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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."
August 7, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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The WHAT meme
July 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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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"
April 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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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".
March 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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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.
March 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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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"
March 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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[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.
January 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Lmao
Screenshot of a Financial Times headline: Virgin Money chatbot scolds customer who typed 'virgin'
January 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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January 28, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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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."
January 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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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."
January 23, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Dog on a computer meme. In the top panel it looks at the screen and is captioned "let's see what's happening in the news". In the bottom panel it looks at the viewer looking concerned, with the caption "Good Lord"
January 20, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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"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.
January 14, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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😳
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."
January 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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👀
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."
January 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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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"
December 18, 2024 at 5:41 PM
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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”."
December 10, 2024 at 10:28 PM
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A screenshot from the article, which reads: There are bears at Lake Arrowhead and in the San Bernardino Mountains, which is a forested range about 60 miles northeast of Los Angeles, but they don’t wear costumes.
November 16, 2024 at 9:57 AM