“US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called on China to prevent Iran from closing the Strait of Hormuz…”—BBC News
“On Monday, Beijing said the US' attack had damaged Washington's credibility and called for an immediate ceasefire.”
…it would be encouraging if the UK government could be a bit more forthright in criticizing the unrestrained threat that some Allies [sic] currently pose.
Don't even get me started on how hard it is to stare into the inaccessible void.
My irony meter went onto overdrive here. Next step, the Ten Commandments in the
New Texas law requires Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/21/texas-ten-commandments-law
🚀🔍 Oh, the irony! The world waits with bated breath for updates on international #diplomacy, but first, humanity must conquer the Herculean task of... enabling JavaScript? 🛑🍪 Clearly, global security hinges on cookie settings.
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/21/us-strike-iran-nuclear-israel-trump #JavaScript #CookieSettings #Irony #GlobalSecurity #HackerNews #ngated
#Irony
MAGA in-laws sent us a thank-you card for our Father's Day gift.
The card is from the US Holocaust Museum. The back of the card says, "The watercolor featured on this note card was painted by Jacob Barosin while he was in hiding in France during the Holocaust."
Indeed, #climatechange may wind up costing #Cuomo the election: #irony, since the issue wasn't even discussed at the debate "Yet the Cuomo campaign seems to recognize that the #heatwave predicted to be coming, with temperatures potentially peaking around 100 degrees on Tuesday, could make relying on Primary Day turnout a precarious strategy." https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/nyregion/voting-primary-nyc-heat.html #mamdani
Hmmm... do you really think, right-leaning white males would jump at the chance to toil in the scorching fields or scrub toilets all day—said no one ever! Immigrants fill construction, manufacturing, service, and agriculture jobs that they won't. #immigration #irony
Multiple analysts confirm that the Trump T1 Phone, priced at $499, closely resembles the T-Mobile REVVL 7 Pro 5G—a device manufactured in China by Wingtech & typically sold for about $169–$172. Then there’s the Domestic Emoluments Clause. #trump #China #technology #funny #irony #corruption #politics #fascism
Ironic, isn’t it, that the same people who shun education can’t figure out why they can’t get high paying jobs.
Glass bottles: the eco-friendly choice for those who prefer their #microplastics with a hint of #irony 🥤🔬. #Anses bravely informs us that our efforts to save the planet might just be a crunchy joke on us. Who knew drinking from glass makes you a connoisseur of synthetic particles? 😂🌍
https://www.anses.fr/en/content/drinks-glass-bottles-contain-more-microplastics-those-other-containers #glassbottles #ecofriendly #sustainability #HackerNews #ngated
“During his final years, Melville almost certainly viewed himself as having failed to communicate with American readers …”
“His once promising literary reputation faded [20 years as a bureaucrat]. By all accounts, this […] marked a dark time of personal and professional frustration in Melville’s life. By the time he died, Herman Melville was remembered only for the popular seafaring yarns he had penned during his youth.”
“In evocatively conveying the alienating, psychosocially divisive conditions of modernity in “Bartleby,” Melville [… ] foreshadow[ed] later developments …”
🚀💥 Oh, the irony! SpaceX's #Starship joins the exclusive "Grounded Explosion" club, while The Register's site also combusts with a #digital 403 error! Looks like both need a 🚀 to competence.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/19/spacexs_starship_explodes_again/ #SpaceX #Grounded #Error #Fail #Irony #HackerNews #ngated
#peanuts #strip #sally #fish #lake #drawing #iron #irony
Ironically, it’s impossible to catch fish with bare hands—let alone by diving into the water.
https://gabrieleromano.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/%e2%98%98%ef%b8%8f-todays-peanuts-comic-strip-19jun25/
As the president continues to ramp up his rhetoric against Iran, critics have pointed to a November 2013 social media post where Trump accused then-President Barack Obama of planning to attack Iran.
"Remember that I predicted a long time ago that President Obama will attack Iran because of his inability to negotiate properly-not skilled!"
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-old-tweet-iran-obama_n_68525910e4b0672778c4061e
🚶♂️🥵 Ah yes, the classic summer stroll through Death Valley in wool pants—because who doesn't love the feeling of extreme heat with a side of heat stroke? 🙄 Dinesh's mid-summer escapade is the epitome of planning genius: walk 180 miles in a desert, and don’t forget your thermal top for that extra bit of #irony. 🏜️🌡️
https://dineshdesai.info/dv/photos.html #summerstroll #extremeheat #desertadventure #planningfail #heatstroke #HackerNews #ngated
"Ironic" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter #AlanisMorissette, #released in February 1996 by #Maverick and #WarnerBrosRecords as the third single (fourth in Japan) from her third studio album, #JaggedLittlePill (1995). It was written by Morissette and #GlenBallard, and was produced by him. The lyrics present several unfortunate situations that are described as "#ironic"; this has led to debate as to whether any of these match the accepted meaning of #irony.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOImSuV6aQo
