Daily Tech News 23 November 2025

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The strange and totally real plan to blot the Sun and reverse global warming. (Politico)

An in-depth and thoroughly researched article, albeit one written by a pair of compulsive liars with a combined IQ barely into the double digits.

Nowhere in the dozen or so pages of irrelevancy does it mention the actual plan: To cool the planet by increasing effective cloud cover by 1%.

Yes, when they say "blot out the Sun" they mean imperceptibly.

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Intel's Arc B390 graphics in its upcoming Panther Lake laptop CPUs - expected to launch at CES in January - are twice as fast as AMD's Radeon 890M or Intel's own Arc 140T included in the existing Lunar Lake CPUs. (WCCFTech)

It's just one leaked benchmark but it may be real because the chips themselves are already leaking with engineering samples popping up all over.

The question is - if this is true at all - how? Panther Lake (at least the top two models in the lineup) has a 50% larger GPU than Lunar Lake, but it still has the same 128-bit LPDDR5X memory bus, which I would expect to constrain the graphics performance to similar levels to the 890M and 140T.

I guess we'll know soon enough.
A CrowdStrike employee has been fired after being caught sharing company information with hackers. (Bleeping Computer)

Not a good look for a company that offers high-end security solutions.
People still use Twitter, despite the competition. (Tech Crunch)

There is no competition.
The Atari Gamestation Go is a $180 handheld gaming console that includes over 200 games from prior millennia. (Tom's Hardware)

Instead of the typical dual joysticks these days, it has a four-direction controller (D-pad), a dial/paddle thing, a tiny trackball, the usual ABXY buttons, four triggers, and a numeric keypad. The emulator - running on a dual-core 1GHz Arm CPU with 512MB of RAM - seems to be up to the task of running all the included games, and cartridges for early 90s game consoles loaded from the microSD card. But beyond that, things proved a little too hard - games for the original PlayStation and Nintendo GameCube crashed on launch.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: I actually prefer Falco's German cover of this one, but we already had Amadeus.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at November 23, 2025 04:01 AM (+qU29)

2 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 23, 2025 04:02 AM (Cjt/F)

3 Only reason I get up for on weekends

Posted by: Skip at November 23, 2025 04:02 AM (+qU29)

4 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 23, 2025 04:04 AM (RRBie)

5 I was planning on writing about my new Win11 notebook and how decent it is once you go through resolving all the privacy leaks.

So... I connected my new Win11 and old Win10 notebooks with a type C cable and expected to easily copy files from the old to the new.

You would think it should be easy. So far no success. Scouring the Internet but so far no suggestions are working.

I may have to resort to external drive backup and restore. Idiots!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 23, 2025 04:07 AM (RRBie)

6 I was laying there reading , saw it was 0259 & thought "hah, make an early start on the tech thread"

& here we are!
Thanks (as always!) Pixy, & g'mornin' Skip!

Good to see everyone prompt & alert this fine day!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 23, 2025 04:09 AM (Cjt/F)

7 Global warming fanatics are going to kill us

Posted by: Skip at November 23, 2025 04:13 AM (+qU29)

8 " ... albeit one written by a pair of compulsive liars with a combined IQ barely into the double digits."

in many ways hosting by mu.nu is kind of a perfect match for AoSHQ, your skills at disparagement and invective complement Ace's quite well, Pixy!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 23, 2025 04:13 AM (Cjt/F)

9 hate us and want us dead, Skip.

universally applicable, never forget it.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 23, 2025 04:14 AM (Cjt/F)

10 5 So... I connected my new Win11 and old Win10 notebooks with a type C cable and expected to easily copy files from the old to the new.

Yeah, basically that doesn't work, unless both USB-C ports are Thunderbolt / USB4. Then you can share files over Ethernet over Thunderbolt.

External drive is the simplest answer.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 23, 2025 04:14 AM (BLOW1)

11 & g'mornin' Biden's Dog!

yeah, I thought that was supposed to be A Thing that windows did.

eh, guess not, huh?

Old-school ways are sometimes the best, in the end

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 23, 2025 04:18 AM (Cjt/F)

12 w00t

Posted by: m at November 23, 2025 04:19 AM (RuTUS)

13 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 23, 2025 04:23 AM (yKhjs)

14 brb, I'm'a go make a cuppa covfefe

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 23, 2025 04:24 AM (Cjt/F)

15 So, I wonder what kind of monitor Pixy would recommend now? That 27ul850 seems to have gone out of production now.

Posted by: BB at November 23, 2025 04:42 AM (q1wFL)

16 >>>There is no competitition.

I love this word.

Posted by: m at November 23, 2025 04:48 AM (RuTUS)

17 After the Fire - Der Kommissar

*spider alert!*

Posted by: m at November 23, 2025 04:54 AM (RuTUS)

18 Freely given Woman from Texas receives knock on the door:

Matthew 7:7-12:

https://tinyurl.com/3pz838ne

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2025 04:58 AM (2sfNr)

19 from the Tech Crunch Twitter article:

The research firm asked about these smaller services for the first time and found they’re each used by just under 1 in 10 U.S. adults or fewer.

1) under 1 in 10 U.S. adults
2) or fewer

These are potentially two very different numbers.

Posted by: m at November 23, 2025 05:01 AM (RuTUS)

20 Husband's flower bouquet for his wife arrives after his death. She then lines entire street in British Columbia with daffodils as a tribute to him:

https://tinyurl.com/5atj5t3k

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2025 05:02 AM (2sfNr)

21 How I experienced a good thing from God yesterday :

Poster "Way, way Downriver" gave me an encouraging word and that meant a lot .

It's amazing how powerful words can be.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2025 05:12 AM (Yl2Ob)

22 Nrgh. Mornin' Horde.

Coffeeeeee...

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 23, 2025 05:13 AM (O7YUW)

23 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at November 23, 2025 05:13 AM (AN2gy)

24 Thank you, FS! & g'mornin'!

that daffodil story is ... wow.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 23, 2025 05:15 AM (Cjt/F)

25 You're welcome, philosopher of the sock drawer 😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2025 05:20 AM (2sfNr)

26 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at November 23, 2025 05:21 AM (XQo4F)

27 @20/FenelonSpoke: "Husband's flower bouquet for his wife arrives after his death. She then lines entire street in British Columbia with daffodils as a tribute to him"

Thanks, Fen. That's a lovely story.

You always try to bring some good news into everyone's day during the tech thread. Know that it's appreciated.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 23, 2025 05:23 AM (O7YUW)

28 And good morning to you, sock_rat_eeze and all!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2025 05:24 AM (Yl2Ob)

29 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 23, 2025 05:23 AM (O7YUW)

That's very kind of you. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2025 05:24 AM (Yl2Ob)

30 LOL!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 23, 2025 05:26 AM (Cjt/F)

31 G'morning, all!

I fuese this qualifies as Tech.

Looks like Elon was having some fun for about an hour yesterday. Turned on a previously unused 'location' feature, which allowed folks to see in a general sense where people were posting from. And the Gaza residents hiding in basements, and pleading for help, weren't actually anywhere near Gaza.

As they say....

OOPSIE!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2025 05:27 AM (a1415)

32 I would like to ask prayers for anyone traveling this weekend or later for TG. I have a friend going to IL by car today. May they and all others arrive safely!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2025 05:28 AM (Yl2Ob)

33 @5/Biden's Dog: "So... I connected my new Win11 and old Win10 notebooks with a type C cable and expected to easily copy files from the old to the new.

You would think it should be easy. So far no success. Scouring the Internet but so far no suggestions are working. "

There's a utility in Linux called "Warpinator" for just this purpose. Apparently it's liked so much that someone made a Windows version of it called "Winpinator":

https://winpinator.swisz.cz/

That might be worth a try. Install on both computers and see how it does. I've already cracked out the installer files here on a windows box and scanned them with Kaspersky - no alerts.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 23, 2025 05:29 AM (O7YUW)

34 @Biden's Dog: Warpinator works here over an ethernet network. I'm not sure about your idea of going USB-C to USB-C or if it would recognize that data path as valid.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 23, 2025 05:32 AM (O7YUW)

35 For some reason, Mr. Spoke has developed a great interest in Hank Williams Sr, and I like him too, so here is ""Build me a cabin in glory"":

https://tinyurl.com/4ndzrjra

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2025 05:35 AM (Yl2Ob)

36 Napped a little more. Now to make Coffee

Posted by: Skip at November 23, 2025 05:37 AM (+qU29)

37 31, saw that elsewhere, quite wonderful !

got to love The Truth ...

and one of those truths is that our enemies have their whole basis in a tissue of lies.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 23, 2025 05:37 AM (Cjt/F)

38 No humans left on earth and Global warming nuts would be happy

Posted by: Skip at November 23, 2025 05:38 AM (+qU29)

39 @Biden's Dog: There's another way - using "Windows Backup" to back up everything to your Microsoft account online and then restore those files to your new computer.

Not for me, I'd stick with local files only, but... it's an option.

https://youtu.be/APig2o1vKiM

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 23, 2025 05:42 AM (O7YUW)

40 38, I think that's their goal, their real goal that they never speak of and mostly try to not even think about ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 23, 2025 05:51 AM (Cjt/F)

41 reminds me of a meme I saw a few weeks ago, think it was bill gates' face; the caption along the lines of: "yeah, get your health advice from someone who thinks the Earth is overpopulated"

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 23, 2025 05:51 AM (Cjt/F)

42 Nrgh. Mornin' Horde.

Coffeeeeee...
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 23, 2025

***
That's an excellent spelling of that sound, G & R! Captures the feeling in one syllable. Congratulations!

Evening and morning, all. 'Tis Sunday, 69 F., humidity down, not much wind. The "cooldown" they promised us for today hath not arrived.

Now to continue with *my* coffee!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 23, 2025 05:53 AM (wzUl9)

43 I woke from a dream where, in an office, I was trying on a laptop to copy a numerical authentication code on the screen so I could paste it into the proper box. But the screen was not flat. It had little peaks in it, so the mouse (for some reason I had to roll the mouse physically across the *actual* screen surface) could not pick up all the numbers. Almost as if it were *designed* to fail.

Then a storm blew up outside my office, and we all had to disconnect our computers lest they be blown out by an electrical surge. So I was going to have to start all over on this authentication business.

Then Stirling leaped across me, kicking me with a hind leg, and I was awake. And kinda glad of it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 23, 2025 05:59 AM (wzUl9)

44 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Galileo. Figaro.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 23, 2025 06:03 AM (0cOaq)

45 38 No humans left on earth and Global warming nuts would be happy
Posted by: Skip at November 23, 2025 05:38 AM (+qU29)

Ever read Rainbow Six?

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 23, 2025 06:04 AM (6KcYW)

46 >>>A CrowdStrike employee has been fired

Fired into the sun via trebuchet!

Posted by: m at November 23, 2025 06:10 AM (RuTUS)

47 Second cup of black juice after feeding the furry thugs. Better.

We watched the 2025 Superman on DVD last night, and I enjoyed it. It does have the feel in places of the old Silver Age DC comics, with Superman's robots at the Fortress of Solitude (though that term is not used in the movie), and the co-starring roles for Green Lantern, Hawkgirl, and Mr. Terrific. It sports a good sense of humor where appropriate, and "heart" scenes (such as with Pa Kent) too. Plus there is a new take on the mythos, that Lois and Clark are already dating and *she knows his secret.* And Superman's outburst to Luthor, "I am as human as you are!", is very effective.

Corenswet as Superman is not in Christopher Reeve's class as an actor, but he is close.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 23, 2025 06:11 AM (wzUl9)

48 In a press release, Mayor Karen Bass announced that the home received a certificate of occupancy from the L.A. Department of Building and Safety on Friday, meaning it passed inspection and is safe to inhabit.

1 out of 6822. In 11 months.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 23, 2025 06:22 AM (gbOdA)

49 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 23, 2025 06:24 AM (bQ4nt)

50 If you're on the East Coast and the skies are clear look at the sunrise starting. It's beautiful!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2025 06:26 AM (wZvvl)

51 39 @Biden's Dog: There's another way - using "Windows Backup" to back up everything to your Microsoft account online and then restore those files to your new computer.

Not for me, I'd stick with local files only, but... it's an option.

https://youtu.be/APig2o1vKiM
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 23, 2025 05:42 AM (O7YUW)

I start every computer with a C and D drive.
C is OS and apps
D is Data. I even put my ost files in D.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 23, 2025 06:26 AM (gbOdA)

52 >>>To cool the planet by increasing effective cloud cover by 1%.

"How dare you!"

mirror___ Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg

Posted by: m at November 23, 2025 06:27 AM (RuTUS)

53 oh, funny character glitch; fixed (maybe?):

>>>To cool the planet by increasing effective cloud cover by 1%.

"How dare you!"

m i r r o r-i m a g e Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg

Posted by: m at November 23, 2025 06:29 AM (RuTUS)

54 46, oh, if only!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 23, 2025 06:33 AM (Cjt/F)

55 80s music video direction:

Guitar lines in audio? Cut to closeups of piano being played each time. It's almost like a hallucinating LLM, but then, everyone was on drugs at the time so...

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at November 23, 2025 06:33 AM (GYGpZ)

56 oh, and:

Trebuchet that can accelerate load to escape velocity?

WANT!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 23, 2025 06:34 AM (Cjt/F)

57 oh, funny character glitch; fixed (maybe?):

>>>To cool the planet by increasing effective cloud cover by 1%.

"How dare you!"

m i r r o r-i m a g e Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg
Posted by: m at November 23, 2025 06:29 AM (RuTUS)
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The beard on the doppelganger is a dead giveaway.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 23, 2025 06:34 AM (IBQGV)

58 Neo stopped by again
https://thenewneo.com/its old story elite dictatorships in the name of democracy and the proletariat

Posted by: Skip at November 23, 2025 06:34 AM (+qU29)

59 Trebuchet that can accelerate load to escape velocity?

WANT!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 23, 2025 06:34 AM (Cjt/F)
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I think that would probably be called a mass-driver.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 23, 2025 06:35 AM (0cOaq)

60 from the Politico blot-out-the-sun article:

The terms for it — “solar geoengineering,” “stratospheric aerosol injection” or “solar radiation management” — sound deceptively anodyne.

Um, not really.

Posted by: m at November 23, 2025 06:35 AM (RuTUS)

61
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 23, 2025 06:36 AM (tljrc)

62 34 degrees here in Wisconsin; noaa says "fair" but I can't see any stars so I say "overcast".
we'll see who's right when the sun comes up.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 23, 2025 06:38 AM (Cjt/F)

63 from the Politico blot-out-the-sun article:

He was seated at the dining table in his home, a half-hour train ride outside Geneva. Some sweet pastries he’d bought from the bakery across the square sat half-eaten on a plate.

Being paid by the word, are ya?

Posted by: m at November 23, 2025 06:39 AM (RuTUS)

64 Being paid by the word, are ya?
Posted by: m at November 23, 2025 06:39 AM (RuTUS)
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It's a living.

Posted by: Charles Dickens at November 23, 2025 06:39 AM (0cOaq)

65 LIBs would have your curse in the darkness lest you light a candle which would with absolute certainty precipitate a cataclysm on a Galactic Scale -- epitomized by Our Hero John Kerry's absolute belief in the Hypothesis of Global Warming, while dismissing the imminent and very real threat of Nuclear Iran.

Yet they have no qualm about a world with cities ablaze with bodies littering the streets, the dead, the Dying, the DISSENTING carted away in boxcars that rumble night and day to smokestacks that billow without end to heat the bathwaters of 'their' elite suffering the burden of "who must be sacrificed" so "they may live" unfettered by their constituency who is little more than kindling to them.

"Every aspect of our lives must be subjected to an inventory"-- Shameless Politico THUG, Nancy Pelosi'09 in Red China.

https://tinyurl.com/LIBs-CandleCataclysm
What FOOLS these Mortals be?

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at November 23, 2025 06:40 AM (RAYzE)

66 38 No humans left on earth and Global warming nuts would be happy

Posted by: Skip

Yea, they'll be happy right up till its there turn to be liquidated for the Greater Good. Then it's a real bummer.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 23, 2025 06:41 AM (sAmhv)

67 well, yes, technically correct ...

but it would be fun to see how far we could push trebuchet technology

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 23, 2025 06:42 AM (Cjt/F)

68 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 23, 2025 06:42 AM (u82oZ)

69 *He was seated at the dining table in his home, a half-hour train ride outside Geneva. Some sweet pastries he’d bought from the bakery across the square sat half-eaten on a plate.

Being paid by the word, are ya?*
---

"A baby cries in the distance, a bastard child perhaps"

Posted by: Elaine Benes at November 23, 2025 06:44 AM (XQo4F)

70 the URL of the Stardust website is:

https://www.stardustsolutions.com

Posted by: m at November 23, 2025 06:47 AM (RuTUS)

71 ... Stardust being the company that's planning this:

the actual plan: To cool the planet by increasing effective cloud cover by 1%

Posted by: m at November 23, 2025 06:48 AM (RuTUS)

72 69 *He was seated at the dining table in his home, a half-hour train ride outside Geneva. Some sweet pastries he’d bought from the bakery across the square sat half-eaten on a plate.

Being paid by the word, are ya?*
---

"A baby cries in the distance, a bastard child perhaps"
Posted by: Elaine Benes at November 23, 2025 06:44 AM (XQo4F)

Right back atcha:

“First the ground swelled up with tremendous howling, then suddenly a cry shattered it into pieces ... exposing [the Earth’s] guts, like an animal tearing apart its prey,” recalled Jón Steingrímsson, a local pastor.

Posted by: m at November 23, 2025 06:50 AM (RuTUS)

73 m

1% of solar input is much larger than the most extreme amount of global warming from all causes on Earth.

Prediction: Snowball Earth. No surface free of volcanoes and ice. It's happened before, before living things were extant.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 23, 2025 06:52 AM (u82oZ)

74 mornin yall. Bears are out of control in Japan.

"Japan is in the midst of a wave of deadly bear attacks with seven people killed and 88 others mauled in the deadliest month for animal attacks in the nation’s history, according to reports.

Japan deployed the military to the parts of the country’s mountainous northern region on Nov. 5 in an effort to cull the bears."

Send in the tanks!

Posted by: fd at November 23, 2025 06:54 AM (vFG9F)

75 The terms for it — “solar geoengineering,” “stratospheric aerosol injection” or “solar radiation management” — sound deceptively anodyne.

Y'know how we've been saying for decades that planes aren't releasing chemicals into the sky and contrails are just a conspiracy theory and...

Well, now we're gonna do it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 23, 2025 06:55 AM (ExV1e)

76 Japan deployed the military to the parts of the country’s mountainous northern region on Nov. 5 in an effort to cull the bears."

Send in the tanks!
Posted by: fd at November 23, 2025 06:54 AM (vFG9F)
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This is Japan.

Send in the MECHA!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 23, 2025 06:55 AM (IBQGV)

77 from the Politico blot-out-the-sun article:

But the picture remains partial, meaning there is no way yet to have an informed debate over how useful or not solar geoengineering could be.

and yet we persist

Posted by: m at November 23, 2025 06:56 AM (RuTUS)

78 73 m

1% of solar input is much larger than the most extreme amount of global warming from all causes on Earth.

Prediction: Snowball Earth. No surface free of volcanoes and ice. It's happened before, before living things were extant.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 23, 2025 06:52 AM (u82oZ)

Year without a summer:
The Year Without a Summer refers to 1816, a year marked by severe climate abnormalities caused by the eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815. This event led to significant drops in temperatures, resulting in crop failures and food shortages across Europe and North America.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 23, 2025 06:57 AM (gbOdA)

79 I used to have a different nic

An action without due diligence, without all the environmental paperwork processing, without consent.

This will work, trust us.

Ha!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 23, 2025 06:57 AM (u82oZ)

80 r hennigantx

We are going to need every bit of global warming from carbon dioxide and water vapor if this plan is started.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 23, 2025 06:59 AM (u82oZ)

81 We are going to need every bit of global warming from carbon dioxide and water vapor if this plan is started.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 23, 2025 06:59 AM (u82oZ)

Something happened with the Gulf Stream at the beginning of the 1800s. You could walk across the Thames for months at a time.
Frost Fairs

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 23, 2025 07:02 AM (gbOdA)

82
Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 23, 2025 06:52 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 23, 2025 06:57 AM (gbOdA)

Thank you. I'm still busily reading the horrible article.

Posted by: m at November 23, 2025 07:02 AM (RuTUS)

83 I thought the ice age was coming again. I wish the Experts would make up their minds.

Posted by: fd at November 23, 2025 07:02 AM (vFG9F)

84 oh, my:

It’s a little on the nose, perhaps, that Stardust’s first address in a science park on the outskirts of Tel Aviv was Oppenheimer 4. The street is named after a botanist and not the father of nuclear weapons, but just like the invention of the atomic bomb, solar geoengineering would give rise to questions that have troubled scientists, theologians and storytellers through time.

Posted by: m at November 23, 2025 07:05 AM (RuTUS)

85 1979 in England too field jacket every day for afternoon evening. It never barely reached high 70s all summer.

Posted by: Skip at November 23, 2025 07:07 AM (+qU29)

86 Some ice ages the Themes river freezes, others put a mile of ice over the great lakes. It's all on the sun and earth rotation schedule

Posted by: Skip at November 23, 2025 07:09 AM (+qU29)

87 Year without a summer:
The Year Without a Summer refers to 1816, a year marked by severe climate abnormalities caused by the eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815. This event led to significant drops in temperatures, resulting in crop failures and food shortages across Europe and North America.
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 23, 2025 06:57 AM (gbOdA)

That had been going on for awhile with the “Little Ice Age”.

I’ve read theories that the French Revolution in 1789 happened, in no small part, due to a near-famine brought about by the previous century of colder temps and wetter weather.

I think the Year Without A Summer was the beginning of the end for the Little Ice Age.

Rivers in the northern U.S. regularly froze during the winter at that time. Think of the famous painting of Washington crossing the Delaware, the river was full of ice. We don’t see that near as often these days.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 23, 2025 07:11 AM (6ydKt)

88 Rivers in the northern U.S. regularly froze during the winter at that time. Think of the famous painting of Washington crossing the Delaware, the river was full of ice. We don’t see that near as often these days.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 23, 2025 07:11 AM (6ydKt)

I assumed poetic license

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 23, 2025 07:13 AM (gbOdA)

89 Yonder Horde.

I don't think I need any geoengineering to blot out the sun here. The fog's doing a pretty good job of it now.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 23, 2025 07:16 AM (NwnyJ)

90 I assumed poetic license
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 23, 2025 07:13 AM (gbOdA)

Haha.
I wasn’t trying to correct you on anything.
Just adding a little bit of useless info stored in my brain.

The Year Without A Summer was definitely a rare and unique event. I hope we never see a year like it. People today couldn’t handle it, except maybe preppers.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 23, 2025 07:21 AM (6ydKt)

91 ahem:

Elsewhere in the 2023 pitch deck were pictures of the stardust itself, a fine white powder heaped up in a manner that recalled the scene in Scarface, where Al Pacino’s paranoid drug lord sits at a desk behind a small mountain of cocaine.

Posted by: m at November 23, 2025 07:23 AM (RuTUS)

92 Have a great day, everyone.

May the sun shine warmly on you and yours today. Hold that in your memory.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 23, 2025 07:24 AM (u82oZ)

93 and yet we persist
Posted by: m at November 23, 2025 06:56 AM (RuTUS)

Assuming, of course, that we can get other people to give us money to do it... preferably a government. It makes our parts all tingly thinking that we're spending money from taxpayers on shit they've never asked for.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 23, 2025 07:26 AM (ExV1e)

94 It seems the most dangerous place to be these days is at a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in a large city.

It just happened again in Chicago.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 23, 2025 07:28 AM (6ydKt)

95 I thought the ice age was coming again.

It is. Earth cycles between ice ages and slightly warmer periods. But it's not gonna happen tomorrow and we live in the microwaved tiktok age so every July people can be convinced that since it's so much warmer than six months ago that we'll all burn.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 23, 2025 07:29 AM (ExV1e)

96 94 It seems the most dangerous place to be these days is at a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in a large city.

It just happened again in Chicago.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 23, 2025 07:28 AM (6ydKt)

We have always been at war with the Pre-Thanksgiving Nativitist.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 23, 2025 07:30 AM (gbOdA)

97 Back around 2010 I suggested on Twitter that if the left was so worried about global warming they should build a huge blind set to put in orbit so they could block out sunlight when needed.

It was a complete joke, of course, but the left has been turning satire into reality for about 15 years so it’s on brand to try to come up with a way to block out the sun.

There are a few companies coming out with ideas to do that with various methods.

It’d be nice if they’d try to figure out second, third, fourth and Nth order effects before trying these fever-dream ideas of theirs, though.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 23, 2025 07:32 AM (6ydKt)

98
It seems the most dangerous place to be these days is ~~at a Christmas tree lighting ceremony~~ in a large city.

FIFY

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 23, 2025 07:35 AM (tljrc)

99 I think I need to stop scrolling on the phone for a while because the thumb area is painful. I usually try to bring something positive. This is not a "happy "story, but it is a story of faith in God and perseverance . It is the story behind the hymn often used at Thanksgiving , "Niow thank we all our God" written by the German pastor Martin Rinkart during the terrible Thirty Years War.

Whoops; Forgot the link in tiny irl

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2025 07:36 AM (2sfNr)

100 They could force everyone to carry an umbrella like they did for the covid shots.

Posted by: fd at November 23, 2025 07:37 AM (vFG9F)

101 After all, we are all in this together, you know.

Posted by: fd at November 23, 2025 07:38 AM (vFG9F)

102 77 from the Politico blot-out-the-sun article:

But the picture remains partial, meaning there is no way yet to have an informed debate over how useful or not solar geoengineering could be.

and yet we persist
Posted by: m at November 23, 2025 06:56 AM (RuTUS)

I should clarify:

from the Politico blot-out-the-sun article:

"But the picture remains partial, meaning there is no way yet to have an informed debate over how useful or not solar geoengineering could be."

and yet the authors of the Politico article persist in publishing an article of a dozen or so pages in which they engage in debate over how useful or not solar geoengineering could be

Posted by: m at November 23, 2025 07:38 AM (RuTUS)

103 Link for 99

Here a RC Deacon comments on "Now thank we all our God."

https://tinyurl.com/3266a3m2

May you have a blessed day everyone. You are a blessed to others . See you Wednesday!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2025 07:39 AM (2sfNr)

104 @51/r hennigantx: "I start every computer with a C and D drive.
C is OS and apps
D is Data. I even put my ost files in D."

Very old school. I approve.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 23, 2025 07:40 AM (O7YUW)

105 103- Darn! Meant to"You are a blessing to others."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2025 07:41 AM (2sfNr)

106 78 73
Year without a summer:
The Year Without a Summer refers to 1816, a year marked by severe climate abnormalities caused by the eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815. This event led to significant drops in temperatures, resulting in crop failures and food shortages across Europe and North America.
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 23, 2025 06:57 AM (gbOdA)

I read this as if it were in Cliff Clavin's voice.

Posted by: m at November 23, 2025 07:41 AM (RuTUS)

107 Everyone will be issued a mandated reflective umbrella. Experts believe this will save approximately seven billion lives.

Posted by: Headlines we expect to see at November 23, 2025 07:41 AM (vFG9F)

108 Japan suffered deadliest month of bear attacks in history, with 7 deaths and 88 maulings in October.

Maultober

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 23, 2025 07:42 AM (gbOdA)

109 Those found outdoors without their mandated reflective umbrella will be shot on sight for endangering the rest of us.

Posted by: Headlines we expect to see at November 23, 2025 07:43 AM (vFG9F)

110 Very old school. I approve.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 23, 2025 07:40 AM (O7YUW)

First control system I worked with and sold was DOS 3.3 and I think 30 MB was largest volume and we needed to store 500,000 transactions.
So C was the System and D was the history.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 23, 2025 07:45 AM (gbOdA)

111 "But the picture remains partial, meaning there is no way yet to have an informed debate over how useful or not solar geoengineering could be."

How useful or destructive ... as opposed to "useful or not". Someone thought they were putting the crap in lower atmosphere where it would in due time just fall out. But in upper atmosphere it could be permanent, and damaging. idk, but someone should stop them.

Posted by: illiniwek at November 23, 2025 07:45 AM (vbXSk)

112 109 Those found outdoors without their mandated reflective umbrella will be shot on sight for endangering the rest of us.
Posted by: Headlines we expect to see at November 23, 2025 07:43 AM (vFG9F)

Within about a week transnational gangs would be organizing umbrella parabolas to generate a heatwave to kill rival gangs and police.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 23, 2025 07:47 AM (gbOdA)

113 Experts reveal that keeping an OST on Onedrive creates a loop that will require a new data center for each and every Office 365 subscriber on the planet.

Posted by: Headlines we expect to see at November 23, 2025 07:48 AM (vFG9F)

114 Grumpy and Recalcitrant

We could also use Norton and other tools to run optimizations or reports without effecting the system.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 23, 2025 07:50 AM (gbOdA)

115

So if you initiate this cooling procedure, just how do you stop it?

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 23, 2025 07:50 AM (vFbHf)

116 115

So if you initiate this cooling procedure, just how do you stop it?
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 23, 2025 07:50 AM (vFbHf)

$7500 tax credit on V8 SUVs

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 23, 2025 07:51 AM (gbOdA)

117 Just fashion a rudimentary reflective cone out of aluminum foil and attach it to your Selfie Stick!

Posted by: Follow me for more Save the Planet DIY Tips at November 23, 2025 07:51 AM (PiwSw)

118 So if you initiate this cooling procedure, just how do you stop it?
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 23, 2025 07:50 AM (vFbHf)

Whoops... whoopsie.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 23, 2025 07:52 AM (ExV1e)

119 112 109 Those found outdoors without their mandated reflective umbrella will be shot on sight for endangering the rest of us.
Posted by: Headlines we expect to see at November 23, 2025 07:43 AM (vFG9F)

Within about a week transnational gangs would be organizing umbrella parabolas to generate a heatwave to kill rival gangs and police.
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 23, 2025 07:47 AM (gbOdA)

The authors of the article put it like this:

Stardust envisages a fleet of around 100 planes — to begin with — flying into the stratosphere to deliver payloads of their particles, landing to reload, then immediately taking off again to repeat, continuously, every flight a tiny volcanic cough. ... The particles would then spread around the globe producing a gradual, uniform decline in the global temperature, before eventually dropping out of the sky after around a year, according to Stardust, and needing to be replaced.

Posted by: m at November 23, 2025 07:52 AM (RuTUS)

120 Good morning Horde. Thx Pixy
I've been boring the Horde with my updates of the NYS trooper trial about a mile from me in my cities uptown area. The retrial on the manslaughter charge to be scheduled.
However last night in the same area two overdoses occurred within a half mile of each other , one at a supermarket parking lot the other at an LGBT center
Strange days indeed

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 23, 2025 07:55 AM (bfwj/)

121 cut and paste error; this should work:

111 "But the picture remains partial, meaning there is no way yet to have an informed debate over how useful or not solar geoengineering could be."

How useful or destructive ... as opposed to "useful or not". Someone thought they were putting the crap in lower atmosphere where it would in due time just fall out. But in upper atmosphere it could be permanent, and damaging. idk, but someone should stop them.
Posted by: illiniwek at November 23, 2025 07:45 AM (vbXSk)

The authors of the article put it like this:

Stardust envisages a fleet of around 100 planes — to begin with — flying into the stratosphere to deliver payloads of their particles, landing to reload, then immediately taking off again to repeat, continuously, every flight a tiny volcanic cough. ... The particles would then spread around the globe producing a gradual, uniform decline in the global temperature, before eventually dropping out of the sky after around a year, according to Stardust, and needing to be replaced.

Posted by: m at November 23, 2025 07:56 AM (RuTUS)

122 > Very old school. I approve.
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I run something similar. OS drive, data drive and a couple backup drives. One of those is a small USB SSD that goes in the Bug-Out Bag. It has all our personal data, photos, etc.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 23, 2025 07:57 AM (NwnyJ)

123 @119/m: "Stardust envisages a fleet of around 100 planes"

A lot of other people who aren't comfortable with the idea of screwing with the atmosphere and possibly triggering another ice age early might just see 100 targets.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 23, 2025 07:58 AM (O7YUW)

124 The particles would then spread around the globe producing a gradual, uniform decline in the global temperature, before eventually dropping out of the sky after around a year, according to Stardust, and needing to be replaced.
Posted by: m at November 23, 2025 07:52 AM (RuTUS)

But how long do the carry-over effects last? Who knows. What happens if we start a 'run-away' situation into an ice age? How do we reverse that? Who knows. The important thing is to kill as many humans as possible in as short a period of time as possible. Death by famine is slower then we'd really like but, on the plus side, everyone gets to go through a period of hopelessness as they starve to death. -- Stardust

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 23, 2025 07:58 AM (ExV1e)

125 Please don't beat me. Global warming might be real.

ECDO:

https://tinyurl.com/3pvepy93

gulp!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 23, 2025 07:59 AM (RRBie)

126 It seems the most dangerous place to be these days is at a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in a large city.
It just happened again in Chicago.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 23, 2025 07:28 AM (6ydKt)

On Shemeka!, On LaDarius!, On Tyreek and Brabeezen! Time to get Santa back to the prison!

Posted by: Ghetto Santa at November 23, 2025 07:59 AM (R/m4+)

127 That cop on trial is a nasty piece of work. Went out looking for trouble that night. Found it evidently. I think he lost his police certification.

Not that he isn't being railroaded to an extent but I'm not going to be upset if the manslaughter charge sticks.

Dude lost total control of himself.

Read it for yourself.

Posted by: pawn at November 23, 2025 08:03 AM (sPsWv)

128 reminds me of a meme I saw a few weeks ago, think it was bill gates' face; the caption along the lines of: "yeah, get your health advice from someone who thinks the Earth is overpopulated"
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 23, 2025 05:51 AM (Cjt/F)

Don't laugh. The medical profession is rife with people that think that.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 23, 2025 08:03 AM (g8Ew8)

129 The strange and totally real plan to blot the Sun and reverse global warming.

I love the irony in all of this. "blot out the sun" is literally the Scriptural language for apocalyptic/doomsday imagery.

they think that "global warming" is an existential threat, but according to the prophets Ezekiel, Joel, the Apostle John and the Almighty God:
• "I will cover the sun with a cloud and the moon shall not give its light...all the shinging lights in the heavens I wlll darken over you"
• "... the sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood...",
• "The sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the whole moon became like blood"
• "Immediately after the tribulation... the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light..."

Just like the Left tries to implement all of the evil stuff in the book "1984" and "Animal Farm", they also want to replace God and do the judgement part from Holy Scriptures.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 23, 2025 08:04 AM (a4flb)

130 @127 pawn, wouldn't be surprised to see manslaughter stick. The trooper didn't get permission from higher ups to do a pit move and there was a child in the car. If you know the NYS Thruway there are toll booths where the driver could have been stopped.
However a lot of people are ticked at the father for not complying. Taking off at 100mph with your child in the car ignoring the danger to other drivers on the road helps the cop. We shall see

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 23, 2025 08:08 AM (bfwj/)

131 Sarah Hoyt's weekly meme post went up later on Saturday:

https://tinyurl.com/2r5r6hrz

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 23, 2025 08:10 AM (O7YUW)

132 Bill Gates wants to blot out the sun?

Now, I have even higher hopes the Epstein docs will take him out.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 23, 2025 08:10 AM (M5+/h)

133

Laugh if you wish, I couldn't possibly care less, but I still believe in Santa Claus. Bumped into too many indicators inexplicable by normal means to think otherwise. Given a few moments reflection, I'm positive you can recall a few.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 23, 2025 08:11 AM (vFbHf)

134 Back from my workout and having breakfast: the biscuit left over from last night's dinner out, and a scrambled seasoned egg. If there's any biscuit left after the egg is gone, I'll put some honey on it. Winning!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 23, 2025 08:14 AM (wzUl9)

135 21 items on Chauvin Case

https://x.com/FloppingAces/status/
1992273074817831365

My Fav:
Dr. Baker privately warned them:

“There were no medical indications of asphyxia or strangulation.”
“What happens when the actual evidence doesn’t match the narrative?”
“This is the kind of case that ends careers.”

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 23, 2025 08:14 AM (gbOdA)

136 So if you initiate this cooling procedure, just how do you stop it?

Duh.. Park the EV and drive a V8, BBQ red meat, keep a few extra pets, heat or cool your home with hydrocarbons to a comfortable level, leave the lights on at night, fly to far-away destinations more frequently, in short enjoy life and engage in more activities.

All of these things, we have been told, will cause the earth to warm and all life to cease.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 23, 2025 08:15 AM (a4flb)

137 134 Back from my workout and having breakfast: the biscuit left over from last night's dinner out, and a scrambled seasoned egg. If there's any biscuit left after the egg is gone, I'll put some honey on it. Winning!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 23, 2025 08:14 AM (wzUl9)

A dinner biscuit for Bfast.

Who has their AoSHQ Style Guide and Cookbook open.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 23, 2025 08:15 AM (gbOdA)

138 It's 28° out . Going to take a nice walk in about a half hour. It'll warm up by then

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 23, 2025 08:15 AM (bfwj/)

139 All of these things, we have been told, will cause the earth to warm and all life to cease.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 23, 2025 08:15 AM (a4flb)

Joseph interpreted Pharaoh’s dream about seven healthy cows being devoured by seven sickly cows. He explained that this dream was a warning from God that Egypt would soon experience seven years of abundant harvests followed by a seven-year famine (Genesis 41:17-31). Recognizing Joseph’s wisdom, Pharaoh placed him in charge of Egypt’s grain reserves and tasked him with preparing the nation for the upcoming drought.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 23, 2025 08:18 AM (gbOdA)

140 "Pharaoh placed him in charge of Egypt’s grain reserves and tasked him with preparing the nation for the upcoming drought.
Posted by: r hennigantx"

Nowadays they would just kill all the cows.

Posted by: fd at November 23, 2025 08:21 AM (vFG9F)

141 https://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/2026-senate/

Trump and VP JD need to be in MA MI NC and GA knocking on babies and kissing doors.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 23, 2025 08:22 AM (gbOdA)

142 Jingle bell jingle bell jingle bell Glock

Posted by: Chicago at November 23, 2025 08:23 AM (vFG9F)

143 Trump and VP JD need to be in MA MI NC and GA knocking on babies and kissing doors.
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 23, 2025 08:22 AM (gbOdA)

Doesn't seem likely to lose the Senate, the House is another matter. And, as usual, Rs start bailing to throw the House again?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 23, 2025 08:24 AM (uQesX)

144 Any sort of "man made" climate manipulation scheme is designed to run for decades... making money for those invested in it. It really has zero to do with changing the climate in any manner, shape or form.

People like Gates are the modern day "medicine men" selling snake oil. But getting rich off it.

Suckers... they be everywhere.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 23, 2025 08:25 AM (NwnyJ)

145 Suckers... they be everywhere.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 23, 2025 08:25 AM (NwnyJ)

I resemble that remark!

Posted by: Kamala at November 23, 2025 08:26 AM (uQesX)

146 Good morning morons

Don't turn around

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 23, 2025 08:28 AM (9ipOP)

147 "Suckers... they be everywhere.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 23, 2025 08:25 AM (NwnyJ)

I resemble that remark!
Posted by: Kamala"

Ladies and Gentlemen! The Human Vacuum Cleaner!

Posted by: P.T. Barnum at November 23, 2025 08:29 AM (vFG9F)

148 A dinner biscuit for Bfast.

Who has their AoSHQ Style Guide and Cookbook open.
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 23, 2025

***
Biscuits are an Any Meal Food.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 23, 2025 08:29 AM (wzUl9)

149 146 Good morning morons

Don't turn around
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 23, 2025 08:28 AM (9ipOP)

... Bright Eyes
Every now and then I fall apart

Posted by: m at November 23, 2025 08:29 AM (RuTUS)

150 ear without a summer:
The Year Without a Summer refers to 1816, a year marked by severe climate abnormalities caused by the eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815. This event led to significant drops in temperatures, resulting in crop failures and food shortages across Europe and North America.

536 AD is considered The Worst Year To Be Alive and it was a result of massive volcanic eruptions in either Iceland or Central America.

1257 MOunt Samalas (Indonesia) resulted in severe cooling in Europe, crop failures, famines in the Middle Ages

1452 Kuwae (Vanatu) kicked off the Little Ice Age

1600 Huaynaputina (Peru) the same, Russia hardest hit.

1783-84 Laki (Iceland) Same, same. Also triggered the French Revolution.

So darkening the sun with ash is what leads to death, revolution, plagues and famine. Its like reading the side-effects of certain medications and deciding the treatment isn't worth the risk.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 23, 2025 08:30 AM (a4flb)

151 If anybody is looking for new computer parts, Amazon has the sales going.

They have Radeon RX 9070 XTs going for almost msrp.
The PowerColor Red Devil 9070 XT is going for $649 right now, which is less expensive than their cheapest model, the Reaper. Their mid-range version, the Hellhound is going for $629.

Even Nvidia GPUs are on sale, albeit for about $100 more than msrp, but that's good for Nvidia.

I'm tempted by an Asus Prime 5070Ti going for $849.

Also was looking at a new power supply if I upgrade the GPU and a lot of those are on sale right now, too. There's a BeQuiet 1000W Gold going for $108 but many brands have sales going.

I haven't looked at NewEgg, B&H Photo, or Best Buy but I'm sure they're doing similar sales.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 23, 2025 08:30 AM (6ydKt)

152 Worse part of the week is over
Grocery shopping

Posted by: Skip at November 23, 2025 08:32 AM (+qU29)

153 BH Photo is great. If you use their charge card, they rebate the sales tax. For me that's 8%. I just pay the card off immediately.

Posted by: fd at November 23, 2025 08:33 AM (vFG9F)

154 Da fuq?

Elon Musk’s Vision of the Future Sees Work As “Optional” and Money As Irrelevant Due to AI and Robots

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Why Do the Heathen Rage? at November 23, 2025 08:35 AM (L/fGl)

155 Recognizing Joseph’s wisdom, Pharaoh placed him in charge of Egypt’s grain reserves and tasked him with preparing the nation for the upcoming drought.

So Joseph implemented hard core Communism, stole the grain, used slave labor to build the silos, then during the seven famine years sold the grain back to those he stole it from taking their money, the next year he forced them to trade their assets for food, and the next year he enslaved them for food.

And he was f'ing proud of the fact that he used insider information and a crisis to steal all of the assets and enslave an entire country.

Joseph was an ultra-tyrant and probably one of the worst dictators in world history.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 23, 2025 08:35 AM (a4flb)

156 After the Fire - Der Kommissar

The sultry spy reminds me of the professional models in Robert Palmer's Simply Irresistable video.

Posted by: m at November 23, 2025 08:35 AM (RuTUS)

157 Seems like so many of the "elites" want to kill billions of us common folks.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 23, 2025 08:35 AM (g8Ew8)

158 Fd's Vision of the Future Sees Work As “Optional” and Money As Irrelevant Due to Welfare and Food Stamps

Posted by: Headlines we'd like to see at November 23, 2025 08:36 AM (vFG9F)

159 "78 73 m

1% of solar input is much larger than the most extreme amount of global warming from all causes on Earth.

Prediction: Snowball Earth. No surface free of volcanoes and ice. It's happened before, before living things were extant.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 23, 2025 06:52 AM (u82oZ)

Year without a summer:
The Year Without a Summer refers to 1816, a year marked by severe climate abnormalities caused by the eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815. This event led to significant drops in temperatures, resulting in crop failures and food shortages across Europe and North America.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 23, 2025 06:57 AM (gbOdA)"

they see that as a feature, not a bug ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 23, 2025 08:36 AM (Cjt/F)

160 Guns and Moses...watch it on Prime
great Holiday film...

Posted by: qmark at November 23, 2025 08:36 AM (R91/8)

161 I propose, in the name of societal self defense, a nuclear strike on any location preparing to launch a solar geo engineering project.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 23, 2025 08:36 AM (/ZNPI)

162 *Irresistible

Posted by: m at November 23, 2025 08:37 AM (RuTUS)

163 Worse part of the week is over
Grocery shopping
Posted by: Skip at November 23, 2025 08:32 AM (+qU29)

Huh? Unless you're alone, this week is usually so busy you never stop. Get dinner ready, make dinnner Thursday, take down fall decor on Friday, put up Christmas decor Friday, change the outdoor lights, clean the house, etc.

So, as William Dozier said so many years ago: The worst is yet to come!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 23, 2025 08:37 AM (uQesX)

164 I'm surprised Krakatoa didn't cause a global winter when it went off, but I'm not aware of major problems after that volcano blew.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 23, 2025 08:37 AM (6ydKt)

165 I propose, in the name of societal self defense, a nuclear strike on any location preparing to launch a solar geo engineering project.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 23, 2025 08:36 AM (/ZNPI)

Seconded!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 23, 2025 08:38 AM (ExV1e)

166 163 So, as William Dozier said so many years ago: The worst is yet to come!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 23, 2025 08:37 AM (uQesX)

Puddleglum says that, too.

Posted by: m at November 23, 2025 08:39 AM (RuTUS)

167 128: not laughing.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 23, 2025 08:39 AM (Cjt/F)

168 That'll be the day when Musk sees money as irrelevant.

Posted by: fd at November 23, 2025 08:40 AM (vFG9F)

169 Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 23, 2025 08:35 AM (a4flb)

You really need to re-evaluate the story. This time, read it right from the source.....you know, the Bible.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 23, 2025 08:40 AM (g8Ew8)

170 I propose, in the name of societal self defense, a nuclear strike on any location preparing to launch a solar geo engineering project.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 23, 2025 08:36 AM (/ZNPI)
---
It's a great two-fer.

We get to eliminate a dangerous contingent of people.

They get the nuclear winter they want to inflict on the rest of us, though they won't live to experience it themselves.

Everyone wins.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 23, 2025 08:41 AM (IBQGV)

171 My SIL likes to visit his local library and hide gender fluid books, for sport. Welcome to Massachusetts weekend activities.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 23, 2025 08:41 AM (A4jJ3)

172 Elon Musk’s Vision of the Future Sees Work As “Optional” and Money As Irrelevant Due to AI and Robots

Musk watched too much WALL-E while smoking dope.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 23, 2025 08:42 AM (a4flb)

173 Everybody who's read the entire Politico article, raise your hand!

Posted by: m at November 23, 2025 08:42 AM (RuTUS)

174 536 AD is considered The Worst Year To Be Alive and it was a result of massive volcanic eruptions in either Iceland or Central America.

I recall seeing a fascinating report on that a few years back. One account from a Byzantine writer said that all crops failed, that the sun only shown for a short time even at midsummer, and that it was pile and shrouded, barely brighter than the moon.

That fueled the great migration from Central Asia east, which completely overturned Europe.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 23, 2025 08:42 AM (/ZNPI)

175 My SIL likes to visit his local library and hide gender fluid books, for sport. Welcome to Massachusetts weekend activities.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 23, 2025 08:41 AM (A4jJ3)

Very well played... or happy accident?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 23, 2025 08:43 AM (uQesX)

176 Scott Weiner is a dangerous pervert.

Like many Democrats but he is worse than almost everyone.

That is all.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 23, 2025 08:43 AM (9ipOP)

177 And that is why I keep saying to expect cooler temperatures any time volcanic ash goes into the atmosphere! They will never mention the volanic activity, just scratch their heads anout it being colder.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 23, 2025 08:43 AM (+mUZM)

178 couple small problems with cooling the Earth: cold currently kills 10x as many people as heat, and about 1/3 of the planet is too cold for human habitation

but the 3I/Atlas alleged comet is getting weirder... the non-gravitational acceleration since it arrived puts it right at the edge of Jupiter's Hill radius (similar to a Lagrange point) in 2026

this is either the ideal trajectory for a technological object to insert objects into Jovian orbit or some crazy cosmic coincidence

but all the scientists shouting "we're 100% sure it's natural!" are starting to remind me eerily of COVID

Posted by: TallDave at November 23, 2025 08:43 AM (lLLli)

179 Very well played... or happy accident?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 23, 2025 08:43 AM (uQesX)
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He sits a couple of his kids for story hour and then starts hunting. Its fun.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 23, 2025 08:45 AM (A4jJ3)

180 Mankind has a pretty high opinion of itself if it thinks it can geoengineer the climate. I'd almost encourage those with more money than common sense to piss it all away on some grandiose, climate change scheme.

Or put your cash in a big burn barrel and have at it.

Either or.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 23, 2025 08:45 AM (NwnyJ)

181 Amusing information revealed on X over the last couple of days - a large number of accounts run by “groypers” shrieking that “MAGA is dead! Trump betrayed us!” are in fact European.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 23, 2025 08:45 AM (/ZNPI)

182 He sits a couple of his kids for story hour and then starts hunting. Its fun.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 23, 2025 08:45 AM (A4jJ3)

No, I mean you said SIL.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 23, 2025 08:46 AM (uQesX)

183 "How useful or destructive ... as opposed to "useful or not". Someone thought they were putting the crap in lower atmosphere where it would in due time just fall out. But in upper atmosphere it could be permanent, and damaging. idk, but someone should stop them.
Posted by: illiniwek at November 23, 2025 07:45 AM (vbXSk) "

my 0.02: next lampposts down the road from the "ethicists" advocating in favor of ticks spreading lethal beef allergies ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 23, 2025 08:46 AM (Cjt/F)

184 this is either the ideal trajectory for a technological object to insert objects into Jovian orbit or some crazy cosmic coincidence

but all the scientists shouting "we're 100% sure it's natural!" are starting to remind me eerily of COVID
Posted by: TallDave at November 23, 2025 08:43 AM (lLLli)

Let us know if it starts spitting out big black rectangles.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 23, 2025 08:47 AM (/ZNPI)

185 Johnny Von Neumann, a pretty smart feller, was open to the idea that humans may affect the climate, but he proposed methods of altering the climate to increase agriculture by warming. He thought it would be expensive, but he thought “painting” the polar regions black would absorb more sunlight, something like that. Point being there was a lot of thought given to weather modification in those days. One concern was weaponizing these methods, and denying an enemy country or continent the ability to grow crops. Seeding clouds with silver-iodide is about the extent I ever heard of weather modification with inconclusive results as far as that goes.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 23, 2025 08:47 AM (SpYDH)

186 I don't know where imma gonna go when de volcano blow.

Posted by: James William Buffett at November 23, 2025 08:49 AM (XQo4F)

187 @151/SpeakingOf: "If anybody is looking for new computer parts, Amazon has the sales going."

"Sales" - Prices at or greater than MSRP.

Nope. I'll just hold onto my money for now. This bubble eventually pops, and when it does, the manufacturers will get very desperate for revenue.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 23, 2025 08:49 AM (O7YUW)

188 but all the scientists shouting "we're 100% sure it's natural!" are starting to remind me eerily of COVID
Posted by: TallDave at November 23, 2025 08:43 AM (lLLli

And you sound a lot like George Lucas.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 23, 2025 08:49 AM (g8Ew8)

189 161, 165 : also acceptable, if the project is not nipped in the bud ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 23, 2025 08:50 AM (Cjt/F)

190 I'm surprised Krakatoa didn't cause a global winter when it went off, but I'm not aware of major problems after that volcano blew.
—-

? It caused the “summer that never was” in North Americs, if I recall my history correctly, and I may not.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 23, 2025 08:51 AM (SpYDH)

191 Krakatoa
The eruption caused a volcanic winter.[24] In the year following the eruption, average Northern Hemisphere summer temperatures fell by 0.4 °C (0.72 °F).[25] The record rainfall that hit Southern California during the water year from July 1883 to June 1884 – Los Angeles received 970 millimetres (38.18 in) and San Diego 660 millimetres (25.97 in)[26] – has been attributed to the Krakatoa eruption.[27] There was no El Niño during that period as is usual when heavy rain occurs in Southern California,[28] but many scientists doubt that there was a causal relationship.[29][failed verification]

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 23, 2025 08:52 AM (+mUZM)

192 Fun story of the day: Candace is now claiming that France has sent hit men to assasinate her. She knew the story was true because they told her that the assassins name was Pepe le Pew. That’s French, right? That proves it!

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 23, 2025 08:54 AM (/ZNPI)

193 Book thread is nood.

Posted by: Tuna at November 23, 2025 08:54 AM (lJ0H4)

194

I detect hash browns, scrambled eggs and sausage patties on the breakfast menu. In a few I'll get busy, it's my turn this AM.

Meantime, may all effort on your part result in maximal benefit to you with the usual grievous heartburn for the leftwit fungi.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 23, 2025 09:05 AM (vFbHf)

195 187 @151/SpeakingOf: "If anybody is looking for new computer parts, Amazon has the sales going."

"Sales" - Prices at or greater than MSRP.

Nope. I'll just hold onto my money for now. This bubble eventually pops, and when it does, the manufacturers will get very desperate for revenue.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 23, 2025 08:49 AM (O7YUW)

It's less price than a month ago, that's technically a "Sale".

But I agree with you.
I'm on the fence on getting a new GPU now or waiting until next year to see what Nvidia does with the a 5000 series Super refresh, and to see how the prices shake out with the 9070 XT.

I just shelled out a lot of dough for a new monitor and I'm hesitant to buy a new GPU right now, but the prices on GPUs are the best I've seen all year.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 23, 2025 09:10 AM (6ydKt)

196 I guess Krakatoa did cause some problems, but I don't think the effects were as bad as the earlier volcanoes.

No revolutions due to Krakatoa that I know of, but I'm probably wrong.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 23, 2025 09:11 AM (6ydKt)

197 The eruption at Krakatoa moved the peak from West of Java to East of Java. Amazing!

Posted by: Hollywood Fairylands at November 23, 2025 09:21 AM (oftw2)

198 The Politico article only has 95 comments on Twitter. Comments are not open at the site.

POLITICO
@politico
Nov 21
A 25-person startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat.

The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.

Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc

Posted by: m at November 23, 2025 09:46 AM (RuTUS)

199 ...

Posted by: m at November 23, 2025 10:15 AM (RuTUS)

200 200

Posted by: m at November 23, 2025 10:16 AM (RuTUS)

201 Some people think Snowpiercer was just a train movie.

Posted by: hadsil at November 23, 2025 10:24 AM (Xht4H)

202 we'll learn more as the alleged comet gets closer but the weirdnesses are multiplying

https://avi-loeb.medium.com/ anomalies-of-3i-atlas-organized-by-likelihood-af20fb3b6d21

perhaps the WOW! signal was intended to initiate a braking request

unfortunately we don't have a terawatt braking laser, or even a gigawatt comm laser, so it decided to just drop some things off in Jovian orbit

it's possible this is a relatively low-tech starseed (fission drive) such as we could have built as far back as the 1950s

it might not even know we're here, if it can't detect our satellites and radio signals

we should probably be trying to lase the alleged comet with communications, in case anyone is listening

of course the most likely possibility is still "great big coincidence" because there's probably not any other life within our observable universe but at the very least this is a very strange interstellar object

we shall see

Posted by: TallDave at November 23, 2025 10:42 AM (lLLli)

203 As a ‘global warming’ constituent, CO2 has a negative feedback (as do most natural processes), and is largely if not completely tapped out. The earth is turning greener with CO2 in the 400ppm range, and most of the polar ice is now growing, not shrinking. There has been no measurable change in sea levels. All this is to say there is no climate change crisis, and there never was.

What frightens me is that these people who have gotten massive financial backing from billionaires who seek population reductions may actually believe these solar shield schemes are necessary. When they start doing this, a lot of people are going to starve to death or be killed in the food scavenging that follows. Most of the global events in the past that mimic this solar project have one thing in common: they were followed by bitterly cold winters and “year without a summer” descriptions. Imagine two or more years without a corn or wheat harvest in the US.

Posted by: Advo at November 23, 2025 10:49 AM (jO4mz)

204 The strange and totally real plan to blot the Sun and reverse global warming.

I love the irony in all of this. "blot out the sun" is literally the Scriptural language for apocalyptic/doomsday imagery.

they think that "global warming" is an existential threat, but according to the prophets Ezekiel, Joel, the Apostle John and the Almighty God:
• "I will cover the sun with a cloud and the moon shall not give its light...all the shinging lights in the heavens I wlll darken over you"
• "... the sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood...",
• "The sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the whole moon became like blood"
• "Immediately after the tribulation... the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light..."

Just like the Left tries to implement all of the evil stuff in the book "1984" and "Animal Farm", they also want to replace God and do the judgement part from Holy Scriptures.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 23, 2025 08:04 AM (a4flb)

I was thinking of this also. Now please do the similarities between the 12th Imam emergence and the Antichrist from Revelations.

Posted by: Advo at November 23, 2025 11:04 AM (jO4mz)

205 I had to stop reading that Politico article. First off, it’s Politico, but second, it’s a truly frightening thought that some people might actually try to launch particles into the atmosphere to “dim the sun “. The earth isn’t suffering from natural changes in the climate (no, SUVs are not causing it, that’s ridiculous), so it’s better we puny humans don’t try to mess with Mother Nature, probably killing millions of people. Nature accomplishes that all on its own, we shouldn’t try to help it out.

Posted by: RebeccaH at November 23, 2025 11:04 AM (VFung)

206 ”Not a good look for a company that offers high-end security solutions."

Crowdstrike doesn't offer a real service, it's H1b/outsource slop all the way down.

Most of the clients pay for it for political reasons, a continued payoff for the DNC episode, while also ticking off boxes for insurance/fiduciary requirements.

Posted by: heya at November 23, 2025 11:20 AM (28ma9)

207 Friday afternoon I binge watched a bunch of 80's-90's videos.......of which were Falco and After the Fire. Coincidence? I think not. You are spying on me at work whilst I commit rape and murder (killing time and fucking the company)

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

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at November 23, 2025 12:01 PM (jrgJz)

208 >>>To cool the planet by increasing effective cloud cover by 1%.

"How dare you!"

m i r r o r-i m a g e Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg
Posted by: m at November 23, 2025 06:29 AM (RuTUS)

Late to the party, but that would be an incredibly evil thing to do. Could be the trigger for another glacial advance. Anyone attempting to do this should be put to death.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 23, 2025 12:28 PM (npFr7)

209 Early 90s game console? The Atari VCS hit the market in September of 1977. The most recent hardware emulated in the new handheld is from the early 80s, The Atari 7800. Other machines released later were still using the chip set from the 1979 Atari 8-bit computers. Some of the games in the 'Recharged' series on the handheld are native to the ARM SOC.

Posted by: Epobirs at November 23, 2025 01:56 PM (/0z9K)

210 Before we start blocking out the sun's energy could we maybe determine what the optimum global average temperature should be and then compare it to our best guess as to what the global average temperature is currently?

And then proceed from there. I think there is reason to think we are still below the optimum temperature for the planet.

Posted by: Ralph at November 23, 2025 07:09 PM (8WZD4)

211 In Maryland, Tyson's is synonymous with 'Chicken'.

But I guess they have been screwing with US consumer beef prices for some time, as well.

https://tinyurl.com/msw8w67z

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 24, 2025 05:01 AM (a1415)

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