Tuesday, June 9, 2026

New Humble Bundle features scifi and fantasy novels by Tad Williams

Starts at three for $5. 

There's also a new TTRPG bundle of "Dungeon Crawl Classics" starting at $2.

Today's news and jokes



President Trump, a native New Yorker, was greeted by thunderous boos as he appeared in a suite at Madison Square Garden for Game 3 of the NBA Finals. https://wapo.st/4e9ZcUb

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— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) June 8, 2026 at 6:33 PM








Weta made a goofy animated diorama for the company that says its de-extincting dinosaurs

Monday, June 8, 2026

Micro Galaxy Squadron Razor Crest is 38% off

at Amazon ($21 right now).

Belgium's jersey ("this is not a jersey") is a Magritte tribute




Ghana's jersey is great, too:

Funny paragraph way down in the article "The shocking budget disaster hitting one of L.A.'s ritziest school districts."

L.A. Material looks at the $6.5 million budget hole for Manhattan Beach's public schools. Here's a taste of the first several paragraphs:

The problem, according to parents and administrators: a change more than a decade ago in the way California allocates its state education money. The move was intended to help disadvantaged children but has inadvertently pummeled districts where families have more means

...

“We do understand the equity model,” said ... a parent and board member of the Manhattan Beach Education Fund. “And we do understand that we’re a very fortunate, privileged community and that we have the wherewithal to privately fundraise … But when we’re fundraising so hard and we can’t even pay to have enough math teachers and English teachers so that our kids won’t have 47 kids in a class?

Keep reading:

Mira Costa High School looks like a glimmering college campus. An $18 million Olympic-sized swimming pool is in the works to complement the school’s $39 million athletic center, opened in 2021. 

Today's news and jokes



Night Nurse Magic the Gathering card



Amazon has various preorder options. Doc Samson is great, too:

Sunday, June 7, 2026

Great key art for Doom The Dark Ages Revelations

(The trailer's a little dull, honestly)


Castlevania is good too:




And the new XBox:




And Control:

Grok misled people about the Los Angeles election




Decision Desk HQ projects Nithya Raman wins the second of two spots in the CA Los Angeles Mayor Nonpartisan Primary #DecisionMade: 7:57 PM EDT

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— Decision Desk HQ (@decisiondeskhq.bsky.social) June 7, 2026 at 4:59 PM
(The LA Times phrases it, "Mail-in ballots will continue to be accepted through Tuesday, but analysts say the trend favors Raman moving into a Nov. 3 runoff with incumbent Karen Bass.")

Today's news and jokes



When the Airbnb gets rented out by people testing destructive robots (AI roundup)

("The reservation request didn’t seem out of the ordinary: Eight colleagues visiting the Bay Area for work were looking for an Airbnb with reliable Wi-Fi. But at check-in time April 12, a Ring camera captured footage of people moving large, black cases into [the] home in San Francisco. Later that night, the security system was shut off.")

Very cool 1916 Mercury Dime Gold Coin and Silver Medal Set, but wow it's expensive




$810.

Saturday, June 6, 2026

Terrific video about 60 Minutes and Scott Pelley visiting the world's largest cave passage

Focusing on talented people trusting each other's expertise:

Today's news and jokes





Betting hellsites basically capitulating on Spencer Pratt's chances after latest LA County drop. Nithya not only hitting benchmarks but doing better with every subsequent drop.

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— mtsw (@mtsw.bsky.social) June 5, 2026 at 4:45 PM


Good Zaku

Friday, June 5, 2026

"Redline Racing" video game Humble Bundle

Two new video game bundles. The Redline Racing Bundle starts at $5 for htree games, Steam scores displayed. 

And the Frosty Games Fest bundle features the "coolest games made in Australia and New Zealand," starting at three games plus DLC for $5.

Today's news and jokes



Japanese restaurants with doodle logos (art roundup)