Friday, March 6, 2026

Today's news and jokes







A fraternity that counts Jeff Bezos' stepson as a member under investigation for insider trading. Parties with Polymarket-branded beer pong sets. $20,000 in funding to open a prediction market club. Here's how prediction markets are gaining ground on college campuses. www.wsj.com/business/med...

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— Katherine Long (@klong.bsky.social) March 5, 2026 at 6:12 PM


I think one of the things that bothers me the most about the way Polymarket presents itself to the world is that it's adopted the language of journalism to make itself sound more legitimate. Like look at this post from yesterday morning incorrectly "projecting" the winner.

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— Parker Molloy (@parkermolloy.com) March 4, 2026 at 7:10 AM














Tax exiles stuck in London desperately trying to get *back* to Dubai to avoid becoming tax resident in the UK? Just great stuff. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

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— Jim Waterson (@jim.londoncentric.media) March 5, 2026 at 3:55 AM


"Western civilization" has always been a fictional identity group with no real meaning beyond contrived political purposes, but it is especially weird to see this kind of talk from an admin that hates NATO, hates European allies, and hates well, western civilization.

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— Jack Murphy (@jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social) March 5, 2026 at 7:34 PM


"It could last six days, six weeks. I doubt six months." — Donald Rumsfeld on the Iraq War (7 Feb 2003).

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— Adam Schwarz (@adamjschwarz.bsky.social) March 5, 2026 at 9:26 AM










sure but eventually they'll probably do other stuff too

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— more mr. nice guy (@juniorhoncho.bsky.social) March 3, 2026 at 4:45 PM








Head's up, new Masked Singer.

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— Pablo Hidalgo (@infinata.bsky.social) March 5, 2026 at 10:58 AM








This story is nuts The journal ‘Pediatrics and Child health’ has been published an article type, for case reports, that are made up and fictional without having any clear notice 😱 retractionwatch.com/2026/03/03/c...

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— Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 (@hswapnil.medsky.social) March 3, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Apparently triggered by a New Yorker article







My kids secondary and primary schools in the East Midlands sent out emails about this. One sent an email saying it was a trend we had to be aware of, and the other sent one saying it's a viral hoax they want to warn us about.

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— Eliot Higgins (@eliothiggins.bsky.social) March 4, 2026 at 3:58 AM
("When the trend emerged at the end of February, a number of police forces responded by carrying out additional patrols, although there have still been no reports of disorder actually taking place. However, there have been reports of new posts on TikTok and Snapchat advertising so-called 'battles'")























SGA is wearing... something furry?

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— CJ Fogler (@cjzero.bsky.social) March 4, 2026 at 4:03 PM








































WHO IS JOHNNY SIXGUN 🦉by @siobhan.creature.love mainly this section where you wander around a level from dark souls 2 while they reminisce about dark souls 2 and this dark souls 2 / Evanescence mix plays siobhan-dent.itch.io/who-is-johnn...

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— Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 (@computerjames.itch.io) February 26, 2026 at 9:06 AM
(Just liked the description)







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








@ginasusino Took strong and independent too far #fypシ #blizzard #momlifebelike #cattledog ♬ Fire the Cannons (1812 Overture) - Jochen Flach & Peter Ilych Tchaikvsky & Thomas Hewitt Jones




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