Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Today's news and jokes



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— Vituperative Erb (@vituperativeerb.bsky.social) July 7, 2026 at 4:58 PM

Erling Haaland comments on fans comparing him to ‘Dragon Ball Z’ character Majin Buu

“I mean I don’t disagree”

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— Culture Crave 🍿 (@culturecrave.co) July 7, 2026 at 9:04 AM


Ok, I'm a fan of Haaland now after that smack he gives the 2nd kid

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— Razzball (@razzball.bsky.social) July 6, 2026 at 2:28 PM






Eight sanctioned tankers in the Sea of Azov, Strike one down, and film it all around, Now there are seven sanctioned tankers in the Sea of Azov! Seven sanctioned tankers in the Sea of Azov, Strike one down, and film it all around, Now there are six sanctioned tankers in the Sea of Azov!

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— Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) July 7, 2026 at 2:41 AM
("Ukrainian drones have ‌attacked a dozen tankers from Russia's "shadow fleet" over the past two days")















I voted for Platner.

— Stephen King (@stephenking.bsky.social) June 9, 2026 at 9:15 AM

People change.

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— Stephen King (@stephenking.bsky.social) June 10, 2026 at 9:25 AM


The thing about Pod Save is that from 2016-2020, their core audience was Resist Lib Wine Mom Establishment Dems. And the entire time, they looked longingly at the dirtbag leftist media sphere, which they were banned from for the aforementioned core audience. In 2020, they tried to bridge the gap.

— Vibecession Forever (@ghazelleberner.bsky.social) July 7, 2026 at 7:11 AM
(Never followed either group, so somewhat interesting to read this thread about them--FWIW.)







NEW and EXCLUSIVE: One of the UK's most powerful supercomputers, called Dawn, spent a week offline after the late June heatwave. Uni of Cambridge says full cooling capacity for Dawn and other affected services has now been restored... My first for @thetimes.com: www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...

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— Chris Baraniuk (@chrisbaraniuk.com) July 6, 2026 at 2:26 AM








Your clue that this is a resignation speech for American donors is the line about the fact that people can't wear watches or jewellery in London.

— Anthony Zacharzewski (@anthonyzach.be) July 7, 2026 at 6:26 AM
(Farage)







lol “Owners of Meta's AI glasses have been told they must pay a monthly fee if they want full access to a feature that was previously free.”

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— Saeed Jones (@theferocity.bsky.social) July 7, 2026 at 7:18 AM
("you'll need to pay for Meta One Premium")









("the managing principal and founder of MetroLoft, one of the two firms behind the conversion, said the problems amounted to a 'typical construction mishap.' He said he expected a delay of only a few weeks...“This is well engineered, well thought through and well executed, with the exception of those two columns that could not take the load”)







This to me is liminal horror

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— zaratustra (@zaratustra.bsky.social) July 4, 2026 at 6:54 AM








(Former USWNT player)



























Every decade of my life I have watched Major Kusanagi sexily fall off that damn building in a new way and you know what: I bet it'll still get my ass the next time, too

— Christine Love (@christinelove.bsky.social) July 7, 2026 at 6:50 PM
(Haven't watched the new series yet.) (I didn't seek it out, but I never saw a single review or social post about the Nic Cage Spider-Man series after it came out)















re-watching the x-files after not really watching it since it aired and scully buys a bag of groceries and her total is $11.17 and she pays with a check. life comes at you fast.

— 🐼 max panda 🐼 (@mojoquix.bsky.social) June 24, 2026 at 6:52 PM








Looking back on it I think my favorite thing about Inception isn't the rotating vfx or the dream gimmick, it's that everything they're doing is for a rich businessman to put his rival's son out of business, and that son spends the whole movie thinking this is a hero's journey centered on him

— Christina Holland (@mortalwombat.info) June 26, 2026 at 6:45 PM








no disrespect to the STEM types but there used to be a joint in Beijing that would give you a free bowl of noodles if you could write 𰻞 by hand

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— Brendan O’Kane (@bokane.org) June 24, 2026 at 6:42 AM








@espn Go Abby 👏🔥😭 (via @American Kennel Club) #agility #westie #dogsoftiktok ♬ original sound - ESPN




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