Sunday, August 23, 2026

Today's news and jokes

A beautiful metaphor for America here at Glacier National Park: a bunch of people standing under a melting glacier that could collapse onto them at any moment despite all the signs warning them.

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— Dr. Jeremy Swist (@metalclassicist.bsky.social) July 21, 2026 at 4:18 PM


















Incredible failure of Republican governance at the state and federal level

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— Vituperative Erb (@vituperativeerb.bsky.social) August 22, 2026 at 7:13 AM
(Meanwhile, "Indiana’s stadium offer [to the Chicago Bears] — approved by lawmakers and signed by Gov. Mike Braun in late February — would direct more than $1 billion in taxpayer money toward stadium-area infrastructure")















Where will Canada get bulletproof backpacks for back to school season? 🤔

— Pablo Hidalgo (@infinata.bsky.social) August 22, 2026 at 1:08 PM








Consumer Reports tested 13 e-scooters to rate and review. But because of the frequency of injuries being reported - including injuries sustained by the CR testers themselves in this process - CR is not recommending ANY. www.consumerreports.org/cars/electri...

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— Lauren Kirchner (@lkirchner.bsky.social) August 20, 2026 at 11:52 AM








Came out last year, but new to me. I've worked in this "ecosystem" for about 15 years and have some wild ass stories. My first gig was with military.com. They always had problems, got bought by Monster job, put some ret. admiral on the board to drive it into the ground. www.cjr.org/feature/mili...

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— Jack Murphy (@jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social) August 22, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Long thread about working at multiple military news sites







(Article describes sexual violence) (Any time I see a Reason writer...)









Deshaun Watson has completed only one pass over ten air yards in two games, btw.

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— Mina Kimes (@minakimes.bsky.social) August 22, 2026 at 3:10 PM








(Father owns the team, which has been a laughingstock. The Jets Woody Johnson just bought a large stake)







Time once again for one of the canonical soccer Twitter post

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— honeybakedsam.bsky.social (@honeybakedsam.bsky.social) August 22, 2026 at 10:44 AM








































@schwiftydikkus85 #indianajonesepicstuntspectacular #hollywoodstudios #disney ♬ original sound - IndyRich








@traveltheworldwithme444 I didn't believe them when they said he was real 😭 #Costarica ♬ original sound - Deo M. Divinagracia - RetroSibs 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭








@thesophiemaycollective Sunset boat trip in Sigiriya ☀️ #sigiriya #tripsinsigiriya #srilankatrip #livinginsrilanka ♬ original sound - thesophiemaycollective












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