Thursday, May 14, 2026

Today's news and jokes







Huang voters should ask themselves if they'd prefer to have the choice of Raman or Bass in the general, or if they'd like to risk Mayor Spencer Pratt.

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— Mikhail Gorbaechev (@mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social) May 13, 2026 at 10:07 AM




LA news outlets have done a really poor job covering Pratt’s mayoral campaign and history of junk claims. Here’s TMZ breaking the news that Pratt has actually been living in a Bel Air hotel and not the trailer as he claimed in the viral ad www.tmz.com/2026/05/13/s...

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— Jon Passantino (@passantino.bsky.social) May 13, 2026 at 9:47 AM
















This is a mind-bender of a story. She was a beloved Damascus hairdresser with 7,000 followers. But inside al-Mazzeh prison, she was known as Mounira—the guard with the green pipe. @newlinesmag.bsky.social spoke to her family, neighbors and survivors who hunted her. newlinesmag.com/reportage/in...

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— Danny Postel (@dannypostel.bsky.social) May 12, 2026 at 5:49 AM
















Deloitte and Zoom are *shortening* (!) paid parental leave for their employees, saying things like, it's for the "long-term health and sustainability of our business." Fascinating decision at a time when there's handwringing over the birth rate... www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/u...

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— Sapna Maheshwari (@sapna.bsky.social) May 13, 2026 at 7:00 AM
("also reducing vacation time and eliminating financial support for adoption, surrogacy and I.V.F. for those employees")







It should be pointed out over and over that besides Bari Weiss being completely obsessed with turning CBS into a television version of her anti-woke, pro-Israel blog, she is also extremely incompetent at the nuts and bolts of running a network. www.semafor.com/article/05/1...

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— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona.bsky.social) May 13, 2026 at 9:57 AM
("NBC News’s Tom Llamas would be anchoring from Beijing, as will ABC News’s David Muir")







Tesla finally launches Supercharger virtual queue pilot after fights broke out

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— Electrek (@electrek.co) May 12, 2026 at 8:55 AM
(Tesla doesn’t appear to be able to block a driver from plugging in out of turn. The app includes a message asking: “There is a waitlist to charge. Are you sure you want to start a charging session now?” That means the system relies on drivers respecting the queue — not enforcing it technically.)



this person is my spirit animal source: www.law360.com/securities/a...

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— Chance the Lawyer (@chancethelawyer.bsky.social) February 20, 2026 at 8:29 AM








I’m sure I’ll watch this, but I maintain the way to do a FRIDAY THE 13TH series is to give it the KUNG FU/INCREDIBLE HULK format. Each week we meet a new cast of characters in a new town and learn about their problems, then Jason shows up and starts killing them.

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— Oscar Goff (@theoscargoff.bsky.social) May 11, 2026 at 6:44 AM








Here's something incredible I found: Georgia Gwinnett softball has identical TRIPLETS on their team. Apparently they were different color earrings to differentiate. @sickoscommittee.org @dirtbagqueer.rocks

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— Ben S | Chalk Talk Host (@bensla.bsky.social) May 11, 2026 at 1:55 PM








I was not aware until just now that one of the top Pirates prospects is named Jhostynxon Garcia, and is nicknamed -- perfectly -- "The Password." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jhostyn...

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— Noel Murray (@noelmu.bsky.social) May 13, 2026 at 7:01 AM








The purpose of stickers is to Never Use Them so that when you die your friends can put them on your coffin

— Tyver Foucault (@thedoorthedoor.bsky.social) June 13, 2024 at 2:13 PM








@archerfrench Like how many people at the bakery were flirting with Kyle?? #funnysigns #dating #flirting #croissant #nyc ♬ original sound - archerfrench








@pinkriderx #englishbulldogsoftiktok #englishbulldogjumping ♬ som original - thommy jado








@picotine_de_paris “My introvert dog’s favorite playmate is the robotic lawn mower 😂 ………………………….#pom #pomeranian #doglover #cutedog #spitz ♬ Humor - Dih




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