Today's news and jokes

How the Getty Villa saved itself from the Palisades fire - Los Angeles Times https://t.co/OkDyUFhqG9

— Hector Becerra (@hbecerraLATimes) January 10, 2025

("Heat from the fire caused several cameras to fail to reboot"; "Villa employees’ radios stopped transmitting when they were more than 100 feet away from one another"; "accumulating ash prevented the water from draining")

A mountain lion and two cubs hightail it down Topanga Canyon Blvd. overnight, running away from where the Palisades Fire ravaged homes. The scene a stark reminder of the effect the wildfires have on our wildlife. Live firestorm coverage continues - This morning at 6 from ABC7. pic.twitter.com/tjpt1tmD5k

— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) January 10, 2025

Just an unbelievable water drop by this helicopter on the rapidly spreading Kenneth Fire near West Hills and Calabasas. Heroes. pic.twitter.com/FVPFr7QVdP

— Colin McCarthy (@US_Stormwatch) January 10, 2025

The fires have probably made tens of thousands of people in LA homeless overnight.

The last time something on this scale happened was the '94 Northridge quake. Back then, the cost of housing in LA was declining. Now it's obscenely expensive. How's this gonna work?

— Sam Dean 🦅 (@SamAugustDean) January 9, 2025

It is wild that one of vectors of this falsity spreading was the publisher of the Los Angeles Times. https://t.co/LP1QWA3QMi

— Lydia Polgreen (@lpolgreen) January 9, 2025

("But the mayor’s team did not respond on the record to POLITICO inquiries about Soon-Shiong’s post, or address related falsehoods for many hours, allowing the incorrect information to circulate widely and take hold")

Video showing the moment Maria Corina Machado appeared at the protest in Chacao after months in hiding#Venezuela pic.twitter.com/M6WNYd6xjT

— CNW (@ConflictsW) January 9, 2025

First statement from Maria Corina Machado,

She thanks Venezuelans for attending the protests today and confirms that someone was shot during the kidnapping when they were intercepted.

She says she is safe and tomorrow she will speak on what happened and what comes next https://t.co/Jpu9Yu8ctl

— CNW (@ConflictsW) January 10, 2025

CNN's summary

Last month as drones over NY/NJ made headlines, a radiation-monitoring site reported spikes in radiation in NY, seemingly supporting a theory that the drones were tracking a dirty bomb on the loose. Only the spikes were fake. I wrote about the scare https://t.co/w7whLQAsCj

— Kim Zetter (@KimZetter) January 8, 2025

Wow. Flock Safety (backed by @a16z) hired a sitting mayor of a California city with 200k residents.

That mayor is now suing Flock for wrongful termination, alleging Flock pressured him to use his position as mayor to benefit the startuphttps://t.co/aX9UykgmQg

via @TechCrunch

— Charles Rollet (@CharlesRollet1) January 8, 2025

Had to read it a couple times--he was the sitting mayor and simultaneously working as a community engagement manager for Flock.

Jerry Jones, being a decent actor, was not on my bingo card. #Landman pic.twitter.com/p2N5kYABan

— 🇨🇩 Zande✊🏾 (@KongoZande) January 5, 2025

& by popular request we made it into a lil website, so you can see what ships are passing by your window, wherever u are :)https://t.co/Rm6dOWTm2X

— Cat (@CatOrman1) January 8, 2025

LA Tech transfer DB Pig Cage has signed with Incarnate Word, @PeteNakos_ reports. https://t.co/bsioWyBjVV pic.twitter.com/JOEWzZ0ZTo

— On3 (@On3sports) January 8, 2025

https://t.co/Tqv2AHxZiK pic.twitter.com/N2JQEKSvtO

— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) January 9, 2025

Khris Middleton was informed he will be "coming off the bench moving forward," per @ChrisBHaynes

Taurean Prince will remain in the starting lineup pic.twitter.com/9fsD1LrKgK

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 8, 2025

We have completed an interview with head coach candidate Mike Vrabel. pic.twitter.com/gls8gRYssM

— Chicago Bears (@ChicagoBears) January 8, 2025

この並び、何かに似ている？ pic.twitter.com/t2AtFs3A7C

— マクドナルド (@McDonaldsJapan) January 9, 2025

My friends are mad at me for saying every situation feels like “Kafka’s Maze”, something they claim doesn’t exist. Feel like I’m in Kafka’s Maze right now

— Brooks Otterlake (@i_zzzzzz) December 5, 2024

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