Thursday, January 29, 2026

Today's news and jokes

I'm starting to think the Trumpist mastery of propaganda is failing them. The DHS agents posing this way makes it look like they're ashamed of themselves.

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— Joel Mathis (@joelmathis.bsky.social) January 28, 2026 at 12:49 PM


Scrolling through the photos of Pam Bondi's "Minnesota rioters," it's just hero after hero. Every photo includes a cowardly DHS agent with their back to the camera. Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.

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— Matt Novak (@paleofuture.bsky.social) January 28, 2026 at 12:40 PM




People who make these their dating app pictures are going to slay.

— Matt Rigney (@shottheserif.bsky.social) January 28, 2026 at 12:43 PM


You walk into this bar and show your ICE mugshot, you don't pay a dime.

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— Black Hart of Saint Paul (@blackhartstp.com) January 28, 2026 at 2:34 PM
The bar





We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason

— Adam Serwer (@adamserwer.bsky.social) January 28, 2026 at 1:25 PM


After saying two weeks of surveillance footage was lost in a "system crash," DHS now says it was never recorded at all. This is a response to detainees suing the government who say they were held in subhuman, illegal conditions. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports. www.404media.co/dhs-says-cri...

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— 404 Media (@404media.co) January 28, 2026 at 7:54 AM


An extraordinary document. Read it. “Attached to this order is an appendix that identifies 96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases. … ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”

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— Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) January 28, 2026 at 2:42 PM


What’s the point of legislative reforms when (1) the administration refuses to follow the law and (2) the Supreme Court‘s obedient majority consistently prevents lower courts from enforcing the law against the administration? Seems masturbatory.

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— Everything At The Direction of Popehat (@kenwhite.bsky.social) January 28, 2026 at 12:20 PM










“.. U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard speaks on the phone while standing inside a vehicle loaded with boxes outside the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center after the FBI executed a search warrant there.” @reuters.com

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— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) January 28, 2026 at 4:47 PM








blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/28/a...

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— Kathleen Belew (@kathleenbelew.bsky.social) January 28, 2026 at 5:21 PM
















So which company do we think Trump tries to destroy Monday for MELANIA tanking? Amazon? AMC? Deadline?

— Oscar Goff (@theoscargoff.bsky.social) January 28, 2026 at 7:02 AM




("The closures will affect 22 stores in California, including ones in North Hollywood, Los Angeles and Encino")















ahh whose podcast is it. don't tell me, is it The Daily? Ezra Klein? one of the Pod Jons??

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— ryan cooper (@ryanlcooper.com) January 28, 2026 at 8:30 AM








Haha I wonder which poor sods are going to be stuck with that white elephant of a manufacturing plant in their community... Ah fuck

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— Christina Holland (@mortalwombat.info) January 28, 2026 at 5:59 PM
("In the clearest sign yet that Tesla is pivoting away from its electric car business") ("A week ago, Elon Musk announced that Tesla had started Robotaxi rides in Austin “with no safety monitor in the car.” The stock jumped 4%. Headlines celebrated the milestone. But since then, not a single rider has reported actually getting one of these unsupervised rides")



This new Chinese EV pickup looks a Toyota Hilux, but it’s only $18,000

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— Electrek (@electrek.co) January 27, 2026 at 11:56 AM








NEW: Google’s “Auto Browse” AI tool includes a warning that attributes responsibility to users for the bot’s actions. “Use Gemini carefully and take control if needed,” reads a disclaimer on the demo version. “You are responsible for Gemini’s actions during tasks.” www.wired.com/story/google...

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— Reece (@thiccreese.bsky.social) January 28, 2026 at 10:09 AM
("I can now delegate to Auto Browse within Gemini to be able to go ahead and buy")







Last year, a human trafficking victim trapped in a crypto scam compound in the Golden Triangle region of Laos contacted me. He then proceeded to leak to me a huge collection of the compound's internal materials. Then he had to get out alive. This is his story. ๐Ÿงต๐Ÿ‘‡ www.wired.com/story/he-lea...

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— Andy Greenberg (@agreenberg.bsky.social) January 27, 2026 at 4:15 AM
(Has AI made this job obsolete?)







The Doomsday Clock is too grim. We should change it to this.

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— Mike Schuster (@mcs212.bsky.social) November 18, 2024 at 6:31 AM








Co-pilot expands Yorkshire to pretty much the whole of the Danelore with a new capital of Manchesto. It has merged the river Ouse with the other river Ouse. We now have the Yokhire Dales. Lancashire had been replaced with Nothern Ireland! 21/n

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— Tautology (@tautology.uk) January 27, 2026 at 4:38 AM
Manchesto







(Phrased a little vaguely--but sounds like the same doctor that was prescribing him ketamine signed the death certificate, and there was no autopsy)







(And also, "Williams ready for Bahrain as team denies major weight issue with delayed F1 car")















how is this not an SNL sketch

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— Denny Carter (@dennycarter.bsky.social) January 27, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Does any coaching staff have a better combo of coaches likely to produce incredible quotes?







MY TAKE: Each of the four Grand Slam tournaments should have a different name for tennis rackets. At the U.S. Open, they're rackets. At Wimbledon, they're racquets. At the French Open, they're racquettes. At the Australian Open, of course, they're gonzeroolies

— Brian Phillips (@brianphillips.bsky.social) January 27, 2026 at 6:45 AM








every day on this website

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— Frances Meh (@francesmeh.reviews) January 10, 2026 at 11:24 AM








Dropped my phone into the refried beans at the Mexican restaurant tonight and briefly wondered if the best way to clean it up would be to drop it into the rice.

— Noel Murray (@noelmu.bsky.social) January 9, 2026 at 5:12 PM
















This bobtail squid burrowing into the sand is already adorable, but please watch till the very end! It sticks out its little arms and earnestly sprinkles sand over itself ๐Ÿฆ‘๐“‚ƒ◌๐“ˆ’๐“

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— ใงใ‚“ใ‹ (@k-hermit.com) January 12, 2026 at 4:03 AM








@sabrina_wehling She loves the dentist and had so much fun at her first appointment. Her only complaint is that they needed a picture of her. ๐Ÿ˜‚ #t#toddlertokd#dentistappointmentm#momlifesharing ♬ Sound Effect Compilation - Yann Cattarin




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