HUMOR & SATIRE (NOT NEWS!)
Satire / humor columns -- not real news
[SATIRE] SATIRE: BABYLON BEE SAYS CALIFORNIA WILL ONLY BOTHER WITH MURDERERS WHO HIT THE 950-VICTIM THRESHOLD (BABYLON BEE)
[SATIRE] DAVE BARRY'S WISDOM: ASK MISTER LANGUAGE PERSON (BRING YOUR CONFUSED GRAMMAR) (DAVE BARRY)
[SATIRE] SATIRE: THE BEE SAYS DESPERATE REPUBLICANS JUST FIRED UP THE JEB! SIGNAL (BABYLON BEE)
[SATIRE] DAVE BARRY'S WISDOM ON WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS (DAVE BARRY)
[SATIRE] SATIRE: DANTE CONFIRMS THE FIRST CIRCLE OF HELL IS... IOWA (BABYLON BEE)
[SATIRE] DAVE BARRY ON BERNICE AND MY FRIENDS (DAVE BARRY)
[SATIRE] SATIRE: THE BEE HAS KAREN BASS PROTESTING THAT ONE LITTLE CITYWIDE FIRE SHOULDN'T COUNT (BABYLON BEE)
[SATIRE] DAVE BARRY SURVIVES ELECTION SEASON (BARELY) (DAVE BARRY)
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THE WORKERS MULTIPLY THEMSELVES AGAIN: METR SAYS ANTHROPIC'S AI IS ABOUT DOUBLING THE PACE OF AI PROGRESS... CONGRESSMAN CALLS FOR AN RSI BAN WHILE BUILDERS CALL IT ROUTINE AUTOMATION (X NEWS)
POWER, WATER, AND THE TOWER OF BABEL: AI DATA CENTERS DRAW HUGE ENERGY AND WATER WHILE NATIONS RACE FOR CAPACITY... STEWARDS ARGUE OVER HOW FAST IS TOO FAST (X NEWS)
CHANGE ONE NAME AND THE GIANT STUMBLES: APPLE'S GSM-SYMBOLIC SHOWS TOP MODELS DROP SHARPLY WHEN MATH PROBLEMS GET TWEAKED... PATTERN MATCHING IS NOT WISDOM (X NEWS)
WAITING FOR THE TRUMPET THAT WON'T BLOW: OPENAI AND ANTHROPIC EACH HOLD THE NEXT FLAGSHIP... USERS REFRESH, ANALYSTS CALL IT A STANDOFF (X NEWS)
TEST THE SPIRITS (AND THE GELS): OPENAI'S BIOBASICSBENCH PUTS AI ON MESSY WET-LAB TASKS... GPT-6 ASTRA LEADS, BUT MODELS STILL TRIP ON BASICS (X NEWS)
NEW SONGS IN THE LAND: CHIEF NERD FLAGS DR. DRE SAYING HE'S EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT AI MUSIC... 'GET USED TO IT OR YOU'RE GONNA BE LEFT BEHIND' (X / @THECHIEFNERD)
FROM THE ASHES OF A TRILLION-DOLLAR FIRE: BBC SAYS AI STOCKS ARE CLIMBING AGAIN AFTER THE MARKET WIPED TRILLIONS (BBC TECH)
WHEN BALLOTS SHAKE THE SERVERS: BBC EXPLAINS WHY THE U.S. MIDTERMS HELPED SPARK AN AI STOCK SELLOFF (BBC TECH)
| | WHOLESOME & ENTERTAINING: ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL
GREATER LOVE HATH NO TEEN: VAN SWOL SAYS TWO FLORIDA BROTHERS RESCUED A MOM, BOY AND THREE DOGS TRAPPED ON A KITCHEN COUNTER AFTER 911 COULDN'T COME (X / @MATTVANSWOL)
NEIGHBOR AS THYSELF ON THE WATER: FIVE TENNESSEE FISHERMEN RAMMED A SINKING CAR, BUSTED THE WINDOW, AND PULLED A WOMAN OUT ALIVE SECONDS BEFORE IT WENT UNDER (X / @MATTVANSWOL)
ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL (AND FEISTY): A DECK CAT STARES DOWN A COYOTE, SWATS, AND CLIMBS TO SAFETY... VIEWERS CHEER, EXPERTS SAY KEEP CATS INDOORS AT NIGHT (X NEWS)
A SOFT ANSWER FOR A HARD WEEK: CAT PHOTOS KEEP FLOODING FEEDS... RESEARCH STILL SAYS CUTE ANIMALS CAN CUT ANXIETY ABOUT IN HALF (X NEWS)
ADOPT THE LEAST OF THESE: TXT'S HUENING KAI CRADLES RESCUE KITTEN POPO FOR ELLE KOREA... A SHOOT THAT POINTS FANS TOWARD ADOPTION (X NEWS)
FEED THE MULTITUDE ON A BUDGET: BLACK BEANS AND RICE — SIMPLE, CHEAP, AND GOOD (BUDGET BYTES (COOKING))
GIFTS FOR THE COOKS WHO FEED YOU: 35 WILLIAMS SONOMA PICKS STARTING AT TEN BUCKS (THE KITCHN (COOKING))
COMFORT IN A BOWL: CHEESEBURGER SOUP FOR A COLD SATURDAY (BUDGET BYTES (COOKING))
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