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Daily Tech News 2 November 2025

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  • The Playdate is a great indie puzzle machine: Games like Lexgrid, Togglebot, and What Time Is It? are perfect daily distractions. (The Verge) (archive site)

    The what?

    Huh. This is apparently a thing that exists. It's a tiny handheld gaming device, the size and colour of a Post-It note, with specs to match the original Nintendo Game Boy from 1989.

    Which is... Fine. It costs $229 and has not exactly set the world on fire, but keep trucking along, dudes.


  • Bluesky has reached 40 million users and unveiled a "dislike button". (Tech Crunch)

    Nobody posts on Bluesky but that's a separate problem.
    The company explained the changes are designed to make Bluesky a place for more "fun, genuine, and respectful exchanges" - an edict that follows a month of unrest on the platform as some users again criticized the platform over its moderation decisions.
    Edict? Do you know what that word means?

    Anyway, the only people more delusional than the Tech Crunch reporter here trying to fluff month-dead roadkill and the Bluesky executives pretending their company isn't month-dead roadkill are Bluesky's dozen or so actual users who insist that the company should ban people who don't break the rules, to save them the trouble of constructing their own echo chambers:
    Bluesky, however, wants to focus more on the tools it provides users to control their own experience.Today, this includes things like moderation lists that let users quickly block a group of people they don't want to interact with, content filter controls, muted words, and the ability to subscribe to other moderation service providers.
    The problem is that all this engineering effort is going to make sure that none of their users ever have to see outside their bubbles.


  • Support for MySQL 8.0 ends in six months. (The Register)

    Bleh.


  • A faint glow in the Milky Way could be dark matter. (Space)

    If it's so dark, why does it glow?



Musical Interlude





Disclaimer: Mustard. Grey Poupon. Hot.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM




Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 w00t

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 05:00 AM (RuTUS)

2 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at November 02, 2025 05:01 AM (+qU29)

3 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 02, 2025 05:01 AM (uHi2H)

4 Morning all.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 02, 2025 05:01 AM (BLOW1)

5 guten morgen, horde

Posted by: clarence at November 02, 2025 05:01 AM (zBOWZ)

6 Good morning. Now is the time, little birds, break out of your eggs.

Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. at November 02, 2025 05:03 AM (IfMHM)

7 Just harvested olives with Mrs. BD in our north Israel garden.

Hot days recently, instead of the usual windy and rainy days by the start of Nov. Not good. Not enough rain last year, too.

More olive picking later this afternoon before sunset, when it's cooler and shadier.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 02, 2025 05:05 AM (uHi2H)

8 6 Good morning. Now is the time, little birds, break out of your eggs.
Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr.

https://youtu.be/Vi3FpoZqLj0

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 02, 2025 05:06 AM (BLOW1)

9 Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM
Posted by: clarence at November 02, 2025 05:01 AM (zBOWZ)

was ist?

Posted by: clarence at November 02, 2025 05:11 AM (zBOWZ)

10 >>>The Playdate is a great indie puzzle machine: Games like Lexgrid, Togglebot, and What Time Is It? are perfect daily distractions. (The Verge) (archive site)

Huh.

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 05:14 AM (RuTUS)

11 Can we just stop changing the time twice a year?

Posted by: Skip at November 02, 2025 05:16 AM (+qU29)

12 8 6 Good morning. Now is the time, little birds, break out of your eggs.
Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr.

https://youtu.be/Vi3FpoZqLj0
Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 02, 2025 05:06 AM (BLOW1)

haha!

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 05:17 AM (RuTUS)

13 6 Good morning. Now is the time, little birds, break out of your eggs.
Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. at November 02, 2025 05:03 AM (IfMHM)

I was listening to a recycled--two-year-old?--Gad Saad podcast with Elon yesterday, and Gad Saad remarked on Elon's multitasking, and they started talking about "two birds with one stone" and all, and Elon said (something like), "Get the whole flock!"

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 05:21 AM (RuTUS)

14 Whoa! Big BOOM-BOOM just now.

Waiting for news bulletin.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 02, 2025 05:22 AM (uHi2H)

15 9 Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM
Posted by: clarence at November 02, 2025 05:01 AM (zBOWZ)

was ist?
Posted by: clarence at November 02, 2025 05:11 AM (zBOWZ)

Good eye!

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 05:23 AM (RuTUS)

16 My Inaugural Chat with Elon Musk
Gad Saad
2024

https://youtu.be/zLL_NajzONY

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 05:33 AM (RuTUS)

17 Blooskyy itself already is the manifestation of a Dislike Button for existence and humanity and everything good in the world.

How meta.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 02, 2025 05:38 AM (06Hmj)

18 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 02, 2025 05:39 AM (sAmhv)

19 Whoa! Big BOOM-BOOM just now.

Waiting for news bulletin.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 02, 2025 05:22 AM (uHi2H)
-

No news. Hmmm.....

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 02, 2025 05:40 AM (uHi2H)

20 19 Whoa! Big BOOM-BOOM just now.

Waiting for news bulletin.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 02, 2025 05:22 AM (uHi2H)
-

No news. Hmmm.....
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 02, 2025 05:40 AM (uHi2H)

I went over to Drudge Report to see if there was anything about it and, whew, that site is ick.

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 05:43 AM (RuTUS)

21 Flattened, egg like form? Have astronomers seen eggs before?

Posted by: banana Dream at November 02, 2025 05:43 AM (3uBP9)

22 When having the President's ear might extend your life:

https://tinyurl.com/56kwa2rh

Good luck, Scott Adams.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 02, 2025 05:44 AM (uHi2H)

23 21 Flattened, egg like form? Have astronomers seen eggs before?
Posted by: banana Dream

https://youtu.be/Vi3FpoZqLj0

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 02, 2025 05:45 AM (BLOW1)

24 I went over to Drudge Report to see if there was anything about it and, whew, that site is ick.

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 05:43 AM (RuTUS)
-

Haven't touched it for years.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 02, 2025 05:45 AM (uHi2H)

25 I haven't been to Drudge in years either

Posted by: Skip at November 02, 2025 05:47 AM (+qU29)

26
Bluesky has all the fun, genuine and respectful exchanges of a Soviet Party Congress.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 02, 2025 05:47 AM (tgvbd)

27 6 Good morning. Now is the time, little birds, break out of your eggs.
Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. at November 02, 2025 05:03 AM (IfMHM)

*cheep*

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 05:47 AM (RuTUS)

28 I didn't hear anything.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 02, 2025 05:55 AM (5dJvI)

29 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: Curtis LeMay at November 02, 2025 05:56 AM (AN2gy)

30 What happened to the gibsmedat riots?

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 02, 2025 05:57 AM (5dJvI)

31 Supersonic jets?

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 05:57 AM (RuTUS)

32 Posted by: Curtis LeMay at November 02, 2025 05:56 AM (AN2gy)

haha fluffy nic

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 05:58 AM (RuTUS)

33 Try again

Posted by: fluffy at November 02, 2025 05:59 AM (AN2gy)

34 A nice reflection on body and spirit by an older man. Sunny Skyz site:

https://tinyurl.com/4krb6t67

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 02, 2025 06:01 AM (2sfNr)

35 >>>a month of unrest on the platform as some users again criticized the platform over its moderation decisions

Seems so unlike them to be scolds.

/s

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 06:02 AM (RuTUS)

36 Mexico celebrated the Day of the Dead.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 02, 2025 06:06 AM (5dJvI)

37 Posted by: Boss Moss at November 02, 2025 05:57 AM (5dJvI)

No NGO's were paying them to riot?

There's supposed to be "anti fascist" riot on
November 5th in Washington.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 02, 2025 06:10 AM (Yl2Ob)

38 Supersonic jets?

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 05:57 AM (RuTUS)
-

Maybe but that would mean they were coming back from something and they're rarely supersonic around here.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 02, 2025 06:12 AM (uHi2H)

39 Where?

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 02, 2025 06:12 AM (5dJvI)

40 >>>here trying to fluff month-dead roadkill

ewwwww

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 06:15 AM (RuTUS)

41
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 02, 2025 06:17 AM (tljrc)

42 Bacon is the perfect food.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 02, 2025 06:17 AM (5dJvI)

43 So here inside the beltway, the new time is about 5:20 a.m.. The posting time below says 6:21 approx. Interesting.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at November 02, 2025 06:21 AM (+YRf1)

44 Remember, you can't spell obesity without EBT.

Posted by: M. Gaga at November 02, 2025 06:22 AM (zeLd4)

45 Evening and morning to all as we welcome our new Clock Overlords! C'mon, admit it, we are generally slaves to the clock and watch and the time readout on our phones/cars/computers, right?

Anyway, as our former "president" used to say! I'm up, awake-ish, sipping my coffee. The furry thugs think they are being starved -- it's past their breakfast time according to their appetite alarms. I'll feed them shortly, about fifteen minutes early this evening, and then have them back on schedule tomorrow.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 02, 2025 06:25 AM (wzUl9)

46 Leave those clocks alone.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 02, 2025 06:30 AM (5dJvI)

47 Lily, our 19-pound corgi, she'll be 7 in December, she jumps on my chest with all four each morning, at about five (she did not turn back her clock), to say, hey, HEY, FEED ME.

I do, she's afraid of the dark, so won't go out until dawn, which ain't here yet, so, fed, she's calmed down.

I take the sourdough-rye loaf, slice off a piece, cut that in half, put it in the toaster, set to a short heat. One egg, broken into a flat bottom small bowl, fork-pierce the yolk, into the 1100W microwave for 30 seconds, then a slice of firm white cheddar goes on, 15 seconds more. Make up the sandwich, and be sure to drizzle some tabasco on the egg. Hot black French roast coffee accompanies this small wonder.

Posted by: M. Gaga at November 02, 2025 06:31 AM (zeLd4)

48 Stray cat becomes hardware store manager:
You might want to skip down to the bottom left and hit the play button because the text is just a narration of the video:

https://tinyurl.com/4awcz52s

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 02, 2025 06:32 AM (iOWAS)

49 Cool, 61 F. here, humidity up but not much wind.

Paul McCartney was in town for a concert on Wed. night 10/29, and he paid a visit to the famous Skeleton House on St. Charles Ave. This is a private home which every year on 10/1 unveils an entire yard full of skeletons dressed in costumes and with funny/satirical labels on them, like "James Car-ILL" and "SCARY Matalin," "Trom-BONE Shorty," "TERROR Swift," "Morris BAT" (after a local ambulance-chaser), and (mounted on the roof) a skeleton proclaiming, "I've Got Shingles!"

Next year, I predict, there will be one labeled "Paul Mc-CASKET-y."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 02, 2025 06:32 AM (wzUl9)

50 My wall clock, which is supposed to adjust its time according to the WWVB signal from Colorado, did not do that. I'm curious as to whether it's the location. To test, I've put the clock in the window, which faces approximately west toward the station. If it hasn't updated by the time I finish working out, oh, well, I'll set it manually.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 02, 2025 06:35 AM (wzUl9)

51 >>>It's a tiny handheld gaming device, the size and colour of a Post-It note

Takes me back to the days of fidget spinners.

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 06:35 AM (RuTUS)

52 That sourdough I do, it's seedy. Pumpkin, sunflower, flax, sesame, and chia seeds go into it to make it nutty.

Finished reading Grisham's newest last night. Guy is wrongly convicted of first degree murder, things get twisty after that. He sure can weave a tale.

Posted by: M. Gaga at November 02, 2025 06:35 AM (zeLd4)

53 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 02, 2025 06:32 AM (wzUl9)

That's sounds funny. At least it has some humor . I am not a big fan of creepy Halloween decorations.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 02, 2025 06:36 AM (iOWAS)

54
Diana told me at 3:26, "Screw the clock, Daddy, it's time for me to go out."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 02, 2025 06:37 AM (tgvbd)

55 That's sounds funny. At least it has some humor . I am not a big fan of creepy Halloween decorations.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 02, 2025

***
The humor is its real attraction. Others on the avenue do wide swaths of spider webs with giant colorful spiders within them; one place had a giant inflatable pumpkin; one had a life-size figure of the stereotypical witch on the porch. Only the Skeleton House goes with satire.

In a local TV interview, the lady says she comes up with most of the comic labels/puns herself -- though some have come via the suggestion box she has on the fence outside the gate.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 02, 2025 06:44 AM (wzUl9)

56 Wikipedia on Bluesky:

Bluesky Social promotes a composable user experience and algorithmic choice as core features of Bluesky.

Maybe they mean "compostable"?

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 06:53 AM (RuTUS)

57 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 02, 2025 06:44 AM (wzUl9

Sounds quite clever.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 02, 2025 06:54 AM (2sfNr)

58 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 02, 2025 06:54 AM (A0sqA)

59 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 02, 2025 06:56 AM (hoCmQ)

60 LX

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 02, 2025 06:57 AM (hoCmQ)

61 >>>Bluesky has reached 40 million users ... (Tech Crunch) ... Nobody posts on Bluesky but that's a separate problem.

Wikipedia article on Bluesky gives this active user count:

As of September 2025, Bluesky had 1.5 million daily active users, down 40% from March 2025, when the network had 2.5 million daily active users.

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 06:59 AM (RuTUS)

62 It's time for me to change, stretch, and work out. Once it's done, breakfast!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 02, 2025 07:00 AM (wzUl9)

63 Morning peeps.

The cats do not know what time it is supposed to be.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 02, 2025 07:01 AM (Q4IgG)

64 >>Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM
Posted by: clarence at November 02, 2025 05:01 AM (zBOWZ)

was ist?

I use RSS for post notifications & this showed up in the feed as 3:00.

Posted by: Nazdar at November 02, 2025 07:01 AM (NcvvS)

65 more Bluesky timeline (Wikipedia):

Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey left Bluesky Social's board by May 2024.

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 07:02 AM (RuTUS)

66 Just Stop Oil has identified the real baddies in our culture -- the Druids.

https://is.gd/jPP07n

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 02, 2025 07:02 AM (PiwSw)

67 America will have its 250th birthday next year, and that duration pretty much matches the length of the glorious Inca civilization, the largest in the Americas, larger in area when the Spaniards encountered them, than any other in the world.

The Spanish were from another continent, way across the waters, and their number was a tiny fraction of the Inca. Nonetheless, the Inca were conquered, and their civilization dissolved.

Will our civilizaton survive the invasion that is happening right now?

Posted by: M. Gaga at November 02, 2025 07:04 AM (zeLd4)

68 I use to think my cats knew the time. They didn't approve of clock changes, when supper time came they wanted it same time of day no matter what the clock said.

Posted by: Skip at November 02, 2025 07:05 AM (+qU29)

69 61 >>>Bluesky has reached 40 million users ... (Tech Crunch) ... Nobody posts on Bluesky but that's a separate problem.

Wikipedia article on Bluesky gives this active user count:

As of September 2025, Bluesky had 1.5 million daily active users, down 40% from March 2025, when the network had 2.5 million daily active users.
Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 06:59 AM (RuTUS)

Hmm. I guess that "active users" and "daily active users" are different beasts.

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 07:09 AM (RuTUS)

70 Growing up, had a dog that was fed daily at 4 PM. He knew exactly when that bowl was supposed to filled, and if it wasn't, would pick it up & take it to the nearest human and then drop it. Loudly.

Posted by: Nazdar at November 02, 2025 07:09 AM (NcvvS)

71 I wonder if pixy is going to fix the domain server's time routine. Seems to be off by an hour.

Posted by: clarence at November 02, 2025 07:10 AM (zBOWZ)

72 And the time changes definitely threw him off for several days.

Posted by: Nazdar at November 02, 2025 07:10 AM (NcvvS)

73 70 Growing up, had a dog that was fed daily at 4 PM. He knew exactly when that bowl was supposed to filled, and if it wasn't, would pick it up & take it to the nearest human and then drop it. Loudly.
Posted by: Nazdar at November 02, 2025 07:09 AM (NcvvS)

; )

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 07:13 AM (RuTUS)

74 Trying to get along with my pone's issue of the one off button not working. The double tap work around mostly works but every once in awhile it doesn't want to wake up so have to shock it by plug in. A alarm going off or incoming call does same.
I actually have a new phone but would h8 to get rid of this one as that button issue is the only bad thing.

Posted by: Skip at November 02, 2025 07:15 AM (+qU29)

75 There is no dark side of the moon, really.

Matter of fact, it's all dark.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at November 02, 2025 07:17 AM (1Nv0l)

76 *resisting the urge to say did you try turning it off and on again*

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 07:17 AM (RuTUS)

77 Australia did their time change 2 or 3 weeks ago

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 02, 2025 07:18 AM (A0sqA)

78 You're as cold as ice,
You're willing to sacrifice our love.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 02, 2025 07:19 AM (A0sqA)

79 Well! My "atomic clock," the wall clock that is supposed to receive the WWVB signal and adjust itself, did that while sitting in the western-facing window! I guess I should set it in the window every week or so, to get the exact time.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 02, 2025 07:19 AM (wzUl9)

80 I'll fix the time when I post my noon piece.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (Flying the American Flag!) at November 02, 2025 07:20 AM (n9ltV)

81 Wait, what??

The clocks went back an hour?

That explains why light is already peeking around the edges of my blinds!

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at November 02, 2025 07:22 AM (1Nv0l)

82 Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 02, 2025 07:24 AM (PiwSw)

83 .
.
I just wasted half an hour on TvvitVVhore looking for news.

Posted by: Marooned at November 02, 2025 07:25 AM (kt8QE)

84 bbc LIVE

Two British nationals held over train stabbing as police say no suggestion attack terror-related

Officers say two of those injured remain in a life-threatening condition - four others have been discharged from hospital.

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 07:26 AM (RuTUS)

85 I look at comments for time more than the small clock on my phone

Posted by: Skip at November 02, 2025 07:27 AM (+qU29)

86 .
.
Pixie needs a "like" button.

Posted by: Marooned at November 02, 2025 07:27 AM (kt8QE)

87 also bbc this is a front-page story:

Andrew fixed palace visit for firm with £1.4m deal with ex-wife

A company paying Sarah Ferguson was given a private tour of Buckingham Palace while the late Queen was in residence, BBC can reveal.

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 07:28 AM (RuTUS)

88 > The problem is that all this engineering effort is going to make sure that none of their users ever have to see outside their bubbles.

That's why liberals loathe Trump. Polite Republicans can be safely ignored. He forces them to see their own Matrix.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at November 02, 2025 07:29 AM (1Nv0l)

89 Sad more didn't give one TJM

Posted by: Skip at November 02, 2025 07:31 AM (+qU29)

90 Re: The Clanker controversy.

People for whom everything is offensive encourage people to find even more creative and fun ways to be offensive to them.

Posted by: Minuteman at November 02, 2025 07:31 AM (47/pr)

91 Oh, about those Just Stop Oil activists who defaced Stonehenge, they were aquitted. The judge cited their climate change motive and affirmed that people have the right to protest in a democracy, even if others disapprove.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 02, 2025 07:31 AM (PiwSw)

92 87 also bbc this is a front-page story:

Andrew fixed palace visit for firm with £1.4m deal with ex-wife

Posted by: m

-------

Charles is a POS. Throws his brother under the bus to distract from his own unpopularity.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at November 02, 2025 07:33 AM (1Nv0l)

93 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 02, 2025 07:33 AM (x7EH8)

94 86 .
.
Pixie needs a "like" button.
Posted by: Marooned at November 02, 2025 07:27 AM (kt8QE)

It's coming in the next beta. Swearsies. Or maybe the one after...

Posted by: Minx Gerbils at November 02, 2025 07:33 AM (PiwSw)

95 93 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 02, 2025 07:33 AM (x7EH

Disclaimer: Mustard. Grey Poupon. Hot.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 07:34 AM (RuTUS)

96 Just Stop Oil has identified the real baddies in our culture -- the Druids.
----------
Well, after all, no one knows who they were, or what they were doing...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 02, 2025 07:34 AM (x7EH8)

97 Bet the attacker with no motive known is named Mohammed

Posted by: Skip at November 02, 2025 07:35 AM (+qU29)

98 86 .
.
Pixie needs a "like" button.
Posted by: Marooned at November 02, 2025 07:27 AM (kt8QE)

Do Not Want

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 07:36 AM (RuTUS)

99 Pixie needs a "like" button.
Posted by: Marooned at November 02, 2025 07:27 AM (kt8QE)

It's coming in the next beta. Swearsies. Or maybe the one after...
Posted by: Minx Gerbils at November 02, 2025 07:33 AM (PiwSw)
-----------
Everyone's all about "like" or "don't like" buttons. No one ever does anything about a "need scotch" or "need bourbon" button.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 02, 2025 07:38 AM (x7EH8)

100 100

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 07:38 AM (RuTUS)

101 I was hoping like opening of Branded that in a ceremony te Ingrips off rank insignia and brakes his sword

Posted by: Skip at November 02, 2025 07:39 AM (+qU29)

102 Bluesky has ... unveiled a "dislike button" (Tech Crunch)

Also Do Not Want

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 07:39 AM (RuTUS)

103 te Ingrips?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 02, 2025 07:39 AM (x7EH8)

104 97 Bet the attacker with no motive known is named Mohammed
Posted by: Skip at November 02, 2025 07:35 AM (+qU29)

bbc

There are two men in police custody.
They are a 32-year-old black British male and 35-year-old British national of Caribbean descent.

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 07:40 AM (RuTUS)

105 https://tinyurl.com/mrmrphey
Branded opening

Posted by: Skip at November 02, 2025 07:42 AM (+qU29)

106 92 87 Charles is a POS. Throws his brother under the bus to distract from his own unpopularity.
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at November 02, 2025 07:33 AM (1Nv0l)

A pox on both their houses?
Oh, wait.

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 07:43 AM (RuTUS)

107

Good morning, good people. Another hour to be extra productive. Isn't that just special?

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 02, 2025 07:43 AM (vFbHf)

108 I do not understand all the whining about DST.
I did not watch any SEC games yesterday, just BIG10 and The Lost&Found. The SEC is way better than every other conference.

Posted by: Accomack at November 02, 2025 07:43 AM (Udy3r)

109 So Cultural Marxisism race warfare comes to England,

Posted by: Skip at November 02, 2025 07:43 AM (+qU29)

110 Irongrampa you missed that extra hour, it happens when most everyone is sleeping.

Posted by: Skip at November 02, 2025 07:45 AM (+qU29)

111 Branded opening
Posted by: Skip at November 02, 2025 07:42 AM (+qU29)
------------
Arthur Digby Sellers would be proud.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 02, 2025 07:45 AM (x7EH8)

112 I lost an hour
Anyone seen it?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 02, 2025 07:45 AM (eZ5tL)

113 Good morning Horde. Happy Sunday to you. Thx Pixy.
32° at the moment. Just took a walk , definitely brisk.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 02, 2025 07:48 AM (8vl0d)

114 W&K had the issue with Andy and wanted Chuck to do the deed.

Posted by: Accomack at November 02, 2025 07:48 AM (Udy3r)

115 I know a solution for the lack of SNAP funding.
Back in 2009, a lady was asked on TV how a particular unfunded benefit would be financed.
She confidently replied “Obama’s Stash”

Posted by: Fenderbender at November 02, 2025 07:49 AM (1FEc1)

116 102 Bluesky has ... unveiled a "dislike button" (Tech Crunch)

I wanted a "I hate everything you stand for" button.

Posted by: Zombie Sinead O'Connor at November 02, 2025 07:49 AM (PiwSw)

117 I have worked long long ago overnight on a time change, 1 hour extra pay.

Posted by: Skip at November 02, 2025 07:49 AM (+qU29)

118 116 102 Bluesky has ... unveiled a "dislike button" (Tech Crunch)

I wanted a "I hate everything you stand for" button.
Posted by: Zombie Sinead O'Connor at November 02, 2025 07:49 AM (PiwSw)

You'd have to register to press it!

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 07:50 AM (RuTUS)

119 >>> wanted Chuck to do the deed.

What is wrong with you people?

Posted by: Mrs Schumer at November 02, 2025 07:51 AM (AN2gy)

120 bbc

Police say "there's nothing to suggest" a stabbing attack on board a Doncaster-London train on Saturday was "a terrorist incident"

... by which they mean ...?

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 07:52 AM (RuTUS)

121 Police say "there's nothing to suggest" a stabbing attack on board a Doncaster-London train on Saturday was "a terrorist incident"

... by which they mean ...?
Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 07:52 AM (RuTUS)
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It was a happy fun stabbing. Nothing to see here. Just high-spirited youths.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 02, 2025 07:54 AM (x7EH8)

122 I don't mind the time change much. It's nice that it's getting light at 7AM or a bit earlier.

Previously sunrise here was after 8AM. I'm usually up around 6:30 or 7 and lately it was still pretty dark for about an hour or so.

Not a big fan of the earlier darkness tho'.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 02, 2025 07:56 AM (Q4IgG)

123 120 bbc

Police say "there's nothing to suggest" a stabbing attack on board a Doncaster-London train on Saturday was "a terrorist incident"

... by which they mean ...?
Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 07:52 AM (RuTUS)

Except maybe the Counter-terrorism unit being called. Except that.

Posted by: Zombie Sinead O'Connor at November 02, 2025 07:56 AM (PiwSw)

124
Which only makes sense. If you want to launch satellites, there's SpaceX and then there's a long, long gap before you get to second place.

Are you saying that the Bezos Penis is not a serious launch contender?

** video of 'Space Boobs in Space' resumes **

Oh... yeah. That.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at November 02, 2025 07:57 AM (h2tDR)

125 Police say "there's nothing to suggest" a stabbing attack on board a Doncaster-London train on Saturday was "a terrorist incident"

... by which they mean ...?

--

They've reclassified what "terrorist" means.

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 02, 2025 07:59 AM (qBdHI)

126 Ok, what are "clankers?"

I've seen Sarah Hoyt post "clankers" on her site, but they're AI produced music vids about her stories. Is that about it? Why should it upset leftists?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 02, 2025 08:00 AM (uQesX)

127 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at November 02, 2025 08:02 AM (XQo4F)

128
Australia did their time change 2 or 3 weeks ago
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Sings, "Advance, Australia Fair"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at November 02, 2025 08:03 AM (h2tDR)

129 123 120 bbc

Police say "there's nothing to suggest" a stabbing attack on board a Doncaster-London train on Saturday was "a terrorist incident"

... by which they mean ...?
Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 07:52 AM (RuTUS)

Except maybe the Counter-terrorism unit being called. Except that.
Posted by: Zombie Sinead O'Connor at November 02, 2025 07:56 AM (PiwSw)

Police confirm they used, then rescinded, code word for terror attack
published at 03:47

British Transport Police have confirmed to the BBC that those responding to a mass stabbing on a train near Huntingdon at one point declared "Plato", which is the national code word used by police and emergency services when responding to a "marauding terror attack".

This declaration was later rescinded, police said.

We reported earlier that police have now declared a "major incident", and the investigation is being supported by counter-terrorism officers.

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 08:04 AM (RuTUS)

130 Police say "there's nothing to suggest" a stabbing attack on board a Doncaster-London train on Saturday was "a terrorist incident"

... by which they mean ...?
Posted by: m

-----

It was a heartwarming cultural exchange.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at November 02, 2025 08:04 AM (1Nv0l)

131
>>> wanted Chuck to do the deed.

What is wrong with you people?
Posted by: Mrs Schumer

His "gray meat" no longer... satisfies?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at November 02, 2025 08:05 AM (h2tDR)

132 bbc

"The investigation is being supported by counter-terrorism officers, and police say that trains are still not running in the area. There are also a number of road closures that remain in place."

You know who ELSE said that trains were still not running in the area.

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 08:07 AM (RuTUS)

133 Ok, what are "clankers?"


--

I don't know about those, but that reminded me of clackers. Those 70s toys with very hard balls on the ends of rope you swung around to have fun or something. Those notorious things were known for hurting many a kid.

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 02, 2025 08:07 AM (qBdHI)

134
It just occurred to me that the threats of Democrat Goblins looting Walmarts & Targets because Trump are different from any other day how??

Posted by: Soothsayer Remembers Everything at November 02, 2025 08:08 AM (OnNuj)

135 Ya know who doesn't give a fig about the time change? Mother Nature, that's who. There are seasons for a reason.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 02, 2025 08:09 AM (E6fZE)

136 bbc

British Transport Police say the train involved was the 18:25 service from Doncaster to London King’s Cross.

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 08:09 AM (RuTUS)

137 We're gettin' a pink dawn, all clear skies except for way east, where they look deep gray. This, in NW IL. The lake's like glass.

Posted by: M. Gaga at November 02, 2025 08:10 AM (zeLd4)

138 Clanker:

https://tinyurl.com/4dmte5dc

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 02, 2025 08:10 AM (PiwSw)

139
Is BBC Fake News & Police trying to be cute?

NO ONE said it was "terrorism."
But EVERYONE said it was muslim "immigrants."

So BBC Fake News & Police are trying to "rule out" a Straw Man.

Posted by: Soothsayer Remembers Everything at November 02, 2025 08:11 AM (OnNuj)

140 Think before you stab post.

Posted by: Sir Mark Nancy Heather Desiree Rowley at November 02, 2025 08:12 AM (PiwSw)

141 138 Clanker:

https://tinyurl.com/4dmte5dc
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 02, 2025 08:10 AM (PiwSw)

"If I only had a brain."

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 08:13 AM (RuTUS)

142 I don't know about those, but that reminded me of clackers. Those 70s toys with very hard balls on the ends of rope you swung around to have fun or something. Those notorious things were known for hurting many a kid.
Posted by: Lady in Black at November 02, 2025 08:07 AM (qBdHI)

we called them Clik Claks

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 02, 2025 08:14 AM (gbOdA)

143 141 138 Clanker:

https://tinyurl.com/4dmte5dc
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 02, 2025 08:10 AM (PiwSw)

"If I only had a brain."
Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 08:13 AM (RuTUS)

"If I only had a heart." (oops)

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 08:16 AM (RuTUS)

144 I don't know about those, but that reminded me of clackers. Those 70s toys with very hard balls on the ends of rope you swung around to have fun or something. Those notorious things were known for hurting many a kid.
Posted by: Lady in Black at November 02, 2025 08:07 AM (qBdHI)

Had a set. Wasn't there also some snack food by that name? I remember some silly commercials that spoofed classic movie clips and overdubbed the name of the snack. One was Dracula telling a woman all he wanted was her... clackers?

Also, aren't they the things in bells that make the noise? Oh wait. Those are called clappers in the business. Usually made of copper and kept in a closet.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 02, 2025 08:16 AM (uQesX)

145 Clanker:

https://tinyurl.com/4dmte5dc
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 02, 2025 08:10 AM (PiwSw)

I've always thought of it as referring to poor writing, not wrobots....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 02, 2025 08:18 AM (uQesX)

146 >>> Those are called clappers in the business. Usually made of copper and kept in a closet.

Be sure to clean them before putting them away,

Posted by: Mrs Clifford at November 02, 2025 08:18 AM (AN2gy)

147 UK should come out and recognize phalistenian state. Again. And allow more women to be raped by jihadists. Bend down a bit more to their muslim overlords. That'll help.

Posted by: runner at November 02, 2025 08:19 AM (g47mK)

148 We used to refer to any mechanical thing that wasn't working properly as a "clanker."

Except cars. Those were "clunkers."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 02, 2025 08:21 AM (Q4IgG)

149 Interesting that two of the written examples for clanker come from Reddit and Bluesky.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 02, 2025 08:21 AM (PiwSw)

150 clicker-clacker, too

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 08:22 AM (RuTUS)

151 105 https://tinyurl.com/mrmrphey
Branded opening
Posted by: Skip at November 02, 2025 07:42 AM (+qU29)

Reminds me of when we were little kids singing"

"Stranded
On the toilet bowl
What do you do when your stranded
Without no roll?"

Posted by: Boswell at November 02, 2025 08:25 AM (BGfwC)

152 mornin yall.

Carlos Javie Aguilar, Rene Sales Lopez-Perez, and Brenner Lopez-Hernandez all have their mugshots online this morning after getting picked up for driving without a license and DUI. All three of these fellows have something in common, and I bet you can guess what it is.

Posted by: fd at November 02, 2025 08:27 AM (vFG9F)

153 Good morning.

Posted by: scampydog at November 02, 2025 08:29 AM (pF4WU)

154 There was some movie or TV show that refered to the Cyborgs/robots as flankers. Maybe Battlestar Galactica?

Posted by: fd at November 02, 2025 08:29 AM (vFG9F)

155 Australia did their time change 2 or 3 weeks ago
Posted by: San Franpsycho

***
I set the GMT hand on my Steinhart watch to Sydney time, (why? just because) when they made their change. So when I set the watch's hands back for local time, the GMT hand shifted with it (as it should). Thus I had to reset that this morning.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 02, 2025 08:30 AM (wzUl9)

156 All three of these fellows have something in common, and I bet you can guess what it is.
Posted by: fd at November 02, 2025 08:27 AM (vFG9F)

They carry Tia Marias tamale recipes in their wallets.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 02, 2025 08:30 AM (gbOdA)

157 Not flankers, clankers. Sheesh.

Posted by: fd at November 02, 2025 08:30 AM (vFG9F)

158 157 Not flankers, clankers. Sheesh.
Posted by: fd at November 02, 2025 08:30 AM (vFG9F)

Flanker? I didn't even know 'er.

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 08:31 AM (RuTUS)

159 I set the GMT hand on my Steinhart watch to Sydney time, (why? just because) when they made their change. So when I set the watch's hands back for local time, the GMT hand shifted with it (as it should). Thus I had to reset that this morning.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 02, 2025 08:30 AM (wzUl9)

I sold my favorite GMT to a friend so he would stop bugging me. I regret to this day!!!

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 02, 2025 08:31 AM (gbOdA)

160 156 All three of these fellows have something in common, and I bet you can guess what it is.
Posted by: fd at November 02, 2025 08:27 AM (vFG9F)

*nods knowingly*

Nickleback fans.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 02, 2025 08:32 AM (PiwSw)

161 Carlos Javie Aguilar, Rene Sales Lopez-Perez, and Brenner Lopez-Hernandez all have their mugshots online this morning after getting picked up for driving without a license and DUI. All three of these fellows have something in common, and I bet you can guess what it is.
Posted by: fd at November 02, 2025 08:27 AM (vFG9F)
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Joe Biden

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 02, 2025 08:32 AM (HRKzw)

162 G'mornin' everyone!

22 degrees

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 02, 2025 08:34 AM (kHop/)

163
There was some movie or TV show that refered to the Cyborgs/robots as flankers. Maybe Battlestar Galactica?
Posted by: fd

"Skitters?"

Falling Skies -- 2011-2015

Posted by: Soothsayer Remembers Everything at November 02, 2025 08:35 AM (bHQph)

164 91 Oh, about those Just Stop Oil activists who defaced Stonehenge, they were aquitted. The judge cited their climate change motive and affirmed that people have the right to protest in a democracy, even if others disapprove.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 02, 2025 07:31 AM (PiwSw)
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Unless of course you are Jewish.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 02, 2025 08:37 AM (HRKzw)

165 a fixed offset of UTC to local time is another benefit of Standard Time all year

(though my Casio handles this flawlessly)

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 02, 2025 08:37 AM (kHop/)

166 I sold my favorite GMT to a friend so he would stop bugging me. I regret to this day!!!
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 02, 2025

***
Steinhart is a well made Swiss/German brand. My GMT does not keep as good time as my much older Rolexes, but then the Steinhart -- bought new in 2020 -- is a much less expensive watch.

Mostly I wear the GMT at night because it has good lume and I can see the time in the dark if I wake up in the night.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 02, 2025 08:39 AM (wzUl9)

167 Friendly reminder: baseball is dead.

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 02, 2025 08:41 AM (sVOFR)

168 Just woke up to find out Toronto blew the World Series. Have they blamed Mitch Marner yet?

Posted by: Wally at November 02, 2025 08:41 AM (nE9ri)

169 > Oh, about those Just Stop Oil activists who defaced Stonehenge, they were aquitted. The judge cited their climate change motive and affirmed that people have the right to protest in a democracy, even if others disapprove.
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Judge is a moron. Not the good type either. Climate change belief is irrelevant to defacing something.

This judge? Went to law school here in the states? Cuz he/she sure sounds a lot like the judges we've got making policy for the President.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 02, 2025 08:52 AM (Q4IgG)

170 Why is there so much daylight this early??

Posted by: dantesed at November 02, 2025 08:52 AM (Oy/m2)

171 Mornin' Horde.

The presence of a Bluesky icon in combination with the conspicuous absence of an X (nee Twitter) icon on a person's web page: I've found this to be a useful "caution" indicator.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 02, 2025 08:53 AM (O7YUW)

172 I think we should let DST expire for a couple of years and to see how much voters really care.

Posted by: Accomack at November 02, 2025 08:53 AM (T1QkV)

173 Fall back a half hour and leave the clocks alone.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 02, 2025 08:56 AM (LjSYW)

174 Adam Carolla and Dr. Drew just brought this uncomfortable truth back into the spotlight: the more people rely on SNAP, the heavier and less healthy they tend to be. Data shows that women who use EBT are, on average, more than 60 pounds heavier than women who don’t.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 02, 2025 08:56 AM (gbOdA)

175 Nine people are fighting for their lives after a mass stabbing on a train in Cambridgeshire last night. Two men have been arrested and counter-terror police are investigating the attack that left 10 hurt in Huntingdon station.
==========
Keir Starmer responded, saying "this incident is deeply concerning". Same words he uses when his wife's boyfriend leaves before breakfast.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 02, 2025 08:57 AM (f/d3F)

176 Yo mama so fat, she overdrawn at the food bank.

Posted by: fd at November 02, 2025 08:58 AM (vFG9F)

177 Counterterrorism=preventing backlash

Posted by: Accomack at November 02, 2025 08:58 AM (T1QkV)

178 I think we should let DST expire for a couple of years and to see how much voters really care.
Posted by: Accomack

Would that mean our yout robberies would occur earlier or later?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 02, 2025 08:59 AM (mlg/3)

179 I think we should let DST expire for a couple of years and to see how much voters really care.

Those on the east side of the timezone will Bitch And Whine about Standard Time while those on the west side of the timezone will B&W about Daylight Saving.

Thirteen States contain more than one time-zone.

I propose we go to UTC and end all of this foolishness w/r/t what time is the sun at its zenith. We have already conceded that when we introduced Daylight Saving Time.

The clock will show the exact same time no matter where in the US you are. From Maine to Hawaii, same clock time. You go work out on your own what time the clock reads when you wake, eat, sleep or shop. Your community will organically derive a UTC time for common events like church, school and sports.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 02, 2025 09:00 AM (a4flb)

180 Nickleback fans.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 02, 2025 08:32 AM (PiwSw)

I was gonna say Mennonites.

Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at November 02, 2025 09:00 AM (89Sog)

181 Yo Mama so fat, she use a VCR as a beeper.

Posted by: Antiquated Insults, LLC at November 02, 2025 09:01 AM (oftw2)

182 Zohran Mamdini's aunt reported to have been made "uncomfortable" by the use of the terrorism codeword "Plato".

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 02, 2025 09:03 AM (O7YUW)

183 Friendly reminder: baseball is dead.
Posted by: Cow Demon
__________

Baseball has this this over football and basketball: objective rules. They're now testing lasers for ball and strike calls, and there's already replay for safe/out calls. Umps won't go away, because their initial call still can't be overruled unless the video gives clear proof.

Football and basketball are, and always will be, inherently subjective on ref calls as long as pass interference, holding and fouls are a thing. And they have to be a thing because it wouldn't be the same game without them.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at November 02, 2025 09:03 AM (XvL8K)

184 This judge? Went to law school here in the states? Cuz he/she sure sounds a lot like the judges we've got making policy for the President.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 02, 2025 08:52 AM (Q4IgG)

Our problem is that the Uniparty let Obama and Biden stack the judiciary with far left activists and they all pretended that nothing was happening.

Recent quote from Nayib Bukele: “If you don’t impeach the corrupt judges, you CANNOT fix the country.
They will form a cartel (a judicial dictatorship) and block all reforms, protecting the systemic corruption that put them in their seats.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 02, 2025 09:03 AM (bI6eY)

185 a fixed offset of UTC to local time is another benefit of Standard Time all year

Another point to the UTC Everywhere® Sensible Time is that every clock and watch supports the TZ UTC. Computers all natively do that.

The beauty is on websites that offer their hours of operation for their various functions. Even the timestamp on posts here in AoSHQ will be correct no matter where you are in the US.

Other than the fact this makes too much sense, it will never get traction. For most people they are used to tradition, no matter if the tradition causes physiological and mental stress two times a year.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 02, 2025 09:05 AM (a4flb)

186 Sarah Hoyt has been using Clanker a lot. I like it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 02, 2025 09:07 AM (bI6eY)

187 Sorry, drip, we travel too much.
Maybe after a couple Dem administrations we can have our pale of settlements back use local time.

Posted by: Accomack at November 02, 2025 09:09 AM (T1QkV)

188 @Wolfus: What clock manufacturer, plus make and model did you end up choosing for that one that tries to synchronize with the WWVB radio signal? I may have asked back when you made your selection some months ago, but I can't remember.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 02, 2025 09:10 AM (O7YUW)

189 Adam Carolla and Dr. Drew just brought this uncomfortable truth back into the spotlight: the more people rely on SNAP, the heavier and less healthy they tend to be. Data shows that women who use EBT are, on average, more than 60 pounds heavier than women who don’t.
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 02, 2025 08:56 AM (gbOdA)

Shocking Science Report:

Fat Fucks who don't work and sit around all day eating junk food and watching TV are Fat Fucks.

Stay tuned for the next Shocking Science Report-
"Letting Child Rapers into the country increase the incidence of child rape"

Posted by: naturalfake at November 02, 2025 09:10 AM (iJfKG)

190 The muslim Home Secretary urged everyone to "avoid comment and speculation" at this time, but could be heard muttering later "those damned Amish!". Could be unrelated.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 02, 2025 09:11 AM (iJ2Uh)

191 Doing away with DST would cause (minor) issues.

I have a thermostat that's not connected to anything other than the HVAC. It automatically adjusts for DST. There's a digital clock that does this too. No way to reprogram them not to.

There's probably a whole host of not-so-smart appliances that do this as well. Microwaves, ovens, etc.

As well as trillions of lines of code that would have to be changed. Bet something significant would be screwed up because of all that. Yet... I'd prefer to stay on one time format all year.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 02, 2025 09:11 AM (Q4IgG)

192 Football and basketball are, and always will be, inherently subjective on ref calls as long as pass interference, holding and fouls are a thing. And they have to be a thing because it wouldn't be the same game without them.

The subjectively largely comes from the ref not seeing something.

Computer Vision and AI solves all of that. All players can be watched at the same time and violations could be programmed to be either strict or loose with both teams agreeing before the game begins on what style of ref'ing they want.

it would be a far better game, and disrupt the Hell out of sports gambling because the strict v loose ref'ing agreement wouldn't be revealed until all betting for the game has ended.

Bring a whole new dimension to the game.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 02, 2025 09:11 AM (a4flb)

193 I have a thermostat that's not connected to anything other than the HVAC. It automatically adjusts for DST. There's a digital clock that does this too. No way to reprogram them not to.


So your thermostat doesn't work in Hawaii or Arizona?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 02, 2025 09:12 AM (a4flb)

194 Last nights game had everything, good pitching, great defense, home runs, and only lacked for one thing: the Cleveland Indians.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 02, 2025 09:12 AM (iJ2Uh)

195 The muslim Home Secretary urged everyone to "avoid comment and speculation"

==

UK normies should do a General Strike (which they've been very good at, historically), and demonstrate every day - right to protest as the good judge said!, until Starmer and his pile of trash administration leaves.

Posted by: runner at November 02, 2025 09:13 AM (g47mK)

196 it would be a far better game, and disrupt the Hell out of sports gambling because the strict v loose ref'ing agreement wouldn't be revealed until all betting for the game has ended.

Bring a whole new dimension to the game.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 02, 2025 09:11 AM (a4flb)

Resolved: Major League sports are now only conduits for gambling.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 02, 2025 09:13 AM (uQesX)

197 Computer Vision and AI solves all of that. All players can be watched at the same time and violations could be programmed to be either strict or loose with both teams agreeing before the game begins on what style of ref'ing they want.

___________

I don't think that's possible. You still have to define how much contact is too much. When does a permissible hand check become a foul? How could a computer ever make that call?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at November 02, 2025 09:14 AM (XvL8K)

198 Starmer Resign!

Posted by: runner at November 02, 2025 09:14 AM (g47mK)

199 AI reffing will ruin sports the same way AI surveillance will ruin human life.
Machines are reliable to the 1/100,000” over thousands of reps. We can handle 1/16” for a hundred or so during the day.
AI anything is inherently inhumane.

Posted by: Accomack at November 02, 2025 09:16 AM (T1QkV)

200 Good morning, Hordelings. My two watches have been reset using WWWV's telephone line, so all is right in the world. I know they have watches that will auto-sync, but I've yet to buy one.

Posted by: PabloD at November 02, 2025 09:16 AM (H1N8f)

201 200

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 09:16 AM (RuTUS)

202 It just occurred to me that the threats of Democrat Goblins looting Walmarts & Targets because Trump are different from any other day how??
Posted by: Soothsayer Remembers Everything at November 02, 2025 08:08 AM (OnNuj)

Oooo! I'm a gonna gets me some of dis and I'm gonna gets me some of dat and I loves some kool-aids too! What flavor? Purples, I love the purples!

Posted by: Jarmaal, democrat goblin looting Wal Mark at November 02, 2025 09:16 AM (R/m4+)

203 @Wolfus: What clock manufacturer, plus make and model did you end up choosing for that one that tries to synchronize with the WWVB radio signal? I may have asked back when you made your selection some months ago, but I can't remember.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 02, 2025

***
G & R, it's LaCrosse Technology:

https://tinyurl.com/tycm2vdc

Mine is the 10-inch one with the blue ring and the skeleton hands. I'd have loved one with temp and humidity, but they only came in 18-inch or larger, too big for my wall.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 02, 2025 09:17 AM (wzUl9)

204 Toronto is a great baseball town. 48,000 people packed into the stadium and another 15,000 into the Raptors arena to watch on the big screen at center court. Incredible game, and it looked like they would win right up until, well, they didn't.

Too bad they don't have a hockey team.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 02, 2025 09:17 AM (iJ2Uh)

205 As well as trillions of lines of code that would have to be change

More BS. Transactions are marked in UTC otherwise for an hour each year you will have events separated by sixty minutes yielding the exact same time stamp.

We actually learned something from the Y2K hysteria.

Furthermore, pre 1966 there was no standardization. Until 2007 DST began on the last Sunday in April and ended on the Sunday in October.

Now it is starts on the second Sunday in March and runs until the first Sunday in November.

The world didn't crash, and trillions of lines of code were not rewritten in 2007.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 02, 2025 09:18 AM (a4flb)

206 The “stop oil” agitators in the UK have much in common with Antifa in the US - they are very low level, mentally deficient stooges who are paid to do what they do by high level oligarchs who find their anti-social actions very profitable. In the UK, they serve to try to keep the climate scam going, and I would not be surprised at all to find that they are at least partially funded by Starmer’s government, just as Antifa was funded by USAID and the NGO’s under Biden and Obama before him.
The low level grunts are infinitely replaceable. The high level support has to be identified and neutralized before anything can actually be done about the problem.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 02, 2025 09:18 AM (bI6eY)

207 Not rioting as of yet because shut down in a number of NGO's? There is a riot supposedly again facism on November 5th in DC.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 02, 2025 09:19 AM (2sfNr)

208 Antifa is a western organization

Posted by: Skip at November 02, 2025 09:19 AM (+qU29)

209 188 @Wolfus: What clock manufacturer, plus make and model did you end up choosing for that one that tries to synchronize with the WWVB radio signal? I may have asked back when you made your selection some months ago, but I can't remember.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 02, 2025 09:10 AM (O7YUW)

I have this one

DreamSky Alarm Clocks for Bedrooms with Battery Backup

I have no idea how it gets its time!

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 02, 2025 09:20 AM (gbOdA)

210 Was the DB's head turned sufficiently back towards the ball so that it's not pass interference? Was the receiver defenseless for purposes of a targeting call? Those things are so subjective that it is simply not possible to give a computer objective criteria.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at November 02, 2025 09:21 AM (XvL8K)

211 Antifa is a western organization
Posted by: Skip at November 02, 2025 09:19 AM (+qU29)
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The western part of Comintern's offices?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 02, 2025 09:21 AM (iJ2Uh)

212 52 That sourdough I do, it's seedy. Pumpkin, sunflower, flax, sesame, and chia seeds go into it to make it nutty.

Posted by: M. Gaga at November 02, 2025 06:35 AM (zeLd4)

Sounds good. I've gotten the sourdough process down for a regular white loaf. Might be time for me to give it some fiber and extra nutrients with the seeds and whatnot.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 02, 2025 09:21 AM (h7ZuX)

213 169 > Oh, about those Just Stop Oil activists who defaced Stonehenge, they were aquitted. The judge cited their climate change motive and affirmed that people have the right to protest in a democracy, even if others disapprove.
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Judge is a moron. Not the good type either. Climate change belief is irrelevant to defacing something.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 02, 2025 08:52 AM (Q4IgG)

What you say seems right. (I am not a lawyer.) Maybe the acquittal will be challenged.

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 09:21 AM (RuTUS)

214 This is the cold that never eeeeends
So spread it to your frieeeends
Some people starting coughing it
Not knowing what it was
And it'll continue just because
This is the cold that never eeeeends...

Posted by: pookysgirl watched too much Lambchop at November 02, 2025 09:23 AM (Wt5PA)

215 What you say seems right. (I am not a lawyer.) Maybe the acquittal will be challenged.
Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 09:21 AM (RuTUS)
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Wouldn't that be racist?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 02, 2025 09:23 AM (iJ2Uh)

216 My philosophical objection to DST is that it is a centrally mandated fiction that everyone is forced to accept.
A lie everyone must pretend is true.
The camel's nose under the tent that has led to all sorts of mandated lies, culminating in men can be women.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 02, 2025 09:23 AM (gDlxJ)

217
back from the weekly provisioning run to walmart

with the exception of the still smoldering pyres of the dead & sporadic small arms fire off in the distance it was same as it ever was

looks like the attack of the dependo-potamuses was a non-event in my AO

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 02, 2025 09:24 AM (tljrc)

218 AI reffing will ruin sports the same way AI surveillance will ruin human life.
Machines are reliable to the 1/100,000” over thousands of reps. We can handle 1/16” for a hundred or so during the day.
AI anything is inherently inhumane.

For the exact reason I propose a agreed upon level of "grey" in the detection or rules.

I have AI cameras all over the property. dittos with AI sound detection. All of the relevant parameters can be adjusted to allow for sensitivity. I have another proprietary AI fusion engine that permits dialing in the orchestration of events prior to issuing out a stratified alert. That is, if X happen within a certain threshold and Y happens within its own threshold then if Z occurs at all, then do something.

The NFL has the money to do this and make the game better - unless hating the refs for not going your way is considered a critical part of the game.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 02, 2025 09:24 AM (a4flb)

219 215 What you say seems right. (I am not a lawyer.) Maybe the acquittal will be challenged.
Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 09:21 AM (RuTUS)
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Wouldn't that be racist?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 02, 2025 09:23 AM (iJ2Uh)

Heck, it might be double jeopardy. I am really, very seriously, not a lawyer.

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 09:24 AM (RuTUS)

220 At least I don't have to reset my pocket sundial to standard time.

Posted by: PabloD at November 02, 2025 09:25 AM (H1N8f)

221 It was a mostly peaceful stabbing.

Posted by: The UK media at November 02, 2025 09:25 AM (XQo4F)

222 Some enterprising techies should launch a social media site called "Echo Chamber" or "Bubble" with a strict "No one to the right of Mao" policy and watch it take off.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at November 02, 2025 09:25 AM (vKEG1)

223 220 my pocket sundial
Posted by: PabloD at November 02, 2025 09:25 AM (H1N8f)

Is that what the kids are calling it these days.

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 09:26 AM (RuTUS)

224 Oh, about those Just Stop Oil activists who defaced Stonehenge, they were aquitted. The judge cited their climate change motive and affirmed that people have the right to protest in a democracy, even if others disapprove.

--

In the same vein then, they can murder people due to their "climate change motives?" What does defacing and vandalizing property that doesn't belong to you have to do with your right to protest? Obviously nothing. So go ahead and murder those who don't believe in climate change caused by humans.

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 02, 2025 09:26 AM (qBdHI)

225 First time trying to change the clock on the stove. Wife always did it.

Tried doing it intuitively. Didn't work.

Got out the manual for the stove and followed the instructions to the letter. Didn't work.

Re-tried using the instructions and followed them to the letter. Didn't work.

Went out into the garage to retrieve the roll of black electrical tape. Cut a short piece and put it over the clock display. The clock on the microwave, which was easy to change, is now my sole source of time while in the kitchen.

Posted by: one shot sober at November 02, 2025 09:26 AM (Y1sOo)

226 I think we have lawyers all over this blog.

"Extenuating circumstances"?

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 09:27 AM (RuTUS)

227 " We can handle 1/16” for a hundred or so during the day.
AI anything is inherently inhumane."

Anyone whose been accused of shoplifting at a self checkout because the AI didn't like the way you moved your hand will attest.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at November 02, 2025 09:28 AM (vKEG1)

228 @191/Martini Farmer: "I have a thermostat that's not connected to anything other than the HVAC. It automatically adjusts for DST. There's a digital clock that does this too. No way to reprogram them not to."

AKA: Embedded systems. It was a significant headache in 2006 when Congress had decided to alter the start/stop dates for DST and all those embedded systems out there had the previous rule set (some of which still do) and those can't be altered easily.

There were/are various solutions, like running all the systems on UTC (GMT), which honestly seems the most sensible to me.

When Congress commissioned those studies about how much energy would be saved by using DST, the amount was minimal, something like 0.03%. The amount of inconvenience caused by having to try to adjust all those devices was never measured, but I know the local reaction at the company I was at was something akin to "May all those bastards burn in the fires of a thousand suns for messing this up."

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 02, 2025 09:28 AM (O7YUW)

229 All over America, store managers are realizing today they way over ordered on pumpkins

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 02, 2025 09:28 AM (iJ2Uh)

230 Some enterprising techies should launch a social media site called "Echo Chamber" or "Bubble" with a strict "No one to the right of Mao" policy and watch it take off.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo
_________

JournoList?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at November 02, 2025 09:28 AM (XvL8K)

231 "Is that what the kids are calling it these days?"

Funny, it used to tell me it was high noon all the time; now it must think it's midnight....

Posted by: PabloD at November 02, 2025 09:29 AM (H1N8f)

232 Just stop oil
Pantifa
Illegals
HOAs
Gun laws

All of these are based on an idea of Zero Rule of Law.
Meaning: We will just make up laws and punishment on the fly as needed to 1) Accepted lawlessness or 2) Punish others (others being a party or class or person not deemed acceptable).
Notice how much leeway and personal judgement is baked into ACA, EBT, Medicaid, SS Disability, and even Food and Drug laws.
The only standard that seems to be enforced is that we have No Standards (Standards being morals, behaviors, or guidelines).

regards

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 02, 2025 09:29 AM (gbOdA)

233 Have no idea why the clock in my car requires a manual reset. You would think it was just programmed to do it.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at November 02, 2025 09:29 AM (vKEG1)

234
It just occurred to me that the threats of Democrat Goblins looting Walmarts & Targets because Trump are different from any other day how??

Posted by: Soothsayer Remembers Everything at November 02, 2025 08:08 AM

flat screen TVs

on "official" loot & riot days, flat screen TVs are in play

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 02, 2025 09:30 AM (tljrc)

235 Judge is a moron. Not the good type either. Climate change belief is irrelevant to defacing something.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 02, 2025 08:52 AM (Q4IgG)

What must be understood is that this judge is not a moron at all - he is a paid and loyal functionary of the wealthy and powerful men who hired the Stop Oil fools to do what the did. Just as Cartels own Cartel Judges and Cartel lawyers to get Cartel members off.

Point is, this is not some stupid “activism”. This is a well organized and well financed attempt to exert control over society by a few very powerful and wealthy men, and it should be treated accordingly.

As for the “activists” any car carrying them should be treated like a drug boat in the carribean, or a car carrying Hamas members in Gaza. No arrests, just action.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 02, 2025 09:30 AM (bI6eY)

236 All he is saying is give peace a chance.

Obama Preaches Against Demonizing Political Opponents as He Stumps in VA for Spanberger and Jay Jones

https://is.gd/V47UhN

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at November 02, 2025 09:31 AM (L/fGl)

237 When Congress commissioned those studies about how much energy would be saved by using DST, the amount was minimal, something like 0.03%. The amount of inconvenience caused by having to try to adjust all those devices was never measured, but I know the local reaction at the company I was at was something akin to "May all those bastards burn in the fires of a thousand suns for messing this up."
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 02, 2025 09:28 AM (O7YUW)

I know of 2 times when I went to test a system on Holidays, DST, and Time Zones that the Fall Back DST caused a system death loop.
At 0200 it rolled back to 0100
and then at 0200 it rolled back to 0100
FOREVER

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 02, 2025 09:31 AM (gbOdA)

238 The only standard that seems to be enforced is that we have No Standards (Standards being morals, behaviors, or guidelines).

regards
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 02, 2025 09:29 AM (gbOdA)
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We have high standards when it comes to punishments!

Posted by: Jiang Qing at November 02, 2025 09:32 AM (iJ2Uh)

239 Some enterprising techies should launch a social media site called "Echo Chamber" or "Bubble" with a strict "No one to the right of Mao" policy and watch it take off.

Just load a generative AI engine with nothing but the teachings and musings of anti-humans throughout history and let it periodically pump out "insights".

probably skip this generation of Maoists in academia because their work is over-the-top lunacy and would be the six fingered reveal of the provenance of the posting.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 02, 2025 09:32 AM (a4flb)

240 233 Have no idea why the clock in my car requires a manual reset. You would think it was just programmed to do it.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at November 02, 2025 09:29 AM (vKEG1)

Between GPS, Telemtrics, Sirius, and FM there must be about 10 sources of TIME at any given time.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 02, 2025 09:33 AM (gbOdA)

241 Obama Preaches Against Demonizing Political Opponents as He Stumps in VA for Spanberger and Jay Jones

https://is.gd/V47UhN
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at November 02, 2025 09:31 AM (L/fGl)
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So wait, is he saying Democrats don't want to kill our children in our arms any more? That's over?

Posted by: Virginia Republicans at November 02, 2025 09:34 AM (iJ2Uh)

242 @203/Wolfus: Thanks! Sharp looking clock, and that's right, you wanted an analog face with the ability to set to WWVB's signal. The company I'd recommended to you didn't have that option sadly, they only had it for their digital face clocks.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 02, 2025 09:34 AM (O7YUW)

243 The Guardian
‘No regrets’: activists who sprayed Stonehenge orange proud of ‘magic trick’
1 day ago

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 09:34 AM (RuTUS)

244 No gimmedat riots in my AO. Yet.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 02, 2025 09:34 AM (LjSYW)

245 As for the “activists” any car carrying them should be treated like a drug boat in the carribean, or a car carrying Hamas members in Gaza. No arrests, just action.

Roman Decimation worked.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 02, 2025 09:35 AM (a4flb)

246 Nic correction. Not sure how "shot" got it there.

Posted by: one hour sober at November 02, 2025 09:35 AM (Y1sOo)

247 DST does not save energy. Look at how sunlight falls on our homes later in the the day, relative to when we are awake and active. Thus our A/C has to run longer. If the sun set at seven pm in July -- as it should -- instead of at eight, as it does with DST, that might actually save some power.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 02, 2025 09:35 AM (wzUl9)

248 Clackers were awesome! I never had ‘em, but the neighbor kids, while somewhat poor, actually had a plethora of the latest toys. Clackers were one.

I watched one kid clacking away, showing off, very impressive. What wizardry is this?? Then one of the clacks clacked right into the point of his elbow. He started crying and ran home. That’s my extent of Clacker experience.

Posted by: Big Joe Stalin at November 02, 2025 09:35 AM (2Cdkl)

249 244 No gimmedat riots in my AO. Yet.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 02, 2025 09:34 AM (LjSYW)

Oh! Now I know what this meant:

30 What happened to the gibsmedat riots?
Posted by: Boss Moss at November 02, 2025 05:57 AM (5dJvI)

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 09:36 AM (RuTUS)

250 @237/r hennigantx: "I know of 2 times when I went to test a system on Holidays, DST, and Time Zones that the Fall Back DST caused a system death loop.
At 0200 it rolled back to 0100
and then at 0200 it rolled back to 0100
FOREVER"

Oh that is absolutely obnoxious. Yup. Heat of a thousand suns level of hatred.

Now I'm having PTCSD (Post Time Change Stress Disorder) ;-)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 02, 2025 09:37 AM (O7YUW)

251 >>>no idea why the clock in my car requires a manual reset. You would think it was just programmed to do it.

When you bought the car, you obviously didn't pay for subscription to reset the time automatically.

Posted by: one hour sober at November 02, 2025 09:37 AM (Y1sOo)

252 All he is saying is give peace a chance.

Obama Preaches Against Demonizing Political Opponents as He Stumps in VA for Spanberger and Jay Jones

https://is.gd/V47UhN
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at November 02, 2025 09:31 AM (L/fGl)

Shorter Oblabla:

Threatening to kill political opponents' children...A-OK!

Criticizing those who threaten to kill political opponents' children...A grievous threat to Our Precious Democracy(TM).

Posted by: naturalfake at November 02, 2025 09:37 AM (iJfKG)

253 That’s my extent of Clacker experience.
Posted by: Big Joe Stalin at November 02, 2025 09:35 AM (2Cdkl)
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And then the mass executions began?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 02, 2025 09:38 AM (iJ2Uh)

254 I've consumed mass quantities of football during my lifetime. And our media technology continues to advance to offer me multiple options to imbibe. A camera focused on each head coach. Skycam. All 22. And more.
At the end of the game the cameras always follow the two head coaches coming together to greet each other at midfield with the obligatory law enforcement officer wearing a Smokey Bear hat.
Here's what I like to see. As the final seconds tick off the clock I want a camera to be focused on each of the zebra shirts. I'm curious to see just how fast they get themselves off the field of play. What route do they take? Are they escorted by a security team? When and where do they change the shirt and hat? You know that in at least half the games they officiate they are the target of some drunken fan's ire. It's probably the scariest minute and a half of their week. Might make for some compelling television viewing.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 02, 2025 09:38 AM (XQo4F)

255 @233/Victor Tango Kilo: "Have no idea why the clock in my car requires a manual reset. You would think it was just programmed to do it."

Because they use the absolute cheapest components they can get away with.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 02, 2025 09:39 AM (O7YUW)

256 No gimmedat riots in my AO. Yet.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 02, 2025 09:34 AM (LjSYW)

And you won't today either!

They'll all be in church, then attend choir practice for the day, and helping little old ladies cross the street.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 02, 2025 09:39 AM (uQesX)

257 Wolfus, keep in mind the NIST signal or whatever is a very low level radio type very susceptible to RFI - fluorescent lights, LED, wall warts, all sorts of things trash the AM frequency bands. Relocating to an outside wall might help, too.

Posted by: Big Joe Stalin at November 02, 2025 09:39 AM (6pfDM)

258 probably skip this generation of Maoists in academia because their work is over-the-top lunacy and would be the six fingered reveal of the provenance of the posting.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 02, 2025 09:32 AM (a4flb)

Published papers are now just love notes from one academic to another. None of them mean anything anymore, the entire system is corrupted beyond saving. It’s already been revealed that there is a consortium generating papers using AI and selling them to academics who get promotions for “published papers” - maybe 3,000 such papers going out a year, maybe 10 times that, nobody knows.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 02, 2025 09:39 AM (bI6eY)

259 Anyone whose been accused of shoplifting at a self checkout because the AI didn't like the way you moved your hand will attest.

Feedback is critical for AI systems to evolve in their learning. There is a reason why I avoid buying version 1.0 of any product. Companies release things into the wild once Legal determines that the risk of lawsuits is less than the loss of not getting into the market.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 02, 2025 09:39 AM (a4flb)

260 Not immigrant crime!

British police reassure public that two black men arrested for last night’s mass stabbing were “born in the UK”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at November 02, 2025 09:42 AM (L/fGl)

261 Have starving illegals begun pouring into the streets, madly searching for food?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 02, 2025 09:42 AM (iJ2Uh)

262 DST does not save energy. Look at how sunlight falls on our homes later in the the day
——-

Yep. Burns the grass, too.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 02, 2025 09:43 AM (6pfDM)

263 AKA: Embedded systems. It was a significant headache in 2006 when Congress had decided to alter the start/stop dates for DST and all those embedded systems out there had the previous rule set (some of which still do) and those can't be altered easily.

Now things are on-line not to just sell your data, but to receive firmware updates for this and other reasons (mostly having to do with being on-line).

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 02, 2025 09:43 AM (a4flb)

264 breakfast with the Tech Thread, as usual. But it isn't usually active.
So good morning.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at November 02, 2025 09:44 AM (+4S8X)

265 Here's what I like to see. As the final seconds tick off the clock I want a camera to be focused on each of the zebra shirts. I'm curious to see just how fast they get themselves off the field of play. What route do they take? Are they escorted by a security team?“

Best exit I’ve ever seen was at a big Mexican soccer game in Guadalajara I was lucky enough to go to once - very enlightening! At the end of the game, the entire officiating team goes and stands at the center of the field; then 4 soldados come out with helmets, body armor, and M-16’s and take up positions around them before they exit the field.
Anyone who wants to cause trouble will be lucky if all they get is a rifle butt to the mouth.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 02, 2025 09:44 AM (bI6eY)

266 @Wolfus:

https://tinyurl.com/3rtndccv

Links to PDF file served up from tf.nist.gov.

"WWVB Radio Controlled Clocks:
Recommended Practices for Manufacturers and Consumers (2009 Edition)"

Go down to section 11(D) starting on page 44:
"General Troubleshooting Tips for WWVB RCCs"

All of section 11 will be of interest to you though.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 02, 2025 09:45 AM (O7YUW)

267 British police reassure public that two black men arrested for last night’s mass stabbing were “born in the UK”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at November 02, 2025 09:42 AM (L/fGl)
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While it may be haram to draw pictures of Mohammed, requiring all right thinking men to stab yo immediately, its totes fine to name your kid with that name.

I mention this for no particular reason.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 02, 2025 09:45 AM (iJ2Uh)

268 The DOJ needs a rock solid case against one if the Auto-Pen administration head honchos. The Leftists are going to cry Lawfare that they did without a crime

Posted by: Skip at November 02, 2025 09:46 AM (+qU29)

269 DreamSky Alarm Clocks for Bedrooms with Battery Backup

I have no idea how it gets its time!

Alexa Spot does fine. I don't care if it can hear me snore or detect rolling over. When it tells me, based on what it hears, that I need to alter my diet with less gassy foods, then I'll reconsider having that kind of spy device in the room.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 02, 2025 09:47 AM (a4flb)

270
AI is the VR of EVs.

It's a massive opportunity for corruption benefitting whoever builds or hacks the system

I have no interest in an infallible no appeal judge/expert ruling over anything that is programmed by fallible/self-interested/potentially nutty humans.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 02, 2025 09:47 AM (iJfKG)

271 Good news! Your attacker was native born! Be relieved, piss ant!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 02, 2025 09:48 AM (LjSYW)

272 Have starving illegals begun pouring into the streets, madly searching for food?
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Were you expecting punctuality?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 02, 2025 09:48 AM (mlg/3)

273 DST helps alleviate global warming, cretins!

Posted by: UCLA Graduate in Liberal Arts at November 02, 2025 09:49 AM (m0WlR)

274 bbc

Giving his legal directions to the jury, Judge Paul Dugdale said ...
"There are times when protecting the right to freedom of speech and freedom to protest can mean that activity that would otherwise be unlawful would be regarded as lawful by the court to protect those rights," he added.

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 09:49 AM (RuTUS)

275 TecumsahTea, I left a short essay for you that was willowed in one of the threads yesterday.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at November 02, 2025 09:49 AM (FMtrg)

276 Food riots happen on CPT.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 02, 2025 09:51 AM (LjSYW)

277 bbc

Giving his legal directions to the jury, Judge Paul Dugdale said ...
"There are times when protecting the right to freedom of speech and freedom to protest can mean that activity that would otherwise be unlawful would be regarded as lawful by the court to protect those rights," he added.
Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 09:49 AM (RuTUS)

Too bad, he wasn't hit ion the face with a pile of fresh dog shit flung by someone protesting his ruling.

I wonder how he'd handle that.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 02, 2025 09:51 AM (iJfKG)

278 Wolfus, keep in mind the NIST signal or whatever is a very low level radio type very susceptible to RFI - fluorescent lights, LED, wall warts, all sorts of things trash the AM frequency bands. Relocating to an outside wall might help, too.

I have a Casio ABC watch that I had prior to the Garmin Fenix line of smart watches that at the watch's midnight would for a 20 minute span of time, listen for the NIST signal out of Colorado.

The Japanese apparently didn't understand at that time that the time changes happened at 2AM local. It would eventually catch up at the next midnight.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 02, 2025 09:52 AM (a4flb)

279 Giving his legal directions to the jury, Judge Paul Dugdale said ...
"There are times when protecting the right to freedom of speech and freedom to protest can mean that activity that would otherwise be unlawful would be regarded as lawful by the court to protect those rights," he added.
Posted by: m
______

Jeez, if that's not inviting jury nullification, I don't know what is. I hope that's reversible error.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at November 02, 2025 09:52 AM (XvL8K)

280 Has anyone heard any news about Grammie? We haven't had an update since she had her first chemo.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at November 02, 2025 09:53 AM (+4S8X)

281 "There are times when protecting the right to freedom of speech and freedom to protest can mean that activity that would otherwise be unlawful would be regarded as lawful by the court to protect those rights," he added.


Try protesting by defacing a mosque.

Posted by: davidt at November 02, 2025 09:53 AM (Q+gd/)

282 Jeez, if that's not inviting jury nullification, I don't know what is. I hope that's reversible error.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at November 02, 2025 09:52 AM (XvL8K)

In fact that judge just provided a rationale for political assassination.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 02, 2025 09:54 AM (bI6eY)

283 To clarify, I believe he is a lawless, evil judge.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 02, 2025 09:55 AM (bI6eY)

284 It seems to me the only acceptable sports celebration must end like the embassy scene in benghazi.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 02, 2025 09:55 AM (gbOdA)

285 Wolfus, keep in mind the NIST signal or whatever is a very low level radio type very susceptible to RFI - fluorescent lights, LED, wall warts, all sorts of things trash the AM frequency bands. Relocating to an outside wall might help, too.
Posted by: Big Joe Stalin at November 02, 2025

***
It's my kitchen clock, so no outside wall and it's a way from the nearest window. Yes, there are the time readouts right there on microwave and coffeemaker, but I'm used to glancing at an analog clock.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 02, 2025 09:56 AM (wzUl9)

286 > The DOJ needs a rock solid case against one if the Auto-Pen administration head honchos.
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James Comer, nominal (R) is heading up the initial investigation into all that. Whatever committee it is that's looking into the autopen debacle has interviewed about a half dozen, former *biden staffers about it.

At least a couple have refused to answer questions.

It's in preliminary stages and will likely take months more to unwind... if the committee does anything other than typical GOP posturing.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 02, 2025 09:56 AM (Q4IgG)

287 Simply by occupying the white house, President Trump has managed to get the democrats to shut down the most venal corrupt institution on planet earth...The US government.

Posted by: Fire Them All at November 02, 2025 09:57 AM (R/m4+)

288 bbc

Representing the protestors, solicitor Francesca Cociani, from law firm Hodge Jones & Allen, said ...
"The public nuisance charge in this case, which argued their protest could have caused serious distress, annoyance or inconvenience to the public, was wholly inadequate and, in our view, should never have been brought, and amounted to an affront to their right to protest," she said.

Wait for the protestors to bring a "wrongful suit" (or whatever) case. And get $$$$$$.

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 09:59 AM (RuTUS)

289 Bring your reading glasses and head upstairs
ITS BOOKWORM TIME

Posted by: Skip at November 02, 2025 10:00 AM (+qU29)

290 Here's the bbc article I've been cutting and pasting:

https://www.bbc.com/news/
articles/cjekdqj7529o

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 10:00 AM (RuTUS)

291 At least a couple have refused to answer questions.
==============
You can only take the 5th if you think you could incriminate yourself in criminal activity. What specifically are they worried about?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 02, 2025 10:01 AM (yPQ+b)

292 >>It's in preliminary stages and will likely take months more to unwind... if the committee does anything other than typical GOP posturing.

He's turned the findings of his committee over to the DOJ claiming that not a single person in the Biden administration testified they ever heard Biden give anyone authorization to use the autopen. He is asking the DOJ to nullify every pardon signed by the autopen.

I don't know if the DOJ even has that power, seems like a court would have to decide that, but it has already moved beyond his committee.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 02, 2025 10:01 AM (viF8m)

293 >>> 197 Computer Vision and AI solves all of that. All players can be watched at the same time and violations could be programmed to be either strict or loose with both teams agreeing before the game begins on what style of ref'ing they want.

___________

I don't think that's possible. You still have to define how much contact is too much. When does a permissible hand check become a foul? How could a computer ever make that call?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at November 02, 2025 09:14 AM (XvL8K)

Games could be way more exciting when the "ref" thinks the 3rd-string QB's bag of Doritos is a gun.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 02, 2025 10:01 AM (ULPxl)

294 Some universities are poverty stricken, but that group does not include Princeton.

https://tinyurl.com/2ve6ubbv

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 02, 2025 10:04 AM (kKPAi)

295 Simply by occupying the white house, President Trump has managed to get the democrats to shut down the most venal corrupt institution on planet earth...The US government.

Posted by: Fire Them All at November 02, 2025 09:57 AM (R/m4+)
------------
I wonder if the irony has occurred to then yet

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 02, 2025 10:06 AM (kKPAi)

296 > He's turned the findings of his committee over to the DOJ claiming that not a single person in the Biden administration testified they ever heard Biden give anyone authorization to use the autopen.
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I was under the impression in order to use the autopen, it had to be authorized by the president. If it wasn't given I don't see how anything "signed" with it would be legit. But the country's in a far different place than I would prefer, the judiciary being in the middle of a coup and all...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 02, 2025 10:14 AM (Q4IgG)

297 283 To clarify, I believe he is a lawless, evil judge.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 02, 2025 09:55 AM (bI6eY)

Hoping the historic preservation people and archaeologists and such agree!

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 10:23 AM (RuTUS)

298 >>I was under the impression in order to use the autopen, it had to be authorized by the president. If it wasn't given I don't see how anything "signed" with it would be legit. But the country's in a far different place than I would prefer, the judiciary being in the middle of a coup and all...

I think you're right. That's why Comer is asking the DOJ to declare all of the autopen pardons void.

My question is whether or not the DOJ has that power.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 02, 2025 10:24 AM (viF8m)

299 Biden has explicitly said he approved all autopen use. He even gave an interview to the NYT on this exact subject. Absent some hard proof he is lying, no matter how obvious it is that he is lying, this fascination with the autopen is starting to look weird.

No court can overrule his pardons, so why would the DOJ even get involved?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 02, 2025 10:33 AM (oA3dc)

300 300

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 10:35 AM (RuTUS)

301 299 Biden has explicitly said he approved all autopen use. He even gave an interview to the NYT on this exact subject. Absent some hard proof he is lying, no matter how obvious it is that he is lying, this fascination with the autopen is starting to look weird.

No court can overrule his pardons, so why would the DOJ even get involved?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 02, 2025 10:33 AM (oA3dc)

To clarify the precise points you are making and to put that on the record?

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 10:36 AM (RuTUS)

302 Clarify how? It is black letter Constitutional law.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 02, 2025 10:38 AM (oA3dc)

303 As some astute moron put it the other day, "only Biden could fuck up pardons, an authority exclusively belonging to the President".

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 02, 2025 10:42 AM (oA3dc)

304 test

Posted by: one hour sober at November 02, 2025 12:25 PM (Y1sOo)

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