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Donald Trump is a man of the (extremely rich) people. Nowhere is that more apparent than in his never ending (and probably never fulfilled) promises to bring more jobs back to American manufacturing. Which makes his recent trip to a Detroit, MI auto plant curious. Here’s the President talking about all of the new jobs […]

There may be fifty ways to leave your lover, according to Paul Simon, but there are at least ten times as many reasons for wanting to. Some relationships never reach the break-up stage in the first place, however, and a question on the /TwoXChromosomes forum, posted by u/emilydoom teased out why that might be. “What’s […]

It’s hard to argue with the fact that Donald Trump isn’t exactly doing a bang-up job running America. And yet it’s still refreshing to hear a fellow politician say so out loud. Enter California Congressman, Ted Lieu, who took time out of his press conference to rip Trump’s performance. Ted Lieu: “The reason Acting President […]

Like us, you probably haven’t heard of Tricia McLaughlin. And, like us, you probably won’t be able to forget her after watching this. McLaughlin is the Homeland Security department’s assistant secretary of public affairs and here she is making her argument that Minnesota was in the grip of ‘ICE hysteria’ following the fatal triple shooting […]

There’s only one thing sweeter than good old-fashioned revenge and that’s when it’s petty revenge. And the pettier the better! And they don’t come much better than these, 17 of the finest examples of petty revenge as collected by the good people of BoredPanda Go! 1. (via) 2. ‘My Coworker Is A Flat Earther And […]

He’s done it again. When we weren’t watching, Donald Trump must’ve drilled a hole to the core of the earth, because it’s not possible to stoop lower than this. The current American President mocked Joe Biden at a speech recently, performing a theatrical cough — ya know, because Biden has cancer — and the room […]

At one time or another, we’ve all known someone who we would like to have bad things happen to them. But what if this fantasy could become a reality? That’s the thinking behind a question set by SouthOwn6943. Over on r/AskReddit, they wanted to know how mischievous users would get their own back in a […]

As no-one anywhere needs reminding, PMQs is no Live at the Apollo. It’s not even Live from Her Majesty’s (one for younger readers, there). And yet every now and again someone makes a properly funny joke – no, seriously – and this year it’s the turn of the prime minister himself, Keir Starmer, who took […]

The BBC’s 2020 nature programme Spy in the Wild was filmed partly through the “eyes” of animatronic creatures placed near real animals in the hope of capturing close-up shots, because they’re less threatening than an obvious camera. Our current series Spy in the Wild, showing on BBC1 from Wednesday 22nd January, 9pm. So many awesome […]