"I was being ironical."

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"I was being ironical."@uxchampion· 28d

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s executive order wades into an increasingly thorny political concern for the nation’s governors who want to benefit from the economic potential of the artificial intelligence boom while also contending with local-level moratoriums. archive.ph/HZ6uL

Color photograph of computer server racks inside a data center owned by the French company OVHcloud in Roubaix, Northern France, on April 3, 2025. (Photo credit: Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP via Getty Images)

"I was being ironical."@uxchampion· 29d

It’s easy to feel as though you've finished a marathon after navigating an Ikea store to purchase furniture. Now, dozens of runners will actually log 26.2 miles within a single Ikea store. The marathon is scheduled for December, at an Ikea in Croydon, England, south of London. archive.ph/fbXcQ

A color photograph depicting the exterior of an Ikea home furnishings store in Croydon, England, where an in-store marathon is scheduled for December, 2026. (Photo credit: Ikea)

"I was being ironical."@uxchampion· Jul 12

"I've been uptight and made a mess, But I'll clean it up myself, I guess. Oh, the sweet smell of success. Handle me with care." 😎

Color photograph of the sleeve art for the Traveling Wilburys' hit single, "Handle With Care." The song was written by former Beatles member, George Harrison, and was performed by the five members of the supergroup. (Photo credit: Neal Preston)

"I was being ironical."@uxchampion· Jul 12

Lindsey Graham, the longtime senator from South Carolina, is dead at 71. Please hold your applause. The Trump ally, attention junkie, chronic liar, and GOP foreign policy voice was running for reelection this year. His office said Graham died of a “brief and sudden illness.” archive.ph/RblFK

Color photograph of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) in Kyiv, Ukraine on Friday, July 10, 2026. (Photo credit: Efrem Lukatsky/AP)

"I was being ironical."@uxchampion· Jul 11

Just how far would FIFA go to help Trump?

Satirical, AI-generated image of U.S. Secretary of State and trump lap dog, Marco Rubio, dressed and posing as a FIFA World Cup referee. (No creator credit is provided for the work.)

"I was being ironical."@uxchampion· Jul 11

Courtesy of Edith Pritchett, for The Washington Post

Newspaper editorial cartoon by Edith Pritchett, for The Washington Post. The illustration is a satirical mock-up of a 9-panel bingo card, titled "BINGO: What Will You Bring Back From Vacation? The panels are labeled: "Souvenirs; A Load of Sand in Your Suitcase; Strained Family Dynamic; Stray Dog Shipped Home At Enormous Expense; Sunburn; A Constellation of Bug Bites; Giant Airport Toblerone; Compromised Bank Balance; and Hotel Goods.

"I was being ironical."@uxchampion· Jul 9

Nearly 1 in 4 new auto loans now run for at least SEVEN YEARS, as vehicle prices soar And loans running past six years hit a new high of 36 percent, up from about 27 percent a decade ago. 😬 Free & unlocked story link: archive.ph/fhHfQ

Color photograph of a 2026 Honda Ridgeline pickup truck, sitting on display in the showroom of a Highland, Colorado, dealership in June 2026. (Photo credit: David Zalubowski/AP)

"I was being ironical."@uxchampion· Jul 8

Last month, Yum! Brands — which also owns fast-food chains Taco Bell and KFC — announced it was selling the Pizza Hut restaurant chain to private-equity firm LongRange Capital after nearly five decades of ownership. Some fans say the path forward may actually lie in looking back. archive.ph/q67qJ

Familiar red, white, and black lamps hang from chains over empty tables in an unidentified Pizza Hut restaurant. (No date or photo credit information provided)

"I was being ironical."@uxchampion· Jul 4

How the National Zoo is keeping the animals cool in the extreme heat As temperatures soar past 100 degrees, lions and tigers get frozen treats, but not the same kind that pandas and elephants get. 🐯🐼 Free & unlocked story link: archive.ph/RB7iP

Color photograph of baby Asian elephant Linh Mai, getting a bath at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington D.C. (Photo credit: Roshan Patel/Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute)

"I was being ironical."@uxchampion· Jul 3

An “alternative site” should be selected for trump's planned 250-foot-tall triumphal arch, a Washington, D.C. preservation official told the president's administration last month, calling the plan to build by Arlington National Cemetery “divisive.” Free & unlocked story link: archive.ph/H4Gbc 😠😒

Color photograph of Trump’s motorcade driving past his proposed location for his proposed triumphal arch in Washington D.C., near the Lincoln Memorial. (Photo credit: Tierney Cross/For The Washington Post)

"I was being ironical."@uxchampion· Jul 1

Here's the reason for the poll: archive.ph/PpXBL I personally give it a weak 2. 🤷‍♂️

The Hidden Valley marketing team has known for years what World Cup tourists are just finding out: Ranch isn't just for dipping. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/AP Images for Hidden Valley Ranch)

"I was being ironical."@uxchampion· Jul 1

Oopsie! 😢 NPR briefly posted, then retracted, a story on Tuesday that said Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. was soon to retire, attributing the incident to erroneous information and a rush to publish. Free & unlocked story link: archive.ph/lxZIi

Color photograph of Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., speaking in 2017 at the Claremont Institute in Upland, CA. (Photo credit: Jae C. Hong/AP)

"I was being ironical."@uxchampion· Jun 30

Supreme Court affirms that almost anyone born in the U.S. is an American Had the high court upheld trump’s executive order, the ruling would have had sweeping political, economic and social ramifications. Free & unlocked story link: archive.ph/3Woxj

Color photograph of Olga Urbina holding her son, Ares, as protesters gathered outside the Supreme Court in May of 2025. The court heard arguments that day about lower courts' ability to block President Donald Trump’s policy to end birthright citizenship. (Photo credit: Matt McClain/The Washington Post)

"I was being ironical."@uxchampion· Jun 29

Breaking News: Supreme Court rules mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day that arrive later can be tallied! Free & unlocked link to the WaPo story: archive.ph/EfWTf 💥 BOOM ❗️❗️ Good triumphs over evil, greed, and hatred once more. Yeah, baby! 😎

Color photograph of Minnie Bounds, 74, filling out her ballot at a middle school polling place in Jackson, Mississippi, in November 2023. (Photo credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

"I was being ironical."@uxchampion· Jun 28

Hmmmmm. 🤭🙄

Humor meme, courtesy of satirist Andy Borowitz. SecDef 'Pocket Flask Petey' Hegseth is shown in a close-up photograph drinking a clear liquid from a small glass. The headline reads: "Hegseth Claims He Only Fell Into Reflecting Pool To Investigate Vandalism."

"I was being ironical."@uxchampion· Jun 28

But will Barron's new middle name be 'Hussein'? 🤭😜

Humorous meme posted on social media It reads:
"Barron Trump To Be Renamed 'Barack' as Part of Trump's Surrender to Iran."

"I was being ironical."@uxchampion· Jun 28

Seems pretty self-explanatory and straightforward to me. When the leader of a nation's legislature refers to himself as the "leader of the (president's) protection team," everyone involved should understand they are dealing with mobsters and thugs. 😒🤔

Color photograph of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, speaking Jun. 26, 2026 with news talk show host Jen Psaki, on her weekly program, "The Briefing." (No photo credit provided.)

"I was being ironical."@uxchampion· Jun 28

Trump’s efforts to alter how elections are run faced an avalanche of setbacks last week. Meanwhile, Republican senators rebuffed him and the presidunce has grown increasingly worried. archive.ph/nK4jV

Presidunce Donald Trump (center) speaks to reporters on Wednesday at the Capitol, with Republican Sens. Rick Scott (Fl), left, and John Barrasso (Wy) standing beside him. (Photo credit: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)

"I was being ironical."@uxchampion· Jun 26

Text meme: Non-Political Fun Fact: In Greek mythology, the arrogant Narcissus is brought down by a reflecting pool. No further comment. (No author credit provided)

"I was being ironical."@uxchampion· Jun 24

Senate Republicans vote with Dems to pass resolution limiting demented donald's war powers www.forbes.com/sites/sarado...

Text meme, posted on social media:

It’s the first time both chambers of Congress have approved a resolution to stop a president from using his military powers under the War Powers Resolution since it was adopted in 1973.

It’s unclear if the measure will have any tangible impact since resolutions are typically not legally binding, and 'Phony Soprano' is likely to ignore it.

Sens. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky), and Dave McCormick (R-Pa), were noticeably absent from the chamber, a fact which contributed to the resolution’s passage.

"I was being ironical."@uxchampion· Jun 21

The poorly planned, badly implemented, and utterly botched renovation of the reflecting pool on the National Mall is the latest failure in the career of incompetent presidunce donald trump. Free & unlocked story link: archive.ph/Oh2NZ 😒🤦‍♂️

The Cultural Landscape Foundation, a Washington DC advocacy organization, sued to stop Trump’s unauthorized changes to the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall, but the work was completed before a judge could issue a ruling.

One of the reasons TCLF filed its lawsuit is because the National Park Service did not perform a review as per the National Historic Preservation Act, said Charles A. Birnbaum, the organization’s president and CEO.

Under that review, they would have been required to consult subject area experts who could “identify potential problems — like algae and exfoliating paint — and, perhaps, suggest solutions,” said Birnbaum in a statement to The Post. “Instead, the Park Service granted themselves a ‘streamlined review,’ which they admitted was done under pressure from ‘White House leadership’ even though the project was ineligible.”

Birnbaum concluded, “We can see the result.”

"I was being ironical."@uxchampion· Jun 18

Trump’s pitch for his White House ballroom project has been anchored in a repeated promise to Americans: They won’t have to pay for it. Here’s a look at what Dopey McGropey and his crooked pals have said over the past year about who would pay for the ballroom project: archive.ph/22vc0

Construction is viewed on Nov. 19, 2025 at the site of what formerly was the East Wing of the White House, before trump illegally ordered the demolition of the property. (Photographer unidentified; image obtained by The Washington Post)

"I was being ironical."@uxchampion· Jun 18

Legendary television newsman, author, and raconteur Dan Rather, on the true price of trump's war on America's economic leadership, moral integrity, and trustworthiness: steady.substack.com/p/trump-lost 🤨😒

If the deal was so great, why did they keep it a secret for days? It leaked, of course, and now we know why it was kept under wraps. What Trump is offering the Iranians is dangerously close to a white flag. Why? This war and its consequences are damaging the president politically and he wants out.

This war Trump chose to start and struggles to end cost Americans and the world dearly. What began with a barrage of bombs and triumphal bluster is ending with a whimper, if it is indeed ending.

More than 5,000 human lives were lost to this war. American, Iranian, Israeli, Lebanese, and Iraqi lives. An additional 35,000 people are estimated to have been injured.

"I was being ironical."@uxchampion· Jun 15

A Bumptious Fight Night in Imposterville Free & unlocked story link: archive.ph/WafTi

It was a pseudo-patriotic grift that tried to convince us that fighters wheel-kicking each other for the chance of $1 million in crypto deserved the same level of hero admiration as the boys who launched onto the beach at Normandy; it was an infomercial that paused every seven seconds to advertise Starlink internet or Starry soda or Ram trucks or flavors of Monster energy drink that God forgot.

"I was being ironical."@uxchampion· Jun 7

Trump has issued a full criminal pardon for Steve Buyer, a former Indiana Republican congressman who was convicted of insider trading in 2023, following appeals from Republicans who claimed Buyer was the target of a politically weaponized justice system. Free & unlocked story link: archive.ph/rPAzo

Color photograph of former Republican congressman Steve Buyer, taken outside a Manhattan courthouse in 2023, during his trial for insider stock trading. Buyer was found guilty of the charges and was sentenced to serve 23 months in prison. Presidunce donald trump pardoned Buyer for his crimes in June of 2026. (Photo credit: Brendan McDermid/Reuters)

"I was being ironical."@uxchampion· Jun 4

The Kennedy Center ordered employees on Thursday to remove trump’s name from the performing arts venue, and gave staff members a deadline of June 12 to strip all references to him from signs, brochures, the website and other materials. Free & unlocked story link: archive.ph/F473j

Color photograph of the front exterior facade of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, as it appeared for six months in early 2026, when donald trump ordered his name added above the original name. A federal judge declared the name change illegal in May of 2026, and the additional line of text was removed in June.

"I was being ironical."@uxchampion· Jun 3

Happy World Bicycle Day 2026! Now go out and pedal like you mean it—and wear a helmet! 🚴 nationaltoday.com/world-bicycl...

Web graphic image celebrating World Bicycle Day, June 3, 2026. The image depicts a sophisticated mountain bike sitting next to a tiny, child's walk-along bike. (No photo credit provided)

"I was being ironical."@uxchampion· Jun 3

One cannot respect one's boss when that boss is a clueless puppet hired largely because they take orders and kiss a** without complaint. It will soon become clear that Scott Pelley has forgotten more about professional integrity and quality news reporting than the loser, Bilton, could ever learn.

"I was being ironical."@uxchampion· Jun 2

We like to refer to him as the "Shell From Hell, With The Very Foul Smell!" T.A.C.O.!😖

AI-enabled color illustration of donald trump, depicted as though his head were a large taco with a scowling face and an ugly, blond hairpiece on top. (No image credit provided)

"I was being ironical."@uxchampion· May 31

That model has always been an attention-getter (especially the gull-wing-door hardtop version), but the 280SL has always been my personal fave. Would that BYD could duplicate and sell an EV version of that sexy girl! 😎