Friday, April 17, 2026

Today's news and jokes







NEW: Growing fears of food shortages on USS Tripoli & other US ships in the Middle East. This photo is the kind of meals now being served. It was sent by a sailor to her family. Families are now trying to send food parcels to the ships. Full story 👉 www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

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— News Eye (@newseye.bsky.social) April 16, 2026 at 2:28 PM
("had sent care packages to service members for decades had never seen such delays and suspensions")







("Jerusalem said to have known about ship allegedly holding stolen Ukrainian grain for two weeks before it arrived; if confirmed, Israel would have violated sanctions")







The Trump admin has agreed to pay for its share of the Second Avenue Subway extension, after the MTA sued them for ~$60M and breach of contract www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/n...

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— Stefanos Chen (@stefanoschen.bsky.social) April 16, 2026 at 2:26 PM
















Supposedly $5 billion in debt







One funny thing about the KPOP DEMON HUNTERS phenomenon is how it puts the lie to Netflix’s claims that all of their original films are watched by every household in America. We now know what an honest to god hit Netflix movie looks like, and it sure isn’t RED NOTICE.

— Oscar Goff (@theoscargoff.bsky.social) April 13, 2026 at 3:21 PM
("watched")







Dang, when I heard an asian guy and white guy got fired from Marvel, got scared they finally got Akira Yoshida.

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— Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open) (@hulkhoquinn.bsky.social) April 15, 2026 at 2:35 PM








i actually asked herzog if he’s interested in The Sphere, and he told me the orb was not a real sphere, only half a sphere

— Kevin Nguyen (@knguyen.bsky.social) April 14, 2026 at 9:43 AM








I wrote about how Spurs used new some numbers terribly and ended up with a super-expensive team of players who can't pass: www.espn.com/soccer/story...

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— Ryan O'Hanlon (@rwohan.bsky.social) April 14, 2026 at 5:17 AM
(I don't follow any soccer other than national teams, but apparently the club has a bunch of fast guys with impressive bodies who can't pass) (in my experience, go watch youth academy teams playing humble clubs and you see the same thing) (watch all the NBA teams full of 6'7" guys who can't dribble or pass dying on offense)







(Has an enormous impact on the less players (and their teams) who would have taken their spots on the all-nba teams and thus been in line for enormous raises)































His plans are measured in centuries

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— HJenk (@hjenk.rocks) April 14, 2026 at 6:17 AM
Not fact-checking this















I didn't have strong opinions on fortune cookies until my kid got this jumpscare and now I have exactly one: Mr Beast should not be in them

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— Alive in Chicago (municipal boundary) (@mosermostly.bsky.social) April 5, 2026 at 12:23 PM
















I wonder what else is in there

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— journeyman folklorist (@aniceburrito.bsky.social) April 4, 2026 at 4:26 PM








@twinmarshranch One of our pups at the vet’s office #greatdane #greatdanes #dog #funnydog ♬ Elevator Music - Bohoman




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