Five Jokes: 2-26-2025

The End Of Joann Fabric, Cloud Security, Canadians Against Elon, A 'Star Wars' Departure, and Starbucks’ Revamped Menu

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• The major national retailer of fabric and craft supplies, Joann, is going out of business and closing all of its roughly 800 stores in 49 states across the U.S. Yep, the reign of terror from the White House’s now affects people and fabrics of color. Some serious reverse-DEI going on right now.

• YouTube says podcasts now draw 1 billion monthly active viewers. But, for the record, a quarter of those are from older viewers searching for funny clips of the sitcom News Radio and getting stuck watching Joe the electrician ramble at innocent celebrities for three hours.

  

• Hundreds of thousands of people have signed a petition to revoke Elon Musk's Canadian citizenship. Remarkably, this has nothing to do with his recent political moves and everything to do with his face.

• 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.

  

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• Starbucks 'simpler' drink menu will have fewer Frappuccinos –making room for a new healthy, yet pricy option: “Coffee Scented Airuccino.”

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