Daily Tech News 7 June 2025

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Move fast and blow up rockets: SpaceX is already preparing Starship Flight 10 for testing. (WCCFTech)

No launch date has been set just yet, but just over a week after Flight 9 suffered an attitude control failure, SuperHeavy Booster 16 underwent a static test fire in preparation for flight with the latest Starship module.

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Is the MSI X870E Tomahawk WiFi the high-end AMD motherboard to get? Probably. (Tom's Hardware)

It's not the one I got, just the one I probably should have got. It's still not perfect due to the limited number of PCIe lanes available with AMD's chipsets - Intel is better on this - but it has fewer constraints than the Gigabyte board I have.

Specifically on my board if you use M.2 slots 2 and 3 it cuts the main PCIe slot from x16 to x8 - not the end of the world, but inconvenient - and if you use M.2 slot 4 it turns off the secondary PCIe slot entirely. The MSI doesn't do that, though if you use both M.2 slot 2 and the USB4 ports, both run at PCIe 5.0 x2.

I bought an M.2 RAID card because it adds four slots - effectively three, because it needs to go in the secondary PCIe slot so I can't use M.2 slot four - and it cost half as much as a new motherboard. But with the added cost of the MSI board over the Gigabyte models is half of that, and worth it if you don't want to worry about things not working.
The little-known tax code change that led to mass tech industry layoffs unless it had nothing to do with any of that. (Quartz)

The change - proposed in 2017 during Trump's first term and taking effect in 2022 - made it so that companies could not immediately write off R&D expenses but had to depreciate them over a period of years... Like most things.

The link between the tech layoffs of recent years and the changes to the tax code seems to be entirely unsupported.
Vibe Coding ain't shit. (ShiftMag)

Let's say you have a great idea for a new app. You pay some guys in Uzbekistan to develop it for you. You put it up on the AppStore.

It looks great. Everyone's happy. And then within a week it gets hacked and all your customers lot only lose their data but the contents of their bank accounts, you're facing a class action lawsuit, the guys in Uzbekistan have disappeared, and you have no idea what happened.

That's Vibe Coding.

Treat it like you're a twelve-year-old girl and the people promoting it are offering candy from the back of a van.
The SiPeed NanoCluster is a cluster only nano. (Liliputing)

It supports up to seven compute modules - SiPeed's own or the Raspberry Pi CM4 or CM5 (equivalent to the Raspberry Pi models 4 and 5 respectively, reasonably enough). The cluster itself only costs $45, and equipped with seven eight-core, 8GB AI-optimised blades it still comes out to under $1200 and uses less than 65W of power.

This is meant more for robotics and automation than to compete with commercial AI racks, which cost a thousand times as much and use a thousand times as much power.
Solving a mysterious murder from 14th-century England with advanced mapping except not. (Ars Technica)

The guilty parties were identified and convicted in 1337, so the mapping project just... Translated the verdict from Latin?

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Thirteen.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at June 07, 2025 04:30 AM (CQE5S)

2 Morning horde.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at June 07, 2025 04:31 AM (naiw2)

3 >>>The SiPeed

That seems unfortunately named.

Posted by: m at June 07, 2025 04:31 AM (CQE5S)

4 Morning all.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 07, 2025 04:32 AM (BLOW1)

5 3 >>>The SiPeed

That seems unfortunately named.
Posted by: m

We don't judge.

Much.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 07, 2025 04:33 AM (BLOW1)

6
>>>Treat it like you're a twelve-year-old girl
>>>Disclaimer: Thirteen.
maybe?

Posted by: m at June 07, 2025 04:33 AM (CQE5S)

7 The SiPeed NanoCluster is a cluster only nano. (Liliputing)

Did anyone in that (presumably) Chinese company check to see what "peed" meant in English?

Posted by: mikeski at June 07, 2025 04:34 AM (DgGvY)

8 The dambusters clip (the last video) on the ONT is so, so very cool.

Posted by: m at June 07, 2025 04:37 AM (CQE5S)

9 7 The SiPeed NanoCluster is a cluster only nano. (Liliputing)

Did anyone in that (presumably) Chinese company check to see what "peed" meant in English?
Posted by: mikeski at June 07, 2025 04:34 AM (DgGvY)

Si.

Posted by: m at June 07, 2025 04:37 AM (CQE5S)

10 On the ONT, what is the Canadian saying that you should leave on your porch? I get the gist--something like valuables or keys--but I can't make out the words.

Posted by: m at June 07, 2025 04:39 AM (CQE5S)

11 ... 'cuz he's speaking Canadian.

Posted by: m at June 07, 2025 04:40 AM (CQE5S)

12 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 07, 2025 04:45 AM (ohOaC)

13 The KLF - Justified and Ancient (feat. Tammy Wynette)

um

Posted by: m at June 07, 2025 04:48 AM (CQE5S)

14 I remember seeing the music video when I was stationed in the UK. Wasn't really paying attention to it closely until I heard this womans voice that sounded familiar. I looked up and there is Tammy Wynette in a Euro-Techno Dance video. My reaction was, Huh. That's Tammy Wynette. Hmm.'. I mean it worked. She was great, tune was trippy. Never a techno music listening but this was ok. I read somewhere how this band (just two guys) manage to get Tammy Wynette in this video. I'll have to look for it again.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 07, 2025 04:53 AM (ohOaC)

15 It's very catchy. It continues to play in my brain.

Posted by: m at June 07, 2025 05:03 AM (CQE5S)

16 Goodest of mornings, great citizens of my glorious nation.

May all effort you undertake result in benefit to you, with concurrent grief for the leftwit fungi who plague us.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 07, 2025 05:04 AM (hKoQL)

17 Continually expanding my music horizons.

Posted by: m at June 07, 2025 05:05 AM (CQE5S)

18 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at June 07, 2025 05:07 AM (AN2gy)

19 The KLF - Justified and Ancient (feat. Tammy Wynette)

So much spectacle and production, so little catchy melody.

Posted by: fluffy at June 07, 2025 05:14 AM (AN2gy)

20 10 On the ONT, what is the Canadian saying that you should leave on your porch? I get the gist--something like valuables or keys--but I can't make out the words.
Posted by: m at June 07, 2025 04:39 AM

Their key fobs for their cars.

Posted by: Moonbeam at June 07, 2025 05:20 AM (rbKZ6)

21 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at June 07, 2025 05:21 AM (lIgBp)

22 20 10 On the ONT, what is the Canadian saying that you should leave on your porch? I get the gist--something like valuables or keys--but I can't make out the words.
Posted by: m at June 07, 2025 04:39 AM

Their key fobs for their cars.
Posted by: Moonbeam at June 07, 2025 05:20 AM (rbKZ6)

Thank you!

Posted by: m at June 07, 2025 05:24 AM (CQE5S)

23
Yesterday was bittersweet for me, I reluctantly sold my beloved Ramcharger that was finally showing incipient body rust, couple small bubbles on the lower area in front of the rear wheel. That's a common issue with them. I vowed that would be the goodby sign for it. I was talking to my lawn guy this last Tuesday about it and he said his next door neighbor might want to look at it. He did stop by Thursday and decided to buy, made an offer that was the exact asking price then went home and brought back cash.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 07, 2025 05:25 AM (hKoQL)

24 Evening and morning, fellow satellites of the AoSHQ! 'Tis Saturn's Day at last.

The KLF - Justified and Ancient (feat. Tammy Wynette)

So much spectacle and production, so little catchy melody.
Posted by: fluffy at June 07, 2025

***
I *thought* that was Tammy Wynette! How old is that video, anyway?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2025 05:41 AM (omVj0)

25 I *thought* that was Tammy Wynette! How old is that video, anyway?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

Early 90s. 1991-92, more or less.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 07, 2025 05:42 AM (ohOaC)

26 " I reluctantly sold my beloved Ramcharger"

So sad. So sorry.

Care to share any details?

Posted by: pawn at June 07, 2025 05:46 AM (7PZBL)

27 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2025 05:49 AM (+qU29)

28 11 ... 'cuz he's speaking Canadian.
Posted by: m at June 07, 2025 04:40 AM

It's like a whole 'nother country.

Posted by: Eh? at June 07, 2025 05:52 AM (lIgBp)

29 28 11 ... 'cuz he's speaking Canadian.
Posted by: m at June 07, 2025 04:40 AM

It's like a whole 'nother country.
Posted by: Eh? at June 07, 2025 05:52 AM (lIgBp)

It's like a hat:

"To prevent the possibility of being attacked in your home? Leave your fobs at the front door. Because they're breakin' into your home to ... steal your car. They don't want anything else."

Posted by: m at June 07, 2025 06:03 AM (CQE5S)

30 11 ... 'cuz he's speaking Canadian.
Posted by: m at June 07, 2025
*
It's like a whole 'nother country.
Posted by: Eh? at June 07, 2025

***
I used to want to see "Canadia"; my mother was born and grew up (to age 12) there. Since the embarrassment of their Sniffle Scare response, not so much.

Same witih Australia and New Zealand. My fear is that, if I visited and a new opportunity to lock down and CONTROL the populace broke out, I'd be stuck.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2025 06:04 AM (omVj0)

31 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 07, 2025 06:06 AM (hoCmQ)

32 Oh, the check for my short story on Black Cat Weekly e-zine showed up yesterday. Some of it will probably go into gas for the Buick. I have this fond notion that ethanol-free is better for the car's digestion and mileage. (The latter is noticeable. Not so much the former.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2025 06:06 AM (omVj0)

33 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 07, 2025 06:07 AM (/Ghsb)

34 fixing this:

"To prevent the possibility of being attacked in your home? Leave your fobs at your front door. 'Cuz they're breakin' into your home to ... steal your car. They're ... they don't want anything else."

Posted by: m at June 07, 2025 06:13 AM (CQE5S)

35 30 I used to want to see "Canadia"; my mother was born and grew up (to age 12) there. Since the embarrassment of their Sniffle Scare response, not so much.

Same with Australia and New Zealand. My fear is that, if I visited and a new opportunity to lock down and CONTROL the populace broke out, I'd be stuck.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

New Zealand is relatively sane right now. The commies pushed too hard and got thrown out. Jacinda Ardern is at Harvard these days.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 07, 2025 06:14 AM (BLOW1)

36 Saturday am, and here I am awake earlier than I planned. Well, I'll have some eggs and toast this morning, I think, and then I have to wash the car and get my hair cut (all of them). The car wash is iffy. We had rain yesterday evening, quite a bit, and I suspect the roads are still damp and muddy. Not much point to detailing the Buick if a drive will kick up mud onto the rocker panels and undo all my work.

Miss Linda has some coupons, and so I'll stop at Whole Foods and see if they carry the items.

We might go out this evening and have some ice cream or gelato at the famous old ice cream parlor, Brocato's.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2025 06:17 AM (omVj0)

37 35 30 New Zealand is relatively sane right now. The commies pushed too hard and got thrown out. Jacinda Ardern is at Harvard these days.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 07, 2025 06:14 AM (BLOW1)

Oh, my.

Jacinda Ardern Thinks World Leaders Need More Kindness
The former prime minister, who led New Zealand through the pandemic, has published a memoir arguing for more empathy in politics. (NYT)

https://archive.is/mSzAK

Posted by: m at June 07, 2025 06:17 AM (CQE5S)

38 "... Harvard University, where Ms. Ardern, who resigned as prime minister in 2023, now holds three fellowships"

Posted by: m at June 07, 2025 06:18 AM (CQE5S)

39 "This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity."

No doubt.

Posted by: m at June 07, 2025 06:20 AM (CQE5S)

40 "It's a health issue, maybe more so when you’re a geriatric mother, which I was. Also why can’t we change that terminology? I specifically put that term [geriatric] in the book because I was like, At some point someone has to say, “Let’s come up with another frame.”

Like what?

Seasoned?"

Posted by: m at June 07, 2025 06:22 AM (CQE5S)

41 wow, jacinda must rly be some kinda leftist sooper-genius, most ordinary people do okay with just a single fellowship, amirite?

rewarded for services to the party

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 07, 2025 06:22 AM (/Ghsb)

42 Same with Australia and New Zealand. My fear is that, if I visited and a new opportunity to lock down and CONTROL the populace broke out, I'd be stuck.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

That happened to my daughter. She'd just arrived in New Zealand to visit her boyfriend who was a seasonal tour guide there when the Wuflu hysteria hit.

I'd been reading that Ardern was considering closing off NZ to all inbound arrivals and imposing lockdowns. I advised my daughter to get out and get home ASAP.
She made it out...barely.

Posted by: one hour sober at June 07, 2025 06:28 AM (Y1sOo)

43
The guilty parties were identified and convicted in 1337, so the mapping project just... Translated the verdict from Latin?

14th century Columbo, "Sicut unum..."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 07, 2025 06:30 AM (QnmlO)

44 Spouse and I are getting messages on the phones saying, that the phones stopped charging because the temperature was too high. . We have never gotten this message before. Is there something to do about this. Thanks.

And as always, thanks for putting up with stupid questions.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2025 06:32 AM (8JBl9)

45 WAVY 10 has the two weekend weather dudes hosting the morning news.
Lukewarm pea soup this morning.

Posted by: Accomack at June 07, 2025 06:33 AM (dJCmT)

46 Jacinda Ardern Thinks World Leaders Need More Kindness
The former prime minister, who led New Zealand through the pandemic, has published a memoir arguing for more empathy in politics

LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2025 06:35 AM (8JBl9)

47 That happened to my daughter. She'd just arrived in New Zealand to visit her boyfriend who was a seasonal tour guide there when the Wuflu hysteria hit.

I'd been reading that Ardern was considering closing off NZ to all inbound arrivals and imposing lockdowns. I advised my daughter to get out and get home ASAP.

She made it out...barely.
Posted by: one hour sober at June 07, 2025

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Exactly my fear. I expect being a seasonal tour guide there, esp. in March and April, late summer to early fall, would be great work. But being trapped there (like an Englishman visiting Germany in late August-early September of 1939, or France in early 1940) would not be fun.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2025 06:35 AM (omVj0)

48 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2025 06:36 AM (u82oZ)

49
My shoulder felt better yesterday, but I had another bad night's sleep. I wake up an inordinate number of times during the night and even though I fall asleep again fairly quickly, I'm not getting the benefit of a long rest. I hate the idea of taking something sedative.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 07, 2025 06:37 AM (QnmlO)

50 Listening to Philip Green Orchestra - Caravan.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2025 06:37 AM (u82oZ)

51 Hadrian the Seventh

I thought your shoulder was fixed?

OBTW, your information on Rachmaninov's Symphony #1 came in handy in a conversation with a music lover. Thanks.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2025 06:39 AM (u82oZ)

52 It's the nuts.
They're complimentary.

Posted by: Just the punchline at June 07, 2025 06:41 AM (lIgBp)

53
I thought your shoulder was fixed?

Strained a muscle in my bicep, it seems. It's doing much better. I can now continue to transcribe literature references into EndNote.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 07, 2025 06:44 AM (QnmlO)

54 Two eggs, scrambled, seasoned, and with cheese, plus a slice of wheat toast with peanut butter and honey: a good start for the day.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2025 06:44 AM (omVj0)

55 Remind me again because I must have missed it.
Which January 6th insiders were arrested last week?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 07, 2025 06:46 AM (lIgBp)

56 My shoulder felt better yesterday, but I had another bad night's sleep. I wake up an inordinate number of times during the night and even though I fall asleep again fairly quickly, I'm not getting the benefit of a long rest. I hate the idea of taking something sedative.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 07, 2025

***
Sorry to hear that, sir. Perhaps some Unisom (or the Walmart generic equivalent) and some melatonin might work for you. It does for me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2025 06:46 AM (omVj0)

57 NaCly Dog, did two passes along the length of Kansas on my way to and from Minnesota. What a lovely place. I don't have a lot of love for Kansas City but that's big cities in general anymore for me. The Smoky Hills out west feel like a perfect place. El Dorado captured my attention hard.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 07, 2025 06:47 AM (NXz8h)

58 1 I will bless the Lord pat all times;
his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
2 My soul qmakes its boast in the Lord;
let the humble hear and rbe glad.
3 Oh, smagnify the Lord with me,
and let us exalt his name together

Notes in my "Jeremiah Study Bible":

To bless the Lord at all comes easily in the day of prosperity. But David sand his song in the night of adversity. When God's people are afraid, they should worship. When they are filled with panic, it's time to praise . When worry overwhelms , the time for worship has arrived (Ephesians 5.20)

I am grateful to God there is nothing to panic or overwhelm me right now

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2025 06:50 AM (8JBl9)

59 There are a lot of countries that I wanted to visit, but are now on my banned list due to their complete descent into fascism or the breakdown of Western Christendom.

Britain, France, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand are the heavy hitters.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 07, 2025 06:52 AM (ZmEVT)

60 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 07, 2025

Sorry that you're having pain Maybe Advil PM occasionally or Wolfus" suggestion?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2025 06:52 AM (8JBl9)

61 Call me.

Posted by: Portugal at June 07, 2025 06:54 AM (lIgBp)

62 NaCly Dog, did two passes along the length of Kansas on my way to and from Minnesota. What a lovely place. I don't have a lot of love for Kansas City but that's big cities in general anymore for me. The Smoky Hills out west feel like a perfect place. El Dorado captured my attention hard.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 07, 2025

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AP, I investigated houses in El Dorado after you mentioned it a week or two ago. Looks great, though Kansas property taxes seem a bit higher than in Indiana. I guess it depends on the house and the area. Both KS and IN are SS tax-free, and both are apparently solid 2A states.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2025 06:55 AM (omVj0)

63 My fear is that, if I visited and a new opportunity to lock down and CONTROL the populace broke out, I'd be stuck.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Exactly my fear every time we visit family in Canada. Going there next Friday for our long summer visit I will be watching the news very closely.

Posted by: CanuckJack at June 07, 2025 06:55 AM (1cCGi)

64 I didn't know this African- American spiritual, "I'm gonna ride that chariot" but this barbershop quartet does a nice job with it:

https://tinyurl.com/bpe3prmn

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2025 06:56 AM (8JBl9)

65 Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions

Smoky Hills are quiet beauty. Like a fit A cup, compared with the D cup of Colorado.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2025 07:01 AM (u82oZ)

66 Kansas property taxes seem a bit higher than in Indiana. I guess it depends on the house and the area. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

The problem with property taxes is they are perpetual. They can never be paid off. From what I saw a typical house say 300K it's going to run you $500 a month. Ouch. Meanwhile, New Mexico charges me $135. No state is perfect. They all have their own weird quirks. You pick one that floats your boat and then just get on with life. Diddling around results in analysis paralysis and you never get anywhere otherwise. Kansas is gorgeous.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 07, 2025 07:02 AM (NXz8h)

67 47 being trapped there (like an Englishman visiting Germany in late August-early September of 1939, or France in early 1940)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2025 06:35 AM (omVj0)

yikes

Posted by: m at June 07, 2025 07:03 AM (CQE5S)

68 You know about the cup sizes and all?

https://youtu.be/oP2SLjBTZ6w

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at June 07, 2025 07:05 AM (lIgBp)

69 Smoky Hills are quiet beauty. Like a fit A cup, compared with the D cup of Colorado. Posted by: NaCly Dog

Those aren't the first visual images that jumped into my mind when I was in the Smoky hills, but now that you mention it...

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 07, 2025 07:06 AM (NXz8h)

70 Alteria Pilgram

The political side of Kansas is rife with GOPe, hurting solid performers like Kris Koback. The state legislators are solid, being able to override the vetos of our Dem governor.

Farming here has a lot of Federal aid entanglements and a lack of water in western Kansas. But we are home to 2.8 million people and 6 million cows, mostly Angus.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2025 07:07 AM (u82oZ)

71 66 analysis paralysis
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 07, 2025 07:02 AM (NXz8h)

nice

Posted by: m at June 07, 2025 07:08 AM (CQE5S)

72 Sarah Hoyt has a fantastic collection of Memes. No week in Pictures yet.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2025 07:10 AM (u82oZ)

73 The problem with property taxes is they are perpetual. They can never be paid off. From what I saw a typical house say 300K it's going to run you $500 a month. Ouch. Meanwhile, New Mexico charges me $135. No state is perfect. They all have their own weird quirks. You pick one that floats your boat and then just get on with life. Diddling around results in analysis paralysis and you never get anywhere otherwise. Kansas is gorgeous.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 07, 2025

***
I'm waiting now to talk with a surgeon about a hernia repair this summer. Once I'm recovered from that I'll be ready to head off on a scouting trip.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 07, 2025 07:11 AM (omVj0)

74 71 66 analysis paralysis

seconded!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 07, 2025 07:12 AM (/Ghsb)

75 Like a fit A cup, compared with the D cup of Colorado.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2025 07:01 AM (u82oZ)

Excellent!

I'm in NH, which is a B cup, but of a fit 40-something since the mountains are very old!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 07, 2025 07:12 AM (lm0r7)

76 If, repeat, if, we can DOGE all government, we would be better off.

Income transfer is the slow, long term, decay of a free society. Zimbabwe and South Africa are near the end points of income transfer.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2025 07:12 AM (u82oZ)

77 New Mexico politics is rife with Communists but because the state is poor they can only screw us so much. It's the first time I've ever thought of poverty as being a positive. The population here is 2 million in the fourth largest state. It's mostly empty since over half the population is in Albuquerque area. I was smitten with Kansas far more than I anticipated. I should take a trip there in December and see how that holds up.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 07, 2025 07:13 AM (NXz8h)

78 74 71 66 analysis paralysis

seconded!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 07, 2025 07:12 AM (/Ghsb)

Reminiscent of "the perfect is the enemy of the good," but sharper.

Posted by: m at June 07, 2025 07:13 AM (CQE5S)

79 Ha, I'm in Centex which couldn't fill a training bra.

Good morning.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 07, 2025 07:14 AM (DLqye)

80 79 Ha, I'm in Centex which couldn't fill a training bra.

Good morning.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 07, 2025 07:14 AM (DLqye)

I was about to say: foothills of the Smoky Mountains are in training bras?

Posted by: m at June 07, 2025 07:15 AM (CQE5S)

81 CharlieBrown'sDildo

Hope you are enjoying your sojourn in the land of round door-knobs. You are getting a direct impression of what works and what does not work with regards to societal choices.

May you and yours continue to thrive.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2025 07:15 AM (u82oZ)

82 Come see me in British Columbia.

Posted by: Dolly Parton at June 07, 2025 07:16 AM (lIgBp)

83 m, Good morning. Hope you are well.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 07, 2025 07:16 AM (DLqye)

84 My C-cups are almost heaven.

Posted by: West Virginia at June 07, 2025 07:17 AM (lIgBp)

85 {{{Ben Had}}}
🎼 ♭ 5/4 ♫♫ ♫♫ Good morning! ♬♬ ♩ ♪

I must say, that image never comes to mind when I think of the Gun Barrel City area. I see prosperous people in a land that has not seen war for over a century and a half.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2025 07:19 AM (u82oZ)

86 83 m, Good morning. Hope you are well.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 07, 2025 07:16 AM (DLqye)

Hotter than patooties. Back atcha.

Posted by: m at June 07, 2025 07:19 AM (CQE5S)

87 >>> I'm in NH

Have you visited Fuller's Sugar House yet?

Posted by: fluffy at June 07, 2025 07:19 AM (AN2gy)

88 “ Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.”

1 John 4:7-8

Posted by: Marcus T at June 07, 2025 07:19 AM (/oThX)

89 Great. I turned this into a boob thread.

Ok, I'm over it.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2025 07:20 AM (u82oZ)

90 NaCly, Good morning.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 07, 2025 07:20 AM (DLqye)

91 Marcus T

Well said.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2025 07:20 AM (u82oZ)

92 m

Getting ready for post # 100?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2025 07:21 AM (u82oZ)

93 88 “ Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.”

1 John 4:7-8
Posted by: Marcus T at June 07, 2025 07:19 AM (/oThX)

Thank you, Marcus T.

Posted by: m at June 07, 2025 07:21 AM (CQE5S)

94 92 m

Getting ready for post # 100?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2025 07:21 AM (u82oZ)

Can't give away my gameplan.

Posted by: m at June 07, 2025 07:21 AM (CQE5S)

95 If you go to Iowa you should be forewarned that they have a chain of gas stations called Kum & Go. Their food is about what you would expect with a name like that. They are no Buc-ee's but then again there is nothing like Buc-ee's but Buc-ee's.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 07, 2025 07:23 AM (NXz8h)

96 95 Kum & Go
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 07, 2025 07:23 AM (NXz8h)

Wut were they thinking.

Posted by: m at June 07, 2025 07:24 AM (CQE5S)

97
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 07, 2025 07:25 AM (tljrc)

98 Blessed are you Lord our God, King of Creation. We humbly ask that you bring your blessings to all here in need who seek your intervention this day.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 07, 2025 07:25 AM (/oThX)

99 99 setup

Posted by: m at June 07, 2025 07:26 AM (CQE5S)

100 *Wut were they thinking.*

Seriously.

Posted by: In-n-out at June 07, 2025 07:26 AM (lIgBp)

101 ** photo bombs **

Posted by: fluffy at June 07, 2025 07:27 AM (AN2gy)

102 Curses!

Posted by: Foiled again at June 07, 2025 07:28 AM (lIgBp)

103 In-n-out

Dick's Halfway Inn has entered the chat.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2025 07:28 AM (u82oZ)

104 Another thing about Kansas I noticed is they have a couple extra types of gasoline if you can even call it gasoline. As near as I figured out in a few minutes I was at the pumps they are pretty close to pure corn. I think this defines Kansas.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 07, 2025 07:29 AM (NXz8h)

105 m

I like your homage to Barbara Feldon.
Ummm. Barbara Feldon. Wistful sigh.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2025 07:30 AM (u82oZ)

106 Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions.

The Casey's here have ethanol free 87 octane regular gas. I prefer it when I fill up there.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2025 07:31 AM (u82oZ)

107 Missed it by THAT much.

Posted by: Maxwell Smart at June 07, 2025 07:31 AM (lIgBp)

108 Time for chores.

Remember:
"Every one has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.”
Mike Tyson

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2025 07:32 AM (u82oZ)

109 President's Day sale: all men's pants half off.

Posted by: During the Clinton administration at June 07, 2025 07:33 AM (lIgBp)

110 109 President's Day sale: all men's pants half off.
Posted by: During the Clinton administration at June 07, 2025 07:33 AM (lIgBp)

; )

Posted by: m at June 07, 2025 07:34 AM (CQE5S)

111 Morning peeps. My RA is being stubborn this morning.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 07, 2025 07:35 AM (Q4IgG)

112 thx for that tip NaCly, gotta love Sarah Hoyt!

lol, alla youse,

& g'mornin' BH!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 07, 2025 07:40 AM (/Ghsb)

113 sock_rat, Good morning. How's the hiking?

Posted by: Ben Had at June 07, 2025 07:41 AM (DLqye)

114 35 30 New Zealand is relatively sane right now. The commies pushed too hard and got thrown out. Jacinda Ardern is at Harvard these days.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 07, 2025 06:14 AM (BLOW1)

Oh, my.

Jacinda Ardern Thinks World Leaders Need More Kindness
The former prime minister, who led New Zealand through the pandemic, has published a memoir arguing for more empathy in politics. (NYT)

https://archive.is/mSzAK
Posted by: m at June 07, 2025 06:17 AM (CQE5S)

Too bad she didn't about being kind to those she viewed as proles back during the height of the COVID panic. Perhaps she's genuinely repentant, but, since she's gravitated to Hahvahd - probably not.

The globalists thought they had a golden opportunity and turned-up the heat too fast, and then the frogs began jumping out of the pot of boiling water.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 07, 2025 07:41 AM (pJWtt)

115 The Week in Pictures is up!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 07, 2025 07:45 AM (/Ghsb)

116 hikng is good, great even, but treacherous; we are getting a huge crop of ticks this year.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 07, 2025 07:47 AM (/Ghsb)

117 41 wow, jacinda must rly be some kinda leftist sooper-genius, most ordinary people do okay with just a single fellowship, amirite?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 07, 2025 06:22 AM (/Ghsb)

Son-in-law's fellowship at U Mich is about to run out and they are trying to decide if they want to stay there or return to CA.
He's from Ann Arbor and his elderly parents are there, but she's not sure about the winters, having now lived through one with small children.

And, morning, all.

Posted by: sal at June 07, 2025 07:48 AM (f+FmA)

118 > hikng is good, great even, but treacherous; we are getting a huge crop of ticks this year.
---------
We're infested with them here in KY. It's also been really wet. Can't wait for the mosquitoes.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 07, 2025 07:48 AM (Q4IgG)

119 Maryland dad!

@JerryDunleavy
DOJ’s motion for the pretrial detention of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia says he: is a member of MS-13, smuggled thousands of illegal aliens throughout U.S., transported MS-13 gang members inside the U.S., transported kids, abused women under his control, and solicited child porn.

Posted by: IrishEi at June 07, 2025 07:48 AM (3ImbR)

120 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 07, 2025 07:48 AM (RIvkX)

121 There is no sleep in this night shift

Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2025 07:49 AM (+qU29)

122 SanFranpsycho, what's for breakfast?

Posted by: Ben Had at June 07, 2025 07:50 AM (DLqye)

123 117 41 Son-in-law's fellowship at U Mich is about to run out and they are trying to decide if they want to stay there or return to CA.
He's from Ann Arbor and his elderly parents are there, but she's not sure about the winters, having now lived through one with small children.
Posted by: sal at June 07, 2025 07:48 AM (f+FmA)

Can he work in his field on-campus? Like, teaching or labwork. (Maybe he's already doing that.) It looks good on a resume and is coursework in its own way.

Posted by: m at June 07, 2025 07:50 AM (CQE5S)

124 Maryland Dad knows how to PARTY!!! Is that a crime?

Posted by: This is...CNN at June 07, 2025 07:50 AM (sAmhv)

125 "...he: is a member of MS-13, smuggled thousands of illegal aliens throughout U.S., transported MS-13 gang members inside the U.S., transported kids, abused women under his control, and solicited child porn."

But neighbors say he was in the process of turning his life around...

Posted by: Local alleged media at June 07, 2025 07:52 AM (lIgBp)

126 Folks was discussin' the protestor getting killed after trying to block part of an ICE convoy in the style of St. Rachael of Pancake. But no one posted video.

Here's a link showing the whole thing:

https://youtu.be/mCZfaX6j6Zc

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 07, 2025 07:52 AM (/HDaX)

127 Skip, can you try a nap?

Posted by: Ben Had at June 07, 2025 07:52 AM (DLqye)

128 119 Maryland dad!

@JerryDunleavy
DOJ’s motion for the pretrial detention of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia says he: is a member of MS-13, smuggled thousands of illegal aliens throughout U.S., transported MS-13 gang members inside the U.S., transported kids, abused women under his control, and solicited child porn.
Posted by: IrishEi at June 07, 2025 07:48 AM (3ImbR)

"Is"? Or "is charged with being"?

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

129 In the ONT, that is.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 07, 2025 07:52 AM (/HDaX)

130 DOJ’s motion for the pretrial detention of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia says he: is a member of MS-13, smuggled thousands of illegal aliens throughout U.S., transported MS-13 gang members inside the U.S., transported kids, abused women under his control, and solicited child porn.
Posted by: IrishEi at June 07, 2025 07:48 AM (3ImbR)

He is also wanted in 14 counties of this state, the condemned is found guilty of the crimes of murder, armed robbery of citizens, state banks and post offices, the theft of sacred objects, arson in a state prison, perjury, bigamy, deserting his wife and children, inciting prostitution, kidnapping, extortion, receiving stolen goods, selling stolen goods, passing counterfeit money, and, contrary to the laws of this state, the condemned is guilty of using marked cards...

Posted by: Tuco Ramirez at June 07, 2025 07:53 AM (R/m4+)

131 Great. I turned this into a boob thread.

Ok, I'm over it.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 07, 2025 07:20 AM (u82oZ)
----
Could be worse.

At least your posts aren't being referred to a tribunal for judgment like they do over at DU.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 07, 2025 07:54 AM (GlyvH)

132 I was smitten with Kansas far more than I anticipated. I should take a trip there in December and see how that holds up.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 07, 2025 07:13 AM (NXz8h)

Try it again in summer so you can accurately sample tornado season.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 07, 2025 07:56 AM (/HDaX)

133 Nood Coffee

Posted by: Beeman at June 07, 2025 07:56 AM (ewnhG)

134 Can he work in his field on-campus? Like, teaching or labwork. (Maybe he's already doing that.) It looks good on a resume and is coursework in its own way.
Posted by: m at June 07, 2025 07:50 AM (CQE5S)

No- he's a free-lance journalist, I guess you'd call it. But he can work pretty much anywhere. I just don't want them to go back to CA.
The fellowship was about journalists from all over the world coming to work together- his partner is from Haiti- so it is really just a one-shot.

Posted by: sal at June 07, 2025 07:56 AM (f+FmA)

135 134 Can he work in his field on-campus? Like, teaching or labwork. (Maybe he's already doing that.) It looks good on a resume and is coursework in its own way.
Posted by: m at June 07, 2025 07:50 AM (CQE5S)

No- he's a free-lance journalist, I guess you'd call it. But he can work pretty much anywhere. I just don't want them to go back to CA.
The fellowship was about journalists from all over the world coming to work together- his partner is from Haiti- so it is really just a one-shot.
Posted by: sal at June 07, 2025 07:56 AM (f+FmA)

Blessings on your family.

Posted by: m at June 07, 2025 07:57 AM (CQE5S)

136 Try it again in summer so you can accurately sample tornado season. Posted by: Additional Blond Agen

Well that sucks and blows.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 07, 2025 07:57 AM (NXz8h)

137 Well, some of the women working at Shop Rite are very stressed out. (Not the checkers; the managers at the front) . I hope their day improves. On the other hand, there were two lovely little girls in the Wawa who looked about 8 and 10. They had long dark hair. One with a big white bow and freckles. The little one was doing ballet type swaying. I wonder if they have an early morning ballet class?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 07, 2025 07:58 AM (XlJkt)

138 126 Folks was discussin' the protestor getting killed after trying to block part of an ICE convoy in the style of St. Rachael of Pancake. But no one posted video.

Here's a link showing the whole thing:

https://youtu.be/mCZfaX6j6Zc
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 07, 2025 07:52 AM (/HDaX)

Thanks.

Posted by: m at June 07, 2025 08:00 AM (CQE5S)

139 >>> hikng is good, great even, but treacherous; we are getting a huge crop of ticks this year.

Don't forget the DEET. I'm on my fifth round of Lyme. Almost done with my course of anti-biopics.

Posted by: fluffy at June 07, 2025 08:03 AM (AN2gy)

140 Hmm... Musical interlude. Was just at the gym and there's an old Cabaret Voltaire song in my playlist. From 1984. No computers. No digital. All done by physically slicing and splicing loops of tape.

https://youtu.be/c2vCpT1H7u0?si=IYvf4VQm6RV3jNIZ

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at June 07, 2025 08:28 AM (n+Gju)

141 Fen, if you're still here, this is a link to the heat issue you're having with your phones.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/104949

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 07, 2025 09:05 AM (5xuJ/)

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