Saturday, May 9, 2026

Today's news and jokes

@markbeales128 For licensing or usage, contact licensing@viralhog.com Bangkok has a cool way to get drivers to reduce their speed - emojis! Drive too fast on this bridge and you get an angry red face, but go under the speed limit and you get a smiley one! #bangkok #thailand #thailand๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ #emojis ♬ original sound - Mark Beales128






The government appears to be trying to privatize the federal prison system piecemeal. This month, they've put out several RFIs for vendors to take over things like food services (!), medical (!!) and commissary. For example, here's the food services one:

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— Keri Blakinger (@keribla.bsky.social) May 7, 2026 at 6:00 PM

The prison officers' union (which the BOP no longer recognizes, pursuant to a Trump EO) has issued a letter saying this is a bad idea:

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— Keri Blakinger (@keribla.bsky.social) May 7, 2026 at 6:01 PM
















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Worth following this. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/u...

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— Orin Kerr (@orinkerr.bsky.social) May 7, 2026 at 3:29 PM








Christopher Nolan fan bros are the most annoying people on the planet because what has “it’s not history” and “most people are not irony poisoned” got to do with ANYTHING. The Odyssey is a fucking Monty Python sketch as a plot! Odysseus runs around killing the suitors BUTT NAKED at the end of it!

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— Nikita Gill (@nikitagill.bsky.social) May 7, 2026 at 5:49 AM
A Reddit discussion of various translations. And a Substack titled, "5 Unintentionally Funny Moments in the Odyssey."







("Toronto Blue Jays drop Cricket Canada from promotional day after fifth estate investigation")















college softball defending its Best Names In Sports title for the 27th consecutive year

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— victoria zeller⚔️ (RISEBALL, summer ‘27) (@dirtbagqueer.rocks) May 7, 2026 at 2:06 PM
























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— Random gashapon! ใƒฉใƒณใƒ€ใƒ ・ใ‚ฌใƒใƒฃใƒใƒณ (@randomgacha.bsky.social) April 25, 2026 at 6:00 PM








(Twitter's instant translation: "My daughter, who's almost 3 years old, is so cute—when strangers like random aunties say stuff like "Oh, aren't you adorable!" she introduces herself by going, "I'm two! I eat anything!" She gets praised a ton for eating everything, so it seems like that's where she's finding her sense of identity."







@espnw Raven is hilarious ๐Ÿคฃ (via romeoville_kid/IG) #wnba #basketball #indiana #fever #funny ♬ original sound - espnW








@klaudiarymdejko1

The things you have you to do ๐Ÿคฃ ๐Ÿฅฐ

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