Saturday, March 29, 2025

Today's news and jokes



("Fact Check: Has Trump declared bankruptcy four or six times?")





As I think about Skadden Arps upping the kickback to Trump, I keep thinking about how Skadden repped Alfa Bank in their effort to dismantle US DNS research.

— emptywheel (@emptywheel.bsky.social) March 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
(From 2018, "Former Skadden Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Lying in Russia Investigation")



BREAKING NEWS: Attorney General Josh Kaul said he plans to take legal action against Elon Musk in response to a cash prize related to Wisconsin's Supreme Court election.

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— wkow27news.bsky.social (@wkow27news.bsky.social) March 28, 2025 at 12:06 PM












("Beijing has been pushing Pakistan to allow its own security staff to provide protection to thousands of Chinese citizens working there, frustrated by the string of attacks on its citizens")



Is an organised crime gang carrying out an intimidation campaign with red paint across suburban London? London Centric has the first video of the mysterious gang targeting properties across the capital with "brothel" graffiti. Click through for🧵.

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— London Centric (@londoncentric.media) March 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM
("The incidents – which date back to at least 2023 – bear similar hallmarks to the intimidation tactics of criminal gangs operating in China and cities abroad where there are Chinese diasporas. A number of people with Chinese heritage are said to be among those living in properties that have been targeted in England.") (Was this a Sherlock episode?)



A pig’s head and decapitated rats: a new era of intimidation dawns for journalists in Indonesia

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— Guardian Australia (@australia.theguardian.com) March 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
("Inaugurated in October, [Indonesia's president] – a former special forces commander dismissed from the military amid allegations of rights abuses for which he has always denied wrongdoing – is wary of the press")



("On March 14, firefighters and police found piles of burnt currency notes when responding to a blaze in an outhouse on the periphery of [a justice's]s residence"--he's alleging it was planted) (You can subscribe to many Bloomberg newsletters without a paid subscription, btw)







“[Cuomo] was irate over the site, which happened to be championed by his political nemesis” Mayor de Blasio “Cuomo made his displeasure clear in a phone call to the Mets owner [Steve Cohen]. The governor later withheld vaccines from the facility for several weeks.” www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

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— City Nolan (@ndhapple.bsky.social) March 28, 2025 at 11:21 AM


















(A former Baltimore Ravens coach...) (The allegations include keeping a demented journal)







Disrespectful to Greenlanders not to wear a suit.

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— Patrik Oksanen (@patrikoksanen.bsky.social) March 28, 2025 at 11:32 AM








("It’s the structural version of the uncanny valley effect. The men’s bathroom is clean, but missing soap and paper towels. A phone rings at a restaurant counter, but no one is there to answer it.")







this book could just be writing down what mr. beast does for a week, and then having some random detective stop him from doing any of it

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— top christ-following poster of the year (@jesseltaylor.bsky.social) March 28, 2025 at 10:32 AM
























@mymyshelly She said those men are always doing the same thing and never respond 🤭 #fyp #funnymoments ♬ Funny - Gold-Tiger
(This statue is on an extremely busy street in Los Angeles)















@em.leigh #1 ♬ original sound - Liam Conner








@wowaquariumsgf Celebrated the snowfall the only way we know how: a penguin snow day! All 18 of our gentoo penguins got to go outside and spend a day waddling, playing, and laying in the snow. #penguin #aquarium #snowday #wondersofwildlife ♬ Evergreen - Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners








@bluejello22

Best coworker ever! ❤️🐾

♬ Little Things - Adrián Berenguer




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