Friday, March 20, 2026

Today's news and jokes

haha, never knew this—was wondering what that cloth headwear spacemen wear under their helmets was called

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— LEE GATLIN (@neilaglet.bsky.social) February 26, 2026 at 7:20 AM






Feds just took down 4 botnets, including the Aisuru and Kimwolf botnets that carried out record-breaking DDOS attacks peaking at 30+ terabits per second, nearly three times the previous record. DOJ says the botnets had hijacked more than three million devices. www.wired.com/story/us-tak...

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— Andy Greenberg (@agreenberg.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 5:12 PM








Is the game actually good or is it just constantly giving you little tasks and patting you on the head when you complete them, temporarily slaking your perpetual longing for recognition?

— Chris Schilling (@schillingc.bsky.social) March 11, 2026 at 2:30 AM




Dopamine takes a hit: how neuroscience is rethinking the ‘feel-good’ chemical. (Bonus Omar Little quote included.) www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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— Carl Zimmer (@carlzimmer.com) March 18, 2026 at 6:02 AM








NEW: The career FCC enforcement officer who oversees the West Coast cheered on Chairman Brendan Carr's political pressure campaign against Disney/ABC over Jimmy Kimmel, emails obtained by @wired.com show. No paywall bc FOIA. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/fcc-en...

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— Andrew Couts (@couts.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 11:13 AM




Afroman has already been offered a position in the trump admin. Urban development probably

— zaratustra (@zaratustra.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 8:58 AM








Earlier this month, Crimson Desert was trading at a 30% chance of winning Game of the Year on the gambling website Kalshi, second only to Grand Theft Auto VI (45%). Now it is down to 5%.

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— Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier.bsky.social) March 19, 2026 at 8:31 AM

There's some variation in reviews, but most big sites have it hovering at around 8/10 with a couple percentage points either way. That's enough to crash a AAA studio's stock price these days despite it being a huge seller. This kind of nonsense isn't sustainable. Or coherent. It's just weird vibes

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— Dominic Tarason (@dominictarason.com) March 18, 2026 at 11:34 PM
















"A ... federal judge has dismissed a writer's lawsuit accusing a bestselling fiction author of stealing her romance-fantasy book drafts to create the popular 'Crave' series, issuing a lengthy opinion finding tropes of the genre —such as 'hot, sexy, dangerous boys'— are not protected by copyright."

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— Sarah Fackrell (@design-law.bsky.social) March 18, 2026 at 6:18 AM

Oh, wow, this paragraph:

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— Sarah Fackrell (@design-law.bsky.social) March 18, 2026 at 6:23 AM

"Both heroes can move very quickly, but this is by no means original to Freeman’s work; Edward, the hero of Twilight, does the same." 💀

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— Sarah Fackrell (@design-law.bsky.social) March 18, 2026 at 6:25 AM








(The fans in the front row at the bottom)







The funniest hit-by-pitch you'll ever see

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— Chris Vannini (@chrisvannini.com) March 15, 2026 at 2:23 PM








Someone in advertising pitched “the capital one bank guy” and they thought that’d be something customers would really like

— Nickferatu (@nickeldoodle.bsky.social) March 17, 2026 at 3:13 PM








"All day I've heard people talking about the wonders of an angle and wanting to analyse it." chaser.com.au/sport/maths-...

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— The Chaser (@chaser.com.au) March 18, 2026 at 12:11 AM








Those seated in an exit row should get a little hat, sash and whistle

— Pablo Hidalgo (@infinata.bsky.social) March 11, 2026 at 1:26 PM








@itsmejanetbark Preventative care, ya know? 💪🏽 #dogsoftiktok #minidachshund #dachshundsoftiktok #ivdd #fyp ♬ Tchaikovsky "Dance of the Reed Flutes"(1257471) - kzy




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