Daily Tech News 29 October 2025

Top Story

Amazon is cutting 14,000 corporate jobs. (The Verge)

Not replacing them with AI. Just... Not replacing them.
Apple and Microsoft have both passed the $4 trillion market cap line. (Tech Crunch)

Joining Nvidia among the most valuable companies in the world.

Google's parent company Alphabet is valued at $3.25 trillion, Amazon is at $2.42 trillion, and Facebook's parent Meta is at $1.89 trillion.

Tech News

How to watch the GTC 2025 keynote. (Tom's Hardware)

What's GTC? This is mentioned nowhere in the article.
How to watch the fake AI generated crypto scam GTC 2025 keynote. (Tom's Hardware)

Still no mention of what GTC actually is.
OpenAI's ChatGPT-based web browser, Atlas is... Not a web browser. At all. (Anil Dash)

It queries ChatGPT and assembles things that look like web pages, but have no provenance and no links.

There's nothing to click on. You type your queries into ChatGPT and you wait for it to generate your slop.
The Python Foundation has rejected a $1.5 million government grant due to the strings attached. (The Register)

The "strings" were don't be racist.

For some reason the Python Foundation found that requirement a bridge too far.
The US Senate is hard at work... On a bill that would ban AI tamagotchis for children. (NBC)

Priorities, people.
OpenAI wants to get to a $1 trillion per year infrastructure spend. (Axios)

Same.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: What, a knight?

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

Comments

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 29, 2025 04:03 AM (+qU29)

2 Hi, Pixy!

Posted by: JQ at October 29, 2025 04:04 AM (rdVOm)

3 G'night, all.

Just wanted to say hi...

Posted by: JQ at October 29, 2025 04:04 AM (rdVOm)

4 Hi! Bye!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 29, 2025 04:05 AM (BLOW1)

5 Nvidia GTC (GPU Technology Conference) is a global artificial intelligence (AI) conference for developers that brings together developers, engineers, researchers, inventors, and IT professionals.

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at October 29, 2025 04:07 AM (JRP2U)

6 Good morning. Become flocculent, gentlepersons.

Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. at October 29, 2025 04:09 AM (BDoPY)

7 Good morning. Become flocculent, gentlepersons.

Them’s some mighty strong words, pardner!

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at October 29, 2025 04:15 AM (JRP2U)

8 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 29, 2025 04:16 AM (sAmhv)

9 Replaced my protective screen on my phone with a piece of plastic from a picture frame. But seems not as sensitive so turned up sensitivity. Much clearer now at least

Posted by: Skip at October 29, 2025 04:18 AM (+qU29)

10 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at October 29, 2025 04:38 AM (p6raP)

11 6 Good morning. Become flocculent, gentlepersons.

Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr.

flocculent
adjective

Having a fluffy or woolly appearance.

Containing or made up of small particles that have been aggregated together.

Having a soft, waxy, and woollike covering, as certain insects.

The things you learn around here.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 29, 2025 04:40 AM (sAmhv)

12 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at October 29, 2025 04:48 AM (hoCmQ)

13 Good morning, old dog

How are you doing today?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 29, 2025 04:51 AM (PFs9e)

14 Brazil is revolting.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 29, 2025 04:51 AM (tJnZA)

15 Doing fine, Fen. Hope all is well with you.

Posted by: olddog in mo at October 29, 2025 04:55 AM (hoCmQ)

16 guten tag, horde

Posted by: clarence at October 29, 2025 04:56 AM (Z2R71)

17 Brazil is revolting.
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 29, 2025

***
We know.

Paraguay is no bargain either.

Posted by: Uruguay at October 29, 2025 04:57 AM (omVj0)

18 Brazil has important people coming over so they are shampooing the rugs. The pets have to stay outside until the guests leave.

Posted by: Accomack at October 29, 2025 04:59 AM (3U9lo)

19 Got a meeting with the head of local Catholic high school today. He said he wasn't going to ask for money... today anyway.

Posted by: olddog in mo at October 29, 2025 04:59 AM (hoCmQ)

20 Evening and morning, late toilers and early risers respectively! I'm among the latter this am, I guess, having snapped awake an hour too early. No nightmares or dreamscapes that I can recall, though. How is everyone?

"Flocculent" sounds like a good adjective to describe little Dagny La Siberienne. She looks woolly for sure. Her winter coat is coming in, or maybe has already.

It drizzled overnight; the sidewalk is still wet. I hope it's finished doing that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 29, 2025 05:01 AM (omVj0)

21 So, there are half a dozen tech companies that have a combined market cap greater than the notional gross domestic product of the United States. And most people do not think about the kind of influence large corporations have over the economy and the governance of this country.

Posted by: clarence at October 29, 2025 05:02 AM (Z2R71)

22 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. 43 cloudy degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor.

Running late and am dead tired. May speak with you all later.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 29, 2025 05:03 AM (ufSfZ)

23 The rain is over, apparently, but we have quite a bit of wind. That will make working out a bit tougher -- but challenge and response, baby!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 29, 2025 05:04 AM (omVj0)

24 I would like to ask prayers for the family and friends of R. Who died yesterday .He was our church patriarch. and served in the navy in the Korean War.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 29, 2025 05:06 AM (PFs9e)

25 Melissa has hit Jamaica dead on -- "the strongest storm to hit [the island] in recorded history," says my local Fox outlet.

All I really know about Jamaica is what I read in the James Bond novels. And that info is seventy years out of date.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 29, 2025 05:08 AM (omVj0)

26 Speaking as a normal Caucastic male, BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 29, 2025 05:10 AM (cJQ4x)

27 A few 'Republicans' revolted with the Marxists for Brazil too

Posted by: Skip at October 29, 2025 05:11 AM (+qU29)

28 Mayor-elect Helena Moreno is looking on TV interviews as if she's just opened a trapdoor and found living skeletons inside. A good metaphor for finding out what a howling chaos this city is under the "Laissez le bon temps roulez" exterior.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 29, 2025 05:12 AM (omVj0)

29
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at October 29, 2025 05:12 AM (tljrc)

30 Disclaimer: What, a knight?
-

Dean Martin: That's Armore!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 29, 2025 05:13 AM (cJQ4x)

31 I don't remember which moron advised here around 2 years ago to buy Tesla stock. Just want to say thank you on behalf of my heirs.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 29, 2025 05:18 AM (uHi2H)

32 https://tinyurl.com/3ahhvfry
20 News nuggets from Doug Ross Substack

Downingtown Pa has a Trannie running for mayor

Posted by: Skip at October 29, 2025 05:18 AM (+qU29)

33 Today spouse and I read Proverbs 17. Proverbs 17:22 says "a merry heart does good like medicine". A note from the Life Application Bible says , " A merry heart a cheerful heart. Cheerfulness is shown by always being ready to greet others with a welcoming word, offering words of encouragement, being enthusiastic about the task at hand or giving a positive outlook on the future.Such people are welcome to others as pain relieving medicine.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 29, 2025 05:21 AM (PFs9e)

34 Yesterday I bought a new fry pan, but it's an inch too big to fit comfortably atop my stove. Back it goes for a smaller one. Home Goods has T-Fal models and other name brands. There's a small cast-iron pan among my kitchen gear, but I use it far less than I do the non-stick pan.

Best of all, the pan didn't cost me anything. A couple of years ago my (now-former) employer sent me a non-expiring $150 gift to mark my long service to the place. Yesterday I downloaded $50 of it onto a Home Goods card. I can spread the rest onto cards belonging to a slew of other merchants.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 29, 2025 05:21 AM (omVj0)

35 OK... Pixy's tech thread.... Think about something techie...

Ah! This just in my inbox: my bank is about to enable me to use Paze to make digital payments via my credit card.

Paze???

So, I went to paze.com. It told me much the same as my bank's email.

So I searched and found:

https://tinyurl.com/5fj33cjy+

So, ignore.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 29, 2025 05:24 AM (uHi2H)

36 Hitting a short road for a change
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at October 29, 2025 05:25 AM (+qU29)

37 My savings bank, when I log on to check my statements, keeps giving my a popup saying "Zelle Is Still Available!" Annoying.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 29, 2025 05:27 AM (omVj0)

38 Flocculate is a word used in particle/colloid science, meaning particles that aggregate together through non-chemical bonding (VdW forces, etc).

Kind of like felting wool, in a way.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 29, 2025 05:28 AM (06Hmj)

39 Good morning, SNAP EBT recipients. It's morning cuppa Joe time!

https://tinyurl.com/37fwz8xj+

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 29, 2025 05:28 AM (uHi2H)

40 Greetings and good morning, one and all. The morning is going well and I have nothing to complain about at the moment. But I'm working hard to find something. -:-)

Posted by: NR Pax at October 29, 2025 05:29 AM (svLOV)

41 Flocculate is a word used in particle/colloid science, meaning particles that aggregate together through non-chemical bonding (VdW forces, etc).

Kind of like felting wool, in a way.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 29, 2025 05:28 AM (06Hmj)
-

Particles of a feather floc together?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 29, 2025 05:30 AM (uHi2H)

42 SNAP . . . that reminds me, I need to stock up at the store today and tomorrow so I don't have to go near a grocery this weekend!

Though the governor here, like several others, says he will divert state funds to cover the program for November. So, maybe no riots or looting yet.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 29, 2025 05:31 AM (omVj0)

43 It's got to be better than felching wool.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 29, 2025 05:31 AM (tJnZA)

44 Virginia is funding SNAP.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 29, 2025 05:33 AM (tJnZA)

45 I need to stock up at the store today and tomorrow so I don't have to go near a grocery this weekend!

Hm. Wife is doing an Aldi's run today but getting some more basics just in case may be a good idea.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 29, 2025 05:33 AM (svLOV)

46 We morons have seen this claim before:

https://tinyurl.com/3tzs9e8u+

Waiting for her pink slip to be issued.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 29, 2025 05:34 AM (uHi2H)

47 I have one of those little refriferator freezers. It decides to defrost itself from time to time.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 29, 2025 05:34 AM (tJnZA)

48 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at October 29, 2025 05:34 AM (XQo4F)

49 Cheerfulness is shown by always being ready to greet others with a welcoming word, offering words of encouragement, being enthusiastic about the task at hand or giving a positive outlook on the future.Such people are welcome to others as pain relieving medicine.

Speaking only for myself, that's hard advice to follow. I do have moments of cheerfulness (such as when having finished a bit of writing, as I mentioned yesterday), but I'm generally a cynical, depressive person.

Have you ever seen those commercials for anti-depressants where a person hides behind a smiling mask? I feel like that a lot of times. I really am hoping retirement will blow the clouds away.

Back to work.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 29, 2025 05:34 AM (ufSfZ)

50 The moviestvnetwork ("Movies!") channel is showing Jay Ward's old Fractured Flickers show. It's not closed-captioned, though most of their offerings are, but it still is fun.

Movie experts keep telling me that Lon Chaney Sr.'s London After Midnight film has been utterly lost. But I recall seeing snippets from it used on the FF show when I was a kid. Perhaps the film *as a whole* is lost, but there were bits of it still extant in the early Sixties.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 29, 2025 05:38 AM (omVj0)

51 Have you ever seen those commercials for anti-depressants where a person hides behind a smiling mask? I feel like that a lot of times. I really am hoping retirement will blow the clouds away.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 29, 2025 05:34 AM (ufSfZ)
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Was on ADs for a week of my life. I broke free thanks to encouragement from Mrs. BD.

I'm sure your situation is not at all the same. I posted a link here over a year ago that explains how people can repair their body and mind to ween themselves off of ADs forever.

Will try to search for it.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 29, 2025 05:39 AM (uHi2H)

52 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Pierci

You're a very smart and dear man and much appreciated here , and I'm sure elsewhere . You have a talent for writing. As someone suggested the other day see if you can get your anti depressant changed, and consider going to talk to someone - maybe a priest? We are care here but none of us are professsionals.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 29, 2025 05:40 AM (rZCVI)

53 I use Zelle whenever I can since Zelle is a bank to bank system with no fees.
AppleCash and ApplePay are convenient if I don’t bring my wallet.
Bills are done thru my bank.
Everything else is just another credit card.

Posted by: Accomack at October 29, 2025 05:43 AM (3U9lo)

54 Good morning, SNAP EBT recipients. It's morning cuppa Joe time!

https://tinyurl.com/37fwz8xj+
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 29, 2025 05:28 AM (uHi2H)

Apparently, 29 states are asking a judge to require Trump to use federal emergency funds to continue to pay the states to fund SNAP but not to require the states to fund SNAP on their own or to have Senate Democrats pass the CR which would fund SNAP.

The federal emergency funds would run out in 2-3 weeks.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 29, 2025 05:43 AM (ExV1e)

55 MP4, I second what Fen said. From my own limited experience (seven months now), retirement does blow some clouds away, but only if you have something to occupy you that you enjoy. Now that I've finally been able to take a first step along my path to relocation, I feel much better. Waiting to do that was kinda dull, though better than sitting in traffic twice a day.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 29, 2025 05:44 AM (omVj0)

56 We morons have seen this claim before:

https://tinyurl.com/3tzs9e8u+

Waiting for her pink slip to be issued.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 29, 2025 05:34 AM (uHi2H)

It's irrelevant. She was confirmed by the Senate.

People are shrieking about the autopen to get you worked up. Nothing WILL happen about the autopenned stuff because nothing CAN happen about the autopenned stuff. It's a done deal.

Work to make sure it can't happen again.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 29, 2025 05:46 AM (ExV1e)

57 Please pray for my son. He is having issues with an online dating sites and a person he met there He is annoyed that I think this is all a scam. Fortunately he talked to the guy who is the Youth Minister at the evangelical church he goes to and he basically said to be careful as well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 29, 2025 05:47 AM (rZCVI)

58 Speaking of relocation plans . . . I liked Evansville a lot, and Owensboro even more. Salty and Notsothoreau have been suggesting Kansas to me, though, for several years now, and I am wondering about towns there, perhaps within a short drive of Wichita. Hot in the summer, I know, but maybe a little less humid than SW IN, and fall begins earlier?

Either way I have to sit Linda down and say, "Are you in or out?" I know darn well the answer will be "out," and so I'm putting it off. But wherever I decide on, I'll need to put my stuff in storage and rent an apartment for a while so I can see what the new area is actually like. All it will take is some money, which I have, and fortitude, which I will have to dredge up from somewhere.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 29, 2025 05:51 AM (omVj0)

59 Prayers sent, Fen. The dating scene is absolutely horrible for young men right now and those sites attract some of the worst folks out there.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 29, 2025 05:52 AM (svLOV)

60 Posted by: NR Pax at October 29, 2025 05:52 AM (svLOV)

Everybody he's met online has asked him for money. He's not given it to them, but as a mother this just makes me furious.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 29, 2025 05:57 AM (Nx5jP)

61 When an eel bites your thigh, that's a moray!

Posted by: Epobirs at October 29, 2025 05:57 AM (/0z9K)

62 59: the dating scene isn't very good at any age right now. Lots of carnage out there.

FYI

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 29, 2025 05:57 AM (sAmhv)

63 Sigh. Sometimes my super-competent Indian co-workers make me crazy.

Indian co-worker: I'm doing a build and the build fails, the error indicates that broken source has been committed somehow... so I'll just keep telling the system to rebuild cuz surely it'll work this time.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 29, 2025 05:59 AM (ExV1e)

64 Lively Gospel tune -"I heard my Savior calling me."
By Hank Williams Sr

https://tinyurl.com/2y8bnkdn

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 29, 2025 06:00 AM (Nx5jP)

65 Everybody he's met online has asked him for money.

I will refrain from my harsh remarks about those kind of women.

the dating scene isn't very good at any age right now.

That's a long rant on my part. I'll leave it at that.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 29, 2025 06:00 AM (svLOV)

66 Everybody he's met online has asked him for money. He's not given it to them, but as a mother this just makes me furious.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 29, 2025 05:57 AM (Nx5jP)

There are women who'll match with a guy just to get a free dinner. I'm so glad I'm old and married.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 29, 2025 06:00 AM (ExV1e)

67
Again, I don't know how our favorite president does it. He's having dinner with the South Korean president, schmoozing with him, and some other Asian big shots.

The South Korean president gave Trump their highest honorary award and gave him a gift off....an audacious golden crown, which is a replica of some ancient crown from an old ancient dynasty that ruled there way back.

Trump said he might just put it on right then and there.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 29, 2025 06:02 AM (w6EFb)

68 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 29, 2025 05:51 AM (omVj0

Is Miss Linda not telling you what her objections are or do you think the whole idea of moving is just too overwhelming to her?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 29, 2025 06:02 AM (Nx5jP)

69 There are women who'll match with a guy just to get a free dinner.

I watched a rant from this woman claiming that if the guy's idea of a first date is a coffee or a hike, then he's cheap and she's wasting her time.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 29, 2025 06:03 AM (svLOV)

70 "An old ancient dynasty" I just said. Boy, talk about redundant.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 29, 2025 06:03 AM (w6EFb)

71 Posted by: NR Pax at October 29, 2025 06:00 AM (svLOV

He thinks that I'm an out of touch dinosaur who thinks that mostly everything online is a scam.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 29, 2025 06:04 AM (Nx5jP)

72 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 29, 2025 06:00 AM (ExV1e)

Me too and that I never had to date online🙂

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 29, 2025 06:05 AM (Nx5jP)

73 He thinks that I'm an out of touch dinosaur who thinks that mostly everything online is a scam.

I've been working in tech since about 94. I have trust issues because of that. -:-)

Posted by: NR Pax at October 29, 2025 06:06 AM (svLOV)

74 He thinks that I'm an out of touch dinosaur who thinks that mostly everything online is a scam.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 29, 2025 06:04 AM (Nx5jP)

Young folks get scammed every day because of this thinking.

Here's a collection of "I got scammed" stories:
https://youtu.be/NWfa0wzljCo

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 29, 2025 06:07 AM (ExV1e)

75 G'morning Horde.

On Apple and Microsoft market valuations being $4T:

Ten years ago, Apple's market valuation was hovering around the high $800B/$900B mark (about a quarter of what it is now.)

Ten years ago, gold was trading at $1,000 to $1,100 USD (about a quarter of what it is now.)

And that means the value of our savings, and our buying power is about a quarter of what it was then. I shouldn't have thought about this. Now I'm angry.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 29, 2025 06:08 AM (O7YUW)

76 The local RCC has a dance periodically for young people. I think I may go to the evangelical church ( I know the pastor )to see if they can do the same thing.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 29, 2025 06:09 AM (rZCVI)

77 Sorry, everybody. I didn't mean to go on about this at length. Thanks for your listening and being empathetic.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 29, 2025 06:11 AM (rZCVI)

78
Is Miss Linda not telling you what her objections are or do you think the whole idea of moving is just too overwhelming to her?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 29, 2025

***
At the risk of sounding smarty-pants, Fen, the answer is "yes." She is not the type to talk about things that are important to her until she bursts out with them. I've told her for years she needs to Talk to Me, but the message simply folds up and is blown away.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 29, 2025 06:12 AM (omVj0)

79 mornin yall. I'm glad Tuesday is over because I am tired of speaking as a black LBGT woman. That shit will wear you down.

Posted by: fd at October 29, 2025 06:15 AM (vFG9F)

80 I am wondering about towns there, perhaps within a short drive of Wichita.

Wolfus,

Be aware that's serious tornado country. The only place worse is further south in Oklahoma.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at October 29, 2025 06:16 AM (/HDaX)

81 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 29, 2025 06:12 AM (omVj0)

Sorry, Wolfus . People who keep it all inside can be very challenging in a relationship to people who want to talk, but you knew that. .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 29, 2025 06:17 AM (ix8EF)

82 Posted by: fd at October 29, 2025 06:15 AM (vFG9F

LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 29, 2025 06:18 AM (ix8EF)

83 Looking forward to seeing both "flocculent" and "flatulent" in a limerick later this morning.

Posted by: Person who likes limericks at October 29, 2025 06:19 AM (XQo4F)

84 Fen, don't worry about it. You're right to have concerns but I am glad your son is not throwing money at them.

(This being me, my sarcastic side would be asking what I get in return from them.)

Posted by: NR Pax at October 29, 2025 06:22 AM (svLOV)

85 In local news, 24-year-old Quintravious Causey was arrested after an argument over a rap song turned violent. He faces the following charges:

10 counts of aggravated assault
7 counts of cruelty to children
2 counts of criminal damage to property (second degree)
1 count of discharging a firearm near a highway
3 counts of reckless conduct
1 count of false statement
Additional aggravated assault charges are pending, police said.

His momma say he a good boy and was jes turning his life around.

Posted by: fd at October 29, 2025 06:23 AM (vFG9F)

86 @79

>>mornin yall. I'm glad Tuesday is over because I am tired of speaking as a black LBGT woman. That shit will wear you down.

It is adjacent to talking like a pirate, and as fun as that is, you can only keep it up for so long before your brain breaks.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 29, 2025 06:24 AM (XV/Pl)

87 (This being me, my sarcastic side would be asking what I get in return from them.)
Posted by: NR Pax at October 29, 2025 06:22 AM (svLOV)

I be the table. -- Most common female answer on every dating podcast

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 29, 2025 06:24 AM (ExV1e)

88 I watched a rant from this woman claiming that if the guy's idea of a first date is a coffee or a hike, then he's cheap and she's wasting her time.

Sorry, lady. If I don't know you already - from work, church or so on - I am not going to spend the time and money on a dinner so that we can talk for five minutes and then eat for the rest of the time.

A talk over cofveve is a good way to suss someone out, and it doesn't waste both peoples' time.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 29, 2025 06:24 AM (ufSfZ)

89 One of my clients, a civil engineering firm, uses the term "flocculent" to describe the fluffy white stuff that clumps together in water treatment systems.

Posted by: fd at October 29, 2025 06:26 AM (vFG9F)

90 @60/FenelonSpoke: "Everybody he's met online has asked him for money."

Scammers or prostitutes will both do that.

" He's not given it to them, but as a mother this just makes me furious."

Understandable. I get angry when anyone tries to take advantage of my daughters as well, but I don't have to worry for I taught them well, and their first assumption will always be, "It's a scam." This has served them very well so far.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 29, 2025 06:26 AM (O7YUW)

91 His momma say he a good boy and was jes turning his life around.
Posted by: fd at October 29, 2025 06:23 AM (vFG9F)

Wow! What's the over/under on that event showing up as a UT00b cop video?

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at October 29, 2025 06:27 AM (/HDaX)

92 I be the table. -- Most common female answer on every dating podcast
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

I love it when they go on the Whatever podcast. The humiliation they get is wonderful to watch.

A talk over cofveve is a good way to suss someone out, and it doesn't waste both peoples' time.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

The woman on the video I mentioned was single and single women seem to take great delight in dragging other women down.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 29, 2025 06:28 AM (svLOV)

93 "Wow! What's the over/under on that event showing up as a UT00b cop video?
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent"

I don't know about that but I have the feeling this will not be the last time the cops take his picture.

Posted by: fd at October 29, 2025 06:29 AM (vFG9F)

94 G'morning, all.

Damp, misty and raining again.

So no morning walk.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 29, 2025 06:30 AM (a1415)

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