Daily Tech News 12 August 2026

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SK Hynix plans to expand its production in China by 50%. (Tom's Hardware)

And it's gone.

Tech News

Gemini has reached a billion users. (Ars Technica)

Rather in the same way that Meta's Threads reached... Whatever user count they claim for that tumbleweed farm.
Speaking of reversing cause and effect, Bluesky's active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app. (Tech Crunch)

No, Bluesky is seeking new sources of revenue because their users are dying of memetic Alzheimers.
Because they're not taxi drivers. (The Conversation)

Or ambulance drivers, who primarily die from werewolf attacks.
Kimi K3 is a ripoff of Claude Opus. (WCCFTech)

Oh no. Anyway...

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: And never, ever, give them a man after midnight, regardless of how much they beg or cry.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:35 AM

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 04:36 AM (Ia/+0)

2 Morning all

Posted by: Tuna at August 12, 2026 04:36 AM (lJ0H4)

3 w00t

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 04:37 AM (odBC9)

4 5vw54h yw543hv

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 04:37 AM (XJ22o)

5 How'd the ONT get to over 600?

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 04:40 AM (odBC9)

6
That was to lock out Gemini from that point down.

Now: Gemini is horrid at coding and graphics.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 04:42 AM (XJ22o)

7 Mdig is just pestering me

How 600?
1 comment at a time

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 04:42 AM (Ia/+0)

8 If Mgid says I can comment
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 04:45 AM (Ia/+0)

9 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 12, 2026 04:45 AM (sAmhv)

10
Crowley beat Hong in photo finish.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 04:45 AM (XJ22o)

11 Not my favorite ABBA song (that honor goes to Waterloo), but I'll never turn down looking at Agnetha Fältskog at 5 a.m. on a random Wednesday.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 12, 2026 04:46 AM (6ydKt)

12 Guten morgen, horde.

Posted by: clarence at August 12, 2026 04:46 AM (O3mu+)

13
NPR
In Wisconsin, David Crowley defeats Francesca Hong in Democratic primary for governor
38 minutes ago

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 04:46 AM (odBC9)

14 SK Hynix plans to expand its production in China by 50%. (Tom's Hardware)

And it's gone.

These AI creatures have quite the appetite for fused sand, don't they?.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 12, 2026 04:48 AM (6ydKt)

15 ABBA: Horrible music for horrible people. When its fans arrive in Hell and Satan puts his hand up their arse and works them in Gehenna's Puppet Show, I'm a Marionette will be faintly audible above the raucous hoots and guffaws of the devilish audience.

Posted by: I may be overreacting a little bit at August 12, 2026 04:49 AM (DP9fY)

16 NPR
In Wisconsin, David Crowley defeats Francesca Hong in Democratic primary for governor
38 minutes ago

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 04:46 AM (odBC9)

Francesca is so fragile emotionally that I wouldn't be surprised if she's on suicide watch by Friday.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 12, 2026 04:49 AM (6ydKt)

17 CHING CHONG BING BANG DING DANG

Posted by: ANGRY FRANCESCA HONG NOISES at August 12, 2026 04:51 AM (Lo8Mn)

18
The last comment on the ONT is some scammer who says you can watch adult videos securely on reputable adult platforms.

Just click on the name for the info, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 04:51 AM (/QHx4)

19 Belated BOING!

Busy with company till tomorrow. Thereafter, Mrs. BD and I will have solitude at our vacation home for the first time in 2 weeks.

It's been hectic!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 04:53 AM (mg7Dh)

20 15 ABBA: Horrible music for horrible people. When its fans arrive in Hell and Satan puts his hand up their arse and works them in Gehenna's Puppet Show, I'm a Marionette will be faintly audible above the raucous hoots and guffaws of the devilish audience.

Posted by: I may be overreacting a little bit at August 12, 2026 04:49 AM (DP9fY)

What happened to those days, they seem so hard to find.
I try and reach or you, but you just close your mind.
What ever happened to our love?
I wish I understood.
It used to be so nice, it used to be so good.

So when you near me, darling can’t you hear me?
S.O.S.!
And the love you gave me, nothing else can save me!
S.O.S.!
When your gone, how can I even try to go on?
When your gone, though I try, I cannot go on!

You seem so far away, though you are standing near.
You made me feel alive, but something died of fear.
What ever happened to our love?
I wish I understood.
What happened to our love, it used to be so good.

https://youtu.be/cvChjHcABPA

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 12, 2026 04:57 AM (6ydKt)

21 >>>And it's gone.

And immediately my brain starts up:

dun, dun, dun, dun
🎶 Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 04:59 AM (odBC9)

22 Wikipedia

David Crowley (Wisconsin politician)

David Carl Crowley (born May 14, 1986) is an American politician who has served as the seventh executive of Milwaukee County since 2020.

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 05:04 AM (odBC9)

23 from the ONT

425 Mandela Barnes got 28k votes. All from early voting. Those would have been hong votes. This is what can happen when you vote reaaaallly early. All sorts of shit can happen and your vote becomes meaningless.
Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 12, 2026 12:35 AM (bkPgX)

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 05:05 AM (odBC9)

24 I thought that was very interesting about being a taxi driver helping one avoid Alzheimer's Disease. I think it's too late for me to have a career change, however . 😉 Also, I was interested to read about gamers being hired to be air traffic controllers:

https://tinyurl.com/2s3f755j

I think that's a tough job.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 05:08 AM (+kigi)

25
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 12, 2026 05:11 AM (AMvSw)

26 18
The last comment on the ONT is some scammer who says you can watch adult videos securely on reputable adult platforms.

Just click on the name for the info, lol.

Posted by: four seasons

That's more tolerable than that exodus troll vomiting out it's BS.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 12, 2026 05:12 AM (sAmhv)

27 International Fellowship of Christians and Jews devotional:. "How God fights for us." Deuteronomy 320:2-4:

https://tinyurl.com/2uanddmd

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 05:14 AM (+kigi)

28 My second wake-up of the morning, so re-good morning everyone.

Stupid insomnia...

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 12, 2026 05:15 AM (O7YUW)

29 Bluesky is meant to replace X. When the Bolshies have Bluesky ready, they will move on X.
Everything the left does is a means of advancing The Revolution.

Posted by: Accomack at August 12, 2026 05:16 AM (8jVAy)

30 29 Bluesky is meant to replace X. When the Bolshies have Bluesky ready, they will move on X.
Everything the left does is a means of advancing The Revolution.
Posted by: Accomack at August 12, 2026 05:16 AM (8jVAy)

Trot-sky?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 05:19 AM (Ot/FD)

31 I know one bluesky user who died from complications of cancer treatment. He was a good friend.

Posted by: Dark Lix at August 12, 2026 05:21 AM (DZ9Lv)

32 Nice to know that my mom's career as an EMT and Paramedic helped her out.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026 05:21 AM (NR6c1)

33 When the Bolshies have Bluesky ready
****

Like, you know, the twelfth of never.

Posted by: clarence at August 12, 2026 05:22 AM (O3mu+)

34 @5/m: "How'd the ONT get to over 600?"

https://tinyurl.com/uha5ybj8

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 12, 2026 05:23 AM (O7YUW)

35 The strategery part of my brain wants to worry that this is the Dem/DSA's Great Winnowing, the crucible that will separate the dross from the precious metal, and leave them strong and lean and in terrifying fighting shape before long.

Then I have to remind my self that if you thresh a pile of straw, you're not magically going to get wheat out of it like some kind of fairy tale. They're really in a Garbage In, Garbage Out phase in terms of filling out their roster right now. And since they're too damn stupid and crazy to learn anything remotely like a lesson, they'll just keep doing it until they collapse into irrelevance.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 05:23 AM (Ot/FD)

36 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 12, 2026 05:25 AM (iNosy)

37 I remember when Bluesky first came online and the user base strutted around proudly about how they were going to take down the Nazi known as Elon.

And then less than a week later, the site was getting overloaded with people reporting child pornography.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026 05:26 AM (NR6c1)

38 34 @5/m: "How'd the ONT get to over 600?"

https://tinyurl.com/uha5ybj8
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 12, 2026 05:23 AM (O7YUW)

7 How 600?
1 comment at a time
Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 04:42 AM (Ia/+0)

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 05:27 AM (odBC9)

39 34 @5/m: "How'd the ONT get to over 600?"

https://tinyurl.com/uha5ybj8
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 12, 2026 05:23 AM (O7YUW)

Their early work was a little too new wave for my taste.

Posted by: Patrick Bateman at August 12, 2026 05:29 AM (gMmW2)

40 Husband and wife sing old time hymn, "How Great Thou Art". Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/mt39zxkh

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 05:29 AM (+kigi)

41 they'll just keep doing it until they collapse into irrelevance.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

I wonder if anyone said the same thing about Robespierre.

Posted by: Dark Lix at August 12, 2026 05:30 AM (DZ9Lv)

42 Evening to the late toilers, morning to the early risers like yours truly! Woden's Day is about to dawn here.

Not my favorite ABBA song (that honor goes to Waterloo), but I'll never turn down looking at Agnetha Fältskog at 5 a.m. on a random Wednesday.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 12, 2026

***
I love many of ABBA's songs, with "Fernando" being a favorite because it's so different from their usual. But that lady's name -- completely unlike her -- is just *ugly* to look at.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 12, 2026 05:30 AM (wzUl9)

43 So the DSA candidate, this Hong woman, was defeated in the primary? Winning!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 12, 2026 05:31 AM (wzUl9)

44 While Francesca Hong has been defeated, the Demoncrapic Party still is what it is:

https://tinyurl.com/bddenr4r

Believe them when they tell you.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 05:33 AM (6UO0E)

45 Nice to know that my mom's career as an EMT and Paramedic helped her out.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026

***
Was she that lady on the OMegaXL commercials with John Walsh?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 12, 2026 05:34 AM (wzUl9)

46 Communists give everybody a choice of Stalin or Pol Pot! See, Diversity!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 12, 2026 05:35 AM (sAmhv)

47 Hong gone?

Phooey.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 05:38 AM (Ot/FD)

48 A glass darkly seen
A time in between
When mysteries abound
A penny for a pound
We leave as we came
Just players at a game

fin

Posted by: clarence at August 12, 2026 05:38 AM (O3mu+)

49 31 I know one bluesky user who died from complications of cancer treatment. He was a good friend.
Posted by: Dark Lix at August 12, 2026 05:21 AM (DZ9Lv)

I knew a bluesky user who was determined to divide by zero. He flouted the laws of G-d and man. He would write mathematical formulae on his skin with magic markers and then grease his whole body with ghee, chant, and shake one of his hands (the tiny malformed one) at the spirits of the desert.

I don't know if he's dead. He's dead to me. I won't have any truck with that kind of occult practices.

Posted by: Melman J. Peabody, II at August 12, 2026 05:39 AM (wOVxg)

50 >>>Disclaimer: And never, ever, give them a man after midnight, regardless of how much they beg or cry.

ABBAgremlins!

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 05:39 AM (odBC9)

51 This one won in Minnesota. Remember her?

https://tinyurl.com/msbr2m24

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 05:40 AM (6UO0E)

52 In other news, my 2025 tax refund check *finally* showed up. I'll take it to the bank, withdraw some walking-around money, and leave the rest, as I have to make my quarterly estimated tax payment in early Sept. There will still be quite a bit left over, though.

The house I wanted to video tour this week is now under contract. Two more possibilities popped up, but one seems huge and probably hard to heat and cool. The other is close to perfect -- but is located within a few blocks of two Section 8 housing developments. Still I'll have a look at it, I guess.

The furry thugs are well. They need their rabies shots; I guess that's what the rest of my tax refund will go to.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 12, 2026 05:40 AM (wzUl9)

53 Yesterday, my husband and I went out for some delicious store made ice cream. I enjoy watching the little kids there and how delighted they are at the ice cream. Yesterday, along with little boys jumping up and down and laughing while looking themselves in the fun house mirror that's there - there was a little girl with a long blue dress which must have been like a dress in a Disney movie. She had long brown hair and beautiful blue eyes. I think she was there with her grandmother and father. I asked how old she was and she held up four fingers. She told me her name is Lana. What a pretty name. I don't think I've ever heard that name aside from the actress Lana Turner.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 05:41 AM (DzHyO)

54 Goodbye-o Ohio:

https://tinyurl.com/ms22b2er

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 05:42 AM (6UO0E)

55 Good morning! Dogs are fed, coffee is percolatin' and it's pretty dark outside.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 12, 2026 05:44 AM (3Ope8)

56 4 5vw54h yw543hv
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 04:37 AM (XJ22o)

You rang?

Posted by: 5vw54h yw543hv at August 12, 2026 05:44 AM (B0NCh)

57 but I'll never turn down looking at Agnetha Fältskog at 5 a.m. on a random Wednesday

Very well.

https://youtu.be/Q0iA4YmZEH0?

Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026 05:45 AM (NR6c1)

58 Posted by: 5vw54h yw543hv at August 12, 2026 05:44 AM (B0NCh)

Whatta cool hash!

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 05:46 AM (odBC9)

59 49 31 I know one bluesky user who died from complications of cancer treatment. He was a good friend.
Posted by: Dark Lix at August 12, 2026 05:21 AM (DZ9Lv)

I knew a bluesky user who was determined to divide by zero. He flouted the laws of G-d and man. He would write mathematical formulae on his skin with magic markers and then grease his whole body with ghee, chant, and shake one of his hands (the tiny malformed one) at the spirits of the desert.

I don't know if he's dead. He's dead to me. I won't have any truck with that kind of occult practices.
Posted by: Melman J. Peabody, II at August 12, 2026 05:39 AM (wOVxg)

heh

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 05:46 AM (odBC9)

60 Teen who couldn't sleep goes to work early and in that process helps to save a woman's life. Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/2t5dvc7t

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 05:47 AM (DzHyO)

61 Tonight the book club meets at the suburban library near me. The topic: "The Cozy Mystery." I'll bring along and discuss Josephine Tey's last novel and possibly her best, The Singing Sands; it may qualify for "cozy" even more than the Christies, Carrs, and Queens I have. And it is certainly more readable than 90% of the modern "cozies" I've read. I don't mind that they all follow the same formula; classic mysteries have theirs too. It's that the moderns are all so dull and the "mystery" element is weaker and thinner than an episode of Barnaby Jones.

And we'll stop to have some ice cream afterward.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 12, 2026 05:47 AM (wzUl9)

62 I asked how old she was and she held up four fingers.

I'm eight. But I lost one hand to piranhas. The Amazon River basin is an unforgiving playground.

Posted by: Lana at August 12, 2026 05:47 AM (4crC5)

63 If we used our fingers to count in binary, we could count up to 2,047.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 05:49 AM (Ot/FD)

64 Nikita Bier retweeted
James
@timeimp
8h
It’s like all the designers at Apple left and worked for X.

Benji Taylor
@benjitaylor
16h
Had a lot of fun animating our new Grok Bot icon. It's entirely made in code, with every state, shape and expression able to morph smoothly into the other. And of course, I made it with Grok Build.

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 05:50 AM (odBC9)

65 What a pretty name. I don't think I've ever heard that name aside from the actress Lana Turner.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Lana Kane

Posted by: Dark Lix at August 12, 2026 05:52 AM (DZ9Lv)

66 Where's ~~Waldo~~ James O'Keefe?

https://tinyurl.com/4kt9ep83

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 05:54 AM (6UO0E)

67 It's 82 F. outside, I don't wanna know the heat index, and I really need to work out, since I took Monday and Tuesday off. Walk and trot, hold it down to a mile, I guess.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 12, 2026 05:54 AM (wzUl9)

68 Doctor in Colombia risks life to save babies after earthquake. National Catholic Register site:

https://tinyurl.com/5y7ryf3w

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 05:54 AM (ONl1C)

69 What a pretty name. I don't think I've ever heard that name aside from the actress Lana Turner.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Lana Kane

Posted by: Dark Lix at August 12, 2026 05:52 AM (DZ9Lv)
-

Lana Mower.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 05:55 AM (6UO0E)

70 And now, let us have a moment of silence for the passing of a brave social justice Warrior, Ward Churchill. He was a skilled academic, a man of integrity, a tireless worker for the Revolution...and a good friend.

Posted by: Obi Wan Baloney at August 12, 2026 05:55 AM (B0NCh)

71 58F here + a spritzer of insomnia

Posted by: Dark Lix at August 12, 2026 05:55 AM (DZ9Lv)

72 What a pretty name. I don't think I've ever heard that name aside from the actress Lana Turner.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
*
Lana Kane
Posted by: Dark Lix at August 12, 2026

***
There's singer Lana Del Rey, too. The word just means "wool" in Spanish; I guess it was the sound and look of the word rather than the meaning that led to its being a woman's name.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 12, 2026 05:56 AM (wzUl9)

73
No, Bluesky is seeking new sources of revenue because their users are dying of memetic Alzheimers.

Ah, the Bluesheviks.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 05:57 AM (O0L8i)

74 Posted by: Lana at August 12, 2026 05:47 AM (4crC5

Sorry. I don't know what you're referring to and I also don't know who Lana Kane is. I'm sorry . You are both talking to an old culturally out of touch old person. 😉but thanks for your contributions.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 05:57 AM (ONl1C)

75 and I also don't know who Lana Kane is.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 05:57 AM (ONl1C)
-

Yes, you do:

https://youtu.be/esEG1z-exsI

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 06:00 AM (6UO0E)

76 No, Lana Kane from Archer.

Posted by: Dark Lix at August 12, 2026 06:04 AM (DZ9Lv)

77 44 While Francesca Hong has been defeated, the Demoncrapic Party still is what it is:

https://tinyurl.com/bddenr4r

Believe them when they tell you.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 05:33 AM (6UO0E)

So this will be the big story today. Given that she supposedly led by double digits, there will be many claims that the Dem party cheated to deny her the nomination. Who knows, maybe.

But I think it’s even more likely that she *never* actually led, and that it’s another sign that the entire practice of polling is now irretrievably broken, and produces nothing but nonsense results that mirror the biases of the pollster.

If this is so, then double digit misses by the polls are going to become the norm.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 06:04 AM (pLSjm)

78 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 06:00 AM (6UO0E

ok. LOL I do know about the itching ointment but it's too early in the morning for me to comprehend some of the jokes here .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 06:05 AM (+kigi)

79 Morning y'all. I could use some more sleep but probably won't manage it. Hopefully I get good results today from the interview.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 12, 2026 06:05 AM (aJQbY)

80
If this is so, then double digit misses by the polls are going to become the norm.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 06:04 AM (pLSjm)

That's not possible. Experts agree: polling is scientific. Why do you hate science?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 06:06 AM (O0L8i)

81 Lana Wood.

Who are you people?

Posted by: This is not a boob thread at August 12, 2026 06:08 AM (B0NCh)

82 44 While Francesca Hong has been defeated, the Demoncrapic Party still is what it is:

https://tinyurl.com/bddenr4r

Believe them when they tell you.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 05:33 AM (6UO0E)

"We are Democrats. We support capitalism. We do not support socialism."

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 06:09 AM (odBC9)

83 Amusing side note:

One of the guests we babysit is a Standard Poodle. My wife got an email from the owner last night. He's putting the dog through a "brace" trial. In brace you do all the exercises in Novice competition, but with two dogs.

So yes; two Poodles working at the same time. It's apparently been hilarious.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026 06:09 AM (NR6c1)

84 "We are Democrats. We support capitalism. We do not support socialism."

yea 10
nay 202

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 06:10 AM (odBC9)

85 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 12, 2026 05:47 AM (wzUl9

I'll have to look for that . As I mentioned, I've only ever read " The Daughter of Time". Sounds like Tey had quite a few good novels.

I hope you have a very good time at the book club.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 06:10 AM (+kigi)

86 But I think it’s even more likely that she *never* actually led, and that it’s another sign that the entire practice of polling is now irretrievably broken, and produces nothing but nonsense results that mirror the biases of the pollster.

If this is so, then double digit misses by the polls are going to become the norm.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 06:04 AM (pLSjm)
-

Winner, winner, chicken dinner:

https://tinyurl.com/5yhnrub3

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 06:11 AM (6UO0E)

87 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at August 12, 2026 06:14 AM (2Ez/1)

88 Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 12, 2026 06:05 AM (aJQbY

Prayers continue, Random Dave.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 06:16 AM (+kigi)

89 Regarding the President being snuck out of AF1 out in Turkey:

These people spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk about the matter.

I have to ask: Am I the only person in the world who gets annoyed when I read that? If you aren’t authorized to talk, KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT!

Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026 06:17 AM (NR6c1)

90 Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026 06:09 AM (NR6c1)

Great. It's so good to laugh!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 06:17 AM (+kigi)

91
n brace you do all the exercises in Novice competition, but with two dogs.

So yes; two Poodles working at the same time. It's apparently been hilarious.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026 06:09 AM (NR6c1)

Dutch and Ilya, going Best Brace at the 2011 Borzoi Club of America National Specialty:

https://tinyurl.com/ymnhywaw

Carmen and Aida, going Best Brace at the 2015 Borzoi Club of America National Specialty:

https://tinyurl.com/2v83dz57

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 06:18 AM (O0L8i)

92 Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026 06:17 AM (NR6c1)

I agree with you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 06:18 AM (+kigi)

93 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 06:18 AM (O0L8i)

What beautiful dogs! Thanks for sharing the photos.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 06:20 AM (+kigi)

94 Am I the only person in the world who gets annoyed when I read that?

Standing right here, boss.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 12, 2026 06:20 AM (aJQbY)

95 I have to leave for the day, folks. If there is a poster here with the name "Fenelon Spoke" ( with words separated) it is some troll, not me. I hope you all have a lovely, day, see blessings in the world around you and know that you are a blessing to others!

Psalm 139: 14 "I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 06:32 AM (+kigi)

96 90: Standard Poodles seem to have "goofball" as their default state.
91: Thanks Hadrian. I'll look at that when I get home.
94: I believe waterboarding people for these kinds of leaks should be A Thing.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026 06:32 AM (NR6c1)

97 If there is a poster here with the name "Fenelon Spoke" ( with words separated) it is some troll, not me.

To borrow from John Wick, we'll find them and host a dinner party. -:-)

Have a good day, Fen!

Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026 06:33 AM (NR6c1)

98 "If we used our fingers to count in binary, we could count up to 2,047"

Only if you have 11 fingers or the standard 10 fingers and an additional appendage that can be easily raised and lowered in a timely fashion.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at August 12, 2026 06:34 AM (u4rEb)

99 "If we used our fingers to count in binary, we could count up to 2,047"

Only if you have 11 fingers or the standard 10 fingers and an additional appendage that can be easily raised and lowered in a timely fashion.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at August 12, 2026 06:34 AM (u4rEb)
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My polydactyl cat Hexie could make that work...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 06:36 AM (FZ29D)

100 100

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 06:36 AM (odBC9)

101 98 "If we used our fingers to count in binary, we could count up to 2,047"

Only if you have 11 fingers or the standard 10 fingers and an additional appendage that can be easily raised and lowered in a timely fashion.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at August 12, 2026 06:34 AM (u4rEb)

The Paolo, has, how you say, such an appendage.

Posted by: The Paolo at August 12, 2026 06:37 AM (VRoVL)

102 A great percentage of Francesca Hong's votes came from these guys:

https://tinyurl.com/z484nhm8

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 06:39 AM (6UO0E)

103 Wait… so after making fun of her lunacy for at least a few weeks and thinking she was very beatable, Hong isn’t even the nominee in WI? Sad trombone…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 12, 2026 06:40 AM (zEBE+)

104 102 A great percentage of Francesca Hong's votes came from these guys:

https://tinyurl.com/z484nhm8
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 06:39 AM (6UO0E)

The eyes. The too wide-open crazy eyes...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 12, 2026 06:43 AM (PiwSw)

105 Once again Hillary Clinton's celebration balloons go unused as Francesca Hong loses.

Hong's handlers will have to slowly wean her off her meds before explaining she lost.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2026 06:43 AM (2GVsD)

106 mornin yall. Three local police officers were arrested for abusing Flock cameras:

Joseph Callaway, a former K-9 deputy, was charged with:
Violation of oath by a public officer
Unauthorized request or disclosure of criminal history record information
Prohibition on law enforcement retaining license plate data
Three counts of stalking

Coznavian Stubbs, a former patrol deputy, was charged with:
Violation of oath by a public officer
Prohibition on law enforcement retaining license plate data
One count of stalking

Toni Lewis, also a former patrol deputy, was charged with:
Violation of oath by a public officer
Prohibition on law enforcement retaining license plate data
Stalking
Stubbs and Lewis resigned during the internal investigation. Callaway resigned shortly after he was charged, Davis said.

Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 06:44 AM (MWfyi)

107 These cameras are making police officers break the law!

Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 06:44 AM (MWfyi)

108 Hijab-wearing Peggy Flannagan is set to become Minnesota's next Senator.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 12, 2026 06:46 AM (PiwSw)

109 But I think it’s even more likely that she *never* actually led, and that it’s another sign that the entire practice of polling is now irretrievably broken, and produces nothing but nonsense results that mirror the biases of the pollster.

If this is so, then double digit misses by the polls are going to become the norm.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 06:04 AM
+++

I would appreciate a deep dive by a knowledgeable source into the whole business of polling these days.
How can it be conducted with any degree of objectivity?
Phone? No one answers numbers they don't recognize and land lines barely exist.
Online? How to avoid duplicate entries and assure a random cross section?
Mail? Too slow?
I think just about every poll news story is just designed to get page views and mouse clicks.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 12, 2026 06:46 AM (2Ez/1)

110 Quarter Twenty - door to door perhaps? Set up a table outside Walmart?

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 12, 2026 06:47 AM (aJQbY)

111 Who names their kid Coznavian?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 12, 2026 06:48 AM (2Ez/1)

112 Those are the ones they caught. I'm sure the abuse goes much deeper than those three.

Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 06:49 AM (MWfyi)

113 These cameras are making police officers break the law!
Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 06:44 AM (MWfyi
======================
heh. And, of course, the first thing they do is end public access to search data so you can't check if your plate has been run. Because why would you want to know?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 06:49 AM (HVfJp)

114 Hong is a member of the Hivemind in good standing so I'm sure she's going to be well-compensated for her troubles.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 06:51 AM (FZ29D)

115 "Who names their kid Coznavian?"

See if you can guess the pigmentation of the three ex-officers.

Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 06:51 AM (MWfyi)

116 I would appreciate a deep dive by a knowledgeable source into the whole business of polling these days.
How can it be conducted with any degree of objectivity?
Phone? No one answers numbers they don't recognize and land lines barely exist.
Online? How to avoid duplicate entries and assure a random cross section?
Mail? Too slow?
I think just about every poll news story is just designed to get page views and mouse clicks.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 12, 2026 06:46 AM (2Ez/1)
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It's probably just AI simulations at this point.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 06:51 AM (FZ29D)

117 Who names their kid Coznavian?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 12, 2026 06:48 AM (2Ez/1)
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Cozmapolitans?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 06:52 AM (6UO0E)

118 misusing Flock cameras.

In Polk County, the GBI arrested deputy Tracey Royston Friday on charges of misusing Flock license plate reader systems.

Last month, three officers were fired in Fayetteville for searching their own licenses plates or that of family members for non-law enforcement purposes.

In Savannah, six employees were fired earlier this month for their role in allegedly misusing Flock cameras.

Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 06:52 AM (MWfyi)

119 It turns out that even amongst loony Dems the elimination of Thanksgiving is not popular. My jaw is on the floor… although, Hong did get 39% of that crowd

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 12, 2026 06:54 AM (zEBE+)

120 Yeah, those cameras are fine. It's the people that access them that are the problem.

Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 06:54 AM (MWfyi)

121 Every year, I always mourn the days getting shorter. Don't do it! Sun, stay right here!

Ah well, they'll start getting longer soon.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 06:55 AM (h8R6b)

122 108 Hijab-wearing Peggy Flannagan is set to become Minnesota's next Senator.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 12, 2026 06:46 AM (PiwSw)

"You know, people aren't avoiding our state as much as they should. And they really ought to be making fun of us more. What can we do about this?"

Posted by: The Minnesota Tourism Board at August 12, 2026 06:55 AM (Ot/FD)

123 DSA operatives around the country erasing social media histories this morning.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 12, 2026 06:57 AM (UoWyB)

124
Last month, three officers were fired in Fayetteville for searching their own licenses plates or that of family members for non-law enforcement purposes.

If you give people access, inevitably they'll misuse it. Just like everyone at work only uses the internet for company purposes. And now you have the same problem: are you going to fire everyone?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 06:57 AM (O0L8i)

125 Hijab-wearing Peggy Flannagan is set to become Minnesota's next Senator.

Sure and begorrah, at least the lass figured out the grift.

Posted by: Mick al-O'Hara at August 12, 2026 06:58 AM (fl7uu)

126 I don't think cops can be trusted not to abuse Flock cameras. We should get rid of them and take away the temptation.

But Flock cameras are the local equivalent of national government spying tools on citizens. Congress should probably get rid of those technologies, whatever they are called, too!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 06:58 AM (h8R6b)

127 The local Boy Scout council, after going nearly bankrupt because they let the gays have their way with them, had to sell the scout camp they had owned for about 100 years. Now the developer who bought it wants to put up a data center there and the neighbors are pissed. I would be too. The old scout camp was a beautiful place, with lakes and trails and all the stuff a proper scout camp should have.

Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 06:59 AM (MWfyi)

128 I saw a post on Twitter about a local Sheriff's department asking for help in finding someone who vandalized a Flock camera.

The website was overwhelmed with helpful tips like "I know that dude. He was delivering groceries to my grandma at 1130."

Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026 07:00 AM (NR6c1)

129 If you give people access, inevitably they'll misuse it. Just like everyone at work only uses the internet for company purposes. And now you have the same problem: are you going to fire everyone?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 06:57 AM (O0L8i)

You could take my company's approach and firewall the pants off the things so no data could ever flow in or out of them, and then get mad that no one is using the damn things.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 07:00 AM (Ot/FD)

130 109 But I think it’s even more likely that she *never* actually led, and that it’s another sign that the entire practice of polling is now irretrievably broken, and produces nothing but nonsense results that mirror the biases of the pollster.

If this is so, then double digit misses by the polls are going to become the norm.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 06:04 AM
+++

I would appreciate a deep dive by a knowledgeable source into the whole business of polling these days.
How can it be conducted with any degree of objectivity?
Phone? No one answers numbers they don't recognize and land lines barely exist.
Online? How to avoid duplicate entries and assure a random cross section?
Mail? Too slow?
I think just about every poll news story is just designed to get page views and mouse clicks.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 12, 2026 06:46 AM (2Ez/1)

DataRepublican?

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 07:02 AM (odBC9)

131 haveIbeenFlocked.com

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 07:02 AM (h8R6b)

132

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at August 12, 2026 07:03 AM (yM1Zs)

133 Has Francesca Hong made a public statement yet? I'm betting she blames white people.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 07:06 AM (h8R6b)

134 If quis custodiet ipsos custodes gives everyone such heebie jeebies, then they should stop tolerating such intolerable custodians.

Vote. Protest. Write. In extremis, obstruct.

As Solzhenitsyn said, the labor camps only happened because too few people punched too few people in the mouth.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 07:07 AM (Ot/FD)

135 You get what you tolerate.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 12, 2026 07:09 AM (2Ez/1)

136 Hong, hang in there?

https://tinyurl.com/3nsfv6ky

It ain't over till it's over?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 07:09 AM (6UO0E)

137 Today's big inflation and Orange crop report, due out at 8:30, will get some publicity. Turn those machines back on!

Posted by: The Duke Brothers at August 12, 2026 07:09 AM (h8R6b)

138 133 Has Francesca Hong made a public statement yet? I'm betting she blames white people.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Sucker bet. Not taking it.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026 07:09 AM (NR6c1)

139 We have a standard poodle. 11 months old. We thought is was a good idea. He is the kid that you love dearly, but leaves you tired and worn out every night when you hit the bed.

Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 07:10 AM (CQyEl)

140 "How can I benevolently rule over you shitty little mayonnaise monkeys if you assholes won't even vote for me?

It's not fair."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 07:11 AM (Ot/FD)

141 ABBA. Never bought a single song of theirs, but I did finally work up the courage to ask my junior high crush to dance at the sock hop when Dancing Queen came on, so always had a fondness for them.

Posted by: Biergood at August 12, 2026 07:11 AM (PwgSL)

142 It looks like Lindsay Graham's sister is headed into a runoff in a couple weeks with Ralph Norman, the guy I voted for. She didn't reach 50%, but she got 8% more votes than him. Are we really going to be stuck with another Graham for our senator in perpetuity?

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 12, 2026 07:11 AM (qBdHI)

143 Hong gone wrong?

Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 07:11 AM (CQyEl)

144 Voting predictions made by online betting sites are also increasingly worthless. The reason is simple - campaigns have discovered that if their candidate wants a boost in his poll numbers, the easiest method is to place a large bet on your own guy. A $100,000 bet is big enough to change the odds , and then other bettors will see the move, jump on board, and amplify it.

They’re the kind of poll where, if you’ve got money to burn, you can buy the results you want. The betting sites don’t care about this, because it’s pure profit for them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 07:12 AM (pLSjm)

145 BBC

LIVE
UK and Europe get ready for once-in-a-generation solar eclipse
The Moon will block out more than 90% of the Sun in the UK from around 18:00 BST, while parts of Iceland and Spain will witness a rare total eclipse.

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 07:13 AM (odBC9)

146 Hong, hang in there?

https://tinyurl.com/3nsfv6ky

It ain't over till it's over?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 07:09 AM (6UO0E)
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OK. It's over. The other Dem, Crowley, won by a thin margin of around 3000 votes. According to Grok, final tallying will take WEEKS. I wonder why.

Will Hong contest?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 07:13 AM (6UO0E)

147 Hong hung out to dry?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 07:13 AM (h8R6b)

148
JJS

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 07:13 AM (/+uur)

149 JJS.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 12, 2026 07:13 AM (NcvvS)

150
Will Hong contest?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 07:13 AM (6UO0E)

Will the Sun come up tomorrow?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 07:14 AM (O0L8i)

151 Most unpleasant movie experience I had was being dragooned into seeing Mamma Mia!! with my wife, mother-in-law, and daughter. Considered faking a heart attack.

Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 07:14 AM (CQyEl)

152 The Moon will block out more than 90% of the Sun in the UK from around 18:00 BST

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 07:13 AM (odBC9)
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Given UK standard gray weather days, no one will notice.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 07:14 AM (6UO0E)

153 Morning Horde thx Pixy
Interesting night at the polls. Hong losing might make it tougher for the Republican Tiffany to win the governorship. The DSA types might walk away.
Tafoya v Flanagan in Minn will be an interesting brace. Flanagan is a lunatic who might turn off some Dems
Larson a 14term Dem drone got beat by a further left guy.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 07:15 AM (WOnE5)

154 The Moon will block out more than 90% of the Sun in the UK from around 18:00 BST

Me: Uses heroic restraint to not make a 'Your Mom' joke.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026 07:15 AM (NR6c1)

155 UK and Europe get ready for once-in-a-generation solar eclipse
The Moon will block out more than 90% of the Sun in the UK from around 18:00 BST, while parts of Iceland and Spain will witness a rare total eclipse.
Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 07:13 AM (odBC9)
=======================
Scientists are excited about some new method of measuring the magnetic field in the sun's corona, iirc, and they're set up somewhere in Scandi to measure. Vodka for everyone!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 07:16 AM (sWibC)

156 I would appreciate a deep dive by a knowledgeable source into the whole business of polling these days.
How can it be conducted with any degree of objectivity?
Phone? No one answers numbers they don't recognize and land lines barely exist.
Online? How to avoid duplicate entries and assure a random cross section?
Mail? Too slow?
I think just about every poll news story is just designed to get page views and mouse clicks.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 12, 2026 06:46 AM (2Ez/1)

In the nic is a good start by our TJM.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 07:18 AM (dK+Kv)

157
151 Most unpleasant movie experience I had was being dragooned into seeing Mamma Mia!! with my wife, mother-in-law, and daughter. Considered faking a heart attack.
Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 07:14 AM (CQyEl)

Sounds like your Waterloo. Couldn’t escape if you wanted to.

Should’ve put out an SOS.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 07:20 AM (pLSjm)

158 157
151 Most unpleasant movie experience I had was being dragooned into seeing Mamma Mia!! with my wife, mother-in-law, and daughter. Considered faking a heart attack.
Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 07:14 AM (CQyEl)

Sounds like your Waterloo. Couldn’t escape if you wanted to.

Should’ve put out an SOS.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 07:20 AM (pLSjm)

!

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 07:22 AM (odBC9)

159 I think just about every poll news story is just designed to get page views and mouse clicks.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 12, 2026 06:46 AM (2Ez/1)

In the nic is a good start by our TJM.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 07:18 AM
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Thanks. Will peruse.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 12, 2026 07:23 AM (2Ez/1)

160 156 I would appreciate a deep dive by a knowledgeable source into the whole business of polling these days.
How can it be conducted with any degree of objectivity?
Phone? No one answers numbers they don't recognize and land lines barely exist.
Online? How to avoid duplicate entries and assure a random cross section?
Mail? Too slow?
I think just about every poll news story is just designed to get page views and mouse clicks.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 12, 2026 06:46 AM (2Ez/1)

In the nic is a good start by our TJM.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 07:18 AM (dK+Kv)

Thanks!

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 07:30 AM (odBC9)

161 In the nic is a good start by our TJM.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 07:18 AM

Thanks for that, had forgotten it. Very good summary. People love the idea that some future event can be mathematically predicted, even when that idea is garbage.

Texas polling is particularly awful; Texas has 254 counties, but only 5 or 6 truly high population counties. (The big cities, natch). It’s difficult to contact rural and smaller town voters, so almost every poll down will end up being just a poll of a few hundred voters in those places.

Yet it’s known by all that the other 249 counties vote in a completely contrary way to the votes from the big cities. This would be extremely expensive to get around, though, so no public polls even try.

I think of this every time I see another stupid Fox poll claiming Talarico is leading Paxton.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 07:35 AM (pLSjm)

162 (It's mathy.)

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 08:12 AM (odBC9)

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