Sunday, June 22, 2025

Today's news and jokes







It is kind of darkly funny that Donald looked the American people in the eye and said “You know what? You people aren’t even worth the effort of selling the war,” and we looked him right back and said “Yes, you are absolutely right.”

— Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty (@irhottakes.bsky.social) June 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM


Headline juxtaposition doesn't get much more Orwellian than this

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— Anthony L. Fisher (@anthonylfisher.bsky.social) June 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM








WCK resumed cooking in Gaza after our first aid delivery in 12 weeks. With new ingredients on hand, we’re preparing warm, carb-rich meals like pasta and hearty potato stews. The WCK team cooked nearly 10,000 meals on day one of resumed operations. #ChefsForGaza (1/2)

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— World Central Kitchen (@wck.org) June 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM








Can we get a little more attention to this story please? WH Personnel Chief "Gor, 38, is reportedly from Malta. However, an official there could not confirm his birthplace, and Gor declined to provide it to the Post besides to say it was not Russia" www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-vetti...

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— Simon Rosenberg (@simonwdc.bsky.social) June 20, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Wikipedia







ICE raids in a fire rebuilding zone www.latimes.com/california/s...

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— David Dayen (@ddayen.bsky.social) June 21, 2025 at 5:09 AM
("another developer in the area started camouflaging his construction sites: hiding Porta Potties, removing construction fences and having workers park far away and carpool to the site so as not to attract attention")





This was inevitable. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/04/u...

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— Hari Kunzru (@harikunzru.bsky.social) June 21, 2025 at 9:21 AM


































Okay maybe this is too hot a take for 5:30pm on a Saturday but I think meme accounts that don’t give any attribution paved the way for people to accept AI words and imagery because it separated culture and entertainment from the idea that someone had to have those thoughts and compose them.

— Josh Gondelman (@joshgondelman.bsky.social) June 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM








the fan dynamics around disco elysium are like if rick and morty were one of the greatest works of art of the 21st century

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— rev. howard arson (@theophite.bsky.social) June 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
(Wish I'd played it before absorbing so much hype)































Mavrick Rizy is one hell of a name

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— CJ Fogler (@cjzero.bsky.social) June 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
























Thunderstorms last night let me see what the Virtual Skylight does with lightning. It was interesting if not exactly relaxing!

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— John T (the GRA is silent) (@grajohnt.bsky.social) May 3, 2025 at 7:35 AM
































obsessed with this warning on our hotel balcony

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— ari velazquez 🌯 (@arivelazquez.com) May 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM








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