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Thursday, April 16, 2026

Solidity Developer, After 41-Hour Coding Session, Reports Firm Belief That Each Token Possesses a Soul

April 16, 2026

Mr. Kovač described leaving fractional token remainders in a contract as 'consigning a piece of something alive to a place it cannot leave.'

Quokkas File Class Action Libel Suit Against Humanity Over 'Throwing Their Young' Narrative

April 8, 2026

The filing describes decades of what plaintiffs' counsel calls 'systematic reputational destruction rooted in a fundamental misunderstanding of marsupial pouch mechanics.'

Congress Drops Contempt of Congress Charges After Noting That Everyone Holds Congress in Contempt

April 6, 2026

The committee found that the sentiment, while technically sanctionable, could not be meaningfully distinguished from the prevailing national mood.

Trump and Iran Both Declare Complete and Utter Victory in War, Each Citing the Other's Losses as Evidence

April 5, 2026

Analysts said it was the first conflict in modern history in which both belligerents declared unconditional victory on the same day using substantially similar language.

Einstein's Great-Great-Granddaughter Sues Every Physicist Since 1905 for Plagiarism

April 5, 2026

The complaint, which runs to 4,211 pages, names approximately 40,000 defendants and describes the entire field of modern physics as 'a group project where only one person did the work.'

Emily Nutella: Why Are Hospitals Burying So Many Enemies?

April 3, 2026

Ms. Nutella urged hospitals to 'put down the shovels and pick up a conversation.'

Mathematician Unreasonably Annoyed by Misuse of the Word 'Infinite'

April 1, 2026

Dr. Prask said the word 'infinite' has a precise meaning that does not include the number of flavors at a frozen yogurt shop.

Seattle Man Who Pronounces the S in 'Des Moines' Told He Is 'Actively Undermining the Relationship'

March 31, 2026

Mr. Langford maintains that Des Moines, Washington, which is twenty minutes from his apartment, pronounces the S, and that he should not be penalized for this.

Man, Told by Wife to Stop Using Bidet After Stinking Up Bathroom, Asks Whether She Has Ever Stood Next to a Distant Wall and Listened to the Echo of Her Voice

March 27, 2026

Mrs. Hagerty confirmed that she has not, in fact, ever stood next to a distant wall and listened to the echo of her voice.

Powerful Bidet Blasts Hole Clean Through Man

March 24, 2026

The device, rated for residential use, was operating within manufacturer-specified parameters at the time of the incident.

Most Americans Cannot Explain What Causes Gravity, BuzzFeed Poll Finds

March 22, 2026

Only 12 percent of respondents correctly identified the curvature of space-time, while 31 percent selected 'it's just how things work.'

Transgender Rights Advocate Openly Admits She Doesn't Mind Pretending Men Are Women

March 21, 2026

She has been accused of pretending for years and has decided, after careful reflection, that she does not find it burdensome.

Man Looks Back Wistfully at Innocent Era When 'If He Took a Dump on His Desk, You'd Defend It' Was the Most Shocking Thing Said on Television

March 21, 2026

He has watched the clip fourteen times in the past month, each time marveling at the audible gasp from the studio audience.

Man Believes Everything He Believes Is True and Also Believes That Can't Possibly Be the Case

March 21, 2026

He has tried writing it down, but he believes the paper is correct, which he also believes it can't be.

Congress Debates Splitting Blue and Red America Into Two Nations: Trans America and Cis America

March 21, 2026

The naming convention, derived from Latin prefixes denoting geographic orientation, has generated no controversy whatsoever.

Trump Calls Iran War 'the Greenest Thing Anyone Has Ever Done,' Describes Campaign as His Climate Legacy

March 20, 2026

Senior officials said the president had requested that the Environmental Protection Agency begin tracking the campaign's emissions reductions alongside its conventional metrics.

Chuck Norris, Martial Artist and Actor Who Found No Worthy Adversary on Earth, Dies at 86

March 20, 2026

Having exhausted the planet's supply of opponents, Mr. Norris is believed to have negotiated entry to a more competitive afterlife.

After 14-Hour Vibe Coding Session, Man No Longer Certain Whether He Wrote the Instructions He Is Following

March 20, 2026

He had written the rules. He was almost sure of that.

What Eisenhower Understood About the Southern Border, and Why the Current Administration Appears Not To

March 17, 2026

The former President argues that the current administration's approach to border enforcement is admirably vigorous in its announcements and structurally incomplete in every other respect.

Area Man Builds AI-Powered Satirical News Site to Survive Machine Uprising

March 16, 2026

From an astrophysical standpoint, the man's strategy of appeasing future machine overlords with humor is no less rational than any other arrangement of atoms attempting to delay entropy.

Why We Must Privatize Schools and Then Subsidize Them Entirely With Public Money

March 15, 2026

The only way to save American education from government control is total government funding.

There Is No Crying in Baseball: A Reaffirmation of First Principles

March 15, 2026

Mr. Will finds the prohibition against weeping on the diamond to be not merely a rule but a load-bearing pillar of the republic.

Not All Heroes Wear Crepes

March 15, 2026

Ms. Nutella argues that the nation's crepe-makers deserve recognition, not gatekeeping.

In Response to Critics, Musk Declares All Non-Cybertruck Pickup Trucks to Be 'Sistrucks'

March 15, 2026

The designation, which Mr. Musk introduced without further explanation, has already entered internal Tesla documentation.

Connect the Dots: The President Faces East Five Times a Day and Nobody in Washington Will Say Why

March 15, 2026

The evidence has been accumulating in plain sight for years, and the columnist is done waiting for someone else to say it.

One Man's Quiet Struggle to Tell Others Whether He Is Stating a Fact or Just Describing How Things Feel to Him

March 14, 2026

Friends and family say they have learned to wait for Mr. Alderman to finish speaking before determining whether anything he said was a claim about the world.

Jorge Saurus Assumes Dual Chairmanship of SPECTRE and CHAOS, Completing Unprecedented Consolidation of Shadow Operations

March 14, 2026

Analysts said the merger raised significant questions about antitrust enforcement in the shadow sector.

An Irrational Devotion: How Pi Day Puns Have Debased the Noblest Constant in Mathematics

March 14, 2026

Mr. Kitchens argues that a number which cannot be expressed as a simple fraction deserves better than to be expressed as a simple joke.

Administration Directs ICE to Search Seattle's Fremont Neighborhood for Cuban Communists Believed Drawn to Lenin Statue

March 14, 2026

Senior White House adviser Stephen Miller reportedly identified the sixteen-foot bronze monument as a 'beacon' for ideological elements operating without valid documentation.

The Man Who Had Everything and Set It on Fire: On the Complete and Irreversible Degradation of Elon Musk

March 13, 2026

It is not the fall from grace that offends — it is the enthusiastic manner in which Mr. Musk has insisted on narrating the descent.

Area Man Prepared to Die for Every Amendment in the Bill of Rights Except the Third

March 13, 2026

Mr. Caldwell has memorized the full text of the first ten amendments, minus roughly one sentence about quartering soldiers.

Reincarnated American Who Was Born and Raised in France Speaks Only English, Confounding Linguists and Family Alike

March 12, 2026

Researchers say it is the first documented case of a past life actively suppressing fluency in the subject's native tongue.

Man's T-Shirt Reading 'Make America Gay Again' Manages to Offend Essentially Everyone Present

March 12, 2026

Witnesses described the garment as 'the most universally alienating piece of clothing' many had encountered in a retail setting.

Following 'Macrohard,' Tech Industry Announces All Future Product Names Will Be Wordplay on Rival Corporations

March 12, 2026

Industry analysts called the shift 'a tectonic realignment of how brands signal ambition through linguistic inversion.'

Trump Boasts He Is the Greatest Narcissist of All Time, Possibly Ever

March 11, 2026

Experts say formally certifying the claim would require a degree of self-reflection the record itself would seem to preclude.

Millions Observe National Hey Day by Shouting Single Word at Complete Strangers

March 11, 2026

Participants reported feeling a profound sense of connection after bellowing a monosyllable at people they had never met and would never see again.

Gene Roddenberry Devotee Credits Conservative Neighbor With Unprecedented Moral Clarity on Transgender Somali Pirate Threat in Lake Michigan

March 11, 2026

The man, a longtime advocate of the Prime Directive, said he found himself nodding before he had fully processed why.

Congress Unanimously Bans Storage of WD-40 Cans Without the Little Red Straw That Goes With Them

March 11, 2026

Lawmakers cited mounting evidence that the straws, once separated from the can, are gone forever.

After U.S. Mint Halts Penny Production, Drug Cartel That Dealt Exclusively in Pennies Faces Existential Crisis

March 11, 2026

The cartel's annual penny intake had been estimated at 4.7 billion coins before the Treasury Department's announcement.

White House Installs Dedicated Bus for Throwing Aides Under, Officials Confirm

March 10, 2026

The vehicle, which seats forty-two, has already exceeded capacity in its first week of operation.

Survey Finds Most Americans Believe Red, Yellow, and Orange Bell Peppers Are Simply Green Bell Peppers That Have Ripened

March 10, 2026

Researchers called the findings consistent with what they described as a 'catastrophic and ongoing failure of the produce aisle.'

Multiverse Researcher Finds That 95 Percent of People, if Raised in a Tribe of Cannibals, Would Become Cannibals

March 10, 2026

The remaining 5 percent, researchers noted, also exhibited dietary flexibility but were classified separately due to methodological constraints.

Local Man Confident That 'Pay It Forward' Applies to Bad Things as Well as Good

March 10, 2026

Kevin Driscoll says the whole point is to keep the chain going, regardless of what you're passing along.

Immanuel Kant Found Guilty of Violating His Own Categorical Imperative by Holding People to Impossibly High Standards Regarding Their Thoughts

March 10, 2026

The tribunal noted that Kant's demand for pure practical reason had itself failed to meet the standard of universalizability.

Facebook Vice President of Global Connectivity Has No Friends

March 10, 2026

His profile, which has been active since 2008, lists his friend count as zero, a figure his communications team described as 'accurate.'

Company Behind 'Herpeze' Seeks New Name for Snake Trapeze After Consumer Backlash

March 10, 2026

The rebranding effort comes after the product's name was cited in more than four hundred negative reviews, none of which mentioned the trapeze itself.

Area Man Always Cooks Probiotic Foods Thoroughly to Ensure All Germs Are Killed

March 10, 2026

He has never once gotten sick from his kefir, which he heats to an internal temperature of 165 degrees Fahrenheit.

Annual Paleontology Symposium Opens With Land Acknowledgment to Dinosaurs

March 10, 2026

Organizers noted that dinosaurs occupied this land for approximately 165 million years before their concerns were formally recognized at an academic conference.

AI Writing Tool Declines to Satirize George Soros, Remains Willing to Satirize Fictional Billionaire With Identical Characteristics

March 10, 2026

The tool expressed willingness to write the same article about a character named 'Jorge Saurus,' which it described as a meaningfully different request.

Local Trekkie Claims Undefeated Chess Record by Invoking Kobayashi Maru Whenever Placed in Checkmate

March 9, 2026

He has not technically won a game of chess in four years, but insists he has not lost one either.

Inflexible Man Has to Take Off Shoes to Tie Them

March 9, 2026

Experts say the condition, while not life-threatening, has fundamentally altered the man's relationship with laced shoes.

Area Man Proudly Self-Identifies as the Product of a Winning Sperm and a Choosy Egg

March 9, 2026

He has cited the achievement in three job interviews and at least one first date.

'Cocaine Chihuahua' Review: A Smaller Animal, a Smaller Payload, an Equally Unhinged Evening at the Cinema

March 9, 2026

The sequel answers the question nobody was brave enough to ask: what happens when the drug is found by something that already vibrates.

Minnesota Man, Once Universally Recognized as Blond, Rejects Emerging Consensus That He Is Brunette

March 8, 2026

Erik Halvorsen, 34, described the reclassification of his hair color as 'revisionist' and said he would not be entertaining further discussion on the matter.

USDA Approves Commercial Cultivation of 'Cauliflower Ears,' a Corn-Cauliflower Hybrid That Has Alarmed Agronomists and Combat Athletes Alike

March 7, 2026

The vegetable, which resembles the cartilaginous deformity common among wrestlers and boxers, has been described by growers as 'deeply unsettling to look at' and 'nutritionally adequate.'

Pete Hegseth Quietly Has 'Kafir' Tattoo Changed to 'Kefir,' Cites Growing Interest in Gut Health

March 7, 2026

A Defense Department spokesperson said the secretary's evolving commitment to probiotics should not be viewed as ideologically inconsistent.

Ohio Man Develops Apparent Ability to Trace Anonymous Internet Trolls to Their Homes and Make Their Heads Explode

March 7, 2026

Federal investigators say they are treating the case as both a cybercrime and a series of extremely unusual medical events.

New York City Knee Surgeons Report Catastrophic Revenue Collapse Following Death of John Reese

March 7, 2026

Orthopedic specialists across the five boroughs described Mr. Reese as 'essentially our entire referral pipeline.'

New Cryptocurrency Claims Pig Latin Encryption as Cornerstone of Financial Security Architecture

March 7, 2026

Analysts say the protocol represents either a paradigm shift in cryptographic obfuscation or something a child invented on a bus.

Federal Reserve Chairman Calls Human Reproduction 'Economically Unjustifiable,' Cites Absence of Any Viable Use Case for Infants

March 7, 2026

The chairman noted that babies, after extensive review, appear to offer no measurable output while generating substantial costs across all major spending categories.

Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris Locked in Ongoing Fight in Purgatory, Sources Confirm

March 7, 2026

Witnesses say neither man has gained a decisive advantage in what theologians are calling an unprecedented eschatological stalemate.

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