genuinely hilarious article, especially if you know things like 'what is the average temperature of the Falkland Islands"

Donald Trump blather.

The Lydians who were to bring these gifts to the temples were instructed by Croesus to inquire of the oracles whether he was to send an army against the Persians and whether he was to add an army of allies. [2] When the Lydians came to the places where they were sent, they presented the offerings, and inquired of the oracles, in these words: “Croesus, king of Lydia and other nations, believing that here are the only true places of divination among men, endows you with such gifts as your wisdom deserves. And now he asks you whether he is to send an army against the Persians, and whether he is to add an army of allies.” [3] Such was their inquiry; and the judgment given to Croesus by each of the two oracles was the same: namely, that if he should send an army against the Persians he would destroy a great empire. And they advised him to discover the mightiest of the Greeks and make them his friends. Herodotus, with an English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920.

Wealthy leader, threatening to attack Persia, announcing that a great empire will be destroyed if he does, and not realizing that the prophecy is ambigous about which empire.

I have many criticisms for the writers, but in particular could they stop plagiarizing from Herodotus?

So far…

Absolutely incredible Nutella ad.

View of the spacecraft (bright, on the left), a dark thin crescent of Moon, and a very small, bright thin crescent of Earth next to it

"Orion, the Moon, and the Earth. EVERYONE, in that picture" - #Artemis II Mission Control.

Actually we should just give citizenship to every undocumented person in the United States who wants it. Walking over an imaginary line isn't some great moral atrocity. Making people live in the shadows as a permanent underclass absolutely IS.

Legitimately, a hero rat.

NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA

a man in a suit and tie is smiling and says space ! Alt: a man in a suit and tie is smiling and says space !

The entire timeline right now

"Sex slave' woman wanted for burglary A WOMAN who had five pitbull puppies cloned in South Korea is wanted in Tennessee on burglary charges, lawyers there said today. Joyce MeKinney, 58, was accused of telling a 15-year-old boy to burgle a house to raise cash to buy a false leg for a horse. She fled Britain in 1977 to avoid a trial for allegedly abducting a Mermon missionary and making him her sex slave.

Every sentence brings something new to the madness. Stick it on CEEFAX.

A No Kings protest sign in the form of a giant Wordle grid reading FELON THIEF LOSER CREEP FRAUD TRUMP Not entirely accurate in terms of gameplay but close enough.

Good one in NYC.

Well done. #NoKings

U.S. foreign policy has been captured by dorks obsessed with the movie 300 and the only way to fix it is to put in power dorks obsessed with the movie Master and Commander.

"We are NOT overgrown school bullies" claim middle aged columnists, politicians & billionaires forcing actual school children they will never meet out of club they share with their friends

I don't like to criticize a small child when behavioral issues like this are really the parent's fault, but this child is simply awf—pardon me, I'm getting new information regarding this adult man's age.

A hand holding packaging containing a 45cm helium balloon (not yet inflated) that has "You've passed" written on it in bright, cheerful letters.

Let's make the funeral festive

A friend went round to his neighbours’ for Eid last night and apparently the wife slightly panicked about hosting white people because she disappeared for a couple of minutes and came back with half a pint of whisky for him. This, to me, is multiculturalism

Dying on a Friday is just preparing for the inevitable reveal on Sunday

Okay those first two things are deeply newsworthy but to be fair I've seen many a Waffle House patron in my life who did not appear to know how they got there.

Brooklyn, to me, is all the bodega in my neighborhood closing for Eid.

Eid Mubarak, pals.

He is so good at this

Three novels and a HBO series right there

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You are never going to believe which company is behind the age verification laws:

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Imagine being such a chuddite imbecile that you manage to commit a war crime on national TV through your habit of talking entirely in stock phrases.

That, right there, is a portent

Dean Ball wrote Trump's AI plan. 👀

You know the one all the AI bros were so excited about and for which they thought it was so important to back Trump to get.

Pretty sure they'll walk back from requiring divestment tho. Otherwise folks start noticing that, eg, Google having to fire sale 14% of a 300+in business is a higher loss than their entire federal revenue, and so bigtech walks from USG contracts

Drop. Bear.

I don’t think people understand what’s this means: MEDICARE AND MEDICAID ARE BLOCKING ALL WHEELCHAIRS, WALKERS, CANES, INSULIN PUMPS, GLUCOSE MONITORS, CPAP MACHINES, NEBULIZERS, BEDS, CRUTCHES, COMODE CHAIRS, BED SORE PRESSURE PADS, CHAIR LIFTS, OXYGEN TANKS, BREATHING EQUIPMENT, to name a few.

Hell of a thing to say just as your boss is about to start two wars