Y'all giving out blue checks now 👀👀....

Feels like a good day for a cry session

Nikki Glaser said that she is thinking twice about performing political jokes, including those about President Trump, over fears of getting death threats or being detained.

Definitely due for a crying session

Elon Musk Begins Cabinet Meeting By Putting Index Finger Through Fly Of Pants

Is Tate McRae a plant? Never heard of her and now she's all over my timeline.... I know a PR push when I see it

I'm so grumpy today

All I want to do is find a bad chick who is not overly religious. lol

$20 million??!!

Normalizing spelling out what people actually mean when they cite DEI rather than letting them hide behind the safe cover of a euphemism that's been sapped of meaning

Tulsi Gabbard, President Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, refused to fully denounce the 2013 leaks by Edward Snowden, eliciting concern from both parties at a combative confirmation hearing on Thursday.

When you look at the state of the world and you're just done with everything

DeepSeek this, DeepSeek that. You should come over and let me get deep in there #Afterdark

DeepSeek's iOS app is now the top free app in Apple's App Store in the US, just ahead of ChatGPT (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

Jalen Hurts' passing yards in his playoff wins: ◻️ 154 vs. NYG (2022) ◻️ 121 vs. SF (2022) ◻️ 131 vs. GB (2024) ◻️ 128 vs. LAR (2024) ◻️ 246 vs. WSH (2024)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic likely originated from a laboratory, according to an assessment released Saturday that points the finger at China even while acknowledging that the spy agency has “low confidence” in its own conclusion.

Surgeon General Recommends Adding Cancer Warning To All Nuclear Bombs theonion.com/surgeon...

I'm not bored. I just don't have enough money

HSBC shuts Zing after launching the payments app in Jan. 2024 to compete with Revolut and Wise, marking the latest failed fintech venture by a traditional bank (Akila Quinio/Financial Times) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

The new Doom game looks fantastic. #ShootersAreGreatAgain youtu.be/_DxOE7rzbV0?...

Oh....mean girls fight lol

Emilia Perez being nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars is a joke #Oscars

Happy 29th birthday to The New York Times website www.nytimes.com/1996/01/22/b...

ChatGPT is down. *Panics*

At this point, I'm ready to look outside of my country for my soul mate

The current state of society is about ass kissing and branding yourself on social media. If you're not "connected", you might as well be a ghost. People who shouldn't be rewarded are getting gigs because they're "internet famous". Meanwhile, the ones who put in the actual work don't get credit

‘Devil in the White City’ movie is back in development Leonardo DiCaprio is in talks to star and Martin Scorsese is in talks to direct Story follows a serial killer believed to have murdered 27 - 200 people in the late 1800s (via deadline)

Been re-watching #MrRobot. Can't believe they did all that in Season 1. The twists and turns were so crazy

I’m ready to work fully on the concept of this new media company

Breaking News: Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launched New Glenn, a rocket that may provide long-awaited competition to Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

Gavin Newsom Spotted Dining At Smoldering Remains Of Nobu theonion.com/gavin-n...

Woke up to Tavin Campbell's "Can we Talk" ringing in my head

Sources: Bluesky is finalizing a new round at a ~$700M valuation led by Bain Capital Ventures; it raised a $15M Series A in October 2024 and an $8M seed in 2023 (Business Insider) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

NEWS: A hairstylist who worked at Fox Sports for over a decade filed a lawsuit Friday alleging longtime show host Skip Bayless made unwanted sexual advances toward her and offered her $1.5 million for sex. Details: www.nytimes.com/athletic/604...

Muffled Gunshot Heard From Inside Otto The Orange Costume

This is the stuff I'm a doomer about. Real journalism takes time - even a quick, original 700-word story requires a lot of legwork, relationships, etc. It can never compete with instant slop, or accounts that just plagiarize news for free with more sensationalistic (and wrong) framing.

Just saw the ESPN video. @minakimes.bsky.social is so adorable 😅😂😂

Happy Jan 6th America

Tech Companies: we want to help the world Bad guys: we want to watch the world burn with your technology

I wonder what @jemelehill.bsky.social thinks about this lawsuit which involves Skip Bayless

Ann Telnaes, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist for The Washington Post, said on Friday evening that she was resigning after the newspaper’s opinions section rejected a cartoon depicting The Post’s owner, Jeff Bezos, and other billionaires genuflecting toward a statue of President-elect Trump.

Oh no. Sorry for her 🙏

Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was believed to be the oldest person in the world, died at a nursing home in Ashiya, Japan. She was 116.

BREAKING: President Biden has blocked the $14.1 billion sale of US Steel to Nippon Steel, killing a high-profile deal that sparked a political firestorm and tensions between the US and Japan

Started watching #LoveisBlind Germany. There is a woman on there who is thicker than a glass of milkshake Germany, I was not familiar with your game....

100% agree with this. If he gets the record, he’s forever immortalized

Jfc

I wrote about Gannett’s plan to kill off one of the last pieces of American legacy media to resist financialization: The Associated Press. mattdpearce.substack.com/p/wall-stree...

Update: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Sheriff Kevin McMahill says Livelsberger sustained a gunshot wound to the head prior to the Cybertuck detonating; investigators believe it was self inflicted.