Thursday, April 2, 2026

Today's news and jokes

A Little Owl was rescued after falling down a chimney. South Essex Wildlife Hospital reported he was "dirty and dehydrated but soon on his way back home". Want to donate to SEWH? southessexwildlife.org/donate Source: fb.com/555952912555... #owlsintowels 💛🦉

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— Owls in Towels (@owls-in-towels.bsky.social) March 21, 2026 at 4:27 AM






NYT has a long write-up















(FWIW--I guess it's a function of newspapers disappearing, but I didn't see this written up by almost anyone else; the article suggests the previous secretary of homeland security was protecting him)









("A source close to her told the Times that claims she had been reported because of national security concerns were “opportunistic hypocrisy, as shown by the nearly a year gap between the events and the report”, adding: “many of the male MPs attending had plenty to drink, too, but only the woman is reported. Not hard to see what the real force behind this is.”)

















anyway here’s @greatdismal.bsky.social in 2011 in Zero History describing the obsession with tactical clothing as a fetishized pursuit in a way that perfectly nails the combat cosplay of modern day ICE and BPD

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— Jesse Raub (@jesseraub.online) March 28, 2026 at 4:41 AM








Four weeks ago I asked billionaire Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital if they'd been issuing fake electrical safety papers to their tenants. Why? Because when we went door-to-door, we kept noticing the paperwork was curiously identical. And tenants said they'd never seen an electrician. Little thread:

— Jim Waterson (@jim.londoncentric.media) April 1, 2026 at 10:25 AM
(This guy cranks out one story after another)







(McVay missed/skipped it too)























I don't normally subscribe to the "German has a word for it" thing because all languages can invent and borrow new words! That said, I can't stop thinking about "hobbyless" as an insult since I saw it a few days ago, so here you go It promotes a growth mindset!! www.tumblr.com/abbiistabbii...

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— Gretchen McCulloch (@gretchenmcculloch.com) March 22, 2026 at 7:56 AM








it's the duty of every tv and comic series to absolutely flop the ending so that we move on as quickly as possible

— zaratustra (@zaratustra.bsky.social) March 21, 2026 at 10:49 AM
















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