Daily Tech News 22 June 2026

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A tech-worked backed PAC is spending $5 million to fight a multi-trillion dollar industry. (Tech Crunch)

Or blatantly stealing the money while serving the goals of communists foreign and domestic. One of those.
Speaking of which did my old job only exist because of fraud? (It's not about code)

Always awkward to realise this is a possibility. Something of a comfort to realise that the answer is... Probably not.

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Sony's Xperia 1 VIII is a pretty good phone. (The Verge)

One would hope so for $1850.

It does have a headphone jack and a microSD slot, but so does my Motorola phone which cost a tenth of that.
Viewsonic has a 24" 4k monitor. (Notebook Check)

With a 160Hz refresh rate and coverage of 95% of DCI-P3, but the main selling point is its size. 24" 4k models are rarer than you might think.
TikTok shows three times more AI slop than YouTube. (Search Engine Journal)

Yay.
Polymarket ads are ads. (MSN)

In that nothing they present is real.

This has got to break at least a dozen laws.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: It's 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at June 22, 2026 04:30 AM (6wpGE)

2 Mornin'

DEATH TO ALL MICE!!!!

Why yes, I seem to have some four legged squatters. Little vermin bastards!!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 22, 2026 04:32 AM (sAmhv)

3 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at June 22, 2026 04:34 AM (Ia/+0)

4 The Blues Brothers - Shake a Tail Feather

That's so great!

Posted by: m at June 22, 2026 04:34 AM (6wpGE)

5 Morning Tech threaders. Good evening Pixie.

Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at June 22, 2026 04:34 AM (BGSp9)

6 Guten morgen, horde.

Posted by: clarence at June 22, 2026 04:41 AM (I5lp2)

7 G'mornin all y'all

Posted by: Okjohn at June 22, 2026 04:41 AM (lE/nR)

8 >>>Polymarket ads are ads. (MSN)
In that nothing they present is real.

I am not a lawyer, but ... that's what ads do.They sell things using actors pretending stuff (excuse the heavy lawyerlike vocabulary).

Posted by: m at June 22, 2026 04:43 AM (6wpGE)

9 Democratic operatives Shaunna Thomas and Leah Hunt-Hendrix launched the Guardrails Alliance on Thursday with backing from tech employees, labor unions, and other groups, according to The New York Times.
****

First paragraph tells you that this sucks balls. One big grift.

Posted by: clarence at June 22, 2026 04:45 AM (I5lp2)

10 WAVY10 has dropped measles in favor of exceptional drought.

Posted by: Accomack at June 22, 2026 04:50 AM (GbONR)

11 I wonder how many people are grifting on the AI runup?

Posted by: clarence at June 22, 2026 04:50 AM (I5lp2)

12 East bound and down
See you when I get there

Posted by: Skip at June 22, 2026 04:51 AM (Ia/+0)

13 Howdy, I guess it's time to go to sleep.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at June 22, 2026 04:51 AM (Q/FnY)

14 >>>TikTok shows three times more AI slop than YouTube.

from the article:

Why This Matters
Brands producing TikTok content are entering a feed where automated content may outweigh human-made videos for new users. For children's content specifically, the concentration is higher.
TikTok added user controls for AI content, but data suggests that what new users see by default still leans heavily toward AI-generated videos.

But, wait. That doesn't tell us Why This Matters.

Posted by: m at June 22, 2026 04:52 AM (6wpGE)

15 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 22, 2026 04:55 AM (mqAOW)

16 Belated BOING!

Mid-exercise.

Maybe l8r.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 22, 2026 04:55 AM (rmmrE)

17 A tech-worked backed PAC is spending $5 million to fight a multi-trillion dollar industry. (Tech Crunch)

from the article:

“Our fundamental belief here is that people still do have the power to stop this autocratic takeover of the Trump administration and the tech sector,” Thomas told the NYT.

Oh, for heaven's sake.

Posted by: m at June 22, 2026 04:57 AM (6wpGE)

18 Cheerio Der Starmer!

https://tinyurl.com/4az7c8eh

Here's betting that the barbarian who replaces him will be the same or worse.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 22, 2026 04:58 AM (rmmrE)

19 Posted by: olddog in mo at June 22, 2026 04:55 AM (mqAOW)

Very close to having a meow in your hash.

Posted by: m at June 22, 2026 04:59 AM (6wpGE)

20 18 Cheerio Der Starmer!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 22, 2026 04:58 AM (rmmrE)

BBC:

Keir Starmer announces his resignation as UK prime minister

Posted by: m at June 22, 2026 05:00 AM (6wpGE)

21 AI slop will kill social media. Only meat space accounts known to the viewer will matter.

Posted by: Accomack at June 22, 2026 05:01 AM (/Chlc)

22 ... and on the same front page:

BBC:

Trump-backed political outsider wins Colombia election, initial count shows

Posted by: m at June 22, 2026 05:01 AM (6wpGE)

23 BBC:

Keir Starmer announces his resignation as UK prime minister

He should be replace with a sack of cornmeal. That will give time for the UK to clean up Starmers mess. Couldn't be any worse.

They are going to pick somebody worse, aren't they.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 22, 2026 05:04 AM (sAmhv)

24 Posted by: m at June 22, 2026 05:00 AM (6wpGE

I think the fellow who will be his replacement is even worse

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 22, 2026 05:04 AM (guLpK)

25 Very close to having a meow in your hash.
Posted by: m at June 22, 2026 04:59
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Heh.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 22, 2026 05:05 AM (mqAOW)

26
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Good picks, Pixy!

Posted by: m at June 22, 2026 05:06 AM (6wpGE)

27
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 22, 2026 05:10 AM (AMvSw)

28 BBC:

What happens now?
Starmer says he'll remain in post until Labour chooses a new leader, which he's asked the party's governing body to ensure happens "before Parliament returns in September"

Andy Burnham - who could replace the PM - will be in Westminster today to be sworn in as MP for Makerfield, after winning a by-election last week

Posted by: m at June 22, 2026 05:11 AM (6wpGE)

29 DangNammit!!! Thought I caught that stupid mouse. Turned the light on in the kitchen and saw it just when it hit my sticky trap. Made a loud squeal. I went to get a bag to dispose of it and when I got back, it was gone. Little !$$%&&&^%

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 22, 2026 05:12 AM (sAmhv)

30 BBC:

(editor, editor)

Starmer announced he had already spoken with the King and in said if there is a contest to succeed him, a new Labour leader will be in place before parliament returns in September

Posted by: m at June 22, 2026 05:14 AM (6wpGE)

31 ooh, maybe an editor at the BBC reads Pixy's thread:

Starmer announced he had already spoken with the King and said if there is a contest to succeed him, a new Labour leader will be in place before parliament returns in September

Posted by: m at June 22, 2026 05:20 AM (6wpGE)

32 @18/Biden's Dog: "Cheerio Der Starmer!

I still think that behind the scenes, they hit him with the really nasty blackmail video or pictures that were taken and set aside for just such a day and said to him, "You can resign, or you can resign in utter disgrace, your choice."

Guys like him and Justin Trudeau are way too narcissistic to resign "for the good of the party". In their own eyes, they did, and can do no wrong, but their weakness is that they don't want to be a pariah, despised by everyone in public for the rest of their lives. They'll do anything to salvage their image in the eyes of the public, especially if they've got a soft landing set up such as a "consulting" job that leverages their political career up to that point.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 22, 2026 05:22 AM (O7YUW)

33 A beautiful psalm of praise read by David Suchet-Psalm 145:

https://tinyurl.com/4c3vjafc

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 22, 2026 05:23 AM (guLpK)

34 @29/Puddleglum: DangNammit!!! Thought I caught that stupid mouse.

Victor snap traps baited with peanut butter. Those work.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 22, 2026 05:24 AM (O7YUW)

35 32 I still think that behind the scenes, they hit him with the really nasty blackmail video or pictures that were taken and set aside for just such a day and said to him, "You can resign, or you can resign in utter disgrace, your choice."

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 22, 2026 05:22 AM (O7YUW)

Maybe this phrasing, at the BBC, prior to the resignation announcement, was code:

Shadow minister: Keir Starmer is a 'busted flush'

Posted by: m at June 22, 2026 05:25 AM (6wpGE)

36 Boy had stage 4 cancer , but his doctor gave him hope and it changed everything:

https://tinyurl.com/24junfth

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 22, 2026 05:26 AM (guLpK)

37 I like the old term "Four-flusher."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 22, 2026 05:27 AM (qFwJc)

38 wow
Starmer quit
I thought Trump was just outgassing on his truth social, but it's true
interesting to see if this changes things in the UK

Posted by: Don Black at June 22, 2026 05:28 AM (hkbGk)

39 though I imagine it will be

meet the new boss
same as the old boss

Posted by: Don Black at June 22, 2026 05:30 AM (hkbGk)

40 38 wow
Starmer quit
I thought Trump was just outgassing on his truth social, but it's true
interesting to see if this changes things in the UK
Posted by: Don Black at June 22, 2026 05:28 AM (hkbGk)

BBC:
(prior to the resignation announcement)

Donald Trump also weighed in, asserting that Starmer "will resign" having "failed badly" on immigration and energy in a post on Truth Social. No 10 tells the BBC Starmer has not spoken to Trump this weekend.

heh

Posted by: m at June 22, 2026 05:31 AM (6wpGE)

41 ... accompanied by a photo of "Donald Trump and Keir Starmer pictured at the G7 in France last week"

Posted by: m at June 22, 2026 05:32 AM (6wpGE)

42 "My red bag"- A reflection on Psalm 145 and praise of God. Upper Room Devotional:

https://tinyurl.com/3ahxsz5j

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 22, 2026 05:32 AM (guLpK)

43 BBC online front-page LIVE feed really does handle these sorts of breaking stories very well.

Posted by: m at June 22, 2026 05:34 AM (6wpGE)

44 This is the one of the most thought provoking posts on Christian theology, suffering and God's work which I have read: "Two choices" by an op writer at the "Christian Post":

https://tinyurl.com/3ns9w3fn

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 22, 2026 05:37 AM (OYsYV)

45 And a lovely version of an old time hymn ( 1879) " I need thee every hour."

https://tinyurl.com/mt4fjs83

Time for a walk. May you all have a blessed day everyone and know that you are a blessing to others.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 22, 2026 05:46 AM (KxQqp)

46 Good morning everyone. It's a nice day out here in the GPROMD. I have a short week and then I fly to CA to see my folks.

The weekend was a bit on the busy side. We had eight dogs in the house. Three went home on Saturday and one was picked up on Sunday so things are quieter.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 22, 2026 05:47 AM (RjOoY)

47 hmm

BBC:

Green Party leader Zack Polanski ...
On Starmer's potential successor Andy Burnham, Polanski says he "must be bold or he will be bust".

Posted by: m at June 22, 2026 05:48 AM (6wpGE)

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