Thursday, March 6, 2025

Today's news and jokes











































Following the deportation of 40+ Uyghur men to China, Thailand receives enormous investment.

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— David Tobin (@drdavidtobin.bsky.social) February 28, 2025 at 2:17 AM








Not an exaggeration to say this was pound-for-pound the most effective piece of US public diplomacy in China. Twitter was blocked, but U.S. embassy pollution tweets forced Beijing to start publishing its own pollution data, which fed public outrage. Result: millions breathing vastly less toxic air

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— Josh Chin (@joshchin.bsky.social) March 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM








I remember gritting my teeth through hours of interviews about the 2017 “free speech week” at Berkeley, raw uncut disingenuousness from almost everyone involved, a real sense that they’d found a game they couldn’t lose

— John Herrman (@jwherrman.bsky.social) March 4, 2025 at 5:55 AM








("The 2023 incident initially sparked alarm as officials believed he had collapsed after being 'exposed' to fentanyl...[He] was discovered unresponsive on the floor of a sheriff’s station bathroom. Drug paraphernalia was in the pocket of his uniform.")























I'm spending a lot of time thinking about how organised sports represent something really rotten when it comes to game design and play. Right now there's a crisis in refereeing. Everyone's unhappy with refs. The stakes are so high, emotions so hot, that refs must be more than perfect.

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— Adrian Hon (@adrianhon.bsky.social) March 4, 2025 at 2:03 AM
("In late 2023, Uefa announced that across Europe there was a shortfall of about 40,000 referees")









































@kelliannemendez I got laid out by that mf🥲 @monniikkaa_ ♬ Funny - Gold-Tiger
















@jasnhill Disneyland Half Marathon Expectations: 13 miles of pure magic ✨ Reality: 3 miles of pixie dust, 10 miles of ‘why did I sign up for this?’ #rundisney #disneyland ♬ original sound - william springfield








@jessklockman

i promsie we’re gonna have a fun weekend girly pop 😭😭

♬ my sheila - Wondrlust








@joey.stan.norris sorry joey🫣😅🤣 #dogsoftiktok #spaniel #staffy #tiktokdogs #foryou #dogtok #fyp #doglife ♬ In the Mood - Glenn Miller




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