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Joe Warminsky
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News editor at The Record: @therecordmedia.bsky.social

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do the Double Bump
James Brown, with a mustache, on the set of episode 1 of his TV show "Future Shock" He's on a catwalk above the dancefloor, wearing a green vest with a big collar and matching green beltless slacks. His arms are bare and he grins as he announces the Rufus Thomas song "Do The Double Bump."
January 24, 2026 at 2:29 PM
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gotta open each message to see which one is which
A version of the "epic handshake" meme. The arm on the left is labeled "ICE warning (jumpouts)". The arm on the right is labeled "ICE warning (actual ice). Above the clenched hands it says, "DC Nextdoor listservs"
January 23, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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Damon Wayans as the Oswald Bates character in an episode of "In Living Colour." He's wearing a blue shirt that says COUNTY JAIL and is gesticulating with his left hand.
December 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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me vs. the "cyber monday" emails
December 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Shoutout to the guy who made a Gritty costume for a dog on a UK knitting competition show
A small gray dog in an orange and black knitted wool Gritty costume (Philadelphia Flyers mascot) on the British TV show “Game of Wool.”
November 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Shoutout to the purported Meduza Stealer suspect in the Hello Kitty pants therecord.media/meduza-steal...
Vertical screenshot from a Russian Interior Ministry video purporting to show arrests of alleged developers of the Meduza Stealer malware. The long legs of a person, lying face down, are in the foreground. They are wearing what looks like black pajama pants with the Hello Kitty logo on them. An officer in body armor is crouched over the person's torso. Another person in jeans, holding what looks like a black leather satchel, is in the upper left corner.
October 31, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Fillmore, Silver Spring, 2015. This show still feels like it was last week.
Dangelo performs at the Fillmore in Silver Spring, Maryland, in 2015. He's weird a light-colored wide-brimmed hat, a stylish overcoat and holding an ornate guitar as he sings into a microphone. Dangelo performs at the Fillmore in Silver Spring, Maryland, in 2015. He's playing an ornate electric guitar with his eyes closed. A dark hood/shawl/durag is over his head, and he's wearing a sleeveless black shirt. Dangelo performs at the Fillmore in Silver Spring, Maryland, in 2015. He's crouching to say hello to the front row of the crowd. A chain dangles around his neck. He's smiling. Dangelo performs at the Fillmore in Silver Spring, Maryland, in 2015. He's gesturing to the crowd for more energy. He's wearing a black sleeveless shirt and a gold chain dangles around his neck. Some of the band is in the background.
October 14, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Shoutout to anybody in the DMV who has the Meat, Seafood and Poultry logo as a tattoo
Logo for Metropolitan Meat, Seafood and Poultry on the side of a white trailer. A red smiling cartoon lobster has his arms (claws) draped around the shoulders of a smiling black & white cartoon cow and a smiling yellow chicken.
October 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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I thought this said “lies” for a second
screenshot of a New York Times headline: A Glimpse Into the Extravagant Lives of New York City Teens
September 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Elliott Gould, in giant plastic eyeglasses, a cravat and a smoking jacking, holding a cigar, in a scene from "Ocean's 11"
September 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Just me and my Gen Z son, hangin out
Daryl Hall and John Oates, both wearing leather jackets, in a color photo likely from the 1970s. Hall’s bushy mustache and curly poofy hairdo would be very on-trend for 2025. For some people.
September 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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All I wanted was a fun time / and all I got was a
Teacherless AI school, a flesh-eating parasite & neighborhoods with gun crime
August 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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yo dog
the rapper Xzibit smiling in the default image for the "Yo Dawg ..." meme
August 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Shoutout to the Ross Ulbrecht sign that is permanently archived along South Dakota Avenue in DC
An advertisement for FreeRoss.org next to a rental electric bike stand on a sidewalk along South Dakota Avenue in Washington, DC. A snapshot of Lyn and Ross Ulbrecht appears on a white background. In a black strip above the photo is the website address.
August 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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aw yeah
July 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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This is a confusing product. “Nah man, I was a dry IV guy until I discovered THIS stuff.”
Single-serving packets of the hydration product Liquid I.V. lined up vertically against a sky blue background. From left to right the flavors are rocket pop, cotton candy, rainbow sherbet, tangerine and blackberry peach. Image is a partial screenshot of the front of the liquid-iv.com website.
June 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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It was stuff like "When the hackers are state-supported"
May 27, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Best Star Trek Crew, wrong answers only
Black and white photo of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Julie Hagerty, Ross Harris and Peter Graves in the cockpit of the movie Airplane. Harris is holding a model jet.
May 24, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Before the gorilla vs men, there was this
Ancient meme. Text at bottom says PICK TWO THEY WILL DEFEND YOU THE REST IS COMING TO KILL YOU. Grid of 9 photos shows 50 eagles, 10 crocodiles, 3 grizzly bears, 7 bulls, 1 human rifleman, 15 wolves, 10,000 rats, 5 gorillas, 4 lions
May 3, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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April 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Screenshot of an April 7, 2025, Instagram post by Martha Stewart. A plate of sliced ham, carving utensils to the left side, is superimposed with a text box that says “How Much Ham Per Person You Need When Entertaining” Principal Skinner of “The Simpsons” presenting “steamed hams” to Superintendent Gary Chalmers in Season 7, episode 22
April 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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markets tuning down to drop-D
Screenshot of graphic of three major stock markets falling from April 2 to April 4. Two different rapid drops in the jagged lines look like sonic frequencies dropping.
April 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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🤷
Screenshot of words on a Google marketing page: "New in Gmail: Making end-to-end encrypted emails easy to use for all organizations" ... dated April 1, 2025 Partial screenshot of a Washington Post article page tagged EXCLUSIVE at the top. Headline: "Waltz and staff used Gmail for government communications, officials say." Subhed: "Trump's national security adviser is trying to manage his way out of a crisis. But new revelations about his team's operational security are piling up in the inbox."
April 1, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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never forget
Screenshot of a rectangular grid of 15 images returned the Google search: spongebob ice cream pop meme. The hideous SpongeBob SquarePants ice cream popsicles with gumball eyes look nothing like what is promised on the packaging.
March 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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add some twerkers
John Mellancamp in a jean jacket, sitting on a lawn chair, holding what appears to be an autoharp on a beach in the "Cherry Bomb" video.
March 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM