Sunday, December 21, 2025

Today's news and jokes



My man is like a vendor in an RPG.

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— Sickos Committee (@sickoscommittee.org) December 20, 2025 at 9:50 AM




This article about the creation of Sayonara Wild Hearts taught me a new music genre

Design Room:

Jonathan Eng (acoustic composer, Sayonara Wild Hearts): We had this idea of making [a song inspired by] the artists that Simon mentioned, like Chvrches and Robyn and all those artists, and I also listened a lot to this song “For You, Love,” by Frida Sundemo. I think that was maybe the main inspiration. It’s a really sad electropop song. So I think we wanted to capture a really sad, sad feeling, but combined with a really upbeat and driving feeling.

Simon Flesser (art, sound, and design lead, Sayonara Wild Hearts): I think we used the term “gråtdisco.” It’s like “crying disco.”

(But Parallel Universes is the best song, and  Wild Hearts Never Die is the second)

Delightfully absurd Monsters of the Gridiron cards (how did they convince the players to participate?)

Thread: 1993-94 Cola-Cola Monsters of the Gridiron cards Cortez Kennedy

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— Luke Knox (@lukeknox.me) December 11, 2025 at 6:19 AM



Bruce Armstrong

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— Luke Knox (@lukeknox.me) December 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM



Renaldo Turnbull

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— Luke Knox (@lukeknox.me) December 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM



John Randle

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— Luke Knox (@lukeknox.me) December 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM



Eric Swann

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— Luke Knox (@lukeknox.me) December 11, 2025 at 6:19 AM



Jumbo Elliott

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— Luke Knox (@lukeknox.me) December 11, 2025 at 6:47 AM



Hardy Nickerson

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— Luke Knox (@lukeknox.me) December 11, 2025 at 10:45 AM



(more in the thread)

Saturday, December 20, 2025

Today's news and jokes

Some of these redactions are almost like modern art

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— Tim Dickinson (@timdickinson.bsky.social) December 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM


🚨 "The Justice Department redacted the names and identifiers of victims. Fox News Digital has learned that the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials. " h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social

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— Zach Everson (@zacheverson.com) December 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM


So... any kind of plausible deniability that somebody might have really had an innocent or unaware relationship with this guy rather falls apart when you see the full scale of how it was literally all he ever did and talked about, every waking moment of his life and to everyone he knew.

— Andy Craig (@andycraig.bsky.social) December 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM


Interesting signature on this giant check

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— Noah Shachtman (@noahshachtman.bsky.social) December 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM


Computer, enhance

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— Matt Novak (@paleofuture.bsky.social) December 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM


Is this who I think it is?

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— Tim Dickinson (@timdickinson.bsky.social) December 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM


(I'm not fact-checking these photos)

“I’ve waited 30 years,” said a woman who filed a complaint to the FBI about Jeffrey Epstein's interest in “child pornography” in 1996, about a decade before investigators began scrutinizing him. “I can’t believe it. They can’t call me a liar anymore.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...

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— Laura J. Nelson (@laurajnelson.bsky.social) December 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM




Big collection of scripts for award-nominated movies

Also fun to be reminded of movies that are so swiftly forgotten.

Good niche blog: TV Episode Title screens



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— Tonight's Episode: (@tonightsepisode.bsky.social) December 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM





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— Tonight's Episode: (@tonightsepisode.bsky.social) November 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM





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— Tonight's Episode: (@tonightsepisode.bsky.social) November 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM





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— Tonight's Episode: (@tonightsepisode.bsky.social) December 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM





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— Tonight's Episode: (@tonightsepisode.bsky.social) December 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM



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— Tonight's Episode: (@tonightsepisode.bsky.social) December 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM

Friday, December 19, 2025

New video game Humble Bundle promises endless fun

Games feature Adventure Time, Paw Patrol, The Grinch, TMNT and more, including My Little Pony: A Zephyr Heights Mystery:
Take friendship to new heights and tame the chaotic magic that's turning Equestria upside down in this mystery adventure. Play as Sunny, Hitch, Izzy, Pipp, Zipp, or Misty (with up to two-player local co-op), using each pony's special abilities to explore the gleaming cloud city of Zephyr Heights.
There's also a 3D-printable miniatures bundle, starts at $1 for two characters (Mysterious Fish Vendor and Pig-Faced Warlord) and some scenery.