Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Today's news and jokes

Re-reading stories from Batman’s year one in part prep for my superhero class, and impressed how much time Batman spends thinking about safe places to park his car…

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— Nick Sousanis (@nsousanis.bsky.social) February 15, 2026 at 3:54 PM






Kuwaiti air defenses shot down three US fighters www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

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— Ankit Panda (@nktpnd.bsky.social) March 2, 2026 at 5:24 AM

Bit more on the shot down pilots

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— Eliot Higgins (@eliothiggins.bsky.social) March 2, 2026 at 2:09 AM

Those service members would still be alive if there had been a basic effort by their leaders at hardening/passive defense. No reason to have a makeshift operations center in a war where you determine D-day.

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— Jeffrey Lewis (@armscontrolwonk.bsky.social) March 2, 2026 at 4:03 PM
("deconflicting airspace is woke DEI") (Supposedly video and photos of two rescues)

NEW: Took a look at the Kalshi Khamenei shitshow. The company lost over $2 million in its quest to appease pissed-off customers www.wired.com/story/irania...

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— Kate Knibbs (@knibbs.bsky.social) March 2, 2026 at 12:13 PM
The details are horrific ("As the clerics were preparing to take their first vote inside the Vatican's Sistine Chapel, which was fitted with jamming equipment to prevent outside communications, security officials picked up the signal of an active mobile connection.")

The only good story of 2026? www.cnn.com/2026/03/02/b...

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— Choire (@choire.bsky.social) March 2, 2026 at 4:11 PM
("Under her TikTok name, Oblivion, she has invited customers to use Staples to create direct mail campaigns, renew their passports or emblazon a photo of their choice onto a mug. ...Her subjects swing from making ASMR content out of printer sounds to earnestly explaining the various coil sizes for book binding...“Ever since I was little, I literally had the thought of, ‘I’m gonna be famous, and it will work out,’ [she] said. “I just put that in the back, got my job at Staples, kept posting my content … And then it took off, and my life changed.”)

Wemby dunking on you gotta be like getting attacked by a giraffe

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— CJ Fogler (@cjzero.bsky.social) March 1, 2026 at 11:59 AM

In the 1960s and '70s, Dodger Stadium regularly hosted "Valley Day" games to tap into the growing San Fern. Valley. Up to 8,000 Valleyites would attend, often finding deals in the LA Times, Valley edition. This quaint ad from 1968 offers up 2 Field (Club) seats for only $3.50!

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— LA Dork (@ladork.bsky.social) February 21, 2026 at 2:17 PM








@abbartz

no actually my biggest regret ruggables SUCK. Edit: I PROMISE you I have tried every setting on my vacuum and yeah sure I could get a new nicer vacuum but let’s ask ourselves why a rug is so hard to vacuum in the first place?

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Helped someone set up one of these, was indeed a nightmare







@bloombergbusiness Sweetgreen, the salad chain that set out to revolutionize fast food, has been beset by costly and avoidable mistakes like soggy fries and lettuce shortages. Redd Brown explains. #food #business #stocks #markets #money ♬ original sound - Bloomberg Business








@hustleoutthebox It Just Kept Getting WORSE 😳 Clark a natural CF said the sun was blaring and would rather deal with wind any day of the week. #mlb #baseball #maxclark #detroittigers #mlbspringtraining ♬ original sound - Hustle Out The Box








@havaneseleo and this is why I’m a homebody #havanese #boydog #dogmom #fyp #dogsoftiktok ♬ cats in the cold - mage tears








@ipetjaxon His favorite game…😂 #frenchbulldog #talkingdog #funnydog #happydog ♬ original sound - Jip Jip The Talking Frenchie




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