Daily Tech News 21 September 2025

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There isn't an AI bubble. There are three separate and distinct AI bubbles all happening at the same time. (Fast Company)

As the article explains, there's an asset bubble, an infrastructure bubble, and a hype bubble, and while they all interact and reinforce each other, you need to examine them separately to try to figure out what is really going on.

Yes, generative AI CEOs are all lying to you, but how much does that matter if you're not an investor?

As to how much value will remain when the bubbles burst, I don't know. If I knew that I'd still be rich from the last bubble.

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AMD has relaunched its $40 Ryzen 3000G. (Tom's Hardware)

This is an AM4 motherboard, a platform that is still readily available new. It's the slowest AM4 CPU ever made with just two cores and four threads, but then it is $40.

Be careful if you buy it because it's not compatible with every AM4 motherboard. There are so many different AM4 CPU models that many motherboards ran out of BIOS space and had to drop support for some of those CPUs, and the 3000G has been a prime target for saving space.
Vibe coding creates brain dead programmers. (NMN)

Written by a programmer who gave vibe coding a try and felt brain dead afterwards.
I see you are doing your homework. Would you like to cheat on that? (MSN)

Clippy would never. Google, on the other hand, had to take down the helpful cheat-on-my-homework link in Chrome after teachers complained.
Interlune has an order for 10,000 liters of Helium-3 per year starting in 2028. (MSN)

That it plans to collect from the Moon.
All the packages that were compromised in the latest NPM supply chain attack. (Koi)

It's a disaster.

Again.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: No, that's too shaggy.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 21, 2025 04:33 AM (+qU29)

2 Good morning

Posted by: Pete Bog at September 21, 2025 04:33 AM (CRThS)

3 w00t

Posted by: m at September 21, 2025 04:33 AM (aURVT)

4 Thank you, Pixy!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 21, 2025 04:33 AM (a1415)

5 Pixy, did you change the name of the thread from Tech Thread, or am I losing my mind?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 21, 2025 04:34 AM (a1415)

6 >>>there's an asset bubble, an infrastructure bubble, and a hype bubble, and ... you need to examine them separately to try to figure out what is really going on

I think that would hurt my brain.

Posted by: m at September 21, 2025 04:35 AM (aURVT)

7 I think Pixy changed the name.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at September 21, 2025 04:36 AM (/HDaX)

8 >there's an asset bubble, an infrastructure bubble, and a hype bubble, and ... you need to examine them separately to try to figure out what is really going on

I think that would hurt my brain.
Posted by: m at September 21, 2025 04:35 AM (aURVT)

And a stupidity bubble. I’m not referring to m.

Posted by: Pete Bog at September 21, 2025 04:36 AM (CRThS)

9 Catchy tune but don't remember it

Posted by: Skip at September 21, 2025 04:37 AM (+qU29)

10 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 21, 2025 04:38 AM (WBro8)

11 And a stupidity ~~bubble~~ fountain*.

* Suggested edit

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 21, 2025 04:39 AM (a1415)

12 5 Pixy, did you change the name of the thread from Tech Thread, or am I losing my mind?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

A little from column A, a little from column B...

Sorry, forgot to adjust the title when copying over from my own blog.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 21, 2025 04:39 AM (BLOW1)

13 If we're going to go down the conspiracy rabbit hole, let's explore the possibility AI has already won.

There's no way to put the genie back in the toothpaste toob.

These kids today have figured out they don't have to think, they just have to let AI do all the thinking for them, so nobody's going to know anything in about 30 years.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 21, 2025 04:42 AM (GQNjd)

14 I got the front sway bar drop links installed in the P-2 S-60 yesterday.

Having now done this several times over the lives of both vehicles, it went rather smooth, and only took about an hour.

Suddenly, the last of the front suspension rattles, clunks and other various noises have gone silent.

And then....we got a gully washer of a rain storm, with an inch of rain in about 10 minutes.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 21, 2025 04:42 AM (a1415)

15 It probably will be another dumbing down of civilization

Posted by: Skip at September 21, 2025 04:43 AM (+qU29)

16 So, our AI Tech overlords are overpromising again? That glorious TechnoUtopia isn't right around the corner?

I will endeavor to persevere.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 21, 2025 04:43 AM (WBro8)

17 9 Catchy tune but don't remember it
Posted by: Skip at September 21, 2025 04:37 AM (+qU29)

Me, too, Skip. Google says he's French.

Posted by: m at September 21, 2025 04:43 AM (aURVT)

18 8 >there's an asset bubble, an infrastructure bubble, and a hype bubble, and ... you need to examine them separately to try to figure out what is really going on

I think that would hurt my brain.
Posted by: m at September 21, 2025 04:35 AM (aURVT)

And a stupidity bubble. I’m not referring to m.
Posted by: Pete Bog at September 21, 2025 04:36 AM (CRThS)

WHEW

Posted by: m at September 21, 2025 04:44 AM (aURVT)

19 "These kids today have figured out they don't have to think, they just have to let AI do all the thinking for them, so nobody's going to know anything in about 30 years."

In the land of the Brain Dead, the one-brain-cell man will be king!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 21, 2025 04:44 AM (a1415)

20 12 5 Pixy, did you change the name of the thread from Tech Thread, or am I losing my mind?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

A little from column A, a little from column B...

Sorry, forgot to adjust the title when copying over from my own blog.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at September 21, 2025 04:39 AM (BLOW1)

Keeps us on our toes!

Posted by: m at September 21, 2025 04:47 AM (aURVT)

21 "These kids today have figured out they don't have to think, they just have to let AI do all the thinking for them, so nobody's going to know anything in about 30 years."

In the land of the Brain Dead, the one-brain-cell man will be king!
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 21, 2025 04:44 AM (a1415)

Idiocracy is a documentary!

Posted by: BurtTC at September 21, 2025 04:48 AM (a0R9u)

22 So, our AI Tech overlords are overpromising again? That glorious TechnoUtopia isn't right around the corner?

I will endeavor to persevere.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 21, 2025 04:43 AM (WBro

Remember when the internet would give us all the world's knowledge at our fingertips?

Sure, but first you will play whack-a-mole with dick pill and auto insurance ads.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 21, 2025 04:51 AM (a0R9u)

23 Watching a Saved by the Bell from.1993
Young teenage woman wants to wrestle with the guys, and of course she is beating them

Posted by: Skip at September 21, 2025 04:54 AM (+qU29)

24
Interlune has an order for 10,000 liters of Helium-3 per year starting in 2028. (MSN)

That it plans to collect from the Moon

Pfft. Any fool knows that a space vessel filled with helium will never return to Earth's surface.

"Why?" you ask, my small-brained scientifically ignurnt friends. Because it would be filled with helium, duh!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at September 21, 2025 04:58 AM (Tv15w)

25 Watching a Saved by the Bell from.1993
Young teenage woman wants to wrestle with the guys, and of course she is beating them
Posted by: Skip at September 21, 2025 04:54 AM (+qU29)

If you ever scroll through Yootoob shorts, sometimes they show boys v. girls wrestling.

When one of the vids pops up, I try to scroll past it as fast as I can, because it's damn near underaged pron.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 21, 2025 04:59 AM (a0R9u)

26 G'mornin all y'all
Survived 3 teeth extractions Friday.

Posted by: OkJohn at September 21, 2025 05:03 AM (NC/it)

27
Me wee shriveled heart was filled to bursting with glee as I read about Stanky Janky's legal loss and financial impoverishment in the sidebar linked article. She tinkered with assuming dictatorial powers (FA) and fell from that great height (FO). Learn to serve over roasted and over priced coffee, Sugar Tits.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at September 21, 2025 05:05 AM (Tv15w)

28 "26 G'mornin all y'all
Survived 3 teeth extractions Friday."

Ow! Hopefully the dentist gave you some decent meds.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at September 21, 2025 05:10 AM (/HDaX)

29 Ow! Hopefully the dentist gave you some decent meds.

Nah, not this time. Alternating ibuprofen and Tylenol.
N o good stuff. I did have one good pill at home. Which really helped when numbness wore off.
😁

Posted by: OkJohn at September 21, 2025 05:13 AM (NC/it)

30 Actor Chris Pratt shares powerful prayer over Instagram.

https://tinyurl.com/3nzxcshd

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 21, 2025 05:14 AM (8Xy/A)

31 26 G'mornin all y'all
Survived 3 teeth extractions Friday.
Posted by: OkJohn at September 21, 2025 05:03 AM (NC/it)

Yay, you!

Posted by: m at September 21, 2025 05:15 AM (aURVT)

32 Belated BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 21, 2025 05:17 AM (vUecY)

33 The alternating Tylenol\Ibuprofen regimen's pretty standard. I've had a few yanked for implants and the 800 mg Ibuprofens worked pretty well for me.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at September 21, 2025 05:18 AM (/HDaX)

34 I saw Raimondo brought up the accusations of bribery against Tom Homan. The truth:

https://tinyurl.com/352jtd3d

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 21, 2025 05:23 AM (vUecY)

35 Where's Hillary?

https://tinyurl.com/tyu9fuz4

Scum of the earth, these subhumans are.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 21, 2025 05:25 AM (vUecY)

36 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at September 21, 2025 05:32 AM (AN2gy)

37 Doug Ross Substack has been putting up the history of the Coup D'etat with illustrations. It's up to I think part 14, but a fantastic review of what went down in 2016 with Hillary's using a private server for the Secretary of State, the Eff Bee Eye covering for her and the use of complete fabrication from Hillary's campaign to frame Trump with Putin.
https://tinyurl.com/4kc9zp2d

Posted by: Skip at September 21, 2025 05:33 AM (+qU29)

38
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 21, 2025 05:34 AM (tljrc)

39 34 I saw Raimondo brought up the accusations of bribery against Tom Homan. The truth:

https://tinyurl.com/352jtd3d
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

The posts under that was basically raimondo but with slightly better grasp of English. An endless primal scream in X posts.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at September 21, 2025 05:34 AM (WBro8)

40 Meant to say, OkJohn, here's to speedy healing.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at September 21, 2025 05:34 AM (/HDaX)

41 >>>Vibe coding creates brain dead programmers. (NMN)
Written by a programmer who gave vibe coding a try and felt brain dead afterwards.

That was an enjoyable read, I thought.
I know zilch about coding.

Posted by: m at September 21, 2025 05:35 AM (aURVT)

42 That "second" raimondo post was Miklos.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at September 21, 2025 05:36 AM (/HDaX)

43 Thank you
On the mend !
Unfortunately my mouth needs entire replacement.
I will get through it.

Posted by: OkJohn at September 21, 2025 05:38 AM (NC/it)

44 https://tinyurl.com/4kc9zp2d
Posted by: Skip at September 21, 2025 05:33 AM (+qU29)

I think this is the crux of the problem a lot of people have with how our current "justice" department is operating. There are a lot of folks who want some scores to be settled, and there seems to be a shedload of evidence out there.

Whether any of it is clean enough to take to court, that's not making it any easier for many to not look at how this is going, and say "They're just going to cover it up, like they always do."

Then we're asked to be patient. Well, fine. But is it all going to lead anywhere? Are people going to be held accountable? If not, then f**k you, and your civility, and your trying to distract us with other shit you're doing, which ends up just looking like routine status quo.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 21, 2025 05:42 AM (vS5Dp)

45 41 >>>Vibe coding creates brain dead programmers. (NMN)
Written by a programmer who gave vibe coding a try and felt brain dead afterwards.

That was an enjoyable read, I thought.
I know zilch about coding.
Posted by: m at September 21, 2025 05:35 AM (aURVT)

And: WARNING! There's math in that writeup!

Posted by: m at September 21, 2025 05:45 AM (aURVT)

46 My view in life is let bad behavior go, you only get more bad behavior.
Corruption has killed more civilizations in history than anything else.

Posted by: Skip at September 21, 2025 05:46 AM (+qU29)

47 More evil at Google. Spot the difference:

https://tinyurl.com/36fau4we

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 21, 2025 05:46 AM (vUecY)

48 And Spider solitaire is evil

Posted by: Skip at September 21, 2025 05:47 AM (+qU29)

49 The Hillary corruption was known and in the open. Nobody ever did squat. I was following it in real time when it was happening. It's good to see Doug Ross put it all together like he has but I've been following his site from back then. So it is known. It kills me it just makes me cynical as all get out.

Posted by: OkJohn at September 21, 2025 05:48 AM (NC/it)

50 Evening to all the Sunday toilers; morning to the early risers and insomaniacals! It's Autumn Eve! (Which sounds like a women's personal product, doesn't it?)

Awake earlier than I intended, I'm sipping some coffee and contemplating all the stuff I have to get done today. One thing at a time. Feed the cats, eat, wash and doll up the car, and then . . . the horror, the horror . . . packing for my week-long trip. I know I'm gonna forget something crucial and have to buy it at Walmart.

So, howz yer Sunday?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 21, 2025 05:53 AM (omVj0)

51 So it is known. It kills me it just makes me cynical as all get out.
Posted by: OkJohn at September 21, 2025 05:48 AM (NC/it)

It's hard not to be cynical. You see what you see, you know what you know, and nobody in positions to do something about it ever do.

And then we're told to be patient, or we're just supposed to vote harder for the people who will make it all better.

Yeah, no. The system is set up so the people with power are allowed to exercise it however they wish, and the only thing that changes is the names and the faces and the letters behind their names.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 21, 2025 05:53 AM (vS5Dp)

52 So, howz yer Sunday?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 21, 2025 05:53 AM (omVj0)

One of the newer insomniacs here.

I miss the original (?) Insomniac. I hope he's well. I fear he is not.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 21, 2025 05:55 AM (vS5Dp)

53 Azerbaijan Grand Prix in hour

Posted by: Skip at September 21, 2025 05:57 AM (+qU29)

54 Wolf's, I saw you asked yesterday about the effectiveness of the Feliway spray.

For our two, it worked very well.

Everybody is de-stressed, and back to normal.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 21, 2025 05:59 AM (a1415)

55 One of the newer insomniacs here.

I miss the original (?) Insomniac. I hope he's well. I fear he is not.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 21, 2025

***
Yes; I remember his epic journey to find legal work during the Sniffle Scare. He hasn't been back during the daytime threads?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 21, 2025 06:00 AM (omVj0)

56 Yes; I remember his epic journey to find legal work during the Sniffle Scare. He hasn't been back during the daytime threads?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 21, 2025 06:00 AM (omVj0)

Not that I've seen. Obviously, none of us can monitor the site 24/7 (although some appear to do so), so if he's popped up recently, I don't know.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 21, 2025 06:04 AM (vS5Dp)

57 >>>Interlune has an order for 10,000 liters of Helium-3 per year starting in 2028. (MSN)
That it plans to collect from the Moon.

🎶 Everyone's gone
To the Moon

Posted by: m at September 21, 2025 06:07 AM (aURVT)

58 I don't think see Insomniac in a long time

Posted by: Skip at September 21, 2025 06:08 AM (+qU29)

59 Running through someone's playlist on Yootoob. Slowcore, as I mentioned earlier this night. So far I've bought 3 new CDs of artists I'd either never heard of, of hadn't thought to explore.

I usually buy off the Discogs website. They seem to have everything you can imagine listed... if it exists. Which, some stuff doesn't.

What strikes me as odd, is seeing Yootoob comments, where people will say they can't find a particular song anywhere else. Well, yeah. Some songs, but what they're really saying is it's been dropped from Spotify.

Just buy a damn CD, you weirdo kids. Then you own it. They can't take it from you.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 21, 2025 06:08 AM (vS5Dp)

60 Brawndo has what plants crave.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at September 21, 2025 06:08 AM (PiwSw)

61 Mornin', Pixy and The 'rons!

I'm sure when the AI bubble bursts, it will take down lots of retirement accounts and small investors.

Probably my IRA.

I have been pleasantly surprised that the young students are getting used to not having phones in class. Then again, more teachers use Chromebooks in their classes...

Posted by: NaughtyPine at September 21, 2025 06:14 AM (Me7kc)

62 At 600 moves and still stuck, should just bail out

Posted by: Skip at September 21, 2025 06:14 AM (+qU29)

63 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at September 21, 2025 06:14 AM (hoCmQ)

64 uh-oh

Jonathan King is an English singer, songwriter and record producer. He first came to prominence in 1965 when "Everyone's Gone to the Moon", a song that he wrote and sang while still an undergraduate, achieved chart success.

Known for: Pop music, discovery of Genesis, early 10cc and Bay City Rollers hits, sex offences (Wikipedia)

Posted by: m at September 21, 2025 06:15 AM (aURVT)

65 Suddenly, the last of the front suspension rattles, clunks and other various noises have gone silent.
_-_-_
Amazing the difference those things make! Stabilizer links and bushings replacement is one of the most frequent jobs I do after brakes and oil changes. My road destroys them. I have occasionally thought I must have several things in about-to-fall-off condition in the front end, replace stabilizer links and bushings, and the rattles stop. Now Jeep Cherokee death wobble on the other hand...still working on that one.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at September 21, 2025 06:16 AM (vd6bO)

66 Jonathan King is an English singer, songwriter and record producer. He first came to prominence in 1965 when "Everyone's Gone to the Moon", a song that he wrote and sang while still an undergraduate, achieved chart success.

Known for: Pop music, discovery of Genesis, early 10cc and Bay City Rollers hits, sex offences (Wikipedia)
Posted by: m at September 21, 2025

***
That song is that old?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 21, 2025 06:17 AM (omVj0)

67 Known for: Pop music, discovery of Genesis, early 10cc and Bay City Rollers hits, sex offences (Wikipedia)
Posted by: m at September 21, 2025 06:15 AM (aURVT)

One of those things you have to be careful about. Especially with musicians, there are accusations of "sex offenses," and sometimes that means there were groupies when the musician was in the midst of a career that attracted them.

So then 20 or more years later, some broad comes forward and says "I was 16 at the time."

I'm sorry. You shouldn't have been out there, but this is the real world. Rock stars are not checking IDs.

Or they weren't, maybe they do now.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 21, 2025 06:22 AM (vS5Dp)

68 Quite a lineup on Grit today:

Springfield Rifle w/ Gary Cooper, 3:10 to Yuma (the original), Shane, Gunman's Walk w/ Tab Hunter effective as an unrepentant psychopath, and Raquel Welch in Hannie Caulder.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 21, 2025 06:22 AM (omVj0)

69 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: The Bald of Evil.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 21, 2025 06:24 AM (WvZaB)

70 Wikipedia:

- In September 2001, King was convicted of child sexual abuse and sentenced to seven years in prison for having sexually assaulted five boys, aged 14 and 15, in the 1980s.
- In November 2001, he was acquitted of 22 similar charges.
- He was released on parole in March 2005.
- A further trial for sexual offences against teenage boys resulted in several not guilty verdicts and the trial being abandoned in June 2018.

Posted by: m at September 21, 2025 06:25 AM (aURVT)

71 Woke up early after a decent night's sleep. Huzzah!

Watched a YT video on that misunderstood classic "Cabin Boy". I saw it when it came out. There were four people in the theater. We all loved it.

So now I'm watching it again.

Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at September 21, 2025 06:26 AM (kpS4V)

72 It's hard not to be cynical. You see what you see, you know what you know, and nobody in positions to do something about it ever do
Posted by: BurtTC

The origin of 'cynic' is an interesting dive into psycho-history. Like a dog is certain thing and weird, but with depth.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 21, 2025 06:26 AM (mlg/3)

73 My dad watches a lot on Grit so been going there myself often. I always loved Westerns

Posted by: Skip at September 21, 2025 06:26 AM (+qU29)

74 Wikipedia:

- In September 2001, King was convicted of child sexual abuse and sentenced to seven years in prison for having sexually assaulted five boys, aged 14 and 15, in the 1980s.
- In November 2001, he was acquitted of 22 similar charges.
- He was released on parole in March 2005.
- A further trial for sexual offences against teenage boys resulted in several not guilty verdicts and the trial being abandoned in June 2018.
Posted by: m at September 21, 2025 06:25 AM (aURVT)

Well. My first piece of advice: Don't be gay.

My second piece: If you're gonna be, boys that age are likely to be aggressively sexual, because that's what puberty does. I'm sure there are plenty of 18 year old twinks out there, if that's what you want.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 21, 2025 06:29 AM (vS5Dp)

75 It seems the post-procedure swelling in my knee has gone down finally and I can almost walk normally since I can bend it now. Not sure how well it worked yet. See the doctor on Friday for a follow up and to schedule the other knee.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at September 21, 2025 06:29 AM (VCgbV)

76 My dad watches a lot on Grit so been going there myself often. I always loved Westerns
Posted by: Skip at September 21, 2025

***
Grit will often have feature days, where they show a string of John Waynes, a bunch of John Paynes, Rory Calhouns, Eastwoods, etc.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 21, 2025 06:30 AM (omVj0)

77 73 My dad watches a lot on Grit so been going there myself often. I always loved Westerns
_-_-_
One of the only broadcast channels.we get worth ever watching.
Couldn't there be just one channel where you could learn something? Like calculus...why can't there be just ONE tv show a week about derivatives and integrals?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at September 21, 2025 06:31 AM (vd6bO)

78 Grit will often have feature days, where they show a string of John Waynes, a bunch of John Paynes, Rory Calhouns, Eastwoods, etc.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 21, 2025 06:30 AM (omVj0)
-------------
Randolph Scott!!!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 21, 2025 06:31 AM (WvZaB)

79 It's hard not to be cynical. You see what you see, you know what you know, and nobody in positions to do something about it ever do
Posted by: BurtTC

The origin of 'cynic' is an interesting dive into psycho-history. Like a dog is certain thing and weird, but with depth.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 21, 2025 06:26 AM (mlg/3)

There's an old story out there, about circus elephants. They capture the elephants (one way or another) when the elephants are young, then put a chain around the leg of the beast, and around a tree.

The elephant fights and fights against the chains, but the circus master knows how much chain to use, how big a tree.

Eventually the elephant grows big and strong, and the chains get no bigger, because the elephant has been trained. Its chains are now it the beast's head, so you can remove the chain entirely, and it will still stand, docile and compliant, next to the tree.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 21, 2025 06:33 AM (vS5Dp)

80 Wolfus,
I thought you were on your trip to Indiana?

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at September 21, 2025 06:33 AM (VCgbV)

81 My dad watches a lot on Grit so been going there myself often. I always loved Westerns
Posted by: Skip at September 21, 2025

***
The other thing about the Western is that it is first cousin to the hardboiled crime story. It's why Elmore Leonard was able to move so easily from Westerns to the crime novels, and why Loren D. Estleman still writes both.

I actually prefer Leonard's Westerns, including the movie adaptations (see Hombre), to his crime stories.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 21, 2025 06:33 AM (omVj0)

82 establish Justice,
insure domestic Tranquility,
provide for the common defence,
promote the general Welfare,
and secure the Blessings of Liberty

Name one big city in the US that even attempts 1 of these ideas?

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 21, 2025 06:34 AM (gbOdA)

83 Wolfus,
I thought you were on your trip to Indiana?
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at September 21, 2025

***
Leaving tomorrow morning early, right about this time! Still have to clean the car and pack. I should be in Birmingham about 2 or 3 pm, and then in Evansville about that time on Tuesday. I'll come back next Sunday-Monday.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 21, 2025 06:35 AM (omVj0)

84 Latin form of Greek kynikos 'a follower of Antisthenes,' AKA "dog-like,"

Cynics are literally dogs. Woof.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 21, 2025 06:37 AM (mlg/3)

85 Who is fired first: Napier at Florida, Swinney at Clemson or Belichek from Carolina?

Posted by: Accomack at September 21, 2025 06:37 AM (sSkke)

86 I know the croaking chorus from The Frogs of Aristophanes,

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 21, 2025 06:38 AM (WvZaB)

87 Have a safe and enjoyable journey!

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at September 21, 2025 06:40 AM (VCgbV)

88 Latin form of Greek kynikos 'a follower of Antisthenes,' AKA "dog-like,"

Cynics are literally dogs. Woof.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 21, 2025 06:37 AM (mlg/3)

Well, the Greeks like to have sex with boys, but anyhoo.

A dog is loyal, fierce, quick to defend the pack, always on guard against the predators, which are CONSTANTLY out there.

Now, what's the Greek word for sheep.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 21, 2025 06:43 AM (PEQHX)

89 MIL@Nero

There’s a worldwide epidemic of transgender killers. It’s scaring the shit out of faggots and dykes who know just how mental these multilated monsters are—and how many more attacks are coming if we don’t move urgently to incarcerate every one of them.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 21, 2025 06:45 AM (TGPs7)

90 Morning, Horde....How goes it?

Still have grading left to do today.

Then I get to prepare myself for day 1 of my new job...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 21, 2025 06:45 AM (IBQGV)

91 Have a good trip, WA. Hope everyone has a good week in general!

Posted by: NaughtyPine at September 21, 2025 06:46 AM (Me7kc)

92 88 A dog is loyal, fierce, quick to defend the pack, always on guard against the predators, which are CONSTANTLY out there.

Now, what's the Greek word for sheep.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 21, 2025 06:43 AM (PEQHX)

probaton

Posted by: m at September 21, 2025 06:47 AM (aURVT)

93 probaton
Posted by: m at September 21, 2025 06:47 AM (aURVT)

It's like they have a word for everything.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 21, 2025 06:49 AM (Z89do)

94 Apolitical @Apolitucal3678

Black men with White women are 2% of the population but 75% of advertisements.

Seems like there might be an agenda there…

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 21, 2025 06:50 AM (TGPs7)

95 Lots of good articles at American Thinker today

Posted by: Skip at September 21, 2025 06:50 AM (+qU29)

96 There is bad PR and then there is really bad PR.

Conan O'Brien was paid to promote the new video game, Conan playing video games I know but work with me, Shudderlands 4 and it crashes on him with his audience watching.

Gearbox you had one job - to deliver a playable game.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 21, 2025 06:51 AM (Dvgfd)

97 Lots of good articles at American Thinker today
Posted by: Skip at September 21, 2025 06:50 AM (+qU29)

Yes. Especially today

Posted by: Mick Jagger and his tiny todger at September 21, 2025 06:55 AM (QBc8b)

98 Who knew that Charlie Kirk had a bone mass density approaching that of a Grizzly Bear...

We're never going to get the true story of any of these assassinations. But, that's America for you...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 21, 2025 07:02 AM (TGPs7)

99 “Pfizer does not have a further comment other than we did work in close consultation with the FDA”

This in response to questions posed by - remember him? - Dr. Robert Malone:

https://tinyurl.com/yc8jfrtw

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 21, 2025 07:02 AM (vUecY)

100 100

Posted by: m at September 21, 2025 07:02 AM (aURVT)

101 Just buy a damn CD, you weirdo kids. Then you own it. They can't take it from you.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 21, 2025 06:08 AM (vS5Dp)

They’d have to buy a CD player, too.
You’ve got to remember that all the music they’ve ever listened to came out of their computer, smartphone, or the dashboard screen.

The only physical media they’ve ever handled is a DVD or Blu-Ray disc.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 21, 2025 07:03 AM (6ydKt)

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