Daily Tech News 10 January 2026

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Twitter has filed an antitrust complaint against, basically, the entire music industry alleging collusion and systematic abuse of DMCA takedowns in order to force platforms into licensing agreements. (TorrentFreak)

I say alleging, but according to the filing, the president of the National Music Publishers' Association put the entire plan in writing as an email threat sent to Twitter even before the campaign started.

Tech News

SSDs have only increased in price by 100% compared to the 300-500% for DRAM so we're safe oh Sandisk plans to double the price of 3D NAND flash for enterprise SSDs in Q1 2026 which is now. (Tom's Hardware)

They say enterprise but expect things to get worse in the consumer market as well.
HP meanwhile is turning to CXMT in China to help provide the DRAM it needs for consumer products given that the Big Three have sold out to the AI companies. (WCCFTech)

Meanwhile the share price for Taiwanese memory manufacturer Nanya has increased tenfold over the past year.
And the Big Three - Samsung, Micron, and SK Hynix - are all enjoying record profits. (Ars Technica)

Memory has turned abruptly from a money pit for Samsung to the shining star of the entire - what's the term - chaebol.

(Samsung and SK are the two largest chaebols - corporate conglomerates - in South Korea.)
AI read Harry Potter. (The Register)

And you can prod it into spitting out sentence fragments from Harry Potter by feeding it sentence fragments from Harry Potter, because it is just a very sophisticated autocorrect algorithm.

The headline is more sensationalist, but this is what the story boils down to.
You know what else are sophisticated autocorrect algorithms? A lot of people. (Twitter)

But less correct, and less sophisticated.
SpaceX has the green light from the FCC to launch another 7500 Starlink satellites. (Ars Technica)
The FCC said today's order allows SpaceX to "upgrade the Gen2 Starlink satellites with advanced form factors and cutting-edge technology," and "operate across Ku-, Ka-, V-, E-, and W-band frequencies, supporting both Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) and Mobile Satellite Service (MSS)." The FCC said it is waiving "obsolete requirements that prevented overlapping beam coverage and enhanced capacity," and is letting SpaceX "add new orbital shells at altitudes ranging from 340 km to 485 km, optimizing coverage and performance."
Amazing what can be accomplished when the government isn't at war with its most productive citizens.
Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergei Brin are leaving California ahead of the imposition of the confiscatory billionaire tax. (Fox Business) (archive site)

Page has already bought a $173 million property in Miami.

The tax strikes very close to home for Page and Brin, because they have special voting privileges that under an explicit provision of the legislation means they will be taxed not at 1% of their on-paper wealth per year, but at 5%.

Amazing what can be accomplished by not interrupting your enemy when they are making a mistake.
NASA is returning four of the current seven ISS astronauts to Earth ahead of their February rotation after an unspecified medical issue. (Ars Technica)

They four can return at any time aboard the Crew Dragon capsule, and NASA is in talks with SpaceX to move forward the planned February 15 mission to send a fresh crew to the space station.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Baby it's you, not me.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 10, 2026 04:01 AM (Ia/+0)

2 Oh, wose guy eh?

Posted by: Skip at January 10, 2026 04:02 AM (Ia/+0)

3 Morning Skip.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 10, 2026 04:04 AM (BLOW1)

4 Pixy the other day somehow my phone got on a more than day old thread and commented on it. Realized it so went to the current thread.
Expected to get auto banned but that didn't happen

Posted by: Skip at January 10, 2026 04:10 AM (Ia/+0)

5 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 10, 2026 04:11 AM (Kdi1r)

6 Skip - I don't remember the exact cutoff but it's more like a week rather than a day. Posts still on the main page are perfectly safe, for example.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 10, 2026 04:14 AM (BLOW1)

7 Not complaining, glad it didn't happen as expected

Posted by: Skip at January 10, 2026 04:16 AM (Ia/+0)

8 No worries, just don't want people to panic if they accidentally comment on a day-old post.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 10, 2026 04:17 AM (BLOW1)

9 That DMCA takedown article: sounds similar to what Rick Beato and others on YT have put up with.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 10, 2026 04:23 AM (Kdi1r)

10 Yes, same standover tactics on a larger scale.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 10, 2026 04:27 AM (BLOW1)

11 w00t late

Posted by: m at January 10, 2026 04:59 AM (SSiCQ)

12
This is the first time NASA has ever had to do a medical evacuation. They've had contingency plans for it of course, but never had to use it.

This is not the "emergency bugout" version of this, which they do have plans for as well. This is the slower version. The astronaut, whoever it is, is stable enough they can take the slower version. He/she needs to come home, but can wait a bit.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 10, 2026 04:59 AM (w6EFb)

13 m not that late, I am still working on first cup

Posted by: Skip at January 10, 2026 05:12 AM (Ia/+0)

14
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 10, 2026 05:13 AM (tljrc)

15 I have achieved covfefe. Things are looking up.

Posted by: m at January 10, 2026 05:18 AM (SSiCQ)

16 Good morning! Kinda cool and breezy here in Cowtown. Got coffee made and the space heater under the desk is fire up so all is well.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 10, 2026 05:24 AM (3Ope8)

17 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at January 10, 2026 05:25 AM (AN2gy)

18 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 10, 2026 05:28 AM (Cjt/F)

19 >>> That DMCA takedown article: sounds similar to what Rick Beato and others on YT have put up with.

I watched a Rick Beato video about best bands with two leads guitarists. King Crimson with Robert Fripp and Adrian Belew was noticeably absent.

Dear Old Uncle Bobby would requested a takedown in a hemidemisemiquaver.

Posted by: fluffy at January 10, 2026 05:30 AM (AN2gy)

20 Interesting tweet from one of Maduro's guards.

https://tinyurl.com/yyr8hupj

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 10, 2026 05:30 AM (+mUZM)

21 Notsothoreau that was interesting

Posted by: Skip at January 10, 2026 05:34 AM (Ia/+0)

22 yes, quite interesting ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 10, 2026 05:37 AM (Cjt/F)

23 G'morning, all!

County will open warming shelters on Sunday and Monday nights due to cold weather.

On the flip side, had to run the A/C overnight to cool us down from the heat of yesterday.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 10, 2026 05:38 AM (iMotb)

24 I see that the front page story of the mother of several children, who died while trying to protect individuals in our country illegally, many charged with sexual offenses against children seems to be losing prominence in the news cycle.

She seems to have a history of making poor life choices.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 10, 2026 05:41 AM (iMotb)

25 Evening and morning, AoSHQ satellites near and far! Is it really Saturday? It's been a long week -- in the news, and for me personally. Howz about you?

The Killer Kittenz are well. Temp outside is a revolting 75 F., and the rain we were promised for overnight hasn't yet arrived.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 10, 2026 05:42 AM (wzUl9)

26 >>> On the flip side, had to run the A/C overnight to cool us down from the heat of yesterday.

How hot can it be in early January?

Posted by: fluffy at January 10, 2026 05:42 AM (AN2gy)

27 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at January 10, 2026 05:42 AM (2Ez/1)

28 The 1950s noir [i[The Big Combo with Cornel Wilde is on Movies! I watched it on YooToob during the Sniffle Scare. It's a good crime flick. There are some controversial-for-the-time scenes in it, including an implied gay relationship between two hoodlums for hire played by Lee Van Cleef and Earl Holliman. Nothing overt, but the two men live together and sleep in the same room, and in a later scene in their living room both are wearing pajamas and robes; and when one is killed, the other is badly broken up and openly weeps.

Still, they are ruthless killers, not sympathetic underdogs. Interesting stuff.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 10, 2026 05:44 AM (wzUl9)

29 "How hot can it be in early January?"

Yesterdays high in the back yards was low 80's.

Near record temps expected today.

It was fun riding in Mrs VIA's Miata with the top down around lunch time, without anything heavier than a tee-shirt.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 10, 2026 05:48 AM (iMotb)

30 And how they beat the election steal in 2024

https://tinyurl.com/5xbe8xhv

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 10, 2026 05:48 AM (+mUZM)

31 Yeah, all elections lost by the Marxists are 'stolen'

Posted by: Skip at January 10, 2026 05:50 AM (Ia/+0)

32 20 Interesting tweet from one of Maduro's guards.

https://tinyurl.com/yyr8hupj
Posted by: Notsothoreau

Yeah, that's been floating around. It's complete fiction.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 10, 2026 05:51 AM (BLOW1)

33 I think its raining, supposed to all day and heavy this afternoon

Posted by: Skip at January 10, 2026 05:54 AM (Ia/+0)

34 "Yeah, that's been floating around. It's complete fiction."

I thought for a moment that it was excerpts from a Sarah Hoyt novel.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 10, 2026 05:55 AM (iMotb)

35 Twitter has filed an antitrust complaint against, basically, the entire music industry alleging collusion and systematic abuse of DMCA takedowns in order to force platforms into licensing agreements. (TorrentFreak)

The line does have to be drawn somewhere. I don't know where that is. On to the courts of law!

Posted by: m at January 10, 2026 05:58 AM (SSiCQ)

36 There's been talk of some sort of sound weapon in the past. So that is likely true. And I do suspect other countries are reconsidering challenging us.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 10, 2026 05:58 AM (+mUZM)

37 NASA is return four of the current seven ISS astronauts...

Da. I am notice odd grammar, Pixy.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 10, 2026 05:59 AM (O7YUW)

38 32 20 Interesting tweet from one of Maduro's guards.

https://tinyurl.com/yyr8hupj
Posted by: Notsothoreau

Yeah, that's been floating around. It's complete fiction.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 10, 2026 05:51 AM (BLOW1)

Thank you.

Posted by: m at January 10, 2026 06:01 AM (SSiCQ)

39 37 NASA is return four of the current seven ISS astronauts...

Da. I am notice odd grammar, Pixy.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 10, 2026 05:59 AM (O7YUW)

hahahaha
good one

Posted by: m at January 10, 2026 06:02 AM (SSiCQ)

40 Stupid idea just went floating through my head.

We know that the 'Wife' in the Minnesota event was actively using her phone to record the events of the moment.

Our belief is that this was a continuation of events that they were involved in all through the day.

What are the chances that there are other recorded events from that day on her phone which would support our claims that the two of them were not there as innocent bystanders, but as part off a coordinated team, setting out with the intended purpose of interfering with law enforcement?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 10, 2026 06:05 AM (iMotb)

41 >> How hot can it be in early January?

Here at GSP, Greenville, SC area, the all-time high for January is 82F, set on Jan 14, 1911. Daily High records for Jan range from 71F to 82F.

They set a record on Jan 7 of 73F, beating the old record of 71F set in 2012. I hit 74F here on the 7th.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 10, 2026 06:08 AM (w6EFb)

42
What are the chances that there are other recorded events from that day on her phone which would support our claims that the two of them were not there as innocent bystanders, but as part off a coordinated team, setting out with the intended purpose of interfering with law enforcement?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 10, 2026 06:05 AM

nothing in life is certain

this, however, approaches a level of certainty rivaled only by the certainty that the sun will rise in the east

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 10, 2026 06:11 AM (tljrc)

43
Is a wealth tax even constitutional?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 10, 2026 06:12 AM (tgvbd)

44 Let's review:

What would you do if a Law Enforcement Officer approached the rolled-down driver's side window of your car when you were sitting in the driver's seat and saidto you:

"Out of the car. Out of the car. Get the fuck out of the car."

Posted by: m at January 10, 2026 06:12 AM (SSiCQ)

45 I didn't know this song' "O my souls" or these singers, but these two women do a lovely job with a song based on Psalm 42;11. From tge "Faithpot" site:

https://tinyurl.com/43y59jt7

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 10, 2026 06:12 AM (Nx5jP)

46 "What would you do if a Law Enforcement Officer approached the rolled-down driver's side window of your car when you were sitting in the driver's seat and saidto you:

"Out of the car. Out of the car. Get the fuck out of the car."

With language like that, I would demand to speak to his supervisor.

Posted by: Karen at January 10, 2026 06:16 AM (iMotb)

47 Psalm 42:

https://tinyurl.com/yc6pvyp9

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 10, 2026 06:17 AM (Nx5jP)

48 https://tinyurl.com/phha6j36
Powerline week in pictures

Posted by: Skip at January 10, 2026 06:18 AM (Ia/+0)

49 Time for the morning walk.

BBIAB

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 10, 2026 06:18 AM (iMotb)

50 46 "What would you do if a Law Enforcement Officer approached the rolled-down driver's side window of your car when you were sitting in the driver's seat and said to you:

"Out of the car. Out of the car. Get the fuck out of the car."

With language like that, I would demand to speak to his supervisor.
Posted by: Karen at January 10, 2026 06:16 AM (iMotb)

What would you tell your just-got-a-driver's-license teenager to do?

Posted by: m at January 10, 2026 06:20 AM (SSiCQ)

51 Woman in England touched by strangers kindness on her first Christmas alone:

https://tinyurl.com/mrzwkpvd

Sunny Skyz site

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 10, 2026 06:20 AM (Nx5jP)

52 Hi Fen!

How is FenSon? I remember him wondering about wearing a jacket and tie for a job interview.

How did that turn out?

Posted by: fluffy at January 10, 2026 06:20 AM (AN2gy)

53 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 10, 2026 06:20 AM (bQ4nt)

54
46 "What would you do if a Law Enforcement Officer approached the rolled-down driver's side window of your car when you were sitting in the driver's seat and said to you:

"Out of the car. Out of the car. Get the fuck out of the car."

_____
Chris Rock offers some guidance:

https://youtu.be/uj0mtxXEGE8

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 10, 2026 06:27 AM (2Ez/1)

55 When to say Twitter and when to say 𝕏?

Posted by: m at January 10, 2026 06:27 AM (SSiCQ)

56 It has been in the low 50’s here during the day and low 40’s at night, a bit milder than average. Best part is the heat pump is not running. Worst part is the ambient house temp is 68, upstairs and down. Usually it is 70 down and 73 up.

Posted by: Accomack at January 10, 2026 06:31 AM (8jVAy)

57 54
46 "What would you do if a Law Enforcement Officer approached the rolled-down driver's side window of your car when you were sitting in the driver's seat and said to you:

"Out of the car. Out of the car. Get the fuck out of the car."

_____
Chris Rock offers some guidance:

https://youtu.be/uj0mtxXEGE8
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 10, 2026 06:27 AM (2Ez/1)

It's the full and total answer.

Posted by: m at January 10, 2026 06:32 AM (SSiCQ)

58 mornin yall. Burn Minneapolis, burn.

Posted by: fd at January 10, 2026 06:38 AM (vFG9F)

59 Posted by: fluffy at January 10, 2026 06:20 AM

How kind of you to ask and to recall that. He's still looking for a job ( that one didn't come through) , so if you could pray for him, I would be very grateful , if you're a praying sort of fluffy person. He's a good young man and we are thankful for him.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 10, 2026 06:40 AM (ecekB)

60 Another Hollywood actor has been charged with child molestation. I don't care if it's true or not, it's the seriousness of the charge.

Posted by: fd at January 10, 2026 06:42 AM (vFG9F)

61 "Out of the car. Out of the car. Get the fuck out of the car."

I would get out of the car.

But then, I wouldn't be less than 100 miles away from this sort of nonsense.

Posted by: no one at January 10, 2026 06:42 AM (qFwJc)

62 Proverbs 1:1-2 "Words of insight"-a devotional by the rabbi's daughter from the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews:

https://tinyurl.com/mrnnxx3z

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 10, 2026 06:43 AM (ecekB)

63 The Democrats haven't been this angry since Lincoln freed their slaves.

Posted by: no one at January 10, 2026 06:44 AM (qFwJc)

64 The URL for Trump Kennedy Center webpages seems stuck in the past!

https://www.kennedy-center.org

Posted by: m at January 10, 2026 06:49 AM (SSiCQ)

65 I like the powerline week in pictures item showing the RISK! gameboard.

Posted by: no one at January 10, 2026 06:51 AM (qFwJc)

66 60 Another Hollywood actor has been charged with child molestation. I don't care if it's true or not, it's the seriousness of the charge.
Posted by: fd at January 10, 2026 06:42 AM (vFG9F)

Timothy Busfield

Posted by: m at January 10, 2026 06:53 AM (SSiCQ)

67 Evidently there are some artists who are refusing to perform at the newly renamed Trump Kennedy Center because they feel the new name tarnishes the image of the venue.

Mary Jo Kopechne was unavailable for comment.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 10, 2026 06:53 AM (2Ez/1)

68 Greetings from the Carolinas. Rain and 60 degrees. Appreciate the warm winter.

Who is John Galt ?

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at January 10, 2026 06:54 AM (jt/rW)

69 Dems like to cry "separation of church and state!" but the local democrat committee here holds their monthly meetings at the Zion Baptist church.

Posted by: fd at January 10, 2026 06:55 AM (vFG9F)

70
Evidently there are some artists who are refusing to perform at the newly renamed Trump Kennedy Center because they feel the new name tarnishes the image of the venue.

If he had been a Republican, JFK would have been in prison.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 10, 2026 06:57 AM (tgvbd)

71 Breakfast is done for me and the Killer Kittenz. I'm relaxing with some coffee and a pipe.

Haircut today, gas up the car, exchange some stuff at Walmart, and Linda has another of her endless coupons for me to pick up some oat "milk" at Whole Foods. My Saturdays are often as busy as they were before I retired. The difference now is, some of the errands can be pushed off to the weekdays.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 10, 2026 06:58 AM (wzUl9)

72 61 "Out of the car. Out of the car. Get the fuck out of the car."

Retired lawyer friend’s advice for all interactions with the police: comply immediately; litigate later.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at January 10, 2026 06:59 AM (jt/rW)

73 Today is precious . Reflection on James 4:13-17

https://tinyurl.com/5xuyzz8

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 10, 2026 07:00 AM (xY6Tn)

74 "ICE Protester: We Have to ‘Show Up with Guns and End This’"

Please do. Let's get it on. Don't forget to drop your kids at daycare first.

Posted by: fd at January 10, 2026 07:00 AM (vFG9F)

75 The world of agronomy, agriculture, and food science have produced some incredible innovations, but lactating oats has to be near the top of the list.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 10, 2026 07:00 AM (2Ez/1)

76 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 10, 2026 07:01 AM (u82oZ)

77 "Oat breasts" gives new meaning to the expression "feeling your oats".

Posted by: fd at January 10, 2026 07:02 AM (vFG9F)

78 The ICE agent who shot the agitator in self-defense has been ID'd as one Jonathan Ross. I hope Noem or Trump whisks him out of MN as soon as possible before something bad happens to him.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 10, 2026 07:02 AM (wzUl9)

79 Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 10, 2026 07:00 AM (2Ez/1)

LOL

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 10, 2026 07:03 AM (xY6Tn)

80 The world of agronomy, agriculture, and food science have produced some incredible innovations, but lactating oats has to be near the top of the list.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 10, 2026

***
Them oat plants sure is well-endowed!

Old gag from Hee Haw:

"What's anatomy?"

"I dunno, but it sure looks better on the women."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 10, 2026 07:03 AM (wzUl9)

81 40 Stupid idea just went floating through my head.

We know that the 'Wife' in the Minnesota event was actively using her phone to record the events of the moment.

Our belief is that this was a continuation of events that they were involved in all through the day.

What are the chances that there are other recorded events from that day on her phone which would support our claims that the two of them were not there as innocent bystanders, but as part off a coordinated team, setting out with the intended purpose of interfering with law enforcement?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

I'll match stupid idea with another stupid idea. How about this. The 'wife' set her significant other up. She wanted her 'wife' out of the way so she can make bank on her death. I believe her GoFundMe page (or whatever she used) is over a million dollars now. I read that somewhere out on the interwebs. Probably here or X. Wheels within wheels, yo!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 10, 2026 07:04 AM (sAmhv)

82 81; after all it's the seriousness of the charge, innit?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 10, 2026 07:07 AM (Cjt/F)

83 "Seventeen House Republicans joined Democrats on Thursday to extend the expiring enhanced Obamacare subsidies"

It's going nowhere though, like the careers of those "republicans" should.

Posted by: fd at January 10, 2026 07:07 AM (vFG9F)

84
I'll match stupid idea with another stupid idea. How about this. The 'wife' set her significant other up. She wanted her 'wife' out of the way so she can make bank on her death.

I wouldn't be astonished, but it seems unlikely. That scenario depends on 1) SO trying to run someone down and 2) officers delivering an ass-beating instead of a bullet.

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

85 "...that this was a continuation of events that they were involved in all through the day."

Realize the shots were fired by the ICE agent at 9:37 AM in the morning. Since the two homosexual angels of light had dropped off their precious offspring at school earlier that same morning, they had been involved in these law enforcement interference activities for no more than maybe an hour and a half.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 10, 2026 07:09 AM (2Ez/1)

86 from the This Week in Pictures introductory paragraph:

Minnesota frauds continued in the news, and Minneapolis once again made news in the worst possible way, with a pro-illegal immigration activist being shot as she was running over an ICE agent.

Posted by: m at January 10, 2026 07:12 AM (SSiCQ)

87
Since the two homosexual angels of light had dropped off their precious offspring at school earlier that same morning, they had been involved in these law enforcement interference activities for no more than maybe an hour and a half.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 10, 2026 07:09 AM (2Ez/1)

It's like Jack Ruby leaving his dog in the car while he went and shot Oswald.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 10, 2026 07:16 AM (tgvbd)

88 Thanks for the Chris Rock video. I hadn't seen the entire thing before. That was hilarious.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 10, 2026 07:18 AM (lQ+/f)

89 there's so much great 𝕏-chatter on this:

Bonchie retweeted
brit
@pashedmotatos
15h
Amazing pivot from “she was a scared panicked mom” to “she was being friendly! Look she smiled.”

Posted by: m at January 10, 2026 07:20 AM (SSiCQ)

90 Reading Renee ( deceased ) and ' wife' were trained in how to stop ICE from arresting Illegals. What wasn't taught is don't screw with armed personnel

Posted by: Skip at January 10, 2026 07:21 AM (Ia/+0)

91 the LEAP here:

The Tennessee Holler
@TheTNHoller
18h
“That’s fine, dude. I’m not mad at you.”

Does this look like a “domestic terrorist”?

@KristiNoem needs to resign.
@JDVance owes her son an apology.

Posted by: m at January 10, 2026 07:22 AM (SSiCQ)

92 Speaking of Jack Ruby's dog, I think that's the most important yet untold aspect of the story.
How is the dog doing?
Did it get examined by a vet after this traumatic event? I mean geez, the poor animal was in the vehicle when the shots were fired. The poor animal was in the vehicle when it accelerated uncontrollably and crashed into a parked vehicle so hard that the rear wheels came off the ground.
Will no one think of the poor canine?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 10, 2026 07:24 AM (2Ez/1)

93 "Does this look like a “domestic terrorist”

It looks like a stupid dyke who ended up being a martyr for the left.

Posted by: fd at January 10, 2026 07:25 AM (vFG9F)

94 I guess there won't be a meeting of the minds on this topic.

Posted by: m at January 10, 2026 07:25 AM (SSiCQ)

95 exactly right Skip. only taught how to provoke.
the backers of this astroturf movement cold-bloodedly set them (and all of their fellow useful idiots) up for this to happen.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 10, 2026 07:26 AM (Cjt/F)

96
Speaking of Jack Ruby's dog, I think that's the most important yet untold aspect of the story.

____________

The dog was the mastermind behind the whole plot.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 10, 2026 07:28 AM (tgvbd)

97 A firsthand account about what it's like to play the Indiana Hoosier football team, but from the perspective of a Venezuelan soldier when faced with fighting the US military.

https://is.gd/cN7CY5

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 10, 2026 07:28 AM (HTCU3)

98 97 A firsthand account about what it's like to play the Indiana Hoosier football team, but from the perspective of a Venezuelan soldier when faced with fighting the US military.

https://is.gd/cN7CY5

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 10, 2026 07:28 AM (HTCU3)

32 20 Interesting tweet from one of Maduro's guards.

https://tinyurl.com/yyr8hupj
Posted by: Notsothoreau

Yeah, that's been floating around. It's complete fiction.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 10, 2026 05:51 AM (BLOW1)

Posted by: m at January 10, 2026 07:30 AM (SSiCQ)

99 The dog was the mastermind behind the whole plot.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 10, 2026 07:28 AM
__

I knew it!!!

(adds another piece of red yarn to his big bulletin board diagram)

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 10, 2026 07:32 AM (2Ez/1)

100 100

Posted by: m at January 10, 2026 07:32 AM (SSiCQ)

101 While the initiative has not yet qualified for the November 2026 ballot, the proposal — backed by the Service Employees International Union–United Healthcare Workers West — would impose a one-time 5% tax on the net worth of California residents worth more than $1 billion.
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Only an idiot would believe this is a "one-time" tax.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 10, 2026 07:33 AM (f0sNM)

102 This is, at this time, honestly exactly how I see this:

Janiesaysyay
@janiesaysyay
14h
She a psychopath trying to get officers to come close to her vehicle, which is in drive.

When they do she aims the car at them and floors it.

Depraved indifference to:

the senior dog in the back seat next to an open window,
her wife with her hand on the passenger door handle,
the officer standing in front of her,
pedestrian onlookers in the street.

Renne Good was a psychopath.

Don’t be like Renee

Posted by: m at January 10, 2026 07:34 AM (SSiCQ)

103 Elderly man helping his elderly dog. Short video. Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/mwfbxzw5

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 10, 2026 07:34 AM (ELdpA)

104 "the two criminal illegal aliens who attacked Border Patrol in Portland are a gang member and his prostitute, NOT an innocent ‘married couple.’"

"She" looks like a tranny. Who would be surprised?

Posted by: fd at January 10, 2026 07:36 AM (vFG9F)

105 I am starting to think Horst Wessel was a patsy set up by the brownshirts to become a martyr.

Posted by: no one at January 10, 2026 07:37 AM (qFwJc)

106 "...are a gang member and his prostitute..."
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Neighbors say the two were just turning their lives around and on their way to a Bible study.

Posted by: The local media at January 10, 2026 07:38 AM (2Ez/1)

107 Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergei Brin are leaving California ahead of the imposition of the confiscatory billionaire tax. (Fox Business) (archive site)

Wonder who's going to want to buy those California properties and presumably face the confiscatory billionaire tax? Or maybe they're holding onto the property while not holding onto their California residency.

Posted by: m at January 10, 2026 07:41 AM (SSiCQ)

108 "Bruce Springsteen's iconic hit Born in the USA 'is censored by UK radio station for controversial lyric'"

That's surprising as it is anti-American garbage. They objected to the phrase "yellow man"' though, and now Bruce should be thrown under a double decker bus.

Posted by: fd at January 10, 2026 07:41 AM (vFG9F)

109 Victor Tango Kilo & m

Those taxes never work. Now there will be a permanent hole in the CA budget. Norway lost tax revenue that way last year.

But it makes the commie Inner Party feel better.

The problem-solving answer is to reduce spending. Ha, Ha, Ha. I crack myself up.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 10, 2026 07:45 AM (u82oZ)

110 How hot can it be in early January"

Let's see .. was in shorts, t-shirt, flip flops yesterday...

Posted by: man at January 10, 2026 07:45 AM (XuXeR)

111 "How hot can it be in early January"

You'd be surprised.

Posted by: zombie Rob Reiner at January 10, 2026 07:48 AM (vFG9F)

112 I liked the sound of Born in The USA. Then, I googled the lyrics and went WFT. I mean, narrator took no responsibility for his crime, an Army vet couldn’t get a job in the oil patch in 1970 and who exactly hated Vietnam Nam vets anyways?

Posted by: Accomack at January 10, 2026 07:48 AM (GbONR)

113 Yeah, that's been floating around. It's complete fiction.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 10, 2026 05:51 AM (BLOW1)

Probably, but if so, it’s very valuable fiction, to us. Power internationally is not just capability, but perception. This story is spreading throughout Spanish speaking channels rapidly, to people who are shocked by what has happened and won’t question the story.
I wouldn’t be surprised if this was a psy-op on our side. What better way to intimidate your enemies than to get all of them believing that your soldiers are ten foot tall supermen with strange, unstoppable weapons?

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 10, 2026 07:48 AM (UXPSq)

114 >>> He's still looking for a job ( that one didn't come through) , so if you could pray for him, I would be very grateful

Will do.

Posted by: fluffy at January 10, 2026 07:49 AM (AN2gy)

115 Only an idiot would believe this is a "one-time" tax."

"Well, we're setting up a temporary tax on phones to cover Spanish was costs..."

/ heh

Posted by: man at January 10, 2026 07:50 AM (XuXeR)

116 "who exactly hated Vietnam Nam vets anyways?"

Deranged leftists, as usual.

Posted by: fd at January 10, 2026 07:50 AM (vFG9F)

117 BS will get an update and replace “yellow man” with more useful phrases.

Posted by: Accomack at January 10, 2026 07:50 AM (GbONR)

118 Wonder who's going to want to buy those California properties and presumably face the confiscatory billionaire tax? Or maybe they're holding onto the property while not holding onto their California residency.
Posted by: m at January 10, 2026 07:41 AM (SSiCQ)

IMO, what will happen is a lot of high priced housing will just get abandoned. Then bought up bu developers who put in section 8 housing.

There ya go! Fire sale without the fire.

Posted by: Ouch the Grouch at January 10, 2026 07:50 AM (G+z4C)

119 Springsteen sucks. It will always be "Bored in the USA"' to me.

Posted by: fd at January 10, 2026 07:51 AM (vFG9F)

120 I liked the sound of Born in The USA. Then, I googled the lyrics and went WFT. I mean, narrator took no responsibility for his crime, an Army vet couldn’t get a job in the oil patch in 1970 and who exactly hated Vietnam Nam vets anyways?
Posted by: Accomack at January 10, 2026 07:48 AM (GbONR)

I remember when Reagan wanted to use Bruce's song for an ad campaign but like the titty baby he is The Boss said no. Bruce is a huge piece of shit and hopefully will die soon and leave the world alone.

Posted by: The Real Boss at January 10, 2026 07:52 AM (R/m4+)

121 I read Dos Passos’ USA Trilogy way back when. These people have been deranged psychos for over a century.

Posted by: Accomack at January 10, 2026 07:52 AM (GbONR)

122 113 Yeah, that's been floating around. It's complete fiction.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 10, 2026 05:51 AM (BLOW1)

Probably, but if so, it’s very valuable fiction, to us. Power internationally is not just capability, but perception. This story is spreading throughout Spanish speaking channels rapidly, to people who are shocked by what has happened and won’t question the story.
I wouldn’t be surprised if this was a psy-op on our side. What better way to intimidate your enemies than to get all of them believing that your soldiers are ten foot tall supermen with strange, unstoppable weapons?
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 10, 2026 07:48 AM (UXPSq)

eh

Posted by: m at January 10, 2026 07:53 AM (SSiCQ)

123 He then used refinery twice which is just lazy.

Posted by: Accomack at January 10, 2026 07:54 AM (GbONR)

124 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 10, 2026 07:55 AM (RIvkX)

125 More proof that Democrats haven’t had a new idea in nearly 100 years now - that Wralth tax is just a thinly reworked version of Huey Longs “Share the Wealth ” program of the early 30’s.
He was moving up and up in Dem party circles til his own guards accidentally shot him and blamed it on some poor guy they claimed was an assassin.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 10, 2026 07:55 AM (UXPSq)

126 backed by the Service Employees International Union–United Healthcare Workers West"

Healthcare and service?

Sure. Pull the other one, ok?

Posted by: man at January 10, 2026 07:55 AM (XuXeR)

127 "He then used refinery twice which is just lazy.
Posted by: Accomack"

Bloody poof

Posted by: Ozzy at January 10, 2026 07:55 AM (vFG9F)

128 Then bought up bu developers who put in section 8 housing"

You mean "run down and mostly empty structures paid for by us"....

Posted by: man at January 10, 2026 07:57 AM (XuXeR)

129 She" looks like a tranny. Who would be surprised?"

Ah, the "customers "?

Posted by: man at January 10, 2026 07:58 AM (XuXeR)

130 Is a wealth tax even constitutional?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 10, 2026 06:12 AM (tgvbd)
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I'll take questions that are neither asked not answered in California for $1000, Alex.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 10, 2026 08:02 AM (RIvkX)

131 Best part for us about the proposed “Wealth Tax” - it’s aimed at the California tech billionaires who have been the financial backbone of the Dem Party for a good 20 years now. They of course are shocked and horrified that the people they tried to buy are now turning ion them, and they are abandoning the state, and abandoning the party.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 10, 2026 08:03 AM (UXPSq)

132 Ayn Rand wrote about a directed energy weapon in Atlas Shrugged

Posted by: Don Black at January 10, 2026 08:04 AM (ZxPkt)

133 SEIU owns San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Sacramento

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 10, 2026 08:04 AM (RIvkX)

134 it’s aimed at the California tech billionaires who have been the financial backbone of the Dem Party for a good 20 years now"

The scorpion stings....

Posted by: man at January 10, 2026 08:05 AM (XuXeR)

135 nood

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 10, 2026 08:07 AM (Y3Ewx)

136 Best part for us about the proposed “Wealth Tax” - it’s aimed at the California tech billionaires who have been the financial backbone of the Dem Party for a good 20 years now. They of course are shocked and horrified that the people they tried to buy are now turning ion them, and they are abandoning the state, and abandoning the party.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 10, 2026 08:03 AM (UXPSq)
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Jensen Huang announced it's a great idea and he's happy to pay.

Proving he is actually a nutjob.

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

137 California wealth tax - riots in Minneapolis - riots in Portland - Dems are back to the “we’re so mad at Trump that we’re going to destroy ourselves “ stage.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 10, 2026 08:07 AM (UXPSq)

138 @131/Tom Servo: Communists gonna communist.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 10, 2026 08:11 AM (O7YUW)

139 The great thing about the wealth tax is that those philanthropath asshole locusts will start fucking up their new state. And so psycho commie CA dems continue to fuck the rest of the country...

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 10, 2026 08:12 AM (Y3Ewx)

140 I have a 60' willow oak tree out front. Never tried to milk it. Where is that bucket?

Posted by: Dairy Dan at January 10, 2026 08:22 AM (oftw2)

141

132 Ayn Rand wrote about a directed energy weapon in Atlas Shrugged
Posted by: Don Black at January 10, 2026 08:04 AM

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Oh yeah, the tedium ray. Also known as the prose hose. Victims died of boredom. She used it on a couple of her editors.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 10, 2026 08:23 AM (azNOR)

142 @141:Ayn Rand had editors?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 10, 2026 08:45 AM (ScJGb)

143 @142 Bennett Cerf, head of Random House.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 10, 2026 09:09 AM (zdLoL)

144 >>>I don't know if this is correctable, or if there was some critical developmental phase that was missed, but it doesn't matter, because once the LLM-humans are adults, they won't sit still for corrective therapy, percussive or not.

Hunger teaches. Not everyone gets to eat in face-collander times.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon, on a beach, earning 20% at January 10, 2026 10:30 AM (QoR3R)

145 David Eriksen's "LLM People" post explains a lot. It's cargo-cultism, but with words.

It explains a lot of college-"credentialed" people present at the levers of power. They weave a lot of bullshit during press conferences, but we always assumed it was like parlor tricks, showing you the one hand with the other doing the actual trick. Except, no, they're only waving the one hand around.

It explains why nothing gets done with said people as well - meetings to speak, but no action and progress. So you're 10 years into a new railroad, with only one percent built. Probably during the very first year.

It explains the lack of merit-based people as well - They do, not talk. Talking is an annoyance, BECAUSE there's no action. That rubs the LLC'ers the wrong way, so away they go.

It explains the NPC behavior we've memed about. Their sources say something. They copy and repeat it. No cognitive dissonance, because there's no cognation. And you can't argue logically - no logic to it

Perhaps it also explains the "Left Can't Meme" meme.

Posted by: Another Anon at January 10, 2026 11:09 AM (4h45B)

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