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Postcards from The Pug Bus

Lifting a satirical leg on popular culture

Persons in the Ether

Question of the Week

Would you rather live in a treehouse or in a cave?

Lorraine Mudgett, 61, municipal permit folder

Allegedly residing at 27 Wren Ladder Road, Scranton, PA

Treehouse. At least when society collapses, I’ll have a view. A cave feels like giving up with stone furniture.

Calvin Tress, 48, assistant pudding logistics coordinator

Allegedly found at 904 Fern Sink Lane, Tulsa, OK

Cave. No gutters, no ladders, no raccoons judging my curtains. Humanity went indoors for a reason, even if it has since misused the privilege.

Denise Palko, 36, freelance receipt interpreter

Allegedly located at 116 Mossy Bureau Avenue, Boise, ID

Treehouse. A cave says “feral emergency.” A treehouse says “whimsical emergency,” which feels slightly better on a lease application.

A black and white portrait of Brittany "Bison Whisperer" Jenkins. She is smiling broadly and holding a smartphone up to take a selfie. She wears a wide-brimmed adventure hat and a stylish outdoor vest. A massive bison looms directly behind her.

"Don't get too close, Bart. Bart!"

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Obituary: Brittany “Bison Whisperer” Jenkins – Gone but Not Forgotten (Mostly)

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BISON CHRONICLE, Yellowstone National Park – It is with a sense of… well, a sense of something… that we announce the untimely departure of Brittany… Read More

An image of OLivia Nuzzi reading American Canto in from of a really small audience.

Ghosted by readers. Haunted by hype.

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📚 Review: American Canto by Olivia Nuzzi

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Olivia Nuzzi’s American Canto arrived with the pomp, circumstance, and trumpet flourishes of a coronation … and the sad figures of a yard sale. Publishers… Read More

Surreal fast-food tableau with fries and cheeseburger arranged in a clinical setting, representing McDonald’s new menu concept and its satirical McTherapy Meal theme.

Emotional support, now deep-fried for your convenience.

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Meet the McTherapy Meal: From McDonald’s New Menu for Spiritual Growth

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CHICAGO — In a bold attempt to corner the emotional-distress market, McDonald’s New Menu for Spiritual Growth has unveiled the McTherapy Meal, a limited-time combo… Read More

A surreal illustration for a satirical sextortion scandal story, showing a laptop with a shadowy hooded figure on the screen, a potted plant, and yellow crime scene tape in a softly lit room.

Officials urge citizens to stay calm, avoid suspicious links, and maybe water their plants once in a while.

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Nation Reels From Sextortion Scandal 764

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WASHINGTON — The nation awoke this morning to the thud of its own moral compass falling off the nightstand as news broke of Sextortion Scandal… Read More

On the left, Chef Alistair Blunt, a stern-looking man in a chef's hat and uniform, stands with his arms crossed, looking furious. A speech bubble above his head says, "absolutely appalling!" In the background, paparazzi cameras flash. In the center-right, Misty LaRue, a woman with iridescent hair and sparkling blue sequined gloves, is reclining in a swan-shaped bathtub filled with sparkling water. She holds a New Artisanal Snack—a cracker topped with a dollop of white cream.

Chef Blunt is deeply offended by the snack, mainly because he didn't invent the "frozen mayo on sadness" trend first.

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Chef Alistair Blunt Throws Shade on Misty LaRue’s New Artisanal Snack Creation

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Chef Blunt is deeply offended by the snack, mainly because he didn’t invent the “frozen mayo on sadness” trend first. The food-and-gossip industries are staring… Read More

Surreal drawing of a celebrity couple undergoing a cosmic conscious uncoupling above a Whole Foods in Calabasas, floating toward a glowing spacetime rift while scientists observe the phenomenon.”

When your relationship ends so badly it triggers a recall on three dimensions.

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Celebrity Couple Announces Conscious Uncoupling from Physical Reality

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Hollywood power couple Amber Luxe and Dakota Zenith have announced they are “lovingly and intentionally separating from the constraints of physical reality.” The announcement was… Read More

In this illustration for Norman Rockwell paintings we see Mr. Rockwell sitting at an easel pointing a cell phone at himself as though to take a selfie.

What's a pixel?

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Ten Worst Norman Rockwell Paintings

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Norman Rockwell, that gentle purveyor of impossible nostalgia, gave us hundreds of paintings during his career. Most of them depicted a version of America that… Read More

An Anglophile practicing his British slang on an unimpressed lady.

"Crikey! That's a bit much, isn't it?"

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The Novice Anglofile’s Top Ten British Slang Expressions

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Prepare your sensibilities, novice Anglofile, as we dive into the tweedy depths of British slang and social manoeuvring. Here are ten of the finest British… Read More