Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Today's news and jokes

insane to have this photograph float across the timeline only to learn that it’s MIKE VRABEL and DIANNA RUSSINI sharing a SECRET FORBIDDEN EMBRACE

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— x-victoria zeller⚔️ (buy ONE OF THE BOYS) (@dirtbagqueer.rocks) April 7, 2026 at 4:36 PM


The Post claims the copyright, photgrapher not mentioned.





If the right-wing Iran hawk wishcast is "We only have to kick in the door and the whole rotten structure will come crashing down," the left-wing wishcast is Iran will be able to impose a tax on world energy consumption against all international law and the interests of every great power but Russia

— Nick Brumfield (@nickjbrumfield.bsky.social) April 7, 2026 at 6:00 PM




The Iran-aligned Iraqi armed group Kataib Hezbollah has released abducted US journalist Shelly Kittleson, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said reut.rs/4vhGLov

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— Reuters (@reuters.com) April 7, 2026 at 6:36 PM








SpaceX, in an attempt to pull eyes from Artemis (good luck) just had a Raptor engine explode on the north test stand at McGregor! Whoa! Go big or go home, I guess! nsf.live/mcgregor

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— NASASpaceflight.com (@nasaspaceflight.com) April 6, 2026 at 5:21 PM


(Meanwhile, good photo from Artemis)







i ~predict~ this will cause a big mess: www.wired.com/story/nobody...

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— Kate Knibbs (@knibbs.bsky.social) April 7, 2026 at 7:08 AM
(Not that I've sought it out, but I haven't seen any discussions of AI taking over accoutning jobs)







New: I wrote about the battle between Gov. Wes Moore and the Baltimore Sun. The paper has been investigating Moore's record/past for misstatements/exaggerations. But in an unusual move, the owner of the Sun appears to be directly involved in the reporting process... www.semafor.com/article/04/0...

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— max tani (@maxtani.bsky.social) April 6, 2026 at 6:16 AM
("Minutes after the note was sent, several email addresses attempted to “recall” and unsend [the] email... One of the people trying to recall the email: [] the owner of the paper...best known as the Trump ally who has steered the Sinclair television affiliate network to the political right, has been the driving force behind the Sun’s transformation")







("A shelter for delivery workers was proposed years ago. Then Mayor Zohran Mamdani decided that it needed to be finished within his first 100 days in office")







Is ChatGPT trained on Sam Altman?

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— Eliot Higgins (@eliothiggins.bsky.social) April 6, 2026 at 4:14 PM








































Rehabbers are brilliant

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— badly-drawn bee 🐝 (@soapachu.bsky.social) March 24, 2026 at 2:03 PM








One of the very few acceptable Fourth Wall Breakers

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— Mike Schuster (@mcs212.bsky.social) March 24, 2026 at 7:27 AM








This photo of an elephant breaking into someone’s house to raid their pantry will live in my head until the day I die people.com/thmb/ixem7ta...

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— #1 Eito Stan (@ksmiles.bsky.social) March 23, 2026 at 8:20 AM








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