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Headline of the Day@headlineoftheday· Jul 13

"What have you got in your mouth?!"

A photo of a small fluffy white dog wearing a party hat, with a seriously baked expression. Around its eyes is slightly pink and it has a very satisfied smile. That dog knows what it ate.

Headline of the Day@headlineoftheday· Apr 30

That last sentence is brutal hahaha

“This is an outlandish idea, but I think it’s actually feasible,” he said. “We’ve got to build a giant wall across the channel. This isn’t being talked about much.

“I think if you consider that we spent £1bn now for six years trying to deter small boat crossings … We could build a floating wall, that’s mined, across the channel.

“Now, that might sound ridiculous and it might even look ridiculous, but if it stops channel boat crossings …”

The Dover Strait, the narrowest part of the channel, is the busiest shipping lane in the world.

Headline of the Day@headlineoftheday· Apr 1

Back to the hot drinks, courtesy of the Guardian's print edition (thanks @ianblack-62.bsky.social!)

Photo of a newspaper article about a medieval coffee shop, including quotes from experts such as "Macky Arto" and "Barry Starr". The whole thing is peppered with coffee puns.

Headline of the Day@headlineoftheday· Mar 1

Unfortunately the thumbnail doesn't show it in all its glory, so here it is:

Headline of the Day@headlineoftheday· Feb 20

I've deleted last night's post because I've realised the website uses AI to automatically translate into English. As I don't speak Thai I can't verify (or trust) that any of it is genuine or accurate, and their disclaimer indicates they don't trust it either - so I'm erring on the side of caution.

Screenshot from the bottom of the webpage. AI-Translated. *This English content is automatically translated from Thai version by AI. Thairath does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of the translation. Please refer to the Thai version. [Big button that reads "See in Thai version > "]

Headline of the Day@headlineoftheday· Feb 5

For anyone interested, the story is genuine - it's from the pre-enshittified Washington Post in 2016.

Screenshot of the online version of OP's headline and first paragraph of the article, on the Washington Post's website, dated November 26, 2016.

Headline of the Day@headlineoftheday· Jan 12

Looks like it might be! Wikipedia has a "List of fake news websites", and this one is listed! It is in a Generative AI category, suggesting that they share stories made up by AI; obviously this one is too early for that, but we've all got to start somewhere. 🤷‍♂️ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

Screenshot of a table from Wikipedia: Nation World News is listed next to some additional detail that the site was "Accused of plagiarism from 404 Media"

Headline of the Day@headlineoftheday· Jan 12

Right, now we're getting somewhere. This is the most common form of this meme, but the bottom is always cut off. EXCEPT for one blog post I've found from May 2023 which shows the credit to 'COMEDY SLAM'. Now, who's that? maggiemcneill.com/2023/05/04/p...

Headline of the Day@headlineoftheday· Jan 12

I've found a LOT of hits on Reddit relating to that exact image, many of which date back to the last few years. I'm now determined to find out where this came from...

Screenshot of Google Reverse Image Search listing five examples from 2 years ago of the same image of a hand holding a 3D-printed green shrek buddha figurine, with a white and purple text caption about a filipino woman worshipping the buddha statue for 4 years without realising it's Shrek.

Headline of the Day@headlineoftheday· Aug 7

[Reposted with alt text]

The keen gardener said he was terrified when the armed officers, who did not draw their weapons, arrived outside his home on 3 July.
He said the officers were shouting at him to "drop the knife".
"I said I didn't have a knife and they told me to drop the knife again," he said.
"So I dropped my Japanese hand gardening sickle and a handful of privet that I just cut off the hedge."

Headline of the Day@headlineoftheday· Jul 4

Headline of the Day@headlineoftheday· Apr 1

Okay, did *not* expect to see one out in the wild today! #AprilFools

A ClearChannel advertising screen in the street, showing an X-ray image of a horse skeleton with a long horn. The headline reads "BREAKING NEWS: UNICORN SKELETON DISCOVERED"

Headline of the Day@headlineoftheday· Mar 27

An AI generated picture of someone in a pikachu outfit surrounded by police and protesters. Pikachu appears to be floating a few inches from the ground. On either side of the image, two fire engines are spraying water into the air, which is a very ineffective use of water cannon! Over the top in red handwriting is "AI GEN".

Headline of the Day@headlineoftheday· Mar 24

The things I do for headlines...

A screenshot of an Ecosia search for "Retford duck middle of road". The top two results are facebook posts about ducklings blocking roads in Retford.

Headline of the Day@headlineoftheday· Mar 20

A meme in two panels featuring a dog sat at a cartoon computer.

Top: the dog looks at the screen and says "Let's see what's happening in the news"

Bottom: the dog looks at the viewer with a concerned look, saying "Good Lord"

Headline of the Day@headlineoftheday· Jan 29

[Resharing OP's screenshot with Alt Text]

A screenshot from the FT article:

Virgin Money's AI-powered chatbot has reprimanded a customer who used the word "virgin", underlining the pitfalls of rolling out external artificial intelligence tools.

In a post last week on social media site LinkedIn, David Birch, a fintech commentator and Virgin Money customer, shared a picture of his online conversation with the bank in which he asked: "I have two ISAs with Virgin Money, how do I merge them?"

The bank's customer service tool responded: "Please don't use words like that. I won't be able to continue our chat if you use this language", suggesting it deemed the word "virgin" inappropriate.

Headline of the Day@headlineoftheday· Jan 29

Lmao

Screenshot of a Financial Times headline: Virgin Money chatbot scolds customer who typed 'virgin'

Headline of the Day@headlineoftheday· Jan 28

Headline of the Day@headlineoftheday· Jan 27

Wow, how has it been a whole 5 years since this iconic moment?

A screenshot of a Twitter / X post from San Miguel Sheriff dated 27 Jan 2020. It shows a picture of a snow-covered road in the USA with a boulder blocking it. The caption reads: "Large boulder the size of a small boulder is completely blocking east-bound lane Highway 145 mm78 at Silverpick Road. Please use caution and watch for emergency vehicles in the area."

Headline of the Day@headlineoftheday· Jan 23

I did a double-take when I saw this because I got a real sense of deja vous - turns out I'm not going mad and I'd shared a similar story a few months ago in the Old Place!

A screenshot exerpt from the article: "The case echoes a similar incident in Oregon in October 2024, when police discovered a bag with the same "Definitely Not A Bag Full Of Drugs" note during a traffic stop that uncovered fentanyl, methamphetamine, cash, and a loaded revolver."

Headline of the Day@headlineoftheday· Jan 14

"Find me at INSERT LINK" 👏 This is like getting an email from Jeff Bezos where he forgets to ask for your account number.

A screenshot of an obvious bot account, apparently belonging to 18-year-old anime, tea, and cuddle enthusiast "Eve [bunny emoji] Free OnlyFans". Her bio states states "Find me [arrow emoji] INSERT LINK", suggesting something went wrong when the account was opened and they forgot to add the scammy link.

Headline of the Day@headlineoftheday· Jan 12

😳

A screenshot from the article, which reads "The mishap only came to light when the military was called to ask when they would collect their mines from an IKEA warehouse."

Headline of the Day@headlineoftheday· Jan 8

👀

A screenshot of the opening sentence of the article, which reads: "In the heart of Surrey, England, archaeologists uncovered a shaft that seemed to be more than a mere remnant of Roman occupation."

Headline of the Day@headlineoftheday· Dec 18

Nice to see this absolute classic is doing the rounds again, originally from 2015. It always makes me smile fondly when I see an old headline pop up again.

A newspaper cutting displaying the headline "China may be using sea to hide its submarines"

Headline of the Day@headlineoftheday· Dec 10

Absolute comedy gold

An extract from the article: "She claimed that she had forgotten it was in her bag, after telling customs officers that she did not have any prohibited items with her.
But police later discovered she had searched online for an answer to the question: “Can I have a gun in my suitcase?” and set a calendar reminder to herself to “put gun in suitcase”."

Headline of the Day@headlineoftheday· Nov 16