Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Today's news and jokes







(The opening anecdote is a little misleading--as described later in the article, the app in question tricked underpaid soldiers into providing actionable details about movmenets.)







NYT: Trump whacked Apple with new tariffs - surprising even his own aides - because he was pissy that CEO Tim Cook skipped his Middle East griftathon. (For some reason, this is portrayed as Cook's fault.) www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/t...

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— Helen Kennedy (@helenkennedy.bsky.social) May 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
(FWIW, it's by the same guy who wrote about Apple being in China because of small Chinese fingers)















How I shorted $TRUMP coin (and got to have dinner with the President)

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— The Verge (@theverge.com) May 26, 2025 at 7:10 AM
(Presumably why he reportedly barely spoke to the winners despite the supposed massive amounts spent)







"It has been determined that Hardin was wearing a makeshift outfit designed to mimic law enforcement when he escaped the North Central Unit. He was not wearing a Department of Corrections uniform, and all DOC-issued equipment has been accounted for." Oh. Okay.

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— Erin Fogg (@criminalerin.bsky.social) May 26, 2025 at 6:04 AM
(Was in custody for a 2017 murder, and only then did they get a DNA match for a 1997 rape) ("officials are still looking into how [he] was able to get materials to make the phony uniform")







Got another one. And because words apparently mean nothing and everything, they're calling it "demand erosion"

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— Chappell Ellison (@chappelltracker.bsky.social) May 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM








(Happened in Los Angeles last month)







(I thought the cost of GW figures was ludicrous years ago...)







Hi new followers! If you stick around, you'll hear about how much I love the Mesh passing concept (two crossers, an over route above them, usually a wheel or rail route from a running back). It's the best play in football. Here are the three worst reps I saw of it from NFL teams in 2024.

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— Bill Barnwell (@billbarnwell.com) May 24, 2025 at 9:28 AM










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— Alden Diaz (@thataldendiaz.bsky.social) May 22, 2025 at 2:14 AM
















































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