thepoke.co.uk

Former Fox News host and discarded Marvel movie villain, Pete Hegseth, has been busy lately. That’s to be expected when the word “War” is in his unofficial title while also being the unofficial description of what’s happening between the United States and Iran right now. The Secretary of Defence (we’re not calling him that other […] The post Pete Hegseth said there’s only one tiny reason the Hormuz Strait is not safe right now and just won understatement of the millennium appeared first on The Poke.

Sam Altman is the crown prince of AI right now and the movement couldn’t have a more out of touch spokesperson. Speaking about the future of artificial intelligence, the gawky tech bro had no problem laying out an aggressively capitalist blueprint for success in the industry. 🚨 SAM ALTMAN: “We see a future where intelligence […] The post Ultra tech bro Sam Altman wants to put all ‘intelligence’ behind a paywall and nobody is buying it – 15 brilliant clap backs appeared first on The Poke.

Donald Trump has had an indelible impact on American history. Just not in the way he presumably wants. The man who desperately needs credit for everything was recently seen begging for more adulation at the White House. Amongst the things he had on his wishlist: the Olympics, the World Cup, and… the entire existence of […] The post Donald Trump wonders why he’s never been given credit for America’s 250th anniversary and these 15 clap backs were happy to explain appeared first on The Poke.

Karoline Leavitt usually yells at the media from a pulpit, but her most recent pedantic rant about fair and balanced reporting took place on Twitter. And it might come back to bite her and her whole administration. The easily screenshotable admission was about a recent report by ABC News about a potential Iranian threat to […] The post Karoline Leavitt emphatically stated that Iran never posed a threat to the US and the entire internet asked the same question appeared first on The Poke.

This week’s Question Time was based in Wythenshawe, Greater Manchester, and featured a rare appearance by a member of the Green Party – the MP for Brighton, Siân Berry. Her presence may have been what riled up one particularly disgruntled audience member, Adam Wolstenholme, who asked “Is it not highly disrespectful to remove Winston Churchill […] The post There’s not enough facepalm in the world for the Question Time audience member blaming the ‘radical left-wing’ Greens for taking Churchill off the fivers appeared first on The Poke.

It would be foolish to claim that everything is fine and dandy in the world. Delusional, even. But it’s still very important to remember that it’s not all bad. In fact, it’s vital that we do. They’ve been discussing the small daily wins we can take solace from on the AskUK subreddit after InaccurateCreativity asked […] The post ‘What in your life is currently bringing you joy and positivity?’ – 24 happy little things to break up the doom and gloom appeared first on The Poke.

To the White House – again! – where this particular clip of Donald Trump speaking has just gone viral because he gives a big shout out to Kellyanne Conway, who you will remember was one of special advisors and occasional press botherer during his first term in office. The thing about it is Trump gives […] The post People think Donald Trump just confused Karoline Leavitt with Kellyanne Conway and it was a proper jaw-dropper, even for him appeared first on The Poke.

There was already plenty of concerns around the football World Cup in America this summer, with Donald Trump’s ICE agents showing a horrific enthusiasm for locking people up or simply shooting them dead. And Trump’s invasion of Iran has led to even more uncertainty, not least whether the Iran football team would be taking part. […] The post Donald Trump said it wasn’t safe for Iran to play at the World Cup in America and the entire internet showed him the red card appeared first on The Poke.

The so-called ‘manosphere’ is very much in the spotlight at the moment, and, hopefully, more and more people are starting to recognise it as toxic nonsense rather than something to aspire to. But luckily, there are plenty of men out there who already know it is a harmful and ridiculous ideology which completely repels the […] The post ‘What’s a tiny thing a guy does that makes you think ‘Wow, he actually cares’?’ – 21 wholesome antidotes to the monsters of the manosphere appeared first on The Poke.

In an age when everything seems bad, it’s nice to know that actually some things have changed for the better. Even if it is just the fact that we’ve mercifully ditched all those moustache-themed items that were so popular for a while. They’ve been discussing this on the AskReddit page after Liora-Liora-Liora posted this question: […] The post ‘What was considered ‘cool’ in the 2010s but is physically painful to look back at now?’ – 22 things that have changed for the better appeared first on The Poke.