Thursday, July 31, 2025

Today's news and jokes











NEWS 🚨: Australia's historic first-ever orbital rocket crashes after attempting to take off It lasted about 14 seconds

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— Astronomy 🔭 (@astronomy.bsky.social) July 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
A write-up







stadiums subsidized with scarce tax dollars with the promise of jobs and economic stimulus instead being used to create spending opportunities for the mega rich to hold lavish parties... pretty good illustration of where we're at as a country.

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— mtsw (@mtsw.bsky.social) July 30, 2025 at 8:53 AM




how much of the money from the ICE/tax cuts bill is just going to go to scammers, do you think? www.richmonder.org/this-tuckaho...

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— jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) July 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Terse write-up



This may or may not be another favor for Eric Adams. But it sure doesn't hurt him. The federal investigation into former NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban and his twin brother’s alleged shakedowns of NYC bars and clubs has been "deprioritized," @gothamist.com reports. gothamist.com/news/corrupt...

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— Noah Shachtman (@noahshachtman.bsky.social) July 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM


Eric Adams just went out of his way to save a casino bid that would pay the Trump Organization $115 million if it's successful. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

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— Noah Shachtman (@noahshachtman.bsky.social) July 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
A write-up







brazilian representative fled to Italy to avoid being jailed for trying to fake a criminal warrant against a political enemy she said, "i'm untouchable while i'm in italy". an italian representative heard this and immediately started messaging interpol

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— zaratustra (@zaratustra.bsky.social) July 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM








Katherine Boyle is a partner of tech billionaire Marc Andreessen. In 2023, she wrote that there’s a “war on suffering,” which has “robbed us of resilience.” She blamed Roe v Wade & the decision to make military service optional. She said that this “war” coincided w/ the decline of religiosity. 1/

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— Jenny Cohn (@jennycohn.bsky.social) July 29, 2025 at 11:53 AM
(Out of touch, I guess, I've never heard El Segundo called "The Gundo", lol)







("Prosecutors described [one of the co-conspirators] as a 'suspected high-level member of an Israeli transnational organized crime group.'...[He] also allegedly hired young women to serve drinks, provide massages and offer 'companionship' to players, according to the indictment.")

















("When the trio deemed their product ready, Rubenyan’s parents spotted an opportunity: Across the street from their East Hollywood flower shop sat a vacant lot. They knew the landlords, who gave the trio their blessing to use the space. The plan was simple: pop up for roughly a year, then spring for a food truck and slowly grow the operation into a bricks-and-mortar.")







(After all these years, the ideal session length is only 20 minutes? Is that why they kept emphasizing meetings as a premier use case?)























This is fine

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— John Rairdin NWR (@jtsknight92.bsky.social) July 29, 2025 at 12:16 PM
























My husband has given our Switch 2 a nickname of "Resting Switch Face" in the settings

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— Kathryn Yu ➡️ The Next Stage Immersive Summit (@kathrynyu.com) June 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
















@recyclingclone A car crash a pool full of people Friday night #fullhounton #watertoño @Antonio Castellón ♬ Não a Policia Não - DJ RD








@skylaralexaa If my 2-month-old can start his day this hyped just from a stretch… so can you 🫶🏼 Consider this your sign to: ✨ Take a deep breath ✨ Move your body (even if it’s just one dramatic baby stretch) ✨ Believe in yourself like a baby who has never known self-doubt ✨ And go make today YOURS! You don’t have to do it all, just show up with that same big stretch energy 🥰 #StretchAndSlay #MomLifeMotivation #BabyMood #MainCharacterEnergy #MoveYourBody #HappyBabyVibes #StartYourDayRight #POVMorningRoutine #MomTok #YouGotThisMama #FeelGoodFeed @Dreamland Baby ♬ original sound - Ally Rendall




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