Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Today's news and jokes

Real, I think, altho I could not find the original



















The National Review confirms Amy Acton was abused by her stepfather, and this: "Donna Arthur also has her own criminal history, including pleading guilty to theft by deception while living in Pennsylvania in the 1990s and being accused of animal abuse..." www.nationalreview.com/news/amy-act...

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— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona.bsky.social) October 20, 2026 at 11:06 AM


the lady who interviewed Acton's mother did two years in prison for attempting to blow up an abortion clinic. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl_...

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— Jane Coaston (@janecoaston.bsky.social) October 20, 2026 at 1:20 PM
(A PAC "affiliated with him" is called "Victors Not Victims." Thinking this attack will be effective dovetails nicely with Pablo Torre's recent pod about Ohio State and the newly-reported data about evangelicals and empathy)











This is wrong. Joel was NOT a MAGA fan he was an old school GOP person. And the fact that he’s being replaced by Dina McCormick, former Trump adviser, tells you all you need to know about where Facebook is betting.

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— Kate Klonick (@klonick.bsky.social) October 20, 2026 at 1:39 PM
The article just calls her a "Washington power player" and says "The departure is a major shake-up for Meta, which under Mr. Kaplan’s leadership became more closely aligned with the Trump administration. Mr. Zuckerberg has become an ally of President Trump’s"











@restaurantbusiness In this episode of The Week in Restaurants, the conversation turns to one of the biggest shifts in dining behavior: solo dining. More than a third of restaurant occasions are now solo, and the trend is rising across every segment—from fine dining to QSR—reshaping how operators think about demand, traffic and the guest experience. #TheWeekInRestaurants #RestaurantBusiness #SoloDining #RestaurantTrends #Foodservice ♬ original sound - Restaurant Business
























(That's an IGN "associate director" trying to police an embargo, I assume because he knows the only reason someone ends up reading an IGN review is SEO and negotiated access)











They saw Madame Web burning up their charts and didn't see it as a massive warning sign











































































































@thepinterestfairy “be chill be chill be chill be chill” #newpuppy #minidachshund #minidachshundpuppy #dachshundsoftiktok #puppytiktok ♬ original sound - Deo M. Divinagracia - RetroSibs 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭




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