Best of the Week!

Interview w/ 'The Space Between Worlds' and 'Those Beyond The Wall' Author, Micaiah Johnson + Top 5 Jokes Of The Week!

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• Best of the Best!

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LATEST POSTS

• PODCAST: You Are The Genre

  Micaiah Johnson joined me to talk about following through with her early passion for books and science fiction!

  • Paid subscribers have access to two ADVANCED episodes of You Are The Genre! One, with comedian/TV writer Niles Abston! —

    [Niles Abston] Is The Genre

  • — and the other with comedian/director/photographer Rose Kelso!

    [Rose Kelso] Is The Genre

Each weekday I send five jokes to subscribers who then vote on their favorites. Below are THE TOP FIVE JOKES OF THE WEEK!

Note: Whenever there is a tie, I become the deciding vote.

MONDAY: 2-24-2024

• Silicon Valley is going all in on humanoid robots, but making them a reality will take decades. ← This sentence also works if you replace “humanoid robots” with “girlfriends.”

[read the other jokes from that day here]

TUESDAY: 2-25-2025

• A video likely made using artificial intelligence of President Donald Trump kissing the feet of Elon Musk was reportedly playing on a loop in the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development headquarters Monday morning. Its important to note that it wasn’t programmed to play on a loop, but a surprising number of D.C. employees were “into it.”

  

[read the other jokes from that day here]

WEDNESDAY: 2-26-2025

• Kathleen Kennedy, the longtime president of Lucasfilm, is expected to step down at the end of 2025. Per Lucasfilm tradition, she’ll be ceremoniously frozen in carbonate and shipped and stacked in the mysterious warehouse from Raiders Of The Lost Ark.

  

[read the other jokes from that day here]

NOTE: Kathleen Kennedy later confirmed that she is not retiring.

THURSDAY: 2-27-2025

• In a stunning announcement, Jeff Bezos declared that The Washington Post's opinion section will now exclusively focus on "personal liberties and free markets." Rumor has it he’ll pen the first entry under this mandate with an op-ed titled Dear Lauren, I’m Taking The Personal Liberty Of Opening My Side Of The Relationship To The Free Market 🚀.

[read the other jokes from that day here]

FRIDAY : 2-28-2025

• An “error” in Instagram Reels caused its algorithm to show some users video after video of horrific violence, animal abuse, murders, dead bodies, and other gore. Facebook has since apologized, claiming it was a leaked beta test for a “glimpse into the future” tab.

[read the other jokes from that day here]

If you enjoyed those Five Jokes, check out the top jokes from last week!

BEST OF THE BEST!

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