Daily Tech News 11 May 2025

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Microsoft is planning an update to Windows 11 with a less terrible version of the start menu. (Thurrott)

Don't worry, all the other terrible features are still there.
Meanwhile, Teams is basically Skype.

I installed the free app for work. It's... Not horrible.

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AMD is changing sockets for its next-generation server CPUs. (Tom's Hardware)

Two sockets, in fact. The low-end SP8 supporting up to 96 Zen 6 cores or 128 Zen 6c cores, and the high-end SP7 supporting up to 256 Zen 6c cores.

I don't know why SP7 is bigger than SP8. It just is.

No specific word on whether the current AM5 desktop socket will support the next generation of desktop CPUs, but probably. AMD's own history suggests it will only change once DDR6 memory is available, which will be a couple of years yet.
Google will pay Texas a $1.4 billion settlement over collecting Texans' data without permission. (AP News)

And they promise not to do it again, pinky swear.
The Beelink Me Mini NAS is now available starting at $329 including a 2TB SSD. (Liliputing)

It has an Intel N150 CPU - not fast, but it gets the job done, 12GB of soldered RAM, two 2.5Gb Ethernet ports, three USB ports, HDMI, and six M.2 slots.

Those slots mostly only support PCIe 3.0 x1, but even that is enough for a single SSD to flood both network ports.
There's a new stupid TikTok trend that is actually less likely than others to leave children dead or in jail. (Tom's Hardware)

The same site that promoted cheque fraud and autoasphyxiation is now just teaching children to short out their school-supplied laptops.

So that's nice.

Chemical Interlude

Musical Interlude

Song is Code Monkey by Jonathan Coulton. Anime is Black Heaven, a story about saving the world through the power of rock.

Disclaimer: The elements are the bottom of the periodic table are free. You can take them home. I have 5713 elements.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at May 11, 2025 04:31 AM (CQE5S)

2 BOING!

Back from a mid-morning fast walk. Boiling hot outside.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 11, 2025 04:31 AM (UzL96)

3 Meanwhile, Teams is basically Skype.

I installed the free app for work. It's... Not horrible.
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Had a customer schedule a Team meeting with me last week. Team wouldn't start because Team wouldn't update.

Had to forego video and call in instead.

Had to subsequently delete Team, download and reinstall.

This is why I personally almost always use Zoom.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 11, 2025 04:34 AM (UzL96)

4 LOL 100 British VS 100 Americans

https://nitter.net/Mericamemed/status/
1921067676618936363

Posted by: m at May 11, 2025 04:34 AM (CQE5S)

5 ... teaching children to short out their school-supplied laptops.
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"Static electricity ate my homework!"

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 11, 2025 04:35 AM (UzL96)

6 now with tinyurl

https://tinyurl.com/mujnrxbf

Posted by: m at May 11, 2025 04:36 AM (CQE5S)

7 And they promise not to do it again, pinky swear.

Ozzies do Pinky Swear?

I did not know that

Posted by: Miklos will not attempt to visualize at May 11, 2025 04:37 AM (t6ibK)

8 "1 Waffle House employee, any state"

Posted by: m at May 11, 2025 04:39 AM (CQE5S)

9 This is why I personally almost always use Zoom.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs

I always hated Zoom.

Felt sorry for the kids, who could not afford shoes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq01f7pbzCc

Posted by: Miklos was a kind child at May 11, 2025 04:41 AM (t6ibK)

10 "1 Waffle House employee, any state"
Posted by: m

It's all rigged

You can get fired and be Employee of the Month in the same week

Posted by: Miklos, Waffle House parking valet at May 11, 2025 04:44 AM (t6ibK)

11 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 11, 2025 04:48 AM (byWhc)

12 AMD is changing sockets

Now is the time at Pixy when we dance

Posted by: Dieter from Sockets at May 11, 2025 04:48 AM (t6ibK)

13 I always hated Zoom.

Felt sorry for the kids, who could not afford shoes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq01f7pbzCc

Posted by: Miklos was a kind child at May 11, 2025 04:41 AM (t6ibK)
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Never heard of it.

Romper Room child here. I always do what's right. I never to anything wrong.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 11, 2025 05:02 AM (UzL96)

14 G'Day everyone

https://tinyurl.com/4fuum8dk
20 Tweets from Doug Ross Journal

Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2025 05:04 AM (ypFCm)

15 Back from a mid-morning fast walk. Boiling hot outside.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 11, 2025 04:31 AM (UzL96)
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Now they tell me?

Health Ministry issues warning for heat wave across country

The Health Ministry issued a warning ahead of the heat wave expected across the country on Sunday.

The ministry warned to avoid exposure to heat and sun, especially for the elderly and those suffering of chronic illnesses.

In addition, it called to avoid unnecessary physical exertion both indoors and outdoors.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 11, 2025 05:06 AM (UzL96)

16 14
https://tinyurl.com/4fuum8dk
20 Tweets from Doug Ross Journal
Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2025 05:04 AM (ypFCm)

Thanks, Skip.

Posted by: m at May 11, 2025 05:06 AM (CQE5S)

17 Health Ministry issues warning for heat wave across country

Welcome to central South Carolina six months of every year

We got humidity and pollen to match

And giant flying cockroaches

YANKEES DO NOT COME

Posted by: Miklos would like to be invited to the Technion again at May 11, 2025 05:10 AM (t6ibK)

18 Goodmorning, good people.

Windows 11 needs to be burned to the ground in public, followed by a veritable saturnalia of celebration that precedes a national holiday commemorating the event.

Then they can bring back W7.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at May 11, 2025 05:13 AM (hKoQL)

19 Thanks, Skip.
Posted by: m

It is not a School Night

But don't encourage that little scamp.

Summer vacation is just around the corner.

Posted by: Auntie Miklos, entertaining a guest at May 11, 2025 05:15 AM (t6ibK)

20 Evening for Sunday toilers, morning for early risers and insomaniacals!

It's an amazing 63 F. with high humidity but little wind. This looks to be the last few days of tolerable daytime temps; we'll see 90 by Thurs. or Fri.

The "Champagne Stroll" uptown last night went okay, I guess. It did have the advantage of being free, including my parking two blocks off the main avenue. There were so many people choking the sidewalks, I have to wonder where they all put their cars (though no doubt many live uptown). The only thing worse than walking through the crowds would be trying to drive through them.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 11, 2025 05:18 AM (omVj0)

21 The only thing worse than walking through the crowds would be trying to drive through them.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

Inshallah

Posted by: Mullah Miklos, freelance Mahdi at May 11, 2025 05:20 AM (t6ibK)

22 Well, I do have to say that the idea that "Pride and Prejudice" is only popular because of DEI and not because Austen was a very fine writer certainly gave me a laugh. You don't have to read the book or even like it to realize that that particular opinion may not be shared by others.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 11, 2025 05:25 AM (liGu0)

23 Grit will have Rio Bravo, the John Wayne flick with Dean Martin, Walter Brennan, and Angie Dickinson, at 5 am Central. It's not a John Wayne day today, however; several George Montgomery movies follow, then the 2007 3:10 to Yuma with Christian Bale and Russell Crowe is up.

I may watch a 1950s B & W from YooToob this afternoon, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 11, 2025 05:26 AM (omVj0)

24 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at May 11, 2025 05:27 AM (AN2gy)

25 Well, I do have to say that the idea that "Pride and Prejudice" is only popular because of DEI and not because Austen was a very fine writer certainly gave me a laugh. You don't have to read the book or even like it to realize that that particular opinion may not be shared by others.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 11, 2025

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I've tried several times to get into Austen's actual work. One of my favorite authors, Rex Stout, loved her stuff and said that Pride is the book he'd most like to have written, or words to that effect. But her prose is rather dense by today's Hemingway-esque standards. Still, her portraits of human nature are still being trumpeted and turned into popular adaptations, so clearly she has something timeless about her novels.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 11, 2025 05:30 AM (omVj0)

26
Good morning, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 11, 2025 05:31 AM (QnmlO)

27 Little Dagny La Siberienne is clearly feeling better. She's trotting around me where I sit on the couch, trilling a little, hinting no doubt that it is feline breakfast time. She's right, and I'd have mine too except that I need to start my workout week. Oh, well, time to feed the beasts.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 11, 2025 05:32 AM (omVj0)

28
Ugh. A restless night of waking up multiple times. I mowed the yard yesterday, plus tree trimming, so I was hurting afterwards. If it was in the week I would have taken some Tylenol PM before going to bed, but I'm always concerned about waking Sunday morning to go to Mass. I sense a nap this afternoon.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 11, 2025 05:37 AM (QnmlO)

29 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 11, 2025 05:30 AM (

Yes, that's true. I understand many men do not like books with women as the central character or books that deal with the issue of women finding a mate, but whoever on that thread said Patrick O'Brian " by probably Austen was influenced was probably correct . I enjoy both of their novels.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 11, 2025 05:41 AM (GmczR)

30 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 11, 2025 05:37 AM (QnmlO)

Sorry you're hurting, Hadrian!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 11, 2025 05:42 AM (GmczR)

31 I understand many men do not like books with women as the central character or books that deal with the issue of women finding a mate, but whoever on that thread said Patrick O'Brian " by probably Austen was influenced was probably correct .

Said shorter ... a certain segment of us simply don't like listening to you. Its too many words, none of which make sense, all in a row.

We'll put up with it to screw you, until we obviously see that's not going to happen.

Its not a mystery wrapped in an enigma.

Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 11, 2025 05:45 AM (s4uyM)

32 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at May 11, 2025 05:46 AM (dg+HA)

33 Gospel quartet sings, " O, what a Savior"

https://tinyurl.com/bdfvvjm2

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 11, 2025 05:46 AM (GmczR)

34 Only tomorrow on day shift as have to finish job from last week then night work for a couple weeks. Then off and on a few months

Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2025 05:48 AM (ypFCm)

35 Google will pay Texas a $1.4 billion settlement over collecting Texans' data without permission. (AP News)

When can I expect my check, Kenny?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 11, 2025 05:48 AM (4/BuS)

36 LOL. Still trying to get a rise from people, ?.
You really should consider taking all your anger and hurt over the years and the ways people have let you down to God. He loves you!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 11, 2025 05:48 AM (GmczR)

37 post - 31 was for Scogg. This early for the insult factory? . LOL

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 11, 2025 05:51 AM (GmczR)

38 My Synology NAS came with 4 GB of RAM and would regularly bomb out because, well because. Actually it may have more to do with I'm running a Plex server on it so I can stream my movie catalog around the house and stream my lossless audio catalog to my cell phone which is rather useful when driving down the road. Or there might be a memory leak somewhere in the Plex code.

To upgrade using Synology branded RAM they want $325 for 16 GB or $650 if you fill both slots. Yikes. That's a hard pass. I was able to find on Amazon the same modules. Total price for two was $78. That should keep the NAS happy.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 11, 2025 05:56 AM (amnH6)

39 Hard to type. Big black cat on lap. Send lawyers, guns, and money.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 11, 2025 06:00 AM (omVj0)

40 Hard to type. Big black cat on lap. Send lawyers, guns, and money.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 11, 2025 06:00 AM (omVj0)
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If your cat is holding you hostage, why would he want lawyers as part of his ransom demand?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 11, 2025 06:01 AM (GlyvH)

41 Golf champ takes sick boy out for a great day of golf:

https://tinyurl.com/4br6erkv

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 11, 2025 06:05 AM (42Vb+)

42 Should make something, but waiting until after early shopping trip because I want sausages and blueberry pancakes

Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2025 06:08 AM (ypFCm)

43 My husband just gave a card and a lovely Gerber daisy. I don't remember him giving me flowers before for Mother's Day. How sweet!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 11, 2025 06:08 AM (wdyQk)

44 I am grateful to my long gone mom for instilling in me a love for reading , and to the mother of FenSpouse- also long gone -for the ways she influenced him to always be hard working and a kind man with a wonderful sense of humor.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 11, 2025 06:11 AM (wdyQk)

45 What the hell Microsoft? When they added folders to the W11 Start Menu and allowed the Recommended section to be shrunk to one line I had everything I needed.

I also don't need my cell phone showing up on the Start Menu. I don't get Microsoft's fetish about linking your phone to the desktop. I tried the phone link for a while and found it redundant to useless. Should I pick up my phone when I want to use it or or should I go fuss around with the computer to use my phone? Yeah, it's not a hard choice. Hopefully this computing advancement can be shut off.

And automatic categories? Can I nuke them? I have a pretty robust approach to setting up my computers and all this convenience just gets in the way. This reeks of gratuitous AI usage.

I guess I will be figuring out workarounds in a few months.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 11, 2025 06:11 AM (amnH6)

46 40 Hard to type. Big black cat on lap. Send lawyers, guns, and money.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 11, 2025 06:00 AM (omVj0)
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If your cat is holding you hostage, why would he want lawyers as part of his ransom demand?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 11, 2025 06:01 AM (GlyvH)

; )

Posted by: m at May 11, 2025 06:13 AM (CQE5S)

47 39 Hard to type. Big black cat on lap. Send lawyers, guns, and money.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 11, 2025 06:00 AM (omVj0)

Good kitty!

Posted by: m at May 11, 2025 06:13 AM (CQE5S)

48 My mother hasn't gotten the gist of text messages, you can message her but might not get back to you for days if at all.

Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2025 06:13 AM (ypFCm)

49 Wolfus, when are you going to start the new home search?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 11, 2025 06:17 AM (amnH6)

50 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 11, 2025 06:21 AM (hoCmQ)

51 Why even come on a thread ( in this case the movie thread) which someone has taken time to think about and prepare and say "I don't give a s*****?" Why not take your constipation and anger elsewhere until a topic comes up which interests you more? It's not as if anyone but Ace is being paid to post here .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 11, 2025 06:26 AM (42Vb+)

52 breakfast here is:

open-faced sandwich on bakery bread, slathered with butter, topped with cured turkey lunchmeat slices and cheese

Posted by: m at May 11, 2025 06:28 AM (CQE5S)

53 Happy Mom's Day to all the horde moms!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 11, 2025 06:29 AM (rT96s)

54 Fen I follow along what everyone comments about.

Was thinking men don't relate to women stories as easily as the other way around.

Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2025 06:30 AM (ypFCm)

55 mornin yall. As the TRUMP!!! curse spreads, Janeane Garofalo hits the wall that fell on Kathy Griffin.

Posted by: fd at May 11, 2025 06:34 AM (vFG9F)

56 I am glad Ciampino is doing better but I am sure he still needs prayers since he is in the hospital from blood loss.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 11, 2025 06:34 AM (rT96s)

57 Good morning morons especially mom morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 11, 2025 06:35 AM (RIvkX)

58 Switching to Earl Grey.

Posted by: m at May 11, 2025 06:50 AM (CQE5S)

59 the unbiased publicly funded NPR:

The Fox-to-Trump Funnel sweeps up Jeanine Pirro of 'The Five'

Posted by: m at May 11, 2025 06:54 AM (CQE5S)

60 How does this happen? The neighbors never said anything?

"Animal rescue workers found nearly 50 Belgian Malinois in a filthy, overcrowded Queens apartment, where they spent their entire lives crammed together without going outside, authorities said."

Posted by: fd at May 11, 2025 06:54 AM (vFG9F)

61 In local news, first annual Bacon Fest was canceled because of rain.

Posted by: fd at May 11, 2025 06:58 AM (vFG9F)

62 Next week though, in the next county over, is the annual Jugfest.

Posted by: fd at May 11, 2025 06:59 AM (vFG9F)

63 In local news, first annual Bacon Fest was canceled because of rain.
Posted by: fd at May 11, 2025 06:58 AM (vFG9F)
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Bacon Wenches hardest hit...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 11, 2025 07:01 AM (GlyvH)

64 Morning peeps.

Shout out to the moms.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 11, 2025 07:02 AM (Q4IgG)

65 Snarky Bill Maher takedown of the "global intifada" chic

https://tinyurl.com/4un22ab8

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 11, 2025 07:03 AM (RIvkX)

66 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 11, 2025 05:30 AM (omVj0)

Rex Stout mentions John Gunther in his Nero Wolfe books a few times, a totally forgotten popular American author. He also mentions Silent Spring.

But you know that. Hah.

There's an excellent biography of Pearl Buck by Hilary Spurling that covers Bucks life from childhood to her mid thirties. She literally grew up Chinese and only much later was Americanized and co-opted by the left.

Posted by: 13times at May 11, 2025 07:05 AM (b3ml3)

67 Mostly remember my cats wanting to be between my eyes and the computer screen

Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2025 07:07 AM (ypFCm)

68 How does this happen? The neighbors never said anything? ...
Posted by: fd at May 11, 2025 06:54 AM (vFG9F)
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Most parts of Queens people mind their own business.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 11, 2025 07:10 AM (RIvkX)

69 68 Mostly remember my cats wanting to be between my eyes and the computer screen
Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2025 07:07 AM (ypFCm)

; )

Posted by: m at May 11, 2025 07:11 AM (CQE5S)

70 Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 11, 2025 06:34 AM (rT96s)

He's a nice and interesting and smart man. I am sorry he's having these troubles. Thanks for lifting up that prayer concern .Am praying,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 11, 2025 07:11 AM (42Vb+)

71 "Most parts of Queens people mind their own business.
Posted by: San Franpsycho"

50 dogs barking 24/7 and the reek coming out of the apartment next door would become my business.

Posted by: fd at May 11, 2025 07:14 AM (vFG9F)

72 > 50 dogs barking 24/7 and the reek coming out of the apartment next door would become my business.
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By the number of posts on social media we seem to have a real epidemic here of "loose dogs."

Literally dozens of posts a day about them. Not the same ones, of course, but different areas... different dogs. Amazing how many.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 11, 2025 07:20 AM (Q4IgG)

73 Shout out to the moms.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 11, 2025 07:02 AM (Q4IgG)

Shout out to the men who appreciate the moms 😊 or women who without children of their own provided love and concern to other children.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 11, 2025 07:28 AM (42Vb+)

74 Zoom is literally Chinese spyware and as a daily user of Teams, never had a problem using it.

And it’s copilot integration and meeting recap features are integral to my workflow.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 11, 2025 07:30 AM (XV/Pl)

75 The rule in NYC is "don't start none, won't get some"
The was a low caste lady who collected cans. Piled high and full of rats. Took months of complaints before sanitation forced a clean up. Issue hasn't returned. Here's the story:
https://tinyurl.com/nspsae8w
She lived around the corner from us.

Posted by: Accomack at May 11, 2025 07:31 AM (6cOjz)

76 And it’s copilot integration and meeting recap features are integral to my workflow.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 11, 2025 07:30 AM (XV/Pl)

Sounds like it is synergizing all your modalities.

Posted by: Slow Eddie Felcherson at May 11, 2025 07:33 AM (qsrXK)

77 Constituents seethe about Alexandra O-C never being in her district or answering concerns while she's on her "blame the oligarchy" tour :

https://tinyurl.com/mwkzfmtn

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 11, 2025 07:34 AM (kfTUI)

78 Yeah, I can't use zoom on my work devices due to cybersecurity issues.

Austen is hilarious. Snarky and incisive and beautifully satirical. Haters are missing out.

(Actually many Austen lovers are missing out, too...I rate Mansfield Park highly and find it's the most misunderstood of her works, even by her own fans.)

Posted by: Mrs. Peel at May 11, 2025 07:35 AM (Y+AMd)

79 Most parts of Queens people mind their own business.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 11, 2025 07:10 AM (RIvkX)
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Kitty Genovese.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 11, 2025 07:35 AM (UzL96)

80 @76

>> Sounds like it is synergizing all your modalities.

Synegizing modalities is all i do everyday.

It would also make a great name for a SynthPop Band.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 11, 2025 07:39 AM (XV/Pl)

81 So far I have gotten up with the puppy, walked him, fed him, fed the cats, cleaned the dog food off the floor where he flipped his bowl over, made my own cappuccino, retrieved the puppy 3 times because he is not understanding the cats don’t want to play with a bouncy white ball of fluff. And now he is at the back door trying to convince me he does have to go out again. While everyone else sleeps because it’s 639. Happy Mother’s Day horde mamas! 😂

Posted by: Piper at May 11, 2025 07:40 AM (p4NUW)

82 81 So far I have gotten up with the puppy, walked him, fed him, fed the cats, cleaned the dog food off the floor where he flipped his bowl over, made my own cappuccino, retrieved the puppy 3 times because he is not understanding the cats don’t want to play with a bouncy white ball of fluff. And now he is at the back door trying to convince me he does have to go out again. While everyone else sleeps because it’s 639. Happy Mother’s Day horde mamas! 😂
Posted by: Piper at May 11, 2025 07:40 AM (p4NUW)

Good puppy!

Posted by: m at May 11, 2025 07:42 AM (CQE5S)

83 Afternoon stovetop cappuccino and almond flour biscotti, while I glance at the comments.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 11, 2025 07:48 AM (UzL96)

84 Any man who synergizes modalities spends a night in the box.

Posted by: Carr at May 11, 2025 07:50 AM (PiwSw)

85 Mrs. F. has been on a biscotti kick.

Almond, cranberry, chocolate.

It's been great.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 11, 2025 07:51 AM (RIvkX)

86 Zoom was around in the 1970s.
The Brady Bunch were early adopters.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 11, 2025 07:52 AM (dg+HA)

87 84 Any man who synergizes modalities spends a night in the box.
Posted by: Carr at May 11, 2025 07:50 AM (PiwSw)

Takin' it off, here, boss.

Posted by: m at May 11, 2025 07:52 AM (CQE5S)

88 Sure Jan.

Posted by: Marcia at May 11, 2025 07:53 AM (dg+HA)

89 88 Sure Jan.
Posted by: Marcia at May 11, 2025 07:53 AM (dg+HA)

For whatever reason, that absolutely cracked me up.

Posted by: m at May 11, 2025 07:54 AM (CQE5S)

90 Good morning good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 11, 2025 07:58 AM (cYBz/)

91 Romper Room child here. I always do what's right. I never to anything wrong.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

You're a Romper Room Do Bee, a Do Bee all day long?

I didn't get involved with doobies until late high school.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 11, 2025 08:00 AM (cYBz/)

92 You're a Romper Room Do Bee, a Do Bee all day long?

Posted by: Tonypete at May 11, 2025 08:00 AM (cYBz/)
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Not just any Do Bee.

A galloping Do Bee!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 11, 2025 08:01 AM (UzL96)

93 So far I have gotten up with the puppy, walked him, fed him, fed the cats, cleaned the dog food off the floor where he flipped his bowl over, made my own cappuccino, retrieved the puppy 3 times because he is not understanding the cats don’t want to play with a bouncy white ball of fluff. And now he is at the back door trying to convince me he does have to go out again. While everyone else sleeps because it’s 639. Happy Mother’s Day horde mamas! 😂
Posted by: Piper at May 11, 2025 07:40 AM (p4NUW)

Happy Mothers Day to you!

Posted by: Doof at May 11, 2025 08:03 AM (y1TJ5)

94 I have dim memories of my mother distracting me with Romper Room while shoving scrambled eggs in my mouth.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 11, 2025 08:03 AM (RIvkX)

95 Everyone member of the Horde should be reading DataRepublican's reports on X.

Know the enemy.

Now if only they were treated like they treated our side. That's the only way.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 11, 2025 08:03 AM (UzL96)

96
https://nitter.net/datarepublican

Posted by: m at May 11, 2025 08:10 AM (CQE5S)

97 Watching Lil Pooky wrestle with a stuffed Hatsune Miku. He really likes pulling on her pigtails. Not a good sign for kindergarten in a few years..

Posted by: pookysgirl, blowing kisses to all the Ette moms at May 11, 2025 08:10 AM (Wt5PA)

98 Granted it's NPR, but I've seen this story for a while now. No, not everybody ignored Kitty Genovese. That was another simplification by the NY Times:

https://tinyurl.com/mr24h4yk

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 11, 2025 08:11 AM (8XBD2)

99 Rogue Democratic Party judges have carried out a disgraceful campaign to frustrate the will of the voters by issuing orders that are ill-founded, legally unwarranted and overbroad. It is up to the Supreme Court to rein in this judicial misconduct.
-John Hinderaker
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Sure, John.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 11, 2025 08:11 AM (RIvkX)

100 100

Posted by: m at May 11, 2025 08:11 AM (CQE5S)

101 Not a good sign for kindergarten in a few years..
Posted by: pookysgirl, blowing kisses to all the Ette moms at May 11, 2025 08:10 AM (Wt5PA)
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Are you kidding? It's an essential skill.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 11, 2025 08:12 AM (RIvkX)

102 41 Golf champ takes sick boy out for a great day of golf:

https://tinyurl.com/4br6erkv
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 11, 2025 06:05 AM (42Vb+)

Thanks for sharing that, Fen. I know a guy who does ONTs and likes to share wholesome content.

Posted by: Doof at May 11, 2025 08:12 AM (y1TJ5)

103 >all this convenience just gets in the way. ...
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram -
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Microsoft explained, in just eight words

Posted by: Don Black at May 11, 2025 08:13 AM (AOsQT)

104 Ciampino is in a hospital in St. Louis more than an hour's drive from both of his daughters, neither of whom can take time off to travel to stay close to him while he recuperates.

Do we have any Horde members in the St. Louis area who might be able to be a sort of "liaison" for his family members and/or visit him at the hospital so that he is not completely alone during his stay while there?

I don't know which hospital, but I am sure that his daughter will be giving us updates, so we can ask her when she comes back on. It sounds like he will be there long enough to receive cards, as well, so maybe his daughter will be willing to share his contact information, too.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 11, 2025 08:16 AM (SRRAx)

105 What happened to Ciampino?

Posted by: dantesed at May 11, 2025 08:18 AM (Oy/m2)

106 Happy Mother's Day to everyone who is a mom or has a mom or is missing a mom today. Including those who have a difficult mom and can never find the right card.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 11, 2025 08:18 AM (SfhV1)

107 Why NYC has a housing crisis reason #1047:
https://tinyurl.com/yeysr78w

Posted by: Accomack at May 11, 2025 08:19 AM (RBD82)

108 Are you kidding? It's an essential skill.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 11, 2025 08:12 AM (RIvkX)

I have a nephew and niece that were born a month apart. When they were toddlers, she'd tackle him and roughhouse while he would just stoically take it. Now they're highschoolers, he's a wrestler and in football, and he just picks her up while hugging her. She's a complete stick in the mud but it's one of the few times we see her laugh during family gatherings.

Posted by: pookysgirl, blowing kisses to all the Ette moms at May 11, 2025 08:20 AM (Wt5PA)

109 Posted by: Doof at May 11, 2025 08:12 AM (y1TJ5)

Thanks to the gentleman who provides wholesome content. 😊

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 11, 2025 08:22 AM (42Vb+)

110 Ciampino is in a hospital in St. Louis

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 11, 2025 08:16 AM (SRRAx)
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Lot of this happening here.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

http://www.quickmeme.com/p/3w4490

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 11, 2025 08:23 AM (UzL96)

111 I lost my mom just before Mother's Day in 2020. It was during the covid insanity, which made everything about her passing surreal.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 11, 2025 08:24 AM (Q4IgG)

112 I remember Romper Room

Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2025 08:24 AM (ypFCm)

113 I lost my mom just before Mother's Day in 2020. It was during the covid insanity, which made everything about her passing surreal.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 11, 2025 08:24 AM (Q4IgG)

That must have been hard on you and your family. So sorry.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 11, 2025 08:25 AM (SfhV1)

114 Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 11, 2025 08:24 AM (Q4IgG)

I am sorry for you loss.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 11, 2025 08:26 AM (8XBD2)

115 https://nitter.net/datarepublican

Posted by: m at May 11, 2025 08:10 AM (CQE5S)
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Even her short one-off comments are worthwhile. About the Dems attacking NJ ICE personnel:

DataRepublican (small r)
@DataRepublican
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16h
The more I think about this, the less accidental it seems. This is color revolution tactics. They are deliberately using minority members of Congress as a vehicle to normalize political violence. I am on travel today, but I will be running this through the NED journals to try and piece together the strategy.

My advice to the Trump team: call it out strongly. Name it for what it is. A coordinated attempt at a color revolution with the end goal of a coup.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 11, 2025 08:26 AM (UzL96)

116 Thanks to the gentleman who provides wholesome content. 😊
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 11, 2025 08:22 AM (42Vb+)

We need more of it!!

Posted by: Doof at May 11, 2025 08:26 AM (y1TJ5)

117 Every day is mother's day!!!

/my pronoun is now mom

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 11, 2025 08:27 AM (UzL96)

118 Wow. I didn't realize a government official had come out and spoken about the network of underground cities:

"Former assistant secretary of Housing and Urban Development Catherine Austin Fitts alleged that $21 trillion in taxpayer funds were funnelled into this clandestine project between 1998 and 2015."

https://tinyurl.com/48k48mfz

Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 11, 2025 08:28 AM (g7exq)

119 my pronoun is now mom

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 11, 2025 08:27 AM (UzL96)

When my kids were little, I heard "Mom!" "Mom!" "Mom!" so many times that I threatened to change my name.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 11, 2025 08:29 AM (SfhV1)

120 Wow. I didn't realize a government official had come out and spoken about the network of underground cities:

Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 11, 2025 08:28 AM (g7exq)
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Were you hunkered down in your refurbished Minuteman silo for the past week?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 11, 2025 08:30 AM (UzL96)

121 Duluth Trading opens at 10. There's still time.

Posted by: Mother's Day essentials at May 11, 2025 08:31 AM (dg+HA)

122 Both my parents are still around, lucky I guess

Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2025 08:31 AM (ypFCm)

123 Posted by: Doof at May 11, 2025 08:26 AM (y1TJ5)

If I can , always try to put something wholesome on the tech thread . My sources are "Faithpot" or "SunnySkyz" site. Posters here also provide wholesome content by saying things like "The sunrise is glorious" or "I saw a male cardinal( the bird not the clergyman ) in a tree today.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 11, 2025 08:32 AM (8XBD2)

124 >When my kids were little, I heard "Mom!" "Mom!" "Mom!" so many times that I threatened to change my name.

Posted by: grammie winger

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when I was little, my name was Damn It

Posted by: Don Black at May 11, 2025 08:32 AM (AOsQT)

125 When my kids were little, I heard "Mom!" "Mom!" "Mom!" so many times that I threatened to change my name.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 11, 2025 08:29 AM (SfhV1)
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So touchy! Those shouts never bothered me.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 11, 2025 08:33 AM (UzL96)

126 Why yes- I did steal that joke

Posted by: Don Black at May 11, 2025 08:33 AM (AOsQT)

127 Were you hunkered down in your refurbished Minuteman silo for the past week?

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Yeah, I've been out of pocket except for some early morning visits and time in JJs threads.

Pretty neat to think:

"And the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, and said to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”

- Rev. 6:15-17

Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 11, 2025 08:33 AM (g7exq)

128 Even her short one-off comments are worthwhile.

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I'm not joking when I say DataRepublican likely needs a protection detail, especially knowing that she's deaf.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 11, 2025 08:34 AM (g7exq)

129 Archaeologists in London made a remarkable discovery: a 2,000-year-old cosmetic face cream dating back to Roman times — believed to be the oldest known example of its kind. Found at a Roman temple site near the Thames, the small sealed tin pot still contained a white, ointment-like substance.

What makes the find even more extraordinary is the presence of visible finger marks preserved in the lid, offering a deeply human connection to the ancient past.

Chemical analysis revealed ingredients such as animal fat, starch, and tin.

Posted by: 13times at May 11, 2025 08:35 AM (b3ml3)

130 when I was little, my name was Damn It
Posted by: Don Black
_________

Obligatory Bill Cosby:

https://tinyurl.com/y3um3fbw

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 11, 2025 08:36 AM (UBKzV)

131 Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 11, 2025 08:33 AM (g7exq)
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That's nothing!

According to the Quran, I'm gonna be hiding behind rocks and trees and they're gonna give me away - the no-goodniks!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 11, 2025 08:36 AM (UzL96)

132 My late mother was a writer. While raising four children, she wrote her first mystery novel in longhand (on yellow legal pads with #2 pencils) at night in a cramped sewing closet. I'll never forget her eruption of joy when she got the acceptance letter from Doubleday. She wrote two others. A formidable woman and a terrific mother.

Posted by: Ordinary American at May 11, 2025 08:37 AM (vsTPo)

133 Christian devotional on a mom who felt inadequate and how her faith helped her in looking back:

https://tinyurl.com/4w3s5jwx

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 11, 2025 08:38 AM (42Vb+)

134 Chemical analysis revealed ingredients such as animal fat, starch, and tin.

Posted by: 13times at May 11, 2025 08:35 AM (b3ml3)
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I have tried to get Mrs. BD to try applying beef tallow on her face for a while instead of the concoctions of unknown chems and micro ingredients in the cosmetics she buys (and tosses away in search of a better one).

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 11, 2025 08:39 AM (UzL96)

135 I'm not joking when I say DataRepublican likely needs a protection detail, especially knowing that she's deaf.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie

I believe she has one. Volunteers. I forget the group.

Posted by: MkY at May 11, 2025 08:41 AM (cPGH3)

136 I believe she has one. Volunteers. I forget the group.

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That's good to hear, thanks.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 11, 2025 08:42 AM (g7exq)

137 I found it.
dataRepublican is being protected by the United Cajun Navy.
Some serious people in that group.

Posted by: MkY at May 11, 2025 08:43 AM (cPGH3)

138 Hard to type. Big black cat on lap. Send lawyers, guns, and money.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 11, 2025
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If your cat is holding you hostage, why would he want lawyers as part of his ransom demand?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 11, 2025

***
He'd have a hard time with guns too, and not much use for money!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 11, 2025 08:43 AM (omVj0)

139 Wow. I didn't realize a government official had come out and spoken about the network of underground cities:

Posted by: Boron Cobbie
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I'm a sucker for conspiracy theories. But I don't think I'm buying this one. But, who knows.
And how would we ever rebuild the world if we lost our congress critters and district judges?
They're so important dontcha know.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at May 11, 2025 08:44 AM (Lo97M)

140 > I'm not joking when I say DataRepublican likely needs a protection detail, especially knowing that she's deaf.
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She's got several people's attention that might be able to provide some support and are using the data analysis she's providing.

There are some interviews with her available on the web.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 11, 2025 08:45 AM (Q4IgG)

141 If I can , always try to put something wholesome on the tech thread . My sources are "Faithpot" or "SunnySkyz" site. Posters here also provide wholesome content by saying things like "The sunrise is glorious" or "I saw a male cardinal( the bird not the clergyman ) in a tree today.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 11, 2025 08:32 AM (8XBD2)

Being positive is a choice. And often times not an easy one. Appreciate you and others who do it more than most of us.

Posted by: Doof at May 11, 2025 08:45 AM (y1TJ5)

142 Fortunately the color revolution tactics are getting old and failing. The Biden admin tried it at least 3 times against Netanyahu last year and each failed.
They ran it against Trump in 2020 but only won because of massive fraud. Tried in 24 but obviously that failed, too.
I strongly suspect it only works when there is massive discontent with the ruling powers already in place. And by massive I mean a supermajority.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 11, 2025 08:46 AM (S+5p3)

143 Doof? Maryland Man? Wholesome?

Posted by: By What Measure? at May 11, 2025 08:46 AM (G5+As)

144 Doof? Maryland Man? Wholesome?
Posted by: By What Measure? at May 11, 2025 08:46 AM (G5+As)

I have my moments. Infrequent though they may be.

Posted by: Doof at May 11, 2025 08:48 AM (y1TJ5)

145 Posted by: Tom Servo at May 11, 2025 08:46 AM (S+5p3)
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Political Lawfare is not stopping here.

While funding is down for the "Kaplanist" leftists protesting against Netanyahu and his coalition, they're still very active, organized and producing flags, posters and other materials, hung up all over the country.

Do not dismiss them. They are simply regrouping.

FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 11, 2025 08:52 AM (UzL96)

146 I have my moments. Infrequent though they may be.
Posted by: Doof

I enjoy your work and wit. I just ignore your pickleball fetish, though.

Posted by: G Minor at May 11, 2025 08:53 AM (G5+As)

147 >>>I'm a sucker for conspiracy theories.

Is this something?

As soil temperatures in the east rise from south-to-north, Cicadas of Brood XIV have begun to emerge from their subterranean nests after nearly two decades.

U.S.-born Pope Bob emerged from the conclave and chose Leo XIV as his stage name.

I'm not sure what the conspiracy is there, but it's probably something for you to keep an eye on.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 11, 2025 08:53 AM (Y1sOo)

148 Vee haf come a long vay since dee mineshaft gap.

Posted by: Dr Strangelove at May 11, 2025 08:53 AM (i0F8b)

149 I'm back from my workout at the local 1/5 mile track (ten laps in 21 minutes), cleaned up, fed, and am sipping coffee as I wait for the Book Thread.

Just a thought: I'm watching Rio Bravo, and there is a scene late in the film where Dude (Dean Martin), Colorado (Rick Nelson), Stumpy (Walter Brennan), and Chance (John Wayne) are sitting in the jail office. Dude begins to sing, and Colorado joins in on his guitar, then sings another tune with Stumpy. Cynically, you'd think they put this scene in for the audience because Martin and Nelson were both known as singers. But the scene works. Four men, under siege and stress, relaxing, singing tunes that fit the time period, Wayne's Chance just watching and enjoying. Good stuff.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 11, 2025 08:55 AM (omVj0)

150 Datarepublican security detail.

Cajun Navy.

Posted by: 13times at May 11, 2025 08:56 AM (b3ml3)

151 Remember Jaguar's Pink Panther.

Regrets. They have a few:

https://t.co/AU6ncrzd7U

But there's always someone new who hasn't learned from others:

https://t.co/kmgxmJsB6w

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 11, 2025 08:56 AM (UzL96)

152 Posted by: Piper at May 11, 2025 07:40 AM (p4NUW)

Happy Mothers Day to you!
Posted by: Doof at May 11, 2025 08:03 AM (y1TJ5)

Thank you!

Posted by: Piper at May 11, 2025 08:57 AM (CM7zZ)

153 3 minutes until book launch.

Posted by: 13times at May 11, 2025 08:57 AM (b3ml3)

154 I enjoy your work and wit. I just ignore your pickleball fetish, though.
Posted by: G Minor at May 11, 2025 08:53 AM (G5+As)
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And the Rush fixation.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 11, 2025 08:58 AM (RIvkX)

155 Do not dismiss them. They are simply regrouping.

FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 11, 2025 08:52 AM (UzL96)

A lot of wild rumors are flying around X about negotiations. I don’t believe any of them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 11, 2025 08:58 AM (S+5p3)

156 Ladies and gentlemen, prepare to read!

Posted by: Eromero at May 11, 2025 08:58 AM (LHPAg)

157 I enjoy your work and wit. I just ignore your pickleball fetish, though.
Posted by: G Minor at May 11, 2025 08:53 AM (G5+As)

Lol!
I'm at a campground this weekend and a few spots down from me is a group that brought a pickleball net and stuff. They set it up in the roadway. I just watched and resisted the urge to ask to join them. They were not good and kept saying the score wrong. But they were having a great time.

And I like the nic! Some wholesome guy must have suggested it.

Posted by: Doof at May 11, 2025 08:59 AM (y1TJ5)

158 One of the most difficult things going forward will be returning Americans to using "hypothesis" instead of the pejorative and anti-science "conspiracy theory"

It was extremely clever for the feds to popularize its use in the culture after the JFK shooting, though. Wildly successful in helping marginalize individuals and avoid accountability.

See also: Pizzagate

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Nose rings and tattoos show that her trauma is her personality at May 11, 2025 09:00 AM (EGr8c)

159 I know it's time for the book thread when my Generac fires up at 8:00 a.m. on Sundays for its weekly 5-minute test run.

As it just did.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 11, 2025 09:01 AM (Y1sOo)

160 Noodus biblioteca

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 11, 2025 09:02 AM (omVj0)

161 Posted by: Ordinary American

That's great! Thanks for giving us the anecdote and appreciation!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 11, 2025 09:06 AM (EoLfX)

162 What a data of un-ambiguity and preserveness of valuable familiarity concerning unpredicted emotions.

Posted by: dewi188 at May 11, 2025 05:53 PM (mFOLJ)

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