Daily News Stuff 6 April 2026

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Samsung has raised its contract memory prices by another 30%. (Notebook Check)

That's after doubling their prices in the first quarter, and whatever they did in the previous quarter.

Best time to buy 128GB of RAM was a year ago. Which I did.

Second best time was New Year's Eve during a short-lived sale of Corsair modules on Amazon. Which I also did.

So I'm set for now.
Ubuntu has quietly increased the memory requirements for the upcoming 26.04 release. (OMGUbuntu)

To be fair, they increased the requirement from 4GB for 18.04 to 6GB. And that's for a full client install with the Gnome UI; you can install a server with a quarter of that.

Tech News

Apple continues to roll out device-level age verification. (9to5Mac)

First Britain, now Singapore and South Korea. Though they do use the age of your Apple / iTunes account to calculate that, and mine is at least 14 years old, and you have to be 13 to have an Apple account, making me 27.

Good to know.

Also, this is only if you want to download "mature content" through Apple services, and why the hell would anyone do that?
Apple has just approved drivers to let users attach external GPUs to Macs. (Tom's Hardware)

Given that there are now zero Macs that support internal GPUs, this is kind of a big deal.

Because the alternative would be to just install the driver without Apple's approval.
Microsoft hasn't had a coherent GUI strategy since Petzold. (Jeffrey Snover)

Charles Petzold wrote the seminal book Programming Windows.

In 1988.
The XFX Swift Radeon RX 9060 XT OC Gaming Edition is $460 on Amazon. (WCCFTech)

That's a 16GB model, so the MSRP is $350. Given the clusterfrog of current hardware prices, that might not seem too bad.

But in Australia right now, you can pick up that exact model on Amazon for the equivalent of $310 before tax. I have to pay that tax (10% GST), but you don't.

Not sure if you can order from Amazon Australia in the US, or if it just laughs in your face and redirects you.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Yes, that's precisely what it's about.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 Morning all

Posted by: Tuna at April 06, 2026 04:04 AM (lJ0H4)

2 😻

Posted by: clarence at April 06, 2026 04:07 AM (7fNaw)

3 Morning!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 06, 2026 04:07 AM (BLOW1)

4 w00t

Posted by: m at April 06, 2026 04:08 AM (fNISR)

5 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 06, 2026 04:09 AM (sAmhv)

6 Guten morgen, horde.

Posted by: clarence at April 06, 2026 04:09 AM (7fNaw)

7 1 Morning all
Posted by: Tuna at April 06, 2026 04:04 AM (lJ0H4)

It's Tuna-time!

Posted by: m at April 06, 2026 04:12 AM (fNISR)

8 Artemis II Orion Integrity is 32,600 or so miles from the moon.

Posted by: m at April 06, 2026 04:16 AM (fNISR)

9 The Masters is on this week!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 06, 2026 04:23 AM (sAmhv)

10 NASA’s Artemis II Daily News Conference (April 5, 2026) (1 hour)

https://tinyurl.com/4smetay8

Posted by: m at April 06, 2026 04:31 AM (fNISR)

11 Flying the airlines this morning.

CID-DFW-BOI.

5:05 AM departure.

Paranoia about oversleeping gets me up an hour ealier than planned, at 1AM.

To my surprise, gas stations around these parts are actually closed at 2AM.

TSA doesn't open for 'business' till 0400.

Oh well, ahead of schedule, way better than the alternative.

Have a Blessed Day, everybody!

Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at April 06, 2026 04:34 AM (Ww5zr)

12 11 Oh well, ahead of schedule, way better than the alternative.

Have a Blessed Day, everybody!
Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at April 06, 2026 04:34 AM (Ww5zr)

WAAAY better!

Posted by: m at April 06, 2026 04:36 AM (fNISR)

13 covfefe

Posted by: m at April 06, 2026 04:53 AM (fNISR)

14 Man writes on God's forgiveness and Exodus 32:15-24 in this Christian devotional from ""Our Daily Bread":

https://tinyurl.com/4e8bkdsv

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 06, 2026 04:59 AM (rZCVI)

15 Dolly Parton sings an Easter hymn, "He's alive":

https://tinyurl.com/yu9xusmh

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 06, 2026 05:01 AM (rZCVI)

16 And in yesterday's "God incident " when I ask God to show me something of His grace and glory and goodness, I saw a white tree that looked just like a heart shape and it had beautiful white flowers. Also there was a lady talking to one of the workers at the look convenience store and was telling her she was praying for her ( The worker has cancer) . She mentioned that she would ask her family to pray because they are pastors. We had a nice conversation about that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 06, 2026 05:08 AM (rZCVI)

17 I am thankful to the Lord that dear spouse is off today so we can take a nice walk together.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 06, 2026 05:09 AM (rZCVI)

18 I miss 3D buttons. The flat look is aesthetically sleek, but I think it's a worse UI from an intuitive cognitive-functional perspective. So why is that one sketchy fad the one that stuck around, and never got renounced by the next batch of developers?

Posted by: SciVo at April 06, 2026 05:11 AM (Sy6m/)

19 G'Day everyone
Forgot to put on alarm because Friday

Posted by: Skip at April 06, 2026 05:11 AM (Ia/+0)

20 >>Microsoft hasn't had a coherent GUI strategy since Petzold.

Buy a Mac, install Parallels, install Win 11, install your Windows apps, enter coherence mode, hit command space bar and type in the name of any app or file you want to interact with in Widows, done.

You never have to interact wiith windows shitty gui ever again.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 06, 2026 05:12 AM (XV/Pl)

21
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 06, 2026 05:21 AM (tljrc)

22
Good morning, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 06, 2026 05:35 AM (tgvbd)

23 Good morning, everyone! It was a wonderful Easter despite having to take my dog to the vet's the day before. Had a meal at the mother-in-law's house and chatted with my mom when I got home.

And now I'm back at work. At least I have coffee.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 06, 2026 05:38 AM (NR6c1)

24 And another bit from "The Joy of Full Surrender" by Jean Pierre de Caussade, the 17th and 18th century Jesuit, from the Paraclete Press:

Onward, my soul, through weariness, sickness, times of dryness, flares of temper, weaknesses of mind, the snares of the devil and of other people, through suspicions, jealousies, evil imaginations,and prejudices ! Let us soar like the eagle above all these clouds with eyes on the sun and on its rays of light , which represent our obligations. Doubtless we may feel these trials. It is not for us to be insensitive to them, but let us remember our life is not a life of feeling. Let us live on the higher regions of the soul where God and his will form an eternity, where there is no variation or shadow due to change.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 06, 2026 05:39 AM (Nx5jP)

25 I was just through the Dallas area last week (all business, no time for fun). Security at PHL took all of ten minutes. DFW took literally less than a minute. They were just opening up when i got there, and only a handful of people ahead of me.

I was expecting a debacle, but it wasn't bad at all.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 06, 2026 05:41 AM (Ot/FD)

26 Happy-ish Monday morning ...

Posted by: Adriane the Type, Think Twice, Hit Refresh Button Critic . . . at April 06, 2026 05:45 AM (3ZUWJ)

27 Evening and morning, satellites of the vast AoSHQ Empire!

Monday. Okay. 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 April 06, 2026 05:45 AM (wzUl9)

28 And Good Night to the insomniacs ...

Posted by: Adriane the Type, Think Twice, Hit Refresh Button Critic . . . at April 06, 2026 05:46 AM (3ZUWJ)

29 Anyway! It's raining lightly here, which I did not expect when I went to bed last night. On the good side? It's 63 instead of the 73 it's been recently. The temps will go back up shortly, of course, but it's a nice change.

What's up with you this Monday?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 05:48 AM (wzUl9)

30 Rabbis daughter from The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews ( She lives in Israel) writes on "Blessings from the heart" and Leviticus 9:22:

https://tinyurl.com/3j592fcd

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 06, 2026 05:51 AM (7RYym)

31 BOING!

Whoa! Monkees vid woke up some dormant neurons.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 06, 2026 05:52 AM (5UTWB)

32 “ “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep. “

John 10;14-15

Posted by: Marcus T at April 06, 2026 05:57 AM (E24OL)

33 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 06, 2026 05:58 AM (bQ4nt)

34 People dismissed the Monkees out of hand in 1966, I guess. But their comic routines set to music have since been compared to the work of the Marx Brothers, and hailed as proto-music videos. Without knowing it they were prefiguring MTV 14-15 years early. They may well have been copying Groucho, Harpo, et al. -- nothing wrong with that -- but they did some pioneering as well.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 05:59 AM (wzUl9)

35 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at April 06, 2026 06:01 AM (2Ez/1)

36 The "Ace" Channel (American Classic Entertainment) was showing an episode of the 1950s Mike Hammer w/ Darren McGavin. The problem with the channel so far is that they clip off the credits at the end. They don't even run them at high speed in that tiny little window over the last scene, which is infuriating enough, but just chop straight from one show to the next, or to an infomercial.

Movies! is far better in the way it treats the material, and it's closed-captioned as well.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 06:04 AM (wzUl9)

37 Thanks Pixy, love the Monkees

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 06, 2026 06:06 AM (kGX7z)

38 Still here and coffee isn't getting me motivated

Posted by: Skip at April 06, 2026 06:06 AM (Ia/+0)

39
Maybe they're false-flag rage-bait bot posts, but I've seen some X-ish memes asking whether losing a lot of equipment to rescue a pilot was really a great success.

During the battle of Crete in 1941, British Army commanders were concerned about losses of ships involved in the evacuation of troops. Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, the Royal Navy commander replied, "It takes the Navy three years to build a ship. It will take three hundred years to build a new tradition. The evacuation will continue."

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

40 I have no nostalgia for the Monkeys, yet certainly watched them as a kid

Posted by: Skip at April 06, 2026 06:07 AM (Ia/+0)

41 Was hit by a tough cold yesterday. Hope today is an improvement!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 06, 2026 06:08 AM (kGX7z)

42 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: I'll meet you at the station.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 06, 2026 06:09 AM (GDFK9)

43 but I've seen some X-ish memes asking whether losing a lot of equipment to rescue a pilot was really a great success.

Best response I saw on Twitter was from Stocking Mill Coffee:

"Wait until all the Europeans who are incredulouspoasting about the material we’re willing to lose to save a single American learn how many European lives we’re willing to lose to save a single American"

Posted by: NR Pax at April 06, 2026 06:10 AM (NR6c1)

44
Microsoft hasn't had a coherent GUI strategy since Petzold. (Jeffrey Snover)

Sure they have!

Create a shitty interface experience for users by introducing intrusive apps that insist upon themselves (e.g. Clippy) or "upgrade" the users' browser experience by "re-imagining" their web browser (and insisting, as often as possible, that it be used).

Having been rebuffed in such subtle approaches, bundle all the ca-ca ware into an O/S upgrade and insist that the user smear that feces all over the user experience. And if the user refuses to "complete the install", as they term it, come back on a regular basis to remind them to do so.

It all comes vack to MSFT's credo: "You're just a user (rhymes with loser) who cannot be allowed to say 'no'"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 06, 2026 06:11 AM (xG4kz)

45 "Wait until all the Europeans who are incredulouspoasting about the material we’re willing to lose to save a single American learn how many European lives we’re willing to lose to save a single American"
Posted by: NR Pax at April 06, 2026 06:10 AM (NR6c1)
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Brilliant.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 06, 2026 06:13 AM (kGX7z)

46 Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 06, 2026 06:08 AM (kGX7z)

May the Lord give you healing soon.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 06, 2026 06:14 AM (ix8EF)

47
I've seen some X-ish memes asking whether losing a lot of equipment to rescue a pilot was really a great success

We recover our own who are defending our freedoms. You abandon your own, in your own countries, to foreign invaders who are quite clear that they intend to quash such freedoms.

Now, go get your shinebox, Euroweenies.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 06, 2026 06:15 AM (xG4kz)

48 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 06, 2026 06:06 AM (tgvbd)

Thanks; That's a nice account.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 06, 2026 06:15 AM (ix8EF)

49 35 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

Birdbath opened for The Monkees once. Never got big. America wasn't ready for a jazz band that used kazoos.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 06, 2026 06:15 AM (sAmhv)

50 The rescue made my Easter a brighter, happier day. What a great thing to see that man come home safely. Thanks to all the Iranians who blocked roads to prevent the mullahs from capturing him.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 06, 2026 06:16 AM (kGX7z)

51 Clear, very little wind but cool out
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at April 06, 2026 06:18 AM (Ia/+0)

52
I'm 29 enough to remember when all the "experts" and "public intellectuals" said that the Soviet Union wasn't going anywhere and we just had to learn how to accommodate ourselves to live with them. Stupid ol' Ronald Reagan didn't agree with that and 10 years later the Soviets were out of business.

Now we have recently had "experts" and "public intellectuals" saying that Iran is a regional power and they're just too big to do anything about and we just have to learn how to accommodate ourselves to live with that. Stupid ol' Donald Trump didn't agree with that and the mullahs are being shown the door.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 06, 2026 06:25 AM (tgvbd)

53
Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

The birdbath here at Casa de KvC is in the midst of hosting an el swanko birdbath with scented petals that dropped from our Flowering Magnolia scattered upon its waters. That'll last for another week.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 06, 2026 06:26 AM (xG4kz)

54 Very satisfying series win over the Cubbies yesterday for your Cleveland First Peoples. Don't tell grammie, she needs to hear only good things in her recovery

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 06, 2026 06:28 AM (+PwsD)

55 The Pittsburgh Pirates have won 5 straight and swept the Orioles this weekend.

I will NOT buy those WS tickets but they do look pretty good right now.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 06, 2026 06:30 AM (sAmhv)

56 What's up with you this Monday?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Spouse and I are going to get a coffee and see if they have any flowers blooming in the gardens of the local institution of higher learning. Later today we will go see "A Great Awakening". a "Sight and Sound" movie ( They usually do shows based on Biblical stories) about the friendship of George Whitefield, the 18th century English evangelist and Benjamin Franklin.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 06, 2026 06:33 AM (rZCVI)

57 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. 36 degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor, with a high of about 48 predicted.

I'm up to do some work on my new book. After that is a trip north to NH to a place called Squamscot Beverages, where they make their own tonic* (including sarsparilla). Sadly, the couple that own the business are selling it, so this may be my last batch.

*you call it soda or pop. I call it tonic.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 06, 2026 06:33 AM (ufSfZ)

58
Cleveland First Peoples

Hah!

Pittsburgh Seagoing Persons of Plunder is next.

Sure, the hometown fans' cheers will have to be revamped, but it'll be worth all the goodwill that will spring up in this country's nests of pirates, like Minneapolis and Los Angeles.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 06, 2026 06:34 AM (xG4kz)

59 MacBook Sky update. Runs very smoothly and its nice to be able to have it sit on my lap and not feel like its burning a hole through me. My other laptops run pretty hot and I usually have them sit on top of something (book or magazine). I don't have to do that with this MacBook. I have an adapter coming in today via Amazon so I can attach some of my external HDs to it. I do like that it's very light. 2-3 pounds.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 06, 2026 06:34 AM (sAmhv)

60 A note to all Horde writers: Writers' Digest magazine is holding a self-published author contest, with a grand prize of $10K and a chance to pitch to NY agents. The deadline is May 1 and the entry fee $125.

I'll have complete details on the Sunday Book Thread, but anyone interested can probably get the 411 with a quick search/

Hope you all have a lovely day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 06, 2026 06:36 AM (ufSfZ)

61
Thanks to my work this weekend, I have now qualified for the Most Useless Credential in the World. I took the course, passed the test and did the trials to become an AKC Certified Steward for conformation shows. Which is something I've been doing for 30+ years but now I get a shiny badge and a decoder ring to acknowledge it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 06, 2026 06:36 AM (tgvbd)

62
Hope you all have a lovely day.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 06, 2026 06:36 AM (ufSfZ)

Hey, MP4! I saw you got a plug from Sarah Hoyt at Insty. Well done, well done, sir!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 06, 2026 06:37 AM (tgvbd)

63 I've been doing for 30+ years but now I get a shiny badge and a decoder ring to acknowledge it.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 06, 2026 06:36 AM (tgvbd)
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Be sure to drink your Ovaltine.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 06, 2026 06:38 AM (GDFK9)

64
I took the course, passed the test and did the trials to become an AKC Certified Steward for conformation shows. Which is something I've been doing for 30+ years but now I get a shiny badge and a decoder ring to acknowledge it.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Congrats and all that, but you ought to insisted upon a dental plan sweetener to go along with such a high honor.

And that decoder is rigged. Every message decodes to "Buy more doggie treats".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 06, 2026 06:41 AM (xG4kz)

65 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 06, 2026 06:43 AM (MIIRH)

66 I'm 29 enough to remember when all the "experts" and "public intellectuals" said that the Soviet Union wasn't going anywhere and we just had to learn how to accommodate ourselves to live with them.

I also remember the crying when the Berlin Wall came down. It was wonderful.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 06, 2026 06:44 AM (NR6c1)

67
I'll tell you why I really, really loathe the whole daylight savings time hogwash. It's because this household's Portuguese Water Dog refuses to acknowledge that anything has changed.

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

68 Good morning all.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at April 06, 2026 06:46 AM (S+2Xo)

69 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 06, 2026 06:47 AM (RIvkX)

70 A note to all Horde writers: Writers' Digest magazine is holding a self-published author contest, with a grand prize of $10K and a chance to pitch to NY agents. The deadline is May 1 and the entry fee $125.

I'll have complete details on the Sunday Book Thread, but anyone interested can probably get the 411 with a quick search/

Hope you all have a lovely day.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 06, 2026

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My best choice for that hasn't been self-published yet. They also have an Annual Writing Competition for short stories -- Early Bird deadline 5/4, regular deadline 6/1 -- but the word limit is 4000, and my best stories come in around 5000. I'll have to see if I have a really good one that is close to 4k.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 06:51 AM (wzUl9)

71
I'll tell you why I really, really loathe the whole daylight savings time hogwash. It's because this household's Portuguese Water Dog refuses to acknowledge that anything has changed.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 06, 2026 06:46 AM (xG4kz)

The switch back from Daylight to Standard is the worst. Diana lets me know in no uncertain terms that her dinner is an hour late and she is wasting away as an emaciated wreck even though she has a full bucket of kibble available.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 06, 2026 06:53 AM (tgvbd)

72 71, that seems to be a universal feature in the canine world

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 06, 2026 07:00 AM (MIIRH)

73 Eh, dogs get fed at 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. during DST, 5 a.m. and 5 p.m. during CST.

Speaking of which, time to feed the dogs.

Posted by: one hour sober at April 06, 2026 07:01 AM (Y1sOo)

74 mornin yall. I see that Trump wants to get us out of the North Antarctic Treaty Organization. Good. We don't need those damn penguins anyway.

Posted by: fd at April 06, 2026 07:01 AM (vFG9F)

75 A note to all Horde writers: Writers' Digest magazine is holding a self-published author contest, with a grand prize of $10K and a chance to pitch to NY agents. The deadline is May 1 and the entry fee $125.

Guess I won't be entering. You have to send a physical printed book and mine's nowhere near being published.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 06, 2026 07:01 AM (1Ff7Z)

76 A note to all Horde writers: Writers' Digest magazine is holding a self-published author contest, with a grand prize of $10K and a chance to pitch to NY agents. The deadline is May 1 and the entry fee $125.
*
Guess I won't be entering. You have to send a physical printed book and mine's nowhere near being published.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 06, 2026

***
The implication, too (though I need to reread the rules), is that the work has to have been offered for sale as well.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 07:04 AM (wzUl9)

77 Yonder Horde.

The weekly chore of cutting grass has commenced. Saturday I regraded the driveway after the winter took its toll on it. That'll have to come off before any mowing. Looks a bit frosty out there right now...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 06, 2026 07:05 AM (AkEZC)

78
A note to all Horde writers: Writers' Digest magazine is holding a self-published author contest, with a grand prize of $10K and a chance to pitch to NY agents. The deadline is May 1 and the entry fee $125.

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"

*crosses out irritably*

"Call me Ishmael."

*tears up paper angrily*

"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."

*stalks from room in a rage*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 06, 2026 07:06 AM (tgvbd)

79 Time I shaved and showered, I guess. Later!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 07:06 AM (wzUl9)

80 The Dodgers are in the news, telling an 81 year old season ticket holder they refuse to give him paper tickets, only digital versions. He does not have a smartphone so he cannot use the tickets he owns.

What BS.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 06, 2026 07:07 AM (adwAx)

81 He does not have a smartphone so he cannot use the tickets he owns.

"If you do something that causes your boss to talk to reporters or the PR Department to miss your nap, you are going to have a Very Bad Day."

Posted by: NR Pax at April 06, 2026 07:08 AM (NR6c1)

82 I hate how everyone assumes you have a smartphone nowadays. You don't get texts? How do you find the way out of the cave you live in?

Posted by: fd at April 06, 2026 07:08 AM (vFG9F)

83 Time I shaved and showered, I guess. Later!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 07:06 AM (wzUl9)
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Fancy! I bet you wear pants too!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 06, 2026 07:08 AM (adwAx)

84 heh. Miss their nap. Darn my lack of editing.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 06, 2026 07:09 AM (NR6c1)

85 I hate how everyone assumes you have a smartphone nowadays.

My mom has been dealing with the VA and Kaiser and she keeps having to explain that she doesn't have a smartphone.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 06, 2026 07:09 AM (NR6c1)

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