Friday, August 22, 2025

Today's news and jokes







(Not fact-checking any of this, but same problem since the 90's--climate change is existential, but...)







("While two arrests may not seem like a good return for so many years of effort, former federal agents told Forbes that there were likely tangential investigations that benefitted from the undercover operation. Besides, they said, if the government hadn’t laundered money for cartels to get investigative insight and, eventually, get the funds into its own hands, the work would’ve been done by criminals with more nefarious intent.")







(Article discusses 2030)







ai is, in fact, a cheating-at-school machine, and also a revenge and child porn machine, a fire-your-phone-bankers machine and a bulk-surveillance machine. it's quite successful, people love those things, you're not going to imagine your way out of it

— SE Gyges (@segyges.bsky.social) August 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM




(I'm absolutely delighted every time an F1 broadcast features an Amazon graphic saying "too close". Or the enhanced Amazon NFL broadcast just circles every player as significant)















We joked that Maimai looked like a washing machine but uh here's an actual laundromat gachapon machine

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— Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 (@hg101.bsky.social) June 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM








There should be a little stall at the end of the drive-through car wash where you can buy a souvenir photograph of yourself enjoying the ride.

— Steven (with a PH) (@sjksalisbury.bsky.social) January 12, 2025 at 3:28 AM

The car wash needs to be slower. It’s great in there. Make it thirty minutes. I will pay extra for the inconvenience

— Paul F. Tompkins (@pftompkins.bsky.social) August 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM








This is Igor, but you may know him better as "a sentient middle finger wrapped in a cloud of fur." He went viral last month when his rescue posted a brutally honest adoption bio about him. And it worked! He found a perfect (and very brave) forever family. 14/10 congratulations little guy

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— WeRateDogs (@weratedogs.com) August 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM








@matt_d87 Seriously if you can 3d print me a tally reach out. my daughter would love it forever and ever. #bjswholesaleclub #simbe #dadsoftiktok #dudessupportingdudes #dadssupportingdads #help #3dprinting ♬ You & Me - Flume Remix - Disclosure








@doctorwolfe.dvm No cats were harmed in the making of this video ❤️ #cats #catsoftiktok #catio #catsdoingthings #crazycat ♬ Funny Song - Funny Song Studio & Thomas Hewitt Jones & Sounds Reel








@legacy.longhorn.resort Needless to say, it was a hard pass for them.๐Ÿ˜‚ Anyone got any more ideas at what we should try and feed them? #legacylonghornresort #Texasgetaway #farmlifevibes #longhornlove #longhorns ♬ Funny - Gold-Tiger








@jessi.op He’s like “UMMMM HELLO”. This dog is too much ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ #maltipoo #dogsoftiktok #pottytrainninghacks #fyp #dogtok #maltipoopuppy #maltipoosoftiktok ♬ original sound - Jess O.P ๐Ÿ’




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