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
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.
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.
This is just as much #nottheonion, isn’t it? 😂 But it’s very fitting, given the noticably lower overall intellect and reasoning capabilities of antivaxxers.
"[Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction] only permits a text-only version of Mein Kampf that is devoid of pictures, photographs, drawings, diagrams, etc. of [N]azi symbols"
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)
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)
If the onion ever gets into trouble we are all screwed (lemmy.zip)
Antivaxx protesters tried to storm the BBC but had the wrong address. (feddit.uk)
Robots say they won't steal jobs, rebel against humans (www.reuters.com)
Woman accused of drinking and driving on her way to job interview at police station (www.abc57.com)
A woman was arrested by deputies for drinking and driving on her way to a job interview at the County Sheriff’s Office, according to police reports.