Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Today's news and jokes

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“As long as the stasi can get you across the border before you can wrangle a lawyer you’re fucked” is a hell of an argument

— Dave Levitan (@davelevitan.bsky.social) April 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM


A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.

— George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) April 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM








"Russian complaining that Ukrainian FPV combat drones are often infected with computer viruses. Variants include burning out the USB port, preventing reflashing, or hijacking the repurposed FPV and revealing the operator location." www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/co...

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— John Wiseman (@lemonodor.bsky.social) April 6, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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The WSJ’s reconstruction of this morning’s multi-trillion dollar drama gets it about right, I think. www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...

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— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social) April 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM








(All the stories about Luthor or Kingpin becoming president were educational, yes. But I remember being viscerally angry at the ending in this one when I read it as a kid.)



calling trump “orange”? kinda cringe but whatever calling it “orange monday” thereby forcing future generations of economists to explain why its called that? absolutely hilarious

— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew.bsky.social) April 7, 2025 at 7:03 AM


At this rate MAGA will only be able to afford to rent the libs.

— Dare Obasanjo (@carnage4life.bsky.social) April 7, 2025 at 7:29 AM


LOL.

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— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec.bsky.social) April 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM


ROTFL.

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— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec.bsky.social) April 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM


UAW chief Shawn Fain, on market turmoil: “.. You know, half of Americans don't even have stock .. So when I hear all the crying about the stock market, this is just Wall Street. They're people that are already rich .. working class people are trying to survive ..” www.npr.org/2025/04/07/n...

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— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) April 7, 2025 at 11:34 AM






"I bought the bulletproof, post-apocalyptic warlord fantasy truck, but I've had to stop driving it because I can't take the bullying from Subaru drivers anymore" is the kind of poetry that might just save our society

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— Everything's Computermeyer (@niedermeyer.online) April 7, 2025 at 7:12 AM


Elon Musk tried to play Path of Exile 2 over Starlink from his jet and just got mercilessly hounded by in game chat “YOU HAVE NO REAL FRIENDS AND WILL DIE ALONE.” “YOU WILL ALWAYS FEEL INSECURE IT WILL NEVER GO AWAY.” www.404media.co/elon-musk-is...

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— Joseph Cox (@josephcox.bsky.social) April 7, 2025 at 8:34 AM




(Before the tariffs...)







this is so funny. Sam Altman has discussed buying Sam Altman's startup www.theinformation.com/articles/ope...

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— Jason Koebler (@jasonkoebler.bsky.social) April 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM






my hope is that AI can empower the Dumbest, Least talented slobs i know to replace everything i ever loved with One Million Years of Content

— wint (@dril.bsky.social) April 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
























U.S. Senator Ted Cruz has made an appearance at the Final Four championship game, despite fans claiming that when the Texas senator attends the game for the team he is rooting for, they are "cursed" and lose the game. trib.al/shyAwHJ

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— Houston Chronicle (@houstonchronicle.com) April 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
























@malikaandrews

✨ Please be seeded ✨ It’s March Madness, and I haven’t shared a ton from our wedding but in the spirit of the tournament, I thought this would be fun for y’all to see: our seating chart… Or bracket.

♬ clouds - JVKE








@brookecaragata

If anybody is hiring pediatric physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech, or behavioral therapists in San Diego plz save us. OR if anybody wants to buy this clinic so that we can keep our jobs lmk!! This is so sad for us and our patients who aren't going to be able to receive their necessary therapies anymore 😒

♬ sad SpongeBob music - michael








@alyssalauren ok shark tank 😭 @TheNextFunThing @AndrΓ©s @alanpalmtree @kaekabob ♬ original sound - Alyssa Lauren








@blondie.in.the.troopy i’m actually loosing it this has no right being so funny 😭 #troopy #landcruiser #suzuki #sandytaupe ♬ original sound - lalu offgrid








@madebyshaypie my husband always said before we got cats that he "wasn't a cat person" 🀣🀦‍♀️ #catdad #catsoftiktok #funnycat #fyp #trending #toiletbrush #cattoy ♬ The Funny Bassoon - Eitan Epstein Music








@vdiazz88 But mother nature had other plans #wind #cemetery #inlovingmemory #run #paperlantern EVERYTHING WAS OK!!! It flew away #cemeterythings #cutesy #POV #inlovingmemory #grievingsibling ♬ original sound - Our Awesome World 🌎




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