Monday, June 22, 2026

Today's news and jokes







1/ After seeing a lot of Polymarket videos on social media, my @WSJ colleagues and I wanted to understand Polymarket’s marketing. After watching a bunch of videos, we noticed that the website featured in them was almost, but not quite, identical to Polymarket’s actual platform.

— Caitlin Ostroff (@ceostroff.bsky.social) June 20, 2026 at 7:54 PM

2/ We reviewed more than 1,100 videos and found more than a dozen discrepancies between the platforms in the videos and Polymarket’s website. Among the tells: video websites reading “poiymarket.com,” incorrect button labels and wrong chart dates.

— Caitlin Ostroff (@ceostroff.bsky.social) June 20, 2026 at 7:54 PM

3/ Our @WSJ investigation found that Polymarket directed creators to fake websites to create videos showing themselves placing trades. From there, it paid an army of social-media clippers to redistribute it to Americans.

— Caitlin Ostroff (@ceostroff.bsky.social) June 20, 2026 at 7:54 PM

4/ Polymarket told The Journal it plans to conduct a comprehensive audit of active promotional content.

— Caitlin Ostroff (@ceostroff.bsky.social) June 20, 2026 at 7:54 PM

7/ For data journalism Bluesky, our full methodology. Because I love a good methodology.

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— Caitlin Ostroff (@ceostroff.bsky.social) June 21, 2026 at 6:15 AM








i think the reflecting pool has gone from “haha what a dumb ass” to “appointing a horse to the senate” level of story here

— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew.bsky.social) June 20, 2026 at 8:44 PM


Homeland Security Investigations (HSI, a part of ICE) and US Park Police watch over the reflecting pool.

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— amanda moore 🐢 (@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social) June 21, 2026 at 4:39 PM


"The Americans can't get the slime out of their capital's monument pool and will arrest you for touching it," sounds like the sort of lie they'd tell us in the Soviet Union so we'd stop bitching about bread lines.

— Dmitry Grozoubinski (@explaintrade.com) June 20, 2026 at 10:37 PM


"If I am to flower into something other than myself, I would rather rot into nothingness as I am." - The Reflecting Pool

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— Riverboatjack (@riverboatjack.bsky.social) June 21, 2026 at 10:52 AM








ICE CREAM CARTEL www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

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— Brian Grubb (@briancgrubb.bsky.social) June 20, 2026 at 7:01 AM








(Not sure what he's trying to accomplish (good club situations are extremely tenuous for many reasons), but the answer is to support rec league sports like AYSO, and specifically to provide field space and encourage competent coaches to participate (playing time isn't the end of the world if practices are high quality))







(I'm curious as to how many on the American team have comparable skills) (The TNT NBA crew would have instantly made this a fixture)























@twelfthroundvintage Sprouts employeees giving out free reusable bags to Trader Joe’s customers 😂😂😂 #pickmestore #tj #sprouts #traderjoes #totebag ♬ Circus Theme Silly Kazoo - Erik Vargas








Today, we’re gonna ask attendees of the Alameda Record Swap to settle the question of which band is the dadliest of all time. Whose paternal energy will reign supreme?

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— COYOTE (@coyotemedia.org) June 21, 2026 at 9:06 AM








@bellewoods and we never saw a soul back there. #backroom #backrooms #liminalspaces #scary #creepy ♬ оригинальный звук - Msbackrooms








@undefeated_fit Needed a gloss varnish for this project but all I had was Ultra Matte 😢 #warhammer40000 #warhammer #warhammer40k #painting ♬ original sound - undefeated_fit








@keebeejeebies Like what are we worried for babes? We're medicated, moisturized and minding our business 🐕 #IndieWriter #IndieHorror #FunnyDogs #adhdinwomen #weinthistogether ♬ original sound - K.B.King | Horror Writer 🦇




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