Sunday, October 18, 2026

Today's news and jokes







The Russians would be attacking a European orbital framework that is a potential alternative to American systems including some of what Musk offers

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— Alexander Clarkson (@aphclarkson.bsky.social) October 17, 2026 at 2:13 PM
























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Roughly 65% of flights by the top 50 airlines between Asia, Australasia and Europe transit a tiny slice of airspace over Azerbaijan, according to @flightradar24.com data. That spikes to nearly 90% when excluding Chinese & Indian airlines with access to Russian airspace.

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— Jon Ostrower (@jonostrower.com) October 16, 2026 at 9:46 AM












Apparently at around 1:30 PM ET, the main accounts for the No Kings coalition on Instagram were frozen and pulled down. Admins have lost access to the account and are unable to log in. This happened at the peak of the organization's national day of action. Instagram, of course, is owned by Meta.

— Brandon Friedman (@brandonfriedman.bsky.social) October 17, 2026 at 11:39 AM
("Unfortunately, that automated action was clearly taken in error. Everything is now working as it should and we sincerely apologize.")























("Since taking office, Ms. Rodríguez has been trying to balance the interests of the competing MAGA factions, and gauging their relative influence over Mr. Trump")



































(He's a guest on this podcast and mentions being imcredibly suspicious when Fielder contacted him)(Also, here's an article by someone else who she briefly enlisted to make a documentary)























Ever wonder why every third word I post is a typo?











He played terribly and was benched







































600 words is nowhere near enough for the audacious, frequently brilliant Penguin Colony. But I hope there's enough here to pique your interest: brave the howling Antarctic, I say, and bear witness to spectacular cosmic horror — & Nazis eating one another alive. www.theguardian.com/games/2026/o...

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— Lewis Gordon (@lewisgordon.bsky.social) October 16, 2026 at 6:27 AM
(Terrific review, game has a demo on Steam)(All my familiarity of the story comes from the Alan Moore version)











not sure about greatest but it’s probably the one I most enjoyed writing

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— Brendan O’Kane (@bokane.org) September 8, 2026 at 9:23 AM








"Phoning it in" now means "commiting exceptional effort despite the massive trepidation involved"

— Pablo Hidalgo (@infinata.bsky.social) September 8, 2026 at 1:24 PM








@when.la.ren.talks My foster dog meeting a cat for the first time 🤣❤️🐾 #foster #dogsoftiktok #cats ♬ Curious Little Creatures - BlueWhaleMusic




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