Brian Harrod
@brianharrod.bsky.social
It Is A Weird World And I Love It!
#OMG... One guy breaks the rules, everyone suddenly wonders where their messaging app went.... Apple Removed the Messaging App as Pavel Durov Faces Terror Charges.... www.ibtimes.co.uk/apple-tempor...
Telegram App Store Ban Explained: Why Apple Removed the Messaging App as Pavel Durov Faces Terror Charges
Apple briefly removed Telegram from its App Store due to content violations, highlighting ongoing legal and regulatory challenges for the platform and its founder, Pavel Durov.
ibtimes.co.uk
SAD NEWS >>> Explosive Diarrhea: 2. USA: 0 www.usatoday.com/story/news/h...
Michigan reports first 2 US deaths connected with cyclosporiasis outbreak
Michigan reported the first two US deaths connected with the latest cyclosporiasis outbreak. Officials say the individuals had underlying medical conditions.
usatoday.com
FINANCIAL NEWSWIRE: Ray Dalio on the AI bubble nearing 1929, 2000 levels and the lesson people always forget: ‘Wealth is not the same as money’.... finance.yahoo.com/markets/stoc...
Ray Dalio on the AI bubble nearing 1929, 2000 levels and the lesson people always forget: ‘Wealth is not the same as money’
“You see a lot of people getting wealthy but you can’t spend the wealth,” the Bridgewater Associates founder told The Diary of a CEO.
finance.yahoo.com
#LOL... Jack Smith accepts another invitation to humiliate Republicans in person.... www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Jack Smith accepts invitation to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee
If GOP senators hope to get the better of the former special counsel, they should start tempering their expectations.
ms.now
NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED: Anti-violence activist who served time for a drug felony years ago found a gun... #OMG...He went to the police station to turn it in... #LOL...And was reminded that he wasn't allowed to do that.... chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
Gun case against Chicago anti-violence volunteer a 'travesty,’ former Education Secretary Arne Duncan says
Nakia Smith, a volunteer with the anti-violence group run by Duncan, was arrested at a Far South Side police station in 2023 as he tried to turn in an unwanted gun. A convicted felon, Smith has been "...
chicago.suntimes.com
SICK NEWS: ICE's Starlight Tours give an encore. This time leaving a schizophrenic woman in summer clothes in 20°F weather.... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Family to sue after woman released from ICE custody froze to death
Exclusive: Daphy Michel, from Haiti, was dropped off in Pittsburgh in 20F temperatures wearing summer clothes
theguardian.com
THE BBC: Man 'driven insane' by noise admits killing fish. Now he must face the scales of justice.... www.bbc.com/news/article...
Man 'driven insane' by pond noise admits killing neighbour's fish
Gerry Duffy could not sleep due to the noise of the pond's water pump, a court hears.
bbc.com
TIME FOR A FACEPALM: #NYC, where the buses still aren't #Free as Mayor #Mamdani said they would be, but people are riding without paying anyway.... gothamist.com/news/mamdani...
Mamdani hasn't made NYC's buses free. Riders stopped paying anyway.
MTA Chair Janno Lieber suggested the mayor's 2025 campaign pledge led to a rise in fare evasion on buses.
gothamist.com
DAILY VOICE: FIFA President Gianni Infantino had scheduled private talks with Secretary of State Marco Rubio over a proposal to transfer part of FIFA's commercial business to a private venture backed by Josh Kushner's Thrive Capital.... dailyvoice.com/article/fifa...
FIFA Boss Seeks Trump Backing As Kushner Deal Sparks Legal, Leadership Fight: Reports
FIFA President Gianni Infantino is apparently facing mounting pressure as reports claim he is seeking support from the Trump administration while battling legal threats and growing calls to step down ...
dailyvoice.com
USCENTCOM: Out of ideas, solicits military personnel by email "for new creative and unconventional ways to pressure and punish Iran"... #SMH... Anything except sending in ground troops.... www.cnn.com/2026/08/03/p...
Exclusive: US military asks troops for ‘creative and unconventional’ ideas to punish Iran | CNN Politics
The request from a senior officer at the US military command carrying out President Donald Trump’s war with Iran came in an email: We need ideas.
cnn.com
WEIRD NEWS: Donald Trump all shook up again, posts bizarre AI photo of himself as Elvis Donald Trump posted a wild AI-generated photo of himself as Elvis Presley on Saturday, offering no explanation for the image as the Iran war continues to intensify.... www.themirror.com/entertainmen...
BLOCKBUSTER: #NewYork Attorney General #TishJames sues #Kalshi for $36 Billion and says prediction markets constitute illegal #Gambling... #LOL... #Polymarket gives 65% odds of success.... www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
New York sues Kalshi, says its prediction markets are illegal gambling
Attorney General Letitia James filed similar petitions in April against two other prediction market operators, Coinbase Financial Markets and Gemini Titan.
nbcnews.com
#ROFLMAO... THIS WEEK'S BEST HEADLINE: "Hope You Like Raccoon Penis, Because RFK Jr. Has a New Cooking Show"... #LOL... As explosive diarrhea ravages the USA.... www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/r...
Hope You Like Raccoon Penis, Because RFK Jr. Has a New Cooking Show
Episode one is available on YouTube.
hollywoodreporter.com
#HMMM... How long before somebody rigs up a drone with the ability to spray paint the cameras without exposing a human being to the camera.... gizmodo.com/flock-camera...
THE INTERCEPT: Corporations, Not Immigrants, Are Responsible for Vast Majority of Healthcare Fraud, OIG Report Shows.... theintercept.com/2026/07/31/i...
Corporations, Not Immigrants, Are Responsible for Vast Majority of Healthcare Fraud, OIG Report Shows
Trump officials are focused on immigrants, but the Department of Health and Human Services report on healthcare fraud doesn’t even mention them.
theintercept.com
#HMMM... The most common side effect of the COVID-19 vaccination is making people lie about getting the COVID-19 vaccination... #LOL... Millions of people. Like Rand Paul.... www.mediaite.com/media/news/c...
Chef Shreds Rand Paul After Senator Slams Covid Vaccine as ‘Fauci Ouchie’: ‘By All Means Keep Bullsh*tting’
A chef is slicing and dicing Republicans on X for their repeated attacks on Anthony Fauci, telling Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY): "By all means, keep bullsh*tting."
mediaite.com
HUFFINGTON POST: Elon Musk Company Sues Minnesota Over Law Banning Use Of AI To Create Nude Deepfakes.... www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...
Elon Musk’s Company Is Suing Minnesota For Making It Illegal To Create Nude Deepfakes Of People Without Their Consent
“Using AI to generate nude images of people against their will is appalling,” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said.
huffpost.com
AMERICAN IDIOT: Naked ceiling man is watching you donate plasma, until someone spots the eyes peering out from the wall and calls the police... #OMG... Then the fight is on.... kmph.com/news/local/p...
Naked man arrested after plasma patient sees eyes peeking through business wall
A plasma center is surrounded by police and firrefighters on Wednesday morning in Fresno.
kmph.com
#OMG... Starlink satellites are already falling, and it will only get worse.... www.fastcompany.com/91419515/sta...
Starlink satellites are already falling, and it will only get worse
Elon Musk’s satellite network is expected to balloon in size over the next decade. Should we be concerned?
fastcompany.com
SCARY NEWS >>> WUSA-TV: Your chances of being attacked by a barracuda while doing a handstand are low, but never zero... www.wusa9.com/article/news...
SICK NEWS: There has to be a YouTuber who would take on the challenge of 3,000 gallons of decades-old fermented fish sauce.... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Decades in the making, work begins to remove rotten fish sauce from St. Mary's plant | CBC News
Decades of fighting the smell from a rotting fish sauce plant in the Newfoundland and Labrador community of St. Mary's have finally proved successful, as cleanup crews began work on Tuesday.
cbc.ca
ANOTHER MAGA CULT FAILURE: #Trump anoounces his admin is buying 250 #Cadillac #Escalades at $300,000 each because 'we look sharp' in them... #LOL...Which is exactly the message you want to be sending when everyone else is worrying about #Affordability.... www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
'We look sharp': Trump says White House ordered 250 Cadillac Escalades
President Trump announced the White House ordered 250 Cadillac Escalades for government use during a Michigan speech.
usatoday.com
SICK NEWS: Trump says, cancer patients need to get back to work if they don't want to lose their Medicaid.... www.politico.com/news/2026/07...
A cancer diagnosis may not be enough: Trump and Democratic states clash in court over who’s too sick to work
Medicaid eligibility will soon hinge on how the government defines “medical frailty.”
politico.com
SCARY NEWS: Imagine living in a country where you can be arrested for simply applauding opposition to data centers.... WELCOME TO THE POLICE STATE: The teacher said he had a right to applaud before officers removed him from the meeting www.techspot.com/news/113266-...
Teacher arrested for clapping in support of speaker opposing data center
There have been claims that pushback against data centers hurts the economy and national security, and that it's even a campaign fueled by China. Fox News compared...
techspot.com
#SHHH.... BUSINESS SECRETS: What is Jane Street?.... www.youtube.com/shorts/RSkg2...
Why Jane Street is the weirdest company on Wall Street
YouTube video by Morning Brew
youtube.com
FAILING FAST: Trump has a bonkers press conference. Blames Biden, accepts Putin lies, tells a female reporter to smile more, denies stealing Venezuelan gold while shiatting out some shade on Bibi.... youtu.be/AAQ0wfuteTo
Trump's bonkers press gaggle 7/27
YouTube video by Aaron Rupar
youtu.be
VERY OBVIOUS NEWS: You know, a lot of people are providing "updates" on Mitch McConnell's health, but none of them are the only person that matters, wonder why?.... www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...
