Thursday, November 6, 2025

Today's news and jokes







Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school

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— Gregory Pratt (@royalpratt.bsky.social) November 5, 2025 at 6:47 AM


Daycare teacher detained by ICE. She was followed inside the daycare. Parents of kids at the daycare interviewed.

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— ✶ MarcusD ✶ (@marcusd.bsky.social) November 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM


Getting new details on this now: As the arrest unfolded, teachers pleaded with the agents telling them the teacher had a work permit. The agents went into multiple rooms looking for teachers while children were present. One teacher hid with a child in her care while the agents stormed the facility.

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— Chabeli Carrazana (@chabeli.bsky.social) November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
ABC's write-up















[going through security for federal court] “Where you going, for the sandwich?” “Yup.” “Sandwich heard around the damn world.”

— Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” (@ryanjreilly.com) November 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM








I can't help noticing the Supreme Court conservatives expressing the first doubt of a Trump assertion in oral arguments the day after the election day where every Republican running lost by 20 points. But they would never be swayed by such worldly things in their consideration of The Law, right?

— Dan O’Sullivan (@osullyville.bsky.social) November 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
("Trump administration faced deeply skeptical Supreme Court in tariff arguments")







It’s fascinating comparing the front page coverage of the Huntingdon train attack (below) with how the British press treated another case 30 years ago. I’m referring to the 1995 Netto supermarket attack in Birmingham in which a man stabbed 10 people, killing one of them.

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— Michael Shaw (@mrmichaelshaw.bsky.social) November 3, 2025 at 1:50 AM








If you’re wondering: has People magazine’s coverage of Trump’s second presidency been pissing him off, per our sources: yes, the literal president has noticed and he’s not pleased, particularly the framing and repeated coverage of his health.

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— Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24.bsky.social) November 4, 2025 at 7:37 AM
(FWIW. Definitely came to mind when I saw all the Teen Vogue people fired)







the cope on fox tonight has been good

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— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew.bsky.social) November 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
(Not fact-checking this)







US dealers are reeling as Trump’s new import tariffs threaten to double costs on antiques and decorative arts by 2026. buff.ly/YdZ4Lza

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— The Art Newspaper (@theartnewspaper.bsky.social) November 4, 2025 at 10:45 AM








I bear full responsibility for the intra-South Carolina beef that continues to escalate because of Nancy Mace. Original story here: www.wired.com/story/nancy-...

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— Jake Lahut (@jakelahut.writes.news) November 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
His post







Someone should profile people moving to New York City because of Mamdani.

— Peter Labuza (@labuzamovies.com) November 5, 2025 at 10:42 AM












(Finally learned why everyone was making jokes about the aloof wife)



















AI buttons colonizing every interface like mold

— Peter Wartman (@peterwartman.com) November 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM




Evil

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— Kim Zetter (@kimzetter.bsky.social) November 5, 2025 at 7:26 AM




New awareness campaign

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— Phineas (@phineas.bsky.social) November 3, 2025 at 7:23 AM




Can we all agree to start calling it Regurgitive AI? I think that needs to become a thing.

— Derek Lieu - Game Trailer Editor (@derek-lieu.com) November 3, 2025 at 11:37 PM




NEW: Common Crawl, the massive archiver of the web, has gotten cozy with AI companies and is providing paywalled articles for training data. They’re also lying to publishers who have asked for material to be removed. “The robots are people too,” CC’s exec director told us when we asked about this.

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— Damon Beres (@damonberes.com) November 4, 2025 at 4:15 AM

Common Crawl says it complies with removal requests—while telling us they are “a pain in the ass”—but also is not actually removing the data in question.

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— Damon Beres (@damonberes.com) November 4, 2025 at 4:18 AM

“We can’t police that whole thing,” Common Crawl said. “It’s not our job. We’re just a bunch of dusty bookshelves.” Meanwhile, CC has accepted hundreds of thousands in donations from AI companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic. And it expressed open antagonism toward the media:

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— Damon Beres (@damonberes.com) November 4, 2025 at 4:22 AM

Read the whole story by @alexreisner.bsky.social. In my mind, a tragic story of Web 1.0 idealism giving way to the cynical calculus of the AI era. Tip @techmeme.com

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— Damon Beres (@damonberes.com) November 4, 2025 at 4:23 AM
















@esakismith Tulane University imposed a one-year ban on a high school’s senior class from applying early decision #fyp #college #university #collegeapps #tulane ♬ original sound - Anna Esaki-Smith
(NYT: "The message from Tulane, which also paused early decisions at three other high schools it did not identify, was clear: Break the rules and your schoolmates pay the price. But backing out of an early-decision agreement isn’t uncommon, and early decision isn’t legally binding.")















Dillon making his impact known 😂

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— Daniel Thompson (@dr-thompson.bsky.social) November 4, 2025 at 9:23 PM








Usually not a good sign when a national team appearance is a disaster







("His departure could produce changes in national TV game plans for Notre Dame") ("was facing disciplinary issues at the school, including altercations with students. He served a suspension that kept him sidelined during multiple high school football games this season") (Same school in LA that Giancarlo Stanton went to.)







đŸŒĩ @deadstaticdrive.com and the Long Road to the End of the World. A haunting, human road trip that rewards curiosity and compassion as much as survival instincts. REVIEW: www.sifter.com.au/post/dead-st...

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— SIFTER (@sifterhq.bsky.social) November 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
(I used to see gifs for this game while it was in development all the time, was wondering if it was ever released)







LOL I have just been informed that I'm in a "anime pfp" blocklist, so for the record: my pic is from a portrait of me painted by Endless Fluff art director Caro Moya

— Naomi Clark (@metasynthie) 暗æ‚Ēį›´įžŽ (@halfrobot.com) November 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM








It was so disappointing to hear about think tanks as a kid and then find out it's just people being paid to write reports and essays. Enough of that. If there isn't anyone suspended in mysterious liquid then you are a report factory until you fix that

— Christina Holland (@mortalwombat.info) September 17, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Columbo Goes to the Guillotine, Mind Over Mayhem, and now that I think about it probably at least a few others.















Imagine dropping by the Van Nuys Teen Center in 1975 & seeing a local band of upstarts named Van Halen rocking out in their spandex. The group just started playing on the Strip but blanketed non-concert venues for years, building a devoted following before their '78 album debut.

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— LA Dork (@ladork.bsky.social) September 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM








According to Prime Video's auto-generated subtitles, Leo the MGM lion's roar translates to "Love it."

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— Ryan Lambie (@ryanlambie.bsky.social) September 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Not fact-checking this







@americankennelclub Go, lil Westie, go! 👏 Abby the West Highland White Terrier crushing the course at the AKC Agility League Championship. #ThisIsAKC #WestHighlandWhiteTerrier #AKCAgilityLeagueChampionship ♬ original sound - American Kennel Club




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