18 January 2025

Saturday Roundup of Link Roundups - 18 January

The Right Way is up first with Top of the News

Silent No More at the March for Life - IOTW Report
Meet the LA fire looters - The New Neo

Animal Magnetism - Animal’s Hump Day News

This is something of an understatement.
This is known as belaboring the obvious.
No shit, Sherlock.

Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 01.16.25 (Afternoon Edition)

Cedar Sanderson: Joy Stands on the Hilltops
Stoic Observations: Hands-Free Driving

EBL - Pam Bondi, AG Nominee, Confirmation Hearing

Instapundit: Trump Confirmation Hearings: Six one way, half a dozen the other!
Townhall: Pam Bondi shuts down Adam Schiff

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 15 January 2025: Everywhere Edition

Microsoft has hiked Office prices by 45% in the Asia-Pacific region. (The Register)
Including Australia. Thanks a bunch, Microsoft.

Political Hat - Quick Takes – Killing Just Because: Killing Non-Medically; Killing The Mentally Disabled; Killing To Organ Harvest

Much like how “Medical Marijuana” was used to normalize non-medial weed legalization, euthanasia was used to normalize killing people.

A View from the Beach - Flotsam and Jetsam - The Pete Hegseth Konfirmation Kerfuffle

Defense Secretary-Nominee Hegseth Vows to 'Restore Warrior Ethos' and Hegseth: Military Members Booted for Vax Refusal Back 'With Pay, Rank.' The Vindmans shudder. Cathy Salgado at PJM, Pete Hegseth: ‘My Only Special Interest Is the Warfighter.’

Again from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 01.17.25 (Morning Edition)

CDR Salamander: Diversity Thursday
Dana Loesch: Trump Case Report Volume 1, also, DeSantis Picks AG Moody To Replace Rubio In The Senate

Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog - LinkSwarm For January 17, 2025

Big drone attack from Ukraine against Russia, with reportedly over 200 drones used.
Ukraine also hit Liski oil depot in Voronezh.

Vlad Tepes - LA fire victims get $770, Stories of Islamic horror, Kier Starmer takes the communist state to the next step: Links post 1 for January 15, 2025

2. India: Hindu man who rescued minor girl from Muslims is found dead, body beheaded and mutilated
3. So about the various members of the Liberal Party’s ethics

The Glibertarians - Wednesday Morning Links

House Passes Bill to Shield K-12 Sports from Transgenderism
More Than 15,000 Canadians Died in One Year While Waiting for Health Services

Wombat-socho again - In The Mailbox: 01.17.25 (Evening Edition)

Don Surber: Best farewell speech of my life
First Street Journal: It was never about “protecting democracy”

Gates of Vienna - News Feed 1/16/2025

96% of Citizens Euthanized by Canadian Government Were White
Alarming new data has revealed that the vast majority of people being euthanized by the Canadian government are disproportionately white.

Again from Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 16 January 2025: Not Marmots Edition

Colossal Biosciences has raised another $200 million to de-extinct the woolly mammoth. (VentureBeat)
I mean... Sure. Fine. Why not? It's a herbivore, so the worst it can do is block traffic.

Small Dead Animals - Friday On Turtle Island

Dementia Joe’s America: The LAFD fire prevention team. Fighting fires with indigenous knowledge.
Blackie’s Canada: The Indians are upset again (Warning: CBC).

Cafe Hayek - Some Links

James Hohman understandably is no fan of government handouts to corporations.
My intrepid Mercatus Center colleague, Veronique de Rugy, warns of the still-looming risk of inflation.

J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report — 1/15/25

How progressives erode the guardrails of the Constitution.
Our Regulatory Tyranny

Maggie's Farm - Wednesday morning links

Fire, Snow And A Storm Of Climate Nonsense
More On Monkeys Typing Shakespeare & Why Chance Isn't Enough

Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: Why the Department of Justice Must Answer to President Trump

• Where Did MAGA Come From? - Victor Davis Hanson
• The Confirmation Hearings So Far - John Hinderaker

Anonymous Conservative - News Briefs – 01/17/2025

Biden’s Green loan office offers up a staggering $22 billion in admin’s final hours.
Lame duck Biden’s DOJ gives brutal MS-13 gang leader sweetheart plea deal in murder spree that killed 7.

I leave you with Wednesday's gifs from Wirecutter, Wednesday Memes … from MaddMedic, It’s a dog’s life from Bluebird of Bitterness, and Quick Hits Of Wisdom, Knowledge And Snark #2250 from 90 Miles from Tyranny.

With Friends Like This...

Why is that people never admit they are responsible for their own lives? Florida man shoots friend over poor life decisions argument, gets stabbed

Not everyone has the same chances. Everyone makes choices, and has to live with the consequences of their choices. The choices you make are not someone else's fault or responsibility.

Volusia County, Florida is east and north of Orlando on the Atlantic coast. It includes Daytona Beach. So technically, this is a story about Florida Man.

A group of friends was hanging out and playing video games, when he became angry and blamed his friends for his bad life choices. Alcohol was involved.

One of the friends told deputies that at some point in the night Gant got angry with the group for not being good friends to him when they were growing up. He threatened to shoot them but the friends disregarded his threats and things calmed down, investigating deputies said.

As the friends continued to socialize, Gant became angry again and directed his shooting threats to the victim. That started an argument between Gant and the victim prompting the homeowner to kick out Gant, deputies said.

Eventually a fight ensued, click thru for those details, and he pointed a gun at his victim's head.

The victim was able to push the gun away from his head as Gant fired one shot, grazing him in the head. The victim pulled out a pocket knife and stabbed Gant, the arrest report said.

The stabbing is justified self-defense. The shooting resulted in a charge of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. Why it isn't attempted murder I don't know, since you don't point a gun at someone's head unless you want to murder them.

Liberal Philosophy Versus Reality

From The Wall Street Journal: The Armed Homeowners Defying the Rules of L.A.’s Burn Zones

In the still-smoldering neighborhoods of Altadena, where fires destroyed more than 2,700 structures, about 80 people have defied orders to evacuate, staying behind to protect what is left of their properties from looters and more fires after losing faith in authorities.

The "authorities" are more interested in gay bistros than in providing basic services like fire protection. But this is LA after all.

The "authorities" are trying to keep people and supplies out, because you are not allowed to have individual action and indvidual intitative. You must be one of the herd.

Police and fire officials say they are keeping residents from returning to burned neighborhoods because of such hazards as downed power lines and precarious fire-weakened trees.

Fuck the authorities. Adults should have the right to make those determinations for themselves.

Anyway go read the whole thing, since it is for once, not behind a paywall.

The Rain Song

Apparently today's song was written because George Harrison, of the Beatles, told John Bonham that Zeppelin didn't know how to write a ballad. So Jimmy Page wrote this song.

This is "The Rain Song" by Led Zeppelin from their 1973 album Houses of the Holy.

This is by way of Rhett Shull's video George Harrison Called Out Jimmy Page for This (The Rain Song)

CNN Guilty of Defaming Navy Veteran

Actually the number stated here is low, because the jury were discussing punitive damages when CNN reached a settlement with the plaintiff. CNN ordered to pay $5M for defaming Navy veteran after Biden's disastrous Afghanistan pullout

A Florida jury on Friday found CNN liable for defaming a Navy veteran who helped evacuate people from Afghanistan following President Biden’s disastrous exit from the country.

So while the jury was debating punitive damages, in addition to the $5 million in actual damages, CNN and Zachary Young reached a settlement.

Louis G. Adolfsen, a defamation lawyer and founding member of the Melito & Adolfsen PC law firm in Manhattan, speculated that the settlement could be for as high as $25 million considering Panama City is a “rural or semi-rural” area where the jury pool is likely hostile to CNN.

Hat tip to The Other McCain: GUILTY! GUILTY! GUILTY!

If you’re going to make the liberal media pay for their wrongdoing, try to find yourself a jury in Panama City, Florida.

17 January 2025

Trump-Hating Cartoonist Arrested for Bad Images

Darrin Bell won a Pulitzer Prize, and he really hates Trump because he's a good Leftist. Well, maybe not so good. Trump-bashing, Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist arrested on [charges of bad images of kids]

A Trump-bashing, Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist — whose illustrations have been published by the Washington Post, New Yorker and Los Angeles Times — was arrested for possession of child pornography.

Darrin Bell, the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartoons, was busted Wednesday and booked in California’s Sacramento County after detectives from the Internet Crimes Against Children unit were tipped off by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, law enforcement officials said.

Hat tip to The Other McCain: Least Surprising News of the Week?

I’m not surprised. You’re not surprised. Nobody’s surprised.

Despite the image above, I'm not surprised or shocked.

One hundred thirty-four videos were tied to this guy. Allegedly.

Uploading, not downloading — you see the significance? In other words, this was not about him merely getting illegal material from the Internet, but rather him acting as a supplier/distributor of aforesaid material.

Allegedly. As The Other McCain points out, you need to add allegedly. (Even though I have it in the sidebar...)

There is more, including an interesting tweet that includes one of Bell's own images.

Friday Links - 17 January

A somewhat abbreviated links post today, brought on by the demands of The Real World™ this week. Nothing in particular was serious, it just all added up to more than usual.

The Other McCain starts us off with an post on the Pete Hegseth hearing. Retarded Asian Woman Challenges Fake Indian for Title of ‘Worst Senator Ever’

Simple question: Was there ever any chance that Elizabeth Warren would have voted to confirm Pete Hegseth? Is there any other Democrat on the Armed Services Committee who was ever likely to vote in Hegseth’s favor? I think not.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 14 January 2025: Non Euclidean Symmetry Edition

The CEO of AI music company Suno says people don't like making music. (404 Media)

Aliens. These people are aliens.

Don Surber - Why they burned LA down. It's what communists do.

In California, Chairman Brylcreem stepped up efforts to cripple the state by destroying dams in the name of saving the fish. A million fish died in the process. The media is OK with that.

In Sacramento, Democrats rejected home owner insurance premium hikes. Companies began shutting down their operations in California.

Again from The Other McCain - Ashkenazi Jews Have the Highest IQs on Average, But Then There’s Jen Rubin

Before we discuss Jen Rubin and her “exciting new online platform,” let’s first take time to examine the problem of stereotypes.

Ammoland - Truck Drivers Sue to Restore Right to Bear Arms Across State Lines

On January 7, 2025, two interstate commercial truck drivers filed a complaint in the Federal District Court for the District of Minnesota. The lawsuit contends Minnesota, and in particular, the Commissioner for the Department of Public Safety, is infringing on the exercise of their Second Amendment rights by not recognizing their right to bear arms across state lines.

Konstantin Kisin - Labour's Grooming Gang U-Turn and What It Means

I remember vividly the first time we sat across from a “grooming gang” survivor and heard her story. Dr Ella Hill came on TRIGGERnometry in 2020, detailing not only the abuse she experienced at the hands of her perpetrator but also the wall of complete disinterest from the police when she sought the help and support.

Another Failure of the Victim-Selection Process

Never let them take you to another location. RPD investigate self-defense shooting death

Police believe Sedillo threatened a man and his girlfriend with a gun, asking for their phones, and other personal items, and demanding to be driven to another location. When the man refused, police say Sedillo shot at the two, who returned fire.

The would-be bad guy was shot multiple times, and died at the scene. The defender was shot, but his wounds are not considered life-threatening.

Self-defense is a human right.

The Mayor of LA and the Governor of California Wanted the City to Burn

Michael Shellenberger just doesn't buy the line fielded by the Mayor of LA or the Governor of California. California Governor And L.A. Mayor Diverted Billions From Fire-Fighting To Migrant, Homeless, And Climate Subsidies

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass claims that her $17.5 million cut to the LA Fire Department budget did not impact the department’s ability to prevent or fight fires. But the LA Fire Chief told CNN that “the $17 million budget cut… did absolutely negatively impact” the Department’s ability to respond to the fires.

And now a video released yesterday by NewsNation, which was shot by a former employee of Kamala Harris, shows that it took the LA Fire Department 45 minutes to respond to the Pacific Palisades fire.

Nobody who is that bad at their job - unless you're a California politician - gets to keep their job.

There is a short video at the link above.

Here is a long video. A two hour and 15 minute interview between Michael Shellenberger and Tucker Carlson: Tucker Carlson and Michael Shellenberger Break Down the California Fires. I think it is worth the time, and it covers more than the fires in 2 hours.

EU to Germany - Do What You're Told

Because nothing says respect for the democratic process like throwing out the result of elections. EU Globalist Explicitly Threatens To Cancel German Election Result If Right Wing AfD Wins | ZeroHedge

Former French European Commissioner Thierry Breton has essentially openly confessed that the West stole the Romanian election and stands ready to do it again in Germany if deemed necessary.

"We did it in Romania, and we will do it in Germany if necessary," a translation from the French of Breton's recent appearance in European media said. Early last month a top Romanian court simply annulled the first round of the country's presidential election in order to create what amounted to a 'do over' election.

And what they are told is to shut up and accept as many immigrants as the EU wants to send their way.

Bob Uecker - You Will Be Missed

Bob Uecker: 26 January 1934 to 16 January 2025

Bob Uecker played Major League Baseball for the Milwaukee Braves, before that club relocated to Atlanta. He was a sports broadcaster in Milwaukee, and he appeared in some beer commercials. But I think his best role was in the movie Major League (1989). Here is his signature bit from that movie. Just a Bit Outside.

Hat tip to Borepatch

I can heartily endorse his book about his baseball career, Catcher In The Wry.

Rest in peace, Uke.

16 January 2025

Don't Bring a Knife to a Gunfight

He apparently thought it would be a good idea to rob a store. He was wrong. Armed man shot, killed by store clerk in St. Clair Co.

Cropwell, Alabama is about 40 mile drive east of Birmingham. It is an unicorporated section of St. Clair County, near Pell City.

The St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department says Timothy Jones went into the Shell gas station in Cropwell around 4:30 a.m. with a knife. He was shot and killed by the clerk.

The state of Alabama has not morphed into a copy of New Jersey, so there is no mention of charging the clerk. The investigation continues. Self-defense is a human right.

"Criminals Are Taking Over the NYC Subway"

What happens when you make something cheaper? You get more of it. And in New York City, there is no cost to committing crime.

Mayor Adams wants to make sure that people "feel safe." I would think it would be a better idea to actually make them safe. But I'm not stupid enough to live in NYC.

This is Cash Jordan's video The NYC Subway is So Dangerous… Nobody Can Use It

The NYPD [is seen] arresting a man accused of at least two stabbings on the subway last week. We're now learning the suspect has been arrested - drum roll please - 87 times. So if you're wondering why New York City has a Subway crime problem that just won't go away, this is your reason; our Progressive Justice System allows people to commit the same offenses over and over again. Yet they never get sent to jail.

If You Point a Gun at Police, Expect to Get Shot

The rules are pretty simple. 50-year-old man shot by officers after pointing gun at sergeant in Brooklyn: police

Police were in the area for a shots-fired called, when they spotted the suspect coming out of a convenience store.

Police say the man hid behind a tree, turned and pointed a gun at a police sergeant.

"The officers verbally identified themselves and gave the male numerous verbal commands to which he did not comply," Philip Rivera, NYPD chief of patrol, said in a news conference.

Four officers "shot at him." He was hit, but I don't know by how many.

Neighbors were shocked - shocked I tell you - to discover that crime does happen in Brooklyn. Or something.

15 January 2025

Wednesday Link Roundup - 15 January

Pirate's Cove starts things off with Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

Theo Spark has multiple dilemas.
This ain’t Hell… has your feel good stories.

Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 01.13.25

Bacon Time: Convicted Felon
Defending The Wood Perilous: Consent In Romance – The Needs Of Culture vs. The Needs Of Drama

EBL - George Strait : The Fireman

The Fireman
EBL: Backdraft, Biden says "Fire Away" to Harris, and DEMS BURN DOWN CA 😬🔥🚒❤️‍🔥

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 12 January 2025: Enronium Has What Plants Crave Edition

Mad King Mat Mullenweg is now terminating the WordPress accounts of people who suggest that a WordPress fork might be forthcoming. (Tech Crunch)
Which is literally everybody.

Vlad Tepes - A look at more serious attacks on the Capitol Bldg, and Islam in North America and Europe and how gov’t assists their crimes: Links 1 for January 14 2025

2. Montreal journalist, Natasha Life Free or Die offers this description of what it is like to grow up and live in some areas of Montreal if you are not a Muslim. Read the post on Twitter. It is sobering. I have personally heard very similar stories from parts of Toronto.

Theo Spark - Subs..............

Britain vs Grooming: It’s Now or Never - Frank Haviland
Why Does Cheap Electricity Cost So Much? - Fergus Mason

Again from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 01.14.25

American Thinker: The Climate Hoax
Animal Magnetism: Animal’s Daily Los Angeles Train Wreck News

Don Surber - Highlights of the week

ITEM 9: Peter St Onge, Ph.D., tweeted, “Justin Trudeau is quitting.
“He destroyed Canada’s economy, delivering West Virginia wages for San Francisco house prices and wiping out a generation of young Canadians.”

Small Dead Animals - Saturday On Turtle Island

Dementia Joe’s America: Victor Davis Hanson – A DEI disaster. Leftist big city leaders. Misinformation.
Blackie’s Canada: Forget about new mines in Ontario. (Warning: CBC)

Political Hat - News of the Week (January 12th, 2025)

NATO sends a fleet to guard Baltic Sea cables
The decision follows a spate of suspected sabotage incidents on underwater cables.

A View from the Beach - Flotsam and Jetsam - Gone Fishin' DIY Edition

Private firefighters shield homes of the wealthy, setting off tensions
Instapundit - SF CHRONICLE: Private firefighters protected a Hollywood talent manager’s home.

Theo Spark - News - kinda............

The LA Fires: Karma, Retribution or Agenda 2030? - Elizabeth Nickson
Keir Starmer’s Election Sabotage: British Meddling in America’s Democracy
Nero Newsom Fiddles.....Robert W Malone

The Glibertarians - Saturday evening, everything’s on fire Links

Let’s start here. A good discussion on lack of preparation at the community level leading up to the Palisades fire. The pictures I saw early on showed a lack of brush clearing around structures to a dangerous level.

Vlad Tepes - Houthis & China, postal strikes, Helen Grus sues the crap out of CBC at last and more: Links 1 for January 11, 2025

2. Now THIS feels like Christmas. Or it will when and if she wins.
Ottawa detective sues CBC for $875,000 over COVID vaccine investigation reporting

Small Dead Animals - Monday On Turtle Island

Blackie’s Canada: It’s only money. Diversity is our strength. Protecting Arab voters.
Odds And Ends: How Wokeism is destroying the West.

Bacon Time!!!! - Sunday Linkage

The Air Vent - This is Why In Person Voting With ID is Critical
Watts Up With That? - Alaska Energy Shenanigans: Eklutna Dam and the RPS

Cafe Hayek - Some Links

My intrepid Mercatus Center colleague, Veronique de Rugy, talks with the Cato Institute’s Michael Cannon about getting government out of health care.

Maggie's Farm - Sunday afternoon links

Victimhood U: colleges’ leftist brainwashing is making young Americans miserable
Anti-Semitism on Campus
Things Worth Remembering: The Dangers of Multiculturalism

J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report — 1/13/25

Decades of fire suppression policies have left forests dangerously dense and overgrown.
The L.A. Wildfires Should Be a Wake-up Call

Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: Stunner: Why Was Pacific Palisades Reservoir Empty? It Gets Worse.

• A DEI Green New Deal Hydrogen Bomb - Clarice Feldman
• Palisades Fire Threatens New Upscale Communities As Santa Ana Winds Return - ZH

I leave you with Sunday Funnies for 01-12-25 from Stately McDaniel Manor, Monday Memes … from MaddMedic, and Typical Mondays in gifs from Wirecutter.

People Need to Accept that Some Relationships End

I guess this is a victory for women's equality. Or something. She was the aggressor in a domestic dispute. Woman killed after being shot during Tucson domestic incident.

Police say Nunez forced her way into the apartment, where an altercation occurred, which led to her being shot.

The investigation remains ongoing, and no charges or arrests have been made.

She could have called a friend for a good cry. She could have gone to a day spa for a makeover. She could have gotten blind drunk. Instead she made the last decision she will ever make.

Hat tip to Woman Fatally Shot After Forcing Entry Into Ex-Boyfriend's Apartment - USA Carry

Businesses Closing in NYC due to Crime

What happens when the Powers that Be refuse to put criminals in jail?

Stealing in New York City is no longer illegal.

This is Cash Jordan's video 39 Stores are Leaving NYC… Because of Theft

Here's an example of a serial shoplifter with over 100 arrests. How is this even allowed to happen? How is somebody allowed to commit 100 crimes and still be walking around on the streets, and how are we supposed to expect this person to learn something the 101st time they get arrested that they didn't learn the other 100 times?

The video is 16 minutes, so plan accordingly.

Hold On, I'm Coming - In Honor of Sam Moore

We got the sad news that Sam Moore of Sam & Dave passed away at the age of 89, on January 10th. Sam Moore of the Dynamic Soul Duo Sam & Dave Is Dead at 89

Sam Moore, the tenor half of the scorching soul duo Sam & Dave — known for indelible hits like “Soul Man,” “Hold On, I’m Comin’” and “I Thank You” — died on Friday in Coral Gables, Fla. He was 89.

His death, in a hospital after surgery, was confirmed by his wife and longtime manager, Joyce Moore. She said the exact cause was unclear.

Several articles have listed "complications from surgery."

Virtually every article mentions the song "Soul Man," but I never really liked that song. This song, however points out all the differences of 1960s with what passes for music today. Intro. Pre Chorus. Chorus. Horns. Even if Memphis Soul was never my cup of tea.

This is "Hold On, I'm Coming" by Sam & Dave. It was a single in 1966.

14 January 2025

Tuesday Links - 14 January

Chicago Contrarian is up first with Chicago’s 12th Ward Alderman’s Odd Understanding of Public Safety

Today’s 12th Ward is also an urban combat area. Prior to her election to the City Council, Ramirez worked as a re-engagement specialist for CPS, while, of course, moonlighting as an “organizer.” Chicago Contrarian readers know that “organizer” and “left-wing activist” are interchangeable.

Roberta X - Footnote

-Post hoc ergo propter hoc is still a logical fallacy.

Clayton Cramer - Made in USA

For strategic reasons, we need rare earth production in friendly, non-PRC hands.

Jews Can Shoot - Rep. Pramila Jayapal’s Nonsensical Comparison of ‘Assault Weapons’ and Concert Tickets Backfires

Washington Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal earned swift criticism for making the absurd claim that buying a so-called assault weapon is somehow easier than acquiring tickets for a concert.

Don Surber - The Founding Fathers would be proud

The Declaration of Independence ended, “And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.”

Lone Star Parson - Invade Canada

Everyone knows it's time to invade Canada and set the people of the land of the ice and snow free from rainbow tyranny. Sure, we get it, but how? Big Serge lays out a possible scenario, with US forces moving swiftly to isolate the Toronto/Montreal urban corridor from Canadian reinforcements.

Theo Spark - Progressive Policies = A Feature NOT a Bug .....................from Rico

SatPhotos indicate the simultaneous start of the fires in multiple locations (not that homeless or rando spontaneous arsonists carry 5G cell phones for coordination, or anything like that).

The Other McCain - The Fake Priesthood of ‘Misinformation’

“Misinformation studies” is a cult religion, of whom “experts” are the priesthood. The existence and purpose of the quasi-religious witch hunt against “misinformation” is entirely political, having originated in the post-2016 effort to prevent the reelection of Donald Trump.

Wombat-socho - FMJRA 2.0: New York, New York

Top linkers for the week ending January 10:

  1.  EBL (9)
  2.  (tied) 357 Magnum and A View From The Beach

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 11 January 2025: Kiwis And Capybaras Edition

Apple is uploading every photo on every Mac and iDevice to be scanned by AI without asking anyone. (The Register)

But don't worry, says Apple, it's homomorphic.

Juvat at Chant du Départ - It's another Manic Monday

Living in the country with an excellent "See 'em comin'" view was wonderful over the past 25 years. However, the realities of getting older and the potential need to get to a hospital or worse get somebody to come and take you to a hospital in time to make a difference, rules against living in the country.

Again from Wombat-socho - Rule 5 Sunday: Golden Globes

Nobody cares about the Golden Globe awards. I got your Golden Globes right here, loyal readers of the Commentariat.
Ladies and gentlemen, Sydney Sweeney.

The Post Millennial - BREAKING: Washington Post has lost nearly 90% of its audience since 2021: report

The Washington Post's subscriber and readership base has reportedly tanked over the last four years. The revelations come as Jeff Bezos is seeking to bring the left-leaning publication more to the center.