Today in News History
On July 12, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1906, Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy. In 1923, Tun Tun, Indian actress and comedian (died 2003) was born. In 1973, Varig Flight 820 crashes near Paris on approach to Orly Airport, killing 123 of the 134 on board. In response, the FAA bans smoking in airplane lavatories. In 1974, Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish novelist, playwright, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (born 1891) passed away. In 1978, Los Alfaques disaster: A truck carrying liquid gas crashes and explodes at a coastal campsite in Tarragona, Spain killing 216 tourists. In 1979, America's first space station, Skylab, is destroyed as it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean. In 1983, A TAME airline Boeing 737-200 crashes near Cuenca, Ecuador, killing all 119 passengers and crew on board. In 1995, Yugoslav Wars: Srebrenica massacre begins; lasts until 22 July. In 2011, Ninety-eight containers of explosives self-detonate killing 13 people in Zygi, Cyprus. In 2017, Jim Wong-Chu, Canadian poet (born 1949) passed away. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.
ChatGPT failures make for truly hilarious content
Narrative Analysis: Name Calling
I'm obsessed with YouTuber Husk IRL's infuriatingly hilarious conversations with ChatGPT. If you need a laugh (and who doesn't, nowadays?), you should watch some of his videos on your next lunch break. Last year, Grant St. Clair highlighted Husk's experiments to get ChatGPT to help him out in stressful or dangerous situations like being pulled over by the police, being swallowed by a whale, or having a tree fall on him. — Read the rest The post ChatGPT failures make for truly hilarious content appeared first on Boing Boing.
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TwistedSifter
· Jul 7, 2026
It Started as a Harmless College Dorm Prank War. The Cruel “Final Joke” That Left One Roommate Completely Broken and in Tears.
Maybe the pranks will stop now. The post It Started as a Harmless College Dorm Prank War. The Cruel “Final Joke” That Left One Roommate Completely Broken and in Tears. appeared first on TwistedSifter.
Tucker Carlson
· Jul 4, 2026
His Tweets Are Crazy…
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The Daily Beast
· Jul 5, 2026
‘SNL’ Savaged for Promoting MAGA Host on July 4th
REUTERS/Caroline BrehmanSaturday Night Live fans weren’t laughing when the legendary comedy series reposted a three-year-old July 4th sketch featuring outed MAGA comedian Nate Bargatze as George Washington on Saturday.The program isn’t airing a rerun on July 4th during its summer hiatus, so the viral 2023 “Washington’s Dream” sketch posted on SNL’s Instagram may have been offered up as a bit of substitute humor.It didn’t work. Hordes of SNL followers attacked the post.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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· Jul 6, 2026
Well, it's *kind* of funny [Dumbass]
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· Jul 8, 2026
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Hot Air
· Jun 24, 2026
And Now, the Good News From Last Night... UPDATE: NYT Hardest Hit?
And Now, the Good News From Last Night... UPDATE: NYT Hardest Hit?
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