Thursday, July 24, 2025

Today's news and jokes





















(Very worth reading those screencaps about the Peshmerga)







So you can't support a 'terrorist' group, but you also can't question the government decision to proscribe the group, or show a cartoon from a popular satirical newspaper mocking the decision to proscribe the group www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

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— Lauren Dobson-Hughes (@ldobsonhughes.bsky.social) July 23, 2025 at 11:31 AM
(Here's an essay about this. "This is why, again, I would never actually make the statement above, and only include it as an example of the kind of thing our government has wisely chosen to make it illegal for people to say.") (And this follow-up)















A Latino family in L.A. sued over an illegal eviction. The landlord's lawyer, Rod Fehlman, warned in an email that they'd "likely be picked up by ICE and deported prior to trial thanks to all the good work the Trump administration has done." The kicker? Every member of the family is a U.S. citizen.

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— Brian Goldstone (@brian-goldstone.bsky.social) July 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM








very grim. as the article notes, some relevant context is that the university expanded its debt exposure by 260 percent in two decades & set up a scenario where 68 percent of total assets are tied up in leveraged debt

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— Nathan K. Hensley (@nathankhensley.bsky.social) July 22, 2025 at 7:53 AM
(Those numbers are from this earlier 2024 article) (The new one notes that Trump cuts might amount to $40 million in lost grant funding.) (Meanwhile, Columbia "agreed to pay $200 million over three years to the federal government to settle investigations launched by the administration ostensibly in response to allegations of antisemitism...The administration agreed to reinstate the vast majority of federal grants that were terminated or paused")







I feel like at some point you can't even blame the conspiracy theorists for having broken brains. god is gaslighting them

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— sarah jeong (@sarahjeong.bsky.social) July 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM










That's pretty funny that Tesla can't make money selling indulgences to other car companies anymore because the government has declared there's no such thing as sin

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— Christina Holland (@mortalwombat.info) July 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
CNN







some of this stuff goes viral every once in a while but it is getting basic facts wrong all the time and people either aren’t noticing or it’s not “important” enough for it to filter into the broader consciousness. Small example: an orioles forum noting that AI overviews says our pitcher is dead

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— Jason Koebler (@jasonkoebler.bsky.social) July 23, 2025 at 12:24 PM
(If you've ever been interested in contributing to Wikipedia--this is an incredibly easy way to get started. If you notice a bad AI search result, make sure the Wikipedia article at least is correct. Usually there's an existing article and you only need to add a sentence or sentence fragment and a citation.)





Patrick Soon-Shiong wants to take the Los Angeles Times public. That does not make any sense, but then again there are lots of things in the U.S. economy these days that do not make any sense: mattdpearce.substack.com/p/what-does-...

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— Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce.com) July 22, 2025 at 6:33 AM
































(Never heard his real accent before)







To honor Ozzy's larger-than-life rock and roll legacy, we're making Brütal Legend *FREE* on itch.io: doublefine.itch.io/brutal-legend But this incredible deal will only last for 666 minutes, as the prophecy foretold. So get yourself clicking, before it disappears like a demon in the night... 🤘 🖤

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— Double Fine (@doublefine.com) July 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM








@agentcody_danks Fire school is going great #fyp #school #fire ♬ original sound - buckysaveragesimp








@brokenbowtravelcabins #bear #bearelectricfence #tahoe ♬ Welp, Didn't Expect That - Yu-Peng Chen & HOYO-MiX








@lilireinhart

is this gonna be an uber horror story

♬ original sound - Lili Reinhart








@cltmals

He carries it to for potty too

♬ Western Music: Arizona Dreaming - Piero Piccioni








@sophiiabooks Story time! #bear ♬ original sound - sophia




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