Saturday, December 7, 2024

Today's news and jokes

Chibi mini-figures of some of the characters are available for preorder.





"the popularity and benefits of the drugs may not be enough to save them from the chopping block"







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— Noah Shachtman (@noahshachtman.bsky.social) December 6, 2024 at 11:21 AM








Asked experts whether facial recognition systems could work on the images that have been released of the man police are seeking. Opinions were mixed: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/t... When I tried a PimEyes search, it requested higher quality images & said the two photos weren't of the same person.

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— Kashmir Hill (@kashhill.bsky.social) December 6, 2024 at 9:47 AM






Eater LA has excellent food recommendations





So what happens when Elon Musk buys TikTok?

— jonostrower.com (@jonostrower.com) December 6, 2024 at 9:51 AM
(Larry Ellison will get it and can turn it into quibi for paramount/annapurna) (If it does get banned from the app stores, will be an interesting test if a social media site can become browser based on phones)











Choosing to believe it's true





Pantone sat you down and said son, it’s 1972 and Richard Nixon won reelection.

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— Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce.com) December 6, 2024 at 10:41 AM






His daily lists are super useful





Today, this child told me I don’t listen when he talks his hobbies and am only interested in talking about college

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— Madonline L’Engle (@rahab.bsky.social) December 6, 2024 at 3:27 PM












@melissabrozier No bc im so pissed for my friend if anyone sees a 2022 toyota carolla trunk laying around ITS HERS #cartheft #toyotacarolla #toyota #pookiewtf #fyp ♬ original sound - Clips👏






@kristennfab Hard Fail 🚶🏼‍♀️😩 #taylorswift #theerastour #erastour #miami #erastourmiami #florida #hardrockstadium #tstheerastour #TSTheErasTourOnTiktok ♬ origineel geluid - Tik Toker






@rileynm10 kidding he was just an extremely malnourished foster we had but we called him yodi because he looked so coyote like #foster #dog #coyote ♬ original sound - Maggie Winters






@cloud.meoww The moment they realize I was watching them!🙈 #TooCute #cat #dog #catsoftiktok #frenchie #dogsoftiktok #catsanddogs ♬ Hang on Little Tomato - Pink Martini






@biffthesamoyed good soup🤪🍜 #nycmarathon #tcsnycmarathon #newyorkmarathon #nycmarathon2024 #goodsoup ♬ good soup - sharty truffle




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