Daily Tech News 17 May 2026

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If you're looking for an inexpensive CPU to soothe the bite of memory and storage prices, should you choose AMD's 7600X3D, or Intel's new 250K? (Tom's Hardware)

Both have six full-speed cores and the AMD chip has an extra 64MB of cache, making it 10% faster for games.

However, the Intel chip is 28% faster for single-threaded productivity tasks, which don't often take great advantage of the larger cache.

And for multi-threaded tasks the Intel chip is 114% faster.

On the fourth hand, AMD's socket AM5 platform currently supports Zen 4 and 5, and will see Zen 6 and probably Zen 7 in the future, so you have a plenty of upgrade options if you start with the 7600X3D. Intel's Socket 1851 ends with the 250K and 270K, there's a new socket and chipset out later this year.

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Asus is jumping into the memory market - assembling modules, not manufacturing chips - but don't expect any relief from high prices. (Tom's Hardware)

$880 for a 48GB kit is no bargain.
2K Games is killing its racing game Lego 2K Drive. (WCCFTech)

It will disappear from online stores (like Steam) on the 19th and the multiplayer servers will shut down at the end of May next year.

I already have it (though I have never played it) because it was in a Humble Choice monthly package. Which is where I get most my games these days.
Europe is spending billions of dollars to build its own clouds to escape pernicious American ideals like personal responsibility and civil liberties. They forgot just one thing. (The Register)

Well, a lot of things, but as the article points out, Europe doesn't make its own CPUs.
Zerostack is an AI coding agent written in Rust. (Crates)

All the hard stuff is running in remote datacenters anyway, but that doesn't mean the easy part should be pure slop with vulnerabilities oozing from every pore looking at you OpenClaw.

Or even Claude Code, which is no paragon of efficiency or of safety.

Zerostack uses 12MB of RAM. Not gigabytes, megabytes.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Oh, is that why that is?

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 !!

Posted by: clarence at May 17, 2026 04:32 AM (G+2/5)

2 FML. Way too drunk.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 17, 2026 04:34 AM (I1Qvs)

3 I wonder if anyone else is here.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 17, 2026 04:34 AM (AGz65)

4 Disclaimer: Oh, is that why that is?
****

You were expecting something sensible?

Posted by: clarence at May 17, 2026 04:35 AM (G+2/5)

5 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eeztl at May 17, 2026 04:35 AM (VyBeY)

6 I wonder if anyone else is here.
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know

No.

Oh, wait, you didn't really want to know.

Posted by: mikeski at May 17, 2026 04:37 AM (VHUov)

7 Musical Interlude

Poor Huey. He had to give up his music career because Meniere's Disease left him deaf.

Posted by: mikeski at May 17, 2026 04:38 AM (VHUov)

8 I wonder if anyone else is here.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 17, 2026 04:34 AM (AGz65)

Nobody is here under your bed.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 17, 2026 04:39 AM (dK+Kv)

9 Rickb, you'll feel better after you puke...

Posted by: JQ at May 17, 2026 04:39 AM (rdVOm)

10 Posted by: mikeski at May 17, 2026 04:37 AM (VHUov)

I woke up at 4am and gave up trying to go back to bed at 4:06.

So I killed some time until 4:28 ( sent clippy picture from previous thread to my family ) ... and then thought, well maybe I'll be first. Nope.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 17, 2026 04:40 AM (AGz65)

11 Thanks, Pixy! Happy Sunday!

Posted by: JQ at May 17, 2026 04:40 AM (rdVOm)

12 Guten morgen, horde.

Posted by: clarence at May 17, 2026 04:40 AM (G+2/5)

13 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 17, 2026 04:41 AM (Ia/+0)

14 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 17, 2026 04:41 AM (m5P/4)

15 https://youtu.be/OC-7oikT364

Keir Starmer's interpretation of "the four ministries" ...

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 17, 2026 04:42 AM (AGz65)

16 Huey has a great voice

youtu.be/3QFBTDJfypo

Posted by: JQ at May 17, 2026 04:44 AM (rdVOm)

17 w00t

Posted by: m at May 17, 2026 04:45 AM (6wpGE)

18 Coffee is on, but will be awhile

Posted by: Skip at May 17, 2026 04:59 AM (Ia/+0)

19 From that zerostack article: Integrated Ralph Wiggum loops.
Simpsons reference in the features list.🤭

Posted by: clarence at May 17, 2026 04:59 AM (G+2/5)

20 Rickb, you'll feel better after you puke...
Posted by: JQ
+++
I drank too many Wild Turkey old fashioneds a few weeks ago and had a nightmare hangover all the next day.
No more Wild Turkey for me for a little while.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at May 17, 2026 05:03 AM (uIdDr)

21 Huey has a great voice

youtu.be/3QFBTDJfypo
Posted by: JQ
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I've never heard that version of Feeling Alright before.
I like it. Sounds heavily influenced by Joe Cocker.
Heavily.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at May 17, 2026 05:11 AM (uIdDr)

22 Poor rickb-- got a feeling he's raaaaallllfing somewhere "in a pasture in Oklahoma."

Hang in there, dude!

Posted by: JQ at May 17, 2026 05:12 AM (rdVOm)

23
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 17, 2026 05:13 AM (AMvSw)

24 Sounds heavily influenced by Joe Cocker.
Heavily.
Posted by: Florida Peasant

Yes. He was in a movie called Duets and sang it as a Karaoke contender. Check it out sometime!

Posted by: JQ at May 17, 2026 05:13 AM (rdVOm)

25 Oh hey, Sneaker Pimps have an HD version of the music video for their biggest hit "6 Underground" up on their own channel now! Well, it's been there since 2022, but the version I had saved was older than that. (The song itself is from their 1996 trip-hop debut album Becoming X.) The previous best version on YT was from some third-party uploader, and it had visual artifacting that I don't see in this one:

Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground (Official Music Video)
https://youtu.be/Wuwfe3DRJzE

Posted by: SciVo at May 17, 2026 05:20 AM (Sy6m/)

26 21 Huey has a great voice

youtu.be/3QFBTDJfypo
Posted by: JQ
+++
I've never heard that version of Feeling Alright before.
I like it. Sounds heavily influenced by Joe Cocker.
Heavily.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at May 17, 2026 05:11 AM (uIdDr)

Super great.

Posted by: m at May 17, 2026 05:22 AM (6wpGE)

27 interesting article there, Pixy; the Register one ...
how far back in time would one have to go, for a processor that does not contain a CSME or PSP, I wonder ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eeztl at May 17, 2026 05:22 AM (VyBeY)

28 Played 6 Underground a few time lately

Posted by: Skip at May 17, 2026 05:22 AM (Ia/+0)

29 G'morning, all!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 17, 2026 05:22 AM (iMotb)

30 So is the Bill Cassidy loss in Louisiana a thing?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 17, 2026 05:23 AM (iMotb)

31 not feeling terribly Aztec this morning, so back to old nic ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 17, 2026 05:23 AM (VyBeY)

32 apparently so, VIA; jolly news!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 17, 2026 05:25 AM (VyBeY)

33 I try to read a variety of news sources. Fox news has a report that a Republican Senator from Louisiana lost his primary, probably because he voted for Mr. Trump’s impeachment.
My cofeve hasn’t kicked in yet, but darned if I can remember which of a zillion accusations resulted in that impeachment.

Posted by: Fenderbender at May 17, 2026 05:26 AM (1FEc1)

34 'Night, tech peeps! Gotta get some sleep.

Rickb223-- I hope your hangover is as mild as possible. You needed to *cut loose* and have some fun.

Posted by: JQ at May 17, 2026 05:27 AM (rdVOm)

35 Bye, JQ!

Posted by: m at May 17, 2026 05:28 AM (6wpGE)

36 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 17, 2026 05:23 AM (iMotb)

Yes, the LA-Sen Republican primary went to a runoff, but Cassidy didn't make it. He's out for sure, and now it's between what sound like two solid MAGA candidates, either of whom would win in the general. The future is never certain, but it's as close as can be to guaranteed that they will have a good Senator now.

Posted by: SciVo at May 17, 2026 05:33 AM (Sy6m/)

37 Posted by: Fenderbender at May 17, 2026 05:26 AM (1FEc1)

It was the "TrUmP trIEd to OVeRthroW tHe GOv'T!! ReMEMbEr 1/6!!!" shampeachment.

Posted by: SciVo at May 17, 2026 05:35 AM (Sy6m/)

38
Good morning, Hordians. Dogs taken care of, morning prayers said. About to get ready to head out to Mass. No coffee until after.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 17, 2026 05:43 AM (HdYcL)

39 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at May 17, 2026 05:43 AM (V0/Sp)

40 "Republican" Senator Bill Cassidy, who voted to impeach Trump in 2021, not only lost to the Trump supported candidate, he also came in dead last in the primary. In his concession speech he noted, "You don't pout, you don't whine. You don't claim the election was stolen… You don't manufacture some excuse,...you thank the voters for the privilege of representing the state or the country for as long as you've had that privilege. And that's what I'm doing right now."

Nah bro, you're bitching that you got your ass handed to you because you voted to ruin the reputation of an innocent man during that phony 2021 impeachment.

Trump was more to the point about what he and Louisiana voters think about the newly named FAFO Cassidy. ""a disloyal disaster...a sleazebag, a terrible guy, who is BAD FOR LOUISIANA...it’s nice to see that his political career is OVER!"

It is always lovely to see Trump being generous to his political opponents and by generous I mean he's really sticking it to FAFO Cassidy.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 17, 2026 05:54 AM (glnUu)

41 Not sure mentioned I did buy a new Garmin 66, I H8 it.
It only has Fastest route, no more Shortest route.
Besides not giving up trying to get you to take its route even if I know its way longer and won't save me a literally couple minutes but driving 10 miles out lf my way.
So.if need to reroute and not sure exactly where I am,won't have any confidence it won't do that long way.

Posted by: Skip at May 17, 2026 05:57 AM (Ia/+0)

42 41 Not sure mentioned I did buy a new Garmin 66, I H8 it.
It only has Fastest route, no more Shortest route.
Besides not giving up trying to get you to take its route even if I know its way longer and won't save me a literally couple minutes but driving 10 miles out lf my way.
So.if need to reroute and not sure exactly where I am,won't have any confidence it won't do that long way.
Posted by: Skip

Sounds like Garmin is using Toyota's navigation system.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 17, 2026 05:59 AM (glnUu)

43 It is always lovely to see Trump being generous to his political opponents and by generous I mean he's really sticking it to FAFO Cassidy.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 17, 2026 05:54 AM (glnUu)

It's been starting to dawn on me that Trump is effectively an Alinskyite Liberal. He wields "Rules for Radicals" better than Obama ever did or could.

But he does so as a Radical against both the entrenched illiberalism that has defined the Democrat party for at least a century, and against the Republican party itself whose only principle became to conserve conservatism conservatively so that conservatives can make a comfy living conserving barbarity.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 17, 2026 06:04 AM (Ot/FD)

44 40 "Republican" Senator Bill Cassidy, who voted to impeach Trump in 2021, not only lost to the Trump supported candidate, he also came in dead last in the primary. In his concession speech he noted, "You don't pout, you don't whine. You don't claim the election was stolen… You don't manufacture some excuse,...you thank the voters for the privilege of representing the state or the country for as long as you've had that privilege. And that's what I'm doing right now."

Nah bro, you're bitching that you got your ass handed to you because you voted to ruin the reputation of an innocent man during that phony 2021 impeachment.

Trump was more to the point about what he and Louisiana voters think about the newly named FAFO Cassidy. ""a disloyal disaster...a sleazebag, a terrible guy, who is BAD FOR LOUISIANA...it’s nice to see that his political career is OVER!"

It is always lovely to see Trump being generous to his political opponents and by generous I mean he's really sticking it to FAFO Cassidy.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 17, 2026 05:54 AM (glnUu)

Thanks for the summary! And commentary.

Posted by: m at May 17, 2026 06:04 AM (6wpGE)

45 Acer selling a 48 GB RAM for $800... who do they think they are Apple? I take this as as proof that eventually everything evolves into looking like a crab.

And the REM apocalypse keeps on going.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 17, 2026 06:06 AM (glnUu)

46 A fine Sunday's evening to the weekend toilers, and a Sunday morning to the early risers! I woke originally about 3:30 -- I'm not sure, but I think Stirling had jumped across me -- but went back to sleep for more than an hour. Winning!

Dreamed something about a couple of big rough dogs trying to get in at a window of the room where I was. The window, the slide-up type, had a catch at the bottom which should have kept it secure . . . but it was on the *outside* of the inner frame. I couldn't manage to force the moving part of the window down far enough to engage the catch. Fortunately the dogs lost interest in nosing the window open.

Whassup?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 17, 2026 06:09 AM (wzUl9)

47 Fortunately the dogs lost interest in nosing the window open.

Whassup?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 17, 2026 06:09 AM (wzUl9)

I myself had a dream that Barack Obama was my father in law.

Which was also unsettling.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 17, 2026 06:10 AM (Ot/FD)

48 It is always lovely to see Trump being generous to his political opponents and by generous I mean he's really sticking it to FAFO Cassidy.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 17, 2026
*
Thanks for the summary! And commentary.
Posted by: m at May 17, 2026

***
Oh -- Julia Letlow, the rep who had Trump's endorsement, won the primary?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 17, 2026 06:11 AM (wzUl9)

49 47 I myself had a dream that Barack Obama was my father in law.

Which was also unsettling.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 17, 2026 06:10 AM (Ot/FD)

ewww

Posted by: m at May 17, 2026 06:15 AM (6wpGE)

50 ewww

Posted by: m at May 17, 2026 06:15 AM (6wpGE)

His daughters aren't hideous.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 17, 2026 06:17 AM (AGz65)

51 I need to work out today. I really do. But . . . I woke up aching as if I'd done something really strenuous yesterday. And I know I didn't. Maybe a third cup of coffee and stretching will wipe most of it out.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 17, 2026 06:21 AM (wzUl9)

52 Taped to the entrance door of a very nice restaurant here in Las Cruces is a sign that reads, " If you reek of cannabis, you will be asked to leave. Thank you. The management."

Once again the Santa Fe Communist party found something else to screw up with their stupid policies and laws. It seems there are four weed stores at every intersection in town anymore.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 17, 2026 06:22 AM (s1EGT)

53 IowaHawk said weed helped him quit smoking! 90 days (or so) quit.

Posted by: m at May 17, 2026 06:26 AM (6wpGE)

54 His daughters aren't hideous.
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know

I'm in the camp of leaving that as an open question until one has had a chance to spend some time with them.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 17, 2026 06:27 AM (glnUu)

55 IowaHawk:

https://tinyurl.com/358x7kht

Posted by: m at May 17, 2026 06:28 AM (6wpGE)

56 mornin yall

"A fully loaded septic truck was smashed to smithereens when a freight train collided with it at a railroad crossing in Virginia."

There's an analogy here but it's too early for me to figure out.

Posted by: fd at May 17, 2026 06:36 AM (vFG9F)

57 55 IowaHawk:

https://tinyurl.com/358x7kht
Posted by: m at May 17, 2026 06:28 AM (6wpGE)

The comments are great. Lots of ex-smokers.

Posted by: m at May 17, 2026 06:38 AM (6wpGE)

58 I didnt realize Garmin still existed. I thought maps on smartphones killed thrm

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 17, 2026 06:38 AM (fE6HJ)

59 "A fully loaded septic truck was smashed to smithereens when a freight train collided with it at a railroad crossing in Virginia."

Septic tank truck - VA Democrats
Freight train - various judges.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 17, 2026 06:41 AM (2GVsD)

60 Thank you Anna. I knew something sounded familiar about this.

Posted by: fd at May 17, 2026 06:44 AM (vFG9F)

61 Just swatted away a email away on a higher tech Garmin for $500.
Some co-workers asked why just not use phone.
Certainly not easy to see. And not sure could burn up data needed.

Posted by: Skip at May 17, 2026 06:44 AM (Ia/+0)

62 You mean "smelled familiar" right?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 17, 2026 06:46 AM (2GVsD)

63
@P0PKULTURE
Mar 16
POST A VIDEO YOU NEVER GET TIRED OF

It's a really good one.
Siraj Hashmi
Bag Raiders - Shooting Stars

https://tinyurl.com/2m9jcbn4

Posted by: m at May 17, 2026 06:46 AM (6wpGE)

64 63
@P0PKULTURE
Mar 16
POST A VIDEO YOU NEVER GET TIRED OF

It's a really good one.
Siraj Hashmi
Bag Raiders - Shooting Stars

https://tinyurl.com/2m9jcbn4
Posted by: m at May 17, 2026 06:46 AM (6wpGE)

1:06
If it lasted an hour, I would watch it.

Posted by: m at May 17, 2026 06:52 AM (6wpGE)

65 Good morning morons

All day yesterday at Special Olympics track meet. Boy F. scored the bronze in 100 m dash.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 17, 2026 06:53 AM (RIvkX)

66 A local politician race-monger is having a hissy fit about redistricting.

"Everybody loses with this redistricting — that's the attempt to disenfranchise Black, Brown women, children, the elderly, Hispanics, anybody that doesn't look like them," Lucas said."

This woman has been a scourge for as long as I remember. She's a Dem in the mold of Maxine Waters and Karen Bass. A nasty, racist, Demorat.

Posted by: fd at May 17, 2026 06:54 AM (vFG9F)

67 Very belated BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 17, 2026 06:54 AM (DGD6U)

68 "anybody that doesn't look like them," Lucas said."

Anybody remember the black elementary school students in videos explains that they needed black teachers because they felt they could not learn from a teacher that didn't look like them?

I always sort of felt that was just a little bit of a hint as to how they felt about folks that don't look like them.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 17, 2026 06:57 AM (iMotb)

69 "2 people arrested after police find baby monkeys hidden in underwear"

Posted by: Is that a primate in your pants or are you just glad to see me? at May 17, 2026 06:58 AM (vFG9F)

70 I myself had a dream that Barack Obama was my father in law.

Which was also unsettling.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 17, 2026 06:10 AM (Ot/FD)
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Maybe this will ease the pain a little:

https://tinyurl.com/3xwarjax

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 17, 2026 06:58 AM (DGD6U)

71 I downloaded maps for Siri to use. No data burned on trips. Cell coverage on the shore is pretty bad.

Posted by: Accomack at May 17, 2026 06:58 AM (8jVAy)

72 "2 people arrested after police find baby monkeys hidden in underwear"

Posted by: Is that a primate in your pants or are you just glad to see me? at May 17, 2026 06:58 AM (vFG9F)
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Chimp pants. See?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 17, 2026 06:59 AM (DGD6U)

73 Blacks grow up in world obsessed with their color.

Posted by: Accomack at May 17, 2026 07:00 AM (8jVAy)

74 Today's clever and correct headline from the "NY Post" : "Ilhan gottten gains" about fraudster Ilhan Omar.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 17, 2026 07:01 AM (PFs9e)

75 70 I myself had a dream that Barack Obama was my father in law.

Which was also unsettling.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 17, 2026 06:10 AM (Ot/FD)
-

Maybe this will ease the pain a little:

https://tinyurl.com/3xwarjax
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 17, 2026 06:58 AM (DGD6U)

hahahahaha

Posted by: m at May 17, 2026 07:01 AM (6wpGE)

76 Good morning Horde,thx Pixy for the always informative tech info.
So Letlow v Fleming in the run off. I know Trump supports Letlow, but any Louisiana folks here with info?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 17, 2026 07:05 AM (gu0hJ)

77 Bill Cassidy list the primary? Au revoir.

I'm sure my favorite and his fellow senator John Kennedy is as pleased as I am.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 17, 2026 07:05 AM (RIvkX)

78 69 "2 people arrested after police find baby monkeys hidden in underwear"

Posted by: Is that a primate in your pants or are you just glad to see me? at May 17, 2026 06:58 AM (vFG9F)

... hidden in WHOSE underwear?

Posted by: m at May 17, 2026 07:05 AM (6wpGE)

79 Oh good. UAE reports that a drone attack, likely Iranian, hit the outskirts of a nuclear power plant causing a generator fire. Take out the IRGC before they do something epically insane

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 17, 2026 07:11 AM (gu0hJ)

80 Proverbs 15:13-15

13 A joyful heart brightens one’s face, but a troubled heart breaks the spirit. 14 An understanding heart seeks knowledge; but fools feed on folly. 15 All the days of the needy are hard, but a happy heart has a continual feast.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 17, 2026 07:12 AM (rZCVI)

81 I didnt realize Garmin still existed. I thought maps on smartphones killed thrm
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport
+++
There's still large areas of the country where there's still no cell coverage. And a lot of them are east of the Mississippi. I always bring my old Garmin with me on road trips. It has really come in handy many times.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at May 17, 2026 07:14 AM (uIdDr)

82 And here a man from Maryland writes on being in the supermarket check out line and making a positive difference;

It's the devotional based on the Proverbs passage:

https://tinyurl.com/bdjwpfzr

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 17, 2026 07:15 AM (rZCVI)

83 The sun brightly burns
The world wildly turns
The seasons slowly proceed
Nature knows our every need
Wind, fire and water at our call
Yet we can not avoid a fall

fin

Posted by: clarence at May 17, 2026 07:18 AM (G+2/5)

84 The ill fated "Monkee Babies" pilot was canceled after Micky Dolenz refused to wear a diapy and bonnet.

Posted by: Monkee Facts at May 17, 2026 07:19 AM (vFG9F)

85 I myself had a dream that Barack Obama was my father in law.
Which was also unsettling.

Posted by: Warai-otoko
+++
Imagine having Mooch as a "mother" in law.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at May 17, 2026 07:25 AM (uIdDr)

86 And if Bulg comes around come someone please alert him to this?Matt Taibbi needs a Russian translator

https://tinyurl.com/4hmpuwmf

Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 17, 2026 07:25 AM (rZCVI)

87 All day yesterday at Special Olympics track meet. Boy F. scored the bronze in 100 m dash.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 17, 2026 06:53 AM (RIvkX)
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Congratulations to Boy F. I was hoping he was still competing! Good for him.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 17, 2026 07:26 AM (S9qFD)

88 Channel 7: Government approves establishment of IDF museum at former UNRWA complex
The government approved in a special session for Jerusalem Day the establishment of the new IDF museum, an advanced recruitment office and an office for the Minister of Defense in the former UNRWA compound in Jerusalem.
Hezki Baruch
Published: May 17, 2026 at 1:42 PM (GMT+3)
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I have ideas for Turtle Bay.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 17, 2026 07:28 AM (RIvkX)

89 Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 17, 2026 07:26 AM (S9qFD)
====

Thanks. He actually smiled for the camera.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 17, 2026 07:28 AM (RIvkX)

90 Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 17, 2026 06:53 AM (RIvkX)

Congratulations! That's great?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 17, 2026 07:29 AM (PFs9e)

91 Thanks Fen

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 17, 2026 07:31 AM (RIvkX)

92 Huey Lewis went to boarding school at the same high school as country music star Dierks Bentley, though at different times. I only remember that because neither one seems like a prep school kind of guy.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 17, 2026 07:34 AM (+XY8L)

93 I have ideas for Turtle Bay.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 17, 2026 07:28 AM (RIvkX)
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Sadly, I bet Mayor Madmani does too.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 17, 2026 07:36 AM (S9qFD)

94 Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 17, 2026 07:31 AM (RIvkX)

Sorry for the punctuation gaffe . Meant to put an exclamation point not a question mark. It is great!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 17, 2026 07:37 AM (PFs9e)

95 The brilliant Melanie Phillips skewers NYT and Kristof.

https://tinyurl.com/ychxeuns

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 17, 2026 07:40 AM (RIvkX)

96 And if Bulg comes around come someone please alert him to this?Matt Taibbi needs a Russian translator

https://tinyurl.com/4hmpuwmf

Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 17, 2026 07:25 AM (rZCVI)
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Since he is himself a Russian speaker, iirc, the "older slang" part must be what he is uncertain about. Can't wait to see what is brewing.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 17, 2026 07:40 AM (S9qFD)

97 Sorry for the punctuation gaffe . Meant to put an exclamation point not a question mark. It is great!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 17, 2026 07:37 AM (PFs9e)

LOL

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 17, 2026 07:40 AM (RIvkX)

98 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at May 17, 2026 07:41 AM (2Ez/1)

99 How Kristof (and his "editors") could still be employed is beyond understanding or reason.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 17, 2026 07:42 AM (S9qFD)

100 100

Posted by: m at May 17, 2026 07:42 AM (6wpGE)

101 Since he is himself a Russian speaker, iirc, the "older slang" part must be what he is uncertain about. Can't wait to see what is brewing.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 17, 2026 07:40 AM (S9qFD)
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I think he learned a while ago so this might be right for him.

Hard to imagine what "older slang" might mean. I learned from Soviet textbooks and any slang I recall was political in nature.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 17, 2026 07:42 AM (RIvkX)

102 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering at May 17, 2026 07:41 AM (2Ez/1)
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Our blue birds continue to defend against the crows. The crows are hiding food in my succulent garden.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 17, 2026 07:44 AM (RIvkX)

103 Forbidden Planet is on TCM this morning.

Anne Francis looking hot in some of these 50s space-age dresses and skirts she's wearing.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 17, 2026 07:45 AM (6ydKt)

104 Congratulations to Boy F

Posted by: Ben Had at May 17, 2026 07:46 AM (z2aPa)

105 And I also wanted to encourage Bulg to investigate the Eastern Orthodox Church in addition to the Roman Catholic Church, since he does have that interest In Russian things. It is a very beautiful service. I wish I had a book offhand to recommend but there are too many books here (

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 17, 2026 07:47 AM (rZCVI)

106 Thanks Ben Had!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 17, 2026 07:51 AM (RIvkX)

107 70 I myself had a dream that Barack Obama was my father in law.

Which was also unsettling.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 17, 2026 06:10 AM (Ot/FD)

Which daughter did you marry to get that deal?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 17, 2026 07:52 AM (6ydKt)

108 The best part about Cassidy losing - and losing badly! - is that, combined with the losses in the Indiana primaries, it means that all of the NeverTrump “conservatives” are finished. Respect in DC is never given until someone shows that their influence can bounce his enemies out of their comfortable seats, and Trump is finally there.

Now his remaining enemies inside the party are realizing they’ve either got to embrace him or retire. McConnell, Tillis, Cassidy, and hopefully Cornyn are already out of the next Senate session; how many of their friends want to join them?

I’d love to say enough to pass the SAVE act, but those 4 are still in office for the rest of this year, and they’ll continue to block it just out of spite.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 17, 2026 07:54 AM (AnnNE)

109 Anne Francis looking hot in some of these 50s space-age dresses and skirts she's wearing.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 17, 2026 07:45 AM (6ydKt)
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A little before my time. I am more silver lame miniskirts and purple hair chicks watching for aliens on Moonbase.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 17, 2026 07:54 AM (RIvkX)

110 And I just wanted to share before I have to go, something I thought was kind of amusing . I got a wonderful new pair of Skechers (sp?) through gift cards from parents of kid on the bus. The companies needs to tell me that they are Vegan. That's good to know because in my extreme hunger I was thinking of devouring my shoes!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 17, 2026 07:55 AM (Nx5jP)

111 So Letlow v Fleming in the run off. I know Trump supports Letlow, but any Louisiana folks here with info?
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 17, 2026

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The Letlow ads vs. the Fleming ones have been entertaining and confusing at the same time. Letlow says Fleming was never Deputy Chief of Staff to Trump; Fleming says Letlow as a Representative voted with Pelosi and Biden most of the time. Letlow has Trump's endorsement, though I don't know how recent it was. Fleming sounds conservative, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 17, 2026 07:55 AM (wzUl9)

112 Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground (Official Music Video)
https://youtu.be/Wuwfe3DRJzE

Posted by: SciVo at May 17, 2026 05:20 AM (Sy6m/)

It's been in my 'Liked' list on YT for years.

I love that they managed to sample the background five-note string music from Goldfinger in it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 17, 2026 07:56 AM (6ydKt)

113 A little before my time. I am more silver lame miniskirts and purple hair chicks watching for aliens on Moonbase.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 17, 2026 07:54 AM (RIvkX)

Way before my time, but Anne is really cute in this movie.

I can't blame Jack Kelly and Leslie Nielsen for hitting on her so hard in it.

Jack Kelly pays for it when he gets killed by the electric monster.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 17, 2026 07:58 AM (6ydKt)

114 A telling note about political reporting these days - I cannot find a single mainstream report or story suggesting Cassidy was in trouble in Louisiana - and yet he just didn’t lose, he got wiped out.

Just like you won’t find any stories suggesting that Cornyn is about to get his ass handed to him by Paxton.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 17, 2026 08:02 AM (AnnNE)

115 Now his remaining enemies inside the party are realizing they’ve either got to embrace him or retire. McConnell, Tillis, Cassidy, and hopefully Cornyn are already out of the next Senate session; how many of their friends want to join them?

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 17, 2026 07:54 AM (AnnNE)

I thought McConnell said he wasn't running again?

Could be wishful thinking on my part.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 17, 2026 08:03 AM (6ydKt)

116 Pixy, why does clicking on the "Continue reading" link on posts on the main page lead to a page of ads that cannot be escaped?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 17, 2026 08:03 AM (fE6HJ)

117 In Forbidden Planet, Anne is just sexy enough to titillate our fathers (and us boys), but also girl-next-door enough for our mothers to approve of her. A fine line to tiptoe along, but Anne could always manage it.

She guested in two early Man From U.N.C.L.E. episodes as the same villainess character -- separate episodes that nevertheless constituted a two-parter. Good stuff. Anne always gave you the impression that her character was *thinking* as, or before, she spoke.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 17, 2026 08:05 AM (wzUl9)

118 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 17, 2026 08:06 AM (u82oZ)

119 “ Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.”

1 Peter 3:3-4

Posted by: Marcus T at May 17, 2026 08:08 AM (ReYtg)

120 She guested in two early Man From U.N.C.L.E. episodes as the same villainess character -- separate episodes that nevertheless constituted a two-parter. Good stuff. Anne always gave you the impression that her character was *thinking* as, or before, she spoke.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 17, 2026 08:05 AM (wzUl9)

She has the prettiest light blue eyes.
I haven't watched a lot of her movies/TV, but I'll have to check some out if I run across them.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 17, 2026 08:09 AM (6ydKt)

121 I am worried about Mr. Wolfus. A dream about a Wolf at the door is quite common, but his dream about multiple rough dogs trying to enter a window is quite unusual. Perhaps an allegory for where he lives, in general.

I prescribe a move to Terre Haute, of all places.

Posted by: Dr. Whatsamatta at May 17, 2026 08:11 AM (oftw2)

122 Good morning everyone. Summer temps are upon us here in western NC. Hope you all have a relaxing Sunday.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 17, 2026 08:11 AM (v5wXI)

123 I thought McConnell said he wasn't running again?

Could be wishful thinking on my part.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 17, 2026 08:03 AM (6ydKt)

That’s what I said; McConnell chose to go voluntarily rather than be tossed out. I’ve been keeping a list in my head of so-called Republican Senators who will be gone soon, and they’re on it.

I’m sorry that Tooberville is leaving, he’s been one of the good guys; but he’d rather be Governor (understandable, it’s a better job) and I’m sure his replacement will be as good as he was.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 17, 2026 08:12 AM (AnnNE)

124 She has the prettiest light blue eyes.
I haven't watched a lot of her movies/TV, but I'll have to check some out if I run across them.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 17, 2026

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Bad Day at Black Rock, which despite the title is not a Western, is one movie. Her Honey West episodes from '65-'66 may be on YooToob. The U.N.C.L.E.s are "The Quadripartite Affair" and "The Giuoco Piano Affair."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 17, 2026 08:12 AM (wzUl9)

125 I am worried about Mr. Wolfus. A dream about a Wolf at the door is quite common, but his dream about multiple rough dogs trying to enter a window is quite unusual. Perhaps an allegory for where he lives, in general.

I prescribe a move to Terre Haute, of all places.
Posted by: Dr. Whatsamatta at May 17, 2026

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I got to get that Rx filled, stat!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 17, 2026 08:13 AM (wzUl9)

126 Which daughter did you marry to get that deal?
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Trayvon

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 17, 2026 08:14 AM (LmPA0)

127 1 Peter 3:3-4
Posted by: Marcus T

Preach it, brother.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 17, 2026 08:14 AM (u82oZ)

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