Monday, January 20, 2025

Today's news and jokes





wait what if i go live on YouTube and scroll TikTok for youse

— chipzel (@chipzel.bsky.social) January 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM


(The ban was shorter than the long car ride I took yesterday)





Georgia has detected its first case of bird flu among commercial chickens (its fifth case overall) and suspends all poultry sales and activities. Wow. agr.georgia.gov/pr/highly-pa...

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— Melody Schreiber (@melodyschreiber.com) January 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
(“This is a serious threat to Georgia’s #1 industry and the livelihoods of thousands of Georgians who make their living in our state’s poultry industry,” Georgia Agriculture Commissioner ... said in a statement.)





("They shouted demands to see the judge who had issued the warrant, but she had already left")





(I didn't see the tea guy detail in the write-ups, but did see a report a third judge was also injured.)





















don’t worry guys executive orders aren’t REALLY legal. but DO worry guys because the law isn’t REALLY real in any real sense. but DONT worry because they’re kind of too incompetent if you remember but also DO worry because maybe this time it’s different. but DONT worry bec

— mattie lubchansky (@mattielubchansky.com) January 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM




("Personal information, including their physical locations, had been used as part of an attempt to find the writers’ sources")



Genshin Impact developer to pay $20M fine to US Federal Trade Commission over loot box violations

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— Polygon (@polygon.com) January 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
(“deciev[ing] children and other users about the real costs of in-game translations and odds of obtaining rare prizes.”













for a long time following Elon Musk felt like watching a unique kind of hellish unreality, but it increasingly just feels like a preview of coming attractions

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— e.w. niedermeyer (@handle.invalid) January 19, 2025 at 9:05 AM

there's a window between the creation of new technologies and society beginning to get its arms around its new possibilities and limits, where almost anything can be done by those who dare... selling a $10,000 "Full Self-Driving" system that is legally no different than driving yourself is exhibit A

— e.w. niedermeyer (@handle.invalid) January 19, 2025 at 9:08 AM

For Tesla the one weird trick of telling customers the car is self-driving but affirming that for legal purposes it isn't effectively broke the very foundation of our (paltry) regulatory system around this stuff. By launching a valueless meme coin, Trump has done the same with bribery/emoluments.

— e.w. niedermeyer (@handle.invalid) January 19, 2025 at 9:12 AM
























A recent Google result when I was searching around to see if LAX was affected by the fires.

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— Pablo Hidalgo (@infinata.bsky.social) January 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
















Still up when I checked



















funniest chyron of all time, easily

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— Lucas Kaplan (@lucaskaplan.bsky.social) January 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM


















@f1 sorry, only people without appendixes can live on this floor 💅 #f1 #formula1 #alexalbon #carlossainz #azerbaijangp #baku #williams @Alex Albon @carlossainz55 ♬ original sound - Formula 1






@zavie236 #fypシ #funnyvideo #teamwork ♬ original sound - zavie236






@kitty__._._ Honestly so valid #college #valid ♬ Nicki Motivational Speech - Female Rap






@bibingkaprecious Replying to @Ava Rand i hate my moms #chihuahua #petsoftiktok #dogsoftiktok #fyp #fyp #nyc ♬ its timeee - Mariah Carey 🦋






@max_and_sunny Replying to @its.getting.late #rescuecat #Maltese #bestfriends ♬ original sound - Max_and_Sunny




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