Daily Tech News 2 May 2026

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Just five days ago I wrote this:

It's been a while since we've had a big tech news story. No disasters, no miracles. Things haven't suddenly gotten better - or at least, not much, and they haven't gotten drastically worse.

Well.

A Linux exploit has been found that instantly grants root access to local users on most Linux versions released since 2017. (Tom's Hardware)
Although it's not a zero-day and the kernel has already gotten a patch, the short disclosure window gave distro makers relatively little time to react. Affected variants include (but aren't limited to) Ubuntu 24 (version 26 was just released last week), RHEL 10, Suse 16, and Amazon Linux 2023. Even Windows' WSL2 is affected, and all it takes is 732 bytes to do it.
Fortunately for me, only one server was potentially vulnerable, and that one didn't have the affected module loaded, and I've now disabled it completely.

But even more sysadmins are having a bad day.
Like the ones at Canonical - the company behind the popular Ubuntu Linux release - whose corporate servers are mostly dead right now thanks to a massive ongoing DDOS attack. (Tom's Hardware)

If you've already installed Ubuntu you are still able to load updates - like the patch for the so-called CopyFail bug mentioned above - from the numerous mirrors, which don't seem to be affected at all.
My other server - not this one, but where my own blog and many others are hosted - decided to drop dead, completely unrelated to all the other drama going on in the Linux world.

Fortunately I set it up years ago to make migrations easy - and to keep backups separate from the system disk. But it still took a few hours to get it all working smoothly.

The silverfish lining is that I've wanted to do this for months but it never hit the top of my to do list. I already had a new server, twice the size of the old one and actually cheaper. So that's where those sites are running now.

Tech News

The Pentagon has reached deals with all the major AI providers except one. (Reuters)

You probably won't guess which one, but it rhymes with Banthropic.
Spotify meanwhile is adding "verified organic human" badges to artist pages. (BBC)

Because a majority of music being uploaded is already AI-generated.

But not a majority of music people listen to.
The Oscars have also declared war on the clanker menace. (Hollywood Reporter)

If the skinsuit doesn't fit you might as well quit.
Apple's Mac Mini and Mac Studio are disappearing fast at both the high and low ends. (WCCFTech)

The Mac Studio with 512GB of RAM was first to go, and now the 256GB Mac Mini has disappeared as well.

That's 256GB of SSD, mind you, which was not a lot even in 2017.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Blerk.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 04:31 AM (8rTNG)

2 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 02, 2026 04:32 AM (jrKun)

3 Glad I got my MacBook when I did then.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 02, 2026 04:36 AM (jrKun)

4 Just five days ago I wrote this:

It's been a while since we've had a big tech news story.

just had to jinx it ...

Posted by: Adriane the Critic Just Being Critical, Again . . . at May 02, 2026 04:37 AM (3ZUWJ)

5 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at May 02, 2026 04:39 AM (V0/Sp)

6 Australian Crawl - Errol

That was fun.

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 04:39 AM (8rTNG)

7 >>> Fortunately I set it up years ago to make migrations easy - and to keep backups separate from the system disk. But it still took a few hours to get it all working smoothly.

The silverfish lining is that I've wanted to do this for months but it never hit the top of my to do list. I already had a new server, twice the size of the old one and actually cheaper. So that's where those sites are running now.

Go Pixy!

Posted by: fluffy at May 02, 2026 04:40 AM (V0/Sp)

8 "The silverfish lining"

?

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 04:40 AM (8rTNG)

9 8 "The silverfish lining"

?
Posted by: m

We have silver at home.

Silver at home:

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 02, 2026 04:46 AM (BLOW1)

10 Hi ho, Silver!

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 04:50 AM (8rTNG)

11 >>> Australian Crawl - Errol
That was fun.

Sounded rhythmically complex. Or maybe I have simple ears.

Posted by: fluffy at May 02, 2026 04:58 AM (V0/Sp)

12 9 8 "The silverfish lining"

?
Posted by: m

We have silver at home.

Silver at home:
Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 02, 2026 04:46 AM (BLOW1)

Sounds fishy.

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 05:02 AM (8rTNG)

13 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 05:03 AM (Ia/+0)

14 Silverfish are best paired with a green mango chutney.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 02, 2026 05:15 AM (Fbc0I)

15 Correct me if I am wrong, but i take the "local privilege escalation" aspect of copyfail to mean that some meat popsicle with physical access and an account on the system must run the exploit code for copyfail to succeed.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 02, 2026 05:46 AM (dK+Kv)

16 Guten morgen, horde.

Posted by: clarence at May 02, 2026 05:46 AM (pFqNV)

17
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 02, 2026 05:55 AM (2/MrR)

18 are silverfish the new gerbils?

Posted by: Ray's Cyst at May 02, 2026 05:56 AM (jrgJz)

19 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Grempht.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 02, 2026 06:04 AM (xvhJH)

20 https://moonbattery.com/open-thread_260501/#disqus_thread

Posted by: Ray's Cyst at May 02, 2026 06:04 AM (jrgJz)

21 Yesterday I walked at the park and saw and smelled an Oleaster plant , which looks rather like honeysuckle. It is probably an invasive plant but it smells and looks very nice. Then a very small iridescent blue butterfly landed on my landed on my pants leg. It was lovely. What kinds of beautiful things do you see near where you live?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2026 06:15 AM (Yl2Ob)

22 Man from MI writes a reflection on Matthew 6:25-34 and "Beat the Train":

https://tinyurl.com/58ykp5dz

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2026 06:19 AM (2sfNr)

23 Fell back asleep

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 06:19 AM (Ia/+0)

24 18 are silverfish the new gerbils?
Posted by: Ray's Cyst at May 02, 2026 05:56 AM (jrgJz)

ewwww

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 06:21 AM (8rTNG)

25 Mornin' Horde. Just got up. Sipping hot coffee...

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 02, 2026 06:22 AM (O7YUW)

26 15 Correct me if I am wrong, but i take the "local privilege escalation" aspect of copyfail to mean that some meat popsicle with physical access and an account on the system must run the exploit code for copyfail to succeed.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon

Correct. That's become a lot less common in paid services over the years, partly because problems like this keep cropping up.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 02, 2026 06:26 AM (BLOW1)

27 Evening and morning for this first Saturn's Day of May to all the far-flung satellites of AoSHQ! Oddly nippy for here this morning, 56, with yesterday's afternoon rain blown out and a brisk west wind. I may go out to breakfast a little later!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 02, 2026 06:26 AM (wzUl9)

28 20 https://moonbattery.com/open-thread_260501/#disqus_thread
Posted by: Ray's Cyst at May 02, 2026 06:04 AM (jrgJz)

Sounds like a threat!!!

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 06:30 AM (8rTNG)

29 Correct. That's become a lot less common in paid services over the years, partly because problems like this keep cropping up.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 02, 2026 06:26 AM (BLOW1)

For my purposes (home user), it's not as high a priority as for sysadmins to patch then.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 02, 2026 06:30 AM (dK+Kv)

30 Sounds like a threat!!!

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 06:30 AM (8rTNG)

Sounds like a bunch of losers and loser talk.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 02, 2026 06:32 AM (dK+Kv)

31 30 Sounds like a threat!!!

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 06:30 AM (8rTNG)

Sounds like a bunch of losers and loser talk.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 02, 2026 06:32 AM (dK+Kv)

That, too.

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 06:33 AM (8rTNG)

32 Good morning. May 2nd and we're enjoying the spring weather.

No, wait. Ohio weather says, "Hold on there, Sparky." It's 35 this morning.

Posted by: Biergood at May 02, 2026 06:48 AM (PwgSL)

33 Nearly 7am and only a coffee in hand to show for it

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 06:49 AM (Ia/+0)

34
Bonchie
@bonchieredstate
1m

Narrator: An amendment from 1982 was not born of the literal blood of Union soldiers and civil rights marchers.

The New Republic
@newrepublic
20h
The Voting Rights Act “was born of the literal blood of Union soldiers and civil rights marchers,” Justice Elena Kagan wrote in her dissent. “Only [the American people] have the right to say it is no longer needed—not the members of this Court.”

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 06:51 AM (8rTNG)

35 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at May 02, 2026 06:51 AM (2Ez/1)

36 32 Ohio weather says, "Hold on there, Sparky."
Posted by: Biergood at May 02, 2026 06:48 AM (PwgSL)

; )

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 06:52 AM (8rTNG)

37 Skip, are you feeling ok?

Posted by: Ben Had at May 02, 2026 06:53 AM (Cif43)

38 The Voting Rights Act “was born of the literal blood of Union soldiers and civil rights marchers,” Justice Elena Kagan wrote in her dissent. “Only [the American people] have the right to say it is no longer needed—not the members of this Court.”

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 06:51 AM (8rTNG)

Look at the retard go.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 02, 2026 06:54 AM (dK+Kv)

39 Sheer luck means Anguilla’s domain is .ai - so many tech businesses are rushing to use it. The island is happy to shut up and take their money!

“In its draft 2025 budget document, the Anguillian government says that in 2024 it earned 105.5m East Caribbean dollars ($39m; £29m) from selling domain names. That was almost a quarter (23%) of its total revenues last year. Tourism accounts for some 37%, according to the IMF.

Posted by: SMOD at May 02, 2026 06:58 AM (O7XEN)

40 “ For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

John 3:16

Posted by: Marcus T at May 02, 2026 06:59 AM (KAa/S)

41
Stephen L. Miller retweeted
Margot Cleveland
@ProfMJCleveland
8h
This is literally an incorrect use of the word literal.

The Voting Rights Act “was born of the literal blood of Union soldiers and civil rights marchers,” Justice Elena Kagan wrote in her dissent. “Only [the American people] have the right to say it is no longer needed—not the members of this Court.”

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:01 AM (8rTNG)

42 Time to feed the furry thugs on their new six am-six pm schedule! Linda reprogrammed them while I was gone. Now Stirling was sleeping next to me before I woke at five am. He hasn't done his "leaping over me and kicking me as he goes" at all since I got back at all.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 02, 2026 07:02 AM (wzUl9)

43 39 Sheer luck means Anguilla’s domain is .ai - so many tech businesses are rushing to use it. The island is happy to shut up and take their money!

“In its draft 2025 budget document, the Anguillian government says that in 2024 it earned 105.5m East Caribbean dollars ($39m; £29m) from selling domain names. That was almost a quarter (23%) of its total revenues last year. Tourism accounts for some 37%, according to the IMF.
Posted by: SMOD

I had to renew my .ai domain recently. They're not cheap, though it hasn't turned into a complete money grab so far either.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 02, 2026 07:03 AM (BLOW1)

44 mornin yall. Kagan is literally an idiot.

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 07:04 AM (vFG9F)

45 heh

@jrcunniff
45m
Replying to @ProfMJCleveland @redsteeze
A little hyperbole makes her dissent really *pop*.

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:04 AM (8rTNG)

46 You probably won't guess which one, but it rhymes with Banthropic.

Misanthropic?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:06 AM (ynpvh)

47 Good morning everyone.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 02, 2026 07:08 AM (ZQ/FE)

48 44 mornin yall. Kagan is literally an idiot.

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 07:04 AM (vFG9F)

Well, she apparently didn't stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:09 AM (ynpvh)

49 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 02, 2026 07:10 AM (VyBeY)

50 The Oscars have also declared war on the clanker menace.

To show how out of mainstream I am, I had to look up what a clanker was...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:11 AM (ynpvh)

51 42 Time to feed the furry thugs on their new six am-six pm schedule! Linda reprogrammed them while I was gone. Now Stirling was sleeping next to me before I woke at five am. He hasn't done his "leaping over me and kicking me as he goes" at all since I got back at all.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 02, 2026 07:02 AM (wzUl9)

I bet Stirling has quite the engine...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:12 AM (ynpvh)

52 hmm

Margot Cleveland
@ProfMJCleveland
May 1
PSA: For those whose panties are in bunch over the prosecutions of the deep state thugs, just remember the threat of mutually assured destruction only worked during the cold war because we had already dropped nukes.

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:12 AM (8rTNG)

53 every commie SCOTUS justice is an idiot.

malicious, or merely stupid? your call.
and feel free to add expletivews ad libitum !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 02, 2026 07:12 AM (VyBeY)

54 53 every commie SCOTUS justice is an idiot.

malicious, or merely stupid? your call.
and feel free to add expletivews ad libitum !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 02, 2026 07:12 AM (VyBeY)

Sometimes stupidity and maliciousness are hard to determine at first glance...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:13 AM (ynpvh)

55 52 hmm

Margot Cleveland
@ProfMJCleveland
May 1
PSA: For those whose panties are in bunch over the prosecutions of the deep state thugs, just remember the threat of mutually assured destruction only worked during the cold war because we had already dropped nukes.

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:12 AM (8rTNG)

The Chinese have a saying: Kill a Chicken to scare the Monkey...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:14 AM (ynpvh)

56 true! that's why I left it an open question.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 02, 2026 07:15 AM (VyBeY)

57 55 52 hmm

Margot Cleveland
@ProfMJCleveland
May 1
PSA: For those whose panties are in bunch over the prosecutions of the deep state thugs, just remember the threat of mutually assured destruction only worked during the cold war because we had already dropped nukes.

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:12 AM (8rTNG)

The Chinese have a saying: Kill a Chicken to scare the Monkey...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:14 AM (ynpvh)

I would say it's time to spank the monkey, but apparently that means something completely different...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:15 AM (ynpvh)

58 "malicious, or merely stupid? your call."

She can be both.

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 07:16 AM (vFG9F)

59 56 true! that's why I left it an open question.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 02, 2026 07:15 AM (VyBeY)

The power of AND? Malicious stupidity?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:16 AM (ynpvh)

60 Shock the Monkey!

youtu.be/CnVf1ZoCJSo

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 02, 2026 07:18 AM (sAmhv)

61 Time I cleaned up and shaved. The coffee shop/grill where I love to go for breakfast on "cold" mornings opens at eight, so I have just about enough time.

Salty, if you're here: Your suggestion about asking teh car insurance co. about reducing my premium now that I drive far less in a year worked. They already sent me the $32 refund check. I'll cash it this morning -- though I'll need to spend most of it on groceries and supplies.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 02, 2026 07:18 AM (wzUl9)

62 I bet Stirling has quite the engine...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:12 AM
+++++
And probably goes through cycles.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 02, 2026 07:19 AM (2Ez/1)

63 Latest doltish lawn sign in the leftist town nearby:

"25th amendment NOW!"

Because evidently Trump is mentally incapacitated.

I noticed that the house did not have the same sign out for Biden

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2026 07:20 AM (UDARB)

64 Morning peeps. Bit chilly here in the Bluegrass this morning. 36F Had to kick the heat on.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 02, 2026 07:20 AM (jehhT)

65 It's a fine line between malicious and stupid.

Posted by: Nigel Tufnel at May 02, 2026 07:21 AM (wVcYX)

66 Ok, I'll be good. But, tell me. What did the chicken do?

Posted by: Just the punchline at May 02, 2026 07:21 AM (2Ez/1)

67 66 Ok, I'll be good. But, tell me. What did the chicken do?
Posted by: Just the punchline at May 02, 2026 07:21 AM (2Ez/1)

Crossed the road?

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:22 AM (8rTNG)

68 Local politicians already have their panties in a bunch over possible redistricting in Georgia. One says "Section 2 was created to give Black Americans an opportunity to be represented in the political atmosphere". He openly admits the district (the one I live in) was racially gerrymandered. It snakes 100 miles across the state and divides the big city in the midstate in half, with the other region reaching all the way to the Southern border, incorporating agricultural regions that are at odds with what leftys in the city want.

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

69 (This is the one where the man buys a parrot who turns out to be extremely foul mouthed so he punishes it by putting it in the freezer for a few minutes.)

Posted by: In case you haven't heard it at May 02, 2026 07:24 AM (2Ez/1)

70 > A Linux exploit has been found that instantly grants root access to local users on most Linux versions released since 2017.
---------
It occurs to me that no computer or software product is immune from exploitation if someone's motivated enough. If not exploitation by bad actors then some sort of configuration error that leads to issues.

Take DNS for example....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 02, 2026 07:26 AM (jehhT)

71 I honestly thought that my horribly gerrymandered district would ever be fixed. The damn Dems have such a hold on the cities that it could never happen. Maybe there's a chance now, but I am not holding my chickens until they turn blue.

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 07:27 AM (vFG9F)

72 Sometimes stupidity and maliciousness are hard to determine at first glance...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:13 AM (ynpvh)

The combination is a Swalwell.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 02, 2026 07:29 AM (dK+Kv)

73 72 Sometimes stupidity and maliciousness are hard to determine at first glance...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:13 AM (ynpvh)

The combination is a Swalwell.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 02, 2026 07:29 AM (dK+Kv)

Just don't light a match near it...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:30 AM (ynpvh)

74 It will be a while before artists like Skyebrows or Gossip Goblin are recognized for their genius using their tools.

But they will be.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at May 02, 2026 07:31 AM (IhL8c)

75 50 The Oscars have also declared war on the clanker menace.

To show how out of mainstream I am, I had to look up what a clanker was...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:11 AM (ynpvh)

#metoo

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:31 AM (8rTNG)

76 "A Bay Area businessman’s first ride in a driverless Waymo turned into an airport nightmare when the robotaxi allegedly sped off with his luggage still locked in the trunk — leaving him stranded without clothes, work materials, or answers before a flight to San Diego"

I wonder what he did to piss the car off.

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 07:32 AM (vFG9F)

77 69 (This is the one where the man buys a parrot who turns out to be extremely foul mouthed so he punishes it by putting it in the freezer for a few minutes.)

Posted by: In case you haven't heard it at May 02, 2026 07:24 AM (2Ez/1)

We had a parrot that was foul-mouthed, but we didn't know it. As with other birds (parakeets, parrots, etc), he was found near the chicken coop trying to get to the chicken feed. Anyway, he had a bad temper and liked to scream, so my Dad would scream back, "Shut up, Stupid!"...one day my Mom was trying to teach him "I Love you Jesus!"...the parrot screamed back at her, "Shut up, Stupid!"...that was enough for my Mom, who put him up at the local pet shop to be sold. Mexican guy walk in, starts cursing at Sam, and Sam curses him back blue in Spanish; guy bought the parrot right away.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:33 AM (ynpvh)

78 76 "A Bay Area businessman’s first ride in a driverless Waymo turned into an airport nightmare when the robotaxi allegedly sped off with his luggage still locked in the trunk — leaving him stranded without clothes, work materials, or answers before a flight to San Diego"

I wonder what he did to piss the car off.
Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 07:32 AM (vFG9F)

Called it a clanker?

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:33 AM (8rTNG)

79 How long until a hacked Waymo is used to kidnap someone?

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 07:34 AM (vFG9F)

80 Well now

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 02, 2026 07:34 AM (lIonU)

81 78 76 "A Bay Area businessman’s first ride in a driverless Waymo turned into an airport nightmare when the robotaxi allegedly sped off with his luggage still locked in the trunk — leaving him stranded without clothes, work materials, or answers before a flight to San Diego"

I wonder what he did to piss the car off.
Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 07:32 AM (vFG9F)

Called it a clanker?

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:33 AM (8rTNG)

LOL, noice.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:35 AM (ynpvh)

82 Ben yes. Has happened previous times.
Feels like a rock is in my chest, goes away thankfully.
I am sure doing what I do my lungs are filled with all kinds of bad stuff

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 07:35 AM (Ia/+0)

83 The WSJ is telling the story of ICE using Palantir and NEC tools to use one kernal of information, a license plate or a photo of a face, to access federal and state data base info, instantly finding home addresses, arrest history, and gun ownership info, which is then presented in profile form, along with current location data from phone data brokers.

Instant identification and location. Privacy seems to not exist.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 02, 2026 07:39 AM (s8OdJ)

84 71 I honestly thought that my horribly gerrymandered district would ever be fixed. The damn Dems have such a hold on the cities that it could never happen. Maybe there's a chance now, but I am not holding my chickens until they turn blue.
Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 07:27 AM
+++
This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: The poultry in the freezer at May 02, 2026 07:40 AM (2Ez/1)

85 What was also fun about Sam the parrot is liked to bite fingers...He'd get this look in his eyes, where his pupils would repeatedly contract and dilate just before he'd nip at you. He'd get the same look in his eyes eating dried chili peppers...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:40 AM (ynpvh)

86 "Called it a clanker?
Posted by: m "

Mr. Wrongway Computer Mumbling Mass of tin plated Metal Fugitive from a Junkyard.

Posted by: Dr Smith at May 02, 2026 07:40 AM (vFG9F)

87 I've never taken a Waymo but the SF story makes me wonder if I ever should

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 02, 2026 07:41 AM (s8OdJ)

88 “The Voting Rights Act “was born of the literal blood of Union soldiers and civil rights marchers,” Justice Elena Kagan wrote in her dissent. “Only [the American people] have the right to say it is no longer needed—not the members of this Court.”
Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:01 AM (8rTNG)”

That’s not a legal opinion, that’s a DU or Reddit blog post.

And is she saying that it only can be changed by civil war?

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 02, 2026 07:41 AM (jju2J)

89 Oscars don't declare war. People do.

Posted by: The ghost of Donald Rumsfeld at May 02, 2026 07:42 AM (2Ez/1)

90 88 “The Voting Rights Act “was born of the literal blood of Union soldiers and civil rights marchers,” Justice Elena Kagan wrote in her dissent. “Only [the American people] have the right to say it is no longer needed—not the members of this Court.”
Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:01 AM (8rTNG)”

That’s not a legal opinion, that’s a DU or Reddit blog post.

And is she saying that it only can be changed by civil war?

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 02, 2026 07:41 AM (jju2J)

Yeah...The 13th through 15th Amendments to the Constitution were a result of the Civil war, lady. The Voting Rights Act came along a century later...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:43 AM (ynpvh)

91 “Only [the American people] have the right to say it is no longer needed—not the members of this Court.”
Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:01 AM (8rTNG)”
----------------
Wow! We found an activist partisan judge who thinks a court goes too far into legislative rights!

First time ever.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 02, 2026 07:44 AM (s8OdJ)

92 86 "Called it a clanker?
Posted by: m "

Mr. Wrongway Computer Mumbling Mass of tin plated Metal Fugitive from a Junkyard.

Posted by: Dr Smith at May 02, 2026 07:40 AM (vFG9F)

You need to insert "rusty" and "corroded" in there somewhere...and a CPU the size of a 8086...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:44 AM (ynpvh)

93 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 02, 2026 07:45 AM (RIvkX)

94 91 “Only [the American people] have the right to say it is no longer needed—not the members of this Court.”
Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:01 AM (8rTNG)”
----------------
Wow! We found an activist partisan judge who thinks a court goes too far into legislative rights!

First time ever.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 02, 2026 07:44 AM (s8OdJ)

Except she probably means that only Judges like her can channel the will of the people...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:45 AM (ynpvh)

95 Isn't Waymo the outfit that has remote drivers in some offbeat country that can "take control" of the so-called "driverless" vehicles if necessary?

Or actually drive them remotely. Which, if true, might explain Mr. Businessman's misadventure.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 02, 2026 07:46 AM (jehhT)

96 How about "Ferrous Frankenstein Fiend in Tin Clothing"?

Posted by: Dr Smith at May 02, 2026 07:46 AM (vFG9F)

97 What if your car decides you really should not take a flight. Maybe its AI examined your presentation materials and decided they still need work. So it refuses to take you to the airport. "I'm sorry Dave, but you can't go to that meeting."

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 02, 2026 07:47 AM (s8OdJ)

98 "Iranian father of two Hesam Alaeddin, 40, was beaten to death after being arrested for using Starlink to access the internet "

He was just trying to access Only Imans.

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 07:48 AM (vFG9F)

99 A piece of legislation is not what was created by "the literal blood of Union soldiers" but something else was.

Reparations.

Posted by: Go visit Antietam at May 02, 2026 07:49 AM (2Ez/1)

100 100

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:49 AM (8rTNG)

101 Except she probably means that only Judges like her can channel the will of the people...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:45 AM (ynpvh)
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She clearly isn't against lefty activist judges legislating from the bench. She only objects when, in her view, the tables are turned.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 02, 2026 07:49 AM (s8OdJ)

102 101 Except she probably means that only Judges like her can channel the will of the people...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:45 AM (ynpvh)
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She clearly isn't against lefty activist judges legislating from the bench. She only objects when, in her view, the tables are turned.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 02, 2026 07:49 AM (s8OdJ)

Yup, what I meant in my comment: Only judges LIKE her.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:51 AM (ynpvh)

103 The SPLC agrees with Kagan.

https://tinyurl.com/k6safkxj

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:51 AM (8rTNG)

104 103 The SPLC agrees with Kagan.

https://tinyurl.com/k6safkxj

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:51 AM (8rTNG)

404 error, man, Page not found!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:52 AM (ynpvh)

105 Not a big fan of todays 80's throwback song but I am a fan of one of the topless blondes in the video! Thank you Pixy.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 02, 2026 07:52 AM (s8OdJ)

106 88 “The Voting Rights Act “was born of the literal blood of Union soldiers and civil rights marchers,” Justice Elena Kagan wrote in her dissent. “Only [the American people] have the right to say it is no longer needed—not the members of this Court.”
Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:01 AM (8rTNG)”

That’s not a legal opinion, that’s a DU or Reddit blog post.

And is she saying that it only can be changed by civil war?
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 02, 2026 07:41 AM (jju2J)

Scary.

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:52 AM (8rTNG)

107 "What if your car decides you really should not take a flight. Maybe its AI examined your presentation materials and decided they still need work."
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Too many unexplained acronyms on Slide 7.
And for God's sake, increase the font size on the vertical axes of those graphs on 13 & 14!

Posted by: Your harsh Waymo editor at May 02, 2026 07:53 AM (2Ez/1)

108 yeah, re: scotus, power of and for the win

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 02, 2026 07:53 AM (VyBeY)

109 Goldfish>>Silverfish

Posted by: Au>>Ag at May 02, 2026 07:53 AM (oftw2)

110 " Iran eyeing mine-carrying kamikaze dolphins to attack US warships in Strait of Hormuz"

They don't stand a chance against the Israeli sharks with lasers on their heads.

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 07:53 AM (vFG9F)

111 104 103 The SPLC agrees with Kagan.

https://tinyurl.com/k6safkxj

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:51 AM (8rTNG)

404 error, man, Page not found!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:52 AM (ynpvh)

Thanks.

trying again:

https://tinyurl.com/2s3ss36k

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:54 AM (8rTNG)

112 My Ubuntu 24.04 had already been patched on Apr 30, so I think I'm OK.

Posted by: MichiCanuck at May 02, 2026 07:55 AM (y83cF)

113 109 Goldfish>>Silverfish

Posted by: Au>>Ag at May 02, 2026 07:53 AM (oftw2)

Copper Rockfish taste better then either of those.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 07:55 AM (ynpvh)

114
95 Isn't Waymo the outfit that has remote drivers in some offbeat country that can "take control" of the so-called "driverless" vehicles if necessary?

Or actually drive them remotely. Which, if true, might explain Mr. Businessman's misadventure.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 02, 2026 07:46 AM

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A remote control wog delivered the luggage to Bay Area members of his tribe.They sold the clothes, and using the diverted presentation materials, got the contract that the businessman was seeking.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 02, 2026 07:55 AM (4+G/X)

115 You can tell Guy Gillis McDonough was descended from a criminal lineage by the misshaped head, eyes too close together and the bad teeth. He could sing a lick or two however.

Posted by: The Fatal Shore at May 02, 2026 07:57 AM (h6T0W)

116 106 - but very true ... this civil war has been going on for decades, with one side totally unaware that they are in a war at all until very recently.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 02, 2026 07:58 AM (VyBeY)

117 And is she saying that it only can be changed by civil war?
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 02, 2026 07:41 AM (jju2J)

Scary.
Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:52 AM (8rTNG)
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She is saying the legislature decided the VRA was a necessary cure for social injustice still lingering from post civil-war efforts to cure racism in southern politics, and only the Congress should (or, can) decide when the cure is no longer necessary. This, regardless, of whether the Constitution permits the Act in the first place, because she believes the Constitution is an imperfect changing document that is, like, really old and the Democrat Party should decide when and where it applies.

Or something.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 02, 2026 07:58 AM (PZuzz)

118 The Hill
Liberal Supreme Court justices say majority has ‘completed demolition’ of Voting Rights Act

“I dissent because Congress elected otherwise,” she continued. “I dissent because the Court betrays its duty to faithfully implement the great statute Congress wrote. I dissent because the Court’s decision will set back the foundational right Congress granted of racial equality in electoral opportunity. I dissent.”

She read her dissent aloud from the bench, a rare move the justices reserve for when they want to express their strong disagreements in a case.

https://tinyurl.com/45kkpuj8

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 08:01 AM (8rTNG)

119 117 And is she saying that it only can be changed by civil war?
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 02, 2026 07:41 AM (jju2J)

Scary.
Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 07:52 AM (8rTNG)
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She is saying the legislature decided the VRA was a necessary cure for social injustice still lingering from post civil-war efforts to cure racism in southern politics, and only the Congress should (or, can) decide when the cure is no longer necessary. This, regardless, of whether the Constitution permits the Act in the first place, because she believes the Constitution is an imperfect changing document that is, like, really old and the Democrat Party should decide when and where it applies.

Or something.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 02, 2026 07:58 AM (PZuzz)

The Dems tried that in the 1860's...didn't work out too well for them back then.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 02, 2026 08:02 AM (ynpvh)

120 Busy day today. Helping a friend move. Going to a "celebration of life" 150 miles away, and then returning in time to take bride out to dinner when she finally returns hime from helping daughter with brand spanking new grandson.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 02, 2026 08:03 AM (PZuzz)

121 Nood

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 08:03 AM (vFG9F)

122 120 Busy day today. Helping a friend move. Going to a "celebration of life" 150 miles away, and then returning in time to take bride out to dinner when she finally returns hime from helping daughter with brand spanking new grandson.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 02, 2026 08:03 AM (PZuzz)

Nice!

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 08:04 AM (8rTNG)

123 Copper Rockfish taste better then either of those.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Keep your shirt on, the Mackerel Snapper Thread is about to commence.

Posted by: Not A Popish Person at May 02, 2026 08:06 AM (oftw2)

124 So, the war with Iran is ovah! It's OVAH!

Praise the Lord!

We're gonna build Disney World Persia on Karg island, after we demo all of it's oil stuff. Persia is gonna buy all their oil from us from now on.

Posted by: M. Gaga at May 02, 2026 08:09 AM (KiBMU)

125 Thanks, Pixy!

Posted by: m at May 02, 2026 08:11 AM (8rTNG)

126 Called it an effing clanker.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 02, 2026 08:14 AM (qFwJc)

127 nice teefusses.

Posted by: cmeat at May 02, 2026 03:17 PM (R11M+)

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