Daily Tech News 21 January 2026

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Micron has bought a 300,000 square foot factory in Taiwan from Powerchip for $1.8 billion. (MSN)

Powerchip manufactures DRAM, but is much smaller than Micron or even Taiwanese competitor Nanya. Micron is valued at $400 billion - the largest pure-play memory company in the world. Nanya's market cap is now around $25 billion, and Powerchip is around a third of that.

The new site is expected to be producing DRAM in volume by the second half of next year.

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Tesla has restarted construction of it's Dojo 3 supercomputer based on the in-house AI5 chip. (Tom's Hardware)

And also the future AI6 and AI7 chips, because the company plans to be in production of those designs before it finishes building this computer.
The DockFrame is a modular USB4/Thunderbolt hub compatible with Framework I/O modules and Lego. (Tom's Hardware)

It takes up to four of the Framework I/O modules, and is a 20x8 Lego-compatible baseplate.
The new Web3IsGoingGreat. (Firehound)

Firehound vibe-coded apps with known vulnerabilities, along with the number of files and database records exposed.

And 99% of the apps analysed so far have vulnerabilities.
The Bank of England must plan for a financial crisis triggered by aliens. (MSN)

Well, it's good that someone on Airstrip One can see the danger.

What?

Oh. The other kind of aliens.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Sometimes?

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 21, 2026 04:00 AM (Ia/+0)

2 Lunch oacked, waiting for coffee

Posted by: Skip at January 21, 2026 04:01 AM (Ia/+0)

3 G'day Skip.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 21, 2026 04:01 AM (BLOW1)

4 It takes up to four of the Framework I/O modules, and is a 20x8 Lego-compatible baseplate.
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Ok. That is the silliest thing I have read all day.

Posted by: clarence at January 21, 2026 04:19 AM (VL3/h)

5 Mornin'

Upgraded Linux Mint 22.2 to 22.3. I have soup in the crockpot, about a half hour to go. I go back to work tonight. Could be sporty weather wise this weekend. I'm praying the bad snow fall happens on Sunday afternoon. I'll be home then. Hopefully the car will behave. Not sure it's had to deal with weather in the low teens for a few days. I was assured Global Warming was going to heat things up. Seems a glacier is showing up this weekend here in Babylon DC.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 21, 2026 04:19 AM (sAmhv)

6 Well, we knew MSN was not a serious outfit and now we have to add the Bank of England to the list.

Posted by: clarence at January 21, 2026 04:23 AM (VL3/h)

7
It's taken me 15 minutes to figure out what "oacked" is.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 04:27 AM (tkcii)

8 It's taken me 15 minutes to figure out what "oacked" is.
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I have to correct typos so often, I have gotten used to automatically substituting known close letters when something looks off.

Posted by: clarence at January 21, 2026 04:34 AM (VL3/h)

9 "Packed" seems to fit.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 21, 2026 04:43 AM (6ydKt)

10 w00t

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 04:52 AM (SSiCQ)

11 4 It takes up to four of the Framework I/O modules, and is a 20x8 Lego-compatible baseplate.
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Ok. That is the silliest thing I have read all day.
Posted by: clarence at January 21, 2026 04:19 AM (VL3/h)

How long ya been up, clarence?

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 04:54 AM (SSiCQ)

12 After breakfast could go back to bed now
Only if

Posted by: Skip at January 21, 2026 04:55 AM (Ia/+0)

13 Morning.
The chip AI business is another burn your ships move by the Oligarchy. We will live in their panopticon no matter what.

Posted by: Accomack at January 21, 2026 04:55 AM (T8bqm)

14 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. 7 cold degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor. A good 4 hours of work ahead. Not going to be a happy day for me. All I can do is keep telling myself that February 11 is coming soon.

Actually, I'll be retired and Don Lemon will still be untouched. I have no doubt the DoJ is, at this moment, wondering how they can 'open an investigation' to fool the base and yet make sure the 'investigation' goes nowhere.

This is just another of those days where I wish I had never woken up. I'd better get back to work.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 21, 2026 04:57 AM (ufSfZ)

15 2 Lunch oacked, waiting for coffee
Posted by: Skip at January 21, 2026 04:01 AM (Ia/+0)

Poor lunch; it's been oacked. Hard to believe Skip would do that to a lunch.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 04:59 AM (SSiCQ)

16 "The new site is expected to be producing DRAM in volume by the second half of next year."

But I'm betting not for the retail market.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 21, 2026 05:00 AM (O7YUW)

17 Still can't figure out why Poland isn't major mm exporting country.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 21, 2026 05:02 AM (mlg/3)

18 Evening and morning to all on this Woden's Day!

It's taken me 15 minutes to figure out what "oacked" is.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026

Oh, that's minor stuff, Morticia. Consider the remark Dorothy Parker made when told that people at a party were "ducking for apples":

"There but for a typographical error is the story of my life."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 21, 2026 05:07 AM (wzUl9)

19 'Tis 54 F., wind chill at 52 because there's little wind. A good workout morning. Now if I could just find even a little motivation. Compared to grownup motivations, baby motivations are even more clever when they don't want to be found.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 21, 2026 05:09 AM (wzUl9)

20 We're supposed to have some pretty chilly temps this weekend, with cold rain on Sunday a.m. Today I'll make sure the tires are properly aired up, along with a wash for the big red beast so it will look good for a few days.

Hey, I might go out for breakfast on Sunday morning. There are few pleasures in life quite like sitting in a warm dry room, eating a tasty omelette and drinking good coffee, while watching the cold rain slash down outside.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 21, 2026 05:13 AM (wzUl9)

21 Wife looked at deck thermometer and reported 6 degrees

Posted by: Skip at January 21, 2026 05:15 AM (Ia/+0)

22
"Packed" seems to fit.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

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That's what I finally got at 15 minutes.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 05:15 AM (tkcii)

23
I don't even bother checking the temperature here. It's warm here. Always warm. I saw the drone footage of that horrid 100-car wreck in Minnesota and I couldn't fathom driving in that whiteness.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 05:18 AM (tkcii)

24 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at January 21, 2026 05:19 AM (2Ez/1)

25 Minnesota Democrats have decided that the best way to divert attention from the Somali Daycare/Money Laundering scandal is to advocate violent attacks on mostly white churchgoers.

Colorado Democrats have decided to deal with the obvious injustices dealt to Tina Peters by attempting to frame her with a charge of felony assault.

Pray for Tina Peters.

Pray for America.

Posted by: Sam Adams at January 21, 2026 05:20 AM (X+xvk)

26 I don't even bother checking the temperature here. It's warm here. Always warm. I saw the drone footage of that horrid 100-car wreck in Minnesota and I couldn't fathom driving in that whiteness.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 05:18 AM (tkcii)

I wish I lived where you are. I hate the cold. Although I will admit that, when I had to drive to work, I enjoyed being in a warm car ambling along a dark road as the snow fell. It gave me an oddly cosy feeling.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 21, 2026 05:22 AM (ufSfZ)

27 My typing on my phone is bad, two keys at once is normal

Posted by: Skip at January 21, 2026 05:22 AM (Ia/+0)

28 And the Killer Kittenz From Outer Space are doing well. Stirling was in there pitching for me to get up well before the alarm today. Last night, little Dagny the aloof one was actually up on the sofa arm next to Miss Linda for petting . . . and then curled up and slipped down so she was practically on a human lap. All by herself.

Maybe in a few years she'll be a lap cat.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 21, 2026 05:22 AM (wzUl9)

29 >>>The Bank of England must plan for a financial crisis triggered by aliens. (MSN)

or maybe:

The Bank of England, triggered by aliens, must plan for a financial crisis.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 05:23 AM (SSiCQ)

30 If we are going go get freezing rain on Sunday morning, I think I will go to Saturday evening Mass.

I refuse to drive with freezing rain.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 21, 2026 05:25 AM (qFwJc)

31 27 My typing on my phone is bad, two keys at once is normal
Posted by: Skip at January 21, 2026 05:22 AM (Ia/+0)

It brings us happiness. And something like a word game. Skiple.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 05:26 AM (SSiCQ)

32 Heading out, no idea why I get 0 reception at tje job building
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at January 21, 2026 05:27 AM (Ia/+0)

33 Today is the one-year anniversary of the Big Snow in Lousy-ana. My employer had announced in advance that we'd have at least that day off. I'd stayed up the night before to watch Trump's inauguration party (what a relief after four terrible years of Joey the Crayon-Eater, to think we might still have a real country). Then, when I woke up, there was this white stuff coating the street and the lawns and the cars. I hadn't seen it since my days in Denver.

I'd parked the car the day before in the back lot away from trees, in a spot where it would get afternoon sun to help melt the snowpack once the sky cleared. And I have an ice scraper in the trunk. No idea what my neighbors did to get the snow and ice off their windshields.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 21, 2026 05:28 AM (wzUl9)

34 23 I saw the drone footage of that horrid 100-car wreck in Minnesota and I couldn't fathom driving in that whiteness.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 05:18 AM (tkcii)

Recent? Old? I'm not seeing it online.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 05:30 AM (SSiCQ)

35 I saw the drone footage of that horrid 100-car wreck in Minnesota and I couldn't fathom driving in that whiteness.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026
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Recent? Old? I'm not seeing it online.
Posted by: m at January 21, 2026

***
I saw mentions of it here yesterday.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 21, 2026 05:32 AM (wzUl9)

36 via @redsteeze

The Post Millennial
@TPostMillennial
8h
Leftist anarchist William Kelly, who travels the country disrupting ICE operations, defends St. Paul church storming:

"You can kill the revolutionary, but you can't kill the revolution!"

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 05:34 AM (SSiCQ)

37 34 23 I saw the drone footage of that horrid 100-car wreck in Minnesota and I couldn't fathom driving in that whiteness.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 05:18 AM (tkcii)

Recent? Old? I'm not seeing it online.

Posted by: m

****

You should see the footage of the 120-car pileup we had in DFW a couple years ago. Unlimited visibility. Black ice. Hundreds of Texans with zero winter driving experience doing 70 mph.

We'll be getting freezing rain/snow in Dallas late Friday night, all day Saturday and probably extending into Sunday morning, with temps down in the teens. I'm going to build a fire and nail myself to the couch.

Posted by: Sam Adams at January 21, 2026 05:36 AM (X+xvk)

38 In All circumstances . Man who likes to hike talks about thriving in all sorts of conditions. Psalm 34:1-14.

Upper Room devotional:

https://tinyurl.com/msuuwjjy

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 05:36 AM (PFs9e)

39 It must suck to always live in a world where there is a tunnel at the end of every light.

Posted by: Ouch the Grouch at January 21, 2026 05:37 AM (k1gZr)

40 Navy rescue swimmer rescues woman before her SUV sinks:

https://tinyurl.com/3r5ucyt2

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 05:38 AM (PFs9e)

41 Not to mention, with a historic snow event and a cheering restoration of Trump in January, I was looking forward (as is MP4) to retiring. I didn't want to wait until summer, as I might get caught up in organizing the move of my office to a new building. So I set March 31 as my last day.

The move did happen, I understand, and I imagine it was a hell of an undertaking. I'm more than glad I wasn't there to be in charge of it!

Do I feel as though I was abandoning my colleagues, as Tampon Tim did his military unit before it was deployed overseas? After the insanity my employer displayed during the Sniffle Scare, I'd lost all respect for the place, including my co-workers, and have never looked back.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 21, 2026 05:38 AM (wzUl9)

42 Interesting story about a fighter and his tomb in London:

https://tinyurl.com/4p58rhma

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 05:41 AM (PFs9e)

43 37 34 23 I'm going to build a fire and nail myself to the couch.
Posted by: Sam Adams at January 21, 2026 05:36 AM (X+xvk)

heh

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 05:42 AM (SSiCQ)

44 36 via @redsteeze

The Post Millennial
@TPostMillennial
8h
Leftist anarchist William Kelly, who travels the country disrupting ICE operations, defends St. Paul church storming:

"You can kill the revolutionary, but you can't kill the revolution!"
Posted by: m

Oh. So, either he comes from money (spoiled rich kid looking for meaning) or some organization is paying for his roving terrorism. Could be both of course.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 21, 2026 05:42 AM (sAmhv)

45 Thirteen degrees and not going to get much better today. If you need me, I'll be burrowing under blankets that I smuggle into work.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 21, 2026 05:42 AM (99eI0)

46 Amelia and Charlie know what to do to save the Bank of England...

New meme with the "evil" ending for the Pathways game. Charlie and Amelia help with efforts to preserve the UK for the "indigenous people" and then can afford to buy a home and have lots of white babies... he looks happy, but at what cost? WHAT COST? Those poor grooming gangs!

https://x.com/Stone_tossers/status/
2013731415721156804

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 05:43 AM (gWBY1)

47 39 It must suck to always live in a world where there is a tunnel at the end of every light.

Posted by: Ouch the Grouch at January 21, 2026 05:37 AM (k1gZr)

This seems possibly insightful.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 05:44 AM (SSiCQ)

48 “ Turn, Lord, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love.”

Psalm 6:4

Posted by: Marcus T at January 21, 2026 05:44 AM (ATSTk)

49 39 It must suck to always live in a world where there is a tunnel at the end of every light.

Posted by: Ouch the Grouch

Heh! A Balrog lives in the tunnel.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 21, 2026 05:45 AM (sAmhv)

50 But you can crush the rebellion.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 21, 2026 05:46 AM (qFwJc)

51 46 Amelia and Charlie know what to do to save the Bank of England...

New meme with the "evil" ending for the Pathways game. Charlie and Amelia help with efforts to preserve the UK for the "indigenous people" and then can afford to buy a home and have lots of white babies... he looks happy, but at what cost? WHAT COST? Those poor grooming gangs!

https://x.com/Stone_tossers/status/
2013731415721156804

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 05:43 AM (gWBY1)

Took me a minute to catch on!

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 05:47 AM (SSiCQ)

52 >>> Leftist anarchist William Kelly,

The next person whose face he shoves himself into needs to ask him who is funding him. Why is he spending thousands on travel, which is a privilege, when it could go to a poor Somalian with a Bentley and $1000 shades.

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 05:47 AM (gWBY1)

53 Geez, what did I do to you?

Posted by: Skip's oacked lunch at January 21, 2026 05:48 AM (2Ez/1)

54 48 “ Turn, Lord, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love.”

Psalm 6:4
Posted by: Marcus T at January 21, 2026 05:44 AM (ATSTk)

Thank you, Marcus T.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 05:48 AM (SSiCQ)

55 It must suck to always live in a world where there is a tunnel at the end of every light.

**shrugs**

Some of us are just built that way. I find it a great deal more mentally peaceful to expect the worst and have good things happen than to live in a Pollyanna world expecting the best and being constantly kicked in the nuts by reality.

If it's a choice between "Steiner will come!" and "We'll be stabbed in the back," I know which I will choose.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 21, 2026 05:51 AM (ufSfZ)

56 Posted by: Ouch the Grouch at January 21, 2026 05:37 AM (k1gZr)

I've never heard that phrase, but it's quite clever and true.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 05:54 AM (PFs9e)

57 Belated BOING!

Whoever recommended to me a few days ago to use Entirely Digital for web hosting, thanks.

In midst domain transfer right now.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 21, 2026 05:55 AM (7jSnO)

58 >>> Took me a minute to catch on!
Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 05:47 AM (SSiCQ)

It's so, so good!! I really love the Amelia waifu memes.

As Dan Scavino pointed out, the average rando memesmith on Twitter or Grok is cleverer than the best ad man on Madison Avenue right now. Glad they are on our side! The foot soldiers of the culture war.

@TheChiefNerd
🔥 Dan Scavino Thanks the Meme Makers
“As the President says … you could go to Fifth Avenue or Park Avenue in New York City to an ad agency, spend a million or $2 million, and they would not create these. The President calls them geniuses.”
Tag your favorite meme “genius”👇

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 05:56 AM (gWBY1)

59 New meme with the "evil" ending for the Pathways game.

Just finished watching it. I hope when the people who tactically acquired the code re-release the game that gets added.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 21, 2026 05:56 AM (99eI0)

60
Good morning, Hordians.

Freezing temperatures forecast for early next week. Naturally, for Her Majesty this means panic in the streets. Do we have enough gas for the generators? Do we have enough dog food on hand? What's the status of this, what's the status of that? What are you going to do about this? What are you going to do about that? Of course, it's all stuff I have to do or we have to do.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 21, 2026 06:02 AM (tgvbd)

61 Singers in beautiful backdrop of Alaska sing gospel song from the 50's , "I'm ready to go home.":

https://tinyurl.com/2p8xf8tj

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 06:02 AM (PFs9e)

62 **shrugs**

***shrugs back***

I wish the ignore that EOJ coded still worked. I would be reading a lot less of you black pilled people and be a lot happier.

That's my last thought on this subject. Have at it.

Posted by: Ouch the Grouch at January 21, 2026 06:02 AM (k1gZr)

63 I don't think I always expect the best. I try to find things to thank God for everyday.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 06:03 AM (PFs9e)

64
If it's a choice between "Steiner will come!" and "We'll be stabbed in the back," I know which I will choose.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 21, 2026 05:51 AM (ufSfZ)

Having suffered most of my life from anxiety and depression, I've come to the point where I know I can only control a very limited number of things and otherwise let the world go hang.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 21, 2026 06:04 AM (tgvbd)

65 We'll take Alberta, Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush for Minnesota, and a player to be named later.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 21, 2026 06:08 AM (oT7pT)

66 Gary Numan - Are 'Friends' Electric?

I watched the whole thing.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 06:10 AM (SSiCQ)

67 Can we keep Lake Woebegone?

Posted by: Because the women at January 21, 2026 06:10 AM (2Ez/1)

68 "Can we keep Lake Woebegone?"

Only if kielor isn't included in the deal.

Posted by: Ouch the Grouch at January 21, 2026 06:15 AM (k1gZr)

69 67 Can we keep Lake Woebegone?
Posted by: Because the women at January 21, 2026 06:10 AM (2Ez/1)

The "Woe" might be a problem.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 06:16 AM (SSiCQ)

70 It must suck to always live in a world where there is a tunnel at the end of every light.

I have lived long enough to see the culture go completely to rot. Actually, three times. When a threshold was reached I moved to a better place and watched the problem repeat.

Keep out of the cultural currents. Stay off the X (double entendre). Purge the social crap, then life is what can be expected if you have high standards in a Fallen and cursed world.

In the meantime, enjoy the things that you have earned and have built.

The technical side of pretty much every industry has grown to great new marvels, enjoy what you can, be aware, but don't immerse in the fact that evil people corrupt all of these things.

But the most important thing is be Grateful for every blessing, count those, and there isn't time to worry about the rest of the world - just be aware what they are doing and don't be a part of them.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 06:22 AM (a4flb)

71 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 21, 2026 06:25 AM (bQ4nt)

72 How long ya been up, clarence?
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When I wrote that, about 16 hours.

Posted by: clarence at January 21, 2026 06:26 AM (VL3/h)

73 My Magic Mouse has lost its mind. If I just hover my cursor/arrow over something--like another open webpage or, say, the "Post" button below--it sometimes acts as though I've clicked that thing.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 06:26 AM (SSiCQ)

74 72 How long ya been up, clarence?
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When I wrote that, about 16 hours.
Posted by: clarence at January 21, 2026 06:26 AM (VL3/h)

yowza

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 06:27 AM (SSiCQ)

75 Freezing temperatures forecast for early next week. Naturally, for Her Majesty this means panic in the streets. Do we have enough gas for the generators?

Aren't you closer to the coast?

Like bicycling, I can handle cold; I can handle wet; I just don't do well with cold and wet.

Cold, is no problem; kick on the fireplace. Wet; we are above the five hundred year flood plain.

Cold and Wet, mean iced over branches and power lines. Just added 300+ gallons to the propane tanks and 30+ gallons of ethanol-free for the generator.

Planning on four days without power. Except for a couple days, the roads ought to be passable.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 06:28 AM (a4flb)

76 We'll take Alberta, Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush

That is a blast from the past. Best Hendrix impersonator. Will take any song and stretch it out into a full length guitar solo concert.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 06:30 AM (a4flb)

77 I turned off "Natural Scrolling." Let's see if that works.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 06:31 AM (SSiCQ)

78

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at January 21, 2026 06:33 AM (DDJSl)

79 77 I turned off "Natural Scrolling." Let's see if that works.
Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 06:31 AM (SSiCQ)

That did not work.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 06:33 AM (SSiCQ)

80 yowza
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My sleep schedule is so messed up that I could say that I do not have one. I can also spend the same amount of time asleep.

Posted by: clarence at January 21, 2026 06:34 AM (/wfFD)

81 Sleep is just an idea.

Posted by: Eromero at January 21, 2026 06:37 AM (o2ZRX)

82
Planning on four days without power. Except for a couple days, the roads ought to be passable.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 06:28 AM (a4flb)

I think the principal concern should be what we do if the power goes out. Bitter experience tells us we'll be the last ones to have it restored.

We have two 7500 watt generators and a 3500 watt one. We also have a transfer switch so that we can run the furnace and well. So, yes, I'll make sure we have plenty of gas on hand. They were scheduled to deliver propane on Monday, but they've deferred it to next Monday. In any case, the tank is about half full.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 21, 2026 06:37 AM (tgvbd)

83 High temp in Minneapolis tomorrow is 7 degrees.
Minus 9 on Friday, and minus 2 on Saturday.
Just saying.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 21, 2026 06:37 AM (2Ez/1)

84 The Bank of England must plan for a financial crisis triggered by aliens.

This is only because of a total breakdown in theology and science.

Science:
• the mathematical impossibility of life from non-life.
• "They" are too far away for practical interstellar travel.

Theology:
• Order of the timing of Creation
• Imago Dei
• Scope of the Fall and Redemption
• The future of the Universe

Only a few Christian denominations haven't corrupted these key doctrines for teaching that we are alone in this wide universe.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 06:39 AM (a4flb)

85 Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 21, 2026 06:37 AM (2Ez/1)

I guess the rioters will be invading more churches to stay warm. 😕

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 06:39 AM (PFs9e)

86 Heh. Between my last comment and the preceding one, my hash changed. Usually. my hash goes for 2 or 3 days between changes. (I use the starlink wifi from the bar aross the street which the boss owns.)

Posted by: clarence at January 21, 2026 06:39 AM (/wfFD)

87 >>>We'll take Alberta, Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush

That is a blast from the past. Best Hendrix impersonator. Will take any song and stretch it out into a full length guitar solo concert.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

>I hear this all the time. Hendrix whatever. Pretty good company to be compared to. Frank was a monster guitar player all on his own. Certainly inspired by Hendrix.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 21, 2026 06:40 AM (oT7pT)

88 Young leftists have to believe in aliens. Documentaries are all they know.

Posted by: Eromero at January 21, 2026 06:43 AM (o2ZRX)

89 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 21, 2026 06:44 AM (Cjt/F)

90 I think the principal concern should be what we do if the power goes out. Bitter experience tells us we'll be the last ones to have it restored.

Dittos. Not so bitter though, if you prep. Before the Great Texas Freeze and Power Outage of Feb 2021, had no generator. Fortunately we were on the same grid circuit as a number of nursing homes so the power was out for a few hours, not for a week.

Now have an inverter generator that can drive a five-ton heat pump plus all the usual stuff in the house. Problem is when the heat strips kick in for a few minutes for de-icing of the lines - it exceeds the generator's capacity. Noticed that Harbor Freight has one suitable enough for $2200.

The smaller the better because 95% of the time, the generator only feeds no more than 1000W of total household use. Its when the microwave, septic tank pump or water heater kicks in that the extra head room is good.

I can keep a house at 72°F in the 100°F summer on 14 gallons a day. A Generac can't touch that number. I don't know what cold will do, probably just run the blowers and let the fireplace do the work.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 06:48 AM (a4flb)

91 G'morning, all!

26.8 degrees out.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 21, 2026 06:48 AM (iMotb)

92 @redsteeze on Justice Jackson, who is still struggling to understand the Black Codes:

Stephen L. Miller
@redsteeze
18h
I have reversed my stance on cameras at SCOTUS just to see Alito's face every time this woman speaks.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 06:49 AM (SSiCQ)

93 Interesting, if true.

https://xcancel.com/bluelivesmtr/status/2013771912552554994

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 21, 2026 06:49 AM (iMotb)

94 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 21, 2026 06:49 AM (iMotb)

I hope it's true. I enjoyed that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 06:52 AM (ix8EF)

95 Two 3500s and a 2000. Gas heat and water heater in the house.

Posted by: Eromero at January 21, 2026 06:52 AM (o2ZRX)

96 I hear this all the time. Hendrix whatever. Pretty good company to be compared to. Frank was a monster guitar player all on his own. Certainly inspired by Hendrix.

Remember coming really early to the Bronco Bowl in Dallas to be let in and Marino was doing a "sound check" of quality jams that lasted for an hour. Then he performed a long concert.

Monster indeed. Loved "Live" album.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 06:52 AM (a4flb)

97 Morning peeps

It's 30.6F here this morning and sleeting. First time in a while it's been this "warm" in the morning.

All the weather talk is about a potentially big winter storm this weekend. And power outages.

What fun.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 21, 2026 06:53 AM (U2OZr)

98 Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 06:49 AM (SSiCQ)

Ha.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 06:53 AM (ix8EF)

99 @redsteeze on the looney William Kelly anarchist:

Stephen L. Miller
@redsteeze
6h
You guys should all be taking the next governor of Minnesota a little bit more seriously.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 06:54 AM (SSiCQ)

100 That was me. I used Entirely Digital for several years and they were good. Really need to go back as I think they are cheaper than Bluehost

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 21, 2026 06:54 AM (+mUZM)

101 Snow will be a thing of the past.

Posted by: The Experts, circa 2000 at January 21, 2026 06:56 AM (Lq/LE)

102 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2026 06:56 AM (FMAqD)

103 I guess the rioters will be invading more churches to stay warm.

I recommend, given the temperatures, that for the churches they attempt to raid that the demonstrators are given a free outdoor baptism.

A good hose will be ideal for Confessional denominations, Evangelicals will have to temporarily abandon credo-baptism modes and adopt pedo-baptism modes, but they are good at compromise.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 06:57 AM (a4flb)

104 It's interesting to compare a guitar player that plays a left handed Fender Stratocaster to a player that plays a right-handed Gibson SG and can get a similar experience. Pretty good stuff.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 21, 2026 06:57 AM (oT7pT)

105 Snow will be a thing of the past.
Posted by: The Experts, circa 2000 at January 21, 2026 06:56 AM (Lq/LE)
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Considering how little snow we've gotten around here and how mild it's been this winter, I'm *almost* inclined to listen. Almost.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 21, 2026 06:57 AM (ESVrU)

106 AG retweeted
Carrie Severino
@JCNSeverino
15h
Must Listen: Justice Alito reveals the obvious irony of citing the Black Codes as justification for Hawaii’s 2023 firearm restriction law.

“They wanted to disarm the Black population in order to help the Klan terrorize them...they wanted to put them at the mercy of racist law enforcement officers. So is it not the height of irony to cite a law that was enacted for exactly the purpose of preventing someone from exercising the Second Amendment right, to cite this as an example of what the Second Amendment protects.”

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 06:58 AM (SSiCQ)

107 All the weather talk is about a potentially big winter storm this weekend. And power outages.

Saw a lot of line worker contractor bucket trucks stacking up around here. Good to see SWEPCO is ahead on this.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 06:59 AM (a4flb)

108
JJS

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 21, 2026 07:00 AM (gbOdA)

109 I think the principal concern should be what we do if the power goes out. Bitter experience tells us we'll be the last ones to have it restored.

Dittos. Not so bitter though, if you prep. Before the Great Texas Freeze and Power Outage of Feb 2021, had no generator. Fortunately we were on the same grid circuit as a number of nursing homes so the power was out for a few hours, not for a week.

Now have an inverter generator that can drive a five-ton heat pump plus all the usual stuff in the house. Problem is when the heat strips kick in for a few minutes for de-icing of the lines - it exceeds the generator's capacity. Noticed that Harbor Freight has one suitable enough for $2200.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

Same. Now have an EcoFlow battery backup, Duromax dual fuel generator and propane for indoor heater.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 21, 2026 07:01 AM (FMAqD)

110 nice point:

AG
@AGHamilton29
11h
Governing is much harder than getting people outraged for clicks.

What @HarmeetKDhillon has been exposing in the last few days is that there are a lot of people in the commentator and influencer space who view their main role as just to create anger and outrage, whether it is justified or not.

You should not trust those people to give you reliable information about what is happening or what is feasible because that isn’t their goal. It’s also not their goal to drive actual results.

Posted by: m at January 21, 2026 07:03 AM (SSiCQ)

111 As far as this angry agitator in MN, Mr. Kelly, I prefer Thomas Raymond Kelly who died in 1941. He was a Quaker who wrote one of my favorite devotional books, "A Testament of Devotion": This is just one quote from it:

"The life that intends to be wholly obedient, wholly submissive, wholly listening, is astonishing in its completeness. Its joys are ravishing, its peace profound, its humility the deepest, its power world-shaking, its love enveloping, its simplicity that of a trusting child."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 07:03 AM (Nx5jP)

112 The high end car dealers in Minneapolis have had it good with people coming in with a suitcases of money to buy the latest in European sports cars.

Posted by: Colin at January 21, 2026 07:10 AM (wlQdF)

113 The 100 car pile up was in Michigan (not Minn), just south of Zeeland on I-196

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at January 21, 2026 07:15 AM (pLaQB)

114 *It’s also not their goal to drive actual results.*

A talk radio host isn't trying to change the world. He's trying to attract advertisers.

Posted by: And I still miss Rush at January 21, 2026 07:18 AM (2Ez/1)

115 Have you thanked an ICE agent today?

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 21, 2026 07:36 AM (YBcQb)

116 Time to go. Later.

Posted by: clarence at January 21, 2026 07:55 AM (/wfFD)

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