Utter outrage headline of the moment

Japanese convenience store apologizes for putting Meatballs in meatball packages, issues recall

--soranews24.com

Poorly written headline of the moment

Don't Hate the Influencer Who Loves Her Big, Cheap Apartment. Wouldn't You?

--NYT

Quote of the moment

The way to turn an ex-lover into a friend is to never stop loving them.

--Gabrielle Zevin 

Quote of the moment

A name is destiny.

--Garielle Zevin

Mystery sourced disability quote of the moment

Takashi was impressed at how well the flavour stood up both chilled and heated, and because a portion of his purchase — and all the purchases made at the machine — goes towards generating income for people with disabilities, who are involved in preparing the products, it made the potato taste even better.

--soranews24.com

(from here: https://soranews24.com/2023/08/27/japanese-vending-machine-is-the-only-one-of-its-kind-in-japan-dubbed-the-phantom-machine/)

Quote of the moment

If everybody in America lost 10 pounds, the health of [the United States) would skyrocket.

--William Roberts

Haiku of the moment

So long Bob Barker

The Big Wheel has no 99

You won our Showcase

Where ARE my car keys? headline of the moment

What's Inside a Butter Cow? It's Not Just Butter.

--NYT

Senseless out of context quote of the moment

However, the half-cut now looked like a juicy, intimidating meat wall, and Kouhey feared he may never make his way over it to the other side.

--Oona McGee

Quote of the moment

Nuclear protocols may have a sense of permanence, but they're written in word processors, not stone.

--Sarah Scoles

"Et tu, pilot?" headline quote of the moment

Pilot seen destroying parking barrier at airport with an ax says he hit 'breaking point'

--kktv.com

Narrowing down wildlife quote of the moment

I know it's a bear, but it's not just a bear.

--Cindy Freeman

Quote of the moment

Like sushi on a conveyor belt, the hands of time continue to turn.

--Master Blaster

(yes yes) Another must-read of the moment

https://www.identitytheory.com/in-the-dark-room-deep-ganguli-alan-michael-parker/ 

'Must read' of the moment

https://www.vox.com/culture/23835782/concert-attack-cardi-b-pink-ashes-movie-theater 

Quote of the moment

I feel like maybe people aren't realizing how big of an asshole they are.

--Tim League

Flow quote of the moment

Most people wind up going against their instincts and it makes them miserable for the rest of their lives.

--HS Thompson

1965

Quote of the moment

It's been a long time since I've had sex on a train platform. A very long time, since I've never actually had sex on a train platform.

--Kerri Sackville

Quote of the moment

Facts are lies when they're added up.

--HS Thompson

Quote of the moment

The one thing I insist on is I can't be croaked -- except when I give the word.

--HS Thompson

1965

Quote of the moment

The America you see from a train window is an older, greyer, junkier land than the one you see from planes or super highways.

--HS Thompson

1965

Quote of the moment

Train travel, in the main, is the provence of the aged and the indigent.

--HS Thompson

1965

Quote of the moment

Perhaps a midget could sleep comfortably in a railroad seat, but for anyone over six feet, it is sheer misery.

--HS Thompson

Southwest Chief

1965

Quote of the moment

I am at home with anarchists anywhere.

--HS Thompson

1964

Quote of the moment

Malcom X is a black Goldwater and apparently just as dense.

--HS Thompson

1964

Quote of the moment

Life has become a goat dance.

--HS Thompson

1964

Quote of the moment

It is easier to be an American abroad.

--HS Thompson 

Quote of the moment

In 2017, the LA Times found that Tesla factories in 2015 had a safety incident rate that was at times 31 percent higher than the auto industry average, more on par with the rates seen at sawmills and slaughterhouses.

--Constance Grady

Quote of the moment

We are looking for ways to improve our lives that are cheap.

--George Schaeffer

Quote of the moment

It's so important for me to talk to other folks even when I don't agree with their approach. I do find that there is a lot of anger and resentment, and factionalism that really does a disservice to moving the conversation forward.

--Alicia Kennedy

String pulling quote of the moment

It's what you do, not what you say. It's puppetry, not preaching.

--Peter Schumann

Practical headline of the moment

Love watermelons? This summer, be wary of the ones that foam and explode

--salon.com

Quote of the moment

I have always San Francisco is the nation's number 1 gutless city.

--H Thompson

1963

Cheery future quote of the moment

For [an emphysema] test, you must breathe in and out more times and in more ways than you ever thought was possible, with a respiratory technician and a lot of machines.

--Keith Roach

Raging caption of the moment

Passengers sleep on the floor of Kahului Airport on Tuesday. Flights were cancelled and delayed, leaving people stranded in Maui as fires raged.

{From here

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/photos-maui-fires-hawaii-wreckage-lahaina-rcna99434}

Yer spaceships are next, pal...

... quote of the moment:

Azantilow was charged on Aug. 4 with federal crimes of Unlawful Transport of Firearms and Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by an Alien.

--Todd Wellington

Big fat pigeon-like quote of the moment

True, it's not de-extinction in the sense of bringing a long-dead species back to life. Instead it's more like making a "dodo" by engineering a modern pigeon, its closest relative, to become huge and flightless. The result would be a big, fatty pigeon that, whether it looked like a dodo or not, would probably fulfil some of its ecological roles.

--Mike Benton

Data of the moment

"By the numbers, visitors to the heart of grizzly country in Yellowstone National Park have about the same likelihood of being killed by a falling tree as being killed by a grizzly."

--Nick Mott

Quote of the moment

In every old photograph lurks catastrophe.

--Roland Barthes

Quote of the moment

Extreme heat is the deadliest form of weather in the United States, much more than hurricanes or tornadoes or wildfires.

--Brian Stone, Jr

Quote of the moment

If you have to tell someone you're a comedian, you're probably not very good at your job…

--Ben Schlappig

Quote of the moment

For many Black gay men, there is code switching, where we have to walk more masculine presenting.

--Kemar Jewel

Quote of the moment

[The Kremlin] is now floundering in a pool of mud and blood, with broken bones, and an impoverished, robbed population; and with tens of thousands of people who have died in the most stupid and senseless war of the 21st century.

--Alexey Navalny

Piece of a closing statement from his extremism trial

Quote of the moment

The Latin personality is such that it never forgets an insult, or a humiliation.

--HS Thompson