Daily Tech News 7 August 2026

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A New Mexico judge has ordered Meta to pay $942 million under a law that so far as I can tell is both unconstitutionally vague and entirely inapplicable. (WSJ / MSN)

Appeals lawyers making bank again.
Meanwhile OpenAI has fired back at Apple saying that if they were able to steal all of Apple's trade secrets then they weren't all that secret, were they? (Tech Crunch)

I'm not sure that is how it works, Sam.

Tech News

AirLLM is a new Python library that streams data on demand from SSD to VRAM for AI tasks, allowing you to run a 2.8 trillion parameter model like Kimi K3 in just 4GB of memory, at a speedy 292 seconds per token. (GitHub)

So only about 10,000 times slower than what is considered acceptable performance.
China has invented a new self-repairing dress made of living fungus. (Dezeen)

No.
Measuring the Pareto Frontier of AI models. (DeepSWE)

A Pareto Frontier is a line drawn on a chart through a set of solutions that are each the best at a different task, but there is no single winner.

An interesting point is that GPT 5.6 Luna - which I have never tried - is nearly as good as Claude Fable but much, much cheaper, with the total for the test suite coming to $0.61 vs. Fable's $21.63.

It's even more jarring when compared to Anthropic's supposedly cheapest model, Sonnet, which is weaker than Luna and cost $26.40 to run the suite.
TSMC is sitting on a billion dollars worth of Apple A20 CPUs waiting for DRAM chips to pair them with. (WCCFTech)

Might want to take a seat. You could be here a while.
Lenovo laptops in China have been spotted shipping with memory from TWSC (no relation). (Notebook Check)

TWSC is not in the Big Three. It's not even in the Big Five, counting CXMT and Nanya. I'm not sure where it ranks.
Elon Musk's Terafab is looking to hire a memory process engineer. (WCCFTech)

They'd be silly if they weren't.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: That's actually kind of cheap. But I don't need more computers right now.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:34 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at August 07, 2026 04:36 AM (odBC9)

2 G'day everyone
TGIF

Posted by: Skip at August 07, 2026 04:36 AM (Ia/+0)

3 Greetings

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 07, 2026 04:36 AM (ussCl)

4 Poof!

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 07, 2026 04:38 AM (ussCl)

5 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 07, 2026 04:38 AM (pLaQB)

6 And we are back, in my alternate reality

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 07, 2026 04:38 AM (ussCl)

7 The ad was really fine with me last night and this morning.
Refresh and it pops up for a second then disappears. Yet can't comment until I get it back, it's not visible, swat it away then could comment. Finding the invisible ad was near impossible.

Posted by: Skip at August 07, 2026 04:38 AM (Ia/+0)

8 >>>A New Mexico judge has ordered Meta to pay $942 million

It's the top news story on BBC.
Accompanied by a photo, [accompanied by a photo blurb].

[Zuckerberg, wearing black sunglasses and a dark polo shirt, outisde with a green background]

Meta fined $567m in largest child safety ruling against social media giant

The ruling is in addition to $375m in fines Meta was already ordered to pay in the case, for a total of $942m.

Posted by: m at August 07, 2026 04:42 AM (odBC9)

9
Skip, if you're running chrome, I have a recipe for you.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 07, 2026 04:43 AM (mmrXZ)

10 what they meant was

[evil Zuckerberg, wearing evil black sunglasses and an evil dark polo shirt, outisde with an evil green background]

I ain't fixin' their typo.

Posted by: m at August 07, 2026 04:44 AM (odBC9)

11 Yeah phone has chrome

Posted by: Skip at August 07, 2026 04:44 AM (Ia/+0)

12
That Kim Carnes had quite a voice.

Might have a nice voorwerp as well.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 07, 2026 04:46 AM (w6EFb)

13 >>>China has invented a new self-repairing dress made of living fungus.

Like Chia pets!

Posted by: m at August 07, 2026 04:53 AM (odBC9)

14
Kim Carnes is 81 now. Damn, I'm getting old.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 07, 2026 05:00 AM (w6EFb)

15 A beloved town Santa in Virginia gives his kidney to someone in need:

https://tinyurl.com/mwd62hj9

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 07, 2026 05:05 AM (xPsv8)

16 - It pops up again, I'm gone for the day again.

Posted by: TeeJ at August 07, 2026 05:06 AM (pkz2K)

17
Damin Toell
@damintoell
14h
Omfg

Sholto David
@addictedtoigno1
20h
A tool used to rephrase plagiarised text changed "final solution" to "mass killing of an ethnic group" in a chemistry paper. Now retracted thanks to a PubPeer user who spotted this.

To judge protein-inferred oxidative damage, a soil test was administered. A phosphate safeguard answer was used to regulate the pH to 7.8, influencing the total response book to 30 mL. The backlash combination was able by joining 1.75 mL of Triton, 1.5 mL of methionine, and 1 mL of NBT.

Subsequently, 1 mL of the mass killing of an ethnic group was opposed to 20 mL of the skin sample and unprotected to light for 7 min.

Posted by: m at August 07, 2026 05:06 AM (odBC9)

18 Morning, Tech Peeps

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

19 Scripture passages when we're feeling worried:

https://tinyurl.com/2p8x6hdj

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 07, 2026 05:08 AM (xPsv8)

20 and followup

Sholto David
@addictedtoigno1
6h
The whole paper is ridiculous. Nothing to do with translation software which would not make this mistake. This is one of a category of papers cynically manipulated to beat plagiarism detection tools. Just search "tortured phrases" for more information or read the PubPeer link.

Posted by: m at August 07, 2026 05:09 AM (odBC9)

21
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 07, 2026 05:10 AM (AMvSw)

22 - buh-bye

Posted by: TeeJ at August 07, 2026 05:10 AM (pkz2K)

23 Nrg.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 07, 2026 05:11 AM (O7YUW)

24 16 - It pops up again, I'm gone for the day again.
Posted by: TeeJ

Its going to pop up. Either get an ad blocker, turn Java off in the browser, or just deal with it. I'm at work and can't do much about it. The overlords don't like the minions to adjust settings on there toys. (shrugs)

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 07, 2026 05:12 AM (pLaQB)

25 The real damage done to New Mexican children is done by the State of New Mexico itself with the prime example being the incredibly dysfunctional public school system here that has ranked worst in the country for decades. Close behind was the Communist, nominally Democrat, governor shutting down the schools for over a year during covid and forcing kids to spend their School days unsupervised in front of computer screens where they got an even worse "public school education."

This whole Meta lawsuit has exactly nothing to do with protecting children and everything to do with bagging a scalp so the extreme left-wing state government political hacks can go to useless conferences can brag, collect an awards, and get hammered on martinis. In a matter of couple years this settlement money will have disappeared into being allocated for salaries and pensions for the government peeps and the kids will be right back to doing what they're doing today.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 07, 2026 05:13 AM (KcT4I)

26 from a commenter @addictedtoigno1

"Tortured phrases" found in computer-science papers

big data-->colossal information
artificial intelligence-->counterfeit consciousness
deep neural network-->profound neural organization
remaining energy-->leftover vitality
cloud computing-->haze figuring
signal to noise-->flag to commotion
random value-->irregular esteem

Posted by: m at August 07, 2026 05:16 AM (odBC9)

27 Greetings and good morning one and all. Now that all the appointments for the week are done, I can focus on work and bracing for the MRI next Thursday.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 07, 2026 05:16 AM (lXoJ5)

28 If you remember yesterday's "Apache" video, I ended up spending an inordinate amount of time trying to figure out what one of the guitars even was. Come to find that the tall in the cowboy hat was Nokie Edwards (1935-201

, and the guitar was custom-made for him by Tony Hunt.

I don't know what [features scrubbed because they apparently look like spam] are, but it has them. You can see and hear it clearly here:

The Ventures - Tequila (Japan 1984)
https://youtu.be/JGgDDiCfXDk

Posted by: SciVo at August 07, 2026 05:16 AM (Sy6m/)

29 Man writes on 1st Peter 5:6-11 and "God is greater":

https://tinyurl.com/3uwbt8wu

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 07, 2026 05:17 AM (xPsv8)

30 Oh, and it's my brother's birthday and this is his week off. Things are going well.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 07, 2026 05:18 AM (lXoJ5)

31 Let's see if this feature gets past the filter:

"Bigsby palm pedals on 2nd and 3rd strings"

Posted by: SciVo at August 07, 2026 05:18 AM (Sy6m/)

32 It's Friday, it's Friday! Happy, happy Friday!

*twirl*

Posted by: Rosasharn at August 07, 2026 05:18 AM (PzBTm)

33 Okay, so there's one other feature on Nokie's custom guitar that triggers the "looks like spam" reaction. It probably isn't important, but let's see if I break it up...

Scruggs
tuning peg
on low E

Posted by: SciVo at August 07, 2026 05:20 AM (Sy6m/)

34 32 It's Friday, it's Friday! Happy, happy Friday!

*twirl*
Posted by: Rosasharn at August 07, 2026 05:18 AM (PzBTm)

Yay!

Posted by: m at August 07, 2026 05:21 AM (odBC9)

35 "Oh, and it's my brother's birthday..."

Mine too. Another tear gone and I'm still here.

Posted by: Tuna at August 07, 2026 05:23 AM (lJ0H4)

36 Tear=year. Stupid auto cucumber.

Posted by: Tuna at August 07, 2026 05:25 AM (lJ0H4)

37 Nonidea what I am going to do when I have to leave well before 5am

Posted by: Skip at August 07, 2026 05:28 AM (Ia/+0)

38 I just woke up from a nightmare. I accidentally toggled some button combination on my iPhone that converted the camera to “Taser” mode and I couldn’t get out of it.

Posted by: Fenderbender at August 07, 2026 05:29 AM (1FEc1)

39 Happy birthday, Tuna! God bless you!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 07, 2026 05:31 AM (gsYaF)

40 Thanks Fen.

Posted by: Tuna at August 07, 2026 05:31 AM (lJ0H4)

41 Fix your he pop up he’ll Pixy please! It’s 10 times worse this week than it ever had been - had to clear pop ups twice just to make a single post.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 07, 2026 05:32 AM (pfrqN)

42 Don't think of it as getting older, Tuna. Think of it as "I have survived everything life has thrown at me again!"

Posted by: NR Pax at August 07, 2026 05:35 AM (lXoJ5)

43 38 I just woke up from a nightmare. I accidentally toggled some button combination on my iPhone that converted the camera to “Taser” mode and I couldn’t get out of it.
Posted by: Fenderbender at August 07, 2026 05:29 AM (1FEc1)

I have a new impossible desire

Posted by: SciVo at August 07, 2026 05:35 AM (Sy6m/)

44 BBC has changed their front-page Zuckerberg photo, and is now featuring

[Zuckerberg looks directly at the camera while wearing a blue suit and tie while descending the steps of the Superior Court in Los Angeles in February, surrounded by his legal team also wearing suits.]

Posted by: m at August 07, 2026 05:37 AM (odBC9)

45 38 I just woke up from a nightmare. I accidentally toggled some button combination on my iPhone that converted the camera to “Taser” mode and I couldn’t get out of it.
Posted by: Fenderbender at August 07, 2026 05:29 AM (1FEc1)

Imagine a weapon you could point straight at someone and say "Hold still", and they would, while smiling at you.

Life's dream.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 07, 2026 05:37 AM (Ot/FD)

46 Although i have often said that if you duct taped a taser to a cell phone you'd basically have a tricorder.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 07, 2026 05:38 AM (Ot/FD)

47 Perhaps a sticky could be added to the top of the comment section explaining how to turn off JavaScript in edge and the proper means for disabling in other browser's. For android phone, I'm using "Free Adblocker Browser" from the appstore. I don't love it, but it's free and it works, so I load it before coming here. There may be other, better options but having simple instructions might help those even less confident than me.

Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at August 07, 2026 05:38 AM (igCg8)

48 45 38 Imagine a weapon you could point straight at someone and say "Hold still", and they would, while smiling at you.

Life's dream.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 07, 2026 05:37 AM (Ot/FD)

relatedly:

'Put your phone down': K-pop band weighs in on concert etiquette
Cortis's plea has drawn mixed reactions in a fandom that's obsessed with capturing every moment.

--BBC

Posted by: m at August 07, 2026 05:40 AM (odBC9)

49 China has invented a new self-repairing dress made of living fungus.
----
I've read this book. It doesn't end well for humanity.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 07, 2026 05:42 AM (FZ29D)

50 I woke up because of a bad cramp in my calf.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 07, 2026 05:42 AM (pfrqN)

51 My actual problems with changed iPad defaults include getting out of the “live” photo setting that makes a short video, and getting back to jpeg (“format”

from a screen shot. My son-in-law has to help me with these issues. I still haven’t found out how to get the jpeg size down to email and print from an ancient desktop and (wired) printer.

Posted by: Fenderbender at August 07, 2026 05:46 AM (1FEc1)

52 I'm using "Free Adblocker Browser" from the appstore. I don't love it, but it's free and it works, so I load it before coming here. There may be other, better options but having simple instructions might help those even less confident than me.
Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey

Adblock Plus app is what I'm using. It's free.

Posted by: Tuna at August 07, 2026 05:49 AM (lJ0H4)

53 China has invented a new self-repairing dress made of living fungus. (Dezeen)

No.

You're gonna love your shiitake underwear.

Posted by: The Sentient Shroom at August 07, 2026 05:55 AM (IfMHM)

54 Evening and morning, satellites and satraps of the vast AoSHQ Empire! 'Tis Friday, the consummation devoutly to be wished. I'm up with my coffee, trying to decide if I'm going to work out -- the eternal struggle against laziness, of course. The furry thugs are here; Stirling slept with me part of the night, but Dagny was out on the couch when I got up.

What's going on in your corner?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 07, 2026 05:58 AM (wzUl9)

55 Meta fined $567m in largest child safety ruling against social media giant

But no fines on anyone for grooming or trans'ing children. The entire education cartel is one large active danger zone for children.

Narrator: It was never about the children; its always about the money.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 07, 2026 06:00 AM (9s47C)

56 China has invented a new self-repairing dress made of living fungus.

We should have no opinion until Piper weighs in.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 07, 2026 06:02 AM (xE0sV)

57 51 My actual problems with changed iPad defaults include getting out of the “live” photo setting that makes a short video, and getting back to jpeg (“format” from a screen shot. My son-in-law has to help me with these issues. I still haven’t found out how to get the jpeg size down to email and print from an ancient desktop and (wired) printer.
Posted by: Fenderbender at August 07, 2026 05:46 AM (1FEc1)

I may be misunderstanding the issue. Assuming you can connect the phone to the desktop and transfer the file, and are looking for a photo editing program that will run on an old computer, I use this for things like cropping and resizing, where even Photoshop Elements would be overkill:

https://www.irfanview.com/

Posted by: SciVo at August 07, 2026 06:03 AM (Sy6m/)

58 The real damage done to New Mexican children is done by the State of New Mexico itself with the prime example being the incredibly dysfunctional public school system here that has ranked worst in the country for decades. . . .

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 07, 2026

***
Hold our beers, Hurricanes, and drive-through daiquiris!

Posted by: Gnaw-luns Public Schools at August 07, 2026 06:03 AM (wzUl9)

59 So now I'm watching videos of perps getting tased.

Most hilarious subtitle so far:

{ Screaming in regret }

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 07, 2026 06:04 AM (O7YUW)

60
AI image (mis)labelling
August 2, 2026 @ 2:23 pm · Filed by Mark Liberman under Artificial languages

The singularity may have arrived, but AI systems still can't label diagrams

https://tinyurl.com/9y257nmv

(Language Log)

Posted by: m at August 07, 2026 06:04 AM (odBC9)

61 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 07, 2026 06:07 AM (Hbeqj)

62
Rise and shine, Hordians!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 07, 2026 06:08 AM (O0L8i)

63 Finally sleepy! Good night.

Posted by: SciVo at August 07, 2026 06:08 AM (Sy6m/)

64 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: One can never have too many computers.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 07, 2026 06:08 AM (amcLV)

65 @50/Tom Servo: "I woke up because of a bad cramp in my calf."

This is my nightmare some nights, and I end up participating in the ONT around 2 to 3 am when that happens.

This is what my pharmacist recommended to help stop the leg cramps: Magnesium Oxide pills (the ones I buy are 420mg.) They're cheap, and they work.

One a day, except in the summer when I'm drinking a lot more water, then I take two, one at dinner time and one just before bed. Other times of the year, I just take the one at dinner time.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 07, 2026 06:09 AM (O7YUW)

66 Easier job today than so far that I have been on this job

Posted by: Skip at August 07, 2026 06:13 AM (L8DX7)

67 We watched a lesser-known Bogart movie last night, Knock on Any Door. He plays an attorney who goes to bat for a juvenile delinquent accused of murder, played by John Derek. Actually Derek's character graduated from juvenile delinquent status a while ago; his record includes shoplifting, auto theft, and robbery/burglary. Well, this time his luck has really run out and he's charged with shooting a cop during a robbery.

The story of the trial is intercut with flashbacks of Derek's life growing up, his marriage to a good girl, his fruitless attempts to go straight, and her suicide when he goes back to crime. Affecting stuff, if loaded with the 1949 version of "Isn't society really to blame for this?" Bogart turns in his usual fine performance, and Derek is darned good too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 07, 2026 06:14 AM (wzUl9)

68 Perp: Tase me!
Perp: { screaming in instant regret }

Narrator: What are you crying for? You asked for it! Let's see it again:

Perp: { screaming in instant regret }
Perp: { screaming in regret continues }

https://youtu.be/hsOdMdNXj6c?t=611

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 07, 2026 06:14 AM (O7YUW)

69 This is what my pharmacist recommended to help stop the leg cramps: Magnesium Oxide pills (the ones I buy are 420mg.) They're cheap, and they work.

One a day, except in the summer when I'm drinking a lot more water, then I take two, one at dinner time and one just before bed. Other times of the year, I just take the one at dinner time.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 07, 2026

***
I've been taking them for a while. Only one cramp in recent years, and I think that was because I stretched the wrong way in bed before getting up.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 07, 2026 06:15 AM (wzUl9)

70 I may be misunderstanding the issue. Assuming you can connect the phone to the desktop and transfer the file, and are looking for a photo editing program that will run on an old computer, I use this for things like cropping and resizing, where even Photoshop Elements would be overkill:

https://www.irfanview.com/
Posted by: SciVo at August 07, 2026

***
Irfanview is great. As I understand it, however, there is no version for Macs yet. They have a built-in app called Preview that does some of the same things, or all of them but less intuitively.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 07, 2026 06:17 AM (wzUl9)

71 The worst thing about those pop-up impotency ads is this: they feature very pretty forty-ish ladies displaying nice cleavage. I suspect their posing is not designed to inspire their first (or second ) husband.
They look like big red flags to me.

Posted by: Fenderbender at August 07, 2026 06:17 AM (1FEc1)

72 Rise and shine, Hordians!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 07, 2026

***
"Move 'em on, head 'em up
Head 'em up, move 'em on
Move 'em on, head 'em up
Rawhide!
Cut 'em out, ride 'em in
Ride 'em in, let 'em out
Cut 'em out, ride 'em in
Rawhide!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 07, 2026 06:20 AM (wzUl9)

73 Or as Billy Crystal put it in City Slickers:

"Move 'em on!
Get 'em up, get 'em washed, get 'em shaved --
Rawhide!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 07, 2026 06:21 AM (wzUl9)

74
They look like big red flags to me.
Posted by: Fenderbender at August 07, 2026 06:17 AM (1FEc1)

Everything in my FB feed is women saying that men are a menace and that all women are strong, smart and self-sufficient. They're happier by themselves. So have nothing to do with them.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 07, 2026 06:22 AM (O0L8i)

75 @71/Fenderbender: "They look like big red flags to me."

Sunburned flags to commotion. (Harkening back to m's comment #26)

To be fair, millions upon millions of men men have been stirred to commotion by nice cleavage.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 07, 2026 06:25 AM (O7YUW)

76 "men men" = "men". Time for another coffee, the last one's worn off!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 07, 2026 06:30 AM (O7YUW)

77 Everything in my FB feed is women saying that men are a menace and that all women are strong, smart and self-sufficient.

Until there is a spider in the shower

(or the lights or HVAC go out, or the car makes a strange sound, or the plumbing is backed up, or something heavy needs to be lifted, or food needs to be grown and harvested, ...)

Posted by: Community Notes at August 07, 2026 06:30 AM (9s47C)

78 "men men" = "men".

I read that as Whoopie Goldberg classifies levels of rape.

"men" could be anything sporting a Y chromosome, "men men" are the dudes that get shit done.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 07, 2026 06:32 AM (BvPIe)

79
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
10h
Easy to tell who the bad guys are by looking at who has to build a wall to keep people from escaping!

Rothmus
@Rothmus
18h
Every gun, mine, and guard tower on the Berlin Wall was pointed at East Germans.

In 1957, the communist regime in East Germany made unauthorized emigration treason after an estimated 2.5 million people voted with their feet, fleeing the communist East towards the West.

So in 1961, the authorities closed the border, called the wall “the Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart”, and gave border guards shoot to kill orders.

People only ever risked their lives escaping in one direction.

Posted by: m at August 07, 2026 06:34 AM (odBC9)

80 76 "men men" = "men".
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 07, 2026 06:30 AM (O7YUW)

"men men" ≠ James Talarico

Posted by: m at August 07, 2026 06:35 AM (odBC9)

81 "Men, men, men, men,
Manly men, men, men . . ."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 07, 2026 06:38 AM (wzUl9)

82 This is what my pharmacist recommended to help stop the leg cramps: Magnesium Oxide pills (the ones I buy are 420mg.) They're cheap, and they work.

Even without the cramps, MgO is a sleep aid for many.

Actually, its the tetrad: Na, K, Mg and Ca that needs to stay in balance. Some add Cl to that list.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 07, 2026 06:39 AM (BvPIe)

83 { screaming in regret continues }

That was wonderful!

A few years back, I was watching a protest video. One guy, a HUGE black guy was towering over the cop. The conversation went like this.

"RANT!RANT!RANT!"
"Sir, that's fine. But I have to ask you to move over there."
"RANT!RANT!RANT!"
"Sir, I'm not saying that you can't protest but you have to move over there."
"RANT!RANT!RANT!"
"Sir, if you don't move over there right now, I am going to taze you."
"Oh, I'm sorry officer. I'll move over there right now."

Posted by: NR Pax at August 07, 2026 06:39 AM (lXoJ5)

84 Also from that video:
"What did I do wrong?"
"We'll start with the way your parents raised you."

Posted by: NR Pax at August 07, 2026 06:41 AM (lXoJ5)

85 I've decided that washing the car later this morning qualifies as a workout (in this heat and humidity it really does). So, breakfast first! A chicken pot pie, perhaps a slice of toast, and coffee.

Linda says we've accumulated "points" enough for a free coffee at a certain local chain. She likes going there. I find it okay, but priced a bit higher than some others. And the one near our local suburban library hires far too many hijab wearers. I call it "Mecca on the Mississippi."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 07, 2026 06:42 AM (wzUl9)

86 @84/NR Pax: If you watch the whole video, the first perp doesn't get tased, but there's a line where the guy wants some cop, any cop, to yank down those ridiculous 2nd pair of pants (where the waist is half-way between the actual waist and the knees) down so that they're a "cotton pair of cuffs" and then push the guy over. *snorts*

I may end up watching more of this guy's "Taser Tuesday" videos. :-)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 07, 2026 06:45 AM (O7YUW)

87 @85/Wolfus: Chicken pot pie for breakfast... I'm officially envious. That sounds WONDERFUL.

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

88 "Affecting stuff, if loaded with the 1949 version of "Isn't society really to blame for this?"

I Accuse My Parents.

Posted by: Jan In The Pan at August 07, 2026 06:47 AM (MWfyi)

89 86 @84/NR Pax: If you watch the whole video, the first perp doesn't get tased, but there's a line where the guy wants some cop, any cop, to yank down those ridiculous 2nd pair of pants (where the waist is half-way between the actual waist and the knees) down so that they're a "cotton pair of cuffs" and then push the guy over. *snorts*

I may end up watching more of this guy's "Taser Tuesday" videos. :-)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 07, 2026 06:45 AM (O7YUW)

At his site, one of the videos is titled "Handcuffed Suspect Makes a Run for It." Yikes.

Posted by: m at August 07, 2026 06:50 AM (odBC9)

90 Good morning morons under a star filled sky

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 07, 2026 06:52 AM (JvZF+)

91 The mystery classic from 1974, The Last of Sheila, is on Movies! tonight at 7 Central. Ace, I think, commented on it some years ago. It remains the most Ellery Queen-like film ever made, in its focus on the puzzle for its own sake, the sheer ingenuity of that puzzle, the thunderbolt ending, and a false solution before the true one.

Written by Stephen Sondheim (yes, that guy) and actor Anthony Perkins. Apparently their circle used to host puzzle mystery parties, and SS and AP were inspired to write this. You get not only the dazzle I mentioned above, but an all-star cast (as they do with the endless Agatha Christie adaptations): Richard Benjamin, Joan Hackett, James Mason, James Coburn, Raquel Welch, and Dyan Cannon. Brilliant job.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 07, 2026 06:52 AM (wzUl9)

92 At his site, one of the videos is titled "Handcuffed Suspect Makes a Run for It." Yikes.
Posted by: m

I'm reminded of a friend who was handcuffed (We were a bit of a rowdy bunch back then). He'd had polio when he was a kid so he was in leg braces. He looked at the cop and said "What am I going to do? Run away?"

Posted by: NR Pax at August 07, 2026 06:55 AM (lXoJ5)

93 @85/Wolfus: Chicken pot pie for breakfast... I'm officially envious. That sounds WONDERFUL.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 07, 2026

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Full disclosure, it's a frozen Banquet one. But I sprinkle some shredded cheese on it or in it for extra flavor.

Aldi sells its own, Bremer brand, about the same size and price. Neither can approach the Marie Callender versions, which are 2.5x the price but larger and with a bottom crust that can be devoured as well as the rest of the pie.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 07, 2026 06:56 AM (wzUl9)

94 From the site "Faith and Freedom"

Planned Parenthood has expanded services to include gender-affirming care, marking a strategic shift in its organizational focus.

So if they can't kill kids, they'll sterilize them. Salt, Earth, some assembly required.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 07, 2026 06:57 AM (lXoJ5)

95 There's a misty ring around the Moon this morning.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 07, 2026 06:57 AM (JvZF+)

96

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at August 07, 2026 07:00 AM (AHxhK)

97 >> Good morning morons under a star filled sky

And a few Voorwerpen.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 07, 2026 07:00 AM (w6EFb)

98 G'mornin' everyone!

yay Friday!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 07, 2026 07:01 AM (VyBeY)

99 mornin yall. Two firefighters in Washington state were injured after a Tesla exploded inside a garage on Wednesday. It's unclear what caused the vehicle to explode.

Posted by: fd at August 07, 2026 07:01 AM (MWfyi)

100 @93/Wolfus: "Full disclosure, it's a frozen Banquet one."

I get the ones from Costco. Those are really tasty. If you have a Costco nearby, I can highly recommend them.

We found 53 minutes at the recommended oven temperature ends up with those turning out perfectly.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 07, 2026 07:01 AM (O7YUW)

101 Little boy gets cries with joy after receiving a gift of a new puppy:

https://tinyurl.com/2ru93xs8

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 07, 2026 07:02 AM (yl+Aq)

102 Holy moly, Kim Carnes is over 80 and has been married for nearly 60 years to her husband. Rock star life!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 07, 2026 07:03 AM (2x8fi)

103 @89/m: { At his site, one of the videos is titled "Handcuffed Suspect Makes a Run for It." Yikes. }

Watching that now. "Because you're wearing one of those 'murses' that always has a gun in it!" *bwahaha*

Yup. I'm watching this guy's videos regularly from now on, he tickles my sense of "ha-ha" like "The Fat Electrician" does.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 07, 2026 07:05 AM (O7YUW)

104 (@67)
" Affecting stuff, if loaded with the 1949 version of "Isn't society really to blame for this?" "

which we now can recognize as the early wedge of commie (or "progressive") infiltration / undermining of society and culture.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 07, 2026 07:06 AM (VyBeY)

105 No popups here as I use Brave as my browser, but I wanted to see what the hubbub was so I loaded the site in MS Edge and still no popups. I feel cheated!

Posted by: Halfhand at August 07, 2026 07:08 AM (H5Io+)

106 The Last of Sheila was part of a wave of murder mystery movies around 1974. Wasn't that the year of Murder on the Orient Express with Albert Finney as Poirot? And while Sheila is set in the modern day, it was part of a trend of movies set in the '30s like Bonnie and Clyde and Chinatown, and The Grissom Gang (though that was 1920s, I think). There was even a short-lived TV series with Robert Forster as private eye Banyon set in '30s LA.

The trend was brief. About '74 we got Happy Days, and suddenly all the nostalgia became about the Nifty Fifties.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 07, 2026 07:09 AM (wzUl9)

107 @89/m: The addition of the William Tell Overture when the handcuffed suspect takes off running is perfect!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 07, 2026 07:10 AM (O7YUW)

108 Meanwhile OpenAI has fired back at Apple saying that if they were able to steal all of Apple's trade secrets then they weren't all that secret, were they?

How very...Chinese.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 07, 2026 07:11 AM (l3cgK)

109 103 @89/m: { At his site, one of the videos is titled "Handcuffed Suspect Makes a Run for It." Yikes. }

Watching that now. "Because you're wearing one of those 'murses' that always has a gun in it!" *bwahaha*

Yup. I'm watching this guy's videos regularly from now on, he tickles my sense of "ha-ha" like "The Fat Electrician" does.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 07, 2026 07:05 AM (O7YUW)

And I've been watching "Routine Traffic Stop Leads to Major Trafficking Bust." This is addictive.

Posted by: m at August 07, 2026 07:11 AM (odBC9)

110 You know who hates Flock cameras?

Pedos.

I expect no privacy when I am in public.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 07, 2026 07:13 AM (wVCl1)

111 @93/Wolfus: "Full disclosure, it's a frozen Banquet one."

I get the ones from Costco. Those are really tasty. If you have a Costco nearby, I can highly recommend them.

We found 53 minutes at the recommended oven temperature ends up with those turning out perfectly.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 07, 2026

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These Banquet/Bremer ones can be done up in the oven, but I microwave them. Five minutes in the MW and then three more sitting in there according to the instructions.

There's a Costco here -- in fact it used to be right on my route to work. But I've never been inside and have little interest in gigantic portions of everything. The cheaper gas I guess might be enough to pay for the membership.

Years ago my employer the private university had an agreement with Sam's Club; employees got a free membership. I shopped there, but the bricks of cheese were as big as a gold bar and I could never finish them before they developed mold.

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

112 110 You know who hates Flock cameras?

Pedos.

I expect no privacy when I am in public.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 07, 2026 07:13 AM (wVCl1)

It's not the legitimate purposes I worry about...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 07, 2026 07:16 AM (l3cgK)

113 publius, what planets are out this morning?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 07, 2026 07:18 AM (JvZF+)

114 Speaking of food bargains, the food bank/thrift store yesterday offered loaves of Dave's Killer Bread, free, two per person. I grabbed a loaf of their sliced bread and a bag of hot dog buns.

The buns turned out to have mold already on the bottom halves. I sliced them in half, kept the tops, and toasted two with cheese and spaghetti sauce for lunch. The bread slices looked okay. Even if they have mold before I get to them, hey, they were free.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 07, 2026 07:19 AM (wzUl9)

115 The trend was brief. About '74 we got Happy Days, and suddenly all the nostalgia became about the Nifty Fifties.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 07, 2026 07:09 AM (wzUl9)
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My mom and dad never stopped listening to do-wop. When that 50s trend happened it was my worst nightmare.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 07, 2026 07:20 AM (JvZF+)

116 Dave's bread is good. 350 calories per slice

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 07, 2026 07:21 AM (JvZF+)

117 >> publius, what planets are out this morning?

Mars and Saturn will be quite visible. Mercury is low on the morning side, and Jupiter will just start peeking up on the sunrise side as well, just coming off solar conjunction, but it will be a few days before you can really see it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 07, 2026 07:22 AM (w6EFb)

118
Uranus and Neptune will be up there as well, but they aren't nekkid eye visible.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 07, 2026 07:23 AM (w6EFb)

119 116 Dave's bread is good. 350 calories per slice

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 07, 2026 07:21 AM (JvZF+)

Yeah, those calories are hefty per slice...then again, I don't count calories. (GAIZZ! up 30 lbs since December!...oh, not the purpose of GAINZ...)

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

120 118
Uranus and Neptune will be up there as well, but they aren't nekkid eye visible.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 07, 2026 07:23 AM (w6EFb)

Uranus is normally not visible...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 07, 2026 07:24 AM (l3cgK)

121 My mom and dad never stopped listening to do-wop. When that 50s trend happened it was my worst nightmare.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 07, 2026

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My parents were older than that. Glenn Miller was more their speed. To be fair, I love a lot of GM tunes, but many of them sound alike to me. Still, the crashing climax of "In the Mood" -- damn, it must have been exciting to hear that in person the very first time!

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

122 "Uranus is normally not visible...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) "

That's no moon.

Posted by: Stacy Abrams at August 07, 2026 07:25 AM (MWfyi)

123 Dave's bread is good. 350 calories per slice
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 07, 2026

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Good thing each slice is small and thin.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 07, 2026 07:25 AM (wzUl9)

124
Oh, and for me around 35N, this is just the heliacal rising of Sirius. This heralds the Dog Days of Summer.

And Jupiter just peeking up will its heliacal rising. That will be just about the 12th, maybe a little later for 35N.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 07, 2026 07:25 AM (w6EFb)

125 121 My mom and dad never stopped listening to do-wop. When that 50s trend happened it was my worst nightmare.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 07, 2026

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My parents were older than that. Glenn Miller was more their speed. To be fair, I love a lot of GM tunes, but many of them sound alike to me. Still, the crashing climax of "In the Mood" -- damn, it must have been exciting to hear that in person the very first time!

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

My Dad listened to Herb Alpert...had a bunch of his records. "Whipped Cream" was my favorite album cover to...look at...as a kid...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 07, 2026 07:25 AM (l3cgK)

126 Gotta love the sidebar story of Ireland's presidential jet that can only fly in sunny weather, thanks to a deliberate decision not to buy any equipment made by Jews. Mad Magazine leadership.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 07, 2026 07:26 AM (U+tJ3)

127 122 "Uranus is normally not visible...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) "

That's no moon.

Posted by: Stacy Abrams at August 07, 2026 07:25 AM (MWfyi)

But there are rings around Uranus. Also, the gas there smells like rotten eggs...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 07, 2026 07:27 AM (l3cgK)

128 126 Gotta love the sidebar story of Ireland's presidential jet that can only fly in sunny weather, thanks to a deliberate decision not to buy any equipment made by Jews. Mad Magazine leadership.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 07, 2026 07:26 AM (U+tJ3)

So if it crashes it's still the fault of teh Joos!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 07, 2026 07:27 AM (l3cgK)

129
The ancient Egyptians were really big on the heliacal rising of Sirius, as that heralded the flooding of the Nile.

The ancient Greek homos and then the Romans believed that Sirius added its heat to the Sun at this heliacal rising, which is what made summer so hot then. Sirius is the Dog Star, hence Dog Days.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 07, 2026 07:29 AM (w6EFb)

130 Mars and Saturn will be quite visible. Mercury is low on the morning side, and Jupiter will just start peeking up on the sunrise side as well, just coming off solar conjunction, but it will be a few days before you can really see it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 07, 2026 07:22 AM (w6EFb)
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Thanks! Will go check

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 07, 2026 07:30 AM (JvZF+)

131 Good morning morons, it's a new day and I'm still stealing oxygen.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at August 07, 2026 07:30 AM (Q/FnY)

132 I need to get cleaned up before I head out. Car wash and a visit to Walmart for pizza and a few other things. Maybe I'll stop for a coffee and a reading break in the A/C.

The Buick is due for its six-month oil change this month. Though, since I run synthetic oil and a long-interval filter, and I have only 5200 miles on this fill, maybe I can push it back to Sept. Seven years I have with this car as of tomorrow, and I still smile when I walk up to it and when I run it at speed on a smooth road.

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

133 Dave Dahl's biography, including starting Dave's Killer Bread and selling the company, is almost unbelievable.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 07, 2026 07:30 AM (U+tJ3)

134 heliacal? I see this word in the almanac, but I have never looked up the meaning ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 07, 2026 07:30 AM (VyBeY)

135 The ancient Greek homos and then the Romans believed that Sirius added its heat to the Sun at this heliacal rising, which is what made summer so hot then. Sirius is the Dog Star, hence Dog Days.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 07, 2026

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Around here I call them the Jackal Days or the Hyena Days. Dogs are good- looking; those two species are not.

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

136 lol, Wolfus

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 07, 2026 07:32 AM (VyBeY)

137 Mr. Sefton has arrived...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 07, 2026 07:32 AM (2Cry5)

138 nood!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 07, 2026 07:33 AM (VyBeY)

139 Come to think of it, hyenas look like the first, unfinished draft of the dog. Just as opossums look like the first draft of the cat. I imagine God saying, "Come *on*, you can do better than *that* --!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 07, 2026 07:33 AM (wzUl9)

140 Found Mars but Saturn is too low and obscured by some clouds

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 07, 2026 07:42 AM (JvZF+)

141 Fix your he pop up he’ll Pixy please! It’s 10 times worse this week than it ever had been - had to clear pop ups twice just to make a single post.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 07, 2026 05:32 AM (pfrqN)

Why aren't people using AdBlock Plus or Brave?? Most of us aren't having a problem with popups.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 07, 2026 07:42 AM (hmYU4)

142 Dave Dahl's biography, including starting Dave's Killer Bread and selling the company, is almost unbelievable.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 07, 2026 07:30 AM (U+tJ3)

Somebody says it is killer bread and to stay away from it. Too many chemicals or something. Best just to eat sourdough.

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

143 >> heliacal?

Not to be confused with "helical", "heliacal" means related to or with the sun.

The heliacal rising of a star (or anything) is when it just becomes visible at sunrise.

The heliacal setting is when it disappears into the sunset with the sun.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 07, 2026 07:43 AM (w6EFb)

144 >>>TSMC is sitting on a billion dollars worth of Apple A20 CPUs waiting for DRAM chips to pair them with.

>>>Might want to take a seat. You could be here a while.

A billion dollars? What is that like 5 or 6 flagship Apple desktop models?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 07, 2026 07:49 AM (dK+Kv)

145 >>>China has invented a new self-repairing dress made of living fungus. (Dezeen)
No.

You're saying that men won't be lining up to embrace a woman draped in fungus?

Posted by: No Name Today at August 07, 2026 09:16 AM (8mulE)

146 Cybersecurity company VulnCheck said on Aug. 5 that it has found that more than 20 models of a Chinese-made wireless router sold worldwide contain a hidden backdoor that could allow unauthorized access to devices connected to the network.

The finding adds to growing Western concerns about cybersecurity risks posed by Chinese-made networking equipment. Western governments have warned for years about hackers exploiting such devices, and U.S. regulators moved this year to restrict imports of foreign-made routers.

Jacob Baines, chief technology officer at VulnCheck, who found the backdoor, said in a blog post that the vulnerability, dubbed “Endlessdoors,” affects routers manufactured by Shenzhen Zhibotong Electronics Co. and sold under the Zbtlink and Wiflyer brand names.

Posted by: SMOD at August 07, 2026 09:58 AM (Wgtgv)

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