Five Jokes: 9-6-2024

Fyre Festival II, NFL Streaming Prices, Russian Podcast Infiltration, Musk vs Brazil, and Eric Adams vs The FBI

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• The convicted felon behind Fyre Festival says people are already buying tickets to his next event — despite the festival not yet having a venue or set dates. Given the circumstances, that venue could be the U.S. Capitol.

• NFL fans will pay roughly $50 a month to subscribe to the four streaming services that will exclusively air games this year. With prices like that, someone better barge into your living room and give you a concussion for the full experience.

• Notable Republicans appeared on podcasts accused of Russian ties. They should’ve known something was off during all of the ads for Red Squarespace.

• SpaceX told employees not to travel to Brazil — causing the Star Trek franchise to change its famous intro:

  

Finally…

• Federal investigators seized phones from New York City’s police commissioner and at least four top deputies to New York Mayor Eric Adams, according to people familiar with the matter — yet clearly not close enough to be granted access to the group chat.

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