Daily Tech News 14 May 2026

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This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays.

Fragnesia is the fourth local privilege escalation bug to hit Linux in the past two weeks. (Phoronix)

Bad news: No major distributions have patches out yet.

Good news: It's in the same kernel modules as all three other vulnerabilities, so if you applied the quick fix of just disabling those modules entirely, you're protected this time as well.
Oh, and five new vulnerabilities in CPanel since the weekend. (InMotion)

But these ones aren't being actively exploited yet, so just update and you're good.

Tech News

Samsung memory workers are planning to strike over bonuses. (Tom's Hardware)

SK Hynix is paying its staff close to half a million dollars each in bonuses this year on the back of record profits, with numbers expected to be even higher in both respects next year.

Samsung decided to play dumb.
Intel and Qualcomm will be providing CPUs for Google's upcoming Googlebook. (Tom's Hardware)

Okay.
If BitLocker reared its ugly head and encrypted your drive without you activating it in the first place, you can now get your data back. (Tom's Hardware)

Not because BitLocker has been fixed. Quite the opposite.
LLMs are breaking dumb 20 year old system designs. (/dev/knill)

I reinserted the word "dumb" into the headline which the author inexplicably misplaced.
AMD has increased its share of the CPU market from 24% to 30% in the past year. (WCCFTech)

Ten years ago the company was on death's door. Now it is being held back only by supply constraints at TSMC.
Apple has reportedly signed a deal to produce Mac and iPhone CPUs at Intel. (WCCFTech)

Perhaps no coincidence given that Apple has the same supply constraints as AMD.
Software developers say AI is rotting their brains. (404 Media) (archive site)

Because they're holding it wrong.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Do you have any idea how much damage that bulldozer would suffer if I just let it roll straight over you?

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 14, 2026 04:32 AM (Ia/+0)

2 Cool today, warmer 60s tomorrow, then Summer arrives for the week finally

Posted by: Skip at May 14, 2026 04:34 AM (Ia/+0)

3 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 14, 2026 04:39 AM (sAmhv)

4 Guten morgen, horde.

Posted by: clarence at May 14, 2026 04:40 AM (cSctv)

5 2: the PGA Championship is in your neck of the woods, Skip.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 14, 2026 04:45 AM (sAmhv)

6 Because they're holding it wrong.

Steve Jobs accomplished so much for so long, and now...

...he's known mostly for one ill-advised remark to a customer in an email.

...and black mock turtlenecks.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 14, 2026 04:45 AM (6ydKt)

7 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 1 John 5:11

Posted by: kingsman at May 14, 2026 04:53 AM (ehY6c)

8 BOING!

Back from ascending the Temple Mount. I would have gone tomorrow, Jerusalem Day (anniversary of the liberation of Jerusalem in the Six Day War), but the Mount is closed to all but Muslims and non-Jewish tourists every Friday.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 14, 2026 04:57 AM (RkR9o)

9 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 14, 2026 05:02 AM (Hbeqj)

10 Everyone knows who Secretary of State Lubio is, right?

https://tinyurl.com/38h528af

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 14, 2026 05:03 AM (RkR9o)

11 Drove through it othrr day on way home, not any crowds yet but traffic was getting set up to do so. A car got within a cones and decided to get out and almost hit me.
I won't don't go that way anymore

Posted by: Skip at May 14, 2026 05:08 AM (Ia/+0)

12 About the Samsung problem: the union has proposed a gambit. The best way to deal with a gambit is to refute it. Samsung has a number of ways to tell the union to get stuffed.

At one time, I was a union official. Union members do not like to strike if the company can say "Go ahead and strike" and mean it. If a strike will cause x amount of loss, then the company just has to assess how much it will cost to terminate the contract. If the company loses less by terminating, the union is screwed and out.

Posted by: clarence at May 14, 2026 05:09 AM (cSctv)

13 Between Humpday and TGIF you gotta come up with something else. Tacos are always good but that's Tuesday.

How about Throuple Thursday? Call up your girlfriend and have her bring a lady friend? Before the weekend, and nobody needs to know.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 14, 2026 05:15 AM (D1E+2)

14 Whoa! There were 18 guys in the Glen Miller traveling band. How could they make any money? Maybe living was cheap in the early forties.

Great music!

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 14, 2026 05:16 AM (nDUWj)

15
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 14, 2026 05:18 AM (8iYDv)

16 Mr. Prosser:
Mr. Dent!

Arthur Dent:
Hello, yes!

Mr. Prosser:
Have you any idea of how much damage that bulldozer would suffer if I just let it roll straight over you?

Arthur Dent:
How much?

Mr. Prosser:
None at all.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 14, 2026 05:20 AM (6ydKt)

17 Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always. - 1 Chronicles 16:11 (NIV)

Posted by: So tell me... at May 14, 2026 05:22 AM (Nx5jP)

18 Did get a new Garmin, had a love H8 with old but guess good out weight the bad. The new version is bad in its Fastest way, witch it loves highways that might go 10 miles out of the closer road, or nothing. Googling iit seems a short route might be installed changing settings

Posted by: Skip at May 14, 2026 05:23 AM (Ia/+0)

19 Posted by: So tell me... at May 14, 2026 05:22

Whoops-sock off

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 05:23 AM (Nx5jP)

20 Teens in Florida stop to help man with a flat tire. Then they realize he's having a heart attack and get help:

https://tinyurl.com/3ep9wcp7

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 05:27 AM (Nx5jP)

21 Rudy Giuliani reveals he had a significant spiritual experience while in a coma. From "NY Post":

https://tinyurl.com/2x2ebk3c

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 05:30 AM (Nx5jP)

22 >>>Posted by: FenelonSpoke

>You killed the thread. It's dead.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 14, 2026 05:36 AM (D1E+2)

23 Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 14, 2026 05:36 AM (D1E+2)

Well, hopefully it will have a significant healing and recover.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 05:38 AM (ix8EF)

24 "LLMs are breaking dumb 20 year old system designs."

Not sure why that design was dumb.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 14, 2026 05:39 AM (ITs37)

25 People don’t understand that unions are contract temp agencies. Their management is as corporate sleaze as any other.

Posted by: Accomack at May 14, 2026 05:40 AM (/Chlc)

26 I think shoe-horning in LLMs into a structure that wasn't built for them could be considered ill-considered.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 14, 2026 05:41 AM (ITs37)

27 Even this headline made me laugh:

https://tinyurl.com/mrshwate

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 05:41 AM (ix8EF)

28 Single blade disposable Bic shavers are as good as any of the specious multi blade shavers

Posted by: Accomack at May 14, 2026 05:41 AM (/Chlc)

29 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eeztl at May 14, 2026 05:43 AM (VyBeY)

30 That BitLocker decryption back-door is quite something. There are people I know who had BitLocker's "Give us the big hidden key to access your drives" screen pop up on them and lock them out of their already encrypted drives.

"Key? WHAT key?!" (Because during Installation, Microsoft never explicitly informed people that an encryption key was being created, or that their drives were being encrypted by default.)

Oh, the key is on my Microsoft account? I don't remember how to log into that manually, I created that thing years ago and the machine just uses it! Can I recover it? I need access to the email I created that with? Okay, let me just log into my old college email ... Oh. Blast. It's been shut down.

Let me call Microsoft... "What do you mean there's nothing you can do for me?!"

So people did the only sensible thing. They accepted the data loss, reformatted the drive, re-installed and moved on. It's akin to "The house burned down, we lost everything."

Now this simple backdoor comes out.

You thought people hated Microsoft before... I'm not sure "with the heat of a thousand suns" will be enough to describe the hate they're going to get now.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 14, 2026 05:45 AM (O7YUW)

31 "Single blade disposable Bic shavers are as good as any of the specious multi blade shavers"

The somewhat odd thing is that the multi-blade shavers are supposed to be used following the hairs versus against them, which isn't what you'd do with a single blade.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 14, 2026 05:46 AM (ITs37)

32 And "Faithpot" had this encouraging thought in the article about the dancing hairless dog and his owner playing the accordion:

"As we face the stresses of life, let’s remember to find joy in the little things."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 05:49 AM (rZCVI)

33
I went to bed when there was about 3:45 left in the third period of the Avs-Wild game and the Wild up 3-1. Big, big mistake.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 05:49 AM (HdYcL)

34 Evenin' and mornin', late toilers and early risers! 'Tis Thor's Day; just one more to get through until Friday, the Consummation Devoutly to be Wished.

Movies! has The Detective on from 1968, the Sinatra film based on the first of Roderick Thorp's novels about war hero/former cop/private eye Joe Leland. The second novel became . . . Die Hard! And I just spotted a cool coincidence. In the film is character actor Lloyd Bochner -- you know him from the "To Serve Man" Twilight Zone. His son Hart was in Die Hard twenty years later.

The Detective has a rather unflattering portrait of the gay lifestyle -- and probably a more realistic one than the modern "tolerant" view.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 14, 2026 05:51 AM (wzUl9)

35 he's known mostly for one ill-advised remark to a customer in an email

What did Steve Jobs say?

As far as billionaire techies, I prefer him to Bill Gates., who like some evil Bond villain IMO, but maybe I don't know about the utter narcissistic things and sociopath things Steve Jobs may have done.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 05:53 AM (rZCVI)

36
Today is Ascension Thursday. The Obligation is transferred to Sunday, but I may as well do the right thing for once in my miserable life and go to Mass.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 05:53 AM (HdYcL)

37 Single blade disposable Bic shavers are as good as any of the specious multi blade shavers"

The somewhat odd thing is that the multi-blade shavers are supposed to be used following the hairs versus against them, which isn't what you'd do with a single blade.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 14, 2026

***
I tried the multi-blade horrors, and nearly always nicked myself. The old-fashioned double-edge blade safety razor is far superior.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 14, 2026 05:53 AM (wzUl9)

38 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 05:53 AM (HdYcL)

Stop that. Don't make me come over there😉 You've done quite a number of good things in your life and God and others and the dogs know!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 05:55 AM (rZCVI)

39 Never knew that.
I shave mostly down and then go back at odd angles for clean up irregardless of shaver type.

Posted by: Accomack at May 14, 2026 05:56 AM (8jVAy)

40 Rev. Wishbone, I have to thank you for a compliment you delivered a couple of days ago on the Tech Thread. You said I should be a life coach for retired people, as I apparently have solved the problem of creating a daily routine for myself now that I am no longer working.

The truth, however, is that I am doing a lot of the same necessary but dull stuff I did during the working years when I had a day off: working out, hitting the grocery store, washing the car, taking a nap, etc. I want to shake up the routine, and I hope I will after I buy my house and move. Though I suspect that -- aside from house cleaning and upkeep -- I'll wind up doing a lot of the same stuff!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 14, 2026 06:00 AM (wzUl9)

41 mornin yall. Bitlocker is a scourge and I hates it. Stupid MS giving us stuff we don't need and making our lives more difficult.

Posted by: fd at May 14, 2026 06:02 AM (vFG9F)

42 What did Steve Jobs say?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 05:53 AM (rZCVI)

When, I believe, the iPhone 4 came out, it had two sets of thin metal bands on the top and bottom sides of the phone, which were the antennas for cellphone/wifi reception. When people held the phone in a natural way their fingers/hands would block the antennas.

When a customer emailed him (Jobs actually answered customer's emails personally on occasion) and told him she was getting bad reception on her iPhone, Jobs infamously replied: " "Non issue. Just avoid holding it in that way."

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 14, 2026 06:03 AM (6ydKt)

43 "Single blade disposable Bic shavers are as good as any of the specious multi blade shavers"

That's all I have ever used, except for trying the even cheaper Dollar General ones. Don't do that.

Posted by: fd at May 14, 2026 06:05 AM (vFG9F)

44 I can't wait to get out of the IT business. One day Bitlocker or some megavirus will bite one of my clients bad and I don't want to be around for it.

Posted by: fd at May 14, 2026 06:07 AM (vFG9F)

45 "Single blade disposable Bic shavers are as good as any of the specious multi blade shavers"

That's all I have ever used, except for trying the even cheaper Dollar General ones. Don't do that.
Posted by: fd at May 14, 2026

***
In 2012, bugging out for a hurricane, I forgot to pack my electric shaver. At the Target in Jackson, MS, I bought a bag of the disposable Bic razors and a can of Barbasol. Got the best shaves I'd had in years. When I got back I started researching and dived into the world of new and vintage double-edge safety razors, and am still with it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 14, 2026 06:07 AM (wzUl9)

46 “ give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”

1 Thessalonians 5:18

Posted by: Marcus T at May 14, 2026 06:10 AM (++1kQ)

47 I had to contact our oil company yesterday. I have to give credit to the nice and helpful woman who is the customer service rep, She was patient and efficient. I think of having to deal with angry and rude people frequently during the day ( we weren't) and it must not be the easiest way to spend your working day.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 06:11 AM (lQ+/f)

48 I mentioned this on the ONT. Today I have two live video tours of houses in Terre Haute, IN. One is more expensive than I really want to spend but has had everything done; the other is better priced. The third, the one I really like, has been for sale for almost six months. Unless there is some major issue -- aside from getting that carpet out of the master bedroom and hanging some closet doors -- it looks to suit me quite well.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 14, 2026 06:11 AM (wzUl9)

49
I shave myself while taking a shower using a quite ordinary razor and quite ordinary soap. Haven't nicked myself since adopting this method and I get a perfectly fine shave.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 06:11 AM (HdYcL)

50 “ While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven. Then they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy. And they stayed continually at the temple, praising God.”

Luke 24:51-53

Posted by: Marcus T at May 14, 2026 06:12 AM (++1kQ)

51 Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 14, 2026 06:03 AM (6ydKt

I think that was good of him to occasionally answer e-mails and that seems a rather tame response.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 06:14 AM (rZCVI)

52
With last night's gallery of pitch ads, I could not help but wonder why these days' online pitch ads did not make the play list.

To wit: stuck poop, microglia, hair restoring shampoo, that bespectacled nutrition pest, the thing that'll cause you to gasp, that thing that'll surprise you, and that thing that'll change everything (except adult diapers). A veritable World of Wonders that we inhabit!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 06:18 AM (s9VOe)

53 I use Shick Xtreme three-blade razors.

I used Gillette for a decade or two before they decided to go woke and insult me, so I switched, and never went back.

Schick are less expensive and there's no replacement blades to buy on these. You just chuck them out when they're dull.

Electric razors never give me a close enough shave.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 14, 2026 06:19 AM (6ydKt)

54 *picks up telephone*

"Hello Heaven, can you have some angels visit Pope Leo and give him a chat? He seems to have lost his way."

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 14, 2026 06:21 AM (2GVsD)

55 I think that was good of him to occasionally answer e-mails and that seems a rather tame response.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 14, 2026 06:14 AM (rZCVI)

Yes, you'd think he'd be too busy to answer emails from random customers, but he did.

His reply wasn't insulting to her or anything, but it became a sort of viral meme when she posted the email somewhere on the net.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 14, 2026 06:21 AM (6ydKt)

56 Jobs' reply wasn't insulting. It was tone-deaf.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 14, 2026 06:25 AM (RkR9o)

57
"Single blade disposable Bic shavers are as good as any of the specious multi blade shavers"

That's all I have ever used, except for trying the even cheaper Dollar General ones. Don't do that.
Posted by: fd

My college roommate and very good friend dropped this on another (summer term) roommate and, too, a very good friend, who was waxing lyrical about his close shave:

You used a double bladed razor and you're only half a man, so you had four times more blades than you actually needed!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 06:25 AM (s9VOe)

58 You know the whole story with Tulsi Gabbard? This is exactly what I thought it is:

https://tinyurl.com/4uthwarc

Years of experience have given me a better intuition for detecting fake news. I'm still far from perfect but no longer the super sucker I used to be.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 14, 2026 06:29 AM (RkR9o)

59
"Hello Heaven, can you have some angels visit Pope Leo and give him a chat? He seems to have lost his way."
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 14, 2026 06:21 AM (2GVsD)

This is bad enough optics without making it worse than it really is. The award in question is a routine one regularly given to diplomats to the Holy See. So it's not like Leo was rewarding this thug specially, but it still doesn't look good.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 06:30 AM (HdYcL)

60 I actually enjoy shaving since discovering that a two days' beard provides a better shave, and learning to use a brush to whip up and apply the soap or cream. Now and then I use Barbasol foam for a "Fifties shave," but the stuff tends to dry out my face for some reason. Possibly the chemicals in it from the aerosol can. If I mix a bit of Barbasol in with another cream or soap, it works much better.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 14, 2026 06:30 AM (wzUl9)

61 Lifeline Children’s Services, which provides specialized foster care for victims of sex trafficking, reached a $120,000 settlement with Franklin County, Ohio after officials barred the organization from receiving government funding solely because it hires employees who share its Christian beliefs.

Nature is healing. But I would be happier to read that the people who worked for that county and were responsible for this mess be forced to open a "Will Work For Food" franchise on a street corner.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 14, 2026 06:31 AM (BpO1e)

62
Now and then I use Barbasol foam for a "Fifties shave," but the stuff tends to dry out my face for some reason. Possibly the chemicals in it from the aerosol can. If I mix a bit of Barbasol in with another cream or soap, it works much better.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 14, 2026 06:30 AM (wzUl9)

There's a player for the Vegas Golden Knights named Ivan Barbashev. Quite the shaving-cream name.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 06:34 AM (HdYcL)

63 30 degrees, frost on the windshields.
one of these days we will plant the garden, lol

really hilarious the lengths the panicky demonrats are going to, to try to take down Spencer Pratt, who increasingly looks like the next mayor of los angeles. also lol.

even more hilarious are some of the Spencer Pratt campaign videos, particularly the "unauthorized" ones made by independent artists not connected with the campaign organization. I commend them to the Horde's attention.
(sorry, no links)

Posted by: sock_rat_eeztl at May 14, 2026 06:37 AM (VyBeY)

64 56 Jobs' reply wasn't insulting. It was tone-deaf.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 14, 2026 06:25 AM (RkR9o)

I have to imagine he was just tired of hearing about this design flaw in an iPhone that he didn't want to admit was a design flaw.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 14, 2026 06:37 AM (6ydKt)

65 Hadrian, in other words he should have punted it down the road 'until things settled down.' Instead, he decided to make a statement.

But Pope Pius XII, literally surrounded by Fascist Italian and Nazi soldiers, didn't do enough according to the same Leftists who love Poope Leo.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 14, 2026 06:38 AM (2GVsD)

66 @44/fd: "I can't wait to get out of the IT business. One day Bitlocker or some megavirus will bite one of my clients bad and I don't want to be around for it."

I'm out of IT professionally. I don't miss it a bit. May you find your escape moment as well.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 14, 2026 06:39 AM (O7YUW)

67
What did Steve Jobs say?

As far as billionaire techies, I prefer him to Bill Gates., who like some evil Bond villain IMO, but maybe I don't know about the utter narcissistic things and sociopath things Steve Jobs may have done.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

We have nothing of recent vintage to judge Jobs by (his Atlantic magazine-owning wife is another story).

Gates outed himself as an insufferable know-it-all with sufficient funding to put into practice several of his megalomaniacal ideas whether the rest of us on this planet like it or not (seeding clouds and fake meat are but two of them). It took him being outed as a toady of Jeffrey Epstein to tamp down his ill-informed bleating, but still there remain many who hang on every idiotic word that that ass vomits into the maw of the Internet.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 06:40 AM (s9VOe)

68 Norelco electric, since puberty, like my father before me.

Posted by: sock_rat_eeztl at May 14, 2026 06:41 AM (VyBeY)

69 lolololololololololol!!!!!!!!!

https://tinyurl.com/bc6u726n

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 14, 2026 06:41 AM (RkR9o)

70 I have to imagine he was just tired of hearing about this design flaw in an iPhone that he didn't want to admit was a design flaw.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 14, 2026 06:37 AM (6ydKt)
-

You're thing of an iWad.

"It's working as designed."

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 14, 2026 06:43 AM (RkR9o)

71 Posted by: NR Pax at May 14, 2026 06:31 AM (BpO1e)

You are far too kind.

I want them in stocks in a public place so they can be mocked and beaten by their victims.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 14, 2026 06:44 AM (iERP6)

72 "Actor Pedro Pascal kissed left-wing CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert on the lips and called himself “an actress” while promoting Disney’s The Mandalorian and Grogu on Tuesday."

I hope they choke on each other's dicks.

Posted by: fd at May 14, 2026 06:47 AM (vFG9F)

73 Norelco electric, since puberty, like my father before me.
Posted by: sock_rat_eeztl at May 14, 2026

***
My first shaver at fifteen was a Norelco rotary. I used several of them for many years, switched to a Braun and cut myself -- really; a bit of the foil head broke off and scratched me -- went back to Norelco, and then discovered what a close shave a double-edged razor gives me. And there is a sense of accomplishment in wielding a sharp sharp implement and *not* cutting yourself. Like doing your own oil changes and not spilling the oil or not forgetting to put the drain bolt back on.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 14, 2026 06:48 AM (wzUl9)

74 @69/Biden's Dog:

*laughs* That's fantastic!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 14, 2026 06:49 AM (O7YUW)

75 Hope Pedro Pascal and Stephen Colbert gave each other pink-eye.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 14, 2026 06:49 AM (2GVsD)

76 Biden's Dog

That armor is more accurate than what is seen in the movie.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 14, 2026 06:50 AM (2GVsD)

77 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at May 14, 2026 06:51 AM (2Ez/1)

78 Now that I have more time, I've often thought of learning how to shave with a straight razor. But the entire process, including choosing a razor, seems daunting. And the technique, including honing it, will take a bit of time to learn -- and no doubt I'll carve my personal face up while I'm learning. Don't need that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 14, 2026 06:51 AM (wzUl9)

79
Don't know what it is about tech barons that makes them think they're outside normal morality. 250 years ago, they'd be characters in a novel by the Marquis de Sade.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 06:52 AM (HdYcL)

80 Almost time to feed the furry thugs. I've had my own chow and my morning pipe; shave and shower is next. My first live video tour is at 8:30, so I have lots of time.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 14, 2026 06:53 AM (wzUl9)

81 I want them in stocks in a public place so they can be mocked and beaten by their victims.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

An excellent answer. What is especially infuriating is that this organization specializes in fostering trafficked children. But the county said "Eww! They're Christian! That's not acceptable!"

Posted by: NR Pax at May 14, 2026 06:53 AM (BpO1e)

82 Don't know what it is about tech barons that makes them think they're outside normal morality. 250 years ago, they'd be characters in a novel by the Marquis de Sade.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026

***
Seventy years ago, they'd have been the models for a James Bond villain. Sir Hugo Drax was a kind of tech baron -- rocketry tech, rather than computers, and he didn't develop the Moonraker himself. But he was from the same mold.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 14, 2026 06:55 AM (wzUl9)

83 Well gee thanks Obvious Media

"It is possible to get addicted to pot."

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 14, 2026 06:56 AM (2GVsD)

84 Bond, "why did you steal the shuttle?"

Drax, "one of mine developed a fault."

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 14, 2026 06:57 AM (2GVsD)

85 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 14, 2026 06:58 AM (u82oZ)

86 @TMZ
Would you consider Spencer Pratt's campaign ad misleading now that it's revealed that he lives in one of LA's premier hotels rather than the trailer on his lot? 🤔
Yes, tell the truth!
6.5%
No, his house is gone!
93.5%

hahahahaha

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 14, 2026 06:59 AM (/+uur)

87
Every morning when she's on the road, I call Her Majesty at 7:00 AM sharp, her time. This week, because it's our National and she's rooming with The Big Dummy's Ohio mom, I limit myself to saying everything is fine here. Anything more would be superfluous.

I seem to suffer from the disorder of either 1) not saying anything or 2) talking too much. The first, in any case, is preferable.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 14, 2026 07:02 AM (HdYcL)

88 this is great wisdom, H7!

Posted by: sock_rat_eeztl at May 14, 2026 07:06 AM (VyBeY)

89 They always told me Thursday was the "second hump day." That didn't help too much.

Posted by: Chris at May 14, 2026 07:06 AM (qbQ6d)

90 Clever IT people I need your help.

After some errands yesterday I logged on to AOShq and kept getting an error message to change my time and time zone which has never happened before. I just logged on and it happened again. Do I have a virus doing this?

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 14, 2026 07:07 AM (O8Thy)

91 I did something yesterday that AI will never be able to do. Guess what? EVERYTHING is not on the internet.

Posted by: fd at May 14, 2026 07:08 AM (vFG9F)

92 Speaking of Big Dummy's.........I turned on a show called Wild Babies this morning for the dogs to watch. It's a wildlife show that my golden retriever finds fascinating. She was watching intently when a hyena tried to swipe a baby seal. She was very concerned and wouldn't stop growling and barking. Kinda cute to watch. Spoiler.....the hyena didn't get the seal.

Posted by: Mollly k. at May 14, 2026 07:10 AM (j/yko)

93 baby seal escaped, with the help of your golden! good dog!

Posted by: sock_rat_eeztl at May 14, 2026 07:11 AM (VyBeY)

94
I read that Karen "Big-Mouthed Billy" Bass has the sadz and the scaredz because the superb campaign ad in which she appears as The Joker has her character getting pelted in the face repeatedly by tomatoes. It is traumatic for her since the red tomato parts resemble blood and the act of them having been thrown at her is terroristic murder.

Frantically playing her victim cards, she is.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 07:13 AM (s9VOe)

95 From the overnight: My argument on MKUltra has been that about the time they found the sort of mind control they were researching was impossible … 18-1

For something that we are told doesn’t work .. they spent 30+ years with it. “We’re very sorry, and we won’t do it again”. Watch what they do, not what they say. “It doesn’t work” is exactly what they would want people to think.

It’s all part and parcel of the same. Manipulation of attitudes and beliefs, I think we’ve all seen enough evidence of wind-up toys over the years.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 07:15 AM (vxZFu)

96 Back in the day Milk of Fragnesia was a mild chewable laxative in pill form that felt like you were eating chalk.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 14, 2026 07:15 AM (2Ez/1)

97 Karen Bassura

Posted by: sock_rat_eeztl at May 14, 2026 07:15 AM (VyBeY)

98 After some errands yesterday I logged on to AOShq and kept getting an error message to change my time and time zone which has never happened before.

Check your time settings on the computer. Go to settings and enter "date and time" if it's wrong. There is an option to manually change it or you can sync it to a time server.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 14, 2026 07:15 AM (BpO1e)

99
Necco Wafers are still on the market for those who have an urge to chew on chalk.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 14, 2026 07:17 AM (s9VOe)

100 100!

Posted by: NR Pax at May 14, 2026 07:18 AM (BpO1e)

101 Check your time settings on the computer. Go to settings and enter "date and time" if it's wrong. There is an option to manually change it or you can sync it to a time server.
Posted by: NR Pax

Thank you. Yes I did that yesterday and noticed the option for time and zone settings were set to manual so I set them to automatic. Again this morning I was back in good old Serbia. I've changed the zone setting back to manual. Maybe that will do it.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 14, 2026 07:18 AM (O8Thy)

102 Straight razors work OK on the straightaways, but can be a little tricky around the chin.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 14, 2026 07:19 AM (vxZFu)

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