Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Today's news and jokes

@espn Holly’s locked in 🔥🔒 #wbb #basketball #sports #college ♬ original sound - ESPN


@stubhub somebody had to come get him 😭 #ucla #texas #cbb #marchmadness #finalfour ♬ original sound - Avi








It is widely believed that the incident involving the explosives is a false-flag operation devised by the Orbán regime, but given Jovanić’s statements, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić might have been a co-conspirator. 5/5

— Anton Shekhovtsov (@shekhovtsov.substack.com) April 6, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Politico's write-up



"Matthew Goodwin has been paid a salary of up to €10,000 a month [from Hungary's state-funded MCC], according to leaked documents obtained by Hungarian investigative journalists Direkt36 and reported by the Good Law Project" That could all end if Orbán loses... open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

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— Josiah Mortimer (@josiahmortimer.bsky.social) April 6, 2026 at 3:26 AM
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This is so fucked up www.nytimes.com/2026/04/05/u...

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— Noah Shachtman (@noahshachtman.bsky.social) April 5, 2026 at 7:50 PM


A moment of sympathy for our president, who is being 'poorly served' by the people he appointed to carry out these inhumane policies. 1/

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— Bill Grueskin (@bgrueskin.bsky.social) April 6, 2026 at 4:06 PM




NEW: I found IRS paperwork for several nonprofits whose addresses matched Border Patrol stations. Some of the groups, named after the military's "morale, welfare, and recreation" program, were selling challenge coins commemorating last year's enforcement surges: www.wired.com/story/us-bor...

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— maddy varner (@regret.bsky.social) April 6, 2026 at 11:26 AM








Someone tried to kill a city councilor who voted for a data center

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— jae holzman (@jael.bsky.social) April 6, 2026 at 1:40 PM








A second former staffer of Rep. Tony Gonzales tells NBC News he sent sexually explicit text messages to her while she was working for him.

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— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) April 6, 2026 at 2:00 PM










Hacker News







Elon promoted a positive review of the Tesla Diner where the writer admits he doesn’t even eat the food lmao

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— Ryan Mac 🙃 (@rmac.bsky.social) April 6, 2026 at 10:00 AM
The review







Absolute cinema watching that jar of Nutella escape contain behind the backs of the astronauts after packing other things away

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— Douglas Reyes-Ceron (@dreyesceron.bsky.social) April 6, 2026 at 11:25 AM








@producerpatrick

Should Georgia keep paying Hollywood to film there

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I just found out today that draft prospect R Mason Thomas’ first name is “R Mason.” The R doesn’t stand for anything. Still processing this information.

— Mina Kimes (@minakimes.bsky.social) April 6, 2026 at 12:47 PM
(Sourcing is shaky, but supposedly he said it was because family tradition is to name boys with an R name like Richard, but his mom didn't want to )







In 2031 I will accidentally go viral for a dance that is just me sandwalking out of rhythm to stymie the prediction markets that have monetized my every step. It will have 1,500,000,000 views on trilobi.te

— jason grinblat (@jfg.land) March 23, 2026 at 10:57 AM










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— Museum of Twitter (@museum-of-twitter.bsky.social) March 7, 2026 at 9:48 AM








Busy World’s Final Destination

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— mary worth is lit (@wilburwurthless.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 5:12 PM








@miche1ada Went to the blessing of the animals just to go see the cute pets #losangeles #dtla ♬ original sound - Miche1ada








@tayoyvey #kangaroo #yoga #losangeles #animalrescue #dateideasla ♬ Nice To Each Other - Olivia Dean




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