Monday, October 5, 2026

Today's news and jokes

Folks we’ve got a rare Reverse William Carlos Williams in the office fridge

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— Mags Display Name (@mags.colvett.online) July 17, 2026 at 11:13 AM










All the same people who assured us that Israel could never defeat Hamas to only then underestimate how far the Israelis would go to flatten Gaza are now claiming that the Saudis could never defeat the Houthis

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— Alexander Clarkson (@aphclarkson.bsky.social) October 2, 2026 at 2:47 PM

If Saudi society ends up with no choice but to have to engage in the restructuring needed to learn to fight effectively, that could end up having domestic, geopolitical and geoeconomic implications that reach far beyond the frontlines between Najran and Aden

— Alexander Clarkson (@aphclarkson.bsky.social) September 25, 2026 at 3:53 AM












(FWIW, "the physical and geopolitical terrain through which this trade must traverse makes it one of the most perilous logistical corridors in the world")







why does the WaPo print headline on the botched TN execution read like The Onion

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— Chris Ingraham (@cingraham.bsky.social) October 2, 2026 at 5:43 AM








("as a token of appreciation for a customer’s loyalty...not used to “induce customers to continue gambling.”")











A joke, I think







Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.

— Nicole Bedera (@nbedera.bsky.social) October 2, 2026 at 12:37 PM












New: As gay bars across the country say that Meta is flagging and deactivating their accounts without warning, I spoke to an Austin queer bar that says Meta nearly destroyed their ability to advertise events: www.chron.com/culture/arti...

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— gwen howerton (@kissphoria.bsky.social) October 4, 2026 at 2:01 PM
















Even the Falun Gong newspaper hated Digger

— zaratustra (@zaratustra.bsky.social) October 4, 2026 at 9:16 AM

Even the Falun Gong newspaper has a paywall

— zaratustra (@zaratustra.bsky.social) October 4, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Not fact-checking this















































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