Today's news and jokes

A river ‘died' overnight in Zambia after an acidic waste spill at a Chinese-owned mine https://t.co/mjJZjmal9s

— The Associated Press (@AP) March 15, 2025

("The acid leak at the mine caused a complete shutdown of the water supply to the nearby city of Kitwe, home to an estimated 700,000 people")

(Reuters) - Russia's military intelligence was behind an arson attack on an Ikea store in Vilnius in May last year, and a suspect in the case is in custody in Poland along with others linked to similar crimes, a Lithuanian prosecutor said on Monday.

— Phil Stewart (@phildstewart) March 17, 2025

("The arson attack in Vilnius last May did not cause casualties, but that month a similar attack destroyed a huge shopping mall in the Polish capital Warsaw")

Is the camo choice some sort of dogwhistle?

Rippling sued @Deel today. Our lawsuit alleges Deel cultivated a spy at Rippling & orchestrated a long-running trade-secret theft. The spy searched “deel” in our systems 23 times per day on avg, letting him spy on Deel’s own customers who were considering a switch to Rippling. pic.twitter.com/94Lga5vXc1

— Parker Conrad (@parkerconrad) March 17, 2025

("The two have clashed repeatedly in recent years... A Rippling investor is also tied to a lawsuit in Florida accusing Deel of violating Russia sanctions.")

LSU’s Flau’jae Johnson is helping erase $5 million in debt for Louisiana families.

As part of her partnership with Experian, an extra $100K will be forgiven for every LSU women’s basketball win in the tournament.

(via @NOLAnews) pic.twitter.com/E00lCkqUOP

— Front Office Sports (@FOS) March 16, 2025

The Dragons have sold out all 1,573 games in Dayton since arriving in 2000, a still-active streak that is by far the longest in U.S. pro sports history.

This season, they’ll be under new ownership as Diamond Baseball Holdings, which now owns 42 minor league clubs, takes over.

— Front Office Sports (@FOS) March 15, 2025

("As of March 2024, DBH has received more than $275 million in tax preferences for MiLB teams that they own")

Grimes scores on two Mavs, stares at the Mavs coaching staff, steals the ball away from Christie, & stares at them again. pic.twitter.com/0IpuZGZww9

— Panda Hank (a broken fan) (@pandahank41) March 16, 2025

Lathaniel

*More funny posts.