Daily Tech News 8 January 2026

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Bose SoundTouch smart speakers, which cost up to $1500 each, will reach the end of support next month and be dropped from the Bose app, becoming very expensive dumb speakers. In a surprising turn of events, Bose has just announced that they won't be all that dumb either. (Ars Technica)

Cloud support well end as scheduled, but they will instead work with your own local wifi without need for a cloud app. And Bose has released technical documentation for the SoundTouch APIs, allowing hackers to create open source solutions.

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Production of MLC flash will decline by 40% this quarter, with Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron all moving away from the market. (Hot Hardware)

You don't need to worry about this, though. All current consumer SSDs are built with TLC or QLC flash; the last MLC model was Samsung's 970 Pro introduced in 2018.
Stop optimising for the wrong things. (Ties Petersen)

The main example is sweeping a supermarket floor, but the target of the essay is social media and recommendation algorithms - and AI generally.
Minisforums AI X1 Pro is getting updated with the newly announced Ryzen 470 CPU. (Liliputing)

Making it nearly 2% faster than the previous model.
The GMK Evo T2 is a mini PC with the also newly announced Intel Core Ultra X9 388H and up to 128GB of RAM. (Liliputing)

The memory is soldered in, whatever configuration you choose, because that is the only option with the 388H. It used LPDDR5X-9600 RAM, so the bandwidth is 50% higher than you can get from conventional SODIMMs - and the graphics performance is 50% higher than previous Intel models.

Expect this one to be expensive though.
Nvidia has announced DLSS 4.5 with 6x MFG. (WCCFTech)

Meaning that it sticks five fake frames between each two rendered frames, rather than just three. Making graphics buttery smooth, and game responsiveness a tar pit full of dead dinosaurs.

Looks like a fish, moves like a fish, steers like a cow.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Wuf.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 08, 2026 04:00 AM (gK5jz)

2 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 08, 2026 04:00 AM (Ia/+0)

3 Morning all.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 08, 2026 04:02 AM (BLOW1)

4 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 08, 2026 04:03 AM (sAmhv)

5 Things are heating up in Iran - on both sides.

On the one hand, regime forces on motorcycles are firing indiscriminately on protesters (similar to Venezuela).

On the other hand:

https://tinyurl.com/2v77crz8

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 08, 2026 04:04 AM (gK5jz)

6 w00t late

Posted by: m at January 08, 2026 04:21 AM (SSiCQ)

7
Shah, Jr. has called for all protestors to chant the exact same slogan all over the country at 8PM today local time (UTC + 03:30, EST + 08:30).

He also said the mullahs are cutting the internet, and do not be dissuaded by that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 08, 2026 04:22 AM (w6EFb)

8
Time for Elon to air drop some Starlinks all over Iran.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 08, 2026 04:24 AM (w6EFb)

9
Just looking. Elon is providing Starlink to any station in Iran for free. The hardware has been smuggled in. Prices are pretty high, though, but they've got some hardware in there.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 08, 2026 04:25 AM (w6EFb)

10 happy-ish Thursday morning …

Posted by: Adriane the Kewl Yule & Kicking Kwanza Critic . . . at January 08, 2026 04:27 AM (3ZUWJ)

11 I need Wolfus to tell me how accurate that video is.

Posted by: pookysgirl, obviously struggling to sleep at January 08, 2026 04:34 AM (Wt5PA)

12 Evening and morning to all the late toilers and early risers! And insomaniacals, I should say. I went off to sleepy-bye early last night, and (as I should have expected) woke early as well. Grrrr.

Well. There is coffee. It's warmish and unpleasant for the time of year here, but that means I don't have to bundle up for a brisk walk later. And the furry thugs are galloping around as always.

What's buzzin' wit' you?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 08, 2026 04:40 AM (wzUl9)

13
Don't know if you can believe any of this stuff, but some of the anti-regime Iranian sources on X I'm skimming over are claiming that US surveillance planes and other war planes are swarming all over near Iran.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 08, 2026 04:42 AM (w6EFb)

14 I need Wolfus to tell me how accurate that video is.
Posted by: pookysgirl, obviously struggling to sleep at January 08, 2026

***
Morning, Pooksygirl,

Well, aside from the detail that I haven't seen anybody here (let alone a white man) wearing a three-piece suit and fedora in decades, it does look like they filmed it in the French Quarter. The white building at the far end behind the action suggests that they were shooting on one of the two one-block-long streets in the Quarter. The streets don't dead-end, but they run for one block only.

The trumpet player does look like Louis Armstrong, and Scatman John calls him "Satch" (short for "Satchmo") and "Louis." But I have no idea what or where the night shots are supposed to be. What are "Fried Ergs"?

I's fun and energetic, anyway.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 08, 2026 04:51 AM (wzUl9)

15 I looked up Scatman John. He was from El Monte, CA, and became an unlikely pop star, especially in Japan. The Wiki article says about the 1996 album Everybody Jam!: "In October, John prepared a new single called 'Everybody Jam!', inspired by jazz, his love, and a tribute to his childhood idol Louis Armstrong. In a 1996 interview, John explains why he was inspired by Louis:

'Louis was the first and strongest influence on my musical existence. There have been many masters of music, of soul, but for me Louis is the father of them all.' "

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 08, 2026 04:58 AM (wzUl9)

16 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at January 08, 2026 05:01 AM (KMPdZ)

17 Today is Noir Day on Movies! At five am my time, they are running an early (1937) Henry Fonda flick where he co-stars with Sylvia Sidney, called, get this, You Only Live Once. "An ex-convict tries to live on the straight-and-narrow but finds disaster waiting." I'm tempted to settle down with my coffee and watch the whole thing.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 08, 2026 05:05 AM (wzUl9)

18 So yesterday I had to go to the car shop. This was off a very busy major road, but here's what I saw outside-a beautiful winterberry holly plant:

https://tinyurl.com/2s8wc8zc

In the shop was a very nice men wearing a large cross. It had some words around the cross. I didn't ask him what they were, ( maybe John 3:16) but I did thank him for his witness.

So everyday if we ask I do believe God will show us something of himself/ his love, his creatively in nature, his presence, his work through other people. I am grateful to God for that.

What is a beautiful part of nature where you live?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 08, 2026 05:07 AM (T/n61)

19 Watched 1/2 of Kristi Noam video from last night. She mentions there is a active plot of multiple car ramming going on, lots in Minnesota.

Read a comment this woman who died has been in the front of these protests that day if not other days

Posted by: Skip at January 08, 2026 05:07 AM (Ia/+0)

20 Discouraged college student feels God's presence. Scripture is Hebrews 11:1-16

https://tinyurl.com/3pydxys9

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 08, 2026 05:11 AM (T/n61)

21 on the Minnesota car-ramming and shooting:

Bonchie
@bonchieredstate
As has to explained every time one of these situations come up, law enforcement are not robots. They are not superhuman.

He fires right as she’s hitting him. At that point, the decision is made. There is no time to process, “Oh, she only kind of hit me” in a quarter of a second.

Posted by: m at January 08, 2026 05:11 AM (SSiCQ)

22
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 08, 2026 05:12 AM (tljrc)

23 G'morning, all!

My new phrase of the week....

'Basic Pattern Recognition'

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 08, 2026 05:12 AM (iMotb)

24 20- The title of the devotional is "God is with us."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 08, 2026 05:13 AM (T/n61)

25 heh

@jarvis_best
Jan 5
I can think of exactly zero reasons why Minnesota should continue to be a state it’s been nothing but trouble for us.

Posted by: m at January 08, 2026 05:13 AM (SSiCQ)

26 Not sure why PJ Harvey shorts came up.on my YouTube, new maybe?
Anyway she was exceptionally very good looking , and not sure why she is reminding me of Jessica Donnelley now.

Posted by: Skip at January 08, 2026 05:14 AM (Ia/+0)

27 See if Canada wants to trade for Minnesota

Posted by: Skip at January 08, 2026 05:16 AM (Ia/+0)

28 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at January 08, 2026 05:18 AM (2Ez/1)

29 Above freezing at least
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at January 08, 2026 05:23 AM (Ia/+0)

30 heh

Stephen L. Miller retweeted
FranksRedHat
@FranksRedHat
4h
why didn't he just shoot the car out her hands??

Posted by: m at January 08, 2026 05:23 AM (SSiCQ)

31 G'morning Horde.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 08, 2026 05:28 AM (O7YUW)

32 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 08, 2026 05:29 AM (bQ4nt)

33 30 heh

Stephen L. Miller retweeted
FranksRedHat
@FranksRedHat
4h
why didn't he just shoot the car out her hands??

Posted by: m at January 08, 2026 05:23 AM (SSiCQ)

Somebody here posted that same line fist on the thread yesterday.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 08, 2026 05:36 AM (6ydKt)

34 33 30 heh

Stephen L. Miller retweeted
FranksRedHat
@FranksRedHat
4h
why didn't he just shoot the car out her hands??

Posted by: m at January 08, 2026 05:23 AM (SSiCQ)

Somebody here posted that same line fi[r]st on the thread yesterday.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 08, 2026 05:36 AM (6ydKt)

Yay, Horde!

Posted by: m at January 08, 2026 05:41 AM (SSiCQ)

35 Nice Christian song. I think it was originally by the Gaither family "Just a little talk with Jesus":

https://tinyurl.com/yc4x5tvv

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 08, 2026 05:42 AM (uPdai)

36 Mother saves dozens from hotel fire

Sunny Skyz site:

https://tinyurl.com/3b82pr4v

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 08, 2026 05:47 AM (uPdai)

37 He fires right as she’s hitting him. At that point, the decision is made. There is no time to process, “Oh, she only kind of hit me” in a quarter of a second.
Posted by: m at January 08, 2026 05:11 AM (SSiCQ)

If someone fires a gun at a cop's feet and shouts "dance, piggy", is the cop expected to return fire, or break into an energetic jig?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 08, 2026 05:49 AM (06Hmj)

38 Stop optimising for the wrong things. (Ties Petersen)
The main example is sweeping a supermarket floor

This looked suspiciously like math.

Posted by: m at January 08, 2026 05:50 AM (SSiCQ)

39 The point of the story is don't math when it's sweep time.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 08, 2026 05:55 AM (BLOW1)

40 Alabama football star gives glory to Jesus, even after crushing loss. Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/23d5xbvz

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 08, 2026 05:57 AM (uPdai)

41 “ But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.”

Jude 1:20-21

Posted by: Marcus T at January 08, 2026 06:02 AM (XJjDY)

42 Thanks for your witness , Marcus. and for the wonderful Scripture passage,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 08, 2026 06:04 AM (uPdai)

43 40 Alabama football star gives glory to Jesus, even after crushing loss. Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/23d5xbvz
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 08, 2026 05:57 AM (uPdai)

"We lost; Thank God" and "We lost, thank God" are two very different sentences.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 08, 2026 06:04 AM (06Hmj)

44 Feminism is sweeping the country but not the floor.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 08, 2026 06:05 AM (2Ez/1)

45 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 08, 2026 06:06 AM (Cjt/F)

46 Fen, all glory and honor goes to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. God bless you and all here, especially those in need.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 08, 2026 06:09 AM (XJjDY)

47 Posted by: Marcus T at January 08, 2026 06:09 AM (XJjDY)

Amen!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 08, 2026 06:10 AM (Nx5jP)

48 I think I've used up all the corny tech jokes, so some here might appreciate this mushroom joke instead:

Why is it impossible to have a conversation with a female mushroom?

Because shiitake too much.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 08, 2026 06:13 AM (Nx5jP)

49 What fresh hell this day?

Posted by: Don Black at January 08, 2026 06:15 AM (ZxPkt)

50 Just to babble in general about policing, not this specific case, the root cause of a lot of friction between police and and the people they do their policing at is the erosion and rot of the justice system as a whole.

There should be no real motivator to get violent with a cop who's arresting you, because you'll simply have your day in court and everything will be fine. If the courts are going to railroad you anyway just to make a buck and flex their power, suddenly it's a problem. (And if you are just a straight up criminal trying to get away with something by merking a cop, then you get your ass shot and the world is a better place, which is a victory condition.)

If you're a cop, there should be no real motivator to shake down people who aren't doing anything wrong, because if you do bring in innocent people, and create friction in the community, the DA and the chief of police ought to be firing you, and possibly fining you for it too if it's egregious enough.

This is all super Pollyanna/Pangloss kind of stuff. But fanciful or not, i have to figure it's at least the Platonic Ideal for the foundations of a not effed up society. Part of the "trust" in "high trust society".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 08, 2026 06:15 AM (06Hmj)

51 Let's give Minnesota to Canada for Alberta and Saskatchewon.

Posted by: no one at January 08, 2026 06:15 AM (qFwJc)

52 Morning all. Thx Pixy.
The usual suspects I know on Facebook are screaming "murder". Sanctimony is the rage. Facts, no

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 08, 2026 06:16 AM (ScJGb)

53 But then, if what I see in the Intertoobs is correct, Alberta and Sask. are joining us anyway.

Let's give them Minnesota just to be nice.

Posted by: no one at January 08, 2026 06:17 AM (qFwJc)

54 53 But then, if what I see in the Intertoobs is correct, Alberta and Sask. are joining us anyway.

Let's give them Minnesota just to be nice.
Posted by: no one at January 08, 2026 06:17 AM (qFwJc)

What did those poor little provinces ever do to you do deserve such a thing?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 08, 2026 06:19 AM (06Hmj)

55 Website "Twitchy" take on the shooting:

https://tinyurl.com/2ascb9c6

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 08, 2026 06:21 AM (Nx5jP)

56 Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 08, 2026 06:16 AM (ScJGb)

Makes me glad I do not do FB ( except for church things) or Twitter.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 08, 2026 06:23 AM (Nx5jP)

57 Energetic video this morning. I thought of Cab Calloway.

Posted by: mustbequantum at January 08, 2026 06:23 AM (Of9Lz)

58 Morning peeps.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 08, 2026 06:23 AM (NwnyJ)

59 Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 08, 2026 06:04 AM (06Hmj

Yes; That is very true. I used to know an African American pastor ( who has gone to be with the Lord now you used to say "Thank God anyway") which was his short paraphrase of St Paul.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 08, 2026 06:26 AM (Nx5jP)

60 I can't wait for the Greenland protestors to swarm out with their pre-printed signs saying "No Blood For Whale Oil".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 08, 2026 06:30 AM (06Hmj)

61 I'm hoping they are checking into who's funding these anti ICE protests, because I doubt they're organic. However, some woman shot in MN after antagonizing ICE will probably not have the same resonance with black folks as George Floyd and "Black Lives Matter", which as we all know was a fraudulent group ( funded by Soros, I expect) and only enriched the founders of Big Large Mansions.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 08, 2026 06:30 AM (Nx5jP)

62 How much is the Queers For Greenland protest march paying today?

Posted by: Stoner living in his parents' basement at January 08, 2026 06:35 AM (2Ez/1)

63 If you frame that story as "just a lady in her car getting shot by federal agents", none of it makes sense. If you frame it as "professional agitator spends entire day using her car like some kind of cow catcher on the front of the retard train and finally gets stopped by federal agents", it makes a lot more sense.

The story is never supposed to make sense. That's rule #1 of journalism.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 08, 2026 06:37 AM (06Hmj)

64 “What You Need To Know”

FAFO

Posted by: Common Tater at January 08, 2026 06:39 AM (usFPI)

65 Good morning. Please join me for virtual coffee.

Posted by: Eromero at January 08, 2026 06:40 AM (o2ZRX)

66 65 Good morning. Please join me for virtual coffee.
Posted by: Eromero at January 08, 2026 06:40 AM (o2ZRX)

*looks at empty mug*

Ok.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 08, 2026 06:40 AM (06Hmj)

67 mornin yall. If that cop had just shot her tires out there would not be one less lesbian poet in the world this morning. There probably would be one less cop though.

Posted by: fd at January 08, 2026 06:41 AM (vFG9F)

68 "Please join me for virtual coffee.
Posted by: Eromero"

I don't like those fancy flavored coffees. Make mine virtually black.

Posted by: fd at January 08, 2026 06:43 AM (vFG9F)

69 That agent could have just wrestled the wheel away from her. Trump did it, and he's old!

Posted by: Warai-otoko Cornbread at January 08, 2026 06:43 AM (06Hmj)

70 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 08, 2026 06:44 AM (RIvkX)

71 One would think that on a Wednesday afternoon most people over the age of, say, 25 would be working somewhere. Not protesting ICE in some random neighborhood in the bitter cold. It was a staged demonstration. The organizers and money-men should be outed and held responsible.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 08, 2026 06:44 AM (NwnyJ)

72 Well, at least the ‘Good morning’ is not virtual, but real.

Posted by: Eromero at January 08, 2026 06:45 AM (o2ZRX)

73 . However, some woman shot in MN after antagonizing ICE will probably not have the same resonance with black folks as George Floyd and "Black Lives Matter"

What you don't think people of colour will totally be into Butch Lives Matter?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 08, 2026 06:45 AM (+n72I)

74 Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 08, 2026 06:44 AM (RIvkX)

Good morning. Why are you up so early? You're in SF now, not on the East Coast? Having insomnia?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 08, 2026 06:46 AM (PFs9e)

75 I accidentally bought vanilla yogurt. Ugh. So I bought strawberry yogurt, which was what I wanted in the first place, and mix them.

It's tolerable.

Supposedly, it's good for gut health.

Posted by: no one at January 08, 2026 06:46 AM (qFwJc)

76 The organizers and money-men should be outed and held responsible.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 08, 2026 06:44 AM (NwnyJ)

Is "accessory to attempted murder" a crime?

I know there's only certain things that "accessory" and "conspiracy" apply to.... not sure of all the legal niceties about when and where it's permissible to pay someone to maybe try to schwack a cop if they happen to get the chance.

Posted by: Warai-otoko Cornbread at January 08, 2026 06:46 AM (06Hmj)

77 (Sockoff)

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 08, 2026 06:47 AM (06Hmj)

78 Suicide by cop.

Posted by: no one at January 08, 2026 06:47 AM (qFwJc)

79 Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 08, 2026 06:45 AM (+n72I

No. It's also not the best time for protests, in frigid weather although the media is evidently all into making it a thing.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 08, 2026 06:48 AM (PFs9e)

80 Commies are red
Democrats are blue
Run over a cop
And you'll get dead too

Posted by: Lesbian Poetry at January 08, 2026 06:48 AM (vFG9F)

81 I’m sure the clown governor admonished residents not to interfere with law enforcement in the conduct of their duties, correct?

He explained you are subject to detention and arrest, right? That you are required to comply with lawful orders, and further blocking the road is not a legitimate or lawful means of protest or free speech.

Right? Modern “leaders” are derelict in their duty. Even Democrats used to understand this. Looters get shot, arsonists get kilt. Keep the peace. You do not have a constitutional right to burn down the neighborhood.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 08, 2026 06:49 AM (Kjgfl)

82 Good morning. Why are you up so early? You're in SF now, not on the East Coast? Having insomnia?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 08, 2026 06:46 AM (PFs9e)
====

Yes Fen thanks. Too anxious.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 08, 2026 06:52 AM (RIvkX)

83 39 The point of the story is don't math when it's sweep time.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 08, 2026 05:55 AM (BLOW1)

Haha! Well, o.k., then.
The writer was exercising multiple brain parts, which is maybe good? Just, didn't need to talk about it.

Posted by: m at January 08, 2026 06:53 AM (SSiCQ)

84 I got a plan.

Buy up four abandoned commercial spaces around an intersection in Minneapolis. Any intersection will do.

Build four nearly identical bars. Make them biker bars. Hand each one over to a different club. Angels, Pagans, Banditos, Vatos, whoever. Step back and let the boys rip.

What? Oh, no, of course that wouldn't fix anything. But it would be fun to watch.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 08, 2026 06:53 AM (06Hmj)

85 If I ran the world both Walz and Frey would already be behind bars.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 08, 2026 06:54 AM (RIvkX)

86 Anxious about what?

Posted by: Your therapist at January 08, 2026 06:55 AM (2Ez/1)

87
*trudges in with coffee*

Good morning, Hordians. Dozed off in my armchair yesterday evening and woke up with my knee hurting, which it continued to do overnight. And this morning. I'm ambulatory, which means it's annoying rather than crippling.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 08, 2026 06:55 AM (tgvbd)

88 Good morning, everyone. In three days, the new dog arrives. Thankfully there won't be much adjustment since he's been to the house before.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 08, 2026 06:55 AM (jjoN6)

89 > I accidentally bought vanilla yogurt. Ugh. So I bought strawberry yogurt, which was what I wanted in the first place, and mix them.
---------
Try blue berries, or other berries in it. Granola is good too. Maybe a bit sweet...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 08, 2026 06:55 AM (NwnyJ)

90 Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 08, 2026 06:52 AM (RIvkX

And is there anything you can do to relieve that? I think you're a very nice guy and am always glad to see you, but I'd like you to be less anxious. My son has over the last week been drinking chamomile tea and taking Saffron extract which has been helping.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 08, 2026 06:57 AM (PFs9e)

91 89 > I accidentally bought vanilla yogurt. Ugh. So I bought strawberry yogurt, which was what I wanted in the first place, and mix them.
---------
Try blue berries, or other berries in it. Granola is good too. Maybe a bit sweet...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 08, 2026 06:55 AM (NwnyJ)

Sunflower and flax seeds are nice in that sort of thing, too.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 08, 2026 06:57 AM (06Hmj)

92 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 08, 2026 06:55 AM (tgvbd)

Glad to hear that you're doing better.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 08, 2026 06:59 AM (PFs9e)

93 I got a plan.

Buy up four abandoned commercial spaces around an intersection in Minneapolis. Any intersection will do.

Build four nearly identical bars. Make them biker bars. Hand each one over to a different club. Angels, Pagans, Banditos, Vatos, whoever. Step back and let the boys rip.

What? Oh, no, of course that wouldn't fix anything. But it would be fun to watch.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

I got a plan.

Buy up four abandoned commercial spaces around an intersection in Minneapolis. Any intersection will do.

Build four nearly identical child daycare centers.

What? Oh, no, of course that wouldn't fix anything. But it would be fun to watch the money roll in.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 08, 2026 06:59 AM (6mogZ)

94 What? Oh, no, of course that wouldn't fix anything. But it would be fun to watch the money roll in.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 08, 2026 06:59 AM (6mogZ)

Haaaaaa

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 08, 2026 06:59 AM (06Hmj)

95 Stop optimising for the wrong things. (Ties Petersen)

Or maybe stop optimizing some things at all.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 08, 2026 07:00 AM (+n72I)

96
The sad thing is that Minnesota is largely good, solid squareheads who don't happen to live in the Twin Cities. Trump lost the state by 4, so there must have been a lot of people voting for him. Likely he lost the state due to the non-people who "voted" for Kamala.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 08, 2026 07:01 AM (tgvbd)

97 Zero coverage of Iran in Russian media

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 08, 2026 07:02 AM (RIvkX)

98 White House Announces Over 1,000,000 New Jobs Were Created In December But They Were All Filled By Marco Rubio

Posted by: no one at January 08, 2026 07:03 AM (qFwJc)

99 96
The sad thing is that Minnesota is largely good, solid squareheads who don't happen to live in the Twin Cities. Trump lost the state by 4, so there must have been a lot of people voting for him. Likely he lost the state due to the non-people who "voted" for Kamala.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 08, 2026 07:01 AM (tgvbd)

Given the level of financial fraud, which seems easily detectable (if you want to detect it), I imagine serious electoral fraud, which seems harder to detect, is happening.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 08, 2026 07:04 AM (+n72I)

100 Thank you dear it has improved since I re-retired but being a full time caregiver for a disabled family member has its own stresses.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 08, 2026 07:05 AM (RIvkX)

101 67 mornin yall. If that cop had just shot her tires out there would not be one less lesbian poet in the world this morning. There probably would be one less cop though.
Posted by: fd at January 08, 2026 06:41 AM (vFG9F)

And, in all seriousness, she had already demonstrated an ability to hit people with her car, and letting her go ahead in the car, with or without tires shot out, was not a pro-pedestrian choice.

Posted by: m at January 08, 2026 07:06 AM (SSiCQ)

102 When buying yogurt I try to always get vanilla, a bit more edible to me

Posted by: Skip at January 08, 2026 07:06 AM (0/Fv/)

103 White House Announces Over 1,000,000 New Jobs Were Created In December But They Were All Filled By Marco Rubio
Posted by: no one

*snort

El Jefe Generalissimo Marco Rubio - Gubonor of de Americas and de Caribbean

Posted by: rickb223 at January 08, 2026 07:06 AM (6mogZ)

104 Posted by: NR Pax at January 08, 2026 06:55 AM

That's good.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 08, 2026 07:06 AM (ZeH0U)

105
Her Majesty and The Big Dummy are in Sinton, TX for four days of Corpus Christi KC shows. The town's not much to talk about but the show site is nice and the club is friendly and accommodating to exhibitors.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 08, 2026 07:07 AM (tgvbd)

106 88 Good morning, everyone. In three days, the new dog arrives. Thankfully there won't be much adjustment since he's been to the house before.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 08, 2026 06:55 AM (jjoN6

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Wonderful news! Another dog can add so much to your life. Did you see in an earlier video how these two got along together?
https://tinyurl.com/6w4wkh5m

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 08, 2026 07:07 AM (kQWle)

107 Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 08, 2026 07:05 AM (RIvkX)

Yes. I'm sure it must . May the Lord give you strength.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 08, 2026 07:08 AM (ZeH0U)

108
Good morning, everyone. In three days, the new dog arrives. Thankfully there won't be much adjustment since he's been to the house before.
Posted by: NR Pax

Rescue boy? Greyhounds are very good house dogs because they're a) lazy and b) graceful.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 08, 2026 07:10 AM (tgvbd)

109 I think the Islamic Republic is now a zombie.

Seeing reports in Indian media that there are now mass gatherings including police almost everywhere and the Shah's orders are being broadcast

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 08, 2026 07:10 AM (RIvkX)

110 That's because there's no such thing as Russian media.

Posted by: Hushed narrator voice at January 08, 2026 07:11 AM (2Ez/1)

111 I hope Marco Rubio finds some humor in these "another job" jokes and memes, because they are very funny, but I also hope that he has good secret service protection and protection from the Lord.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 08, 2026 07:12 AM (ZeH0U)

112 Speaking of dogs, my golden was hacking like she had something caught in her throat so I took her to the vet. Turns out she has kennel cough, even though she was vaccinated for it. I think she caught it a few weeks ago when I boarded her. I am leaving for vacation today so I couldn't board her. Luckily found other arrangements. The vet told me that shot is the least effective of all vaccines for dogs. Also they put her on hydrocodone for cough. I only gave her one of those and pitched the rest. I don't like that kind of stuff in my house

Posted by: Molly k. at January 08, 2026 07:13 AM (j/yko)

113 Welcome back to another episode of Yogurt Talk.

Posted by: Overpaid NPR announcer at January 08, 2026 07:14 AM (2Ez/1)

114 Thank you Fen, if your son got a job I would be a little less anxious

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 08, 2026 07:15 AM (RIvkX)

115 Stop optimising for the wrong things. (Ties Petersen)

There's shortest and then there's fastest - not always the same thing.

Fast, cheap, reliable - pick any two.

Posted by: Halfhand at January 08, 2026 07:15 AM (edbiH)

116 Fast, cheap, reliable - pick any two.
Posted by: Halfhand at January 08, 2026 07:15 AM (edbiH)

Oh so it's a Dating Advice thread, now?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 08, 2026 07:15 AM (06Hmj)

117 Did you see in an earlier video how these two got along together?
https://tinyurl.com/6w4wkh5m

I'll have to see that at home.

Rescue boy? Greyhounds are very good house dogs because they're a) lazy and b) graceful.

He's a rescue that's being returned. And he's been a guest of ours through my wife's babysitting service so there won't be too much of a transition.

And yes, lazy. I like a breed where "Check that he's breathing" is a normal thing to say.

I'll try to get pictures of him on the Saturday Pet Thread.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 08, 2026 07:15 AM (jjoN6)

118 PDT is suing Fulton county to get back $6.2 million in legal fees. Georgia taxpayers get screwed again. They should take it out of Fani's ass.

Posted by: Lesbian Poetry at January 08, 2026 07:16 AM (vFG9F)

119 Why no news from Iran on the so called big news democrat networks and media?

Oh.

Never mind.

Posted by: Zombie Walter Concrete at January 08, 2026 07:17 AM (GlDYx)

120 San Franpsycho at January 08, 2026 07:15 AM (RIvkX

Thanks; That's very kind of you. He continues to look. Winter is not the best time to be looking for jobs in botany, but I know other people whose grandchildren are still looking and they're in entirely different fields .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 08, 2026 07:18 AM (lQ+/f)

121
Fast, cheap, reliable - pick any two.
Posted by: Halfhand at January 08, 2026 07:15 AM (edbiH)

I'm a good fellow, but I'm an 80/20 guy. This often puts my crosswise with Her Majesty, who is not an 80/20 girl.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 08, 2026 07:18 AM (tgvbd)

122 116 Fast, cheap, reliable - pick any two.
Posted by: Halfhand at January 08, 2026 07:15 AM (edbiH)

Oh so it's a Dating Advice thread, now?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 08, 2026 07:15 AM (06Hmj)

ooohhh

Posted by: m at January 08, 2026 07:18 AM (SSiCQ)

123
JJS

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 08, 2026 07:18 AM (gbOdA)

124 Posted by: NR Pax

Thanks. I'd like to see the pictures.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 08, 2026 07:19 AM (lQ+/f)

125 I generally dislike re-naming things for political reasons, but if the mullahs fall, I'd be happy to see Iran get called something else.

Even if it just changed to Eran. Doesn't need to be called Persia. Just something to say definitively "we're not that anymore".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 08, 2026 07:19 AM (06Hmj)

126
I like a breed where "Check that he's breathing" is a normal thing to say.

Nothing, but nothing, sleeps like a sighthound. When I go down to the kennel in the morning to let everyone out, the question is frequently, "Are you alive?"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 08, 2026 07:20 AM (tgvbd)

127
Shah, Jr. has called for everyone to chant the same thing at 8PM local time today. Everyone all over the country. Iran time is UTC+3:30.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 08, 2026 07:22 AM (w6EFb)

128
"Persia" was a xenonym -- from the Greeks, I think.

"Eran" which morphed into Iran was always the endonym. It was the Shah's father who started insisting it be called Iran externally.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 08, 2026 07:24 AM (w6EFb)

129 "One of the world's best wingsuit pilots, 32, is killed in daredevil stunt at Table Mountain"

If he was one of the best I want to see some video of some of the worst.

Posted by: fd at January 08, 2026 07:24 AM (vFG9F)

130 Parthia has been out of use long enough not to offend anyone (or to appeal to anyone, I suppose).

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 08, 2026 07:29 AM (+n72I)

131 129 "One of the world's best wingsuit pilots, 32, is killed in daredevil stunt at Table Mountain"

If he was one of the best I want to see some video of some of the worst.
Posted by: fd at January 08, 2026 07:24 AM (vFG9F)

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Daredevils doing free climbing or wingsuits: it's only a matter of time.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 08, 2026 07:33 AM (8f4kX)

132 Bose has released technical documentation for the SoundTouch APIs, allowing hackers to create open source solutions.
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Kudos to Bose. INMSHO, they're overpriced and overhyped, slightly above middlin' quality gear, but this, this they done good.

The reflex, of course, is to demand that "the government" do something. Write regs, create commissions etc. No, what we need is a couple of class action suits with multi-million payouts against the likes of John Deere.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 08, 2026 09:18 AM (B50Ud)

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