Thursday, March 5, 2026

Today's news and jokes



















an example: it's probably possible right now/soon, to create an AI tool that searches the web for people whose online presence betrays feelings of loneliness/latent mental health issues, finds them, then creates multiple virtual friends or even entire communities, & pushes them to violence

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— William B. Fuckley (@opinionhaver.bsky.social) March 4, 2026 at 12:29 PM








("stepping down to become chief executive of an electric company in her native Puerto Rico")







The secretary of Miami-Dade County’s GOP started a group chat for conservative students — and within 3 weeks, it was filled with over 400 instances of the N-word, Nazi rhetoric and writings of "dozens of ways of violently killing Black people"

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— Phil Lewis (@phillewis.bsky.social) March 4, 2026 at 7:14 PM


One of the things that made Hama's original JOE comics age better than you'd think is that Cobra isn't some foreign entity. It's a Real American Villain.

— Pablo Hidalgo (@infinata.bsky.social) February 28, 2026 at 11:59 AM








Before you share that story about how troops were told the Iran War is for "Armageddon," read this. Please. open.substack.com/pub/friendly...

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— Diana Butler Bass (@dianabutlerbass.bsky.social) March 4, 2026 at 6:02 AM
(More or less what I thought when I saw the post--I'd never heard of the site before, and seemed truthy. Unfortunately, credible known sources are winking out one by one)







("[The congressman's] campaign manager and spokesman, said that [the congressman's wife] plays only a minimal role in her husband’s campaign...[She] serves as her husband’s campaign treasurer") (Brad Lander is primarying him)







It's got to be some real insult to injury to have your CEO lay you off while blaming conspiracies and corporate espionage after ordering monitoring software to be secretly installed on employee PCs.

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— Brandon Sheffield (@brandon.insertcredit.com) March 4, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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this game may as well have been an exercise in The Folly of Modern Marketing, because it had a huge campaign with a big budget Mr Beast video racked up 8 million views, just to be met with a 320 peak player count and everyone now going "huh did this exist why didnt they market this"

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— Tirk (@tirkarokujo.itch.io) February 23, 2026 at 11:49 AM








































@nmp.josie Picasso is a true lover boy 😂🩵 #minischnauzer #dogmom #minischnauzersoftiktok ♬ original sound - Breazy








@coton_kiwi and nowhere to be seen when I need her 😐 #cotondetulear #cutedoglife #dogsoftiktok ♬ A Summer Place - Hollywood Strings Orchestra








@maiseymcginnis1 his favorite spot. #maltese #funny #dog ♬ This Is The Life Demo Hannah Montana - out of context hannah montana








@dog my lord, your chariot awaits (ig tofus.lyfe) #dog ♬ original sound - dog




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