Sunday, December 22, 2024

Today's news and jokes

Still featured on the architect's site, a "moat" for surfers in the summer, and ice skaters in the winter





("Houthi missile strike injures more than a dozen in Tel Aviv")











Remember the female officer who made the news due to the suspiciously high amount of overtime she earned? (article is quite explicit)





Shoutout to the @dallasnews.bsky.social reporter who broke this story, Carlos Turcios (who appears not to be on Bsky yet) dallasexpress.com/tarrant/excl...

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— Jake Lahut (@jakelahut.writes.news) December 21, 2024 at 6:24 PM






The craziest thing, to me, is that Thomas was ALLOWED to accept these gifts! All he had to do was disclose them! And he illegally refused to do so after given SO many opportunities! www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/u...

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— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjsdc.bsky.social) December 21, 2024 at 10:37 AM
("The death of Justice Antonin Scalia in 2016 during a free stay at a Texas businessman’s hunting lodge brought attention to the more than 250 privately funded trips he had accepted over a 10-year period")





The NYT article about Blake Lively’s lawsuit is incredible. Her director/costar’s PR team texting “Holy shit, I can’t believe how well our evil plan to destroy this woman’s reputation is working! Thank god no one will ever read these text messages!” back and forth to each other over and over

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— Derek Thompson (@dkthomp.bsky.social) December 21, 2024 at 11:55 AM


The gossip subreddit I read coming to terms with the fact that they might’ve been astroturfed on this is FASCINATING right now

— Mina Kimes (@minakimes.bsky.social) December 21, 2024 at 1:29 PM


(This month, he was honored at a star-studded event celebrating men who “elevate women, combat gender-based violence and promote gender equality worldwide.” )





(Haven't seen a news report confirming this)













A new analysis of data from the Juno spacecraft suggests that the ice shell covering the ocean on Jupiter's moon Europa might be WAY thicker than anticipated. (With comments from @theplanetaryguy.bsky.social) Possibly bad news for any hope of life signs from Europa Clipper, currently en route. 🧪🔭

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— Katie Mack (@astrokatie.com) December 19, 2024 at 11:17 AM
(“We’re getting an average conductive ice shell thickness for the region covered by MWR of about 35 kilometers,” he told meeting attendees. That’s the height of four Mount Everests and three times deeper than humans have ever drilled on Earth.) (Running out of places to be optimistic about) (FYI, if you're a Kim Stanley Robinson fan, here's a chapter by chapter write-up on technical details in Red Mars)





("the hornet most likely arrived from a mated queen that sought shelter for the winter — perhaps in a vehicle, shipping container or potted plant that was then brought to the area.")





“Fuck that! You can change somebody’s life!”

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— Razzball (@razzball.bsky.social) December 21, 2024 at 12:37 PM




















































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