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So many of us have a visceral reaction every time we see the smug, orange face of Donald Trump when he appears on our TV / phone screens, often accompanied by the thought ‘Oh God, what’s he said now‘? It seems that Canadian-American comedian, actor and global superstar Jim Carrey feels the same way, judging […]

Retirement? What retirement? If you’re a member of Team Millennial – especially if you’re down the lower end – there’s a pretty good chance you think of retirement more as a delightful fiction than a concrete fact of the future. Nothing is certain; AI is making entire career options obsolete, and Elon Musk could buy your company […]

Elon Musk‘s recent interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity was a masterclass in defection and a lack of self-awareness. He whined about all of the unjustified hate that he and his Tesla business were attracting, claiming that he has ‘never done anything harmful’ and that his critics were simply ‘bad people’. Awww diddums! Seems like […]

Another day, another insight into the YouTube habits of the US Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – RFK Jr. Like many people, he has come to the conclusion that children should reduce their use of mobile phones. Unlike most of those people, his concern is that the phones give off […]

Donald Trump’s been wanging on about making Canada the 51st state of America yet again, and it’s probably tricky to understand just how intensely irritating and unnerving it must be unless you are Canadian. There’s something about the border which really gets Trump’s goat, and not just because it exists. Here he is going on […]

Donald Trump has unveiled a super duper new fighter jet, the F-47, which in a characteristically humble manoeuvre appears to have been named after himself, the 47th president of the United States. Holy shit, Trump just ordered the creation of a new fighter jet named after himself, the “F-47”. pic.twitter.com/kPVShEqx8R — Jay in Kyiv (@JayinKyiv) […]

Exciting times for Donald Trump where he unveiled the American military’s new fighter jet, the F-47, apparently named after the American president himself. Now who could have thought up that idea? Trump: “The F-47 is equipped with state of the art stealth technology — it is virtually unseeable.” pic.twitter.com/9uiuFnWLop — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 21, […]

Back in 2023, Hugh Grant was doing the interview circuit, promoting Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, in which he played conman Forge Fitzwilliam. One stop on the publicity merry-go-round was at Wired, where Hugh and co-stars Chris Pine and Michelle Rodriguez were answering questions about themselves that had been genuine internet searches. One was […]

We all love a bargain, but it seems a lot of people are also easily sucked into the opposite of that: spaffing their cash on pointless nonsense. Over on the AskReddit page, user Wooden-Camera-578 asked: ‘What’s a complete waste of money, yet people still pay for?’ And the answers will have you wondering whether you’re […]