In Central Asian nomadic culture, lifting a camel has long been a display of strength.
— Daily Turkic (@DailyTurkic) September 5, 2026
At the World Nomad Games, they’ve found a more animal-friendly way to keep the tradition alive: athletes compete by lifting a camel-shaped weighted model instead of an actual camel. pic.twitter.com/r2bU5xLGe8
Monday, September 7, 2026
Today's news and jokes
The LATimes tries to answer who is behind the secretive multimillion-dollar campaign to crush California’s single-use plastics law
LAT:
At the new packaging coalition, one lobbyist is [], the former head of CalRecycle, who helped draft, negotiate and usher in the regulations for the single-use plastics bill. She left the waste agency in March 2024, and was quickly enveloped in scandal after accepting employment as executive director of the industry group representing plastics producers and packagers under the law.
An ethics complaint was filed against her in February 2025, and she left that group three months later. The state did not pursue the case.
But according to lobbying disclosures, she’s back trying to dismantle the law and since July of last year
In other LA news:
Time to get better reading glasses??!
— Elizabeth Chou (@reporterliz) September 4, 2026
Bass returns campaign donations from leaders of anti-gang nonprofit after Times inquiryhttps://t.co/R9cL0Kz6uX pic.twitter.com/aqpoUBvzi5
NEW: Justin Szlasa exposed a double-billing scandal with LA homeless services and pressed for stronger audits. He was just demoted by an appointee of Mayor Bass, without explanation.
— Nick Gerda (@nicholasgerda) September 4, 2026
One official says it's part of a “cover-up” of dysfunction at LAHSA.https://t.co/dV3s6oJKhi
When we tried to audit one of the LARGEST city homelessness programs (which happened to be under the Mayor), we got blocked & our budget cut.
— Kenneth Mejia, CPA (@kennethmejiaLA) September 5, 2026
We later received a fraud tip in that SAME PROGRAM & launched a fraud investigation which amounted to $23 MILLION & led to an arrest. 🧵 https://t.co/9a6YQzOTMH pic.twitter.com/yBlNNWyMX7
Giant salamander ring, baby dragon pendant
10/17(土)18(日)、京都みやこめっせで開催される「いきもにあ2026」から販売致します。
— アトリエpuchuco (@puchuco709) September 5, 2026
ドラゴンの赤ちゃんのペンダント pic.twitter.com/qonG6Frcw6
— アトリエpuchuco (@puchuco709) September 3, 2026
「お知らせ」
— アトリエpuchuco (@puchuco709) August 22, 2026
8/31(月)〜9/17(木)、ハンズ名古屋店10F地球研究室にて期間限定で作品を展示販売致します。
名古屋での催事は4年振りです。
ご興味のある方は是非見に来て下さい。 pic.twitter.com/cLkDtRk9XI
Sunday, September 6, 2026
Poster and teaser trailer for Nathan Fielder's new "documentary" featuring Elizabeth Holmes
(Speaking of A24, the reviews for Onslaught are terrible, alas. The Guest was a long time ago)
nathan fielder vs elizabeth holmes is like what if wario had his own wario
— Kathryn VanArendonk (@kvanaren.bsky.social) September 6, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Today's news and jokes
Yesterday was an extremely unusual day during my latest work trip. At least 12 dust devils were forming simultaneously on a farm near the city of Primavera do Leste - MT . Six of them fit into this photo. pic.twitter.com/jCwvhA5qHb
— Lucas Moura (@lucaschaser) September 5, 2026
Waymos "don’t get a soul until an hour before a shift starts" (AI roundup)
("When I started, we were being trained by multiple people for different things. And every single trainer did nothing but talk shit about how the company has just decreased their pay like $8 an hour.")incredible quote from this interview with a Waymo depot worker in @BayAreaCurrent https://t.co/5lGmzixyW0 pic.twitter.com/mJKCbrF6iF
— Erin Woo (@erinkwoo) September 2, 2026
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