Friday, October 16, 2026

Today's news and jokes





































Nice lede

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— Joshua J. Friedman (@joshuajfriedman.com) October 15, 2026 at 6:48 PM
(In light of Pepperdine's passage rate, the follow up questions are just how bad her grades were, and whether she even actually took the bar)











The entire account was deleted when I looked, so I can't confirm the USC Dean decided to take that stand on that topic. But on Instagram she describes herself as Mother of Dragons











Proudly listed as one her endorsements











Beside the point but why is she dressed like Lt. Saavik?

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— Bill Chambers (@flmfrkcentral.bsky.social) October 15, 2026 at 6:57 AM












(Her mom's campaign site (no witchcraft merch when I looked)(from a write-up of the attack: "Evil is maturing with the brotherhood, and it is rising to a level that is just in your face," [the republican] continued as a pianist played a contemplative melody beside him....The state senator had seemingly drawn his conclusions from a series of playful TikTok videos posted by [the democrat's] 20-year-old daughter..., who had shared clips of her and her mom brushing their teeth set to a song from the Wicked soundtrack.")











This is an actual reason why Bari Weiss’ CBS foreign editor told staff that they could not include reporting on Netanyahu receiving advance warning of a Hamas attack before Oct 7. The astonishing tirade in @status.news www.status.news/p/bari-weiss...

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— Jon Passantino (@passantino.bsky.social) October 13, 2026 at 3:05 PM












When I looked, LADWP was suggesting the restaurant has infrastructure issues, including a possible water leak























("The ride-hailing giant admits insensitivity over the romcom series following complaints that it trivialised driver harassment")











































































































we could make mechanical birds more affordable if the government invested in automaton trade schools, built more housing so craftspeople can afford to pursue this noble trade, and lowered trade barriers with countries that also produce mechanical singing birds

— derek guy (@dieworkwear.bsky.social) October 15, 2026 at 3:02 PM












@philliptheorangecat The lil dips 🥺😻 #cats #orangecat #catlife #catslovers #catsoftiktok ♬ Gary's Song - Spongebob Squarepants








@kirbytheween It literally took 30 minutes to get this cat out😭 #kirbytheween #dashhound #dogsoftiktok #crazycat ♬ original sound - funny dog tiktok




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