Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Today's news and jokes

@liv.sells.sd Did they get honked at by 15 cars? Yes Are they free? Also yes #lajolla #ebikes ♬ Girls - The Dare






(Al Jazeera with a video post I did not watch)







("The step is highly unusual, given that U.S. military officials are already required to shield national security secrets from public view")







Kinda says it all. @weisenthal.bsky.social $UPS

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— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) October 28, 2025 at 8:30 AM
("The 34,000 eliminated positions were part of the biggest cost-cutting effort in company history. Combined with 14,000 management roles eliminated in late 2024, UPS has now cut around 48,000 positions as part of its sweeping restructuring push.")















I have all these disconnected/half-baked thoughts lately about how "doomscrolling" has become a common pastime simply because it's one of the few actions phone touchscreens are accomodated to do.

— Kate Barrett (@thewaether.bsky.social) October 27, 2025 at 7:14 AM








I legitimately didn't know they were competing with Steam and it's crazy to me that they burnt so much money on what sounds like something with very little (or wildly misguided) market research.

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— Melo (@letitmelo.bsky.social) October 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
(LOL, in light of all the giveaways, I thought they were promoting GOG and Epic as a subtle experiment to gain a foothold against Steam) (Couldn't check the source because I don't use Linkedin, and the site is convinced I'm in Indonesia)







Louisiana officials waited months to warn public of whooping cough outbreak www.npr.org/sections/sho...

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— Carl Zimmer (@carlzimmer.com) October 28, 2025 at 7:17 AM
("state's worst whooping cough outbreak in 35 years....infectious diseases spread exponentially, if officials don't alert the public quickly, they lose a key chance to prevent further infections") (sure hope their shockingly good education numbers are reliable)















Microsoft isn't demanding these post be taken down cause Microsoft is fine with them. Microsoft donated to the White House demolition fund. @mjgault.bsky.social reached out multiple times to Microsoft for comment in his 404 piece about it and they declined to comment. That is tacit consent.

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— Michael Senters the Sigillite, ABD. (Yang Wen-li stan) (@mikesenters.bsky.social) October 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM








("The raid was connected to an ongoing investigation into a massive explosion at a fireworks warehouse in the rural Yolo County community of Esparto in July, the source said. Seven workers were killed inside the building, which is owned by Devastating Pyrotechnics")







The saddest thing about Grok is how many of its references are just AI click farm sites themselves. A big chunk of its article on Frankfurt is referenced to this weird SEO farm page buried in a random American real estate company's website! newmarketservices.com/internationa...

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— Ste Jormur (@stejormur.bsky.social) October 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM




On Friday a Goodreads mod went rogue and called the site out for censoring reviews of Eric Trump's new book

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— Matthew Gault (@mjgault.bsky.social) October 28, 2025 at 8:52 AM
FWIW









girl what!!!!

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— Rachel Holliday Smith (@rachelholliday.bsky.social) October 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
(Are they claiming it was an impersonator because it sounds better than admitting it was chatgpt?)

In the final days of New York City’s mayoral race, Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani has faced pushback over a story he told about his aunt being afraid to wear her hijab while riding the subway after the September 11, 2001, attacks. https://cnn.it/432IAcr

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— CNN (@cnn.com) October 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
One legacy media business after another hollowing itself out

'The "uncle" who Frodo said got rich by adventuring with Dwarves is actually a distant cousin, he clarified on Monday.' - Lobelia Sackville-Baggins, The Shire Post

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— Mostafa Haque (@mostafamhawke.bsky.social) October 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM


Andrew Cuomo’s appeal to crypto hasn’t triggered the outpouring of industry support he likely hoped, but it did get a PAC to spend $30,000 on a typo-ridden and evidently AI-edited flyer including false claims about Mamdani’s platform and suggesting he would endanger the city.

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— Molly White (@molly.wiki) October 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM








Seems like the league uses a standard higher than beyond a reasonable doubt when investigating matters it would prefer to be swept under the rug







@espnoriginals When #MikeVrabel started coaching in #Tennessee, he always addressed #reporter Teresa Walker first out of respect 🫡 #Patriots #Titans #AP #NFL ♬ original sound - espnoriginals








@samjshih This isn’t just about salad. It’s what AI automation looks like when it hits everyday life. tags: #ai #automation #future #tech #fyp ♬ Illegal - PinkPantheress








@elizabethalexandrasmith Update: he claims it worked 🤷‍♀️ #fyp #foryou #mosquitohack ♬ Monkeys Spinning Monkeys - Kevin MacLeod & Kevin The Monkey








@lorio.unleashed Good thing he stayed calm #catsoftiktok #catanddog #funnypets #funnycat #catscratcher ♬ original sound - emily 🫶








@wendythehavi nothing to see here, please ignore us #zoomies #puppytok #highenergydog #havanese #leashtraining ♬ There goes the crackhead - MattActorGordon








@meeshy33 It’s giving if I’m good can we go home soon #dogfriends #cutedogs #dogsdoingthings #fypdog #dogplay ♬ 萌爪翻天 - 昂仔子








@cocothemaltesedog I wish I could stop time😭💔 #fyp #dog #dogsoftiktok ♬ original sound - Treyway




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