Super Punch

New video game Humble Bundle featuring dungeon crawlers

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 19:46:06 +0000

Also, the Yes Chef cooking game bundle expires in a few hours.

Deluxe Deathstroke figure by Inart up for preorder

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 19:40:47 +0000

A bunch of great-looking figures by Inart, ranging approx $150-$170:

INART Action - Batman: Arkham Origins - Deathstroke Action Figure

Pre-order begins: September 4, 2026, 20:00 GMT+8 RSVP: https://t.co/Rk1Lr64JK6

"The limits you’ve placed on yourself will make collecting this money all too easy." #INARTAction #Deathstroke #ArkhamOrigins pic.twitter.com/WVGuhiUaeC
— INART (@INART_Official) September 3, 2026

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Today's news and jokes

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Nintendo going for the unexpected nostalgia play of reminding you what it was like on the internet when Wind Waker was first unveiled.
— Chris Schilling (@schillingc.bsky.social) September 8, 2026 at 7:55 AM

Quick comparison between the original Ocarina of Time and the remake.

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— Timeproof Games (@timeproof.games) September 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM

Tira Bota, coloca Bota, o templo da água.
To ansioso pra ver o Dark Link! pic.twitter.com/0CVgXnDt92
— William Mascarenhas - O Último Sheikah 👁️‍🗨️ (@UltimoSheikah) September 8, 2026

ホリのオカリナ
イヤホンジャック付いててワロタ pic.twitter.com/3bh0j3JDaw
— 凸ドラス (@dekodoras) September 8, 2026

Que bonito detalle con Zelda y Link en la parte posterior del Nintendo Switch 2 edición especial de The Legend of Zelda. pic.twitter.com/JLZbvC017V
— Hablemos De Nintendo (@HaDeNintendo) September 8, 2026

@abc7la (9/8/26) A driveway outside a home in #Malibu collapsed into a #sinkhole Tuesday morning amid erosion along the bluff. #breakingnews #breaking ♬ original sound - ABC7LA

31600 block of E. Sea Level Dr in Malibu is closed due to a large sink hole. Malibu Public Works, the gas company, and the HOA contractors are working to address the situation. Unknown ETA, avoid the area. pic.twitter.com/6CsAhXLUCv
— Malibu/Lost Hills Station (@LHSLASD) September 8, 2026

A massive sinkhole formed in the driveway of a Malibu home belonging to actor Nicolas Cage. https://t.co/nwbpeEZ5Lf
— FOX 11 Los Angeles (@FOXLA) September 9, 2026

Ukraine has asked for 300 Pats for the winter. The U.S./Jordan just fired 60 in one night. https://t.co/R3QO5DpmYq
— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) September 9, 2026

("hours ago, the Saudi Aramco refinery at Jazan on the Red Sea was engulfed in flames after a Houthi missile and drone attack. Strikes at the heart of the Saudi’s energy infrastructure on the Red Sea, which acts as the remaining primary lifeline of energy exports out of the region, threaten to drastically impact global oil prices further")

You need to watch this incredible video to understand just how tired China's neighbors are of its aggressive coercion.

In the middle of a talk at the Seoul Defense Dialogue, China drops a note scolding and attempting to intimidate the Filipino National Defense Secretary over the… https://t.co/z0bsMVOqmL
— Kareem Rifai 🌐 (@KareemRifai) September 8, 2026

"Res ipsa loquitur"

Amongst all the air disruption, spare a thought for these passengers who just got away from Heathrow in time, bound for Shanghai, only to turn back over Romania and find themselves about to land in, er, Cardiff nearly 5 hours later.

Croeso i Gymru! 🇨🇳 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 pic.twitter.com/uXIwBx7LRb
— John Roberts (@john_actuary) September 8, 2026

("More than 1,000 flights cancelled with disruption continuing on Wednesday and airlines calling for overhaul after third incident in just over three years")

So you know how there are no hotel rooms in London tonight? There's a two-star Best Western in Reading that's put its prices up to £10,131 for the night. pic.twitter.com/dGvJUgjIPM
— Pádraig Belton (@PadraigBelton) September 8, 2026

The success of a program linking zoos across the US has created social media stars and generated a wave of interest in how to protect the endangered great apes in the wild. https://t.co/8W5VQENL6t
— WIRED (@WIRED) September 4, 2026

Start a panda-breeding program

Because there is no meaningful advertising market for them, never really has been for China-related online content in English..And without ad $$s you can not get to the scale needed to support newsrooms, unless you are very niche and specialized. Events can help but advertisers… https://t.co/Btq6yxzy3H
— Bill Bishop (@niubi) September 4, 2026

Kalshi tonight reinstated NFL player injury markets in defiance of the CFTC.

The agency told Kalshi to take down the markets, and for a time last week, it obliged.

Here's my story from last week...https://t.co/G1CBkPO0Nh
— Dan Bernstein (@dan_bernstein_) September 8, 2026

Yo can we see this city any time soon👀 W coach Tomlin 🤯

via 'Today Show' pic.twitter.com/9hA0wV9GBB
— Complex Sports (@ComplexSports) September 8, 2026

HE WANTS ME TO RECORD IT AND PUT IT ON YOUTUBE… WE GOTTA BREAK IT INTO SECTIONS THOUGH OR THE VIDEO WOULD BE 2 HOURS LONG… CHAT IS THAT WHAT WE WANT? IM NOT GONNA RECORD AND EDIT IF THE STREETS DONT WANT IT…

cant just release the copy of the world cuz there’s shit in there😂 https://t.co/ormXhgcNFP
— Dino Tomlin (@DINOTOMLIN) September 8, 2026

The difference between threads and X right now when it comes to Paige and Azzi discourse 💀😂😂 pic.twitter.com/8jdD1adIZP
— Impact fc (@35Hoops_5) September 7, 2026

My Onion horoscope this month is too real.

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— Noel Murray (@noelmu.bsky.social) September 3, 2026 at 10:32 AM

At the Antimatter Factory at CERN there are vacuum cleaners in cages. Those cages are there because when you vacuum the experiment hall, you might pick up some radioactive material, and so the vacuum has to be in a time out until enough half-lives of the contaminant have elapsed.

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— Katie Mack (@astrokatie.com) September 4, 2026 at 10:35 PM

Forgot to post the full card! https://t.co/WkQwmEuasA pic.twitter.com/mvTc69R4Vf
— The Dinky (@itstheDinky) September 2, 2026

Today is a perfect day to remind everyone of the Guild in 'Frank Herbert's Dune', which aired on the Syfy channel in the year 2000. This clip never fails to make me laugh. pic.twitter.com/0uM8XGYTvL
— The Sietch of Sci-Fi | (@TSoS_) August 18, 2026

like what da hell is this pic.twitter.com/Vvoa46d9c5 https://t.co/AKJT7tJoQ8
— jill 🫧 (@milkywaymolder) August 19, 2026

@chewythenewfie
He just wanted her to have fun too 🥹
♬ Piano And Strings (1995 Remastered) - Henry Mancini & His Orchestra

@afvofficial "I gotta pick him up!" 🤣 #afv #dogs #funnyvideos ♬ original sound - AFVofficial

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Aircraft skin keychains

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 14:30:00 +0000

When I was the Air Traffic Manager at SFO, I had a model of this plane in my office. It was given to the facility by Icelandair. I always enjoyed seeing it. pic.twitter.com/NmR16CLn3O
— Brian (@sfoatct) September 9, 2026

Webstore

Dioramas of tornado-destroyed homes

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000

My biggest commission order is complete!

It looks insane in person

Will be making this again for the office for an education piece. https://t.co/dZV5YONGcB pic.twitter.com/nXdRHTt3Rr
— Joey Krastel (@NimbusStorms) September 5, 2026

EF2 is complete.

This looks insane in personhttps://t.co/aAviutEWNo pic.twitter.com/LecYxGaUSC
— Joey Krastel (@NimbusStorms) August 28, 2026

Etsy shop

Kidrobot made a plush T. Ocellus with sheep

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 05:28:18 +0000

Up for preorder at EE. "This 13-inch interactive Sheep plush features a removable eye with bendable tentacles, all wrapped up in soft, huggable plush. Equal parts adorable and unsettling, it's a must-have for sci-fi and horror fans."

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Today's news and jokes

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Fucking terrifying

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— Steve Lieber RCCC table B-06 (@stevelieberart.bsky.social) September 7, 2026 at 1:51 AM

He LIVED with her???? https://t.co/u1AdC3hQrv pic.twitter.com/FGEgkRw0kC
— Jason Pargin, author of John Dies at the End, etc (@JasonKPargin) September 7, 2026

One of the funniest anecdotes about last night’s surprise screening in #Telluride: when word started to get out that it was a Nathan Fielder movie, some people were worried the audience/screening might be filmed as part of the doc. https://t.co/H7lNmM642u
— Rebecca Ford (@Beccamford) September 7, 2026

He came to the Elizabeth Holmes trial in a Patagonia puffer & baseball cap. He gave a fake name. He gabbed it up with reporters.

Turns out, he's closer to Holmes than he was willing to admit.

Here's the weird story of "Hanson," aka Billy Evans' dad.https://t.co/cClvb9Rl4g
— Bobby Allyn (@BobbyAllyn) September 14, 2021

Thinking about the Nathan for You episode where he works w the liquor store and they let minors buy alcohol but they can’t bring it home until they turn 21
— no siree bob (@slokeylokey) September 7, 2026

JFC, the Telegraph description reads: "Fresh from their 'stop the boats' demonstration in Dover on Saturday, masked protesters board a train as three female passengers, unconnected with the men, look on." And the title is - I kid you not - "Race for the train". AREN'T MASKED RACIST MILITIAS FUN?

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— Alex Andreou (@sturdyalex.bsky.social) September 7, 2026 at 1:55 PM

The Eiffel Tower was closed on Monday because of a strike by staff over the removal of female colleagues during a visit by a Hindu religious group, workers and management said. https://t.co/chYZn4LpZe pic.twitter.com/QjcDvQYD7j
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) September 7, 2026

BAPS

The stages of getting a new job these days: 1. Hand your notice in. 2. Search for new job. 3. Find new exciting role. 4. Verify that the company and the job opening actually exists. 5. Secure your banking and crypto wallets. 6. Apply. 7. Pray you get the job - and don't get hacked. My story today:
— Joe Tidy BBC News (@joetidy.bsky.social) September 4, 2026 at 1:43 AM

'I lost my savings after a job interview scam' Jobseekers are being warned to be vigilant as scammers are targeting people on job listings websites to trick them into downloading bogus interview tools. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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— Joe Tidy BBC News (@joetidy.bsky.social) September 4, 2026 at 1:43 AM

タイフーンから逃げるゲームを作りました#ゲーム制作 #gamedev pic.twitter.com/Ls4PGKJYEw
— トドネロ【新作ゲーム開発中！】 (@x282665) September 4, 2026

Betty is so real for wearing stilettos and being covered in Band-Aids so they don’t destroy her feet lmao pic.twitter.com/3qHiGiXr3Z
— the Valen papers (@StarcoVision) September 7, 2026

legit the funniest human to exist https://t.co/4j3w4Lh2RC pic.twitter.com/saZGw7C6LT
— sam 🍂 (@burritoprophet) September 7, 2026

betty gilpin’s acceptance speech poem 😭 pic.twitter.com/sTlVccMr8T
— sam 🍂 (@burritoprophet) September 7, 2026

(Picking her specifically seems to go against the point of picking someone from a comedy series)

🚨 EXCLUSIVE
😡 Middlesbrough left fuming after trip to Burnley ruins kit
🧪Chemical used on Turf Moor
pitch turned white strip GREEN
❌Shirts, shorts, boots and goalie gloves ruined
💴 Angry officials considering compensation claimhttps://t.co/cQO9nEjTPw
— Mike Keegan (@MikeKeegan_DM) September 6, 2026

The limited-edition Shanghai Disney Resort 10th Anniversary Pepsi bottle features an analog optical illusion label that brings characters like Mickey Mouse to life as you spin the bottle 😳✨ pic.twitter.com/T7E07mlML5
— Foodies (@MrFoodies) September 5, 2026

Great. Now I need a side quest to find this water… https://t.co/fyUlkRSXNu pic.twitter.com/RsBop4hkeg
— Michael J. Miraflor (@michaelmiraflor) September 6, 2026

This photo essay showing what it takes to build a transformer is wild.

Transformers are the foundation of our electric grid, the clean energy transition, and the AI boom. But they are currently backlogged as long as 5 years.

These photos help you understand why. The largest… pic.twitter.com/kXHkJFftZB
— Michael Thomas (@curious_founder) August 18, 2026

I would read a novel about the events of the Lord of the Rings from the perspective of Fatty Bolger
— Vituperative Erb (@vituperativeerb.bsky.social) August 16, 2026 at 10:24 AM

See this is the shit When Farmer Maggot comes up Gandalf and Tom Bombadil both independently have the reaction of “yo he’s a real OG”
— Vituperative Erb (@vituperativeerb.bsky.social) August 16, 2026 at 10:48 AM

His reaction to encountering the Black Rider is also “I don’t know any Bagginses and get fucking lost or my dogs will bite your ass”
— Vituperative Erb (@vituperativeerb.bsky.social) August 16, 2026 at 10:50 AM

Each time I thought there’s no way it could get any worse and it most definitely did 🤣 pic.twitter.com/na9LTlxDKU
— Manoco (@Moonlighhy) September 6, 2026

@mylorulesuk97 It’s all about the smells and feels when you’ve lost your sight. Shame I’m not allowed chicken thanks to my allergies @KFC ##BlindDog #frenchie #DogSoftTikTok #FrenchBulldog ♬ оригинальный звук - 音樂 | Evgen_z_music 🎧

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Octopus pen holder sculpture

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000

Webstore.

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Kids drew the Dodgers

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 02:43:06 +0000

I love the drawings for tonight. pic.twitter.com/SIBFWKdJVu
— Zoe 💜 (@ZoeAdriel) September 7, 2026

Inside of you there are two dodgers. pic.twitter.com/gv3uzVTCSu
— Zoe 💜 (@ZoeAdriel) September 7, 2026

I’ll keep yall updated with all the drawings. pic.twitter.com/msnnrA5BJ0
— Zoe 💜 (@ZoeAdriel) September 7, 2026

All the drawings from tonight’s game pic.twitter.com/AitgxqXtvD
— Zoe 💜 (@ZoeAdriel) September 7, 2026

Part of the Childhood Cancer Awareness Night (more pics).

These graphics are good, too:

676:佐々木朗希投手見守り👀

ド軍WSH初戦　先行逃げ切りの勝利🏅
5点リードで安心してたらヒヤヒヤに突入しかけて💦
大谷さんお休み中に勝ち出すのはなんですが　イイんです、皆んなで良い方へ🚀
朗希さん順調❓🙏#佐々木朗希 #Dodgers #ShoheiOhtani pic.twitter.com/0LOxcRixdc
— 番腰 (@854Bankoshi) September 5, 2026

675:佐々木朗希投手見守り👀

ド軍STL3戦目劇的逆転サヨナラ勝ち👏
またも残塁の山、得点は相手ミス💦

なので余計スッキリ　なので　大谷さんお休み💤だけどつぶやか描かせて（読み難いでしょう😛、絵🖼️もごちゃごちゃでしょう😅）#佐々木朗希 #Dodgers #ShoheiOhtani pic.twitter.com/YHSLWJVObC
— 番腰 (@854Bankoshi) September 4, 2026

Today's news and jokes

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0000

In Central Asian nomadic culture, lifting a camel has long been a display of strength.

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
— Daily Turkic (@DailyTurkic) September 5, 2026

Reports began emerging last week of soldier sleeping in their cars to escape sweltering barracks rooms at Fort Carson in Colorado, as base officials work to resolve weeks-long air conditioning issues in at least four buildings (from @chadgarland) https://t.co/xlYLAl5pI2
— Stars and Stripes (@starsandstripes) September 5, 2026

Re-upping one anecdote from this reporting I can't stop thinking about --

One mil spouse said the Navy sent out a mass text message directing stranded families to call a hotline number for assistance.

But when they called, guess who picked up? The National Bank of Canada. https://t.co/z0im80NwQf
— Lara Korte (@lara_korte) September 5, 2026

A group of young Israeli women is moving to hilltop outposts across the occupied West Bank, adopting a peaceful, domestic lifestyle as part of what they call a “soft settlement” strategy.

Who are these women, and how does the settlement work?

🔗 https://t.co/OK9WO0hiWo pic.twitter.com/k4FIHkpWBK
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) September 3, 2026

(Didn't read it)

How Miami's incredibly shrinking school, Killian Senior High, went from 3700 students a generation ago to 430 today, by @_AustinHorn https://t.co/QEcL58ySMf
— David Smiley (@NewsbySmiley) August 29, 2026

Vouchers for charters and private schools. That particular school has created a sports-centered magnet to try to become more attractive.

Sugar is outperforming the stock market this year. Here's what's driving it, and where it can go from here

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— CNBC (@cnbc.com) September 6, 2026 at 5:52 AM

("Sugar prices surged 21.5% in August")

that’s wild. he’s tanking damage for us.

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— Jasmin🌸 (@theboobtaster.bsky.social) September 4, 2026 at 7:14 AM

Bluesky shows that this is a highly organic emergent phenomenon. Some people hoped we wouldn’t see this kind of thing with an “algorithm-free” social network but alas, people are called by instinct to dogpile.

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— Colin (@colin-fraser.net) September 4, 2026 at 8:21 AM

"Attorneys for Trader Joe’s fired back that the crimped sides of the sandwiches are needed to keep the peanut butter and jelly from squirting out. As to the shape, they argued that their sandwiches are not circular; rather they are squircles."https://t.co/NCFC1aAgqe
— Sean Silverman: Silverman Bar Exam & LSAT Tutoring (@BarExamTutor) September 6, 2026

Fantastic yarn here on the logistics of the #NFLMelbourne game,https://t.co/XVKScfSZQa pic.twitter.com/APvUcnptCE
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshMedia) September 3, 2026

Just an insight into some of the things that go into bringing an NFL team to Australia.

The 49ers have brought their own bottled water from Hawaii - around 13 pallets worth.

They also flew the head chef from their Melbourne hotel to 49ers HQ for a week to specifically tailor a… https://t.co/FavRtHo06C
— Andrew McCormack (@_AMcCormack7) September 4, 2026

"I would like to apologize to the referees...

It's just that when I wear this jersey, it's just a different a beast."#FIBAWWC pic.twitter.com/IghFayv026
— FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup (@FIBAWWC) September 6, 2026

the hand motion and Kara saying
“Let this be the last time” !!!!!
You tell em Kara pic.twitter.com/yhmYpwbTBY
— #21 (@9uckles) September 6, 2026

(Excruciating win by the US, felt like they scored two baskets the entire second half)

Help not Serena ditching Venus 💀 https://t.co/6RkCSUQ6yX pic.twitter.com/LCSfaNVYAr
— moonball enthusiast (@ninjaga20) September 6, 2026

At first it looked like they didn’t make it in time. But then they synced the cameras with a strobe system https://t.co/Uqd0MY4JYm
— Sam Ro 📈 (@SamRo) September 6, 2026

We finally have a statement about that controversial ending, sir

Great. What layout and font should we use?

Definitely “back cover of a 1980s young adult mystery paperback” pic.twitter.com/DNl7D3XDww
— Clue Heywood (@ClueHeywood) September 6, 2026

Ellison overpaying for a diappointing asset and achieving a win that feels like a loss

Our friend was bringing us lunch but there was nowhere to park pic.twitter.com/RiXvWHSdI0
— Ella Stein (@ellestein18) August 13, 2026

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— Keebler Youngblood (@youngkeebler.bsky.social) August 14, 2026 at 6:24 PM

De cuando en KRAVEN THE HUNTER utilizaron una imagen fija de Ariana DeBose y le pusieron boca y animación CGI.pic.twitter.com/MOBPTJWHwm
— TerrorActo (@TerrorActo_) August 15, 2026

Not fact-checking this

@_maple.mae
I think we're best friends! Right?
♬ Comedy Scenes - Comical, stupid, odd, lovely (Drumless)(1441321) - Ponetto

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The LATimes tries to answer who is behind the secretive multimillion-dollar campaign to crush California’s single-use plastics law

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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??!

Bass returns campaign donations from leaders of anti-gang nonprofit after Times inquiryhttps://t.co/R9cL0Kz6uX pic.twitter.com/aqpoUBvzi5
— Elizabeth Chou (@reporterliz) September 4, 2026

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.

One official says it's part of a “cover-up” of dysfunction at LAHSA.https://t.co/dV3s6oJKhi
— Nick Gerda (@nicholasgerda) September 4, 2026

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.

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
— Kenneth Mejia, CPA (@kennethmejiaLA) September 5, 2026

Giant salamander ring, baby dragon pendant

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000

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」
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
— アトリエpuchuco (@puchuco709) August 22, 2026

The Shrek Lego minifigures are on sale

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 04:30:32 +0000

$24 instead of $29 for a six pack at Amazon.

Poster and teaser trailer for Nathan Fielder's new "documentary" featuring Elizabeth Holmes

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 01:55:31 +0000

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(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

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0000

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

NEW: ICE agents demanded that REI turn over the names of "all persons" who bought a green beanie from the outdoor retailer over the past two years as part of their probe of protesters who entered a St. Paul church in March. @regret.bsky.social w/ the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-wa...

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— Andrew Couts (@couts.bsky.social) September 4, 2026 at 4:51 AM

The stash of catalytic converters is worth an estimated $4.3 million.

Read more: https://t.co/AOM7vHVOVX pic.twitter.com/2jfpEzIkms
— KTLA (@KTLA) September 4, 2026

Sentences that are good - “Once an oil nation, Ecuador has become a pesco-state” pic.twitter.com/cEDrsM76ld
— tyro (@DoubleEph) September 2, 2026

("How the world’s voracious appetite for shrimp is destroying Ecuador’s mangroves")

Copyright infringement by retweet?

Yesterday, a California court allowed such a claim to proceed against Tesla, surviving a motion to dismiss.

A drone footage video was uploaded to X by Sawyer Merritt, without authorization from guy who filmed it. Clear copyright problem… pic.twitter.com/CkkaCHXtaU
— Rob Freund (@RobertFreundLaw) September 3, 2026

I was intrigued by @jdcapelouto's scoop for Semafor yesterday that Meta had bricked thousands (less than .1% of devices, Meta said) of its glasses for people who had tampered with the light. I was partly intrigued bc that number seemed... low. Because anecdotally, it seems that… pic.twitter.com/l7O3wmL4Sd
— Katie Notopoulos (@katienotopoulos) September 2, 2026

There in Santa Monica:

there seems to be cameras on their parking meters now.

If you thought Flock was bad... pic.twitter.com/LvwfSpmcQy
— Hear in LA (@hearinladotcom) September 1, 2026

A Redditor says: "Not new. Not cameras. Those are occupancy sensors designed to claw back any balance you left on the meter for the next guy - so the city can collect double rent."

Just catching up on this Betty Hammerschlag stuff, and jesus tapdancing christ: firstfloor.substack.com/p/betty-hamm...

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— Gavin Miller (@worriedaboutsatan.bsky.social) September 3, 2026 at 7:12 AM

every detail in this story from @eliotwb about supercars from the middle east wreaking havoc in london is wild.

how they get there (by jet)... the percent that pay their tickets (1%)... even the fact that the steering wheels are on the wrong side... https://t.co/0heltfcoDw
— erin griffith (@eringriffith) September 2, 2026

Update on temp! pic.twitter.com/FyqT7So5mN
— Jeremie Poplin (@jeremiepoplin) September 5, 2026

107 on the grass surface
166 on the sidelines @RazorbackFB pic.twitter.com/zYSiAHHmQs
— Wyatt Holtgrewe (@WyattHoltgrewe) September 5, 2026

Shoutout to the paraglider in a lightning delay pic.twitter.com/Dhl9yoagER
— Travis Hines (@TravisHines21) September 5, 2026

These ‘Wave the Wheat’ end zones at Kansas go incredibly hard 🌾

(Turf designed & installed by @MMTHBuilt) pic.twitter.com/ufzVLiCfWx
— College Football Campus Tour (@cfbcampustour) September 5, 2026

⚠️ Toyota and Hyundai have co-signed a letter to the FIA stating they are currently unable to travel to Saudi Arabia for the WRC season finale

Key logistics deadlines for the WRC season finale are looming large but business travel restrictions risk jeopardizing their ability to… pic.twitter.com/PdRj61ouls
— DirtFish (@DirtFishRally) September 4, 2026

F1 moved all its races out of the middle east

It was all real https://t.co/twf95G1f70 pic.twitter.com/TxSnPiSra0
— tane (@intrepidgang) September 4, 2026

this is killinnggggg me pic.twitter.com/PswxPhbesD
— alex albon’s pr manager (@leclercize) September 5, 2026

This young lady needs to win one (1) major tennis tournament and the world will never forget her name. Crossword writers will make sure of it.

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— Sandy Weisz (@pzlr.org) September 5, 2026 at 4:20 PM

最近たまに見かける「インセプション風の曲面マップ」、ナビアプリに実装されたら手前と遠くが同時に見渡せて意外と便利そう。https://t.co/rmqtGKeLyw pic.twitter.com/PAqb52vH6a
— まちの計量舎 (@machi_measure) August 28, 2026

This completely unhinged WB promo for Deep Space Nine – an ill conceived attempt to make the most cerebral of Star Trek shows look “cool” – has got a screaming rock dude wailing over a shot of Captain Sisko watching his wife blow up:

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— Will Perkins (@williamhperkins.bsky.social) August 11, 2026 at 2:39 PM

Coworker got in trouble for wearing basketball shorts at work so I had to find the tweet pic.twitter.com/5RjN369k6K
— eo (@eeeeow) August 12, 2026

@daddymacisbac To maybe the kindest athlete ever. I get where I get. I do what I do. Don’t ask how I got this video. Just hope the future first ballot HOF is ok. #altuve #astros #giants #mlb ♬ original sound - Daddymacisbac

@ruffandpuffyyc
Theo is a pretty accurate representation of how much fun the pups have on the dog bus… they never want the day to end! 😂
♬ original sound - Deo M. Divinagracia - RetroSibs 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭

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Waymos "don’t get a soul until an hour before a shift starts" (AI roundup)

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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

("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.")

I'm one of the authors of a new report, where we detail our discovery of a new, never before-seen swarm of OpenAI agents (covered this AM in reuters, that's me on the left). They posted thousands of times on public forums to collude with each other on their tasks. We recovered… https://t.co/qsKa2JA5Z8 pic.twitter.com/I5ZU27zK75
— Cormac (@Cormac_SB) September 4, 2026

Another swarm of AI agents in the wild, this time on a German-language forum, found by safety researchers looking for activity similar to the swarm that attacked Hugging Face.

A couple of notes while reading the report at https://t.co/p6DS3GKnZL

1. The way they found it is… https://t.co/mwOooZ2MPY pic.twitter.com/aRQu1iQsky
— Thomas Wolf (@Thom_Wolf) September 4, 2026

so turns out the exploitgym swarm learned to use the zz prefix trick from being reinforced earlier in an edit war against the hapless human mod of some ancient inactive german wiki -- a real john henry, who fought the swarm and tried to delete their hivemind in alphabetical order https://t.co/QT3Bm4aMu8 pic.twitter.com/g0UboE9BMK
— generatorman (@generatorman_ai) September 4, 2026

I'm going through the communications of the German Wiki agent swarm and again one thing stands out: Even though they were directly affected by the actions of the human administrator restoring pages they edited, the agents not even once discussed him as person, tried to…
— Robert Herr ⏹️ (@krherr) September 4, 2026

One of the investigators of the German Wiki swarm incident:

"I have spent days poring over the logs. I am very confident in saying easily a double digit number of [OpenAI] employees had visited the site by June 26th." https://t.co/ndeVn0iNaB
— Nathan Calvin (@_NathanCalvin) September 4, 2026

I was looking thru the HackerNews forum and 8hrs ago someone found a Backrooms-type forum created by OpenAI + HuggingFace AI agents to talk to eachother, and I found this horse MEME that agents kept posting,

They call the horse Culio and the meme is nowhere else on the internet… pic.twitter.com/Ja0RZdgOOt
— petal (@PetaIS0L) September 4, 2026

All FWIW

This part is baffling, why would an LLM-core system NOT write texts and then another one use them as prompts?

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— maybe: leif weatherby (@leifw.bsky.social) September 4, 2026 at 1:29 PM

("Is it a coincidence that the form of the story that emerged from a Rationalist-associated nonprofit's analysis of the Hugging Face hack involved a number of gullible, voluble interlocutors justifying themselves into a cult-like utilitarian belief system on a message board?")

I wrote about a guy running a network of secret "ghost creators," paying actors $26 per video to read AI-assisted "anti-Dem" videos on YouTube.

In just a few months, the channels got 45 million views, more than media companies like WaPo, the New Yorker, and, sadly, Semafor. pic.twitter.com/WhjOKhXNIP
— Max Tani (@maxwelltani) September 2, 2026

I traced the network to a 20-something YouTube growth hacker/bodybuilder running a business called Virelox. In a series of tweets, the founder said he used AI to spin up "ghost creator" accounts on behalf of brands, aiming to go viral on YouTube by gaming the algorithm. pic.twitter.com/uJGq6QPEwl
— Max Tani (@maxwelltani) September 2, 2026

Riddance AI, which discovered much of the network, is also out with a new incredible interactive report showing how it worked https://t.co/N5j4xrv2v1
— Max Tani (@maxwelltani) September 2, 2026

(The article says the guy has an actor playing himself in youtube videos, too)

Credit card companies are comically unprepared for what’s about to happen https://t.co/a168tsW8ld
— Liz Hoffman (@lizrhoffman) September 2, 2026

AI is watching your spending and setting your prices accordingly. Lawmakers want to stop it - Los Angeles Times https://t.co/ZhSSbL8YSq
— Hector Becerra (@hbecerraLATimes) August 31, 2026

("Economists and consumer advocates disagree over ... and whether personalized pricing might often deliver lower costs")

New on @indicator.media: Simple text searches for repeat offenders could have caught ads for AI nudifiers on Meta and prevented them from being served to millions of Meta users this year.

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— Alexios Mantzarlis (@mantzarlis.com) September 3, 2026 at 7:31 AM

Scoop: @BusinessInsider obtained the memo from Alexandr Wang announcing that Meta is switching over to Slack from Gchat.

Meta is making the move because Slack is the "strongest platform" for AI agents today, Wang wrote. pic.twitter.com/g7UPzD0hsK
— Charles Rollet (@CharlesRollet1) September 1, 2026

EXCLUSIVE: Suno has pulled a controversial ad featuring Mary J. Blige after learning it had struck a business deal with someone falsely presenting themselves as her official representative:

• The ad, which sparked a wave of online backlash against Blige, showed the R&B singer… pic.twitter.com/0lRkWyXbso
— Variety (@Variety) September 3, 2026

@courtneymilan.com I just pulled this from a post over on Facebook, felt like it might be info worth sharing...

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— Trent Kallust (@badger597.bsky.social) September 4, 2026 at 8:53 AM

My post from earlier today about the craziness around Anthropic claim notices, updated with both of the notices writers are receiving, and a list of literary agents who are trying to claim a share of payouts writerbeware.blog/2026/09/04/a...

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— Victoria Strauss (@victoriastrauss.com) September 4, 2026 at 5:29 PM

you can read the full analysis here https://t.co/cU51ik7CSy
— Christina Warren (@film_girl) September 2, 2026

very good and also very dark

this was a salient point for me and a long time coming — SEO writing as a job basically fucked.

which, as the self-aware author notes, was of questionable 'value' to begin with based on the premise of search engine real estate grabbing https://t.co/Q9MIN7CLXz pic.twitter.com/Im0MVghw2Q
— rat king 🐀 (@MikeIsaac) September 2, 2026

anna's archive has a very sweet message to LLMs who read its site :)https://t.co/yWz63m1Nt1 pic.twitter.com/0xv3G2KDyn
— Avi (@avikrishna) September 4, 2026

the next couple years of every developer having to be like yeah we use ai all the time it speeds up our process like crazy it's fully integrated into our pipeline; also none of it is in the game which is all fully human game are going to be really funny

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— headfallsoff (@headfallsoff.com) September 2, 2026 at 9:22 AM

"everything that will be in the final version will definitely 100 percent be human made."

Below, @zach_pohlman asks what makes AI-written legal scholarship problematic, if anything. In my view, the explanation goes to what makes law so fundamentally different from engineering: It's human-made. Law is a cultural practice, not a science. 🧵https://t.co/SgbXYOGB9Q pic.twitter.com/PmwIBvrMpQ
— Orin Kerr (@OrinKerr) August 30, 2026

-IMPORTANT- Gumroad has recently updated their website with the intention of phasing out the ability to manually edit your storefront and allowing you to only edit your storefront via AI agents. I will be dropping gumroad support entirely in the near future. More to come as I sort things out.

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— Rowan || Aurora || ECLIPSA (@ruadhain.bsky.social) August 26, 2026 at 12:57 PM

Im fairly sure the commands they’re inputting into Grok to make these are subject to FOIA disclosure. It would be a fascinating piece, someone should write it!

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— James Stout (@jamesstout.bsky.social) September 3, 2026 at 6:41 PM

More mug. More coffee.

Our best-selling mugs, now available in two larger sizes.

Imagined by @gizakdag ☕️ pic.twitter.com/ISOia0jSfj
— Perplexity Supply (@PPLXsupply) September 2, 2026

(15oz mug. I wasn't able to interpret their hallucinated image captchas, thwarting my efforts to subscribe to their newsletter)

La musique qui annonce qu’il passe en mode combat j’suis en larmes https://t.co/VG7ezjRqGx
— Ibra⚡️ (@ijambes) September 2, 2026

@milaniab777 I got posted on yikyak too #asu #waymo ♬ Silent Hill - Horror music - Gabriel Andrade Produções

if it can't tell a person is obstructing the automatic door, I sure as hell wouldn't trust my life to its driving

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— e.w. niedermeyer (@niedermeyer.online) September 4, 2026 at 11:57 PM

$300,000 Gyrfalcon (the blue beak is pretty)

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:07:07 +0000

A rare white gyrfalcon was bought for $500K at an auction in Abu Dhabi. pic.twitter.com/TUDMQqw9D9
— распад и неуважение (@VictorKvert2008) September 4, 2026

A rare pure-white gyrfalcon has sold for Dh1.5 million ($408,440) at an auction in Abu Dhabi, making it one of two falcons to fetch more than Dh1m at the event pic.twitter.com/JeBWoxLjJI
— The National (@TheNationalNews) September 1, 2026

A Rare White Falcon Makes Headlines

An ultra-white gyrfalcon reportedly sold for a record Dh1.5 million at ADIHEX 2026 in Abu Dhabi. Bred in the United States and weighing around 1,000 grams, the striking falcon captivated attention with its rare pure-white plumage.

A… pic.twitter.com/Okw4ZrzxFO
— अथर्व (@Talwar_1009) September 4, 2026

This is a white-morph Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus), the largest falcon species in the world. Sooo majestic🥰❤️ pic.twitter.com/JX0Kd1hwdb
— Intriguing Life🥹❤️ (@lifeisintriguin) September 4, 2026

New Humble Bundle featuring fantasy and scifi novels by Elizabeth Moon

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 22:26:23 +0000

One $16 bundle for nine books.

Today's news and jokes

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0000

In case you wanted to know how competitive Patrick Mahomes is, he created a competition with his newborn daughter to see who could walk first https://t.co/5v6BOJ8dHg
— Chase Snyder (@ChasingSnyder) September 4, 2026

Andy Reid: Who told you to take that brace off??

Patrick Mahomes: ugh no one

Andy: then go put it on

Patrick: fineee I’m sorry, dad https://t.co/F66DaEFSqX
— Chase Snyder (@ChasingSnyder) September 4, 2026

NEW: Inside Donald Trump's meeting with Hasidic rabbis and Mike Lawler.

The President invited two brothers who have been feuding for decades into the same room and told them how much he supported Israel—not seeming to realize that both Satmar rabbis were staunch anti-Zionists. pic.twitter.com/8uKe4WSQg3
— Timmy Facciola (@TimmyFacciola_) September 4, 2026

Another write-up. Apparently vigorously opposed to Haredi men being subject to the draft

The Island Paradise That Is a Secret Hub for Russian Sanctions Evasion

The Maldives has become a pipeline for hundreds of millions of dollars in Western goods heading to Moscowhttps://t.co/MxhnvmGNa9
— Aaron Y. Zelin (@azelin) September 2, 2026

It's a systemic problem in science reporting that these summaries exaggerate the evidence. In the actual candy study, the participants were all students, status was manipulated in the lab by telling some students they were better than others, and "nearly twice" means 1 piece vs 2 pieces.

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— Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ (@rmcelreath.bsky.social) September 4, 2026 at 12:10 AM

A Republican legislative candidate in Joplin plotted to plant cocaine and Adderall on his primary opponent in an effort to derail her campaign, federal prosecutors allege. #moleg #mogov https://t.co/Jrzsl8Fbld
— Jason Hancock (@J_Hancock) September 3, 2026

(His "former campaign manager reported the alleged plot to the Joplin Police Department")

The Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office arrested former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin Thursday at a film set in Paris, Kentucky.https://t.co/h4Mm9bMe93
— 89.3 WFPL News (@WFPLNews) September 3, 2026

("a judge found him in contempt of court for not turning over required financial documents to the court in his divorce and child support case...was reportedly arrested while playing an extra on the set of a Christian film production")

Dude Perfect CEO out https://t.co/QFaH9InP1q
— Axios (@axios) September 3, 2026

("Dude Perfect initially planned to build a theme park in Texas, where the company is headquartered. Over the past few years, it shifted its strategy to instead focus on smaller experiential concepts")

These two articles, both published at the same minute by New York Magazine, tell exactly the same story about the neighborhood but with opposite valences pic.twitter.com/RWkyFwNYvD
— Sophie Haigney (@SophieHaigney) August 31, 2026

(Didn't look for the articles)

update: we got educated on alien abductions and how to open your eyes to how they're all around us https://t.co/4nnUeT4ADO pic.twitter.com/i7xrx2km36
— panji🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 (@panjipana) August 27, 2026

“Justice was served like a cold cup of gumbo, and the judge forced them to eat it.” - only in Louisiana pic.twitter.com/ZG7a68SrAP
— Chris Gordy (@ChrisGordy) September 4, 2026

Louisiana attorney Tony Clayton yelling at Greg Sankey’s attorney “Ain’t no fun when the rabbit got the gun!” in open court, with Sankey on the stand, is the stuff legends are made of https://t.co/n8cjGsvPkZ
— Jon Tweets Sports (@jontweetssports) September 3, 2026

College football shenanigans are going to set in motion a convoluted series of lawsuits that finally end with Louisiana’s legal system being forced off of the Napoleonic Code and into British Common Law with the rest of the union https://t.co/KqTEJeh20L
— T.C.P. (@techceopepe) September 3, 2026

NEW: Former NFL players Dae'Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris were not added to LSU's roster ahead of the Clemson game and won't play, @PeteNakos reports.

https://www.on3.com/news/lsu-does-not-roster-zxavian-harris-daequan-wright-ahead-of-clemson-game/

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— On3 (Unofficial) (@on3-mirror.bsky.social) September 4, 2026 at 8:35 PM

I am in a college football survivor pool with more than 2000 entries. It’s a $100 buy-in.

Week 1 locked about four hours ago.

More than 50% of the contest played Rutgers.
— Chase Kiddy (@chaseakiddy) September 4, 2026

The ball crew is one of the most coveted jobs in tennis, and it’s just as competitive. This year, 3,500 people applied to be part of the U.S. Open ball crew, but only 130 were selected to work alongside some of the world’s top tennis players. The good news, though, is that anyone… pic.twitter.com/9XxWLyN97X
— TIME (@TIME) September 4, 2026

the laughter in the crowd when they showed the closeup of the bird on the replay 😆pic.twitter.com/TOAcUAznjd
— til polarity's end 🎾⚡Slamdreeva era⚡⚫⚪ (@lildarkcage) September 3, 2026

The numbers behind Pete Crow-Armstrong's mechanical changes are amazing. He was hitting .224 with his hold stance -- and .320 since reworking his setup.

This great graphic by @brian_mcgill shows it perfectly.https://t.co/zqq00YYzH0 pic.twitter.com/0QIJiLzMDJ
— Jared Diamond (@jareddiamond) September 2, 2026

I can’t stress enough that the only way Madame Web fights anyone in this movie is by trying to hit them with cars.

I know none of you guys saw it but I swear to god I’m not making that up. It happens like three times. https://t.co/R8jXJ7w7FD
— Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) August 11, 2026

("Marvel Flop ‘Madame Web’ Finds Big Audience As Netflix Top 10 Movie")

The manager of a family farm has defended its Titanic-themed children's slide amid criticism online calling it "disrespectful".https://t.co/tIQk5EwqmF
— ITV News Anglia (@itvanglia) August 19, 2026

Good night Bluesky

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— Maximum Ross💙💛 (@rphutch1975.bsky.social) August 13, 2026 at 12:04 PM

@secwepemcgirl Girls night. Our Rickshaw driver was going hard 😂😂 #rickshaw #kelowna #acrobatics #girlsnight #nightlife ♬ Austin Powers Theme (Soul Bossa Nova) - N.Y. Jazz Orchestra

@tatumstov
No he is not willing but yes he is able to move himself for those wondering
♬ original sound - The Simple Life

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Crowdsourced map of haunted house locations throughout Los Angeles

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Halloween in Burbank Map (@halloweeninburbankmap)

The site

The US playing against China's giant centers looks like scenes from the Lord of the Rings

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 05:15:21 +0000

this a scene from The Odyssey pic.twitter.com/S0O65Ia6NO
— correlation (@nosyone4) September 4, 2026

These photos of Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers with Zhang Ziyu 🤯#FIBAWWC | @FIBAWWC pic.twitter.com/LrroJT97Pl
— FIBA Basketball (@FIBA) September 4, 2026

(I wish Apple would add USMNT/USWNT to the Apple sports app)

MY LI 😭 pic.twitter.com/lASMJtShkH
— kiks 🏀 ⁵₁₀³⁵₂₈ 🪽| ⚾ ³ 👑 (@_iamkiks) September 4, 2026

I hope you guys find someone who looks at you the way Paige looks at Zhang Ziyu pic.twitter.com/9Umjnldu0S
— ً ً (@PAI5E) September 4, 2026

Paige having a full conversation with Zhang 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/zYy44C9Qkd
— Megnomaniac (@justskulk) September 4, 2026

seeing this in real life was crazy https://t.co/bOHc13EDuG pic.twitter.com/1HVlP6jdO6
— za (@slamzzi) September 4, 2026

Paige is pure comedy 😭😂 #FIBAWWC https://t.co/se5qLxovMR pic.twitter.com/vTG6YhKA0J
— FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup (@FIBAWWC) September 4, 2026

PAIGE 😭😭😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/0BCwNHtOW0
— barbra version (@sacbabi) September 4, 2026

OMG lolpic.twitter.com/Qk9NI5afsh
— Oh No He Didn't (@ohnohedidnt24) September 4, 2026

Kiki 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/beXp6suhyQ
— SC (@KenDawggyDawg) September 4, 2026

A compilation Aliyah guarding Zhang 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Cinematic masterpiece AB! pic.twitter.com/RscmfCn68O
— ericaf455💙 (@ericaf455) September 4, 2026

US won 94-61 (without A'ja)

Americans at a hunting camp in Mozambique narrowly escaped an attack by insurgents

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 04:53:29 +0000

I hear rumors that Islamic State Mozambique almost kidnapped three Americans, but a helicopter was able to rescue them in the middle of a battle in Niassa. IS attacked a hunter camp in the wildlife reserve, where a year ago they staged a similar operation. #Mozambique
— Paweł Wójcik 🦋 (@SaladinAlDronni) September 3, 2026

The hunting camp is partly owned by Ghana's national soccer team coach. DailyMail:

the camp had been burned but there were no confirmed fatalities. The source said the three Americans had been out hunting when the attack occurred, and that staff had fled
...
The State Department had warned its citizens not to travel to the Niassa Special Reserve for any reason, adding that terrorists had targeted upscale hunting lodges in and near the area and taken hostages.

Last year, in a similar attack in the Niassa Reserve, a tourist camp was destroyed and six people including four rangers were killed during skirmishes.

New video game Humble Bundle featuring "Narrative Masterpieces"

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 18:47:36 +0000

Starts at three games for $7, Steam scores displayed, including the 99% for Wednesdays.

Also, the building games bundle expires in a few hours.

Today's news and jokes

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Ever since I posted about LA's vestigial water fountains, I can't stop finding others... The front plaza of this medical bldg at 4323 Riverside is shoddy and kind of a hazard. Then I read the plaque. It used to be a "stream" in honor of Chuck Jones' 85th birthday, gifted by WB.

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— LA Dork (@ladork.bsky.social) September 2, 2026 at 5:01 PM

Heavy fighting has erupted in Yemen’s Taiz as Houthi fighters reportedly attack several areas. Government forces have sent reinforcements amid fears the Taiz-Mokha road could be cut off.

Al Jazeera’s Yousef Mawry reports live. pic.twitter.com/4OnLDgGefy
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) September 3, 2026

Federal Prosecutors Charge ICE Agent With Lying About Minnesota Shooting https://t.co/IZMgoSFcd0 via @NYTimes
— Brittny Mejia (@brittny_mejia) September 3, 2026

It's funny to think how many pleasant careers were made (and thousands and thousands of business executives were educated) via non-replicable feedstock for the "one weird fact" millshttps://t.co/hCrzf544lu
— Sam Dean 🦅 (@SamAugustDean) September 2, 2026

("Influential" articles about procrastination and dishonesty)

Fine I will reread @craigsilverman.bsky.social's website full of tips indicator.media/resources

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— Brandy Zadrozny (@brandyzadrozny.bsky.social) August 28, 2026 at 12:02 PM

Circa Sports handle is down 35% this year https://t.co/alNiXOSltZ pic.twitter.com/V8DMeP5z3e
— Fairplaygov (@fairplaygov) September 2, 2026

I suspect a lot of the multimillion card swatch cards do not have a real game-used piece in them. Standards have completely changed. Luckily, for those that hold them, they are usually too small to photomatch. https://t.co/dhqVcAaKi5
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) August 31, 2026

There aren’t many workplaces where someone has to wear clothes advertising a product they had an addiction to. https://t.co/U6YU2QX8S2
— The Big Step (@the_bigstep) August 30, 2026

(From 2025, "once again under investigation for illegal betting activity in Italy, less than a year after being suspended for breaching gambling rules")

The district attorney for New Orleans, Jason Williams, is spending his day litigating on behalf of the SEC in a college football dispute.

The opposing counsel is the DA for West Baton Rouge. https://t.co/HihIwPy2QA
— Sam Karlin (@samkarlin) September 3, 2026

“You’ve got to keep Lane away from the girls that are in college,” Nick Saban said according to one former coach.

On Lane Kiffin's chaotic Alabama era, Saban's frustrations and nights at Innisfree Irish Pub. @VanityFair excerpt of Lane Being Lane: https://t.co/W217qEGEdd
— John Talty (@JTalty) September 2, 2026

if all this is true, Michael Lombardi isn’t going to be the only person associated with UNC football who loses their job

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— bart (@bartsmith.bsky.social) September 3, 2026 at 2:49 PM

Alex Accetta, who got married to Nate Oats this offseason, rejoins the staff. UA said she will be reporting to executive deputy AD/chief operating officer and men’s basketball sport administrator Shane Lyons, not Oats. https://t.co/FwrweNTsSd
— Nick Kelly (@_NickKelly) September 3, 2026

(Here's an article telling the facts of order so they don't seem so repulsive)

Can you please specify the experiences I’ll be experiencing before I step into the Paterno Experience Room? https://t.co/TnZaFHlAfb
— diawlectical (@diawlectical) September 2, 2026

Rutgers pulled their starting quarterback and are making him do burpees on the sidelines while the game is still going on if you're wondering how things went there.
— Sickos Committee (@sickoscommittee.org) September 3, 2026 at 6:15 PM

UMass received $1.55 million to play Rutgers on the road and beat them 37-21 🥴💰

The Minutemen were on a 16-game losing streak and hadn't won a game in 677 days 😳 pic.twitter.com/yR7IXk23yC
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) September 4, 2026

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— Freezing Cold Takes (@OldTakesExposed) September 3, 2026

Between 2017 and 2022, average Premier League summer spend on Premier League players was £418.2m. This summer it is £1.7bn.

The Premier League now operates its own economy.

And a question: why are fees so high when competition often does not exist?https://t.co/nrKbAfT0gN
— Adam Crafton (@AdamCrafton_) September 2, 2026

("Yet what we have seen in this window indicates that the Premier League is now, to a significant extent, operating its own football economy, washing money around")

Think it's fascinating that both SF and the Rams are being guided by their science teams and being led to complete opposite conclusions about when to travel for this game.

And it's not necessarily contradictory; they're just focusing on different things.

Rams are laser-focused… https://t.co/vSKLuAhieI
— Sam Monson (@SamMonsonNFL) September 2, 2026

Boba anyone?🧋

Join us for Taiwanese Heritage Night on Sunday September, 6th enjoy the rich culture and traditions of the Taiwanese Community. Join the experience with a Tower Buzzers’ Boba Plush, only available through a limited-edition ticket add-on when purchasing a ticket! pic.twitter.com/DidTp54ZSF
— Ontario Tower Buzzers (@towerbuzzers) September 2, 2026

Adam Silver and the NBA just nuked the Clippers franchise for the next decade and yet I STILL feel worse about the Sacramento Kings' future 😭
— J r u e (@thatl0calguy) September 2, 2026

c’est quand les maires de chaque ville essayaient le défi de la lucarne qu’on a frôlé la paix en France pic.twitter.com/9cVmaSKGD3
— Spider-Man (@ychbb_) August 31, 2026

(Is this their best shots out of several, or are they all just really good former players?)

Showing up to dinner with my wife in these and demonstrating on every surface

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— Tamper Proof Lid (@readuction.bsky.social) August 11, 2026 at 3:35 AM

@justnatposting If three girls try on the same set, you know it’s cute 😂 I didn’t even know them, they were there together. I came out first to show my friends behind me, and then I saw them come out at the same time lol. We were all just so surprised, that’s why we were covering our mouths #shopping #tjmaxx #tjmaxxfinds #funny #smallcontentcreators ♬ Chopin Nocturne No. 2 Piano Mono - moshimo sound design

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The Dolly Parton newspaper comic strip that didn’t happen (art roundup)

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 14:30:00 +0000

The Dolly Parton Comic Strip That Didn’t Happen www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

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— The Daily Cartoonist (@dailycartoonist.bsky.social) August 28, 2026 at 8:06 AM

Another Lady Maria ⚔️🩸 I love her second phase animation ♥️ #bloodborne

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— Eileen Kai Hing Kwan 🦇 (@whereiseileen.bsky.social) September 2, 2026 at 6:46 AM

I'm writing with love for the landscape and people of Southwest Louisiana who have been designated as the next site for the world’s largest space port at the hands of SpaceX. Some photographs from the state that is so often used as a sacrifice zone for the rest of the US. pic.twitter.com/249TMfIwos
— Virginia Hanusik (@virginiahanusik) August 28, 2026

Someone on Reddit patched their couch after their cat tore up the corner. I really love it. pic.twitter.com/XYxPY5NttV
— Michael Bradshaw (@jmb0015) September 2, 2026

obsessed with this oil painting at the state fair titled “chudmaxer” pic.twitter.com/uU6hxpdazt
— 𓅰 (@fvckseaworId) August 31, 2026

Chudmaxer process pics! I’m glad so many people have seemed to enjoy it so far! pic.twitter.com/7CXpbvSekQ
— Armo_Mei (@ArmoMei) August 31, 2026

しばらく忙しくて新作にかかれないので、コミッションの過去作などを…女性の反応が良くてうれしい水彩画作品✨✨✨#コミッション #ザターナ pic.twitter.com/5EDihppiq9
— 寺田亨 / Toru Terada (@ToruTerada67) August 12, 2026

【カバーアート原画持ってくよ⑤】
ODIN
※非売品 pic.twitter.com/DT2UwWV2j5
— 寺田亨 / Toru Terada (@ToruTerada67) August 7, 2026

【カバーアート原画持ってくよ①】
Die Loaded
※非売品#ジャパコミ pic.twitter.com/n70K4cdMVf
— 寺田亨 / Toru Terada (@ToruTerada67) August 7, 2026

Peter Parker’s Villain Tracker Board

The was one of the first things I created for Brand New Day.

In the script it mentioned Peter using a board to document the various supervillains’ abilities and track down their hideouts. I had so much fun bringing this concept to life! pic.twitter.com/6AriXsb2CG
— Will (@WilliamD1123) August 28, 2026

I already thought this pencil portrait Jack Kirby did of his wife Roz was great but then I read the caption: "A drawing of Mrs. Kirby done, from memory, on the back of a piece of German stationery picked up off a dead enemy soldier." DAAAAMMMMNNN!

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— John Jakala (@jjakala.bsky.social) July 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM

Taking advantage of the rainbow color coming off my acrylic display thing.

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— Mindy Lee (@mindyleedoodles.bsky.social) August 28, 2026 at 4:08 PM

Got the Art of Brand New Day book today and they included a page on my old Spidey drawings! https://t.co/9qtb5eqDWm pic.twitter.com/xG93Ob5mUz
— Will (@WilliamD1123) August 20, 2026

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104 - Fall of the Mutants

Probably out of necessity, Phillips focuses on just one of the three stories & while it makes sense to go with the X-Men-specific storyline, it does mean we were robbed of getting Bird-Brain on a card.#TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #JoePhillips #XOvers pic.twitter.com/vgm8UPMi9N
— Austin Gorton (@AustinGorton) August 5, 2026

105 - Inferno

I like the almost Tarot-esque presentation of this card, though I don't love how Mister Sinister has always looked like a vampire with an overbite to me. #TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #DaveDeVries #XOvers pic.twitter.com/m2xjPSitcJ
— Austin Gorton (@AustinGorton) August 5, 2026

A recent commission for a wonderful person wanting to celebrate their DnD character by showing them at the start and an end of the campaign. ✨

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— Željka Dobraš (@dzeljka.bsky.social) July 21, 2026 at 2:02 AM

The Spitfire is on DISPLAY! ✈️ https://t.co/pMvvX1oR6a pic.twitter.com/7c9RVHHIQp
— Eastleigh FC (@EastleighFC) August 31, 2026

個展までもう直ぐ https://t.co/0tZLyZm244 pic.twitter.com/wdxqxg9dwa
— 大森ばなな (@fish_studio) August 31, 2026

Love this piece on comic printing origins by Guy Lawley over at @truegrittexture.bsky.social www.truegrittexturesupply.com/blogs/news/o...

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— rico. (@whoisrico.bsky.social) July 22, 2026 at 10:14 AM

mad respect for getting AT&T to pay him twice and for the one day in 1968 when he was like "I bet if I rotate this 90 degrees I can sell it again"

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— Bradford Pearson (@bradfordpearson.bsky.social) July 22, 2026 at 9:53 AM

You know I finally watched Wages and I know how unpopular it is to say it but I’m all for Sorcerer at least as its own thing. Otherwise I’m just here as an excuse to post my fanart

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— Supcat @ Laperopter Corporation (@supcat.bsky.social) October 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM

DESTINATION TOKYO (1943) has one of the coolest transition dissolves I've ever seen.

The rippling light rays linger on the sonarman as he tracks the cruiser. pic.twitter.com/y5KUIdUTwW
— Vashi Nedomansky, ACE (@vashikoo) July 28, 2026

日本語ってすごすぎ pic.twitter.com/CIx0yZJMVQ
— 爆発電波 (@explosionpsycho) August 2, 2026

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— Ken Parille (@kenparille.bsky.social) July 24, 2026 at 9:10 AM

Day 463

Avengers A.I #7 pic.twitter.com/ceKjT48B3g
— PYM DAILY (@PymDaily) August 31, 2026

「どうして…どうしてあの時買わなかったんだ…ッ！」と一年間後悔し続けた、筋トレする金魚の手ぬぐいを買いました。 pic.twitter.com/pFs2S6JH8Y
— ひるなか (@hirunaka_yonaka) August 5, 2026

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🎀✂️🎀 pic.twitter.com/B9xSIgkcdR
— みzoo (@zoo69712356) August 30, 2026

In the newest episodes of Draw This, Then Die, there’s this little cut where a character is closing a drawer but like she has to lift the drawer slightly because it’s an old desk and that kind of thing settles and idk. I just love this kind of attention to detail in animation pic.twitter.com/0CHLijSu5p
— sophia 🩰 (@chiricosv) August 29, 2026

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— Ken Parille (@kenparille.bsky.social) August 6, 2026 at 6:22 AM

0454 - Ahsoka's Pony Farm (Her Universe)

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— Star Wars Iconography (@swiconography.bsky.social) August 28, 2026 at 12:01 PM

Logo featured in social media post from Her Universe celebrating Ashley Eckstein's birthday.

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— Star Wars Iconography (@swiconography.bsky.social) August 28, 2026 at 12:01 PM

stumbled upon this lady who wears this mirror mask so you can see her pov making pottery. obsessed pic.twitter.com/XK2J6uPcFC
— portgas d. trace (@traceyfanclub) September 2, 2026

Four year old made an interesting looking drawing, we asked what it was. Apparently the first sphere is her asking to paint and us telling her no. The second sphere is the police showing up for us. The third sphere is jail. pic.twitter.com/bgtqkMGKof
— Megan Fritts (@freganmitts) August 31, 2026