("The Jaecoo 7 is a brand under China’s Chery Automobile Co.")I’d never seen this Chinese car brand until six months ago but they’re suddenly everywhere with their looks paying…. “homage” to a certain British car. Anyway delighted to learn the SUV filling the roads has been dubbed “Temu Range Rover”.
— Jim Waterson (@jim.londoncentric.media) April 8, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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Friday, April 10, 2026
Today's news and jokes
They tracked down the guy who plastered a Jim Jones mosaic by an elementary school (art roundup)
("'I'm a horror fanatic. I collect VHS,' he said. 'And then my wife… like any other woman, she's into true crime for God knows whatever reason. And I was into that too with her for a second.'...[He] has also brought his work to other cities — including a John Wayne Gacy portrait in Savannah, Georgia")Why Is There a Mosaic of Jim Jones Outside a Silver Lake Elementary School? The cult leader’s portrait has been up for almost two years. We found the guy who made it.https://t.co/8SqYomlUS9
— LA Material (@LAMaterial__) April 8, 2026
Thursday, April 9, 2026
Today's news and jokes
King of Cards 🟨 Diego Chara is now the MLS all-time leader in yellows
— Portland Timbers (@timbers.com) April 4, 2026 at 9:19 PM
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The Artemis II mission patch is double-sided
insanely cool - the artemis II mission patch is reversible, and when the crew rounded the moon they flipped the patch to indicate they're coming back home
— James Vincent (@jjvincent.bsky.social) April 8, 2026 at 2:22 PM
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Not sure if they're available anywhere:
Additional information on the production process itself, which doesn't really conclude if there will be another run as I said: https://t.co/ttSUkCi4Yj
— TheSpaceEngineer (@mcrs987) April 8, 2026
The actual AB link: https://t.co/tlmE9uGqdF pic.twitter.com/KunOo4heEP
And speaking of missed merch opportunities:
COPY, MOON JOY?? I AM MOON JOY!!!! -Rise pic.twitter.com/BM3uYakxoM
— NASA Artemis (@NASAArtemis) April 8, 2026
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
FYI, the new Nike World Cup jerseys apparently have a comically defective design that makes the shoulders "look a bit" like The Shredder
Todos habéis visto las *hombreras no deseadas* en las camisetas Nike para el Mundial
— Alejandro Mendo (@alejandromendo) April 8, 2026
Lo que parecÃa un detalle estético menor se ha convertido en una polémica global
La marca está al tanto y ha deslizado a The Guardian que trabaja para "ajustar y perfeccionar" el error 👇 pic.twitter.com/Cw525MIYUd
Hey, that very strange shoulder seam “bulge” on the new Nike kits? I talked to them about it and they’re weighing what to do about it. Such a bizarre quirk to an otherwise stellar set of kits.
— Pablo Iglesias Maurer (@MLSist) April 8, 2026
Me, on the Guardian: https://t.co/YmKc1LSojI
The US finally has some good-looking jerseys, and:
In a statement to the Guardian, Nike acknowledged the issue with shoulders, and said they’re looking into what can be done about it – if anything.“During the recent international break, we observed a minor issue with our Nike national team kits, most noticeable around the shoulder seam,” the company said via a spokesperson. “Performance is unaffected, but the overall aesthetic is not where it needs to be.”...A source familiar with that design process told the Guardian this week that Nike’s “computational design” is driven by performance data, and incorporates elements of AI to work alongside the company’s designers
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