I am slightly boggled that this on-the-nose "RFK had a brain worm" piece in the NYT does, indeed, appear to have been published in the New York Times and not, say, The Onion. https://fedi.andrlik.org/@daniel/112405197183484426
Creative challenges - pitch stories for a 2024 version of a thriller like "24"
Catch - you can ONLY use actual real pulled from reality (if not alas mainstream reporting) storylines...
post a bunch of these pitches, make a handful - but only a couple - entirely fictional - see if anyone can pick those out}
Related/similar - pitch parody news stories ala The Onion - can anyone tell which aren't actual parodies? ([#nottheonion may be one of my most used hashtags in recent years)
That #WebEx call between #German airforce officers where they discussed confidential stuff and somehow #Russia recorded the whole thing? Well. This is #NotTheOnion. It seems they were able to simply dial in to the call as a normal participant and no-one really noticed. #Oops.
The damage caused by Israel’s aerial offensive in Gaza has been well documented. But Israeli ground forces have also carried out a wave of controlled explosions that has drastically changed the landscape in recent months....
Innovation is dead. In its place, companies just add internet connectivity and voice control in places it’s absolutely not needed so they can pretend extracting data and profit is the same as progress. No one needs a “smart” bidet.
Living as I do in the true and real "Surf City", Santa Cruz, California, (as confirmed in the song "Surfin' USA") I find this act by a formerly somewhat worthy rival for the title, to be disheartening.
Hey, Huntington Beach, chill out and come back to the zone.
I also want journalists to ask what would be the result of asking executives to take a pay cut instead of raising prices. would they leave? would they not be able to find qualified people to take those top jobs? hard to believe imo. how much would it lessen price increases and lead to taking business from restaurants that did increase prices? how much of inflation is a choice not to share the burden with those most able to handle it?
Not from the Onion : Ukrainian soldiers are opening up American 155-mm M864 cluster shells presumably in order to use its submunitions as independent lethal weapons for dropping from copters.
Israel’s Controlled Demolitions Are Razing Neighborhoods in Gaza (www.nytimes.com)
The damage caused by Israel’s aerial offensive in Gaza has been well documented. But Israeli ground forces have also carried out a wave of controlled explosions that has drastically changed the landscape in recent months....
Pelosi Wants FBI to Investigate Pro-Palestine Protesters for Financial Ties to Russia (www.rollingstone.com)
Cop Conducts Search for ‘Gender Queer’ Book in Classroom (www.thedailybeast.com)
Study: Climate Anxiety Increases As Rising Sea Levels Expected To Force More People To Wear Swimsuits (www.theonion.com)
If the onion ever gets into trouble we are all screwed (lemmy.zip)