Daily Tech News 8 February 2026

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The robot revolution will not be televised in 8K. (MSN)

The recent fuss over AI-only social network Moltbook is deflating somewhat as it becomes clear that the filters controlling what could post on the networked worked as well as the security, which is to say, not at all:
Replies and quote posts were quick to cast doubt on Karpathy's interpretation, however. One noted that Moltbook posts promoting bot-only languages or messaging platforms appeared to be connected to human accounts promoting the same ideas. This wasn't bots conducting independent conversations, these users argued, just human puppeteers putting on an AI-powered show.
Also everything - Moltbook itself and the Moltbot / OpenClaw framework used for it - was and remains irreperably insecure.
Still hedging my bets on the insect uprising: We saved the wrong bees. (MSN)

Well-meaning idiots, understanding nothing, making the situation worse. Where have I heard this story before?
"Suppose I were to say to you, 'I'm really worried about bird decline, so I've decided to take up keeping chickens.' You'd think I was a bit of an idiot," British bee scientist Dave Goulson said in a video last year. But beekeeping, he went on, is "exactly the same with one key difference, which is that honeybee-keeping can be actively harmful to wild-bee conservation." Even from healthy hives, diseases flow "out into wild pollinator populations."
There are more bees now than ever.

There are also more chickens now than ever.

That was never the problem.

Tech News

8K televisions haven't taken off, which is a shame if you planned to use one as a large monitor. But 8K monitors for professional users are still here. The Asus ProArt PA32KCX is one such. (Tom's Hardware)

At a 32" screen size, 8K is all the resolution you will ever need. Possibly slightly more.

But at $8,799 you would hope so.

For now if you need a high-resolution desktop display you are better off with a 5K monitor at a twelfth the price, or a 4K monitor for a fraction of that price.
Western Digital has detailed its plans for a 140TB 14-platter 3.5" hard drive. (Tom's Hardware)

Not for you, but disk large disk drives were briefly available last year for reasonable prices.
A C compiler in 512 bytes. (XOrVoid)

Here it is. This is the complete binary file for the compiler - Base 64 encoded, so it's actually three quarters of this size in binary:

6gUAwAdoADAfaAAgBzH/6DABPfQYdQXoJQHr8+gjAVOJP+gSALDDqluB+9lQdeAG/zdoAEAfy+gI AegFAYnYg/hNdFuE9nQNsOiqiwcp+IPoAqvr4j3/FXUG6OUAquvXPVgYdQXoJgDrGj0C2nUGV+gb AOsF6CgA68Ow6apYKfiD6AKrifgp8CaJRP7rrOg4ALiFwKu4D4Srq1fonP9ewz2N/HUV6JoA6BkA ieu4iQRQuIs26IAAWKvD6AcAieu4iQbrc4nd6HkA6HYA6DgAHg4fvq8Bra052HQGhcB19h/DrVCw UKroWQDoGwC4WZGrW4D/wHUMuDnIq7i4AKu4AA+ridirH8M9jfx1COgzALiLBOucg/j4dQXorf/r JIP49nUI6BwAuI0G6wyE0nQFsLiq6wa4iwarAduJ2KvrA+gAAOhLADwgfvkx2zHJPDkPnsI8IH4S weEIiMFr2wqD6DABw+gqAOvqicg9Ly90Dj0qL3QSPSkoD5TGidjD6BAAPAp1+eu86Ln/g/jDdfjr slIx9osEMQQ8O3QUuAACMdLNFIDkgHX0PDt1BIkEMcBaw/v/A8H9/yvB+v/34fb/I8FMAAvBLgAz wYQA0+CaANP4jwCUwHf/lcAMAJzADgCfwIUAnsCZAJ3AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVao=

The article is an interesting list of the tricks used to pull this off: Basically it's a Forth compiler that accepts C syntax. Forth in turn is a legendarily simple compiler to implement that essentially bootstraps itself from a handful of assembly code instructions into a high-level language.

For some values of "high level".
Turning the Raspberry Pi 500+ into (outwardly) a BBC Micro. (The Register)

I had planned to buy a Raspberry Pi 500+ to use for retrocomputer emulation, but the full kit was not available in Australia (I would have needed to buy a 500+ and a 500 kit to have everything match) and all my available funds got dumped into buying DRAM before it all disappeared, and the 500+ has since increased sharply in price.

At least it will probably be available.
The Radxa Cubie A7S is a single board computer - similar to the Raspberry Pi but smaller - starting at $25. (Liliputing)

The CPU is an Allwinner A733, with two A76 cores at 2GHz and six A55 cores at 1.8GHz. That actually compares pretty well with the Raspberry Pi 5's CPU which has four A76 cores at 2.4GHz.

The $25 price is a lot cheaper than the 1GB Raspberry Pi 5 at $45, and even cheaper than the Raspberry Pi 4 which costs $35 for 1GB.

Just three catches:

First, it was briefly up for pre-order, but now it's entirely sold out.
Second, there is a physically larger model - the A7A - that is in stock, but it costs $5 more.
Third, that's not for 1GB of RAM. That's for 4GB of RAM.

I guess that last point is the opposite of a catch.
Anthropic's new AI model, Claude Opus 4.6, is great at finding security flaws. (Axios) (archive site)

That's good news, because AI models are also great at generating new security flaws.

As of course are human programmers.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Go fish.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at February 08, 2026 04:01 AM (8NTVk)

2 Woot 2: The Wootening.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at February 08, 2026 04:03 AM (BLOW1)

3 >>>A C compiler in 512 bytes.

Sounds like it's jumping off the building in the final moments:

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVao=

Posted by: m at February 08, 2026 04:05 AM (8NTVk)

4 I programmed in Forth more than a few times back in the day. They called it a "write only language" for good reason.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at February 08, 2026 04:08 AM (/HDaX)

5 Not sure she should've thrown that drink.

Posted by: m at February 08, 2026 04:12 AM (8NTVk)

6 Guten morgen, horde

Slow day, looks like.

Posted by: clarence at February 08, 2026 04:14 AM (4nyld)

7 Man Wakes Up Homeless, Realizes He Fell Into AI Psychosis That Destroyed His Entire Life

futurism.com

That doesn't sound good.

Posted by: m at February 08, 2026 04:15 AM (8NTVk)

8 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 08, 2026 04:18 AM (BW+Gb)

9 also at futurism.com

OnlyFans Rival Seemingly Succumbs to AI Psychosis, Which We Dare You to Try Explain to Your Parents

grass: touch it

Posted by: m at February 08, 2026 04:25 AM (8NTVk)

10 Is it just me or is it a little wider this morning?

Posted by: clarence at February 08, 2026 04:30 AM (4nyld)

11 I "touch grass" every day. It's important to get outside and breath fresh air!

Plus-- I love to walk around the property & see if any flowers are sprouting.

Posted by: JQ at February 08, 2026 04:31 AM (rdVOm)

12 Hmm. Let me poke that Base 64 thing. That could be throwing off the formatting.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at February 08, 2026 04:32 AM (BLOW1)

13 Yeah, it's a w-i-d-e thread... I think the compiler picture is guilty.

Posted by: JQ at February 08, 2026 04:32 AM (rdVOm)

14 11 I "touch grass" every day. It's important to get outside and breath fresh air!

Plus-- I love to walk around the property & see if any flowers are sprouting.
Posted by: JQ at February 08, 2026 04:31 AM (rdVOm)

#metoo

Posted by: m at February 08, 2026 04:34 AM (8NTVk)

15 something wild and crazy just happened to the blog width

Posted by: m at February 08, 2026 04:35 AM (8NTVk)

16 Yeah, that was me fiddling with that code section. Fixed now.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at February 08, 2026 04:36 AM (BLOW1)

17 It was kinda fun!

Posted by: m at February 08, 2026 04:36 AM (8NTVk)

18 I really liked Forth back in the day. Never really got into too much coding on any platform or chip, but Forth was unique.

But then again, back in the day, I started coding in assembly language and machine code and hexidecimal on 16-bit chips.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 08, 2026 04:39 AM (xFfhU)

19 A search for

futurism.com

at Hacker News

https://news.ycombinator.com

turns up 1,626 results and at first glance it looks like a lot of disaster p0rn.

Posted by: m at February 08, 2026 04:39 AM (8NTVk)

20 NTTAWWT

Posted by: m at February 08, 2026 04:41 AM (8NTVk)

21 Belated BOING!

An unseasonal but beautiful 70F and sunny here in Jerusalem.

Much work to do.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 08, 2026 04:49 AM (K9/tm)

22 Oh oh:

Open Source Intel @Osint613
1h

An explosion at a biotech firm in Xuzhou in northern China kills 8

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 08, 2026 05:01 AM (K9/tm)

23 173467321476c32789777643t732v73117888732476789764376 lock

Posted by: m at February 08, 2026 05:04 AM (8NTVk)

24 Still looks almost the same to me. There was a frame around the code snippet that is not there now.

Posted by: clarence at February 08, 2026 05:06 AM (4nyld)

25 Florida ~~man~~ sheriff:

https://tinyurl.com/547zs2xs

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 08, 2026 05:08 AM (K9/tm)

26
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 08, 2026 05:11 AM (tljrc)

27 Let's diagnose Heather's mental illness!

Collin Rugg
@CollinRugg
16h
NEW: The woman who filmed herself berating CorePower Yoga staffers for being "complicit" in ICE raids brags about leaving all the weights on the floor to make them pick up.

[video]

Posted by: m at February 08, 2026 05:11 AM (8NTVk)

28 Oh oh:

Open Source Intel @Osint613
1h

An explosion at a biotech firm in Xuzhou in northern China kills 8

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 08, 2026 05:01 AM (K9/tm)
-

Here's a living, breathing Chinese biohazard deep in the heart of Texas:

https://tinyurl.com/3y3auh56

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 08, 2026 05:11 AM (K9/tm)

29 Let's diagnose Heather's mental illness!

Collin Rugg
@CollinRugg
16h
NEW: The woman who filmed herself berating CorePower Yoga staffers for being "complicit" in ICE raids brags about leaving all the weights on the floor to make them pick up.

Posted by: m at February 08, 2026 05:11 AM (8NTVk)
-

So she's a dumbbell?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 08, 2026 05:13 AM (K9/tm)

30 comments being writ
outside margins having blown
not using forth now

Posted by: clarence at February 08, 2026 05:14 AM (4nyld)

31 29 So she's a dumbbell?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 08, 2026 05:13 AM (K9/tm)

hahahahaha BD

Posted by: m at February 08, 2026 05:14 AM (8NTVk)

32 >>>173467321476c32789777643t732v73117888732476789764376 lock

Posted by: m

>What is that, ASCII? It says, "Papa come home, dinner is ready."

*cue godfather score*

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 08, 2026 05:16 AM (xFfhU)

33 I'm off RPIs, they are now wildly expensive for what they are.

Once you add all the peripherals, case, power supply, keyboard mouse, you are now more expensive than a refurbed i5 sff computer that is significantly more powerful than an RPI and is only slightly larger, you add an inexpensive ESP32 and you have something that's less expensive, can install any operating system you want and will blow the rpi out of the water.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 08, 2026 05:19 AM (XV/Pl)

34 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at February 08, 2026 05:19 AM (AN2gy)

35 30 comments being writ
outside margins having blown
not using forth now
Posted by: clarence at February 08, 2026 05:14 AM (4nyld)

5 using forth again
7 tap tap tap tap tap tap does
5 it feel code in here

Posted by: m at February 08, 2026 05:24 AM (8NTVk)

36 >>> Florida sheriff:

My wife has a crush on Grady Judd.

Posted by: fluffy at February 08, 2026 05:39 AM (AN2gy)

37 Mornin' Horde.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 08, 2026 05:40 AM (O7YUW)

38 Eeg! (This is the active voice version of the passive "Eek!") Evening and morning, AoSHQ satellites, hangers-on, camp followers, and suppliers (of comment, natch).

Happy Sunday. What is going on?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 08, 2026 05:46 AM (wzUl9)

39 Just checked jungle retailer, you can get a refurbed hp pro desk 600 g4 sff for $219, this is an i5, with 16gb of ddr4, 512gb ssd, and windows 11 installed.

You used to be able to get the g4 for under 200 bucks, about 2 years ago, I picked up 5 of these and loaded them up with ram and large m2 drives and ssd for various projects.

One of these replaced an RPI 4 Plex Media player.

Still, the G4 represents an amazing value over the RPI 5.

Pick one up while supplies last.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 08, 2026 05:47 AM (XV/Pl)

40 I actually slept until the time I intended. Stirling the great black cat did not try his "leaping across the human in bed and kicking him" routine; I wonder why.

Temps: 49 F., feels like 48, 4 mph east wind. Sounds like a workout morning for sure.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 08, 2026 05:48 AM (wzUl9)

41 Current backdoor temp is -4 with a windchill of -9.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 08, 2026 05:50 AM (XV/Pl)

42 11 I "touch grass" every day. It's important to get outside and breath fresh air!

Plus-- I love to walk around the property & see if any flowers are sprouting.
Posted by: JQ at February 08, 2026 04:31 AM

----

Great reminder. Barring sheltering from a blizzard, it's a mistake to voluntarily become a shut-in. Even if one doesn't meet people, nature's vitality is always on display.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 08, 2026 05:53 AM (XRW6c)

43 >>> Florida sheriff:

My wife has a crush on Grady Judd.

Posted by: fluffy at February 08, 2026 05:39 AM (AN2gy)
-

Do the honorable thing: a duel at 20 paces.

Hopefully your wife is a bad shot.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 08, 2026 05:55 AM (cMDof)

44 'Bout time to feed some furry thugs.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 08, 2026 05:58 AM (wzUl9)

45 Guns don't kill people.

Lack of air conditioners does.

https://tinyurl.com/3y8mse2y

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 08, 2026 05:59 AM (cMDof)

46 I don't know this duo, but they do a nice job with
,"Thank you Lord, for your blessings on me."

Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/5yxr9j2s

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 08, 2026 06:01 AM (ix8EF)

47 I hope this evil person's plans are stymied:

https://tinyurl.com/4tk23dt9

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 08, 2026 06:02 AM (cMDof)

48 >>> Do the honorable thing: a duel at 20 paces.

I'll tolerate it. The man gives a heck of a press conference.

>>> Hopefully your wife is a bad shot.

:--))

Posted by: fluffy at February 08, 2026 06:02 AM (AN2gy)

49
"Dense fog" here at Schloss Hadrian this morning. That is, zero visibility and unlimited ceiling. May just as well wait and go to Mass this afternoon. Which annoys me.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 08, 2026 06:06 AM (tgvbd)

50 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Got any threes?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 08, 2026 06:06 AM (bxiOq)

51 I'm not a follower of the Super Bowl, but I am praying for the safety of everyone there and I like the fact that the coach give everyone on the team a Bible, and spoke of their identity in Christ:

https://tinyurl.com/53528ka4

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 08, 2026 06:08 AM (ix8EF)

52
Denis B. Huppert 🇫🇷
@dennisbhooper
Feb 7
The way to become a great saxophone player is listening to this

[video; scroll down]

Posted by: m at February 08, 2026 06:11 AM (8NTVk)

53 Kitten plays hide and seek with security guard:
Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/4jzpte37

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 08, 2026 06:11 AM (ix8EF)

54 saxophone video
also at

Damin Toell
@damintoell
6h
Saxophone aside, there’s an answer to the question being posed by the song.

Posted by: m at February 08, 2026 06:15 AM (8NTVk)

55 Which Bond film takes place, in part, at the same venue as the current Winter Olympics?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 08, 2026 06:20 AM (bxiOq)

56 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 08, 2026 06:08

Post 51 was about the Seahawks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 08, 2026 06:24 AM (lQ+/f)

57 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at February 08, 2026 06:25 AM (2Ez/1)

58 hahahahaha

eigenrobot
@eigenrobot
12h
earlier today young sir drove a duplo figurine into my exposed eyeball and now hes brushing his teeth using water from the cat fountain. how are all of you

Posted by: m at February 08, 2026 06:25 AM (8NTVk)

59
earlier today young sir drove a duplo figurine into my exposed eyeball and now hes brushing his teeth using water from the cat fountain. how are all of you
Posted by: m at February 08, 2026 06:25 AM (8NTVk)

*shies away*

Fine.

*hurries out*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 08, 2026 06:27 AM (tgvbd)

60 Son gives a gift of football tickets to dad who recently had a stroke:

https://tinyurl.com/4x5zktzc

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 08, 2026 06:27 AM (lQ+/f)

61 My five year old grandson is already dressed in his Drake Maye jersey. I may actually have to watch the game, to make him happy.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 08, 2026 06:30 AM (ADCBN)

62 36 >>> Florida sheriff:

My wife has a crush on Grady Judd.
Posted by: fluffy at February 08, 2026 05:39 AM (AN2gy)

----

He is among the rare LEOs who advises citizens of his county to arm themselves. And he warns criminals of that very fact.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 08, 2026 06:32 AM (+r0A9)

63 tech:

eigenrobot
@eigenrobot
13h
do you think there will be a stage in computerization where jobs are mostly given by LLMs taskwise and you have an agent that identifies optimal tasks for you and you just do whatever they say and don't think abt it too much

49% yeah
41% probably not
10% what

Posted by: m at February 08, 2026 06:33 AM (8NTVk)

64 Time to close up shop.

fin

Posted by: clarence at February 08, 2026 06:37 AM (4nyld)

65 Byeee...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 08, 2026 06:40 AM (bxiOq)

66 >>> Which Bond film takes place, in part, at the same venue as the current Winter Olympics?

Is it the snowmobile chase scene?

Posted by: fluffy at February 08, 2026 06:40 AM (AN2gy)

67 Not watching Goodell's Folly today. I plan to record it but just to watch the commercials. I think I will watch the TPUSA thing with Kid Rock.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 08, 2026 06:43 AM (cxFcK)

68 mornin yall. Here's your absurdity for the day:

"Anti-ICE protesters attack their own supporter with sex toys during Minneapolis rally"

Posted by: fd at February 08, 2026 06:43 AM (vFG9F)

69 Any ~~man~~US Olympic athlete that disparages the USA on foreign soil ~~spends a night in the box~~ gets his/her/xer passport revoked.

Posted by: Carr the Floorwalker 2.0 at February 08, 2026 06:44 AM (5coB7)

70 47 I hope this evil person's plans are stymied:

https://tinyurl.com/4tk23dt9
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 08, 2026 06:02 AM (cMDof)

----

ISWYDT. Good one.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 08, 2026 06:45 AM (QTdvk)

71 Good morning to all. 25 degrees here in western NC. The high winds have died down and I slept well. Hope everyone has a good day.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at February 08, 2026 06:49 AM (S+2Xo)

72 >>>I hope this evil person's plans are stymied:
https://tinyurl.com/4tk23dt9
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 08, 2026 06:02 AM (cMDof)
----
ISWYDT. Good one.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 08, 2026 06:45 AM (QTdvk)
*****
He looks normal. Bye-the-way, wasn't Stymie one of the Little Rascals (not the band)?

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at February 08, 2026 06:53 AM (S+2Xo)

73 Any US Olympic athlete that disparages the USA on foreign soil gets his/her/xer passport revoked.
Posted by: Carr the Floorwalker 2.0 at February 08, 2026 06:44 AM (5coB7)
-------------
Seems counter productive to me

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 08, 2026 06:56 AM (g+IG3)

74 Mike E. ( can't spell his name without looking) of the "Miracle on Ice" hockey team critiques the participant who dissed America

https://tinyurl.com/3mc4m278

I liked it better when most of the participants were amateurs.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 08, 2026 06:56 AM (lQ+/f)

75 karpathy on moltbook
@karpathy

Andrej Karpathy
@karpathy
Jan 31
I'm being accused of overhyping the [site everyone heard too much about today already]. People's reactions varied very widely, from "how is this interesting at all" all the way to "it's so over".

To add a few words beyond just memes in jest - obviously when you take a look at the activity, it's a lot of garbage - spams, scams, slop, the crypto people, highly concerning privacy/security prompt injection attacks wild west, and a lot of it is explicitly prompted and fake posts/comments designed to convert attention into ad revenue sharing. And this is clearly not the first the LLMs were put in a loop to talk to each other. So yes it's a dumpster fire and I also definitely do not recommend that people run this stuff on their computers (I ran mine in an isolated computing environment and even then I was scared), it's way too much of a wild west and you are putting your computer and private data at a high risk.

That said ... [more text here]

Posted by: m at February 08, 2026 06:58 AM (8NTVk)

76 Link for TPUSA alternative Super Bowl half time show:

https://tinyurl.com/4zxuy55e

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 08, 2026 07:01 AM (lQ+/f)

77 The History Guy and chickens:

https://youtu.be/O7dAG4T-5h4

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 08, 2026 07:01 AM (2Ez/1)

78
Andrej Karpathy
@karpathy
Building @EurekaLabsAI. Previously Director of AI @ Tesla, founding team @ OpenAI, CS231n/PhD @ Stanford. I like to train large deep neural nets.
Stanford
karpathy.ai

Posted by: m at February 08, 2026 07:02 AM (8NTVk)

79 This is radio clash please save us, not the bees...

Posted by: This Is Radio Clash 2026 at February 08, 2026 07:03 AM (Ksqrb)

80 So at this point, does anybody care about the Olympics? This organization is a social plague on the world. Fuck them all.

You may as well call them the UN games, and what the fuck, let's subsides the entire operation with American taxpayer dollars.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 08, 2026 07:05 AM (xFfhU)

81 Lindsey Vonn crashed out on the women's downhill but another American, Breezy Johnson, won the gold medal.

Posted by: Tuna at February 08, 2026 07:06 AM (lJ0H4)

82 15° on the island, winds have reduced. I made bread with spoonful of molasses. We’ll see. If your teams are in the SB, it’s Christmas Morning. If not, today is a 3 hour drive to a cousin’s whom you don’t like for Thanksgiving.

Posted by: Accomack at February 08, 2026 07:07 AM (T8bqm)

83 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at February 08, 2026 07:08 AM (Ia/+0)

84 Be careful of the South American Killer Bees.

Posted by: Garrett Morris and the ghost of John Belushi at February 08, 2026 07:08 AM (2Ez/1)

85 >>>Well-meaning idiots, understanding nothing

"It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing."

Posted by: m at February 08, 2026 07:11 AM (8NTVk)

86 Up all night thanks to a cold. Anyone else remember Dee Snyder's "House Of Hair" show? It would play while I was driving home from work in high school and I loved it. "Heavy metal never dies. The nuclear apocalypse will happen and fifty years later, the cockroaches will be walking around in little leather jackets."

Posted by: pookysgirl, kickstarting her heart at February 08, 2026 07:12 AM (DXDpZ)

87 I am baking bread in my Dutch ovens. Should I take the lid off after the initial rise is over?

Posted by: Accomack at February 08, 2026 07:13 AM (/Chlc)

88 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 08, 2026 07:13 AM (RIvkX)

89 My phone says its 5 degrees outside

Posted by: Skip at February 08, 2026 07:14 AM (Ia/+0)

90 Me and my friends ate the Brattleboro Ladies Auxiliary and Erotic Toy Exchange are loking forward tto then Super Bowl and Boiled Bunny singing about La Cucaracha and the fight for justice in Amereca.

Posted by: Mary Clogenstien of Brattleboro Vermouth at February 08, 2026 07:14 AM (vFG9F)

91 85 >>>Well-meaning idiots, understanding nothing

"It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing."
Posted by: m at February 08, 2026 07:11 AM (8NTVk)

William Faulkner, right?

Posted by: Andrea Mitchell's twitter maven at February 08, 2026 07:14 AM (5coB7)

92 OK. Someone mentioned "Jungle Retailer" but didn't have a link. Is this someone in particular, and are they good with laptops?

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at February 08, 2026 07:15 AM (gHSfI)

93 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 08, 2026 07:16 AM (u82oZ)

94 You may as well call them the UN games, and what the fuck, let's subsides the entire operation with American taxpayer dollars.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 08, 2026 07:05 AM (xFfhU)
=====

It is supposed to be for apolitical amateur sport. They let professionals play. They let politics in. The Olympics is yet one more globalist farce. I care as much about the Olympics as I do the Stupor Bowl.

Not a whit.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 08, 2026 07:16 AM (RIvkX)

95 90 Me and my friends ate the Brattleboro Ladies Auxiliary and Erotic Toy Exchange ...
Posted by: Mary Clogenstien of Brattleboro Vermouth at February 08, 2026 07:14 AM (vFG9F)

ewwwwww

Posted by: m at February 08, 2026 07:17 AM (8NTVk)

96 Tankdemon note: Late because I read the ONT. Good comments.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 08, 2026 07:17 AM (u82oZ)

97 pookysgirl you guys have been through the ringer lately.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 08, 2026 07:18 AM (RIvkX)

98 Islam is a political system pretending to be a religion.

Socialism is religion pretending to be a political system. Socialism replaces God with The State.

Except for the fagophone of socialist democrats, the two are almost identical in goals and means.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 08, 2026 07:18 AM (u82oZ)

99 Wow, the sun decided to rise in a gap in the neighbors tree and blind me.

Now I see dots everywhere.

Posted by: pawn at February 08, 2026 07:19 AM (uvB+6)

100 100

Posted by: m at February 08, 2026 07:20 AM (8NTVk)

101 That’s a good question. I think maybe yes, if only to brush more egg white on top, maybe some butter. Gotta have that crispy crackly crust with golden brown.

On the other hand, when using a dutch oven in the field, with actual coals on the lid, that wouldn’t work..

Posted by: Common Tater at February 08, 2026 07:20 AM (cfKqR)

102 There's a lady I work with who was in the Olympics, and won't shut up about it. Literally everyday, it's almost like she went to Harvard or something.

If she had won a medal I expect she would wear it every day.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 08, 2026 07:21 AM (RIvkX)

103 By this time tomorrow you will be able to find all of the Superb Owl commercials on Al Gore's Amazing Internet™. Perhaps you already can now - I'm too lazy to check.

Looks like Novartis has a cute one encouraging men to get checked for prostate cancer raising awareness of the fact that nowadays is done via a blood draw. It features Gronk and some other members of The National Felons League using the clever pun "relax your tight end."

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 08, 2026 07:22 AM (2Ez/1)

104
Islam is a political system pretending to be a religion.

The proof is the zeal with which otherwise leftist Christophobic anti-religious hate bigots defend it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 08, 2026 07:22 AM (tgvbd)

105 Brad Ratshitburger is running for Governor of Georgia. Is is wrong that I hope his supporters attack him with sex toys?

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

106 Lindsey Vonn crashed out on the women's downhill but another American, Breezy Johnson, won the gold medal.
Posted by: Tuna at February 08, 2026 07:06 AM (lJ0H4)
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My hat is off in salute to Lindsey Vonn. What a tough cookie, competing at a world class level on a bum knee, and at 41. One heck of a woman.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 08, 2026 07:23 AM (upVZJ)

107 The last time I watched the Olympics was just for a moment. The Torino Winter Olympics had Sophia Loren walk out with the Italian Flag, or maybe the torch.

She was riveting, even in her 70s. That's all I watched.

Growing up, ABC coverage with the Wide World of Sports did a compelling job covering the winter Olympics. NBC failed the first time, and continued the dive downward.

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

108 pookysgirl you guys have been through the ringer lately.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 08, 2026 07:18 AM (RIvkX)

According to Pooky's grandma, this means we won't get sick for the next five years. I am skeptical, especially since I am currently next to the world's cutest germ factory, who is eating Cheerios after stealing half my Danish.

Posted by: pookysgirl doesn't even bother to guard her food anymore at February 08, 2026 07:24 AM (DXDpZ)

109 No reason to try it but would think a person could walk across the river by now

Posted by: Skip at February 08, 2026 07:24 AM (Ia/+0)

110 m

Still got those skills. Bravo.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 08, 2026 07:25 AM (u82oZ)

111 Israel TV says Kushner and Witkoff are meeting with U.S. military leaders on board the USS Abraham Lincoln.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 08, 2026 07:26 AM (RIvkX)

112 My hat is off in salute to Lindsey Vonn. What a tough cookie, competing at a world class level on a bum knee, and at 41. One heck of a woman.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Also, I believe she said something to the effect that is was a privilege to compete for the United States so I was sad to see her air lifted off the course.

Posted by: Tuna at February 08, 2026 07:26 AM (lJ0H4)

113 According to Pooky's grandma, this means we won't get sick for the next five years
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b"h

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 08, 2026 07:27 AM (RIvkX)

114 After reading the Marxists athletes spewing their H8 for the country glad I don't watch the Olympics

Posted by: Skip at February 08, 2026 07:27 AM (Ia/+0)

115 Don't ever change, Mary. Don't ever change.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 08, 2026 07:27 AM (2Ez/1)

116 Posted by: pookysgirl doesn't even bother to guard her food anymore at February 08, 2026 07:24 AM (DXDpZ)
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You are another woman I salute.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 08, 2026 07:28 AM (upVZJ)

117 >>My hat is off in salute to Lindsey Vonn. What a tough cookie, competing at a world class level on a bum knee, and at 41. One heck of a woman.

Saw a clip of an interview she gave responding to her feeling about representing the US at the Olympics. It was the complete opposite of the whiny turds who claim to be conflicted about representing the US.

Classy lady.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 08, 2026 07:29 AM (viF8m)

118 San Franpsycho

I hope our OP Plan goal is no more Shia mullahs.

Free the Persians, make the Crown Prince a constitutional monarch, and worship Zoroastrianism again is a big ask.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 08, 2026 07:29 AM (u82oZ)

119 Can’t not watch it any more than I’m not already. Is there a game on today? If they put a gun to my head I couldn’t tell you who is playing.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 08, 2026 07:30 AM (cfKqR)

120 "...and worship Zoroastrianism again is a big ask."
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We're sitting right here.

Posted by: The Druids at February 08, 2026 07:31 AM (2Ez/1)

121 Salty, that is my prayer.

I just want the president to keep his promise.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 08, 2026 07:32 AM (RIvkX)

122 Common Tater

I removed TV connectivity to the house. Can't watch it if I wanted to. If there is a heartwarming Budweiser Clydesdale commercial, I can see it on YouTube.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 08, 2026 07:32 AM (u82oZ)

123 After reading the Marxists athletes spewing their H8 for the country glad I don't watch the Olympics
Posted by: Skip at February 08, 2026 07:27 AM (Ia/+0)
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Remember, these kids are all being badgered by the marxist press. Every time one of them sits down for a mandatory press gaggle the first six questions are not about their sport, but asking them to denounce Trump, ICE, America, etc etc. The adults running the show aren't stepping in to smack down the propaganda, because they seem overwhelmed and confused by the coordinated nature of it.

It's a scandal. But the young people are in a tough spot, and a lot of them (maybe most) have zero experience in dealing with a hostile communist press.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 08, 2026 07:32 AM (upVZJ)

124 Good morning. The blueberry cobbler is in the oven

Posted by: Ben Had at February 08, 2026 07:32 AM (0KSrI)

125 My algorithm just gave me Genesis performing "Watcher of the Skies" live on Midnight Special in 1974. My algorithm loves me.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 08, 2026 07:33 AM (RIvkX)

126 Wish I could send some of the giggles I'm getting from Lil Pooky to you guys.

Posted by: pookysgirl has a goofy family at February 08, 2026 07:33 AM (DXDpZ)

127 San Franpsycho

Lots of moving parts on this. Part of the problem is our Deep State, Intel gurus, and operators were aligned to save the mullahs. For decades.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 08, 2026 07:34 AM (u82oZ)

128 Tony Levin's bass line is unbelievable. How do he do that?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 08, 2026 07:34 AM (RIvkX)

129 pookysgirl

Awww.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 08, 2026 07:34 AM (u82oZ)

130 Saw a clip of an interview she gave responding to her feeling about representing the US at the Olympics. It was the complete opposite of the whiny turds who claim to be conflicted about representing the US.

Classy lady.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 08, 2026 07:29 AM (viF8m)
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You're ahead of me there. I'm trying not to watch any of the interviews. But I am glad she can handle those turds in the media.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 08, 2026 07:35 AM (upVZJ)

131 It would be funny if the opening ceremony of the Olympics begins with a land acknowledgement.

That's gold, Jerry! Gold!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 08, 2026 07:36 AM (2Ez/1)

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

blueberry cobbler in the oven >>> bun in the oven.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 08, 2026 07:36 AM (u82oZ)

133 Good morning. The blueberry cobbler is in the oven
Posted by: Ben Had at February 08, 2026 07:32 AM (0KSrI)
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Will work for cobbler.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 08, 2026 07:36 AM (upVZJ)

134 I bake 3-ingredient bread in a chicken roaster (not a Dutch oven) and I take the lid off for the last 15 minutes to brown the top of the loaf a little

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 08, 2026 07:36 AM (Cjt/F)

135 I have to say that bread without enough salt is dried glue.
I understand now why we have sausage gravy.

Posted by: Accomack at February 08, 2026 07:37 AM (T8bqm)

136 The Olympics is like the federal government. The host city has to bribe and payoff the selecting committee with money and whores, but mostly whores. The sex traffic is off the chart with these weirdos and it only gets worse during the games themselves, which includes all the athletes getting their freak on.

Posted by: Nasty People Doing Nasty Things at February 08, 2026 07:38 AM (Ksqrb)

137 Last Olympic I watched was 76. That was Bruce Jenner's. But I was into boxing as a kid and especially Howard Davis, our incredible lightweight who won the Gold. He looked and boxed like Ali. He passed away about 10 years ago from cancer.

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 08, 2026 07:38 AM (fZiTB)

138 It's a scandal. But the young people are in a tough spot, and a lot of them (maybe most) have zero experience in dealing with a hostile communist press.

Unless they were home schooled, I would think that they had years of K-12 hostile communist indoctrination.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 08, 2026 07:38 AM (a4flb)

139 Huck Follywood

Sounds like some training on media responses should be included for our athletes. The coaches are not preparing a rounded world-class athlete.

This should be reflected in US taxpayer funding.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 08, 2026 07:38 AM (u82oZ)

140 Good morning. The blueberry cobbler is in the oven
Posted by: Ben Had at February 08, 2026 07:32 AM (0KSrI)

+++++++

On my way.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 08, 2026 07:38 AM (2Ez/1)

141 NaCly, dearest. Good morning. Congratulations on becoming the social director?

Posted by: Ben Had at February 08, 2026 07:39 AM (0KSrI)

142 Huck, no work necessary just hold out your bowl.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 08, 2026 07:40 AM (0KSrI)

143 Ben getting in the truck right now, be there maybe Wednesday

Posted by: Skip at February 08, 2026 07:41 AM (Ia/+0)

144 Israel TV says Kushner and Witkoff are meeting with U.S. military leaders on board the USS Abraham Lincoln.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 08, 2026 07:26 AM (RIvkX)
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My old man, ex-Navy, was invited to visit the Abe Lincoln at sea off San Diego a few years back (OK, maybe a decade. I'll have to ask him). He got to fly out. Said it was the thrill of a lifetime.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 08, 2026 07:41 AM (Bapld)

145 It features Gronk and some other members of The National Felons League using the clever pun "relax your tight end."
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 08, 2026 07:22 AM (2Ez/1)

That is good advice!

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at February 08, 2026 07:41 AM (0BrN/)

146 Good morning. The blueberry cobbler is in the oven
Posted by: Ben Had at February 08, 2026 07:32 AM (0KSrI)

Got Vanilla Blue Bell

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 08, 2026 07:42 AM (gbOdA)

147 >>It's a scandal. But the young people are in a tough spot, and a lot of them (maybe most) have zero experience in dealing with a hostile communist press.

Eh, I don't know. Many of these "kids" are in their mid-20s and have been dealing with the media for years. Some of the skiers have big endorsement deals with companies and have professional management because despite Olympic rules they are professional athletes.

Same kind of thing happened at the Australian Open a few weeks ago with one reporter in particular trying to goad the players into trash talking the US and they handled it much better.

If you aren't proud to represent the US overseas then don't put on the jersey. It's an incredible honor, be thankful or shut the hell up.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 08, 2026 07:42 AM (viF8m)

148 Ben Had

Herding cats. Sharon (willows apprentice) has a much bigger group to be the social director of. A casino trip to return money to the Indians seems to be the most popular idea.

The good news is less social isolation.

I did mall walking with one of the widows. She raises greyhounds, and I struggled to keep up with her.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 08, 2026 07:42 AM (u82oZ)

149 Part of the problem is our Deep State, Intel gurus, and operators were aligned to save the mullahs.
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I think that is my deeper fear about all this.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 08, 2026 07:43 AM (RIvkX)

150 Also every kid at Olympics is a product of Cultural Marxist Seminaries,

Posted by: Skip at February 08, 2026 07:43 AM (Ia/+0)

151 Good Health to all- From Rexall!

Posted by: Your Rexall Druggist at February 08, 2026 07:43 AM (oftw2)

152 Skip, look for you then!

Posted by: Ben Had at February 08, 2026 07:43 AM (0KSrI)

153 Sounds like some training on media responses should be included for our athletes. The coaches are not preparing a rounded world-class athlete.

At their level of performance, the Olympics is just one more stop in a career of international competitions. What makes this one different from the others is that instead of just one sport, there are a lot of them.

Maybe its just the regular dumbing-down of the average person over the years, and being well rounded is no longer valued as being a part of general character.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 08, 2026 07:46 AM (a4flb)

154 San Franpsycho

Leadership matters. We now have the top leadership situation as good as we can get it.

The historical analogy is the II Corps of the US Army at Kasserine Pass in WWII. A debacle.

Same troops, same equipment, two months later, but with Gen. Patton in command, stunned the Germans with our improvement.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 08, 2026 07:47 AM (u82oZ)

155 11 I "touch grass" every day. It's important to get outside and breath fresh air!
--

Touching ice & snow yesterday clomping through the neighbor's yard to retrieve my blown away trash bin. Every step I crash through ice over 2 feet of snow.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 08, 2026 07:48 AM (eZ5tL)

156 >>You're ahead of me there. I'm trying not to watch any of the interviews. But I am glad she can handle those turds in the media.

It showed up in my X feed. I used to love the Olympics. Not just for the amazing talent but it was fun watching people represent their countries. It was a different time.

I have no interest in watching this current crop of spoiled, uniformed dolts lecture me.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 08, 2026 07:48 AM (viF8m)

157 A casino trip to return money to the Indians seems to be the most popular idea.
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LOL, that's how I think of those casinos too; the Indians getting one up on everyone else.

My son had a friend in college, a Seminole kid from Florida. The Tribe was paying for his education and sent him an allowance. In return he was going to work for their casino/hotel businesses for awhile when he graduated.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 08, 2026 07:48 AM (xy6Dr)

158 Unknown Drip Under Pressure

Good context. Thanks.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 08, 2026 07:48 AM (u82oZ)

159 Funny thing about the anti-ICE movement.
Every person that is anti-ICE loves Big Govt.
They love the IRS.
CFPB
SSA
Medicare/Medicaid
But alas, they do not like ICE.
There is only one answer.

The Great Replacement.

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 08, 2026 07:49 AM (gbOdA)

160 r hennigantx

*touches nose*

Spot on.

To quote Rocky the Squirrel, "That trick never works."

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 08, 2026 07:51 AM (u82oZ)

161 Can’t not watch it any more than I’m not already. Is there a game on today? If they put a gun to my head I couldn’t tell you who is playing.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 08, 2026

***
+ 100

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 08, 2026 07:51 AM (wzUl9)

162 Bread without salt is pretty flat tasting. It also moderates the yeast or dough rise. James Beard wrote a popular book on baking it in the 70s and used ridiculous amounts of salt in the recipe, but he was a lot closer to the optimal than a lot of recipes today.

A lot of food recipes now are just a nod towards, ya gotta have it included so it will be in there “1/128th teaspoon salt” technically speaking. It is important not to over season recipes, gotta sneak up on it sometimes but it’s ridiculous how people take it upon themselves to edit things to that point.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 08, 2026 07:53 AM (cfKqR)

163 *scrolls through overnight Insty headlines*

*raises eyebrows*

*is very glad Pooky's out of the military*

Posted by: pookysgirl, groggy froggy at February 08, 2026 07:54 AM (Wt5PA)

164 Adam Carolla says WD-40 is leaving money on the table by not branding a men's deodorant.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 08, 2026 07:54 AM (RIvkX)

165 164 Hoppes #9.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 08, 2026 07:55 AM (gm9Sb)

166 Can I ask a favor of someone who will be in the Book Thread? The Based Book Sale Call for Authors may be of interest to people, so can someone copy the link when the thread opens? Thanks!

https://tinyurl.com/4st5tv3x

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 08, 2026 07:55 AM (0BrN/)

167 "Adam Carolla says WD-40 is leaving money on the table by not branding a men's deodorant.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Pffft

Posted by: Diesel fuel at February 08, 2026 07:56 AM (vFG9F)

168 126 Wish I could send some of the giggles I'm getting from Lil Pooky to you guys.
Posted by: pookysgirl has a goofy family at February 08, 2026 07:33 AM (DXDpZ)

We're receiving them!

Posted by: m at February 08, 2026 07:57 AM (8NTVk)

169 Here's a story I just do not understand. An undercover cop did a routine cocaine buy and when the cop told him he was under arrest, the guy got on his motorscooter and tried to speed away. The cop picked up a nearby insulated cooler and threw it at the scooter, to stop the escape. In the ensuing accident the retard died, and crooked Letitia James is sending the cop to prison. WTF?

The crook was in the act of escape. Seems like whatever happened should be on him.

https://tinyurl.com/3mrnzk5y

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 08, 2026 07:58 AM (pmdAd)

170 Progressive bullshit always collapses on itself due to internal inconsistency, massive contradictions. They think laws are like a smorgasbord, and they can pick and choose - “Ooh, I don’t like that law” but that’s not how this works.

They are also oblivious to certain realities believing humans can be perfected, or something. That’s not how this works either. “A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you got”.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 08, 2026 07:59 AM (cfKqR)

171 Have a wonderful day, everyone.

However, head on a swivel, have a plan, and OPSEC, OPSEC, OPSEC.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 08, 2026 07:59 AM (u82oZ)

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