Tuesday, May 19, 2026

The Los Angeles mayoral race summarized




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(I think he said politicians shouldn't wear black dress shirts)
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Somewhere in San Francisco, buried one foot underground, rests a treasure chest filled with 10,000 $1 coins

Reddit (posted three weeks ago):

One year ago we announced here that we buried a $10,000 treasure chest. Many hunters went searching and it was found in just 11 hours.

We did it again. It's located within 7 miles of San Francisco city hall, weighs more than 150 pounds, and is buried one foot deep. 

Hopefully this one takes a little longer than 11 hours. 

Edit: Update: The treasure is NOT on Angel Island or in Francisco Park.

Why are we saying this? Civic duty, mostly. 

NYT:

[A student], 16, was sitting in his high school history class when his dad texted him a link to the hunt with two words: “It’s on!”

Soon, he had skipped school and was at the old U.S. Mint building at Fifth and Mission Streets, squirreling through a hole in the wrought iron fence and digging in the garden area. But a barefoot woman injecting herself with a hypodermic needle on the steps yelled that he was causing a disturbance, and he reconsidered.

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New Image comics Humble Bundle

It's the "big bundle of misfit heroes and hilarious hijinks", starting at $5 for three volumes ($18 for 49 volumes).

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Glow in the dark Blanka by Jada Toys up for preorder

This one is an EE exclusive (great line of figures).


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Venomous review of The Mandalorian and Grogu

Bilge Ebiri for Vulture:

Rotta’s voice allegedly belongs to The Bear star Jeremy Allen White. I say “allegedly” because not only does his voice not sound like White’s (it has clearly been processed to sound slower and lower), it also retains none of the actor’s characteristically haunted delivery, thus rendering the casting pointless. Between the Mandalorian’s stiffness and Rotta’s torpor, we may wonder why we ourselves are supposed to care about anything that’s happening onscreen.

And another:

The ugliest expensive movie I have ever seen

The Disney+ opening montages where they only show helmeted or robotic figures are really loathsome. 

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Today's news and jokes

(I don't know about this series, but the Book Ones were extremely, bizarrely uncomfortable)

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Repainting an Optimus Prime figure so it looks cel-shaded

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