Daily Tech News 15 October 2026

Top Story

AI agents aren't "going rogue". Frontier labs are skipping security basics. (CSO Online)

You don't say.
According to the cybersecurity professionals CSO spoke with, one of the biggest cybersecurity failures by the frontier AI labs is the lack of implementation of tried-and-true containment practices that stretch back to the 1990s, such as setting up secure sandboxes that would effectively bar agents from escaping their test environments.
Oh, you do say.
"These are things that we've been dealing with for years," Rob T. Lee, chief AI officer and chief of research at SANS Institute, tells CSO. "There's no reason why every single time this happens, it's, 'Oops, we don't know how they got out.'"
Don't be unreasonable; it's not like these are billion-dollar companies we're talking about.

Oh.

Tech News

Feel-good story of the day: ICE is planning a "nightmare domestic spy program". (The American Prospect)

The Prospect couldn't imagine who they might need to monitor.
We hates Elon Musk. We hates him, precious. (The Verge)

I see The Verge is having another normal one.
We tried the new Googlebook OS so you don't have to. (Notebook Check)

It's Android.
Correction: In yesterday's story I said Anthropic had been bugged; it was actually OpenAI.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Welcome to the Salesforce Pleasure Dome Albuquerque. Here's your complimentary snorkel.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 Guten morgen, horde.

Posted by: clarence at October 15, 2026 04:01 AM (hOSrB)

2 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 15, 2026 04:01 AM (m0C+s)

3 G’day.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 15, 2026 04:02 AM (DsDRo)

4 Called the otters.

Posted by: clarence at October 15, 2026 04:02 AM (hOSrB)

5 Don't be unreasonable; it's not like these are ~~billion~~trillion-dollar ~~companies~~dumpster fires we're talking about.
****

suggested edit.😁

Posted by: clarence at October 15, 2026 04:08 AM (hOSrB)

6 Is the snorkel glow-in-the-dark? Autographed? Watch out for one-nostril'd men.

Hoping for a couple more hours of sleep before I wake up properly.

Posted by: RandomDave at October 15, 2026 04:09 AM (aJQbY)

7 w00t

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 04:10 AM (odBC9)

8 “It looks dangerously like the construction of an internal spying agency,”
****

Like the network of agencies that every Democrat party member uses all the time?

Posted by: clarence at October 15, 2026 04:14 AM (hOSrB)

9 I could go back to bed, I have to stop getting up way early

Posted by: Skip at October 15, 2026 04:15 AM (m0C+s)

10 And now the verge is going paywall on the garbage they spew.

Posted by: clarence at October 15, 2026 04:16 AM (hOSrB)

11 6 Is the snorkel glow-in-the-dark? Autographed? Watch out for one-nostril'd men.

Hoping for a couple more hours of sleep before I wake up properly.
Posted by: RandomDave at October 15, 2026 04:09 AM (aJQbY)

You're bringing the funny, even unproperly waked!

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 04:17 AM (odBC9)

12
“It looks dangerously like the construction of an internal spying agency," says Jay Stanley, American Civil Liberties Union.

Does it have all the earmarks of a Russian operation? Can you get another 50 civil liberties experts to agree?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 15, 2026 04:20 AM (mmrXZ)

13 A very good read from Kimberly Stassel at Hillsdale Imprimis
The rise of the Democratic Socialism
https://tinyurl.com/3c48zz25

Posted by: Skip at October 15, 2026 04:34 AM (m0C+s)

14 Correction: In yesterday's story I said Anthropic had been bugged; it was actually OpenAI.

Ya never know, Anthropic could have hired a Saudi spy, too.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 15, 2026 04:34 AM (6ydKt)

15 ACLU... do they remember what the A stands for?

Posted by: RandomDave at October 15, 2026 04:35 AM (aJQbY)

16 The Verge has been pay walled for months on my end. They must be tracking read articles or something.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at October 15, 2026 04:37 AM (iIyc0)

17 It’s also a weapon that the government will likely use against not only undocumented immigrants, but everyone else, too. That includes political enemies, intelligence experts said. Speaking with the Prospect on Monday as news broke that the Trump regime had raided progressive Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar’s D.C. home, former military intelligence analyst Michael Wriston said that “you’d expect to see more of this” under ERO ONE.

“Not just necessarily sitting members of Congress, but anyone, and especially members of the immigrant community,” Wriston said. “No one is safe. No one.”

That train left the station at least 25 years ago.

I notice how none of these people remember 2016 and the FBI/CIA and everybody else was spying, legally, on a presidential campaign.

I seem to remember Democrats being very much in charge in 2016 so that probably explains The American Prospect's absent-mindedness.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 15, 2026 04:38 AM (6ydKt)

18 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 15, 2026 04:42 AM (Kdi1r)

19 Bill Clinton's Air Force.

From someone who knows:

https://tinyurl.com/nh8syxd4

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 15, 2026 04:42 AM (RkR9o)

20 Do you know where your Kash Patel is today?

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 04:46 AM (odBC9)

21 It’s also a weapon that the government will likely use against not only undocumented immigrants, but everyone else, too. That includes political enemies, intelligence experts said. Speaking with the Prospect on Monday as news broke that the Trump regime had raided progressive Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar’s D.C. home, former military intelligence analyst Michael Wriston said that “you’d expect to see more of this” under ERO ONE.

“Not just necessarily sitting members of Congress, but anyone, and especially members of the immigrant community,” Wriston said. “No one is safe. No one.”

(shrugs). You all made the rules. You were warned, repeatedly, what would happen if you all continued down your chosen path. You didn't listen and now here we are.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 15, 2026 04:51 AM (Kdi1r)

22 16 The Verge has been pay walled for months on my end. They must be tracking read articles or something.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at October 15, 2026 04:37 AM (iIyc0)

You didn't miss much on this one unless you like snarky articles by people who pushed EVs for more than a decade complain about Elon Musk releasing a new EV model.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 15, 2026 04:51 AM (6ydKt)

23 Do you know where your Kash Patel is today?

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 04:46 AM (odBC9)
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Let me get back to you at 10PM.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 15, 2026 04:56 AM (RkR9o)

24 This was the first time I went to the verge since I enabled an adblocker.

Posted by: clarence at October 15, 2026 04:57 AM (hOSrB)

25 This is simple and old and brief and I kind of like it:

Smart people don’t think others are stupid

via Hacker News

https://sive.rs/ss

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 05:01 AM (odBC9)

26 AI keeps slithering thru security and people act surprised.
Sunny and 85° yesterday and went for swim at the beach, probably the last time till May.

Posted by: Accomack at October 15, 2026 05:01 AM (9H7EW)

27 23 Do you know where your Kash Patel is today?

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 04:46 AM (odBC9)
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Let me get back to you at 10PM.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 15, 2026 04:56 AM (RkR9o)

Because that's when the 10PM news comes on?

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 05:02 AM (odBC9)

28 All in all, Googlebook OS is an easy-to-use operating system, and if you mainly use Google services anyway or are already part of the Android ecosystem, it can certainly make sense. In our view, however, the premium positioning of the new Googlebook models is problematic. While you get good hardware, prices start at around €1,200, and for that price the new Googlebook operating system is very limited. There are plenty of Windows or macOS alternatives (such as the MacBook Air) that also let you use all the Google apps while providing a full-fledged operating system.

That's a big problem for anybody who doesn't use their laptop for just Google web apps.

Schools aren't going to pay $1300 for laptops that they can get the same basic experience on for $750. Students don't need, and shouldn't get, OLED screens and state of the art APUs.

So, other than some businesses that are nailed down to Chomebooks and want to pay more for better quality hardware I really can't see what the widespread use case is for Googlebooks.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 15, 2026 05:03 AM (6ydKt)

29 In the trades (e.g., electricians) and engineering disciplines, there are regulations and formal practices for safety. Much of it has the force of law.

I don't think the computers and cybersecurity are anywhere near that disciplined. So each new generation of workers has to learn my mistake

Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 15, 2026 05:03 AM (PKL0q)

30 Because that's when the 10PM news comes on?

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 05:02 AM (odBC9)
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I'm old enough to remember:

https://youtu.be/niBhO3qGeGE

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 15, 2026 05:05 AM (RkR9o)

31 @10/clarence: "And now the verge is going paywall on the garbage they spew."

YES! Finally some good news!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 15, 2026 05:07 AM (O7YUW)

32 The presumption is that there is no evidence to base a conclusion on. Not using derogatory words to describe someone: ok. Substitute thief for stupid and do the math.

Posted by: Accomack at October 15, 2026 05:09 AM (9H7EW)

33 30 Because that's when the 10PM news comes on?

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 05:02 AM (odBC9)
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I'm old enough to remember:

https://youtu.be/niBhO3qGeGE
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 15, 2026 05:05 AM (RkR9o)

Maybe I remember that? Not sure!

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 05:10 AM (odBC9)

34
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at October 15, 2026 05:10 AM (AMvSw)

35 @19/Biden's Dog: *snorts*

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 15, 2026 05:11 AM (O7YUW)

36 19 Bill Clinton's Air Force.

From someone who knows:

https://tinyurl.com/nh8syxd4
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 15, 2026 04:42 AM (RkR9o)

omigosh
A must-read.

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 05:16 AM (odBC9)

37 I'm trying hard here to find someone here going to the US soon to take and mail my absentee election ballot.

I hope all of you and everyone sane that you know are treating this election like your lives count on it.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 15, 2026 05:16 AM (RkR9o)

38 @32. I was told there would be no math.

Posted by: Case at October 15, 2026 05:17 AM (ROPCF)

39 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 15, 2026 05:21 AM (RIvkX)

40 Paging all spy thriller movie fans!

https://tinyurl.com/2s39myf3

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 15, 2026 05:23 AM (RkR9o)

41 So when someone says, “They’re so stupid!” it means they’ve stopped thinking. They say it because it’s satisfying to jump to that conclusion.

So if you decide someone is stupid, it means you’re not thinking, which is not being smart.

Therefore, smart people don’t think others are stupid.

I don't assume people are stupid.
Being a human who has made plenty of stupid mistakes I recognize people can do stupid things who aren't stupid.
It happens to the best of us.

But if you look around this world and don't realize there is a sizable population of truly stupid people on the planet, and that can be determined with absolute certainty by smart people, then you are fucking stupid hiding behind a veil of politically correct politeness.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 15, 2026 05:24 AM (6ydKt)

42 Remember kids. When you do a thing, it's a "political weapon". When they do a thing it's "Justice and Statesmanship".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 15, 2026 05:24 AM (aKiSo)

43 I hope all of you and everyone sane that you know are treating this election like your lives count on it.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 15, 2026 05:16 AM (RkR9o)
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The way elections work here now I get to choose between a Maoist and a Leninist.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 15, 2026 05:26 AM (RIvkX)

44 Saying "They're so stupid!" as an expostulation kind of ripped out of you in the heat of conversation is one thing; saying it as a contribution to a conversation is another. Tell your listener why something that someone did is stupid.

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 05:27 AM (odBC9)

45 Old time hymn -" How firm a foundation" done in a nice bluegrass style:

https://tinyurl.com/ynwb3uhk

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 15, 2026 05:29 AM (JrHfD)

46 , then you are fucking stupid hiding behind a veil of politically correct politeness.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 15, 2026 05:24 AM (6ydKt)

It's cart before the horse. *Is* it fucking stupid? Can i articulate why it's fucking stupid beyond simply saying it bothers me or annoys me? Is there some sound basis for the statement?

Judging if you're allowed to say a statement in a vacuum, based purely in the internal structure of the statement separated from the external validity of the statement, is pointless. Unless you've demonstrated that the statement is itself a false tautology, it's just rhetorical tattle-tale-ing.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 15, 2026 05:30 AM (aKiSo)

47 Here's the OpenAI was bugged story:

OpenAI engineer arrested in bugging of executive conference room
Federal prosecutors say an employee from Saudi Arabia planted an audio recorder and left another unattended in his bag.

https://tinyurl.com/yhs7uvp4

via Hacker News

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 05:30 AM (odBC9)

48 Smart people don’t think others are stupid
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Stupid article.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 15, 2026 05:31 AM (RIvkX)

49 The way elections work here now I get to choose between a Maoist and a Leninist.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 15, 2026 05:26 AM (RIvkX)
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Yeh. I wrote on the ONT that it's time again to consider hastily leaving California. The lunacy never ends.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 15, 2026 05:31 AM (RkR9o)

50 On the other hand, telling someone they're fucking stupid is a handy way to make someone who is fucking stupid stop harassing you with their stupidity.

I'm not obligated to throw together an impromptu L-D debate with every jackwagon who has an opinion. Ain't enough hours in the day.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 15, 2026 05:33 AM (aKiSo)

51 48 Smart people don’t think others are stupid
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Stupid article.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 15, 2026 05:31 AM (RIvkX)

Imperfectly written article.
It's 162 words.

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 05:34 AM (odBC9)

52 SF, nevertheless, Spencer Pratt gives some consolatory advice to LA voters:

https://tinyurl.com/2kmyddzf

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 15, 2026 05:34 AM (RkR9o)

53 Man writes on "Searching for Hope" and Romans 15:5-13. "Our Daily Bread" devotional :

https://tinyurl.com/369cx3jp

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 15, 2026 05:34 AM (JrHfD)

54 40 Paging all spy thriller movie fans!

https://tinyurl.com/2s39myf3

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 15, 2026 05:23 AM (RkR9o)

I will have to eventually watch that.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 15, 2026 05:35 AM (6ydKt)

55 20 Do you know where your Kash Patel is today?
Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 04:46 AM

He's with us.

Posted by: Mitch & Maxine at October 15, 2026 05:36 AM (XcEQQ)

56 Strangers in Idaho go above and beyond to help a couple get to their wedding. "Sunny Skyz" site:

https://tinyurl.com/muey2bds

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 15, 2026 05:37 AM (JrHfD)

57 Where am I goin', I don't know
When'll I get there, I ain't certain
All I know is I am on my way.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 15, 2026 05:39 AM (amcLV)

58 Judging if you're allowed to say a statement in a vacuum, based purely in the internal structure of the statement separated from the external validity of the statement, is pointless. Unless you've demonstrated that the statement is itself a false tautology, it's just rhetorical tattle-tale-ing.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 15, 2026 05:30 AM (aKiSo)

I think the problem is that too many stupid people don't realize they are stupid.

It takes smarter people to point out to stupid people exactly how stupid they are.

In a land of stupid people the 90 IQ man is King.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 15, 2026 05:40 AM (6ydKt)

59 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at October 15, 2026 05:40 AM (Hbeqj)

60 40 Paging all spy thriller movie fans!

https://tinyurl.com/2s39myf3
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 15, 2026 05:23 AM (RkR9o)

I'm there, I'm there!
It looks like somewhat of a pro-Netanyahu contribution, too.

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 05:41 AM (odBC9)

61 Carrying another's burdens. Devotional on Galatians 6:1-10:

https://tinyurl.com/4awbfsj5

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 15, 2026 05:42 AM (JrHfD)

62 Good morning y’all!!!
Wishing safe travels to all coming here to east TX for the weekend. Weather should be nice. I wish I wasn’t so damn reclusive and shy. Maybe next year? I know my wife would enjoy meeting all of y’all and having someone to actually talk to.

Posted by: Billythesquid at October 15, 2026 05:42 AM (x4l2h)

63 Connie Chan's campaign is now all about "Scott Weiner is the AI candidate and AI is bad"

Tell me again about stupid.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 15, 2026 05:44 AM (RIvkX)

64 You all can go to Hell,
I'm goin' to Texas!
--David Crockett

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 15, 2026 05:44 AM (amcLV)

65 If you don't like using the word stupid then the words ignorant slut is always laying around.

Posted by: Case at October 15, 2026 05:45 AM (ROPCF)

66 I think the problem is that too many stupid people don't realize they are stupid.
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I think the problem is that stupid people think they are smart and you are stupid.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 15, 2026 05:47 AM (RIvkX)

67 Evening and morning for all Thor's Day toilers and early risers! Tomorrow will be the consummation devoutly, etc., etc. We just have to get through today (and some of you already have -- congratulations!).

Slept 6.5 hrs., still feel tired. I hate to skip my workout and waste a 72 F. morning, but I'm not sure I'm up to it. (Am I ever sure?) Supposedly it will be cooler and drier starting Sat. morning, though.

Whaddaya doin'?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 15, 2026 05:47 AM (wzUl9)

68 I used to give people the benefit of the doubt, think they were as smart as I am.

Now, not so much.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 15, 2026 05:48 AM (amcLV)

69 66 I think the problem is that too many stupid people don't realize they are stupid.
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I think the problem is that stupid people think they are smart and you are stupid.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 15, 2026 05:47 AM (RIvkX)

similarly:

"The trouble with our Liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so." — Ronald Reagan.

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 05:50 AM (odBC9)

70 "The trouble with our Liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so." — Ronald Reagan.
Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 05:50 AM (odBC9)
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Any time I have seriously engaged with my liberal friends, the heart of the disagreement is always based on their flawed understanding of facts, science, history, or reasoning.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 15, 2026 05:54 AM (RIvkX)

71 LOL Ronald Reagan quotations:

https://www.goodreads.com

https://tinyurl.com/5cdfnsww

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 05:55 AM (odBC9)

72 Social Security announces a 3.6% cost-of-living increase for 2027. Woo-hoo! Now I can afford to buy that . . .

. . . large coffee instead of the small.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 15, 2026 05:55 AM (wzUl9)

73 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 15, 2026 05:56 AM (VyBeY)

74 An quisquam est alius liber, nisi ducere vitam Cui licet,ut voluit?

Is any man free except the one who can pass his life as he pleases?

--Persius 'Satires'

fin

Posted by: clarence at October 15, 2026 05:58 AM (hOSrB)

75 Social Security announces a 3.6% cost-of-living increase for 2027. Woo-hoo! Now I can afford to buy that . . .

. . . large coffee instead of the small.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 15, 2026

***
I'm exaggerating. It means another $80 a month for me, so it's not insignificant.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 15, 2026 05:58 AM (wzUl9)

76
Any time I have seriously engaged with my liberal friends, the heart of the disagreement is always based on their flawed understanding of facts, science, history, or reasoning.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 15, 2026 05:54 AM (RIvkX)

But, how could they be wrong?
They went to college and know everything.

They have a piece of paper to prove it hanging on the wall.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 15, 2026 05:59 AM (6ydKt)

77 "The trouble with our Liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so." — Ronald Reagan.
Posted by: m at October 15, 2026
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Any time I have seriously engaged with my liberal friends, the heart of the disagreement is always based on their flawed understanding of facts, science, history, or reasoning.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 15, 2026

***
And, SanFran, their refusal to face and acknowledge any of those things you mention.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 15, 2026 06:00 AM (wzUl9)

78 I wonder how much all the anti AI campaigning will backfire.

"Don't vote for that guy, he supports the future!"

People are dumb, indeed.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 15, 2026 06:00 AM (aKiSo)

79 76
Any time I have seriously engaged with my liberal friends, the heart of the disagreement is always based on their flawed understanding of facts, science, history, or reasoning.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 15, 2026 05:54 AM (RIvkX)

But, how could they be wrong?
They went to college and know everything.

They have a piece of paper to prove it hanging on the wall.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 15, 2026 05:59 AM (6ydKt)

And they (sometimes exclusively) read the New York Times!

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 06:00 AM (odBC9)

80 I'm exaggerating. It means another $80 a month for me, so it's not insignificant.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 15, 2026 05:58 AM (wzUl9)

Miss Linda will appreciate you being able to buy dinner one more time per month.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 15, 2026 06:00 AM (6ydKt)

81 78 I wonder how much all the anti AI campaigning will backfire.

"Don't vote for that guy, he supports the future!"

People are dumb, indeed.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 15, 2026 06:00 AM (aKiSo)

Especially since that Weiner guy has a lot more issues Chan could go after.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 15, 2026 06:02 AM (6ydKt)

82 So random bit of good news today: My dad got a power recliner as well as a couch that he can get out of easily (complete with hide a bed). Now mom is getting ready to battle with the retirement community about getting the carpeting removed and flooring put it in its place.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 15, 2026 06:02 AM (BpO1e)

83 75 Social Security announces a 3.6% cost-of-living increase for 2027. Woo-hoo! Now I can afford to buy that . . .

. . . large coffee instead of the small.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 15, 2026

***
I'm exaggerating. It means another $80 a month for me, so it's not insignificant.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 15, 2026 05:58 AM (wzUl9)

>>>I'm exaggerating.
You're understating.

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 06:04 AM (odBC9)

84 Interesting theory from Brendan O'Neill about Ireland and Spain as post-Catholic nations they have 'reoriented their moral compass' to reflect the simply and false dichotomy of Israel bad and Palestine good, to fill what was a moral vacuum.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 15, 2026 06:04 AM (RIvkX)

85 Posted by: NR Pax at October 15, 2026 06:02 AM (BpO1e)
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Tell them the carpet is a fall risk.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 15, 2026 06:05 AM (RIvkX)

86 *sighs* Updated my Linux Mint images in VirtualBox, and now I'm fighting to get all my fonts back to a more viewable state.

I wish someone would drill into these UI-changing morons that if a user has selected specific things they want in their UI, and you're about to steamroll them with a new update, present them with a side-by-side comparison of old and new, and let them choose which to keep.

Just because you have a new UI that looks good to you, doesn't mean everyone that spent a lot of time tweaking and getting used to their old setup will appreciate what you think looks good.

Installed fonts-ubuntu-classic and things seem to be ... better.

Lost my square tabs in Firefox though (separate issue, caused by Firefox's new 'nova' which replaces 'proton'.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 15, 2026 06:07 AM (O7YUW)

87 82 So random bit of good news today: My dad got a power recliner as well as a couch that he can get out of easily (complete with hide a bed). Now mom is getting ready to battle with the retirement community about getting the carpeting removed and flooring put it in its place.
Posted by: NR Pax at October 15, 2026 06:02 AM (BpO1e)

Excellent! Yay, parental units!

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 06:08 AM (odBC9)

88 Tell them the carpet is a fall risk.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Especially because my dad has taken falls in the house and he's on a rollator. But mom is up against "Clipboard Mentality." They are eligible for flooring replacement at the ten year mark and that's not until February. Mom is seeing if she can get them to accelerate the timetable.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 15, 2026 06:08 AM (BpO1e)

89 86 I wish someone would drill into these UI-changing morons-

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines

Me: Looking up with a blood stained Makita in his hand Oh. Sorry. Misunderstood where you were going with that.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 15, 2026 06:11 AM (BpO1e)

90
Good morning, Hordians. Need to get a project finished today, which will leave my plate, mind and conscience cleared. Tomorrow I spend the three hours driving up to Corsicana. Should be there mid-afternoon. Actually looking forward to it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 15, 2026 06:13 AM (eRlcH)

91 86 Updated my Linux Mint images in VirtualBox, and now I'm fighting to get all my fonts back to a more viewable state.

I wish someone would drill into these UI-changing morons that if a user has selected specific things they want in their UI, and you're about to steamroll them with a new update, present them with a side-by-side comparison of old and new, and let them choose which to keep.

Just because you have a new UI that looks good to you, doesn't mean everyone that spent a lot of time tweaking and getting used to their old setup will appreciate what you think looks good.

Installed fonts-ubuntu-classic and things seem to be ... better.

Lost my square tabs in Firefox though (separate issue, caused by Firefox's new 'nova' which replaces 'proton'.)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 15, 2026 06:07 AM (O7YUW)

UI = user interface

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 06:14 AM (odBC9)

92 And, SanFran, their refusal to face and acknowledge any of those things you mention.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

I think it was Ayn Rand that said something like "You can deny reality, but you cannot deny the consequences of denying reality."

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 15, 2026 06:18 AM (l26NL)

93
Interesting theory from Brendan O'Neill about Ireland and Spain as post-Catholic nations they have 'reoriented their moral compass' to reflect the simply and false dichotomy of Israel bad and Palestine good, to fill what was a moral vacuum.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 15, 2026 06:04 AM (RIvkX)

I think we will find, once again, that societies without a religious foundation will not ascend into a rational utopia but instead will descend into nihilistic barbarism.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 15, 2026 06:18 AM (eRlcH)

94 92 I think it was Ayn Rand that said something like "You can deny reality, but you cannot deny the consequences of denying reality."
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 15, 2026 06:18 AM (l26NL)

Ooh, nice.

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 06:20 AM (odBC9)

95 TRIGGERnometry
GUEST SPOTLIGHT
Brendan O’Neill
Pundit, writer.

https://tinyurl.com/2kp9kfhr

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 06:22 AM (odBC9)

96
I think it was Ayn Rand that said something like "You can deny reality, but you cannot deny the consequences of denying reality."
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 15, 2026 06:18 AM (l26NL)

Or, as old Horace said, Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret (You may drive Nature out with a pitchfork, but she will keep coming back).

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 15, 2026 06:23 AM (eRlcH)

97 https://tinyurl.com/2kp9kfhr

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 06:22 AM (odBC9)
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Listening to two really smart people talk makes me feel stupid. They bring my stupidity into sharper focus.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 15, 2026 06:25 AM (RIvkX)

98 Tax Day for Procrastinators today. No excuses after today, but - good news - the weekend cometh.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 15, 2026 06:30 AM (iuLJm)

99 Social Security giving a raise of around $80 a month. Look for Medicare rates to go up around $80 a month. So the government breaks even. With a note: Will you old people die already! This message brought to you by the the Congress of the United States who spends half their time on vacation.

Posted by: Case at October 15, 2026 06:33 AM (ROPCF)

100 100

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 06:33 AM (odBC9)

101 via Ace in the Quick Hits thread, in case anyone has missed this:

Gunther Eagleman™
@GuntherEagleman

FAKE NEWS MSNBC JUST TOLD AMERICA KASH PATEL "LANDED IN RUSSIA" TO MEET THE FSB.

REALITY CHECK: He's at Liberty University. Right now.

Of course Ken Dilanian went on air and claimed "two people familiar with the matter" told him the FBI Director touched down in Moscow for a two-day trip to Saint Petersburg, hosted by the FSB.

No FBI confirmation. No White House. Just "two people familiar." And the second it aired, Russian state media and half the left ran with it, treason, collusion, Patel is Putin's man.

The man is in Lynchburg, Virginia. MSNBC never checked where the FBI Director physically was before they told the world he was in Moscow.

That's not journalism, it's FAKE NEWS.

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 06:38 AM (odBC9)

102 Court slaps down California attempt to unmask ICE in bombshell ruling

A federal appeals court has permanently nixed a California law that would have forced ICE agents to wear identification, saying that the state can’t regulate actions by the federal government.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday agreed with the Trump administration that the California law violated the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause by interfering with federal officers’ duties.
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Who could have possibly predicted this?

Another ridiculously performative waste of time courtesy of the one-party state and the Genius Governor.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 15, 2026 06:42 AM (RIvkX)

103
THIS JUST IN!!! A judge has issued an injunction against Trump eating breakfast this morning.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 15, 2026 06:44 AM (eRlcH)

104 FSB = the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation ... the principal security agency of Russia and the main successor agency to the Soviet Union's KGB

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 06:45 AM (odBC9)

105 Yeh. I wrote on the ONT that it's time again to consider hastily leaving California. The lunacy never ends.
Posted by: Biden's Dog

Well I have several cases going to trial here next year so that there's that and then there's the fact that I'm only licensed in CA. I can somewhat practice remotely but there are limits to doing that, like when the judge says "be in my courtroom tomorrow".

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 15, 2026 06:45 AM (Fv808)

106 (Wikipedia)

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 06:46 AM (odBC9)

107 THIS JUST IN!!! A judge has issued an injunction against Trump eating breakfast this morning.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 15, 2026 06:44 AM (eRlcH)

So… not even one scoop for Donnie Two Scoops? Outrageous!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 15, 2026 06:48 AM (1JnSZ)

108 Stephen Miller might be my favorite Trump administration staffer. Here he is in a classic short video (X link), eviscerating the Propaganda Press who objected to Trump firing Deep State enemies in the federal workforce:

https://tinyurl.com/4t27xxey

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 15, 2026 06:48 AM (3hr0T)

109 I can't wait to get out but I'm trapped by family commitments.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 15, 2026 06:48 AM (RIvkX)

110

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at October 15, 2026 06:49 AM (Wbv/H)

111 Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 15, 2026 06:45 AM (Fv80

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If you're licensed here passing the bar elsewhere should be quick work, no?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 15, 2026 06:50 AM (RIvkX)

112 99 Social Security giving a raise of around $80 a month. Look for Medicare rates to go up around $80 a month. So the government breaks even. With a note: Will you old people die already! This message brought to you by the the Congress of the United States who spends half their time on vacation.
Posted by: Case at October 15, 2026 06:33 AM (ROPCF)
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In Canada, they just go ahead and kill the old people. For their own good.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 15, 2026 06:51 AM (3hr0T)

113 I just want to thank Hillary for her morning commentary. I look forward to it every day.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 15, 2026 06:52 AM (3hr0T)

114 If you're licensed here passing the bar elsewhere should be quick work, no?
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Are you kidding me? Why? California is actually an easy bar to pass. I don't know jacksh!t about Nevada law, for instance. And who's going to hire me at anything above entry-level wages to practice a state's law I know nothing about? When I started in CA, I got $20/hour for the first 6 months, and no bennies. It went up to $25.... Law is not like medicine. An appendix in CA is an appendix in all the other states. Law is entirely contrived. And then there's the procedural stuff that takes years to learn to do right. Nah. Not realistic.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 15, 2026 06:53 AM (Fv808)

115 >>Tax Day for Procrastinators today. No excuses after today

My extension was due today. Not anymore. IRS extended it to 02/08/27 next year because hurricane.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 15, 2026 06:54 AM (J4Dwc)

116 Everyone should experience the joy of kittens attacking your foot at 3am at least once

Posted by: Kittens! at October 15, 2026 06:55 AM (LOZbR)

117 UI = user interface
Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 06:14 AM (odBC9)

I recall an MMORPG... I think it was EverQuest II... where they introduced the ability to customize your UI. The more involved changes took scripting-level work that not everyone had the time, ability, or inclination to do. One guy went on a programming/design rampage and made so many popular UIs that the company hired him for his obvious, proven talent.

Posted by: SciVo at October 15, 2026 06:56 AM (ke3zm)

118 The Killer Kittenz From Outer Space are hanging about, waiting for breakfast. No doubt this also includes Freddy the Freeloader, the tabby-with-white semi-feral outside.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 15, 2026 06:56 AM (wzUl9)

119 https://tinyurl.com/4t27xxey
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 15, 2026 06:48 AM (3hr0T)
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Please see 76

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 15, 2026 06:57 AM (RIvkX)

120 Isn't America great? Your 2025 taxes are due in 2027!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 15, 2026 06:57 AM (sOsrI)

121 >>>LOL Ronald Reagan quotations:
https://www.goodreads.com
https://tinyurl.com/5cdfnsww
Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 05:55 AM (odBC9)
******
Thanks for posting that m; a lot of wisdom in those quotes.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at October 15, 2026 06:59 AM (hOJcH)

122 Yes indeed, your friends (and mine), and kids being educated in public schools, get indoctrinated with a really strange brew of malformed opinions of the Constitution.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 15, 2026 07:00 AM (sOsrI)

123 I'll also have to file a paper return because my late wife's IP PIN is unrecoverable, so the return can't be filed electronically.

Then I'll have to go through the IRS process of them verifying my identity.

That will probably happen sometime in 2028 because IRS.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 15, 2026 07:02 AM (J4Dwc)

124 They had the somalis in a secure sandbox and they still got out.

Posted by: US Taxpayer at October 15, 2026 07:03 AM (VNBA8)

125 108 Stephen Miller might be my favorite Trump administration staffer. Here he is in a classic short video (X link), eviscerating the Propaganda Press who objected to Trump firing Deep State enemies in the federal workforce:

https://tinyurl.com/4t27xxey
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 15, 2026 06:48 AM (3hr0T)

12:18 AM · Oct 15, 2026
*swoon*

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 07:05 AM (odBC9)

126 "Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea"

Got a dream board?

mornin yall

Posted by: fd at October 15, 2026 07:05 AM (MWfyi)

127 125 108 Stephen Miller might be my favorite Trump administration staffer. Here he is in a classic short video (X link), eviscerating the Propaganda Press who objected to Trump firing Deep State enemies in the federal workforce:

https://tinyurl.com/4t27xxey
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 15, 2026 06:48 AM (3hr0T)

12:18 AM · Oct 15, 2026
*swoon*
Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 07:05 AM (odBC9)

It's from a year ago:

https://tinyurl.com/muvjyfye

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 07:07 AM (odBC9)

128 I'm really good at procrastination. It might be my best skill.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 15, 2026 07:07 AM (EA2wx)

129 127

It's from a year ago:

https://tinyurl.com/muvjyfye
Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 07:07 AM (odBC9)

Feb 21, 2025

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 07:09 AM (odBC9)

130 I fully expect the IRS process of identity verification to be a complete clusterfuck.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 15, 2026 07:10 AM (J4Dwc)

131 Did you see Chuck Grassley yesterday released evidence the foul Jack Smith built a list of every American who bought a MAGA hat, including their address, email, phone contact, and (where available) employer.

That Jack Smith is some guy.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 15, 2026 07:11 AM (z8t9l)

132 Two people at the local convenience store unprompted by me said "Hello" to me. Little things can make a difference. Brighten someone's day today.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 15, 2026 07:11 AM (JrHfD)

133 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 15, 2026 07:11 AM (u82oZ)

134 Have a great day, everyone.

Safe travels for all that need it.

I start packing for Texas now. Got an entire 4 hours. No sweat.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 15, 2026 07:12 AM (u82oZ)

135 And now the verge is going paywall on the garbage they spew.
Posted by: clarence

***

I genuinely hope this is a sign they're desperate for money if they're making their lemmings pay for their propaganda.

Posted by: Biergood at October 15, 2026 07:12 AM (PwgSL)

136 How does a pastor make 6 million dollars? I dunno.

Posted by: fd at October 15, 2026 07:12 AM (MWfyi)

137 Isn't America great? Your 2025 taxes are due in 2027!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 15, 2026 06:57 AM (sOsrI)
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It's like voting!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 15, 2026 07:12 AM (MOPlc)

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