Daily Tech News 22 August 2026

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All the news is stupid.
AI use boosts the quality of students' homework - and then craters their exam scores. (Economist) (archive site)

Who knew?
Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 is a smut machine. (Tech Crunch)

The whole article is about users deliberately jail-breaking Claude Opus 4.6, an older version of that particular LLM, to use it to write porn. And blames Anthropic for it.

Tech News

Micron is building a $10 billion AI memory research center in Boise, Idaho. (Yahoo)

Not a factory, just a lab.

Good news if you're an AI memory researcher. Or a builder.
Florida is seeking a court order to classify ChatGPT as a public nuisance. (Tom's Hardware)

This is getting silly.
Canada plans counter-tariffs to fight tariffs being imposed by the US as trade talks implode. (BBC)

Cratering its economy while barely affecting the US.
Slovakia bought hundreds of new traffic cameras - only to find that all of the are Russian spy equipment. (Tom's Hardware)

Lowest bidder, huh?

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Stupid! You're so stupid!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 Morning all

Posted by: Tuna at August 22, 2026 04:30 AM (lJ0H4)

2 w00t

Posted by: m at August 22, 2026 04:30 AM (odBC9)

3 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2026 04:31 AM (Ia/+0)

4 I remember this video on early MTV, more the video than tje music

Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2026 04:44 AM (Ia/+0)

5 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 22, 2026 04:45 AM (ErLti)

6 Canada plans counter-tariffs to fight tariffs being imposed by the US as trade talks implode. (BBC)

Cratering its economy while barely affecting the US.

I'm pretty sure that South Park did an episode that is eerily similar to this.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 22, 2026 04:49 AM (ErLti)

7 "Blame Canada!"

Posted by: m at August 22, 2026 04:49 AM (odBC9)

8 techlike:

Searching for "moon" and "publius" on the ONT, there's a buncha great stuff about China "about to launch a big lunar orbiter and lander mission to the Moon, probably this Sunday." And there's this (supercool):

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"Lunarmodule5" is a Youtube channel that has the unedited full mission audio of every Apollo mission there was, and many others. Here's the playlist for Apollo 11:

https://t.ly/G-eSa

Now, these are "accelerated" in the sense that periods of silence are edited out, but this is the audio of the whole damned mission from the pre-launch press conference to splashdown and beyond. Note how long, how many hours this adds up to. And I've listened to these at length.

Now, just imagine what it would require to fake all that. Every little problem, every little hiccup, and all the little surprises of the whole mission.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2026 03:35 AM (w6EFb)

Thanks, publius!

Posted by: m at August 22, 2026 04:53 AM (odBC9)

9 All the news is stupid.
****

Well, yeah. Same as it ever was.

And, guten morgen, horde.

Posted by: clarence at August 22, 2026 04:54 AM (pHgC8)

10 Mostly mid-70s for the next week in the Willamette Valley, with just a couple days popping back up to mid-80s. A nice break. I'll take it.

Any big city has its year-round resident bums, and then there are the "road warriors" or hobos that have a kind of circuit, going wherever it's nicest at that time of year. Portland and Seattle, to their great detriment, have the mildest summers. Even before Democrat malfeasance drove vagrancy out of control, every spring would see new, unfamiliar street punks sprouting on the sidewalk like ugly, smelly flowers.

Now it's so bad, I just don't go into the City anymore. Living near enough to make a day of it used to be an attraction, and now its proximity is a drawback, shedding crime and disorder like it was vaxxed and boosted.

Posted by: SciVo at August 22, 2026 04:55 AM (L3Npt)

11 I guess that's not "techlike" but real actual "tech."

noun
1 the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially involving computing and related fields. See also high-tech, low-tech: I worked in tech | [as modifier] : tech companies | the tech industry.

• computers and other electronic devices and equipment: startups that introduce disruptive innovation through their tech | the underlying tech failed.

Posted by: m at August 22, 2026 04:56 AM (odBC9)

12 >> Thanks, publius!

Every Apollo mission is in there, as well as a lot of Gemini and Mercury. If you're into this stuff, it can be quite captivating. And there's some astronaut and mission control humor in there as well.

Example, on Apollo 8, once they made parking orbit, Frank Borman would call back in. When they were in low earth orbit, the voice coverage wasn't the best in the world (line of site in low orbit requires a lot of ground stations).

One time he called back, "Houston, Gemini 8, blah-blah". His last mission was Gemini 7, and he got a little mixed up. Mission control said, "Now, remember Frank, you're Gemini 7, not 8."

And then after TLI on the way to the Moon, they had separated from the S-IVB, and Frank was getting a little worried the thing was a little too close for comfort. He was asking mission control for some separation burn attitudes and guidance, but they needed some help determining that attitude somehow.

Frank finally said, "When I find the earth, I'll tell you..." or something like that. Mission control LOL'd at that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2026 05:06 AM (w6EFb)

13
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 22, 2026 05:11 AM (AMvSw)

14 I guess to relate it to tech, Portland has long been nearly on the verge of becoming a tech hub. There were in fact quite a few tech jobs downtown, and with Portland State University also downtown, there was always this potential of reaching critical mass, just maybe right around the bend.

Well, now I think it's well out of reach, as for example the local landmark "Big Pink" was sold for $45M in 2025, a steep discount from its $372M sale in 2015. But it was on the verge of losing its U.S. Bank anchor tenant, which would push it up to 60% vacancy. No one wants to work downtown anymore.

OPB (Oregon Public Broadcasting) article:
https://tinyurl.com/2tau3665

Posted by: SciVo at August 22, 2026 05:15 AM (L3Npt)

15 I'm all for the Chinese trying to build a beachhead on the Moon.

I'd rather see a bunch of dead Chinese astronauts than American ones.

Posted by: pawn at August 22, 2026 05:16 AM (hQCfI)

16 Goooood Mooooorning morons!

It's time for me to go back to sleep before I faceplant on my laptop keyboard. Interesting chat logs from early space flight.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at August 22, 2026 05:18 AM (Q/FnY)

17 12 One time he [Frank Borman] called back, "Houston, Gemini 8, blah-blah". His last mission was Gemini 7, and he got a little mixed up. Mission control said, "Now, remember Frank, you're Gemini 7, not 8."
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2026 05:06 AM (w6EFb)

haha!

Posted by: m at August 22, 2026 05:24 AM (odBC9)

18 Humans are crazy. Tribal and territorial redlines on the moon?

Wake me up when you can start your vehicle after taking a shit.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 22, 2026 05:25 AM (FR9Sb)

19
"Mars ain't the kind of place
To raise your kids."

Posted by: m at August 22, 2026 05:33 AM (odBC9)

20 >>>AI use boosts the quality of students' homework - and then craters their exam scores. (Economist)

"A survey last year ... found that 80% of rich-world undergraduates used it in their studies."

rich-world

New to me.

Posted by: m at August 22, 2026 05:37 AM (odBC9)

21 surprising no one:

"Should schools ban ai? Not necessarily. The drop in exam scores was concentrated among students who rushed their homework. Those who used ai but spent as long on assignments as non-users paid little penalty. What matters, then, is how pupils use the technology."

Like, don't be a slacker.

Posted by: m at August 22, 2026 05:40 AM (odBC9)

22 Old time hymn with lovely scripture and scenery, "Come thou fount of every blessing.":

https://tinyurl.com/5n6erkpx

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 22, 2026 05:42 AM (+kigi)

23 Things that made me smile yesterday and/or reminded me of God's love:

1. I saw an older couple in the supermarket ( maybe 70's) and he was giving her a little kiss. I don't know what it was about, but it was very sweet

2 Woman with a tee shirt which said "Saturated in His love."

3. I woke up at about 11:00 ( went to bed early because I was really tired) and spouse was gone from our room. I came downstairs and he was sleeping on the couch. I said "Are you o.k.?" He said " I didn't want the little guy ( the kitten) to be all alone. I thought that was very kind.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 22, 2026 05:49 AM (+kigi)

24 Man from Texas reflects on Jesus, the good shepherd and also Isaiah 43:1-7. Upper Room devotional:

https://tinyurl.com/mr4ywduw

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 22, 2026 05:54 AM (+kigi)

25 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 22, 2026 06:06 AM (Hbeqj)

26 "I miss the earth so much I miss my wife."

Wow. That is REALLY missing the earth.

Posted by: Wally at August 22, 2026 06:11 AM (avzFa)

27 Woman with a tee shirt which said "Saturated in His love."

There's a bacon joke in there.

Posted by: Dark Lix at August 22, 2026 06:13 AM (Fv808)

28 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Wheel! Of! Fish!!!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 22, 2026 06:16 AM (amcLV)

29 yikes

BBC

US & CANADA NEWS

Laptop catches fire on US flight, pilot reports
The pilot said passengers may have been burned, with one treated and released after American Airlines Flight 2398 landed safely.

Posted by: m at August 22, 2026 06:17 AM (odBC9)

30 LM5 is the guy (I think) who even took the time to do things like match up all the separate audio with the otherwise silent 16mm film from that taken in Mission Control and elsewhere. Really amazing compilations. Most of the Apollo documentaries just use generic stock footage of any given mission, bunch of guys sitting around consoles and yakking. Matching things up in “real time” as that particular mission unfolded with the actual footage is really neat.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2026 06:20 AM (bd3ok)

31 Evening and morning, Saturday toilers and early risers. I slept until the alarm -- disturbing dream, from which the alarm rescued me -- only to find I hadn't set up the coffee last night and had to do it this morning. Not a good omen for the weekend, you say, eh? As Billy Joel warned us, "You may be wrong and you may be right."

I'm going to have to watch that video Ace posted in the Cafe about '80s fashions we'd like to forget.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 22, 2026 06:20 AM (wzUl9)

32 AI use boosts the quality of students' homework - and then craters their exam scores.

Plagiarism works that way. Ask Sniffy Joe...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 22, 2026 06:22 AM (l3cgK)

33 32 AI use boosts the quality of students' homework - and then craters their exam scores.

Plagiarism works that way.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 22, 2026 06:22 AM (l3cgK)

Oh, good point!

Posted by: m at August 22, 2026 06:23 AM (odBC9)

34 Canada doesn’t want a deal.
Neither does Iran.
I drank my pot of coffee and I am READY TO GO!

Posted by: Accomack at August 22, 2026 06:24 AM (8jVAy)

35 Canada plans counter-tariffs to fight tariffs being imposed by the US as trade talks implode. (BBC)

Canadian Bacon and Poutine sales mostly affected. Moose at the door shoulda told you, Canada...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 22, 2026 06:24 AM (l3cgK)

36 Slovakia bought hundreds of new traffic cameras - only to find that all of the are Russian spy equipment. (Tom's Hardware)

Choose yer poison...Russia or China...or BOTH!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 22, 2026 06:25 AM (l3cgK)

37 Sounds as if the 50% Canadia tariffs are back on - late negotiation Friday didn’t work out. Hang on to your Maple Syrple.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2026 06:25 AM (bd3ok)

38 Good morning morons

Mrs. F. loves Thomas Dolby. I don't get it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 22, 2026 06:26 AM (RIvkX)

39 37 Sounds as if the 50% Canadia tariffs are back on - late negotiation Friday didn’t work out. Hang on to your Maple Syrple.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2026 06:25 AM (bd3ok)

I get mine from Vermont...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 22, 2026 06:27 AM (l3cgK)

40 Dear Slovaks;

We have pagers! Cheep!

Love, Mossad

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 22, 2026 06:27 AM (RIvkX)

41 38 Good morning morons

Mrs. F. loves Thomas Dolby. I don't get it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 22, 2026 06:26 AM (RIvkX)

She was blinded by the science?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 22, 2026 06:27 AM (l3cgK)

42 39 37 Sounds as if the 50% Canadia tariffs are back on - late negotiation Friday didn’t work out. Hang on to your Maple Syrple.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2026 06:25 AM (bd3ok)

I get mine from Vermont...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 22, 2026 06:27 AM (l3cgK)

And slather my French Toast in it. Hehehe...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 22, 2026 06:28 AM (l3cgK)

43 BBC Lindsay Clancy trial

1) Clancy lacked control and was likely unable to tell the difference between right and wrong on that January 2023 day, he [Forensic psychiatrist Phillip Resnick, the defence's final witness] told the jury on Friday.

2) "In her mind, she believed that she would be doing her children a favour by having them go to heaven with her rather than remain on earth without her doing the mothering," Resnick testified.

So, she was unable to choose between "right" and "wrong" BUT she was able to choose that very, very complex scenario described in 2).

Posted by: m at August 22, 2026 06:28 AM (odBC9)

44 My dream last night: I was in a new town (no clue if it was Terre Haute) and had to mail my phone bill. (Yes, I still mail my bills.) For some reason I had no car. So I cycled along a tree-lined avenue after a rain shower . . . except that it was in the dream somehow not a bicycle at all. I had to balance and pedal as you would with a bike, but I recall thinking, "Maybe I can ride a bicycle now."

I had to dodge pedestrians, cross some streets, and weave around puddles, but I got to a diner near the post office. Then I found my bill had dropped out of my pocket somewhere along my path. In frantic horror I was checking my pockets when the alarm sounded.

Today I could have slept later, but I'm glad the dream ended when it did!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 22, 2026 06:28 AM (wzUl9)

45 This was not the news I wanted to wake up to about the tariffs. *deep sigh*

The leaders fight, and the people suffer.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 22, 2026 06:29 AM (O7YUW)

46 Last night I was thinking I'd walk some this morning before breakfast. Not so much now. The best laid plans and all that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 22, 2026 06:30 AM (wzUl9)

47 I saw an older couple in the supermarket ( maybe 70's) and he was giving her a little kiss. I don't know what it was about, but it was very sweet
=======

WITHOUT CONSENT?? RHEEE!
-Karen

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 22, 2026 06:31 AM (RIvkX)

48
there's a good podcast series called "13 minutes to the moon" about the Apollo 11 moon shot

[apparently, there are several "seasons" of the podcast, covering Apollo 13, the space shuttle, and Artemis. I've only heard the first season about Apollo 11]

backstories, history, interviews with the people what were there, archival interviews from NASA's history project, and lots of CAPCOM audio

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 22, 2026 06:31 AM (AMvSw)

49 There's a bacon joke in there.
Posted by: Dark Lix at August 22, 2026 06:13 AM (Fv80

Probably😉 but I have a feeling if I had asked her "Dio you like your bacon underdone, crispy or very crispy ?" She would have probably given me an odd look.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 22, 2026 06:33 AM (+hwtP)

50 This morning I'm going to an AA meeting, to mark my AA birthday for another year; and then I might drive out to the pipe shop and buy something new as another kind of celebration. While the car could use a bath, that can wait until tomorrow.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 22, 2026 06:35 AM (wzUl9)

51 49 There's a bacon joke in there.
Posted by: Dark Lix at August 22, 2026 06:13 AM (Fv80

Probably😉 but I have a feeling if I had asked her "Dio you like your bacon underdone, crispy or very crispy ?" She would have probably given me an odd look.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 22, 2026 06:33 AM (+hwtP)

There's always the old joke:
My wife treats me like a god; she always offers me burnt offerings for breakfast.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 22, 2026 06:37 AM (l3cgK)

52 The Killer Kittenz From Outer Space are well. Stirling just petitioned for some lap time, crawled onto me, then changed his little black mind and vaulted away. Dagny La Siberienne is grooming herself atop the dinette table. They aren't due for breakfast for another twenty minutes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 22, 2026 06:38 AM (wzUl9)

53 Happy birthday Wolfus! b"h

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 22, 2026 06:38 AM (RIvkX)

54 There's always the old joke:
My wife treats me like a god; she always offers me burnt offerings for breakfast.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 22, 2026

***
"There are enough grounds in his coffee cup for a divorce"!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 22, 2026 06:39 AM (wzUl9)

55 Happy birthday Wolfus! b"h
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 22, 2026

***
Thank'ee kindly!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 22, 2026 06:40 AM (wzUl9)

56 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 22, 2026 06:37 AM (l3cgK)

LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 22, 2026 06:40 AM (+hwtP)

57 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 22, 2026 06:41 AM (VyBeY)

58
Dear Slovaks;

We have pagers! Cheep! BOOM!

Love, Mossad

Fixed.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 22, 2026 06:41 AM (trSL4)

59 mornin yall. The school board here is raising property taxes by almost 10%. I can't wait to get out of here. Last year they went up 6%. It's bullshit. They claim they can't afford pencils and paper. The people that run the schools are illiterate lefty liars.

Posted by: fd at August 22, 2026 06:44 AM (MWfyi)

60 Bacon? Did somebody mention bacon?

Very crispy, plz!

Yesterday at our favorite diner I had a cheese and green onion omelet, which came with hash browns and toast, and Linda had the standard breakfast, which encompasses eggs, bacon, grits, and toast. No, she did not eat all of it, but brought a lot of it home in a box for a later meal. It ran $30, including a tip, for two people. Insane . . . and they are a tad cheaper than a lot of places in town. At IHOP, you have to take out a small loan to eat there now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 22, 2026 06:44 AM (wzUl9)

61 If I disappear one day it means I moved to the far side of the swamp where even Starlink won't reach.

Posted by: fd at August 22, 2026 06:46 AM (MWfyi)

62 59 mornin yall. The school board here is raising property taxes by almost 10%. I can't wait to get out of here. Last year they went up 6%. It's bullshit. They claim they can't afford pencils and paper. The people that run the schools are illiterate lefty liars.

Posted by: fd at August 22, 2026 06:44 AM (MWfyi)

Oh, your tax dollars ARE going somewhere...just not where you'd like them to go.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 22, 2026 06:46 AM (l3cgK)

63 60 Bacon? Did somebody mention bacon?

Very crispy, plz!

Yesterday at our favorite diner I had a cheese and green onion omelet, which came with hash browns and toast, and Linda had the standard breakfast, which encompasses eggs, bacon, grits, and toast. No, she did not eat all of it, but brought a lot of it home in a box for a later meal. It ran $30, including a tip, for two people. Insane . . . and they are a tad cheaper than a lot of places in town. At IHOP, you have to take out a small loan to eat there now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 22, 2026 06:44 AM (wzUl9)

Does IHOP require collateral?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 22, 2026 06:47 AM (l3cgK)

64 McDonalds's is selling their Big Breakfast for $7.

To spend twice that for a real, decent breakfast sounds ok.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 22, 2026 06:47 AM (RIvkX)

65 61 If I disappear one day it means I moved to the far side of the swamp where even Starlink won't reach.

Posted by: fd at August 22, 2026 06:46 AM (MWfyi)

If I disappear, it probably means I've joined my wife. Well, Starlink doesn't reach there either.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 22, 2026 06:48 AM (l3cgK)

66 If I disappear, Kamala did it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 22, 2026 06:50 AM (RIvkX)

67 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 22, 2026 06:40 AM

It's your birthday? It's not one of those J.J Sefton MR jokes? Happy Birthday!. May the Lord bless you. I hope you have a wonderful birthday. You are a wonderful fellow!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 22, 2026 06:51 AM (Z1RBE)

68 Happy birthday Wolfus! I hope your cats treat you kindly for just this one day (at least).

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 22, 2026 06:52 AM (X+zQK)

69 An entire year without drinking? That deserves a beer for a reward, right? (Kidding!)

That’s why I found quitting smoking so difficult. 60 days without a smoke! Let’s celebrate. With a smoke. lol

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2026 06:52 AM (bd3ok)

70 I was addicted to cigarettes when I was a yute and it was very hard to quit. My buddies helped with random and sudden violence.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 22, 2026 06:54 AM (RIvkX)

71 BBC

US & CANADA NEWS

Laptop catches fire on US flight, pilot reports
The pilot said passengers may have been burned, with one treated and released after American Airlines Flight 2398 landed safely.
Posted by: m at August 22, 2026 06:17 AM (odBC9)
=======================
I am surprised this doesn't happen more often, what with lithium batteries and people plugging in on long flights. Imagine being halfway across either ocean when a laptop goes incendiary.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 22, 2026 06:55 AM (X+zQK)

72 Mark Carney and his band of arrogant Liberals are going to put a world of hurt on Canada more than they have during the Trudeau years.

Carney thinks the EU and China are going to save them.
Good luck on that.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 22, 2026 06:59 AM (6ydKt)

73 Booze turned out to be kind of self limiting with me, I don’t care for what it does really, and hangovers are no fun. A cold beer on a hot day is OK though once in a while. I’m just too cheap to pay the prevailing retail prices. I used to brew beer and have determined they are ripping us off.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2026 07:00 AM (bd3ok)

74 For any of his fans out there, TCM is playing John Wayne movies all day today into tomorrow morning.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 22, 2026 07:01 AM (6ydKt)

75 73 Booze turned out to be kind of self limiting with me, I don’t care for what it does really, and hangovers are no fun. A cold beer on a hot day is OK though once in a while. I’m just too cheap to pay the prevailing retail prices. I used to brew beer and have determined they are ripping us off.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2026 07:00 AM (bd3ok)

Didn't have my first sip of alcohol until I was 24...
Been drunk...maybe 3 times in my life. The first time, I swore off Brandy...
Yeah, hangovers suck as you prostrate to the porcelain god...

Since then, some hot saki with Japanese food is nice, but haven't had much to drink in a long time...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 22, 2026 07:02 AM (l3cgK)

76 It's your birthday? It's not one of those J.J Sefton MR jokes? Happy Birthday!. May the Lord bless you. I hope you have a wonderful birthday. You are a wonderful fellow!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 22, 2026

***
Thanks, Fen! No, not my physical "I came to this Earth" birthday, but an anniversary of my last drink. The actual "another trip 'round the sun" birthday is at the end of this month.

It's funny, but as I've gotten older, and perhaps wiser (certain quarters may disagree on that), buying myself something for a birthday is not a big requirement. Hey, I may be buying a house this year; I figure that's big enough.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 22, 2026 07:02 AM (wzUl9)

77 74 For any of his fans out there, TCM is playing John Wayne movies all day today into tomorrow morning.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 22, 2026 07:01 AM (6ydKt)

Including him as Khan?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 22, 2026 07:03 AM (l3cgK)

78 I am addicted to ice cream, particularly in summer. The only solution is to not have it in the house; if it's here, I eat it. No will power at all.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 22, 2026 07:04 AM (X+zQK)

79 78 I am addicted to ice cream, particularly in summer. The only solution is to not have it in the house; if it's here, I eat it. No will power at all.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 22, 2026 07:04 AM (X+zQK)

Sounds like your state needs to enact ice cream control right away! It's for the Chillins!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 22, 2026 07:05 AM (l3cgK)

80 Speaking of disappeared, where is TJM? Did I miss something? On vacation someplace?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 22, 2026 07:05 AM (X+zQK)

81 An entire year without drinking? That deserves a beer for a reward, right? (Kidding!)

That’s why I found quitting smoking so difficult. 60 days without a smoke! Let’s celebrate. With a smoke. lol
Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2026

***
No, CT, it's a little longer than that. Another year stacked on top of a tall pile so far. But it's a year that ends in a zero, so worth observing.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 22, 2026 07:05 AM (wzUl9)

82 Sounds like your state needs to enact ice cream control right away! It's for the Chillins!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 22, 2026 07:05 AM (l3cgK)
=================
Yeah, the government has my best interests at heart no doubt

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 22, 2026 07:06 AM (X+zQK)

83 70 I was addicted to cigarettes when I was a yute and it was very hard to quit. My buddies helped with random and sudden violence.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 22, 2026 06:54 AM (RIvkX)

Tackle 'im!

Posted by: m at August 22, 2026 07:06 AM (odBC9)

84 Mornin', Horde. 62 and clear in Kentuckiana, going up to 86. Hope everyone is doing well.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 22, 2026 07:07 AM (NcvvS)

85 50 This morning I'm going to an [Alcoholics Anonymous] meeting, to mark my [Alcoholics Anonymous] birthday for another year
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 22, 2026 06:35 AM (wzUl9)

Whoo-hoo!

Posted by: m at August 22, 2026 07:09 AM (odBC9)

86 State Farm sent me an e-mail, guess I’m getting $5 billion “cash back” on my policy. This changes everything. Sure will come in handy, never been a billionaire before! I’m gonna be cool about it, promise not to be an asshole

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2026 07:09 AM (bd3ok)

87 Happy birthday Wolfus! I hope your cats treat you kindly for just this one day (at least).
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 22, 2026

***
Ah, they're good cats. Stirling sleeps with me every afternoon, starts out the night with me, and usually climbs in my lap for milk-treading once or twice a day. Baby Dagny is getting a little more sociable; she actually spent close to half an hour on a cushion on my lap the other night -- though I had to collect her and put her there, she stayed.

Dagny loves to pull open the kitchen cabinet where I keep the treats and climb in there to rummage around, but she doesn't break anything.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 22, 2026 07:10 AM (wzUl9)

88 64 McDonalds's is selling their Big Breakfast for $7.

To spend twice that for a real, decent breakfast sounds ok.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 22, 2026 06:47 AM (RIvkX)

I'll just take an Egg McMuffin and a hash brown.

Ya'll need some Waffle Houses in San Fran.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 22, 2026 07:10 AM (6ydKt)

89 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 22, 2026 07:02 AM (wzUl9)

Well, congratulations on your special anniversary!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 22, 2026 07:11 AM (+kigi)

90 Apparently, Guy Ritchie offered a job to Megan Markle in his wacky TV series :The Gentlemen", about a Duke who partners up with a criminal gang and opens a marijuana grow on his inherited estate.

The mystery is solved, and now we know why they suddenly decided to move back to Blighty. Harry, I guess, has no say.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 22, 2026 07:12 AM (HThDH)

91 86 State Farm sent me an e-mail, guess I’m getting $5 billion “cash back” on my policy. This changes everything. Sure will come in handy, never been a billionaire before! I’m gonna be cool about it, promise not to be an asshole

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2026 07:09 AM (bd3ok)

I got them, too.
It only applies to auto insurance policies.

You have to go to the website, and enter some info, then they give you a choice to be paid your dividend via PayPal, Venmo, or Zelle, or you can get a check sent to you.

I've got two checks coming my way, for over $200 in total.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 22, 2026 07:13 AM (6ydKt)

92 The only solution is to not have it in the house; if it's here, I eat it. No will power at all.
——
Absolutely. It’s completely binary with me.

“Is there any Ice Cream?” ——> Yes.
Then eat it!
It not. “I wish I had some Ice Cream”.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2026 07:13 AM (bd3ok)

93 The Potato Works.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 22, 2026 07:14 AM (2MN4W)

94 Why don’t those chuckleheads just apply it to my premium as a reduction?

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2026 07:14 AM (bd3ok)

95 The mystery is solved, and now we know why they suddenly decided to move back to Blighty. Harry, I guess, has no say.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 22, 2026 07:12 AM (HThDH)

What's interesting is that even all the million$ that was handed to them by several companies as soon as they landed in California, they still need more.

It must really irk the Duchess that she still has to work for a living to pay the bills.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 22, 2026 07:16 AM (6ydKt)

96 I'll just take an Egg McMuffin and a hash brown.

Ya'll need some Waffle Houses in San Fran.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 22, 2026 07:10 AM (6ydKt)
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Yes and Yes

I ate at a Waffle House in Virginia once but I don't remember much because I was on drugs.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 22, 2026 07:16 AM (RIvkX)

97 “Big breakfast” was always a bit of a stretch. Maybe for a Chipmunk.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2026 07:17 AM (bd3ok)

98 96 I'll just take an Egg McMuffin and a hash brown.

Ya'll need some Waffle Houses in San Fran.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 22, 2026 07:10 AM (6ydKt)
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Yes and Yes

I ate at a Waffle House in Virginia once but I don't remember much because I was on drugs.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 22, 2026 07:16 AM (RIvkX)

It was delicious.

Posted by: m at August 22, 2026 07:17 AM (odBC9)

99 94 Why don’t those chuckleheads just apply it to my premium as a reduction?

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2026 07:14 AM (bd3ok)

I wondered the same thing.
Apparently their underwriting on auto insurance was so excellent last year that they made way too much money in 2025.

So they're giving some back.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 22, 2026 07:17 AM (6ydKt)

100 Guardian owed me a refund earlier this year on a life policy mix up. I asked them to just apply it as a prepayment to next year's premium and they said they couldn't possibly do that, the bookkeeping was too complicated. Complicated?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 22, 2026 07:17 AM (HThDH)

101 100

Posted by: m at August 22, 2026 07:17 AM (odBC9)

102 102

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 22, 2026 07:18 AM (2MN4W)

103 I ate at a Waffle House in Virginia once but I don't remember much because I was on drugs.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 22, 2026 07:16 AM (RIvkX)
==========================
Drugs and Waffle House. Good times.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 22, 2026 07:18 AM (HThDH)

104 It was delicious.
Posted by: m at August 22, 2026 07:17 AM (odBC9)
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No doubt.

I love breakfast but alas there is no respect for breakfast in this town.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 22, 2026 07:19 AM (RIvkX)

105 I don't do restaurants anymore.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 22, 2026 07:19 AM (2MN4W)

106 100 Guardian owed me a refund earlier this year on a life policy mix up. I asked them to just apply it as a prepayment to next year's premium and they said they couldn't possibly do that, the bookkeeping was too complicated. Complicated?
Posted by: Huck Follywood
****

One book for the gov and one book not for the gov.

Posted by: clarence at August 22, 2026 07:20 AM (pHgC8)

107 104 It was delicious.
Posted by: m at August 22, 2026 07:17 AM (odBC9)
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No doubt.

I love breakfast but alas there is no respect for breakfast in this town.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 22, 2026 07:19 AM (RIvkX)

Don't you have a Denny's?

Posted by: m at August 22, 2026 07:20 AM (odBC9)

108 I try not to do restaurants. They're nutty expensive.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 22, 2026 07:21 AM (HThDH)

109 I got an email that says my cloud storage is expiring. I guess I'll have to keep them in the backyard, behind the shop.

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

110 Yes and Yes

I ate at a Waffle House in Virginia once but I don't remember much because I was on drugs.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 22, 2026 07:16 AM (RIvkX)

Always good eating.
I'm a fan of their omelettes, hash browns smothered and covered.

Their patty melts and grilled chicken sandwiches are also pretty good for lunch/dinner.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 22, 2026 07:22 AM (6ydKt)

111 I wonder if I can just vacuum them all up with a shop vac.

Posted by: fd at August 22, 2026 07:23 AM (MWfyi)

112 I was gonna say I bet you don't have a Little Black Sambos, but LOOK where it started!!!

Sambo's was an American restaurant and pancake house chain founded in 1957 in Santa Barbara, California, by Sam Battistone and Newell Bohnett.

Though the name was officially an acronym of the founders' names, the chain heavily embraced imagery and themes from the controversial children's book The Story of Little Black Sambo.

Posted by: m at August 22, 2026 07:23 AM (odBC9)

113 There was a great little breakfast place where Girlfriend F. and I loved in Noe Valley. Great raisin banana pancakes. But if you got there after Mass was over at St Paul's all the church ladies took every seat.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 22, 2026 07:23 AM (RIvkX)

114 STUDENTS AND SCHOOLCHILDREN are increasingly using artificial intelligence. A survey last year by Chegg, an ed-tech firm, found that 80% of rich-world undergraduates used it in their studies. More recent polls put the figure at 94% in Britain and 93% in Germany.
====================
My wife works with high school kids applying to college and she says 100 % of them use AI to write their application essays, in whole or large part.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 22, 2026 07:24 AM (HThDH)

115 I keep my clouds in the sky.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 22, 2026 07:25 AM (2MN4W)

116 One of my daughters lived in Noe Valley, a few blocks down the hill from the park, for a couple years and loved it there.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 22, 2026 07:25 AM (HThDH)

117 109 I got an email that says my cloud storage is expiring. I guess I'll have to keep them in the backyard, behind the shop.
Posted by: fd at August 22, 2026 07:22 AM (MWfyi)

Then you can be

1) an old man yelling at them
2) an old man telling them to get off your lawn

Posted by: m at August 22, 2026 07:26 AM (odBC9)

118 Aren't those just free range clouds then?

Posted by: fd at August 22, 2026 07:26 AM (MWfyi)

119 No Denny's. No Waffle House. There's an IHOP in Fisherman's Wharf but my last two visits to IHOP ended our relationship.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 22, 2026 07:26 AM (RIvkX)

120 I depended on Waffle Houses on my road trips to Evansville last year and Salina, KS, this past April. Always pleasant food and nowhere as much $$ than, say, Cracker Barrel (which as we know has changed and not for the better). Plus I would be in and out pretty quickly.

There's a Denny's in Terre Haute, and an IHOP, so 24-hour chow is not impossible to find. However, they have no Targets and no Dillard's! I'll have to go almost to Indianapolis for the former and down to Evansville, two hours' drive, for the latter. Not that I buy much at Dillard's unless it's on sale.

As for Target, well, most of what they have I can also find at Walmart. So there.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 22, 2026 07:26 AM (wzUl9)

121 >>Why don’t those chuckleheads just apply it to my premium as a reduction?

USAA did that a couple of months ago. The rebated amount covered my entire six month policy renewal premiums. No fuss.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 22, 2026 07:27 AM (J4Dwc)

122 Apple keeps telling me I should subscribe to more cloud storage for my phone, which hasn't backed up in about a year. That'll be a "no, dawg" for me. Screw this subscription stuff.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 22, 2026 07:27 AM (HThDH)

123 119 No Denny's. No Waffle House. There's an IHOP in Fisherman's Wharf but my last two visits to IHOP ended our relationship.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 22, 2026 07:26 AM (RIvkX)

Aw, man! That is truly a shame.

But there is hope:

Nearest Open Locations

If you are looking for the closest operational Denny's diner, you will need to travel just outside the city:

South San Francisco: 10 Airport Blvd, South San Francisco, CA 94080 (Open 24 hours, located near SFO Airport)

San Bruno / Daly City area: Check the Denny's Official Locator for other nearby Peninsula or East Bay options (such as Emeryville or San Leandro)

Posted by: m at August 22, 2026 07:28 AM (odBC9)

124 Good morning Horde, thx Pixy. Happy Saturday and a great weekend to all.
Carney actually thinks he can have Canada go toe to toe with the USA. The man, allegedly intelligent, doesn't understand economy of scale.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 22, 2026 07:29 AM (rp63B)

125 USAA just texted me to tell me they want a reappraisal of my house. That's ominous. I smell a price increase coming my way.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 22, 2026 07:29 AM (HThDH)

126 One of my daughters lived in Noe Valley, a few blocks down the hill from the park, for a couple years and loved it there.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 22, 2026 07:25 AM (HThDH)
===

I loved Noe Valley because it was sunny and warm there even if there was fog elsewhere in the city. The part we lived was called Sun Valley.

Which is why Mrs. F. hated it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 22, 2026 07:29 AM (RIvkX)

127 The last time I was at a Sambo's, it was on the Gulf Coast with the future Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 -- not long before Hinckley tried to kill Reagan.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 22, 2026 07:29 AM (wzUl9)

128 "USAA just texted me to tell me they want a reappraisal of my house. That's ominous. I smell a price increase coming my way.
Posted by: Huck Follywood"

One of the most wonderful things about not getting texts on my phone is not getting texts.

Posted by: fd at August 22, 2026 07:30 AM (MWfyi)

129 USAA did that a couple of months ago. The rebated amount covered my entire six month policy renewal premiums. No fuss.
Posted by: one hour sober at August 22, 2026 07:27 AM (J4Dwc)

Guardian probably has a rule against certain liabilities like customer deposits, not because it's hard but because it puts them out of compliance with financial covenants they signed...ask me how I know, ugh.

Posted by: Boswell at August 22, 2026 07:31 AM (j10i6)

130 One of the most wonderful things about not getting texts on my phone is not getting texts.
Posted by: fd at August 22, 2026 07:30 AM (MWfyi)
===========
I'm with you on that. If I don't answer text messages, or even read them, did they really happen?

A modern take on the old "if a tree falls in the woods and no one is there, did it make a sound?"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 22, 2026 07:33 AM (HThDH)

131 >>>All the news is stupid.

All the leaves are brown.

Posted by: m at August 22, 2026 07:33 AM (odBC9)

132 I told the IRS to apply my tax refund, which was about $160, to next year's taxes. First I got a letter saying they couldn't deposit my funds, as they had no bank info for me. Of course there is no way to call them on the phone. Then I got another missive saying that my refund would be quite a bit higher -- I'd miscalculated my refund. The check took a hell of a time to arrive, but finally did early this month.

It will go to paying my estimated taxes for 2026, but I may have some left over, so, winning!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 22, 2026 07:33 AM (wzUl9)

133 All the leaves are brown.
Posted by: m at August 22, 2026

***
I'm looking forward to that time, and when the skies are gray too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 22, 2026 07:34 AM (wzUl9)

134 Midwest Chick has her Saturday memes up:

https://tinyurl.com/mta7bjsc

Posted by: Nazdar at August 22, 2026 07:35 AM (NcvvS)

135 In my experience, the IRS is happy to keep your money.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 22, 2026 07:35 AM (HThDH)

136 Sad!

SF Denny's that was once California's most expensive has ...

SFGATE
https://www.sfgate.com › Food
Aug 12, 2024 — The Denny's at 816 Mission St., San Francisco, has permanently closed.

Posted by: m at August 22, 2026 07:35 AM (odBC9)

137 Like, don't be a slacker.
Posted by: m

You're not the boss of me!

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 22, 2026 07:36 AM (PIx6+)

138 Oh, my gosh.

AI:

There are approximately 350 Denny's locations in California, which represents about 27% of all restaurants in the United States and makes it the state with the highest number of locations.

That's wild.

Posted by: m at August 22, 2026 07:37 AM (odBC9)

139 SFGATE
https://www.sfgate.com › Food
Aug 12, 2024 — The Denny's at 816 Mission St., San Francisco, has permanently closed.
Posted by: m at August 22, 2026 07:35 AM (odBC9)
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The hobos loved it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 22, 2026 07:37 AM (RIvkX)

140 In my experience, the IRS is happy to keep your money.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 22, 2026

***
Mine too. But this time around, the refund was some eight or nine times greater than I'd expected. Apparently less of my SS income was taxable than I'd calculated using their worksheet. I made a mistake somewhere and thought 85% of it was taxable; but it was less.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 22, 2026 07:37 AM (wzUl9)

141 Blog favorite Deez Nuts has reappeared, in a Free Beacon article.

https://tinyurl.com/584kd67d

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 22, 2026 07:37 AM (HThDH)

142 Good morning! The triple digit heat is gonna be with us for another week or so. The crepe myrtles are in full bloom but dropping leaves and the lilies in the pond are bustin out but the pond loses about 0.5-.75 inches a day. My water bill is gonna be...significant.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 22, 2026 07:40 AM (3Ope8)

143 Denny's used to be all over here, but they cleared out some years ago. There is one left in the western suburbs -- I think; the sign is there. All the other locations have been turned into IHOPs or other restaurants.

Shoney's is gone too. We used to have at least three, but the last one closed last year. We ate at their breakfast buffet, and I felt as though a rat were chewing at my wallet and my hip as well.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 22, 2026 07:40 AM (wzUl9)

144 Free Bacon?

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 22, 2026 07:41 AM (2MN4W)

145 Powerline went long on Rubio memes today, including one as a Chris Christie look-alike (after eating his pop tarts)

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 22, 2026 07:42 AM (HThDH)

146 Congrats on your AA anniversary, Wolfus!

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 22, 2026 07:43 AM (PIx6+)

147 "Free Bacon?"

Well, ok.

Posted by: King James at August 22, 2026 07:45 AM (MWfyi)

148 It's interesting how the Economist refers to First World countries as "Rich World" now, but I guarantee you they won't use "Third World" and most assuredly not "Poor World".

The designations don't even work, since the 90s, as they were originally intended anyhow.

First World was Western free market economies.
Second World referred to the Communist Bloc.
Third World was everybody else.

They left all that behind and moved to "Developed" and "Developing" economies 20 years ago, but I guess nobody got the memo.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 22, 2026 07:45 AM (6ydKt)

149 I generally like Midwest Chick's memes, but the one about "the slippery slope of women's rights" is both redundant and simplistic . Lots of factors )including the left having control of the school system, have led to where we are today. Additionally not all women vote D or are purple hair nose ring wearing evil people. Would things be entirely improved if only men had the right to vote? I don't think so.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 22, 2026 07:46 AM (+kigi)

150 On Disney's Zorro, Don Diego is in a fix. His old friend has challenged Zorro to a duel. DD's lady friend wants him to sit with her to watch the duel. And Sergeant Garcia has asked him also to help him capture Zorro at the duel.

Uh-oh . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 22, 2026 07:47 AM (wzUl9)

151 Congrats on your AA anniversary, Wolfus!
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 22, 2026

***
Thanks, vmom. Like a lot of things in life -- in fact, like life itself -- the first few years were the hardest.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 22, 2026 07:48 AM (wzUl9)

152 Shoney's is gone too. We used to have at least three, but the last one closed last year. We ate at their breakfast buffet, and I felt as though a rat were chewing at my wallet and my hip as well.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 22, 2026 07:40 AM (wzUl9)

No Dennys here.
IHOP has several locations.

Shoney's used to be everywhere, but they closed them all over the past two decades. The nearest one still open is in Myrtle Beach.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 22, 2026 07:52 AM (6ydKt)

153 Mark Carney sounds mad.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 22, 2026 07:52 AM (e0auD)

154 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 22, 2026 07:52 AM (u82oZ)

155 110 Waffle House
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 22, 2026 07:16 AM (RIvkX)

Their patty melts and grilled chicken sandwiches are also pretty good for lunch/dinner.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 22, 2026 07:22 AM (6ydKt)

yum

Posted by: m at August 22, 2026 07:53 AM (odBC9)

156 Say what you will about former chairman of the Chinese Communist Party Mao Zedong, the dude bagged a lot of chicks.

Sure, he often did so while married, had to be treated for several venereal diseases as a result, and started sleeping with a girl when she was 14, but that’s beside the point — what’s important is the dude was a magnet for hot Asian ass, with an alluring “start stripping or I’ll kill your family” kind of charm, and while many of his people may have been starving, the same can’t be said for homeboy in the bedroom. This makes communism cool. Obviously.
================
Reddit explains socialism.

https://tinyurl.com/4y8e93v6

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 22, 2026 07:56 AM (e0auD)

157 40 Trillion in the hole doesn’t sound “Rich” to me. Accounting. How do it work?

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2026 07:56 AM (bd3ok)

158 Denny's used to be all over here, but they cleared out some years ago. There is one left in the western suburbs -- I think; the sign is there. All the other locations have been turned into IHOPs or other restaurants.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 22, 2026 07:40 AM (wzUl9)

Denny's near me recently closed. They always seemed to have a thin crowd. Food was pretty good, but breakfast for two could run to 50 bucks..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 22, 2026 08:01 AM (nbLIj)

159 Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 22, 2026 07:56 AM (e0auD)

Very good article you linked . Thanks

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 22, 2026 08:01 AM (+kigi)

160 I dunno, you must have a pretty decent bank account to get a $40 trillion line of credit.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 22, 2026 08:01 AM (6ydKt)

161 My Blueray Monty Python and the Holy Grail had sound issues. Could not here the coconuts.

Put in a DVD Donavan's Reef, with John Wayne, and had not problem. Which was a good movie. I got a lot more out of watching it than I did the last time I saw it three score years ago.

Weird.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 22, 2026 08:02 AM (u82oZ)

162 Annnnd NOOD.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 22, 2026 08:02 AM (nbLIj)

163 Watching Donavan's Reef, I was struck by how much people smoked in 1963. It was poignant to see John Wayne lighting up so much, as he survived lung cancer, only to die of another cancer.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 22, 2026 08:06 AM (u82oZ)

164 I got a rejection letter at 4:01 A.M. on a Saturday morning.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 22, 2026 08:10 AM (2MN4W)

165 Micron is building a $10 billion AI memory research center in Boise, Idaho. (Yahoo)

Not a factory, just a lab
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They already have a factory in Boise.
I suspect that they will use the factory for proto runs of whatever they come up.with... when the memory crunch dissipates and they have some spare capacity.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 22, 2026 09:36 AM (YCVv4)

166 Sam Altman is a crook.

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