Friday, July 24, 2026

Today's news and jokes

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Will be exciting to see which part of her record the mayor runs on--she's better able to collaborate with the White House? (Please sign up for LA Material's excellent free newsletter)







NEW: At least five media companies are using algorithmic pricing to decide how much news subscribers should pay. If you've been told that your news subscription price was determined by an algorithm using your personal data, please take the survey at the end: www.niemanlab.org/2026/07/this...

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— Hanaa’ Tameez (@hanaatameez.bsky.social) July 22, 2026 at 1:12 PM








One of the most curious things about the Kylie Jenner designed Meta glasess is that she has not been seen wearing them in public. She HAS worn regular sunglasses to the World Cup and used an old point and shoot camera at the Knicks game, however www.businessinsider.com/meta-glasses...

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— Katie Notopoulos (@katienotopoulos.bsky.social) July 22, 2026 at 10:39 AM








Can't vouch for it, but don't understand why image search is so bad







XBOX Insiders - "Today, we’re starting to test an ad-supported way to stream select games from your library for a limited time, available to XBOX Insiders." Players will have one hour session limits across supported devices and regions. news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...

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— Wario64 (@wario64.bsky.social) July 23, 2026 at 9:02 AM

I don't know if you can describe the idea in straightforward terms - "you can watch ads instead of paying to rent a virtual machine to play the video game you have a digital license for" - without inspiring a universal reaction of "what are we _doing_ here"

— Jørgen (@strangecasts.bsky.social) July 23, 2026 at 9:33 AM








(In their newsletter, they've also sent various emails this week hinting at the lunacy over the limited edition comics they've been selling)







My very first SDCC exclusive bonus dust jacket for Star Wars: Legacy novel by @ authoroux 🪐

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— 02PNG (@02png.bsky.social) July 22, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Leia (the diplomat) should have trained Finn, not Rey (as progress from the lesson he learned from Rose), and after Carrie Fisher died, the role of mentor should have shifted to Lando (a jedi ghost could have sent Rey to find Ahsoka and they could have commisserated over disappointing mentors)







Odysseus and his men landing on an island where they have to play basketball against the Harlem Globetrotters

— Blue sky nice ghost (@rajandelman.bsky.social) July 23, 2026 at 9:34 AM








Was this news release timed to ensure maximum attendance and best behavior?







("Polymarket opened a market on July 2 asking, 'Will Folarin Balogun play against Belgium?'...no other such markets were opened for the other 14 players who were shown a red card during the tournament")















A lot of concerning signals from Lebron’s camp suggest that the final phase of his career will involve a philological approach to producing a unified interpretation of the source of all mythologies

— Tobias Wilson-Bates (@phdhurtbrain.bsky.social) July 22, 2026 at 6:09 AM
























@bellaamushroom he is over the moon #sister #dog #wlw #lesbian #nyc ♬ THIS CHICK WOKE UP IN MY HOUSEEE - overcompensating








@kaylas_k9s #fourthofjuly #4thofjuly #fireworks #fyp #puppy ♬ Tchaikovsky "Dance of the Reed Flutes"(1257471) - kzy








@thesoya.bean Didn’t know Soya had an off switch hahaha so many little quirks we learn about her everyday 😅😂 what are your cats must haves to fall asleep? 👇🏼 #kittensoftiktok #sgkittens #kittenlife #fyp #funnycatvideo ♬ original sound - 🤍




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