Wednesday, January 7, 2026

Today's news and jokes







Incredible how little attention this is getting outside Germany. "In its third full day, a ... power failure in Berlin resulting from an arson attack...tens of thousands...making do without heat, electricity, cellphone service & warm food or drinks." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/w...

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— Shashank Joshi (@shashj.bsky.social) January 6, 2026 at 8:39 AM
For the time being, supposedly by a group protesting fossil fuels (that has also launched attacks for various reasons such as protesting a Covid-19 tracking app







Today I had gpt-5.2-codex do a refactor and API design I've been putting off for years. Its design (in Rust) was far better than what I would have done. The other day I used Claude Code/Opus 4.5 to create an app I've been wanting for a year. It wrote 73 files in 25 minutes, and it just worked. 1/

— John Wiseman (@lemonodor.bsky.social) January 2, 2026 at 10:21 PM

I've been coding for 40 years, but I'll be surprised if I actually write 1000 lines of code in 2026. "I'd put it this way: If your plan to keep your job is that the AI is going to have a Skill Issue, that is a short term plan." 2/ bsky.app/profile/lemo...

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— John Wiseman (@lemonodor.bsky.social) January 2, 2026 at 10:26 PM




Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter www.ft.com/content/ad94...

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— Eliot Higgins (@eliothiggins.bsky.social) January 6, 2026 at 9:17 AM


The author of a viral Reddit thread alleging fraud at a food delivery company tried to back up his claim by sending me AI-generated documents. Today I'm publishing those documents in the hopes that it helps other reporter see what we're up against in the age of AI www.platformer.news/fake-uber-ea...

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— Casey Newton (@caseynewton.bsky.social) January 5, 2026 at 5:08 PM


Top: A well-reported story about how ChatGPT basically killed a kid giving him drug advice Bottom: A desperate plea to help SFGate survive in the era of Google's AI summaries In between: A GenAI ad for an impossible object that dispenses butter, and generates the money to pay for the reporting

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— J.D. Connor (@jdconnor.bsky.social) January 5, 2026 at 6:01 PM


("a high-stakes test")







Polymarket disputes capture of Maduro amounted to invasion ft.trib.al/qIkh84u

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— Financial Times (@financialtimes.com) January 6, 2026 at 3:02 PM


This is exactly the press that Trump was hoping for. Like it's a big game show. Who is gonna get it next? Tune in next week kids.

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— Jack Murphy (@jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social) January 6, 2026 at 10:03 AM
























Kansei Matsuzawa, the Tokyo Toe, teaches us all that we can be anything we want to be with the right attitude and the assistance of YouTube. Delightfully, I learned upon returning from Charlotte that this includes becoming the face of a craft coffee blend.

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— mayo bowl pitt girl 🏈 (@opg.bsky.social) January 3, 2026 at 6:39 PM
















Birkenstocks are shoes for people with no expectation of running away

— Solomon (@solomonmissouri.bsky.social) January 4, 2026 at 2:39 PM








(Just like the idea)







Holy shit I just found out that Gearbox made a plush of Gortys from “Tales from the Borderlands”?? This might be the first time I’ve ever seen official merch of a character I helped create. gearboxloot.com/products/bor...

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— eric stirpē (@stirpicus.bsky.social) December 15, 2025 at 9:52 AM








Not related to anything, but this is the most cowardly bidding I have ever seen on The Price is Right

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— Phil Salvador (@philsalv.bsky.social) December 15, 2025 at 7:45 AM








@graysonfamilyfiles We hosted a “nothing to wear this to” party/game night for our birthdays 😂 here’s how our friends pulled up… #nothingtowear #partytheme #fyp #birthdayparty ♬ Got To Give It Up - Pt. 1 - Marvin Gaye








@brunoabouttown It’s the effort that counts!! PSA: they have toe grips so won’t slip and take everything for joints😘. #brunoabouttown #dogsoftiktok #olddogs #cutedogs #funnydogs ♬ original sound - brunoabouttown




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