Friday, April 4, 2025

Today's news and jokes

























do think that violently relabeling every government-provided good is a huge deal. all shots and pills and beds should have a bigass ugly "MEDICAID" logo right on the fucking thing, preferably with a tiny blue "provided by the democratic party" right next to it

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— robert j bennett, smiling politely (@robertjbennett.bsky.social) April 2, 2025 at 11:52 AM








Breaking News: The Trump administration intends to block $510 million in federal contracts and grants for Brown University.

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— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) April 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM








lol the National Security Council got LOOMERED www.axios.com/2025/04/03/t...

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— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona.bsky.social) April 3, 2025 at 8:22 AM






















turns out, yes, AI will take people's jobs, but not by replacing them www.theverge.com/news/642620/...

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— sarah jeong (@sarahjeong.bsky.social) April 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM


Revealed preferences theory suggests that Wall Street executives value their ability to call their subordinates gay at approximately 8 trillion dollars

— Erik Baker (@erikmbaker.bsky.social) April 3, 2025 at 7:10 AM












(That's a Politico article)







NEW: Yesterday, a T-Mobile tracking app for children began showing parents the exact real-time locations and images of random kids, and showed the locations of their own kids to other random adults: www.404media.co/t-mobile-sho...

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— Jason Koebler (@jasonkoebler.bsky.social) April 2, 2025 at 9:58 AM
















(Santa Monica’s economic development manager, said the influx of schools “has been such a great way to reactivate some of our larger commercial districts and office campuses. It has created this whole new sense of vibrancy.”)







It is fucking unbelievable that they’re using AI to make content at The Verge now www.theverge.com/tech/641940/...

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— nilay patel (@reckless.bsky.social) April 2, 2025 at 10:14 AM
(Couldn't confirm bc the article at the link requires a subscription to read)







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(Did it right at the start of the game, I thought I must have imagined it)







("University police responded Wednesday to an address where a truck was blocking a driveway...transferred to Tulane in December")

















































@chardewvalley

Cleaniness > comfort

♬ sonido original - Carly Mata








@feisty_uma

10h nap incoming

♬ original sound - Hatsune Miku








@thegoldenbreakfastclub It was slow going in the beginning! Maple was 6 months old when we adopted her in 2021 and Waffles was 4 years old at that time. For those introducing any new animals to a cat, we recommend Jackson Galaxy’s guides! #fyp #foryou #cats #dogs #catsoftiktok #dogsoftiktok #catsanddogs #pets #PetsOfTikTok #maple #waffles #grumpycat #annoyedcat #puppy #animals #bff ♬ original sound - Waffles and Maple




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