Saturday, May 16, 2026

Today's news and jokes

After Steve Sarkisian took a shot at Ole Miss academics earlier this week, it struck me that I don't think basket weaving sounds especially easy So I called an actual basket weaver and let him explain and defend his craft "I’m not really sure how it became a pejorative" www.al.com/sec/2026/05/...

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— Matt Stahl (@mattstahl97.bsky.social) May 14, 2026 at 7:10 AM






At least from afar, one of the things that impressed me (and maybe impressed voters) about the Mamdani campaign was its organization. It seems like a well run ship, especially that one day they did the scavenger hunt—it proved the effect they could navigate. Lots of folks can make videos.

— Peter Labuza (@labuzamovies.com) May 15, 2026 at 2:38 PM

(this is an la mayor's race subtweet)

— Peter Labuza (@labuzamovies.com) May 15, 2026 at 2:42 PM

New: The liberal billionaire @tomsteyerhq.bsky.social's campaign has been paying influencers to champion his run for California governor - and many are doing so without disclosure. One big TikToker, who called the 68-year-old a "vibe," didn't mention he'd been paid $10,000 wapo.st/4twTpOh

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— Drew Harwell (@drewharwell.com) May 15, 2026 at 6:29 AM
(I'd like to mail in my ballot, but the choices for mayor and governor...) ("The ‌FDA earlier this year asked Amgen to ​voluntarily pull ⁠the drug from the U.S. market, but the company declined")

Sorry to [well actually] the joke, but it seems that transliterations are always inconsistent, and the actual way they justified it was to say the sanctions applied to Senator Rubio, not Secretary of State Rubio. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/w...

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— Brian Chang (@brianchang.bsky.social) May 15, 2026 at 5:47 AM

ABC News has now taken all FiveThirtyEight articles completely offline. They now redirect to abcnews dot com.politics. A needless erasure of thousands of pages of knowledge.

— Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot.bsky.social) May 15, 2026 at 8:27 AM
I briefly tried looking for discussion about why they would skip the press conference, but gave up after finding discussion about betting on kalshi as to whether the punishment would be reduced
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