Sunday, April 27, 2025

Today's news and jokes

This is NOT what I was expecting

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— CJ Fogler (@cjzero.bsky.social) April 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM




















At his invitation, a group of transgender women formed an honor guard and greeted the coffin of Pope Francis when it arrived for internment at Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica today uk.news.yahoo.com/transgender-...

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— Larry Tenney (@larrytenney.bsky.social) April 26, 2025 at 9:06 AM
(That link is to the Telegraph if you're interested in how they wrote it up)







Trump's nominee for NASA administrator, Jared Isaacman, was arrested on fraud charges in 2010 & faced lawsuits in 2 states for writing $2 million in bad checks to casinos, according to government records and court filings. www.casino.org/news/trumps-...

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— justdeirdre.bsky.social (@justdeirdre.bsky.social) April 26, 2025 at 6:42 AM
(In a February 22, 2010 press release titled, Nevada Fugitive Captured at Canadian Border, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said it arrested [him] on a warrant for alleged fraud at the Washington state line) ("two of the properties who sued him were owned by Trump")



Should set a timer and see how quickly an interaction devolves into self-dealing



🚨NEW: Wisconsin judge threatens to go on strike in support of Judge Hannah Dugan, arrested by the FBI. Monica Isham: “I have no intention of allowing anyone to be taken out of my courtroom by ICE & sent to a concentration camp without the due process the constitutions we swore to support require.”πŸ‘

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— News Eye (@newseye.bsky.social) April 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM




1. Rather than waiting for a funding threat, the state of Minnesota under AG Keith Ellison is going on offense, suing the Department of Justice for attempts to force states to discriminate against trans kids. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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— Erin Reed (@erininthemorning.com) April 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM




“No matter what you have done before,” Professor William McBride wrote to Annapolis’s Superintendent Adm. Yvette Davids, “your legacy will be that of a careerist who banned Maya Angelou but retained Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf.’” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...

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— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social) April 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM




(Axios reporter. I assume they have a new article today quoting anonymous Democrats for rage clicks) (Meanwhile: "Justice Department says it will resume practice of obtaining reporters’ records in leak inquiries")







Because it was a fake job πŸ‘ hope that helps www.wsj.com/articles/the...

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— Ed Zitron (@edzitron.com) April 25, 2025 at 10:12 AM


Unfortunately the phrase “never throw a poodle at a pig” is now permanently part of my lexicon. @brbarrett.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/google...

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— ZoΓ« Schiffer (@zoeschiffer.bsky.social) April 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
("Here’s a nice little distraction from your workday: Head to Google, type in any made-up phrase, add the word 'meaning,' and search. Behold! Google’s AI Overviews will not only confirm that your gibberish is a real saying, it will also tell you what it means and how it was derived.")



Delighted to hear some NFTs are lost media

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— Vixi and Friends [πŸ’œ] (@vixichrome.bsky.social) April 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM


(He "believes that Perplexity’s browser users will be fine with such tracking because the ads should be more relevant to them.") (Do people really feel anything other than revulsion and horror when they see an ad that reveals itself to obviously be the product of tracking?)















Masquerade (immersive Phantom of the Opera) has been leaving props in public in NYC and posting the locations on Instagram. Over the weekend, they were leaving masks and mirrors, with a tag containing a phone number to call. Today, it's copies of the in-world newspaper at newsstands.

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— Kathryn Yu (@kathrynyu.com) April 23, 2025 at 8:33 AM












@thisisntpablo

Windchella is in full effect🫨🫨

♬ original sound - Pablo Tamayo


@edmoasis Hell yeah give the people cheap food! Via djloversclub on IG. #coachella #festival #edm ♬ original sound - EDM Oasis


@ftz.julie The struggle is real at camp #coachella #carcamping #overheating #ankermaggo #poweredbyanker ♬ Telephone - Lady Gaga








@stoopandthecity They stop by and all pint out the flowers and decor and now have a class project to make a basket together. All inspired by their walks to the stoop. It’s just too cute #uppereastside #nyckids #springdecor ♬ Flowers - SoundAudio








@espnw She launched that πŸ”₯ (via thebestpaddle, iamjamiefoxx, zoeealmanza, taylorchien/IG) #throw #celebrity #football ♬ original sound - espnW








@heatherdefrancesc This past week, this little dog has been in my dining room at my dogs supper time. I couldn't figure out how he was getting in. Solved! We have no idea where he came from... but must have followed my dogs home & decided to live here. #straydog#dog#funny#dogsfindmeeverywhere ♬ Pink Panther Intro - Henry Mancini








@barstoolsports All the ducks πŸ˜‚ @Barstool Outdoors (via:@dez ♬ Flock of ducks(52700) - Killy








@big_sis_27 We’re this unbothered 2025 #fyp #dog ♬ original sound - Big Sis πŸ–€




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