Daily Tech News 7 June 2026

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I mentioned before how PCIe switches - at least ones operating faster than PCIe 3.0 - are prohibitively expensive and reserved for enterprise customers except for the ones built into every mainstream PC motherboard. All but the cheapest models have a chipset, and that chipset's primary function is to act as a PCIe switch.

And hobbyists have started tinkering with using AMD's B650 chip, which is a serviceable and reasonably priced example - plus one that already works because every operating system has drivers to support it.

Now it's moving beyond a hobby. (Tom's Hardware)

Raspberry Pi shop WisdPi announced its PROM21 All In Expansion Card - the codename for the chip in the B650 chipset is Promontory 21. For $199 - not cheap, but it's a small production run - you get four extra M.2 slots, five 10Gb USB 3 ports, a selection of USB 2 headers, and an OCuLink header that can provide four PCIe 4.0 lanes or through an adaptor cable four SATA ports (the magic happens in the chipset, so the cable is easy). And it's a single slot half-height half-length card so it will fit easily into any PC.

Minisforum is preparing a similar card.

This would have been much more interesting before storage prices went into orbit, but at least it exists.

Tech News

Speaking of things more interesting in the Before Times, the Zima Cube 2 is a worthy successor to the old Cobalt Cube, though a little larger and disappointingly unblue. (Notebook Check)

It has an Intel 1215U or 1235U processor, two DDR5 SODIMM slots (so up to a nominal 64GB and a theoretical 128GB), one M.2 slot on the motherboard for the boot device, four more M.2 slots in a removable bay for storage, 6 3.5" drive bays for more storage, two 2.5Gb Ethernet ports plus a 10Gb port in the Pro model, HDMI, DisplayPort, and Thunderbolt 4, two regular USB ports, and two PCIe slots, all in a compact, roughly 9" cube.

The Qube was a little less than 8" on a side so the newer device beats it in every respect except that.

$799 for the basic model with 8GB RAM; $1299 for the Pro model with 16GB.

Also, the power supply is pretty limited so if you want to add a graphics card you need one that doesn't require any more than the 70W it can draw from the motherboard.
AMD has expanded on its continued support for its current AM5 motherboards, stating that new products will arrive for that standard until 2029. (WCCFTech)

AM6 with support for DDR6 memory and the PCIe 6.0 bus will arrive only when it "makes sense". PCIe 6.0 devices for the enterprise are trickling out now, but DDR6 isn't expected to appear until 2028.
CXMT is coming to the rescue in the memory drought. (WCCFTech)

Unfortunately it is rescuing itself, raising prices to match the Big Three.
And Lexar's regional manager for Australia and New Zealand says that memory prices are expected to double by the end of the year. (Tom's Hardware)

On top of the already 5x increase, making the 128GB kit I bought a year ago one of the most valuable items I own.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Orange-lemon.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 04:30 AM (6wpGE)

2 uh-oh

Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 04:36 AM (6wpGE)

3 Tammy Wynette - Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad

; )

Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 04:39 AM (6wpGE)

4 Guten morgen, horde.

Posted by: clarence at June 07, 2026 04:41 AM (FLIKO)

5 wikipedia

Tammy Wynette (born Virginia Wynette Pugh; May 5, 1942 – April 6, 199

... was born and raised near Tremont, a small town in Itawamba County, Mississippi, by her mother, stepfather, and maternal grandparents. ... In 1967, she had her first commercial success with the single "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad".

Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 04:47 AM (6wpGE)

6 *April 6, 1998

Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 04:48 AM (6wpGE)

7 >> And Lexar's regional manager for Australia and New Zealand says that memory prices are expected to double by the end of the year. (Tom's Hardware)

> On top of the already 5x increase, making the 128GB kit I bought a year ago one of the most valuable items I own.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

Matthew 25:29 "For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away."

Posted by: SciVo at June 07, 2026 04:54 AM (Sy6m/)

8 From the ONT:

400 Live cam showing the reflecting pool filling up

https://tinyurl.com/bduutu2d
Posted by: Piper
****

Currently too dark to see the pool.

Posted by: clarence at June 07, 2026 04:58 AM (FLIKO)

9 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at June 07, 2026 05:02 AM (V0/Sp)

10 @5. If you like them painted up, powdered up, then you gotta be glad cause your good girl is gonna go bad.
In 1967 I was ten years old and if I was in the car with Mom that song was going to be blasting. I don't know why but she loved that song.

Posted by: Case at June 07, 2026 05:03 AM (4Pn+V)

11 I recently started looking into upgrading my laptop’s memory. While
looking for answers I discovered https://znayka.com.ua.
I couldn’t find practical upgrade instructions on most websites. Many sources were confusing.
On this site I found clear explanations about RAM compatibility, along with images that made everything much easier to understand.
Now I definitely recommend this website if you want reliable information about laptops and hardware upgrades.

Posted by: Andrey Ivanchenko at June 07, 2026 05:08 AM (EzY64)

12 Belated BOING!

Another gorgeous day up here in north Israel. Did some house maintenance this morning. Lunchtime with some of the pups and grandpups at a restaurant we all like.

Maybe l8r.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 07, 2026 05:13 AM (V6c7t)

13 10 @5. If you like them painted up, powdered up, then you gotta be glad cause your good girl is gonna go bad.
In 1967 I was ten years old and if I was in the car with Mom that song was going to be blasting. I don't know why but she loved that song.
Posted by: Case at June 07, 2026 05:03 AM (4Pn+V)

Girls Just Want to Have Fun!

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

14
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 07, 2026 05:18 AM (AMvSw)

15 Thanks Pixy, and to the Horde support.
I was able to fix my browser issue mentioned yesterday.
After spending about an hour through the week trying to fix it I restarted with most simple ones suggested yesterday.
When I went into settings of clean Chrome browser, there was an alert that once clicked resolved the issue. I'd spent much more time earlier in Brave & Windows settings.
Link from Comrade Flounder saved much more aggravation.

Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at June 07, 2026 05:19 AM (KaHlS)

16 Yes, but do you sell quality lace wigs?

Posted by: fluffy at June 07, 2026 05:20 AM (V0/Sp)

17 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 07, 2026 05:21 AM (hcPzc)

18 16 Yes, but do you sell quality lace wigs?
Posted by: fluffy at June 07, 2026 05:20 AM (V0/Sp)

haha!

Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 05:21 AM (6wpGE)

19 Posted by: clarence at June 07, 2026 04:41 AM (FLIKO)

FLIKO sounds like an television series spy organization, like CONTROL or KAOS.

Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 05:24 AM (6wpGE)

20 "an television"?

covfefe

Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 05:24 AM (6wpGE)

21 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 05:26 AM (Ia/+0)

22 8 From the ONT:

400 Live cam showing the reflecting pool filling up

https://tinyurl.com/bduutu2d
Posted by: Piper
****

Currently too dark to see the pool.
Posted by: clarence at June 07, 2026 04:58 AM (FLIKO)

5:35am

Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 05:35 AM (6wpGE)

23
Good morning, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 07, 2026 05:39 AM (O0L8i)

24 WAMO Cam
Washington Monument Cam

Check out the view from the highest point in the nation's capital - the Washington Monument. 24/7 views over the National Mall in Washington, DC are delivered in higher resolution than ever by EarthCam’s specially designed 5G camera, embedded in a secret, 3" diameter hole drilled by engineers in 2011 to allow climbers to rappel down the monument to inspect earthquake damage.

Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 05:39 AM (6wpGE)

25 Evening to the Sunday toilers! Morning to the early risers!

I don't know if any of you remember, but Tammy Wynette and the young Burt Reynolds once had an affair. Early '70s, I think, around the time he did his controversial Playgirl centerfold. He also had an affair with Dinah Shore around then. Apparently he had a thing for older hot ladies.

And for cute-cute ones; I recall he and Sally Field were an item at one time too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 05:43 AM (wzUl9)

26 FLIKO sounds like an television series spy organization, like CONTROL or KAOS.
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026

***
Hmph. Those upstarts.

Posted by: Thrush Supreme Council at June 07, 2026 05:46 AM (wzUl9)

27 AM6 with support for DDR6 memory and the PCIe 6.0

* all the curse words ... and more *

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 07, 2026 05:50 AM (diia5)

28 Anyhow! I am awake, sipping my coffee. Stirling is roaming around like a miniature panther, and Dagny (who at one point last night was on the bed with us) trotted out from her window when I called her name. They are not due for breakfast for an hour, though.

And I really do need to work out this morning. I've been off since Thursday, and you get rusty if you don't work out regularly.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2026 05:52 AM (wzUl9)

29 Coffee in hand but its very hot

Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 06:12 AM (Ia/+0)

30 "an television"?

covfefe
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 05:24 AM (6wpGE)
---
The "t" is silent.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 07, 2026 06:12 AM (gnNyN)

31 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Say the bells of St. Clement's.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 07, 2026 06:13 AM (amcLV)

32 mornin yall

"Young man plunges to his death from scenic California cliff overlooking nude beach"

The report says that it was unclear what the young man was doing on the cliff overlooking the nude beach.

Posted by: fd at June 07, 2026 06:19 AM (vFG9F)

33 30 "an television"?

covfefe
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 05:24 AM (6wpGE)
---
The "t" is silent.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 07, 2026 06:12 AM (gnNyN)

THANK YOU!

Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 06:19 AM (6wpGE)

34 hank you

Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 06:21 AM (Ia/+0)

35
Coffee in hand but its very hot

Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 06:12 AM (Ia/+0)

_____________

Most of us use cups.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 07, 2026 06:25 AM (O0L8i)

36 In a similar vein to the musical interlude:

tinyurl.com/8zwra3pk

Posted by: Nazdar at June 07, 2026 06:28 AM (NcvvS)

37
Needs must take Her Majesty to the airport this morning. Afternoon Mass today, which I don't much like, but people are falling over each other arriving and leaving the morning ones.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 07, 2026 06:34 AM (O0L8i)

38 @15/InspiredHistoryMike: "... When I went into settings of clean Chrome browser, there was an alert that once clicked resolved the issue. I'd spent much more time earlier in Brave & Windows settings."

What was the text of the alert you got?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 07, 2026 06:40 AM (O7YUW)

39 Good morning! Lotsa rain and rumbly grumbly goin on here. It's a good morning to chill on the patio with a cuppa and watch the lighting.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 07, 2026 06:41 AM (3Ope8)

40 What was the text of the alert you got?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 07, 2026 06:40 AM (O7YUW)

Browser warrantee was expired.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 06:44 AM (1Ff7Z)

41 @27/weft cut-loop: "AM6 with support for DDR6 memory and the PCIe 6.0

* all the curse words ... and more *"

I might start using "Hynix", "Samsung", and "Micron" as curse words.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 07, 2026 06:47 AM (O7YUW)

42 Disclaimer: Orange-lemon.

I don't know what that means, but:

OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 06:44 AM (1Ff7Z)

Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 06:50 AM (6wpGE)

43 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at June 07, 2026 06:54 AM (CJnkZ)

44 "Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering"

Lawsuit filed.

Posted by: the crows at June 07, 2026 06:57 AM (vFG9F)

45 I'm half hoping Elon Musk will decide do something about the memory drought, kind of the way he freed Twitter by buying it (at a loss to himself) from the censorious idjits that owned it previously.

If anyone could spin up a memory fabrication facility in a lot less time than the "years" the big three (now big four?) existing memory manufacturers claim it would take, it'd be him.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 07, 2026 07:00 AM (O7YUW)

46 @34/Skip: "hank you"

Dang it, Skip!

Posted by: Propane and Propane Accessories at June 07, 2026 07:02 AM (O7YUW)

47 Grumpy, Sorry I was so relieved I didn't need to dig into DOS registry I didn't retain verbage of Chrome alert. I'd not done anything abnormal proceeding the issue. All browsers were effected, after windows 11 update, Edge also had the webpage unavailable error to most sites.
I'd been avoiding 10 to 11 upgrade obviously, but had installed the prolonged support which will expire in October. The only thing I'm happy with is that the upgrade did not force me to add a log-in password for start up.

Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at June 07, 2026 07:02 AM (KaHlS)

48 "Tammy Wynette ... was born and raised near Tremont, a small town in Itawamba County, Mississippi..."
------
Which I think is right next to Yoknapatawpha County.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 07, 2026 07:11 AM (CJnkZ)

49 I don't know if any of you remember, but Tammy Wynette and the young Burt Reynolds once had an affair. Early '70s, I think, around the time he did his controversial Playgirl centerfold. He also had an affair with Dinah Shore around then. Apparently he had a thing for older hot ladies.

And for cute-cute ones; I recall he and Sally Field were an item at one time too.

--

And then of course, there was Loni Anderson. I recall seeing Sally Field on something a few years back where she conveyed a story that Burt had told her she was the love of his life. The one.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 07, 2026 07:11 AM (qBdHI)

50 @47/InspiredHistoryMike: Well, I'm glad you're back up and running. Microsoft's software is a house of cards, and always has been.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 07, 2026 07:14 AM (O7YUW)

51 OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 06:44 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 06:50 AM (6wpGE)

Sorry, reading something.

InspiredHistoryMike's trouble with his browser was because its extended warranty had expired. Just like his car's....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 07:18 AM (1Ff7Z)

52 The holdouts on the SAVE act claim that voting regulations should be handled by the states.

So if one state says that only Democrats can be on the ballots, the Feds can do nothing. If one state says that anyone can vote in federal elections, everyone else has to live with it.

Posted by: the crows at June 07, 2026 07:24 AM (vFG9F)

53 Good morning!

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

For a morning sashay around the kitchen:
https://youtu.be/R9T2H8QJjlw
Reveillez-Vous
Peter White

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2026 07:24 AM (u82oZ)

54 I was just out from coming back from the store. In the woods by the side of the road was a doe with the smallest fawn I have ever seen. It must have just been born. It was the size of a chihuahua. It flattened itself out because it obviously hadn't seen a car before.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2026 07:25 AM (OYsYV)

55 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 07, 2026 07:25 AM (RIvkX)

56 51 OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 06:44 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 06:50 AM (6wpGE)

Sorry, reading something.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 07:18 AM (1Ff7Z)

I thought an OrangeEnt might know what this means (which I don't):

Disclaimer: Orange-lemon.

Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 07:25 AM (6wpGE)

57 SanFranpsycho, Good morning. You haven't whined up any delectable treats lately.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 07, 2026 07:29 AM (5P5DO)

58 Disclaimer: Orange-lemon.
Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 07:25 AM (6wpGE)

Oh, thought you meant my "joke" about Mike's browser trouble.

I think Pixy was thinking "green" for a password reset. Either that, or he was riffing on making "American lemonade" like all the influencers have been doing on YT. And mostly doing it wrong.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 07:31 AM (1Ff7Z)

59 Good morning dear Ben Had. Mrs. F. has been baking mostly english muffins and bagels. I did have a delicious cheese scone yesterday. She has been in more a savory rather than sweet mode.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 07, 2026 07:33 AM (RIvkX)

60 Grumpy and Recalcitrant

I wonder what the net gain in time from using Microsoft software is. There seems to be a lot of time-sucking care and attention needed to get it to run right.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2026 07:34 AM (u82oZ)

61 Good morning, everyone!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2026 07:34 AM (OYsYV)

62 I might start using "Hynix", "Samsung", and "Micron" as curse words."

Hynix sounds like a generic version of Hydrox... and just as tasty.

Posted by: man at June 07, 2026 07:37 AM (XuXeR)

63 FenelonSpoke

Greetings to you, FenelonSpouse, and FenelonSon.

I was going through my stickies yesterday, and I came across my offer to fund FenelonSon for a first date to a nice restaurant. You told me to wait.

Hopefully that offer is no longer needed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2026 07:39 AM (u82oZ)

64 The British Patriot
@TheBritLad
🚨BREAKING: Multiple reports are coming in that Britain citizens are kneeling inside local police stations across the country.
7:19 AM · Jun 6, 2026
====

I hope it doesn't end there...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 07, 2026 07:39 AM (RIvkX)

65 SanFranpsycho, I'm going to whip up a batch of chocolate/ pistachio biscotti later this morning.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 07, 2026 07:39 AM (5P5DO)

66
SanFranpsycho, Good morning. You haven't whined up any delectable treats lately.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 07, 2026 07:29 AM (5P5DO)

____________

"If you make me blueberry pancakes, I'll give you some of my strong loving tonight."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 07, 2026 07:40 AM (O0L8i)

67 Ask your proctologist if Hynix is right for you.

Posted by: Big Phat Pharma at June 07, 2026 07:40 AM (CJnkZ)

68 I fear part of my wife's crazy issues are from Apple news, which I understand is 95% woke. I try to avoid evil. It's obviously impossible to though.

Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at June 07, 2026 07:41 AM (KaHlS)

69 Hadrian, blueberry pancakes in my house has to have lemon zest in them.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 07, 2026 07:42 AM (5P5DO)

70 San Franpsycho

PM Stammer is squealing like a pig, per the movie Deliverance. VP Vance said the truth, and he could not handle it.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2026 07:42 AM (u82oZ)

71 Chocolate biscotti are da bomb.

I'm trying to maintain dietary discipline over the weekend and blueberry pancakes just aren't part of that plan.

Sadz.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 07, 2026 07:42 AM (RIvkX)

72 I hope it doesn't end there...
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 07, 2026 07:39 AM (RIvkX)

Depends on what they're kneeling for. Sounds like submission to me. Is this some kind of satiric protest? Offering their necks to the knife? I don't think this kind of protest will embarrass and shame the police into protecting Britons over their soon to be masters.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 07:42 AM (1Ff7Z)

73 InspiredHistoryMike

You can stop Apple News from appearing using MacOS on any computer. I have.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2026 07:43 AM (u82oZ)

74 I think I'm getting hooked on the embedded systems hobby. The variety of components and prototype/debugging boards available on amazon is stunning and allows endless possibilities.

I'm working on my electroviscous fan clutch controller for my truck now but I can already think of another project after I figure this out.

Posted by: Defenestratus at June 07, 2026 07:43 AM (WYStd)

75 Herr Starmer muss raus!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 07, 2026 07:44 AM (RIvkX)

76 Herr Starmer muss raus!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 07, 2026 07:44 AM (RIvkX)

I just wonder if calling him Quisling might be more effective than Der Starmer?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 07:46 AM (1Ff7Z)

77 Depends on what they're kneeling for. Sounds like submission to me. Is this some kind of satiric protest? Offering their necks to the knife? I don't think this kind of protest will embarrass and shame the police into protecting Britons over their soon to be masters.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 07:42 AM (1Ff7Z)
=====

They are demonstrating the double standard considering all the kneeling done in honor of a foreign criminal who died of an OD in police custody.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 07, 2026 07:46 AM (RIvkX)

78 San Franpsycho

I agree. But the replacement possible will not change the course of Labour governance. A new government is needed.

Nigel needs to be in charge to even give the UK a recovery path.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2026 07:46 AM (u82oZ)

79 Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 07:42

Perhaps because Starmer kneeled for George Floyd and this is a response to the death of Henry Nowak through the utter negligence of British police.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2026 07:48 AM (n3VHW)

80 Media in England is reporting the police tried to intervene in the Nowak murder trial by presenting a false narrative of the event.

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

81 Good morning, horde.

I love this time of a weekend morning, when nobody's up but me and Tank. Nice and quiet.

Big day ahead, it's cooking day, but Sunday morning is all mine.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 07, 2026 07:50 AM (h7ZuX)

82 A little over two weeks til the bi-election to see if Andy Burnham get elected as an MP.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 07, 2026 07:51 AM (5P5DO)

83 Perhaps because Starmer kneeled for George Floyd and this is a response to the death of Henry Nowak through the utter negligence of British police.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2026 07:48 AM (n3VHW)

Could be. Certainly PM Keir Quisling needs to be mocked about it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 07:51 AM (1Ff7Z)

84 Metal Leo posted a video documenting Santa Cruz's decline.

That guy is a bummer.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 07, 2026 07:52 AM (RIvkX)

85 69 Hadrian, blueberry pancakes in my house has to have lemon zest in them.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 07, 2026 07:42 AM (5P5DO)

Blueberry is divinely enhanced with lemon zest.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 07, 2026 07:53 AM (h7ZuX)

86 That guy is a bummer.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 07, 2026 07:52 AM (RIvkX)

I saw those two vids. He seems more hopeful in them than the ones on SF. We used to camp in the summers at Sunset Beach as a kid. Haven't been in SC for a long time. Not in this millennium.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 07:54 AM (1Ff7Z)

87 The decline I see is that there is nothing being produced. It's bars, nail salons, pawn shops, and used clothing stores, and used record stores.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 07, 2026 07:58 AM (RIvkX)

88 The decline I see is that there is nothing being produced. It's bars, nail salons, pawn shops, and used clothing stores, and used record stores.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 07, 2026 07:58 AM (RIvkX)

Has SC ever been known for making anything? Always been a tourist town, as far as I can remember. I know it's a prime strawberry area, but don't know there was ever any manufacturing there.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 08:01 AM (1Ff7Z)

89 70 and 80 degrees in April and May in the Bitterroot Valley MT, 6/7 and it's currently 45 degrees and it's snowing around 7000 ft in the mountains. I'm hoping I don't have frozen plants again in the next few days. 3 out of 4 tomato plants took a hit a couple weeks ago as well as other assorted planting. The tomato plants are generating new growth, we shall see.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at June 07, 2026 08:02 AM (2NHgQ)

90 Has SC ever been known for making anything? Always been a tourist town, as far as I can remember. I know it's a prime strawberry area, but don't know there was ever any manufacturing there.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 08:01 AM (1Ff7Z)
====

I don't mean manufacturing, I mean commerce. There are no new good being sold, just junk. No banks, few non franchise eateries, no drug stores, no shoe stores...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 07, 2026 08:04 AM (RIvkX)

91 neverenoughcaffeine

Are you getting enough moisture to prevent raging wildfires?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2026 08:06 AM (u82oZ)

92 NaCly, dearest. Good morning.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 07, 2026 08:07 AM (5P5DO)

93 We need rain on the eastern shore. Had a good stretch Memorial Day week but now it looks dry until the Fourth.
A lot of people here are dry farms.

Posted by: Accomack at June 07, 2026 08:08 AM (T8bqm)

94 G'mornin' everyone!

55 degrees, sunny, temp rising rapidly (muffled cursing)

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 07, 2026 08:08 AM (VyBeY)

95 That Tammy Wynette can really rock.

Posted by: Hillzabub Clinton at June 07, 2026 08:10 AM (NCDB7)

96 Hopefully, once King Charles gets done with his evening prayers at the mosque he will have time to consult with his imam on what to do next about the white folks breaking laws and rioting in the street.

Posted by: Yusuf Islam at June 07, 2026 08:10 AM (z20w/)

97 8, thx clarence, what a cool view!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 07, 2026 08:10 AM (VyBeY)

98 I was just out from coming back from the store. In the woods by the side of the road was a doe with the smallest fawn I have ever seen. It must have just been born. It was the size of a chihuahua. It flattened itself out because it obviously hadn't seen a car before.

--

It sounds precious. Deer are beautiful animals to me anyway, but the fawns just melt my heart. We have woods behind us and Mr. Black leaves corn feed out for the deer all the time. I hate seeing them splattered on the road from being hit by cars. A definite problem here.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 07, 2026 08:10 AM (qBdHI)

99 that Britain citizens are kneeling"

Just like their ancestors.

Meh to them.

Posted by: man at June 07, 2026 08:11 AM (XuXeR)

100 {{{Ben Had}}}

May sunshine light your path today. And your cooking skills bring happiness to others.

I am going to see the play Grease in a nearby town with one of the widows I walk with. She wanted to go. And I said yes.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2026 08:11 AM (u82oZ)

101 And someone from "Restore Britain" put up a video of people kneeling with flags, some of which say things like "I can't breathe":

https://tinyurl.com/y3m2ba5h

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2026 08:12 AM (n3VHW)

102 Media in England is reporting the police tried to intervene in the Nowak murder trial by presenting a false narrative of the event.

--

That whole story turns my stomach. There are many people that need to be skinned alive for what happened to that young man. From the politicians to the DEI-soaked police to the POS that killed him.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 07, 2026 08:13 AM (qBdHI)

103 affirm, we need rain here, too ... had to water every day for a week +

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 07, 2026 08:13 AM (VyBeY)

104 Posted by: Lady in Black at June 07, 2026 08:10 AM (qBdHI)

That's nice iod your husband . We have the same problems here with them flattened by cars, and I'd be sad if the tiny fawn or his mom got killed.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2026 08:14 AM (n3VHW)

105 102 Media in England is reporting the police tried to intervene in the Nowak murder trial by presenting a false narrative of the event.

--

That whole story turns my stomach. There are many people that need to be skinned alive for what happened to that young man. From the politicians to the DEI-soaked police to the POS that killed him.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 07, 2026 08:13 AM (qBdHI)

I guess, like in the US, perjury doesn't have the penalties it's supposed to have...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 08:15 AM (l3cgK)

106 And some of the people in the British video look like it was quite an effort to kneel, God bless them!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2026 08:16 AM (n3VHW)

107 "American lemonade" ?

dare I search this phrase?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 07, 2026 08:16 AM (VyBeY)

108 "According to the Oxford Internet Institute, the cost of creating a deep fake has plunged to near zero. Using 'Low Rank Adaption', or LoRA, an existing image generation model running on consumer hardware can be trained on a specific person using just 20 reference images. Once trained, that model can create an unlimited number of synthetic images of that person."
~~ Memorandum Newsletter
===================
or, don't believe your lying eyes.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 07, 2026 08:17 AM (X1vwc)

109 huh, never mind ... no double meaning ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 07, 2026 08:19 AM (VyBeY)

110 Salty, lots of rain and the snow will help when it comes to wildfires. Unfortunately the rain will stop and everything will brown up. We only receive 14 inches of rain annually and we had less snow this year. I expect the wildfires to ramp up early August.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at June 07, 2026 08:19 AM (2NHgQ)

111 We have our primaries for a new governor here in SC on Tuesday. I'm completely at a loss on who to vote for. I've been bombarded with text messages from various campaigns of one candidate sliming the other. With having little record on these people to go by, I can see how the slime machines work on influencing people. It leaves me confused on whom to vote for.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 07, 2026 08:20 AM (qBdHI)

112 Top o' the morning to all the horde. Lots of wind and dark ominous looking clouds here last night, resulting in a not very torrential downpour over a brief time. So I watered all the planters this morning. Very peaceful. Hope the neighbors understand my "no pants at dawn" rule.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 07, 2026 08:21 AM (X1vwc)

113 huh, never mind ... no double meaning ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 07, 2026 08:19 AM (VyBeY)

Nope. It's just Europeons have carbonated lemonade, not still watered like ours. Quite a few YTers have made it and compared it to what "lemonade" is in those benighted countries.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 08:22 AM (1Ff7Z)

114 111 We have our primaries for a new governor here in SC on Tuesday. I'm completely at a loss on who to vote for. I've been bombarded with text messages from various campaigns of one candidate sliming the other. With having little record on these people to go by, I can see how the slime machines work on influencing people. It leaves me confused on whom to vote for.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 07, 2026 08:20 AM (qBdHI)

Will you know who won before July 1st?...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 08:22 AM (l3cgK)

115 113 huh, never mind ... no double meaning ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 07, 2026 08:19 AM (VyBeY)

Nope. It's just Europeons have carbonated lemonade, not still watered like ours. Quite a few YTers have made it and compared it to what "lemonade" is in those benighted countries.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 08:22 AM (1Ff7Z)

Root Beer...
My wife's ex-boyfriend was from France, and the first time he saw root beer, he tried it and was unpleasantly surprised it was not beer...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 08:23 AM (l3cgK)

116 Will you know who won before July 1st?...

--

Heh, we can't get rid of Graham, but we at least do that right. Should know by evening who won the R primary.

Graham's up for reelection too, and I won't be voting for him Tuesday. But alas, I fear we will be stuck with this pustule for another 6 years...

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 07, 2026 08:23 AM (qBdHI)

117 Root Beer...
My wife's ex-boyfriend was from France, and the first time he saw root beer, he tried it and was unpleasantly surprised it was not beer...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 08:23 AM (l3cgK)

Most Euros don't like root beer. They think it tastes like toothpaste. Why the heck would you make tp out of sasparilla instead of mint like nature intended?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 08:25 AM (1Ff7Z)

118 thx clarence, what a cool view!
****

Yes, it is. I did not know there was a camera that could see the pool. It looks like it has been filled now.

Fixing the pool was a no-brainer but PDJT is the only one to do something about it. There have been several projects quietly done and the enemedia says nothing about them.

Posted by: clarence at June 07, 2026 08:26 AM (FLIKO)

119 I am voting for Pamela Evette. She is the Lt. Gov. and I have seen her a couple of times. None of the other candidates have any executive experience.

Miss Lindsay will never get my vote again.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 07, 2026 08:27 AM (qFwJc)

120 Anyone else see the photo of Scott Pelley at the helm of his sailboat that he posted on Instagram and was amplified on 'X' by Variety?

It's laughable.

Legs splayed apart presumably for stability while maintaining a two-handed death grip on the wheel as though he's sailing through a Nor'easter, when the water around him clearly shows a sea state of about a 2 on the Beaufort Scale

https://tinyurl.com/msmnjmjf

Posted by: one hour sober at June 07, 2026 08:28 AM (J4Dwc)

121 The US vice-president is the most outspoken member of an administration evangelistic about encouraging Christian nationalism in the West and opposing an influx of people from other cultures, with a particular focus on the UK.
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Encouraging equal treatment under the law is now "Christian Nationalism" according to Two Tier Kier.

Can we just say "what an asshoe" and have done with him?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 07, 2026 08:28 AM (fGoax)

122 I don't have much expectations that the murder in England or naked vote steal in California will do anything in the short term.

Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 08:28 AM (Ia/+0)

123 Posted by: Lady in Black at June 07, 2026 08:20 AM (qBdHI)

Nancy Mace is the only one I have heard of, because she is active on X

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 07, 2026 08:31 AM (fE6HJ)

124 >>> Why the heck would you make tp out of sasparilla instead of mint like nature intended?

Totally nuts.

And yet, as a properly cultured American I can use mint toothpaste and still enjoy the flavor of mint in various confection.

Europeans are so unsophisticated.

Posted by: fluffy at June 07, 2026 08:31 AM (V0/Sp)

125 I don't have much expectations that the murder in England or naked vote steal in California will do anything in the short term.
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 08:28 AM (Ia/+0)
======================
So, you're saying, "nothing will happen"?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 07, 2026 08:31 AM (fGoax)

126 And thanks to Piper for posting or reposting the link to the camera in DC.

Posted by: clarence at June 07, 2026 08:31 AM (FLIKO)

127 Nothing will happen.

Posted by: The person who always says that at June 07, 2026 08:32 AM (CJnkZ)

128 Somewhat tech related... anyone else seeing a number of news and such reports popping up with the byline "AI Generated" or similar?
No reporter's name, no other byline...

Posted by: man at June 07, 2026 08:32 AM (XuXeR)

129 Anyone else see the photo of Scott Pelley at the helm of his sailboat that he posted on Instagram and was amplified on 'X' by Variety?

It's laughable.
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What you don't see is the photographer, Pelley's "significant other".

Posted by: Pete Bootyjudge? at June 07, 2026 08:33 AM (fGoax)

130 Europeans are so unsophisticated.
Posted by: fluffy at June 07, 2026 08:31 AM (V0/Sp)

Indeed. Barbarians.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 08:33 AM (1Ff7Z)

131 128 Somewhat tech related... anyone else seeing a number of news and such reports popping up with the byline "AI Generated" or similar?
No reporter's name, no other byline...

Posted by: man at June 07, 2026 08:32 AM (XuXeR)

AI generated news is the most accurate news!

Posted by: AI Newscaster at June 07, 2026 08:33 AM (l3cgK)

132 Nancy Mace is the only one I have heard of, because she is active on X
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 07, 2026 08:31 AM (fE6HJ)
======================
That's certainly one way to describe her

Posted by: Her Therapist at June 07, 2026 08:34 AM (fGoax)

133 My biggest election issue this year is data centers. I am full NIMBY
I might crossover to vote for a Dem locally in fact

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 07, 2026 08:35 AM (6U1c2)

134 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin' in Amish Country at June 07, 2026 08:36 AM (bfy6w)

135 Somewhat tech related... anyone else seeing a number of news and such reports popping up with the byline "AI Generated" or similar?
No reporter's name, no other byline...
****

It used to be that no name on the article would mean one of the staff would do the writing. Evidently, it seems that it is just someone prompting a program.

Posted by: clarence at June 07, 2026 08:36 AM (FLIKO)

136 Anyone else see the photo of Scott Pelley at the helm of his sailboat that he posted on Instagram and was amplified on 'X' by Variety?

It's laughable.
++++
There's a blowhard joke there somewhere. But I'm not fully awake yet.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at June 07, 2026 08:36 AM (Lo97M)

137 Spencer Pratt’s once-comfortable lead in the Los Angeles mayoral primary has been slashed yet again — as a fresh batch of ballots delivered another major boost to progressive City Councilmember Nithya Raman in their race to the November runoff.
~~the California Post
====================
Just steal it already.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 07, 2026 08:38 AM (fGoax)

138 Good morning!!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 07, 2026 08:38 AM (X8xt3)

139 The internet is dead.

Posted by: And has been for years at June 07, 2026 08:39 AM (CJnkZ)

140 Posted by: Her Therapist"

Rape is bad....

Posted by: man at June 07, 2026 08:39 AM (XuXeR)

141 >>There's a blowhard joke there somewhere. But I'm not fully awake yet.

"Thar he blowwws!!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 07, 2026 08:40 AM (X8xt3)

142 A French man will say he is French. A Spaniard will say he is Spanish.

The only man that will say he is "European" is a German because they are ashamed of their history.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 07, 2026 08:40 AM (qFwJc)

143 Teardrops fall like rain
Now our passions rise and fall
Seasons pass us by

fin

Posted by: clarence at June 07, 2026 08:40 AM (FLIKO)

144 Florida Peasant

Scott Pelley is the very picture of pompous. And he is gargles commie waste.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2026 08:40 AM (u82oZ)

145 IMO, the Dems have turned against data centers because the centers are pushing for small nuclear reactors and not for green power for consumers and stable carbon power for the centers.
Everything is about The Revolution.

Posted by: Accomack at June 07, 2026 08:41 AM (8jVAy)

146 137 Spencer Pratt’s once-comfortable lead in the Los Angeles mayoral primary has been slashed yet again — as a fresh batch of ballots delivered another major boost to progressive City Councilmember Nithya Raman in their race to the November runoff.
~~the California Post
====================
Just steal it already.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 07, 2026 08:38 AM (fGoax)

The process is the punishment. Do it too quickly and you don't extract the maximum pain.

Posted by: AI Newscaster at June 07, 2026 08:41 AM (l3cgK)

147 "Just steal it already."

We are doing our best to do that

Posted by: California Demonrats at June 07, 2026 08:41 AM (qFwJc)

148 142 A French man will say he is French. A Spaniard will say he is Spanish.

The only man that will say he is "European" is a German because they are ashamed of their history.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 07, 2026 08:40 AM (qFwJc)

Only because they lost...

Posted by: AI Newscaster at June 07, 2026 08:41 AM (l3cgK)

149 >>The US vice-president is the most outspoken member of an administration evangelistic about encouraging Christian nationalism in the West and opposing an influx of people from other cultures, with a particular focus on the UK.

shorter: Icky Catholic convert is also shamelessly patriotic!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 07, 2026 08:42 AM (X8xt3)

150 It was the damn strawberries I'm telling you!

Posted by: Captain Pelley at June 07, 2026 08:42 AM (CJnkZ)

151 PDT is trolling and jerking the iRGC's chain. He said all their frozen assets shoulde be sent UAE, Kuwait and Bahrain for reconstruction from IRGC bombing damages

Posted by: Ben Had at June 07, 2026 08:42 AM (5P5DO)

152 151 PDT is trolling and jerking the iRGC's chain. He said all their frozen assets shoulde be sent UAE, Kuwait and Bahrain for reconstruction from IRGC bombing damages

Posted by: Ben Had at June 07, 2026 08:42 AM (5P5DO)

You wanna REALLY troll them, send it to Israel to reimburse for their proxies' attacks from Lebannon and Gaza...

Posted by: AI Newscaster at June 07, 2026 08:43 AM (l3cgK)

153 McDonald’s Tests AI-Powered Drive-Thru Ordering System at Five U.S. Locations

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You vill haff der Big Mac and you vill like it!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 07, 2026 08:44 AM (ndZc7)

154 140 Posted by: Her Therapist"

Rape is bad....

Posted by: man at June 07, 2026 08:39 AM (XuXeR)

It is? Nobody told me it was bad...

Posted by: Psycho-the-Rapist at June 07, 2026 08:44 AM (l3cgK)

155 Ben Had

*Gasp*

This would start to remove the incentives to be a tyrant and bleed your own country dry for your personal wealth generation.

Deep State will not like this, at all.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2026 08:45 AM (u82oZ)

156 153 McDonald’s Tests AI-Powered Drive-Thru Ordering System at Five U.S. Locations

-
You vill haff der Big Mac and you vill like it!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 07, 2026 08:44 AM (ndZc7)

Wait until it makes you buy the anti-Jew Notsee fries...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 08:45 AM (l3cgK)

157 >>Anyone else see the photo of Scott Pelley at the helm of his sailboat that he posted on Instagram and was amplified on 'X' by Variety?

Nice boat. Morris 36 I believe.

Selling your soul can be profitable.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 07, 2026 08:47 AM (viF8m)

158 Sorry, I'm out of commission today.

Posted by: The AI-Powered Ice Cream Machine at June 07, 2026 08:47 AM (CJnkZ)

159 100 Billion + has been frozen in Economic Fury so far.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 07, 2026 08:47 AM (5P5DO)

160 So, to an outsider, California elections look like they keep unearthing "ballots" and counting them until they get the answer they want, and only then do they stop and declare the "winner". Like in Philadelphia, but without all the subsequent indictments.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 07, 2026 08:48 AM (fGoax)

161 Wait until it makes you buy the anti-Jew Notsee fries...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 08:45 AM (l3cgK)
----

Arbeit Macht Fries! 🍟

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 07, 2026 08:50 AM (kpS4V)

162 100 Billion what? Popsicles?

Posted by: I gotta ask at June 07, 2026 08:51 AM (CJnkZ)

163 >>So, to an outsider, California elections look like they keep unearthing "ballots" and counting them until they get the answer they want, and only then do they stop and declare the "winner".

Yup.
Worse, the ballot ratios post election day are completely different than those cast on or before election day. Nithya Raman was training third, but magically, she's now by far the biggest vote-getter, ensuring she overtakes Pratt without nearing Bass.

WEIRD!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 07, 2026 08:52 AM (X8xt3)

164 Nice boat. Morris 36 I believe.

Selling your soul can be profitable.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 07, 2026 08:47 AM (viF8m)
===================
Only the best for the self-satisfied commentariat.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 07, 2026 08:52 AM (fGoax)

165 161 Wait until it makes you buy the anti-Jew Notsee fries...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 08:45 AM (l3cgK)
----

Arbeit Macht Fries! 🍟

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 07, 2026 08:50 AM (kpS4V)

Indeed!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 08:53 AM (l3cgK)

166 So, to an outsider, California elections look like they keep unearthing "ballots" and counting them until they get the answer they want, and only then do they stop and declare the "winner". Like in Philadelphia, but without all the subsequent indictments.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
+++
Funny how the count drags on and on and on. But as soon as the dim goes in front, the counting is over and the dim won.
Every single time.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at June 07, 2026 08:53 AM (Lo97M)

167 Morning all.

82 years +1 day.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 07, 2026 08:53 AM (lwhHh)

168 Article at American Thinker explains how California slow roles, makes good bank out of slow rolling vote counts and makes sure their candidate they support wins

Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 08:54 AM (Ia/+0)

169 Yup.
Worse, the ballot ratios post election day are completely different than those cast on or before election day. Nithya Raman was training third, but magically, she's now by far the biggest vote-getter, ensuring she overtakes Pratt without nearing Bass.

WEIRD!
Posted by: Lizzy at June 07, 2026 08:52 AM (X8xt3)
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I'm pretty sure that there's a conspiracy between Bass and Raman. Raman will be handsomely rewarded with a consolation prize for throwing the final race to Bass.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 07, 2026 08:55 AM (gnNyN)

170 163 >>So, to an outsider, California elections look like they keep unearthing "ballots" and counting them until they get the answer they want, and only then do they stop and declare the "winner".

Yup.
Worse, the ballot ratios post election day are completely different than those cast on or before election day. Nithya Raman was training third, but magically, she's now by far the biggest vote-getter, ensuring she overtakes Pratt without nearing Bass.

WEIRD!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 07, 2026 08:52 AM (X8xt3)

It takes a great deal of coordination to get so many people (living, dead, illegal, imaginary) into one small address for voting purposes. How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? How many voters can reside in a one-bedroom apartment?...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 08:55 AM (l3cgK)

171 Wait. Cheap Asian noodles are on the ballot?
Californians are weird.

Posted by: East Coaster at June 07, 2026 08:55 AM (CJnkZ)

172 167 Morning all.

82 years +1 day.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 07, 2026 08:53 AM (lwhHh)

Happy belated birthday! You share a birthday with my Dad, whose 100th was yesterday (he passed less than 5 years ago).

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 08:56 AM (l3cgK)

173 Happy belated birthday! You share a birthday with my Dad, whose 100th was yesterday (he passed less than 5 years ago).
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Not my bday. D Day.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 07, 2026 08:57 AM (lwhHh)

174 Make California a territory again.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 07, 2026 08:57 AM (qFVoe)

175 Wait. Cheap Asian noodles are on the ballot?
Californians are weird.
Posted by: East Coaster at June 07, 2026 08:55 AM (CJnkZ)

No, no. That's Ramune. It's some crazy Japanese drink.

Hm. I really didn't need the adjective before Japanese, did I?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 08:57 AM (1Ff7Z)

176 173 Happy belated birthday! You share a birthday with my Dad, whose 100th was yesterday (he passed less than 5 years ago).
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Not my bday. D Day.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 07, 2026 08:57 AM (lwhHh)

Oh. D-day was Dad's 18th birthday...he was inducted a few months later...high school class of 1944...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 08:58 AM (l3cgK)

177 Make California a territory again.
Posted by: Anna Puma

This. Until they get their shit together.

No statehood for you! Come back. One year!

Posted by: rickb223 at June 07, 2026 08:58 AM (lwhHh)

178 Wonton Soup would have been a better candidate than Bass Raman.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 07, 2026 08:58 AM (qFVoe)

179 Oh. D-day was Dad's 18th birthday...he was inducted a few months later...high school class of 1944...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Oh wow. Salute! 🫡

Posted by: rickb223 at June 07, 2026 08:59 AM (lwhHh)

180 I am watching the Covid era Bengals Titans game. After the game, the players are mingling as usual but Burrow is 6’ from his interviewer.
Gah, what stupid time

Posted by: Accomack at June 07, 2026 09:00 AM (T8bqm)

181 175 Wait. Cheap Asian noodles are on the ballot?
Californians are weird.
Posted by: East Coaster at June 07, 2026 08:55 AM (CJnkZ)

No, no. That's Ramune. It's some crazy Japanese drink.

Hm. I really didn't need the adjective before Japanese, did I?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 07, 2026 08:57 AM (1Ff7Z)

Japan: the land of tentacle pron, eyeball licking, and weird vending machine products...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 09:00 AM (l3cgK)

182 Book thread up.

Posted by: Nazdar at June 07, 2026 09:01 AM (NcvvS)

183 178 Wonton Soup would have been a better candidate than Bass Raman.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 07, 2026 08:58 AM (qFVoe)

That Bass Ramen is the fishy dish...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 09:01 AM (l3cgK)

184 Bring your reading glasses and head upstairs
BOOK NOOD

Ow where are my glasses?

Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 09:01 AM (Ia/+0)

185 184 Bring your reading glasses and head upstairs
BOOK NOOD

Ow where are my glasses?

Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2026 09:01 AM (Ia/+0)

Prolly on yer head...but it'll be the last place you look, because it would be stupid to keep looking after you've found them.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 07, 2026 09:02 AM (l3cgK)

186 Skip

Where are my pants?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2026 09:03 AM (u82oZ)

187 I know there are a lot of flavors of Ramen available, but I've never heard of Nithya.

Posted by: East Coaster at June 07, 2026 09:04 AM (CJnkZ)

188 Speaking of the newly painted reflecting pool on the mall in DC, I'm old enough to remember Wilbert Mills wading in it with the floozy late at night. He was a congressman who played around, and in modern times we would probably have videos of it.

Posted by: Colin at June 07, 2026 09:16 AM (CiQE7)

189 112 Top o' the morning to all the horde. ... Hope the neighbors understand my "no pants at dawn" rule.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 07, 2026 08:21 AM (X1vwc)

; )

Posted by: m at June 07, 2026 11:00 AM (6wpGE)

190 Thanks Pixy, and to the Horde support.
I was able to fix my browser issue mentioned yesterday.
After spending about an hour through the week trying to fix it I restarted with most simple ones suggested yesterday.
When I went into settings of clean Chrome browser, there was an alert that once clicked resolved the issue. I'd spent much more time earlier in Brave & Windows settings.
Link from Comrade Flounder saved much more aggravation.

Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at June 07, 2026 05:19 AM (KaHlS)

Glad you hot it resolved. And yes, Windows is a relative time suck.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 07, 2026 11:50 AM (dK+Kv)

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