Five Jokes: 8-29-2023
Five Jokes: 8-29-2023
DeSantis Publicity Stunt Backfires, A.I. Communication With Whales, NASA Pollution Maps, Cancelled Talks For Saying "Gay," & Bad Luck For A Chicago News Crew
A quick heads up that I’ll be taking all of September off due to the fact that I’m GETTING MARRIED. But you can still look forward to some interviews and blog-style posts from me throughout the month. More on that soon! I appreciate all of you who have subscribed so far, paid or unpaid — and hope you aren’t regretting it!
-Tim
Hey! It’s Tuesday, the U.S. announced the first drugs picked for Medicare price negotiations, and here are Five Jokes to hold you over until your next dose!
Y’all hear about this?..
Ron DeSantis was welcomed by shouts of “You're not welcome here!” and booed into silence at a vigil for Jacksonville shooting victims. The moment is said to have triggered DeSantis’ PTSD from the mid-90s, when he failed to wow an Apollo crowd with his a cappella rendition of “Good Vibrations” on Martin Luther King Day.
Engineers and scientists plan on using AI to talk to whales. So, let’s hope whales don’t have caller ID.
NASA released the first U.S. pollution map images from a new instrument launched to space. And I’m not sure why, but the map results are making me hungry.
Can we zoom out a bit and see how it looks for the whole globe?
A Georgia school district canceled an author’s talks after he said ‘gay.’ The author has since agreed to meet the district in the middle by saying “sexually or romantically attracted to people of one's own sex” instead.
Finally…
A TV news crew was robbed at gunpoint while filming a story on robberies. Luckily, everyone is okay… and eager to see what happens when they film a story about lottery winners.
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