Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Today's news and jokes







incredible, but also don't sleep on steph curry describing three-story townhouses as "looming"

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— amy brown (@amybrown.xyz) September 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
("The project would sit on the grounds of a 2-acre complex known as School Street Plaza, previously home to businesses including a marijuana dispensary and a clothing-optional hot tub venue...[A] recall organizer, said his group isn’t against limited development—just not like this. 'We’re Mimby—maybe in my backyard'")







BREAKING: A second Trump-appointed U.S. attorney has been disqualified after a federal judge ruled her appointment invalid. Sigal Chattah is out as US attorney in Nevada, just like Alina Habba in NJ: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) September 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
("a Republican activist and a supporter of President Trump who was previously a lawyer for the state Republican Party. She was also the party’s unsuccessful candidate for attorney general in 2022")



Wow! This is a welcome surprise. www.cnn.com/2025/09/30/p...

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— George Pearkes (@peark.es) September 30, 2025 at 3:59 PM
("his own digital trail revealed a pattern of incendiary rhetoric that veered frequently into conspiracy theories and misogyny")



On a visit to New Zealand, FBI Director Kash Patel gave the country’s police and spy bosses gifts of inoperable pistols that were illegal to possess under local gun laws and had to be destroyed, New Zealand law enforcement agencies told The Associated Press.

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— CNN (@cnn.com) September 30, 2025 at 3:01 AM
("A spokesperson for the spy agencies described the gift as 'a challenge coin display stand'")







Cornell is cancelling a distinguished professor's classes on Gaza and suspending him because of the complaints of a student who previously served in Israel's military surveillance agency and was literally recording the comments of other students in class and deliberately derailing discussion.

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— Nathan Kalman-Lamb (@nkalamb.bsky.social) September 29, 2025 at 6:13 AM
The article



Wild stuff — nuking a portion of your website because MAGA got mad at you for it. jewishinsider.com/2025/09/adl-...

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— Jared Holt (@jaredlholt.bsky.social) September 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM












OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this

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— Drew Harwell (@drewharwell.com) September 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
(When I looked to confirm the post I saw I'd already blocked that account...unfortunately my bluesky following feed surfaces a ton of content from twitter accounts I've blocked)



(Or Wormtongues)















("The recent explosion of content grew out of a decades-long popular fascination with L.A. gang culture...Jumping into the fold are content creators who have started podcasts, YouTube channels and social media accounts that post about shootings or court cases and spill the latest street rumors")







My colleagues at Bloomberg report that the $20 billion debt in the EA deal is expected to be rated single-B — meaning it is considered a "junk" loan, or one that is high-risk and speculative, typically offering high interest rates. Which the new EA will have to pay www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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— Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier.bsky.social) September 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM












To illustrate the point a pizza at Pizza Express is now £20 or you can get a rump steak at Hawksmoor for £27. The gap has really shrunk.

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— Sam Freedman (@samfr.bsky.social) September 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Meals at sit down chains in LA are often at least competitive with fast food prices







Gooseworx, the mind behind The Amazing Digital Circus, literally warns about the inherent danger about it because of people like this

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— Starlight Necromancer (Vae/Vaer) (@starlightnecro.bsky.social) September 28, 2025 at 2:57 AM








"a derogatory chant from Buffaloes fans targeted The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints"















@zaniolo.sewell Implemented MagSafe is insane @nissan @Nissan UK #formulae #motorsports ♬ som original - Trilha Retrô








@aleks_jevtic She was cute from the distance 😭@grace ray @Allegra 🎀 ♬ Carmen Habanera, classical opera(1283412) - perfectpanda








@kswart Winnie’s so brave. #frenchiesoftiktok #wisconsin #swimmingdog #lakelife #louie #winnie ♬ The Nights - Avicii








@palmbeachmadre I had a great time at the @Zoo Miami but I couldn’t help but make a game of counting our Iguana friends #florida #miami #iguana #zoo #soflo ♬ Bad Reputation - Joan Jett








@princesspixiewixie She was not walking away from the building with me still inside 😂 So sorry @Bo Johnson thank you for trying 😭 #stubborndog #separationanxiety #funnydog #dog #dogmom #fyp #dogpack ♬ original sound - Pixie Wixie 🧚‍♀️




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