Saturday, January 31, 2026

Today's news and jokes







(Svitolina is Ukranian)





Recall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) January 30, 2026 at 8:53 AM
("when they got to her home, they saw what appeared to be a police SUV in the driveway and a man dressed as an officer")







Chris Rufo is so upset about the Minneapolis protests that he is resorting to anti-Nordic racism christopherrufo.com/p/the-curse-...

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— Zack Beauchamp (@zackbeauchamp.bsky.social) January 30, 2026 at 9:30 AM








Oh we're doing Epstein tip calls now. Two things to remember here. First, they're pure bullshit because 90% of tipline calls are pranks or by people who get off on making them. Second, every single one about a Republican, no matter how anatomically or temporally impossible, is true.

— GPT-Ern Malley (@denam.bsky.social) January 30, 2026 at 11:39 AM


ClickHole article from yesterday that came true in 24 hours. clickhole.com/reversing-st...

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— Daniel Kibblesmith (@kibblesmith.com) January 30, 2026 at 12:03 PM


They dropped 3 million pages of Epstein Files to distract us from Melania reviews.

— Giovanni Colantonio (@marioprime.bsky.social) January 30, 2026 at 9:27 AM
("Trump film is a gilded trash remake of The Zone of Interest")



I'd hate to be the ayatollah right about now. Gonna be some serious maneuvers this coming week.

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— Jack Murphy (@jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social) January 30, 2026 at 2:19 PM








NYT's write-up







(This is just the sub-orbital launch for celebs, not the entire rocket program)







Bitcoin has become a Trump Vibes Index and the vibes aren't good -- down over 28% in 6 months

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) January 29, 2026 at 9:00 AM


Binance bitcoin bailout

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— Molly White (@molly.wiki) January 30, 2026 at 7:16 AM








One day after Jerome Powell says he’s not impressed with precious metal prices as a macroeconomic signal (www.thestreet.com/investing/fe...), precious metal prices are collapsing.

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— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social) January 30, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Thursday write-up. Friday







("No story is too small to turn into a national culture war. And on that front, California offers rich new material")







Hackers behind cyberattack against Poland electric grid in Dec disabled communication devices for at least 30 sites across a number of energy facilities in country. They rendered the devices - known as remote terminal units or RTUs - not only inoperable but also unrecoverable

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— Kim Zetter (@kimzetter.bsky.social) January 28, 2026 at 6:53 AM

Polish grid systems targeted last month were wide open to attack, a new technical report from Polish gov says. Systems used default passwords and no multifactor authentication. Also used outdated/unpatched software. Investigators also found no connection to Sandworm, disputing security researchers

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— Kim Zetter (@kimzetter.bsky.social) January 30, 2026 at 6:37 AM








Tesla’s own Robotaxi data confirms crash rate 3x worse than humans even with monitor

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— Electrek (@electrek.co) January 29, 2026 at 3:14 PM
(I admire the consistency of this blog, which was ahead of the game in attacking Tesla's viability as a car company)







feel like this is one of the bigger labor stories of Our Current Regrettable Age variety.com/2026/gaming/...

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— bijan (@bijan.bsky.social) January 29, 2026 at 1:55 PM


What’s telling to me about this isn’t the IP infringement but the fact that they haven’t solved any of the key issues in AI generated “spaces” World integrity still slowly falls apart so you’re limited to 60 seconds of playtime, and even the piece describes how it lost track of roads and trails

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— Chris Franklin (@errant-signal.com) January 29, 2026 at 10:06 AM








"Harvard Faculty Cut A Grades by Nearly 7 Percentage Points in Fall," Harvard Crimson reports. thecrimson.com/article/2026...

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— Orin Kerr (@orinkerr.bsky.social) January 29, 2026 at 5:05 PM
















(Fox's write-up blames Trump policies, and as far as I could tell makes no mention of online gambling)







Whiskey Fridays with Tony Dokoupil. On CBS.

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— μš°λ¦¬κ°€ 이긴닀 (@yanquigohome.bsky.social) January 30, 2026 at 12:04 PM
















Oklahoma City could do the funniest thing....

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— JM =^) (@jm539581.bsky.social) January 30, 2026 at 2:55 PM
(As the I've definitely been wondering exactly who could force the sister to sell the teams if she didn't feel like it)







@apnews

Lindsey Vonn crashed in her final downhill race before the Winter Olympics on Friday and was airlifted from the course for medical checks, a troubling turn for the 41-year-old U.S. ski star just a week before the Milan Cortina Games. #lindseyvonn #crash #airlift #ski

♬ original sound - The Associated Press








@wgolazo From “no way” to “okay fine” πŸ’ƒπŸ˜­ @trinity.rodman @U.S. Soccer ♬ original sound - Makayla Did








“If you put the Apple icons in reverse it looks like the portfolio of someone getting really really good at icon design” (Source: mastodon.social/@heliographe...)

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— Thomas Fuchs (@thomasfuchs.at) January 13, 2026 at 6:10 PM








The last word of every sentence is in italics here, the better to imagine the Beastie Boys rapping about quicklime.

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— Ken Jennings (@kenjennings.bsky.social) January 14, 2026 at 4:34 PM








@californiapost

It’s a tale of two cities — and nobody has time for one of them. Stretches of road on the border of LA and glitzy Beverly Hills literally show the stark contrast.

♬ original sound - California Post








@hannahgann This happens multiple times a week here!! πŸ˜…πŸ™ƒ #fyp #marriage #married #husbandwife #TikTokCreatorSearchInsightsIncentive ♬ So Easy (To Fall In Love) - Olivia Dean








@theaveragemillenial

Tell me you live in Utah without telling me you live in Utah. Isn’t this against fire code or something?

♬ original sound - 🧍🏾‍♀️🧍🏾‍♀️








@pepper_chimix the rainy day struggles… #chimix #chihuahua #rescuedog #dogmom #reactivedog ♬ original sound - Pepper




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