Saturday, August 2, 2025

Today's news and jokes

Guess what they're looking at before it finishes panning to the left:
@moner.rp Had to get involved ! #calaenporter #menorca #beach #dadarmy #men #holiday ♬ Marvel Studios Fanfare - Geek Music






A write-up

(Every ad during college fotball games will be ICE or AI-Jesus)







It's wild watching someone else maybe blackmailing Trump. From prison no less. And when (because I'm increasingly convinced we're in a when, not if situation) Trump pardons Maxwell, it might actually be enough to break the MAGA coalition permanently. Emphasis on *might.*

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— Melissa Ryan (@melissaryan.bsky.social) August 1, 2025 at 9:53 AM
(I wasn't thinking big enough--how big will her payoff be for "wrongful prosecution"/providing "material information"?)







Me three months ago:

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— Elizabeth Spiers (@espiers.bsky.social) August 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM




The GOP showing off the "return" of American manufacturing using a Lada is correct but not in the ways they think

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— Sam (ABeardedPanda) (@abeardedpanda.bsky.social) August 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
(Real)







Witkoff was out here looking like a Call of Duty NPC for the military contractor bad guys

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— Jake Lahut (@jakelahut.writes.news) August 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Tesla (TSLA) is not paying its bills and it is destroying small American businesses

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— Electrek (@electrek.co) August 1, 2025 at 8:19 AM
("In Texas, contractors have filed liens for more than $110 million")

NEW: A Miami jury has ordered Tesla to pay up to $243 million after finding that the Tesla vehicle had a “defect.” It's the first time Tesla has been found liable in an Autopilot-related crash.

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— WIRED (@wired.com) August 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
("Tesla was found partly liable in a wrongful death case involving the electric vehicle company's Autopilot system...Along with the $200 million in punitive damages, Tesla was also ordered to pay around $43 million in compensatory damages")







The vast majority of Americans voters understand Barack Obama to be “liberal” and Bernie Sanders to be “very liberal,” this attempt to import a meaningful left-liberal distinction into American politics is an annoying affectation by people for whom politics exists entirely on their phones

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— Vituperative Erb (@vituperativeerb.bsky.social) July 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM








(Nauseating reading, but not cler how big a problem it is)







This is extremely bad: Journalist Jack Poulson discovered a vulnerability in Google that was being exploited to get his reporting about a CEO deleted off of the search rankings. This is a wet dream for reputation management companies, censorious regimes, etc www.404media.co/journalist-d...

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— Jason Koebler (@jasonkoebler.bsky.social) July 30, 2025 at 8:45 AM




("Following publication of this story, OpenAI removed all chats from Google search results, along with the checkbox in ChatGPT that enabled users to make them discoverable. When you search site:chatgpt.com/share on Google, there are no longer any results. The chats are still appearing in other search engines, such as Bing and DuckDuckGo, as of this writing since the feature is still 'rolling out to all users,' says OpenAI")



If you search for "She Rides Shotgun" on Amazon right now, instead of my novel you get a row of AI-generated bootlegs. Man you just can't win in hellworld. (Don't buy my book from Amazon anyway, but also fuck these slop-peddlers to the moon).

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— Jordan Harper (@jordanharper.bsky.social) July 31, 2025 at 5:12 PM


summarizing my feelings about the last 10 years of tech as: i do not want my tools to guess

— mandatory doug test (@theperfectdoug.bsky.social) July 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM








How much is USC paying for the privilege of associating with this family?







Worried about the move from libraries owning books to just renting temporary access to eBooks? @MariaBustillos.com & the Brick House team have launched BRIET, inviting publishers to sell, not license, eBooks to libraries! More ⤵️ www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/... @ftrain.bsky.social

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— Internet Archive (@archive.org) August 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM

Internet Archive has purchased 500+ titles offered by BRIET. Browse the collection now: archive.org/details/brie... Log in to your archive.org account to borrow the books. We loan them to one user at a time.

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— Internet Archive (@archive.org) August 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM








("In September, [Rolex] the Geneva-based company debuted a new watchmaking school at the Rolex Watch Training Center in Dallas. The program’s 18-month curriculum is focused on training students to service watches made by the brand...Most of the school’s first class, which graduates next February, have already secured jobs, a Rolex spokesperson said. They can expect annual salaries starting in the range of $75,000 to $85,000, depending on location. The school is free.")







"Are you wearing th—" "The Tecovas x Chili’s cowboy boots made from Chili’s booth leather? Yeah, I am."

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— derek guy (@dieworkwear.bsky.social) July 30, 2025 at 10:27 AM








@sarliunlimited When the dinner queue is based on RSVP speed and suddenly I'm punctual for the first time in my life ๐Ÿ™‚๐Ÿ™‚๐Ÿ™‚ #weddingday #bachelorette #bacheloretteparty #girls #weddingvibes #fyp ♬ Originalton - ๐”ฝ๐•€โ„•๐”ผ๐•Š๐•‹ ๐•„๐•Œ๐•Š๐•€โ„‚ ❜ ๐”ป๐•Š








@priscilla91_ Trying out the automatic pineapple slicer at the new Vallarta in Colton. #pineapple #piรฑa #vallarta #supermarket #pineappleslicer #priscillahernandez ♬ La Chona - Los Tucanes De Tijuana








@lucydlbt Ihr WhatsApp Status hat den besten Content ๐Ÿ˜ฎ‍๐Ÿ’จ #fy #mama #bergretter ♬ Queen of Disaster - ella








@crisstieee He saw a man and said that’s ✨my type✨ lol #shihtzu #dogsoftiktok #dogbeach #sandiego #shihtzusoftiktok ♬ im obsessed - zjhosna








@bicepsandblooms His “yes, I want to go for a walk” behavior is exceptional! #dogtok #dogsoftiktokviral #husky #huskylife #puppy ##walk #dogwalk ♬ Cute mischief, scheming (loop) - The Penguin




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