Friday, September 26, 2025

Today's news and jokes









(assuming they're telling the truth)







Man arrested in connection with airports cyber-attacks www.bbc.com/news/article...

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— Joe Tidy BBC News (@joetidy.bsky.social) September 24, 2025 at 4:18 AM
("released on bail")







BREAKING: The Federal Bureau of Prisons just terminated its union's collective bargaining agreement this afternoon, according to this letter posted online by the national union president:

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— Keri Blakinger (@keribla.bsky.social) September 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM

This is the email the agency director sent out afterwards to all staff, according to someone who shared it with me. The director - in an email disbanding the union - describes himself as from a pro-union family but says in this case “CPL 33 [the union] didn’t give you protections, the law did.”

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— Keri Blakinger (@keribla.bsky.social) September 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM








"Starbucks Workers United, which represents 12,000 baristas across more than 650 cafes, said in a statement to CNBC that it will be sending a formal request to the company about the closures. 'We expect to engage in effects bargaining for every impacted union store...'"

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— Dave Infante (@dinfontay.com) September 25, 2025 at 10:15 AM








("Despite video proof of the disruption, the Kennedy Center disputes the claims")







Sorry WHAT? If an AI hallucinates things about you, you can sue and become its bias advisor?

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— Molleindustria - Wishlist FUTURE? NO THANKS! (@molleindustria.org) September 24, 2025 at 10:56 AM
(A write-up)

















You can't make this shit up abcnews.go.com/US/ice-relea...

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— Noah Shachtman (@noahshachtman.bsky.social) September 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM








NEW: Hawaii's Supreme Court keeps releasing opinions that denounce the U.S. Supreme Court. The latest? A new ruling that requires the police to record all interrogations from now on. The author took it as an opportunity to say Hawaii's court will protect due process—while SCOTUS isn't:

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— Taniel (@taniel.bsky.social) September 25, 2025 at 10:04 AM
("Wookie Kim, legal director of the ACLU of Hawaii, which filed an amicus brief in the case, told Bolts that the court’s decision 'ensures fundamental fairness and integrity in the criminal legal system')







b-b-b-but i was reliably told argentina was an economic "miracle." www.thefp.com/p/niall-ferg...

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— Noah Shachtman (@noahshachtman.bsky.social) September 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM


one of the best NYC mayoral subplots is the way Curtis Sliwa would absolutely rank Zohran second if they used RCV in the general

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— Marxist-Glonzoist (@primaryschool.bsky.social) September 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM


An Anti-Zohran PAC just dropped $250k on ads featuring 'New Yorkers' who say they won't vote for Zohran. Except they're all stock models.

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— Eric Thor (@ericthor.com) September 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
(Not fact-checking this)







Said it before, I'll say it agin - the younger you are the less you care about data privacy... techcrunch.com/2025/09/24/n...

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— Joe Tidy BBC News (@joetidy.bsky.social) September 24, 2025 at 11:57 PM


that was fast and totally unforseeable techcrunch.com/2025/09/25/v...

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— Katie Notopoulos (@katienotopoulos.bsky.social) September 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM








("This behavior is unusual for squirrels and is likely the result of someone feeding it")















Thought it would be easy making up a bunch of fake Kojima character names for this quiz, but it was kinda hard, actually. Find out if you're a Good Guessman or a Revolver Missalot. www.pcgamer.com/games/how-we...

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— Christopher Livingston (@chrislivingston.bsky.social) September 24, 2025 at 10:31 AM


("The stall that promotes the most mobility is possibly the handheld kiosk, which is a staple for those who sell their wares on the congested city roads. The design allows the traders to nimbly navigate traffic and approach customers wherever they are")























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