Saturday, May 18, 2024
Today's funny posts
X-Men Mutant Academy 2 (2001) pic.twitter.com/tGMHLumOBR
— Perfect Fighting Game Shots (@FGPerfectShots) May 16, 2024
happy to see people paying respect to one of the funniest fighting games of all time https://t.co/AoKPycmv3F pic.twitter.com/xguISDZ0Pf
— Sean Seanson (@SeanSeansonYT) May 17, 2024
"The Peacock and the Sparrow: A Novel" is $1.99 right now
EDGAR AWARD WINNER FOR BEST FIRST NOVELA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker • NPR • The Diplomatic Courier • Deadly Pleasures • The Cipher Brief • Spybrary
"The firm run by a man dubbed 'Britain's kindest plumber' faked stories of helping people as it raised millions in donations"
BBC:
[He] has received letters of thanks from the late Queen and the King and a Pride of Manchester award. He has been a guest on Good Morning Britain, BBC Breakfast, The One Show, Sky News and the Russell Howard Show
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[In one example, he] prevented one elderly woman from killing herself, the firm claimed. In fact, she had died years earlier.
He denied some of the BBC's allegations but admitted: "I've made mistakes."
The story of how Facebook became engulfed in Christian content can be told through the rise of one site, catholicfundamentalism.com.
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According to our data, provided by Newswhip’s real-time Facebook analytics, the vacuum of news content Meta created last year was quickly filled by religious content, or even just content that provoked vaguely religious reactions from users.
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As for why Catholic Fundamentalism is now Facebook’s top “news” site, it posts the exact kind of content that the platform’s news feed has been tailored to promote: blandly positive, removed from any news or current events, and arriving on a frequent and regular schedule.
Friday, May 17, 2024
Roulette with a live guinea pig
My wife: where the heck did you spend $25,000 last night?
— Not Jerome Powell (@alifarhat79) May 17, 2024
Me: pic.twitter.com/MPXpMEPx09
(It moves at 24 seconds)
Today's news and jokes
(A summary, and a gallery posted by a fan)This is so fucking funny lmao got her ass good pic.twitter.com/cUSIMLqOSt
— Microplastics Exploder (@DiabolicalSpuds) May 16, 2024