Monday, January 5, 2026

Today's news and jokes

@espnw #Love the energy 🔥 (via @Colts Cheerleaders) #football #sports #colts #nfl ♬ Haunted Water - Spellling






"In her statement, posted on the Danish government website, [Danish Prime Minister Mette] Frederiksen said she was addressing the US 'very directly'. She said Denmark - 'and thus Greenland' - was a NATO member and covered by the alliance's security guarantee"

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— Luke LeBrun (@lukelebrun.ca) January 4, 2026 at 12:46 PM


Oh wait, how is this not being reported more? The Rodriguez siblings have been trying for months to sell the Trump administration on "Chavismo lite" regime change and now it's happened? US-sponsored socialist central command, all new for 2026 www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

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— Naomi Clark (@metasynthie) 暗悪直美 (@halfrobot.com) January 4, 2026 at 9:34 AM
(From October: "Qatar, which has close ties to the Venezuelan government and has been accused by U.S. officials of sheltering Venezuelan funds, played a key role as intermediary.")

Thinking about this and the Polymarket stuff at the same time and frowning

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— timothy faust (@tbone.malware-virus.biz) January 3, 2026 at 7:01 PM


Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business

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— Bloomberg News (@bloomberg.com) January 2, 2026 at 8:01 AM




Put a pin in this, I'm still trying to confirm 100% but it sounds like the assault force consisted of C Sqd and 3/75. OPE was indeed conducted under the AUMF. Total control of VZ comms. Recent defections helped the CIA greatly. Maduro recorded constantly to refute any future torture allegations.

— Jack Murphy (@jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social) January 4, 2026 at 8:02 AM










Three years ago, I wrote about a failed case where the L.A. D.A.'s office brought charges largely on the word of 2020 election deniers. Now, the prosecutor behind the case is one of the top voting rights lawyers for the Trump administration. My latest: www.latimes.com/california/s...

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— James Queally (@jqwritesstuff.bsky.social) January 3, 2026 at 9:37 AM
















I want everyone to witness this AI-generated fake fitness journey posted by the mayor of Irvington, New Jersey, a city of 61,000, replete with really obvious consumer-grade AI writing and images www.insidernj.com/press-releas...

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— Disgraziato (@primaryschool.bsky.social) January 4, 2026 at 7:43 AM
All I can say, is Wikipedia does indicate that is the name if the mayor. Same stuff posted on what seemed to be his Facebook page.







it is really incredible that elon musk saw revenge porn and decided the biggest problem to solve with it is that you had to actually engage with a woman physically in order to create it

— laura cavegift (@cavegift.bsky.social) January 4, 2026 at 1:58 PM

A company that's been locked out of major markets like the US and Canada has ridden its habit of "making good cars" to the pinnacle of the EV business, while Tesla, with full access and subsides everywhere, is declining due to its "an asshole company that makes bad cars for assholes" strategy.

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— Jimmy Thomson (@jameswsthomson.com) January 4, 2026 at 8:17 AM
























Nine Delights 2026

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— strawberry garfield (@bbburgerrr.bsky.social) January 1, 2026 at 12:13 PM
















Watching Riley Leonard and....the Colts deserve a lot of smoke for going with Rivers, man

— Mina Kimes (@minakimes.bsky.social) January 4, 2026 at 11:36 AM
The Jeff Saturday franchise







This is cute!

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— Mina Kimes (@minakimes.bsky.social) January 4, 2026 at 12:59 PM








Listening to a Rick Dees/KHJ aircheck from 1979, and when he does the weather, he pronounces "degrees" as... "Dees-grees." Gotta love the corniness of classic radio. youtu.be/SRkeDooGJCA?...

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— Joe Adalian (@tvmojoe.bsky.social) December 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM








The most powerful narrative device a game can deploy is "throw you back to the main menu but it's different"

— nat. (@natclayton.bsky.social) December 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM










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— Ken Parille (@kenparille.bsky.social) December 13, 2025 at 8:17 AM








@katysreadingagain

The Vancouver Aquariam Sea Otter Cam is the best serotonin boost

♬ Elf - Main Theme - Geek Music
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@thetamtamslam

The sweetest thing I’ve ever seen.

♬ Cute - Aurel Surya Lie




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