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Simply 12 famous artworks purrfectly enhanced with added cats
11 February 2025 @ 11:25 am
Ukrainian illustrator Inna Ruda has a unique and charming style, that has led to her being the illustrator of choice for several children’s books – like this one by Oksana Krotyuk. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Innaruda (@innaruda) On her social media, she shares pictures she’s drawn and painted on a […]
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GB News presenter Tom Harwood said paper straws had sent the UK on a ‘tragic doom loop’ and the entirety of the internet responded as one
11 February 2025 @ 11:15 am
To the world of GB News now – no, stick with us – and in particular its deputy political editor and presenter Tom Harwood, who like Donald Trump is not happy with paper straws. Not happy at all. And to prove just now not happy he is, he shared a picture of one – in […]
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TikTokers are hilariously showcasing the not-so-responsible adults they’ve chosen as their emergency contacts
11 February 2025 @ 10:49 am
There comes a time in (some of) our adult lives when we think about retiring our parents from the duty of emergency contact and bestowing the duty on someone else important. These TikTokers are showing off their slightly regrettable choices as a reminder that ‘responsible’ is the operative word in ‘responsible adult’. @hoperenee_mua sorry officer […]
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Donald Trump’s new homeland security secretary has got trust issues and it’s surely the most devastating self-own you’ll see
11 February 2025 @ 10:43 am
We weren’t overly familiar with the work of Donald Trump’s new homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, but now we can’t stop thinking about her. It was Noem in conversation with CNN’s Dana Bash when the important issue of trust in the government came up, what with Elon Musk rampaging around the White House as we […]
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This funny library suggestion comes straight from a very relatable place
11 February 2025 @ 10:08 am
We’re very much in favour of the public being able to comment on facilities they use, as much for their comedy potential as for their usefulness in effecting change. Who are we kidding? It’s all about the comedy. Back in 2020, librarian Joe Davies shared a highly relatable comment from a library customer with a […]
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This American’s rant at the everyday irritations of the digital world went wildly viral and it’s surely the most fabulously relatable thing you’ll read today
11 February 2025 @ 10:00 am
You don’t have to be a person of a certain age to appreciate this but, actually – scratch that – you probably do. It’s a magnificent rant at the tiny (and sometimes not so tiny) everyday irritations of the digital world we live in right now that’s just gone wildly viral on Twitter for reasons […]
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Donald Trump was asked if he sees JD Vance as his successor and it wasn’t just Vance’s jaw that was left on the floor by his hilariously brutal answer
11 February 2025 @ 9:37 am
It might feel a little early in Donald Trump’s second presidency to start talking about successors but hope springs eternal, right? So it was that the most extraordinary of American presidents was asked by Fox News’s Bret Baier if he saw his vice president JD Vance as his successor. And Trump’s answer was hilariously brutal […]
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Trump’s claim that people are golfing when they’re supposed to be working from home is a self-own visible from space
11 February 2025 @ 8:45 am
In an executive order signed on his first day back in office, Donald Trump threw a lit match on federal emplyees having the option to work from home. He ordered managers to – “take all necessary steps to terminate remote work arrangements and require employees to return to work in-person at their respective duty stations […]
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Kid Rock storming off in a huff because the audience didn’t clap enough is peak MAGA snowflakery
11 February 2025 @ 6:55 am
Kid Rock was an early adopter of sucking up to Donald Trump, which may be the only time the singer – whose songs we doubt many people could name – has been ahead of any curve. If birds of a feather really do flock together, these flocking birds say a lot about all of them. […]
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Richard Gere calling Trump ‘a bully and a thug’ in his warning about authoritarianism is today’s must-watch moment
11 February 2025 @ 5:38 am
Actor Richard Gere, perhaps most famous for his appearances in such hit films as Pretty Woman, Chicago, and An Officer and a Gentleman, was recently honoured at the Spanish Academy’s Goya Awards night, where he received the International Goya. A great honor to give the International Goya to Richard Gere. Congratulations my friend!#Repost @PremiosGoya ・・・Un […]
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