Thursday, May 22, 2025

Today's news and jokes

This photo I took of a McDonald's under construction has the aesthetic they should always have.

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— Darren M. A. Calvert (@dmacalvert.bsky.social) May 21, 2025 at 11:39 AM






Wtf www.cbsnews.com/news/mexico-...

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— Max Daly (@maxdaly.bsky.social) May 21, 2025 at 8:25 AM
("He questioned why someone as important as [her] did not have a security detail")







("In a report issued last week on preparations for the launch, US-based 38 North said it appeared the ship would be side-launched from the quay, a method not previously observed in North Korea. 'The use of this launch method could be one of necessity, as the quay where the ship is being built does not have an incline'")







i think it should be a bigger story that the president held a meeting with a foreign head of state where he ranted about the most gutter white supremacist propaganda you can find on the internet

— jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) May 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM


This gives off vibes of a rambling elderly relative that keeps trying to force you to look at articles they saw on facebook, which to me is cringe and repulsive but to a lot of the electorate is relatable. It's a vicarious triumph to them that he was able to make someone sit and look at the articles

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— Christina Holland (@mortalwombat.info) May 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM


“Look, here's burial sites all over the place. These are all white farmers that are being buried,” Donald Trump said during today’s White House meeting with South Africa’s president. The image he was holding up, however, is of the Democratic Republic of Congo. www.barrons.com/news/trump-d...

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— Bill McCarthy (@billmccarthy.bsky.social) May 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM




RAMAPHOSA: I am sorry I don't have a plane to give you TRUMP: I wish you did. I'd take it. If your country offered the US Air Force a plane, I would take it RAMAPHOSA: Okay

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) May 21, 2025 at 10:01 AM


Update: Despite widespread reports of Musk “stepping back” from politics, he is still standing near enough by that the President runs US foreign policy in the insane way Musk wants it run and waves at him while doing so.

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— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social) May 21, 2025 at 11:23 AM
(Also this)







I just watched this press conference and the DHS spokesperson repeatedly refused to say which country these people are being deported to for "operational security" reasons. The title of the YouTube livestream (created by DHS) includes the words "flight to South Sudan."

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— Matt Novak (@paleofuture.bsky.social) May 21, 2025 at 7:32 AM








($5-$10 a pair)







A story about why Democrats are losers, in four parts.

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— Max Berger (@maxberger.bsky.social) May 21, 2025 at 5:47 AM










(Can you find a place in a 1 percenter's salon? Maybe claim all your earnings as tips?)















My suggestion for the headline of this story was "Why Won’t Eric Adams Tell Us Who Picked Up the Tab at the Open Bar for Crypto Ghouls He Held at Gracie Mansion," but this is good too. hellgatenyc.com/eric-adams-c...

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— Nick Pinto (@nickpinto.bsky.social) May 21, 2025 at 12:25 PM








Ready to be underwhelmed?







No one has ever LinkedIn this hard. I am CRINE.

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— Sharon O’Dea (@sharonodea.com) May 21, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Not fact-checking this















Would a fallen nation exclusively advertise gambling, weight loss drugs and various apps where you can pay a guy living in his car someone to be your little delivery servant for an hour?

— Brad (@ohmyitsbrad.bsky.social) May 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM








(That month, [they] have said, they met on a JetBlue flight to West Palm Beach, Fla. — she calls Feb. 11 their “meetiversary” — and he signed one of her college philosophy books, “Deductive Logic.” Mr. Belichick wrote an inscription: “Jordon, Thanks for giving me a course on logic! Safe travels!” His signature included an accounting of his Super Bowl victories with the Patriots: “Bill Belichick SB 36, 38, 39, 49, 51, 53.”)







Quick PSA: Multiversus is getting delisted on the 30th, but if you download and log in before then, it will remain available as an offline/local multiplayer game.

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— Dominic Tarason (@dominictarason.com) May 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM
















@niamhadkins a calamitous ORTBO indeed #severance ♬ Main Titles - Theodore Shapiro








@derekmio5 The Doyers have transitioned #dodgers #doyers #dojāsu #losangeles #baseball #mlb #shohei #ohtani #shoheiohtani #funnykids #japanese #spanish ♬ original sound - derekmio








@music.romy What should I call him? <3 #fyp #foryoupage #birdlover #birds #nature #animallover #animals #painting #wa #australia ♬ original sound - Romy B








@lizzieraea His little stance at the end 😂😂🥹🥹 so wholesome #dogsoftiktok #fyp #fypシ #golf #golftiktok @bobdoessportspod @Good good ♬ som original - 𝑷𝒆𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒂𝒔🎵








@matthewcpittman #college #finalgrades #gandalf #fail #minesofmoria #balrog #balrogvsgandalf #youshallnotpass ♬ Lord of the Rings - The Grand Cinematic Orchestra




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