Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Today's news and jokes

TIL that sand is stored under certain LA Metro seats where it gets sprayed onto the wheels to create traction with the rails. At least that’s they’re saying on Reddit. Mystery… solved?

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— Bill Wolkoff (@billwearsties.bsky.social) July 27, 2026 at 10:14 AM
"It's for traction. Sadly I know because I play a lot of train simulation games" (the ensuing convo is funny)





How did a false allegation lead to Pete Buttigieg's separation from his kids? Our exclusive reporting shows how authorities did not take steps to vet the caller who left her contact. We found the caller who said she wanted to thwart his White House ambitions. Gift link: wapo.st/45ok5XP

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— Fenit Nirappil (@fenitn.bsky.social) July 27, 2026 at 5:27 AM








("rare in Europe and more commonly documented in North America and Australia")

WCK is responding in France, where wildfires have broken out. This effort is occurring while our teams are in Spain, where wildfires are also blazing. WCK teams are mobilizing to make sure people have the food they need. Read more: world-central-kitchen.visitlink.me/fIS0sU #ChefsForFrance

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— World Central Kitchen (@wck.org) July 27, 2026 at 6:50 AM








A mishearing in a courtroom led to reports a bomb suspect had spent years in "Syria". She actually had been in Saoradh, a political group named after the Irish word for liberation. jrnl.ie/7114590

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— The Journal (@thejournal.ie) July 27, 2026 at 7:26 AM


















Sports teams unveiling a new third jersey are always like "the brown stripe is a nod to our town's original nickname, Sewer City"

— Dan Hopper (@danhopp.bsky.social) July 27, 2026 at 7:38 AM










they welcomed it in as a curiosity and it destroyed them

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— post malone ergo propter malone (@proptermalone.bsky.social) July 27, 2026 at 8:17 AM








Yesterday morning: Bought some "instant snow" (super-absorbent sodium polyacrylate powder) with my daughter. Yesterday afternoon: bought a wet-dry vac to suck pounds and pounds of expanded instant snow out of the sink and drain (I didn't supervise closely enough when I asked her to clean up).

— John Wiseman (@lemonodor.bsky.social) July 26, 2026 at 12:29 PM
















































@thetelegraph Greek drivers are ignoring warnings and crossing a collapsed bridge instead of taking a 19-mile detour. See what has caused the bridge's collapse, and why are locals adament on taking the detour #greece #bridge #collapsedbridge ♬ original sound - The Telegraph








@marriedgoldens wdym there are people who don’t hold their dog’s head during car rides 🥹👉🏻👈🏻 #goldenretriever #goldenretrieverpuppy #puppy #puppylove #dogmom ♬ original sound - Blue & Millie | Goldens 💍




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