Sunday, May 17, 2026

Today's news and jokes

@dancewithmydawgs Iggy is my why. #phillytok #phillies #philliesbaseball ♬ original sound - Teton Ridge


Data center discovered to be draining city's water supply through unauthorized hookups (AI roundup)

“officials discovered two industrial-scale water hookups feeding a data center campus located 20 miles south of downtown Atlanta. One water connection had been installed without the utility’s knowledge, and the other was not linked to the company’s account and therefore wasn’t being billed.”

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— Madhusudan 🦉 Katti (@leafwarbler.myatproto.social) May 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM


"Fisker went bankrupt and owners built open source car company from the ashes"

Elektrek:

The FOA hired independent tech experts who began reverse-engineering Fisker’s proprietary software patches. Members taught each other how to flash firmware. They organized bulk purchases of replacement parts — negotiating the price of key fobs down from roughly $1,000 each to a fraction of that through coordinated group buys. They hosted free global key fob pairing events, saving each owner $100 to $250.

In Europe, they created what they call the “Flying Doctors” program — a mobile repair network where technically skilled members travel to help other owners keep their vehicles running. 

Saturday, May 16, 2026

Good t-shirt about reading manga



Store.

Here's video of Hasbro's $600 Grogu figure (and Disney's new jetpack sipper)



Available at the BBTS and Amazon. And here's Disnelaynd's new sipper:

Some positive reviews for the new movie "Obsession"

Oscar Goff.

Sean Burns.

Bill Chambers.


Also, they made the One Wish Willow from the movie, but it repeatedly sold out:

New comic book Humble Bundle promises "infinite dread"

Starts at $5 for Dwellings, which has gotten good reviews. The Hobtown Mystery stories have been on my watchlist for a while because their covers are so good.