Friday, February 27, 2026

Today's news and jokes

@dauyse5957 April took Cirebon by storm with an unforgettable concert! The fans were all in their feels!#KonserApril #April #Ropril #AprilCincah #DedeApril ♬ original sound - dauyse5957






the party that wants to require ID to vote abruptly invalidating a thousand people’s IDs overnight seems like a pretty giant flashing red light

— Sam Adams (@samadams.bsky.social) February 26, 2026 at 8:55 AM
("Please note that the Legislature did not include a grace period for updating credentials. That means that once the law is officially enacted, your current credentials will be invalid immediately...Anyone who believes someone used the wrong restroom in their presence could file a complaint seeking $1,000")



Imo what is happening on x is that the algorithm loves racist and anti semitic content, and the people who are on there marinate in it all day, and the epstein files has offered an excuse for even left identified people to indulge in the trangressive pleasure of public bigotry as a little treat

— Adam Serwer (@adamserwer.bsky.social) February 26, 2026 at 12:16 PM




Gorton and Denton by-election result: GRN: 40.7% (+27.5) REF: 28.7% (+14.7) LAB: 25.4% (-25.3) CON: 1.9% (-6.0) LDEM: 1.8% (-2.1) Green GAIN from Labour.

— Britain Elects (@britainelects.com) February 26, 2026 at 8:32 PM
("It will deepen concerns among Labour MPs that Starmer’s party is haemorrhaging voters on the left in an effort to thwart the rise of Nigel Farage’s Reform") (The election was triggered when the previous Labour minister resigned: "A Labour minister has been sacked and suspended from the party after messages were exposed in which he said he hoped a pensioner who did not support him would die before the next set of elections. [He] was also accused of writing a series of other messages containing racist and sexist comments. They included apparent antisemitic remarks")















("Afghanistan said its military launched its attack across the border into Pakistan late Thursday in retaliation for deadly Pakistani airstrikes on Afghan border areas Sunday, and claimed to have captured more than a dozen Pakistani army posts.")























Whirlpool is enacting another round of layoffs at an Iowa plant, while moving work to Mexico, all while continuing to praise Trump's tariffs that cost the company $300 million last year www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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— Michael Sainato (@msainato.bsky.social) February 26, 2026 at 4:44 AM
("The US has lost 83,000 factory jobs since Trump took office in January 2025")







⚠️ Anthropic: “We cannot in good conscience accede” to the demands of the Department of War. Concerns about the Department’s potential use of AI for mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons have not been resolved.

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— Leah McElrath (@leahmcelrath.bsky.social) February 26, 2026 at 2:55 PM








Hey, so we got a trojan horse ag.ny.gov/press-releas...

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— Gim (@kemowoomy.bsky.social) February 25, 2026 at 8:35 PM








Every reporter needs to ask Sim what the consequences are for a mayor slandering councillors.

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— Philip Drobar (@philipdrobar.northsky.social) February 26, 2026 at 2:30 PM

featured in the article is this outrageous clip from our chief civic embarrassment

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— Tessa Rowland (@tessarowland.bsky.social) February 26, 2026 at 2:27 PM








Some of these faculty are literal, doctorate-level experts in Catholic social teaching. Dissertations on Rerum Novarum and on Laborem Exercens and on the priority of labor and whatnot. This is gonna get ugly and erudite at the same time.

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— SlacktivistFred (@slacktivistfred.bsky.social) February 25, 2026 at 10:05 AM
("First and foremost, we believe in the right to organize and the right of free association. At the same time, we must make decisions that are in the best interests of St. John's if collective bargaining burdens the university's goals")















Check the file name of the image

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— Mark Edmonds (@markedmonds.tech) February 26, 2026 at 8:27 AM

Metacritic has sent a reminder email to all games site editors/publishers which is pretty strong, and great:

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— Alex Donaldson (@apzonerunner.com) February 26, 2026 at 10:03 AM
















We got the NFLPA report card results: Miami ranked 1st for the 3rd year in a row. Pittsburgh ranked last in part because of a new category- HOME FIELD- that the Steelers ranked last in. "lowest rated field by a wide margin," the survey said. www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...

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— Kalyn Kahler (@kalynkahler.bsky.social) February 26, 2026 at 12:10 PM
(Steelers were 28th the year before. "Players reported that it 'has only five bathroom stalls for the entire team.'")







The Death Star board room scene is low key the funniest scene in cinematic history. It’s a work meeting with an evil samurai wizard everyone else finds mildly annoying and when his manager tells him to stop killing a coworker with his magicka, he has to listen.

— Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast (@irhottakes.bsky.social) February 17, 2026 at 8:47 AM
(They all remember the effectiveness of Order 66)















@miranda__johnston Teenage me would never have imagined living in N.Ireland, never mind getting my potatoes from a vending machine… #Ireland #cultureshock #husband #livingabroad #fyp ♬ I'm Shipping Up To Boston - Dropkick Murphys








@agirlandcamera This is the coolest tour ever 🐕 #irishwolfhound #bigdogs #dublinireland #tourguide #dublintiktok @Thewolfhoundexperience ♬ Buddha Light - Raj Chanda








@pearlambermuscat PUNCH THE MONKEY UPDATE 22/02/2026 he was so cute and everything you see online is real. He is so attached to his bear, I saw no other monkeys being mean to punch. I did not explore the park as I feel the habitats are way to small, it’s only right they use the money punch is bringing in and give the animals new habitats !! #punchthemonkey ♬ Tea Party in the Curious Forest - My Comfy Tale








@hannah_sand24 She’s done this 20 times today #dogsoftiktok #rescuedog #chihuahua ♬ original sound - Hannah & Belly




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