Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Today's news and jokes





("[The fire chief] initially told The Times that most of the ready reserve engines were inoperable or otherwise unavailable. Later, however, a spokesperson for [the chief] said just four of the nine were not immediately available. A third official then produced a document that said seven were put into service at one point or another — most of them after the fire ignited.") (I'd never seen warnings like the ones issued in advance of the fire)







He supposedly cares so much about making the Clippers LA's team.











Senator for Missouri





(From 2023, "How an Army of Elderly Influencers Took Over China’s Instagram"; From 2024, "The Women Living Alone — and Loving It — on Xiaohongshu") (I've scheduled quite a few posts already featuring embedded tiktoks, should be interesting to see what happens to them)











(“San Francisco is going through a tough time, but I believe it will overcome that and be the city that it has been”...“That’s what a strong standing woman represents.”)





Haven't seen the movie but did see a long, detailed thread last week





(He switched to beehiiv if I recall correctly. Substack gives each reader a ranking)





The photos





("the curler argued she did not know nor suspect that her husband had been consuming Ligandrol, or that intimate contact represented a risk of contamination with prohibited substances")

























Al Gore, Paul Tsongas, Gary Hart























@superyachtsundayschool Good luck doing housekeeping girls ๐Ÿ˜‚ #yachting #yachtstewardess #uniform #fyp #capcut ♬ love on the brain sped up - xxtristanxo






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