Sunday, May 25, 2025

Today's news and jokes







In the year of our lord two thousand twenty-five, guys named Tripp Mickle still write racialized nimble finger stereotypes into the pages of the New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/t...

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— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social) May 24, 2025 at 4:49 AM


“Chinese women have tiny little fingers” is obviously the headliner here, but “Apple doesn’t want to move iPhone production to the US because soon we will have AI devices that replace phones” is just as insane but not racist

— Jason Koebler (@jasonkoebler.bsky.social) May 24, 2025 at 7:48 AM


The funny thing is NYT already did a definitive piece on why Chinese workers are so much better at managing tiny screws in iPhones back in 2019 and (fun fact) turns out it's not because they have small hands, it's because they have a big tooling industry www.nytimes.com/2019/01/28/t...

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— Pwnallthethings (@pwnallthethings.bsky.social) May 24, 2025 at 6:24 AM


I wonder if people are mixing up things they heard because my dad worked at a company that handmade prototype circuit boards for Nvidia and the shop floor was all Vietnamese women but not because of genetics but because they had work experience in sewing which itself has global economic reasons

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— Christina Holland (@mortalwombat.info) May 24, 2025 at 10:16 AM


Trying to think up ethnic stereotypes about the crafty Swissman and his innate love for making precision wristwatches.

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— Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce.com) May 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM


yeah grown ass men with sausage fingers are also out there painting tiny dolls using nail art brushes so they can play house* with their friends. american men have plenty of manual dexterity *warhammer 40k

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— sarah jeong (@sarahjeong.bsky.social) May 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
(Also this)



welp I sent an email

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— Julia Carrie Wong (@joolia.bsky.social) May 24, 2025 at 8:35 AM


honestly speechless “Our reporting does not make racial or genetic generalizations, but simply cites experts who have experience with the industrial process in U.S. and Chinese factories.” like ok but you said “young Chinese women have small fingers” … ?? ?

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— Julia Carrie Wong (@joolia.bsky.social) May 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM


for what it's worth here's the link to the podcast episode the comms guy said. i kid you not it is an interview with bari weiss asking about "the great white hope" for apple manufacturing outside of china youtube.com/clip/UgkxWWp...

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— Julia Carrie Wong (@joolia.bsky.social) May 24, 2025 at 10:57 AM
(It's a short clip and he wiggles his fingers to emphasize the point) (Looking forward to people coming forward with evidence about the rate and significance of the little fingers)







Trump's West Point commencement audience is totally silent as he rants about trophy wives and yachts

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) May 24, 2025 at 8:06 AM












("Shadow home secretary ... said they had failed to stop thousands of migrants crossing the Channel in small boats, accusing France of 'taking no action whatsoever at sea and often ushering the illegal immigrants into UK waters'. 'Yet when a UK fishing vessel is in French waters all of a sudden they are magically able to act.'")







The Chinese navy, currently the largest in the world by hull count, has recently reached a major milestone by equipping each of three fleets with an oceangoing hospital ship, which experts claim can be deployed simultaneously to support different combat fronts. www.newsweek.com/china-navy-a...

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— Ryan Chan 陳家翹 (@kakiuchan.bsky.social) May 23, 2025 at 8:17 AM








Trump pardon attorney taking “hard look” at defendants convicted of plotting to kidnap Gov. Whitmer. The effort to rewrite history and normalize political violence continues. www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...

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— Barb McQuade (@barbmcquade.bsky.social) May 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM








The 1930s truly was the golden age of sportswriting

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— Dan Hopper (@danhopp.bsky.social) May 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
(May 1939 Life Magazine, I believe)







("The man set the cases on the ground outside the doors to the Apple Store and when he opened them, the KTLA employees spotted several long guns")















From yesterday’s SportsBusiness Daily

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— Nick Waters (@nick-waters.bsky.social) May 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
(The article)







I can finally talk about RoadCraft, the follow-up to my beloved SnowRunner. Do not sleep on the offroad driving sim/road building/co-op shenanigans game of the summer.

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— Morgan Park (@morganpark.bsky.social) May 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM

Here is me truck-napping @chrislivingston.bsky.social and driving away with him. Chris also wrote up some deeper impressions: www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/th...

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— Morgan Park (@morganpark.bsky.social) May 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM








They really had Kermit the Frog do a commencement speech...

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— CJ Fogler (@cjzero.bsky.social) May 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
(Video isn't funny)







(A little troubling)







@tharealdonaldson Rudy Gobert showcasing Kyrie Level handles before the Western Conferencd Finals #nba #nbaplayoffs #rudygobert ♬ Outstanding - The Gap Band








@the_midwestmom I mean, what’s next? The technology is 🔥 #n#newcarl#luxef#fypD@Dunkin'b@bmwc#coffee ♬ original sound - MrkeepFit








@_baileythegolden Bailey forgives but doesn’t forget #goldenretriever #goldenretrieverlife #goldenretrieverpuppy #goldenretrieversoftiktok #fyp ♬ Apologize - Timbaland








@loneaseitllari Frankie Mondays #fyp #fy #frankie #frenchie #toys #dog #funny #dogtricks ♬ original sound - Lonea Seitllari








@maggiepotamus_

This is why we can’t have nice things

♬ original sound - Jen and Maggiepotamus 🦛








@buddy_n_bear This moment was so special. He was so scared to jump in but he did it 🥹🥹 #pugsoftiktok #pug #puglife #pugs #pugpuppy #dogsoftiktok #dog #dogs ♬ Take My Hand - Matt Berry




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