Today's news and jokes

FIFA is now selling 2.5 inch cubes of the World Cup final pitch for $450 and up, but if you want a 3 inch cube of it, it’ll cost you $3,000. pic.twitter.com/ghbrkX1KUZ

— Brooks Peck (@BrooksDT) July 10, 2026

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NEW: Trump promoted a brand-new gas station network offering discounts of up to 50¢ a gallon as a patriotic gift to Americans.

There's just one problem:

Almost nobody in the fuel industry seems to know who is behind it.@POLITICO tried to find out. 🧵

— James Bikales (@jamepdx) July 10, 2026

Wow. Great Investigation from @oliviasolon @jeffykao and Priyanjana Bengani on how Phia, a startup founded by Bill Gates’ daughter Phoebe, takes $$ from other outlets (e.g. Wirecutter) by surreptitiously injecting its affiliate code into transactions it didn’t actually generate. https://t.co/IamZUhdAEV pic.twitter.com/5OL4F7tXJp

— Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) July 10, 2026

A Forbes 30 under 30 alum

New: A former Epoch Times executive pleaded guilty to a $67 million fraud scheme that helped fund the right-wing newspaper.

More @CourthouseNews https://t.co/BonUKLdxBm

— Erik Uebelacker (@Uebey) July 9, 2026

🚜 Who really owns a machine once it's been purchased?
Read more: https://t.co/wKs474FBeM
▪️Image: Jeff Yoders/ENR#ConstructionEquipment #RightToRepair

— ENR (@ENRnews) July 9, 2026

They deemed Dave McKenna's pen too dangerous for the Great American State Fair, and having read McKenna they may have been right to be afraid defector.com/trumps-state...

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— David A. Graham (@dgraham.bsky.social) July 9, 2026 at 9:20 AM

Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon is facing backlash after engraving his five children’s names on the Stanley Cup.

The decision used valuable engraving space and left some Carolina staff members off the trophy.

— Front Office Sports (@FOS) July 10, 2026

Unbelievably good sports villain

Just an incredible cut here LMAO https://t.co/RgcZOMOzEB pic.twitter.com/glwF7DR8cb

— Christopher Powers (@CPowers14) July 10, 2026

Really hard to enjoy the league when there seems to be so many stories like this

My favourite thing about the Norway fan who refuses to join in the rowing is he's doing interviews with a set of oars on his bedroom wall. https://t.co/QABkhDo1lv pic.twitter.com/znizXAUbFX

— dan barker (@danbarker) July 10, 2026

🚨 « EGO YAMAL » 🤫🇪🇸

Lamine Yamal 🇪🇸 a disputé son dernier match avec un bandeau spécial, en réponse aux haters sur les réseaux sociaux.

📸 @FabrizioRomano pic.twitter.com/y3z2XKSExc

— Actu Foot (@ActuFoot_) July 4, 2026

His response to haters, if I understand it right

so people have been asking for the context of this and here it is. and btw george casually dropping on a random wednesday in 2025 that he lived alone when he was 17 years old and had to figure everything out himself was an atomic nuke https://t.co/vVrkVyAwvA pic.twitter.com/vK0LiXSv38

— Doctor Ava 🇳🇴 (@63grussell63) July 8, 2026

TEARS IN MY EYES???? WHY IS CARLOS FLIPPING NICO AND LANDO LOOKING LIKE A ENCOURAGING LITTLE BROTHER😭😭😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/8gETXFezlU

— sia⁵⁵ (@c4rlossa1nz55) July 7, 2026

He just described a strategy that depends entirely on luck and still has a negative advantage. Legit Cool Story Bro.

— Haralabos Voulgaris (@haralabob) July 7, 2026

Darryn Peterson had nine personal fouls in his Las Vegas summer league debut. pic.twitter.com/W8gDaD760z

— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) July 10, 2026

When asked about online backlash against casting decisions in The Odyssey, Nolan calmly reminded interviewers "I spent 10 years of my life dealing with Batman."

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— The A.V. Club (@avclub.com) July 10, 2026 at 2:47 PM

(Apparently from an interview with the Telegraph)

Suki 🪭💚 pic.twitter.com/9nuEI3kY14

— WatchmenID (@WatchmenID) July 1, 2026

@globalslimes.net yay historical buildings #oxford #trinitycollege ♬ original sound - revs 😽

@sherelle_1993 GizmoTheShihTzuDad #gizmo #shihtzupuppy ♬ original sound - kk

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