Daily Tech News 23 February 2026

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The US spent $30 billion giving every schoolchild a laptop or tablet. It made them dumber. (Yahoo)

And particularly less capable to maintain attention to the task at hand.

How do we solve this?

I don't know, I got distracted and stopped reading at that point.

Tech News

Speaking of making people dumber Colorado is the latest state looking to bring in total surveillance and violate the First and Second Amendments at the same time. (Tom's Hardware)

The target yet again is 3D printers and their offensive ability to print in 3D things that are absolutely legal to own but the state government does not want you to have.
Memory prices are slowly edging back down in Europe. (Tom's Hardware)

Again, this is from five times what they were just six months ago close to four times.

Oh, and those cheap Minisforum mini-PCs I bought back around Christmas?

The 32GB model is now selling for twice as much as I paid for the 64GB model.
A hacker using AI tools broke into 600 poorly configured FortiGate firewalls around the world. (Bleeping Computer)

How do we know he was using AI tools?

He left the servers he set up to do the hacking completely unsecured.

Good job all round.
Another hacker got into the French government's databases and made off with the details of 1.2 million bank accounts. (The Register)

Incroyable!
Diablo II is available on Steam with new DLC. (Notebook Check)

You will need at least an AMD FX 4350 and a Radeon HD 7850 to run it, or in other words, any reasonably capable potato. Despite using 125W the 4350 was significantly slower than a modern ultra low power budget chip like Intel's 6W N150.

It does cost $30 so maybe wait for a sale, but it is remastered and getting very positive reviews.
AI gives us the tools to finally clean up legacy systems and to quickly create more of them. (The Register)

I maintain a million-line Python 2.7 back-end application at my day job. It just works, and while moving to Python 3 is not hard, testing a million lines of code is.

Using AI to generate and validate a vast swarm of tests makes that upgrade viable.

It also means that people who don't know what they are doing can churn out unmaintainable slop at hitherto unimaginable rates.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Viking warriors? In Egypt?

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at February 23, 2026 04:02 AM (+YA9H)

2 Morning all

Posted by: Tuna at February 23, 2026 04:02 AM (lJ0H4)

3 Another hacker got into the French government's databases and made off with the details of 1.2 million bank accounts. (The Register)

Incroyable!

Sacre bleu!

Posted by: m at February 23, 2026 04:05 AM (+YA9H)

4 Mornin'

youtu.be/QxIWDmmqZzY

Couldn't like a USA Hockey vid with Freebird attached to it I liked so I'll just post the live version from 1977 Oakland Coliseum. There were white people living in Oakland in 1977 apparently.

:-)

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 23, 2026 04:09 AM (sAmhv)

5 While nosing around yesterday on the website Slashdot--which I pretty much never do--I was somehow (no idea) rerouted to the RSS-related URL

feed://slashdot.org/index.rss

which threw up a skanky-looking query:

Do you want to allow this website to open "Mail"?
cancel allow

Well, cancel.

To worry or not to worry?

Posted by: m at February 23, 2026 04:14 AM (+YA9H)

6 Too many Democrats moved here in Califrado (or is it Colofornia?) when marijuana was legalized. I with those surfer and skier dudes, who can barely run their own lives, would just go back to Gavincountry and leave the rest of us alone.

Posted by: Raoul Ortega at February 23, 2026 04:15 AM (BGy50)

7
Snow, wet at the bottom, is out there tonight. How deep it is, I do not know.

I can wait three more hours to find out how much. 'Nite all!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 23, 2026 04:22 AM (xG4kz)

8 Holger Danske fought against the m00hamedans

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at February 23, 2026 04:30 AM (jrgJz)

9 4
youtu.be/QxIWDmmqZzY

Couldn't like a USA Hockey vid with Freebird attached to it I liked so I'll just post the live version from 1977 Oakland Coliseum.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 23, 2026 04:09 AM (sAmhv)

That could almost replace caffeine.

Posted by: m at February 23, 2026 04:31 AM (+YA9H)

10 G'Day everyone
Was awake for quite awhile after my 2am post

Posted by: Skip at February 23, 2026 04:32 AM (Ia/+0)

11 Work git called off last night. Guessing looking out maybe 4 sticky inches of snow, everything is coated.

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

12 BOING!

>> How do we solve this?
-

I don't know. I got distracted and stopped reading at this point.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 23, 2026 04:34 AM (UzL96)

13 50F and pouring in the foggy highlands of northern Israel.

Soup weather.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 23, 2026 04:35 AM (UzL96)

14 To worry or not to worry?
Posted by: m at February 23, 2026 04:14 AM (+YA9H)

Don't worry, Mail is probably just your RSS reader. I remember using Outlook Express for that... And then I decided that I would rather not try to drink from a firehose, and stopped using RSS.

Posted by: SciVo at February 23, 2026 04:43 AM (Sy6m/)

15 Colorado has gone downhill. Suppose Denver and Bolder are the reason. Big cities and universities attract liberals. Slack laws on drugs attract them too. Like flies to shit. Use to be Colorado was a good state to live in but the political change has ruined the state. May as well be California.

Posted by: Case at February 23, 2026 04:45 AM (Z3Kkg)

16 14 To worry or not to worry?
Posted by: m at February 23, 2026 04:14 AM (+YA9H)

Don't worry, Mail is probably just your RSS reader. I remember using Outlook Express for that... And then I decided that I would rather not try to drink from a firehose, and stopped using RSS.
Posted by: SciVo at February 23, 2026 04:43 AM (Sy6m/)

Thank you!

Posted by: m at February 23, 2026 04:53 AM (+YA9H)

17 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at February 23, 2026 05:00 AM (AN2gy)

18 Oops....Boulder
Damn it's early.

Posted by: Case at February 23, 2026 05:04 AM (Z3Kkg)

19 15 Colorado has gone downhill. Suppose Denver and Bolder are the reason. Big cities and universities attract liberals. Slack laws on drugs attract them too. Like flies to shit. Use to be Colorado was a good state to live in but the political change has ruined the state. May as well be California.
Posted by: Case at February 23, 2026 04:45 AM (Z3Kkg)

@jarvis_best is in Colorado, I think.

Posted by: m at February 23, 2026 05:05 AM (+YA9H)

20 Bolder Boulder!

Posted by: m at February 23, 2026 05:06 AM (+YA9H)

21 Bolder Boulder!

Posted by: m at February 23, 2026 05:06 AM (+YA9H)
-

Balderdash!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 23, 2026 05:08 AM (UzL96)

22 Mental As Anything - If You Leave Me

"If you leave me,
Can I come too?"

haha

Posted by: m at February 23, 2026 05:13 AM (+YA9H)

23 G'morning, all!

32.7 degrees out.

Plenty of wind gust on top of that.

Maybe I'll walk later, but not right now.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 23, 2026 05:17 AM (iMotb)

24 olorado has gone downhill
_-_
I have a friend over on the western slope who told me, "You know, back during the oil boom, we were afraid you Texans were gonna buy up all of Colorado, and now that the Californians are here, we're kinda wishin' you had."

Posted by: Don in SoCo at February 23, 2026 05:17 AM (vd6bO)

25 22 Mental As Anything - If You Leave Me

"If you leave me,
Can I come too?"

haha
Posted by: m at February 23, 2026 05:13 AM (+YA9H)

I think that needs another comma:

"If you leave me,
Can I come, too?"

Posted by: m at February 23, 2026 05:17 AM (+YA9H)

26
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 23, 2026 05:21 AM (tljrc)

27 Thewiktionary wiki provides anagrams
Why would they do that?

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/
sacré_bleu

Posted by: m at February 23, 2026 05:24 AM (+YA9H)

28 Seems like Mexico might have a Cartel Management problem.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 23, 2026 05:33 AM (iMotb)

29 Meanwhile, south of the border, the anarchists on ALL sides are running the show:

https://tinyurl.com/4cxjy39d

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 23, 2026 05:35 AM (UzL96)

30 Great morons think alike!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 23, 2026 05:35 AM (UzL96)

31 "The US spent $30 billion giving every schoolchild a laptop or tablet. It made them dumber."

I suspect the tablets and laptops are being used as a convenient deflection point to explain why little Johnny can't read, can't do math, doesn't know where places in the world are, and doesn't know what happened before.

Try looking at the inadequate curricula, the math teachers who hate math and don't want to teach it, the push to indoctrinate with insane ideologies instead of teaching useful skills to kids, and all the other insanity that's infected the schools in the past 60 years since the communists decided to take control of those (and the children) in order to capture and/or destroy the future of the West.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 23, 2026 05:36 AM (O7YUW)

32 Yeah, pretty much.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at February 23, 2026 05:44 AM (BLOW1)

33 "The 32GB model is now selling for twice as much as I paid for the 64GB model."

I can't imagine being a reseller of consumer computing equipment right now and being squeezed hard from both directions:

a) Can't get supply, and if you can it's insanely expensive and in too small of quantities to meet demand.
b) Customers who are looking at the prices and saying "Oh HELL no." (and walking out.)

If the AI bubble doesn't pop soon such that the supply of memory chips is redirected to the starving consumer electronics market real-soon-now, the consumer electronics market won't BE there to save those big three memory companies, and there will be a cascade failure and economic shock like we haven't seen since the great depression.

Boy howdy, I'm just full of cheer this morning.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 23, 2026 06:01 AM (O7YUW)

34 Good morning!

https://tinyurl.com/4cxjy39d

Other than stating the obvious, which is that Mexico's government is mostly owned by and operated on cartel money, I'd venture to say that a not-so-insignificant portion of the US is as well.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 23, 2026 06:01 AM (3Ope8)

35 I should get up and see what this Winter Hell brought me

Posted by: Skip at February 23, 2026 06:03 AM (Ia/+0)

36 34: there main market and customers is the US and Canada.

So, yes. 😐

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 23, 2026 06:07 AM (sAmhv)

37 Young men help elderly woman to her car with groceries. Faithpot site :

https://tinyurl.com/2fk4jppp

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 23, 2026 06:09 AM (PFs9e)

38 Kind message from a 13 year old on a door camera :

https://tinyurl.com/bdh3fxsb

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 23, 2026 06:11 AM (PFs9e)

39 @Pixy: Don't forget that expired certificate at smilies.mee.nu...

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 23, 2026 06:12 AM (O7YUW)

40 I can't grasp what's going on in Mexico. The Karens have assured me for years that electing a woman made a country peaceful.

Posted by: Wally at February 23, 2026 06:16 AM (0e5Te)

41 I do know this worship song, "You raise me up."
but here it's done along with some East Indian tribes. I like it:

https://tinyurl.com/3aek4u6y

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 23, 2026 06:16 AM (PFs9e)

42 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Lovely Spam, Wonderful Spam!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 23, 2026 06:18 AM (i1VVh)

43 Christian man reflects on " A gentle answer" and
Proverbs 15:1-9

https://tinyurl.com/y7xe62Is

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 23, 2026 06:19 AM (PFs9e)

44 Work git called off last night. Guessing looking out maybe 4 sticky inches of snow, everything is coated

Now you can commit to scooping the repository off your driveway.

Posted by: Halfhand at February 23, 2026 06:21 AM (XUxhu)

45 Because of Climate Change, snow will be a thing of the past.

Posted by: Experts, 20 years ago at February 23, 2026 06:22 AM (zLgPT)

46 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 23, 2026 06:23 AM (bQ4nt)

47 35 I should get up and see what this Winter Hell brought me
Posted by: Skip at February 23, 2026 06:03 AM (Ia/+0)

Report back, Skip!

Posted by: m at February 23, 2026 06:24 AM (+YA9H)

48 Country singer Alan Jackson does a nice version of an old time hymn, "Blessed Assurance" :

https://tinyurl.com/5bmmkjhk

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 23, 2026 06:28 AM (PFs9e)

49 I still am not up yet

Posted by: Skip at February 23, 2026 06:30 AM (Ia/+0)

50 42 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Lovely Spam, Wonderful Spam!
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 23, 2026 06:18 AM (i1VVh)

Vikings!

hmm...

Disclaimer: Viking warriors? In Egypt?

Posted by: m at February 23, 2026 06:31 AM (+YA9H)

51 What shall we talk about today..?

Posted by: Don Black at February 23, 2026 06:33 AM (ZxPkt)

52 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 23, 2026 06:36 AM (u82oZ)

53 Maybe more snow than I thought, about 6 inches on deck rails

Posted by: Skip at February 23, 2026 06:38 AM (Ia/+0)

54 Thanks, Salty. May you ( and all here) have a peaceful and pleasant day, although I know you miss your dear wife.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 23, 2026 06:40 AM (rZCVI)

55 CrotchetyOldJarhead

A look at what is voted on and the votes can ID the Cartel and Red Chinese owned members of Congress, and the judges in the Judiciary.

There are a lot of corrupt people on those lists, and in the Democrat + Republican parties.

But strangely, not Trump and his principle assistants.

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

56 28 Seems like Mexico might have a Cartel Management problem.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 23, 2026 05:33 AM (iMotb)

29 Meanwhile, south of the border, the anarchists on ALL sides are running the show:

https://tinyurl.com/4cxjy39d
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 23, 2026 05:35 AM (UzL96)

30 Great morons think alike!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 23, 2026 05:35 AM (UzL96)

ha!

Posted by: m at February 23, 2026 06:44 AM (+YA9H)

57 We got a couple of inches but it dropped below freezing (was not forecast to ) so the stuff has turned to glass on the roads and sidewalks.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at February 23, 2026 06:45 AM (YoT4f)

58 Evening and morning for the last week of February for all of you! Yeah, I know, it's Monday. But:

"Compared to being on the wrong side of the ground, even a bad Monday is pretty small kumquats, nicht wahr?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 23, 2026 06:45 AM (wzUl9)

59 FenelonSpoke

Yes. I do, but it is slowly getting better.

I will mall walk with one of two widows today. She had been married 3 times. A kind soul, and one who motivated me to get out of the house. Progress, however slight ...

Forming friendships in today's world is different. Last week we showed pictures of our late spouses on our phones to each other.

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

60 If your company's management is to stupid to recognize a pending fire situation, let it all burn.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 23, 2026 06:46 AM (gVUi7)

61 Not as much on walk and driveway that I can see, road has been plowed

Posted by: Skip at February 23, 2026 06:47 AM (Ia/+0)

62 'Tis 44 to 46 F. here depending who you ask, with 37 as a wind chill. This, I predict, is the last gasp of anything like winter. As of March 1 we will be back to the hot sticky warmth. I haven't known a cold or even cool spell here in March or April in years.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 23, 2026 06:48 AM (wzUl9)

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

I am glad you are making friends and getting some exercise. I think you'd be a wonderful friend to take walks with.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 23, 2026 06:49 AM (Nx5jP)

64 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

Initial reports of Americans taken hostage by the cartels seems to be wrong. A good thing for them.

Cartels have degraded Mexico, but so too has been the appetite for mind-altering drugs in the rest of the world.

The Left says cartels are really capitalists with an aggressive desire for market share.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 23, 2026 06:49 AM (u82oZ)

65 I still am not up yet
Posted by: Skip at February 23, 2026

***
Neither am I, Skip, though I'm better than yesterday. Actually slept seven hours last night and the big black cat did not leap over and kick me. There is a possible link between these two facts that I will examine after coffee.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 23, 2026 06:50 AM (wzUl9)

66 FenelonSpoke

I would consider it a wonderful thing if you and FenelonSpouse came to the TxMoMeet.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 23, 2026 06:51 AM (u82oZ)

67 45 Because of Climate Change, snow will be a thing of the past.

Posted by: Experts, 20 years ago

A global ice age is certain and over population will kill us all!

Posted by: Experts, 55 years ago at February 23, 2026 06:51 AM (sAmhv)

68 Wolfus..did you catch the season finale of "ACG&S last night?

Posted by: Tuna at February 23, 2026 06:51 AM (lJ0H4)

69 There is a lot of snow, but it does look lovely on the trees, and our outside light looks like it has a English beefeater hat with the snow piled on top of it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 23, 2026 06:52 AM (Nx5jP)

70 Wolfus..did you catch the season finale of "ACG&S last night?
Posted by: Tuna at February 23, 2026 06:51 AM (lJ0H4)
---------
??

Atomic Clock Gilbert & Sullivan?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 23, 2026 06:53 AM (i1VVh)

71 Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 23, 2026 06:51 AM (u82oZ)

Thanks. That's very kind of you, dear.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 23, 2026 06:53 AM (Nx5jP)

72 Newscum went before a black audience and said "I got a 960 on my SATs and I can't read. I'm just like you."

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 23, 2026 06:53 AM (cxFcK)

73 I get up around 0500 and drink cofeve and read the ONT sarcasm.
Can anybody fill me in on what to expect from Gov. Swineberger and the counter SOTU, etc?
I’ve been mainly paying attention to her team’s proposed gub regulations and new taxes.

Posted by: Fenderbender at February 23, 2026 06:54 AM (1FEc1)

74 Wolfus..did you catch the season finale of "ACG&S last night?
Posted by: Tuna at February 23, 2026

***
No, Tuna, we were going to watch its rerun at 5 pm tonight. We watched a Dick Powell film noir/crime thriller called Cornered last night, found it fast-moving but a little confusing. All Creatures might have been better . . . though the two are different experiences and you shouldn't really compare them.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 23, 2026 06:54 AM (wzUl9)

75 Old and Busted: Incroyable!

Hot New California Take: Incrédule!

They've made the leap from
"I can't believe it" to "I Shan't believe it."

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 23, 2026 06:54 AM (zdLoL)

76 Experts, 55 years ago

All it took for the population bomb to slowly deflate was prosperity for the women of every country.

Oddly, the Left, while wanting less people that are not them, emplace policies that destroy prosperity. Like they want more slaves., or sumptin.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 23, 2026 06:54 AM (u82oZ)

77 Atomic Clock Gilbert & Sullivan?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 23, 2026

***
"I am the very model of a modern wall chronometer . . ."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 23, 2026 06:55 AM (wzUl9)

78 Wolfus Aurelius

No Patter Songs on the blog! You Pirate.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 23, 2026 06:56 AM (u82oZ)

79 I think it's hilarious and shows true spirit that the kid on the hockey team ( Jack Hughes ) said "We have the greatest country in the world with the greatest dentists and they're going to fix me right up" after getting some teeth knocked out during the game.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 23, 2026 06:57 AM (Nx5jP)

80 No, Tuna, we were going to watch its rerun at 5 pm tonight. We watched a Dick Powell film noir/crime thriller called Cornered last night, found it fast-moving but a little confusing. All Creatures might have been better . . . though the two are different experiences and you shouldn't really compare them.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Ok. I won't spoil it but just say you'll enjoy it. It was very moving in part.

Posted by: Tuna at February 23, 2026 06:58 AM (lJ0H4)

81 A suburban town north of the lake had its Mardi Paws celebration yesterday, with people and dogs in costume: "A Howliday Parade." It's like a smaller version of the Krewe of Barkus that I described on the Pet Thread on Saturday -- but with the same sense of love for the animals.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 23, 2026 06:59 AM (wzUl9)

82 Canna believe it's six am. Usually I have been up for two hours by this point. Stirling the great black cat behaved himself this morning and let me sleep.

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

83 Kite flying weather has arrived in CenTex.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 23, 2026 07:00 AM (+nEug)

84 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 23, 2026 07:01 AM (sTSBN)

85 Good morning to everyone. The wind is really howling here in the foothills. Started yesterday and is supposed to continue through today. Those trees rocking back and forth are worrisome. Stay safe and if you’re going out to shovel be careful.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at February 23, 2026 07:02 AM (NK1PU)

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

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

87
Ok. I won't spoil it but just say you'll enjoy it. It was very moving in part.
Posted by: Tuna at February 23, 2026

***
I don't know if it follows the spirit of the books or the original 1970s series; someone here commented that it doesn't come close. But it's very well done, with each episode having an "important moment" for one or more of the characters. We loved Downton Abbey years ago too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 23, 2026 07:03 AM (wzUl9)

88 NaCly, dearest. Good morning to you.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 23, 2026 07:06 AM (+nEug)

89 Today is the last of the sub 15 ℉ mornings for a while. Like spring is starting to push through. Saw flocks of geese heading north recently.

As usual, we have kite-flying winds most every day here in the prairie.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 23, 2026 07:11 AM (u82oZ)

90 I don't know if it follows the spirit of the books or the original 1970s series; someone here commented that it doesn't come close. But it's very well done, with each episode having an "important moment" for one or more of the characters. We loved Downton Abbey years ago too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

There are significant differences between the books and the old series but I agree that this series is well done. It always leaves me with a smile on my face. I was happy to hear that there will be a series 7 and 8.

Posted by: Tuna at February 23, 2026 07:11 AM (lJ0H4)

91 Or 7 am and I haven't got past a partial cup of coffee

Posted by: Skip at February 23, 2026 07:12 AM (Ia/+0)

92 Ben Had, have a wonderful day!

And for everyone else, may your adventures be fall-free, with warmth and cocoa at the end.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 23, 2026 07:12 AM (u82oZ)

93 mornin yall. It's Trump's fault that someone tried to get into Mara Lago with a shotgun.

"Gunman Austin Tucker Martin comes from a family of Trump supporters but may have been radicalized by the administration's handling of the Epstein files."

Posted by: fd at February 23, 2026 07:13 AM (vFG9F)

94 NaCly, I am forever grateful for the North Wall in my arena. Those 40mph winds get blocked.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 23, 2026 07:13 AM (+nEug)

95 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 23, 2026 06:59 AM (wzUl9

Sounds like fun!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 23, 2026 07:15 AM (rZCVI)

96 American chirruns....dumb as dirt.

This is CNN.

Posted by: CNN at February 23, 2026 07:16 AM (TmfuF)

97 fd, hahahaha, sure he was.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 23, 2026 07:16 AM (+nEug)

98 There are significant differences between the books and the old series but I agree that this series is well done. It always leaves me with a smile on my face. I was happy to hear that there will be a series 7 and 8.
Posted by: Tuna at February 23, 2026

***
The actor playing Tristan needs to lose some weight! He looks as if he's been stuffed into his uniform.

Samuel West as Siegfried amazes me. He moves like no actor since Robert Culp. He turns and starts off, and before you know it he's out of the scene, suggesting that Siegfried is a very busy man (or considers himself to be) and has no time to waste.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 23, 2026 07:18 AM (wzUl9)

99 That kid was probably molested himself. Maybe at his golf club job.

Posted by: fd at February 23, 2026 07:22 AM (vFG9F)

100 100

Posted by: fd at February 23, 2026 07:22 AM (vFG9F)

101 Today is Werewolf Day on the Movies! Channel. The Company of Wolves from '84, which I've always wanted to see, is on 4:50; so I'll have to skip it in favor of All Creatures Great and Small.

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

102 I win!. Where's my donut?

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

103 I would guess Martin went through the Cultural Marxist Seminary system

Posted by: Skip at February 23, 2026 07:24 AM (Ia/+0)

104 fd, would you settle for a chocolate eclair?

Posted by: Ben Had at February 23, 2026 07:27 AM (+nEug)

105 "fd, would you settle for a chocolate eclair?
Posted by: Ben Had"

*drools*

Posted by: fd at February 23, 2026 07:29 AM (vFG9F)

106 Good morning Horde, happy Monday. Thx Pixy.
Got about 6 inches of snow already . Probably not getting the foot and a half they were predicting but maybe. A lot of shoveling no matter what

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 23, 2026 07:31 AM (/PQmQ)

107 It's light outside already. That's the problem with sleeping later: I miss the early morning darkness, the feeling that I'm up and stealing a march on the rest of the world.

I miss the early evening darkness too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 23, 2026 07:33 AM (wzUl9)

108 13 shootings in the city near me this weekend, 4 fatal. The mug shots this week are gonna be lit!

Posted by: fd at February 23, 2026 07:34 AM (vFG9F)

109 A major artery in the city has had a big-time water main break with the road buckling, and there's a boil water advisory for that area. I'm glad I don't have to go near it or be at work with that advisory in place.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 23, 2026 07:35 AM (wzUl9)

110 JJ nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at February 23, 2026 07:35 AM (NcvvS)

111 I don't think we will hear a lot from those in the New York/New Jersey area today. Lots of snow and power outages

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 23, 2026 07:35 AM (gQ15S)

112 Ryan Hall live feed of the storm

https://tinyurl.com/yeesz8sn

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 23, 2026 07:38 AM (gQ15S)

113 There was also a fire north of the lake on I-12 overnight. No lives or homes lost, but the smoke is lingering despite the winter winds. The area has a "burn ban" going on, because of lower (ha!) humidity and the winds.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 23, 2026 07:39 AM (wzUl9)

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