Saturday, July 12, 2025

Today's news and jokes

@tissuepapervirginpulp ngl it scared me esp at midnight #japan #tokyo #hotel ♬ original sound - Rock N Roll






Military vehicles drive through the tomato fields, some kind of American nightmare.

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— LorennaCleary.bsky.social (@lorennacleary.bsky.social) July 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
("Trump’s Purge of Foreign Workers Arrives at Amazon’s Warehouses...The timing of the dismissals is tricky for Amazon, just before its Prime Day deals")



That sinking feeling when you accidentally send a tariff letter addressed to the leader of a ruling military junta that the United States refuses to recognize or (otherwise) engage with. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

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— Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers.bsky.social) July 11, 2025 at 10:19 AM




Anyway here’s what happens when you go out of your way to make your institution embrace right-wingers www.propublica.org/article/geor...

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— Tom Scocca (@tomscocca.bsky.social) July 11, 2025 at 5:14 AM
("One piece of evidence: the speed with which conservative news outlets reported on the OCR’s action, which hadn’t been publicly announced")





My new favorite account

I honestly don't understand why they didn't just write up a fake list full of democrats in Microsoft word and go like uh here's the list! The fanbase isn't very discerning

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— Christina Holland (@mortalwombat.info) July 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM








This has the potential of being one of my favorite stories of all time: French police arrest Russian pro basketball player on behalf of US over ransomware suspicions cyberscoop.com/russian-bask...

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— Greg Otto (@gregotto.bsky.social) July 10, 2025 at 7:40 AM








Amazing shot/chaser from the police department near my hometown in rural Kansas

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— Aric Toler (@aric.bsky.social) July 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
















("According to Elias, the MLB record for fewest career games before an All-Star selection was 11 by Paul Skenes of the Pittsburgh Pirates just last season")















I want a 50 year reunion for the Spice Girls where they introduce their newest member Hospice

— Niiiiiiiick (@nickeldoodle.bsky.social) May 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM








I love that the premise of every theme park ride is you embark on a leisurely and totally safe tour of an impossibly dangerous death trap and then within three seconds of sitting down the narrator goes “Welcome aboard! Over to your left that’s OH NO THEY ESCAPED, HANG ON THIS IS GONNA GET BUMPY.”

— Matt Singer (@mattsinger.bsky.social) May 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM








This is apparently how the met opera organizes its props, which is frying my library worker brain but is probably great job security for the one 75-year-old who knows where everything is

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— Roxy (@redrawnoxen.bsky.social) May 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
@espnatbat This is so good 🙌 (via SoConSports/X) #baseball #collegebaseball #kid ♬ original sound - ESPNatbat








@bryleearmstrong_ He said it’s “because he doesn’t eat bacon”….💀😂🐷 @Brandon Armstrong #husbandsoftiktok #husbandandwife #comedy #pigcafe #japan #kyoto #vlog #comewithme #dwts ♬ beans - yawn.








@thebabypancake It’s either that or you don’t work here #englishbulldog #funnydog #cutedog #dogsoftiktok ♬ Married Life (From "Up") - Gina Luciani




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