Monday, September 8, 2025

Today's news and jokes





















("The conflict began when the local chief sold a parcel of land to a private developer, without broader community consent. When the developer attempted to access the land to begin work, residents resisted violently. Frustration reached a peak when the chief's palace was set on fire.")







An egregious abuse of copyright law for censorship purposes. And also an of why this sort of indirect regulation insulates abuse of power from effective constitutional challenge. Up there with the cops who play taylor swift on their phones when being recorded www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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— Paul Gowder (@gowder.io) September 2, 2025 at 5:09 AM
(“It’s really important to remember [his] past words in order to gauge his current and future credibility, and that was the mission of my YouTube channel, to record what these doctors ... said”)







wall street surges as the only jobs left are burrito chauffeur or ice agent

— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew.bsky.social) September 5, 2025 at 6:24 AM








They thought they were making technological breakthroughs. It was an AI-sparked delusion: https://cnn.it/4mHkJH0

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— CNN (@cnn.com) September 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
(He was convinced he and ChatGPT were working together to build a system in his basement to free it from its shackles. "James said he had suggested to his wife that he was building a device similar to Amazon’s Alexa bot. ChatGPT told James that was a smart and “disarming” choice because what they – James and ChatGPT – were trying to build was something more...") (Luckily he read a news article about someone else experiencing a delusional spiral, and realized he needed help)(I'd like to hear more about this: "What he built, he admits, was 'very slightly cool' but nothing like the self-hosted, conscious companion he imagined.")







Wow, they actually invented the Torment Nexus *for kids* www.polygon.com/616251/steal...

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— Chris Schilling (@schillingc.bsky.social) September 5, 2025 at 9:07 AM
("The entire premise of the game is to rob the other players. Despite that being the point of the game, though, children are having a hard time dealing with the repercussions of having their digital characters stolen — and the meltdowns are going hugely viral...videos of kids absolutely losing it after someone steals their brainrot are huge on places like TikTok, where a single video can accrue millions upon millions of views. The first result when you search “steal a brainrot” on the platform is a young child crying as he’s being recorded by his older sister, who warns viewers that she’ll get revenge for crossing her sibling")















CBS owner going to fire someone over allowing this?







Disney+ just added (or re-added) a treasure trove of pre-1980 live-action family films, WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY movies + nature documentaries. They now have more than 230 pre-1980 titles — one of the best single-studio libraries in streaming. List in alt text. #FilmSky #DisSky #Disney #Streaming

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— Will McKinley (@willmckinley.bsky.social) September 6, 2025 at 7:07 PM








Channel gets worse and worse







Within this spot-on @paultenorio.bsky.social column on the state of the USMNT, a memo to Mauricio Pochettino: "The U.S. isn’t Argentina." You can't just bring in dudes to create internal competition when the dudes aren't close to international level. www.nytimes.com/athletic/660...

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— Henry Bushnell (@henrybushnell.bsky.social) September 7, 2025 at 5:41 AM
It's often hard to tell what's a mental mistake and what's a simple inability to reliably handle the ball















old pro golf, pirate course. tombstones hole, ocean city, maryland, 1985

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— old roadside pics (@roadside.xor.blue) July 4, 2025 at 12:36 AM
























@fox9mn

For the first time in Minnesota, "The Grappler" was safely deployed and stopped a fleeing vehicle during a police pursuit. Eagan police successfully used the new tool to end a pursuit after a driver refused to stop for a red light on Friday, August 30. The female driver was apprehended after a brief foot chase and faces multiple charges, including fleeing police.

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@bleacherreport Sparks ended up changing 😅 #wnba #basketball #sparks #dream ♬ original sound - bleacherreport








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