Five Jokes: 6-26-2025
‘The Social Network’ Sequel, A Trump Phone Update, AI vs Sarah Silverman, The Next James Bond Director, and A Multi-State Heat Warning
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Aaron Sorkin will write and direct a sequel to The Social Network. So, fair warning to fans of the original — you can look forward to three hours of a camera slowly zooming onto pages of the script.
The Trump Phone no longer promises to be made in America and is instead ‘designed with American values in mind’ — meaning we’re about five revised promises away from learning that “Trump Phones” are actually “The Flat Half Of A Cheeseburger Bun.”
A federal judge ruled that Meta’s unauthorized use of copyrighted works from Sarah Silverman and other authors to train generative AI models is a “fair use,” but warned that the practice may in many circumstances be illegal. The Judge is on the record as stating “Now, Jeff Foxworthy on the other hand… that’s a different story. AI starts takin’ his material, I miiiight need a rain check.”
Amazon MGM has tapped “Dune” filmmaker Denis Villeneuve to direct the 26th James Bond film. While the next actor to play Bond has not been confirmed, it’s reported that he should be capable of “riding a space worm in an earth tux.”
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Millions have been warned to stay out of sun in 17 states. 50, if you include states of mind.
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