Monday, March 30, 2026

Today's news and jokes









(In fairness, the WSJ said: “It’s a huge deal,” ...There are a limited number of the planes in the Air Force’s inventory, and they can’t be replaced.)(And here's an ABC article using the photo and still going with the headline "E-3 Sentry AWACS from Tinker Air Force Base damaged in Iranian strike")























“And now, Harry Potter, you will make your great entrance into the Wizarding World,”said the Sorting Hat. “Just like that?” said Harry, astonished. “Putting on a dusty old hat?”. The hat grinned, wryly. “Not at all!” it said, “first (of course!) we must Inspect Your Genitalia!”

— Tom Bloom (@orbitaldropkick.bsky.social) March 29, 2026 at 11:42 AM

I guess boycotting Harry Potter feels pretty trivial to me, because I'm an adult. if someone told me I shouldn't eat Gerber's baby food, I'd be like, that is no problem. I'm way ahead of you

— Michael DeForge (@michaeldeforge.bsky.social) March 29, 2026 at 9:55 AM








There really is no pleasing the NYT, is there "I'm all for protest, but not property destruction. What happened to civil disobedience?" "Blocking the roads is not the way to win hearts and minds" "This peaceful protest is too small to do anything" "This large peaceful protest is...too large?"

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— Laura Jedeed (@laurajedeed.bsky.social) March 29, 2026 at 8:13 AM


The NYT says today’s #NoKings protests had “no shortage of skeptics,” and then quoted exactly one of those skeptics: The chairman of the Ole Miss College Republicans (as of 2025.) But of course, the Times doesn’t ID him as such. He’s just a Concerned Youth.

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— Joe Adalian (@tvmojoe.bsky.social) March 28, 2026 at 7:18 PM

Literally all the NYT needed to do was google his name and the words “Twitter” and “Substack.”

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— Joe Adalian (@tvmojoe.bsky.social) March 28, 2026 at 8:07 PM
("Being Chairman of the Ole Miss College Republicans has been extremely challenging, yet extremely rewarding. This past year, I was involved in coordinating Senator Wicker’s Grove tent for every Ole Miss home game, tracking Doug Emhoff") (The NYT article)

America did not meet the universal adult suffrage criteria of democratic governance until 1965. Gatorade is the exact same age as American democracy.

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— Stan Oklobdzija (@stano.bsky.social) March 28, 2026 at 6:58 PM
(This is the Instagram account for the photographer who took the statue of liberty photos going around)







"The way some of these other immigrants are getting treated in our country right now is a travesty and a disgrace... I think what’s going on in our country — what we’re doing to some of these amazing immigrants, is really unfortunate and it’s really sad." - Charles Barkley on CBS

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— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing.bsky.social) March 29, 2026 at 1:48 PM








incredible, so-called AI companies stormed the International Math Olympiad at the last second and simply announced they’d “won” “gold medal performance” with mealy mouthed statements when they’d done nothing of the sort. It was a lie for publicity.

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— Rev. Poppy Haze π“…‹ (@poppyhaze.bsky.social) March 28, 2026 at 6:21 AM
(FWIW, not familiar with the publisher) (Related, it was also news to me that the now abandoned Disney-Sora deal was more of a concept than a contract)







Sixteen years after it came out. Better late than never, I guess.

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— Carl Zimmer (@carlzimmer.com) March 28, 2026 at 10:35 AM




















(It's not his fault the team has so little meaningful talent (they're all choosing football instead), but it is absurd to keep throwing big money at head coaches under the theory that the problem is slight tactical adjustments)







Lahore Qalandars' Fakhar Zaman has been charged with alleged ball tampering ahead of the last over of a Pakistan Super League game against Karachi Kings.

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— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) March 29, 2026 at 6:30 PM








@baseballquotes1 A wild situation all around #baseball #tiktokcampaign ♬ original sound - baseballquotes1








("Oregon-Northwestern softball game called in 7th inning so Ducks can catch flight")







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— Punchy (@punchystream.bsky.social) March 13, 2026 at 7:27 PM








It’s not a plot hole that Elmo has been 3 years old for 50 years. He was bitten by The Count, willingly. Elmo asked for the Dark Gift

— Alex Blechman (@alexblechman.bsky.social) February 12, 2026 at 5:22 AM
















@lil.hobbs

Can you believe this was 4 years ago? Lil Water Potato lives on forever 🩡🩡🩡

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