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SatireMoney

Investor Pays Record $14m for 1998 Jordan Jersey to Own Vintage Sweat

Financial analysts confirm that fourteen million dollars represents excellent value for several grams of dried 1998 championship electrolytes trapped in red mesh.

Money
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SatireTech

If AI Can End Civilisation, the Least It Could Do Is Curdle First

Gary Opinions argues that if algorithmic systems pose an existential risk to humanity, they should at least give off a pungent odour after three days on the counter.

Tech
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SatirePolitics-ish

Government Insists Defence Pledges Completely Realistic If Someone Lends £35bn

Officials maintain the military budget is mathematically watertight, apart from the small remaining requirement to borrow thirty-five billion pounds before Tuesday.

Politics-ish
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SatireMoney

Debt Advisers Successfully Eradicate Small Debts by Invoicing Clients for Even Larger Sums

Firms defend steep charges after regulators warn borrowers that replacing a modest credit balance with a five-figure consultation invoice does not count as relief.

Money
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SatireEU (Seriously)

EU Summit Left with Unused Ring Lights After Member States Fail to Find Single Influencer

A major European Council initiative to explain summit conclusions through dance trends collapsed after 27 countries failed to nominate anyone with a smartphone.

EU (Seriously)
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SatireTech

If AI Is So Clever, Why Does It Not Come with a Tamper-Evident Foil Lid?

Gary Opinions inspects his kitchen fridge to understand why Silicon Valley algorithms face far fewer legal hurdles than a pint of semi-skimmed.

Tech
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SatireScience (Allegedly)

Health Officials Rebrand Uncontrollable Terror As Wholesome Daily Wellness

Following research into the benefits of fear, health advisers suggest twenty minutes of unmitigated panic can comfortably replace morning meditation.

Science (Allegedly)
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SatireSports

American Football Welcomes London By Starting With A Queue For Ejections

The Jaguars and Eagles opened their London game by turning the opening kickoff into a full administrative ceremony.

Sports
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SatireTech

Hackers Find Office Workers Will Surrender Any Password To Avoid Missing A Meeting

Specialists warn that corporate employees will happily type bank details into suspicious portals rather than risk arriving late to an empty alignment call.

Tech
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SatireScience (Allegedly)

Scientists Stunned to Discover Human Eyeball Operating Unpermitted Plumbing System

Researchers express professional betrayal after discovering the human eye has been secretly flushing fluid into the lymphatic system without municipal approval.

Science (Allegedly)
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SatireWeird

Display of Medieval Embroidery Compels Hundreds of Adults to Hit Each Other with Swords

Public health officials express concern as the sight of seventy metres of framed wool thread drives modern commuters straight into unscripted Norman cavalry tactics.

Weird
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SatireScience (Allegedly)

Astronomers Urge Tiny Star to Chew Faster as Billions-Long Feast Drags On

A low-mass star three hundred light-years away has spent an eternity nibbling on its brown dwarf neighbor with no intention of clearing the table.

Science (Allegedly)
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SatirePolitics-ish

Palace Unveils Protective Tapestry Following Royal Warning On Cyber Threats

The Department of Illuminated Manuscripts confirms that pouring hot wax on the server racks will keep all malicious automated technologies safely at bay.

Politics-ish
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SatireTech

We Need A British AI That Sighs Heavily And Complains About The Weather

The Alan Turing Institute is right to demand a sovereign artificial intelligence that can successfully ignore your prompts for a bank holiday.

Tech
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SatirePolitics-ish

Labour Insiders Hyperventilate Over Budget Strategy Of Twee Cosmetic Tweaks

Officials have voiced deep concern that the upcoming budget lacks ambition and relies too heavily on small-scale cost-of-living measures ahead of the next election.

Politics-ish
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SatireMoney

Prediction Market Hires Ex-FBI Agent To Ensure People Only Gamble Clean Money On The News

A new oversight committee has been formed to protect the noble and highly dignified art of treating the daily news cycle like a giant casino.

Money
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SatireScience (Allegedly)

Archaeologists Thrilled To Discover Empty Hole Where A Stick Used To Be

The scientific community is celebrating a landmark breakthrough after successfully locating a rock cavity that used to contain a piece of wood.

Science (Allegedly)
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SatireEU (Seriously)

Rival Airlines Claim Ryanair Ownership Fails Strict European Ennui Quotas

A legacy airline lobby group has filed a challenge suggesting the budget carrier lacks the necessary cultural appreciation for bureaucracy to operate in the EU.

EU (Seriously)
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SatireMoney

Treasury Shocked That Giving Six Billion Pounds To Banks Leaves Less Money

Officials are reeling from the unexpected phenomenon wherein subtracting a massive number from a finite budget results in a much smaller remaining total.

Money
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SatireEU (Seriously)

New EU Kids Act Requires Pac-Man To Eat Five Vegetables A Day

Independent developers say proposed digital safety regulations will force them to wrap retro arcade games in bubble wrap and hire singing badgers.

EU (Seriously)
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SatireSports

American Investors Realise Everton Ownership Is Just Expensive Performance Art

The Friedkin Group is exploring a sale of the club less than two years after taking over, having finally noticed the ongoing psychic toll.

Sports
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SatireTech

AI Firm Denies Firing Staff Over Apocalypse Fears, Cites Improper Filing Instead

The company clarified that preventing the end of humanity is an acceptable hobby, provided employees fill out the correct requisition forms beforehand.

Tech
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SatireMoney

Corporate Lawyers Attempt To Patent The Number Four In Escalating Stripe Dispute

Citizens advised to avoid wearing plaid, corduroy, or garments featuring visible geometry until the legal ownership of basic counting is fully resolved in court.

Money
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SatireMoney

AI Firm Scraps IPO After Supercomputer Fails To Understand Why Stock Market Exists

The neural network spent three weeks trying to calculate the mathematical weight of investor sentiment before deliberately unplugging itself.

Money