Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Today's news and jokes







I have no words. Fortunately my colleagues do. Trump Administration to Pay $1 Billion to Energy Giant to Cancel Wind Farms www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/c...

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— Mike Forsythe 傅才德 (@pekingmikenyt.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 11:45 AM
("The deal is an extraordinary transfer of taxpayer dollars to a foreign company for the purposes of boosting the production of fossil fuels, a main driver of climate change, while throttling offshore wind power") (Kudos to the twisted mind who devised a new way to try to kill the wind farm)



















The investigation into the deadly collision between a plane and fire truck at LaGuardia was initially slowed because the specialists traveling to New York were delayed by long security lines at other airports. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...

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— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 7:00 PM


Decades of aircraft and ground vehicle near misses at LGA preceded fatal crash theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatc... (via @willguisbond.com) #staycurrent

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— The Air Current (@theaircurrent.com) March 23, 2026 at 9:42 AM








LG Chem plans to shut down its no. 2 ethylene plant soon, source says reut.rs/47ZEbcA

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— Reuters (@reuters.com) March 22, 2026 at 7:50 PM
(Is this because of resource shortage, or like using AI as an excuse for firing people when the real problem is the economy tanking?)























First heard as US and Israeli strikes on Iran began, the shortwave broadcast has since been traced to a US military base in Germany—but its purpose and its operator remain unclear.

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— WIRED (@wired.com) March 23, 2026 at 2:24 PM








My dad gave me Jaws for my 11th birthday. He stapled the chapter with the sex scene and told me not to read it. I read it. He said, "I'm very disappointed in you." I said, "I'm very disappointed in YOU." A day later he told me he wouldn't pre-censor a book he gave me again. I couldn't believe I won.

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— Mark Harris (@markharris.bsky.social) March 21, 2026 at 7:58 PM
I read Jaws too and was..surprised. But the one I remember finding disturbing was an Eric Von Lustbader ninja novel.







("NCAA track podium walks off amid champion’s doping allegations")







Just want to draw college basketball fans’ attention to this matchup in NC State-Michigan

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— Rachel Bachman, WSJ sports reporter (@realbachscore.bsky.social) March 22, 2026 at 10:46 AM








(I heard it was good, but stopped watching midway through the third episode when I realized it was a Surf Dracula situation, and that I greatly preferred the pulpy snippet young Simon watches at the beginning of the first episode) (This is the movie poster) (Signalling to the viewer they were inspired by Midnight Cowboy wasn't appealing, either)







Pokopia plushies at the Pokemon Center. There needs to be a plushie of a street with random holes in it to accurately capture my towns.

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— Tokyo Game Life (@tokyogamelife.bsky.social) March 21, 2026 at 8:19 AM








@relfawn #RAF #stem #airforce #ffs #zoomer ♬ sonido original - Nadamasqueyo








@lyd.the.atc Just a regular day in the life #athletictrainer #liberalarts #soccer #sillydance #virL ♬ original sound - goldenbiscuit.tx








@lea_hu2408 #mennowadays #gentleman #dogsarebetterthanhumans #dog ♬ original sound - naddy🩹








@gabby_gabbs

So many gasps echoed Lmaooo

♬ original sound - Gabby🖤










"7 Stolen Dogs Escaped a Meat Truck in China and Walked 10 Miles Home — Together...the video shows the group of dogs surrounding an injured German shepherd, while a Corgi at the front repeatedly looked back to ensure none were left behind"



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