Daily Tech News 22 October 2025

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So what happened? Why did Amazon's premier US-East-1 datacenter collapse, taking an uncountable number of websites and applications with it, and causing billions of dollars in losses? (Ars Technica)

DNS.

It was DNS.

It is always DNS.

Tech News

A single-pass Turbo Pascal 3.0 compatible compiler, written in Pascal, in a single file of around 7000 lines of code. (GitHub)

And it's clean and readable, though not exactly modular or uncomplicated.
Inside a high speed optical network switch. (Serve the Home)

It's full of fiber!
Why London became the global capital of phone theft. (New York Times)

Because phone thieves didn't get arrested.
OpenAI's AI-powered browser, ChatGPT Atlas, is here. (The Verge)

Kill it with fire.
The Banana Pi R4 Pro is here. (Liliputing)

$165 gets you a quad-core Arm A73 with 8GB each of eMMC flash and RAM, two 10Gb Ethernet ports, four 2.5Gb Ethernet port, one 1Gb Ethernet port, two M.2 2280 slots for storage, three M.2 2242 B-key slots for 5G (and maybe also storage), and two mini-PCIe slots for wifi modules.

Pretty much all you could ask for in a home or small business router, except a case.

Musical Interlude

Song is Satellites by Cash Cash. Anime is a lot.

Disclaimer: Or used to be a lot.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at October 22, 2025 04:00 AM (RuTUS)

2 (poke)

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 22, 2025 04:01 AM (BLOW1)

3 Hmm. Weird.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 22, 2025 04:01 AM (BLOW1)

4 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 22, 2025 04:02 AM (+qU29)

5 >>Amazon's premier US-East-1 datacenter collapse ... causing billions of dollars in losses? (Ars Technica)

I haven't read the article yet. In advance, I'm wondering why there would be loss: If I urgently "need" to buy a book, and the site is down for a day, I'll buy the book the next day = no $$$ loss.

Posted by: m at October 22, 2025 04:05 AM (RuTUS)

6 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at October 22, 2025 04:06 AM (hoCmQ)

7 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 22, 2025 04:08 AM (sAmhv)

8 Well, I guess this is a partial answer:

“The financial impact of this outage will easily reach into the hundreds of billions due to loss in productivity for millions of workers that cannot do their job, plus business operations that are stopped or delayed—from airlines to factories.”

Posted by: m at October 22, 2025 04:08 AM (RuTUS)

9 I'm wondering why there would be loss: If I urgently "need" to buy a book, and the site is down for a day, I'll buy the book the next day = no $$$ loss.
--------------

It's a write-off.
They just write it off.
--Kramer

Posted by: Obligatory at October 22, 2025 04:10 AM (rdVOm)

10 5 >>Amazon's premier US-East-1 datacenter collapse ... causing billions of dollars in losses? (Ars Technica)

I haven't read the article yet. In advance, I'm wondering why there would be loss: If I urgently "need" to buy a book, and the site is down for a day, I'll buy the book the next day = no $$$ loss.
Posted by: m at October 22, 2025 04:05 AM (RuTUS)

Same reason that we're all dead from net neutrality.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls
at October 22, 2025 04:13 AM (y+qgR)

11 "Amazon’s DNS problem knocked out half the web, likely costing billions"

DNS=

“engineers later identified a Domain Name System (DNS) resolution problem”

Posted by: m at October 22, 2025 04:15 AM (RuTUS)

12 "...hundreds of billions due to loss in productivity for millions of workers that cannot do their job..."
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Yeah. Those "millions of workers" are the only ones who lost money. No doubt got sent home without pay for the duration.

Employers lose a pittance over one day, probably make it up in the following days. Employees? Screwed. Short paychecks.

Posted by: JQ at October 22, 2025 04:15 AM (rdVOm)

13 5 >>Amazon's premier US-East-1 datacenter collapse ... causing billions of dollars in losses? (Ars Technica)

I haven't read the article yet. In advance, I'm wondering why there would be loss: If I urgently "need" to buy a book, and the site is down for a day, I'll buy the book the next day = no $$$ loss.
Posted by: m

Amazon makes almost no money from its storefront; all the money is in selling is cloud services to other customers.

And those customers lose money when the cloud falls over. Some of them, lots of money.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 22, 2025 04:16 AM (BLOW1)

14 10 5 >>Amazon's premier US-East-1 datacenter collapse ... causing billions of dollars in losses? (Ars Technica)

I haven't read the article yet. In advance, I'm wondering why there would be loss: If I urgently "need" to buy a book, and the site is down for a day, I'll buy the book the next day = no $$$ loss.
Posted by: m at October 22, 2025 04:05 AM (RuTUS)

Same reason that we're all dead from net neutrality.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls
at October 22, 2025 04:13 AM (y+qgR)

haha

I am not an economist.

Posted by: m at October 22, 2025 04:16 AM (RuTUS)

15
Good morning, all. I wish I was done with this project. I wonder if ChatGPT can do all the proofreading for me. Maybe Cluely?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 22, 2025 04:17 AM (ldc7S)

16 A lot of productivity software is now in the 'cloud'. If the 'cloud' goes down, that software can't be used and nobody is working. It's what happens when you get away from storing your stuff 'in house'. You risk this. The Feds, some anyway, use Amazon Cloud services. Services they used to do themselves (I work at DoD). I prefer in house. The reason for use of Amazon, is of course, money. It 'saves' money. Yes, I put 'saves' in scare quote because obviously the FedGov saves nothing.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 22, 2025 04:18 AM (sAmhv)

17 13 5 Amazon makes almost no money from its storefront; all the money is in selling is cloud services to other customers.

And those customers lose money when the cloud falls over. Some of them, lots of money.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 22, 2025 04:16 AM (BLOW1)

Thank you. Learnin'!

Posted by: m at October 22, 2025 04:19 AM (RuTUS)

18 I am not an economist.
Posted by: m at October 22, 2025 04:16 AM (RuTUS)

Which is for the best. Those people are complete bullshit artists. I have about as much faith in alchemy.

I don't trust that any serious analysis has gone into calculating losses here. Journalists, who could not calculate such a figure if they tried, are uncritically parroting a figure quoted them by an "expert." Hoe impressed are you with the experts these days?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls
at October 22, 2025 04:21 AM (y+qgR)

19 Had a guy at work, telling me how great the 'cloud' was-- about a decade ago. It's the latest and greatest! All your stuff is backed-up automatically! More storage! Blahblah.

I'm like, yeah, but all your sh1t is still on somebody else's machinery. wtf?

Posted by: JQ at October 22, 2025 04:21 AM (rdVOm)

20 16 A lot of productivity software is now in the 'cloud'. If the 'cloud' goes down, that software can't be used and nobody is working. It's what happens when you get away from storing your stuff 'in house'. You risk this. The Feds, some anyway, use Amazon Cloud services. Services they used to do themselves (I work at DoD). I prefer in house. The reason for use of Amazon, is of course, money. It 'saves' money. Yes, I put 'saves' in scare quote because obviously the FedGov saves nothing.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 22, 2025 04:18 AM (sAmhv)

Thank you.

Posted by: m at October 22, 2025 04:22 AM (RuTUS)

21 And you're relying on somebody else for security of your stuff. Sure, they're secure, more or less.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 22, 2025 04:23 AM (sAmhv)

22 Thanks for putting me some knowledge. Still think Da Cloud is a dumb idea.

Posted by: JQ at October 22, 2025 04:25 AM (rdVOm)

23 "Employees sitting idle" ("nobody is working") makes sense.

Posted by: m at October 22, 2025 04:25 AM (RuTUS)

24 A lot of productivity software is now in the 'cloud'. If the 'cloud' goes down, that software can't be used and nobody is working.

To me, this is like asserting that billions are lost every time there's a snow day. Salaried employees who are doing serious work with deadlines typically have to make up for lost time (whatever the cause) with additional work once the obstacle is resolved. If the system is down Wednesday for whatever reason, my Saturday is going to end up looking a lot like Wednesday otherwise would have looked, assuming I cannot somehow cram Wednesday's workload into Thursday and Friday. I think the idea that these stoppages (unless prolonged for a significant period of time) represent losses that can't be mitigated in whole or part is very dubious.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls
at October 22, 2025 04:33 AM (y+qgR)

25 haha a few days old but I had missed it:

Jeff Blehar is *BOX OFFICE POISON* retweeted
Benny 'Duke' Rollins
@citizenkawala
Oct 17
Because we are the indigenous population.

DogeDesigner
@cb_doge
Oct 17
Why do some people still call it Twitter? 🤦‍♂️

Posted by: m at October 22, 2025 04:34 AM (RuTUS)

26 Hopefully, keep saying not too many more days way up north. Am catching up on podcasts if nothing else on a boring drive

Posted by: Skip at October 22, 2025 04:38 AM (+qU29)

27 Video is catchy
Off on the road, at least have Wi-Fi there, not sure how long.

Posted by: Skip at October 22, 2025 04:42 AM (+qU29)

28 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire at October 22, 2025 04:44 AM (4MksP)

29 Christian devotional, "God understands"
Hebrews 2:7-15:

https://tinyurl.com/8ydm5j8x

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 22, 2025 04:44 AM (looXz)

30 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. 52 cloudy degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor. It's supposed to rain all morning, then clear off for the rest of the day. We'll see.

As usual, about 3 hours or so worth of work to deal with this morning, so will see you all on the Morning Report.

Thanks for hearing me out yesterday (or at least scrolling past without comment). I'm sorry to be such a one-note crank. As I said, I'm hoping that once I finally retire in mid-February, all (or most) of this sadness and hoplessness will, as George Harrison said, blow away. If not, then time to change anti-depressants.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 22, 2025 04:45 AM (ufSfZ)

31 Poignant political sign in a nearby neighborhood "We are all Charlie Kirk now."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 22, 2025 04:47 AM (looXz)

32 24: bear with asymmetrical balls

I don't know. I'm the tech side of the equation and a fed contractor. The federal leviathan is a bubble that doesn't look like anything outside itself. As a user, I know some of my services have gone down and then we use old fashion paper for logs, tickets, etc. The show goes on, slowly. 😉

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 22, 2025 04:49 AM (sAmhv)

33 And a sign from a different political perspective:

Vote as if your daughter's rights depend on it.

I wasn't sure what they were talking about : Right to have boys in your daughter's locker room? Right to become Jack and not Jill? Then I saw tiny lettering in the bottom of the sign "Kamala 2024"
O.K. They used an old sign to promote abortion. Nobody is going to take away this right in NJ

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 22, 2025 04:53 AM (looXz)

34 I once had a job where I had to drive over an hour to work every day.

It was not fun.
Tired when I got to work and even more tired when I returned home.

Thankfully, my commute now is from the shower to the computer desk. Two days a week I’ll have to drive over and check in to update progress.

That’s only a 15 minute trek, though.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 22, 2025 04:53 AM (6ydKt)

35 Rabbi's daughter writes on fear of the unknown and God with us

Genesis 8:16:

https://tinyurl.com/3wz9zsvc

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 22, 2025 04:58 AM (looXz)

36 Just read an article where Amazon plans to replace 600,000 workers with automation and robotics by 2033 were leaked.

So in a few years your packages will be delivered by some kind of robot, probably drones, especially if you live in urban areas.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 22, 2025 05:01 AM (6ydKt)

37 I once had a job where I had to drive over an hour to work every day.

Posted by: SpeakingOf

I do that now. 81 miles each way. Three x a week.
Why?
I live on 100 acres. Was able to sell my house in the city for a ridiculous amount and move onto wife's family's land. Built our retirement home. I've been with my company 36 years. Have four left until I can retire with full SS.

And no real work/employment out here.

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire at October 22, 2025 05:02 AM (4MksP)

38 Comedian John Christ: "Bad kids with Biblical names" . Just scroll down to the little "play" button
Or watch on YouTube if you have an interest . It's not necessary to read a description from "FaithPot":

https://tinyurl.com/mrx3keby

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 22, 2025 05:02 AM (looXz)

39 Last reached I preached on the Old Testament prophet, Hababbuk , which is a wonderful book of only three chapters. I have never met a kid named "Hababbuk"😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 22, 2025 05:06 AM (looXz)

40 "It is always DNS."

And if it isn't, it's BGP.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 22, 2025 05:14 AM (O7YUW)

41 I do that now. 81 miles each way. Three x a week.
Why?
I live on 100 acres. Was able to sell my house in the city for a ridiculous amount and move onto wife's family's land. Built our retirement home. I've been with my company 36 years. Have four left until I can retire with full SS.

And no real work/employment out here.
Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire at October 22, 2025 05:02 AM (4MksP)

That’s understandable then.
Three days a week makes it better, at least.

Sounds nice though.
You’ll have a nice retirement once the grind ends.

I’d like to live out in the middle of nowhere some day. The only drawback is having to drive to get to civilization when needed,

I lived out in the boonies near a lake for a year or so in the 90s. It was nice until I had to drive a half-hour just to get food.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 22, 2025 05:16 AM (6ydKt)

42 G'morning, all!

I think I need to unplug and replug each of my Amazon Dots and Echo's.

All the groupings are lost from the Amazon crash, and most folks are still screaming about their stuff not handling commands correctly.

And it's 60 degrees out, so perfect walking weather.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 22, 2025 05:18 AM (a1415)

43 I lived out in the boonies near a lake for a year or so in the 90s. It was nice until I had to drive a half-hour just to get food.

Posted by: SpeakingO

Yeah, that's the only drawback. It's 12 1/2 miles to the small town and your choices are limited and it's 34 miles in three different directions to much larger towns where you have a better choice of food.

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire at October 22, 2025 05:32 AM (Qd7dZ)

44 "A single-pass Turbo Pascal 3.0 compatible compiler ..."

Wow, there's a product (and language) I didn't think I'd be thinking about again today. Thanks for the trip down memory lane, Pixy. :-)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 22, 2025 05:32 AM (O7YUW)

45 er... scratch 'again' from #44.

Neurons aren't firing properly yet.

a) Terrible sleep due to head/chest cold
b) Not enough coffee yet

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 22, 2025 05:34 AM (O7YUW)

46 I'm calling a lid.

Before I even wake up.

I'm that good, Jack.

Posted by: Joe Biden Calling a Lid at October 22, 2025 05:35 AM (47/pr)

47 "I lived out in the boonies near a lake for a year or so in the 90s. It was nice until I had to drive a half-hour just to get food."

I see that occasionally. Folks come into town from the country and buy a months's worth of stuff. You need an extra fridge/freezer or two, and a generator for when the electricity fails.

I don't remember the exact names, but two brothers were named something like "Goodboy and Shithead." Goodboy became a criminal and Shithead became a police officer.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 22, 2025 05:35 AM (W7XSX)

48 But why would anyone write software in Pascal, once C was developed?

I am pretty fond of Pascal too. I was weaned on it. But really?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 22, 2025 05:37 AM (W7XSX)

49
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at October 22, 2025 05:38 AM (tljrc)

50 Good morning, everyone. This was one of those mornings where I glared at the alarm clock for daring to show me that it was time to get up.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 22, 2025 05:42 AM (99eI0)

51 Belated BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 22, 2025 05:45 AM (JZ+U7)

52 Drizzle all the way

Posted by: Skip at October 22, 2025 05:50 AM (xatjc)

53 From Russia with love:

https://tinyurl.com/3jnmzrs7

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 22, 2025 05:54 AM (JZ+U7)

54 Time for the morning walk

BBIAB

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 22, 2025 05:54 AM (a1415)

55 Wow, that optical switch took me back.

I did a lot of board-level fiber routing and mech packaging during the optical telecom boom.

Man that stuff is dense. Keeping all those fiber ends clean is damn near impossible and they look like they are single mode with a very small core.

Plus they look like E2000 connectors that use a metal ferrule that is very difficult to inspect.

I reckon it will be a box that no one will be allowed to touch once it's up and running and rightly so.

Gonna share this with some of my old homies from back in the day.

Posted by: pawn at October 22, 2025 05:54 AM (tqkKb)

56 I think I need to unplug and replug each of my Amazon Dots and Echo's.

All the groupings are lost from the Amazon crash, and most folks are still screaming about their stuff not handling commands correctly.

And it's 60 degrees out, so perfect walking weather.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

I have two dots. The one in my bedroom required unplugging and plugging a couple of times on the day of the crash. The dot in the living room worked fine.

Posted by: Tuna at October 22, 2025 05:55 AM (lJ0H4)

57 MP4..You can unload on us anytime you feel like it. No need to apologize.

Posted by: Tuna at October 22, 2025 05:59 AM (lJ0H4)

58 51 Belated BOING!

A boing is never belated. It simply arrives when it is the correct time.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 22, 2025 06:01 AM (99eI0)

59 Fall weather is here now in upstate NY. We just don't have the electrical power to do much now. School districts, home builders, manufacturing all have been told no new construction.
All of our power plants have been shut down (coal and natural gas) to save the planet. Schools will have to go back to real books and use plenty of candles to read by. Great to have the Democrats running everything.

Posted by: Colin at October 22, 2025 06:10 AM (wlQdF)

60 Evening and morning to all the AoSHQ late-toiling and early-rising satellites across the System! Woden's Day again, and while I did not have an uninterrupted night's sleep, I feel relatively human. No workout, but coffee and a pipe while I watch Johnny Yuma in The Rebel on Grit. Howzabout you?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 22, 2025 06:16 AM (omVj0)

61 Daddy, what did we use for lighting before candles and kerosene lamps?

Electricity.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 22, 2025 06:19 AM (W7XSX)

62 Updated my Garmin couple weeks ago, now every morning I turn it on then it keeps restarting 3 -5 times before it stays on. Today was at least a dozen times

Posted by: Skip at October 22, 2025 06:26 AM (xatjc)

63 Bio of Amazon cloud author: “senior policy reporter for Ars Technica, dedicated to tracking social impacts of emerging policies and new technologies.”

Seriously ?

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at October 22, 2025 06:29 AM (6t8M3)

64 Thanks for hearing me out yesterday (or at least scrolling past without comment). I'm sorry to be such a one-note crank. As I said, I'm hoping that once I finally retire in mid-February, all (or most) of this sadness and hoplessness will, as George Harrison said, blow away. If not, then time to change anti-depressants.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 22, 2025

***
Morning, MP4! Yes, retirement will give you a whole new perspective on life. Breathing space, if nothing else.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 22, 2025 06:29 AM (omVj0)

65 63 Seriously ?
Posted by: Going deep.

At least it's a better job than barista.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 22, 2025 06:35 AM (99eI0)

66 @48

>>I am pretty fond of Pascal too. I was weaned on it. But really?

Same reason why there is a new C64, there is a sufficient base of people who have fond memories of learning Pascal as their first language and it's just a random cool thing.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 22, 2025 06:35 AM (XV/Pl)

67 Can you spot the Demoncrapic lie?

https://tinyurl.com/dhrd7u8v

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 22, 2025 06:36 AM (JZ+U7)

68 Same reason why there is a new C64, there is a sufficient base of people who have fond memories of learning Pascal as their first language and it's just a random cool thing.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Wait, you're telling me BASIC isn't the bang-up language I was taught it was?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 22, 2025 06:37 AM (mlg/3)

69 Cause I’m working for a living.

Posted by: Eromero at October 22, 2025 06:38 AM (jgmnb)

70
Good morning, Hordians. Her Majesty and The Big Dummy head out this morning to Belton, TX, leaving me abandoned here at the Schloss.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 22, 2025 06:39 AM (tgvbd)

71 America do you appreciate this man?

https://tinyurl.com/3fb3ftj9

You should!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 22, 2025 06:40 AM (WjhjO)

72 That ain't no way to talk to a lady!

https://tinyurl.com/2r9u7mah

Oh. My mistake. No lady.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 22, 2025 06:42 AM (WjhjO)

73 This past week a deposit of $261 showed up in my bank account from SS. When I went to the SS website (after yesterday's all-morning struggle with their new sign-on system), I see no explanation, only that it's a one-time payment. I suppose it's an adjustment of some kind, but I wish I could find out why.

Don't worry, I'm not gonna give it back! That, and the sale of two vintage fedoras I made on eBay, will pay for my new printer and the gas I bought on my Indiana trip.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 22, 2025 06:43 AM (omVj0)

74 I'm having to use CorelDRAW for the first time in many years with the new job.

I'd forgotten how much I like it.
It's much more intuitive than Adobe Illustrator, for me anyhow.

And as a plus, you can still buy CorelDRAW and PhotoPaint as a package for a lifetime license. They offer a monthly-priced "Suite" like Creative Cloud, but I'm all for a one-time purchase over subscriptions.

For anybody who doesn't want to pay the Adobe tax, Corel is still a decent option, IMHO.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 22, 2025 06:44 AM (6ydKt)

75 The Chicago way:

https://tinyurl.com/32fdvrtz

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 22, 2025 06:44 AM (WjhjO)

76 G'mornin' everyone!

" ... think the idea that these stoppages (unless prolonged for a significant period of time) represent losses that can't be mitigated in whole or part is very dubious."

well, yeah, but where's the grift in something with no harm done?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 22, 2025 06:45 AM (kHop/)

77 Thoughts on the thread:

Aww Pascal
I miss Pascal

C predates Pascal (which was created as a teaching language )

Why do you guys have Amazon dots?

Oh and good morning

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 22, 2025 06:47 AM (U1FmN)

78 I suppose it's an adjustment of some kind, but I wish I could find out why.

Don't worry, I'm not gonna give it back! That, and the sale of two vintage fedoras I made on eBay, will pay for my new printer and the gas I bought on my Indiana trip.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 22, 2025 06:43 AM (omVj0)

SS is supposed to be getting a cost of living increase.
Maybe that was it?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 22, 2025 06:47 AM (6ydKt)

79 mornin yall

"An 11-year-old boy in Australia died from a brown snake bite after his father assumed he had consumed alcohol and told him to “sleep it off,” according to a Coroners Court of Queensland Findings of Inquest report. "

Father of the year never heard of slapping hot iron to it?

Posted by: fd at October 22, 2025 06:49 AM (vFG9F)

80 Biden's Dog, did you find good candidate states for stashing money at?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 22, 2025 06:49 AM (6U1c2)

81 You cannot hate the media enough. The current example is from the WSJ:

https://tinyurl.com/3z7et2bn

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 22, 2025 06:50 AM (WjhjO)

82 Good morning everyone.

Would appreciate a prayer for Smash and MegaRoy. I'm on travel this week and MegaRoy has become lethargic and won't eat or drink. Sat hunched up in one spot all night and wouldn't let her pick him up. He went to the vet yesterday for a swollen jaw, (no bite or obvious infected tooth) and was given a healthy status.

Posted by: BifBewalski at October 22, 2025 06:51 AM (1l1S+)

83
Morning coffee. The only friend I have.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 22, 2025 06:51 AM (tgvbd)

84 Posted by: BifBewalski at October 22, 2025 06:51 AM (1l1S

Will pray for them.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 22, 2025 06:52 AM (7RYym)

85 This is one of the "news" articles on our local site:

"Windows 11 Pro can turn your current PC into a modern, gaming-ready setup for only $14.97"

Oh, well then. Only $15 to turn your PC into a modern spyware infected streaming pile of dung.

Posted by: fd at October 22, 2025 06:53 AM (vFG9F)

86 82 St Francis & St Roque, please help MegaRoy

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 22, 2025 06:54 AM (6U1c2)

87 meh, go ahead and laugh, I liked Fortran.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 22, 2025 06:54 AM (kHop/)

88 SS is supposed to be getting a cost of living increase.
Maybe that was it?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 22, 2025

***
I had that at the beginning of the year, though. They don't say it's a continuing increase, but a one-time thing.

Found money, I calls it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 22, 2025 06:55 AM (omVj0)

89 Biden's Dog, did you find good candidate states for stashing money at?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 22, 2025 06:49 AM (6U1c2)
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I was looking into Florida, in one of my current national banks' branches. What I found was reviews in practically every relevant branch that expressed nothing but disdain for the lack of service and the lack of professional behavior. It's like Florida big banks are telling people its no different at the big bank across the street, so what do you care?

Looking into Houston TX and Wilmington DE later on today. Still open for suggestions.

Must have:

- Personal and business checking, free with minimal balance.
- Domestic and international wire transfer service.
- Personal and business credit cards.
- No annual fee.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 22, 2025 06:57 AM (WjhjO)

90 something very Idiocracy about assuming your 11-year-old has had too much to drink ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 22, 2025 06:58 AM (kHop/)

91 I have noticed that SS is very proactive in applying adjustments; I don't have to ask them about such things. They just do it. And the few times I've spoken to them on the phone -- after the usual one-hour wait! -- they've been knowledgeable and helpful.

Medicare answers the phone much more quickly, and are actually pretty pleasant too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 22, 2025 06:58 AM (omVj0)

92 After 3 people are killed in a shootout in the the hood, commissioner Stanley Stewart says " crime in that area is not unheard of".

He also says:

"You know your heart goes out to their families. Your heart also goes out to the fact that who ever did this crime, their family is going to lose them as well because they will end up getting caught so everybody loses across the board".

This is why that city is so f'd up. Lefty idiots.

Posted by: fd at October 22, 2025 06:59 AM (vFG9F)

93 something very Idiocracy about assuming your 11-year-old has had too much to drink ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 22, 2025

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Idiocracy, and some Tobacco Road and God's Little Acre mixed in. Whatever the Aussie equivalents of those two are.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 22, 2025 07:00 AM (omVj0)

94 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at October 22, 2025 07:01 AM (bVKL8)

95 CommissionerStanley Stewart has a solution though:

"We got to think of a way locally to try to solve it and I think gun buy back programs. Making sure you get more churches and schools involved in the matter"

Why he left off midnight basketball, I don't know. These three people could still be alive if we had only been more compassionate.

Posted by: fd at October 22, 2025 07:03 AM (vFG9F)

96 Oh, and I've been taking this creatine stuff that Ace wrote about a few weeks ago. Just 5g a day. Not sure if I'm seeing any improvement yet in mental clarity or workout strength (I'm not doing weights yet, just cardio with stretching). I guess it can take a while.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 22, 2025 07:03 AM (omVj0)

97 After 3 people are killed in a shootout in the the hood, commissioner Stanley Stewart says "crime in that area is not unheard of".

Oh. Then nothing to worry about. Just one of those joys in-START STOMPING DOWN ON THIS SO HARD, YOU FIND FOSSILS IN THE SOIL!

Sorry. That got away from me.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 22, 2025 07:04 AM (99eI0)

98 After 3 people are killed in a shootout in the the hood, commissioner Stanley Stewart says "crime in that area is not unheard of".

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This could be the official motto of Da Swamp.

There was a shooting yesterday on a street here called North Rocheblave. My reaction was, "Well, there's your problem right there, North Rocheblave." I don't think there is any part of Rocheblave these days that's safe to be in during daylight or dark.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 22, 2025 07:08 AM (omVj0)

99 Huh. Luigi Mangione got beaten up by 7 ‘ladyboys’ in Thailand months before UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting. Figures.

Posted by: fd at October 22, 2025 07:08 AM (vFG9F)

100 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 22, 2025 07:09 AM (9ipOP)

101 Looking into Houston TX and Wilmington DE later on today. Still open for suggestions.

Must have:

- Personal and business checking, free with minimal balance.
- Domestic and international wire transfer service.
- Personal and business credit cards.
- No annual fee.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 22, 2025 06:57 AM (WjhjO)

Charlotte, NC and Dallas are becoming financial hubs currently.
One or the other or both may replace NYC & San Fran as the big financial capitals if those cities keep up their socialist antics.

You might want to look into some local banks in those cities, too.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 22, 2025 07:10 AM (6ydKt)

102 Those poor Pali's are being treated worse by Hamas than anybody else, but who am I to criticize their culture.

Posted by: fd at October 22, 2025 07:17 AM (vFG9F)

103 Our governor has suspended tolls on a new bridge over a canal on my side of the river. Apparently the tolls were being applied in a wildly inconsistent fashion, always too high of course. I need to take a drive across just to see what it's like before they slap tolls back on.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 22, 2025 07:21 AM (omVj0)

104 Palestinians love Hamas, support Hamas, and should feel grateful to be tormented by Hamas. I wish them well. Reap what you sow, tards.

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

105 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire at October 22, 2025 04:44 AM (4MksP)

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Good morning, rickb -- a pleasure to get to meet & chat with you this past Saturday!

I had meant to tell you, and can't remember now if I did, about an interaction and joke I believe you made -- which I've since repeated at least 100 times to others:

Some years ago here I asked "Am I the only one with OCD who MUST have his close tags in his nic in alphabetical order?"

To which you replied: "You're not OCD if you haven't spelled it CDO."

Never not funny!

Apropos is this link that scampydog posted in the prior ONT:

x.com/PecanC8/status/1978139681859489933

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at October 22, 2025 07:26 AM (dIdMH)

106 Biden's Dog you can also check nerdwallet for reviews of banks, the big ones anyway

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 22, 2025 07:26 AM (6U1c2)

107 About time I shaved and showered, I guess. I'll peruse JJ's news links as usual. Later we're heading out for coffee (and maybe a croissant) and to run some errands, so I can probably hang out on the Art Thread for a bit too. Winning!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 22, 2025 07:28 AM (omVj0)

108 Why London became the global capital of phone theft. (New York Times)

Because phone thieves didn't get arrested.

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* Califzuela has entered the post *

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at October 22, 2025 07:28 AM (dIdMH)

109 Very saddened to learn that Rabbi Dov Fischer passed away during the high holidays. Ypu may have read him at American Spectator.

May his memory be a blessing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 22, 2025 07:29 AM (9ipOP)

110 Our governor has suspended tolls on a new bridge over a canal on my side of the river. Apparently the tolls were being applied in a wildly inconsistent fashion, always too high of course. I need to take a drive across just to see what it's like before they slap tolls back on.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 22, 2025

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The new toll bridge is not the only way to reach the town on the other side of the canal. There's a completely free and well-paved state (?) road that you can take to get to the town from a different direction -- actually it's closer to where I live.

There's not much reason to go there unless you live there, but the state road is a nice drive.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 22, 2025 07:30 AM (omVj0)

111 Palestinians love Hamas, support Hamas, and should feel grateful to be tormented by Hamas. I wish them well. Reap what you sow, tards.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 22, 2025 07:24 AM (BI5O2)
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Eventually they will execute the last Gazan.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 22, 2025 07:30 AM (9ipOP)

112 Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 22, 2025 07:29 AM (9ipOP)

I so enjoyed his writing. I am sorry to hear that. May the Lord bless and comfort his family.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 22, 2025 07:33 AM (rZCVI)

113 Im thinking of writing to Dear Abby.

Dear Abby -

My sister attended the No Kings protest in Atlanta and I cannot decide whether to mock her the next time I talk to her. Should I point out that she was hanging out with Antifa and George Soros funded protestors, or should I just let it go and let her think she has saved Democracy before she runs off to her lake house in her new Audi?

Posted by: fd at October 22, 2025 07:36 AM (vFG9F)

114 This is why that city is so f'd up. Lefty idiots.

Posted by: fd at October 22, 2025 06:59 AM (vFG9F)

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"Stanley Stewart is the Macon-Bibb County Commissioner for District 3 in Georgia."

* Waves at f'd from Macon whom it was a pleasure to hang out with at the TX MoMe this past Saturday! *

You mentioned that your former nic was "freaked," after which he shortened it to "f'd" -- but I now forget the reason why?

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at October 22, 2025 07:37 AM (dIdMH)

115 JJ is nood.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 22, 2025 07:38 AM (ExV1e)

116 Im thinking of writing to Dear Abby.

Dear Abby -

My sister attended the No Kings protest in Atlanta and I cannot decide whether to mock her the next time I talk to her. Should I point out that she was hanging out with Antifa and George Soros funded protestors, or should I just let it go and let her think she has saved Democracy before she runs off to her lake house in her new Audi?

Posted by: fd at October 22, 2025 07:36 AM (vFG9F)

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"Dear fd,

Offer to buy her a one-way ticket to her favorite unicornopia hellhole that has no Kings (only Dictators). North Korea? Venezuela? Ukraine?"

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at October 22, 2025 07:39 AM (dIdMH)

117 "You mentioned that your former nic was "freaked," after which he shortened it to "f'd" -- but I now forget the reason why?
Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe "

I am doing my part to save the Earth by conserving bits. Every omitted apostrophe saves at least 8 bits which can be used by AI to create more videos of cats flying kites.

Posted by: fd at October 22, 2025 07:39 AM (vFG9F)

118 I am doing my part to save the Earth by conserving bits. Every omitted apostrophe saves at least 8 bits which can be used by AI to create more videos of cats flying kites.

Posted by: fd at October 22, 2025 07:39 AM (vFG9F)

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* snort *

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at October 22, 2025 07:46 AM (dIdMH)

119 Is this about us?

Posted by: Cats flying kites at October 22, 2025 08:12 AM (bVKL8)

120 nic

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 22, 2025 09:08 AM (GBKbO)

121 119 Is this about us?
Posted by: Cats flying kites at October 22, 2025 08:12 AM (bVKL

Isn't ... everything?

Posted by: m at October 22, 2025 09:14 AM (RuTUS)

122 it's pretty funny watching all the fusioneers lose their shit as their boondoggles get cancelled by Trump

MIT decided that if they can't do both, they'd rather harass Jews than do fusion

Posted by: TallDave at October 22, 2025 10:11 AM (lLLli)

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