Thursday, May 7, 2026

Today's news and jokes

Kinda funny that they turned a color photograph into black-and-white for this.

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— Matt McDaniel (@themattmcd.bsky.social) May 6, 2026 at 7:40 AM


"Turner was one of the first adopters of cable and satellite broadcasting technology, and for many rural Americans living beyond the tower signals of major cities, Turner was the first person to bring them interesting TV." I was one of the 8 people not in an airport who watched Headline News

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— Zac Estrada (@zacestrada.com) May 6, 2026 at 8:21 AM






Welcome to bluesky, the hot new social media app where everyone knows who Ted Turner is.

— weeder (@weeder.bsky.social) May 6, 2026 at 8:14 AM


NPR









(“We have nothing in common with [the rest of the Middle East] in terms of values and systems. We are pragmatic, and they’re not. So it’s a difficult neighborhood to be in.” He continued: “From the UAE’s perspective, there is nobody else that has the willingness to live in a post-American world in the region. In that respect, we share Israel’s values.”)























I see that Matt Taibbi, who just lost the defamation case he filed against Eoin Higgins for criticism of his hackery, is one of the featured speakers at FIRE’s “Soapbox 2026” “celebrating free expression, fearless debate, and the courage to dissent.” Very free. Oh, no doubt.

— 3 Or 4 On A Scale of 10 Hats (@kenwhite.bsky.social) May 6, 2026 at 4:34 PM


Read Judge Daniels's decision dismissing Matt Taibbi's defamation suit here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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— Joshua J. Friedman (@joshuajfriedman.com) May 5, 2026 at 2:20 PM










(Shares of FanDuel parent company Flutter fell sharply in afternoon trading Wednesday, closing the day down 4%. The stock has been under pressure, down almost 60% over the last year as investors have sold off gaming stocks more broadly amid the sudden specter of competition from prediction markets and worries about consumer spending due to higher gas prices and inflation worries. Shares of DraftKings are down 30% over the same time period)















holy shit this is real shop.indycar.com/products/inc...

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— Matthew Gertz (@mattgertz.bsky.social) May 6, 2026 at 11:42 AM
(404 page when I checked)







One of the all time great tweets from the last days of Old Twitter

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— Kathryn Tewson (@kathryntewson.bsky.social) May 5, 2026 at 9:23 PM
(The armored Laestrygonians looked cool)







Star Fox (Switch 2) supports mouse controls and pilot/gunner co-op

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— Wario64 (@wario64.bsky.social) May 6, 2026 at 3:11 PM
(I've never enjoyed a Starfox game, but this sort of co-op sounds very good)































Completely tossed at the official conan the barbarian website’s cookie notification window.

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— Ms. Washywishes (@washy.works) April 22, 2026 at 8:48 AM








Patrick Stewart, Helen Mirren, and Liam Neeson on the set of Excalibur by John Boorman (1981)

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— LithiumChaser (@lithiumchaser.bsky.social) April 24, 2026 at 12:33 PM








@fratboyleo New bestie in the building! #cavapoo #puppy #dogtiktok #goodboy #corgi #corgipuppy ♬ why? why? Exciting cute BGM - NaruIDEA




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