Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Today's news and jokes



(We'll still have to hear about Heat culture all summer)













Trump's trade war has already hit farmers very hard www.cnbc.com/2025/04/28/t...

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— ryan cooper (@ryanlcooper.com) April 28, 2025 at 8:31 AM




TRANSLATION: Truckers are going to lose their jobs en masse when the Trump tariffs tank imports, so it's important to pre-distract them with racism.

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— Andy Diggle (@andydiggle.bsky.social) April 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
("In 2024, 16.2 million persons (10.3% of the U.S. labor force) worked in the transportation and warehousing sector and related industries")



Among the other awful ideas I. Today’s EO, Trump’s going to use part of the $1 billion he has extracted from Big Law to defend cops who beat and kill people. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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— Radley Balko (@radleybalko.bsky.social) April 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM














The Army almost banned games such Jenga, board games, karaoke, Ping-pong, and video game tournaments, according to an unsigned memo, before making an about face. New @taskandpurpose.com by Jeff Schogol. taskandpurpose.com/news/army-ku...

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— Nicholas Slayton (@nslayton.bsky.social) April 28, 2025 at 9:08 AM
("When asked if Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had directed that all recreational activities for troops be directly related to sports and fitness, a Defense Department spokesperson referred questions to the Army")



UPDATE: A US official said that initial reports from the scene indicated that the Truman made a hard turn to evade Houthi fire, which contributed to the fighter jet falling overboard. www.cnn.com/2025/04/28/p...

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— Natasha Bertrand (@natashabertrand.bsky.social) April 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
("The exact details of the turn the Truman made to avoid the Houthi fire have not been released, but photos and videos of the ship and other Nimitz-class carriers on the Defense Department’s website show the massive vessels can take on a substantial list in a high-speed turn")







SCOOP: Trump administration officials late last night began placing dozens of posters of arrested unauthorized immigrants along the White House driveway. The intent is for the posters to be visible behind TV journalists reporting from those positions.

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— Axios (@axios.com) April 28, 2025 at 3:24 AM


Someone should sneak in the Trump mugshoot photo.

— katofthefae.bsky.social (@katofthefae.bsky.social) April 28, 2025 at 3:36 AM








Batshit insane framing here by Politico in attempt to make Hochul(why are you making me defend her) as somehow responsible for Medicaid Cuts Republicans want to do

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— Ben McAdams Memorial Act. but on BlueSky (@purrtah.bsky.social) April 28, 2025 at 10:15 AM
("Hochul is aiming her frustrations at the state’s seven House Republicans. 'They’re in the majority, they have the power,' Hochul said of Republicans recently. 'You have the power, and if you don’t use that power, then you are complicit in this attack on the American people.'")







(There's nothing to see in the video--the sound just cuts out) (When I check last night they still didn't know the cause)







("About 30,000 people each year visit anyway, according to a city study, most of them trespassing for more than a mile along oily train tracks that wend along the Sacramento River. At least two people have been struck by trains near the falls since 2012. Others have reported terrifying near misses.")







(A discussion and write-up I saw)







My version of Blade Runner is that I use lots of em-dashes in my writing and this could mean that I am an AI

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— Sam Barlow 🔥 (@mrsambarlow.bsky.social) April 27, 2025 at 11:39 AM
















Doing the interview while wearing a torn t-shirt is starting to look a lot more like a cry for help







































this was on at a restaurant I was at last night

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— Jason Koebler (@jasonkoebler.bsky.social) April 25, 2025 at 8:08 AM








holy shit, what’s been happening at walgreens

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— robert j bennett, smiling politely (@robertjbennett.bsky.social) April 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM








I once changed the names of the players on a NFL2K team to terms I needed to memorize















My 6th tattoo. I thought about it long and hard what facet of Star Trek do I feel a connection with. I decided on this Starship. I loved every episode. I miss this show so much. #lowerdecks #startreklowerdecks #startrek #ink #tattoo

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— Jonathan 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🖖🏼 (@genuinelyjonathan.bsky.social) March 26, 2025 at 10:45 AM
















@moxiemcsassypants #targetboycott #fafo #targetdei #target #fyp ♬ Consequences - 💜








@theshaemlessme #anxietyrelief ♬ Funny - Gold-Tiger




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