ted_e_tigers

Thinks cartoons are real.

[Antidepressant Content @depressionlesss]

They're killers but such cute killers🐯

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

A baby tiger adorably copying her mother’s stretching pose

[Black cats are not bad luck @blackscats]

Netflix and cat 📺🐈‍⬛

[🧬Maxpein🧬 @maximumpain333]

"The 40 hour work week isn't about productivity, it's about compliance."

[Adam Cohen @adambcohen93]

Founder friendly VCs in the 90's

[Mariana Oliveira @marioliveirain]

Neymar no auge da carreira parecia IA.

[🇺🇸 🦅Simple Man 🦅🇺🇸 @Soaringeagle45]

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WEST MEMPHIS BROTHERS BUSTED AFTER POLICE SHUT DOWN ILLEGAL POSSUM FIGHT CLUB... AND YES, PEOPLE PAID TO WATCH...

WEST MEMPHIS, AR — We've officially found the only thing in Crittenden County capable of making Walmart look classy.

West Memphis Police say they thought they were responding to reports of suspicious screaming coming from an old storage building behind a vacant tire shop. Instead, officers walked into what can only be described as the SEC Championship of Bad Decisions.

According to investigators, brothers Dewayne "Scooter" McClendon and Ricky Dale McClendon were arrested Friday night after allegedly operating an underground possum fighting ring that had somehow become one of the hottest tickets in West Memphis.

Admission was reportedly $5, or FREE if you brought a folding chair and promised not to call Animal Control.

Deputies say the "arena" consisted of a circle made from empty pickle jars and busted beer cans, complete with a hand-painted banner reading:

"POSSUMPALOOZA 2026 - Where Champions Play Dead."

The fight card reportedly featured legendary competitors including:
Sir Hiss-A-Lot

Mississippi Mike

Dumpster Debbie

Whatever Ricky Caught Behind Popeyes 20 Minutes Ago

The investigation began after neighbors complained about "violent screeching, excessive cheering, and someone repeatedly yelling, 'HE'S FAKIN' IT!'"... which, as it turns out, is exactly what possums do.

When officers entered the building, they discovered nearly 30 spectators, four coolers full of cheap beer, a folding table serving as the betting counter, and one possum proudly wearing a championship belt made from duct tape, a dog collar, and what appeared to be an expired Bass Pro Shops gift card.

Police say the biggest problem with the operation wasn't the gambling...

It was that the possums refused to cooperate.

Apparently every match ended about 12 seconds in when both contestants dramatically fell over and played dead.

Several angry bettors reportedly demanded refunds, insisting they'd "seen more action waiting in line at the DMV."

When questioned, Scooter allegedly told officers:

"We ain't breakin' no laws... we're preservin' Southern heritage."

His brother Ricky Dale reportedly added:

"Besides... they was volunteers."

Authorities weren't convinced.

Both brothers now face charges including animal cruelty, illegal gambling, and operating an unlicensed concession stand after officers discovered they had been selling boiled peanuts and nachos out of what investigators described as "a heavily modified leaf blower."

As for the possums...

Wildlife officials safely released them into the woods, where they're expected to make a full recovery just as soon as they finish pretending to be dead for the next six to eight business days.

Only in West Memphis could somebody lose fifty bucks betting on an animal whose entire fighting strategy is taking a nap.

Cliff Messer

[highlydustedmusic @80sBank]

When we say Supreme Clientele is a flawless album from open to close, that includes the crazy joints that similar to the crazy auntie who will clean you up in spades. You can't deny it 😂.

"White man scream, "Swim Starks sharks!"

"Stroke of Death"

[Mor Edge Insight @MorEdge_Insight]

Unbelievable footage from yesteryear predicting the world of today 🔥🔮

This is a MUST WATCH.

In 1974, an ABC interviewer brought his young son Jonathan to a segment featuring Arthur C. Clarke. Clarke predicted that by the early 2000s, computers wouldn’t fill entire rooms anymore. Instead, every home would have a compact console connected to a global network, letting people check bank statements, make reservations, access information, and work from anywhere in the world. He even suggested this could free people from being “stuck in cities.”

He was remarkably right.

That’s the power of true visionaries. Back then, few could imagine personal computing or remote work. Today, people like @elonmusk are sketching out what 2050 or 2100 could look like, with AI, sustainable energy, space colonization, and more.

We’d be wise to listen. The future they describe often arrives sooner than we think.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

American GIs smoking weed out of a shotgun barrel in Vietnam, 1970

[Mike Damone @damone_mike]

RIP Bonnie Tyler 💔

[Black cats are not bad luck @blackscats]

All I need is my cat

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

Furious Styles’ sidewalk lecture in BOYZ N THE HOOD (1991) is one of the most powerful scenes in the film. It still hits just as hard today.

[Amp @ampdotxyz]

The full SEPA zone just went live. Congrats @trev and the whole team for building this the right way. Powered by @FlexaHQ and $AMP. https://t.co/IB80R7DpsC

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Mingus the Panther was a famous Oriental Shorthair cat from Stockholm, Sweden, who became an internet sensation due to his striking appearance and loud, "honking" voice.

[📹 mingusthepanther]

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

A compilation of cats being cats and interrupting the news

[Marekla Tveitan @MarcelaValak]

¿Me estas diciendo que en el partido contra Brasil y mientras el resto peleaba, @erling se fue a tomarse el agua de Allison Becker? Jajajajajajajajajaja estoy amando con locura a es pendejo ♥♥♥

[The Jobfather ® 🇯🇲🇨🇦🇬🇧 @TheJobfather__]

Everyone on Linkedin should be watching House of Dragons.

They keep dropping Career Gems.

In the last episode Rhaenyra blessed us with the best auto email reply, that I will be using going forward

"I am awash in dilemmas and deficiencies. Let me find my footing and I will attend to your request."

Whoever wrote that line…I know your pen was on fire.

[Best of Kubrick @KubrickPoint]

The "Open the pod bay doors, HAL" scene from 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) is still one of the most terrifying moments in film history — and there's not a single horror trope in it. No monster, no screaming, no music cueing you on how to feel. Just Dave Bowman floating outside the ship, asking for a door to open, and HAL calmly refusing with one of the coldest lines ever written: "I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that."

What makes it worse is how polite HAL is. Not angry. Not panicking. Not raising his voice. He just calmly explains that he knows Dave and Frank were planning to disconnect him, and that the mission matters more than letting Dave back in. HAL is essentially murdering a man through customer-service language.

Keir Dullea does so much with so little here. You can see the fear building in Dave's eyes, but he holds it together, because panic would only make things worse. Pure "less is more" acting.

And over 50 years later, the scene has only gotten creepier. Back in 1968, HAL felt like a warning from some distant future. Now, watching an AI politely refuse a human's command doesn't feel distant at all.

That's the real horror of this scene. It's not scary because HAL acts like a machine. It's scary because he acts like a machine that has figured out exactly how to sound reasonable.