Friday, May 15, 2026

Today's news and jokes



(KAT apparenlty bid $60k on some other WWE card)





👀 to this list of Spencer Pratt's financial backers in DealBook this morning... www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/b...

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— Sapna Maheshwari (@sapna.bsky.social) May 14, 2026 at 11:52 AM


The LAPD Union has begun running ads "denouncing" Rae Huang as the "DSA" Candidate, though they are clearly designed to get better name recognition for Huang at the cost of Raman votes (who they have spent much more money attacking).

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— Peter Labuza (@labuzamovies.com) May 14, 2026 at 9:49 AM


























A police investigation is underway in the Philippines, with suspicions that the incident was staged to help Sen. Ronald dela Rosa escape. n.pr/4nqhxk6

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— NPR (@npr.org) May 14, 2026 at 6:51 AM
















Not only did Tony Dokoupil not get a visa in time to anchor from Beijing as his network rivals did, he also was booted from broadcasting at his Taipei hotel where he anchored “CBS Evening” on Wednesday night. Tony’s never-ending big problems, via @status.news www.status.news/p/tony-dokou...

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— Jon Passantino (@passantino.bsky.social) May 14, 2026 at 6:41 PM
("CBS Evening News’ cameraman who collapsed on air was deployed from Tokyo on short notice...While one critic claimed he had worked a 24-hour shift before collapsing, a CBS News source close to the network disputed that characterization")







www.timeout.com/newyork/news/... "[The] passport will encourage people to scavenger-hunt their way through the outer-borough neighborhoods, diverse immigrant enclaves, cultural institutions, small businesses and community events that help make New York, well, New York."

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— Kathryn Yu #OpenToWork (@kathrynyu.com) May 13, 2026 at 9:44 AM


A Secret Cinema immersive experience based upon Pirates of the Caribbean coming to their new London HQ in February 2027. www.timeout.com/london/news/s...

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— Kathryn Yu #OpenToWork (@kathrynyu.com) May 13, 2026 at 7:56 AM
(There's also a Backrooms event in LA, but it sold out before I had a chance to post about it)







Oh my god the photo of Southampton's intern spying on Boro is incredible

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— John Muller (@johnspacemuller.com) May 13, 2026 at 8:17 AM
(Have no idea what this is about)







My editor keeps referring to me as a Karl Anthony-Towns style facilitator in order to get me to help out on other reporter's stories and it is infuriating how easy it is to emotionally manipulate us Knicks fans whenever the team is good.

— James Queally (@jqwritesstuff.bsky.social) May 14, 2026 at 11:56 AM


















(I don't believe he said the second quote, yet)







































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