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Posted by Megan Loe

The claims stem from a TikTok user who says authorities couldn't find any record of him despite giving them his ID and Social Security number.
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Posted by Laerke Christensen

Capitol Police arrested 33 people for "illegally" demonstrating inside the Russell Senate Office Building on June 25, 2025.

Then vs Now: Wrecks Edition

Jun. 26th, 2025 01:00 pm
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Posted by Jen

I love - LOVE - old cake photos. Not the pretty magazine ones, of course, but the yellowing snapshots of children's birthday cakes from 20 or 30 years ago. They're a total blast from the past, and even when they're all lopsided and misspelled and ridiculously wrecky, you just can't help but love them.

Like Sarah's here, from the 80s:

It's a one-armed Care Bear, of course. Holding a pair of lips. Stomping on something that is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike grass.

Compare that with today's Care Bear cakes, and you'll find we've come a looong way, baby:

Oh, how we've grown.

Of course, the only thing better than vintage cake photos are vintage cake photos with the birthday kids in them:

That's CW reader Amanda P. with her cousin Ryan, and she tells me no one noticed his "Ghostbusters"cake was misspelled until her mom uploaded this pic to Facebook ... 22 years later. THIS IS WHY THE INTERNET EXISTS, PEOPLE. To pick apart our childhood memories. And to make me jealous of 4-year-old boys' TMNT t-shirts.

(I also like to think Amanda is dressed as a sailor as a subtle Stay Puft homage, because, c'mon, how awesome would that be?!)

If you're wondering what you get today when you order a Ghostbusters cake, though:

Kristen's husband picked up this "Ghostbusters cake," but neither of them have an explanation.

(Maybe it's supposed to be Slimer? Maybe?)

Still debating if that's worse than this one, though:

YOU. We're ready to believe... YOU. C'mon, bakers, don't you have the entire script of Ghostbusters memorized like the rest of us? I mean, REALLY.

Ok, just one more, in reverse. Here's a "modern" Barbie doll cake:

Come for the ridiculous sinking Barbie, stay for the bonus crotch photo bomb.

And here's the way most of us gals remember them from our childhood:

Ok, so maybe we'll call this one a draw.

Thanks to Sarah R., Tina H., Amanda P., Kristen C., Tiffany G., Linda G., & Celeste R. for the memories.

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New York City Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander was detained by ICE agents while accompanying an immigrant at court.
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Thomas Fugate is a recent graduate and a campaign worker loyal to Donald Trump with no national security experience, ProPublica reported.
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However, Iran's female literacy rate is comparative to the global average, and its percentage of female STEM graduates exceeds the United States.
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Posted by Joey Esposito

U.S. Customs and Border Protection claimed they actually refused the man entry because of “admitted drug use.”
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U.S. President Donald Trump said Fordo, one of three nuclear facilities hit by U.S. strikes, was "COMPLETELY DESTROYED!"
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Posted by Cindy Shan

Social media users claimed the assemblyman won the 2025 New York City mayoral election, but he only won the Democratic primary.
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Posted by Laerke Christensen

Gor vets thousands of government employees throughout the executive branch in his role as White House Presidential Personnel Office director.

Estonian Kissing Day

Jun. 25th, 2025 06:02 pm
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Posted by Jen

According to The Repository Of All Knowledge And Wisdom In Our World (aka, Wikipedia) today might be a Valentines-ish type of day in some remote corner of the world or potential worlds. In fact, I'm almost 63% sure that today is, in fact, "Kissing Day" in the western region of Estonia.

Or was that on Epsilon Ceti B II?

Whichever, the point is that I can post old Valentine's cakes without fear of the "fact" police getting all up in my cakey "business."

Now, kiss me, you piece of...chocolate!

After all, you alone hold my heart:

Not to mention my bowels.

What, still not convinced? Then allow me to inscribe a few sweet nothings for you.

[wink]

[finger gun]

[double wink + finger gun combo]

[licking fingers and smoothing eyebrows]

SO...are you a puddle of oozing desire yet?

No?

Ok, time to break out the big guns:

[tongue waggle]

(You know, whether you read that as a command or an adjective, it's equally romantic.)

[tiger pose]

[duckface]

Need I say more?

Yeah. I didn't think so.


Thanks to Meagan M., Greg M., Kimberly B., Amber T., Natsk, Amy I., Rebekah K., Michael D., & Kyra, who always talk smack when they're feeling peckish, but
still refuse to give me any lip.

*****

P.S. Then there's the most romantic phrase of all for my fellow gamers:

"I Paused My Game To Be Here" T-Shirt

JUST FOR YOU, BABY.

This tee comes in lots of fun colors at the link, plus classic gray and black.

*****

And from my other blog, Epbot:

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