Monday, May 26, 2025

Today's news and jokes

Dallis Goodnight is the most Bond girl named player I've seen so far

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— CJ Fogler (@cjzero.bsky.social) May 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM






NEW: Amid rising tensions between the Trump administration and the judiciary, some federal judges are beginning to discuss the idea of managing their own armed security force. w/ James Fanelli and C. Ryan Barber. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

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— Katherine Long (@klong.bsky.social) May 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The Guardian







The Curious Case of Mrs. Joan Williams: In 1958, Pasadena awarded her beauty queen. But they hadn't realized Williams was Black -- first ever for Pasadena. Officials canceled her float in the Rose Parade & unbooked her from events. "I should've refused the crown," she told "Jet."

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— LA Dork (@ladork.bsky.social) May 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
(Her obituary in the Pasadena Weekly)







North Korea appears to be attempting to lift up their destroyer with methods inspired by Pixar's hit 2009 film Up. Note the numerous balloons in the air above the destroyer.

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— Decker Eveleth (@dexeve.bsky.social) May 25, 2025 at 11:45 AM
(It worked for Dirk Pitt.) (Kind of surprised Amazon didn't try a NUMA movie)







i’m not above admitting i would read 10,000 words on this www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/n...

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— paris martineau (@paris.nyc) May 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
("Inside the home, the police found Polaroid pictures showing the man bound and being assaulted, the law enforcement official said. They also found a gun and several other items used for torture inside the house. Two butlers who worked at the home were also present and agreed on Friday to be interviewed by the police")







Hail, Dorian.

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— PseudoPod (@pseudopod.org) May 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM








"why doesn't Bluesky have its own Grok" well because the human users already bring up completely unrelated human rights atrocities in your mentions for no reason

— Maia (@maiamindel.bsky.social) May 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM








the number of people who have seized the opportunity to inform me of the relative finger size of a significant Chinese person in their life is too many people

— Julia Carrie Wong (@joolia.bsky.social) May 25, 2025 at 9:33 AM
















("They were given an all expenses paid trip to the country and promised a payment of £2,500")















(Does every nice Tom Cruise anecdote get a dash of menace?)







Very different movies about people dealing with their choices during the hippie era and the lives they have in the 90s. Both have themes of, it's not the 60s anymore. But somehow we haven't really moved on from that era as grown ups. They are almost coming of age films for adults.

— DenverLions (@denverlions.bsky.social) May 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
(Talking about Field of Dreams and Sneakers)















@wizardshopper 5/15/2025 *Ministry of magic and churse of the werewolf planned closures *minecart madness closed all day with no prior announcement *stardust down for half the day because of filming *Hiccups consistently down with 2 hour waits *Meet toothless down half the day *lots of untrainable dragon show times cancelled. I got a comp ticket that can be used after 9/1 #epicuniverse #universalorlando #universalstudios ♬ original sound - WizardShopper








@belton.mp4 Having whiskey with a Cowboy from Shibuya was not a part of my travel plans. #tokyo #japan #texas #longhorns #UT #aggies #japantravel ♬ original sound - Belton








@karageorgeee She’s diabolical for this #fyp #bostonterrier #bostonterriersoftiktok #foryoupage ♬ original sound - Crusty Curt








@corgi_wendi Like girl if you dont get over here 😂 #corgi #corgisoftiktok #puppy #dogtraining #funny #idontknowwhothismanis ♬ original sound - Best GC Memes EVER!








@ninabegs the way the smiley perfectly was facing me 🥲 #ninabegs #funnydog #cutedog #foryoupage #dog ♬ original sound - ninabegs








@_eeddeenn02 Pumpkin is simply just living her best life #cat #orangecat #cattok #chubbycat ♬ Just A Girl - No Doubt




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