Daily Tech News 14 June 2026

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The US government has responded to Anthropic's constant warnings of imaginary dangers with a global ban - except for US citizens on US soil - on access to the company's Mythos 5 and Fable 5 security-focused AI models. (Tech Crunch)

This whole story is dumb but at the same time it's amusing to watch Anthropic's continuing push towards regulatory capture leave them stuck like a rat in a trap.

To mix my metaphors, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei cried "risk" one too many times and ended up being devoured by it.
Speaking of dumb 75 datacenter projects totaling $130 billion in value were blocked in just the first four months of 2026. (Tom's Hardware)

This leaves SpaceX, by the way, pulling in $2 billion a month renting out its datacenters to its capacity-limited competition.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman blames this trend on Chinese influence, and while Altman absolutely is a compulsive liar, that probably is a large factor. Chinese datacenter rollouts are not facing the same headwinds.
Speaking of which, OpenAI is facing investigation from multiple states attorneyses generalseses. (Tech Crunch)

Oh no.

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How are the inmates at The Verge coping with our new African-American trillionaire? Good lord. (The Verge)

Maintain eye contact and back away slowly. Do not engage. I repeat, do not engage.
Nvidia's high-end desktop graphics card, the RTX Pro 6000 - has had a small price bump. (Tom's Hardware)

The card is basically an RTX 5090 with triple the memory. It now costs $13,250.
Intel meanwhile is planning to compete with AMD's relaunched Ryzen 5800X3D processor from 2022 - with a relaunch of its own Raptor Lake chips, also from 2022. (Tom's Hardware)

Raptor Lake was the codename for most of Intel's 13th and 14th generation chips; power-hungry but capable, and most importantly and just like the 5800X3D, still supporting DDR4 memory. (Though Raptor Lake can also work with DDR5.)

This market opportunity opened up with the AI companies consuming all the world's DRAM, so CPU makers are looking to sell upgrades to consumers wanting to keep their DRAM and upgrade their system around it.

(I own 384GB worth of DDR4 modules, bought at a small fraction of today's prices. You can bet I am interested.)
A British police officer has been suspended from normal duties after being caught using AI tools to fabricate evidence. (BBC)

That's not the story. This is the story:
"The officer involved has been removed from frontline duties, pending the outcome of the investigation. No arrests have been made."

It comes in the same week that a new national centre for AI in policing, called PoliceAI, was established.
At the launch on Wednesday, PoliceAI interim director Alex Murray said: "Crime and technology are evolving rapidly.
"Policing must keep pace by adopting AI responsibly to catch criminals and keep people safe."
We're sorry we got caught. We'll make sure that never happens again.
Over 400 Arch Linux packages have been compromised to push a rootkit infostealer. (Bleeping Computer)

Seemsbad.
Arch Linux now believes the incident is under control - after detecting 1579 compromised packages. (Phoronix)

It's not as bad as it seems: The packages are not in the core of the distribution, but in a secondary user-contributed repository that has long been viewed as "use at your own risk".
London's Docklands Light Railway is still running on Windows XP. (The Register)

Good.
KPMG's report Total Experience: Redefining Excellence in the Age of Agentic AI is bullshit on more levels than the immediately obvious. (The Register)

The report on the use of AI was AI-generated. Only 5 of 45 citations actually matched the material being cited.
Speaking of which, I've been using Grok recently to dig into the background of a science fiction story I am working on involving highly speculative physics.

It is extremely helpful at sniffing out related real-world speculative papers on the topics I am interested in, since the papers themselves are most often locked behind paywalls.

But it is also very clear when it reaches its limits. LLMs cannot "clump" without careful management. Grok has "projects" limiting conceptual bleed between answers, but it doesn't have nested subprojects; I can't easily keep it from inserting irrelevant details into a question, unless I create a new project with every question and then merge the answer into the whole afterwards.

(If you try it for a while you'll notice this happen as soon as you venture beyond simple question-and-answer use.)
Apple's powerful new M5 Max chip is so far only available in laptops. There's just one small problem. (WCCFTech)

It produces enough heat to melt the screen.
The OneXPlayer X2 Mini Pro is a supercomputer in a handheld console: A Ryzen AI Max 388 APU with up to 64GB of RAM and 8TB of storage. (Notebook Check)

And a price to match, unfortunately, with the cheapest model running to $2399.
And finally, Shutterslop. (Nerds.xyz)

The stock photography company has embraced the inevitability of AI as its market implodes.

Musical Interlude

Song is I Like That by ~~insert name here.~~ Before You Exit Anime is Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun, one of the best anime romantic comedies of recent memory. At 12 episodes and no sign of a sequel it never reaches a conclusion but never outlives its welcome.

Disclaimer: Good? Bad? I'm the man with the LLM.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 14, 2026 04:33 AM (Oj3Pf)

2 lookit that Biden's Dog boing
w00t

Posted by: m at June 14, 2026 04:34 AM (6wpGE)

3 Off to bed, I stayed long enough to see what was up on t5he tech side of life.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at June 14, 2026 04:36 AM (Q/FnY)

4 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2026 04:36 AM (Ia/+0)

5 This leaves SpaceX, by the way, pulling in $2 billion a month renting out its datacenters to its capacity-limited competition.
-

Proud SPCX shareholder here! This is the first time I succeeded in buying shares on IPO date. And somehow Etrade got me a good price per share - $150.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 14, 2026 04:37 AM (Oj3Pf)

6 from the ONT

397 Australia wins 2-0.
US-AUS on Friday in Seattle
US-Turk next Thursday in El Lay.
Posted by: World Cup Update at June 14, 2026 02:09 AM (uONGz)

Posted by: m at June 14, 2026 04:39 AM (6wpGE)

7 7 interesting facts about flag day. From "Christian Post" site:

https://tinyurl.com/yc58wjbb

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2026 04:40 AM (PFs9e)

8 I deleted 300 million files totalling 230TB this morning, after a very, very careful check that they had all been migrated to two separate datacenters 600 miles apart.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 14, 2026 04:46 AM (BLOW1)

9 Anthropic was playing fast and loose. Amazon is a big investor 3 ways and, in my opinion, didn't want to be left holding the bag.

DavidSacks: A highly credible trusted partner of both Anthropic and the USG who was testing Fable came forward with a jailbreak of those guardrails. The Admin asked Dario to fix the jailbreak or de-deploy the model. Dario refused.

Amazon (CEO Andy Jassy) who reportedly helped trigger the Claude shutdown. Via The Information

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy reportedly warned senior Trump administration officials about security risks in Anthropic’s newest Claude models

Anthropic’s own mega-backer may have played a key role in pushing the government to freeze access to its most advanced models

www.wsj.
Amazon CEO’s Talks With U.S. Officials Triggered Crackdown on Anthropic

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2026 04:46 AM (7X7ea)

10 London's Docklands Light Railway is still running on Windows XP.
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Hello, Microsoft, GFU.
Thanks for your attention to this message.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 14, 2026 04:57 AM (7X7ea)

11 >>>a science fiction story I am working on

multi-talented Pixy!

Posted by: m at June 14, 2026 04:57 AM (6wpGE)

12 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at June 14, 2026 05:00 AM (V0/Sp)

13 https://amgreatness.com/the face of modern britain jihads triumph
https://tinyurl.com/ypdsrjef

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2026 05:09 AM (Ia/+0)

14 Took my flag down during early part of week because of storm. Better put it back up at 5:30

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

15
Happy 80th Birthday, Mr. President!

Posted by: m at June 14, 2026 05:15 AM (6wpGE)

16 11 >>>a science fiction story I am working on

multi-talented Pixy!
Posted by: m

I got 25,000 words in before it became unwieldy; too many strange changes to physics. I tweak quantum flavourdynamics (actually a real thing if a rarely used term) to allow for certain advanced technologies, but it turns out that means uranium stops existing within the fictional universe. I could just run with it but I really like it when that every objection to the logic of a story already has an answer.

Grok is helping a lot there.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 14, 2026 05:16 AM (BLOW1)

17 This is both a very sad and a touching story. Teen commits suicide. Her family throws a graduation party which she never got to attend for all the people her organs went to. help. Sunny Skyz site:

https://tinyurl.com/4hctah8u

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2026 05:17 AM (PFs9e)

18 m wasjust thinking same thing

Happy Birthday President Trump!

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2026 05:20 AM (Ia/+0)

19 Posted by: m at June 14, 2026 05:15 AM (6wpGE)

That's nice of you to wish him that.

Im going to take the rest of the day off from the net so I don't have to read any angry, irrational comments about President Trump from the
sky ( Bluesky) X , etc leftists .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 14, 2026 05:24 AM (PFs9e)

20 >>>And finally, Shutterslop. (Nerds.xyz)

The Nerds.xyz author seems very thoughtful.

Posted by: m at June 14, 2026 05:24 AM (6wpGE)

21 Flag is up

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2026 05:25 AM (Ia/+0)

22 🇺🇸

Posted by: m at June 14, 2026 05:27 AM (6wpGE)

23 Stephen L. Miller retweeted
Barstool Sports
@barstoolsports
12h
Travis Pastrana doing backflips in front of the White House.

America, fuck yeah.

Posted by: m at June 14, 2026 05:35 AM (6wpGE)

24 We've all heard about the massively expensive theatrical failures of recent years but the the billions thrown into completely forgettable streaming content is just as amazing.

This video has the rundown and discusses the underlying problem. Several of the movies mentioned were stunningly expensive but this was the first time I was hearing the title, like 'Fountain of Youth'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6YvkbqAhAY

In a few years, we're going to start seeing comparable movies but made for mere millions because they have no stars (except aging ones who've sold the right to use their much younger self's likeness) and were generated entirely within a server farm under the supervision of few enough people to comfortably fit in a typical conference room.

Posted by: Epobirs at June 14, 2026 05:44 AM (/0z9K)

25 We're sorry we got caught. We'll make sure that never happens again.

ALWAYS trust Gov't and police when they investigate themselves. ALWAYS. /sarc

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 14, 2026 05:45 AM (l3cgK)

26 Something like 'The Electric State' was intended to draw so much interest it would significantly spike subscriptions to Netflix and nearly pay for itself in the process. Instead, only a small fraction of the existing subscribers bothered to watch it.

Posted by: Epobirs at June 14, 2026 05:46 AM (/0z9K)

27 That @FreddyLA7 account is getting better and better!

Posted by: m at June 14, 2026 05:47 AM (6wpGE)

28 G'morning, all!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 14, 2026 05:50 AM (iMotb)

29 So my MiL traveled relatively uneventfully back to B'More yesterday.

The fur-balls seem to be in a funk and looking for her.

And another scorcher of a day scheduled for today, with temps in the high 90's.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 14, 2026 05:52 AM (iMotb)

30 Evening and morning, Sunday toilers and early risers!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2026 05:54 AM (wzUl9)

31 @FreddyLA7 was in Nawlins:

Freddy🇩🇪
@FreddyLA7
16h
We decided late night yesterday to go to Bourbon street, so today was a late start on our way to Houston. And yeah that place was a little crazy. I honestly don’t even know how to describe it. Why are people throwing beads at each other everywhere?😭😭

Posted by: m at June 14, 2026 05:56 AM (6wpGE)

32 - Pixy, I don't know what kind of "facts" you're getting from grok but beware.
There are things that, unless given specific parameters, grok will give you what the "scientific concensus" is.

Posted by: TeeJ at June 14, 2026 05:57 AM (XZCs7)

33 From the ONT: I'd commented that we'd never seen Batman go undercover or spring a trap on his criminal quarry. SciVo, however, said:

"I thought there was an episode of Batman: The Animated Series where the villains have all gotten together, bragging about their plans to bring Batman down. Some are elaborate enough they might defeat themselves, others nefarious enough to possibly work. Some are just dumb, like a crocodile whose big plan is, 'I'd throw a rock at him!' Everyone just looks. 'It.. would be a very *big* rock.'

"Then at the end (spoiler), Batman throws off his crocodile man costume, knocks some heads together, and leaves knowing how to defeat all the worst plans against him."

SciVo, I'd forgotten about that excellent series, and have never seen that episode. Yes; that's exactly what I'd want to see!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2026 05:57 AM (wzUl9)

34 Spider solitaire is evil

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2026 06:00 AM (Ia/+0)

35 34 Spider solitaire is evil

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2026 06:00 AM (Ia/+0)

Like meth or heroin...or Gov't subsidies.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 14, 2026 06:06 AM (l3cgK)

36 I'm up, sipping coffee, with big black Stirling (who kicked me this morning, but only ten minutes before I planned to get up) sprawled on the floor nearby. Dunno where little Dagny is; I've checked the closets. Oh, well, she'll show up in a bit.

I need to go work out this morning and am dreading it. Last evening's rain left the air soggy and unbreathable -- and that was seven hours ago, *before* the nightly humidity rose to its usual dizzying and nauseating levels. I dare not look at the heat index.

I'll have to step out of the Book Thread for a little bit, while I video-tour a new house candidate. A 2BR/1ba bungalow, it has an enclosed front porch, a basement and garage, and looks (pre-inspection) to need very little work.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2026 06:08 AM (wzUl9)

37 36 I'm up, sipping coffee, with big black Stirling (who kicked me this morning, but only ten minutes before I planned to get up) sprawled on the floor nearby. Dunno where little Dagny is; I've checked the closets. Oh, well, she'll show up in a bit.

I need to go work out this morning and am dreading it. Last evening's rain left the air soggy and unbreathable -- and that was seven hours ago, *before* the nightly humidity rose to its usual dizzying and nauseating levels. I dare not look at the heat index.

I'll have to step out of the Book Thread for a little bit, while I video-tour a new house candidate. A 2BR/1ba bungalow, it has an enclosed front porch, a basement and garage, and looks (pre-inspection) to need very little work.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2026 06:08 AM (wzUl9)

I bet Stirling has quite the engine...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 14, 2026 06:08 AM (l3cgK)

38 I bet Stirling has quite the engine...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 14, 2026

***
After I named him -- partly for a pipe tobacco I liked the name of, partly for Stirling Moss the race driver -- I read about the Stirling engine. He certainly seemed like a powerhouse as a kitten, zooming and leaping as if on kitty crack. And he has not slowed down too much as a four-year-old, either.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2026 06:12 AM (wzUl9)

39 A lot like Meth, one more time, I can beat it then quit

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2026 06:12 AM (Ia/+0)

40 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: The man with the plan.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 14, 2026 06:17 AM (amcLV)

41
Rejoinder: The man with the plan.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 14, 2026

***
You rang?
( -- Dan Briggs, Impossible Missions Force)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2026 06:21 AM (wzUl9)

42 Mornin', Horde. 71 degrees temp with 71 degrees dew point in Kentuckiana. They're saying showers for a bit later this morning, thunderstorms this afternoon, then a little cooler & a lot drier for a few days.

Posted by: Nazdar at June 14, 2026 06:22 AM (NcvvS)

43 69° and comfortable on the island. More rain expected.

Posted by: Accomack at June 14, 2026 06:24 AM (T8bqm)

44 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2026 06:25 AM (RIvkX)

45 24 In a few years, we're going to start seeing comparable movies but made for mere millions because they have no stars (except aging ones who've sold the right to use their much younger self's likeness) and were generated entirely within a server farm under the supervision of few enough people to comfortably fit in a typical conference room.

Posted by: Epobirs

Already happening (though not yet entirely in AI). The latest Star Wars film was rapidly eclipsed at the box office by not one but two low-budget films made by Youtubers.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 14, 2026 06:48 AM (BLOW1)

46 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 14, 2026 06:49 AM (VyBeY)

47 "... very, very careful check ... "

yes indeed!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 14, 2026 06:52 AM (VyBeY)

48 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 14, 2026 06:54 AM (Hbeqj)

49 Good morning. Soft rain this morning in Ohio, but had a gorgeous Saturday. Blue skies and low humidity.

Of course, the linked story about Elon to The Fake Media Tool The Verge would lead with the "It Was So A Nazi Salute!!!" infamous pic that was not a Nazi salute.

Posted by: Biergood at June 14, 2026 07:02 AM (PwgSL)

50 >>>I own 384GB worth of DDR4 modules, bought at a small fraction of today's prices. You can bet I am interested.

I have 128GB. I am also interested.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 14, 2026 07:07 AM (dK+Kv)

51 mornin yall. I see the Kicks won the soccer game so the fans starting burning stuff.

Posted by: fd at June 14, 2026 07:09 AM (vFG9F)

52 This was a week ago, but I noticed it only yesterday. At hackernews: "AI Agent Uncovers 21 Zero-Days in FFmpeg"
https://tinyurl.com/432b3eaa

FFmpeg is ubiquitous.

Posted by: gp at June 14, 2026 07:11 AM (Jr5Lq)

53 51 mornin yall. I see the Kicks won the soccer game so the fans starting burning stuff.
Posted by: fd at June 14, 2026 07:09 AM (vFG9F)

We prefer the term "mostly non-incendiary celebratory activities."

Posted by: This. Is. CNN at June 14, 2026 07:11 AM (nHXB4)

54 I don't remember any time in the past where computer performance went backwards. It might turn out that box of DDR100 memory I've had on a top shelf for years will be a gold mine.

Posted by: fd at June 14, 2026 07:13 AM (vFG9F)

55 Oops not DDR 100. PC 100/133 memory. Makes great keychains.

Posted by: fd at June 14, 2026 07:16 AM (vFG9F)

56 Good morning Hordelings!

Posted by: Doof at June 14, 2026 07:17 AM (QMAsf)

57
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 14, 2026 07:20 AM (AMvSw)

58 >>>Speaking of which, OpenAI is facing investigation from multiple states attorneyses generalseses.

We hates it, Precious.

Posted by: Sam Altman at June 14, 2026 07:22 AM (dK+Kv)

59 Bless Jim J. Acosta's heart...

https://tinyurl.com/y5p7ezsu

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 14, 2026 07:23 AM (nHXB4)

60 Today is the 290th birthday of Charles-Augustin de Coulomb.

Posted by: gp at June 14, 2026 07:23 AM (Jr5Lq)

61 >>Bless Jim J. Acosta's heart...

Bet he didn't cheer when the Wall came down.

Posted by: Nazdar at June 14, 2026 07:27 AM (NcvvS)

62 That is one ugly ass building. It's perfect for the dog eating son of a commie bitch. I hope I live long enough to see some soccer fans burn it down.

Posted by: fd at June 14, 2026 07:27 AM (vFG9F)

63 WAVY 10 news goes on and on about measles like it’s the new Covid.

Posted by: Accomack at June 14, 2026 07:28 AM (8jVAy)

64 yay! pioneers of electricity!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 14, 2026 07:29 AM (VyBeY)

65 Anthropic killed Fable to everyone. Not just outside the US. Thankfully I had it fully developed my android app in about 15 minutes before it went byebye.

Posted by: Defenestratus at June 14, 2026 07:31 AM (WYStd)

66 Today is the 290th birthday of Charles-Augustin de Coulomb.

Posted by: gp at June 14, 2026 07:23 AM (Jr5Lq)

Who's in charge of his party?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 14, 2026 07:37 AM (dK+Kv)

67 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at June 14, 2026 07:39 AM (rpara)

68 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

Storms are over, sky is clear, and life is good.

Last night I watched a low, dark, angry cell, with rotation, move CBDR to the house. Took cover, and that's when I found out my safe room is a Faraday cage.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 14, 2026 07:39 AM (u82oZ)

69 Today is the 290th birthday of Charles-Augustin de Coulomb.

Posted by: gp at June 14, 2026 07:23 AM (Jr5Lq)

Who's in charge of his party?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon

What is the capacitance of the party room?
Less than a coulomb would be a jolt.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 14, 2026 07:42 AM (u82oZ)

70 I'm back from the morning Bataan Death March, cleaned up, and having another coffee before starting breakfast. Happy birthday to President Trump!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2026 07:42 AM (wzUl9)

71 Let's smile and be happy and remove the hearts of killjoy leftists with obsidian knives on pillars of stone and then give the hearts to Tlactoplactilizotocli.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 14, 2026 07:43 AM (u82oZ)

72 Just think: if it weren't for the Laws passed by Coulomb, Ohm, Ampere, etc, electricity would do whatever it wants, leading to utter chaos.

Stay in your lane, electricity! Obey the Laws, or else.

Posted by: gp at June 14, 2026 07:44 AM (Jr5Lq)

73 What, is this the Aztech Thread now?

Posted by: fd at June 14, 2026 07:44 AM (vFG9F)

74 After a whole day of Hizballah potshots, something finally went boom in Beirut.

Iran heap angry.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 14, 2026 07:44 AM (Oj3Pf)

75 Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Between meeting global leaders, calling the Iranian bluff by ending the war, and Melania, the man gets no sleep.

Biden's four years were less active than one day in the Trump era.

We will talk of it as a golden time. The Left will hate him to the heat death of the Universe.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 14, 2026 07:45 AM (u82oZ)

76 73 What, is this the Aztech Thread now?
Posted by: fd at June 14, 2026 07:44 AM (vFG9F)

; )

Posted by: m at June 14, 2026 07:46 AM (6wpGE)

77 Sitting outside on a cool Sunday morning while Bravo and Charlie enjoy yard time.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at June 14, 2026 07:46 AM (f0sNM)

78 fd

Zod sent that to me in 2024.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 14, 2026 07:46 AM (u82oZ)

79 A coulomb of electrons weighs 5.7 nanograms. A coulomb of protons weighs 10 micrograms. I ask: is that fair? Is that equitable? Piggish protons.

Posted by: gp at June 14, 2026 07:48 AM (Jr5Lq)

80 A coulomb of electrons weighs 5.7 nanograms. A coulomb of protons weighs 10 micrograms. I ask: is that fair? Is that equitable? Piggish protons.

Posted by: gp at June 14, 2026 07:48 AM (Jr5Lq)
-

You seem particularly peeved.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 14, 2026 07:51 AM (Oj3Pf)

81 gp

Hmmm, if electrons were the size of protons, Life As We Know It would be impossible.

Neon signs would not work.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 14, 2026 07:51 AM (u82oZ)

82 Gov Shapiro invited a bunch of dara centers to be built in PA. I cheer whenever one of them gets blocked.l nearby.
They literally offer no benefit to locals and threaten bird habitats and mugration routes.
Build them in Antarctica or in space instead. Full on NIMBY

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 14, 2026 07:51 AM (BXl9F)

83 Watt are you bringing to the celebration?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 14, 2026 07:52 AM (SRceu)

84 Rev. Wishbone

Joule la vivre.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 14, 2026 07:53 AM (u82oZ)

85 "Watt are you bringing to the celebration?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone"

A potential for riots.

Posted by: a Knicks fan at June 14, 2026 07:53 AM (vFG9F)

86 75 We will talk of it as a golden time.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 14, 2026 07:45 AM (u82oZ)

A golden scalp-weasel time.

Posted by: m at June 14, 2026 07:54 AM (6wpGE)

87 84 Ha!

Posted by: gp at June 14, 2026 07:54 AM (Jr5Lq)

88 Let's smile and be happy and remove the hearts of killjoy leftists with obsidian knives on pillars of stone and then give the hearts to Tlactoplactilizotocli.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 14, 2026 07:43 AM (u82oZ)
----
Your exile inside the Faraday cage seems to have altered your personality a bit....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 14, 2026 07:55 AM (gnNyN)

89 71 Let's smile and be happy and remove the hearts of killjoy leftists with obsidian knives on pillars of stone and then give the hearts to Tlactoplactilizotocli.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 14, 2026 07:43 AM (u82oZ)

Very salty of you!

Posted by: m at June 14, 2026 07:56 AM (6wpGE)

90 >>Watt are you bringing to the celebration?

Haggis, blood sausage, and other revolting cuisine.

Posted by: Nazdar at June 14, 2026 07:57 AM (NcvvS)

91 Didn't the Hawaiian judges tell us we couldn't put our flags up today?

Posted by: Case at June 14, 2026 07:58 AM (+zXtV)

92 60 Today is the 290th birthday of Charles-Augustin de Coulomb.
Posted by: gp at June 14, 2026 07:23 AM (Jr5Lq)

de Coulomb(us) Day

Posted by: m at June 14, 2026 07:58 AM (6wpGE)

93 AI data centers have no legitimate role in civilization except as a means of control.
Ban them all by any means and burn any existing ones.
Nexi of evil.

Posted by: Accomack at June 14, 2026 07:58 AM (T8bqm)

94 In Coulomb's time, the battery hadn't been invented yet, so if experimenters needed electricity to play with, they had to pet a cat, rub a balloon on their shirts, or go fishing for it with a kite. It was rough back then.

Posted by: gp at June 14, 2026 07:58 AM (Jr5Lq)

95 Sitting on the patio, tempting blue manx feral kitty within five feet with tuna. He's been around for a couple of years but will not let me pet.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 14, 2026 07:59 AM (XvL8K)

96 "Perfessor" Squirrel

The Left is getting a tad more annoying.

Plus, I now have widows I walk with to protect.

But I will strive to be the happy warrior.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 14, 2026 08:00 AM (u82oZ)

97 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. Already 84 humid degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor, with a high of 90 predicted. Fortunately, the weather is supposed to break tonight and next week be a series of more comfortable 70-ish days.

Hoping to get a couple of chapters of the book edited today.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 14, 2026 08:04 AM (qRla/)

98 95 Sitting on the patio, tempting blue manx feral kitty within five feet with tuna. He's been around for a couple of years but will not let me pet.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 14, 2026 07:59 AM (XvL8K)

Maybe some warm milk?

Posted by: m at June 14, 2026 08:04 AM (6wpGE)

99 In other news, 13 A-10s landed in England from the Middle East. They have a lot of mission complete and kill stencils on the nose.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 14, 2026 08:04 AM (u82oZ)

100 100

Posted by: m at June 14, 2026 08:04 AM (6wpGE)

101 m

Glad I did not get in your way. Steady on, NaCly.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 14, 2026 08:06 AM (u82oZ)

102
Haggis, blood sausage, and other revolting cuisine.
Posted by: Nazdar at June 14, 2026

***
I say, Boswell, I think I will cancel that trip to Scotland after all!

Posted by: Dr. Johnson, Sensibly at June 14, 2026 08:06 AM (wzUl9)

103 Correction: 11 A-10s.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 14, 2026 08:08 AM (u82oZ)

104 Hoping to get a couple of chapters of the book edited today.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 14, 2026 08:04 AM (qRla/)

Better than me. Can't seem to do anything bookish for the last few weeks.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2026 08:09 AM (1Ff7Z)

105 I say, Boswell, I think I will cancel that trip to Scotland after all!
Posted by: Dr. Johnson
________

But there's a comely lass I was eyeing.

Posted by: Boswell's Johnson at June 14, 2026 08:09 AM (XvL8K)

106 Speaking of price bumps, all raspberry pi models are wildly expensive now.

The RPI 5 is now over 300 dollars, the other models like the pi zero are completely sold out everywhere and are being sold at scalpers prices.

Even alt boards like OrangePi and Rdaxa have seen price bumps and zero supply for consumers as industrial users get preferential order fulfillment and scalpers scraping up what’s available.

The tinker space is completely f****d right now.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 14, 2026 08:09 AM (XV/Pl)

107 Everyone have a splendid day, full of frolic, fun, and high energy.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 14, 2026 08:10 AM (u82oZ)

108 What’s going to kill Hollywood movies is the ridiculous cost. Every time I see the topic I think “how can you possibly spend $300 million on a 2 hour show?”

And going forward, the question for movie financers is going to be “why would you spend $300 million for something you could get for $10 million?”

I do expect the insiders who are skimming $290 million off the budget of every picture will be upset by that.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2026 08:10 AM (cx1bp)

109 "The RPI 5 is now over 300 dollars"

My 8GB RPi 5, which is now my main desktop workstation, cost only $88 when I bought it in October. If I knew the price would skyrocket like this, I would have bought ten of them.

Posted by: gp at June 14, 2026 08:12 AM (Jr5Lq)

110 and were generated entirely within a server farm under the supervision of few enough people to comfortably fit in a typical conference room.
Posted by: Epobirs at June 14, 2026 05:44 AM (/0z9K)

We are confused again here today. This is embarrassing. It's embarrassing to misplace things. Hmmm. The whole of the 13th century. Misplaced the computers, several conventional computers. We can't find them. We're always moving things around, getting organized, my assistants and I. This this is Zero's fault Zero, he's the world's file cabinet. Pity, poor old 13th century.

Posted by: The Librarian at June 14, 2026 08:12 AM (z20w/)

111 you too, NaCly!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 14, 2026 08:15 AM (VyBeY)

112 I read somewhere that doggy old RPi 3's are still selling a million units a year.

Posted by: gp at June 14, 2026 08:15 AM (Jr5Lq)

113 SciVo, I'd forgotten about that excellent series, and have never seen that episode. Yes; that's exactly what I'd want to see!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2026 05:57 AM (wzUl9)

It turns out I misremembered key details. The Brave AI summary:

"The episode where Batman goes undercover as Killer Croc is "Almost Got 'Im" from Batman: The Animated Series (~~Season 2, Episode 46~~).

"In this widely acclaimed episode, Batman disguises himself as Killer Croc to infiltrate a villains' poker game at the Stacked Deck Club. He sits in on stories from the Joker, Penguin, Two-Face, and Poison Ivy about how they "almost got" Batman. The disguise allows Batman to identify the location where the Joker is holding Catwoman before revealing himself as the undercover operative to the rest of the bar (filled with Gotham police)."

To be fair to me, that aired Nov. 10, 1992, and a lot has happened since. Also, the AI, which is much younger, got the episode wrong; it's Season 1, Episode 35:

www.imdb.com/title/tt0519566/

Posted by: SciVo at June 14, 2026 08:15 AM (Sy6m/)

114 @109

>> If I knew the price would skyrocket like this, I would have bought ten of them.

That price is obscene for what it is.

The tinker space has been completely frau schizered by the ai apocalypse.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 14, 2026 08:16 AM (XV/Pl)

115 Today is the 290th birthday of Charles-Augustin de Coulomb.

Posted by: gp at June 14, 2026 07:23
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Are you positive?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2026 08:19 AM (rpara)

116 "In this widely acclaimed episode, Batman disguises himself as Killer Croc to infiltrate a villains' poker game at the Stacked Deck Club. He sits in on stories from the Joker, Penguin, Two-Face, and Poison Ivy about how they "almost got" Batman. The disguise allows Batman to identify the location where the Joker is holding Catwoman before revealing himself as the undercover operative to the rest of the bar (filled with Gotham police)."

To be fair to me, that aired Nov. 10, 1992, and a lot has happened since. Also, the AI, which is much younger, got the episode wrong; it's Season 1, Episode 35:

www.imdb.com/title/tt0519566/
Posted by: SciVo at June 14, 2026

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The essence is very much the way you described it earlier: undercover Batman! If he was supposed to be a brilliant detective, he should indeed have gone in disguise or undercover as Sherlock Holmes often did.

Posted by: Dr. Johnson, Sensibly at June 14, 2026 08:21 AM (wzUl9)

117 Morning peeps.

Regarding Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei; recall he got into a major pissing contest with the DoW over the use of his AI, Claude that was reportedly used to facilitate the mission planning to snatch Maduro.

He got pissed on.

TL ; DR was that he wanted to dictate how the AI was used under "fair use" provisions. Provisions he dictated.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 14, 2026 08:21 AM (jehhT)

118 fd or turned into Marxists housing project

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2026 08:22 AM (Ia/+0)

119 I gotta say, though, I would never play cards for money at a place called the Stacked Deck Club. Especially if some weirdo with a white face and green hair was sitting at the next table.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2026 08:24 AM (wzUl9)

120 Hoping to get a couple of chapters of the book edited today.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 14, 2026 08:04 AM (qRla/)

Better than me. Can't seem to do anything bookish for the last few weeks.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2026 08:09 AM (1Ff7Z)

I've lost a lot of my mojo lately, too. It's the heat and humidity more than anything else. And I promised CBD a Fourth of July book thread, which I have not even begun to draft.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 14, 2026 08:27 AM (qRla/)

121 The famous 1932 prison flick 20,000 Years in Sing Sing with Spencer Tracy is on Movies! tonight at 7 Central. I don't think I've ever seen all of it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2026 08:27 AM (wzUl9)

122 I gotta say, though, I would never play cards for money at a place called the Stacked Deck Club.

Sounds like a Jessica Rabbit joint.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 14, 2026 08:27 AM (qRla/)

123 I gotta say, though, I would never play cards for money at a place called the Stacked Deck Club.
*
Sounds like a Jessica Rabbit joint.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 14, 2026

***
"I'm not cheating. The cards are just dealt that way."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2026 08:29 AM (wzUl9)

124 Today is the 290th birthday of Charles-Augustin de Coulomb.

Posted by: gp at June 14, 2026 07:23
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Are you positive?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2026 08:19 AM (rpara)

Negative.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 14, 2026 08:30 AM (dK+Kv)

125 I've lost a lot of my mojo lately, too. It's the heat and humidity more than anything else. And I promised CBD a Fourth of July book thread, which I have not even begun to draft.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 14, 2026 08:27 AM (qRla/)

Yeah, I think I'm more productive in the cooler months. During the summer I have to find ways to keep the kid entertained.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2026 08:35 AM (1Ff7Z)

126 I've lost a lot of my mojo lately, too. It's the heat and humidity more than anything else. And I promised CBD a Fourth of July book thread, which I have not even begun to draft.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 14, 2026 08:27 AM (qRla/)
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You'll get it done.

I usually don't draft the Sunday Morning Book Threads until the Saturday Afternoon Pet Thread the day before.

Though I might collect assets throughout the week and I reflect on the topic(s) I want to cover.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 14, 2026 08:37 AM (gnNyN)

127 Fortunately for me I'm mostly interesting in the lowest end of the Raspberry Pi space, and the Pico is insulated from DRAM price increases because it literally doesn't have any.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 14, 2026 08:37 AM (BLOW1)

128 >>> During the summer I have to find ways to keep the kid entertained.

Are there no workhouses?

Posted by: fluffy at June 14, 2026 08:38 AM (V0/Sp)

129 Coffee and apple strudel and a book for awhile

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2026 08:39 AM (Ia/+0)

130 I have an nvme ssd on this RPi5, and it scoots. Plenty of ooomph for all the things I do, but I'm not a gamer. I suppose the mini-PCs have seen wild price hikes too.

Posted by: gp at June 14, 2026 08:41 AM (Jr5Lq)

131 They won't do that again - get caught or be sorry they got caught?

Posted by: Dark L at June 14, 2026 08:42 AM (DZ9Lv)

132 Though I might collect assets throughout the week and I reflect on the topic(s) I want to cover.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 14, 2026 08:37 AM (gnNyN)

An email from Amazon provided a topic for you. I'll send the info and maybe my thoughts about it for a future book thread.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2026 08:42 AM (1Ff7Z)

133 *ahem*
If I might...we don't need a Fourth of July book thread.

We need an Independence Day book thread.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2026 08:43 AM (rpara)

134 I have a couple Pico 2 W's. Handy tools for the e-bench. They were $6 each when I got them. Made in Kenya, IIRC.

Posted by: gp at June 14, 2026 08:43 AM (Jr5Lq)

135 >>>Are you positive?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2026 08:19 AM (rpara)

Negative.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon

>These substandard puns just might get you a swift kick in the family joules.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 14, 2026 08:44 AM (SRceu)

136 My post-workout breakfast: two strips of well-cooked bacon and a scrambled seasoned egg, plus a slice of sourdough bread with peanut butter and honey.

The last of the coffee I made this am is in my cup. I'm ready for the Book Thread!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2026 08:44 AM (wzUl9)

137 Coffee and apple strudel

===

Perfect!

Posted by: runner at June 14, 2026 08:44 AM (GD0B3)

138 If I might...we don't need a Fourth of July book thread.

We need an Independence Day book thread.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2026 08:43 AM (rpara)

Considering the book thread is on the fifth of July, I'd say you're right.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2026 08:45 AM (1Ff7Z)

139 If I might...we don't need a Fourth of July book thread.

We need an Independence Day book thread.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 14, 2026 08:43 AM (rpara)
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And we shall no longer refer to books and stories as such. Instead, they are "Freedom Fables."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 14, 2026 08:45 AM (gnNyN)

140 When i was younger, i imagined protons were dark purple, neutrons were medium gray, and electrons were medium green. I still do. Dunno why

Posted by: Dark L at June 14, 2026 08:45 AM (DZ9Lv)

141 And we shall no longer refer to books and stories as such. Instead, they are "Freedom Fables."
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 14, 2026 08:45 AM (gnNyN)

And the readers are now "Freeders"!

Posted by: runner at June 14, 2026 08:46 AM (GD0B3)

142 JJ Watt heard Freddy was coming to Houston and got him a five star hotel suite stuffed with signed jerseys and other gifts.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 14, 2026 08:46 AM (l26NL)

143 I think you mean Subatomic Particles of Color.

Posted by: Karen McAwfl at June 14, 2026 08:47 AM (rpara)

144 "electrons were medium green"

Using higher-energy accelerators, physicists have since narrowed that one down to 'seafoam' with seven-sigma precision.

Posted by: gp at June 14, 2026 08:50 AM (Jr5Lq)

145 When i was younger, i imagined protons were dark purple, neutrons were medium gray, and electrons were medium green. I still do. Dunno why
Posted by: Dark L at June 14, 2026

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Why not? I imagined the days of the week having colors assigned to them. Sunday was red, Monday was blue, Tuesday was one shade of brown, Wednesday yellow, Thursday black. Friday and Saturday were a second and third shade of brown or tan.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2026 08:51 AM (wzUl9)

146 Though I'd picture electrons being yellow, protons blue, and neutrons gray as well.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2026 08:52 AM (wzUl9)

147 Oh, no! where is it???!!

"The IAEA announced this month that it has effectively lost track of approximately 200 kg of enriched uranium. Not only that — it is unable to calculate how much additional uranium has been enriched since the cameras were disconnected. Any agreement with Iran, even if partial dilution of the uranium in Isfahan is carried out, will still leave Iran with enough material for a bomb."

but, but...Iran will never have a nukkelar weapon! they signed a MOU!!

Posted by: runner at June 14, 2026 08:52 AM (GD0B3)

148 "...I imagined protons were dark purple, neutrons were medium gray, and electrons were medium green."

###

Illustrated with a diorama of Skittles.

Posted by: Your Middle School science teacher at June 14, 2026 08:53 AM (rpara)

149 Synesthesia
Neurological condition
Synesthesia or synaesthesia is a perceptual phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to involuntary experiences in other sensory or cognitive pathways. Synesthesia can manifest as a bridge between the five traditional senses.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 14, 2026 08:55 AM (RIvkX)

150 >Sunday was red, Monday was blue, Tuesday was one shade of brown, Wednesday yellow, Thursday black. Friday and Saturday were a second and third shade of brown or tan.
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Sitting right here, boss.

Posted by: Roy G.Biv at June 14, 2026 08:55 AM (rpara)

151 "The IAEA announced this month that it has effectively lost track of approximately 200 kg of enriched uranium. Not only that — it is unable to calculate how much additional uranium has been enriched since the cameras were disconnected. Any agreement with Iran, even if partial dilution of the uranium in Isfahan is carried out, will still leave Iran with enough material for a bomb."

Posted by: runner at June 14, 2026

***
Sounds like a job for U.N.C.L.E.'s Cairo station. Solo and Illya could never pass as Iranian; you'd need a team who looks native and speaks Farsi.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2026 08:56 AM (wzUl9)

152 "Synesthesia"

1967 acid freakout: "I hear colors! I see music!"

Posted by: gp at June 14, 2026 08:56 AM (Jr5Lq)

153 Don't take Synesthesia, if you're...oh, never mind.

Posted by: Big Phat Pharma at June 14, 2026 08:56 AM (rpara)

154 Here is what I think, if that alleged deal, or whatever they are allegedly imminently signing in Geneva is above board good and hits all the right points, it would have been released to the world. It's done and being signed, it's not like they are negotiating. Why not show it, clever people. Because it's like obamacare, ain't it.

Posted by: runner at June 14, 2026 08:57 AM (GD0B3)

155 Sunday was red, Monday was blue, Tuesday was one shade of brown, Wednesday yellow, Thursday black. Friday and Saturday were a second and third shade of brown or tan.
----
Sitting right here, boss.
Posted by: Roy G.Biv at June 14, 2026

***
Yeah, my scheme does neglect red, orange, and violet as well as indigo.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2026 08:57 AM (wzUl9)

156 Sounds like a job for U.N.C.L.E.'s Cairo station. Solo and Illya could never pass as Iranian; you'd need a team who looks native and speaks Farsi.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2026 08:56 AM (wzUl9)

Israeli’s.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2026 08:58 AM (cx1bp)

157 Get your reading glasses and head upstairs
BOOK NOOD

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2026 08:59 AM (Ia/+0)

158 A new and very nice house has popped up on Realtor. Has everything ready to go . . . but no garage. And a clawfoot tub instead of a real shower? Puh-leeze.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2026 08:59 AM (wzUl9)

159 runner, please go spend 30 minutes watching the latest Tousi segment

Posted by: Ben Had at June 14, 2026 08:59 AM (5P5DO)

160 Why not show it, clever people. Because it's like obamacare, ain't it.
Posted by: runner at June 14, 2026 08:57 AM (GD0B3)

You have to trust President Trump to not sign something that's not beneficial. Again, he may be going along with it until he's ready to strike. I'd hope all this time that appropriate targets are being identified and located.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2026 08:59 AM (1Ff7Z)

161 Sounds like a job for U.N.C.L.E.'s Cairo station. Solo and Illya could never pass as Iranian; you'd need a team who looks native and speaks Farsi.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2026
*
Israeli’s.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2026

***
No doubt there's a Tel Aviv station too!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2026 08:59 AM (wzUl9)

162 You have to trust President Trump to not sign something that's not beneficial. Again, he may be going along with it until he's ready to strike. I'd hope all this time that appropriate targets are being identified and located.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2026 08:59 AM (1Ff7Z)

so? show it to us, that super beneficial deal; maybe some of us are more shrewd than the clowns and and weasels negotiating

Posted by: runner at June 14, 2026 09:01 AM (GD0B3)

163 Israel is focused on Hezbollah, because Israel knows that particular head of the snake needs to be cut off for any peace in the Levant (that both Israel, Lebanon and even Syria agree on) to happen.

Posted by: runner at June 14, 2026 09:03 AM (GD0B3)

164 so? show it to us, that super beneficial deal; maybe some of us are more shrewd than the clowns and and weasels negotiating
Posted by: runner at June 14, 2026 09:01 AM (GD0B3)

It could be a ploy for time. The terms don't really matter if it's to cover an attack at the time of our choosing.

Anyway, time for the book thread.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2026 09:05 AM (1Ff7Z)

165
162 You have to trust President Trump to not sign something that's not beneficial. Again, he may be going along with it until he's ready to strike. I'd hope all this time that appropriate targets are being identified and located.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 14, 2026 08:59 AM (1Ff7Z)

Assets are already being stood down and pulled out of theater. There will be no attack by the US.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2026 09:07 AM (cx1bp)

166 128 >>> During the summer I have to find ways to keep the kid entertained.

Are there no workhouses?
Posted by: fluffy at June 14, 2026 08:38 AM (V0/Sp)

; )

Posted by: m at June 14, 2026 10:11 AM (6wpGE)

167 Someone still didn't get their pony, apparently.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 14, 2026 10:12 AM (dK+Kv)

168 Most of the real pressure against datacenters comes from the likely possibility that the data centers will eat up electricity and water, driving up prices for both, making the locals pay for it all. If you look at the power interconnect providers, you will notice that we already have deficit of power. Damn, even California, after years of protests, is keeping Diablo Canyon online.

In a 6 mile radius around the Limerick Nuclear Power Station, outside of Philadelpha, there are plans for at least 6 data centers. When Limerick came online, there was a deficit of water from the Schuylkill River such that they had to bring it in from the Delaware. The PJM (Pennsylvania/Jersey/Maryland) interconnect had a power deficit in the 100's of mW at their last auction.

The stage is set, and it all looks bad.

For the last two decades, we have been force fed the line that we must conserve .. everything. Now, in months, all of that has been tossed for data centers. Now, we need nuclear power plants like TMI. I've also noticed that the CCP funded environmentals haven't been real active .. yet.

Posted by: SMOD at June 14, 2026 10:49 AM (O7XEN)

169 For papers I still prefer google scholar and Anna’s archive. Almost never fails me.

Ai is useful for digging out papers that my simple search terms may not find because ai is a senile Albert Einstein who has encyclopedic knowledge but is as obedient as a dog and really can’t think outside of the box worth a damn. But its box is huge.

Posted by: DoctorMew at June 14, 2026 11:58 AM (XodLO)

170 My concern about data centers is that it looks, feels, and smells like just another bubble. "All if a sudden" every district needs a data center? Seriously? What's driving this requirement?

With our politicians' propensity for giving tax breaks and real estate deals for major facilities, just like new sports stadiums, I want iron-clad assurances that taxpayers won't be left holding the bag if this bubble collapses.

Posted by: Occasional Commenter at June 14, 2026 12:21 PM (MV++E)

171 "I gotta say, though, I would never play cards for money at a place called the Stacked Deck Club. Especially if some weirdo with a white face and green hair was sitting at the next table."

Its pretty canon that ordinary run-of-the-mill bad guys in Gotham want absolutely nothing to do with the Joker, even other Supervillains find him too crazy and depraved. There's a scene in "Almost Got Him" where he happily talks about his plans to chop up Catwoman into literal cat food just to get revenge and piss off Batman and you can see Poison Ivy, Two Face and Penguin actually look horrified and disturbed. Only Joker's insane highly deluded girlfriend could ever put up with him for long, and later writers eventually gave even her limits.

Posted by: ObsidianKnife at June 14, 2026 06:51 PM (TumvK)

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