Today's news and jokes

With each passing generation, Xbox tries to shame my Pac-Man ghost avatar by shrinking it ever smaller and smaller. I will not yield. I bought this gamerpic for 80 Xbox Points in 2006, and I'll be fucked if it won't remain the best dollar I've ever spent until the seas boil over pic.twitter.com/Ji5ttoUVjh

— Gabriel Roland (@noukon) August 19, 2021

Apparently there is a draft settlement in the bill meant to require Google and Meta to share revenues with California publishers that would provide more annual funding for an unspecified "AI innovation accelerator" than it would to newsrooms...

Insanehttps://t.co/LDAi1vG7aj

— Noah Goldberg (@Noah__Goldberg) August 19, 2024

This is the bulletin @MediaGuildWest sent union journalists and news workers last night about the apparent collapse of the California legislature’s efforts to check Big Tech’s chokehold on local journalism: pic.twitter.com/9LCjEL9FII

— Matt Pearce 🦅🇺🇸 (@mattdpearce) August 19, 2024

(I definitely need a better explainer for this one)

This was basically what every headline felt like from 2008-2012 and at the time I remember being really bored and annoyed by it, but now it's like easing myself into a warm bath. Feels great to finally get back to this point. https://t.co/WshYZjFnE6

— Ryan Broderick (@broderick) August 19, 2024

Republicans scrambled to get Cornel West on the Arizona ballot. The left-wing academic is OK with it | AP News https://t.co/vA7aOodtd4

— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) August 19, 2024

kinda wish Hillary said “Pokémon Go to jail”

— T. Kyle (@tkylemac) August 20, 2024

You better walk tuah the polls

This was the councilman who blamed snow on the "Rothschilds controlling the climate" a few years ago https://t.co/QZ4Z4vDjeS https://t.co/uZSxvrTfO6

— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) August 19, 2024

("At the time, [he] said he was unaware that the weather-related conspiracy theory is antisemitic. A video later surfaced of [him] pushing a similar conspiracy theory during a meeting of top city officials.")

This is an absolutely bonkers story about how former Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse has spent millions of dollars as U of Florida's new president hiring his former staffers for made-up, insanely high paid *remote* jobs at the university. https://t.co/1kdfmUhzKj pic.twitter.com/5BSHYI2RDt

— Isaac Saul (@Ike_Saul) August 19, 2024

(“We take the stewardship of state funds very seriously and have already been in discussions with leadership at the university and with the Board of Governors to look into the matter,” [] DeSantis’ communications director, said in a Friday statement.)

NEW: In a new statement about the Raglan Road wrongful death lawsuit, Disney Experiences Chairman Josh D’Amaro says Disney will waive its right to arbitration and will allow the matter to proceed in court to "expedite a resolution for the family." Full statement: pic.twitter.com/ylmaXXOq2Z

— Scott Gustin (@ScottGustin) August 20, 2024

“At Disney, we strive to put humanity above all other considerations”--can we buy t-shirts with the new motto yet?

RIDLEY: so the last two films I made were about how God isn’t real and if he was he would hate us

DISNEY:

RIDLEY: and for the third movie in my new trilogy, God will

DISNEY: Hey you know what we love? Those rascally facehuggers. They’re so scrambly

— Brian Firenzi (@mrbrianfirenzi) August 19, 2024

Got banned from the ALIEN subreddit for apparently trying to impersonate, myself. 😂 pic.twitter.com/gD7PEpniMM

— Fede Alvarez (@fedalvar) August 20, 2024

Today in umpires wearing Cosmo Kramer shirts pic.twitter.com/NcadISp0Rk

— CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable (@cjzero) August 18, 2024

thoughts? @UniWatch https://t.co/cCWK3I4Fin pic.twitter.com/WpDgkcWWIk

— nkgroup (@nkosearas1) August 18, 2024

Turns out niche b2b media wasn’t invented by email newsletter writers. pic.twitter.com/nzWeHvmqBy

— Jack Marshall (@JackMarshall) July 23, 2024

Why did he punch the pillar one more time after he first missed Batman? 😭 pic.twitter.com/s7deLeuplN

— Knuckles 👊 (@knuckles_stan) July 22, 2024

Same actors.
100% different characters https://t.co/rkl8rdlprI

— KessWylie 🔜 Gencon #2143 (@Kesswylie) July 23, 2024

Watched it a second time recently and loved it just as much

In 2001, Sony Japan released an adapter allowing the PlayStation to connect to mobile phones for network services. pic.twitter.com/MXJ02NvNFG

— Obsolete Sony (@ObsoleteSony) July 23, 2024

Superplex so huge that even the referee felt it 😭pic.twitter.com/wUNFyM2Y4T

— Raion (@Raion74_) July 23, 2024

@growingupnala Nala vs. vacuum 😂 #funnydog #vs #dog #scary #brave #dogsoftiktok #dyson #cutedog #puppies #viral #fypシ゚viral ♬ original sound - Macros by Mel

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