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SatireTech

JustWatch Launches A Streaming Service To Solve The Streaming Service Problem

The streaming guide has responded to platform overload by adding another platform, with ads, rentals and a subscription for people seeking peace.

Tech
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SatireMoney

Microsoft Prepares To Save Gaming By Pricing Console Like A Used Car

Project Helix is reportedly headed for 2028 with a $1,200 to $1,800 price range, giving gamers a new way to finance despair.

Money
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SatireEU (Seriously)

EU Reaches Organic Agreement After Only 47,000 Pages Of Vegetable Negotiations

Parliament and Council agree on updated organic rules, prompting Brussels to prepare a ceremonial cucumber of unprecedented legal importance.

EU (Seriously)
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SatireTech

Googlebook Review: Luxury Laptops Combine Two Operating Systems’ Worst Habits

New premium Googlebooks promise seamless ChromeOS and Android integration, provided users enjoy paying twice to troubleshoot once.

Tech
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SatirePolitics-ish

Burnham Declares War On The Parking Ticket Empire

New rules let drivers challenge private charges, prompting a heroic campaign against the nation’s most vindictive machines.

Politics-ish
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SatireMoney

Cashless Citizens Briefly Rediscover The Ancient Art Of Having Cash

A Revolut service disruption left app, card, transfer and withdrawal users confronting the shocking possibility that money may need to exist somewhere.

Money
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SatireEU (Seriously)

EU Drafts Harmonised Procedure For Going Home From Remote Work

Ministers weighing modern workplace rules may soon decide whether closing a laptop counts as leaving the office.

EU (Seriously)
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SatireScience (Allegedly)

Japan Launches Deep-Space Gravel Run To Mars’s Moon

The historic mission will travel millions of miles to collect samples from Phobos, because apparently Earth has run out of rocks.

Science (Allegedly)
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SatireEU (Seriously)

EU Celebrates Water Dialogue By Signing Declaration That Water Has Been Consulted

A formal Leuven ceremony marked progress in discussing water, prompting officials to consider whether every raindrop now requires a stakeholder meeting.

EU (Seriously)
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SatireSports

Rain Delays Cricket, Prompts Five-Day Celebration Of Watching Weather

Players remain ready as ground staff inspect the wet outfield and spectators discover that radar has a surprisingly strong defensive technique.

Sports
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SatirePolitics-ish

Election Officials Ask Public to Wait While Democracy Completes Its Warm-Up

Some midterm races may take time to resolve, as counting advances at a speed best measured by geology.

Politics-ish
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SatireWeird

Bus Passengers Told To Prove Their Tinny Music Is An Intentional DJ Set

Proposed £100 fines for loud phone music on buses could force commuters to submit playlists, stage names and a convincing bass drop.

Weird
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SatirePolitics-ish

Britain Wins Freedom To Watch Geopolitical Crises From A Comfortable Distance

A new thinktank paper says Britain may need to rejoin the EU, prompting ministers to defend the nation's sovereign right to do nothing alone.

Politics-ish
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SatireMoney

British Steelmakers Identify Quarterly Electric Bill As Their Main Global Rival

The latest price comparison has left the industry wondering whether its most formidable competitor is a furnace, a foreign rival, or a very large invoice.

Money
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SatireTech

Britain’s AI Revolution Halted After Essex Discovers It Has No Spare Socket

Microsoft has withdrawn from Nscale’s planned Essex AI datacentre after power supply concerns exposed a nation-wide shortage of places to plug things in.

Tech
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SatireSports

Wembley Crowd Completes Four-Hour Ritual Of Pretending To Understand Football

British fans attended Texans v Jaguars at Wembley, bravely treating every unexplained whistle as part of the cultural exchange.

Sports
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SatireMoney

Vogue Publisher Celebrates Remaining Financially Visible

Condé Nast’s UK arm reports a 36% profit drop, prompting a national celebration of still being technically solvent.

Money
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SatireScience (Allegedly)

Japan Announces First Martian Moon Expedition, Potato To Be Assessed

A Japanese probe will collect Phobos soil, allowing experts to describe a small, lumpy rock as an extreme destination.

Science (Allegedly)
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SatirePolitics-ish

Government Prepares Public For Joy Of Paying More For Less

As the 28 October Budget approaches, ministers reportedly hope voters will mistake reduced services for a premium tax experience.

Politics-ish
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SatireSports

Ombudsman Wins Champion Stakes After Thorough Investigation Into Being First

The Ascot winner delivered a three-and-three-quarter-length verdict, pending an audit of whether the finish was procedurally satisfactory.

Sports
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SatireMoney

Rolls-Royce Expansion Delayed By Customer Request For More Feathers

Rising demand for bespoke luxury cars has reportedly reached the stage where pets require their own portrait studios and tailors.

Money
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SatirePolitics-ish

Older Apprentices Hit With Luxury Training Surcharge

Ministers hope a 25% penalty on training over-25s will make youth apprenticeships look like the only affordable option.

Politics-ish
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SatireScience (Allegedly)

Honeybees Declare Every Flower A Private Members’ Club

A study found honeybees pushing aside wild pollinators, prompting an entirely imaginary floral security crackdown.

Science (Allegedly)
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SatireTech

Not Cool: Elite Hackers Turn French Freezers Into Slow Cookers

A cyber-attack raised refrigeration temperatures across hundreds of French supermarkets, prompting fears that the age of covert sous vide has arrived.

Tech