Thursday, August 13, 2026

Today's news and jokes

Amanda Knox is trying to turn her tabloid infamy into stand-up humor, despite an intense backlash.

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— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) August 10, 2026 at 9:45 AM


As a woman, the only thing harder than proving you're not a whore and a murderer is proving that you're funny.

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— Amanda Knox (@amandaknox.com) August 10, 2026 at 10:13 AM
(If it's not displaying, she's responding to a troll who asked if she was funny)





i've been covering national security for decades, on and off. i've never heard of anything like this. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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— Noah Shachtman (@noahshachtman.bsky.social) August 12, 2026 at 9:52 AM


















'lots of middle aged men are taking gear' very underrated explanation for what's going on in the world right now

— William B. Fuckley (@opinionhaver.bsky.social) August 11, 2026 at 4:17 PM
















(Just a matter of time. August 6: "As social media companies furtherprioritize the use of artificial intelligence technology, TikTok has laid off its entire 250-person staff in Nashville, Tennessee, effectively closing the office on October 5 and exiting the region...the social media company leased the 143,610-square-foot space on MusicRow in April 2024")







i don't know who needs to hear this, but the guy behind the Forbes 30 under 30 -- renowned for its winners' tendency to commit crimes and graft -- has been fired by Forbes for accepting an extremely sketchy $6 million payment www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/b...

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— jon christian (@jonchristian.net) August 12, 2026 at 2:58 PM


ngl I feel like there were some signs this guy wasn’t ur average ink stained wretch www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/b...

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— Julia Carrie Wong (@joolia.bsky.social) August 12, 2026 at 2:43 PM
(A personal encounter)























Spotted in Coinbase’s most recent 10-Q: Coinbase has stopped using trading volume as a key metric, which is I’m sure completely unrelated to the 38%/48% decrease in spot trading volume they reported over the past three/six months

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— Molly White (@molly.wiki) August 11, 2026 at 3:40 PM








If the Democrats really want to run on an anti corruption platform (and i think they should), this means coming out against prediction markets, crypto, and sports betting, all of which are either directly corrupt or facilitate corrupt acts.

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— Josh Zingher (@zingherpolisci.bsky.social) August 12, 2026 at 7:44 AM






























(Can't imagine anyone calling themself a Laker fan anymore, wonder if this makes the Kobe cult even more passionate)







(FWIW)







Significantly better than the zany stuff ESPN shows







Really solid names from Hawaii

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— CJ Fogler (@cjzero.bsky.social) August 11, 2026 at 7:05 PM








@dreamycloudburst Second hand embarrassment for myself 😩 #hawaii ♬ original sound - ˚˖𓍢ִ໋❀˚
In the comments she says: "It's a water resorvoir. Doesn;t lead anywahere ut when we were kids, we used to jump off it into the water. Can't anymore"







@dallas_dog_walker

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♬ original sound - shaynaramalho








@chloekim

please and thank you

♬ original sound - Chloe Kim




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