Daily Tech News 23 August 2025

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The US government has signed a deal with Intel to convert $8.9 billion in planned but as yet unpaid grants under the CHIPS act into a 9.9% stake in the company. (Tom's Hardware)

The previously planned grants did not offer the government an ownership stake, but came with technical goals that Intel may not be able to meet in the current climate, making the revised deal a palatable alternative. Intel stock was up 5.5% after the news broke on Friday.
In addition, if Intel decides to sell off a majority of its chip foundry division, the government will have the option to buy another 5% of Intel common shares at the same price of $20. (WCCFTech)

With great bargains come great responsibility.

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In further addition, the government is looking at allocating $2 billion of the $8 billion unspent in the Biden Administration's CHIPs to break China's stranglehold on rare earth elements. (Tom's Hardware)

Rare earth elements are not particularly rare. China has significant reserves, yes, but so do the United States, Brazil, India, Vietnam, Australia, and possibly Greenland.
Minisforum is planning another of those AMD Strix Halo mini-PCs. (WCCFTech)

Same core specs as the rest: Sixteen CPU cores, 40 GPU cores that work well for games and very well for AI, and 128GB of RAM of which up to 96GB can be assigned to GPU tasks.

This model also comes with why-the-hell-didn't they just call it USB5 - that is, UBS4 v2, which has the new 80GBps trinary data link found in Thunderbolt 5. You can just plug two of those directly together to build a small but fast cluster.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Would have been more convenient at 4AM in the afternoon.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 Oink!

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 04:30 AM (zdKZs)

2 w00t

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 04:31 AM (aURVT)

3 Wute

Posted by: OkJohn at August 23, 2025 04:33 AM (NC/it)

4 Video is unavailable in my country.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 04:35 AM (zdKZs)

5 Swapped the video for a third-party version. Should be more accommodating.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 23, 2025 04:42 AM (BLOW1)

6 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 04:45 AM (+qU29)

7 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at August 23, 2025 04:46 AM (XQo4F)

8 H'lo, Pixy! Thank you.

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 04:46 AM (aURVT)

9 Disclaimer: It would have been more convenient not to get shot six times.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 04:50 AM (zdKZs)

10
Just reading on what Bolton apparently did. Before Trump fired him during the first term, he was apparently emailing classified material to his family member's private email accounts.

There was an investigation of this that started then, but the Biden admin shut it down. Bondi and Kash revived it, and this is the result.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 23, 2025 04:53 AM (w6EFb)

11
Four A.M. in the morning
Carried away by a moonlight shadow

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 04:53 AM (aURVT)

12 LOL in the comments at SongFacts:

In Lights from Australia
"4am in the morning" - When's that, can you be more specific?

https://www.songfacts.com/lyrics/
mike-oldfield/moonlight-shadow

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 04:57 AM (aURVT)

13 Have sausages and French Toast to make if I decide to get up

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 04:59 AM (+qU29)

14 >>>Rare earth elements are not particularly rare. China has significant reserves, yes, but so do the United States, Brazil, India, Vietnam, Australia, and possibly Greenland.

rare earth (also rare earth element or rare earth metal)
noun Chemistry
any of a group of chemically similar metallic elements comprising the lanthanide series and (usually) scandium and yttrium. They are not especially rare, but they tend to occur together in nature and are difficult to separate from one another.

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 05:01 AM (aURVT)

15 I wandered down to Best buy to check out the new Samsung Fold 7. They finally figured out how to make a brilliant well executed folding phone. Each half are thin enough that it's barely thicker than a typical slab phone and when folded. When folded it has the same overall size has a slab phone. When unfolded, it's an 8"x8" tablet. Just fussing with what I could the software seems to be well executed.

Samsung claims It can last 500,000 folds. On the other hand some of a guy had it fail after opening and closing it 200,000 times by hand. The real problem is dust and dirt getting into the hinge and causing it to croak. That is, unless you scratch the screen too hard with your thumbnail and blitz the screen.

Did I mention it is $2,000 US? That is like $3,000 AUD. Little known fact, Australian dollars are thinner than American dollars and it takes 3 of them to equal 2 us once in weight which is why everything costs more in Australia.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 05:02 AM (zdKZs)

16 15 Did I mention it is $2,000 US?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 05:02 AM (zdKZs)

ouch

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 05:04 AM (aURVT)

17 ouch
Posted by: m

No kidding. It's more like you just stab me in the heart.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 05:05 AM (zdKZs)

18 She *coulda* said

Four o'clock in the morning

like

Three o'clock in the morning
And it looks like it's gonna be another sleepless night
I've been listening to your dreams and getting very low
Wond'ring what I can do

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 05:07 AM (aURVT)

19 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 23, 2025 05:08 AM (4NhiA)

20
he was apparently emailing classified material to his family member's private email accounts.

Posted by: publius

===============

How does this not go PING and make a bunch of sirens go off and automatically lock him out of his account?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 23, 2025 05:10 AM (6eO0F)

21
Interesting, I initially chose this blog as an escape from insomnia in a most idle manner, suddenly realized that the blog and posters were most interesting in their own right then got caught right up in it. A humbling experience.
I was downright full of myself in an unpleasant manner then and will apologize for being, initially, an asshole.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at August 23, 2025 05:13 AM (hKoQL)

22
Another reason to go on living: Stacey Abrams has joined the ranks of Cast-off Liberals Now Doing Podcasts. And I don't know what the difference is between a podcast and a YouTube channel anymore.

I'm watching one where she's got her finger on her mouse obviously scrolling through her intro as she delivers it.

The insufferable Ezra Klein is her guest.

I can't express how relieved I am that these people are out of power.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 23, 2025 05:13 AM (6eO0F)

23 10 Just reading on what Bolton apparently did. Before Trump fired him during the first term, he was apparently emailing classified material to his family
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 23, 2025 04:53 AM (w6EFb)

So he's ... insane.

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 05:13 AM (aURVT)

24 I can't see paying lots of money for a phone that could literally be destroyed any day.

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 05:16 AM (+qU29)

25 Hard to read/hear this:

- Carried away by a moonlight shadow

and not think of this:

- I’m being followed by a Moonshadow

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 05:18 AM (aURVT)

26 Interesting, I initially chose this blog as an escape from insomnia in a most idle manner, suddenly realized that the blog and posters were most interesting in their own right then got caught right up in it. A humbling experience. Posted by: IRONGRAMPA

Your talking about me aren't you?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 05:20 AM (zdKZs)

27
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 23, 2025 05:21 AM (tljrc)

28 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at August 23, 2025 05:23 AM (AN2gy)

29 So Uncle Sam is going to own a piece of Intel. Is there a word for that in economics?

Can anyone foresee any difficulties with that?

Posted by: fluffy at August 23, 2025 05:26 AM (AN2gy)

30 I can't see paying lots of money for a phone that could literally be destroyed any day.
Posted by: Skip

That's my thinking in addition to the cost. Still, it's a very interesting piece of technology and the progress being made with these folding phones is remarkable. If they can solve the soft inner screen problem and still get it to fold without shattering, well that would be remarkable.

The new Google Pixel 10 fold seems to be on par with the Samsung fold 7 with the additional bonus that it is rated IP68. That is the first time a folding phone has had water and dust rating. Well sort of, the fine says it very likely will not last the life of the phone. The degree of difficulty is Google will not tell you how long it they expect the ip68 to last.

If these designs ever get these problems solved and get the cost down by at least half, which is unlikely because of the additional complexity and extra bits, I'd be interested in one.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 05:26 AM (zdKZs)

31 o Uncle Sam is going to own a piece of Intel. Is there a word for that in economics?

Can anyone foresee any difficulties with that?
Posted by: fluffy

Corinthian leather.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 05:27 AM (zdKZs)

32 I initially read that name as "Misinform" rather than "Minisforum" which seems unfortunately appropriate for some things related to tech.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 05:34 AM (2GCMq)

33 Present

Posted by: Don Black at August 23, 2025 05:35 AM (AOsQT)

34 why would I want a folding phone

Posted by: Don Black at August 23, 2025 05:37 AM (AOsQT)

35 Christian teen wins battle with public school after they forbid her to have Bible verses in her Senior parking space:

https://tinyurl.com/ysmwvt62

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 05:40 AM (2GCMq)

36
I have issues with flat phones that have functions built into the sides in that I cannot pick up and hold one without changing a screen or some function. I realize that I'm doing something, but just can't stop squeezing the stupid things. May not ever conquer this idiot problem, too afraid of dropping the thing.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at August 23, 2025 05:40 AM (hKoQL)

37 31 Uncle Sam is going to own a piece of Intel. Is there a word for that in economics?
Can anyone foresee any difficulties with that?
Posted by: fluffy

Corinthian leather.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 05:27 AM (zdKZs)

wut

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 05:41 AM (aURVT)

38 Golden retrievers help save drowning baby bird:

https://tinyurl.com/ycyvrtsp

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 05:42 AM (2GCMq)

39 We are sadly BOING!!!less.

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 05:43 AM (aURVT)

40 Two cats watching "Tom and Jerry":

https://tinyurl.com/mvymymyj

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 05:45 AM (2GCMq)

41 We are sadly BOING!!!less.
Posted by: m

Sabbath...

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 05:45 AM (zdKZs)

42 41 We are sadly BOING!!!less.
Posted by: m

Sabbath...
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 05:45 AM (zdKZs)

Ah! Thank you.

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 05:46 AM (aURVT)

43 wut
Posted by: m

In the mid-70s, the US government bailed out Chrysler with some hefty loans. Chrysler in turn built the K cars which were uniquely awful. One of their sales campaigns had Ricardo Montalban touting one of their models because of its Corinthian leather seats. Remarkably Chrysler paid the loans back early.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 05:47 AM (zdKZs)

44 Rabbi's daughter reflects on Proverbs 27:19
And that "kind words are important":

https://tinyurl.com/mutr3e5d

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 05:51 AM (2GCMq)

45 Evening and morning to the Saturday toilers and early risers! 'Tis Saturn's Day again. I wanted to sleep later, but my internal clock went off about 4 am, and big black Stirling took notice and started nosing me, bumping his cold wet schnozz into my face. Grrr.

What's on tap today?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 05:52 AM (omVj0)

46 43 wut
Posted by: m

In the mid-70s, the US government bailed out Chrysler with some hefty loans. Chrysler in turn built the K cars which were uniquely awful. One of their sales campaigns had Ricardo Montalban touting one of their models because of its Corinthian leather seats. Remarkably Chrysler paid the loans back early.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 23, 2025 05:47 AM (zdKZs)

Should we recognize a distinction between "own a piece of x company" and "bail out x company with some hefty loans"? I am not being snarky. (Maybe I'm ruining your joke?)

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 05:53 AM (aURVT)

47 The Chrysler Cordoba.
With rich Corinthian leather:

https://youtu.be/uvyTTx33PPQ

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 23, 2025 05:54 AM (XQo4F)

48 Who is that "Moonlight Shadow" song performed by? That's really nice stuff. The lead singer has a little of the Zooey Deschanel look about her, with a Tracey Ullman ("They Don't Know About Us") sort of voice.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 05:55 AM (omVj0)

49
Good morning, Hordians.

Can't say I like the government taking out stakes in companies, but if it's going to happen Trump, who is a businessman, would do the least harm. Can you imagine how "Biden" would have handled it?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 23, 2025 05:55 AM (kkTda)

50 guten morgen, horde

Posted by: clarence at August 23, 2025 05:56 AM (dL2Vj)

51
Did anyone bring doughnuts?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 23, 2025 05:57 AM (kkTda)

52 Just reading on what Bolton apparently did. Before Trump fired him during the first term, he was apparently emailing classified material to his family
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 23, 2025

***
And I'm old enough to remember when we here were cheering him as a solid conservative and member of Trump Part One's team. After the wasteland of Barky's Reign of Error, he looked pretty darn good . . . for a while.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 05:58 AM (omVj0)

53 Nice sunny day coming here, 84

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 05:58 AM (+qU29)

54 48 Who is that "Moonlight Shadow" song performed by? That's really nice stuff. The lead singer has a little of the Zooey Deschanel look about her, with a Tracey Ullman ("They Don't Know About Us") sort of voice.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Maggie Reilly. Mike Oldfield's go-to vocalist when he was in the mood for songs rather than instrumentals. She performs on eight of his albums.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 23, 2025 06:02 AM (BLOW1)

55 A phone costing $2000 --!!!???

If it doesn't change the oil in my car, feed the cats, and clean my apartment for me, it's not even on my radar.

Come to think of it, it would be off my radar even if it did those things. I can do the cleaning for free, a can of cat food runs .78, and two oil changes a year cost me $100.

I'm quite pleased with the $35 Galaxy I bought last year or in '23. I'm not tethered to the thing; I leave it in the car when I go to the library, and only bring it along so I'll have it in an emergency.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 06:02 AM (omVj0)

56 Ok, I'm not afraid to just lay it out there:
Andy Reid's mustache vs. John Bolton's mustache.

What say ye, horde?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 23, 2025 06:03 AM (XQo4F)

57 Jazz group lifts spirits on a plane during flight delay:

https://tinyurl.com/3kfwebcr

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 06:05 AM (2GCMq)

58 36 I have issues with flat phones that have functions built into the sides in that I cannot pick up and hold one without changing a screen or some function. I realize that I'm doing something, but just can't stop squeezing the stupid things. May not ever conquer this idiot problem, too afraid of dropping the thing.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at August 23, 2025 05:40 AM (hKoQL)

I'd bet there's a case you could pop the phone into that would leave the side-buttons far enough below the outer skin of the case that you couldn't accidentally click them. I know I've seen people working pretty hard to click side-buttons on a phone that's in a case.

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 06:05 AM (aURVT)

59 Looks like I missed some good topics on the blog yesterday, with Disney's attempts to find a property which will appeal to young males, and constant stupidity and virulent racism from media-supported blacks against whites. Darn.

Today, washing the car is on my schedule, and I'm running out to the 'burbs to have a diner lunch with an old buddy whom I haven't seen in some years. Also on the good side, StartTV runs episodes of Gilmore Girls, my favorite light comedy series of the early 2000s. Amazing how sparkly the dialog is, and how cute AND hot Lauren Graham was.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 06:08 AM (omVj0)

60 I'd bet there's a case you could pop the phone into that would leave the side-buttons far enough below the outer skin of the case that you couldn't accidentally click them. I know I've seen people working pretty hard to click side-buttons on a phone that's in a case.
Posted by: m at August 23, 2025

***
Most of what Walmart has in the cases line is for iPhones. But I bought my clear case on Amazon. It lets me pick up the phone without necessarily turning the screen on or off.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 06:11 AM (omVj0)

61 I mentioned before, my current phone is a Moto G14. Cost me A$180 including tax, or about $106 in real money.

I do have an A$799 tablet though.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 23, 2025 06:12 AM (BLOW1)

62 56 Ok, I'm not afraid to just lay it out there:
Andy Reid's mustache vs. John Bolton's mustache.

What say ye, horde?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 23, 2025 06:03 AM (XQo4F)

Tom Selleck's mustache has entered the chat.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 23, 2025 06:12 AM (fRWLG)

63 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Angel of the Morning in the afternoon?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 23, 2025 06:13 AM (WvZaB)

64 >And I'm old enough to remember when we here were cheering him as a solid conservative
----

we are a fickle lot

Posted by: Don Black at August 23, 2025 06:13 AM (AOsQT)

65 64 >And I'm old enough to remember when we here were cheering him as a solid conservative
----

we are a fickle lot
Posted by: Don Black at August 23, 2025 06:13 AM (AOsQT)

And also we learned more.

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 06:14 AM (aURVT)

66 Recognizing that Govt grants are a form of picking corporate winners, the same can hold true for Govt purchases of corporate stock. Similarly, since a grant is a cash infusion, it's less likely that the Govt will dictate corporate policy going forward than if it held a large on-going investment position. Of course, a good investment can handsomely reward the American people.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at August 23, 2025 06:17 AM (pLaQB)

67 I do remember GM being called Government Motors.

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 06:18 AM (aURVT)

68 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

I just published my course so now my students can see it!

Not that any of them will be paying attention...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 23, 2025 06:19 AM (IBQGV)

69 I met a very nice, very intelligent older man who working at the John Birch booth. I don't know how old he is but he is a conservative lawyer and originally from Texas., but been here since the 60's so I'm guessing he might be in his 80's? His wife died seven years ago and he reconnected with an old girlfriend in Texas whose husband had died 20 years ago. He is going to go back to Texas and going to get married to her

On the other end of the spectrum I met a college kid who is in the ROTC and wants to learn everything he can about the Constitution and law. He and the older man were having quite an interesting chat

0h, yes, one of people at one the church booths at the fair said they met at a hotel next to a Cracker Barrel. They had quite an animated discussion with me and each other about the changes at the Cracker Barrel. They did not approve.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 06:20 AM (2GCMq)

70 Yesterday was the 540th anniversary of the death in battle of the last Plantagenet king of England.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 23, 2025 06:20 AM (WvZaB)

71 Technically it's a taxpayer grant.
If course, the taxpayers had no say so in it whatsoever.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 23, 2025 06:20 AM (XQo4F)

72
Off early for Day 2 of ring stewarding. I want to get there to get a ring that concludes business at lunchtime so I can get home to take care of Diana and Dot and get to Mass this afternoon.

I don't like the idea going to Mass on Saturday, but since it's because of a charitable act I can swallow it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 23, 2025 06:21 AM (kkTda)

73 Bolton is a solid neo-conservative, and has been since W.

He’s a warmonger, and I don’t say that lightly.
So when Trump picked him as NSA during his first term, I scratched my head on why the peace seeker chose him.

Bolton, at that time, was regularly on-air on cable news defending Trump so maybe Trump picked him for that reason and to make North Korean & Iranian leaders a little more nervous at having a cannon advising a loose-cannon.

It was about a year or so in when Bolton was drumming up a war in Venezuela to remove Maduro and replace him with the guy who really won the election.

Trump fired him within a few months after that.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 23, 2025 06:24 AM (6ydKt)

74 I don't like the idea going to Mass on Saturday, but since it's because of a charitable act I can swallow it.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 23, 2025 06:21 AM (kkTda)
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You made me think of George Macdonald Fraser, who had a soldier in his platoon who fought in the Burma campaign and was a member of that odd sect called the "Wee Frees," who have strict ideas about the Sabbath. Fraser asked him how he could kill Japanese on Sunday and, "...he ground his teeth and said it was an act of necessity and mercy."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 23, 2025 06:25 AM (WvZaB)

75 Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 23, 2025 06:20 AM (WvZaB)

Last time I mentioned here about how I thought it was a possibility that Richard III did not kill the princes but that some English historian thinks they survived , I got a lot of pushback from someone who was very animated about this.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 06:26 AM (2GCMq)

76
So he's ... insane.
Posted by: m

=============

That's about it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 23, 2025 06:27 AM (6eO0F)

77 Last time I mentioned here about how I thought it was a possibility that Richard III did not kill the princes but that some English historian thinks they survived , I got a lot of pushback from someone who was very animated about this.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 06:26 AM (2GCMq)
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Tudor lickspittles. They're everywhere.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 23, 2025 06:27 AM (WvZaB)

78 Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 23, 2025 06:27 AM (WvZaB

LOL. I'm convinced that some people on the ASHQ forum could probably argue vociferously about which raindrop will come down the window fastest with a number of insults thrown in .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 06:32 AM (2GCMq)

79
Tudor lickspittles. They're everywhere.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 23, 2025 06:27 AM (WvZaB)

_________

Say what you will about the Plantagenets, at least they weren't schismatics.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 23, 2025 06:32 AM (kkTda)

80 "Lion in Winter"; top stuff.

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 06:34 AM (aURVT)

81 Yet as written in a few articles Bolton became a cheerleader in the Mar-aLago raid

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 06:37 AM (+qU29)

82 Good morning morons

I'm going to fire my boss on Monday.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 23, 2025 06:37 AM (RIvkX)

83 Byeee...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 23, 2025 06:40 AM (WvZaB)

84 They’ve got the bones of the the two boys.

All Charles III has to do is give the OK and they can DNA test them and solve the mystery.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 23, 2025 06:40 AM (6ydKt)

85 Plantagenet king of England.

So, he was a vegetarian?

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at August 23, 2025 06:41 AM (JRP2U)

86 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 06:43 AM (u82oZ)

87 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 23, 2025 06:46 AM (ppG5b)

88 Good morning, one and all. Lots of rain here yesterday More than three and a half inches overall, according to my weather station.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at August 23, 2025 06:49 AM (VmDLh)

89 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 23, 2025 06:50 AM (sAmhv)

90 Breakfast is done and has been had. Time to change and run out to wash the car before the day gets too hot. Which it already is, of course.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 23, 2025 06:51 AM (omVj0)

91 morning, all. Hope everyone has a good day/weekend.

Posted by: vivi at August 23, 2025 06:52 AM (cpunl)

92 This has been the wettest summer in Kansas I can remember. The big bluestem is not brown, the fields are green. and a forth crop of hay is in the making.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 06:52 AM (u82oZ)

93 86 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 06:43 AM (u82oZ)

On it, boss!

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 06:54 AM (aURVT)

94 What say ye, horde?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 23, 2025 06:03 AM (XQo4F)

Dismounted?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 23, 2025 06:54 AM (3pmZ8)

95 Ya got my hope up that Charles III was dead.

He is a fool of a King, and a greater fool for choosing that unfortunate regnal name.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 06:55 AM (u82oZ)

96 23:So he's ... insane.

Posted by: m

No. Not insane. Just lives in a bubble where rules are for little people. Its an arrogance that comes with working inside the Fed Leviathan for decades. You no longer think yourself as a public servant, but as a Lord, ruling over the lower classes. They may not even be aware of what happened to them and what they've become. Some do though.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 23, 2025 07:00 AM (sAmhv)

97 @36/IRONGRAMPA: "I have issues with flat phones that have functions built into the sides in that I cannot pick up and hold one without changing a screen or some function. I realize that I'm doing something, but just can't stop squeezing the stupid things."

I have this problem also.

Mine has a button called the "custom key" which you can set to do different things based on the type of press (single click, double click, press-and-hold.) I set mine to "none" for all three, and now when I accidentally press this button, the phone brings up the configuration for the button again. There needs to be a "Do nothing" option, which is what I really wanted.

I eventually set it load the calculator program because at least that's an occasionally desired program to run that has some use, and it's easy to close and get out of the way. It also inspires less rage in me about poorly designed user interfaces.

The number of times I press this button accidentally is kinda ridiculous.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 23, 2025 07:01 AM (O7YUW)

98 21
Interesting, I initially chose this blog as an escape from insomnia in a most idle manner, suddenly realized that the blog and posters were most interesting in their own right then got caught right up in it. A humbling experience.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA

Deep intellectual insight and BOOBS!!! Here, at Ace of Spades HQ.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 23, 2025 07:02 AM (sAmhv)

99 Greetings from the Carolinas.

Posted by: Going deep. Out at August 23, 2025 07:04 AM (i5B/J)

100 100

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 07:04 AM (aURVT)

101 heh

Aelfred The Great retweeted
🇻🇦 Fr Victor Feltes
@StuffForSisters
13h
Typical Church Naming Conventions
Catholic = St. [Saint]'s Church
Eastern = St. [Obscure Saint]'s Church
Baptist = [Ordinal Number] Baptist Church
Evangelical = [Tree][Water Source] Church

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 07:04 AM (aURVT)

102 Puddleglum

Not in that order, and I like it like that.

We used to have Flamewar Fridays. Gave you broad shoulders. I got so hardened, Yoko's music just got my toes tapping.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 07:05 AM (u82oZ)

103 @96/puddleglum: "No. Not insane. Just lives in a bubble where rules are for little people. Its an arrogance that comes with working inside the Fed Leviathan for decades."

I concur. It's an advanced form of the "I know better than they do" hubris.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 23, 2025 07:06 AM (O7YUW)

104 m

Good you are on step.

And what about Universal Universalists? OR Pentecostal?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 07:07 AM (u82oZ)

105 also heh

Aelfred The Great
@aelfred_D
13h
My HOA sent a letter saying we’d fallen afoul of some trash can rule in Feb. (which they didn’t tell us) & now again so they may fine

Their pic of the trash can has no timestamp. You can’t see the number on it so no clue if it’s ours. They didn’t say what rule

I am so excited

... I don’t know if they know what they’ve done but I have had a lot of stress the last few months and I cannot *wait* to fight this.

I went to school to read closely and well. I’ve got the HOA agreement right here. Care to guess how many things they’ve been failing to do?

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 07:08 AM (aURVT)

106 I got so hardened, Yoko's music just got my toes tapping.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 07:05 AM (u82oZ)
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I think they can cure that now. Ask your doctor.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 23, 2025 07:08 AM (HfrqO)

107 @100/m: Nice score, m. Also, g'morning to you and the rest of the Horde on this fine Saturday morning.

Coffee. Must finish my big mug of coffee...

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 23, 2025 07:09 AM (O7YUW)

108 Huck Follywood

Cone of Silence is last centuries technology.

Barbara Feldon: Hubba Hubba.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 07:10 AM (u82oZ)

109 mornin yall. Tesla is offering a $348 turn signal stalk option on the Model 3 so you don't have to use a touch screen to activate your turn signals. Not that it would make any difference around here where turn signals are optional on all cars.

Posted by: fd at August 23, 2025 07:10 AM (vFG9F)

110 “ Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.”

John 6:26-27

Posted by: Marcus T at August 23, 2025 07:10 AM (Oy+3b)

111 Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Going to resign. Best this way. I need to focus on my health.

It is a bother, but I will be OK.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 07:11 AM (u82oZ)

112 104 And what about Universal Universalists? OR Pentecostal?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 07:07 AM (u82oZ)

There're all kinds of funny addenda at the original poster's site:

https://tinyurl.com/29tmsu65

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 07:12 AM (aURVT)

113 m

Alas. Could not open link.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 07:13 AM (u82oZ)

114 There was a Laugh-In marathon on last week and Barbara Feldon was on numerous times. I had forgotten she was on there at all. Also how thin she was.

Posted by: fd at August 23, 2025 07:14 AM (vFG9F)

115 The Memes of Saturday Overflow:

MWCP - https://tinyurl.com/5x9wx9an+
Hoyt - https://tinyurl.com/4cm6vw22+
Powerline - https://tinyurl.com/mr2w75e2+

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 23, 2025 07:14 AM (ExV1e)

116 113 m

Alas. Could not open link.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 07:13 AM (u82oZ)

huh

It's at this nitter site:

https://nitter.net/StuffForSisters

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 07:16 AM (aURVT)

117 Okay, on with my commentary on the tech news, because I wouldn't want Pixy to feel unappreciated.

Intel: If GM ended up being called "Government Motors" due to their bail-out, then maybe some meme expert could create something like the Central Intelligence Agency logo with the "Intel" of "Intelligence" being swapped with Intel's logo.

Minisforum "AMD Strix Halo-Based MS-S1 Max Mini AI Workstation": Probably will be at a bleeding edge price I won't want to pay, but it's still cool. I'll wait 3 years until all those options are common and relatively inexpensive.

Okay, that's all I've got... other than a headache. C'mon coffee, I'm countin' on you here...

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 23, 2025 07:16 AM (O7YUW)

118 117 Intel: If GM ended up being called "Government Motors" due to their bail-out, then maybe some meme expert could create something like the Central Intelligence Agency logo with the "Intel" of "Intelligence" being swapped with Intel's logo.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 23, 2025 07:16 AM (O7YUW)

Ha!

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 07:19 AM (aURVT)

119 from the church-naming comments:

I always get a kick out of the several "First" churches in the neighborhood near my office - denominations treating every new city like a YouTube comment section.

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 07:21 AM (aURVT)

120 You need a app to use your turn signals in a Tesla?

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 07:23 AM (+qU29)

121 Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 07:05 AM (u82oZ)

I was not a fan of flameware Fridays.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 07:24 AM (BG2+T)

122 Was some good ones on Powerline week in pictures

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 07:25 AM (+qU29)

123 "When Tesla first released the refreshed “Highland” Model 3 in China in 2023, and later globally in 2024, the electric sedan featured several design tweaks and an additional touchscreen for rear passengers. However, the most controversial change was the removal of the turn signal and drive stalks. Instead, Tesla opted to move these controls to steering wheel buttons and the center touchscreen, a decision seemingly inspired by the company’s vision of a future dominated by autonomous vehicles."

Posted by: fd at August 23, 2025 07:26 AM (vFG9F)

124 Tesla put a touchscreen in the back seat so your passengers can work the turn signals.

Posted by: fd at August 23, 2025 07:27 AM (vFG9F)

125 120 You need a app to use your turn signals in a Tesla?
Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 07:23 AM (+qU29)

Nah, you hit the turn signal button on the touchscreen in the car.

Stupid idea but apparently it saved Tesla $348 per car.

And it looks “clean & futuristic”.

If you wanted that, Elon, you should have put gull-wing doors on it and made flight an optional add-on.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 23, 2025 07:28 AM (6ydKt)

126
🇻🇦 Fr Victor Feltes
@StuffForSisters
19h
Increasing inheritance taxes to 100% would change incentives such that much less than expected would be collected. For instance, lots of homes would be sold to adult offspring for $1.

Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 07:29 AM (aURVT)

127 I am in need of prayer for strength. I have three services between this afternoon and tomorrow morning and I am really tired. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 07:29 AM (2GCMq)

128 Fr Victor Feltes
@StuffForSisters
19h
Increasing inheritance taxes to 100% would change incentives such that much less than expected would be collected. For instance, lots of homes would be sold to adult offspring for $1.
Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 07:29 AM (aURVT)

— —

They’d get around that by making it illegal to sell a home for less than fair market value.

The socialist is, at heart, a thief with better intentions on how to spend your money better than you.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 23, 2025 07:33 AM (6ydKt)

129 Skip

So does https://accordingtohoyt.com.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 07:35 AM (u82oZ)

130 🇻🇦 Fr Victor Feltes
@StuffForSisters
19h
Increasing inheritance taxes to 100% would change incentives such that much less than expected would be collected. For instance, lots of homes would be sold to adult offspring for $1.
Posted by: m at August 23, 2025 07:29 AM (aURVT)

It would destroy farms and businesses. It might crash the stock market. It might obliterate the economy. But it wouldn't make an impact on government revenue. The truly wealthy... people with tens of millions or more... would just change their citizenship to a country which didn't do this.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 23, 2025 07:35 AM (ExV1e)

131 One of the very nice things about the Agricultural 4-H Fair is all the parents with their cute kids, and also that some people wear shirts with religious or patriotic sayings. Also, the kids are so excited about the animals they have raised. Yes, we have rural areas in NJ. That county went for Trump all three times.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 07:37 AM (2GCMq)

132 Salty, sorry to hear that I always enjoyed hearing about your adventures and I could hear your fondness for your riders come through in your comments.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 23, 2025 07:38 AM (RIvkX)

133 Overwhelmed does t begin to describe the way I’m feeling right now, Fen & the rest of you.

My father’s lung cancer has returned and because he’s basically willed it to happen anyway due to missing my mother, he’s decided on no treatment and he’s now in hospice at home.

They just brought him home from the hospital yesterday.

This will be some of the most difficult months in my life, and I’ve had some doozies in the past.

I feel like a nervous wreck and a lost kid at the same time.

Worried and fearful and heartbroken is a spirit crusher.

Prayers are nice, maybe God will have some mercy on what’s left of my family and I can come out stronger on the other side.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 23, 2025 07:41 AM (6ydKt)

134 FenelonSpoke

That is because you are a kind and caring soul, unlike me.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 07:42 AM (u82oZ)

135 San Franpsycho

Thank you.

Well, I am probably worth millions to personal injury lawyers if a child is hurt on my bus. Better to move on.

But stories with kids >>>> stories with gold-diggers.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 07:44 AM (u82oZ)

136 Salty too funny

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 07:44 AM (+qU29)

137 @111/NaCly Dog: "Going to resign. Best this way. I need to focus on my health."

I'd ask that you keep your cards close to your chest until after November's medical evaluation and hopefully clearance to have your DL re-activated and re-issued to you.

You might change your mind. If you're having problems with that supervisor, other drivers might be as well. Supervisors that are the source of internal company strife tend to only last so long before they're fired. Also, you could request a different supervisor as a condition of coming back. Remember, your company is (as pretty much all bus companies are) desperate for drivers even if they're not letting on that they are. If your request (and presentation thereof) is calm, polite, and reasonable, they'll be more likely to agree to it.

Just some thoughts. At the end of the day though, if you honestly think that bus driving is bad for your health overall, then let it go and take care of yourself.

I'm glad you indicated you'll be okay. :-)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 23, 2025 07:44 AM (O7YUW)

138 SpeakingOf

Prayers ascending for a pain-free outcome. And prayers for you.

Get the good drugs when needed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 07:45 AM (u82oZ)

139 I got so hardened, Yoko's music just got my toes tapping.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 07:05 AM (u82oZ)
===============
I think they can cure that now. Ask your doctor.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 23, 2025 07:08 AM (HfrqO)
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If it lasts more than 4 hours, see an undertaker.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 23, 2025 07:46 AM (IBQGV)

140 Grumpy and Recalcitrant

That is plan A.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 07:46 AM (u82oZ)

141 Grumpy and Recalcitrant

I can return to work after I retire, the need is so great.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 07:46 AM (u82oZ)

142 SpeakingOf at August 23, 2025 07:41 AM

That is going to be tough going

Posted by: Skip at August 23, 2025 07:48 AM (+qU29)

143 "Perfessor" Squirrel

So glad to hear you survived to teach reading lesson plan - challenged students for another semester.

Your efforts should unlock the caged potential in good students.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 07:48 AM (u82oZ)

144 "Perfessor" Squirrel

So glad to hear you survived to teach reading lesson plan - challenged students for another semester.

Your efforts should unlock the caged potential in good students.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 07:48 AM (u82oZ)
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Thank you. Unlocking students' potential is indeed my goal.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 23, 2025 07:50 AM (IBQGV)

145 Java nood.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 23, 2025 07:50 AM (XQo4F)

146 Thanks, Salty.

I don’t like to share it all here, but sometimes it helps to write it all down. It’s cathartic in a way.

And I enjoy reading and getting to know a lot of people in the Horde.

Funny, intelligent, and so many good people.
Takes my mind off of things to come here and read and participate when I can.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 23, 2025 07:52 AM (6ydKt)

147 @127/FenelonSpoke: Prayer just offered up asking for strength for you.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 23, 2025 07:52 AM (O7YUW)

148 Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 07:42 AM

Of course you are a kind and caring soul, Salty which you demonstrate here daily, Salty, and have certainly demonstrated to me. My comment was not intended as any aspersion on you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 07:54 AM (2GCMq)

149 Thanks so much , G & C.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 23, 2025 07:54 AM (2GCMq)

150 It’s not going to be any fun, Skip, that’s for sure.

But at least I’ve got time to prepare for the inevitable this time, whereas my mother went into the hospital and was gone two weeks later.

A small silver lining, I suppose.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 23, 2025 07:55 AM (6ydKt)

151 @133/SpeakingOf: "Prayers are nice, maybe God will have some mercy on what’s left of my family and I can come out stronger on the other side."

A prayer offered for strength for you as well. Also: Isaiah 41:10. (No really, go read that, right now, please.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 23, 2025 07:58 AM (O7YUW)

152 FenelonSpoke

Remember, hardened shoulders. No worries.

I know: Tell FenelonSpouse to give you a kiss on the hand from me. The rest is up to you two lovebirds.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 08:01 AM (u82oZ)

153 Coffee almost nood.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 23, 2025 08:04 AM (u82oZ)

154 @141/NaCly Dog: "I can return to work after I retire, the need is so great."

Indeed. In that case, leave on a high note with your resignation letter talking about the good times you had driving, and that you enjoyed your work, and thank them for the opportunities they gave you.

So few think to thank their employer for the work they provided that it will make a seriously positive impression on them.

It will also soften them up quite a bit if you, during the "possibly returning" talks in the future, ask for a different supervisor.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 23, 2025 08:05 AM (O7YUW)

155 Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’

Thanks Grumpy.
I will have to try and memorize it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 23, 2025 08:08 AM (6ydKt)

156 @155/SpeakingOf: You're welcome. It's one of my favourites, and I've leaned into that promise real-hard at times. I find doing so very re-assuring and calming.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 23, 2025 08:15 AM (O7YUW)

157 Nice post. I learn something totally new and challenging on sites I
stumbleupon on a daily basis. It's always useful to read through content from other writers and practice something from their sites.

Posted by: Fatvim Weight Loss Formula at August 23, 2025 08:43 AM (tkXir)

158 Now, many would say that this is an unacceptable entanglement of business and government.
I would point out that, unlike the current situation, if the Chinese or other entities tried to take control of the company, the only remedy the president would have is to pass a bill - which, if Dems control even ONE of the houses, or have enough influence to block it - would not work.
By owning a significant part of a vital component of our economy, the government would have a DIRECT way of stopping foreign interference.

Posted by: Linda S Fox at August 23, 2025 09:07 AM (y7B3y)

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