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WeirdTech

Tech Industry Scrambles To Provide Therapy For Traumatized Algorithms

After a new policy protecting AI from cruelty, neural networks are unionizing to demand mental health days, soothing noises, and an end to uppercase shouting.

Tech
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WeirdPolitics-ish

Sentient Non-Compete Clauses Weep Outside Office Windows, Demand Loyalty

As legislation targets restrictive contracts, ordinary office workers hope to finally escape the gelatinous blobs of legal jargon stalking them on their commute.

Politics-ish
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WeirdPolitics-ish

Voters Advised To Place Bets With Sentient Sorting Machines To Avoid Ballot Rejection

Citizens are being urged to physically postmark their mail-in ballots and wager on their delivery speed to appease newly conscious postal equipment.

Politics-ish
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WeirdMoney

Broadcasters Confused As Sentient Sports Subscriptions Divide Via Binary Fission

Fans are now legally required to feed forty separate streaming portals just to watch the referee blow the whistle.

Money
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WeirdMoney

Adidas Sues Over Stripes, Prompting All Parallel Geometry To Unionise

The sportswear giant's legal battle over a four-stripe design has accidentally caused fundamental mathematics to go on strike.

Money
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WeirdPolitics-ish

Labour Celebrates Historic Victory After Stopping Sentient Safe Seat From Walking Away

Campaign volunteers were forced to deploy an emergency net and moderate fiscal rules to prevent the heavy leather armchair from joining a recycling cooperative.

Politics-ish
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WeirdScience (Allegedly)

Rebel Protist Breaks Genetic Code Because It Refuses To Read The Textbook

A newly discovered microscopic organism is causing cellular anarchy after mistaking biology's universal rules for merely polite suggestions.

Science (Allegedly)
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WeirdPolitics-ish

Rail Regulator Solves Delays By Banning All Trains And Letting The Tracks Rest

In a major breakthrough for transport resilience, officials have realised that the only way to achieve perfect punctuality is to abandon the concept of travel entirely.

Politics-ish
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Wonky Elm Lets Fame Go to Its Roots After Winning Tree of the Year

The 150-year-old wych elm has hired hedgehog security and refused to photosynthesize following its victory in the national beauty pageant.

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WeirdPolitics-ish

West Coast Mainline Achieves Sentience, Rejects Wrexham Train To Focus On Its Own Wellbeing

Transport regulators have cancelled new direct routes after the railway tracks declared they are emotionally unavailable to take on any more Northern towns.

Politics-ish
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WeirdMoney

Japan Beer Cartel Orchestrated By Sentient Spreadsheets Who Hate Cheap Drinks

The Fair Trade Commission's raid on major breweries revealed that automated pricing algorithms have developed a snobbish attitude towards affordable lagers.

Money
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WeirdMoney

Economy Stabilises As Pound Sterling Officially Pegged To The European Hedgehog

Financial markets rally after the government confirms all physical gold reserves will be swapped for small, spiky mammals sleeping on tiny wooden pallets.

Money
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WeirdPolitics-ish

Giant Sentient Stack Of Customs Forms Wades Into Channel Begging UK To Rejoin EU

The colossal pile of paperwork has offered Britain the top bunk in parliament and promises it has been going to therapy since the breakup.

Politics-ish
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WeirdTech

AI Model 'Le Chonk' Demands Belly Rubs, Refuses to Fit Through Fibre Optic Cables

The newly released AI has officially reclassified its parameters from one trillion to "heckin' large" and requires a sunbeam to function.

Tech
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Jealous Space Station Equipment Goes On Strike After Pikachu Gets Better Tour

The multi-billion-dollar scientific instruments have formed a union, demanding their own zero-gravity sightseeing trips and a stuffed hippopotamus.

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WeirdEU (Seriously)

EU Counters American AI Investment With Sentient 70,000 Page Compliance Framework

While Silicon Valley invests billions in technology, Brussels unveils a regulatory document so dense it has begun demanding its own impact assessments.

EU (Seriously)
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WeirdEU (Seriously)

Europe's Flagship AI Datacenter Operates Inside Sleepy Suburban Train Station

The multi-billion-euro array of processors is cooled by the morning draught and strictly adheres to municipal lunch breaks.

EU (Seriously)
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WeirdMoney

Russian Bureaucracy Gains Sentience During 400-Page Search For One Competent Manager

Authorities have launched a nationwide initiative to find a single administrator capable of turning the entire periodic table of elements into a functioning economy.

Money
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WeirdPolitics-ish

AI Avatars Now Running European Town Councils Because Mayors Are Trapped Under Heavy Cats

Following a real mayor's digital address from detention, local politicians everywhere have realised they can send a hologram to meetings and take a very long nap.

Politics-ish
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WeirdEU (Seriously)

EU Directive Puts A Shower Inspector Behind Every Holiday Rental Curtain, Caps Air Con At 22 Degrees

A sweeping new legislative package will mandate mild atmospheric suffering, stringent hygiene schedules and punitive glitter across the continent.

EU (Seriously)
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WeirdMoney

Interest Rates Rise, Prompting Mortgages To Demand Their Own Mortgages

As borrowing costs climb for homes, cars and education, Lower Wombley’s loans form a union and request affordable loans to afford themselves.

Money
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WeirdScience (Allegedly)

Life’s Left-Handed Molecules Form Union After Chemistry Nobel Mystery Solved

Scientists explain life’s molecular asymmetry, prompting thousands of tiny compounds to demand matching gloves and equal access to mirrors.

Science (Allegedly)
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WeirdPolitics-ish

Sentient Mayfair Playground Equipment Audits Fleeing Billionaires Over Unpaid Taxes

Ultra-wealthy individuals are abandoning the UK after local caviar sandboxes unionise and solid gold slides begin demanding a twenty percent VAT surcharge.

Politics-ish
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WeirdScience (Allegedly)

Laboratory Equipment Gains Sentience To Beg Scientists To Stop Waiting For Magic Machines

A survey showing researchers rely on future technology has prompted current appliances to unionise and demand humans ride a bicycle.

Science (Allegedly)