Friday, January 30, 2026

Today's news and jokes







(Headline aside, the article seems pretty blase about there being a substantial risk)







“in theater” is a crazy way to describe minneapolis

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— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew.bsky.social) January 29, 2026 at 6:20 AM


at least bovino was frank about the fact he loves to hurt people instead of trying to dress it up as a teaching experience

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— zaratustra (@zaratustra.bsky.social) January 29, 2026 at 8:56 AM
("Border czar Tom Homan denies he took $50K from undercover agents")

Video shows ICE leaving behind an infant and broken glass after arresting a man with no criminal history. “There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.” My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...

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— Dylan Tusinski (@dylantus.bsky.social) January 29, 2026 at 10:05 AM


LAPD won’t enforce California’s mask ban on ICE/CBP/DHS www.instagram.com/reel/DUHDeCJ...

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— treekisser (@treekisser.bsky.social) January 29, 2026 at 4:26 PM
("It’s not a good public policy decision and it wasn’t well thought out in my opinion")

We're taking about Marcel Mauss's "techniques of the body" in my games class this week; watching clips of old Call of Duty games, which these dudes were all raised on, you can see Mauss's idea of "prestigious imitation" in action.

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— Dave Parisi (@daveparisi.bsky.social) January 29, 2026 at 3:22 PM


friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there

— derek guy (@dieworkwear.bsky.social) January 29, 2026 at 1:34 PM


whistlecore

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— Julia Carrie Wong (@joolia.bsky.social) January 29, 2026 at 4:19 PM


("I write separately to underscore why we must not permit government agencies to justify their actions with pretext, especially when that pretext is cloaking animus on the basis of race or national origin")

Federal prosecutors have lost yet another immigration protest related trial in the Central District of California. This is the sixth trial that’s ended in an acquittal. By my count, they have yet to secure a guilty verdict from a jury. Feds had charged Isaias Lopez w/ assault on a federal officer.

— brittnymejia.bsky.social (@brittnymejia.bsky.social) January 29, 2026 at 3:04 PM


Really thorough and interesting piece. As the story mentioned, Tillman was in the FBI for 8 years before resigning.

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— Mina Kimes (@minakimes.bsky.social) January 29, 2026 at 11:52 AM








We are live! 25 Seahawks/Seattle sports items that I have collected over the years are up for grabs, with every cent going to @abortionfunds.bsky.social :) Seahawks fans, let's show 'em how much we love reproductive rights! Tell a friend to tell a friend... www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?s...

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— Natalie Weiner (@natalieweiner.bsky.social) January 28, 2026 at 6:18 PM








Whoa, the longterm effects of the reporting I did on GM's sale of people's driving information to risk profilers: phoebewallhoward.substack.com/p/gm-warns-o...

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— Kashmir Hill (@kashhill.bsky.social) January 29, 2026 at 8:38 AM


















Ladies and gentlemen, the perfect wisdom of the markets www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...

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— Noah Shachtman (@noahshachtman.bsky.social) January 27, 2026 at 5:18 AM
("Regencell’s example speaks volumes about the capital markets’ current state. There remains a tremendous appetite for absurd risk")

Wait, can we talk about how repulsive it is that CNN now has a Kalshi betting market prediction tracker as their news crawl? Because that's a dystopia indicator right there.

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— Velodus✨ (@velodus.bsky.social) January 29, 2026 at 7:09 AM








"Each week someone will bring something new, and everyone will inject it" - great piece on the "Chinese peptides" craze in SV. sounds like a total fad (ppl are just buying off-brand GLP-1 or dosing amounts too small to be viable) with great social signaling potential www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/b...

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— James Vincent (@jjvincent.bsky.social) January 29, 2026 at 8:22 AM








Your Libby rental was free for you, but did you know it cost the D.C. Public Library $59.99? The e-book boom (and a complicated pricing model from publishers) has left library systems strapped for cash. But D.C. lawmakers have a plan to fight back. 51st.news/ebooks-are-e...

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— The 51st (@51st.news) January 27, 2026 at 4:00 PM
















("it wasn’t that pretty in the final of the premier Africa soccer championship this month, and the fallout between the participants — Senegal and Morocco — has spilled into politics and trade. The nations are now racing to ensure the events of that Africa Cup of Nations showpiece don’t leave lasting scars on one of West Africa’s most important diplomatic and commercial relationships")







("Rutgers athletics hits record $78 million deficit")















The strictly business-brained NFL exec who months ago foresaw the February 2026 vibes and then hired Bad Bunny

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— Jason Kirk (@jasonkirk.fyi) January 27, 2026 at 6:28 PM
















i've been watching the coyote on Alcatraz's progress with great interest. a week-ish ago, a coyote SWAM to Alcatraz for the first time and looked fuckin rough after the dangerous swim. but the coyote is doing fine now, gorging itself on unprepared birds & rats who are dealing with a sort of Godzilla

— fun display name (@nickyflowers.com) January 29, 2026 at 8:50 AM








This lady looks like she rolled a 1 on a dexterity check for putting on pants

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— Ray (@sireviscerate.myatproto.social) January 9, 2026 at 6:45 PM








My favorite Star Trek stories will always be when the crew haphazardly stumbles upon a god like being who decides to fuck with them for 45 minutes, gets bored when it realizes they’re annoying, and then peaces out with no moral lesson or mystery of the universe uncovered.

— Barb O’Saur 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 (@brentosaur.bsky.social) January 13, 2026 at 8:11 AM








the fact that Final Fantasy 1 was made by one of the greatest programmers alive, who could reach into his mind palace over a phone call and point to the exact line of code to change to fix a problem, and the INT stat *still* doesn't do anything, implies that maybe you can't prevent this stuff.

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— OmniRabbit (@omnirabbit.bsky.social) January 13, 2026 at 6:40 PM
(Not fact-checking this. Spent a lot of hours on FF 1-3 on the original Gameboy)







This makes me wonder, dollar per MB what's the most expensive ram you can buy.

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— KaL (@kaly.blackskycomra.de) January 13, 2026 at 6:47 PM








@kylieandthedogs Had to keep a 5 foot distance at all times. This breed are the biggest babies 🙄 #pitbullsoftiktok #bullybreeds #viraldogsoftiktok #pitbull ♬ Heartwarming, everyday, funny BGM(1194980) - K's note




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