Daily Tech News 5 September 2026

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Bob is back. (IBM)

This time as an AI-assisted coding tool from IBM, rather than... Bob.

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I hope there's a certain amount of sibling rivalry between Claude Opus and Fable; I just gave Opus access to a complete history of my personal blog where I am complimentary to it and much less so to Fable.

And even less so to OpenAI, to be fair.

Which is to say, Minx 2.0 is finally under way. The database and language limitations that blocked me - there's no database that works the way I need and no language with the set of tradeoffs I want - are gone. I didn't have enums or multi-valued indexes or sharded search in MySQL, and while Python is not bad, making it fast is a juggling act.

So I built my own.

Aiming for a release on my own blog on the 21st followed by wider availability once it's proven itself.
Meanwhile work continues on porting Hack to a 1983 10-bit imaginary home computer. The level generation took 15 seconds initially, but chasing down the code paths in the Basic runtime plus a few clever software optimisations got that down to about 500 milliseconds. It blinks and the new level appears - but that blinking is doing magic, because high-resolution text display really taxes the memory bus and it's the trick of hiding the map that allows it to be drawn so fast.
Lenovo being Lenovo. (Bleeping Computer)

If you have a Lenovo account - which I do - and a Dropbox account - which I do - you might also have some bad news - which I personally do not.
Coder's (the company's) security registry infrastructure was compromised. (Bleeping Computer)
The Coder platform enables organizations to provide developers with secure, self-hosted cloud development environments for building and deploying software, including AI applications.
"Secure."
The project is used by prominent private and government organizations, including Dropbox, Palantir, Square, Mercedes-Benz, KKR, EnBW, the U.S. government, and defense companies.
Dropbox needs to find better partners to work with.
Burnt out on a three day week. (Jenny Wanger)

AI slop or just regular slop? You decide!

I'm burnt out on a two day week right now, in the sense that across Monday and Tuesday I clocked a full week's worth of hours.
AMD has unveiled a new home computer. (Tom's Hardware)

Not one you put inside your home. It costs $150,000. You buy one instead of a home.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: If it hadn't been for Copperhead Road
I'd be making moonshine long time ago
Where did they come from, where did they go
How did the feds find Copperhead Road?

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at September 05, 2026 04:32 AM (odBC9)

2 On an empty comment section nobody can hear you woot.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 05, 2026 04:36 AM (BLOW1)

3 Who’s here?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 05, 2026 04:36 AM (1paM0)

4 Here!

Posted by: m at September 05, 2026 04:38 AM (odBC9)

5 I thought the image on the 1983 10-bit imaginary home computer was a car or some kind of vehicle.
Moar covfefe.

Posted by: m at September 05, 2026 04:39 AM (odBC9)

6 Bob? BOB? What about me? Have you forgotten me?

Posted by: Clippy at September 05, 2026 04:45 AM (llBIB)

7 We could never!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 05, 2026 04:46 AM (BLOW1)

8 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 05, 2026 04:48 AM (wrXPz)

9 Guten morgen, horde.

Posted by: clarence at September 05, 2026 04:49 AM (311fa)

10
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 05, 2026 04:52 AM (AMvSw)

11 The Hack map looks a lot like Rogue, which I cannot find anywhere these days. Spent more than a few hours in that underworld.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at September 05, 2026 04:52 AM (llBIB)

12 2 On an empty comment section nobody can hear you woot.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 05, 2026 04:36 AM (BLOW1)

Lurkers can hear you w00t.
Pixies can hear you w00t!

Posted by: m at September 05, 2026 04:53 AM (odBC9)

13
And today, Sept 5, is the 49th anniversary of the launch of Voyager 1.

V'ger 1 will reach one light day distance from earth on Nov 18th, 10:16:07 Z, or 5:16:07 AM EST.

49 years and just one light day. Just a little glimpse of just how big space is.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 05, 2026 04:57 AM (w6EFb)

14 Wikipedia ASCII art has a self-propelled howitzer and truck made using ASCII art.

Posted by: m at September 05, 2026 04:58 AM (odBC9)

15 Leaflit on youtube has a righteous rant about Clancy fans ("They are not people"), toward the end of which she says (something like) these TikTok-crazed idiots will see a SpaceX test rocket explode and they'll say, stupid SpaceX rocket people; no; this is how people learn; you try something, you fail, you ask what could I do better; you learn; you get better at it.

It's great. Starts at ca. 55:00/59:43.

https://tinyurl.com/mvnhw9rr

Posted by: m at September 05, 2026 05:15 AM (odBC9)

16
I think 95% of these burned-out stories, the whining that a 9-5 job 5 days a week is slavery, the yammering about "survival mode" are from women.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 05, 2026 05:16 AM (eRlcH)

17 If you have a Lenovo account - which I do - and a Dropbox account - which I do - you might also have some bad news - which I personally do not.

I have two Lenovo laptops, a Lenovo account and a Dropbox account.
I’m not sure if I ever linked Dropbox to the Lenovo account during setup, but I haven’t received an email from Dropbox on any problems.

Also, there’s nothing in my Dropbox I’d be worried about losing or getting ransomed.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 05, 2026 05:18 AM (6ydKt)

18 https://youtu.be/s2rkDG87H3U

Dirty Sanchez. Only 90 seconds from Silver Fox Hot Takes.

Posted by: you really don't want to know at September 05, 2026 05:21 AM (NxbVa)

19 Wrapping up a night of appellate briefing with a half oz of Balvenie single barrel 12 yo. They sure got that right.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at September 05, 2026 05:22 AM (Fv808)

20 Just logged into Dropbox. Nothing untoward there.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at September 05, 2026 05:25 AM (Fv808)

21 GGG on G20

https://youtu.be/B1ae0MTgBec

70 minutes of the latest in Tom Luongo's crazyness. Trump kicked the media to the curb (finally).

Posted by: you really don't want to know at September 05, 2026 05:25 AM (NxbVa)

22 Not one you put inside your home. It costs $150,000. You buy one instead of a home.

Asus has a new 20th Anniversary collection of PC parts and accessories that if you bought everything to have the complete matching set would set you back about $20,000, if you want a PC price a little closer to earth.

A few YouTubers (Linus & JayzTwoCents) have actually put the PC itself together (just the PC with the ROG Astral 20th Edition RTX 5090 runs about $15k).

It looks interesting but you’d have to be quite the wealthy gamer, and love some Asus ROG, to ever buy the thing.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 05, 2026 05:26 AM (6ydKt)

23
abovethelaw.com

Lindsay Clancy’s Lawyer Tells Us How He Really Feels About His Case

@moodienews

"I don't want a mistrial. Why would I want a mistrial? I kicked the s**t out of their case." - Reddington

Posted by: m at September 05, 2026 05:30 AM (odBC9)

24 23
abovethelaw.com

Lindsay Clancy’s Lawyer Tells Us How He Really Feels About His Case

@moodienews

"I don't want a mistrial. Why would I want a mistrial? I kicked the s**t out of their case." - Reddington
Posted by: m

I miss the moral clarity of Michael Avenatti, who lives in a van, down by the river.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 05, 2026 05:37 AM (wrXPz)

25
"I don't want a mistrial. Why would I want a mistrial? I kicked the s**t out of their case." - Reddington
Posted by: m at September 05, 2026 05:30 AM (odBC9)

Frightening. He'll push for dismissal of charges.

Even more frightening: He'll probably succeed.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 05, 2026 05:38 AM (eRlcH)

26 "I don't want a mistrial. Why would I want a mistrial? I kicked the s**t out of their case." - Reddington

LOL, having not followed the case enough, my first thought was Raymond Reddington. I can totally hear James Spader saying that quote.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at September 05, 2026 05:39 AM (Fv808)

27 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 05, 2026 05:39 AM (Ia/+0)

28 And today, Sept 5, is the 49th anniversary of the launch of Voyager 1.

V'ger 1 will reach one light day distance from earth on Nov 18th, 10:16:07 Z, or 5:16:07 AM EST.

49 years and just one light day. Just a little glimpse of just how big space is.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 05, 2026 04:57 AM (w6EFb)

Louie Giglio (a preacher of sorts) has a little talk he gives about God called Indescribable IIRC… in it he talks about the massive scale of the universe and objects therein. Truly mind boggling; if you believe God created it all, the proper reaction is one of awe (to say the least) for the Creator

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 05, 2026 05:39 AM (n7Rsm)

29 Evening and morning, late toilers and early risers on this first Saturn's Day of September!

I thought "Bob" was That Guy in those old TV ads for a male enhancement product.

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

30 Nvidia’s DLSS 5 is getting closer to release.
People are testing it out on YT and elsewhere.

The new AI enhancer to faces and lighting can look good if the developers don’t overdo it, but be prepared to see all of your favorite cartoonish/anime looking game characters to suddenly have their faces filled with skin pores and their eyes to go deep into uncanny valley.

Not to mention that turning on DLSS 5 seems to drop framerates by about 50%, especially on amything lower than a 5070 Ti.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 05, 2026 05:41 AM (6ydKt)

31 Dreamed I was trying to fix door hardware that isn't real even in reality

Posted by: Skip at September 05, 2026 05:44 AM (Ia/+0)

32 “Bob”

I’m thinking Bill Murray as Bob driving his psychiatrist absolutely nuts over the course of a family vacation.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 05, 2026 05:46 AM (6ydKt)

33 31 Dreamed I was trying to fix door hardware that isn't real even in reality
Posted by: Skip at September 05, 2026 05:44 AM (Ia/+0)

Did you fix it?

Posted by: m at September 05, 2026 05:49 AM (odBC9)

34 Couldn't get it to latch that was on top of the door. So was trying to rig some parts

Posted by: Skip at September 05, 2026 05:51 AM (Ia/+0)

35 34 Couldn't get it to latch that was on top of the door. So was trying to rig some parts
Posted by: Skip at September 05, 2026 05:51 AM (Ia/+0)

Be careful on the ladder!

Posted by: m at September 05, 2026 05:52 AM (odBC9)

36 I *was* dreaming something, but being kicked awake by big cat Stirling -- three times, starting on the stroke of 3:45 am -- knocked it right out of me.

Oh, well. Coffee comes first.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 05, 2026 05:52 AM (wzUl9)

37 I often have dreams about building things that either can't be done in reality.

Posted by: Skip at September 05, 2026 05:53 AM (Ia/+0)

38 AMD has unveiled a new home computer.

Hm... I wonder if employee discounts apply on that one?

Posted by: Bitblt at September 05, 2026 05:57 AM (kj+zZ)

39 >>>I'm burnt out on a two day week right now, in the sense that across Monday and Tuesday I clocked a full week's worth of hours.

All of those hours Working For the Man, or including Pixy-stuff?

Posted by: m at September 05, 2026 06:00 AM (odBC9)

40 Had to look it up. Enzyte was the name of that spurious male enhancement product in the notorious TV ads with "Bob."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 05, 2026 06:05 AM (wzUl9)

41 Roy Orbison was on a whole other level. My mother grew listening to his artistry.

But when she heard Van Halen's cover of pretty woman, she loved it. You just never know.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 05, 2026 06:05 AM (eP2ub)

42 ... because there's Work and then there's work-skills-application-to-stuff-outside-work. Which can feel like work but is somewhat voluntary.

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

43 Time to think about breakfast, and to run some water in the furry thugs' bowls so they'll be clean at feeding time -- about 6 am these days.

Miss Linda and I will go to the library this morning. The Book Club meeting Wednesday night will focus on Westerns, so she wants to get at least one to read. My choice is Loren Estleman's White Desert, in which deputy U.S. marshal Page Murdock pursues a nasty outlaw into western Canada and has to deal with Mounties and a colony of former slaves (historically real, I think) who've established a community out on the plains there. (WHY has none of Estleman's books ever been turned into a movie?) But I need to get a copy if I can to re-read.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 05, 2026 06:14 AM (wzUl9)

44
Have to run out this morning and to gift cards and mail them to the reverend gentlemen of my parish for International-Buy-a-Priest-a-Beer Day.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 05, 2026 06:19 AM (eRlcH)

45 Big posting by Pixy. Thanks.

Posted by: From about That Time at September 05, 2026 06:20 AM (sl73Y)

46 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Tweeter and the Monkey Man were hard up for cash
They stayed up all night selling cocaine and hash
Till an undercover cop with a sister named Jan
For reasons unexplained, she loved the Monkey Man

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 05, 2026 06:21 AM (amcLV)

47 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 05, 2026 06:14 AM (wzUl9)

Sounds like a wonderful time. Beats a lecture about vasectomies !😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 05, 2026 06:21 AM (rHgXV)

48 Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 05, 2026 06:21 AM (amcLV

LOL. Are you a writer.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 05, 2026 06:22 AM (rHgXV)

49 Good morning! Got a lot of indoor work to do today including clean out the closet and donate a heap o' clothes that I no longer need like slacks, dress shirts, jackets, etc...

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 05, 2026 06:24 AM (3Ope8)

50 My gluteus maximus is sore. After replacing the shifter cable bushing, putting the dashboard (lower half) was a chore. I am feeling it today. But I get to declare Victory!

Two or more hours of work to replace a $6 part. It's an old car that already has a salvage title. Anything major and I will sell it for parts.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at September 05, 2026 06:24 AM (36x1j)

51 LOL. Are you a writer.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 05, 2026 06:22 AM (rHgXV)
---------
No, that's a song from the Traveling Wilburys album.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 05, 2026 06:25 AM (amcLV)

52 Hail to indoor work.

It's going to be "hotter than Hades" here today.

Indoor work!

Posted by: no one of any consequence at September 05, 2026 06:26 AM (36x1j)

53 So I saying on the ONT that I am looking after my friend's cats while she and their daughter go to Disney World where they will meet with her son, son-in-law and grandkids. I am looking after their three cats, one of whom is the biggest cat I have ever seen in my life . He's over 30 lbs!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 05, 2026 06:26 AM (rHgXV)

54
If it hadn't been for Copperhead Road
I'd be making moonshine long time ago
Where did they come from, where did they go
How did the feds find Copperhead Road?

Now, Pixy, you know better than to go about posting lyrics set to 'billy tunes. Next thing you know, all our 'billies hereabouts will be a fiddlin', stompin', clappin', whistlin' and carryin' on like this place was a regular ol' hootenanny.

You be more careful, ya hear?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 05, 2026 06:26 AM (trSL4)

55 Me, in the shower, 25 minutes ago:
"WTH, why won't this shampoo lather up?"

Me, in the shower, 24 minutes ago:
"My hair is wet enough after rinsing... it still won't bubble up!"

Me, in the shower, 23 minutes ago:
"Oh, that was the conditioner."

Me, in the shower, 22 minutes ago with shampoo in my hair:
*Laughing maniacally while questioning my own sanity and why I'm up this early on a Saturday*

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 05, 2026 06:27 AM (6ydKt)

56 Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 05, 2026 06:25 AM (amcLV)

My husband just helpfully informed me they are a "super group" ( I had heard the name) and he told me their names. I'd probably recognize the songs but I was working full time and going to school at night, I was probably listening to classical music in the car.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 05, 2026 06:30 AM (rHgXV)

57 Going to be sleep deprived today. Blaming the ONT, but not WeirdDave, someone linked a YouTube short. It wasn't even that good, but when I flícked down the next one was better. Before I knew, it was 1am. Thankfully I rarely do this.

Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at September 05, 2026 06:31 AM (KaHlS)

58
Bob was the hockey helmet wearing short bus window licker of computer "assistants". You can remover Bob from the short bus, but you cannot remove the short bus from Bob.

What I want to know is, Who pulled the wooden stake out of the heart of that smug asshole, Clippy?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 05, 2026 06:32 AM (trSL4)

59 I am looking after their three cats, one of whom is the biggest cat I have ever seen in my life . He's over 30 lbs!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 05, 2026

***
Ha! He's got Stirling beat. Fat Farm time for the 30-pounder? Or is he a Maine Coon?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 05, 2026 06:33 AM (wzUl9)

60 Security guarding Scotland with umbrella protects dog from the rain. Faithpot site :

https://tinyurl.com/44v9zxfe

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 05, 2026 06:35 AM (rHgXV)

61 Grit is showing episodes of The Texan w/ Rory Calhoun. I barely remember it in reruns from when I was small. Calhoun is my image of what Jack Reacher from Lee Child's novels would look like, even though he was leaner than the novels' JR. He's just got that "tough" look.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 05, 2026 06:35 AM (wzUl9)

62 55 Me, in the shower, 25 minutes ago:
"WTH, why won't this shampoo lather up?"

Me, in the shower, 24 minutes ago:
"My hair is wet enough after rinsing... it still won't bubble up!"

Me, in the shower, 23 minutes ago:
"Oh, that was the conditioner."

Me, in the shower, 22 minutes ago with shampoo in my hair:
*Laughing maniacally while questioning my own sanity and why I'm up this early on a Saturday*
Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 05, 2026 06:27 AM (6ydKt)

Did you
Just drop in
To see what condition your condition was in
?

Posted by: m at September 05, 2026 06:35 AM (odBC9)

63 >>Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 05, 2026 06:30 AM (rHgXV)

'Tweeter and the MonkeyMan' was written by Bob Dylan, who also 'sang' lead. It was supposed to be a send-up of Springsteen.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 05, 2026 06:37 AM (NcvvS)

64
Would it be out of character for the folks who write the documentation for Dropbox to refer to users' offerings as "droppings"?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 05, 2026 06:39 AM (trSL4)

65 As for "hillbilly" music: When I worked at a station in Ville Platte in 1977, they had an enormous library of old 45s that went back to the 1950s. They divided them up into "Race" records ("soul" music by '77), "Rock," and "HB" for "Hillbilly," the old term, I guess, for country and bluegrass.

I always wondered why there were so many HB records with the word "Breakdown" in their titles, e.g., "Foggy Mountain Breakdown." I imagined they must have had awfully unreliable cars, to break down so often they were commemorated in song.

Wiki explains it: "In music, a breakdown is a section of a song in which various instruments have solo parts (breaks). This may take the form of all instruments playing the verse together, and then several or all instruments individually repeating the verse as solo parts."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 05, 2026 06:41 AM (wzUl9)

66 Would it be out of character for the folks who write the documentation for Dropbox to refer to users' offerings as "droppings"?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 05, 2026

***
That's what I always think of when I hear that particular product has "dropped."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 05, 2026 06:42 AM (wzUl9)

67 57 someone linked a YouTube short. It wasn't even that good, but when I flícked down the next one was better.
Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at September 05, 2026 06:31 AM (KaHlS)

flícked?
í?

Posted by: m at September 05, 2026 06:42 AM (odBC9)

68 Posted by: Nazdar at September 05, 2026 06:37 AM

He did tell me. about Bob Dylan being in the group. And that's he's still touring. At least he isn't ( like Bruce Springsteen ) opening his yap in favor of progressive politics. I think touring helps these guys stay well longer!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 05, 2026 06:44 AM (rHgXV)

69 Mornin' Horde.

First mug of coffee in, I can now think (sorta, kinda, maybe.)

Fuel run shortly, followed by breakfast with my wife at a local diner we both like.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 05, 2026 06:45 AM (O7YUW)

70 69 First mug of coffee in, I can now think (sorta, kinda, maybe.)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 05, 2026 06:45 AM (O7YUW)

Congratulations.

Posted by: m at September 05, 2026 06:46 AM (odBC9)

71
When I see the name Bob, I am transported back to the Cheech and Chong comedy sketch, "Let's Make a Dope Deal" -- "What's your name, Bob?"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 05, 2026 06:47 AM (trSL4)

72 When God opens our eyes. This may be the first time I have seen a devotional on Numbers 22::22-25 and 25-31. It is appropriate for interested Christians and Jews:

https://tinyurl.com/24upm8ks

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 05, 2026 06:48 AM (rHgXV)

73 You ain't never gonna get away from New Orleans.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at September 05, 2026 06:48 AM (36x1j)

74 Summer is faiding, only 80s this week, high 70s tomorrow

Posted by: Skip at September 05, 2026 06:50 AM (Ia/+0)

75 It was closing time at the Black and Tan
When in through the door walked a Raggedy Man
With eyes so dark they showed no light
And hands that shook as if with blight
A story that ends before it began

fin

Posted by: clarence at September 05, 2026 06:50 AM (311fa)

76 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 05, 2026 06:41 AM (wzUl9)

Wolfus, are you going to use the same real estate agent to find you an apartment, if you go that route?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 05, 2026 06:52 AM (1Ff7Z)

77 Another old time hymn- Open my eyes that I may see. It's from 1895:

https://tinyurl.com/24upm8ks

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 05, 2026 06:52 AM (rHgXV)

78 Wolfus, are you going to use the same real estate agent to find you an apartment, if you go that route?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 05, 2026

***
I don't know. Thinking I'll run up there early next month, stay at a hotel (though pawn has kindly dug up some AirBnB listings for me in Evansville), and look at apartment complexes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 05, 2026 06:57 AM (wzUl9)

79 Time to slop the furry hogs!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 05, 2026 06:58 AM (wzUl9)

80 https://www.powerlineblog.com
week in pictures, no canada edition

Posted by: Skip at September 05, 2026 06:58 AM (Ia/+0)

81 74 Summer is faiding, only 80s this week, high 70s tomorrow
Posted by: Skip

Breaking out the Beach Boys and Sheryl Crow.

Posted by: Auspex at September 05, 2026 06:59 AM (Y8DZL)

82 Actor David Suchet reads Psalm 145:

https://tinyurl.com/4c3vjafc

Time for a walk. May you have a blessed day and see things that make your heart sing!

Thanks, Pixy for allowing me to post non tech related things ( and for your humor and insights) and thanks to folks here for putting up with me!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 05, 2026 06:59 AM (rHgXV)

83
The last verse goes like this here:

Well, I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison
And I went to pick her up in the rain
But before I could get to the station in my pickup truck
She got runned over by a damned old train

And I'll hang around as long as you will let me
And I never minded standing' in the rain
No, a' you don't have to call me darlin', darlin'
You never even call me
Well I wonder why you don't call me
Why don't you ever call me by my name?

RIP, David Allen Coe

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 05, 2026 06:59 AM (trSL4)

84 Another good Leaflit (posted 7 hours ago)

Repeal the 19th

annotating a Shoe0nHead video

https://tinyurl.com/yr7tn6p5

Posted by: m at September 05, 2026 07:02 AM (odBC9)

85 Sorry. Mispost above . This is a link for "Open my eyes"

https://tinyurl.com/mr2svpde

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 05, 2026 07:02 AM (rHgXV)

86
I always wondered why there were so many HB records with the word "Breakdown" in their titles, e.g., "Foggy Mountain Breakdown." I imagined they must have had awfully unreliable cars, to break down so often they were commemorated in song.

Pfffft... amateurs!

-- taxi cab owners in Havana

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 05, 2026 07:04 AM (trSL4)

87 And Hot Wheel tracks did hurt

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

88 Did you
Just drop in
To see what condition your condition was in
?

Posted by: m at September 05, 2026 06:35 AM (odBC9)

I dunno what I was doing.
I do know that after conditioning my hair three times this morning it should be slicker than snot on a doorknob for the rest of the day.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 05, 2026 07:06 AM (6ydKt)

89 I don't know. Thinking I'll run up there early next month, stay at a hotel (though pawn has kindly dug up some AirBnB listings for me in Evansville), and look at apartment complexes.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 05, 2026 06:57 AM (wzUl9)

Just in case you get back to the thread before the next one, seems a real estate agent should know which areas to avoid. You don't want to live in the wrong part of town when you're trying to leave your current place.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 05, 2026 07:06 AM (1Ff7Z)

90 I have Shoe on Head subscription, she is a riot to watch but haven't watched one in awhile. They are long sometimes.

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

91 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 05, 2026 07:07 AM (RIvkX)

92
Security guarding Scotland with umbrella protects dog from the rain.

'Tis a pity that "Umbrellas of Edinburgh" was never scripted and filmed.

What made Cherbourg so special?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 05, 2026 07:07 AM (trSL4)

93 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at September 05, 2026 07:08 AM (2Ez/1)

94 90 I have Shoe on Head subscription, she is a riot to watch but haven't watched one in awhile. They are long sometimes.
Posted by: Skip at September 05, 2026 07:07 AM (Ia/+0)

I honestly think I might have learned about her from you. Certainly from AoSHq.

Posted by: m at September 05, 2026 07:08 AM (odBC9)

95 JD Vance is slowly sinking in the quicksand of Tucker Carlson.

Posted by: Ordinary American at September 05, 2026 07:09 AM (ntaXS)

96
@Shoe0nHead
•
2.49M subscribers
•
126 videos

Way to go! She works for it.

Posted by: m at September 05, 2026 07:10 AM (odBC9)

97 The AI is usually pretty cautionary about overworking a person. They tell me all the time, this is a good place to stop, you should rest now, sleep would be good. Like that.

I'm sure it's about my well being and not about weights against usage.

Posted by: meh at September 05, 2026 07:11 AM (zZxsY)

98
I have Shoe on Head subscription, she is a riot to watch but haven't watched one in awhile. They are long sometimes.
Posted by: Skip

Her take on the Clancy supporting women is worth the watch.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 05, 2026 07:14 AM (trSL4)

99 International-Buy-a-Priest-a-Beer Day
=====

I had to check.

This checks out.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 05, 2026 07:16 AM (RIvkX)

100 100

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

101
I can put off arising to face the day no longer. Time to go walk the wee beastie.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 05, 2026 07:17 AM (trSL4)

102 Just in case you get back to the thread before the next one, seems a real estate agent should know which areas to avoid. You don't want to live in the wrong part of town when you're trying to leave your current place.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 05, 2026

***
If I go with Terre Haute, yes. Evansville is not an area he deals with; it's a good two hours south. Though I am getting to know some of the neighborhoods in TH. There's one called "Twelve Points" that touts itself as "coming back" -- not a good sign.

There was a "Five Points" area in Denver the locals warned me against, too. Is it a good rule of thumb to avoid any area with "Points" in the name?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 05, 2026 07:17 AM (wzUl9)

103 Halloween 25 years ago. A guy wore a pink outfit with an athletic shoe on his head.

Get it?

He was the bubble gum stuck on the bottom of the shoe.

Really creative.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at September 05, 2026 07:19 AM (36x1j)

104 There was a "Five Points" area in Denver the locals warned me against, too. Is it a good rule of thumb to avoid any area with "Points" in the name?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 05, 2026 07:17 AM (wzUl9)

Well, I've heard that Five Points in NYC was a gangster area, so maybe? At least Doyle Lonigan was from there....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 05, 2026 07:20 AM (1Ff7Z)

105 Her take on the Clancy supporting women is worth the watch.

You may need to pause and go do stuff as this video can be hazardous to any self-control

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 05, 2026 07:21 AM (2GVsD)

106 98
I have Shoe on Head subscription, she is a riot to watch but haven't watched one in awhile. They are long sometimes.
Posted by: Skip

Her take on the Clancy supporting women is worth the watch.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 05, 2026 07:14 AM (trSL4)

Leaflit's take on that video might be even better. She plays the whole video, including Shoe's in-video ad, and pauses to respond to points Shoe is making.

I've watched both!

Leaflit
Repeal the 19th
https://tinyurl.com/yr7tn6p5

Shoe0nHead
Female TikTok Psychosis: The Lindsay Clancy Cult
https://tinyurl.com/yc5wdhsn

Posted by: m at September 05, 2026 07:22 AM (odBC9)

107 I call them the Handmaids of Lindsay Clancy.

Her lawyer Reddington needs to be sitting in the same locked room as her. Leave some exercise bands in the room.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 05, 2026 07:24 AM (2GVsD)

108 Shoe0nHead really worked hard on this one:

I know you were all waiting for this video. I'm sorry. I wanted to take my sweet time with it. I know a lot of you have seen me crashing the [ __ ] out on Twitter about this.

Well, I got my emotions out of the way.

Mostly.

Logic is seeping in.

I am more angry than ever before. Uh, so I am ready.

Posted by: m at September 05, 2026 07:27 AM (odBC9)

109 I should watch SoH about Clancy

Posted by: Skip at September 05, 2026 07:29 AM (Ia/+0)

110 During the post trial news conference, Clancy’s two civil suit lawyers spoke and they were cast right out of Hee Haw. On a phone so can’t link, but wow, who finds these “professionals “.

Posted by: Jen the original at September 05, 2026 07:29 AM (EiUt/)

111
That Shoe0nHead video is about 40 minutes.

The Leaflit response video is about one hour.

Posted by: m at September 05, 2026 07:30 AM (odBC9)

112 Very odd event this morning. Boy F. did not prepare the coffee maker last night. This has not happened in at least 10 years.

Needless to say, there is now ground coffee all over the kitchen.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 05, 2026 07:30 AM (RIvkX)

113 Think they'll make a movie about the Clancy trial, call it "Nine Angry Women and Two Simps"? Or, perish the thought, "One Brave Man"?

Posted by: Ordinary American at September 05, 2026 07:31 AM (ntaXS)

114 107 I call them the Handmaids of Lindsay Clancy.

Her lawyer Reddington needs to be sitting in the same locked room as her. Leave some exercise bands in the room.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 05, 2026 07:24 AM (2GVsD)

It is, though, his job to defend his client.
(I am not a lawyer.)

Posted by: m at September 05, 2026 07:32 AM (odBC9)

115 I can't think of a precedent of a lawyer in a celebrated case singling out one juror in such a defamatory manner.

Posted by: Ordinary American at September 05, 2026 07:34 AM (ntaXS)

116 Ok, the trial's over. What's the next Big Thing?

Posted by: I gotta ask at September 05, 2026 07:34 AM (2Ez/1)

117 @beyondreasdoubt bringing the law:

pro-tip: unless Mass has some crazy ass rule, jury notes are entered into the public record

some young reporter can go make news

(@beyondreasdoubt is a public defender in NYC)

Posted by: m at September 05, 2026 07:35 AM (odBC9)

118 I think for the next trial:

1. Sequestration.
2. Any sign of pink and you get the boot.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 05, 2026 07:35 AM (2GVsD)

119 Ok, the trial's over. What's the next Big Thing?

Charlie Kirk murder trial and how Candy Ovens is trying to make it all about herself.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 05, 2026 07:36 AM (2GVsD)

120 118 I think for the next trial:

1. Sequestration.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 05, 2026 07:35 AM (2GVsD)

Absolutely.

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

121 I am no lawyer, but I would really stress how long it took Lindsay Clancy to murder her three children.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 05, 2026 07:42 AM (2GVsD)

122 121 I am no lawyer, but I would really stress how long it took Lindsay Clancy to murder her three children.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 05, 2026 07:42 AM (2GVsD)

from Shoe0nHead's transcript:

She told him to pick up medication at CVS and pick up food from a restaurant far away.

And while he was gone, she took each of her children one by one down to the basement and strangled them to death with exercise ropes.

Posted by: m at September 05, 2026 07:47 AM (odBC9)

123 Somewhere this morning read some othrr women hung her toddler.

Posted by: Skip at September 05, 2026 07:48 AM (Ia/+0)

124 It wasn't strangle strangle.

Posted by: Whoopi at September 05, 2026 07:48 AM (2Ez/1)

125 >>>I'm burnt out on a two day week right now, in the sense that across Monday and Tuesday I clocked a full week's worth of hours.

Don't get burnout, Pixy. And don't get sick!

Posted by: m at September 05, 2026 07:53 AM (odBC9)

126 There be noodity

Posted by: Noodist at September 05, 2026 07:55 AM (2Ez/1)

127 One of Shoe's excellent quips in the video:

Looking at a crowd of pink-clad women making little heart shapes with their hands:

"... all these women holding up 'strangle hands' ..."

Posted by: m at September 05, 2026 07:59 AM (odBC9)

128 116 Ok, the trial's over.
Posted by: I gotta ask at September 05, 2026 07:34 AM (2Ez/1)

Not so fast!

Posted by: m at September 05, 2026 08:00 AM (odBC9)

129 She had a line about swapping soaps for Tik Tok.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 05, 2026 08:01 AM (gevuz)

130 129 She had a line about swapping soaps for Tik Tok.
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 05, 2026 08:01 AM (gevuz)

Yes!

Posted by: m at September 05, 2026 08:15 AM (odBC9)

131 >>>Aiming for a release on my own blog on the 21st followed by wider availability once it's proven itself.

Oh oh. Sounds like the price of the cardboard membership is going up.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at September 05, 2026 10:21 AM (syz1S)

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