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Ah, the New York Times graces us with an existential revelation wrapped in a JS-confetti parade. 🎭 Bob Odenkirk, our philosopher king, emerges from the algorithmic abyss to remind us that everything is pointless — just like trying to read an article behind their digital moat of ad blockers. 🧱💸
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/magazine/bob-odenkirk-interview.html #HackerNews #NewYorkTimes #BobOdenkirk #Existentialism #AdBlockers #HackerNews #ngated
Bob Odenkirk Would Like to Remind You That Life Is a Meaningless Farce

The actor and comedian is keenly aware of humanity’s limitations, but he’s not giving up.

The New York Times
100 years ago today: #onThisDay #history #newYorkTimes

Every time the #NYTGames app has a sale on, I consider it but then end up trying to work out how on earth they consider the 12 months up front option the "best offer".

Then I wonder if they can't do simple maths then should I really trust their reporting?

I could ask them but I figure a PassAg toot is a better use of my time. If anyone has any contacts at the New York Times feel free to ping them at this.

(My calculations in the Alt Text)

#BadMaths #Fraud #NYT #Wordle #NewYorkTimes

Trump Rips “Failing” New York Times Just Hours Before Attending First WHCD As POTUS

In case you thought Trump was going to be nice to the media before hitting his first WHCD as POTUS, you just lost big on that Polymarket prediction

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#newyorktimes #travel Jet Fuel Shortages Could Make Travel a ‘Total Mess’ This Summer http://is.gd/M9mYXc

At White House Correspondents Dinner, Trump Will Dine With Reporters He’s Been Roasting

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/us/politics/trump-white-house-correspondents-dinner.html

Today in Labor History April 25, 1886: The New York Times called the eight-hour workday movement "un-American" and blamed the "labor disturbances” on “foreigners." Other media prophesied that the eight-hour day would cause "loafing and gambling, rioting, debauchery and drunkenness."

#workingclass #LaborHistory #solidarity #classwar #EightHourDay #NewYorkTimes #racism #immigration #nativism #xenophobia

Ah, the New York Times strikes again with their groundbreaking revelation: humans and apes are related! 🐒🔗 And just in case you forgot, make sure to perform the sacred ritual of enabling #JavaScript and sacrificing your ad blocker to read this shocking news. 🙄💻
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/science/desmond-morris-dead.html #NewYorkTimes #HumansAndApes #AdBlocker #Sacrifice #HackerNews #ngated
Desmond Morris, 98, Dies; Explored Humans’ Animal Instincts in ‘The Naked Ape’

An English zoologist, he wrote an immensely popular 1967 book arguing that ancient genes, shared with apes, shape our lives. Objections in the scientific world ensued.

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