Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Today's news and jokes







("Satellite operators are in panic mode")







("A poll claiming Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was leading Councilmember Nithya Raman by a wide margin — and picking up support from most voters who backed Spencer Pratt in the mayoral primary — was bogus, the company behind the poll acknowledged Monday" "Bass cheered the results after the fake survey was released last week. “Doing the work, showing up, and gaining momentum. Let’s do this, LA!” Bass posted on X from her campaign account, citing Median Strategies as the source.")











("During a morning jog on the Long Beach Peninsula this week, I stumbled upon a sight so absurd — so telling about our delusional and haphazard efforts to address climate change — it stopped me in my tracks. A big, yellow bulldozer was treads-deep in the ocean, getting slapped from behind by incoming waves, clanking and groaning with the effort to shove wet, heavy sand out of the sea and back onto the beach.")(The gif is toward the bottom of the article)







Also, changing Nightcrawler’s central personality trait from “dashing” to “religious” was a huge mistake.

— Oscar Goff (@theoscargoff.bsky.social) August 13, 2026 at 10:26 AM








FWIW







(His brand new F1 team fired the team principal halfway through the first season, and the cars' brakes keep catching on fire)



















The best cliff notes for rich cinematic lore I’ve ever seen was in Fast Five, my first Fast movie. If someone appeared and Vin Diesel smiled, coming in for a hug, they had a good time once. If he frowned, they had beef. Doomsday should do this, but with Thor.

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— Anthony Cougar Miccio (@anthonymiccio.bsky.social) August 17, 2026 at 1:31 PM
(The trailer looked like a fan generated it with AI.) (And this NIghtcraweler statue is defamatory)















YOU WILL BELIEVE A DOG CAN READ YOUR MIND

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— SKELLYTON (@pizzalawyer420.bsky.social) July 24, 2026 at 11:14 AM








@dailymail

A disaster simulation center in eastern China is putting people through extreme weather drills, recreating powerful winds, heavy rain and flash floods to teach survival skills. The facility claims to be the world's first typhoon training center, using high-speed winds and hundreds of tons of water to mimic real-life emergencies. The program comes as China faces increasingly unpredictable weather events, with more people seeking ways to prepare for natural disasters. #news #china #weather #typhoon

♬ Sci-fi ambient with a desolate and lonely atmosphere(1418505) - harryfaoki








@gibberssss we will have that deck to you by EOD #fyp #inhisownworld ♬ original sound - Uli Lepe




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