should sum that up.

Being arrested and potentially deported is a huge fear of anyone working and living in the USA legitimately. I know, I was someone in that category. I carried my I-9 and my passport together on me much of the time. A non-citizen is REQUIRED to have those on him, even though that's not practical all of the time and there's the big fear of losing those documents.

Most Americans fear the IRS because they can bankrupt you. Those of us who came to work under valid permits feared the INS (now USCIS and ICE) much more. The IRS could only bankrupt you. The INS could send you packing and separate you from your family with no way to get them home. That's terrifying.

This is not a stress I miss.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 27, 2025 07:04 AM (O7YUW)

64 “ He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.””

Matthew 17:20

Posted by: Marcus T at September 27, 2025 07:05 AM (kTYmu)

65 Watched Javier Milei's speech at the UN.

He quoted Thomas Paine at those cretins.

He is an excellent spokesman for the cause of freedom.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 27, 2025 07:08 AM (A0sqA)

66 @53/fd: "I was able to successfully clone an M2 drive using the Lazesoft software. Don't know why Clonezilla didn't work but I suppose it doesn't matter now."

What exactly was the problem?
- Couldn't see one or both drives?
- Data error when copying?
- Inability to put the partitions back exactly as they were?

Was a super-new m.2 drive involved and maybe the version of CloneZilla you had couldn't access it properly?

Did you go drive to drive directly, or use an image file on other storage media as an intermediary step?

More details please? (I use CloneZilla and depend on it, so I'm really curious about this!)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 27, 2025 07:12 AM (O7YUW)

67 Local news says out electric grid is under extreme strain. Demand for power is up 83 percent. With the closure of all the local power plants whats to worry. I'm sure Kathy H. has the answer. After all she still supports net zero. Used to have 4 large coal and gas powered local generation plants until Chucky Schumer got them all closed down to save the planet. Upstate New Yorkers are blessed.

Posted by: Colin at September 27, 2025 07:16 AM (wlQdF)

68 63 @41/Village Idiot's Apprentice: "Is it safe to assume that people in his community are in the United States illegally?"
...
Being arrested and potentially deported is a huge fear of anyone working and living in the USA legitimately. I know, I was someone in that category. I carried my I-9 and my passport together on me much of the time. ...

Most Americans fear the IRS because they can bankrupt you. Those of us who came to work under valid permits feared the INS (now USCIS and ICE) much more. The IRS could only bankrupt you. The INS could send you packing and separate you from your family with no way to get them home. That's terrifying.

This is not a stress I miss.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 27, 2025 07:04 AM (O7YUW)

Thanks for the firsthand viewpoint and story.

Posted by: m at September 27, 2025 07:17 AM (aURVT)

69 Humberto seems harmless, and will likely go back out to sea and bother Ireland next week.

But Imelda (currently Depression #9/Invest 94L) is being coy about where she’s headed and how big she’ll be.

The current cone from the NHC has it curving away sometime Wednesday following Humberto. But we’ll still see a lot of rain, especially if Imelda stalls out before moving east across the Atlantic.

I saw a forecast for 16” of rain over the next several days for Summerville on the news last night. I hope that number is way off. That’s gonna suck if we get that much rain again after the August we had.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 27, 2025 07:18 AM (6ydKt)

70 By mor EVs

Posted by: Skip at September 27, 2025 07:18 AM (+qU29)

71 Morning peeps. Cool, but finally clear here in Bourbon Country. Saw stars and the Milky Way last night for the first time in a week.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 27, 2025 07:20 AM (Q4IgG)

72 Good morning horde

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at September 27, 2025 07:21 AM (6U1c2)

73
The current cone from the NHC has it curving away sometime Wednesday following Humberto. But we’ll still see a lot of rain, especially if Imelda stalls out before moving east across the Atlantic.

___________

Her Majesty and The Big Dummy start their trip to NJ this morning and it's looking like whatever develops from this will rain on them while they're going through TN and VA. So I'm hoping it stays away from the East Coast.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 27, 2025 07:23 AM (tgvbd)

74 Found this yesterday. Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton doing "Moon River"

https://youtu.be/jVYmjcP6l7w

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 27, 2025 07:28 AM (kUxzU)

75 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at September 27, 2025 07:31 AM (XQo4F)

76 If you say that Jews bought TikTok, which they did, you are anti-Semitic.

Posted by: Reality at September 27, 2025 07:31 AM (lkJM4)

77 > But Imelda (currently Depression #9/Invest 94L) is being coy about where she’s headed and how big she’ll be.

The current cone from the NHC has it curving away sometime Wednesday following Humberto. But we’ll still see a lot of rain, especially if Imelda stalls out before moving east across the Atlantic.
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Models have up to 12" of rain getting dumped on FL and eastern GA, SC and NC. But over a couple days, not hours like Helene in '24... if it tracks N/NW and heads back out to sea.

We had about 6" in 5 days earlier this week. Took care of the drought we were under. Corn and soybean harvesting has resumed.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 27, 2025 07:31 AM (Q4IgG)

78 Was gifted a maxed out MacBook Pro from the PMO, this will replace my current M4 MacBook Pro, which I will gift to my grandson.

Now I get to set everything up again, probably take me a month.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 27, 2025 07:32 AM (XV/Pl)

79 Her Majesty and The Big Dummy start their trip to NJ this morning and it's looking like whatever develops from this will rain on them while they're going through TN and VA. So I'm hoping it stays away from the East Coast.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 27, 2025 07:23 AM (tgvbd)

That would be a terrible ride in the rain through the mountains for sure.

Let’s hope this thing stays weak and heads out early right along with Humberto.

I don’t want to deal with a storm this week, either.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 27, 2025 07:33 AM (6ydKt)

80 @68/m: "Thanks for the firsthand viewpoint and story."

Quite welcome. Ancient history for me too, my time in the USA was mid to late 90's and a bit of the early 00's. Despite the ever-present worry/concern, I had a really good time, met some wonderful people, and have a deep appreciation for just how amazing Americans are.

This is why I bristle at all the anti-Americanism I see in the Canadian press. Are there problems with the trade-war spat our two countries are having? Sure there are. I'm really hoping those get sorted out because the animosity I'm seeing up here against Americans is disturbing.

The Canadian press will gleefully engage in anti-American sentiment, because that's the old go-to that the Liberal Party whips up (and the media is firmly in bed with the left.) Why do they do this? To distract the citizenry from the fact that left-wing policies are what's causing most of the misery in their lives. It's an old trick and multiple governments in multiple countries have, and continue to use it.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 27, 2025 07:35 AM (O7YUW)

81 Watched the entire video on Indian Yellow. Okay, that could have been condensed a lot more, but it was interesting and I did learn a couple of things. Thanks Pixy, good pick.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 27, 2025 07:38 AM (O7YUW)

82 We had about 6" in 5 days earlier this week. Took care of the drought we were under. Corn and soybean harvesting has resumed.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 27, 2025 07:31 AM (Q4IgG)

That’s good news then.

We have not heard the word drought here since June, that’s for sure.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 27, 2025 07:39 AM (6ydKt)

83 If you ~~say~~ care that Jews bought TikTok, which they did, you are anti-Semitic.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 27, 2025 07:41 AM (A0sqA)

84 VIA ... I am in town though over in Hanahan... weather permitting going to Ale & Octane tomorrow
morning ..

Posted by: Qmark at September 27, 2025 07:42 AM (yOns7)

85 JOOOOOOOSSSSSSS!!!!

Posted by: Poster who always yells JOOOOOOSSSS at September 27, 2025 07:44 AM (sAmhv)

86 I figured Candace would sleep in on Saturday.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 27, 2025 07:46 AM (sAmhv)

87 IIIIIIIIINNNNNNNN S P AAAAAAAAAAAACE!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 27, 2025 07:47 AM (A0sqA)

88 Please observe my new hash designates me as Blog Quality Assurance. I will need to see everyone's permits, please.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 27, 2025 07:48 AM (A0sqA)

89 Got off a midshift so off to bed before Tucker posts his derp thots about Tik Tok.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 27, 2025 07:49 AM (sAmhv)

90 86 I figured Candace would sleep in on Saturday.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 27, 2025 07:46 AM (sAmhv)

hahahahaha!

Posted by: m at September 27, 2025 07:50 AM (aURVT)

91 Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 27, 2025 07:48 AM (A0sqA)

How did you get that hash?

Posted by: m at September 27, 2025 07:51 AM (aURVT)

92 FULL Q AND A: Megyn Kelly Takes Questions From VA Tech Students At Turning Point USA Event

https://youtu.be/oaWTLIj10Mg

Glenn Youngkin, who introduces Megyn here, is just a really boring speaker and he has Gavin Newsom hand action going on.
Posted by: m at September 27, 2025 06:36 AM (aURVT)

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At an *indoor* venue, I believe. The future for conservatives

Posted by: JM in Illinois at September 27, 2025 07:51 AM (OAnp3)

93 @91/m: That hash assures you that San Franpsycho does not work at Microsoft.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 27, 2025 07:52 AM (O7YUW)

94 It's an old trick and multiple governments in multiple countries have, and continue to use it.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 27, 2025 07:35 AM (O7YUW)

Trudeau was a master at it, just like his father (Pierre or Fidel, either one). That’s how he survived a decade and has brought misery on many Canadians that the complicit media up there hides, just like ours did with Obama & Biden.

Carney seems to be getting away with a lot, too.
But he doesn’t have the charisma or ability to lie and get away with it like Justin.

The tariffs are not helping but Carney won’t budge on issues like the managed supply chain in dairy so negotiations go nowhere.

I wish Canadians luck, but a large portion of the population needs to come to grips with what the Liberals have done to the country and vote for the Conservatives, and not according to what the CBC tells them to think.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 27, 2025 07:52 AM (6ydKt)

95 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 27, 2025 07:54 AM (ppG5b)

96 Mornin', sock!

Posted by: PabloD at September 27, 2025 07:55 AM (WIjYx)

97 I didn’t even know Ellison is Jewish.

I rarely keep up with that if the name isn’t obvious ending in -stein, -burg/berg or -man or something like that.

Somebody said Mark Cuban was Jewish.
I had no clue, sounds Cathartic-Communist to me.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 27, 2025 07:56 AM (6ydKt)

98 $50b for Electronic Arts?
They net about a billion per year on revenue of $7b.
Not much debt.

Seems a bit pricey, I would go for it at $25b-$30b.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at September 27, 2025 07:57 AM (ufFY8)

99 Cathartic = Catholic.

Oh, autocucumber, you little joker, you.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 27, 2025 07:57 AM (6ydKt)

100 100

Posted by: m at September 27, 2025 07:58 AM (aURVT)

101 Yesterday, I was tired and not in the best of moods and had to go back to the church after going back home , because I had left my phone there. I was so grateful to see a beautiful sunset and be grateful for God's creative work in nature! It made me feel better.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 27, 2025 07:59 AM (3Aazl)

102 > I wish Canadians luck, but a large portion of the population needs to come to grips with what the Liberals have done to the country and vote for the Conservatives, and not according to what the CBC tells them to think.
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We have a similar problem here. Probably more refined, but the MSM has been a real issue for decades. But a portion of the blame can be placed on a brainwashed public too lazy to think for themselves.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 27, 2025 07:59 AM (Q4IgG)

103 Cathartic-Communist

Kinda cool!

97 I didn’t even know Ellison is Jewish.

I rarely keep up with that if the name isn’t obvious ending in -stein, -burg/berg or -man or something like that.

Somebody said Mark Cuban was Jewish.
I had no clue, sounds Cathartic-Communist to me.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 27, 2025 07:56 AM (6ydKt)

99 Cathartic = Catholic.

Oh, autocucumber, you little joker, you.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 27, 2025 07:57 AM (6ydKt)

Posted by: m at September 27, 2025 08:00 AM (aURVT)

104 Somebody said Mark Cuban was Jewish.
I had no clue, sounds Cathartic-Communist to me.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 27, 2025 07:56 AM (6ydKt)

According to wiki...

Cuban is Jewish, and grew up in Mt. Lebanon, an affluent suburb of Pittsburgh, in a working-class family. His paternal grandfather changed the surname from "Chabenisky" to "Cuban" after his family emigrated from Russia through Ellis Island. His maternal grandfather was a Bessarabian Jewish immigrant and his maternal grandmother was from Lithuania.
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Now, is any of that true? Fuck if I know.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 27, 2025 08:00 AM (ExV1e)

105 How did you get that hash?
Posted by: m at September 27, 2025 07:51 AM (aURVT)
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A few days ago my hash started changing randomly.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 27, 2025 08:01 AM (A0sqA)

106 You can vote your way into Socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at September 27, 2025 08:01 AM (ZmEVT)

107 You can vote your way into Socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at September 27, 2025 08:01 AM (ZmEVT)

What about anti-socialism? I feel like that's where I belong.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 27, 2025 08:04 AM (ExV1e)

108 What? Mark Cuban isn't Cuban?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at September 27, 2025 08:05 AM (znREB)

109 There are lots of crypto-Jews, such as Ellison.

Generally, any time you see someone pushing trans ideology, open borders, diversity, feminism, racial idolatry, homosexuality, or other society destroying ideology, you will generally find if you bother to look that they are Jewish.

Posted by: Reality at September 27, 2025 08:06 AM (lkJM4)

110 We have a similar problem here. Probably more refined, but the MSM has been a real issue for decades. But a portion of the blame can be placed on a brainwashed public too lazy to think for themselves.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 27, 2025 07:59 AM (Q4IgG)

Which, in turn, can be blame on government indoctrination centers.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 27, 2025 08:06 AM (i24o9)

111 Cathartic- Communist must be remnants of tge Cathars out to make their Marx on the world.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at September 27, 2025 08:07 AM (znREB)

112 But a portion of the blame can be placed on a brainwashed public too lazy to think for themselves.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 27, 2025 07:59 AM (Q4IgG)

Too much effort involved.
It’s easier to remain oblivious, go with the crowd you’re in, and walk off the cliff together.

Meanwhile you’ve got a portion of the lemmings hanging back thinking: “Wait a minute, we’re going to do what? Ya know, that just sounds wrong. Let me give that some thought and I’ll get back to you on following you to my death.”

When the cool kids start refusing to follow along, then you have a movement.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 27, 2025 08:07 AM (6ydKt)

113 111 Cathartic- Communist must be remnants of tge Cathars out to make their Marx on the world.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at September 27, 2025 08:07 AM (znREB)

I think of "cathartic" as people who do primal screaming.

Posted by: m at September 27, 2025 08:08 AM (aURVT)

114 Posted by: Reality at September 27, 2025 08:06 AM (lkJM4)

Please go away.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 27, 2025 08:09 AM (EDCMj)

115 @94/SpeakingOf: And it isn't just the CBC. With the government shoveling money into every major Canadian media outlet, the masses are told exactly what the Liberals want them to believe.

You're right about the supply-side craziness involving what I've started calling "the dairy cartel". 9,256 dairy farms, all working under government production quotas, versus the rest of the economy that's being seriously hurt by the trade war and tariffs. These guys are small potatoes compared to the rest of the economy, and yet we keep protecting them. WHY? Votes?

Get elected, scrap the dairy cartel's protections and quotas immediately upon getting into power, and in 4 years after the market has easily adjusted to a more free-market status (as what happened with dismantling the Canadian Wheat Board) it won't even be a blip on the political radar.

So the only thing that really explains this is that the politicians are being paid off under the table to protect the status quo.

Bribes. Liberals. "Shocker."

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 27, 2025 08:09 AM (O7YUW)

116 I think of "cathartic" as people who do primal screaming.
Posted by: m

Depends on whether you pronounce the first syllable of Cathartic like the Kay inOkay or like the cath in catheter.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at September 27, 2025 08:10 AM (znREB)

117 >>>I didn’t even know Ellison is Jewish.

That's how they get away with it.

/s

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 27, 2025 08:10 AM (i24o9)

118 David Lee Roth is starting to look like Steve Martin.

https://davidleeroth.com

Not in the front page photo, but in some of the short videos.

https://davidleeroth.com/shortys/

Posted by: m at September 27, 2025 08:12 AM (aURVT)

119 Generally, any time you see someone pushing trans ideology, open borders, diversity, feminism, racial idolatry, homosexuality, or other society destroying ideology, you will generally find if you bother to look that they are Jewish.
Posted by: Reality at September 27, 2025 08:06 AM (lkJM4)

I can see how some people might believe that.
But if you really look, you can see freaks & pervs of all types, colors, creeds and genders around the world.

Jews don’t have a lock on that.
The ones that do just have a talent for monetizing their kinks.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 27, 2025 08:13 AM (6ydKt)

120 Please go away.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 27, 2025 08:09 AM (EDCMj)

Instead, I'll stay here and allow you to convince me otherwise.

In the spirit of Charlie Kirk's open dialogue model, I'll allow you to convince me that the Democrat party, large liberal northeast universities, and things like the Open Society Foundation and the Southern Poverty Law Center weren't founded by and funded by Jewish individuals.

This is how we make progress, you point out to me where I am wrong so that I can correct myself and we can find reconciliation.

Posted by: Reality at September 27, 2025 08:15 AM (tGzoe)

121
trans ideology,
open borders,
diversity,
feminism,
racial idolatry,
homosexuality

lions,
tigers,
bears

Posted by: m at September 27, 2025 08:16 AM (aURVT)

122 ...trans ideology, open borders, diversity, feminism, racial idolatry, homosexuality, or other society destroying ideology

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No, it's true we talk about all that stuff at the meetings. And plan the weather too.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 27, 2025 08:18 AM (A0sqA)

123 Posted by: Reality at September 27, 2025 08:06 AM (lkJM4)

People will point out when they're Jews faster than pointing out that they're Muslim, or Asian, or Godless-Communist.

I wonder if there's a reason for that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 27, 2025 08:24 AM (ExV1e)

124 @105/San Franpsycho: "A few days ago my hash started changing randomly."

Your ISP has probably started enforcing rotating IP addresses assigned via DHCP instead of just letting your router request "the same IP I got last time" in perpetuity.

This usually happens when some residential customers start setting up servers on their network for the rest of the world to use. ISPs want you to pay for a business connection (at a substantially increased price) if you want to run servers. In addition to a policy in your TOU (terms of use), they also will change their DHCP server to force IP rotation every time your router goes to renew its DHCP lease. This adds "friction" to the process where customers are trying to get around the business-connection requirement for running servers.

Some power-users set up servers on their connection as a hobby and really don't use much in the way of network resources, but they get caught up in this. Been there, had this happen. *sighs*

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 27, 2025 08:24 AM (O7YUW)

125 No, it's true we talk about all that stuff at the meetings. And plan the weather too.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 27, 2025 08:18 AM (A0sqA)

We spend the first 15 minutes of our meetings practicing shape shifting. At least we did until Benny threw his hip out.

Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at September 27, 2025 08:24 AM (ZTJjv)

126 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 27, 2025 08:24 AM (O7YUW)
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I had my first hash for over 10 years ezEBT

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 27, 2025 08:26 AM (A0sqA)

127 I used to get my news from the CBC since I live so close to the border. Never thought that they were biased until the last few years. Also listen to NPR a lot but now I am much more careful and can see how brain washing works. Repeat something often enough and it becomes a fact. Seldom cross the border anymore. Used to have the Nextpass, so it was easy to just drive across without hassle. But its not active anymore.

Posted by: Colin at September 27, 2025 08:26 AM (wlQdF)

128 124 @105/San Franpsycho: "A few days ago my hash started changing randomly."

Your ISP has probably started enforcing rotating IP addresses assigned via DHCP instead of just letting your router request "the same IP I got last time" in perpetuity.

This usually happens when some residential customers start setting up servers on their network for the rest of the world to use. ISPs want you to pay for a business connection (at a substantially increased price) if you want to run servers. In addition to a policy in your TOU (terms of use), they also will change their DHCP server to force IP rotation every time your router goes to renew its DHCP lease. This adds "friction" to the process where customers are trying to get around the business-connection requirement for running servers.

Some power-users set up servers on their connection as a hobby and really don't use much in the way of network resources, but they get caught up in this. Been there, had this happen. *sighs*
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 27, 2025 08:24 AM (O7YUW)

O.k., but how did he get THAT hash??? > (A0sqA)

Posted by: m at September 27, 2025 08:26 AM (aURVT)

129 This is how we make progress, you point out to me where I am wrong so that I can correct myself and we can find reconciliation.
Posted by: Reality at September 27, 2025 08:15 AM (tGzoe)

A lot of leftist Jews donate money to and start leftist organizations.

Jews, for whatever reason, and certainly not for all of them, are good at money. I’m not being stereotypical or insulting here, I admire their reputation.

But you are dismissing all of the whites, Asians blacks, and Latinos who make money, send donations and start leftist organizations and movements.

For some reason Jews get all the blame for what the entire left does together.

Unless they’re right-wing Jews who are either ignored altogether or called Nazis for fighting for their own land for 80 years.

Perhaps try not to focus on Jews as the problem, but instead look at it as a humanity problem for which Jews have become a convenient scapegoat, especially in the collective West, for a few thousand years.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 27, 2025 08:27 AM (6ydKt)

130 I wonder if there's a reason for that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 27, 2025 08:24 AM (ExV1e)

Everyone needs a hobby.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 27, 2025 08:27 AM (i24o9)

131 @128/m: "O.k., but how did he get THAT hash??? > (A0sqA)"

Australian vacation!

But seriously, just blind luck.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 27, 2025 08:31 AM (O7YUW)

132 129 A lot of leftist Jews donate money to and start leftist organizations.

Jews, for whatever reason, and certainly not for all of them, are good at money. I’m not being stereotypical or insulting here, I admire their reputation.

But you are dismissing all of the whites, Asians blacks, and Latinos who make money, send donations and start leftist organizations and movements.

For some reason Jews get all the blame for what the entire left does together.

Unless they’re right-wing Jews who are either ignored altogether or called Nazis for fighting for their own land for 80 years.

Perhaps try not to focus on Jews as the problem, but instead look at it as a humanity problem for which Jews have become a convenient scapegoat, especially in the collective West, for a few thousand years.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 27, 2025 08:27 AM (6ydKt)

Yeah, the "generally" (x2) was off. And the "any time":

109 Generally, any time you see someone pushing trans ideology, open borders, diversity, feminism, racial idolatry, homosexuality, or other society destroying ideology, you will generally find if you bother to look that they are Jewish.
Posted by: Reality at September 27, 2025 08:06 AM

Posted by: m at September 27, 2025 08:32 AM (aURVT)

133 .. and Alteria Pilgram has a hash something like AoSHq; it's like, ridiculously on-point.

Posted by: m at September 27, 2025 08:35 AM (aURVT)

134 Okay, the Coffee and prayer thread has been up for over 30 minutes and nobody called a Nood?

Fine, I'll do it.

NOOD!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 27, 2025 08:38 AM (O7YUW)

135 131 @128/m: "O.k., but how did he get THAT hash??? > (A0sqA)"

Australian vacation!

But seriously, just blind luck.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 27, 2025 08:31 AM (O7YUW)

; )

Posted by: m at September 27, 2025 08:39 AM (aURVT)

136 trans ideology, open borders, diversity, feminism, racial idolatry, homosexuality,
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These things should not be conflated with Judaism because as an adherent and practitioner can assure dear reader actually firmly repudiates them.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 27, 2025 08:40 AM (A0sqA)

137 Well maybe not feminism.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 27, 2025 08:41 AM (A0sqA)

138 But definitely that other stuff.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 27, 2025 08:41 AM (A0sqA)

139 81 Watched the entire video on Indian Yellow. Okay, that could have been condensed a lot more, but it was interesting and I did learn a couple of things. Thanks Pixy, good pick.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 27, 2025 07:38 AM (O7YUW)

Agreed on all that. I have just watched it. She looks a little like Cyndi Lauper (at 27:30, for example).

Posted by: m at September 27, 2025 09:36 AM (aURVT)

140 I've made arsenic sulfide (As2S3), also known as orpiment. It is a really luminous yellow color.

The other big arsenic pigment is realgar, which is red. Both were much used in oil paints hundred years ago.

Posted by: Bruce of Newcastle at September 27, 2025 09:16 PM (lcNYh)

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