Daily Tech News 9 January 2026

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Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI for dropping the "Open" part will go to trial in March over the strident objections of major investor Microsoft and OpenAI itself. (Tech Crunch)

OpenAI was originally structured as a public benefit corporation - and indeed a public benefit corporation with that name still holds a 26% stake in the company - but it abandoned any pretense of doing anything to benefit the public with the rise of Sam Altman.

Elon Musk was a major early investor and filed suit claiming that public statements by the leadership of the company were directly contrary to its actions, and the judge has ruled that there is sufficient merit to the claim for the matter to go to trial.

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MSI has announced a Ryzen 395+ AI PC. (Notebook Check)

No detailed specs but it will be just like all the others except not as ugly as the Acemagic one.
Acer ditto. (Liliputing)

This one actually looks rather stylish, in a retro electric razor kind of way.
Asus has announced a 13" Ryzen 395+ laptop. (Tech Powerup)

It lacks the four essential keys, because of course it does.
You can buy an apartment in Shanghai for the price of a box of DRAM. (Tom's Hardware)

Well, they are talking about a box of 256GB server modules. Property prices haven't gone down either.
We might have been slower to abandon Stack Overflow if it wasn't a toxic hellhole. (PC Load Letter)

True.
AI slop is not welcome in the Linux kernel. (The Register)

Good.
Intel's Wildcat Lake is coming for low-power and embedded applications. (Liliputing)

This is similar to chips like the N150 which has four efficiency cores. Wildcat Lake has six cores - but those are two efficiency cores and four even slower low power cores.

How it will perform is anyone's right now.
Nvidia will be release the RTX 5000 Super models sometime between not and never. (Notebook Check)

The first outright casualties of the DRAM Apocalypse. They were planned to use 3GB GDDR7 chips to provide 50% more memory than existing models, but those 3GB chips were the first components to run out.
Lenovo has announced a round mini-PC based on Intel's new Panther Lake CPU. (Liliputing)

It has the new B390 integrated graphics, which are up to 50% faster than the previous generation, and probably the fastest integrated graphics short of the Ryzen 395, which is not really a commodity item despite the fact that everyone seems to be selling it.

Also, it's round.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Oops.

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 09, 2026 04:00 AM (Tm6bq)

2 Bingely bongely beep.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 09, 2026 04:00 AM (BLOW1)

3 G'Day everyone, TGIF

Posted by: Skip at January 09, 2026 04:01 AM (Ia/+0)

4 w00t

Posted by: m at January 09, 2026 04:01 AM (SSiCQ)

5 Sashimi prepped. Chicken's in the oven. Lemons from our tree will be squeezed soon.

Big weather change here in the mountains of northern Israel. Yesterday and Wednesday we had super sunny skies and temperatures at around 68-70 (warmer at lower altitudes).

Overnight, we had rain and wind gusts through this morning and temps at around 50 degrees right now. Not exactly Frostbite Falls weather but we've been spoiled.

Speaking of the tech thread, I have to program a new set of garage and gate remotes. I think I'll play it safe and first park the car on the street in case I oops like Pixy does.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 09, 2026 04:08 AM (Tm6bq)

6 Always mount a scratch car.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 09, 2026 04:09 AM (BLOW1)

7 64GB of RAM and 4TB of SSD that I ordered on New Years Eve arrived today. It was on sale for close to pre-apocalyptic prices, and I wondered if it would actually arrive, but it did.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 09, 2026 04:12 AM (BLOW1)

8 Doubting Beserker hangs out in Pixy land. I popped into the ONT just to post something for him.

tiny.cc/bjex001

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 09, 2026 04:12 AM (vzcgi)

9 Intel
>>>How it will perform is anyone's right now.

How it will perform is anyone's guess right now.

maybe?

Posted by: m at January 09, 2026 04:14 AM (SSiCQ)

10 Not a very flattering photo of Elon Musk at the top of the TechCrunch article!

Posted by: m at January 09, 2026 04:15 AM (SSiCQ)

11 With proper care the DRAM will probably still be usable long after the Shanghai apartment has crumbled into sand and dust.

Posted by: Epobirs at January 09, 2026 04:16 AM (/0z9K)

12 Doubting Beserker hangs out in Pixy land. I popped into the ONT just to post something for him.

tiny.cc/bjex001

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 09, 2026 04:12 AM (vzcgi)

Normally not, but I saw you posted that. Not too familiar with that style of metal, but it sounds like slipknot. Pretty cool actually.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 09, 2026 04:18 AM (snZF9)

13 TechCrunch article:

Musk’s lawsuit was unable to stop OpenAI from converting into a nonprofit, and in October 2025, the corporation completed its formal restructuring process.

Musk’s lawsuit was unable to stop OpenAI from converting into a for-profit....

maybe?

Posted by: m at January 09, 2026 04:20 AM (SSiCQ)

14 That ain't the Monkees!

https://youtu.be/5tpxXDILZHs

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 09, 2026 04:22 AM (Tm6bq)

15 Lenovo round computer:

"There’s also support for WiFi sensing, which detects changes in nearby wireless signals to detect when you’ve entered the room, allowing the computer to automatically wake from sleep when you’re nearby."

creepy!

Posted by: m at January 09, 2026 04:23 AM (SSiCQ)

16 >>>Lenovo says the Yoga Mini i should be available in June with prices starting at around $700.

huh

Posted by: m at January 09, 2026 04:24 AM (SSiCQ)

17 Times are a changing...fast.
Pittsburgh's newspaper is shutting down for good. Many more will follow this year. Now maybe the NY Times and the Washington Post will follow. Maybe Mamdani can take it over for the newest version of Pravda. While in college in NYC I would buy the 'The Communist' as I leaned that way at one time in my early 20's.

Posted by: Colin at January 09, 2026 04:30 AM (wlQdF)

18 I'm just a believer

In what?

"I'm just a believer, that things will get better."

Posted by: m at January 09, 2026 04:30 AM (SSiCQ)

19 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 09, 2026 04:32 AM (u82oZ)

20 Disclaimer: Oops.

cuz wut

Posted by: m at January 09, 2026 04:33 AM (SSiCQ)

21 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 09, 2026 04:33 AM (G1ktt)

22 Believe:

Vhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAUzmW7XHxU

(for VIA)

Posted by: pawn at January 09, 2026 04:36 AM (Rmqfl)

23 Lots of silence on Iran in the main pipes of the media.

One of the biggest game changers of all is happening, to studied indifference from the Left.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 09, 2026 04:37 AM (u82oZ)

24
g'mornin, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 09, 2026 04:38 AM (tljrc)

25 11 With proper care the DRAM will probably still be usable long after the Shanghai apartment has crumbled into sand and dust.
Posted by: Epobirs

With ChiCom building codes, that could be next week.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 09, 2026 04:40 AM (G1ktt)

26 "One of the biggest game changers of all is happening, to studied indifference from the Left."

I just can't shake the feeling that we are being lied to again.

Posted by: pawn at January 09, 2026 04:44 AM (Rmqfl)

27 17 Times are a changing...fast.
Pittsburgh's newspaper is shutting down for good. Many more will follow this year. Now maybe the NY Times and the Washington Post will follow. Maybe Mamdani can take it over for the newest version of Pravda. While in college in NYC I would buy the 'The Communist' as I leaned that way at one time in my early 20's.
Posted by: Colin

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is shutting down. The Pittsburgh Tribune is still around, digitally anyway. The usual suspects are wailing and gnashing there teeth over this. BADORANGEMAN and evil corporations are to blame, they wail. Of course the devil is in the details but none of that matters now. None of this is unexpected and will only be getting worse for them.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 09, 2026 04:44 AM (G1ktt)

28 Puddleglum

I look forward to a complete tech analysis of the Chinese anti-stealth radar system we captured in VZ. Hype over performance?

Xi has reason to worry about his military readiness.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 09, 2026 04:45 AM (u82oZ)

29 pawn

I get the vibe that Islam itself is being rejected in Iran. Which is so against the narrative that silence is the rule.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 09, 2026 04:46 AM (u82oZ)

30 22 Believe:

Vhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAUzmW7XHxU

(for VIA)
Posted by: pawn at January 09, 2026 04:36 AM (Rmqfl)

fixin' it for you, pawn:

https://youtu.be/yAUzmW7XHxU

Posted by: m at January 09, 2026 04:48 AM (SSiCQ)

31 pawn

We relied on the stupidity of management in Iran. The leadership alienated many Iranians. A change is probably going to be better for the average Iranian.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 09, 2026 04:49 AM (u82oZ)

32 Aren't the weapons VZ had from Russia and China parade weapons. All polished up and in the parade to show the strength of their military. North Korea excels in that.

Posted by: Colin at January 09, 2026 04:50 AM (wlQdF)

33 Colin

Good phrase. I get the feeling that Xi does not believe the hype. Which makes him unpopular.

My favorite story was the rocket general that sold his rocket's fuel and replaces it with sand and water.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 09, 2026 04:53 AM (u82oZ)

34 "(for VIA)"

Thanks!!

Sadly, it has not changed that much.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 09, 2026 04:58 AM (iMotb)

35 This is actually a Christian devotional from yesterday, but I liked it. A man writes on John 6:5-15 and "small and mighty". Devotional is followed by a reflection and a prayer:

https://tinyurl.com/5d8kpr48

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 09, 2026 05:01 AM (ix8EF)

36 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 09, 2026 05:03 AM (u82oZ)

37
Good morning, Hordians. Went to bed at 10:20, woke up at 3:40.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 09, 2026 05:04 AM (tgvbd)

38 G'morning, Salty.

How you surviving the Kansas winter?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 09, 2026 05:04 AM (iMotb)

39 Stack overflow died because stack overflow now lives inside every foundation model.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 09, 2026 05:05 AM (1Nv0l)

40 34 "(for VIA)"

Thanks!!

Sadly, it has not changed that much.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 09, 2026 04:58 AM (iMotb)

Hard to watch.

Posted by: m at January 09, 2026 05:05 AM (SSiCQ)

41 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Well. Not doing yard work helps.

We are in a mini-heat wave. It did not get below freezing last night. High in the high 30s!

Hope you are embracing the warmth.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 09, 2026 05:07 AM (u82oZ)

42 .frontpagemag.com/when ramming ice became a liberal trend
https://tinyurl.com/d6fnjxp6

Hope JJ has this link too

Posted by: Skip at January 09, 2026 05:08 AM (Ia/+0)

43 And in yesterday's "God showed me something today". I had to buy a couple of cards to send out. The lady at the front end of the supermarket said,
"When you purchase cards, you get points.. if you have enough points you can get dollars off other cards. It doesn't have to be for cards. It can be for anything." She helped with this and I saved $5.00 off my grocery order. She didn't have to take the time to do that. It was very nice of her. Thanks, Lord, for the kind woman who helped me.!"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 09, 2026 05:08 AM (ix8EF)

44 Round is pretty but seems suboptimal for a mini-pc. Everything that goes inside is a rectangle.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 09, 2026 05:09 AM (1Nv0l)

45 Have a great day, everyone.

Getting an early start on a busy day, myself.

May your dreams come true.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 09, 2026 05:09 AM (u82oZ)

46 "Hard to watch."

Just imagine living it.

And those young kids....they exist.

There are good folks trapped in that city.

And besides the drug problems, there are failed education system problems and tons of other issues.

Plus, you have folks in government and non-profits who consider the residents as simply a money source for their personal and political gain.
Everything is an op.
Every aped of government and education is on the take.
And if you're smart, you start a non-profit and rake in the taxpayer cash for doing little or nothing.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 09, 2026 05:09 AM (iMotb)

47 Be safe, Salty!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 09, 2026 05:11 AM (iMotb)

48 aped=aspect

Friggin' auto-cucumber.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 09, 2026 05:11 AM (iMotb)

49 One of the biggest game changers of all is happening, to studied indifference from the Left.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

I think it's grief as strong as when the Berlin Wall fell.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 09, 2026 05:13 AM (svLOV)

50 I get the vibe that Islam itself is being rejected in Iran. Which is so against the narrative that silence is the rule.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 09, 2026 04:46 AM (u82oZ)

They're probably terrified of the knock-on effect.

If "Iran is not a Muslim country" takes hold, then the "___ is not a Muslim country" formula is suddenly in play for a whole bunch of other countries.

I can't think of very many countries ever who have violently rebelled against a foreign religion once it took hold. No one's ever fought seriously, en masse as a popular revolt, to cast off Hinduism or Buddhism or Christianity once they were established in a place as the dominant popular religion.

That could just be because I just started my first coffee of the day, though.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 09, 2026 05:14 AM (06Hmj)

51 GOG REQUIRES MORE BYTES.

Posted by: GOG at January 09, 2026 05:15 AM (VgQeK)

52 One of the biggest game changers of all is happening, to studied indifference from the Left.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

"People living under theocratic Islamic rule reject theocratic Islamic rule" does not fit the narrative.

You don't hate the left enough.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 09, 2026 05:15 AM (1Nv0l)

53 You can buy an apartment in Shanghai for the price of a box of DRAM.

I am getting a story idea.

"Hey, man. Got the DRAM you wanted. 1K and it's yours."
"The box is damaged."
"It fell off the truck. Owner had to let it go at a discount."

Posted by: NR Pax at January 09, 2026 05:17 AM (svLOV)

54 I am as sure as can be that if Iran somehow stopped being a Islamic paradise, some other Islamic country would try and become the latest Jihadists.
But if that happened to Iran it can't be a bad thing.

Posted by: Skip at January 09, 2026 05:17 AM (Ia/+0)

55 "People living under theocratic Islamic rule reject theocratic Islamic rule" does not fit the narrative.

You don't hate the left enough.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 09, 2026 05:15 AM (1Nv0l)
-

Or Tucker Carlson.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 09, 2026 05:18 AM (Tm6bq)

56 ""People living under theocratic Islamic rule reject theocratic Islamic rule" does not fit the narrative.

Sort of like how the folks who most strongly warn us against socialism are the folks who have lived under socialism.

Weird....in't it?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 09, 2026 05:18 AM (iMotb)

57 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at January 09, 2026 05:19 AM (AN2gy)

58 Stop me if you've heard this before...

https://tinyurl.com/ys38jvnv

( I'll file this under 'examples of basic pattern recognition')

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 09, 2026 05:21 AM (iMotb)

59 I think I've posted this before, but I'm doing it again, because it's one of my favorite psalms, Psalm 46 read by actor David Suchet

https://tinyurl.com/yvh9xk96

it's good to take time each day to take time to be still and know that God is God vs 10.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 09, 2026 05:22 AM (ix8EF)

60 Barely above freezing, rain coming this afternoon
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at January 09, 2026 05:24 AM (Ia/+0)

61 Barely above freezing, rain coming this afternoon
Have a great day horde
Posted by: Skip at January 09, 2026 05:24 AM (Ia/+0)

May every cold dreary drop be a pleasant reminder that we don't have to clear the driveway when we get home.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 09, 2026 05:26 AM (06Hmj)

62 t's good to take time each day to take time to be still and know that God is God vs 10. FenelonSpoke at January 09, 2026

I am most reflective and open early in the am before I hear the news and all the problems of my life and the worlds problems get to me. I have driven my car somewhere early in the morning and played music that relaxes me on my car CD player. (yes, my car has a CD player)

Posted by: Colin at January 09, 2026 05:29 AM (wlQdF)

63 Time for the morning walk.

BBIAB

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 09, 2026 05:29 AM (iMotb)

64 King Crimson - The Power to Believe I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nifTukCi_E

Posted by: fluffy at January 09, 2026 05:31 AM (AN2gy)

65 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 09, 2026 05:38 AM (Cjt/F)

66 Posted by: Colin at January 09, 2026 05:29 AM (wlQdF)

Wow; Autocorrecr did a number . Supposed to be "God is God" but I bet you knew that. Thanks, for your comments, Colin The morning is a good time for that!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 09, 2026 05:38 AM (Nx5jP)

67 The msm won’t comment until it’s over. They are hoping the mullahs win and they can spin it as a Donroe doctrine failure. The m word will not be mentioned.
M is the new N.

Posted by: Accomack at January 09, 2026 05:40 AM (8jVAy)

68
Today is the last warm day for a while. Temperatures are forecast to fall, with highs only reaching the lower 60s.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 09, 2026 05:42 AM (tgvbd)

69 The m word will not be mentioned.
M is the new N.
Posted by: Accomack at January 09, 2026 05:40 AM (8jVAy)

Well I don't know what Soviet fighter pilots have to do with anything, but...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 09, 2026 05:43 AM (06Hmj)

70 About 1am this morning, I stretched in bed and got a cramp in my hamstring. For the first time ever, I said out loud, “Good Lord, no” and it stopped immediately.
Mid 60’s today and partly cloudy. 15 minute commute. I think of poor Skip on days like this.

Posted by: Accomack at January 09, 2026 05:43 AM (8jVAy)

71 Evening and morning, Horde! It be Friday, the consummation devoutly to be wished! After enough sleep last night, I'm ready -- or will be after a couple shots of the black caffeine juice -- to go work out. It's hideously warm for January, and humid, because of course it is. Rain is coming this pm and perhaps a bit cooler air, but Ah gonna believes it when Ah feels it.

The Killer Kittenz From Outer Space are playing, getting in their own workouts before breakfast.

How're you?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 09, 2026 05:45 AM (wzUl9)

72 Sort of like how the folks who most strongly warn us against socialism are the folks who have lived under socialism.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

"But that wasn't REAL Socialism. You just didn't know how good you had it!"

Posted by: NR Pax at January 09, 2026 05:49 AM (svLOV)

73 "A Mighty Fortress is our God" was written in response to Psalm 46:

https://tinyurl.com/4rv9xmwv

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 09, 2026 05:50 AM (PFs9e)

74 Man, when reddit complains about a toxic hellhole you have probably hit bottom.

Posted by: WarEagle82 at January 09, 2026 05:51 AM (YcfMX)

75 Sort of like how the folks who most strongly warn us against socialism are the folks who have lived under socialism.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice
*
"But that wasn't REAL Socialism. You just didn't know how good you had it!"
Posted by: NR Pax at January 09, 2026

***
One of the faculty at my former employer was an Armenian lady -- rather hot, too -- who had lived in Russia under communism, had known socialism elsewhere, and now lived happily (a Trump supporter) in America. I always wanted to get her together with the pro-socialism BernieBro in my writing group and watch the sparks fly.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 09, 2026 05:53 AM (wzUl9)

76 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 09, 2026 05:45 AM (wzUl9

Good morning! I hope you and the "killer kitten" have a good day ! Were waiting to get some of the car problems worked out. One car for three people is not good.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 09, 2026 05:55 AM (PFs9e)

77 I always wanted to get her together with the pro-socialism BernieBro in my writing group and watch the sparks fly.

Don't do it unless you have two cameras staged and ready to go. And then upload it here.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 09, 2026 05:55 AM (svLOV)

78 I always wanted to get her together with the pro-socialism BernieBro in my writing group and watch the sparks fly.

Don't do it unless you have two cameras staged and ready to go. And then upload it here.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 09, 2026

***
'Twould have been fun.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 09, 2026 05:57 AM (wzUl9)

79 I always wanted to get her together with the pro-socialism BernieBro in my writing group and watch the sparks fly.
*
Don't do it unless you have two cameras staged and ready to go. And then upload it here.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 09, 2026

***
The pro-Trump lady (she and I were the only pro-Trumpers we knew around the department) had a charming Russian accent, and would occasionally leave an article out of her English in the Russian manner, e.g., "I was going to store . . ." or "When I got to house . . ." It made you concentrate on what she had to say.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 09, 2026 06:00 AM (wzUl9)

80 ai slop in Linux, huh?

glad I have all sorts of archived distros to fall back on ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 09, 2026 06:02 AM (Cjt/F)

81 something something "moose and squirrel."

Posted by: no one at January 09, 2026 06:02 AM (qFwJc)

82 This is an odd story. Bear living under man's house in LA is finally removed:

https://tinyurl.com/3xxtcpwk

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 09, 2026 06:04 AM (PFs9e)

83 Good morning, Fen. Car problems are very annoying. We are used to having immediate mobility nowadays.

The big red Buick will get a bath once the rain is over this weekend. The oil has about 5100 miles on it, so I'll need to see about a change soon even though the little lying robot in the instrument panel is saying "Ah, don't worry, you got 32% oil life left!" I don't think any fluid is "lifetime," and six months/5K miles is all I feel comfortable going.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 09, 2026 06:05 AM (wzUl9)

84 something something "moose and squirrel."
Posted by: no one at January 09, 2026

***
Yes, my colleague did sound something like that! She looked more like Natasha than like Boris, thank goodness.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 09, 2026 06:06 AM (wzUl9)

85 Dagny the aloof kitten -- well, cat -- is getting to be a little less so. In the evenings when she is sleepy, I scoop her up and settle her on a cushion on my lap, and she stays a while for petting. And right now she is on the arm of the sofa next to me. True, she's hinting about breakfast, but she could just as easily do that from the floor.

She's always liked petting, including belly rubs, but she was never one to come to people for it; she expected us to go to her. Maybe some year she'll willingly hop in a lap.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 09, 2026 06:11 AM (wzUl9)

86 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Waaaaauugggghhh!!!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 09, 2026 06:11 AM (X4XpB)

87 The big red Buick will get a bath once the rain is over this weekend.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 09, 2026 06:05 AM (wzUI9)

dude what are you going to do if you ever move north and have to go weeks and weeks (or several months) without washing your car because it's too cold?

Posted by: heywood the third at January 09, 2026 06:17 AM (o963U)

88 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 09, 2026 06:11 AM (wzUl9

Glad she's getting more "lap like".

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 09, 2026 06:18 AM (looXz)

89 What do Health Sec. Kennedy and South Park have in common?

https://tinyurl.com/4w4decxe

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 09, 2026 06:18 AM (Tm6bq)

90 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 09, 2026 06:18 AM (bQ4nt)

91 dude what are you going to do if you ever move north and have to go weeks and weeks (or several months) without washing your car because it's too cold?
Posted by: heywood the third at January 09, 2026

***
The car is going to have a garage to protect it from the cold and snow. And I always found opportunities to wash my cars in Denver even in the winter.

I suppose, if things got bad, I could buy a beater truck or car to drive around with, while the Buick stayed safely under cover.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 09, 2026 06:19 AM (wzUl9)

92 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at January 09, 2026 06:19 AM (2Ez/1)

93 This is an odd story. Bear living under man's house in LA is finally removed:

https://tinyurl.com/3xxtcpwk

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 09, 2026 06:04 AM (PFs9e)
-

I hope the home owner is finally happy. Because now his house is unbearable.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 09, 2026 06:20 AM (Tm6bq)

94 @82/FenelonSpoke: An unbearable situation, indeed.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 09, 2026 06:20 AM (O7YUW)

95 Bear living under man's house in LA is finally removed:

Damn. Even wild animals have squatter's rights.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 09, 2026 06:20 AM (svLOV)

96 @93/Biden's Dog: *snort* Horde mind.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 09, 2026 06:20 AM (O7YUW)

97 94 @82/FenelonSpoke: An unbearable situation, indeed.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

It's ursine of the times.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 09, 2026 06:21 AM (svLOV)

98 NR Pax and Grumpy and Recalcitrant- You are clever for early morning hours. Thanks!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 09, 2026 06:22 AM (looXz)

99 NR Pax and Grumpy and Recalcitrant- You are clever for early morning hours.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 09, 2026 06:22 AM (looXz)
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/looks in mirror. sees chopped liver.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 09, 2026 06:23 AM (Tm6bq)

100 I am trying mightily to come up with a pun using "bruin," but no success yet.

Wait.

Bruin the world would have done differently?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 09, 2026 06:23 AM (wzUl9)

101 My bear story.

Catoctin Wildlife Park out in MD. Wife and I are walking past an enclosure that has two lions and a sun bear. I walk up to the keeper and ask about the dangers of that.

"Oh it's fine. You see that lion over there?"
"Yes."
"Do you see the claw marks across the nose?"
"Yes."
"They learned."

Posted by: NR Pax at January 09, 2026 06:25 AM (svLOV)

102 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 09, 2026 06:23 AM (Tm6bq

I think you need your mirror adjusted. 😉. You're quite clever too. I just hadn't gotten around to reading your quip yet.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 09, 2026 06:25 AM (looXz)

103 It's Friday, it's Friday! Happy, happy Friday!

*twirl*

Posted by: Rosasharn at January 09, 2026 06:27 AM (PzBTm)

104 This is crazy. Leftists in NYC calling for the murder if Kristi Noem and for the hanging of ICE agents:

Twitchy site:

https://tinyurl.com/bbhnkp9s

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 09, 2026 06:28 AM (looXz)

105 Man drops engagement ring a long distance. Kind stranger helps save the day:

https://tinyurl.com/28bk3vb5

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 09, 2026 06:32 AM (looXz)

106 Thank you, Rosasharn! Now it's official! Woohoo!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 09, 2026 06:32 AM (Cjt/F)

107 Okay, we have twirl

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Oy! at January 09, 2026 06:33 AM (ZxPkt)

108 33 degrees, still raining.

breakfast consumed, coffee in hand, all's right with the world!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 09, 2026 06:34 AM (Cjt/F)

109 Morning Horde. Our month long odyssey of our dogs health issues continue. I could write a book but here's the condensed version. Lethargic and diagnosed as stomach upset from food change, nope it's pancreatitis. While being treated for that she loses the use of her back legs and our vet takes xrays and she has a mass in her chest. Off to a specialty vet for a ct scan, two benign masses that are removed and she's treated for myasthenia gravis and her legs work again. One week of our dog being normal and the lethargy returns. Her liver values are elevated and she's back to the specialty vet for treatment. Now on day two of treatment. Please send up a prayer for her and for us. I think that we will be asked to make a decision very soon on if we want her put down.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 09, 2026 06:38 AM (2NHgQ)

110 gotta watch out proposing marriage on a grating ...

years ago I worked in a 5 story building, all grating except the ground floor. it became reflexive to count the "clink"s as the tool or small object you dropped fell, to know where to begin looking.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 09, 2026 06:40 AM (Cjt/F)

111 Good morning morons שבת שלום

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 09, 2026 06:40 AM (RIvkX)

112 neverenoughcaffeine, prayers sent that you get good news.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 09, 2026 06:40 AM (svLOV)

113 Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 09, 2026 06:38 AM (2NHgQ)

I'm sorry. What a very difficult time for you and your dog to go through. I will pray for you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 09, 2026 06:41 AM (looXz)

114 will do that neverenoughcaffeine! how nerve-wracking!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 09, 2026 06:41 AM (Cjt/F)

115 Poor Lily beagle

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 09, 2026 06:42 AM (RIvkX)

116 I get the vibe that Islam itself is being rejected in Iran. Which is so against the narrative that silence is the rule.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 09, 2026 04:46 AM (u82oZ)
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I've been shocked at the lack of coverage.

In 1979, it was all day every day coverage.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 09, 2026 06:50 AM (RIvkX)

117 Schools which stood up against antisemitism. "NY Post":

https://tinyurl.com/38ksnrh5

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 09, 2026 06:50 AM (looXz)

118 Today will be interesting.

Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 09, 2026 06:50 AM (ZxPkt)

119 Thanks for the prayers. Hubby nec attended a talk last evening by a visiting priest who passed out vials of blessed oil, one is for healing. We will try a bit on the Lily beagle today.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 09, 2026 06:50 AM (2NHgQ)

120 mornin yall. George Soros got that woman in Minneapolis killed. It's a simple as that. He paid for it.

Posted by: guy who always says nothing will happen and is usually right at January 09, 2026 06:51 AM (vFG9F)

121 I think I'll play it safe and first park the car on the street in case I oops like Pixy does.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 09, 2026 04:08 AM (Tm6bq)
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Cruel.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 09, 2026 06:53 AM (RIvkX)

122 I've been shocked at the lack of coverage.

In 1979, it was all day every day coverage.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 09, 2026 06:50 AM (RIvkX)

The left and the media in the west (but I repeat myself) are terrified of admitting that Trump and Netanyahu have been right about the Evil of Iran all along.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 09, 2026 06:53 AM (UXPSq)

123 "I've been shocked at the lack of coverage.

In 1979, it was all day every day coverage. "

the metric that determines news coverage is the amount of harm it will do to America and Western Civ. that's all, flat rate.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 09, 2026 06:57 AM (Cjt/F)

124 Videos out of Iran sending chills up my spine

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 09, 2026 06:58 AM (RIvkX)

125 Much like the campaigns to block streets and confront drivers in support of BLM and then Hamas, the goal was to create chaos, generate violent confrontations, and force police intervention. The issue, as David Horowitz frequently reminded us, was not the issue, it was the revolution. BLM, Hamas or illegal aliens are vectors for radicalizing liberals into extremism through the familiar mechanisms of protest, violence, death and then terrorism and tyranny.
-Daniel Greenfield
====
It's a feature not a bug.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 09, 2026 07:02 AM (RIvkX)

126 There is no more "coverage." That's because there is no more media. We're shocked because we don't see the story on what used to be our primary information channels because we haven't changed our thinking.
Nobody has cable anymore. Nobody watches TV news anymore.
The media now is Nick Shirley and Nick Sortor and Andy Ngo and Joe Rogan and a thousand others.
Russian Collusion was the last coffin nail.
Nobody trusts them.
And since technology has brought alternatives, nobody watches them.
So let's not be "shocked by the lack of coverage."
Frankly I'm shocked they're still in business.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 09, 2026 07:02 AM (2Ez/1)

127 Maybe some year she'll willingly hop in a lap.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

I had a chinchilla Persian that loved to be petted but hated to be picked up and would never sit in your lap. She lay or sit next to you but was never a lap cat. She'd let me pick her up, for brief moments, but that's it. But she sure loved to be petted. Her purr could be heard in the next county. She hated to be alone to. She was always in the room with us. Friendly kitty, but not a lap cat.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 09, 2026 07:04 AM (sAmhv)

128 This sounds like a really good book: "The Orchard" by Peter Heller. I am not familiar with this writer. Review at "Frontpage" magazine:

https://tinyurl.com/bpau6cdv

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 09, 2026 07:04 AM (looXz)

129 It’s impossible this morning to get any sense of what’s happening now in Iran. All power is shut down, the Ayatollah is snarling out threats, some Iranians call on the US to intervene. How?

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 09, 2026 07:05 AM (UXPSq)

130 Reuters top stories are about Iran. I don't check any of the US news agencies so I'm not sure what's being covered or if they are ignoring events.
https://tinyurl.com/4u2nn59e

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 09, 2026 07:08 AM (2NHgQ)

131 It’s impossible this morning to get any sense of what’s happening now in Iran. All power is shut down, the Ayatollah is snarling out threats, some Iranians call on the US to intervene. How?
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 09, 2026 07:05 AM (UXPSq)

Locate where the weird beard's families are and Arc-Light the locations. Over and over. For a few days. It's allah's will.

Posted by: Old Iron Pants at January 09, 2026 07:10 AM (GlDYx)

132 Then I saw your face, now I’m a believer……in demon posession.

Posted by: Eromero at January 09, 2026 07:12 AM (o2ZRX)

133
It’s impossible this morning to get any sense of what’s happening now in Iran. All power is shut down, the Ayatollah is snarling out threats, some Iranians call on the US to intervene. How?

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 09, 2026 07:05 AM

we could drop a couple of containers of SKS rifles & a metric siht-tonne of 7.62x39 to the anti-ayatolla peeps...

then make some popcorn

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 09, 2026 07:13 AM (tljrc)

134 Also, the top story at AP. Second story down the page is the Ice shooting in MN. Nothing but trash as usual at the Daily Mail and their speculation on PDT carrying out land strikes in Mexico against the cartels. Citizens Free Press is mostly Ice stuff with lots of links to X.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 09, 2026 07:13 AM (2NHgQ)

135 Saw this on X yesterday. Apparently Russia was making noise about going after our tankers in the Baltic in retaliation for the seizing the tanker in Venezuela.

The Prime Minister of Japan might want to advise Putin that touching American boats does not end well.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 09, 2026 07:16 AM (svLOV)

136 "May you live in interesting times" is a Chinese curse.

Posted by: no one at January 09, 2026 07:20 AM (qFwJc)

137 The Prime Minister of Japan might want to advise Putin that touching American boats does not end well.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 09, 2026 07:16 AM (svLOV)

That tanker was officially empty - but something was on that tanker that the Russians wanted and which we now have. Gold bars? Nuclear weapons parts? Some people who weren’t supposed to be there? Neither side is saying.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 09, 2026 07:20 AM (UXPSq)

138 Neither side is saying.

The contents of Al Capone's vault and two crates of inflatable sheep.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 09, 2026 07:32 AM (svLOV)

139 The county here has decided that the SPLOST they reimposed last year is not enough and wants to raise taxes again for water system improvements. One of their justifications is "that's how Fulton County did it".

The sooner I can get out of here and move to the farm, the better. Fk these aholes.

Posted by: fd at January 09, 2026 07:34 AM (vFG9F)

140 Yep; The picture of the black fellow looking scared with an ICE officer in front of him had more context behind it. Twitchy site :

https://tinyurl.com/mvr8jh3w

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 09, 2026 07:34 AM (lQ+/f)

141 Noodlum.

Posted by: Noodist at January 09, 2026 07:39 AM (2Ez/1)

142 The problem I see with losing StackOverflow is that the LLMs basically answer questions by harvesting from places like StackOverflow. If StackOverflow and similar places die, then where will the LLMs get their answers?

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