Monday, February 23, 2026

Today's news and jokes

i’m sorry but you can’t just name a weather event “bombogenesis”

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— Brian Grubb (@briancgrubb.bsky.social) February 22, 2026 at 3:26 PM
AKA Explosive cyclogenesis















“Iran’s nuclear facilities have been obliterated - and suggestions otherwise are fake news.” - White House, June 25, 2025 www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

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— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec.bsky.social) February 22, 2026 at 5:09 AM








Judge Rebukes U.S. Over Application to Search Reporter’s Home A prosecutor apologized for failing to alert the magistrate to a 1980 law that restricts searches for reporting materials. w/ Erik Wemple www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/u...

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— Charlie Savage (@charliesavage.bsky.social) February 20, 2026 at 5:32 PM
("conceded that he had known about the law, but also said he had been following department policy in not bringing it to the judge’s attention...The bar declined to review the matter")







The arrested state senate staffer is the chair of the Anchorage Young Republicans—or was until the news broke yesterday. alaskabeacon.com/briefs/alask...

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— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social) February 21, 2026 at 6:08 AM
("chair of the Anchorage Young Republicans")







The Navy owns two hospital ships, the USNS Comfort and USNS Mercy. Neither appears ready to deploy any time soon, and both were at a maintenance facility run by Alabama Shipyard in Mobile as of today.

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— Dan Lamothe (@danlamothe.bsky.social) February 22, 2026 at 8:42 AM


Denmark’s military says its arctic command forces evacuated a crew member of a U.S. submarine off the coast of Greenland for urgent medical treatment.

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— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) February 22, 2026 at 9:00 AM








The concept here is to get well-heeled travelers to pressure the government to restore secret police funding

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— Amanda Katz (@katzish.bsky.social) February 22, 2026 at 6:34 AM


Holy shit: they folded immediately after this @pamherd.bsky.social skeet www.cnbc.com/2026/02/22/t...

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— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn.bsky.social) February 22, 2026 at 7:51 AM








The headline does not convey how completely batshit this story is. The Archive Today (archive.ph etc) admin weaponized the site's captcha to attack a blogger who wrote about them and *altered archived screenshots* as part of the attack. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

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— Erin Kissane (@kissane.myatproto.social) February 20, 2026 at 6:23 PM
(Various forms of blackmail were threatened)























Okay fine we're doing a little origin story thread: how did I become a horse game consultant and what does that even mean? ๐Ÿงต

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— Alice Ruppert ๐Ÿด๐ŸŽฎ (@malicedafirenze.bsky.social) February 13, 2026 at 7:44 AM








It's time to come clean. I don't give a shit about the difference between a podium and a lectern. That isn't important.

— Jaya Saxena (@jayasaxena.com) February 13, 2026 at 9:31 AM








@locavore.eats I guess that is inevitable when looking for pet-friendly accomodation ๐Ÿ˜… Don’t worry, Chief was perfectly safe and we kept her away hidden from the big friendly dog ๐Ÿ• #nz #dogs #cats #travel ♬ Matcha Boba - Becomfy








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