Daily Tech News 13 May 2026

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Google's Googlebook is the company's answer to Google's Chromebook. (Tom's Hardware)

It's a laptop running Android.

Which raises the question: Why didn't the Chromebook run Android in the first place?

There are no specs or indeed any hardware information at all; that will be left to Google's partners including Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, and Lenovo.

It might potentially be a good time to be launching a laptop that doesn't need 32GB of RAM to get out of bed - as indicated by the runaway success of Apple's MacBook Neo. And there's a slim chance that at least one of the partner companies won't screw things up.

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TokenSpam. (Tom's Hardware)

These people are literally retarded.

Amazon is requiring its developers to use AI tools to boost productivity. I mean, fair enough up to a point; I use Claude to review code and it catches conceptual issues and pattern mismatches that my IDE can't.

But Amazon is measuring productivity by the amount each developer costs the company on their AI tool usage, with perfectly predictable results.
Microsoft is constructing a new datacenter in Kenya that will - if completed - use half the power of the entire country. (Tom's Hardware)

That's a bit of an overstatement; the number is closer to 40%.
Micron is sampling 256GB DDR5 modules running at 9200MHz. (WCCFTech)

You can't have one.
The EU is cracking down on TikTok and Instagram because they are... Popular. (CNBC)

Honestly, that seems to be it.

Time to cut the cables.

Musical Interlude

There is an official music video of this but it seems to be restricted, so that's a reuploaded version. Just in case, here is the official videoless version as well.

Disclaimer: You got non in my biyori!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 13, 2026 04:32 AM (Ia/+0)

2 w00t

Posted by: m at May 13, 2026 04:32 AM (6wpGE)

3 >>>Google's partners including Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, and Lenovo

In alphabetical order, I noticed.

Posted by: m at May 13, 2026 04:33 AM (6wpGE)

4 from the ONT; lots of tech thread commenters in this list:

Weekly commenter stats for week of 05-10-2026

Top 10 commenters:
1 [490 comments] 'Sponge - F*ck Cancer' [69.62 posts/day]
2 [477 comments] 'TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films'
3 [344 comments] 'ShainS '
4 [297 comments] '...'
5 [275 comments] 'Bulg'
6 [274 comments] 'whig'
7 [261 comments] 'FenelonSpoke'
8 [242 comments] 'rickb223 '
9 [239 comments] '18-1'
10 [238 comments] 'Smell the Glove'

Posted by: m at May 13, 2026 04:34 AM (6wpGE)

5 Alphabet-ical even.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 13, 2026 04:34 AM (BLOW1)

6 I have a reeces blizzard in the freezer

Posted by: Ray's Cyst at May 13, 2026 04:34 AM (jrgJz)

7 (parenthet-ical)

Posted by: m at May 13, 2026 04:37 AM (6wpGE)

8 No idea what she is singing, but it was nice

Posted by: Skip at May 13, 2026 04:37 AM (Ia/+0)

9 8 No idea what she is singing, but it was nice
Posted by: Skip at May 13, 2026 04:37 AM (Ia/+0)

agreed

Posted by: m at May 13, 2026 04:43 AM (6wpGE)

10 BOING!

Locked out of X. Dunno why. Solid random password. Cannot get back in. Contacted support. Waiting.

Back from eye exam. Still dilated and contractions every 5 minutes.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 13, 2026 04:43 AM (Oj3Pf)

11 may I recommend, for the moment:

https://xcancel.com

Posted by: m at May 13, 2026 04:44 AM (6wpGE)

12 Willow'd:

242 Hey!
Having been run over by a golf cart once, that joke wasn't all that funny.
Well. Okay. It was. But getting run over was no fun. He'll alcohol wasn't even involved...yet.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 12, 2026 11:28 PM (2WIwB)

IIRC, Gavin Newsom's wife Jennifer killed her big sister by running her over with a golf cart. But she was a child (6 years old and her sister was and it was ruled an accident, so now she's sympathetic to all the unlucky killers in prison who didn't get away with it like she did. (I wish I was joking.)

Posted by: Simp for the Machine at May 13, 2026 04:46 AM (Sy6m/)

13 * her sister was 8

Posted by: Simp for the Machine at May 13, 2026 04:47 AM (Sy6m/)

14 /off dumb band sock

Posted by: SciVo at May 13, 2026 04:48 AM (Sy6m/)

15 JUST WOW!

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Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 13, 2026 04:50 AM (Oj3Pf)

16 I heard Teardrop here the first time. Pixy has posted the video at least twice. I saw a small replica picture of the video today. About 2.5 cm.

I am 57.

Everyone have a lovely day.

Posted by: Fearless on My Breath -- meh no more at May 13, 2026 04:52 AM (RtqEX)

17 I heard Teardrop here the first time.

The Massive Attack song?

Posted by: fluffy nuggets, jr. at May 13, 2026 04:55 AM (bnBn1)

18 IIRC, Gavin Newsom's wife Jennifer killed her big sister by running her over with a golf cart. But she was a child (6 years old and her sister was and it was ruled an accident, so now she's sympathetic to all the unlucky killers in prison who didn't get away with it like she did. (I wish I was joking.)
Posted by: Simp for the Machine at May 13, 2026 04:46 AM (Sy6m/)

If it makes her feel better, we can send her to prison.

Posted by: fluffy nuggets, jr. at May 13, 2026 04:59 AM (bnBn1)

19 Better hit the road
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at May 13, 2026 05:04 AM (Ia/+0)

20 17 I heard Teardrop here the first time.

The Massive Attack song?
Posted by: fluffy nuggets, jr.

Some people claim they have another song, but I don't believe it.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 13, 2026 05:05 AM (BLOW1)

21
You too Skip.

Posted by: four seasons at May 13, 2026 05:05 AM (3ek7K)

22 Freaky Deeky! Had to update Windows. Now I was able to log back in to X.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 13, 2026 05:05 AM (8schn)

23 16 Everyone have a lovely day.
Posted by: Fearless on My Breath -- meh no more at May 13, 2026 04:52 AM (RtqEX)

Will do!

Posted by: m at May 13, 2026 05:06 AM (6wpGE)

24 22 Freaky Deeky! Had to update Windows. Now I was able to log back in to X.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 13, 2026 05:05 AM (8schn)

Huh! Yay, you!

Posted by: m at May 13, 2026 05:07 AM (6wpGE)

25 Some people claim they have another song, but I don't believe it.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 13, 2026 05:05 AM (BLOW1)

Angel is pretty good.

Paradise Circus is good.

But I'm sure I'm not telling you anything you don't know.

Posted by: fluffy nuggets, jr. at May 13, 2026 05:07 AM (bnBn1)

26
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 13, 2026 05:09 AM (8iYDv)

27 40% of the nation's energy supply?

I can hear the Commies now, "kilowatts for the People!"

And they wouldn't be wrong.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 13, 2026 05:32 AM (2GVsD)

28 A note and an act of kindness helped change a man's life:

https://tinyurl.com/4xkajyb5

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 13, 2026 05:33 AM (IeCgc)

29 This ought to be one of the theme songs for ASHQ-Comedian Tim Hawkins sings " Karen":

https://tinyurl.com/29weaewa

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 13, 2026 05:42 AM (uA11f)

30 Evening and morning to all late toilers and early risers, respectively! I am awake, unwillingly, and sipping coffee from the new Mr. Coffee I bought at Target yesterday. It has most of the same features as the late Braun. So far so good. Howz about choo?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 13, 2026 05:42 AM (wzUl9)

31 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 13, 2026 05:44 AM (Hbeqj)

32 I hope to have fewer comments this week so that I don't make it on "the list".

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 13, 2026 05:47 AM (uA11f)

33 27 40% of the nation's energy supply?

I can hear the Commies now, "kilowatts for the People!"

And they wouldn't be wrong.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 13, 2026 05:32 AM (2GVsD)

I remember when Alcoa built an aluminum smelter in some African country. It was supposed to be "economic development," practically doing them a favor, and it destabilized their entire power grid.

The whole country. From just one plant.

I think that was a couple decades ago now, but Africa... Africa never changes.

Posted by: SciVo at May 13, 2026 05:49 AM (Sy6m/)

34 73 F. here, supposedly less humid today through the end of the week. (Ha. Ah believes it when Ah feels it.)

Today I have to call the IRS to get the issue of my refund straightened out. I told them on my return to keep it and apply it to my '26 taxes; they think I want it sent to me, but say I didn't provide a bank account. Well, we're beyond the tax filing period now, and their own website says call volumes are lower Wed. through Friday, so we'll see. Maybe I can get a call back.

Afterward I'll take Miss Linda out to drop off her power bill, and we can get a coffee, I guess.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 13, 2026 05:49 AM (wzUl9)

35 “ Remember to extol his work, which people have praised in song.”

Job 36:24

Posted by: Marcus T at May 13, 2026 05:50 AM (E24OL)

36 But Amazon is measuring productivity by the amount each developer costs the company on their AI tool usage, with perfectly predictable results.

Oh, they aren't the only ones. The cretins running my current employer are doing similar shit. Some of the lower level managers (like mine) are doing their best shielding efforts, but I expect that to degrade over time (I don't expect them to lose their jobs to save their subordinate's jobs when we all know that the replacement lower level manager has a convenient bus to throw recalcitrant subordinates under within days.)

I didn't go into software to become a Business Analyst (BA); that is a very useful job for a company, if done correctly and well. The specifications that you end up having to give to one of the current AI agents are almost exactly the things that a BA will create. *Shrugs* Good thing my target retirement date is

Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 13, 2026 05:51 AM (M05s5)

37 Good morning, all!

In the latest news of fiscal responsibility, the State of Maryland has reported that if you have not gotten your State tax refund yet, it could be a while.
The State does not have the funds available to make the remaining refund payments, and needs to delay the issuing of refunds.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 13, 2026 05:52 AM (iMotb)

38 Back atcha, Marcus🙂

Psalm 69:30

30 I will praise God’s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving.

May all have a blessed day!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 13, 2026 05:53 AM (uA11f)

39 Amen Miss Fen. Amen.

May the Lords blessing be upon you all this day.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 13, 2026 05:55 AM (E24OL)

40 Grr.

Good thing my target retirement date is less than 3 years from now. It won't be a disaster if I must retire earlier than that. (I'm NOT going to get a non-contract job at 67 without being a C-level weasel.)

Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 13, 2026 05:56 AM (M05s5)

41 moar covfefe

Posted by: m at May 13, 2026 05:56 AM (6wpGE)

42 Maryland owes me 1200$. I’ll never see that money.

Posted by: Accomack at May 13, 2026 05:58 AM (GbONR)

43 Spotted a couple of very good houses in Terre Haute, IN. One is a little (okay, a lot) more than I wanted to pay -- but *everything has been done*, from laminate flooring to a patio area in back, and a garage as well as a useful basement. If it proves as good as it looks, and the sellers will come down by about $5K, I could do it; I really could.

There are a couple of less expensive properties that would need a little cosmetic work like wall paint and laminate flooring in the bedrooms. I guess I have to think of this like I'm a military family moving from Germany, and everything has to be handled and ordered remotely. Scary for sure.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 13, 2026 05:59 AM (wzUl9)

44 I think that was a couple decades ago now, but Africa... Africa never changes.
Posted by: SciVo

There is a work acquaintance, a very smart man at his job, who has interesting views on Africa. A black guy, He believes Africa is being held back by the US and Europe. He then started singing the praises of China and its development of Africa. He believes the US will be left behind by Africa because the world is abandoning America. He's in a powerful position at work so I kept my mouth shut. Even smart people can be enraptured by dumb ideas. Orwell's quote about intellectuals comes to mind.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 13, 2026 06:00 AM (sAmhv)

45 "Maryland owes me 1200$. I’ll never see that money."

Ouch.

I wonder if the delayed payments to tax payers could accrue interest and fines like when tax payers fail to make tax payments on time?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 13, 2026 06:00 AM (iMotb)

46 And a livelier version of what is normally to a slower tune. The hymn "Joyful, Joyful, we adore thee" sung by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir:

https://tinyurl.com/3ep9wcp7

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 13, 2026 06:03 AM (Nx5jP)

47 I need to get ready to work out. Recently I've been testing a new approach: reducing the percentage of trotting in the first five or six minutes, then increasing it later, instead of trying to do 50% walking/50% trotting right from the start. I've always done warmups -- but at my (ahem!) age I guess a little longer warmup is a good idea.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 13, 2026 06:04 AM (wzUl9)

48 Even smart people can be enraptured by dumb ideas.

I always return to the essay "Let Africa Sink" by Kim duToit. That being said, your African acquaintance thinks that slavery to China is acceptable for some reason.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 13, 2026 06:06 AM (RjOoY)

49 "Some ideas are so stupid, only intellectuals believe them."

Posted by: m at May 13, 2026 06:07 AM (6wpGE)

50
Good morning, Hordians.

This is Wednesday, isn't it?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 13, 2026 06:08 AM (HdYcL)

51 50 This is Wednesday, isn't it?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 13, 2026 06:08 AM (HdYcL)

Yes, immediately preceded by:

Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - May 12, 2026 [Doof]
—Open Blogger

Posted by: m at May 13, 2026 06:10 AM (6wpGE)

52 Megachurch Pastor Mark Driscoll of the fast-growing Trinity Church in Scottsdale, Arizona, sparked controversy on Mother’s Day with a message that honored Mary, the mother of Jesus, while challenging the nation’s largest abortion provider. The sermon drew both praise from pro-life advocates and criticism from those who objected to the pastor’s direct approach.

Maybe I'm just some heretic but I think that Pastors should address these issues directly and use concrete examples in real life. And apparently, his church is growing in membership because they are very outspoken about their beliefs.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 13, 2026 06:10 AM (RjOoY)

53 Who lets a 6 year old drive a golf cart?

All the courses near me require the driver to have a valid Drivers License.

Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 13, 2026 06:14 AM (qFwJc)

54 All the courses near me require the driver to have a valid Drivers License.
Posted by: no one of any consequense

It's that rich person exemption you hear so much about.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 13, 2026 06:15 AM (RjOoY)

55 I almost forgot, there was a presser yesterday where they gave the identity of the guy who succeeded in getting into the front of that Frontier Airlines engine.

Death was ruled a suicide.

Interesting.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 13, 2026 06:16 AM (iMotb)

56 Honored Mary, challenged abortion.

He might be a crypto Catholic.

Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 13, 2026 06:16 AM (qFwJc)

57 Microsoft is constructing a new datacenter in Kenya that will - if completed - use half the power of the entire country.

***

Do they know it's Christmas time at all?

Posted by: Biergood at May 13, 2026 06:16 AM (PwgSL)

58 He believes Africa is being held back by the US and Europe.

It's very truly odd how the birthplace of Homo Sapiens, with all of its natural resources, was unable to create lasting empires that couldn't compete with what the losers that left that paradise created many centuries later.

If he thinks China views Africa as anything other than a resource to exploited, then he may be excellent at his job but that doesn't translate to this stuff.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 13, 2026 06:18 AM (M05s5)

59 "Microsoft is constructing a new datacenter in Kenya that will - if completed - use half the power of the entire country.

***'

Harbor Freight always has sales on Predator brand generators.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 13, 2026 06:19 AM (iMotb)

60 48 Even smart people can be enraptured by dumb ideas.

I always return to the essay "Let Africa Sink" by Kim duToit. That being said, your African acquaintance thinks that slavery to China is acceptable for some reason.
Posted by: NR Pax

LoL!! He's from Aliquippa, PA. We talk Western PA football a lot!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 13, 2026 06:23 AM (sAmhv)

61 Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 13, 2026 06:00 AM (sAmhv)

I think that the kindest thing you could do is encourage him to have a real long African trip, preferably an immersion experience. If he's religious, a mission through his church. If he's secular and entrepreneurial, maybe some kind of economic development type thing -- surely he can do like the Chinese, but better! Or if nothing else, at least an "immersion experience" of some kind, to "connect with his roots" or whatever.

There is a meta, "In {African country}, the difference between a tourist and a racist is {number} weeks." It may break his heart to have his illusions shattered, but it is better to deal with the world as it is than to be a pseudo-schizophrenic from sheer ignorance. Well, certainly better for you than having to bite your tongue all the time.

Posted by: SciVo at May 13, 2026 06:23 AM (Sy6m/)

62 Death by Frontier Airlines seems like a weird way to commit suicide.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 13, 2026 06:25 AM (ix8EF)

63 Government pay a penalty on money they owe? Ha. I say, ha.
Worse, it is income tax withholding that they owe me, a Virginia resident.

Posted by: Accomack at May 13, 2026 06:25 AM (8jVAy)

64
https://www.kimdutoit.com/
2017/05/05/let-africa-sink/

Posted by: m at May 13, 2026 06:27 AM (6wpGE)

65 LoL!! He's from Aliquippa, PA. We talk Western PA football a lot!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet

Small world. I'm impressed.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 13, 2026 06:27 AM (RjOoY)

66 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at May 13, 2026 06:28 AM (2Ez/1)

67 64: Thanks, m!

As for the Frontier Airlines suicide? Seems like the guy was homeless and had a criminal record.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 13, 2026 06:28 AM (RjOoY)

68
Sonofabitchin' AKC website is down for maintenance. The quest to fill in the blank spaces in Dutch's show career - absent any contemporaneous record - has to wait.

The AKC has him at 579 Grand Champion points and I can only account for 543 of them. He was shown only for parts of 2013, when he was recovering from bloat and torsion, and 2015 before his final illness. So I'm looking for "open" weekends on my spreadsheet and seeing if he was at any shows in TX, LA, MS or AR in that time.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 13, 2026 06:31 AM (HdYcL)

69 I almost forgot, there was a presser yesterday where they gave the identity of the guy who succeeded in getting into the front of that Frontier Airlines engine.

Death was ruled a suicide.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

I'm not sure that explanation will fly.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 13, 2026 06:35 AM (Kyh8Y)

70
I'm not sure that explanation will fly.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 13, 2026 06:35 AM (Kyh8Y)

Yeah, it'll get ground up and spit out.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 13, 2026 06:37 AM (HdYcL)

71 g'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eeztl at May 13, 2026 06:37 AM (VyBeY)

72 I'm not sure that explanation will fly.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 13, 2026 06:35 AM (Kyh8Y)

Yeah, it'll get ground up and spit out.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

It just won't take off.

Posted by: Tuna at May 13, 2026 06:38 AM (lJ0H4)

73 Green Party ember Antoinette Fernandez in the UK is drawing well deserved fire.

She is campaigning for the UK to pay slave reparations. Her father, now deceased, became fabulously rich due to oil, gas, and minerals. On her mother's side she is considered a princess of Nigeria.

It is the Nigerian side that is drawing the most scrutiny. Seems her great grandfather was King of Lagos and the British deposed him because he was in the slave trade. Another relative owned 1,400 slaves.

The Green Party is of course calling all of this 'racist.'

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 13, 2026 06:40 AM (2GVsD)

74 Yeah, it'll get ground up and spit out.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Back in the day, when someone ended up in an open hearth furnace, the company would scrap the entire batch of steel. I certainly don't know if Frontier will try to repair the engine or not of if they will just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at May 13, 2026 06:40 AM (Kyh8Y)

75 I'm not sure that explanation will fly.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 13, 2026 06:35 AM (Kyh8Y)

Perhaps it was his final frontier.*

He went where no man had gone before.

*What? You started it.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 13, 2026 06:42 AM (dK+Kv)

76 It may break his heart to have his illusions shattered, but it is better to deal with the world as it is than to be a pseudo-schizophrenic from sheer ignorance.

@SciVo, "Man is not a rational animal, he is a rationalizing animal." as the quote goes. At least such a trip would keep him away from the office for a while, but I would be pleasantly surprised if it resulted in a change in his opinions.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 13, 2026 06:42 AM (M05s5)

77 I'm not sure that explanation will fly.

Posted by: Tonypete

Perhaps it was his final frontier.*

He went where no man had gone before.

*What? You started it.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

If you thought he was mixed up before the event. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at May 13, 2026 06:43 AM (Kyh8Y)

78 I have bent my 3 ton floor jack

Posted by: Save the Wails at May 13, 2026 06:43 AM (LOZbR)

79
It is the Nigerian side that is drawing the most scrutiny. Seems her great grandfather was King of Lagos and the British deposed him because he was in the slave trade. Another relative owned 1,400 slaves.

For every buyer, there has to be a seller.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 13, 2026 06:45 AM (HdYcL)

80 "78 I have bent my 3 ton floor jack"

a memorable occasion, truly!

How?

Posted by: sock_rat_eeztl at May 13, 2026 06:45 AM (VyBeY)

81 Not the first to get sucked into a jet engine.

https://youtu.be/XC1TCXyCqrg

About the 42 second mark, deck crew gets sucked into the left J-52 of an A-6 Intruder. Luckily he wasn't fully pulled through and thus lived.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 13, 2026 06:45 AM (2GVsD)

82 Rotella T6 is good oil

Posted by: I'm on a train pulling the sick and twisted at May 13, 2026 06:46 AM (LOZbR)

83 About the 42 second mark, deck crew gets sucked into the left J-52 of an A-6 Intruder. Luckily he wasn't fully pulled through and thus lived.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Betcha the VA ruled his deafness was 'Not service related'.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 13, 2026 06:46 AM (Kyh8Y)

84 She is campaigning for the UK to pay slave reparations. Her father, now deceased, became fabulously rich due to oil, gas, and minerals. On her mother's side she is considered a princess of Nigeria.

It is the Nigerian side that is drawing the most scrutiny. Seems her great grandfather was King of Lagos and the British deposed him because he was in the slave trade. Another relative owned 1,400 slaves.

The Green Party is of course calling all of this 'racist.'
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 13, 2026 06:40 AM (2GVsD)
---
A princess of Nigeria? Does she need any help moving money out of the country?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 13, 2026 06:47 AM (gnNyN)

85
If you thought he was mixed up before the event. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete

=====

He's in the wind

Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 13, 2026 06:47 AM (gpQ8/)

86 He went where no man had gone before.

*What? You started it.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder"

You know the last thing to go through his mind?

The fan blades

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 13, 2026 06:48 AM (iMotb)

87 Professor, I much prefer A Princess of Mars/

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 13, 2026 06:49 AM (2GVsD)

88
About the 42 second mark, deck crew gets sucked into the left J-52 of an A-6 Intruder. Luckily he wasn't fully pulled through and thus lived.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 13, 2026 06:45 AM (2GVsD)

Something like his tools or his helmet stopped the engine before he could be fully ingested?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 13, 2026 06:49 AM (HdYcL)

89 If you thought he was mixed up before the event. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete

=====

He's in the wind
Posted by: 2009Refugee

He gave boarding the plane a pass.

Posted by: Tuna at May 13, 2026 06:49 AM (lJ0H4)

90 Posted by: Anna Puma at May 13, 2026 06:40 AM (2GVsD

I wonder if she has ever heard of William
Wilberforce who along with his band of Evangelical Christians and Quakers were instrumental in greeting slavery abolished in Great Britain?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 13, 2026 06:50 AM (ix8EF)

91 I was lifting a 4 ton machine out on the Golf Course and it rolled, twisting the jack frame about enough to cause cursing and a temper tantrum. Good thing nobody saw me do it

Posted by: save the wails at May 13, 2026 06:52 AM (LOZbR)

92 "Getting" not "Greeting".

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 13, 2026 06:52 AM (ix8EF)

93 "I'm not sure that explanation will fly.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 13, 2026 06:35 AM (Kyh8Y)

Yeah, it'll get ground up and spit out.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

It just won't take off.
Posted by: Tuna '

There's no way to put a positive spin on it.

mornin yall

Posted by: fd at May 13, 2026 06:52 AM (vFG9F)

94 Android Authority: Massive leak reveals Google’s Aluminium OS
"The OS currently feels like “plain Android” optimized for larger screens, with many Google apps appearing as web-wrapped versions rather than native desktop software."

The UI looks a lot like Windows 11.

https://is.gd/yf2kyv

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 13, 2026 06:54 AM (glnUu)

95 FML. R. I. P. Donald Gibb, aka Ogre - Revenge of the Nerds

Posted by: rickb223 at May 13, 2026 06:54 AM (MwdeY)

96 Remember "Fly United"? Neither does that guy.

Posted by: fd at May 13, 2026 06:54 AM (vFG9F)

97 There's no way to put a positive spin on it.

mornin yall

Posted by: fd at May 13, 2026 06:52 AM (vFG9F)

. . . . no matter which way you slice it.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 13, 2026 06:54 AM (dK+Kv)

98 Hadrian, IIRC it was his helmet that saved him.

Fenelon, she probably does know but it doesn't matter. What started this scrutiny was a Tweet where she talked about her grandfather getting deposed but never mentioning why the Brits overthrew him.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 13, 2026 06:55 AM (2GVsD)

99 Ouch.

Glad you weren't hurt!

Posted by: sock_rat_eeztl at May 13, 2026 06:57 AM (VyBeY)

100 100

Posted by: m at May 13, 2026 06:57 AM (6wpGE)

101 I almost forgot, there was a presser yesterday where they gave the identity of the guy who succeeded in getting into the front of that Frontier Airlines engine.

Death was ruled a suicide.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

I'm not sure that explanation will fly.
Posted by: Tonypete

The plane almost totally mist him.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 13, 2026 06:58 AM (MwdeY)

102 "Amazon is measuring productivity by the amount each developer costs the company on their AI tool usage,'

If Scott Adams weren't an atheist, he'd be having a good laugh a out this somewhere.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 13, 2026 06:58 AM (jOvFD)

103 Posted by: Anna Puma at May 13, 2026 06:55 AM (2GVsD

I am so tired of these people and reparations nonsense towards people whose parents and grandparents and perhaps further back never owned slaves. Another big grifting attempt.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 13, 2026 06:58 AM (ix8EF)

104 Spotted a couple of very good houses in Terre Haute, IN

"At least we got **gasp** Terre Haute!"

Posted by: Field Marshal Wilifried von Kluck at May 13, 2026 06:59 AM (qRla/)

105 Good morning morons

4 from the ONT; lots of tech thread commenters in this list:
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Truly a Rogue's Gallery

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 13, 2026 07:01 AM (RIvkX)

106 Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 13, 2026 06:58 AM (jOvFD)

I think that Scott Adams came to a belief in Christ on his deathbed.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 13, 2026 07:02 AM (Nx5jP)

107 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. A cloudy 45 degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor. Rain expected today through Friday, but Saturday is supposed to be a lovely day.

I thought I was close to finishing my novel, but I ran into a bit of a block yesterday, with the solution coming too soon and a scene at Universal completely dropped. So I need to spend some quiet time with my scene book figuring out a way to get the whole thing running again.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 13, 2026 07:05 AM (qRla/)

108 Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 13, 2026 07:01 AM (RIvkX)

I am most assuredly not a tech commentator. I'm a non tech commentator and I'm only seventh in line to be the top rogue😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 13, 2026 07:05 AM (Nx5jP)

109 *hands MPPP the starter crank for a Model T*

Beat it into submission.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 13, 2026 07:06 AM (2GVsD)

110 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

How's you new doggie adjusting to her new home.

Posted by: Tuna at May 13, 2026 07:07 AM (lJ0H4)

111 Truly a Rogue's Gallery
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 13, 2026 07:01 AM (RIvkX)

In retrospect, while her collection of statues is uncanny, she never should have stolen Gorgon's power

Posted by: SciVo at May 13, 2026 07:08 AM (Sy6m/)

112 Why anyone would mimic the look of windows 11 for their os is beyond me.

Their are so many better os/gui to emulate and they pick the worst.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 13, 2026 07:09 AM (XV/Pl)

113 How's you new doggie adjusting to her new home.

It's been a week now. She's still having trouble being housebroken, but it's coming along. She is very kissy and happy otherwise.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 13, 2026 07:09 AM (qRla/)

114 I thought I was close to finishing my novel, but I ran into a bit of a block yesterday, with the solution coming too soon and a scene at Universal completely dropped. So I need to spend some quiet time with my scene book figuring out a way to get the whole thing running again.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 13, 2026 07:05 AM (qRla/)

I'm trying to plow through one. Didn't like where it was going, so cut out a 1500 word courtroom scene. I'll just do a scene change and refer to it in the past tense to get to the final confrontations. Funny, but I seem to be losing interest in writing these days.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 13, 2026 07:13 AM (1Ff7Z)

115 "...there was a presser yesterday where they gave the identity of the guy who succeeded in getting into the front of that Frontier Airlines engine.

Death was ruled a suicide."
+++++

Police suspect fair play.

Posted by: The ghost of Dennis Miller at May 13, 2026 07:17 AM (2Ez/1)

116 Babylon Bee:

‘I am your father,’ Trump reveals to horrified Mark Hamill"

Posted by: fd at May 13, 2026 07:17 AM (vFG9F)

117 - R.I.P. Donald Gibb

His movie role that I remember?
Think Chong Li, Foot Stompin' Music.

Posted by: TeeJ at May 13, 2026 07:19 AM (PpROq)

118 I'm trying to plow through one. Didn't like where it was going, so cut out a 1500 word courtroom scene. I'll just do a scene change and refer to it in the past tense to get to the final confrontations. Funny, but I seem to be losing interest in writing these days.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 13, 2026 07:13 AM (1Ff7Z)

I know the feeling. I think I am going to have to combine two scenes and move the Universal one back a few chapters. It's very frustrating.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 13, 2026 07:21 AM (qRla/)

119 116 Babylon Bee:

‘I am your father,’ Trump reveals to horrified Mark Hamill"
Posted by: fd at May 13, 2026 07:17 AM (vFG9F)

; )

Posted by: m at May 13, 2026 07:21 AM (6wpGE)

120 "...there was a presser yesterday where they gave the identity of the guy who succeeded in getting into the front of that Frontier Airlines engine.

Michael Mott.
Even though he ended up like his namesake, no apples were involved.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 13, 2026 07:23 AM (MwdeY)

121 Why anyone would mimic the look of windows 11 for their os is beyond me.

Their are so many better os/gui to emulate and they pick the worst.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Clippy!

Posted by: rickb223 at May 13, 2026 07:24 AM (MwdeY)

122 Sittin' right here, boss.

Posted by: Windows 8 at May 13, 2026 07:26 AM (2Ez/1)

123 Man is not a rational animal, he is a rationalizing animal." as the quote goes. At least such a trip would keep him away from the office for a while, but I would be pleasantly surprised if it resulted in a change in his opinions.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 13, 2026 06:42 AM (M05s5)

You are right, I have always known about man. From the evidence, I believe his wisdom must walk hand and hand with his idiocy. His emotions must rule his brain. He must be a warlike creature who gives battle to everything around him, even himself.

Posted by: Dr.Zaius at May 13, 2026 07:29 AM (j+GfC)

124 King Charles gave a speech to the House of Lords today. What I took away is King Charles wants Parliament to enact laws that ensure more socialism, a bit less anti-Semitism, moving towards integrating with the EU, knock off the anti-American stuff clothed as supporting all NATO members, and we really need to do something about the Middle East. Other than that, the costumes are outstanding.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 13, 2026 07:30 AM (glnUu)

125 King Charles gave a speech to the House of Lords today.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 13, 2026 07:30 AM (glnUu)

Oh, so he was given permission to speak by Starmer? Guess that means Der Starmer will keep his job.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 13, 2026 07:32 AM (1Ff7Z)

126
Oh, so he was given permission to speak by Starmer? Guess that means Der Starmer will keep his job.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 13, 2026 07:32 AM (1Ff7Z)

____________

The Monarch doesn't say anything the Government of the day hasn't written. It would take a brave one to dismiss Starmer and that Chuck is definitely not.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 13, 2026 07:35 AM (HdYcL)

127 The Monarch doesn't say anything the Government of the day hasn't written. It would take a brave one to dismiss Starmer and that Chuck is definitely not.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 13, 2026 07:35 AM (HdYcL)

The palace was asking if he was gonna speak, or not. Guess it wasn't sure Der Starmer would still be around. That's all Chucky was concerned about, not whether the gov't would fall, but he'd get to play dress up.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 13, 2026 07:37 AM (1Ff7Z)

128 "...and that Chuck is definitely not."
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Speak like me, you will?

Posted by: Yoda at May 13, 2026 07:37 AM (2Ez/1)

129 Palaces don't ask. People do.

Posted by: Echoes of Donald Rumsfeld at May 13, 2026 07:38 AM (2Ez/1)

130 And a co-worker just brightened my day.

Quick summary: MIL supposedly had a Power of Attorney written out. She insists that she gave my wife a copy. Nope. And of course she doesn't know where it is.

Co-worker pointed out that we could have a Word document drawn up that covers the POA and get it notarized. And my job does notarization for free.

Life, she is good. I'm going to handle this.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 13, 2026 07:38 AM (RjOoY)

131 Windows 8... I took one look at that and went nope.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 13, 2026 07:38 AM (glnUu)

132 And after using AI extensively on my own software projects I can confidently say that, software should be better, they should offer more functionality and look better.

What you can do with AI is nothing short of magical.

I was working with the database for my ERP last night, typically use either pgadmin or pgcli, which are great but are deep, I worked with two agents to craft my own electron app to work with and create databases. Two hours total from start to finish and it looks better and operate better than anything currently on the market in my opinion.

So people who have vastly more software knowledge and experience than should be creating paradigm shifting software.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 13, 2026 07:39 AM (XV/Pl)

133 Posted by: NR Pax at May 13, 2026 07:38

I'm glad to hear that things are going a bit more smoothly.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 13, 2026 07:40 AM (Nx5jP)

134 Please stop shifting me. I'm happy where I am.

Posted by: The paradigm at May 13, 2026 07:41 AM (2Ez/1)

135 And my job does notarization for free.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 13, 2026 07:38 AM (RjOoY)

I could do it, too!

Posted by: Lance Parkertip - My Commission Expired at May 13, 2026 07:41 AM (1Ff7Z)

136 Two hours total from start to finish and it looks better and operate better than anything currently on the market in my opinion. Posted by: Thomas Bender

So it looks like Windows 11 then right?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 13, 2026 07:42 AM (glnUu)

137 ICYMI: Young MC is back, and he is apparently using AI instead of samples now. This non-album track charted in 2024:

Young MC - "Fun Part" (Official Video)
https://youtu.be/4VCOIAtBNGQ

Posted by: SciVo at May 13, 2026 07:42 AM (Sy6m/)

138 Peter Himmelman
@peterhimmelman
Well wouldn’t you know it, Nick Kristof and the NYT had to get out their horseshit, Der Stürmer-worthy op-ed just before Silenced No More was published. They were right to be nervous. This is a gruesome tidal wave of verified, ice-cold, damning evidence, which painstakingly documents the horrific sexual abuse committed by Hamas and Gazan “civilians.”

It’s available now for all to see.

...Not rumor. Not “social media misinformation.” Not partisan fantasy. Not the New York Times. This is accredited investigative and legal documentation assembled for evidentiary, judicial, academic, and historical purposes.

Prepare yourself. [Link]
10:06 PM · May 12, 2026

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 13, 2026 07:43 AM (RIvkX)

139 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 13, 2026 07:45 AM (u82oZ)

140 Screams before Silence .

Posted by: Ben Had at May 13, 2026 07:47 AM (z2aPa)

141 @136

>> So it looks like Windows 11 then right?

Unlike WinOs, it look functional, elegant and obvious and everything is right their.

The most impressive aspect of it is the ERD diagram module, it looks like it was lifted from the Eraser I/o website. I mean it probably was but that’s not important right now.

What’s important is that software should be markedly better.

And that’s what AIs true utility is for the average person. Soon, you are not going to need software companies to create anything for you, you will be able to create what you want and make it look and function how you want.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 13, 2026 07:48 AM (XV/Pl)

142 Eyal Yakoby
@EYakoby
Pope Leo XIV bestowed the Vatican’s highest diplomatic honor upon the Islamic Republic’s Ambassador, Ayatollah Mohammad Hossein Mokhtari.

The man is part of a regime that slaughtered 42,000 of its own people and imposes the death penalty on Muslims who convert to Christianity.
1:35 PM · May 12, 2026
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Smoove.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 13, 2026 07:48 AM (RIvkX)

143 Hitler's Pope > Ayatollah's Pope

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 13, 2026 07:49 AM (RIvkX)

144 I'm glad to hear that things are going a bit more smoothly.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Not quite yet. Still have to get the document made but at least there is a solution to the problem.

Kids, when your parents get that old bully them into getting those documents handled while they are mentally able to. Don't accept no as an answer or "I'll get to it later." And once you have that document, scan it, save it in at least three locations AND have several hard copies made.

Thank you for listening to my TED Talk.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 13, 2026 07:49 AM (RjOoY)

145 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

Injected by a fan jet is a fast death for one. Did he want to crash the aircraft? Then it is a longer death for hundreds.

Boston Robotics Runway Defense Daleks?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 13, 2026 07:50 AM (u82oZ)

146 Amazon is requiring its developers to use AI tools to boost productivity.

Yep. Last tech contractor I worked for told us we *would* all use AI, and it must boost our productivity 100%.

He didn't think very highly of all the folks he'd hired evidently. I didn't last there.

Posted by: GWB at May 13, 2026 07:50 AM (kU0PQ)

147 143 Hitler's Pope > Ayatollah's Pope
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 13, 2026 07:49 AM (RIvkX)

If Dope Leo starts demanding his followers convert to Islam, how many of them do?

Posted by: XTC at May 13, 2026 07:51 AM (iXqHn)

148 Pope Leo XIV bestowed the Vatican’s highest diplomatic honor upon the Islamic Republic’s Ambassador, Ayatollah Mohammad Hossein Mokhtari.

Not this guy again...Bob needs to go hang with Father Pfleger and leave the adults alone.

Posted by: Chicago Joe at May 13, 2026 07:52 AM (j+GfC)

149 Getting late. Starting to wonder.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 13, 2026 07:52 AM (1Ff7Z)

150 Microsoft is constructing a new datacenter in Kenya that will - if completed - use half the power of the entire country.

Well, they don't call it the "Dark Continent" for nothing. (At least, they did in the days of pulp adventure.)

Posted by: GWB at May 13, 2026 07:52 AM (kU0PQ)

151 Keep the original notarized POA in a safe place. You might even get it recorded at the County Recorder's office.

Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 13, 2026 07:52 AM (qFwJc)

152 Well, they don't call it the "Dark Continent" for nothing. (At least, they did in the days of pulp adventure.)
Posted by: GWB at May 13, 2026 07:52 AM (kU0PQ)

It runs on Lucas Electrics....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 13, 2026 07:53 AM (1Ff7Z)

153 >>>Unlike WinOs, it look functional, elegant and obvious and everything is right their.

Oh so it's a lot more like the Commodore 64?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 13, 2026 07:55 AM (glnUu)

154 JJ up!

Posted by: rickb223 at May 13, 2026 07:55 AM (MwdeY)

155 JJ is up.

Posted by: Nazdar at May 13, 2026 07:56 AM (NcvvS)

156 >>>been a week now. She's still having trouble being housebroken

Crate training has always worked for me. In just a few days, my puppies would go right to the door as a sign that they needed to go outside to potty.

Most people don't have the heart to use a crate for housebreaking, though, because they project human emotions onto their doggie-under-training.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 13, 2026 07:56 AM (J4Dwc)

157 "...software should be markedly better."
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Than what?

Posted by: Begs the question at May 13, 2026 07:56 AM (2Ez/1)

158 @146

>> Yep. Last tech contractor I worked for told us we *would* all use AI, and it must boost our productivity 100%.

100% productivity improvement should be the bare minimum.

As I noted about database tool I created last night, total number of lines of code generated was 4k lines across 10 modules, in roughly two hours.

It could take an experienced programmer a couple of weeks to a couple of monthsto generate that absent ai.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 13, 2026 07:56 AM (XV/Pl)

159 JJ is up

Posted by: Ben Had at May 13, 2026 07:56 AM (z2aPa)

160 J.J. Runway 130.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 13, 2026 07:56 AM (u82oZ)

161 Posted by: XTC at May 13, 2026 07:51 AM

I don't care for Pope Leo and many of his decisions provided what I read is correct. However, they are not Pope Leo's "followers". They are followers of Jesus Christ.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 13, 2026 07:57 AM (PFs9e)

162 The article says the Googlebook will be stuffed full of Gemini. So it's going to need a lot more ram and eMMC just when the price of that stuff is out of control. No thanks. I hope this doesn't kill the Chromebook, which is great for running Linux.

Posted by: Ace's liver at May 13, 2026 08:00 AM (B9Dv5)

163 "...you will be able to create what you want and make it look and function how you want.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 13, 2026 07:48 AM"

+++++++
Now do sex robots.

Posted by: Guys everywhere at May 13, 2026 08:00 AM (2Ez/1)

164 RBe
@RBPundit
The "dogs raping Palestinian prisoners" story is an IQ test.

If you believe it, you're clinically a moron.
2:13 PM · May 11, 2026

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 13, 2026 08:01 AM (RIvkX)

165 164 RBe
@RBPundit
The "dogs raping Palestinian prisoners" story is an IQ test.

If you believe it, you're clinically a moron.
2:13 PM · May 11, 2026
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 13, 2026 08:01 AM (RIvkX)

----'
Tucker Carlson will tell you there's something to that story.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 13, 2026 09:24 AM (cWLG3)

166 Don't worry, Amazon is not alone here. My wife's company makes database software for schools and they bought some AI product that they're supposed to use and they have some kind of "metrics" to determine how much it is used.

My company has licensed Copilot and at least one other AI solution, but at least they haven't started measuring its use yet.

Posted by: deadrody at May 13, 2026 09:33 AM (qf6NU)

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