Thursday, April 3, 2025

Today's news and jokes









Israel Craters Runway To Keep Turkey From Taking Over Syrian Airfield Tensions are mounting between Ankara and Jerusalem over Syria, with Israel being especially concerned about its ability to access the country's airspace at will. Story: www.twz.com/air/israel-c...

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— Tyler Rogoway (@aviationintel.bsky.social) April 2, 2025 at 5:23 PM
("Jerusalem and Ankara have been seeking to expand their spheres of influence there. For Israel, it’s more about being able to operate its combat aircraft freely over the country. If Turkey sets up advanced air defenses, ones that could act on behalf of the sitting government, it would greatly complicate Israel access to the airspace. It could also result in a sudden escalation between Turkey and Israel")







I think it's really emblematic of our decline post-GFC that even *Republicans* used to make names for themselves prosecuting white-collar crime (Rudy Giuliani, Chris Christie) and now nobody does.

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— local new jersey gremlin (@usspcrichardandson.bsky.social) April 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM








Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley on Crawford: "I think the way Judge Crawford ran her race was disgusting...I'm not looking forward to working with her. She's bought and paid for by the Democratic Party." Via Vanessa Kjeldsen

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— The Bulwark (@thebulwark.bsky.social) April 2, 2025 at 8:15 AM




theory continues to hold up

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— America's Lounge Singer (@krang.bsky.social) April 2, 2025 at 9:27 AM








NEW: GlobalX flight attendants were told they would fly rock bands, sports teams and sun-seekers. Then the company started expanding into deportation flights. “They didn’t tell us these people were going to be shackled, wrists to fucking ankles.”

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— ProPublica (@propublica.org) April 1, 2025 at 4:00 AM








You can totally see how this mf bankrupted a casino.

— Jason Coupet (@professajay.bsky.social) April 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM


People celebrating Trump listing Taiwan as a country on his Microsoft made poster like it’s some 4-D foreign policy chess move in support of Taiwan, while completely missing the massive tariffs he just placed against Taiwan 🙄

— Lev Nachman (@lnachman32.bsky.social) April 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM


This is true: The Trump administration said it has imposed a 10% tariff on the British Indian Ocean Territory, whose only inhabitants are the U.S. and U.K. service members at the military base on Diego Garcia.

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— Brad Heath (@bradheath.bsky.social) April 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM


What do these car tariffs mean for people like me who are planning for our midlife crisis

— Christina Holland (@mortalwombat.info) April 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM


(The suggestion I saw was that an LLM was used to calculate them)







It's genuinely hysterical how if you know the difference between incel, groyper, natcon, and postrat you have a better idea of the dynamics of the Republican Part than like, Larry Fink or Jamie Dimon

— Maia (@maiamindel.bsky.social) April 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM


i will no longer accept "this perspective is too online" from people who are also sitting and typing at their computer. you now have to find me and say it in real life for it to work

— lauren (@lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com) April 2, 2025 at 7:53 AM








SCOOP: Rep. Mikie Sherrill is introducing a bill that would require special government employees to undergo routine drug testing. That would apply to a fair number of DOGE staffers — and to Elon Musk. @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/04/01/e...

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— Andrew Solender (@andrewsolender.bsky.social) April 1, 2025 at 12:16 PM


Time for the annual Swapping of the Tech Bros.

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— Philip Bump (@pbump.com) April 2, 2025 at 9:07 AM










TWO HOURS OF BATTERY LIFE I'm calling it the Nintendo Game Gear www.nintendo.com/us/gaming-sy...

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— qntm (@qntm.org) April 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM




video games aren't political! *your switch 2 costs a suspicious amount of money due to recent bizarre developments in international politics*

— Dave Explosion Davern (@sasuraiger.bsky.social) April 2, 2025 at 7:28 AM


HITMAN World of Assassination - Signature Edition for Switch 2 includes Luigi/Mario color themed content for preorders (Signature/Quack Pack) buff.ly/JU1rv9g

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— Wario64 (@wario64.bsky.social) April 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM


the impossiblitiy of seeing Luigi on screen without turning into a meme in my head; and then they go and show him chasing a rich ghost???

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— Sam Barlow 🔥 (@mrsambarlow.bsky.social) April 2, 2025 at 10:37 AM








A guy with 300,000 miles on his Toyota truck is a very satisfying lottery winner: ktla.com/news/califor...

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— Laura J. Nelson (@laurajnelson.bsky.social) April 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM








once again thinking about Val Kilmer dunking on David Mamet on the commentary track for Spartan: "What I find amazing is his courage, though. I mean, to still wear a beret in 2004."

— priscilla page (@priscillapage.bsky.social) April 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
























@metrouk Now this is influencing. Footage shows just how many phones a Chinese streamer films on to post fashion videos across different platforms. China has a massive market for live-streaming and e-commerce, that's left Amazon and Google scrambling to compete with this kind of selling strategy. #fyp#chinatiktok#influencers#influencerinthewild#asia#viralvideos ♬ original sound - Metro








@totobychichi (sad meowing intensifies) 🫠 the last apron is cap - the boss #fyp #cambodia #cafehopping #totobychichi #vibes #foodies #aesthetics #phnompenhcity #matcha #date #cafeinphnompenh ♬ son original - Cat’slife - chubby_s_life








@shey5634 pov your pokemon obsessed bf takes you on a date and makes you walk for 8hours straight #pokemongo #unovatour #rosebowl #pokemon ♬ OH MA GAWD - 𝘮𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯🍸








@reyna_mccomish They were cracking up #matildas #uswnt #womenssoccer #shebelieves #womenssoccer #fypシ ♬ nhạc nền - Football 247








@emigazzkell #hallmark I love olives 🫒 as much as the next gal, but this is diabolical #hallmarkmovies #olives #olivesyou🥰 ♬ original sound - emiliagazzoni




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