Sunday, January 25, 2026

Today's news and jokes

@apnews A sea storm hit Italy's southern coast. A wave of bad weather with heavy rainfalls, strong winds and giant waves had been hitting southern Italy. #storms #wave #sicily ♬ original sound - The Associated Press


@abcnews The mayor of Taormina and his team were hit by a freak wave in Santa Teresa di Riva, eastern Sicily, during a survey on Tuesday, when a sea storm hit Italy's southern coast. No injuries were reported. #news #italy #ocean ♬ original sound - ABC News


When it comes to climate, the Global South is the future of the Global North. This week a cyclone hit the Med. “One in 50 yrs event” etc. The pics are immense, the damage mostly in Sicily/Calabria. As the Global South knows well, the event was received with much silence by much Italian media.

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— Federica Genovese (@fgenovese.bsky.social) January 23, 2026 at 11:31 PM
("an unprecedented phenomenon")





On tonight’s White House agenda: Trump and guests will get a private screening of MELANIA, the documentary about the First Lady, @thr.com reports. Attendees include Apple CEO Tim Cook, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Mike Tyson, per the article.

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— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond.bsky.social) January 24, 2026 at 5:49 PM


Probably worth noting there's ads for the film all over Truth Social, so someone's getting a pay day from that.

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— Eliot Higgins (@eliothiggins.bsky.social) January 24, 2026 at 10:52 AM


Anyone able to ID this patch?

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— Eliot Higgins (@eliothiggins.bsky.social) January 24, 2026 at 2:27 PM

It’s merch from a vet-bro swag company called Forward Observations Group. Think of it like the “Supreme” shirt brand for the Call of Duty fanboy set

— Lance Malibu (@fulfillthedream.bsky.social) January 24, 2026 at 2:47 PM


A magistrate judge found no probable cause to support arrest warrants for 5 people involved in the St. Paul church protest. DOJ appealed to the 8th Cir. That appeal led to this remarkable letter from the Chief Judge of the Minnesota district court… storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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— Anna Bower (@annabower.bsky.social) January 24, 2026 at 9:51 AM

“The government has also argued that I must accept this as true because they said it, and they are the government…I respectfully suggest that the petition is frivolous.”

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— Anna Bower (@annabower.bsky.social) January 24, 2026 at 10:02 AM


in like 10 years we're gonna find out they were handing out challenge coins for doing what they did this morning

— Power, The (@agp.ceo) January 24, 2026 at 8:53 AM


ICE is investigating - and issued a rare condemnation - after a Colorado nonprofit said agents left behind branded “death cards” in vehicles abandoned after their owners were arrested in the state’s high country: www.denverpost.com/2026/01/23/c...

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— Seth Klamann (@sethklamann.bsky.social) January 23, 2026 at 2:58 PM
("The practice of leaving an ace of spades as a calling card reportedly began with the U.S. military during the Vietnam War when Company C, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry would leave them at the entrances and exits of villages where Viet Cong members were killed, along trails, or on the bodies of Viet Cong members")

Historians believe the ‘Mini-polis’ or ‘small-city’ to be an allegorical or metaphorical place, possibly an agglomeration of several different cities, given the unlikelihood of so many significant events occurring rapidly in such a small place.

— William B. Fuckley (@opinionhaver.bsky.social) January 24, 2026 at 7:11 PM


ICE thinks Minnesotans will eventually give up, it’s like they’re unfamiliar with Vikings fandom

— Carin (@mrotzie.bsky.social) January 23, 2026 at 5:05 PM








In #China another two generals have been purged in Xi Jinping’s ongoing crackdown inside the People’s Liberation Army. One of them is Zhang Youxia, the PLA’s top general… www.scmp.com/news/china/p...

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— Stephen McDonell (@stephenmcdonell.bsky.social) January 24, 2026 at 12:37 AM

This goes beyond an empty CMC. An extraordinary number of senior PLA officers is still missing. The commanders and commissars of many Theatre Commands and Services, as well as several CMC Departments are unaccounted for or gone.

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— Sense Hofstede (@sensehofstede.nl) January 24, 2026 at 3:28 AM
("had survived several rounds of military purges and was thought close to untouchable as a childhood friend of the president...one of the only Chinese military commanders with combat experience, having fought in the country’s 1979 war against Vietnam")







Exclusive: A cyberattack targeting Poland's energy infrastructure in December used wiper malware that would have erased grid computers and rendered them inoperable had it not been thwarted, a researcher at @ESET told me. The researcher calls the attack "unprecedented" for Poland and "substantial"

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— Kim Zetter (@kimzetter.bsky.social) January 23, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Russia







@reuters A commuter train collided with a crane in southeastern Spain on January 22, emergency services said, in the country's fourth rail crash in less than a week. #train #crash #emergency #rail #spain ♬ original sound - Reuters
A write-up















hey did you see a headline on google? turns out that headline might be an llm hallucination www.theverge.com/tech/865168/...

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— Elizabeth Lopatto (@lopatto.bsky.social) January 23, 2026 at 11:54 AM








It's always the same hallucination across time and space and in whatever country the mushroom grows in. Extremely weird. www.bbc.com/future/artic...

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— Stephen Nuñez (@socio-steve.bsky.social) January 22, 2026 at 5:37 PM
("known for its savory, umami-packed flavor...Don't eat it until the timer goes off or you might see little people"







World’s oldest cave art discovered in Indonesia’s Muna island https://aje.news/2umzom

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— Al Jazeera English (@aljazeera.com) January 21, 2026 at 7:30 PM
("created at least 67,800 years ago")







(That's against our religion)







@bleacherreport Took him out QUICK 💀 #nba #basketball #camthomas #nets ♬ original sound - bleacherreport








@a_saffron You can still catch this installation at Darling Harbour until Jan 25 👀 #sydney #darlingharbour #eyes #installation #observer ♬ Little Things - Adrián Berenguer








@veronicapurvis0 And for today’s adventure we went mud dogging in a Polaris #parkcity #utah #snow #dogsledding #mud ♬ The Banjo Beat, Pt. 1 - Ricky Desktop








@georgelovestreats Hi it’s George. I am a dog of principle. Money has been spent. Habits remain unchanged. #funnydog #dogsoftiktok #doglover #shihtzu #dogmomlife ♬ I Love It (feat. Charli XCX) - Icona Pop








@duffy.the.maltipoo

♬ original sound - Duffy the Maltipoo








@karichampoux

Inseperable 💞

♬ Old Man - Neil Young








@user6023980405593 This baby took his first steps during the baby race 😱#fyp #viral #funny #foryou #funnytiktok ♬ Cool Attitude (Vox) - Ah2




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