Daily Tech News 13 November 2024

Top Story

23andMe is laying off 40% of its employees and cancelling all its research work. (BBC)

The company has been on a downward spiral since it was hacked and information for nearly seven million users stolen. This did not include genetic data, but did include family trees and other personal information.
AMD meanwhile laid off 4% of its employees. (WCCFTech)

AMD is doing well overall but specific business units are lagging.

Tech News

Not announcing layoffs was TSMC, which instead reported that it is running at 100% capacity for 5nm and 3nm production. (WCCFTech)

Even Intel is using TSMC for its latest chips while it works on getting its 1.8nm technology into production.
What if AI doesn't just keep getting better forever? (Ars Technica)

It isn't. It won't. Even the Ars commentariat is laughing at this sudden realisation that AI is a bubble:
Anybody want a celebratory slice of glue pizza?
The AI hype bubble is, if not bursting, then certainly deflating. (Slack)

While still popular at the CEO level, among workers excitement has cooled by 9% in the US and 12% in France - compared to just three months ago.
Microsoft is killing the Mail and Calendar apps in Windows 11. (The Verge)

Back to Outlook it is.

And they still have a better track record than Google.
The hackers who breached AT&T's data at analytics company Snowflake have been arrested. (Tech Crunch)

AT&T was just one of 165 Snowflake customers who saw their data hacked on a massive scale.

Last I saw, Snowflake was still blaming 165 individual customers for allowing their Snowflake accounts to be hacked.

Disclaimer: Turns out that bees are not legumes. Who knew?

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 Mornin' Pixy. Mornin' (again) Horde.

Coffee. Definitely coffee.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 13, 2024 04:01 AM (O7YUW)

2 Foist?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 13, 2024 04:03 AM (omVj0)

3 Missed it by that much.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 13, 2024 04:04 AM (BLOW1)

4 A whisker away! Darn!

Evening and morning to all the far-flung outposts of the AoSHQ Empire! Ours not to reason why, ours but to do or die! (Well, okay, that is a little heavy. Maybe I should take it down a notch.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 13, 2024 04:05 AM (omVj0)

5 On November 13, Felix Unger was asked to remove himself from his place of residence; that request came from his wife. Deep down, he knew she was right, but he also knew that some day he would return to her.

Posted by: Skip at November 13, 2024 04:05 AM (fwDg9)

6 5 On November 13, Felix Unger was asked to remove himself from his place of residence; that request came from his wife. Deep down, he knew she was right, but he also knew that some day he would return to her.
Posted by: Skip at November 13, 2024 04:05 AM (fwDg9)

He never did.They were an odd couple to be sure...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 13, 2024 04:07 AM (TGPs7)

7 Mornin' all!

*sends 40F breeze to Wolfus*

Posted by: JQ at November 13, 2024 04:08 AM (njWTi)

8 On November 13, Felix Unger was asked to remove himself from his place of residence; that request came from his wife. Deep down, he knew she was right, but he also knew that some day he would return to her.
Posted by: Skip at November 13, 2024

***
After more than fifty years, I still laugh out loud at the climax of that scene, where Felix spears Oscar's cast-off cigar with his umbrella and holds it up accusingly.

When he and Klugman were doing The Sunshine Boys on stage years later, Randall used the same bit of business, and the audience, remembering, roared.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 13, 2024 04:09 AM (omVj0)

9 Mornin' all!

*sends 40F breeze to Wolfus*
Posted by: JQ at November 13, 2024

***
Morning, JQ. That would be nice. It should be pleasant tomorrow through the weekend, but then the moist nastiness will return. My hands felt as if dipped in glue yesterday afternoon when I left my car.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 13, 2024 04:11 AM (omVj0)

10 Lara Logan
@laralogan

The intel community knows Marco Rubio is run by the Cubans. He also hates Donald Trump. Why would he even be in consideration for any position at all in a Trump administration? That would be pure insanity/suicide.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 13, 2024 04:11 AM (TGPs7)

11 Everything is cyclical and it will be happening again. Only Elon Musk can prevent it...

Randall Carlson
@randallwcarlson

The sudden, catastrophic melting of ancient ice sheets unleashed millions of cubic kilometers of water into ocean basins, marking a period between 14,000 and 13,000 years ago that could only be described as a thousand years of hell on Earth. This rapid meltdown reshaped landscapes and challenged survival for those who lived through it.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 13, 2024 04:15 AM (TGPs7)

12 G'morning, all!

Down to 54 degrees this morning.

Gonna need pants for the morning walk at 5:45.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 13, 2024 04:15 AM (a1415)

13 50-60 degrees is perfect weather for yard work. Still ok, even with light sprinkling rain...

Tomorrow will be downpours and high of 50. Glad I got the final mowing done!

Also got snow tires put on.

Major chores *done* for a while, whew!

'Night, all. So very tired now.

Posted by: JQ at November 13, 2024 04:17 AM (njWTi)

14 Bacon and eggs, and slice of rye swirl toast with strawberry jelly. It's what's for breakfast.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 13, 2024 04:19 AM (3Ope8)

15 I mentioned Adam Kiplinger's liked that appointment so something is up

Posted by: Skip at November 13, 2024 04:20 AM (fwDg9)

16 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at November 13, 2024 04:20 AM (dg+HA)

17 Listen to this:

https://youtu.be/kDrfHj3j398

Posted by: Iconic theme songs at November 13, 2024 04:32 AM (dg+HA)

18 https://revolver.news/jim jordan just went on cnn blew-up 81 million biden votes
https://tinyurl.com/5eyd4fwf

Posted by: Skip at November 13, 2024 04:35 AM (fwDg9)

19 Sure would like to see PDTS pull all US funding out of the UN, the WHO and the WEF.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 13, 2024 04:36 AM (3Ope8)

20 >>>Anybody want a celebratory slice of glue pizza?

Yum!

Posted by: m at November 13, 2024 04:42 AM (VnUSN)

21 1 Coffee. Definitely coffee.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 13, 2024 04:01 AM (O7YUW)

Yeah, this.

Posted by: m at November 13, 2024 04:43 AM (VnUSN)

22 Mornin'

I see the usual suspects are already forming up their attacks against Trump's picks. Sad little creatures. It will only get worse.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 13, 2024 04:44 AM (sAmhv)

23 The AI hype bubble is, if not bursting, then certainly deflating. (Slack)

I WAS IN THE POOL!!!!!

...AI Costenza...

Posted by: Bruce at November 13, 2024 04:48 AM (zaFN2)

24 We’ll know betrayal when congress offer up CR’s and omnibus spending bills.

Posted by: 13times at November 13, 2024 04:51 AM (MoYQF)

25 I figured out a way to gauge Trumps picks. The worst, most vile, attacks by his critics, the better the pick. Except Rubio. Don't trust him at all.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 13, 2024 04:51 AM (sAmhv)

26 Ours not to reason why, ours but to do or die! (Well, okay, that is a little heavy. Maybe I should take it down a notch.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Ours is but to do and kvetch?

Posted by: Bruce at November 13, 2024 04:51 AM (zaFN2)

27
@laralogan

Where was John Ratcliffe when the 2020 election was stolen? Why did he wait until Jan 7th to reveal that the Chinese interfered with the election? He obviously knew that well in advance but waited until the nation was preoccupied with the operation on Jan 6.

Posted by: 13times at November 13, 2024 04:53 AM (MoYQF)

28 Ours not to reason why, ours but to do or die! (Well, okay, that is a little heavy. Maybe I should take it down a notch.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
*
Ours is but to do and kvetch?
Posted by: Bruce at November 13, 2024

***
Zing! Got it!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 13, 2024 04:56 AM (omVj0)

29 19 Sure would like to see PDTS pull all US funding out of the UN, the WHO and the WEF.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 13, 2024 04:36 AM (3Ope

PDTS = President Donald Trump Second (Incarnation)?

Posted by: m at November 13, 2024 04:57 AM (VnUSN)

30 I decided to take it easy this morning. Tonight, too, is my night to myself, when Miss Linda does not come over, and so I can relax and have my dinner and have some "me" time. Tomorrow a.m., it's supposed to be drier and less hot, so I can get my walk/run in then.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 13, 2024 04:59 AM (omVj0)

31 Time for my shower, to feed the beasts, and then me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 13, 2024 05:00 AM (omVj0)

32 Lara Logan
@laralogan

The intel community knows Marco Rubio is run by the Cubans.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 13, 2024 04:11 AM (TGPs7)

Whaaaaa?

Posted by: pookysgirl, possibly out of the loop at November 13, 2024 05:00 AM (dtlDP)

33 14 Bacon and eggs, and slice of rye swirl toast with strawberry jelly. It's what's for breakfast.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 13, 2024 04:19 AM (3Ope

It sounds pretty great.

Posted by: m at November 13, 2024 05:01 AM (VnUSN)

34 I don't know about you guys but, I'm looking forward to the heads exploding over the slate of appointments made yesterday. I can definitely get behind the rapid, heavy punching being done and I suspect this is partly diversionary too. I'm keenly interested to see what happens with the senate leadership vote.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 13, 2024 05:01 AM (3Ope8)

35 Posted by: m at November 13, 2024 04:57 AM (VnUSN)

President Donny Two Scoops

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 13, 2024 05:02 AM (3Ope8)

36 Melania isn't meeting with DOCTOR Jill to day for tea. Tradition I guess is out the window. Melania didn't like the agents going through her underwear drawers and probably trying them on.
So Jill will just have to water the plants or something while Trump and Joe have their ceremonial visit in the Oval office.

Posted by: Colin at November 13, 2024 05:03 AM (wlQdF)

37 'I don't know about you guys but, I'm looking forward to the heads exploding over the slate of appointments made yesterday.'

Trump does seem to be all out of bubblegum.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 13, 2024 05:03 AM (a1415)

38 I think I would rather go back to bed

Posted by: Skip at November 13, 2024 05:03 AM (fwDg9)

39 @21/m: Okay, I've had coffee and eggs, and my neurons have more or less gotten themselves into some semblance of a formation as a result.

I've spent some time this morning reflecting on having gotten out of the tech field. Now that I'm doing something else, I'm so much happier.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 13, 2024 05:04 AM (O7YUW)

40 I've spent some time this morning reflecting on having gotten out of the tech field. Now that I'm doing something else, I'm so much happier.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 13, 2024 05:04 AM (O7YUW)

Pass some of that happiness on to Pooky. He's been discontent over his knowledge and expertise being outdated.

Posted by: pookysgirl is glad he's no longer in harm's way at November 13, 2024 05:09 AM (dtlDP)

41 18 https://revolver.news/jim jordan just went on cnn blew-up 81 million biden votes
https://tinyurl.com/5eyd4fwf
Posted by: Skip at November 13, 2024 04:35 AM (fwDg9)

Dana Bash was outmatched.

Posted by: m at November 13, 2024 05:11 AM (VnUSN)

42 35 Posted by: m at November 13, 2024 04:57 AM (VnUSN)

President Donny Two Scoops
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 13, 2024 05:02 AM (3Ope

Ha!

Posted by: m at November 13, 2024 05:12 AM (VnUSN)

43 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 13, 2024 05:17 AM (hoCmQ)

44 Could the estimated 11-20 million missing voters have been lost in the North Carolina hurricane damage, and simply not been identified yet due to FEMA by policy slow walking/denying aid to areas which trend conservative?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 13, 2024 05:19 AM (a1415)

45 Lara Logan needs to take a break and get her sh*t straight.

Posted by: 13times at November 13, 2024 05:20 AM (y6vVG)

46 Above freezing but not by much, clear outside
Flag is up
🫡
Forward Dog 9 out

Posted by: Skip at November 13, 2024 05:21 AM (fwDg9)

47 "And they still have a better track record than Google."

Verizon forcing my Android phone to use Google for texting messages may get me to switch carriers and switch to Apple.

Posted by: Someone Else at November 13, 2024 05:21 AM (yFEZQ)

48 jim jordan just went on cnn blew-up 81 million biden votes

Meh. It was a tepid attempt to lay that turd on the table. After he pointed out the 10M vote downturn, he should have asked her directly why there's no media interest in such a huge loss of votes. Were voters suppressed, were they just ambivalent, were they fake to begin with? And his sleeves weren't rolled up so he wasn't serious anyway.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 13, 2024 05:22 AM (3Ope8)

49 @40/pookysgirl: That's part of why I'm glad I'm out of tech. The ever-increasing treadmill speed was making me miserable. I was thrown off it, but once thrown, I realized I never wanted to get back on that thing again. Problem was, all my experience was in that field, so I had to be willing to retrain into a different one and get on with my life. Daunting, frightening even, but worth it in the long run.

Tell Pooky to pick something he thinks he could enjoy doing that can't be outsourced. Heck, could be something like running a forklift for a dock operation (that's not what I do now but it's an example.) Something that has day to day challenges that can be overcome which gives one a nice feeling of accomplishment at the end of the day. There's a lot of satisfaction in "Yeah. I solved that and it mattered. I did good today."

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 13, 2024 05:22 AM (O7YUW)

50 Time for the morning walk.

BBIAB

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 13, 2024 05:26 AM (a1415)

51 Dana Bash was outmatched.
Posted by: m at November 13, 2024

***
From what I've read, Dana Bash would be outmatched by an aspidistra.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 13, 2024 05:28 AM (omVj0)

52 From a distance and admittedly as someone with no particular expertise, A.I. has seemed like hokum all along.

Posted by: Makes For Good Sci-Fi Though at November 13, 2024 05:30 AM (55kM1)

53 Currently 59, headed for 75 and sunny today. I could work at home but I'd end up at the golf course.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 13, 2024 05:31 AM (3Ope8)

54 32 Lara Logan
@laralogan

The intel community knows Marco Rubio is run by the Cubans.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 13, 2024 04:11 AM (TGPs7)

Whaaaaa?
Posted by: pookysgirl, possibly out of the loop at November 13, 2024 05:00 AM (dtlDP)

I wonder if this is not an opportune time to reel the Cuban people in? Why wouldn't that be something worth pursuing?

Posted by: Erik In Texas at November 13, 2024 05:32 AM (TEC4P)

55 44 Could the estimated 11-20 million missing voters have been lost in the North Carolina hurricane damage, and simply not been identified yet due to FEMA by policy slow walking/denying aid to areas which trend conservative?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 13, 2024 05:19 AM (a1415)

That site has a chart showing that the votes are lost from lots of states.

18 https://revolver.news/jim jordan just went on cnn blew-up 81 million biden votes
https://tinyurl.com/5eyd4fwf
Posted by: Skip at November 13, 2024 04:35 AM (fwDg9)

Posted by: m at November 13, 2024 05:33 AM (VnUSN)

56 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 13, 2024 05:22 AM (O7YUW)

He was a forklift driver for a paint factory after he got out of the USAF and enjoyed it but his mental illness caught up with him. He's been volunteering at Pookette's school library for one hour twice a week, and that's the closest he has to a job outside the home. At home, of course, he's helping raise our two kids.

The tech curve worries stem from being on the tech and website committees at church, I think. He really wants to use his gifts but never was trained on apps (the US military doesn't trust stuff that reports everything back to China, for some odd reason).

Posted by: pookysgirl is glad he's no longer in harm's way at November 13, 2024 05:35 AM (dtlDP)

57 Luke 18:1-8

Devotional on the persistent widow and persisting in prayer:

https://tinyurl.com/yfsuh559

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 13, 2024 05:38 AM (6TLY5)

58 The CBO revealed at least 1,264 federal programs and bureaus have expired authorizations, but they still received $516B in funding for FY2024.

Posted by: 13times at November 13, 2024 05:39 AM (y6vVG)

59 Lara Logan always seems a tad hysterical. She needs to calm down.

Shrieking women lost the election.

Posted by: lizabth at November 13, 2024 05:41 AM (Jfw7U)

60 Now icy-cold puppy and goat killing women....they seem to have won.

Posted by: lizabth at November 13, 2024 05:42 AM (Jfw7U)

61 Ah, here y'all are.

---

I'm ded

https://tinyurl.com/5mp5zjm9

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at November 13, 2024 05:43 AM (w6EFb)

62 Maybe the XL Keystone permit will be re-enstated by Trump on "Day 1".

https://youtu.be/ItA1lIkFwmM

(From 2 months ago)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 13, 2024 05:44 AM (O7YUW)

63 Young boy in KY prays with police officer before she starts her day and he goes off to school:

https://tinyurl.com/5n7a737k

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 13, 2024 05:45 AM (6TLY5)

64 61 Ah, here y'all are.

---

I'm ded

https://tinyurl.com/5mp5zjm9
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at November 13, 2024 05:43 AM (w6EFb)

That could go either way!

Posted by: m at November 13, 2024 05:45 AM (VnUSN)

65 Ha...that donkey. Knew right where to grab the interloper.

Posted by: lizabth at November 13, 2024 05:45 AM (Jfw7U)

66 62 Maybe the XL Keystone permit will be re-enstated by Trump on "Day 1".

https://youtu.be/ItA1lIkFwmM

(From 2 months ago)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 13, 2024 05:44 AM (O7YUW)

Make America and Canada Great Again!

Posted by: m at November 13, 2024 05:49 AM (VnUSN)

67 @56/pookysgirl:

Okay, if he wants to use his gifts in tech, and wants to make a difference, how about an independent one-man-operation as in-home tech help for seniors in your local community?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 13, 2024 05:49 AM (O7YUW)

68 You'll thank me for this one: Russian woman crying on camera,
while her pet monkey uses her head as a launching pad...

https://tinyurl.com/2xtd3ajw

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 13, 2024 05:51 AM (TGPs7)

69 For us mortals that rely on brand [fill in your favorite evil empire] for email I have found over the last 10 years Microsoft’s Outlook email to be quite stable and useful. Prior to that, it was something of a hot mess if you were using the desktop Outlook application as it would not sync calendar information across various machines to cite one example. Today it is one of those software apps one takes for granted because it works so well.

As for the new web-based version of Outlook, well, it’s not my favorite. However, it does work sort of, kind of, reasonably well, while lacking the snap of the native app and a significant number of features found in the desktop version. I definitely will be one of those that will use the desktop version till the bitter end which is coming in a few years. Hopefully by then Microsoft will have built-in approximate parity between the two.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at November 13, 2024 05:51 AM (vO42M)

70 59 Lara Logan always seems a tad hysterical. She needs to calm down.

Shrieking women lost the election.
Posted by: lizabth
..........................
Yea, she seems to have only one mode. I tend to tune those people out.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 13, 2024 05:52 AM (HQNGU)

71 Good morning, Horde. Mike Huckabee as Ambassador to Israel is a nice touch.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 13, 2024 05:53 AM (t8vHj)

72 Me, too, Puddleglum.

Give me some nuance.

Maybe even some penumbras and emanations.

Posted by: lizabth at November 13, 2024 05:54 AM (Jfw7U)

73 Happy Wednesday

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 13, 2024 05:54 AM (gbOdA)

74 This made me laugh. Older, chubby white dances-and does a good job to song "Billie Jean":

https://tinyurl.com/56t47hm3

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 13, 2024 05:56 AM (rgoSo)

75 @Cernovich
The DeSantis campaign had some flaws but they didn’t leak. CNN should not be breaking news about Trump Cabinet appointments.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 13, 2024 05:56 AM (TGPs7)

76 74- white "guy"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 13, 2024 05:57 AM (rgoSo)

77 71 Good morning, Horde. Mike Huckabee as Ambassador to Israel is a nice touch.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 13, 2024 05:53 AM (t8vHj)

Hadn't seen the bearded Mike Huckabee!

Posted by: m at November 13, 2024 05:57 AM (VnUSN)

78 US foreign policy is about to take a different stance on South America. PDT, Milei and Bukele are about to change that dynamic for the much needed better.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 13, 2024 05:59 AM (t8vHj)

79 I like Mike Huckabee and he certainly supports the State of Israel. I think an ambassador to Israel should speak Hebrew.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 13, 2024 06:00 AM (GsgGz)

80 68 You'll thank me for this one: Russian woman crying on camera,
while her pet monkey uses her head as a launching pad...

https://tinyurl.com/2xtd3ajw
Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 13, 2024 05:51 AM (TGPs7)

Oh! And it stopped to kiss her.

Posted by: m at November 13, 2024 06:00 AM (VnUSN)

81 It's so hard to get going on work this time of year. I want to sit and sit and sit....

But, here goes. Have a blessed day!

Posted by: lizabth at November 13, 2024 06:02 AM (Jfw7U)

82 Boston Radio Watch®️
@bostonradio

Village People released ‘Y.M.C.A.’ 46 years ago today, November 13, 1978. It peaked at #2 on Billboard’s Hot 💯 in early 1979.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 13, 2024 06:03 AM (TGPs7)

83 Did you hear about the cyclops whose computer crashed?

He called Eye-T.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 13, 2024 06:05 AM (GsgGz)

84
*trudges in with coffee*

Good morning, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 13, 2024 06:05 AM (EsZUh)

85 Haaretz on PDT's pick of Huckabee:

https://archive.is/JYwZQ

Posted by: m at November 13, 2024 06:06 AM (VnUSN)

86 Or just below freezing, just didn't get frost on truck

Posted by: Skip at November 13, 2024 06:06 AM (AYz4A)

87 They should though...

James Stewart ☝️
@IAmJamesStewart

I just don't see the Red Sox offering Soto 13 years at $600 million.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 13, 2024 06:06 AM (TGPs7)

88 "And they still have a better track record than Google."

Verizon forcing my Android phone to use Google for texting messages may get me to switch carriers and switch to Apple.

I have been using Pulse for texting over the last 6 or 7 years precisely because it's cross-platform. The interface is mostly well designed and it only gets confused occasionally which requires a resync. When I started using it I bought a lifetime license to it for about $40 which is proven to have been a bargain. I don't know their current pricing, if any, but it's at least worth looking at.

https://is.gd/bZF71P

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at November 13, 2024 06:07 AM (vO42M)

89 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at November 13, 2024 06:08 AM (gY0JQ)

90 m, may I get your cliff note version of that article?

Posted by: Ben Had at November 13, 2024 06:09 AM (t8vHj)

91
𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚊𝚑 𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚏𝚏
@yeahrightgirlhg

my grandma voted for Kamala and I voted for Trump. as a result, i’m spending Thanksgiving at my grandma’s house, because neither of us are little bitches.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 13, 2024 06:11 AM (TGPs7)

92 Posted by: m at November 13, 2024 06:06 AM (VnUSN

Thanks, m. That was interesting.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 13, 2024 06:13 AM (GsgGz)

93 Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 13, 2024 06:11 AM (TGPs7)

Good for her!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 13, 2024 06:13 AM (GsgGz)

94 Village People released ‘Y.M.C.A.’ 46 years ago

That makes me feel old.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 13, 2024 06:14 AM (GsgGz)

95 m, may I get your cliff note version of that article?
Posted by: Ben Had

"U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announced Mike Huckabee would be the next U.S. ambassador to Israel. Huckabee is a proponent of Greater Israel, and has had close relations with Israeli settlers and the Yesha Council, an umbrella organization of municipal councils of Jewish settlements in the West Bank, throughout the course of his political career."

The US Left is going to lose its mind.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at November 13, 2024 06:14 AM (vO42M)

96 I have always found Trump's use of YMCA amusing. The song is a great hook filled anthem with a killer chorus, but if you listen to the lyrics carefully, it's about gay hookups at the YMCA. Like I said, it's highly amusing.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at November 13, 2024 06:18 AM (vO42M)

97 Village People released ‘Y.M.C.A.’ 46 years ago

That makes me feel old.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 13, 2024

***
Me too, Fen. When I first heard it on the radio in '78, I thought it was a jingle, a tune written for a PSA about the actual YMCA. I loved it from the first, and still do.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 13, 2024 06:20 AM (omVj0)

98 Alteria, Thank you. That's pretty mild for the likes of Haaretz.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 13, 2024 06:20 AM (t8vHj)

99 I have always found Trump's use of YMCA amusing. The song is a great hook filled anthem with a killer chorus, but if you listen to the lyrics carefully, it's about gay hookups at the YMCA. Like I said, it's highly amusing.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at November 13, 2024

***
It's a triumphant-sounding song!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 13, 2024 06:23 AM (omVj0)

100 100

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 13, 2024 06:24 AM (EsZUh)

101 Nood. Non-JJ MR.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 13, 2024 06:26 AM (ExV1e)

102 Which Cubans? Cuba Cubans or Miami Cubans?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at November 13, 2024 06:27 AM (+H2BX)

103 Well, we can't get the Anti-Christ until the third temple is built.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at November 13, 2024 06:32 AM (+H2BX)

104 Posted by: lizabth at November 13, 2024 06:02 AM (Jfw7U

I say "Amen" to lizbeth's affirmation, May you have a blessed day, everyone! You are all a blessing to others!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 13, 2024 06:33 AM (on/xV)

105 QUESTION: President Biden, do you think we can get a hostage deal by the end of your term?

PRESIDENT BIDEN: Do you think you can keep from getting hit in the head by a -- a camera behind you?

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 13, 2024 06:35 AM (gbOdA)

106 After she was raped by that mob in Egypt years ago Lara Logan came back a changed woman.

It’s sad that’s what it took to open her eyes to the state of Western civilization and especially our media landscape,

But she’s gone so far to the side of paranoia that you’d be forgiven for confusing her with Lara Loomer, which I did when I read what she said about Rubio up above.

I mean, if you’re going to accuse Marco of being a Cuban asset you should at least provide a little proof. Otherwise you risk sounding like a loon.

Which is a shame because I’ve always liked Lara Logan being as beautiful and talented as she is.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 13, 2024 06:38 AM (6ydKt)

107 100 100
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 13, 2024 06:24 AM (EsZUh)

Nailed it!

Posted by: m at November 13, 2024 07:41 AM (VnUSN)

108 "I wonder if this is not an opportune time to reel the Cuban people in? Why wouldn't that be something worth pursuing?"

I've been saying the same thing for a long time.

When, exactly do you say a policy has failed?

Posted by: pawn at November 13, 2024 07:57 AM (QB+5g)

109 FWIW, downloading the data is as painless as possible.
I did today, in less than 10 minutes.
I held off deleting the data until my husband and I had the opportunity to confer later today. But, yeah, I probably will.
I will be forever grateful to 23 & Me for uniting my husband and an unknown son. It has been my privilege to add to our family, despite the risks of having our personal information vulnerable to the reach of nefarious interests.

Posted by: Linda S Fox at November 13, 2024 08:37 AM (7Rs+y)

110 AI's most useful and interesting aspect was the ability for relatively inexperienced people to create quite amazing artwork - not original, but certainly pretty/interesting.
I like to think of that use as a replacement for generic clipart.

Posted by: Linda S Fox at November 13, 2024 08:39 AM (7Rs+y)

111 Mircosoft and miserbale little weasels like Bill Gates who should be banished to the Swiss Alps without anything

Posted by: Spurwing Plover at November 13, 2024 04:50 PM (wGqjj)

Processing 0.02, elapsed 0.0236 seconds.
15 queries taking 0.0075 seconds, 120 records returned.
Page size 68 kb.
Powered by Minx 0.8 beta.