Sunday, January 18, 2026

Today's news and jokes

you know this guy is a FOR REAL photographer because he's telling the story of his brutal, unconditional arrest by federal goons and can't help but slip in a gear review

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— Daniel Suitor (@danielsuitor.com) January 17, 2026 at 7:37 AM








Being required to present proof of citizenship to someone not required to present proof they're actually law enforcement is one hell of a dichotomy

— Evil MoPac (@evilmopacatx.bsky.social) January 16, 2026 at 5:17 PM


The Times never met a right-wing hate monger it couldn’t sanitize. The Washington Post, by contrast, gets it exactly right.

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— Joe Adalian (@tvmojoe.bsky.social) January 17, 2026 at 5:19 PM


A few days ago, Fox News was whining about ICE agents getting heckled at a Mexican restaurant in Minneapolis. Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.

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— Radley Balko (@radleybalko.bsky.social) January 17, 2026 at 2:30 PM


He gave a bunch of Nazi salutes and out came the super soakers (pic from Mpls subreddit)

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— Walter (dead) (@nedzeppelin.bsky.social) January 17, 2026 at 2:58 PM




"Ex-ICE agent" will become the stock character of choice for anyone needing to populate a story with some mooks who are idiotic but also utterly unsympathetic (so if the protagonist curb stomps them it's awesome)

— Bi King Gent 👑 💖💜💙 (@thesnarkygent.bsky.social) January 17, 2026 at 12:52 PM

Book 34, in which Reacher walks into town and is accosted by ICE agents running a drug-and-child-abuse ring, after which Reacher tears apart 20-30 goons with his bare hands-the-size-of-rotisserie-chickens. It will be called "Frost Snap" and it will be ready by every Dad in America.

— The Loar Axe (@theloaraxe.bsky.social) January 17, 2026 at 3:50 PM








there will prob be a global boycott of US goods by the end of his term

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— derek guy (@dieworkwear.bsky.social) January 17, 2026 at 10:01 AM
This

I have a sneaking suspicion that neither the World Cup nor the LA Olympics will feature full European participation, if they happen at all.

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— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social) January 17, 2026 at 10:33 AM
(Athletes will be competing to produce the better protest)







Stephen Miller is upset about Star Trek, one of the most socially progressive franchises in TV history

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— Drew Harwell (@drewharwell.com) January 15, 2026 at 8:10 PM


there's literally a star trek episode where online fascist incels crash Risa for being too woke and Worf joins them and Jadzia gets mad at him for it hahahaha

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— 🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ>∿<ₑͤ ∞🌮 (@unormal.bsky.social) January 15, 2026 at 11:02 PM
(Is Shatner MAGA? Or does Miller just assume he is because of how his wife died?)







Israel will honor Charlie Kirk with award for fighting antisemitism

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— The Independent (@the-independent.com) January 15, 2026 at 2:08 AM
(There's a deranged battle going on) (Related)







this is a rollicking great read it's a story of a bunch of tenured idealists who believed that they were building a university dedicated to free speech and free inquiry, but then lost control of their project to... the right-wing megadonors who funded the university www.politico.com/news/magazin...

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— Michael Caley (@michaelcaley.bsky.social) January 16, 2026 at 9:28 AM
("all staff and faculty of UATX must subscribe to the four principles of anti-communism, anti-socialism, identity politics, and anti-Islamism...Because so many of its leaders lean conservative, UATX has been portrayed in some quarters as having been a right-wing project from the start. However, the truth is vastly more complex...It’s a tragedy worthy of the Greeks") (These articles always seem most useful in revealing another reporter worth blocking)







(Didn't see a good write-up)







Christ, this (from Lizza's latest) is pretty fucking damning of...literally the entire media(?) What the fuck?

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— John (@johnlk.bsky.social) January 16, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Second half is paywalled























the Pentagon has confirmed that the Lucky Box vending machine lingers still, ready to offer a gem mint Charizard to whoever is bold enough to claim it

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— Matthew Gault (@mjgault.bsky.social) January 15, 2026 at 11:12 AM








The YouTube phenomenon known as MrBeast has partnered with the LDS Church on philanthropy, and church President Dallin Oaks says he hopes lower missionary ages will lead to lower marriage ages.

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— The Salt Lake Tribune (@sltrib.com) January 15, 2026 at 9:34 AM
(If women can start their mission at 18 instead of 19, then they can get married and have kids younger too)















SUGGESTION FOR BLUESKY'S DEV TEAM: y'all should do locked accounts so that you, yes you the devs, have a place to complain about how fucking annoying users are without the users being able to QRT dunk you. it's lifesaving. you need it. trust me on this one. i'm looking out for you here

— jae @ ANE2026 (@jkap.gay) January 15, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Imagine trusting "private" messages on the Twitter successor so soon after The Twitter Files









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— Joe Sheehan (@sheehannewsletter.bsky.social) January 15, 2026 at 8:41 PM








Jarrett Stidham rn:

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— Parker Molloy (@parkermolloy.com) January 17, 2026 at 6:25 PM








football is great because every so often you get to be like “what is a catch”

— Cat Manning (@catacalypto.bsky.social) January 17, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Should simply be a moment of control while in bounds







John Harbaugh tells The Athletic's Ian O'Connor that he will report to New York Giants owner John Mara. Harbaugh adds that he looks forward to forming a great partnership with GM Joe Schoen.

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— Dianna Russini (@diannarussini.bsky.social) January 17, 2026 at 12:49 PM
But but he ordered the rib eye







@daenamusic @Dr Pepper love u miss u bb, let me know if u feel like giving us a restock for the new year 🥰🥤@Hannah Shaffer @Romeo manifesting this for you too, your Dr Pepper theme song slaps #drpepper #funny #soda #drpepperlover ♬ Dr. Pepper Theme Song - there, i scored it








@sarahwang

My chungus life bro 😭

♬ EVERLASTING LOVE - GROWS








@s4daves The goalkeeper we need for the World Cup 🇲🇽🔥😮‍💨 #worldcup #fifa #seleccionmexicana #futbolmexicano ♬ original sound - Futbol








@viclovinnnn Never trust a good looking snow bank #snow #fyp #viral #fail @emzzzyyyyy ♬ Big Guy - from "The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants” - Ice Spice








@lexee.lynn Collecting lore, one embarrassing moment at a time #padres #baseball #slowpitchsoftball #sandiego ♬ original sound - 𝒶𝓂𝒶𝒾 🌀☀️




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