Friday, August 8, 2025

Today's news and jokes

@jordanflomofficial Triplet Dad solves problem with the Park! 😳 #dad #triplets #diy #mom #marriage ♬ original sound - Jordan Flom






A string of US armory break-ins, kept quiet by authorities for months, points to a growing security crisis—and signs of an inside job. www.wired.com/story/myster...

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— WIRED (@wired.com) August 7, 2025 at 11:26 AM
("four break-ins at Tennessee National Guard armories over a seven-week span...Domestic intelligence has consistently flagged violent militia members and racially motivated extremists eyeing armories as soft targets")







("Federal judge halts expansion at Trump admin's Alligator Alcatraz detention facility in Florida")







("The incident does not appear to have exposed the most highly protected federal court witnesses, since the real identities of those thought to face exceptional risk for cooperating are held on separate systems maintained by the Justice Department")











@mtsw.bsky.social Trump take Switch

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— Ben Zelevansky (@benzelevansky.com) August 7, 2025 at 7:27 AM
















In the Guangdong province of China, COVID-like hospital quarantines are in effect to help stop the spread of chikungunya virus.

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— Forbes (@forbes.com) August 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
("At building entrances in the city, workers spray residents with mosquito repellent before allowing them in. Community workers in red vests go door to door, inspecting homes and ordering residents to dump any stagnant water. Those who don’t cooperate could be fined or, in serious cases, face criminal charges for “obstructing the prevention of infectious diseases,” according to an illustrated government explainer. At least five households have had their electricity cut for not cooperating")







Inside the high-stakes clandestine poker world that led to a Hollywood Hills murder. Latest in a series I like to call "Matt Ormseth stories I plan to steal for fiction plots." www.latimes.com/california/s...

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— James Queally (@jqwritesstuff.bsky.social) August 6, 2025 at 12:49 PM
("According to the search warrant affidavit, the investigation that drew in Arenas began when a desperate man sought help from the LAPD. He’d lost $1.2 million playing cards, he claimed. When he stopped making payments, he told police, Israeli mob figures threatened to kidnap his children and toss a grenade into his home.")







Great story, showing yet again that many of the stars of the "news" business are, in fact, bullshitters. www.businessinsider.com/daniella-pie...

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— Noah Shachtman (@noahshachtman.bsky.social) August 7, 2025 at 9:18 AM








It’s been a long time since I went back to Asimov. I forgot that Asimov predicted AI sycophancy

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— Mark Riedl (@markriedl.bsky.social) August 7, 2025 at 4:03 AM
("Arizona Supreme Court turns to AI-generated 'reporters' to deliver news")











every site and service youre using should always be treated like you're just squatting in a billionaires house and be ready to leave with your shit at a moments notice. carve a home there like a pest and when it's time to go you do the same in the next place. this is life

— princess online (@nadianova.fi) July 16, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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This line really does contain the whole universe of health trackers: “What should have been fleeting, forgotten mysteries became things I feel like I am responsible for.” by @tomscocca.bsky.social

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— Damon Beres (@damonberes.com) June 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
































@remy_and_briggs God forbid a girl has hobbies #dogs #fyp #dogsoftiktok #rescuedog ♬ LOOK AT THIS - Astro Boyke




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