Daily Tech News 12 April 2026

Top Story

Sam Altman may control our future. Can he be trusted? No. (New Yorker) (archive site)

As the article goes on to explain, fuck no.
My baby deer plushie told me that Mitski's dad is a CIA operative. (The Verge)

Nobody ever expects the Butlerian Jihad.

Tech News

The AI RAM shortage is also affecting SSD prices. (The Verge)

The Verge definitely has its thumb on the pulse of the tech world here.
You can save 57% on a Corsair 96GB memory kit at just $499. (Tom's Hardware)

No you can't. Just kidding.
On the other hand, reader Rick C checked online prices at Micro Center and they are 60% lower than the sticker prices shown in yesterday's article. Or rather, the sticker prices were inflated by 150%.

Micro Center doesn't deliver online orders; you have to pay for and pick up the item in person. Still I'd expect a bigger fuss if prices in store were that much inflated over the prices they advertise online.
If you were planning to start your own manned space program in this time of precented memory prices, you're in luck: NASA has released the Apollo code as open source. (Tom's Hardware)

Core memory is back, baby!
Installing every Firefox extension. (Jack.Cab)

As the article notes, not all of them. 8 were deleted by Mozilla while the download was running and 42 couldn't be found, but still around 84,000 extensions.

And... It worked. Kind of.

It did use 37GB of RAM just to load the start page.
Samsung's memory business is now more profitable than Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, or Microsoft. (WCCFTech)

Though it still falls a little short of Apple.
Qualcomm is working with CXMT to develop custom RAM for smartphones. (WCCFTech)

While the Big Three memory manufacturers are making bank, the two former also-rans - China's CXMT and Taiwan's Nanya - are grabbing everything they can.
Flash storage maker Sandisk just invested a billion dollars in Nanya, for example and Kioxia, formerly Toshiba's SSD division, invested around half a billion. (Simply Wall St, Evertiq)

SSDs - at least, good ones - need DRAM cache. Sandisk and Kioxia don't make DRAM. Nanya does, and not only that, but 90% of its production is still DDR4 which is not what current computers use but is what SSD controllers use.
ProPublica journalists walk off the job in the first US newsroom strike over AI. (NiemanLab)

"We'll go on strike!"
"That's right! You'll have a national journalists' strike on your hands!"
"And whom will that inconvenience?"

Musical Interlude

Anime is Suicide Squad Isekai, the recent anime adaptation of Marvel's Suicide Squad. Song is Go Getters by Hololive's own Grim Rapper, Mori Calliope.

Not an AMV, exactly. The studio hired Calli to perform the ending theme for the show.

Disclaimer: Pfft.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:35 AM

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1 !!

Posted by: clarence at April 12, 2026 04:38 AM (H1EjZ)

2 w00t

Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 04:39 AM (fNISR)

3 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 12, 2026 04:41 AM (gcUgZ)

4 Lots of tech stuff! Thanks, Pixy!

Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 04:41 AM (fNISR)

5 An anime adaptation of Suicide Squad??? Definitely not nuked enough.

Posted by: clarence at April 12, 2026 04:42 AM (H1EjZ)

6 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 12, 2026 04:43 AM (bQ4nt)

7 Oh, good morning early risers and insomniacs.

Posted by: clarence at April 12, 2026 04:43 AM (H1EjZ)

8 ProPublica journalists walk off the job in first U.S. newsroom strike over AI

ProPublica- WE'RE GOING ON STRIKE!!!

Normal People - Who?

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at April 12, 2026 04:46 AM (gcUgZ)

9
ProPublica journalists walk off the job in the first US newsroom strike over AI. (NiemanLab)

another link to that:

https://archive.is/b9usI

Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 04:47 AM (fNISR)

10 Up and at em! Good morning everyone.

Posted by: Pete Bog at April 12, 2026 04:47 AM (WlUfk)

11 You have to be a bit of a conman to sell the benefits of AI to the public.

Posted by: PG at April 12, 2026 04:51 AM (QaaYA)

12 Can the Apollo code resolve a problem in the clogged shitter? What is wrong with NASA, and why are we footing the bill for this idiocy? A million dollar commode is a million dollars too much.

Where are the auditors?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 12, 2026 04:52 AM (Fbc0I)

13 Rejoinder: **censored**

Posted by: clarence at April 12, 2026 04:55 AM (H1EjZ)

14 from the strike article:

The ProPublica Guild’s strike vote is just the latest example of a newsroom collective bargaining agreement becoming a battleground for debates over AI adoption in journalism.

As of September 2025, 43 contracts negotiated by units of the NewsGuild-CWA, the largest union for journalists in the U.S., included language that referenced AI in some form.

Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 04:58 AM (fNISR)

15 12 Can the Apollo code resolve a problem in the clogged shitter?

Well, they didn't have that problem during the Apollo missions.

Not that problem.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 12, 2026 04:58 AM (BLOW1)

16 a more recent (April 9th) article about the ProPublica strike:

https://archive.is/IJbWn

Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 05:01 AM (fNISR)

17 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at April 12, 2026 05:05 AM (AN2gy)

18 16 a more recent (April 9th) article about the ProPublica strike:

https://archive.is/IJbWn
Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 05:01 AM (fNISR)

That's the one Pixy posted!
I got the other one from HackerNews.

Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 05:06 AM (fNISR)

19 covfefe

Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 05:06 AM (fNISR)

20 Expensive shitter? I read where a plastic bag taped to your bottom also works, sort of, like the million dollar one. The Japanese are the best at making shitters. Automation all the way from a combination bidet to warm auto hands doing the wiping, with the internet thrown in for entertainment. Maybe Biden had one?

Posted by: Colin at April 12, 2026 05:06 AM (e8qy3)

21 The deer showed up just as I was finishing with the bird feeders. I put out extra cracked corn.

Posted by: fluffy at April 12, 2026 05:07 AM (AN2gy)

22 20 Expensive shitter? I read where a plastic bag taped to your bottom also works, sort of, like the million dollar one.
Posted by: Colin at April 12, 2026 05:06 AM (e8qy3)

related (from the ONT):

320 Another funny space toilet thing from splashdown night. I watched it live on NASA's stream, but then watched the re-run's of FOX's coverage. From Laura to Hannidiot, they had quite a few astronauts on as guests. Hannity managed to get Charlie Duke (who is 90) on. The toilet thing came up, and Charlie told a story of when he splashed back down after Apollo 16.

They got them all back on the carrier and he was able to shower and shave and clean up and all that. By the time he was all cleaned up and feeling fresh, they had hoisted the capsule into the hangar deck, and he went back inside to fetch some of his stuff.
He said the smell was so bad he gagged and he could hardly stay in there. Hannity didn't understand why it would stink, asking was it a "burned smell" for the heat. Charlie explained, no it was us....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 12, 2026 01:39 AM (w6EFb)

Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 05:10 AM (fNISR)

23 Well, they didn't have that problem during the Apollo missions.

Not that problem.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 12, 2026 04:58 AM (BLOW1

Actually they had the same problem. Just a decidedly more low tech solution. And likely messy. Which may be where we are today.

Posted by: Pete Bog at April 12, 2026 05:13 AM (WlUfk)

24
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 12, 2026 05:19 AM (2/MrR)

25 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 05:25 AM (Ia/+0)

26 OMG fawning over the plushy story; writer reminds me of a coworker in distant past, who fortunately just remained a coworker.

Posted by: epador at April 12, 2026 05:36 AM (Fv2tt)

27 Think I would have loaded that capsule with ballast and tosswd it over the side of the ship

Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 05:36 AM (Ia/+0)

28 Butt plugs tethered to a vacuum system, with a high fiber diet and plenty of H2O. Some sacrifices must be made. Morons.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 12, 2026 05:40 AM (Fbc0I)

29 37 now, barely getting to 60s today. 80s rest of week

Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 05:55 AM (Ia/+0)

30 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Grempht.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 12, 2026 06:10 AM (mtevP)

31 G'morning, all!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 12, 2026 06:12 AM (iMotb)

32 The deer showed up just as I was finishing with the bird feeders. I put out extra cracked corn.
Posted by: fluffy at April 12, 2026 05:07 AM (AN2gy)

Who cares?

Posted by: Jimmy at April 12, 2026 06:12 AM (1Ff7Z)

33 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at April 12, 2026 06:16 AM (2Ez/1)

34 Pixy I'm wondering if you've discovered Skyebrows.

youtube.com/watch?v=3_e8bQ6i43o

Nobody comes close with either video or audio.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at April 12, 2026 06:19 AM (IhL8c)

35 >>>Who cares?

Posted by: Jimmy

>Everybody who puts a post up here for prayers or their dead pet.

You just a mean son of a bitch.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 12, 2026 06:19 AM (Fbc0I)

36 Is it really morning? Oh. Sunday. Not bad, then.

Evening and morning, adherents of The Greatest Smart Military Blog! I actually slept later than usual; no rude awakenings from a huge black cat. Howz about you?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 06:21 AM (wzUl9)

37 The deer plushie "article" . . . my gosh. Schizophrenia runs rampant on the 'Net. Not sure about the writer herself, but the corner of the Internet she describes sounds like the case histories I used to read in abnormal psych textbooks.

(Wait. Burt Reynolds is *dead*? Nobody told me!)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 06:26 AM (wzUl9)

38 >>> You just a mean son of a bitch.

I believe he was being punny

Posted by: fluffy at April 12, 2026 06:26 AM (AN2gy)

39 And who the *hell* is "Mitski"???

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 06:26 AM (wzUl9)

40 I am seeing trailers for the next English dubbed Gundam: Hathaway movie which drops on US theaters in May.

And I am NOT impressed. Compared to the likes of The Witch of Mercury, Thunderbolts, or Unicorn the color palette is very washed out and drab. Then there is the lack of details compared to those previous shows. For a movie, it very much looks cheap.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2026 06:28 AM (2GVsD)

41 38 >>> You just a mean son of a bitch.

I believe he was being punny
Posted by: fluffy at April 12, 2026 06:26 AM (AN2gy)

Jimmy? I am SURE he was being punny. Crackin' corn and crackin' wise.

Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 06:32 AM (fNISR)

42 You just a mean son of a bitch.

Sounds like your master's gone away, IYGWIM and you do not.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at April 12, 2026 06:44 AM (zdLoL)

43
You just a mean son of a bitch.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Be kind. His master's gone away.

He died and the jury they wondered why.
The verdict was the blue tail fly.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 12, 2026 06:46 AM (xG4kz)

44 34 Pixy I'm wondering if you've discovered Skyebrows.

youtube.com/watch?v=3_e8bQ6i43o

Nobody comes close with either video or audio.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus

Yes, I posted this one as my musical interlude a few months ago:

youtu.be/6eF5540jGiE

I like that and his "Home Stallone 2" video.

I watch a lot of the vtubers he references, like Kirsche and Smug Alana in this one.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 12, 2026 06:50 AM (BLOW1)

45 We have peak internet.
Everything after this is for evil.

Posted by: Accomack at April 12, 2026 06:52 AM (6jy2V)

46
I wash born here, an I wash raished here, and dad gum it, I am gonna die here, an no sidewindin' bushwackin', hornswagglin' cracker croaker is gonna rouin me bishen cutter

And don't you forget it!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 12, 2026 06:52 AM (xG4kz)

47 Munya for the foxus!

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2026 06:54 AM (2GVsD)

48
Munya for the foxus!
Posted by: Anna Puma

And your chicks for free!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 12, 2026 06:56 AM (xG4kz)

49 37GB of memory just to load a page? Wow.

Of course, it takes something like 37MB to load most web pages - even ones that are mostly text - nowadays.

Posted by: GWB at April 12, 2026 06:57 AM (XZoNw)

50 That ain't working.
That's the way you do it.

Posted by: D. Straits at April 12, 2026 06:57 AM (2Ez/1)

51 49 37GB of memory just to load a page? Wow.

Of course, it takes something like 37MB to load most web pages - even ones that are mostly text - nowadays.
Posted by: GWB at April 12, 2026 06:57 AM (XZoNw)

Maybe it's mining bitcoin?

Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 06:58 AM (fNISR)

52
You check out Guitar George, he knows all the chords

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 12, 2026 07:04 AM (xG4kz)

53 https://www.space.com/a house size asteroid is heading toward earth tonight heres what you need to know
https://tinyurl.com/y45p8ars

Missing us by that ( ) close

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

54 https://www.space.com/a house size asteroid is heading toward earth tonight heres what you need to know
https://tinyurl.com/y45p8ars

Missing us by that ( ) close
Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 07:07 AM (Ia/+0)
----
Sorry, Artemis II crew....You're gonna have to go right back out there to deflect this threat to Earth.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 12, 2026 07:09 AM (gnNyN)

55 Was gonna read the plushie story but The Verge said subscribers only

Any tl:dr summary?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 12, 2026 07:10 AM (LmPA0)

56
Has anyone drawn a connection between Jar Jar Binks' vocalizations and the young Vietnamese whore in "Full Metal Jacket"?

Mesa culled Jar Jar Binks. Mesa your humble servant.

Me so horny.

And there you have it! "Full Metal Jacket" was the first and only prequel to "Star Wars". You're welcome.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 12, 2026 07:13 AM (xG4kz)

57
Floppy the Bunny was a plushie
Who preferred her food soft and mushy
To finish it off,
She guzzled Smirnoff.
Her friends, they knew, she was a lushie.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 12, 2026 07:18 AM (xG4kz)

58 Oh no, We failed to gain The IRGC 's trust in the negotiations.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 07:23 AM (yAteE)

59 Good morning everyone.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at April 12, 2026 07:25 AM (Y1VpI)

60 Hell, there were troops who could go on a 2 week field training exercise (FTX) and not take a shit the entire time.

The motor pool latrines on the day we came back was a preview of hell, however.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at April 12, 2026 07:25 AM (u5xQp)

61 The solution to manned spacecraft shitters is probably some kind of poop neutralizing bacteria
No way that could possibly go wrong

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 12, 2026 07:25 AM (fE6HJ)

62 Good morning morons

Is Tehran Burning?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 12, 2026 07:26 AM (RIvkX)

63 Yet news is getting as bad as Haaretz and CNN

Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 07:29 AM (yAteE)

64 Ynet

Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 07:29 AM (yAteE)

65 My sloth in not putting the gator tire back on yesterday turned out to be for the best. The new tire is not holding air

Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 07:33 AM (yAteE)

66 62 Is Tehran Burning?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 12, 2026 07:26 AM (RIvkX)

John McCain, is that you?

Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 07:35 AM (fNISR)

67 I put out a mix of cracked corn and goat feed for the local deer here. They get into these crazy fights over it. Every so often the turkeys will get in on the action, which makes it even more hilarious.

Yes, I amuse myself by instigating chaos among the local fauna.

Posted by: Halfhand at April 12, 2026 07:39 AM (Ysav4)

68 55 Was gonna read the plushie story but The Verge said subscribers only

Any tl:dr summary?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 12, 2026 07:10 AM (LmPA0)

Maybe this will work:

https://archive.is/RmjPO

Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 07:41 AM (fNISR)

69
My sloth in not putting the gator tire back on yesterday turned out to be for the best. The new tire is not holding air
Posted by: Ben Had

Good morning! At least you don't have to do it twice, now.

Time for me to drag out the obd2 device and check the new truck, it whined about a 'stabilisation system needs service' last thursday and illuminated the check engine light. If my reset doesn't stick, it'll spend the week at the dealer's while i'm in grand prairie instead of socializing in the long term parking lot. At least it's under warranty and will only cost an inconvience frustration instead of $

Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 12, 2026 07:42 AM (QVmho)

70 G'mornin' everyone!

"Nobody ever expects the Butlerian Jihad."

it's funny Pixy, I was just thinking that the other day ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 12, 2026 07:44 AM (MIIRH)

71
Has anyone drawn a connection between Jar Jar Binks' vocalizations and the young Vietnamese whore in "Full Metal Jacket"?

Mesa culled Jar Jar Binks. Mesa your humble servant.

Me so horny.

And there you have it! "Full Metal Jacket" was the first and only prequel to "Star Wars". You're welcome.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

Dude. That's just sick and wrongity wrong wrong wrong.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 12, 2026 07:45 AM (QVmho)

72 I would like to see Dr. Jill and Joe Biden do a round table discussion and let everyone know how the war in Iran is affecting Niger and Nigeria and the war against the Christians there and in other places of Africa.

Posted by: Gabby Johnson at April 12, 2026 07:45 AM (QCEpb)

73
"Nobody ever expects the Butlerian Jihad."
+++

In my best JamesMadison voice:

I don't get it.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 12, 2026 07:46 AM (2Ez/1)

74 65 My sloth in not putting the gator tire back on yesterday turned out to be for the best. The new tire is not holding air
Posted by: Ben Had

Slime FTW!

Posted by: Slimy Sid at April 12, 2026 07:47 AM (oftw2)

75 I had sealer put in at the tire shop. Hopefully there is nothing wrong with the rim.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 07:49 AM (yAteE)

76 Maybe this will work:

https://archive.is/RmjPO
Posted by: m

--

Shades pf the deasd and unholy spirits!
I had to stop reading after a few paras
The ppl behind AI are either evil or tools of evil.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 12, 2026 07:53 AM (LmPA0)

77 Is Tehran Burning?

Not yet. Patience.

Iran is asking for more war.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 12, 2026 07:59 AM (qFwJc)

78 76 Maybe this will work:

https://archive.is/RmjPO
Posted by: m

--

Shades pf the deasd and unholy spirits!
I had to stop reading after a few paras
The ppl behind AI are either evil or tools of evil.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 12, 2026 07:53 AM (LmPA0)

I'd bet that author gets paid by the word.

Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 08:00 AM (fNISR)

79 The ppl behind AI are either evil or tools of evil.

The feedstock for the AI output is the web. We already know how wonderful the totality of the web is.

For a long time, the web contained the output of humans; the evil you see is the evil that is within those willing to write about it and place those writings for all to see.

IMO, anyways.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at April 12, 2026 08:04 AM (u5xQp)

80 I could use some of that tire sealer-in my pants!

Posted by: Leaky Joe at April 12, 2026 08:09 AM (oftw2)

81 from the plushie article:

"furry" occurs twice; and then:

I’ve conversed with many an AI companion.
So many of Coral’s texts
In many ways,
In my many, many experiments with AI companions
Many of our exchanges
Many children ran up to pet Coral.
Many Gen Z tweens freaked out
the tension many people feel toward AI relationships

Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 08:11 AM (fNISR)

82 IMO, anyways.
Posted by: Richard Cranium

You are not wrong
Human sin, concentrated and magnified back into the minds of the innocent through AI

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 12, 2026 08:15 AM (LmPA0)

83 The money spent on the war on Iran doesn't concern me as much as the money and time wasted on this absurd peace negotiation summit in Pakistan.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 12, 2026 08:16 AM (t+TFX)

84 83 The money spent on the war on Iran doesn't concern me as much as the money and time wasted on this absurd peace negotiation summit in Pakistan.
Posted by: Ordinary American at April 12, 2026 08:16 AM (t+TFX)

I think we had to attend in good faith.
but yes it is bullshit

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 12, 2026 08:18 AM (/+uur)

85 I have yet to find any good insights into what the hell this Islamabad thing really was.

Vance made it sound like a good-faith attempt. Again.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 12, 2026 08:19 AM (RIvkX)

86 Open questions
Is there "regime change?"
Is Hormuz "open?"
Who wields power in Iran?
Will Sheila ever overcome the heartbreak of psoriasis?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 12, 2026 08:21 AM (RIvkX)

87 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 12, 2026 08:23 AM (u82oZ)

88 I’ve conversed with many an AI companion.
So many of Coral’s texts
In many ways,
In my many, many experiments with AI companions
Many of our exchanges
Many children ran up to pet Coral.
Many Gen Z tweens freaked out
the tension many people feel toward AI relationships
Posted by: m at April 12, 2026

***
I *wondered* why I felt as if I were being tapped on the skull repeatedly with a ball peen hammer as I read it!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 08:23 AM (wzUl9)

89 Taxes. Ugh. Crunch time.

Have a great day, everyone. May you enjoying your refund.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 12, 2026 08:24 AM (u82oZ)

90 I'm back from workout and shower. Breakfast is some peppermint chocolate yogurt with honey, and a slice of whole wheat toast with peanut butter. No way I want anything heavy right now.

We can haz Book Thread soon?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 08:25 AM (wzUl9)

91 Super belated BOING!

Back from the firing range. No one else showed up today so I had a private instructor. Shot 150 rounds. Learned more basics. It was great!

Now to exercise.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 12, 2026 08:28 AM (5UTWB)

92 Brennan Leach
Replying to @brennanleach
Swalwell senior staff adds that “Any decision of staff members to remain in their roles in the interim should not be viewed as support for Eric Swalwell.”
2:42 PM · Apr 11, 2026
=====

Stunning and brave.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 12, 2026 08:30 AM (RIvkX)

93 Yay, Horde!

90 I'm back from workout
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 12, 2026 08:25 AM (wzUl9)

91 Now to exercise.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 12, 2026 08:28 AM (5UTWB)

Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 08:31 AM (fNISR)

94 May you enjoying your refund.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 12, 2026 08:24 AM (u82oZ)

Refund?!

Refund? What's that?

Posted by: dantesed at April 12, 2026 08:32 AM (Oy/m2)

95 We can haz Book Thread soon?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

No. Allergic to musty, dusty, old books. Pants at cleaners. No dice.

Posted by: One Hour Martinizing at April 12, 2026 08:32 AM (oftw2)

96 Oh no, We failed to gain The IRGC 's trust in the negotiations.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 07:23 AM (yAteE)

I shall spend the day contemplating my life choices.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 12, 2026 08:32 AM (ExV1e)

97 I think the whole koran is about not trusting and scamming non Muslims

Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 08:33 AM (Ia/+0)

98 Pay your taxes, Skinflints! We have much work to do in our community!

Posted by: Somali Learing Centre at April 12, 2026 08:33 AM (oftw2)

99 Swalwell senior staff adds that “Any decision of staff members to remain in their roles in the interim should not be viewed as support for Eric Swalwell.”
****

Meaning: "We're just here for the grift and graft and hope his replacement keeps paying us."

Posted by: clarence at April 12, 2026 08:34 AM (H1EjZ)

100 @34/Taq: { Skyebrows video }

Ugh, the repeating switches between smooth and pulses of interlaced video are painful to try to watch. I just can't. Why would they do that?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 12, 2026 08:35 AM (O7YUW)

101 "96 Oh no, We failed to gain The IRGC 's trust in the negotiations.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2026 07:23 AM (yAteE)

I shall spend the day contemplating my life choices.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 12, 2026 08:32 AM (ExV1e) "

contemplate the prospect of two enemies of America (igrc and state department) left alone to conspire and collude in our destruction.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 12, 2026 08:37 AM (MIIRH)

102 What's with these reports that the Iranians placed mimes in the Strait of Hormuz? Some of them are just floating on the surface and they can't even call out for help because, well, they are mimes. That's terrible!

Posted by: Emily Litella at April 12, 2026 08:37 AM (Y1sOo)

103 Swalwell is a latecomer to the drugging, dosing young women for sport game. I've been doing it since 1969!

Posted by: Dr. Huxtable at April 12, 2026 08:37 AM (oftw2)

104 Deer AI plushie article: The cat knows what's going on. Good kitty.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 12, 2026 08:37 AM (O7YUW)

105 99 Swalwell senior staff

Posted by: clarence at April 12, 2026 08:34 AM (H1EjZ)

"Swalwell" and "staff" in the same sentence? I dunno....

Posted by: m at April 12, 2026 08:38 AM (fNISR)

106 Ace is 112 across, LATimes x-word

Posted by: Don Black at April 12, 2026 08:39 AM (ZxPkt)

107 >"Swalwell" and "staff" in the same sentence? I dunno....
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swallow well

Posted by: Don Black at April 12, 2026 08:40 AM (ZxPkt)

108 The left has been going after Trump for 10 years and he's still smacking them upside the head. It took the left 10 minutes to completely wreck Swalwell's life.

They knew all along Swalwell was a scumbag but they didn't do squat as long as he was somewhat useful.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 12, 2026 08:40 AM (viF8m)

109 The Straits of Hormuz have been getting WAY too much press and publicity. We are jealous!

Posted by: The Islets of Langerhans at April 12, 2026 08:41 AM (oftw2)

110 “If you, Lord, kept a record of sins,
Lord, who could stand?
But with you there is forgiveness,
so that we can, with reverence, serve you.”

Psalm 130:3-4

Posted by: Marcus T at April 12, 2026 08:42 AM (TbL5I)

111 "104 Deer AI plushie article: The cat knows what's going on. Good kitty.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 12, 2026 08:37 AM (O7YUW) "

yeah, that was my takeaway, too. well, the printable one, anyway.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 12, 2026 08:42 AM (MIIRH)

112 spot-on, JS!

"who-whom", straight outta lenin.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 12, 2026 08:44 AM (MIIRH)

113 >>The Straits of Hormuz have been getting WAY too much press and publicity. We are jealous!
Posted by: The Islets of Langerhans at April 12, 2026 08:41 AM (oftw2)

What about me?!

Posted by: Mons Veneris at April 12, 2026 08:44 AM (NcvvS)

114 The Islets of Langerhans Vs the Cul de Sac of Douglas. Punchline to a joke at the OB/GYN convention.

Posted by: Uncle Slayton at April 12, 2026 08:44 AM (3ZF+m)

115 Refund? Refund? Are you crazy! Refund? Refund? Refund?

Posted by: Dad In "Breaking Away" at April 12, 2026 08:45 AM (QCEpb)

116 That Atlantic article at the top link is a very richly detailed account of how things became what they are now. At the root of all of this discussion is "Safety".

Where in the hell did all this money come from? These guys talk like a billion dollars is pocket change.

BTW I can't imagine anything more French than France adopting Linux as it's national computing platform.

Posted by: pawn at April 12, 2026 08:45 AM (jstR0)

117 As I understand it, CENTCOM has been putting the assets in place to secure the Hormuz Strait and more. The leadership of Iran reminds me of what I mother called "unreconstructed rebels."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 12, 2026 08:46 AM (qFwJc)

118 My baby deer plushie told me that Mitski's dad is a CIA operative"

Well, it's nice that so many in the world can survive without adding anything useful to society...

Posted by: man at April 12, 2026 08:49 AM (XuXeR)

119 cool! big blotch of red and yellow coming this way on the NWS radar!
I'm'a make another cuppa coffee and go out on the deck!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 12, 2026 08:49 AM (MIIRH)

120 big blotch of red and yellow coming this way on the NWS radar!"

Some rain yesterday, moar today!
Well, it's good for the grass. Or something.

Posted by: man at April 12, 2026 08:51 AM (XuXeR)

121
85 I have yet to find any good insights into what the hell this Islamabad thing really was.

Vance made it sound like a good-faith attempt. Again.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 12, 2026 08:19 AM (RIvkX)

I have no doubt it was a good faith effort on the part of the US; however a good faith effort does not require you to compromise on your goals,and clearly we did not.

I suspect there was a need for an operational pause to rest and rearm driving the temporary halt uo hostilities. Now it’s time to see if there is truly a plan to reopen the straits.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 12, 2026 08:52 AM (tgZLi)

122 We need the rain to wash the salt off the roads.

Posted by: davidt at April 12, 2026 08:52 AM (Q+gd/)

123 How many straits are there in Hormuz, anyway?

Posted by: I gotta ask at April 12, 2026 08:53 AM (2Ez/1)

124 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. 47 degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor. A clear blue sky and a high of nearly 60 predicted. My little pup is outside barking at everyone who walks by and I'm waiting for the kettle to boil so I can have tea for the Book Thread.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 12, 2026 08:53 AM (qRla/)

125 We need the rain to wash the salt off the roads."

Roads? Why waste salt there instead of on a Margarita glass?

Posted by: man at April 12, 2026 08:53 AM (XuXeR)

126 How many straits are there in Hormuz, anyway?"

Depends. How many Dutch sailors are there... there?

Oh, you didn't say "straights"?

Posted by: man at April 12, 2026 08:54 AM (XuXeR)

127 Where we're going we don't NEED roads.

Posted by: Doc Brown at April 12, 2026 08:55 AM (2Ez/1)

128 Where we're going we don't NEED roads."

da dum dum...

Posted by: man at April 12, 2026 08:56 AM (XuXeR)

129 >>I have no doubt it was a good faith effort on the part of the US; however a good faith effort does not require you to compromise on your goals,and clearly we did not.

I'd bet they put about a 10% chance would accept a deal and even less that they would honor any deal. It did give the war planners a chance to rest, rearm and assess the next steps including the best way to open the Strait and protect it and now Trump can say he gave Iran every opportunity to end the war but they chose otherwise.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 12, 2026 08:58 AM (viF8m)

130 And there it is.

>>@EricLDaugh

>>🚨 BREAKING: President Trump announces NAVAL BLOCKADE on the Strait of Hormuz after the Iranians failed during negotiations...

>>...and the Navy will interdict EVERY SINGLE VESSEL in international waters that paid a toll to Iran.

>>TRUMP IS TAKING THE STRAIT 🔥

Posted by: JackStraw at April 12, 2026 09:00 AM (viF8m)

131 Bring your reading glasses and head upstairs
BOOK THREAD IS NOOD

Posted by: Skip at April 12, 2026 09:01 AM (Ia/+0)

132 TRUMP IS TAKING THE STRAIT "

Ok, who wants to tell Winnie the Xi?

/heh

Posted by: man at April 12, 2026 09:01 AM (XuXeR)

133 117 As I understand it, CENTCOM has been putting the assets in place to secure the Hormuz Strait and more. The leadership of Iran reminds me of what I mother called "unreconstructed rebels."
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 12, 2026 08:46 AM (qFwJc)

I won't be reconstructed
I'm better now than then

Posted by: I'm a Good Ol' Rebel at April 12, 2026 09:02 AM (lZt8q)

134 It did use 37GB of RAM just to load the start page.

Bwahahaha! I remember the old days when you only had 640K of executable space, and your drivers had to use it, so you loaded all your drivers contiguously in the high area of memory...so that your other programs would have the most available space to run...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 12, 2026 09:07 AM (ynpvh)

135 133 117 As I understand it, CENTCOM has been putting the assets in place to secure the Hormuz Strait and more. The leadership of Iran reminds me of what I mother called "unreconstructed rebels."
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 12, 2026 08:46 AM (qFwJc)

I won't be reconstructed
I'm better now than then

Posted by: I'm a Good Ol' Rebel at April 12, 2026 09:02 AM (lZt8q)

So you're antireconstructionist? Doesn't quite flow off the tongue like antidisestablishmentarianism.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 12, 2026 09:08 AM (ynpvh)

136 Glad to be kicking it on a Sunday.

Here was Saturday:

1.) Woke up and performed my ritualistic payment of tribute to my inbred Somali master class. BMWs and size-16 ball caps all around. Enjoy them, Ilhan, and send my regards to whatever warlord I'm subsidizing.

2.) Light fixture in dining room went kaput a little while ago, so I was up on a ladder wrangling the expensive and stupidly designed new one into place. 2 minutes after completion, the whole house loses power. Uh oh! I start freaking out for several minutes before ascertaining that this is a totally coincidental massive power outage.

3.) Elderly, recently widowed aunt is staying with my parents until she can get her house sold and buy a new one out here. So we went over and I moved her truckload of disgustingly heavy furniture down the bumpy slope into their basement.

Productive day, but glad it's over.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 12, 2026 09:12 AM (BI5O2)

137 I won't be reconstructed
I'm better now than then

He won't be reconstructed was the sentence he constructed later using than then then. He was properly instructed because a sentence well-constructed would never use then then than.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 12, 2026 09:12 AM (2TPZH)

138 BTW I can't imagine anything more French than France adopting Linux as it's national computing platform.

Odd. My primary OS is based off the linux kernel versus the bullshit coming out of Redmond, WA. My primary machine lost its windows partition a while back and I haven't bothered to replace/fix it.

My favorite Linux distribution is handled by a guy in Minnesota (he's a native versus a Somali) who has doing that since ~1993. I don't know his political leanings, but he is extremely conservative about what goes into his distribution.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at April 12, 2026 09:44 AM (u5xQp)

139 nood, BTW.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at April 12, 2026 09:47 AM (u5xQp)

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