Daily Tech News 2 July 2026

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Sony has announced it will stop releasing PlayStation games on disc in 2028. (BBC)

But that's okay. Sony doesn't have a habit of abruptly cancelling access to content you've already bought and refusing to offer refunds.

Oh.

Tech News

Anthropic's Fable is back. (Tech Crunch)

US customers already have access and apparently I'm in the US because so do I.

I'll see if it actually makes a difference.
Google has turned the rest of the internet into sopranos. (9to5Google)

Google acquired GIF library service Tenor in 2018, and just recently cut off API access so nobody else can integrate with it.

If you're wondering why most of the GIFs on Twitter disappeared, well, wonder no more. They've switched to an alternative service but it has a small fraction of the content. The staples are there, like "Sure, Jan", and "Oh no... Anyway", but it's a pretty spartan platter.
You had one job. (Easy Opt Outs)

Apple's "Hide my email" service doesn't.
Meta is looking to lease out its unused datacenter capacity to functional AI companies. (Tech Crunch)

Probably a good idea.
Before the DRAM Apocalypse, Micron was viewed as nothing more than a commodity component manufacturer. (WCCFTech)

Now it's viewed as a commodity component mafia.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Go fih!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at July 02, 2026 04:32 AM (6wpGE)

2 G'Day everyone
If not Friday at least last work day of the week

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 04:33 AM (Ia/+0)

3 >>>it's a pretty spartan platter.
>>>The Platters

haha

Posted by: m at July 02, 2026 04:33 AM (6wpGE)

4 Mornin'

I'm guessing Sony is rolling in $$$$ so they can get away with boning their customers?

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 02, 2026 04:38 AM (sAmhv)

5 Yesterday truck died, well wouldn't move at least. Luckily at dealership. Guy suspects a emergency brake problem.
Have a rental car again

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 04:39 AM (Ia/+0)

6 Morning horde...lets be careful out there.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at July 02, 2026 04:40 AM (S8cdb)

7 Nice video of The Platters. Thanks, Pixy.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2026 04:42 AM (Bw1/o)

8 85 degrees already

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 04:42 AM (Ia/+0)

9 I was going to take a walk but I got some more puttering to do before I go to bed. Go back to work tonight at 6pm and work right through the 4th. Hoping for a slow week as I'm basically working alone. A couple of new guys but they lack access to be truly useful. Oh well. It's the Fourth of July, all the important fussy bureaucrats are off. Should be quiet.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 02, 2026 04:43 AM (sAmhv)

10 Sorry about your truck problems, Skip.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2026 04:44 AM (Bw1/o)

11 Gonna be a toasty day, Skip.

Good luck on the truck.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 02, 2026 04:45 AM (/HDaX)

12 >>>Disclaimer: Go fih!

Ha! Sounds like one of the kids, maybe.

Posted by: m at July 02, 2026 04:45 AM (6wpGE)

13 Its steamy already
See you when I get there

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 04:49 AM (Ia/+0)

14
I shouldn't be up. Love the Platters.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 02, 2026 04:53 AM (mmrXZ)

15 On this date in history-250 years ago

Caesar Rodney rides 70 miles through a rainstorm to break the deadlock on Independence at the Continental Congress. As far as people from Delaware go, I so much prefer Rodney to Biden.

"Good News Network" site:

https://tinyurl.com/yead62vr

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2026 04:53 AM (Bw1/o)

16 Morning all. Booked my ticket for "Young Washington". Looking forward to seeing it.

Posted by: Tuna at July 02, 2026 04:56 AM (lJ0H4)

17 How old is the truck, Skip?

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 02, 2026 04:57 AM (sAmhv)

18 Posted by: Tuna at July 02, 2026 04:56 AM (lJ0H4

Good for you! Our family should do that as well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2026 04:59 AM (Bw1/o)

19 Fable 5 is back? Groan.

It's a lot better than Opus, and right now I have a job to break AI models. Fable's MUCH harder to trick.

Posted by: SimoHayha at July 02, 2026 05:00 AM (/ZkOF)

20 Good for you! Our family should do that as well.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Most of the showings are pretty well sold out. Snagged a seat for late Friday afternoon. Hope it's a big hit money wise.

Posted by: Tuna at July 02, 2026 05:03 AM (lJ0H4)

21 I liked this Christian devotional from "Our Daily Bread" reflecting on teamwork, the architect Washington Roebling ( who designed among other things- The Brooklyn Bridge ) and his supportive wife. Scripture is Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

https://tinyurl.com/2tv52ead

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2026 05:05 AM (Bw1/o)

22 Posted by: Tuna at July 02, 2026 05:03 AM (lJ0H4

I agree with you. I hope it is a hit as well, and good for you for your planning in advance.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2026 05:07 AM (Bw1/o)

23 Belated BOING!

17th of Tammuz, fast day today. Woke up with a headache on the day I least need it. Crawling through my work.

Just after noon. Lunch time. I'll have a nothingburger today.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 02, 2026 05:07 AM (x8PQF)

24
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 02, 2026 05:08 AM (AMvSw)

25 Strainians amongst the Ranians:

https://tinyurl.com/2tnxpjsb

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 02, 2026 05:09 AM (x8PQF)

26 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 02, 2026 05:12 AM (Hbeqj)

27 Booked my ticket for "Young Washington". Looking forward to seeing it.

Posted by: Tuna at July 02, 2026 04:56 AM (lJ0H4)
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I have to wait to see it till Young Washington crosses the Atlantic AND the Mediterranean.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 02, 2026 05:12 AM (x8PQF)

28 I keep looking around for our feline companion, Pynchon, but he crossed over the rainbow bridge. Yesterday while driving I saw a sign "Free Kittens" . I haven't seen one of those signs in many years . It brought me back to my youth.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2026 05:13 AM (Bw1/o)

29 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 02, 2026 05:12 AM (x8PQF

LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2026 05:13 AM (Bw1/o)

30 Yay! The power is out. They've been working on a faulty transformer on the property. This is the second time the power went out this morning. The AC has been out all night. Did I mention it will be over 100 today?

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 02, 2026 05:21 AM (fFrGG)

31 Technically speaking, what relationship does the parking brake have with “truck died” ? I probably don’t want to know.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 02, 2026 05:22 AM (+/0+/)

32 Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 02, 2026 05:21 AM (fFrGG

Sorry to hear that, Puddleglum.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2026 05:23 AM (Bw1/o)

33 I have to wait to see it till Young Washington crosses the Atlantic AND the Mediterranean.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 02, 2026 05:12 AM (x8PQF)

If it wasn't for Washington, there wouldn't be a modern world.

He basically caused the French and Indian war by his attack on a French scouting party, that resulted in the death of the French commander. He didn't know French and signed the surrender document that placed all the blame for the action on him, forcing Britain to fight to expel the French from the Ohio valley.

Of course, the F & I war led to the Brit government wanting to tax the colonists for the costs - which ultimately led to Lexington and Concord.

The world changed because of Washington.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 02, 2026 05:27 AM (1Ff7Z)

34 Greetings and good morning one and all. I'm back to work but probably for only half a day since everyone else seems to have checked out.

The trip to CA was tough; it's one thing to hear about my dad's decline and another to see it in person.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 02, 2026 05:29 AM (RjOoY)

35 We didn't get air conditioning at home until 1973. About fifteen days a year were 90 degrees or higher in the 1960s. Remember the sound of the oscillating fan as we tried to sleep in our ten by bedroom

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 02, 2026 05:29 AM (ScfWn)

36 Thor's Day! A good evening to you if you're toiling late, and top o' the morning if you're up early.

Almost as much sleep as planned. I got to bed a little late after Kelly's Heroes, which I hadn't seen in years, ran on Movies! last evening. Dreamed something about Vincent Price asking me for the best Mexican restaurant in Da Swamp, and me directing him to an intersection that, as far as I know, has no restaurants on it at all. Won't he be thrilled when he gets there, huh?

Whassup withchoo?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 05:30 AM (wzUl9)

37 30 Yay! The power is out. They've been working on a faulty transformer on the property. This is the second time the power went out this morning. The AC has been out all night. Did I mention it will be over 100 today?
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 02, 2026 05:21 AM (fFrGG)

Get thee to an air-conditioned cafe?

Posted by: m at July 02, 2026 05:31 AM (6wpGE)

38 "Fortunately, Sanjay mentions to Cramer that even during this grim period, Micron invested $10 billion as it possessed the vision, leading to where it is today. "

Things were so bad that Micron only had $10B to invest in... well, we're not exactly sure what, but boy howdy, that money was invested.

And now Micron, SK Hynix, and Samsung are absolutely putting the boots to the memory market good and hard. Just like a cartel. Again.

"It's my nature," said the scorpion.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 02, 2026 05:31 AM (O7YUW)

39 37 The AC has been out all night.

Aw, man.

Posted by: m at July 02, 2026 05:31 AM (6wpGE)

40 Posted by: NR Pax at July 02, 2026 05:29 AM (RjOoY

I'm sorry. It's sounds hard when you're at such a distance and your father is declining.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2026 05:32 AM (D+BhG)

41 Whassup withchoo?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 05:30 AM (wzUl9)

Did you figure out the reference in the Dan Monroe vid?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 02, 2026 05:32 AM (1Ff7Z)

42 31 Technically speaking, what relationship does the parking brake have with “truck died” ? I probably don’t want to know.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 02, 2026 05:22

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Emergency brake problem might make a truck hard to move. I hope it's something simple and cheap.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 02, 2026 05:34 AM (6gq1D)

43 33 The world changed because of Washington.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 02, 2026 05:27 AM (1Ff7Z)

There's a video comic about that:

https://tinyurl.com/zwbbknzy

Posted by: m at July 02, 2026 05:35 AM (6wpGE)

44 Technically speaking, what relationship does the parking brake have with “truck died” ? I probably don’t want to know.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 02, 2026

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If the truck won't move -- possibly because whatever holds the rear wheels when the parking brake is on won't disengage -- then for the moment, Skip's truck is dead.

Which reminds me, I need to see about having the rear brakes replaced -- at least the pads, maybe the rotors -- this month. I've had the Buick seven of its ten years and have never had the rears done. The electric parking brake still works fine, but I'm hearing a little noise from the rear brakes when they are applied while I back up at low speed.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 05:36 AM (wzUl9)

45 He basically caused the French and Indian war by his attack on a French scouting party, that resulted in the death of the French commander.

The French Commanders last name was Jumonville. If you ever drive US Rt 40, you'll see a lot of monuments from that time period. Braddock's gravesite, Ft Necessity, Jumonville Glen, etc. Worth the visit and it's a lovely area. Western Pennsyltuckians call it the Laurel Highlands. Western edge of the Appalachians. There is a Christian camp up there that has a huge cross that over looks the Uniontown area. Pretty much see the whole county there (Washington). It's a great view.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 02, 2026 05:36 AM (sAmhv)

46 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. It's in the low 70s here at Stately Poppins Manor, but predicted to be near 100 today. It is not going to be a pleasant day at all, as I only have A/C in the bedroom and I can't spend all day there.

I managed to get a pretty decent amount of editing done yesterday and hope to get a lot more today.

TCM will be showing 1776 at 11.45 Saturday morning, for those of you at home. I expect to be at the Glorious Fourth festival the next town over.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 02, 2026 05:37 AM (qRla/)

47 Whassup withchoo?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026
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Did you figure out the reference in the Dan Monroe vid?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 02, 2026

***
You told me it was due to my real first name. My guess was because he referred to the Wolf Man as played by Lon Chaney Jr., and that's kinda my screen name here.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 05:38 AM (wzUl9)

48 A few years back, our AC decided to die at 10 PM. Got on the phone with the company and asked for a tech. Two hours later, I'm back on the phone asking where he is.

"Oh, you don't have emergency service on your contract. You'll have to call when we open."

I skip work and make sure I'm the first person to call. After I explain the situation, I tell the dispatcher what happened.

"Wait...I'm looking at your account and you do have that in your service contract. What number did you call?"

After I give her the number, she lets out a sigh. "Yeah; we've had problems with those people."

Posted by: NR Pax at July 02, 2026 05:42 AM (RjOoY)

49 You told me it was due to my real first name. My guess was because he referred to the Wolf Man as played by Lon Chaney Jr., and that's kinda my screen name here.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 05:38 AM (wzUl9)

It was because of your matching names, and the guy bought a lot of Aurora models. Which is something you used to do.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 02, 2026 05:42 AM (1Ff7Z)

50 The electric parking brake still works fine, but I'm hearing a little noise from the rear brakes when they are applied while I back up at low speed.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026
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I did the rear brakes on my minivan a few months ago. I sometimes hear a squeak when I back up. I thought it was due to dust...

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 02, 2026 05:43 AM (ScfWn)

51 WAMO (Washington Monument) webcam

https://tinyurl.com/pkw89dhd

Posted by: m at July 02, 2026 05:44 AM (6wpGE)

52 The "Essence Festival" is happening in town this weekend. Leave it to Barack's most reliable voters to hold a festival of any kind in this hellbucket at the very hottest part of the year. Or just as the hottest part begins, anyway.

Note to self: Avoid all IHOPs and Waffle Houses, esp. in early morning or late night, from now until 7/7. (That's no hardship, though. I avoid IHOP anyway because of price$$$, and Waffle House in town here because I'm allergic to small objects winding up in my body, like bullets.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 05:44 AM (wzUl9)

53 TCM will be showing 1776 at 11.45 Saturday morning, for those of you at home. I expect to be at the Glorious Fourth festival the next town over.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 02, 2026 05:37 AM (qRla/)

It's available on YT. I usually watch it. It says, "free with commercials." My adblocker laughs at that, but I have to watch it on Edge. Imagine how long it runs with ads every five minutes.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 02, 2026 05:45 AM (1Ff7Z)

54 It was because of your matching names, and the guy bought a lot of Aurora models. Which is something you used to do.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 02, 2026

***
Aurora, Revell, AMT, Monogram, Hawk, Tamiya, Pyro . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 05:46 AM (wzUl9)

55 Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 02, 2026 05:36 AM (sAmhv)

That's one of the few less than ideal things about living in the west: no Revolutionary sites to visit.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 02, 2026 05:46 AM (1Ff7Z)

56 The circular pool at the WWII monument on the National Mall is shimmering and beautiful.

Posted by: m at July 02, 2026 05:47 AM (6wpGE)

57 @48/NR Pax: { After I give her the number, she lets out a sigh. "Yeah; we've had problems with those people." }

Hopefully the contract was written with terms that allowed your company to demand concessions because of the failure to meet the service-level-agreement in place.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 02, 2026 05:49 AM (O7YUW)

58 Stirling the big black cat is pacing around wondering why I'm not feeding him. His appetite alarm and his scheduled breakfast time, 6 am, are kinda far apart.

When I finish this second cup of coffee, I'll change, stretch, and hit the road for a mile or so. Ought to get back just about the right time to feed Stirling and Dagny.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 05:50 AM (wzUl9)

59 Disclaimer: Go fih!

Rejoinder: Put your dentures back in so we can understand you!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 02, 2026 05:51 AM (O7YUW)

60 Hopefully the contract was written with terms that allowed your company to demand concessions because of the failure to meet the service-level-agreement in place.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

I've a feeling that things went Very Poorly for that company. As for us, we were the first stop for the tech that morning.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 02, 2026 05:54 AM (RjOoY)

61 2013, 180000 on it

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 05:55 AM (sgkY8)

62 FenSpouse loves that film "Last" of the Mohicans" We used to have a DVD of that film which he would drag out every so often ( I'm not sure what happened to it ) He likes actor Daniel Day Lewis striding up the mountains. I think he also particularly likes Madeline Stowe😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2026 05:55 AM (2qV0m)

63 Waves across the river to Fen

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 05:55 AM (sgkY8)

64 Thanks very much for the historical notes, Orange Ent and Puddleglum.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2026 05:57 AM (2qV0m)

65 FenSpouse loves that film "Last" of the Mohicans" We used to have a DVD of that film which he would drag out every so often ( I'm not sure what happened to it ) He likes actor Daniel Day Lewis striding up the mountains. I think he also particularly likes Madeline Stowe😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Yes that is a great movie. Wonderful score also.

Posted by: Tuna at July 02, 2026 05:58 AM (lJ0H4)

66 Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 05:55 AM (sgkY8

Good morning to you, Skip. Waving back!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2026 05:58 AM (2qV0m)

67 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 02, 2026 05:58 AM (VyBeY)

68 @58/Wolfus: At least he's not yowling loudly, singing you the song of his people and the starvation and deprivation they're forced to endure every morning?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 02, 2026 06:04 AM (O7YUW)

69 In Morrisville

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 06:04 AM (sgkY8)

70 It's pseudo-Friday, it's pseudo-Friday! Happy, happy pseudo-Friday!

*twirl*

Posted by: Rosasharn at July 02, 2026 06:14 AM (PzBTm)

71 70 It's pseudo-Friday, it's pseudo-Friday! Happy, happy pseudo-Friday!

*twirl*
Posted by: Rosasharn at July 02, 2026 06:14 AM (PzBTm)

Ha!

Posted by: m at July 02, 2026 06:15 AM (6wpGE)

72 "Yes that is a great movie. Wonderful score also."

Yes.we were just commenting on that. It''s great how much great score adds to the film!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2026 06:22 AM (v+lpe)

73 Wonderful video platter today!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 06:24 AM (WAZlG)

74 DeDRM is self defense.

Posted by: Ray at July 02, 2026 06:25 AM (zhWvq)

75 FenSpouse loves that film "Last" of the Mohicans" We used to have a DVD of that film which he would drag out every so often ( I'm not sure what happened to it ) He likes actor Daniel Day Lewis striding up the mountains. I think he also particularly likes Madeline Stowe😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Yes that is a great movie. Wonderful score also.
Posted by: Tuna at July 02, 2026 05:58 AM (lJ0H4)
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Excellent movie.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 06:25 AM (WAZlG)

76 US customers already have access and apparently I'm in the US because so do I.

I'll see if it actually makes a difference.

Early indications in my testing are that it, in fact, is another entire step function for finding bugs in programs and writing code, much like how the late 2025 model releases were.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 02, 2026 06:26 AM (/1hFh)

77 LotM is one of my favorite war movies

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2026 06:27 AM (sgkY8)

78 Supposed to top out today over 100. Figure I'll get my gym time in early, but stay healthy and cool horde. Let the commies suffer the deprivations they so desire, starting today with no AC!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 06:28 AM (WAZlG)

79
*bounds in brightly*

Good morning, Hordians!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 02, 2026 06:28 AM (O0L8i)

80 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. It's in the low 70s here at Stately Poppins Manor, but predicted to be near 100 today. It is not going to be a pleasant day at all, as I only have A/C in the bedroom and I can't spend all day there.
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A good day to work in the library, maybe?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 06:30 AM (WAZlG)

81 The lefties want to blame capitalism for summer heat, but I credit it with AC snd electricity instead!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 06:32 AM (WAZlG)

82 A good day to work in the library, maybe?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 06:30 AM (WAZlG)

I'm on page 95 of 117. I might as well finish here and then take a cold shower.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 02, 2026 06:35 AM (qRla/)

83 It's pseudo-Friday, it's pseudo-Friday! Happy, happy pseudo-Friday!

*twirl*
Posted by: Rosasharn at July 02, 2026 06:14 AM (PzBTm)
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We'll allow it!

Posted by: Judges at July 02, 2026 06:37 AM (gnNyN)

84
Stephen L. Miller retweeted
Michael Watson
@MichaelWatsonDC
11h
The proper response to this report is to double the number of fireworks

Juliet Eilperin
@eilperin
11h
Yet another SCOOP from @jakespring Internal National Park Service modeling predicts the Trump administration's massive July 4th fireworks display will cause dangerous pollution around the Mall and “very unhealthy” conditions across central D.C.

Posted by: m at July 02, 2026 06:37 AM (6wpGE)

85 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 02, 2026 06:38 AM (RIvkX)

86
Stephen L. Miller retweeted
BruinEric
@BruinEric
11h
Replying to @eilperin @jakespring
Disneyland has been killing Anaheim residents nightly at 9:30 then, I guess

Posted by: m at July 02, 2026 06:40 AM (6wpGE)

87 I'm on page 95 of 117. I might as well finish here and then take a cold shower.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 02, 2026 06:35 AM (qRla/)
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cold showers and evaporation, a traditional response to summer heat!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 06:42 AM (9C7ml)

88 Welp, it looks like I'm the only one on my team that showed up. I'll head home soon.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 02, 2026 06:43 AM (RjOoY)

89 If you are so inclined, please add Mrs. F. to morning prayers. She had a minor medical procedure Tuesday and is still not recovered. Trip to the ER yesterday may have to be repeated again today. Thank you.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 02, 2026 06:45 AM (RIvkX)

90 81: I blame summer heat on summer. That's ok, winter is coming and the days are getting shorter!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 02, 2026 06:45 AM (sAmhv)

91 Stephen and Katie Miller are a great couple. Thank heaven for them standing tall with Trump. Congratulations to them on the recent birth of their fourth baby!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 06:46 AM (9C7ml)

92 I'm on page 95 of 117. I might as well finish here and then take a cold shower.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 02, 2026 06:35 AM (qRla/)

Is that just a section of the WiP?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 02, 2026 06:46 AM (1Ff7Z)

93 Prayers up for Mrs F and the entire Psycho clan!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 06:47 AM (9C7ml)

94 Prayers up for wife San Fran

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 02, 2026 06:47 AM (D2O3S)

95 I still can’t get used to Florida heat and humidity… and until recently I lived in north Texas so it’s not like I’m unfamiliar with heat. But this tropical mugginess is unbelievable… every morning when I walk out of our house (which is air conditioned to the nines, thank God, and yes we’re spewing enough carbon to make AOC very nervous), my glasses fog up almost immediately. This is a new phenomenon for me and it indicates (of course!) extreme amounts of moisture in the air. Makes my jogging life miserable. Okay I’ll turn off the whining now…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 02, 2026 06:52 AM (D2O3S)

96 Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 02, 2026 06:45 AM (RIvkX)

Will pray for Mrs. SFP.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2026 06:53 AM (mzo1Q)

97 Apparently, Mitch McConnell had a serious heart attack, or so claims MSDNC (or whatever they call that platform now). I bet he's on life support.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 06:53 AM (9C7ml)

98 Apparently, Mitch McConnell had a serious heart attack, or so claims MSDNC (or whatever they call that platform now). I bet he's on life support.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 06:53 AM (9C7ml)

Cue that guy from Airplane! pulling the plug out of the wall...

Posted by: Boswell at July 02, 2026 06:55 AM (NTVPI)

99 Apparently, Mitch McConnell had a serious heart attack, or so claims MSDNC (or whatever they call that platform now). I bet he's on life support.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 06:53 AM (9C7ml)

He needs to stay alive until November.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 02, 2026 06:55 AM (1Ff7Z)

100 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 02, 2026 06:52 AM (D2O3S
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When we lived I learned to prefer Miami weather to anything north, with its almost constant coastal breeze and afternoon showers, but particularly anything on the west coast. Even a little inland from Tampa is the absolute worst.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 06:56 AM (9C7ml)

101 Extra-special (real!) thanks for that, Rosasharn!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 02, 2026 06:57 AM (VyBeY)

102 Linus, believe me, I hear you about Florida conditions. The major one of several reasons I don't want to live there.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 06:59 AM (wzUl9)

103 64 degrees, light rain, thunder&lightning; looks like we got about an inch and a half overnight. we needed it!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 02, 2026 07:00 AM (VyBeY)

104 Morning peeps. Another hot and humid one here in Bourbon Country.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 02, 2026 07:01 AM (jehhT)

105 Judge Emmet Sullivan, also known as "President Emmet Sullivan" issued an injunction yesterday preventing the Post Office from enforcing the Presidential order not to deliver mail in ballots, or whatever the Trump order said.

All the lefties like to complain about Trump EO's but it is fascinating watching these minor league judges asserting Presidential power superior to yhe President, and no one complains on the left.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 07:03 AM (PuFvH)

106 Foggy, high 66. What a surprise.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 02, 2026 07:03 AM (RIvkX)

107 Stephen L. Miller retweeted
Michael Watson
@MichaelWatsonDC
11h
The proper response to this report is to double the number of fireworks
Juliet Eilperin
@eilperin
11h
Yet another SCOOP from @jakespring Internal National Park Service modeling predicts the Trump administration's massive July 4th fireworks display will cause dangerous pollution around the Mall and “very unhealthy” conditions across central D.C.

Posted by: m at July 02, 2026 06:37 AM (6wpGE)
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Yes, Virginia, there is no July 4th:

https://tinyurl.com/nhc88wnx

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 02, 2026 07:03 AM (x8PQF)

108 All the lefties like to complain about Trump EO's but it is fascinating watching these minor league judges asserting Presidential power superior to yhe President, and no one complains on the left.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 07:03 AM (PuFvH)
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When a Democrat issues patently illegal orders, like student loan forgiveness, the judiciary is silent.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 02, 2026 07:06 AM (RIvkX)

109 Todays WSJ says it used to complain about "forever wars", but is shifting its complaint now, being against forever peace talks. Seriously, they are officially against peace talks that take too long.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 07:09 AM (jKGsh)

110 Seriously, they are officially against peace talks that take too long.

"dammit, Trump, surrender to the iranians already!"

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 02, 2026 07:12 AM (VyBeY)

111 Prayers for Mrs San Franpsycho

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 02, 2026 07:12 AM (ZBho7)

112 /sarc tag, just to avoid misunderstandings ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 02, 2026 07:12 AM (VyBeY)

113 Musk officially denied a WSJ claim Starlink would produce an AI Starlink phone handset. I'm not sure why AI would be needed on a phone handset, but, no matter, it isn't in production.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 07:14 AM (nECtM)

114 > When a Democrat issues patently illegal orders, like student loan forgiveness, the judiciary is silent.
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The judiciary is on their side. Justice hasn't been blind in decades. It's the branch that enforces the shit the left decides to implement.

IMO, it's a bigger issue than these Democratic Socialists.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 02, 2026 07:15 AM (jehhT)

115 Judge Emmet Sullivan, also known as "President Emmet Sullivan" issued an injunction yesterday preventing the Post Office from enforcing the Presidential order not to deliver mail in ballots, or whatever the Trump order said.

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The EO is about non-delivery of mail-in ballots to blue states who refuse to adhere to rules pertaining clean, legitimate voter rolls, I believe.

It's quite obvious these lowly judges are this 2nd Trump's term key to stopping him. Too bad we don't have a Congress.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 02, 2026 07:16 AM (qBdHI)

116 Actor Ashton Kutcher has spent his time investing in start up ventures recently, and is an early investor in OpenAI and Anthropic. Now he is launching a new fund of his own, with a partner.

No idea if he's not an actor anymore.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 07:17 AM (9HpRV)

117 Back during the 1982 World's fair in Knoxville, a city with no shortage of humidity, the nightly fireworks would cause a sudden, brief but very heavy downpour. This, we were told, was why our air quality was improved at that time.

Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at July 02, 2026 07:18 AM (6BjcW)

118 @Biden's Dog: " Yes, Virginia, there is no July 4th:

https://tinyurl.com/nhc88wnx "

Betting their '311' snitch-line gets a lot of fake calls with the addresses of mayor + councilors being provided as places that fireworks are being set off.

Also:
https://www.alexandriava.gov/Council

(Note the distinct missing sex + ethnicity in their 'diversity' spread there. "Found your problem!")

See also their immigration page. While they claim not to be a 'Sanctuary City' (as they say that term has not been well defined, legally) you can tell they're not in favour of Immigration enforcement.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 02, 2026 07:18 AM (O7YUW)

119 Yes, Virginia, there is no July 4th:

https://tinyurl.com/nhc88wnx
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey,

I'll be working that night but fireworks will indeed go off all around my little part of NoVA. They'll mostly be shot off by people from Central America. This will be ignored.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 02, 2026 07:21 AM (sAmhv)

120 Musk officially denied a WSJ claim Starlink would produce an AI Starlink phone handset. I'm not sure why AI would be needed on a phone handset, but, no matter, it isn't in production.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 07:14 AM (nECtM)
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I'm confused. Here's Musk in his own words. F bomb warning:

https://tinyurl.com/54hjazsp

So not conventional phone but still calling it a phone - until there's a better word for it.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 02, 2026 07:22 AM (x8PQF)

121 mornin yall. Arguing about a Walmart parking spot with a native is not worth getting shot over. Discrimination can save your life.

Posted by: fd at July 02, 2026 07:22 AM (MWfyi)

122 I have found that wifi calling does not work with Starlink and that's disappointing. Maybe it's my carrier. Anybody else tried this?.

Posted by: fd at July 02, 2026 07:24 AM (MWfyi)

123 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 02, 2026 07:24 AM (u82oZ)

124 Got my watering, weeding, and shopping done before 0700 and now I'm cowering from the sun with the blinds drawn and the A/C on. God bless you, Mr. Carrier!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 02, 2026 07:24 AM (kpS4V)

125 Is that just a section of the WiP?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 02, 2026 06:46 AM (1Ff7Z)

Yes. Two chapters and an epilogue to go.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 02, 2026 07:24 AM (qRla/)

126 Actor Ashton Kutcher has spent his time investing in start up ventures recently, and is an early investor in OpenAI and Anthropic. Now he is launching a new fund of his own, with a partner.

No idea if he's not an actor anymore.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 07:17 AM (9HpRV)

He singlehandedly ruined Two and a Half Men. Well not entirely true, I guess Charlie Sheen is to blame for getting fired… but my word was that show bad with Kutcher; I could never get through even one episode with him

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 02, 2026 07:27 AM (D2O3S)

127 They are still running out of electricity in NYC. Do your part and set your thermostats to 88 degrees

Posted by: fd at July 02, 2026 07:28 AM (MWfyi)

128 Yes. Two chapters and an epilogue to go.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 02, 2026 07:24 AM (qRla/)

I'm trying to finish up the current WiP, then get started again on one of the other unfinished novels....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 02, 2026 07:29 AM (1Ff7Z)

129 When a Democrat issues patently illegal orders, like student loan forgiveness, the judiciary is silent.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 02, 2026 07:06 AM (RIvkX)

Didn't some judge, in fact, shoot down student loan forgiveness? I seem to recall Biden announcing it multiple times as it got shot down over and over again. Of course, the idiot chirruns clapped, and cheered, and didn't make their payments during that time and now complain about how high their balances are.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 02, 2026 07:30 AM (ExV1e)

130 BD, they thought about producing a phone, but perhaps decided not to, at least for now. Or maybe I misunderstood his "totally false" statement about the claim.

https://tinyurl.com/3rwe23ev

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 02, 2026 07:31 AM (SxOcO)

131 Is that just a section of the WiP?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 02, 2026
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Yes. Two chapters and an epilogue to go.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 02, 2026

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My experience, MP4 and OE -- and I hope yours is the same -- is that the climactic chapters of a novel pull you along like a fast-moving river. You can't wait to get back to the keyboard. Before you know it you're typing "The End" and sitting there saying aloud, "It's done. I can't believe it. It's DONE!"

Especially this is true with a mystery novel, when you are about to pull back the curtain and reveal a killer's identity!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 07:31 AM (wzUl9)

132 I have a buddy who asked me to read a draft novel for him.

Turns out he didn't want feedback, he wanted me to write an early review on Amazon.

Since then, he has re-issued the book three times, each time, emailing me about changes in the plot, characters, names, chapters, etc.

So I am no longer reading it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 02, 2026 07:33 AM (RIvkX)

133 Especially this is true with a mystery novel, when you are about to pull back the curtain and reveal a killer's identity!
----

It was Jessica Fletcher all along!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 02, 2026 07:33 AM (kpS4V)

134 Especially this is true with a mystery novel, when you are about to pull back the curtain and reveal a killer's identity!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 07:31 AM (wzUl9)

I actually spend time thinking it out before I write. I have dialog in my head before I start typing. This one that's open on the computer now has been start and stop. Wrote a couple hundred words yesterday, then deleted them. Didn't like what I wrote, so have been sitting here thinking and writing while reading the TR.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 02, 2026 07:33 AM (1Ff7Z)

135
He singlehandedly ruined Two and a Half Men. Well not entirely true, I guess Charlie Sheen is to blame for getting fired… but my word was that show bad with Kutcher; I could never get through even one episode with him
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 02, 2026

***
Kutcher was a pretty good "physical" comedy actor, like Michael Richards, when he started on That '70s Show. Two and a Half Men didn't seem to give him the same latitude. I'll admit that I didn't watch much of the show after Charlie left.

There was a neat gag in the first AK episode, where various people are touring the beach house thinking they might buy it. One couple, though never named, was clearly Dharma and Greg, played by the original actors from Chuck Lorre's earlier series.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 02, 2026 07:35 AM (wzUl9)

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