Saturday, May 31, 2025

Today's news and jokes







The Manitoba wildfires have forced 17,000 people to flee the province. Plumes of heavy smoke are expected to drift into the United States over Friday and Saturday, affecting millions of Americans.

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— NPR (@npr.org) May 30, 2025 at 12:07 PM
("have forced 17,000 people to flee the province...The state of emergency will last 30 days")







the odds of being killed by a 0 day zipbomb exploit for toothbrushes is small but nonzero

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— 〽️ax krieger returns (1992) (@maxkriegervg.bsky.social) May 29, 2025 at 8:46 AM




it's not a stretch to imagine your drunk college photos will someday be used to train the targeting capabilities of a war drone www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ar...

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— Ryan Mac 🙃 (@rmac.bsky.social) May 30, 2025 at 9:59 AM
















(The bribe allegedly sought is so comparatively small you'd think it'd be enough for CBS/Paramount to be in the hands of Ellison)




A bid to put a casino on the site of Trump's old golf course in the Bronx may be running into some resistance. “They’re saying, ‘If Bally’s wins, Trump benefits.’ That’s crazy,” says Bally’s chairman. Is it? The Trump org gets $115 million if Bally's wins the bid. nypost.com/2025/05/28/u...

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— Noah Shachtman (@noahshachtman.bsky.social) May 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM













"They beep as they back out of charging spots, and beep as they reverse to navigate around each other. They beep in the morning as they head out to pick up early passengers, and beep late at night as they return to charge up." @salhernandez.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

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— Laura J. Nelson (@laurajnelson.bsky.social) May 29, 2025 at 10:54 AM
("In other instances, it will be a slow-walking resident who just happens to be in the way, triggering a backup of the cars in a strategy that locals have taken to calling “stacking the Waymos.” One resident was so effective at disrupting operations that parking lot workers called the police on him six times and the company unsuccessfully sought a temporary restraining order from a judge.")







A lot of people think the 1983 US console crash happened because the games were bad. That's not it though! It happened because management overprojected growth/sales and sent the industry into a tailspin. Maybe sounds familiar!

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— Phil Salvador (@philsalv.bsky.social) May 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM

One of my favorite items in our library is this issue of The Logical Gamer, a gaming newsletter from the early 1980s. Their review of ET basically says "Yeah it's not great, but WOW Atari has a lot riding on this game for some reason" archive.gamehistory.org/item/f2f37ee...

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— Phil Salvador (@philsalv.bsky.social) May 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM










This has got to stop. We have to reckon with the damage that online social media abuse is doing to us. I have been on the receiving end ot this shit and it’s absolutely devastating and terrifying. www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...

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— Molly Knight (@mollyknight.bsky.social) May 30, 2025 at 12:33 PM
(Maybe male athletes are important enough to lead to better detection and consequences for people making threats)









("the road where the truck overturned will be closed for 24 to 48 hours to allow the bees to re-hive and find their queen bee")





























(Part of a very long thread debating whether the Doom protagonist marine could defeat the Warhammer 40K demon lord Angron)









@jiipzz How long will it take us to get to the gate? 😭 #hongkong #hongkongairport #airport #gate ♬ original sound - จูจู้ติดแกรม








@kenyihug #cusco #peru🇵🇪 #badbunnypr #foryoupage ♬ Me Fui de Vacaciones - Bad Bunny








@therealwinstonschnauzer I wonder what Winston was dreaming about 💭 #dogsoftiktok #dogtok #minischnauzer #schnauzerlove ♬ original sound - Winston Schnauzer








@doristhegoldenlab Puts all her teddies in the bed and would rather let them lay in it than her… sweet soul 💛 #labradorsoftiktok #cutedogs #labradorlovers #furbaby #preciousdog ♬ original sound - Doris








@macytheteddy Looking at him without a thought in the world lmao #puppytiktok #petsoftiktok #funnydog #fyp ♬ original sound - MacyTheTeddy




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