Daily Tech News 10 June 2026

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We haven't had a critical local privilege escalation bug in Linux for at least... What's the time now? (Ars Technica)

Today's little surprise package comes courtesy of an unexpected exclamation mark in the source code for the Netfilter module that handles firewall tasks resulting in a use-after-free bug that can pretty reliably be tricked into granting an unprivileged user administrator access to the entire system. Might break shared-kernel containers too; not sure about that.

If you think you're safe because you use iptables or lfw rather than Netfilter I have some uncomfortable news for you: It's Netfilter all the way down. That's been true since the last millennium.

Tech News

The FCC wants to kill burner phones. (404 Media)

Wait, you can still get phones in the US without signing over your firstborn?
The Pentagon has labeled multiple Chinese tech companies as... Chinese tech companies. (AP News)

As in they're all in bed with the Chinese military, which is not the army of China but of the Chinese Communist Party. Which it is and they are.
Google has just fired a shot across the bow of GitHub Copilot. (Tech Crunch)

Their entry-level AI plan has been reduced from $8 per month to $5 while doubling included storage from 200GB to 400GB.

Google's plan apparently is Russian roulette with steak knives, betting they can survive the blood loss longer than anyone else.
SpaceX has unveiled plans for an 11 million square foot satellite factory in Texas. (Tom's Hardware)

That... Um. That's a quarter of the 1000 acre site, in factory floor.
The Radeon 9070 XT has dropped to a low low price of $649. (Tom's Hardware)

The MSRP is $599 but it has rarely been available at that price, even less so since the Everything Sucks Era began.

At least in the US. Here in Australia I picked one up for $570 in March. Don't know exactly why it's like that; Nvidia cards here are as inflated as in America.
Container Machine is Windows Services for Linux for MacOS. (GitHub)

Basically.
Origin Code has shown off 128GB CUDIMMs for desktop PCs. (WCCFTech)

As in, individual modules. 256GB for a pair. Running at 8GHz.

Don't know if you can put four of them in a system, and the answer is probably not unless you have night job harvesting organs from unsuspecting Walmart employees in Minecraft.
Donut Lab's new solid state battery - breakthrough technology that boosted the company to a value of $1.25 billion - is not made of donuts. (Tom's Hardware)

I is also, apparently, not solid state. It's a regular lithium-ion batter in a fancy shell.

Yes, criminal investigations are under way.
Minisforums N5 Max is a NAS with room for five 3.5" hard drives and five M.2 SSDs. (Liliputing)

And dual 10Gb Ethernet ports, 80Gb USB4v2, and... A Ryzen AI 395 Max+ processor with 16 CPU cores, 40 graphics cores, and up to 128GB of RAM.

So if you're spending someone else's money (it starts at $2500 with no drives) and need to pack your entire lab into an 8" x 8" x 10" cube... It exists.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Sorry officer, I didn't see the sign.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:50 AM

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1 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 10, 2026 04:50 AM (lgmVC)

2 w00t

Posted by: m at June 10, 2026 04:50 AM (6wpGE)

3 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at June 10, 2026 04:51 AM (Ia/+0)

4 Well done, boinger!

Posted by: m at June 10, 2026 04:51 AM (6wpGE)

5 Skip, did you get the Lamborghini rental car?

Posted by: m at June 10, 2026 04:52 AM (6wpGE)

6 Cat fur all over me from a rotten feline

Posted by: save the wails at June 10, 2026 05:00 AM (LOZbR)

7 Today I'm going to enjoy some time refining my arguing project.

Posted by: Defenestratus at June 10, 2026 05:06 AM (WYStd)

8 Actually a Hyundai Sonata, or whatever it is called.
Its nice, not still use to all the electronics.
And more bad news on my truck, they found a oil leak from head gasket. More$

Posted by: Skip at June 10, 2026 05:06 AM (Ia/+0)

9 The N5 Max has soldered memory; wouldn't buy for that reason alone.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at June 10, 2026 05:07 AM (JbM8E)

10 Silly autocorrect. *Arduino project

Posted by: Defenestratus at June 10, 2026 05:07 AM (WYStd)

11
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 10, 2026 05:08 AM (AMvSw)

12 I really hope all these repairs will get it a couple more years.
I retire I can't see needing a truck

Posted by: Skip at June 10, 2026 05:09 AM (Ia/+0)

13 G'morning, all!

Looks like Lindsey Graham survived another primary election.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 10, 2026 05:11 AM (iMotb)

14 @6/save the wails: "Cat fur all over me from a rotten feline"

No outfit is complete without cat fur. Every cat knows this.

Kitty help.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 10, 2026 05:13 AM (O7YUW)

15 Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at June 10, 2026 05:13 AM (Ia/+0)

16 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 10, 2026 05:15 AM (RIvkX)

17 Evening and morning to all the late toilers, early risers, and satellites and satraps of the vast AoSHQ Empire!

I woke early, not the fault of the big black cat for once; I got enough sleep, but I don't quite feel like I did. Coffee is helping.

Yesterday I was surprised at how swiftly the apt. maintenance people came when I called about the bathroom ceiling drip. Twenty minutes and they were here. They fixed the drip, but then the A/C was not cooling right. When I called back, the guys were here in about ten minutes. They'd left a breaker switch off. Problem solved in a twinkling.

I'm not used to this quick service -- the way the place used to be in the '90s. Maybe I got lucky with the timing and these two guys had little else on their plate.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 10, 2026 05:16 AM (wzUl9)

18 I spent 10 dollars today on a single response from Claude.

It was related to the decidability of the GB conjecture using computational methods, which PM has discussed here previously. The result is a proof of definitely not no, which is actually something as definite maybe is real progress against the parity problem using sieve methods.

It's the result of 6 years of work. The document is structured for reviewers and one can easily feed it to their AI of choice for dog of choice for easy assessment and similar result.

So I'm happy to report I've done things with stuff. Also we are going for a NIPT tomorrow. I mentioned before I'm 57. That matters. It's also divisible by 3 which you can tell by summing the digits and dividing by three. If the remainder is 0, it's divisible by 3. I sure hope our 2 becomes 3, but only God knows.

Posted by: meh at June 10, 2026 05:17 AM (kK7U2)

19 Skip, what year and model is your ailing truck? And how is the Sonata to drive? I've said for a while that Hyundai/Genesis has some very nicely styled cars. If something happened to the Buick, and I couldn't find a 2017-19 model LaCrosse or a nice Cadillac, I would probably have to go Japanese (Lexus 300) or Korean.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 10, 2026 05:19 AM (wzUl9)

20 My son gave me an Arduino wifi board.

Funny. After spending my career writing software for embedded systems, I just don't care about it anymore.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 10, 2026 05:20 AM (qFwJc)

21 Yesterday I went out for a walk about 12:00 in the afternoon It was already kind of warm. I met an older man with his dog on the entrance e to the boardwalk through the woods. He had a little dog that looked like a smaller version of border collie-black and white . I told him the dog was cute . He Is 12. "He can't do the long walks anymore.he said He said Only about to the end of the boardwalk " ( which is about a mile ). I did not tell the man that I'm not twelve and I can't do long walks anymore either 😉especially when it's about 80 degrees.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 10, 2026 05:23 AM (rZCVI)

22 Outside temp is 77-78 F., depending on the source. It did not rain yesterday, so I don't know why the temp is a little lower than Tuesday morning's. In either case, I have to Bataan-Death-March myself out there for my exercise, today and at least one more day this week.

There was no word yesterday from the sellers on the big repairs requested on the Terre Haute property. No houses currently listed grab me the same way, so I have to wait to see what comes up.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 10, 2026 05:24 AM (wzUl9)

23 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 10, 2026 05:26 AM (Hbeqj)

24 Thanks for the music Pixy.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at June 10, 2026 05:28 AM (L1JuH)

25 While out and about yesterday I gassed up at the Exxon convenience station with the ethanol-free fuel. It remains at $3.69 -- a dollar or so *less* than at the few other stations that offer it. Their regular 87 octane E10 has fallen to $3.49, down from $3.69 about ten days ago.

Mindful of how the JumpStart chain in Kansas scammed us by offering cheaper premium E20 (= lousy mileage) without labeling it as such, I wonder if this convenience store is doing the same. But my gas mileage is improved on the stuff they label as E0.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 10, 2026 05:32 AM (wzUl9)

26 Funny. After spending my career writing software for embedded systems, I just don't care about it anymore.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 10, 2026 05:20 AM (qFwJc)

Yesterday I chased down a bug on an analog input pin abstraction function in DxCore. When I polled the ADC value of a temperature sensor it was pulling a 4095 which indicates an open circuit...despite the multimeter showing continuity and correct impedence.
2 hours later I finally ask Claude to read the raw adc instead of through dxcore. Low and behold the raw value was correct....dxcore was messing the whole thing up.

Posted by: Defenestratus at June 10, 2026 05:33 AM (WYStd)

27 The FCC wants to kill burner phones.

Because the Gov't wants to know everything your doing, but doesn't want you to know what it's doing...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 10, 2026 05:37 AM (l3cgK)

28 The furry thugs are well. Last night Dagny was displaying actual affection to Linda, climbing by herself up to the sofa arm next to her and bumping her fluffy head against Linda's arm. Later the little gray puffball came when I called her and sprawled on the lap cushion for a nap that lasted almost half an hour.

Big black Stirling is due for a new toy tomorrow, for his fourth anniversary living with me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 10, 2026 05:37 AM (wzUl9)

29 13 G'morning, all!

Looks like Lindsey Graham survived another primary election.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 10, 2026 05:11 AM (iMotb)

Mark Lynch really didn't stand a chance once the attack ads started which informed everybody he was convicted of cocaine trafficking.

How he thought he was going to keep that secret is beyond me.

Nancy Mace is going to be looking for a new job come January, also.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 10, 2026 05:37 AM (6ydKt)

30 Radios are the thing. Toss your phones in the trash

Posted by: save the wails at June 10, 2026 05:40 AM (LOZbR)

31 @20/no one of any consequence: "Funny. After spending my career writing software for embedded systems, I just don't care about it anymore."

Pretty common. After 30 years in IT, my enthusiasm level for messing with hardware, software, or network configuration reached "I'm tired, boss. I want out."

I watched more and more complex software be created with programmers being lazy and bringing in an ever expanding list of huge libraries, and I realized what was coming - a level of complexity where nobody really knew what was lurking in there in terms of security problems to come.

And today (now) we're at the point. Tons of zero-day exploits popping out as jump-scares for admins and users alike. The light at the end of the tunnel really was an oncoming train.

When I was abruptly thrown out my last IT job due to a layoff caused by a merger/acquisition, I came to a very strong conclusion of: "I don't ever want to go back to that. No, I can't go back to that. No. Nope. Hell no. NOOOOOO." (You get the idea.)

Now I drive school bus. Strangely, this is much less stressful, despite the screaming and misbehaving kids. (Yeah, it was time for me to get out of IT.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 10, 2026 05:42 AM (O7YUW)

32 13 G'morning, all!

Looks like Lindsey Graham survived another primary election.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 10, 2026 05:11 AM (iMotb)

Even though Congress can have favorability ratings in the single digits, incumbents get re-elected something like 95% of the time...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 10, 2026 05:43 AM (l3cgK)

33 30 Radios are the thing. Toss your phones in the trash

Posted by: save the wails at June 10, 2026 05:40 AM (LOZbR)

Only works if they're encrypted, and that encryption method doesn't have back doors specifically for Gov't use and is difficult to reverse-engineer...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 10, 2026 05:44 AM (l3cgK)

34 It was related to the decidability of the GB conjecture using computational methods, which PM has discussed here previously. The result is a proof of definitely not no, which is actually something as definite maybe is real progress against the parity problem using sieve methods.

Perhaps a link to the discussion PM (I assume Pixy Misa) had had would help those of us who missed it and/or cannot remember due to lack of context.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at June 10, 2026 05:45 AM (JbM8E)

35 Every time I would start a youtube video, I would see an ad attacking Mark Lynch.

I voted for him anyway.

Oh well.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 10, 2026 05:46 AM (qFwJc)

36 @29/SpeakingOf: "Mark Lynch really didn't stand a chance once the attack ads started which informed everybody he was convicted of cocaine trafficking.

How he thought he was going to keep that secret is beyond me."

I'm reminded out of the scene in Heavy Metal (Captain Lincoln F. Sternn's trial) - at the very end, Sternn pays off Hanover Fist for the utter disruption of the trial, and then pulls a lever and sends Hanover out into space now that he's served his purpose.

Maybe Lynch just played out Hanover's role.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 10, 2026 05:47 AM (O7YUW)

37 Spouse had to stop twice by the side of the road because kids were taking off their seatbelts and standing up and falling over. I told him "Please use your German side and voice , and yell at them before you get to the school or when you leave. To bring them home."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 10, 2026 05:47 AM (Nx5jP)

38 "How he thought he was going to keep that secret is beyond me."

It was a rather ugly primary this time around.

Glad to see Rom Reddy failed to make the runoff.
Too much AI voice manipulation to have the voice-over sound ALMOST like Mike Rowe.

Then the whole illegal seawall that he built to protect his multi-million dollar beach home.

A true man of the people.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 10, 2026 05:48 AM (iMotb)

39 Nancy Mace is going to be looking for a new job come January, also.

Her rack is rather nice, so maybe MILF O/F.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at June 10, 2026 05:49 AM (JbM8E)

40 Indiana Bible college students sing, "I know a name"

https://tinyurl.com/43bs8umj

In the midst of kids who are troubled or nuts ( like Carmelo Anthony) it is nice to think of hopefully more settled kids focused on their faith and the scriptures such as Bible college students or rabbinical students.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 10, 2026 05:51 AM (Nx5jP)

41 “ But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.”

Matthew 6:15

Posted by: Marcus T at June 10, 2026 05:52 AM (EWq0C)

42 Good morning, Horde! Waiting for the cafeteria to open and then I can face the day.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 10, 2026 05:54 AM (RjOoY)

43 Now I drive school bus. Strangely, this is much less stressful, despite the screaming and misbehaving kids. (Yeah, it was time for me to get out of IT.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 10, 2026 05:42 AM (O7YUW)

I imagine it is less stressful, at least when you aren't driving a bus with the lives of dozens of kids in your hands.

Go to work, drive. Off a few hours, drive again.
It's a lot easier than looking at computer code n a screen all day, I'm sure.

If it wasn't for the rowdy children, and the nuts on the roads these days you'd probably be in a permanent state of bliss.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 10, 2026 05:57 AM (6ydKt)

44 My truck is a 2013, Sonata isquite zippy, haven't figured out why power point isn't on.

Posted by: Skip at June 10, 2026 05:57 AM (xpYa7)

45 @Wolfus: The head-butt for attention is a cat thing I absolutely loved. Dagny's getting downright cute.

"Big black Stirling is due for a new toy tomorrow, for his fourth anniversary living with me."

Go to a grocery and ask for a strong flat cardboard box that was used to ship in a very fragrant fruit. Stirling will probably rub against, love, and stay in that box many times over the next 2 to 3 days (if Dagny doesn't kick him out and do that herself.) Our cats always loved when we'd bring those boxes home.

Toys: I used to buy the cats catnip filled "mice" (strong canvas and cloth layers sewn together with catnip inside.) They lasted about 2 days and then catnip everywhere, and stoned kitties rolling around like idiots.

As for longer lasting cat toys: I dunno, cats are masters of destruction. I always found the really cheap stuff (Strips of paper, yarn, crinkly bags) were the things mine loved the most.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 10, 2026 05:57 AM (O7YUW)

46 In news you'll never hear, the Pacifica pier has been closed because it is collapsing.

Why is it collapsing?

It could have been saved. Now it is one more symbol of civilizational collapse.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 10, 2026 06:00 AM (RIvkX)

47 I voted for him anyway.

Oh well.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 10, 2026 05:46 AM (qFwJc)

You and about 30% of the voters around here, it seems.

The only way I see Lindsey leaving the Senate is feet first or if a future Republican president appoints him Secretary of State or something.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 10, 2026 06:00 AM (6ydKt)

48 Fox News headline: "China’s next threat could be standing in your kitchen on two robot legs"...

Not it won't. I like dumb appliances, not smart ones.
Now, where's that robot insurance SNL advertized?

https://youtu.be/KXnL7sdElno

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 10, 2026 06:00 AM (l3cgK)

49 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 10, 2026 05:57 AM (O7YUW)

Costco boxes...
I put one box on the floor, upside down (opening on long side). But a smaller box inside, another open box on top. Cats have been going inside the boxes and on top the boxes for weeks now...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 10, 2026 06:03 AM (l3cgK)

50 @43/SpeakingOf: "If it wasn't for the rowdy children, and the nuts on the roads these days you'd probably be in a permanent state of bliss."

True. I love a nice pleasant drive, and some days I get it.

Other days though, when the kids have trod on my last nerve and I snap verbally, or traffic gets REALLY stupid around me. People in cars seem to think they can pull sudden moves around a bus because it starts and stops slow and they can just squeak around us because they're faster, creating dangerous conditions that could cause a collision.

This has been an ongoing thing at intersections lately (particularly 4-way stops) when I wait to take my turn per who arrived first so I'm last in the sequence, then I start out in the intersection, taking my right of way, and one of the other 3 gets stupid and jackrabbits out in front of me. Brakes. Horn. Frustration. Every other driver looking at the one that jack-rabbited with the "WTF" expression. Seeing that too many times lately.

Still less stressful than IT for me.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 10, 2026 06:04 AM (O7YUW)

51 My son had a very long work day yesterday in the heat which culminated in his taking a co- worker to pick up his car at a maintenance place. Therefore he missed the church young adult group going out for pizza and seeing the movie "Obsession" ( The kind young people had saved him some pizza) . He said, "Maybe I should have told the co-worker that i had a dinner engagement This s***s" I told him that he did the right thing. Besides, he can always suggest another movie such as "Deliverance Day"
Or whatever it's called by pompous Steven Spielberg who insists this will cause Christians to question their faith . But not people of other faiths, Stevie?!!. Anyway, that might generate some good discussion.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 10, 2026 06:05 AM (Nx5jP)

52 Maybe Lynch just played out Hanover's role.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 10, 2026 05:47 AM (O7YUW)

Lindsey has been running over every opponent for decades.

Lynch losing was not surprising, so I never got my hopes up.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 10, 2026 06:05 AM (6ydKt)

53 @37/FenelonSpoke: { Spouse had to stop twice by the side of the road because kids were taking off their seatbelts and standing up and falling over. I told him "Please use your German side and voice , and yell at them before you get to the school or when you leave. To bring them home." }

The kids on large buses have seat-belts where your Husband drives? Ours are still without the belts, only the occasional harness for particularly problematic children.

Also when it comes time to order the kids to stop misbehaving, I thank God he gifted me with a Drill Instructor's voice.

"Please use your German side and voice." *heh* Love it.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 10, 2026 06:12 AM (O7YUW)

54 Argh, forgot to close the italics tag. Having one in the name field saved me from the barrel.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 10, 2026 06:12 AM (O7YUW)

55 Honest question. When the Bass Cheat Machine goes up against the Raman Cheat Machine in November, what happens?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 10, 2026 06:13 AM (8XeQo)

56 I think if I've had it with an IT job I would try and get a work from home job. You don't even have to wear pants.

Posted by: Case at June 10, 2026 06:13 AM (+zXtV)

57 Honest question. When the Bass Cheat Machine goes up against the Raman Cheat Machine in November, what happens?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 10, 2026 06:13 AM (8XeQo)
====

It's the same photo.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 10, 2026 06:14 AM (RIvkX)

58 @53/SpeakingOf: "Lindsey has been running over every opponent for decades.

Lynch losing was not surprising, so I never got my hopes up."

Why do his constituents keep voting Lindsey in? What does he do for them to command such loyalty?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 10, 2026 06:14 AM (O7YUW)

59 Given that so many devices emit RFID signals I guess it is no surprise law enforcement and data companies track all those signals routinely.

I still wish it were not so.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 10, 2026 06:15 AM (lh7pS)

60 @56/Shadout Mapes: "Honest question. When the Bass Cheat Machine goes up against the Raman Cheat Machine in November, what happens?"

400% voter turnout, most transparent and honest election process EVAH!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 10, 2026 06:15 AM (O7YUW)

61 This has been an ongoing thing at intersections lately (particularly 4-way stops) when I wait to take my turn per who arrived first so I'm last in the sequence, then I start out in the intersection, taking my right of way, and one of the other 3 gets stupid and jackrabbits out in front of me. Brakes. Horn. Frustration. Every other driver looking at the one that jack-rabbited with the "WTF" expression. Seeing that too many times lately.

Still less stressful than IT for me.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 10, 2026 06:04 AM (O7YUW)

I have to go through a 4-Way stop regularly.

It never ceases to amaze me how many people have no clue what to do when each stop sign has a driver.

I constantly go into that intersection in a good mood and come out angry at idiots who don't know how to drive.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 10, 2026 06:18 AM (6ydKt)

62 The Boeing facility in Everett, WA by comparison contains 472 million cubic feet.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 10, 2026 06:20 AM (T6aVk)

63 *snorts* Yup, that's it!
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Wife and I went to the nearby farm for eggs and ran into a couple of the resident cats. Yes, I did say "Broface!" and they did headbutt my hand.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 10, 2026 06:20 AM (RjOoY)

64 29 13 Mark Lynch really didn't stand a chance once the attack ads started which informed everybody he was convicted of cocaine trafficking.

How he thought he was going to keep that secret is beyond me.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 10, 2026 05:37 AM (6ydKt)

wild!

Posted by: m at June 10, 2026 06:21 AM (6wpGE)

65 48 Fox News headline: "China’s next threat could be standing in your kitchen on two robot legs"...
---

China hasn't built a robot yet that isn't violent.
Last week, at an exhibition, one kicked a kid in the stomach.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 10, 2026 06:23 AM (D2ex+)

66 "How he thought he was going to keep that secret is beyond me."

At least he didn't have a Death's Head tattoo.

Because nobody in either party would ever vote for a Nazi lover.

Well, except maybe for Maine.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 10, 2026 06:24 AM (iMotb)

67 China hasn't built a robot yet that isn't violent.
Last week, at an exhibition, one kicked a kid in the stomach.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 10, 2026 06:23 AM (D2ex+)
==

Those robots you see from China are not true robots. They are not autonomous. They are either remote-controlled live or simply following a pre-set program. They are toys, not robots.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 10, 2026 06:25 AM (RIvkX)

68 67 48 Fox News headline: "China’s next threat could be standing in your kitchen on two robot legs"...
---

China hasn't built a robot yet that isn't violent.
Last week, at an exhibition, one kicked a kid in the stomach.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 10, 2026 06:23 AM (D2ex+)

Terminator will come out of China speaking Mandarin...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 10, 2026 06:26 AM (l3cgK)

69 @63/SpeakingOf: "I constantly go into that intersection in a good mood and come out angry at idiots who don't know how to drive."

The one that gets me: I, and the opposite lane car have arrived at about the same time. Him, before me. We both reach "stopped". I am signalling LEFT. He goes straight through as he has right of way per timing. As he's traversing the intersection, two vehicles have arrived and stopped at the perpendicular lanes' stop signs arrive. There's a guy behind him who is now pulling up to his stop sign.

Who's next to go? ME. I pull out mid-way through the intersection, and I'm just about to start my wide-turn to the left (40 foot bus, wide turns are always a thing!) and the guy in the opposite lane facing me, ignoring my signal lamp, jack-rabbits straight across the lane almost causing a collision if I'd started cranking the steering wheel.

Really hating on 4-way stops and impatient drivers lately.

When I just drove your standard passenger vehicles, I used to wonder why school buses drove so slowly and held things up. Now I get it: We're overcompensating for all the idiots on the road around us, because we HAVE TO.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 10, 2026 06:26 AM (O7YUW)

70 49 Costco boxes...
I put one box on the floor, upside down (opening on long side). But a smaller box inside, another open box on top. Cats have been going inside the boxes and on top the boxes for weeks now...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 10, 2026 06:03 AM (l3cgK)

; )

Posted by: m at June 10, 2026 06:27 AM (6wpGE)

71 69 China hasn't built a robot yet that isn't violent.
Last week, at an exhibition, one kicked a kid in the stomach.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 10, 2026 06:23 AM (D2ex+)
==

Those robots you see from China are not true robots. They are not autonomous. They are either remote-controlled live or simply following a pre-set program. They are toys, not robots.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 10, 2026 06:25 AM (RIvkX)

Robots don't have to be autonomous, unless you believe the robots used in car manufacture for decades aren't robots.
Automatic vs Autonomous...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 10, 2026 06:28 AM (l3cgK)

72 G'mornin' everyone!

we must have one of the last vestiges of the old high-trust culture out here with the cows & corn, most everyone drives like a Normal ... when someone is driving like a jerk we know it's some communiss pudhead from the city.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 10, 2026 06:30 AM (VyBeY)

73 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at June 10, 2026 06:33 AM (TL+fP)

74 Tom Homan is Big Mad at Kathy Hochul. It seems she is ugly and stupid.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 10, 2026 06:33 AM (P1oRJ)

75 @67/Braenyard: "China hasn't built a robot yet that isn't violent.
Last week, at an exhibition, one kicked a kid in the stomach."

CCP directive 27 activated (Preserve Chairman Xi's life. Organ needed to replace failing one. Organ required: Kidney.)

Scanning. Fresh kidney detected. Physical violence mode activated. Parameter set: Ensure injury great enough to guarantee hospital trip to ER. Organ harvest team notified.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 10, 2026 06:36 AM (O7YUW)

76 "we must have one of the last vestiges of the old high-trust culture out here with the cows & corn,"

I had forgotten what Hight Trust felt like. But last week we were in Yellowstone, and staying at a guest ranch in West Yellowstone.

log cabins...no locks on the doors..left the car unlocked all night.

I had forgotten what that felt like.
Now I miss it.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 10, 2026 06:36 AM (iMotb)

77 mornin yall. I see they removed that spider from Karamello's head when he was booked into prison. If his lawyer had any sense they would have done that from the start.

Posted by: fd at June 10, 2026 06:36 AM (vFG9F)

78 @BelfastLive
22m
Belfast schools sending pupils home after threat of further disorder

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 10, 2026 06:37 AM (D2ex+)

79 @74/sock_rat_eez: "... we must have one of the last vestiges of the old high-trust culture out here with the cows & corn, most everyone drives like a Normal ... when someone is driving like a jerk we know it's some communiss pudhead from the city."

That's actually pretty common in the rural areas, along with larger vehicle drivers giving each other room and a wave.

I wish I had a rural route again.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 10, 2026 06:37 AM (O7YUW)

80 76 Tom Homan is Big Mad at Kathy Hochul. It seems she is ugly and stupid.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 10, 2026 06:33 AM (P1oRJ)

Reminds me of the Winston Churchill rejoinder..."I may be drunk madam, but in the morning I will be sober, and you will be just as ugly."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 10, 2026 06:38 AM (l3cgK)

81 So the Maine primary is over and now it's Susan Collins versus the woman beating Nazi layabout.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 10, 2026 06:39 AM (qBEXX)

82 77 @67/Braenyard: "China hasn't built a robot yet that isn't violent.
Last week, at an exhibition, one kicked a kid in the stomach."

CCP directive 27 activated (Preserve Chairman Xi's life. Organ needed to replace failing one. Organ required: Kidney.)

Scanning. Fresh kidney detected. Physical violence mode activated. Parameter set: Ensure injury great enough to guarantee hospital trip to ER. Organ harvest team notified.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 10, 2026 06:36 AM (O7YUW)

Phew! I'm safe! Nobody wants MY kidneys!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 10, 2026 06:39 AM (l3cgK)

83 The antecedent of "it" that pixy has had on the blog before is the GB conjecture. I'm amateur. Nobody is much interested in what I have to say on the subject. Pretty much bringing it up in math bars gets me bounced violently and immediately.

Posted by: meh at June 10, 2026 06:39 AM (zZxsY)

84 After 30 years in IT, my enthusiasm level for messing with hardware, software, or network configuration reached "I'm tired, boss. I want out."...Now I drive school bus. Strangely, this is much less stressful, despite the screaming and misbehaving kids. Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Moving on from a CS career at first was jarring. Today, I treat teach like how I follow sportsball teams and limit hands on involvement to the bits I use to manage my life. This year the theme is replacing tech where it makes sense with a couple journals and pens; my life is much better I have rediscovered.

This shift has lead to other goofy obsessions such as finding the perfect pen. To date I find my Lamy Safari fountain pen and my franken Lamy Safari rollerball with its ink cartridge replaced with something from Pental and ballpoint spring to hold it in place indispensable.

Now if I could only get a rotary phone...

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at June 10, 2026 06:41 AM (glnUu)

85 85 The antecedent of "it" that pixy has had on the blog before is the GB conjecture. I'm amateur. Nobody is much interested in what I have to say on the subject. Pretty much bringing it up in math bars gets me bounced violently and immediately.

Posted by: meh at June 10, 2026 06:39 AM (zZxsY)

Are math bars like gay bars?...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 10, 2026 06:41 AM (l3cgK)

86 Why do his constituents keep voting Lindsey in? What does he do for them to command such loyalty?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 10, 2026 06:14 AM (O7YUW)

He's very good at constituent services for one thing.
Old lady has a problem with Social Security, call up Lindsey's office and they'll find a resolution.

SC is also quite loyal to some of our politicians.
Strom Thurmond was in office for decades as a Senator and Governor because of that.

If Tim Scott hadn't decided to leave office, he could've been re-elected multiple more times himself.

It's not just here, though. Incumbency helps a lot of politicians across the country even when they don't deserve it.
Take the Collins senate race or multiple others, as examples.

Cornyn and Massie both losing this year are really the exceptions, not the rule.

Americans don't take out the trash often enough when it comes to Congress. Which is why I'd like to see term limits, and I don't see that happening any time soon.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 10, 2026 06:41 AM (6ydKt)

87 Oil traded down to $88 over night, despite the renewed shooting in the Iran vicinity, sort of undercutting the worries over more violence in the area.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 10, 2026 06:42 AM (qBEXX)

88 Unthinkable twenty years ago.

Last night in Belfast, Protestants from the Shankill district and Catholics from Ardoyne, two districts separated by Crumlin Road and which it was impossible to cross during the civil war side by side. Those who killed each other during the Troubles. United against mass immigration. The story accelerates. @DamienRieu

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 10, 2026 06:43 AM (D2ex+)

89 Given how many science classes and science oriented orgs and schools and science fairs feature robots in this country, we should be the #1 place for them.

Think about it. Every damn time a science classes or science fair is featured on TV, the kids gleefully say “WE BUILT ROBOTS!!!” Great. Nothing on…physics? Bio? Astronomy? That’s it?

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 10, 2026 06:43 AM (T6aVk)

90 @74. This is true. Driving in a rural area is not very stressful. But driving in city traffic absolutely sucks. People don't care about much of anything including the law. It seems all they do care about is getting to where they are going as fast as they can. Gotta have your head on a swivel all the time.

Posted by: Case at June 10, 2026 06:45 AM (+zXtV)

91 After 30 years in IT, my enthusiasm level for messing with hardware, software, or network configuration reached "I'm tired, boss. I want out."...Now I drive school bus. Strangely, this is much less stressful, despite the screaming and misbehaving kids. Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant
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A customer of mine, a guy with a huge IT job at a big regional bank, retired early and moved with his wife to Orlando. Now he drives a Disney hotel bus, even though he doesn't need the money, because he loves being with all the happy young families. And no networking issues.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 10, 2026 06:45 AM (qBEXX)

92 Posted by: NR Pax at June 10, 2026 06:05 AM (RjOoY)

URL shortening apps are your friend.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 10, 2026 06:45 AM (iERP6)

93 The IRGC "70% of our drones and missiles were on target"

Independent reporting. Uh, no. They were intercepted.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 10, 2026 06:46 AM (5P5DO)

94 93 The IRGC "70% of our drones and missiles were on target"

Independent reporting. Uh, no. They were intercepted.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 10, 2026 06:46 AM (5P5DO)

"We knew our drones and missiles would be destroyed, so 70% on target!"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 10, 2026 06:47 AM (l3cgK)

95 Americans don't take out the trash often enough when it comes to Congress. Which is why I'd like to see term limits, and I don't see that happening any time soon.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 10, 2026 06:41 AM (6ydKt)

You want term limits because self-government is just TOO HARD.

The #1 problem with government is the laziness of the electorate. Term limits are a lazy solution by the lazy, for the lazy, designed to make a lazy electorate MORE lazy.

CA has had them at all levels since 1990. CA is not a model of governance for anyone to follow.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 10, 2026 06:47 AM (T6aVk)

96 Platner on MS Now...geehz, this sudden Jimmy Swaggart "I have sinned" routine is getting old. He is running as the Democrat candidate for a senate seat and not to be America's favorite therapy dog.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at June 10, 2026 06:49 AM (glnUu)

97
Last night in Belfast, Protestants from the Shankill district and Catholics from Ardoyne, two districts separated by Crumlin Road and which it was impossible to cross during the civil war side by side.

____________

Ecumenicism is when Catholics and Protestants join together to protest against being killed by Muslims.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 10, 2026 06:49 AM (O0L8i)

98 A good day to everyone.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 10, 2026 06:52 AM (SiYsC)

99 Nancy Mace is going to be looking for a new job come January, also.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 10, 2026 05:37 AM (6ydKt)

She’ll be OK. She will have her Congressional pension to fall back on. As will my outgoing Rep, Jodey Arrington.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 10, 2026 06:53 AM (T6aVk)

100 "Ecumenicism is when Catholics and Protestants join together to protest against being killed by Muslims."

Islam....bringing folks together for centuries.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 10, 2026 06:53 AM (iMotb)

101 The antecedent of "it" that pixy has had on the blog before is the GB conjecture. I'm amateur. Nobody is much interested in what I have to say on the subject. Pretty much bringing it up in math bars gets me bounced violently and immediately.

Since you can't seem to be bothered to provide a A FUCKING LINK TO WHERE PIXY TALKED ABOUT THE "GB" CONJECTURE OR EVEN DEFINING WHAT THE FUCK THE "GB" CONJECTURE IS OR A FUCKING LINK TO A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE "GB" CONJECTURE IS, I am not surprised that nobody as balls deep in that subject that you appear to be is interested in what you have to say on that subject.

I always thought the purpose of language was to communicate to others.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at June 10, 2026 06:56 AM (JbM8E)

102 Mace can't collect on that pension until she turns 62.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 10, 2026 06:57 AM (5P5DO)

103

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at June 10, 2026 06:58 AM (qxFFD)

104 It looks like Germany and France are nixing the Future Combat Air System.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 10, 2026 06:59 AM (2GVsD)

105 Mace can't collect on that pension until she turns 62.
Posted by: Ben Had

Sad. Now she will have to get a pole dancing gig to make ends meet until then.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at June 10, 2026 07:00 AM (glnUu)

106 URL shortening apps are your friend.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

I understand. The problem is that they are blocked here.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 10, 2026 07:00 AM (RjOoY)

107 Several residents in Mississippi filed a class-action lawsuit Monday against xAI, SpaceX and MZX Tech LLC, alleging the constant noise and vibrations from xAI's data center in Southaven are disrupting their lives and harming their health.

"The noise generated by the Southaven Plant includes a combination of high-pitched squealing, continuous engine roaring, low-frequency rumbling, and tonal humming or whining that travels across property lines and into area homes in both Southaven and Horn Lake. It can also be felt as vibration," the complaint reads. "The presence of this noise is pervasive and inescapable, especially at night when other noises in the indoor and outdoor environment are quiet."

Posted by: fd at June 10, 2026 07:01 AM (vFG9F)

108 (cont) I thought the URL I posted was short enough for here.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 10, 2026 07:01 AM (RjOoY)

109 I always thought the purpose of language was to communicate to others.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at June 10, 2026 06:56 AM (JbM8E)
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Or, the purpose of language is to complain about the soup.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 10, 2026 07:03 AM (RIvkX)

110 Euro-Office, not to be confused with Euro-Vision, hopes to replace MS Office by being a fake MS Office. The long march to Euro tech dominance continues.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at June 10, 2026 07:04 AM (glnUu)

111 No soup for you!

Posted by: national soup socialists 714 at June 10, 2026 07:08 AM (LOZbR)

112 No soup! One year!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 10, 2026 07:09 AM (RIvkX)

113 The GB Conjecture...is that the one that proves iPhones are better because they have bigger GBs?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at June 10, 2026 07:09 AM (glnUu)

114 Oh how the mighty Royal Navy has sunk so low.

HMS Prince of Wales is cruising up in the Arctic regions being escorted by ONE Type 45 destroyer, HMS Duncan.

Meanwhile Starmer seems to be finally poised to release his Defense Investment Programme, DIP, this week. And the future of the Type 83 destroyer is looking bleak. The government is saying it cannot afford more borrowing or cuts in other Whitehall departments to afford increased defense spending.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 10, 2026 07:09 AM (2GVsD)

115 Mornin' Horde. Thanks to all GSG contributors so far! Word to the wise, if your idea of "immediate need" is sooner than a week and change, this might not be the best (sole) option for you...

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at June 10, 2026 07:11 AM (FrHxr)

116 Nick Reiner wants his inheritance so he can hire lawyers.

Murder parents.
Profit!

Posted by: fd at June 10, 2026 07:11 AM (vFG9F)

117 Nick Reiner could hire Mike Howard, Karmelo Anthony's attorney.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 10, 2026 07:12 AM (2GVsD)

118 88 Unthinkable twenty years ago.

Last night in Belfast, Protestants from the Shankill district and Catholics from Ardoyne, two districts separated by Crumlin Road and which it was impossible to cross during the civil war side by side. Those who killed each other during the Troubles. United against mass immigration. The story accelerates. @DamienRieu
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 10, 2026 06:43 AM (D2ex+)

Oh, my gosh!

Posted by: m at June 10, 2026 07:12 AM (6wpGE)

119 Am I being cynical at the fact I'm genuinely surprised we haven't seen any riots over the Karmello case?

Posted by: NR Pax at June 10, 2026 07:13 AM (RjOoY)

120 Am I being cynical at the fact I'm genuinely surprised we haven't seen any riots over the Karmello case?"

They tried. Outside the courthouse. After the verdict was read. Police put a stop to it before it began.

Posted by: Will Robinson at June 10, 2026 07:15 AM (zBgIx)

121 Why do his constituents keep voting Lindsey in? What does he do for them to command such loyalty?

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I tried to do my part getting him out. Last I checked around 8pm last night, he'd had over 60% of the vote total. I knew he was going nowhere at that point. It's a shame. I will say I won't vote for him in the general. I just can't compromise anymore on someone who doesn't deserve my vote. I'll leave it blank.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 10, 2026 07:16 AM (qBdHI)

122 Am I being cynical at the fact I'm genuinely surprised we haven't seen any riots over the Karmello case?
Posted by: NR Pax

I chalk the lack of riots due to everyone being stocked up on flat screen TVs because the economy is doing well. I call this the TV Conjecture.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at June 10, 2026 07:16 AM (glnUu)

123 I'm back from my work out, cleaned up, and having my breakfast after slopping the feline hogs.

When I wish I'd gone into IT in college (the *cough* '70s *cough*), thinking I could have earned big money for a decade or more and been right there on the ground when PCs came along and later the 'Net . . . I wish that, and then I read the stories of some of you who are glad to be out of that world, and I wonder.

My brief sojourn into that world, 1995-2001, was not really stressful -- except for getting laid off every year or so.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 10, 2026 07:16 AM (wzUl9)

124 Not a lot of reporting about Ireland.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 10, 2026 07:16 AM (RIvkX)

125 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin' in Amish Country at June 10, 2026 07:17 AM (bfy6w)

126 Americans don't take out the trash often enough when it comes to Congress. Which is why I'd like to see term limits, and I don't see that happening any time soon.

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Term limits will never happen when such a thing would have to be passed by the very people who don't want to be term limited.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 10, 2026 07:18 AM (qBdHI)

127
*ACE* of Base - The Sign

Posted by: m at June 10, 2026 07:18 AM (6wpGE)

128 For those interested in the goings-on of PC-USA, here's a fun article:

https://tinyurl.com/2s54dv5f

The proposal is that married clergy should be monogamous, and it is receving extreme pushback.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 10, 2026 07:20 AM (8XeQo)

129 32 13 Even though Congress can have favorability ratings in the single digits, incumbents get re-elected something like 95% of the time...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 10, 2026 05:43 AM (l3cgK)

"The devil you know."

Posted by: m at June 10, 2026 07:20 AM (6wpGE)

130 They tried. Outside the courthouse. After the verdict was read. Police put a stop to it before it began.
Posted by: Will Robinson

True. But I live in Maryland so I was quite certain we'd see Burn Loot Murder trying to bring us diversity.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 10, 2026 07:21 AM (RjOoY)

131 @38

>>A true man of the people.

Once you realize that most people who get involved in politics are psychopaths and narcissists, everything makes sense.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 10, 2026 07:22 AM (XV/Pl)

132 So crazy Nancy Mace is gonna be out of Congress and came pretty much last in the GOP guv primary

So she’ll no longer have a public venue to display the craziness. That’s a shame

Going strictly by the hotness metric she should’ve beaten Pamela Evette who (am I the only one who thinks this??) looks strangely similar to Nikki Haley (shiver)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 10, 2026 07:22 AM (+gA9j)

133 Going strictly by the hotness metric she should’ve beaten Pamela Evette who (am I the only one who thinks this??) looks strangely similar to Nikki Haley (shiver)

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Evette reminds me a lot of Haley, as well. Both her and Wilson in the runoff leave me less than thrilled.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 10, 2026 07:25 AM (qBdHI)

134 I had forgotten what that felt like.
Now I miss it.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice
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Old Chevy's had a notch one could select for the ignition key whereby one could turn the engine off and remove the key but by the selected notch an individual could start the car without the key.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 10, 2026 07:26 AM (D2ex+)

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