Sunday, January 4, 2026

Today's news and jokes

@draftkings Security “stays ready” so they don’t have to “get ready” 🏃💨 (🎥: @johnclarknbc) #clevelandbrowns #security #dawgpound #believeland #footrace ♬ original sound - DraftKings






Compare this to Biden leaving Afghanistan & think about what the incentives are for every American politician

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— Chatham Harrison dba TRUMP DELENDUS EST (@chathamharrison.bsky.social) January 3, 2026 at 4:09 PM


Incidentally, look how close we have come in one year to Sonia Sotomayor’s hypotheticals in the Trump Immunity dissent all happening Not quite exactly, but not too far off, and she nailed the bribes prediction scholar.google.com/scholar_case...

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— ❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ (@sababausa.bsky.social) January 3, 2026 at 4:34 PM


The US produces >13 mn barrels of oil per day. Venezuela produces <1 million bpd There's a global oil glut i.e. lower prices. That's bad for US producers, who need higher prices to break even. Hard to imagine they're eager to make big new investments in an unstable place w/ decrepit infrastructure

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— Kate Aronoff (@katearonoff.bsky.social) January 3, 2026 at 12:08 PM
("people in the industry said the administration’s message has left them still leery about the difficulty of rebuilding decayed oil fields in a country where it’s not even clear who will lead the country for the foreseeable future")







Wegmans in New York City has begun collecting biometric data on shoppers' eyes, voices and faces from anyone who enters its supermarkets

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— Phil Lewis (@phillewis.bsky.social) January 3, 2026 at 3:05 PM




Brilliant summary of The Big Ones from 2025 here from @bleepingcomputer.com . What is in store for 2026... www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...

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— Joe Tidy BBC News (@joetidy.bsky.social) January 1, 2026 at 10:34 AM








though some searches reveal disturbing news of human remains found in a freezer in Tempe, Arizona, which is unrelated to standard appliance use but highlights extreme scenarios

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— Molly White (@molly.wiki) December 28, 2025 at 8:05 PM
("How to Spot AI Hallucinations Like a Reference Librarian")



I reached out to the author of this viral Reddit post thinking there might be a story in it. He sent me an employee badge that Gemini flagged as being AI-generated and supporting documents that I suspect were also generated by AI. Be careful out there folks! www.reddit.com/r/confession...

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— Casey Newton (@caseynewton.bsky.social) January 3, 2026 at 11:55 AM


It's further down but while AI detection of AI isn't generally dependable, Gemini can detect stuff generated by Google AI models specifically because Google puts a watermark on it (SynthID)

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— Christina Holland (@mortalwombat.info) January 3, 2026 at 1:33 PM








I've been seeing that chatter - We have bee highlights at the World Darts Championships

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— CJ Fogler (@cjzero.bsky.social) January 3, 2026 at 1:25 PM
("What was once an oddity has become almost commonplace, and ESPN has rounded up the moments when wasps have disrupted play on darts' biggest stage.")















https://gacha.o0o0.jp/gp/archives/34090 『銭湯アーミー マスコットフィギュア』2月発売予定。戦闘しないグリーンアーミー。戦士だって、癒されたい… "Sento Army Mascot Figure" is scheduled to be released in February. The Green Army doesn't fight. Even warriors want to be healed... #ガチャポン #gachapon

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— Random gachapon! ランダム・ガチャポン (@randomgacha.bsky.social) December 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM








🤖 "Terminator" (1984) 🤖 "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" (1991) 🤖 "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" (2003) 🤖 "Terminator 3: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008) 🤖 "Terminator 3: Salvation” (2009) 🤖 "Terminator 3: Genisys" (2015) 🤖 "Terminator 3: Dark Fate” (2019)

— Todd Vaziri (@tvaziri.com) December 12, 2025 at 8:48 AM
















Black made a good MGS tin too black.storenvy.com/products/369... I helped with the design and the gag lol

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— Personasama (@persona.bsky.social) December 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM








@milunova Would you charge extra for this? 😅 #dogsitters ♬ original sound - milunova - 🐶🐱 toy creators




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