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Today's news and jokes

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Sun, 17 May 2026 16:00:00 +0000

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

Fewer than 2,000 condos were sold at the start of the year, the weakest showing since 2005. https://t.co/fpVlg0e3au pic.twitter.com/xErnrGNFvy
— KTLA (@KTLA) May 14, 2026

Hundreds lined up outside the Topanga Westfield mall in hopes of getting their hands on a new collection of pocket watches from Audemars Piguet and Swatch. https://t.co/7Wyz3fjHH9
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) May 16, 2026

CHAOS: Pepper spray out at the Roosevelt Field Mall AP x Swatch release 😳

📹 ggchangnyc (TT) pic.twitter.com/tnqeKHSNjh
— Sole Retriever (@SoleRetriever) May 16, 2026

Swatch x Audemars Piguet details ⬇️ https://t.co/d7pJXByTKV
— Modern Notoriety (@ModernNotoriety) May 16, 2026

FIRST LOOK: McDonald's x Nike Book 2 "Sedona" 🍟🏀

🗓️ June 2nd
🏷️ $155 pic.twitter.com/hMAXsQwpZv
— Modern Notoriety (@ModernNotoriety) May 14, 2026

The crocodile polo art piece is pretty sick too 😂

📍 LACOSTE Harajuku Store https://t.co/mFtNxOqtxM pic.twitter.com/Aj6tteUlhm
— Modern Notoriety (@ModernNotoriety) May 15, 2026

The robot dance battle at SoMa's Temple nightclub on Thursday was less Dancing with the Stars and more firmware update.

📝: @AlmostZara https://t.co/cXMjzY2PYZ
— The San Francisco Standard (@sfstandard) May 16, 2026

guy who is mad at Nolan’s Odyssey because it depicts the sea as blue instead of wine-dark
— Samuel (@samuel.fm) May 16, 2026 at 2:45 AM

Joe: I am a 73 year-old retired mechanic in Forsberg, Nebraska. My 3 biggest problems are Iran's uranium enrichment capability, the casting of Helen in Christopher Nolan's "Odyssey," and the ability of Tennesseeans to check out "Roots" from a library 1000 media outlets: can we please talk at length
— Ken Tremendous (@kentremendous.bsky.social) May 16, 2026 at 10:08 AM

On the left is an Onion headline from March. On the right is Reuters, today.

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— Brandon Friedman (@brandonfriedman.bsky.social) May 16, 2026 at 7:43 AM

look at how they massacred my boy T_T https://t.co/Q5UEAbqfR5 pic.twitter.com/8OSKsg4qUP
— Alexis ☭ (@gothgfdotrip) May 14, 2026

Forza Horizon 6 gameplay pic.twitter.com/bhjYl5FcW4
— CharlieIntel (@charlieINTEL) May 14, 2026

Update:

CBS Sports confirms to @TheAthleticFC Celtic v Hearts mistakenly promoted on CBS Sports website as being available on Paramount+ and also mistakenly visible on Paramount+ app in first half.

Decided prior to game it would be shown exclusively on CBS Sports Network - not… https://t.co/cCZAjSpkyV
— Adam Crafton (@AdamCrafton_) May 16, 2026

James Harden finished with more turnovers (8) than made field goals (5) for the 31st time in his playoff career & the 5th time this postseason.
— Keerthika Uthayakumar (@keerthikau) May 16, 2026

Most James Harden sequence ever pic.twitter.com/MSceWRRhcS
— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) May 16, 2026

@theathletic College softball has seen an offensive explosion this season. How have these unorthodox hitting drills changed the sport? #ncaa #softball #collegesoftball #ucla #oklahoma ♬ original sound - The Athletic

just overheard a 4th grader telling her friend, "if you ever need to distract some boys, literally just draw an X in the dirt. they'll stop to dig it up, they can't help it" which is the only gender metric I'll be using, moving forward
— alix e. harrow (@alixeharrow.bsky.social) May 1, 2026 at 6:06 PM

@nextshark Oh, she's so gonna do it again... A 5-year-old girl named Azkiya, who went missing after wandering onto a main road in North Sumatra, Indonesia, was safely reunited with her family in early May 2026. A viral video showed Azkiya remaining calm and cheerful while in police custody as officers searched for her parents. Her aunt later recognized her in the video and quickly alerted her mother, leading to the reunion. 📽️Video by: Gabe Jung 🤳Click our linkinbio to sign up to our daily newsletter. 📰Follow us for the latest Asian News @NextShark #news #reel #indonesia #northsumatra #missingchild #foundsafe #reunion #viralvideo #police #family #heartwarming #goodnews #childsafety #community #indonesiannews #asia #asiannews #familyreunion #viral #rescue #safeandfound #parenting #kindness #hope #trending #wholesome #humaninterest #breakingnews #kids #positivenews ♬ original sound - NextShark

@clarahyee I thought they were calling to tell me to stop singing out loud… 😭 @Waymo #waymo #storytime #asianproblems ♬ original sound - Clara

@lifewithmesc My sweet husband tried so hard to keep our three adorable little trouble makers sectioned off far away from our bedroom this morning so that I could sleep in. I came out to find the hallway that leads to our room blocked off like this and all 3 of my babies very unhappy about it. 🤣 I couldn’t help but laugh. The chaos was ready to greet me the second I woke up, but hey, Mom got to sleep in and I loved it! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #husbandandwife #momtok #dadtok #toddlerparents ♬ original sound - Luis | Travel & Hotel Savings

@peightonrk
My fav newborn tip. 10/10 this has saved my sanity 😁
♬ Classic classical gymnopedie solo piano(1034554) - Lyrebirds music

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

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Sun, 17 May 2026 14:30:00 +0000

“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

NEW: xAI appears to have added more than 500 MW (!) of unpermitted gas turbines to its Colossus 2 campus in a matter of weeks, according to internal emails between the company and regulators

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— molly taft (@mollytaft.com) May 12, 2026 at 5:11 PM

(Because the state considers them “mobile” turbines — they’re attached to flatbed trailers — MDEQ allows xAI to run the generators without an air permit for up to a year)

btw, regulators confirmed to us this morning that the 19 new turbines (and the 27 already on site) are not part of an air permit granted in March, meaning xAI has more than 1 GW of unpermitted gas power at Colossus 2 right now

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— molly taft (@mollytaft.com) May 13, 2026 at 7:45 AM

NEW FROM ME: I wrote about how chatbots are surfacing real phone numbers, these PII exposures are likely to increase, and (maybe the worst news) how hard it is to actually prevent this from happening. www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/13/1... #AI #Privacy

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— Eileen Guo (@eileenguo.bsky.social) May 13, 2026 at 1:58 PM

Exclusive: Every adult with a YouTube account will now be able to enroll in the platform's AI deepfake detection (and removal) program. The feature constantly monitors YouTube for lookalikes, and allows users to request takedowns. www.theverge.com/news/931884/...

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— Mia Sato (@miasato.bsky.social) May 15, 2026 at 3:26 PM

Google finds evidence a criminal hackers attempted a widespread campaign that relied on a 0day built by artificial intelligence. “It’s a taste of what’s to come,” @hultquist.bsky.social says. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/u...

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— Dustin Volz (@dustinvolz.bsky.social) May 11, 2026 at 7:52 AM

("The tech giant did not say precisely when the thwarted attack happened, whom it was targeting or which A.I. platform the hackers used, but the company added that it did not believe it was its own Gemini chatbot")

Recently, FamilySearch digitized and uploaded tons of microfilmed records, including many from 18th-century Massachsuetts. They're using some sort of AI to transcribe/summarize the handwritten documents. I've noticed that the AI strips out references to race and enslavement in 18thc documents.
— Caitlin G. DeAngelis (@caitlindeangelis.bsky.social) May 13, 2026 at 4:46 PM

right... your local session piloted by a massive datacenter has to octopus your whole OS, so it can constantly keep making your vapor startup that accumulates spaghetti tech debt 100x faster than users. so your laptop is ALWAYS OPEN cool cool cool cool cool. www.businessinsider.com/coders-keep-...

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— Naomi Clark (@metasynthie) 暗悪直美 (@halfrobot.com) May 12, 2026 at 6:42 PM

("There are ways to keep a laptop running while closed")

I use AI for a lot of things, but this is a pretty bonkers anecdote from Nat Friedman, the former CEO of GitHub. https://t.co/laDuOWiUir pic.twitter.com/a1xsVObQVn
— nxthompson (@nxthompson) May 15, 2026

The FT says that Amazon employees are doing random unnecessary task automations to consume tokens and to show their bosses that they're using AI more https://t.co/wZ204CKi32
— Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) May 12, 2026

The case for token maxing, I guess, is basically that if you get your employees just using AI in volume, then eventually they’ll get some fluency/intuitions that allow them to find productivity gains? https://t.co/3JplOAz5UI
— Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) May 12, 2026

NEW: Mayo Clinic, the massive U.S. hospital network, is using what it describes as “Ambient Listening” to record patient interactions with nurses, including in emergency rooms, then using AI to process that collected data.

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— 404 Media (@404media.co) May 15, 2026 at 6:22 AM

NEW: ArXiv, the open-access repository of preprint academic research, will ban authors of papers for a year if they submit obviously AI-generated work. www.404media.co/new-arxiv-ru...

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— 404 Media (@404media.co) May 15, 2026 at 9:11 AM

Process: the speech or lesson you think you're gonna give Energeia: what the room is ready for, discoverable only in the moment; the flow Good rhetoric: knowing when to go with the flow

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— Sargoth (diegetic epideictic eidolon) (@longersky.com) May 10, 2026 at 7:30 PM

Roll the tape. Read the story now: www.404media.co/ucf-ai-comme...

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— 404 Media (@404media.co) May 11, 2026 at 6:46 AM

Since 1893, Princeton professors have left the room when students take their final exams. The idea was that if you treat students honorably, they would behave honorably.

In response to AI-fueled academic dishonesty, the university just ended that system. https://t.co/hwjs3Q6pCe pic.twitter.com/1Us1AhxLsI
— nxthompson (@nxthompson) May 13, 2026

personally I think it's a very big deal that the Canada bureau chief for the @nytimes.com — certainly one of the highest-paid journalists in the country — asked an unspecified "AI tool" what Poilievre said & published its AI-hallucinated quotes in her reporting.

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— Michelle Cyca (@michellecyca.com) May 8, 2026 at 9:28 AM

Original article and correction

NEW: The NYT sent a firm email to freelancers today warning that "contributors must not submit any material for publication that contains content generated, modified or enhanced" by generative AI. The "reminder" notably follows a string of AI incidents at the paper: futurism.com/artificial-i...

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— Maggie Harrison Dupré (@mharrisondupre.bsky.social) May 12, 2026 at 10:38 AM

Warning for board game folks: this site has a list of industry people that uses AI slop for images and bios. I’m trying to figure out how to reach out to them to ask to have the entry on me removed. Wanted to spread awareness on the slop. www.4pillargames.com/about/

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— David Thompson (@djackthompson.bsky.social) May 9, 2026 at 5:58 PM

The Titans did a super low-tech schedule release video and people loved it The Cardinals used AI and they’re getting crushed Seems telling!

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— Mina Kimes (@minakimes.bsky.social) May 14, 2026 at 9:05 PM

Your AI slop bores us@ticketmaster pic.twitter.com/i600M1CFBY
— Green Bay Packers (@packers) May 15, 2026

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

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Sun, 17 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000

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.

Good t-shirt about reading manga

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Sun, 17 May 2026 05:19:56 +0000

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Store.

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

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Sat, 16 May 2026 21:30:31 +0000

A $600 Grogu is on display at “The Mandalorian and Grogu” press junket pic.twitter.com/omeQvnla1z
— Variety (@Variety) May 14, 2026

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

NEW: The Mandalorian and Grogu Jetpack Sipper is coming to Disneyland Resort on May 21 and coming "soon" to Walt Disney World. pic.twitter.com/whiRc6Odgi
— Scott Gustin (@ScottGustin) May 15, 2026

Some positive reviews for the new movie "Obsession"

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Sat, 16 May 2026 21:15:15 +0000

Oscar Goff.

Sean Burns.

Bill Chambers.

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

Wish granted. Back in stock for a limited time! 🪾 https://t.co/dvBDCVPvgQ https://t.co/4n71RStb5F pic.twitter.com/mlpGHyyd4q
— Obsession (@obsessionmovie) May 12, 2026

New comic book Humble Bundle promises "infinite dread"

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Sat, 16 May 2026 20:44:27 +0000

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.

Today's news and jokes

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

After Steve Sarkisian took a shot at Ole Miss academics earlier this week, it struck me that I don't think basket weaving sounds especially easy So I called an actual basket weaver and let him explain and defend his craft "I’m not really sure how it became a pejorative" www.al.com/sec/2026/05/...

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— Matt Stahl (@mattstahl97.bsky.social) May 14, 2026 at 7:10 AM

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At least from afar, one of the things that impressed me (and maybe impressed voters) about the Mamdani campaign was its organization. It seems like a well run ship, especially that one day they did the scavenger hunt—it proved the effect they could navigate. Lots of folks can make videos.
— Peter Labuza (@labuzamovies.com) May 15, 2026 at 2:38 PM

(this is an la mayor's race subtweet)
— Peter Labuza (@labuzamovies.com) May 15, 2026 at 2:42 PM

New: The liberal billionaire @tomsteyerhq.bsky.social's campaign has been paying influencers to champion his run for California governor - and many are doing so without disclosure. One big TikToker, who called the 68-year-old a "vibe," didn't mention he'd been paid $10,000 wapo.st/4twTpOh

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— Drew Harwell (@drewharwell.com) May 15, 2026 at 6:29 AM

(I'd like to mail in my ballot, but the choices for mayor and governor...)

🏢We ranked the TOP 100 PROBLEM RENTAL PROPERTIES in the City of LA

Top 3 addresses with the most housing violation cases:
🥇636½ N Hill
🥈11700 W Wilshire
🥉6650 W Forest Lawn

Look up violations for any residential address, Dec 2013 - Nov 2025:https://t.co/2tVqOm0juu pic.twitter.com/2uPDYaxB4l
— LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia (@lacontroller) May 14, 2026

Twenty people in Japan who took an Amgen rare immune-disease drug have died, according to the company that sells the medicine in Japan. U.S. drug regulators had asked Amgen to voluntarily withdraw the drug. https://t.co/bFmqACTOtZ
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) May 15, 2026

("The ‌FDA earlier this year asked Amgen to voluntarily pull ⁠the drug from the U.S. market, but the company declined")

Sorry to [well actually] the joke, but it seems that transliterations are always inconsistent, and the actual way they justified it was to say the sanctions applied to Senator Rubio, not Secretary of State Rubio. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/w...

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— Brian Chang (@brianchang.bsky.social) May 15, 2026 at 5:47 AM

The hotel is one of Taipei's most recognizable landmarks and regularly hosts international news crews. According to the person I spoke with, the CBS crew didn't inform the hotel they were going to broadcast in advance and created considerable noise in the early morning hours...
— David Demes 戴達衛 (@DemesDavid) May 15, 2026

Great white sharks are surging off Southern California. It’s actually good for the ocean @claraharter https://t.co/LMt1BB45Z9
— Richard Winton (@LAcrimes) May 13, 2026

ABC News has now taken all FiveThirtyEight articles completely offline. They now redirect to abcnews dot com.politics. A needless erasure of thousands of pages of knowledge.
— Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot.bsky.social) May 15, 2026 at 8:27 AM

The NHL has imposed significant punishments on the Vegas Golden Knights for "flagrant violations" of the league's playoff media regulations: Vegas forfeits its 2026 second-round draft pick and head coach John Tortorella is fined $100,000.

The club had been warned previously
— Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) May 15, 2026

I briefly tried looking for discussion about why they would skip the press conference, but gave up after finding discussion about betting on kalshi as to whether the punishment would be reduced

whoever said james harden has swapped teams every year so he can finally be the second option only to end up the first option against his will again deserves an award
— jeffonsports (@jeff_on_sports) May 16, 2026

@tessfitness Thanks Fletcher #college #purdue #chipotle #purdueuniversity #purduebasketball ♬ original sound - ⊹ ࣪🍁𓂃

@cljy7
Factory tuned, one elderly owner 😂
♬ original sound - clarenceljy

@annalisefrances I assume this is how all kids play when they have a first responder parent #firewife #sahmlife #momtok #momsofmultiples ♬ オリジナル楽曲 - 🔵けちゃん🎠❤️‍🔥8/22生誕祭🎂🥂✨🔵 - 人妻Kちゃん🎠❤️‍🔥

@misspennygirl Belly rubs for days 🙂‍↕️ #toypoodle #puppy ♬ Sogni ancora - Piero Piccioni

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Custom Marvel Legends Mania

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Sat, 16 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000

没案 pic.twitter.com/mnbWBhSI69
— むげんの宇宙 (@mog0729) April 25, 2026

The Venture Bros. layout auction

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Sat, 16 May 2026 04:57:44 +0000

Described as the final such auction.

Damaged box SHMonsterArts Shin Godzilla is $46 off

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Fri, 15 May 2026 21:12:35 +0000

At Entertainment Earth.

New Mega Man figures by Jada Toys up for preorder

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Fri, 15 May 2026 21:09:15 +0000

These are really fun, well-articulated yet feel solid.

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New video game Humble Bundle featuring Exit 8 and Platform 8

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Fri, 15 May 2026 21:06:34 +0000

Starts at five games for $5, Steam scores displayed.

Today's news and jokes

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Fri, 15 May 2026 16:00:00 +0000

NY Knicks star Karl-Anthony Towns reveals he was outbid on the historic Randy Orton card at the last second:

"Thought it was ours for the taking, until a last minute NUCLEAR bid snuck in!"

"Thought 40k would get it done" https://t.co/qmp1boEs0i pic.twitter.com/rsc7YDLyw2
— Topps (@Topps) May 12, 2026

Whoever bought this card should be entitled to the throwback gear I wore at WM41. https://t.co/jXkENbn8vO
— Randy Orton (@RandyOrton) May 12, 2026

(KAT apparenlty bid $60k on some other WWE card)

👀 to this list of Spencer Pratt's financial backers in DealBook this morning... www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/b...

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— Sapna Maheshwari (@sapna.bsky.social) May 14, 2026 at 11:52 AM

The LAPD Union has begun running ads "denouncing" Rae Huang as the "DSA" Candidate, though they are clearly designed to get better name recognition for Huang at the cost of Raman votes (who they have spent much more money attacking).

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— Peter Labuza (@labuzamovies.com) May 14, 2026 at 9:49 AM

Spencer Pratt is currently running 2 paid clipping campaigns.

Creators are being offered $$ to post clips of Pratt from the recent debate, along with Pratt's recent podcast appearances.

Pages need to have 50%+ USA audience to participate, but do not need to be based in CA. pic.twitter.com/4biEn3HM9f
— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) May 13, 2026

https://t.co/3sfJvtjSxO
— Hamed Aleaziz (@Haleaziz) May 14, 2026

Big developments in South Africa lately, with a wave of xenophobia as vigilantes run ID checkpoints at schools and clinics while the state largely looks away. @kliwewe reports in @newlinesmag https://t.co/qJrfY679Dt
— Hassan I. Hassan (@hxhassan) May 12, 2026

A police investigation is underway in the Philippines, with suspicions that the incident was staged to help Sen. Ronald dela Rosa escape. n.pr/4nqhxk6

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— NPR (@npr.org) May 14, 2026 at 6:51 AM

More wild details from the mid-winter evacuation of an unstable crew member from a Korean base in Antarctica. The guy went into their machine shop and fabricated a 12-inch(!) steel blade before walking around and threatening others on station. pic.twitter.com/0Yqqhf6noq
— Kevin Zagorski (@KevZag) May 13, 2026

Sources:https://t.co/CYUTtiPlbe https://t.co/aRKN8TXV6z
— Kevin Zagorski (@KevZag) May 13, 2026

Not only did Tony Dokoupil not get a visa in time to anchor from Beijing as his network rivals did, he also was booted from broadcasting at his Taipei hotel where he anchored “CBS Evening” on Wednesday night. Tony’s never-ending big problems, via @status.news www.status.news/p/tony-dokou...

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— Jon Passantino (@passantino.bsky.social) May 14, 2026 at 6:41 PM

("CBS Evening News’ cameraman who collapsed on air was deployed from Tokyo on short notice...While one critic claimed he had worked a 24-hour shift before collapsing, a CBS News source close to the network disputed that characterization")

www.timeout.com/newyork/news/... "[The] passport will encourage people to scavenger-hunt their way through the outer-borough neighborhoods, diverse immigrant enclaves, cultural institutions, small businesses and community events that help make New York, well, New York."

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— Kathryn Yu #OpenToWork (@kathrynyu.com) May 13, 2026 at 9:44 AM

A Secret Cinema immersive experience based upon Pirates of the Caribbean coming to their new London HQ in February 2027. www.timeout.com/london/news/s...

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— Kathryn Yu #OpenToWork (@kathrynyu.com) May 13, 2026 at 7:56 AM

(There's also a Backrooms event in LA, but it sold out before I had a chance to post about it)

Oh my god the photo of Southampton's intern spying on Boro is incredible

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— John Muller (@johnspacemuller.com) May 13, 2026 at 8:17 AM

(Have no idea what this is about)

My editor keeps referring to me as a Karl Anthony-Towns style facilitator in order to get me to help out on other reporter's stories and it is infuriating how easy it is to emotionally manipulate us Knicks fans whenever the team is good.
— James Queally (@jqwritesstuff.bsky.social) May 14, 2026 at 11:56 AM

We heard you wanted Kirk and Fernando wallpapers. 📱 pic.twitter.com/or2g8CUuCJ
— Las Vegas Raiders (@Raiders) May 15, 2026

Why don't you take a picture? It'll last longer 📸

📺 Schedule Release Show today at 5pm PT on NFL Network. pic.twitter.com/UWTifsB4uQ
— Las Vegas Raiders (@Raiders) May 15, 2026

🐐 https://t.co/n3rF3XclBN pic.twitter.com/NW9aEjctAp
— Mandy Kong 🦍 (@mirann_darrow) May 14, 2026

Trans women are women… and they got some big ol ones down in San Antonio

- Charles Barkley, Hall of Famer and ally
— Jay Jurden (@JayJurden) May 14, 2026

(I don't believe he said the second quote, yet)

Friday is Hot Dog Day at @NationalsPark. The first 20,000 fans get this sweet hat, and franks will be $5 all night. A live counter will track the number of glizzys sold, with additional concession deals unlocked as the crowd downs dogs. There will also be specialty items. See👇🌭 pic.twitter.com/bHcV7Ds3jh
— Eat DC (@eat_dc) May 13, 2026

From this tremendous book. pic.twitter.com/42frIOjKmb
— Michael Glasper (@MichaelCGlasper) May 1, 2026

Probably the worst case scenario when you’re fishing is that you catch a fish. I just wanted to drink beer with the fellas for 6 hours and now I’m wielding a fillet knife on rough seas
— jon drake (@DrakeGatsby) April 30, 2026

メタモンの食玩キレてて良い pic.twitter.com/FwrIdq7jvD
— ガチャガチャサラリーマン｜最新ガチャ情報 (@japancapsuletoy) April 30, 2026

@dr.sawa666 #чихуахуа #чихуа #чехуатор ♬ оригинальный звук - Dr. Sawa

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G.I. Joe cover process (art roundup)

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Fri, 15 May 2026 14:30:00 +0000

For my fellow process nerds!

My cover for G.I. JOE #24 from @Skybound.

Thumbnail, pencils, and inks by me.

Rad colors by @rfajardojr. pic.twitter.com/IxV13RNobp
— JOSH Cassara (@joshuacassara) May 5, 2026

This is my process for the G.I. JOE #23 cover.

Thumbnail, pencils, and inks by me.

Colors by @rfajardojr.

And now you know, and knowing is half the battle. YO JOE! pic.twitter.com/J6yNjBkpL6
— JOSH Cassara (@joshuacassara) March 31, 2026

For my fellow process nerds out there.

Thumbnail, pencils, and inks by me.

Colors by @rfajardojr.

My cover for G.I. JOE #22 from @Skybound. pic.twitter.com/U1WF009elm
— JOSH Cassara (@joshuacassara) February 16, 2026

I've always felt V for Vendetta is hard to get through in trade form, the coloring is nice but somehow distracting. Very into how the work looks in its original black and white and serialized form from Warrior Magazine in 1983. This sheet music sequence in book form is so clunky, but pretty here.

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— Domino Books (@dominocomics.bsky.social) May 13, 2026 at 3:33 PM

I recently tried reading "The Marvel Creator Collection No. 1: "Back to the Savage Land" Barry Windsor-Smith at Marvel Vol. 1" and it looked so lousy with new colorization that I stopped after the first issue. (It's on Hoopla if you want to check it out.)

LMAO

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— SickosFC (@sickosfc.bsky.social) May 10, 2026 at 11:55 AM

please like my Texas + pikmin tattoo flash pic.twitter.com/K7TSfh9ELK
— Booker@tattooing (@chinchilladas) May 1, 2026

Good morning. Sequential art rules. Pages from Mega by Salvador Sanz. pic.twitter.com/d4xdf3wX6o
— Adam Talking Superman (@TalkingSuperman) May 1, 2026

真意は謎だけどタコの脚に絡みつく小さいタコが可愛かった#東京国立博物館 pic.twitter.com/y3YLm80Urq
— マシュマー・テロ (@StarPredator247) April 27, 2026

告知ばっかですいません！
自分の大好きな作家さん集めちゃったイベントをカフェでやります！

その名も「ちいさきものたち展」！
某宇宙のキャワな作品が集います・・・！

6/13(土)はemimocaに来てね！

詳細は後日！とりあえず予定を空けるのじゃ

▼場所はここhttps://t.co/tNSKxAbIGQ pic.twitter.com/fY134sBu1K
— HI-65（HIROKO）彷徨うモールドーラー (@hongzi_murmur) April 26, 2026

🥝……？ pic.twitter.com/kEaCqXo0i2
— THE STUDY ROOM 仙台店@哺乳類展開催中4月1日〜5月21日まで (@sr_srsendai) April 30, 2026

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TBT when we were assigned to make senior portraits for art school and my teacher said I couldn't use this one because it was "too upsetting"

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— kieu @ we must not stop living (@leslekieuart.bsky.social) May 1, 2026 at 1:53 PM

The LA Times posted a map of the counterfeit Tommy's in Los Angeles (tomorrow is 80 cent cheeseburger day)

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Fri, 15 May 2026 05:25:33 +0000

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Tommy’s, the iconic L.A. chili burger chain, will celebrate its 80th anniversary tomorrow w/ 80-cent burgers. Just make sure you go to an actual Tommy’s to pick one up — back in 2019 I wrote about the prevalence of knockoff Tommy’s, and counted 67 of them: https://t.co/daD7K2QXAB pic.twitter.com/AMmz2Dr5mA
— Daniel Miller (@DanielNMiller) May 14, 2026

LA Times article.

A Southern California judge "judge has banned all Kars4Kids ads, including the earworm of a jingle, from broadcasting in the state of California "

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Fri, 15 May 2026 05:22:51 +0000

SFGate:

In a case that dates back to 2021, [a California resident] originally sued the charity’s affiliated organization, Oorah Inc., when he discovered that the money from the car he donated ($250) was not going to underprivileged kids in California but rather to an Orthodox Jewish program in New York and New Jersey
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Kids in need aren’t even really the target of the organization’s financial efforts. Instead, those go to 17- and 18-year-olds seeking gap-year trips to Israel and their families. Landau testified that $16.5 million even went to purchasing a building in Israel in 2022, and $437,000 was spent on “Middle East outreach.”

Guardian:

Kars4Kids funnels about $45m annually to Oorah. Of the 120,000 cars donated nationwide, approximately 30,000 originated in California, per court documents
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Any future ads in the state must disclose its religious affiliation and geographic location. They also cannot include images of prepubescent children, given that several of Oorah’s programs support young adults.

Amazing Yamaguchi Revoltech Deadshot up for preorder

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Fri, 15 May 2026 03:58:58 +0000

One of several new Revoltech figures up for preorder.

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Building with Lego Humble Bundle

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Thu, 14 May 2026 19:58:08 +0000

Starts at $1 for two books, including "Tiny Lego Wonders: Build 40 Surprisingly Realisitic Mini-Models!"

There's also a new bundle featuring scifi and fantasy books by Robert Silverberg, starting at $3 for three novels.

Today's news and jokes

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Thu, 14 May 2026 16:00:00 +0000

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Huang voters should ask themselves if they'd prefer to have the choice of Raman or Bass in the general, or if they'd like to risk Mayor Spencer Pratt.

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— Mikhail Gorbaechev (@mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social) May 13, 2026 at 10:07 AM

LA news outlets have done a really poor job covering Pratt’s mayoral campaign and history of junk claims. Here’s TMZ breaking the news that Pratt has actually been living in a Bel Air hotel and not the trailer as he claimed in the viral ad www.tmz.com/2026/05/13/s...

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— Jon Passantino (@passantino.bsky.social) May 13, 2026 at 9:47 AM

Good piece on the enormous convoy of lorries that is now keeping the Gulf supplied amid the closure of Hormuz:

"UAE supermarket chain Spinneys sent trucks loaded with British foods—including potato chips, porridge oats and children's snacks—on a 16-day journey from Kent in the…
— Gregg Carlstrom (@glcarlstrom) May 13, 2026

This is a mind-bender of a story. She was a beloved Damascus hairdresser with 7,000 followers. But inside al-Mazzeh prison, she was known as Mounira—the guard with the green pipe. @newlinesmag.bsky.social spoke to her family, neighbors and survivors who hunted her. newlinesmag.com/reportage/in...

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— Danny Postel (@dannypostel.bsky.social) May 12, 2026 at 5:49 AM

China’s ‘Two Billion Feet’ Are Suddenly Running From Nike—Quick-moving domestic brands are now able to match American quality and cachet in the hypercompetitive and increasingly nationalistic market@JonathanEmont @intipach https://t.co/REs7lDFbqx https://t.co/REs7lDFbqx
— Jonathan Cheng (@JChengWSJ) May 13, 2026

Deloitte and Zoom are *shortening* (!) paid parental leave for their employees, saying things like, it's for the "long-term health and sustainability of our business." Fascinating decision at a time when there's handwringing over the birth rate... www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/u...

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— Sapna Maheshwari (@sapna.bsky.social) May 13, 2026 at 7:00 AM

("also reducing vacation time and eliminating financial support for adoption, surrogacy and I.V.F. for those employees")

It should be pointed out over and over that besides Bari Weiss being completely obsessed with turning CBS into a television version of her anti-woke, pro-Israel blog, she is also extremely incompetent at the nuts and bolts of running a network. www.semafor.com/article/05/1...

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— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona.bsky.social) May 13, 2026 at 9:57 AM

("NBC News’s Tom Llamas would be anchoring from Beijing, as will ABC News’s David Muir")

Tesla finally launches Supercharger virtual queue pilot after fights broke out

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— Electrek (@electrek.co) May 12, 2026 at 8:55 AM

(Tesla doesn’t appear to be able to block a driver from plugging in out of turn. The app includes a message asking: “There is a waitlist to charge. Are you sure you want to start a charging session now?” That means the system relies on drivers respecting the queue — not enforcing it technically.)

this person is my spirit animal source: www.law360.com/securities/a...

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— Chance the Lawyer (@chancethelawyer.bsky.social) February 20, 2026 at 8:29 AM

I’m sure I’ll watch this, but I maintain the way to do a FRIDAY THE 13TH series is to give it the KUNG FU/INCREDIBLE HULK format. Each week we meet a new cast of characters in a new town and learn about their problems, then Jason shows up and starts killing them.

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— Oscar Goff (@theoscargoff.bsky.social) May 11, 2026 at 6:44 AM

Here's something incredible I found: Georgia Gwinnett softball has identical TRIPLETS on their team. Apparently they were different color earrings to differentiate. @sickoscommittee.org @dirtbagqueer.rocks

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— Ben S | Chalk Talk Host (@bensla.bsky.social) May 11, 2026 at 1:55 PM

I was not aware until just now that one of the top Pirates prospects is named Jhostynxon Garcia, and is nicknamed -- perfectly -- "The Password." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jhostyn...

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— Noel Murray (@noelmu.bsky.social) May 13, 2026 at 7:01 AM

The purpose of stickers is to Never Use Them so that when you die your friends can put them on your coffin
— Tyver Foucault (@thedoorthedoor.bsky.social) June 13, 2024 at 2:13 PM

@archerfrench Like how many people at the bakery were flirting with Kyle?? #funnysigns #dating #flirting #croissant #nyc ♬ original sound - archerfrench

@pinkriderx #englishbulldogsoftiktok #englishbulldogjumping ♬ som original - thommy jado

@picotine_de_paris “My introvert dog’s favorite playmate is the robotic lawn mower 😂 ………………………….#pom #pomeranian #doglover #cutedog #spitz ♬ Humor - Dih

*More funny posts.

Free 3D-printable "Penitent Brother" miniature

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Thu, 14 May 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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Download link, and kickstarter.

Some fun details about making Nolan's Odyssey, including why Agamemnon's armor is so dark

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Thu, 14 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000

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From Time's long article about the production:

They did that by working with IMAX to solve three problems. The camera is deafening—Damon has likened it to trying to act with a blender next to your face—so they invented a casing around the camera called the blimp to muffle the noise during intimate, dialogue-heavy scenes. The camera’s short magazines require frequent reloading, so they developed a protocol in which the entire set remained silent so the actors could, in van Hoytema’s words, “stay in the zone.” And the camera had grown so large that actors couldn’t see around it. “Which is, of course, terrible for an actor that you cannot play against the person you’re supposed to see,” says van Hoytema. Their solution: a set of mirrors that allowed the actors to make eye contact.

AK-47-type rifles aren't popular in the USA right now

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Thu, 14 May 2026 04:52:48 +0000

NYT found an American product apparently benefitting from tariffs:

The causes of the firearm’s disappearance include tariffs, sanctions, rising ammunition prices related to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the soaring popularity of the AR-15.
The AK’s shape may still be iconic, but its new cost is unappealing to many gun buyers. An AK, or Avtomat Kalashnikova, which cost a couple of hundred dollars in the 1980s, can now go for five times more, and is considered by many to be a boutique item.
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Overseas firearms manufacturers that supplied AK parts and rifles are now more focused on arming Europeans, fearful of an approaching invasion from Moscow, than on supplying the Americans

Members of the ultra-elite Delta Airlines membership class get ferried around in Porsches to their connecting flights?

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Thu, 14 May 2026 03:32:17 +0000

Ben Ryder Howe for New York magazine:

Is it true, I ask, that Delta sends a Porsche Cayenne to pick up 360° members and whisk them across the runway to meet a tight connection while the rest of the plane waits to deboard?
“Yes”
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Is it true, I continue, that before every Delta flight the airline sends him a handwritten welcome card?
“Yes”
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SkyMiles members are so devoted they barely flinched when Delta did something two years ago other airlines had long wished to but couldn’t: It tweaked the formula of its loyalty program to reward travelers for how much they spent instead of how many miles they traveled.
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Last year, Delta reaped 55 percent of the airline industry’s profits despite having only 20 percent of market share.

(Similarly, I heard speculation this week that the Disney theme park business is somewhat insulated from economic trouble because they've trained their visitors to pay for so many upcharges.)

Medicom made figurines of the various animal characters from the movie "Flow"

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Thu, 14 May 2026 03:25:50 +0000

Capybara, Lemur, Secretary Bird, Dog, and Cat up for preroder.