Daily Tech News 30 May 2026

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In the comments yesterday, Seth asked:[quote>Regarding Anthropic and their IPO. Why the statement as to it crashing?[/quote>Which is a fair question because Anthropic's Claude Code is actually a useful product and well worth the $20 per month.

And the answer is that Anthropic (and likewise OpenAI) spend a lot more than $1 to make $1 in revenue. Subscription plans in particularly are wildly unprofitable; it's the much more expensive per-token charges on their API services that make the balance sheets look less insane.

And if they hiked their subscription fees by around 1000% to reflect the real cost of the services, they'd lose the bulk of their customers, which would just make things worse because the training costs for new AI models are fixed regardless of how many people are using them.

That's why both companies are rushing for an IPO.
Microsoft is under fire for threatening a "security researcher" with criminal investigation. (Tech Crunch)

The "security researcher" in question is anonymous and definitely no White Hat. The moment "Nightmare Eclipse" finds a security flaw, he goes public with it, regardless of the chaos that might ensue.

On the other hand, Microsoft could do well to put fewer security flaws in their code in the first place.

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ChatGPT blindly trusts browser content, turning the page into a payload. (The Register)

This is a bigger problem than ChatGPT, and a bigger problem than most people realise.

Traditional computer programs have code and data. The code tells the computer what to do; the data tells it what to do it to. And you never mix the two up. When you do - because of course that happens - your get a security problem and you fix it. Languages like Rust, Ada, and Java are designed to prevent that happening in the first place.

LLMs have a training set, and then after that everything is data. There's no fundamental distinction between the system prompt which tells the LLM how to deal with your prompt, or the skill file attached to application you're trying to work with, or the data in the application itself. There's just a sea of tokens.

And if you use an LLM to try to sniff out problems with prompts or skill files or datasets, a malicious actor can use any of those to infect your AI security system.

This comes back to the problem I mentioned with ClawHub, a repository for sharing open-source skill files for AI agents. They were using a security scanner, but it only checked the first 10,000 characters of each file to avoid blowing the its context window - the amount of data it can consider in one place. (LLMs are bad at chunking.)

So all a hacker needed to do was put their malware anywhere after the first 10,000 characters.

But worse than that: They could put malicious code in the file crafted not to infect users but to infect the security scanner itself, and from there they could slip anything in.

There's no known solution to the problem; it's like trying to teach people not to do stupid shit. The workaround is to limit the damage the agents can do, like not giving a toddler your car keys.
Linux is planning to retire the x32 ABI (application binary interface) next year. (Tom's Hardware)

x32 lets developers work with 64-bit data but only use 32-bit addresses, the idea being that this uses less memory while providing the same performance as full 64-bit mode.

Only problem is, nobody uses it. And it's Linux-only; neither Windows nor MacOS provides an equivalent mode of operation.
Did some work on my own blog today, which somehow resulted in it going offline for about fifteen minutes. There was a long-existing problem with various log files (both application and database) growing to enormous sizes, and since the containers and since the containers are snapshotted and backed up daily, it was a lot of work to clean up afterwards.

That's now automated, with proper log rotation.

And then I cleared out a terabyte of backups and snapshots which pretty much froze ZFS for the entire server for a good ten minutes.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Welcome mats are a plot by Big Vampire.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 04:34 AM (Ia/+0)

2 w00t Skip won!

Posted by: m at May 30, 2026 04:34 AM (6wpGE)

3 Should go put on coffee

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 04:36 AM (Ia/+0)

4 Kind of cool today, mid 60s

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 04:45 AM (Ia/+0)

5 It's Tal-a-REE-co

Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 30, 2026 04:49 AM (qFwJc)

6 5 It's Tal-a-REE-co
Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 30, 2026 04:49 AM (qFwJc)

Jimmy the Creep

Posted by: Robert W. Pratt at May 30, 2026 04:55 AM (T6aVk)

7 There can't be much of Montreal left standing at that point.

Showing how much I learn from the Horde (and why I keep coming back): I read various posters here stating that the Stanley Cup has not been north of the border since 1993. My thought: "That can't be right..."

So I consulted the 2026 World Almanac. And sure enough...Y'all were right. Mind. Blown.

And the streak continues.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 30, 2026 04:58 AM (T6aVk)

8 G'mornin all y'all

Posted by: Okjohn at May 30, 2026 04:58 AM (JiRwe)

9 Men At Work - Who Can It Be Now

What a great video.

Posted by: m at May 30, 2026 05:00 AM (6wpGE)

10 5 It's Tal-a-REE-co
Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 30, 2026 04:49 AM (qFwJc)

Muldoon could have some fun with that.

Posted by: m at May 30, 2026 05:00 AM (6wpGE)

11 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at May 30, 2026 05:01 AM (V0/Sp)

12 Disclaimer: Welcome mats are a plot by Big Vampire.

And by old ladies who live in shoes.

Posted by: m at May 30, 2026 05:08 AM (6wpGE)

13 On the other hand, Microsoft could do well to put fewer security flaws in their code in the first place.

https://tinyurl.com/rjfccsrb

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 30, 2026 05:14 AM (l3cgK)

14
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 30, 2026 05:16 AM (AMvSw)

15 For those keeping score at home, the turkey wandering the back yard yesterday AM was likely a juvenile. Mrs fluffy had seen it with the hen and recognized the different coloration.

At one point it found the storm door to the bulkhead and was pecking at its own reflection.

Posted by: fluffy at May 30, 2026 05:20 AM (V0/Sp)

16 >>>Did some work on my own blog today

congrats

Posted by: m at May 30, 2026 05:23 AM (6wpGE)

17 haha, fluffy!

Posted by: m at May 30, 2026 05:23 AM (6wpGE)

18 I have never seen so many turkeys along the road side from Virginia to Maine as this spring. They appear not to be bothered by cars and trucks. Deer like in their ambivalence

Posted by: Accomack at May 30, 2026 05:32 AM (+hwtP)

19 "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!"

Posted by: m at May 30, 2026 05:35 AM (6wpGE)

20 I know someone who uses "Who Can It Be Now?" as their ringtone.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 30, 2026 05:37 AM (qRla/)

21 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 30, 2026 05:38 AM (Hbeqj)

22 Richard Grenell retweeted
Bad Hombre
@Badhombre
10h
James Talarico and his “girlfriend” met at a gay bar that she frequents in Austin.

Ric Grenell!

Posted by: m at May 30, 2026 05:42 AM (6wpGE)

23 Microsoft is under fire for threatening a "security researcher" with criminal investigation.

I'm going with "disgruntled former Microsoft employee". I'll go further and add "laid off and replaced by H1B".

Posted by: Bert G at May 30, 2026 05:44 AM (VARTN)

24 "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!"

Wild turkeys can fly a bit. I saw one fly across a four lane highway. It kept enough loft to stay above potential traffic, but just barely.

Posted by: fluffy at May 30, 2026 05:47 AM (V0/Sp)

25 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. Didn't get more than a few hours of sleep last night, so here I am.

I am heartily sick of Facebook. I only joined to access the "Theda Bara Fan Club," but my feed is constantly filled with political screeds from idiot leftists which, other than blocking each one at a time, I can't escape.

July 4 is going to be an absolutely horrible anniversary - the left is going to see to that in spades.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 30, 2026 05:48 AM (qRla/)

26 "James Talarico and his “girlfriend” met at a gay bar that she frequents in Austin."

Not that there is anything wrong with that?

Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 30, 2026 05:52 AM (qFwJc)

27 This is oldish--I think it's from March? It should be the nail in the coffin for Gavin:

Western Lensman
@WesternLensman
May 29
Katie Couric to Gavin Newsom:

"Do you have a Zoolander problem? Are you just ridiculously good looking as Vogue said? No seriously, what do you do about that?"

Incredible stuff here from the authority on journalisming.

Posted by: m at May 30, 2026 05:59 AM (6wpGE)

28 18 I have never seen so many turkeys along the road side from Virginia to Maine as this spring. They appear not to be bothered by cars and trucks. Deer like in their ambivalence
Posted by: Accomack at May 30, 2026 05:32 AM (+hwtP)

Trapped in mortal solitude
Lift the gleaming cleaver
Hack the turkeys the shreds
Watch their feathers fly free
Hunger growing stronger
None survive your wrath

(h/t, Slayer)

"Ask not what can Slayer do you for, but what can you do for Slayer." - JFK

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 30, 2026 06:02 AM (T6aVk)

29 I'm going to try to catch a few winks curled up on the couch. Perhaps see you all in a couple of hours.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 30, 2026 06:03 AM (qRla/)

30 27 This is oldish--I think it's from March? It should be the nail in the coffin for Gavin:

Western Lensman
@WesternLensman
May 29
Katie Couric to Gavin Newsom:

"Do you have a Zoolander problem? Are you just ridiculously good looking as Vogue said? No seriously, what do you do about that?"

Incredible stuff here from the authority on journalisming.
Posted by: m at May 30, 2026 05:59 AM (6wpGE)

It should be the nail in the coffin for Newsom's political career and Perky Katie's "journalistic" career.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 30, 2026 06:05 AM (T6aVk)

31 Hi MP4

Just point and laugh at BookFace.

How does weather like this treat you?

Posted by: fluffy at May 30, 2026 06:06 AM (V0/Sp)

32 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Wilkommen. Bienvenue. Aloha.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 30, 2026 06:08 AM (TZz9Q)

33 School surprises 90 year old janitor with a surprise assembly for his birthday. Sunny Skyz site

https://tinyurl.com/m59uzhkb

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 30, 2026 06:19 AM (lQ+/f)

34 Great 80s band, Men at Work. I was working at a Camelot Music store when their first album came out. The clerks referred to them as the poor man's Police (which was unfair).

My favorite song of theirs: Overkill

https://tinyurl.com/36r48k3e

Posted by: Biergood at May 30, 2026 06:21 AM (PwgSL)

35 Fisherman hugs Pelican Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/49du3mvp

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 30, 2026 06:24 AM (lQ+/f)

36 Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 30, 2026 05:52 AM (qFwJc)

consequense-->consequence
?

Posted by: m at May 30, 2026 06:27 AM (6wpGE)

37 My son Is engaging in negative self talk, so I sent him this suggestion from the internet:

"Limit Social Media Exposure: Social media can exacerbate feelings of comparison. Be mindful of how it affects your self-esteem and consider taking breaks or curating your feed to include more positive influences."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 30, 2026 06:27 AM (lQ+/f)

38 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at May 30, 2026 06:28 AM (2Ez/1)

39 >>>my own blog

Pixy's archived posts go back to April 2003!

https://ai.mee.nu

Posted by: m at May 30, 2026 06:29 AM (6wpGE)

40 Good morning morons

Is Tehran burning?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2026 06:32 AM (RIvkX)

41 Thanks. There is a icon blocking the last few letters on my browser.

Posted by: no one of any consequemce at May 30, 2026 06:33 AM (qFwJc)

42 25 I am heartily sick of Facebook. I only joined to access the "Theda Bara Fan Club," but my feed is constantly filled with political screeds from idiot leftists which, other than blocking each one at a time, I can't escape.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 30, 2026 05:48 AM (qRla/)

I've never used Facebook and I am just guessing, here: Can this kind of thing be moderated, voted on, something?

Posted by: m at May 30, 2026 06:34 AM (6wpGE)

43 Better?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 30, 2026 06:34 AM (qFwJc)

44 Posted by: no one of any consequemce at May 30, 2026 06:33 AM (qFwJc)

consequemce-->consequence

Posted by: m at May 30, 2026 06:34 AM (6wpGE)

45 I quit Facebook after watching "Social Dilemma."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 30, 2026 06:35 AM (qFwJc)

46 43 Better?
Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 30, 2026 06:34 AM (qFwJc)

hahahahaha much better

Posted by: m at May 30, 2026 06:35 AM (6wpGE)

47 >>> Men at Work. I was working at a Camelot Music store when their first album came out.

A few years ago they suddenly appeared on classic rock radio. Makes me wonder if there were cop

Posted by: fluffy at May 30, 2026 06:36 AM (V0/Sp)

48 Makes me wonder if Men At Workhad cpoyright issues or disputes with their record label.

Posted by: fluffy at May 30, 2026 06:38 AM (V0/Sp)

49 Evening to the Saturday toilers like Pixy, and early risers like so many of us! 'Tis Saturn's Day yet again.

I've got to wash the car and run to Walmart for some more cat litter; the usual excitement. Howzabout you?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 06:38 AM (wzUl9)

50
I am heartily sick of Facebook. I only joined to access the "Theda Bara Fan Club," but my feed is constantly filled with political screeds from idiot leftists which, other than blocking each one at a time, I can't escape.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 30, 2026 05:48 AM (qRla/)

I have an account so that Her Majesty can send me little reels of cooking recipes. I also subscribe to some Catholic and Borzoi things as well as Eating History, which has menus from way back when.

The best way to avoid all the political stuff is never to have any friends and never comment on anything.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 06:39 AM (HdYcL)

51
On the other hand, Microsoft could do well to put fewer security flaws in their code in the first place.

That flurry of "thuds" you just heard was MS employees collapsing on their fainting couches.

"Remove flaws from our code? Why, we never!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 30, 2026 06:39 AM (ixS3i)

52 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 30, 2026 06:39 AM (VyBeY)

53 Watching Nate Friedman and Nick Shirley "man on the street" interviews in NY and LA.

These zombies are not my countrymen.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2026 06:39 AM (RIvkX)

54 "Remove flaws from our code? Why, we never!"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 30, 2026 06:39 AM (ixS3i)
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Well, hardly ever!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 30, 2026 06:40 AM (TZz9Q)

55 I know someone who uses "Who Can It Be Now?" as their ringtone.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 30, 2026

***
A great idea. I'm wedded to my "Channel D" signal ringtone, but if I ever changed, that would be the perfect replacement.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 06:40 AM (wzUl9)

56 The furry thugs are doing well. Yesterday at the thrift store Linda dragged me to, there was a basket full of little stickers to put on notebooks or whatever. One featured a black cat holding a bit mug of coffee at a laptop, captioned, "I Have Selective Hearing." Under that, "Sorry You Weren't Selected Today." And in smaller print, "And Tomorrow Isn't Looking Good Either."

The second was a little brown tabby standing on his/her hind legs, holding up a ball of yarn, captioned "Did You Drop This?"

The cats both looked so much like Stirling and Dagny, respectively, that I bought them (a big $1.00) and put them on the cover of my accounts/passwords notebook.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 06:44 AM (wzUl9)

57
I've got to wash the car and run to Walmart for some more cat litter; the usual excitement. Howzabout you?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Tonight is our Blue-Gold Banquet for the Cub Scouts, marking the end of this year's activities. Only two more years remain of the two gKids' time at this level and my obligation to serve the Pack as a leader.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 30, 2026 06:44 AM (ixS3i)

58 Only two more years remain of the two gKids' time at this level and my obligation to serve the Pack as a leader.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 30, 2026

***
Freedom is in sight! Or will you miss it?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 06:45 AM (wzUl9)

59
One featured a black cat holding a bit mug of coffee at a laptop, captioned, "I Have Selective Hearing." Under that, "Sorry You Weren't Selected Today." And in smaller print, "And Tomorrow Isn't Looking Good Either."

Good one!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 30, 2026 06:46 AM (ixS3i)

60 Tonight is our Blue-Gold Banquet for the Cub Scouts
===

Haven't thought of that in over 50 years!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2026 06:49 AM (RIvkX)

61 Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 30, 2026 06:44 AM (ixS3i)

I think that's wonderful you served for so long as as example to the scouts!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 30, 2026 06:49 AM (looXz)

62
I have some shopping to do today. Need to restock the house for Her Majesty's return on Monday. I have settled upon making a pot of ham, sausage and bean soup, so I need the fixings for that in order to soak the beans tonight and get it ready to prepare tomorrow.

Otherwise, I have a project to finish by tomorrow so I can book it for May. Anyone know anything about silicone-polyurethane coatings for calcium aluminosilicate hydrate geopolymers? Because I sure as hell don't.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 06:51 AM (HdYcL)

63
Freedom is in sight! Or will you miss it?

I have mixed feelings about it. I am disappointed that the two of them will not be able to do day camp week this year due to family vacations as it would be their last one together and they've mostly usually enjoyed it in the past. gSon is talking about crossing over to join his Dad's former troop, the one for which I still serve on its committee.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 30, 2026 06:52 AM (ixS3i)

64 mornin yall

"Freedom is in sight! Or will you miss it?"

I was a Pack/Troop adult leader when my boys were growing up. I do miss it at times. You only get one go around.

Krebs, I don't care what anybody says. You are a better influencer than anything found on the garbage pile known as the Internet. Keep up the good work. The memories and lessons will be there long after we are gone.

Posted by: fd at May 30, 2026 06:52 AM (vFG9F)

65 One of my kindergarten buddies was in town so we had some dinner and drinks Thursday and Mrs. F. was kind enough to let me go out again last night. Thursday night we ate at Perry's on the Embarcadero with a great view of the Bay Bridge. I took him to a bierhaus last night in Fort Mason Center with a great view of the Golden Gate and the bridge.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2026 06:53 AM (RIvkX)

66
Anyone know anything about silicone-polyurethane coatings for calcium aluminosilicate hydrate geopolymers? Because I sure as hell don't.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Luckily for you there are any number of AI pals out there who would gladly offer you sage advice from which you would have to decide what part of it is true and useful.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 30, 2026 06:55 AM (ixS3i)

67 The road toward the house purchase continues to unroll. Tuesday a rep from the local Bekins Van Lines will visit my place to gauge how many pounds of furniture and other stuff I am going to ship. (Hat tip to whoever suggested Bekins to me!) The rep even was willing to do a quick calculation for me, based on nnnn pounds x nnn miles to Terre Haute, and came up with a reasonable figure lower than any others I've talked to.

I may have the inspection report next Saturday, too. Which will tell me if I'm going ahead on a solid property, or backing out on one which needs a LOT of $$$ work.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 06:55 AM (wzUl9)

68 Who names their kid "Demontavious"? I think this guy is probably not Eagle Scout material.

Posted by: fd at May 30, 2026 06:55 AM (vFG9F)

69
Tonight is our Blue-Gold Banquet for the Cub Scouts, marking the end of this year's activities. Only two more years remain of the two gKids' time at this level and my obligation to serve the Pack as a leader.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 30, 2026 06:44 AM (ixS3i)

The Cub Scouts. Huh. An incubator of male supremacy. Boys may learn to act like boys and enjoy doing boy things. Before you know it, they'll be playing poker in each other's garages, join bowling leagues and play slo-pitch softball. We need to extirpate these tendencies so that the boys grow up knowing their place kowtowing to women.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 06:57 AM (HdYcL)

70 IIRC there are 4 or 5 species of Turkeys. I’m too lazy to check the correct number. Around here they are Merriam’s Turkey. We see them fly all the time. They typically roost in the trees. I doubt they fly far or much higher than the trees, but they can definitely fly. I assume that is true in some degree or another for all the wild birds. Years of selective breeding and living with no predators and lots of food have taken the wind from the wings of domestic turkeys.

Posted by: Pete Bog at May 30, 2026 06:57 AM (vu6Vu)

71 Lots of stuff I should do today, what I will remains a question

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 06:58 AM (Ia/+0)

72 I just glanced at twz dot com, and they said trump said he was lifting the blockade. Iran’s leadership (?) immediately denied it. I saw that maneuver in one of the first episodes of Miami Vice.
Arraignment judge smiles at accused drug dealer and lets him go. Drug dealer now knows that he is suspected of becoming an informant to the vice squad. He also knows that he is about to be asssasinated.

Posted by: Fenderbender at May 30, 2026 06:58 AM (1FEc1)

73
Luckily for you there are any number of AI pals out there who would gladly offer you sage advice from which you would have to decide what part of it is true and useful.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 30, 2026 06:55 AM (ixS3i)

I think the client used one of those AI pals to come up with a list of illustrative references. None of which appear to have anything to do with the search they requested. "Son, you're on your own."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 06:59 AM (HdYcL)

74 Last night we had excellent calzones from the local Italian cafe up the street: muffaletta for me, veggie for Miss Linda. She's not a veggietarian by any means, but every now and then we omnivores want a break from meat. WE ate half and put the second part away for another night.

The cafe, which recently had a (probably drunken or high) motorist crash her car into the front door, is looking quite good. Part of the screened porch has been cut back, and temporary walls frame the front door.

For some reason there was a cluster of local cops standing around as I drove up. For a moment I thought the cafe people had another and more criminal disaster, but they were probably just picking up some chow as I was.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 07:01 AM (wzUl9)

75
My sister told me the other night that one of our two nieces who are expecting to deliver a child soon will name her new daughter after our late mother.

I think that Mom would be honored and touched by that, but she would offer up numerous reasons why they should not do it. That's just who she was. You could praise her for cooking and serving a great meal and she would spend five minutes telling you what was wrong with it. That was part of her charm.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 30, 2026 07:01 AM (ixS3i)

76 Oops. Time to feed the felines.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 07:01 AM (wzUl9)

77 Changed out the generic joystick and buttons on my bar top arcade to Sanwa Denshi.

What a difference playing Dragons Lair or my personal favorite Cliffhanger is.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 30, 2026 07:03 AM (XV/Pl)

78 I don’t know who Merriam was or why he claims to own this species of Turkey. The numbers around here ebb and flow. Right now it seems the population is growing.

Posted by: Pete Bog at May 30, 2026 07:04 AM (vu6Vu)

79 I may have the inspection report next Saturday, too. Which will tell me if I'm going ahead on a solid property, or backing out on one which needs a LOT of $$$ work.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Have you been able to discuss your move with Linda yet?

Posted by: Tuna at May 30, 2026 07:04 AM (lJ0H4)

80 Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 30, 2026 07:01 AM (ixS3i)

Your mother sounds like a humble, nice woman. Nice to keep the name in the family.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 30, 2026 07:05 AM (ZeH0U)

81 https://tinyurl.com/3ephj5v3
TJM's John Ford Directors Series

Realy want to see how he ranks them, should be in a month or two with all those movies.
Like and hype while there

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 07:06 AM (Ia/+0)

82 The NY Post had pictures and an article of James Talarico's supposed girlfriend who likes to "dance away the night" at gay bars. Yes, this sounds perfectly normal for a straight woman. Sure.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 30, 2026 07:08 AM (ZeH0U)

83
Oops. Time to feed the felines.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

I read that as "... feed the felons".

Was that wrong?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 30, 2026 07:09 AM (ixS3i)

84 Have you been able to discuss your move with Linda yet?
Posted by: Tuna at May 30, 2026

***
Discuss? No. I showed her the house on Realtor, and then went ahead and said, "I've bought it."

She went into a panic attack or shock; she actually lay on the floor like the late Chekov cat in his last months. I held her and talked to her about other things for a few minutes. She sat up and said, "I need some wine!" Of course I have none, so I ran over to the Aldi and brought back an inexpensive Chardonnay that she asked for. After she had a couple of glasses, I extracted a promise from her that we would talk about this today, before we watched the 2024 The Apprentice Trump hit piece on Tubi.

It's hard to discuss something with someone who won't talk. Oh, well.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 07:10 AM (wzUl9)

85 I read that as "... feed the felons".

Was that wrong?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 30, 2026

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Pretty darn close.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 07:10 AM (wzUl9)

86
The NY Post had pictures and an article of James Talarico's supposed girlfriend who likes to "dance away the night" at gay bars. Yes, this sounds perfectly normal for a straight woman. Sure.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Fen, that was code for "she has no lady parts".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 30, 2026 07:11 AM (ixS3i)

87
The Big Dummy has had a good week so far with three Best of Breed wins and a Hound Group placement. We hope it extends to today and tomorrow.

TBD's Ohio mom is in attendance and he'll go back with her to be shown up there in June. Between no good shows around here, her travel and my travel (!!) it's better for him to be in Ohio for the big cluster in Lima. Then he'll return for the July Texas Death March.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 07:14 AM (HdYcL)

88 I guess once I finish my pipe, I'll have a little yogurt with a last cup of coffee; nip out to the car wash and Walmart; and get thoroughly cleaned up when I come back. Even when I wear car-washing jeans and shirt, compared to the other patrons at the Walmarts here, I look like Clifton Webb as Waldo Lydecker or Mr. Belvedere.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 07:15 AM (wzUl9)

89 Only two more years remain of the two gKids' time at this level and my obligation to serve the Pack as a leader.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 30, 2026 06:44 AM (ixS3i)

Obligation seems right. They do extract a toll.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 30, 2026 07:16 AM (dK+Kv)

90
...it's better for him to be in Ohio for the big cluster in Lima.

That sounds like something that would be worthy of televised coverage by the broadcast team from ESPN 8, "The Ocho".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 30, 2026 07:17 AM (ixS3i)

91 @23/Bert G: { I'm going with "disgruntled former Microsoft employee". I'll go further and add "laid off and replaced by H1B". }

After reading the TechCrunch article, I'm not so sure that's the case. If he'd been at Microsoft, he'd likely have some internal contacts he could use to get them to take his bug reports more seriously.

However, the account he created in Microsoft's bug reporting system got locked out by Microsoft - again, if he had internal contacts he could use, that could have been reversed. That it wasn't indicates he's probably an outsider.

He claims with no other options, he decided to just disclose publicly. This sounds plausible. And the method of bug release now being used matches the level of "Well screw you then!" reaction one would have to being locked out of the very system that a company set up to collect bug reports.

Microsoft claiming that bug disclosure along with showing proof of concept code that proves the bug is real is "Criminal" is:

a) A stretch
b) Not yet proven in a court of law
c) A potential "libel" case against Microsoft. (This is why reporters almost always use the word "allegedly" when describing criminal behaviour.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 30, 2026 07:17 AM (O7YUW)

92 It's hard to discuss something with someone who won't talk. Oh, well.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 07:10 AM (wzUl9)
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I would expect this to change as the prospect becomes more detailed, tangible and imminent. You can involve her in questions about decor and repair on the house. You can answer practical questions about what life might be like in Terre Haute

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2026 07:18 AM (RIvkX)

93 @39

>> Pixy's archived posts go back to April 2003!

Looks like Stephen Den Beste was an active commenter on the site.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 30, 2026 07:18 AM (XV/Pl)

94 Speaking of Clifton Webb-era movies, Billy Wilder's Sabrina w/ Bogart and Audrey Hepburn is on Movies! in prime time tonight.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 07:18 AM (wzUl9)

95
Even when I wear car-washing jeans and shirt, compared to the other patrons at the Walmarts here, I look like Clifton Webb as Waldo Lydecker or Mr. Belvedere.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 07:15 AM (wzUl9)

I frequently wonder what people are thinking when they go out dressed the way they are. I'm no Beau Brummel, only in comparison.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 07:19 AM (HdYcL)

96 Also, G'morning Horde.

Coffee: Drunk. (It's having way more fun than I am apparently.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 30, 2026 07:20 AM (O7YUW)

97
I acquired an inexpensive string trimmer yesterday. Today begins the great clearing out of things we do not want in the garden beds and replacing them with things that we want to save. At the end of all this, come fall, there will be fewer garden beds 'round here.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 30, 2026 07:21 AM (ixS3i)

98 I saw a group of people wearing pajamas standing around looking under the hood of a car broken down beside the road. Bedroom slippers and everything. It's obvious these people were never Scouts. Be Prepared folks.

Posted by: fd at May 30, 2026 07:22 AM (vFG9F)

99 I would expect this to change as the prospect becomes more detailed, tangible and imminent. You can involve her in questions about decor and repair on the house. You can answer practical questions about what life might be like in Terre Haute
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2026

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That's IF she will ask any questions. Her standard response to things she dislikes is to say nothing, or go, "I don't know."

She is a lovely creature, very smart, and endlessly helpful. I've never forgotten how she came with me to work back in '16 when I was on crutches for a cracked foot bone, and ran minor errands for me so I didn't have to leave my office much. And I've told her many times over the recent years that I didn't want to do the move thing without her.

I guess she thought I'd never really do it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 07:23 AM (wzUl9)

100 100!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 30, 2026 07:23 AM (O7YUW)

101 I frequently wonder what people are thinking when they go out dressed the way they are. I'm no Beau Brummel, only in comparison.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026

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I never wear shorts unless I'm working out, always wear a collared shirt at the least, and real shoes or boots with my jeans. The idea of going to a store dressed as if I were about to go to sleep is just not in my order book.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 07:24 AM (wzUl9)

102
Time to make my brekus and go face the day. The weather here is lovely, but it will be hot by early afternoon.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 30, 2026 07:25 AM (IWEBk)

103 Out banging on my 1WP, wife complaining its not 8am yet

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 07:27 AM (Ia/+0)

104 Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 30, 2026 07:11 AM (ixS3i)

I thought it was code for "Yes, he's got a girlfriend, but he's really fine with gay people ." I would have more respect for he and his campaign if he is actually gay to just admit it."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 30, 2026 07:27 AM (x8j4T)

105 Mrs. F. and I had been living together over a year when I was offered a spot in graduate school back east. After only a few months apart, I asked her to marry me. Separation was clarifying.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2026 07:28 AM (RIvkX)

106 Didn't sleep, but up early anyway because someone needs to feed Lil Pooky while Pooky goes out for breakfast with his dad. Both of Pooky's grandpas have wound up in the ER in the past week, and my FiL needs a good meal and a listening ear. And JT The Wonder Dog needs bacon, as always.

Posted by: pookysgirl, feeding a black hole at May 30, 2026 07:29 AM (Wt5PA)

107
I thought it was code for "Yes, he's got a girlfriend, but he's really fine with gay people ." I would have more respect for he and his campaign if he is actually gay to just admit it."
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 30, 2026 07:27 AM (x8j4T)

Frankly, I don't care who's in bed with Talarico. It's his faux Christianity that I find deeply disturbing.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 07:31 AM (HdYcL)

108 >>> I guess she thought I'd never really do it.

Did you not tell her about the scouting trips?

Posted by: fluffy at May 30, 2026 07:31 AM (V0/Sp)

109 My mother could never accept a compliment.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 30, 2026 07:32 AM (qFwJc)

110 Morning, Horde...how goes it?

Parked cars at the county fair again last night. Thanks to the rain, it was quite a sloppy mess in the fields. We had to limit certain areas to vehicles with 4WD or AWD.

I turned away one guy driving a camper because I told him flat out that if he parked in the grass, he'd never get his camper out of there.

We'll see how tonight goes. Only three people have signed up to park vehicles over two shifts and the one guy on the second shift is recovering from a back injury so I don't even want him there (he's a great guy, but he needs to REST.)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 07:33 AM (gnNyN)

111 I frequently wonder what people are thinking when they go out dressed the way they are. I'm no Beau Brummel, only in comparison.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 07:19 AM (HdYcL)

See "BBQ Guy" on Thursday's ONT.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 30, 2026 07:35 AM (1Ff7Z)

112 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 07:31 AM (HdYcL

Yes, that's the big factor but conservative Scott Bessent doesn't need to put a big fake act about being straight .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 30, 2026 07:35 AM (q5DOt)

113 Did you not tell her about the scouting trips?
Posted by: fluffy at May 30, 2026

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She knew and understood their purpose, sure. She took care of the cats while I was gone. But I suspect she thought (or hoped) I would never take the plunge.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 07:40 AM (wzUl9)

114 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country at May 30, 2026 07:40 AM (bfy6w)

115 Off into the heat to finish my errands. I might be back in time for the Coffee Thread -- and who knows, I might have things to ask or contribute on the Home & Garden Thread!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 07:41 AM (wzUl9)

116 65 One of my kindergarten buddies was in town so we had some dinner and drinks Thursday and Mrs. F. was kind enough to let me go out again last night. Thursday night we ate at Perry's on the Embarcadero with a great view of the Bay Bridge. I took him to a bierhaus last night in Fort Mason Center with a great view of the Golden Gate and the bridge.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2026 06:53 AM (RIvkX)

Super cool!

Posted by: m at May 30, 2026 07:44 AM (6wpGE)

117 The NY Post had pictures and an article of James Talarico's supposed girlfriend who likes to "dance away the night" at gay bars. Yes, this sounds perfectly normal for a straight woman. Sure.

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Ok, this is getting just hilarious. This guy is amazing in his awfulness. All I can do is laugh and SMH.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 30, 2026 07:46 AM (qBdHI)

118 I often wonder what became of elementary school mates. Never see any, though 1 female who also lived next to.my grandparents so was a very often play mate stopped by the house some months ago

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 07:49 AM (Ia/+0)

119 @117/Lady in Black: "Ok, this is getting just hilarious. This guy is amazing in his awfulness. All I can do is laugh and SMH."

Did you see the black bear/polar bear "fusion" meme in the ONT last night?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 30, 2026 07:49 AM (O7YUW)

120 Went to see Tab Benoit and his two sidemen last night. Tab's setup is a Telecaster style guitar body with dual humbuckers, a dual amp setup, electricity, and extraordinary skill. Stunning. That trio was a master class in apex American music.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 30, 2026 07:50 AM (glnUu)

121 "Politics is not fun. I'm fighting a machine dedicated to lying."
-- Spencer Pratt
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Good man. Lets see what happens.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 30, 2026 07:51 AM (wUQJO)

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