Daily Tech News 23 January 2026

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With the tech world embroiled in AI frenzy and every major chipmaker hitching its wagon to the fashion and recording record sales and record profits while the bubble lasts, it is comforting to see one company bucking the trend and... Recording declining sales and an unprofitable quarter. (Thurrott)

Take a bow, Intel.

Though to be fair Intel showed off new consumer products at CES when AMD and Nvidia couldn't be bothered, and the integrated graphics on Intel's latest Panther Lake chips looks to be faster than AMD's fastest mainstream models (though slower than the Ryzen AI Max if you use it for gaming and not AI.)

Tech News

Why does SSH send 100 packets per keystroke? (Eieio)

Basically it's obfuscating your typing patterns to block side-channel attacks. Though your data is encrypted, if it just sends one packet each time you press a key a lot can be inferred from the timing.
For everything else, there's Telnet. (The Register)

Where in this case "everything else" includes "instantly gaining root access to any server silly enough to expose Telnet to the internet".

And the bug has been around since 2015 before anyone noticed. Noticed officially, anyway.

Nobody sane offers public telnet, anyway.
There's a tidal wave of spam headed your way thanks to a Zendesk attack. (Bleeping Computer)

Companies affected include Discord, Tinder, Riot Games, and Dropbox. With this attack you can receive spam from their official Zendesk servers even if you're not a customer.
Are AI agents ready for the workplace? (Tech Crunch)

(shake shake)

Signs point to fuck no.
Faced with queries from real professionals, even the best models struggled to get more than a quarter of the questions right. The vast majority of the time, the model came back with a wrong answer or no answer at all.
It can't replace junior programmers and it can't replace anyone else.

If not bubble, why bubble shaped?
The world's largest advertising network is surprised that ChatGPT is adding ads. (Tech Crunch)

I'm sure.
The EU Parliament has called for a mass migration from US cloud and AI services to European ones that don't exist. (Heise) (archive site)

These are not serious people.

Musical Interlude

Extra Long Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Nothing! Absolutely nothing!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 G'Day everyone TGIF

Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 04:01 AM (Ia/+0)

2 G'day Skip. TGIF indeed.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 23, 2026 04:03 AM (BLOW1)

3 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 23, 2026 04:07 AM (hybOl)

4 Belated BOING!

Sashimi prepped. Chicken prepped. Other things to do. Maybe l8r.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 23, 2026 04:10 AM (TwoI8)

5 Al Gore at Davos was mad that the world isn't listening to him anymore. Why he spoke at that shit show is beyond my understanding. Did he arrive by dog sled by any chance. Now back to bed for a few more hours of sleep.

Posted by: Colin at January 23, 2026 04:12 AM (wlQdF)

6 I have no idea why at a world leader conference those who just use to be but no longer are think they should be.

Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 04:26 AM (Ia/+0)

7 guten morgen, ♠horde.

Posted by: clarence at January 23, 2026 04:33 AM (/wfFD)

8 Day 2 of preparing for Snowarmageddon
Want to fill gas can and start up snow blower after work.

Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 04:33 AM (Ia/+0)

9 Got an hour at 11. Now can't sleep. Great weather here this weekend. Have a coastal work trip.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 23, 2026 04:37 AM (KAi1n)

10 I get to drive home from work Sunday morning in a snow storm. Yay! I've done it before. I'll be fine. They're talking about just 5-8 inches of snow Sunday morning in Babylon DC. It could and has been worse.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 23, 2026 04:37 AM (hybOl)

11 Evening and morning, late toilers and early (involuntary?) risers. 'Tis Friday, the consummation devoutly to be wished.

There's little wind to speak of outdoors, 59 F. and damp. I managed to find my Workout Motivation the last two mornings -- yesterday I had to seize it and wrestle it to the ground once I dug it out of its burrow. Maybe it will be less difficult to locate and deal with this morning.

Whassup?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 04:55 AM (wzUl9)

12 w00t

Posted by: m at January 23, 2026 04:59 AM (SSiCQ)

13 Tbis restaurant been working at should open soon, maybe after they get their website up should put link on food thread.

Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 04:59 AM (Ia/+0)

14 Hitchcock's early thriller The Lady Vanishes is on Movies! now. Featuring a young Margaret Lockwood and Michael Redgrave, it also features the first appearance in movies of those comic-opera (but brave and reliable) Englishmen Charters and Caldicott. They proved so popular they appeared in ten more movies -- not all from the same director. Carol Reed had them in 1940's proto-Bond thriller Night Train to Munich, for instance. And they've been played by other actors in remakes of earlier films they were in.

(On the Munich train in August of '39, Charters is reading a copy of Mein Kampf)

Charters: Occurred to me it might shed a spot of light on all this -- how-d'ye-do. . . . I understand they give a copy to all the bridal couples over here.

Caldicott (startled): Oh, I don't think it's that sort of book, old man --!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 05:08 AM (wzUl9)

15 Survivors by God's mercy. A man writes on shipwrecks and Romans 9:22-29:

https://tinyurl.com/47pn68b9

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 05:16 AM (looXz)

16 Rapper covers rent for all the tenants in his granmother's apartment building in Harlem:

https://tinyurl.com/5wdmryh7

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 05:19 AM (looXz)

17 On the ONT, the "pink picture" that will break your brain is SO COOL! Don't give the answer away!

Posted by: m at January 23, 2026 05:20 AM (SSiCQ)

18 Seeing on Spotify audio books, didn't ever know there was such a thing

Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 05:22 AM (Ia/+0)

19 Outback employee pays for dogs last mean with his own money:

https://tinyurl.com/bdutwd3s

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 05:22 AM (looXz)

20 On the ONT, the "pink picture" that will break your brain is SO COOL! Don't give the answer away!
Posted by: m at January 23, 2026

***
I looked at it, m, and don't get it.

The pic of 29-year-old Dawn Wells, however, I got.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 05:26 AM (wzUl9)

21 Dawn Wells was a extremely good looking woman

Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 05:28 AM (Ia/+0)

22 >>>There's a tidal wave of spam headed your way

Oh, yay.

Posted by: m at January 23, 2026 05:29 AM (SSiCQ)

23 I have discovered a Great Truth.

Canned pineapple slices will get eaten sooner than chunks. Therefore they stay sweet until they are gone, and don't start to go all alcohol-tasting like the chunks do.

Minor religions have been founded on less.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 05:30 AM (wzUl9)

24 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at January 23, 2026 05:30 AM (AN2gy)

25 "It can't replace junior programmers and it can't replace anyone else."

And yet so many companies are betting the farm on this.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 23, 2026 05:31 AM (O7YUW)

26 "Take a bow, Intel."

*snorts*

THIS is why you're my first read of the day, Pixy.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 23, 2026 05:32 AM (O7YUW)

27 >>>Are AI agents ready for the workplace?

Do androids dream of electric sheep?

Posted by: m at January 23, 2026 05:32 AM (SSiCQ)

28 Somewhere around freezing point but should get to 40s today

Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 05:34 AM (Ia/+0)

29 G'morning, all!

Forks!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 23, 2026 05:34 AM (iMotb)

30 5 Al Gore at Davos was mad that the world isn't listening to him anymore.
Posted by: Colin at January 23, 2026 04:12 AM (wlQdF)

He invented the Internet!

Posted by: m at January 23, 2026 05:34 AM (SSiCQ)

31 You really shouldn’t be using passwords with ssh anyways.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 23, 2026 05:35 AM (XV/Pl)

32 10 They're talking about just 5-8 inches of snow Sunday morning in Babylon DC.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 23, 2026 04:37 AM (hybOl)

Twenty inches in NYC, they were saying.

Posted by: m at January 23, 2026 05:36 AM (SSiCQ)

33 Greetings everyone! I am happy to say that we have enough supplies on hand to handle the oncoming wintry DOOOOM! Now to survive my work shift.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 23, 2026 05:40 AM (BpO1e)

34 Sweet toddler hugs strangers at airport. Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/56cztwuk

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 05:44 AM (ZeH0U)

35 >>> Twenty inches in NYC, they were saying.

That would slow them down for quite a while.

"It melts quickly" seems to be part of the NYC snow removal strategy.

Posted by: fluffy at January 23, 2026 05:45 AM (AN2gy)

36 I looked at it, m, and don't get it.

I didn't either but I keep staring at it and it suddenly came into focus.

Posted by: Tuna at January 23, 2026 05:46 AM (lJ0H4)

37 I do have to go to the store today😕 but I think we have enough toilet paper to last for a couple of days.. We have about six rolls. Unless somebody has explosive diarrhea for days, I think we'll make it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 05:48 AM (ZeH0U)

38 "It melts quickly" seems to be part of the NYC snow removal strategy.
——-

Let the girls take care of it! (April, May, June)

Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 05:48 AM (X2eOe)

39 I just learned from a friend who formerly lived in NYC that occupants are (were?) required to sweep snow and trash from the sidewalk outside their building by ca. 7am or be fined.

Posted by: m at January 23, 2026 05:48 AM (SSiCQ)

40 38 "It melts quickly" seems to be part of the NYC snow removal strategy.
——-

Let the girls take care of it! (April, May, June)
Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 05:48 AM (X2eOe)

Oh, funny!

Posted by: m at January 23, 2026 05:49 AM (SSiCQ)

41 I was unable to divine the secret meaning of the forks on the ONT display.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 05:50 AM (X2eOe)

42 Looks like the chances of ice accumulation on Sunday is slightly decreased for the immediate area.

Most of us will probably survive.

Maybe.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 23, 2026 05:51 AM (iMotb)

43 The warmth of all that collectivism will melt that snow in hours!

Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 05:52 AM (0KSrI)

44 Silver spot at $99.23 per oz. That means that an average condition pre-1965 dime has $7.08 worth of silver. Gold at $4945 per oz. The banks have done everything they can to drive the paper price of silver down, and nothing is working, because there is an actual shortage of physical silver in the real world.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 23, 2026 05:56 AM (Da7Vv)

45 Isaiah 26:3-4

3 You will keep in perfect peace
those whose minds are steadfast,
because they trust in you.
4 Trust in the Lord forever,
for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock eternal.

I like my Gideon's Bible which suggests this as a reading for "peace in time of turmoil." I may have shared this before, but how I got the Bible was a "God incident." Spouse and I were staying at a motel and when we woke up to go someone had tossed the Bible out of their room into the parking lot. I asked the motel owner or manager if I could keep it and he said, "Sure". We have so many books here, but I found it again and I am grateful to God.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 05:56 AM (ZeH0U)

46 Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 05:52 AM

LOL

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 05:58 AM (ZeH0U)

47 Friday, January 23rd

=

DonLemonWatch Day 6

Sunday, January 18th
Cities Church
St. Paul, Minnesota

Posted by: m at January 23, 2026 06:01 AM (SSiCQ)

48 Posted by: Common Tater at January 23, 2026 05:50 AM (X2eOe)

Sorry; You cannot join the gnostic dinner club on the special reading of forks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 06:01 AM (ZeH0U)

49 moar covfefe

Posted by: m at January 23, 2026 06:02 AM (SSiCQ)

50
Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 05:52 AM (0KSrI)

*tips hat respectfully*

Stay safe, ma'am. Looks like the forecast ice accumulation for your area will be horrific.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 23, 2026 06:04 AM (tgvbd)

51 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Nothing will come of nothing, speak again.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 23, 2026 06:08 AM (X4XpB)

52 Hadrian, thank you. All preparations are made and I don't have to even unlock the gate until Tuesday .

Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 06:08 AM (0KSrI)

53 DuoLingo
Videos

Duolingo Can't Make You Fluent in French
YouTube · Comme une Française
Aug 23, 2025

I Learned French to Fluency on Duolingo
YouTube · Language Simp
Mar 31, 2022

?

Posted by: m at January 23, 2026 06:10 AM (SSiCQ)

54 Captain Obvious, nothing from nothing leaves nothing

Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 06:17 AM (0KSrI)

55
The only real problem for us in Brazoria County to worry about any Texas freeze is having the power go out like it did in 2021. No power means no furnace or well, but we're better prepared this time for that unlikely occurrence.

Naturally, Her Majesty is doomwatching the Weather Channel and the local news, who are, as usual, hyping this for eyeballs. New Ice Age, frozen corpses as far as the eye can see, etc.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 23, 2026 06:17 AM (tgvbd)

56 It's Friday, it's Friday! Happy, happy Friday!

*twirl*

Posted by: Rosasharn at January 23, 2026 06:18 AM (PzBTm)

57 @54

>>Captain Obvious, nothing from nothing leaves nothing.

When the conditions are just right, sometimes nothing can become everything.

--
The Big Bang

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 23, 2026 06:18 AM (ARykC)

58 Waiting for someone with a key

BTW we keep 50+ TP rolls on hand for decades

Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 06:19 AM (JxtNm)

59 43 The warmth of all that collectivism will melt that snow in hours!
Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 05:52 AM (0KSrI)

I actually read a blurb from some nitwit yesterday that Minnesota was targeted by ICE because it is a functioning, thriving Socialist model.

It should be physically painful to be that stupid.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 23, 2026 06:19 AM (w/O5Q)

60 Silver and gold are not going up in price; the value of paper money is going down like Weimar Republic Marks at the beginning of the hyper inflation after WW1.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 23, 2026 06:20 AM (Da7Vv)

61 I actually read a blurb from some nitwit yesterday that Minnesota was targeted by ICE because it is a functioning, thriving Socialist model.
----------
Well, socialism is based on thievery, so they're not wrong.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 23, 2026 06:22 AM (X4XpB)

62 I would rather have snow than ice, so prayers for all the people affected by that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 23, 2026 06:23 AM (ZeH0U)

63 The wife is terrified of getting fined or sued for not clearing our section of sidewalk.

Posted by: Accomack at January 23, 2026 06:25 AM (/Chlc)

64 Morning peeps

Did our "storm prep" yesterday. Now, we wait.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 23, 2026 06:27 AM (qwVdq)

65 OK, there's the twirl.

You guys know what to do.

Posted by: Don Black at January 23, 2026 06:27 AM (ZxPkt)

66 I had not seen that weird Al video before. He tags many of the videos from that period, but I cant figure out if it's an original song or a parody of another song.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at January 23, 2026 06:28 AM (MmTZZ)

67
I actually read a blurb from some nitwit yesterday that Minnesota was targeted by ICE because it is a functioning, thriving Socialist model.

That's what the nitwits say about Venezuela and Cuba as well.

As for "Minnesota", are they rioting in Rochester, Hibbing, White Bear Lake or Marshall? No, just the Twin Cities, both run by simps for Somalis.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 23, 2026 06:28 AM (tgvbd)

68
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 23, 2026 06:31 AM (tljrc)

69 Amusing note for ya'll. My new dog made his debut at the vet clinic yesterday. Basic checkup and I wanted to get him chipped.

As I mentioned earlier, my dogs are well loved and Domo was no exception. All the techs came out to fuss over him and he was realizing that maybe the vet isn't so bad.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 23, 2026 06:33 AM (BpO1e)

70 I actually read a blurb from some nitwit yesterday that Minnesota was targeted by ICE because it is a functioning, thriving Socialist model.

Highly dependent on the inflow of tens of billions of dollars from the other 49 states.

Yes, indeed, it is a functioning thriving Socialist model.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 23, 2026 06:35 AM (a4flb)

71 In honor of the icepocalypse I will make French toast out of cranberry/ pistachio bread

Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 06:35 AM (0KSrI)

72 The wife is terrified of getting fined or sued for not clearing our section of sidewalk.

That is a novel way to nag you to clear the sidewalk.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 23, 2026 06:36 AM (a4flb)

73 53
Duolingo Can't Make You Fluent in French
YouTube · Comme une Française
Aug 23, 2025

This is great.

https://youtu.be/BAY87qRN8Uc

Posted by: m at January 23, 2026 06:36 AM (SSiCQ)

74
In honor of the icepocalypse I will make French toast out of cranberry/ pistachio bread
Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 06:35 AM (0KSrI)

Ha! According to the local news, you should be huddled down, wrapped up in clothing which might be considered excessive for a polar expedition and gnawing on frozen bread, just before you die of hypothermia.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 23, 2026 06:38 AM (tgvbd)

75 56 It's Friday, it's Friday! Happy, happy Friday!

*twirl*
Posted by: Rosasharn at January 23, 2026 06:18 AM (PzBTm)

Yay!

Posted by: m at January 23, 2026 06:38 AM (SSiCQ)

76 G'mornin' everyone!

-21 out there!

no snowmageddon in Wisconsin, just lots of polar air passing through on its way elsewhere.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 23, 2026 06:38 AM (Cjt/F)

77 One time when living in Susanville, I was shoveling the snow on the sidewalk in front of the house. Down the street came a guy on a rider snow blower. He rode up on my sidewalk, blew the snow off, and disappeared down the street without a word.

Thank you, mask man!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 23, 2026 06:39 AM (X4XpB)

78
That is a novel way to nag you to clear the sidewalk.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 23, 2026 06:36 AM (a4flb)

Yeah, when I hear HM thinking of some other measure we should take to protect ourselves, I cringe inside because I know I'm the guy who will have to do it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 23, 2026 06:40 AM (tgvbd)

79 71 icepocalypse
Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 06:35 AM (0KSrI)

; )

Posted by: m at January 23, 2026 06:40 AM (SSiCQ)

80 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 06:41 AM (u82oZ)

81 still reading that Gas Town manifesto ... O brave new world!

mad bastard drunk on the joy-fountain of vibe-coding, lol

the illustrations are cool though

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 23, 2026 06:42 AM (Cjt/F)

82 {{{Rosasharn}}}

Huzzah! And she is twirling!

* Does Happy Dance to Vince Guaraldi *

Friday is off to a good start.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 06:43 AM (u82oZ)

83 Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President

A single silver dime has a value of almost $10, based on the spot silver price.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 06:45 AM (u82oZ)

84 thank you, Rosasharn!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 23, 2026 06:45 AM (Cjt/F)

85
Every body Wag Chung tonight!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 23, 2026 06:46 AM (xG4kz)

86 and thank you for that dog story, FS!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 23, 2026 06:46 AM (Cjt/F)

87 66 I had not seen that weird Al video before. He tags many of the videos from that period, but I cant figure out if it's an original song or a parody of another song.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway

It's not a parody of a specific song, more a parody of TV network promotions.

And it's all condensed down from the movie, which is a parody of TV networks generally.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 23, 2026 06:46 AM (BLOW1)

88 {{{Ben Had}}}
🎼 ♭ 5/4 ♫♫ ♫♫ Good morning! ♬♬ ♩ ♪

Happy Friday.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 06:46 AM (u82oZ)

89 It's amusing how the weather propagandist's over at the Weather Channel are damn near giddy with excitement at the probability that millions are going to be inconvenienced over the weekend.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 23, 2026 06:47 AM (qwVdq)

90 NaCly, dearest. Good morning and a big hug

Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 06:48 AM (0KSrI)

91 89 It's amusing how the weather propagandist's over at the Weather Channel are damn near giddy with excitement at the probability that millions are going to be inconvenienced over the weekend.

Posted by: Martini Farmer

Weather pron brings in the big ratings!!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 23, 2026 06:48 AM (sAmhv)

92 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

If the situation is dire, go to the homes of Harris / Waltz supporters, and take their stuff. They are likely unarmed and owe you for all the taxes you paid for their fraud. And police response will be slow because of the poor road conditions.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 06:50 AM (u82oZ)

93 Testers vs. Developers

https://youtube.com/shorts/dmohsez6fck

Posted by: Halfhand at January 23, 2026 06:51 AM (z0w8y)

94 Martini Farmer, what else do they have to live for?! Months of it's 73 with a 5 mph breeze must make them close to suicidal.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 06:51 AM (0KSrI)

95 Ben Had

Most of the bad weather will be south of me. If the lying liars that lie at the National Weather Service are to be believed.
The local Angus cows, Jersey cows, llamas, and goats are in the fields, not barns. Sheep are indoors, however.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 06:53 AM (u82oZ)

96 Tiny widget on taskbar proclaims National Pie Day

Posted by: Don Black at January 23, 2026 06:55 AM (ZxPkt)

97 NaCly. I am forever grateful that all my herd have inside stalls and blankets.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 06:56 AM (0KSrI)

98 Expecting bad weather in central Oklahoma. We have a back up gas generator which works really well when the power lines are down. But right now we're in a rental home while our home is under a remodel. So last night we schlepped to the store for candles and flashlights.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 23, 2026 06:56 AM (cxFcK)

99 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 06:56 AM (RIvkX)

100 I'm just here for the twirling

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 06:57 AM (RIvkX)

101

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at January 23, 2026 06:57 AM (DDJSl)

102 "UHF"

After losing yet another job, George (Weird Al Yankovic) wonders if there is any career that can handle his outrageous personality. When George's uncle (Stanley Brock) hands him the deed to a local TV station, George creates a series of television shows based on social satire and hyperactive humor, with the help of his best friend, Bob (David Bowe). However, a rival station's bitter CEO (Kevin McCarthy) tries to destroy George's wacky programming, forcing him to fight back.

Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 21, 1989, Original

Posted by: m at January 23, 2026 06:57 AM (SSiCQ)

103 Ben Had

Your horses are high maintenance. And very valuable compared with llamas or sheep.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 06:58 AM (u82oZ)

104 Salty!

Few Harris/Walz supporters here.

But it never hurts to keep an eye on them as the year goes by.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 23, 2026 06:59 AM (iMotb)

105 mornin yall. UHF is one of the greatest movies of all time. It's got action, adventure, comedy, gangsters, music , a love story, a space alien, a redemption arc, what else could you want?

Posted by: fd at January 23, 2026 06:59 AM (vFG9F)

106
All across this great country, huge weather boners are strutting around, sporting their stuff.

The comforting part is that they will "stay up all night watching this one for us". You're such champs! *swoons*

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 23, 2026 06:59 AM (xG4kz)

107 96 Tiny widget on taskbar proclaims National Pie Day
Posted by: Don Black at January 23, 2026 06:55 AM (ZxPkt)

pi(e)
3.14159(e)

Posted by: m at January 23, 2026 06:59 AM (SSiCQ)

108 Hillary Clinton

I wish for you to find out prison orange is the new black outfit. And no upholstery mumus in prison. Yeah!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 07:00 AM (u82oZ)

109 (koff koff)

Can I say here that blasted goggle has to ruin everything. Can't even upgrade a phone without them sticking their filthy hands into everything you want to do. Can't even send a plain old text anymore with a plain old Samsung text service. Would somebody please break that company into a zillion tiny pieces.

(spit)

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 23, 2026 07:00 AM (uQesX)

110 People here in Da Swamp will panic, as they always do at the slightest hint of temps below 50. If the streets are still wet from Sunday's rains when the temp dips below 32 that night, there'll be some reason for major caution. Otherwise I'm not too worried. I'll park my car in the back lot away from trees and where it will get afternoon sun for any ice melting, and hope the power doesn't go out.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 07:00 AM (wzUl9)

111 Sunday looks like it is going to be really bad here. Thunderstorms! We will bring the dog in and hide under the house.

Posted by: fd at January 23, 2026 07:02 AM (vFG9F)

112
I actually read a blurb from some nitwit yesterday that Minnesota was targeted by ICE because it is a functioning, thriving Socialist model.

How can any pirate resist plundering such a target so overflowing with booty?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 23, 2026 07:02 AM (xG4kz)

113 Holy crap it's cold. Highways are pretty much glaze ice and my Subaru traction control was flashing a few times(tires spinning At speed,) Everyone blasting along at @65 praying nobody slams on the brakes. Glad to be home for the day

Posted by: A dude in MI at January 23, 2026 07:02 AM (/6GbT)

114 It's amusing how the weather propagandist's over at the Weather Channel are damn near giddy with excitement at the probability that millions are going to be inconvenienced over the weekend.

• Suffering builds character
• Its only the weekend so you can go back to work on Monday and serve the Somalian scammers
• Will reduce church attendance
• You will have all weekend to reconsider your evil Climate Denialism™

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 23, 2026 07:02 AM (a4flb)

115 m

Let's not get irrational here.

*whistle blows*
Orange flag comes out.
5 yard penalty.
Math on the blog.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 07:02 AM (u82oZ)

116 A single silver dime has a value of almost $10, based on the spot silver price.

A dime does not have 1/10th oz of silver in it. An average circulated silver dime has 1/14th oz of silver in it. That is where I got the figure quoted.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 23, 2026 07:03 AM (Da7Vv)

117
What is the name of this impending weather apocalypse bearing down upon us?

I'm all aflutter because I do not know that vital fact!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 23, 2026 07:04 AM (xG4kz)

118 They've got it all on UHF!

Be There!

Posted by: fd at January 23, 2026 07:05 AM (vFG9F)

119 Holy crap it's cold. Highways are pretty much glaze ice and my Subaru traction control was flashing a few times(tires spinning At speed,)

"Look! Your car has the best traction control and AWD systems around! What are you afraid of?"

"Yeah, but but the other guys are driving two wheel drive rust buckets with bald tires"

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 23, 2026 07:05 AM (a4flb)

120 Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars

Mexican Weather Presenters >>> American Drama Queen Weather Presenters.

And no more Jim Cantore as the harbinger of Doom. We progress.

BTW, you nic makes me smile every time I see it. Thank you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 07:06 AM (u82oZ)

121 I'm back from a short workout. Mist in the air -- my eyes and hair felt wet! -- 59 F., almost no wind. It's time now for breakfast!

After my supply run to Walmart, I may stop by my favorite coffee shop/grill and treat myself to a coffee and a slice of pie or cake. Since it'll rain on Saturday and Sunday and then freeze, there'll be no point to even rinsing off the car. The tires are aired to 35, which will mean they'll be about 33 when the temps drop.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 07:07 AM (wzUl9)

122 An Observation sez Trump is my President

My bad. Got the info off of Zero Hedge. Didn't check it out.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 07:08 AM (u82oZ)

123 The store was out of milk but I stocked up on beer. We already have plenty of liquor, and now I know how to make Sprite from pine needles and sugar so we are set for mixers too.

Posted by: fd at January 23, 2026 07:08 AM (vFG9F)

124 You can actually buy 50 silver dimes for 357.92 at one of the largest online metal dealers. That is $7.16 per dime.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 23, 2026 07:09 AM (Da7Vv)

125 The furry thugs, aka the Killer Kittenz From Outer Space, are content; they've had breakfast themselves and it's not cold. Those are two things among the big three they look to their Manservant (me) to handle: "Quarters, rations, and weather."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 07:09 AM (wzUl9)

126 > What is the name of this impending weather apocalypse bearing down upon us?

I'm all aflutter because I do not know that vital fact!
---------
"Fern"

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 23, 2026 07:09 AM (qwVdq)

127 Today I will not be happy until Don Lemon is behind bars.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 07:09 AM (RIvkX)

128 An Observation sez Trump

Wonder how much I can sell my dimes for?

Off to check.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 07:10 AM (u82oZ)

129 "now I know how to make Sprite from pine needles and sugar so we are set for mixers too."

crucial knowledge in These Troubled Times!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 23, 2026 07:11 AM (Cjt/F)

130 It’s cold, yet unfrozen, rain in ETEX.

Posted by: Eromero at January 23, 2026 07:12 AM (yw3eV)

131 Milk? I have the last of some soy "milk" Miss Linda got via coupon, and a large bottle of a creamy oat "milk" too. The expiration date on these things is sometime in March. If the ancient Egyptians had known about preservatives like our food today, they wouldn't have needed to wrap the Pharaohs' corpses.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 07:13 AM (wzUl9)

132 fd, stay away from the tequila! You don't want to be shedding clothes in this weather

Posted by: Ben Had at January 23, 2026 07:13 AM (0KSrI)

133 > What is the name of this impending weather apocalypse bearing down upon us?

I'm all aflutter because I do not know that vital fact!
---------
"Fern"
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 23, 2026

***
"Murgatroyd"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 07:13 AM (wzUl9)

134 Who will be the next violent homosexual democrat to spill blood and mayhem onto the nation's cities streets?

Posted by: Lindsey Graham, closeted homosexual at January 23, 2026 07:14 AM (n+1Zi)

135 Though to be fair Intel showed off new consumer products at CES when AMD and Nvidia couldn't be bothered, and the integrated graphics on Intel's latest Panther Lake chips looks to be faster than AMD's fastest mainstream models (though slower than the Ryzen AI Max if you use it for gaming and not AI.)
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Which might end up keeping Intel alive when the AI bubble collapses. The other AI majors - nVidia, AMD, Broadcom, Microsoft, Google, etc. - are all going to weather the storm, too - though they may see a permanent loss of enterprise value like Cisco did after the dotcom bubble. Intel, however, is so weak and so strained that it might not if it has too many eggs in that basket.

If I were an investor, I'd be pleased to see that Intel is still taking its other markets seriously. It's going to need to be positioned well in them when the other majors start to scramble for position post-bubble.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 07:14 AM (GyQIQ)

136 Today I will not be happy until Don Lemon is behind bars.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 07:09 AM (RIvkX)

Fed judge already refused to issue a warrant for him. I doubt DoJ will empanel a GJ, and wouldn't get an indictment anyway. The other three who were arrested will be acquitted, as the illegal alien in Chicago who placed a bounty on an ICE agent just was yesterday.

Sorry, but Leftists are officially above the law now. Big or small, famous reporter or illiterate Aztec street gladiator, they're all untouchable.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 23, 2026 07:15 AM (BI5O2)

137 Companies affected include Discord, Tinder, Riot Games, and Dropbox. With this attack you can receive spam from their official Zendesk servers even if you're not a customer.
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Awwww man.

Here I was thinking, "I don't use any of those, so maybe I'll escape this time."

Thanks, Big Tech!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 07:15 AM (GyQIQ)

138
"Fern"

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 23, 2026 07:09 AM

I heard that in Martin Mull's voice with Happy Kyne & The Mirthmakers playing in the background

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 23, 2026 07:16 AM (tljrc)

139 115 m

Let's not get irrational here.

*whistle blows*
Orange flag comes out.
5 yard penalty.
Math on the blog.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 23, 2026 07:02 AM (u82oZ)

Aw, man. Fair cop.

Posted by: m at January 23, 2026 07:17 AM (SSiCQ)

140 To be fair, you probably don't want me shedding clothes in any weather.

Posted by: fd at January 23, 2026 07:18 AM (vFG9F)

141 123 now I know how to make Sprite from pine needles and sugar
Posted by: fd at January 23, 2026 07:08 AM (vFG9F)

Euell? Euell Gibbons?

Posted by: m at January 23, 2026 07:19 AM (SSiCQ)

142 "Yeah, but but the other guys are driving two wheel drive rust buckets with bald tires"
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

Don't forget the guys who are driving SUVs and are certain that it renders them immune to physics.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 23, 2026 07:19 AM (BpO1e)

143 "Fern"
*
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 23, 2026 07:09 AM

I heard that in Martin Mull's voice with Happy Kyne & The Mirthmakers playing in the background
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 23, 2026

***
Fernwood 2Night!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 07:19 AM (wzUl9)

144 "Sorry, but Leftists are officially above the law now. Big or small, famous reporter or illiterate Aztec street gladiator, they're all untouchable.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice"

So, what are you saying?

Posted by: guy who always says nothing will happen and is usually right at January 23, 2026 07:19 AM (vFG9F)

145 Sorry, but Leftists are officially above the law now. Big or small, famous reporter or illiterate Aztec street gladiator, they're all untouchable.

Wasn't that the whole point of jury nullification?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 23, 2026 07:19 AM (a4flb)

146 I do not think I have ever seen more news more wrong about more things than right now.

Every first cut of every news story is always wrong.

Whats the point of news?

PS I am talking print as I do not watch TV.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 23, 2026 07:21 AM (gbOdA)

147 127 Today I will not be happy until Don Lemon is behind bars.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 07:09 AM (RIvkX)

Sunday services are gonna be rekt.

Posted by: m at January 23, 2026 07:22 AM (SSiCQ)

148 Fed judge already refused to issue a warrant for him. I doubt DoJ will empanel a GJ, and wouldn't get an indictment anyway. The other three who were arrested will be acquitted, as the illegal alien in Chicago who placed a bounty on an ICE agent just was yesterday.

These are wire linked conspirators, which means they can be indicted and tried anywhere wires reach, say Corsicana TX. The lefties may think their AWFL's insulate them from the law, but not really.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 23, 2026 07:24 AM (Da7Vv)

149 Sorry, but Leftists are officially above the law now. Big or small, famous reporter or illiterate Aztec street gladiator, they're all untouchable.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 23, 2026 07:15 AM (BI5O2)
====
I'm sorry but I cannot live with that.

None of us can.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 07:24 AM (RIvkX)

150 >>> Wonder how much I can sell my dimes for?

Twenty dollars, same as in town.

Posted by: fluffy at January 23, 2026 07:24 AM (AN2gy)

151
JJS

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 23, 2026 07:25 AM (gbOdA)

152 Im sorry to say that TDS has infected my Dad. We were talking about Greenland and I asked where we would be now if we did not have Alaska. He said we could have rented bases there. Sheesh. I just don't know what happened.

Posted by: fd at January 23, 2026 07:26 AM (vFG9F)

153 Yeah, but but the other guys are driving two wheel drive rust buckets with bald tires"
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

Don't forget the guys who are driving SUVs and are certain that it renders them immune to physics.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 23, 2026

***
I used to see those guys on my morning commutes in Denver when it snowed. They'd zip past me, and then five miles later I'd see at least one of them off to the side of the road.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 23, 2026 07:26 AM (wzUl9)

154 Wonder how much I can sell my dimes for?
----

It is not so much the price as who will buy. The price is so high that some small local dealers do not have money to buy or are holding off because they do not want to be holding too much when the price crashes.

Posted by: clarence at January 23, 2026 07:27 AM (jgwdN)

155 Whats the point of news?

PS I am talking print as I do not watch TV.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 23, 2026 07:21 AM (gbOdA)
=====
My MiL, my lib little sister, my idiot kindergarten friends, Mrs. F.'s friend...

They live in a literally alternative version of reality fed to them by state media.

It is amazing to learn what they DON'T KNOW they don't know.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 23, 2026 07:29 AM (RIvkX)

156 About selling silver. What you would be doing is selling an appreciating asset for a depreciating asset (cash). Do you really want to do that?

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 23, 2026 07:32 AM (Da7Vv)

157 About selling silver. What you would be doing is selling an appreciating asset for a depreciating asset (cash). Do you really want to do that?
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 23, 2026 07:32 AM (Da7Vv)
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If you think the asset value is irrationally high, yes. It's why I sold a chunk of AI stocks late last year. This bubble is out of control and while it *is* still going up and I left that on the table, I locked in a more than 100% increase on the back of nothing but irrational exuberance. I blinked, and I don't regret it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 23, 2026 07:38 AM (GyQIQ)

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