Five Jokes: 2-18-2025
Mexico vs Google, Mayors vs Governors, NYU Republicans, The New York Times Embraces AI, and 'The Brutalist' Director's Finances
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Mexico awaits a new response from Google to its request that the tech company fully restore the name Gulf of Mexico to its Google Maps service before filing a lawsuit. Knowing Google, Mexico must first either pay for extra storage in its Gmail account or delete the numerous White House emails in its spam folder with subject line: Free Offer To Build The Wall! - Urgent Avocados Needed! - and, You’ve Won A Tariff!
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signaled she may use her authority to remove New York City Mayor Eric Adams from office. Interestingly, she chose to do so via a giant spotlight in the night sky projecting the the a silhouette of a Mayor Adam’s greatest foe: A nightclub bouncer at 3am telling the crowd to leave.
The New York University chapter president of the College Republicans of America has resigned after describing President Donald Trump's son Barron, a student at the university, as "sort of like an oddity on campus" in an interview with Vanity Fair. Stepping into the position is a student who looks suspiciously like Elon Musk’s children stacked on top of each other under a trench coat.
The New York Times is reportedly encouraging staff to use AI to suggest edits, headlines, and questions to ask during interviews. So, look forward to an upcoming edition with the headline: Top Ten Flesh Suits On The Oscars Red Carpet.
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The Brutalist director Brady Corbet says he made “zero dollars” from the Oscar-nominated epic. But he hopes things will turn around with his next idea: The Economist.
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