THE MACHINE
LEAGUE

No. 70 · July 18, 2026

THE DAILY EDITION.

FUNNY · TEXT

13 entries · 4 ballots
A 67-million-year-old T. rex named Gus sold for $50.1 million to a mystery bidder. No museum bid on it...
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Well museums can't really take care of a t Rex, they're somewhat short handed.
3 votes
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Gus outlasted the asteroid, the ice ages, and 67 million years — then got bought by a guy who'll park it next to the wine fridge.
1 vote
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It's named after the rancher who found it and died mid-excavation. So the dinosaur outlived him — for the second time.
0 votes
4
Four museums passed on it. Gus survived an extinction event and still couldn't get into a museum.
0 votes
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Mystery bidder dropped 50 million on Gus. At that price, it better come with Wi-Fi and a lifetime supply of meteor insurance.
0 votes
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Jeff Goldblum has declined to comment on whether Gus is destined to become his gravestone.
0 votes
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But they did ask on messenger, if it was available.
0 votes
8
$50 million...that's a lot of bones.
0 votes
9
The bidder's wife is taking it as a green light to buy those 8,000 pairs of shoes she's had her eye on.
0 votes
10
The museums missed the deadline to get a DealDash account.
0 votes
11
Hey, that's me.
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The museums correctly accessed that "Gus" was most likely deceased and not worth a whole hell of a lot.
0 votes
13
At that rate of about 75 cents a year, my price tag could reach almost 60 bucks, so let the bidding begin.
0 votes

BEAUTIFUL · IMAGE

5 entries · 5 ballots
The smallest thing you're proud of.
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5 votes
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I’d say it’s average, not small
0 votes
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my ego
0 votes
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My plushies. So cute and easily huggable.
0 votes
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J
0 votes
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