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Missing CERN Antimatter Canister Found Listed on eBay Between Vintage Nokia and “Possibly Haunted” Air Fryer
BUCHAREST, ROMANIA — Global security officials confirmed Tuesday that a missing canister containing several milligrams of highly unstable CERN antimatter protons has resurfaced on eBay, where it was briefly listed under the category “Collectibles > Weird Science Stuff.” The antimatter shipment vanished earlier this year after CERN scientists celebrated what had been described as “a […]
Turkey Imposes Public Tattoo Tax, Beaches and Football Stadiums Now Classified as “Graphic Display Zones”
ANKARA — In what government officials are describing as “a perfectly reasonable modernization of public space regulations,” Turkey’s Grand National Assembly passed landmark legislation Monday requiring all individuals displaying graphic imagery on their skin in any public space — including beaches, parks, markets, and, yes, football stadiums — to obtain an official display license, effective […]
Trump Orders ‘Terminator’ Rebranded ‘Obliterator’
WASHINGTON — In an executive order described by constitutional lawyers as “unprecedented” and by film historians as “deeply confusing,” President Trump on Sunday demanded that the entire Terminator cinematic universe be immediately rebranded Obliterator, with an AI-rendered version of himself installed as the franchise’s new lead, effective immediately and retroactively. “Nobody obliterates like me. Nobody. […]
EU Proposes Trading Russian Oil For Stolen Art In Bold New “Barter-Based Diplomacy” Initiative
BRUSSELS—In what officials are calling “a refreshingly medieval approach to modern geopolitics,” the European Union unveiled a proposal this week to exchange confiscated Russian oil shipments for thousands of artworks allegedly stolen by Soviet forces after World War II. The plan follows recent U.S.-led efforts to detain shadow-fleet tankers suspected of illegally transporting Russian oil. […]
Anti-Putin Shaman Disappears From Locked Ward, Staff Blame “Spiritual Loophole”
In a development hospital staff are describing as “deeply inconvenient,” the Yakut shaman who once vowed to spiritually “exorcise” the Kremlin has reportedly vanished from a locked psychiatric facility, apparently after achieving what officials are calling “unsanctioned enlightenment.” Medical personnel at a specialized psychiatric hospital near Ussuriysk were startled on the morning of February 24 […]
Caligula Lecter, Grandson Of Beloved Cannibal, Surges In Kaunas Municipal Polls Ahead Of 2027 Elections
KAUNAS, LITHUANIA — With just months remaining before Lithuania’s 2027 municipal elections, political analysts are struggling to explain the meteoric rise of Caligula Lecter, 34, grandson of the late Dr. Hannibal Lecter, whose campaign slogan — “A Leader Who Really Consumes His Work” — has resonated deeply with Kaunas residents exhausted by decades of conventional […]