I heard the news that a humanoid robot beat the human half marathon record in Beijing with a time of 50 minutes and 26 seconds

it reminded me of this meme I made from a joke by Charlie Pickering on The Weekly on this very race last year

they've reduced the time to a third in 1 yr

#TheWeekly #pickering #china #robots #marathon #australia

Familiar with the "Bean Soup Theory"?

Rhys Nicholson explains it in an excellent segment from The Weekly w/ Charlie Pickering

i had not heard of it, but it is very interesting. So i made it into a ➿😁

It reminds me of prop 8 in CA when all the bible thumping "straight people" complained that if gays can marry, it will ruin heterosexual marriage. 😞 so dumb

https://loops.video/v/ehygEGGYxC

#theweekly #charliepickering #satire #politicalsatire #comedy #humor #loops #transrights #socialmedia

Chaos erupted for the second time this week at the downtown Eugene Federal Building after protesters broke several windows at the entrance, prompting federal law enforcement to deploy tear gas and more.

The protest was declared a riot by the Eugene Police Department who briefly intervened.

See the video by Eugene Weekly’s Eve Weston, who was at the scene till the end. Story at EugeneWeekly.com

https://eugeneweekly.com/2026/01/31/ice-out-protest-and-chaos/

#EugeneWeekly #ICEOut #theWeekly #localnews