Thursday, March 12, 2026
Today's news and jokes
me and the other scheming viziers are wearing shoes gifted to us by the king that are way too big. we look ridiculous. the whole court is laughing at us behind our backs. honestly this is a pretty low point for us, the scheming viziers
— leon (@leyawn.bsky.social) March 11, 2026 at 8:18 AM
— derek guy (@dieworkwear.bsky.social) March 11, 2026 at 2:03 AM
It gets better. Here's Vance and Rubio in the Oval Office...
— Drew(bacca) (@cybogoblin.bsky.social) March 11, 2026 at 2:15 AM
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The funniest part of the big shoe thing is there’s nothing stopping these (very rich) guys from just buying the same cheap shoes in their own size and telling him they’re the ones he bought them.
— Oscar Goff (@theoscargoff.bsky.social) March 11, 2026 at 6:21 AM
Wondering who may betray him, Trump scans the room for a shoe that fits.
— Felonious Monk (@alexqgb.bsky.social) March 11, 2026 at 8:53 AM
"Pokémon Go is giving delivery robots an inch-perfect view of the world"
MIT:
The problem Coco faces is that it cannot rely on GPS, which can be weak in cities because radio signals bounce off buildings and interfere with each other. “We do deliveries in a lot of dense areas with high-rises and underpasses and freeways, and those are the areas where GPS just never really works,”
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For the last few years, Niantic Spatial has been taking the data collected from players of Pokémon Go and Ingress (Niantic’s previous phone-based AR game, launched in 2013) and building a visual positioning system, technology that tells you where you are based on what you can see. “It turns out that getting Pikachu to realistically run around and getting Coco’s robot to safely and accurately move through the world is actually the same problem,”
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
This digital pet toy has some cute animations--guess the cost before clicking through
LILGUY V2 - "STARBOY" 🌟
— Daniel Kuntz (@dankuntz) March 11, 2026
An adorable, wearable digital pet that behaves like a real living creature.
Aluminum / Stainless Steel / Brass / Crystal
Batch 1 pre-order ➡️ https://t.co/Th7H1wFJRH pic.twitter.com/uYrp0PQQmt
Each STARBOY ships with a unique set of eyes. You don't know what color you'll get, and you can't alter it. There are over 5000 different looks, each with associated rarity. pic.twitter.com/48rtwqUvhl
— Daniel Kuntz (@dankuntz) March 11, 2026
STARBOY is powered by Lark, our custom animation engine and behavioral system. We're shipping with over 500 animations handcrafted by former Disney animators, running at 60fps on a 400x400 OLED display. pic.twitter.com/k1eqpd28DT
— Daniel Kuntz (@dankuntz) March 11, 2026
Is there a cheap knock-off before the real thing ships?
Two new video game Humble Bundles
Today's news and jokes
Marion is almost as tall as her mother now, and that last pic is from 9 years ago, around the time of the BBC video.
— Robert E Kelly (@Robert_E_Kelly) March 10, 2026
Many people still tell us how much they enjoyed the video. How nice. We continue to be grateful for your kind words about our family.
Best, Bob K pic.twitter.com/R6dJfzkgAZ