Daily Tech News 25 October 2025

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Tech companies have maxed out their credit cards in wild pursuit of the AI let's-not-call-it-a-bubble. (Notebook Check)

Debt held by those companies has increased fourfold over the past ten years, to a total of $1.35 trillion.

If the bubble bursts abruptly, the most highly leveraged of those companies - and their lenders - are going to be in a world of pain.

As is the economy, meaning everyone who didn't borrow all that money and set in on fire chasing phantasms.

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It's Ruperts all the way down until it isn't: The first shape has been found that doesn't have the Rupert property. (Quanta)

The Rupert property means that an object with a given 3D shape can pass through a hole bored through another object the same size and shape, but rotated so that the smallest cross section of one shape passes through the largest cross section of the other.

The first shape - or at least the first convex polyhedron - has been found that does not have this property.

Or rather, the second, though the article doesn't not point this out presumably because the original example is considered a degenerate solution: Spheres have the same cross-section from every angle, and therefore can only pass through a hole exactly that size.
Iceland found its first mosquito. (CNN)

Keep looking, guys, I'm sure you can find more.
Microsoft Teams will start tracking your location and reporting you to your boss. (Tom's Guide)

That seems a little goldfish-bowlish, but still. If you're getting paid to be in the office, and you're not in the office, and your boss finds out, that is rather on you, isn't it?
Rivian will pay $250 million to settle a lawsuit over major price increases on its cars. (Tech Crunch)

Wait, Rivian makes cars?

Anyway, Rivian hiked prices by 20% to cover increasing costs, and shareholders immediately sued claiming reasonably enough that Rivian had misrepresented those costs.
Automattic has filed a countersuit against WP Engine, claiming trademark abuse. (TechCrunch)

WP Engine fired back, saying it merely referred to WordPress by name, adding that Matt Mullenweg's parents are very disappointed in him and he never calls except when he needs money.
The Espresso Pro is an overpriced 15.6" 4k monitor aimed at Mac users. (The Verge) (archive site)

When even tech journalists think your price is too high, your price is too high.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: They don't write them like that anymore, and they never did.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

Comments

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1 a degenerate solution

* opens envelope *

What would you get if you pureed Congress?

Posted by: Carnac the Magnificent at October 25, 2025 04:09 AM (nhCoE)

2 w00t

Posted by: m at October 25, 2025 04:13 AM (RuTUS)

3 guten morgen, horde

Posted by: clarence at October 25, 2025 04:14 AM (Z2R71)

4 Morning all.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 25, 2025 04:18 AM (BLOW1)

5 If the bubble bursts abruptly, the most highly leveraged of those companies - and their lenders - are going to be in a world of pain.

WHEN it happens. Just another panic waiting to happen. Seems very few people with money study what has happened in the past.

Posted by: clarence at October 25, 2025 04:25 AM (Z2R71)

6 The skeeter article is written so weirdly. Midway, the author starts salting in references to increasing heat and climate change: as the planet heats up, as climate change accelerates, rising temperatures, the impacts of climate change, record-breaking heat, more likely by climate change. Panic-panic-panic it's exhausting! And then she starts backing out and putting on the brakes. Hahahahahaha whatta buncha trash.

Posted by: m at October 25, 2025 04:30 AM (RuTUS)

7 Mornin'

Climate Change is perfect agitprop. It means whatever it needs too.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 25, 2025 04:41 AM (6bHrD)

8 Gregory Stanley Kihn was an American rock musician, radio personality, and novelist. He founded and led the Greg Kihn Band and he wrote several popular horror novels. He is best known for the hits "The Breakup Song" in 1981 and "Jeopardy" in 1983. Wikipedia
Born: July 10, 1949, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Died: August 13, 2024 (age 75 years), San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States

RIP

Posted by: m at October 25, 2025 04:42 AM (RuTUS)

9 his album titles are fun:

Kihnspiracy
Next of Kihn
Greg Kihn Again
Citizen Kihn

Posted by: m at October 25, 2025 04:46 AM (RuTUS)

10 Kihnspiracy
Next of Kihn
Greg Kihn Again
Citizen Kihn

…

Glass House Rock. What happened there?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 25, 2025 04:50 AM (EXyHK)

11 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at October 25, 2025 04:52 AM (4rtEq)

12
Good morning, good people living in the most exceptional country on the planet.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 25, 2025 04:52 AM (vFbHf)

13 Greg Kihn Tells All- Weird Al Yankovic and "Jeopardy"- Music Night At The Majestic Quick Take

https://youtu.be/ve4dsUyeRl0

Posted by: m at October 25, 2025 04:54 AM (RuTUS)

14
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at October 25, 2025 05:13 AM (tljrc)

15 G'morning Horde.

The head and chest cold continues. I would be sleeping in today but it had other ideas.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 25, 2025 05:14 AM (O7YUW)

16 12 Good morning, good people living in the most exceptional country on the planet.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 25, 2025 04:52 AM (vFbHf)

... and Pixy, too?

Posted by: m at October 25, 2025 05:22 AM (RuTUS)

17 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 25, 2025 05:29 AM (kHop/)

18 Macaroni and Cheese

½ cup of macaroni, broken in pieces; 1 qt of water; 1-½ cup of milk; 1 t of salt; ½ t of salt; 2 T of butter; ¼ t of paprika; 3 T of flour; 4 T of cheese (pieces)

Cook the macaroni in the boiling salted water until tender. Drain and rinse thoroughly with cold water.
Melt the butter. Add the flour, salt, and paprika. Gradually add the milk and cheese. Cook 3 minutes.
Add the macaroni. Mix well and pour into a well buttered baking dish.
Place in a moderate oven and cook 20 minutes. If preferred, it may be cooked in a double boiler on the stove.
—Effie E. Curphey, Lenox, Iowa, ca. 1931.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 25, 2025 05:33 AM (EXyHK)

19 18 Macaroni and Cheese

½ cup of macaroni, broken in pieces; 1 qt of water; 1-½ cup of milk; 1 t of salt; ½ t of salt; 2 T of butter; ¼ t of paprika; 3 T of flour; 4 T of cheese (pieces)

Cook the macaroni in the boiling salted water until tender. Drain and rinse thoroughly with cold water.
Melt the butter. Add the flour, salt, and paprika. Gradually add the milk and cheese. Cook 3 minutes.
Add the macaroni. Mix well and pour into a well buttered baking dish.
Place in a moderate oven and cook 20 minutes. If preferred, it may be cooked in a double boiler on the stove.
—Effie E. Curphey, Lenox, Iowa, ca. 1931.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 25, 2025 05:33 AM (EXyHK)

Yum. Sounds like it came from a church cookbook?

Posted by: m at October 25, 2025 05:36 AM (RuTUS)

20 ... or a Betty Crocker cookbook.

Posted by: m at October 25, 2025 05:37 AM (RuTUS)

21 "Place in a moderate oven and cook 20 minutes."

Just what is a "moderate" oven?

Where does this oven come down on the 2nd amendment? Tax policy? Immigration?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 25, 2025 05:37 AM (4rtEq)

22 My mom had a cookbook called "My First 100 Meals."

Posted by: m at October 25, 2025 05:38 AM (RuTUS)

23 I have been reflecting of the panics and gold/silver and fiat currencies.

Clearly, it seems to me, the problem isn't that there is not enough gold and silver to act as money. But when there is a panic, Gresham's Law applies. (Bad money chases good money out of circulation) .

The Central Banks (and the Rothchilds) have been hoarding gold for ages. Panics put the squeeze on the little people.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 25, 2025 05:38 AM (W7XSX)

24 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 25, 2025 05:41 AM (+qU29)

25 Yum. Sounds like it came from a church cookbook?

No idea. The book doesn’t say anything about why it was published or who published it. Lenox, Iowa does seem to have been a town with a lot of businesses back then.

Just what is a "moderate" oven?

A “moderate” oven is one that only burns half the dinner.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 25, 2025 05:41 AM (EXyHK)

26 15 G'morning Horde.

The head and chest cold continues. I would be sleeping in today but it had other ideas.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 25, 2025 05:14 AM (O7YUW)

So frustrating.

Posted by: m at October 25, 2025 05:42 AM (RuTUS)

27 I joined a local coin club. A guy did a presentation on Railroad Fare "money." There was a "long panic" between 1873 and 1879. I am convinced these panics are engineered.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 25, 2025 05:42 AM (W7XSX)

28 Moderate is 350 degrees F.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 25, 2025 05:43 AM (W7XSX)

29

@16

ALWAYS Pixy. Right along with all the others who aren't fortunate enough to experience life here.

As usual, I wish for all that their efforts be rewarded with maximum benefit to them in every instance. That will have to suffice.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 25, 2025 05:44 AM (vFbHf)

30 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Sorry. Hope it clears up soon.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 25, 2025 05:44 AM (7RYym)

31 @26/m: "So frustrating."

Uh huh. This thing has been making the rounds. 0/5 - would not recommend.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 25, 2025 05:46 AM (O7YUW)

32 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at October 25, 2025 05:47 AM (AN2gy)

33 " ... these panics are engineered."
at this point in history , probably correct.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 25, 2025 05:48 AM (kHop/)

34 @29/IRONGRAMPA: "...Right along with all the others who aren't fortunate enough to experience life here. "

Thank you for that. G'morning to you too.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 25, 2025 05:49 AM (O7YUW)

35 I have a technical question. I think I asked this before, but don't recall the answer . Sorry. I have a problem with text messages. Sometimes people receive them and sometimes they don't . It is very frustrating . Is this a provider issue ( It's T mobile) or something else. Is there anything I can do about it aside from throwing it at the wall and yelling loudly-which probably wouldn't help😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 25, 2025 05:50 AM (7RYym)

36 I guess you couldn’t set the temperature on a 1931 oven.

They had like four settings:
Low, Moderate, High, Burn Your Shit To A Crisp.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 25, 2025 05:50 AM (6ydKt)

37
@15

Mucinex DM, it's an expectorant & cough suppressant. It really does work, get the max strength 12 hour one. It's OTC, no scrip needed.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 25, 2025 05:50 AM (vFbHf)

38 Moderate is 350 degrees F.

That’s usually a good starting point. But it’s important to remember that those old oven descriptors never really mapped to a specific temperature. In the first edition of Irma S. Rombauer’s The Joy of Cooking (also from 1931) she included both the descriptor and a suggested temperature. I happened to notice these on three subsequent pages:

Slow oven: 350° (twice) and 325°
Moderate oven: 375°, 350° (twice), and 325° Hot oven: 375°

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 25, 2025 05:51 AM (EXyHK)

39 @30/FenelonSpoke: "Sorry. Hope it clears up soon."

Thanks. I'm hoping the same.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 25, 2025 05:51 AM (O7YUW)

40 Morning, Grump

I prescribe an afternoon nap

Posted by: fluffy at October 25, 2025 05:54 AM (AN2gy)

41 When God forgives . Exodus 34:4-10:

https://tinyurl.com/mwshk7z4

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 25, 2025 05:54 AM (7RYym)

42 22 My mom had a cookbook called "My First 100 Meals."
Posted by: m at October 25, 2025 05:38 AM (RuTUS)

You had to buy the sequels; “My Second 100 Meals” and “My Third 100 Meals” to finish the year.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 25, 2025 05:54 AM (6ydKt)

43 Sorry. I have a problem with text messages. Sometimes people receive them and sometimes they don't.

I’ve noticed that this happens most often when I travel. I suspect that modern text messaging systems (which use the Internet to translate between phone systems and texting before defaulting to old-school texting) sometimes lose track of where you are. I will leave my dad’s house and suddenly get a day’s worth of texts. I suspect this is because my phone just switched to a new tower and announced where it is.

This mismatch also can sometimes keep my messages from going out; when I notice this happening, I can sometimes fix it by (a) turning off cell service and only using wifi or (b) turning off wifi and only using cell service.

Texting is an amazing combination of very old technology and relatively new technology.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 25, 2025 05:55 AM (EXyHK)

44 Father and son stand guard at candy shop when they discover an unlocked door:

https://tinyurl.com/wf24s35t

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 25, 2025 05:56 AM (7RYym)

45 And don't forget "Sixty Five Days of Leftovers."

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 25, 2025 05:56 AM (4rtEq)

46 Mucinex DM, it's an expectorant & cough suppressant. It really does work, get the max strength 12 hour one. It's OTC, no scrip needed.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 25, 2025 05:50 AM (vFbHf)

Walmart and Amazon sell generic versions with the same ingredients a lot cheaper.

My Dad took them for years and I had to find the best deals.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 25, 2025 05:56 AM (6ydKt)

47 SNAP is about to crackle and pop.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 25, 2025 05:59 AM (Z0W66)

48 Yeah Fen, if you’re losing texts that more than likely a service thing.

Could be you’re losing connection to the cell tower, get no service, and your texts don’t go through as a result.

If that happens you’ll get a load of texts all at once when service reconnects.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 25, 2025 06:00 AM (6ydKt)

49 Eggs A La Martin

1 c of milk or cream; 4 eggs; 4 T grated cheese; 1 t butter

Cook together the milk, butter, and cheese. Pour mixture into a hot, buttered granite pie pan and break into this 4 eggs. Bake 15 minutes or until the eggs set.

(From the same cookbook. I made this a few days ago for breakfast. Real comfort food.)

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 25, 2025 06:02 AM (EXyHK)

50
Man helping his wife sled. It's funny:

https://tinyurl.com/49smw2ms

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 25, 2025 06:03 AM (ELdpA)

51 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: The future is known. The past changes.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 25, 2025 06:05 AM (yy9ow)

52 And don't forget "Sixty Five Days of Leftovers."
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 25, 2025 05:56 AM (4rtEq)

All reheated in a moderate oven.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 25, 2025 06:05 AM (6ydKt)

53 Fen I get often a message on my text
" draft" which at least see it wasn't sent, could be lots of reasons

Posted by: Skip at October 25, 2025 06:06 AM (+qU29)

54 mornin yall

Eleanor Holmes Norton, the oldest member of the House of Representatives, who has served as a non-voting member from Washington DC since 1991 and announced a controversial run for re-election just last month, is in early stages of dementia.

Not that it has been a problem in the past.

Posted by: fd at October 25, 2025 06:07 AM (vFG9F)

55 The oven dial temperature indicator should be calibrated once in a while. If you pull it off the post you’ll see a set screw on the backside, use an accurate thermometer after warming up thoroughly and adjust. That way when the oven is set to 350 it will actually be 350 or near enough.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 25, 2025 06:07 AM (CO7ih)

56 @40/fluffy: G'morning to you too. If a nap can be achieved, I'll take it.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 25, 2025 06:08 AM (O7YUW)

57 Cook together the milk, butter, and cheese. Pour mixture into a hot, buttered granite pie pan and break into this 4 eggs. Bake 15 minutes or until the eggs set.

(From the same cookbook. I made this a few days ago for breakfast. Real comfort food.)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 25, 2025 06:02 AM (EXyHK)

Sounds good but I’d have to add diced ham, bacon bits, and peppers and onions to make Egg A La Martin Omelette.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 25, 2025 06:09 AM (6ydKt)

58 Sounds good but I’d have to add diced ham, bacon bits, and peppers and onions to make Egg A La Martin Omelette.

Yeah, its definitely a way to use up leftover vegetables or meat.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 25, 2025 06:09 AM (EXyHK)

59 I don't think my oven is moderate. Seems hotter than the dial says.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 25, 2025 06:09 AM (Z0W66)

60 Evening and morning to the Saturn's Day toilers and early risers! The last Saturn's Day of October this year, too. How shall we observe this landmark?

I'm up, awake (-ish), sipping coffee and a pipe. The Killer Kittenz From Outer Space have been fed. Breakfast in a little while. And Linda wants me to take her to TJ Maxx today to buy her something (which she will pick out) in return for her having taken care of the cats while I was in Indiana. Seems pretty fair.

Whassup?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 25, 2025 06:09 AM (omVj0)

61 Sounds good but I’d have to add diced ham, bacon bits, and peppers and onions to make Egg A La Martin Omelette.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 25, 2025 06:09 AM (6ydKt)
-----------
Now I'm all hungry.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 25, 2025 06:10 AM (yy9ow)

62 If you don't buy vegetables they are never left over.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 25, 2025 06:11 AM (Z0W66)

63 SNAP is about to crackle and pop.
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 25, 2025

***
I plan to stock up on groceries by 10/30, so I won't have to be in a grocery on the first of November. Anti-"riot" insurance.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 25, 2025 06:13 AM (omVj0)

64 If you don't buy vegetables they are never left over.

“Everything that I like, I call a vegetable. It makes my life easier.”—Jacques Pépin

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 25, 2025 06:13 AM (EXyHK)

65 @37/IRONGRAMPA:

Thanks for the recommendation. I looked up the active ingredients on that and compared to the one I'm already taking (Benylin - different country, so different brand names/formulations.) They match on ingredients but Mucinex DM has a stronger dose than what I'm taking.

I'll touch base with my pharmacist. He's been super helpful with anything I've brought to him in past. If I mention Mucinex DM to him and the active ingredients/strengths, he should be able to get me a proper match.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 25, 2025 06:14 AM (O7YUW)

66 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 25, 2025 06:09 AM (omVj0

Have you ever thought of writing a short story:

"Killer Kittenz from outer space."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 25, 2025 06:14 AM (ELdpA)

67 Not that it has been a problem in the past.
Posted by: fd at October 25, 2025 06:07 AM (vFG9F)

I read an article on that yesterday.

Apparently she got taken by a fake HVAC crew who charged her $4800 to clean her ducts and fireplace, then never did the work.

Her ‘caretaker’ wasn’t there but saw the fake crew on a security camera cam feed and called Norton to tell them they weren’t supposed to be there.

Norton thought the caretaker had hired them and just handed over her credit card.

We’ve got a lot of politicians that need to let go of the reins of power due to old-age.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 25, 2025 06:16 AM (6ydKt)

68 21/Quarter Twenty: { Just what is a "moderate" oven? }

It's the one not yelling "Aloha Snackbar!" just before it explodes.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 25, 2025 06:17 AM (O7YUW)

69 57 Cook together the milk, butter, and cheese. Pour mixture into a hot, buttered granite pie pan and break into this 4 eggs. Bake 15 minutes or until the eggs set.

(From the same cookbook. I made this a few days ago for breakfast. Real comfort food.)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 25, 2025 06:02 AM (EXyHK)

Sounds good but I’d have to add diced ham, bacon bits, and peppers and onions to make Egg A La Martin Omelette.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 25, 2025 06:09 AM (6ydKt)

And cubes of Velveeta!

Posted by: m at October 25, 2025 06:17 AM (RuTUS)

70
Are Tron Bombs some type of candy sold in movie theaters?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 25, 2025 06:17 AM (xG4kz)

71 And cubes of Velveeta!

It’s entirely likely, given when this book was published, that Velveeta was the most common form of cheese used for that recipe. (I used shredded Parmesan, because I had some in the freezer.)

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 25, 2025 06:19 AM (EXyHK)

72 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 25, 2025 06:19 AM (LbMjz)

73 The mayor of a city near here (formally the capital of Georgia) has filed for bankruptcy five times since 2014. The woman, who identifies as a BFD, is running for a third term and very likey will be elected.

Posted by: fd at October 25, 2025 06:20 AM (vFG9F)

74
I don't think my oven is moderate. Seems hotter than the dial says.
Posted by: Boss Moss

You own a Mamdani oven?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 25, 2025 06:21 AM (xG4kz)

75 The oven dial temperature indicator should be calibrated once in a while. If you pull it off the post you’ll see a set screw on the backside, use an accurate thermometer after warming up thoroughly and adjust. That way when the oven is set to 350 it will actually be 350 or near enough.
Posted by: Common Tater at October 25, 2025 06:07 AM (CO7ih)

My oven has knobs for the stove eyes and a digital readout to adjust the oven temp.

Can I calibrate that?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 25, 2025 06:21 AM (6ydKt)

76 "Velveeta: a kind of cheese product produced on Old Earth, some examples of which are still in their original cartons."
( -- The Glossary, Doon)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 25, 2025 06:22 AM (omVj0)

77 I'm taking care of my MIL this weekend while Mrs fd is out of town. Despite not being able to see, hear, walk, fix her meals, and give herself insulin shots she still would make a better rep than Eleanor Holmes Norton,

Posted by: fd at October 25, 2025 06:24 AM (vFG9F)

78
The mayor of a city near here (formally the capital of Georgia) has filed for bankruptcy five times since 2014. The woman, who identifies as a BFD, is running for a third term and very likey will be elected.

Posted by: fd

It's okay to say "Milledgeville".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 25, 2025 06:24 AM (xG4kz)

79 Velveeta wasn’t around until the 1940s or 1950s. I actually like it in an omelet. It has that authentic trailer trash cuisine flavor, real comfort food. When I make Mac and Cheese first make a roux with butter and flour, or even bacon grease and a rich milk gravy. Fold in some Tillamook or good cheddar or parmesan or whatever you prefer. A leetle bit of Velveeta smooths it out too. Just keep it under the sink or somewhere your hipster friends won’t see it and think less of you.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 25, 2025 06:25 AM (CO7ih)

80 —Effie E. Curphey, Lenox, Iowa, ca. 1931.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 25, 2025 05:33 AM (EXyHK)

Some of the church cookbooks I knew in the olden days would identify a married woman by her husband's name, like: Mrs. Stephen Curphey.

Posted by: m at October 25, 2025 06:26 AM (RuTUS)

81 >>> 1 c of milk or cream; 4 eggs; 4 T grated cheese; 1 t butter

Sounds like a depression era recipe, what with the skimping on butter and cheese

Posted by: fluffy at October 25, 2025 06:26 AM (AN2gy)

82
...she still would make a better rep than Eleanor Holmes Norton,
Posted by: fd

At least she would not push the red button labeled "do not push" in the electric vehicle.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 25, 2025 06:26 AM (xG4kz)

83 76 When I make Mac and Cheese first make a roux with butter and flour
Posted by: Common Tater at October 25, 2025 06:25 AM (CO7ih)

Mom!

Posted by: m at October 25, 2025 06:27 AM (RuTUS)

84 Tech headline I just read over at Slashdot:

"EA Partners With Company Behind Stable Diffusion To Make Games With AI"

Right. I'll just start another play-through of Fallout New Vegas.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 25, 2025 06:28 AM (O7YUW)

85 Velveeta wasn’t around until the 1940s or 1950s

Are you sure about this? The Smithsonian (which is not the canonical source it used to be, if it ever was) claims 1923, with it being purchased by Kraft in 1927, and already very popular by the thirties.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 25, 2025 06:28 AM (EXyHK)

86 My mother used to make awesome Mac & Cheese.
She’d use half Velveeta and half cheddar, after it came out she started using the thick cut Four State Cheddar from Sargentos. Then she added some milk & cream with it and it tasted awesome.

Too bad she only made it for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 25, 2025 06:29 AM (6ydKt)

87 At least she would not push the red button labeled "do not push" in the electric vehicle.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot:

But, Dave, I think you really should.

Posted by: Your Friendly Neighborhood AI at October 25, 2025 06:29 AM (mlg/3)

88 Some of these recipes are sadly lacking the ingredient "pimientos." From the little jar you'd keep in the fridge for exactly these purposes.

Posted by: m at October 25, 2025 06:30 AM (RuTUS)

89 @83/m: "Mom!"

That immediately brought this scene to mind:
https://youtu.be/8FurnHg4by8

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 25, 2025 06:30 AM (O7YUW)

90 I have to be reminded every day the government is shut down, I keep forgetting.

Posted by: Skip at October 25, 2025 06:30 AM (+qU29)

91 More sob stories on the local "news". Sorry lady, I don't know who will feed your kids. Maybe lay off the hair and nail extensions for a while and you can afford some Spam.

Posted by: fd at October 25, 2025 06:32 AM (vFG9F)

92 My recollection is that Velveeta was pre-WWII and that, during the war, it was not orange-colored so as to save on costs of adding that orange food coloring. Like butter was closer to white than to yellow.

Posted by: m at October 25, 2025 06:32 AM (RuTUS)

93 Too much cream in my coffee, tastes like one of a Starbucks creations

Posted by: Skip at October 25, 2025 06:33 AM (+qU29)

94 Some of these recipes are sadly lacking the ingredient "pimientos."

Here you go. Same 1931 Lenox Iowa book:

Pimento Cheese

1 c of grated cheese; 1 T of corn starch; 2 T of butter; 6 T of milk; Pinch paprika.

Cook. Add 1 can of pimento. Spread when cool.
—Edna Madden

Ham and Pimento

5 small cans of minced ham; ½ pt sweet minced pickles; 1 small can pimentoes

Mixed with sweet salad dressing.
Makes filling for 50 sandwiches.
—Carrie Dahlberg

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 25, 2025 06:34 AM (EXyHK)

95 Hey. I'm sitting right here.

Posted by: Cheez Whiz at October 25, 2025 06:34 AM (4rtEq)

96 Velveeta was invented in 1918 per wikipedia

Kraft bought it in 1927

Posted by: fluffy at October 25, 2025 06:36 AM (AN2gy)

97 94 Some of these recipes are sadly lacking the ingredient "pimientos."

Here you go. Same 1931 Lenox Iowa book:

Pimento Cheese

1 c of grated cheese; 1 T of corn starch; 2 T of butter; 6 T of milk; Pinch paprika.

Cook. Add 1 can of pimento. Spread when cool.
—Edna Madden

Ham and Pimento

5 small cans of minced ham; ½ pt sweet minced pickles; 1 small can pimentoes

Mixed with sweet salad dressing.
Makes filling for 50 sandwiches.
—Carrie Dahlberg
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 25, 2025 06:34 AM (EXyHK)

I love this so much. I am in tears.

Posted by: m at October 25, 2025 06:36 AM (RuTUS)

98 Microsoft Teams will start tracking your location and reporting you to your boss.

I'm WFH, and have a corporate phone because all of the security requirements. I wonder how that factors in.

What if I go on a long walk or bicycle ride during an all hands meeting and I'm not multi-tasking and don't care to look at the slide deck?

Not that it matter, my role, no one is concerned about my QTH.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 25, 2025 06:36 AM (a4flb)

99 Hey. I'm sitting right here.
Posted by: Cheez Whiz

Not in 1931, you weren’t.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 25, 2025 06:36 AM (EXyHK)

100 100

Posted by: m at October 25, 2025 06:37 AM (RuTUS)

101 At least she would not push the red button labeled "do not push" in the electric vehicle.
-----------
"I never joke about my work, double-oh seven!"

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 25, 2025 06:37 AM (yy9ow)

102
I have to be reminded every day the government is shut down, I keep forgetting.
Posted by: Skip

Do tell us how you have so far avoided being hit by the rain of bodies falling out of the sky.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 25, 2025 06:38 AM (xG4kz)

103 97 Makes filling for 50 sandwiches.
—Carrie Dahlberg
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 25, 2025 06:34 AM (EXyHK)

"50 sandwiches" sounds like a church cookbook.

Be sure to trim away the crusts.

Posted by: m at October 25, 2025 06:38 AM (RuTUS)

104 My recollection is that Velveeta was pre-WWII and that, during the war, it was not orange-colored so as to save on costs of adding that orange food coloring. Like butter was closer to white than to yellow.
Posted by: m at October 25, 2025 06:32 AM (RuTUS)
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Margarine was uncolored, but they gave you tubes of food coloring if you wanted it that way.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 25, 2025 06:39 AM (yy9ow)

105 Byeee...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 25, 2025 06:40 AM (yy9ow)

106 Hunter is a worse liar than his dad. He claims he didn't believe the laptop he dropped off for repair was his, and doesn't even remember doing it

Posted by: fd at October 25, 2025 06:41 AM (vFG9F)

107 Do tell us how you have so far avoided being hit by the rain of bodies falling out of the sky.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 25, 2025 06:38 AM (xG4kz)
----
I read a horror story once about a dude who was trapped in a world where that literally happened. He was in some sort of Hell.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 25, 2025 06:41 AM (IBQGV)

108 I get that with text messages sometimes, most often when I am out west, deep in the Driftless Area ... lots of ridgelines, lots of valleys, easy to go from good signal to no signal in a minute or two, and back again. sometimes a message seems to fall into limbo for a bit. always showing the time I hit send, not the time it actually arrives.
another theory is that maybe sometimes the network is near peak capacity and prioritizing certain traffic over mine; I see this mostly with MMS messages, not SMS; a picture might take 10 or 20 minutes to send, even if I am stationary with plenty of bars.

these are not mutually exclusive, either.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 25, 2025 06:41 AM (kHop/)

109 William Schallert and Sebastian Cabot are both in an episode of Zorro right now on Grit.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 25, 2025 06:41 AM (omVj0)

110 I have 4WD

Posted by: Skip at October 25, 2025 06:42 AM (+qU29)

111 The Butler in Family Affair.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 25, 2025 06:42 AM (Z0W66)

112 106 Hunter is a worse liar than his dad. He claims he didn't believe the laptop he dropped off for repair was his, and doesn't even remember doing it
Posted by: fd at October 25, 2025 06:41 AM (vFG9F)

If you got bad news,
you want to kick them blues,
cocaine

When your day is done,
and you want to run,
cocaine

Posted by: m at October 25, 2025 06:43 AM (RuTUS)

113 At least she would not push the red button labeled "do not push" in the electric vehicle.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 25, 2025

***
"Oh, go ahead, eject me. See if I care."
( -- M to Bond as they ride out of London in his private Aston Martin, in Skyfall)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 25, 2025 06:43 AM (omVj0)

114
Margarine was uncolored, but they gave you tubes of food coloring if you wanted it that way.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

Wisconsin, Birthplace of Progressivism, had a law on the books into the 1960s that margarine could be sold there only if it was uncolored. Big Butter was a cruel mistress, but fair.

Dad would stop in Ironwood, MI to buy colored margarine to take to his folks in Wisconsin when we went to visit them during those times.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 25, 2025 06:45 AM (xG4kz)

115 Hank Williams, Sr:

Lively gospel tune: "I heard my savior caling me.":

https://tinyurl.com/2p5cdndw

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 25, 2025 06:45 AM (ZeH0U)

116 The Butler in Family Affair.
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 25, 2025

***
That was Cabot, yes. Schallert you know, though you may not recall his name. He was Kirk's bureaucratic irritant in "The Trouble With Tribbles," and played Patty Duke's father on her show before that. I've alway suspected he voiced the radio spots for General Tires ("in Findlay, Ohio") in the Eighties.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 25, 2025 06:46 AM (omVj0)

117 Every news segment has a reference to the shutdown and looming apocalypse. Except for sports and weather which are on their proper seasonal trajectories.

Posted by: Accomack at October 25, 2025 06:48 AM (28cZF)

118 My Velveeta history is sadly incomplete! It has been around for a while.

Dairy states in particular were protective of their products.

It was unlawful to sell colored Margarine in many states. So they would include a dye packet with it mix after purchase. This duty fell to one of the kids usually.

When monetary inflation really took off in the early 70s butter was replaced by margarine in the Tater household. Mom couldn’t abide without it though, and received a special dispensation to keep it on hand. Just for mom though. Small Cheese-Whiz tumblers were used for out Orange juice ration, about a Gill. (Pronouced “jill”

Posted by: Common Tater at October 25, 2025 06:49 AM (I/Icm)

119 Alas, yesterday morning I missed the transmission from station SAQ in Sweden ... the last spark transmitter on Earth, powered by an Alexanderson alternator producing pure 17.2 kilohertz AC.

https://alexander.n.se/en/

they're allowed to put it on the air briefly a couple times a year.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 25, 2025 06:50 AM (kHop/)

120 Microsoft Teams will start tracking your location and reporting you to your boss. (Tom's Guide)

But only when you claim to be working:

As per the Microsoft 365 roadmap: "When users connect to their organization's Wi-Fi, Teams will automatically set their work location to reflect the building they are working in."

... which is different/better/saner than 24/7.

Posted by: m at October 25, 2025 06:50 AM (RuTUS)

121 114, 118 ... the prohibition of colored margarine was actually in the Wisconsin Constitution

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 25, 2025 06:51 AM (kHop/)

122 118 My Velveeta history is sadly incomplete! It has been around for a while.

Dairy states in particular were protective of their products.

It was unlawful to sell colored Margarine in many states. So they would include a dye packet with it mix after purchase. This duty fell to one of the kids usually.

When monetary inflation really took off in the early 70s butter was replaced by margarine in the Tater household. Mom couldn’t abide without it though, and received a special dispensation to keep it on hand. Just for mom though. Small Cheese-Whiz tumblers were used for out Orange juice ration, about a Gill. (Pronouced “jill”.)
Posted by: Common Tater at October 25, 2025 06:49 AM (I/Icm)

Great family lore!

Posted by: m at October 25, 2025 06:52 AM (RuTUS)

123 One of my favorite activities is not watching the news.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 25, 2025 06:54 AM (4rtEq)

124 they're allowed to put it on the air briefly a couple times a year.
——-

How many planes fall out of the sky, garage doors opening, etc? They were not very precise in bandwidth, shall we say.

I pondered once if I could make a transmitter if stranded on an island with basic items. I figure an old school car generator and about 400 feet of antenna and such, could maybe send an “”SOS” that way, to alert rescue authorities.

More likely the FCC would save me. Or kill me.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 25, 2025 06:56 AM (I/Icm)

125 Some users of the smart-bed system Eight Sleep, who sleep atop a snug, temperature-regulating mattress cover in search of “zero-gravity rest,” were rousted from their slumber earlier this week when the AWS cloud failed.

Isaiah Granet, 25, woke up at 1 a.m. drenched in sweat, thinking he was lying on his laptop. When he tried to adjust the temperature, he found that he couldn’t access the product’s app.

“It’s not loading because of A.W.S., which means I have no way to access my bed,” he remembered thinking. He ended up sleeping on the heated mattress all night.

Posted by: fd at October 25, 2025 06:57 AM (vFG9F)

126 Do
Not
Want

Posted by: fd at October 25, 2025 06:57 AM (vFG9F)

127 My father worked at a Kraft plant during WW2 and I am given to understand they made Velveeta there.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at October 25, 2025 06:58 AM (VmDLh)

128
Except for sports and weather which are on their proper seasonal trajectories.
Posted by: Accomack

Having run out of hurricanes at this point, the weather "professionals" are positively giddy at the prospect of tucking into the list of names for winter storms. Brunhilde and Frithjof are awaited for especially eagerly.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 25, 2025 06:59 AM (xG4kz)

129 https://tinyurl.com/46bxxxcv
Powerlineblog.com week in pictures

Posted by: Skip at October 25, 2025 07:01 AM (+qU29)

130 Yeah, woe unto the Tater household member who imbibed OJ during anytime other than breakfast or more than the prescribed 4 fl oz. We weren’t poor but there were definite signs of scrimping and saving evident.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 25, 2025 07:01 AM (I/Icm)

131 Hard to believe that a week ago at this time I was deep in the heart of Texas...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 25, 2025 07:02 AM (IBQGV)

132 "the last spark transmitter on Earth, powered by an Alexanderson alternator producing pure 17.2 kilohertz AC."

And I thought it was the microwave going bad.

Posted by: fd at October 25, 2025 07:02 AM (vFG9F)

133 LOL!

So their rental bed is bricked, because the software is horked? Jeeze louise. I’m so old I remember when mattresses didn’t need a wi-fi connection. We just laid down and went to sleep!

Posted by: Common Tater at October 25, 2025 07:03 AM (I/Icm)

134 Teams tracking could be helpful both in the context of fraudulent employees pretending to be in America but actually in Africa and more importantly to supervise. I work from home and lead a team of all WFH. Had a team member slacking off, was very hard to prove until one day he decided not to log in at all and then insisted the next day he had in fact worked. That was his last day. It feels a little gross trying to track someone's time using event logs but alas it's part of the job. You might say was his work being done but he was a talented enough individual to hide the slide for a couple of months.

One of our clients discovered 3 of their employees had traveled to Canada for job interviews, had fake documents, passed HR background checks, and then VPN'd in from African countries for months before being caught.

Posted by: CanuckJack at October 25, 2025 07:04 AM (1cCGi)

135 Watching an AI narrated video on YouTube. They referred to former president Donald Trump. Video posted 2 days ago. It's little pinks all the way down.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 25, 2025 07:05 AM (Z0W66)

136 Mac and cheese comes out of a box and is ready in 8 minutes

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 25, 2025 07:06 AM (IC093)

137 As per the Microsoft 365 roadmap: "When users connect to their organization's Wi-Fi, Teams will automatically set their work location to reflect the building they are working in."

That is it? I have been using that feature for years to indicate Home / Office or OOO.

Slack has had the same thing for many years too.

If anyone using Teams were to whine about anything, it would be the amber status color indicating "Away" that replaces the green "Available" or "Red" Busy when one takes a nap or does something more than fetch a covfefe refill.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 25, 2025 07:07 AM (a4flb)

138 Mac and cheese comes out of a box and is ready in 8 minutes

In our household we call it "Cardboard and Plastic".

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 25, 2025 07:08 AM (a4flb)

139 “I still plan to continue to use it,” he said. “The main friction point is, really, the mattress should work even without Wi-Fi.”

Posted by: fd at October 25, 2025 07:08 AM (vFG9F)

140 Humans are carnivores.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 25, 2025 07:09 AM (Z0W66)

141 So their rental bed is bricked, because the software is horked? Jeeze louise. I’m so old I remember when mattresses didn’t need a wi-fi connection. We just laid down and went to sleep!

Its far worse than that. Select Comfort offers the same ~~scam~~ deal. Read carefully the features, and then the legalese in the TOS.

• Will adjust the bed if it detects you are snoring. (Translation: your bed come complete with microphones)
• Multi-zone comfort control. (Translation: We know how much weight is applied to a grid on your bed)
• We adjust to your weight. (Translation: it can tell the difference between one person and another)

My favorite part: Not to be used for AirBnB or rentals.

What this means is that Select Comfort will mark the date, time, body weight, the style, position and vigor of your spouse cheating on you. Might even capture voice print and pillow talk.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 25, 2025 07:13 AM (a4flb)

142 I did explain to my daughter once that the little 6 oz glasses and not 12 oz. were for Orange juice.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 25, 2025 07:13 AM (W7XSX)

143 I did explain to my daughter once that the little 6 oz glasses and not 12 oz. were for Orange juice.

The 32oz tumblers are for mom's box wine.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 25, 2025 07:15 AM (a4flb)

144 Having run out of hurricanes at this point, the weather "professionals" are positively giddy at the prospect of tucking into the list of names for winter storms.

So Trump stopped/reversed Climate Change and the Earth has healed.

Of course, the enemedia won't report that.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 25, 2025 07:17 AM (a4flb)

145 The last person I fired I texted at 5 am to see me in my office at 6 am and when I got there at 5:30 am I hit the radio and hear "not here." Employee sees text and calls me at 7 am employee had gone home at 1 am and not clocked out. Yeah you don't work here and now you're not employed here either.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 25, 2025 07:19 AM (IC093)

146 133 LOL!

So their rental bed is bricked, because the software is horked? Jeeze louise. I’m so old I remember when mattresses didn’t need a wi-fi connection. We just laid down and went to sleep!
Posted by: Common Tater at October 25, 2025 07:03 AM (I/Icm)

One article I saw on these rental beds said that the mattress went from horizontal to vertical, sliding into a slot on the wall.

Posted by: m at October 25, 2025 07:20 AM (RuTUS)

147
If the bubble bursts abruptly, the most highly leveraged of those companies - and their lenders - are going to be in a world of pain.

No, we're going to be in a world of pain. You don't think the banks, hedgies and VC boys aren't going to come screaming to the Federales that Grandma is going to be living on cat food unless they get bailed out.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 25, 2025 07:21 AM (tgvbd)

148 136 Mac and cheese comes out of a box
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 25, 2025 07:06 AM (IC093)

145 The last person I fired
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 25, 2025 07:19 AM (IC093)

Good morning, Sunshine!

Posted by: m at October 25, 2025 07:24 AM (RuTUS)

149 "One article I saw on these rental beds said that the mattress went from horizontal to vertical, sliding into a slot on the wall.
Posted by: m

Do
Not
Want

Posted by: George Jetson at October 25, 2025 07:24 AM (vFG9F)

150 Good morning, Sunshine!
Posted by: m at October 25, 2025 07:24 AM (RuTUS)
====
Funny. Still kinda nighttime here. Probably fall asleep again.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 25, 2025 07:27 AM (IC093)

151 More sob stories on the local "news". Sorry lady, I don't know who will feed your kids. Maybe lay off the hair and nail extensions for a while and you can afford some Spam.

--

Many have come to believe the Federal Gov't is responsible for feeding their kids. When you scream and froth at the mouth because you can't even slap together 2 pieces of bread with peanut butter and jelly, but instead demand your kid be fed at school at taxpayer expense...well, my sympathy isn't very strong.

These people, all with fancy smart phones and other non-essential items like fake fingernails, weaves, giant screen tv's, who expect and demand somebody else feed them have some serious gall. But they're accustomed to it now. It moves no needles for me at all, but these sob stories work on others.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 25, 2025 07:30 AM (qBdHI)

152 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 25, 2025 07:30 AM (u82oZ)

153
Fake fingernails, weaves and giant-screen TVs are a Basic Human Right.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 25, 2025 07:31 AM (tgvbd)

154 “ The people were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled made well, the lame walking and the blind seeing. And they praised the God of Israel.”

Matthew 15:31

Posted by: Marcus T at October 25, 2025 07:33 AM (U1kqN)

155 121 114, 118 ... the prohibition of colored margarine was actually in the Wisconsin Constitution

There is a fun book that covers this topic titled "Innovation and Its Enemies - Why People Resist New Technologies".

Also covers the war against coffee, mechanical refrigeration, recorded sound, printing of the Koran, etc.

The arguments made were interesting, especially the troubling history of coffee and coffee shops.

Apparently disgruntled people, when socially gathering end up overthrowing their governments; so naturally the tyrants criminalize coffee and draft houses.

But many excuses were common: vested interests whose rice bowl was being threatened.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 25, 2025 07:33 AM (a4flb)

156
The Espresso Pro is an overpriced 15.6" 4k monitor aimed at Mac users.

-------

Does it at least make good coffee?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 25, 2025 07:34 AM (kf4RM)

157 I got an email from Michael Jackson. He says he wants to makeover my website.

Posted by: fd at October 25, 2025 07:35 AM (vFG9F)

158 “ The people were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled made well, the lame walking and the blind seeing. And they praised the God of Israel.”

Matthew 15:31
Posted by: Marcus T at October 25, 2025 07:33 AM (U1kqN)

It was the fulfillment of the prophesy within Isaiah 29:18: "And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and out of darkness and obscurity the eyes of the blind shall see."

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at October 25, 2025 07:39 AM (pJWtt)

159 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 25, 2025 07:39 AM (Q4IgG)

160 “ The people were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled made well, the lame walking and the blind seeing. And they praised the God of Israel.”

And shortly thereafter, at the prompting of their leaders, they wanted him tortured and dead.

Not saying that Trump is the Christ Type in the story, but it does go a long way into understanding TDS. If the literal Creator of the Universe who spends considerable time casting out demons, healing the sick and raising the dead is hated and traded in for a terrorist, the vicious hatred and desire to murder the protagonist can happen to any of us.

Materialist: Power of Propaganda
Spiritualist: Power of demonic influence

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 25, 2025 07:39 AM (a4flb)

161 Many years ago a Brit television reporter was interviewing a club 85 denizen of one of our fine metropolitan areas. He asked her “what do you do for a living?”

“I get a check” was the response.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 25, 2025 07:39 AM (8pbdy)

162 77 I'm taking care of my MIL this weekend while Mrs fd is out of town. Despite not being able to see, hear, walk, fix her meals, and give herself insulin shots
Posted by: fd at October 25, 2025 06:24 AM (vFG9F)

Good job, fd.

Posted by: m at October 25, 2025 07:40 AM (RuTUS)

163
But many excuses were common: vested interests whose rice bowl was being threatened.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

You, you, you brute! ** runs crying from room **

-- "Two State Solution" Mavens at State Department

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 25, 2025 07:41 AM (xG4kz)

164 "Good job, fd.
Posted by: m"

I got to go to Texas. She got to go to Atlanta. I think we know who got the better end of that deal.

Posted by: fd at October 25, 2025 07:41 AM (vFG9F)

165 The Espresso Pro is an overpriced 15.6" 4k monitor aimed at Mac users.

-------

Does it at least make good coffee?

Typical Leftist Post Modern Deconstruction. Must destroy the language. No, the "Espresso Pro" is not an experienced Starbucks barista with a coffee blog.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 25, 2025 07:42 AM (a4flb)

166 141, yup, all that, and more! stored in plain text on an unsecured server with all your personal id and credit cards, no doubt.

aws is only for important stuff like making sure you are all paid up.

honestly, wtf? I can't even.

Idiocracy made more sense, at least they were humans , this is the opposite; reminds me of the meme about "taking health advice from people who think Earth is overpopulated".

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 25, 2025 07:42 AM (kHop/)

167 Wow.

You know that "Matrix Shroom" that everyone says reveals this reality to be a simulation? I ingested some yesterday and I'm back.

It's all true, but be advised: Ace is really a hot nurse that checks our vitals while we're in stasis. Ginger too.
I'm very afraid.

Posted by: Fen at October 25, 2025 07:43 AM (NHf9S)

168 haha

It is with great regret that I inform you that the World Series begins tonight. Perhaps it's a joyful moment for you - you know, if there's something wrong with you - but as for me, I am facing the proverbial nightmare scenario as a fan: Dodgers versus Canadians. Would you prefer
hemlock or strychnine?

@esotericCD

Posted by: m at October 25, 2025 07:44 AM (RuTUS)

169 Many have come to believe the Federal Gov't is responsible for feeding their kids. When you scream and froth at the mouth because you can't even slap together 2 pieces of bread with peanut butter and jelly, but instead demand your kid be fed at school at taxpayer expense...well, my sympathy isn't very strong.

Another look at Dumpster Diving?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 25, 2025 07:44 AM (a4flb)

170 >He says he wants to makeover my website.

Twenty bucks. Same as in town.

Posted by: But you already knew that at October 25, 2025 07:44 AM (4rtEq)

171 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Heading out for breakfast in a few minutes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at October 25, 2025 07:44 AM (hoCmQ)

172 One of our clients discovered 3 of their employees had traveled to Canada for job interviews, had fake documents, passed HR background checks, and then VPN'd in from African countries for months before being caught.
Posted by: CanuckJack at October 25, 2025 07:04 AM (1cCGi)

I hate remote "work" with the heat of a thousand suns. It completely disrupts team cohesion.

I wouldn't doubt that my employer has similar experiences with employees not being where they were supposed to be while on-the-clock. Fortunately, my team does classified work, so we have be in the office.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at October 25, 2025 07:45 AM (pJWtt)

173 "No, we're going to be in a world of pain. You don't think the banks, hedgies and VC boys aren't going to come screaming to the Federales that Grandma is going to be living on cat food unless they get bailed out.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 25, 2025 07:21 AM (tgvbd) "

they will then take the bailout money and try to corner the market on cat food so they can triple the price.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 25, 2025 07:45 AM (kHop/)

174
Dodgers versus Canadians. Would you prefer hemlock or strychnine?

Yeah, if Toronto wins, the usual suspects will bash the United States and claim that it's a major defeat for Trump and, hey!, free healthcare. But I've always liked George Springer.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 25, 2025 07:47 AM (tgvbd)

175 Jeff Blehar is *BOX OFFICE POISON* retweeted
Jarvis
@jarvis_best
21h
Love to see the head of the Catholic Church hang out with the head of the Anglican Church and his second wife. I can't even remember why the two churches split up in the first place.

Posted by: m at October 25, 2025 07:49 AM (RuTUS)

176 67
'We’ve got a lot of politicians that need to let go of the reins of power due to old-age.'

The Grim Reaper is the only one able to pry power from their grip.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 25, 2025 07:50 AM (fd80v)

177
If anyone using Teams were to whine about anything, it would be the amber status color indicating "Away" that replaces the green "Available" or "Red" Busy when one takes a nap or does something more than fetch a covfefe refill.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

I purchased a mouse mover that is usb powered. Only has two wires in the plug (i checked). Plop the mouse on the mouse mover and go take a nice nap. Come back an hour later and you'vebeen in 'do not disturb' mode the whole timee. Working hard, and concentrating on resolving that pesky issue that had your full attention.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at October 25, 2025 07:52 AM (QVmho)

178 176 67
'We’ve got a lot of politicians that need to let go of the reins of power due to old-age.'

Pffffttt..

Posted by: The ghost of Strom Thurmond at October 25, 2025 07:52 AM (4rtEq)

179 "corner the market on cat food so they can triple the price."

Suicide By Cat is something I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. They play with their prey for Hours.

Posted by: Fen at October 25, 2025 07:52 AM (NHf9S)

180
I am fine with the Toronto Blue Jays winning the World Series. Canada can enjoy one last strut across the world's sporting stage before it crumbles into a madcap scramble of its provinces seeking safe harbour as it falls apart.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 25, 2025 07:54 AM (xG4kz)

181 'Bout time for me to shower and shave. The phiz has not been planed off since Wednesday, so I anticipate that this morning's shave (with slant safety razor and smooth soap or cream) will be a good one.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 25, 2025 07:55 AM (omVj0)

182 I purchased a mouse mover that is usb powered.

The Bank installed tooling to detect mouse mover action and HR sent out a notice that anyone using a mouse mover will be canned ASAP.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 25, 2025 07:56 AM (a4flb)

183 Mitch McConnell's leadership during this shutdown exemplifies the value of experience and tenure provided by our dementia-challenged elected representatives.

Posted by: fd at October 25, 2025 07:56 AM (vFG9F)

184 Jeff Blehar is *BOX OFFICE POISON*
@EsotericCD
14h
Ladies and gentlemen, let me explain to you why I am not particularly looking forward to this World Series, but most of all wish to see Toronto burned to the ground and salted.

Posted by: m at October 25, 2025 07:57 AM (RuTUS)

185
The hyperbole has been turned up to eleven.

A lefty acquaintance of long standing is now referring to Alligator Alcatraz as "Alligator Auschwitz".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 25, 2025 07:59 AM (xG4kz)

186 157
'I got an email from Michael Jackson. He says he wants to makeover my website.'

I don't know what else he'll do, but your website will end up whiter.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 25, 2025 07:59 AM (fd80v)

187 I purchased a mouse mover that is usb powered. Only has two wires in the plug (i checked). Plop the mouse on the mouse mover and go take a nice nap. Come back an hour later and you'vebeen in 'do not disturb' mode the whole timee. Working hard, and concentrating on resolving that pesky issue that had your full attention.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at October 25, 2025

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During the WFHome portion of the early Sniffle Scare, fortunately, nobody checked on me. I settled at the laptop at 8 am, dealt with emails, phone messages, and other matters, posted on AoSHQ. Often I went to the grocery around ten am. Checked on my email around 11:30, napped from 12:30 to 2:00. Then I handled the rest of the things that had come up between then and 4:30, my usual quitting time in the office. Done.

The only thing this did for me (aside from the naps) was make me realize how much I hated my commute. When the possibility of retirement peeped over the horizon, I was more than ready to wave it over and make friends with it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 25, 2025 08:00 AM (omVj0)

188 LB
@beyondreasdoubt
17h
Time for my annual posting of my all-time favorite:

"It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers"

McSweeneys.net link

Posted by: m at October 25, 2025 08:00 AM (RuTUS)

189 Today is St. Crispin's Day.

Obligatory:

https://youtu.be/A-yZNMWFqvM

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 25, 2025 08:00 AM (PiwSw)

190
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/
its-decorative-gourd-season-motherfuckers

Posted by: m at October 25, 2025 08:05 AM (RuTUS)

191 >>“ It was the fulfillment of the prophesy within Isaiah 29:18: "And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and out of darkness and obscurity the eyes of the blind shall see."
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at October 25, 2025 07:39 AM (pJWtt)

One among many the Messiah fulfilled especially in Isaiah and Jeremiah.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 25, 2025 08:06 AM (l3sRd)

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The Bank installed tooling to detect mouse mover action and HR sent out a notice that anyone using a mouse mover will be canned ASAP.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

That's why i got a 2nd one. I plugged that one into an arduino that moves it in a jiggle at about two seconds inside of the 'away' timer.

I really do have to sit and stare at some of the crap they assign me to for hoirs, and it breaks my concentration when i cannot devote my full attention to it. Of course, it can also be abused horrendously, as evidenced by my nap example.

The director i work for knows i resolve some pretty complex shit for him, and he lets me have free rein to work in the manner the fits me. I got dragged in to a ten year strategy sessi9n at my big MIC blood suck___ company last week. Presented a mission analysis that made their problem go away. Two vp, 8 directors, and 3 business developers were left staring at me dumbfounded as to why something so obvious was missed by all of them.

Easy job, but requires a shit ton of critical thinking with no interruptions.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at October 25, 2025 08:08 AM (QVmho)

193 "critical thinking with no interruptions."

one of the hardest things to achieve these days ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 25, 2025 08:11 AM (kHop/)

194
Today is St. Crispin's Day

What's he that wishes so?
My cousin Westmoreland? No my fair cousin:
If we are mark'd to die, we are enow
To do our country loss; and if to live,
The fewer men, the greater share of honor.
God's will! I pray thee, wish not one man more.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 25, 2025 08:12 AM (xG4kz)

195 Thar be noodity.

Posted by: Noodist at October 25, 2025 08:15 AM (4rtEq)

196 thank you for that, Shadout Mapes!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 25, 2025 08:19 AM (kHop/)

197
Saints Crispin and Crispinian are the Christian patron saints of cobblers, curriers, tanners, glove makers, lace makers, lace workers, leather workers, saddle makers, saddlers, shoemakers, tanners, and weavers. They were beheaded during the reign of Diocletian; the date of their execution is given as 25 October 285 or 286.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 25, 2025 08:20 AM (xG4kz)

198 Bif,

Yeah, I'm not so up there in the management stack but I can make huge progress in problem solving when I get into my "little space". It means I am totally focused on things inside my head and any interruption, even a conversation in the next cube blows it. Seeing my log in time out just sets me off.

I wrote a little script that moved my mouse randomly at random times just to keep that from happening years ago.

I just retired. A LOT of people abuse the system where I worked and management doesn't really care because they are a bunch of fuck-offs too.

The only people that cared were old school managers that believed in teamwork and knew what it meant, knew how to use it and acted like leaders. They are mostly gone now, all of them disgusted by the state of affairs.

The only thing that keeps us and probably the country afloat is that our competition and enemies are worse fuck ups than us.

Posted by: pawn at October 25, 2025 08:42 AM (tqkKb)

199 Velveeta wasn’t around until the 1940s or 1950s. I actually like it in an omelet. It has that authentic trailer trash cuisine flavor, real comfort food. When I make
Posted by: Common Tater at October 25, 2025 06:25 AM (CO7ih)

Introduced in 1916.

Posted by: thatcraxyjerseyguy at October 25, 2025 09:07 AM (5xuJ/)

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