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fromSlate Magazine
2 days ago

Think You're Smarter Than a Slate Staff Writer? Find Out With This Week's News Quiz.

A Friday news quiz tests knowledge across politics, business, culture, sports, and science and allows score comparison with other contestants.
Film
fromInverse
2 days ago

'Wake Up Dead Man' Review: The Darkest - And Greatest - Knives Out Movie Yet

Knives Out films prioritize clever puzzles and crackling dialogue over deep ideological substance, with Wake Up Dead Man delivering a darker, more substantial political critique.
Artificial intelligence
fromThe Verge
3 days ago

Aligning those who align AI, one satirical website at a time

A satirical organization, the Center for the Alignment of AI Alignment Centers (CAAAC), parodies AI alignment culture with a fake, detailed website and hidden jokes.
#south-park
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 days ago
US politics

Charlie Kirk Assassination Leads Comedy Central to Pull South Park Episode the MAGA Star Called Badge of Honor'

fromwww.mediaite.com
3 days ago
US politics

Charlie Kirk Assassination Leads Comedy Central to Pull South Park Episode the MAGA Star Called Badge of Honor'

#mockumentary
#misinformation
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago

Sacrifice review starry satire pokes fun at celebrity before falling into a volcano

Sacrifice skewers celebrity performative environmentalism through a biting comedy-thriller set at a remote, elitist gala exposing self-serving stars and billionaire hubris.
Film
fromIndieWire
1 week ago

'Sacrifice' Review: Cult Leader Anya Taylor-Joy Wants to Throw the Rich into a Volcano in Romain Gavras' Wild Satire of Performative Environmentalism

Sacrifice is a hyper-stylized, messy comedy-fable that satirizes elite performative activism while probing truth, performance, and death as a cleansing ritual.
US politics
fromInsideHook
1 week ago

Bill Maher Talked Ivy League Drama and Economic Distress

Bill Maher mocked renaming Defense to Department of War and explored political norms and economic debate with Steven Pinker, Kaitlan Collins, and Stephen Moore.
#the-onion
fromPoynter
1 week ago

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's engagement is real, but the couple is often targeted by false claims - Poynter

Pop superstar Taylor Swift has been falsely accused of a laundry list of absurdities: Doing "satanic rituals" at her shows. Being a government "psyop." But this time, the news about her is true: She's engaged to be married. Swift posted a series of photos on Instagram Aug. 26, showing her engagement to Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, who is also no stranger to being targeted by misinformation. Even Kelce's father, Ed, has occasionally fallen for false headlines about the couple.
Music
Film
fromIndieWire
2 weeks ago

'Bugonia' Review: Jesse Plemons Tries to Save the World from Emma Stone in Yorgos Lanthimos' Blunt Big-Pharma Hostage Thriller

Bugonia is a tightly controlled Lanthimos satire about a conspiracist beekeeper who kidnaps a pharma executive he believes is an alien, blending cruelty and optimism.
Video games
fromGameSpot
2 weeks ago

Outer Worlds 2 Lets You Play A Bumbling Space Moron In Way Over Their Head

The Outer Worlds 2 emphasizes sharp satire of corporations and totalitarian governments, using a spacefaring retro-future setting and systems designed to amplify dark humor.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Spinal Tap II, Julia Roberts and Paul Thomas Anderson: the best films of autumn 2025

Late‑August films include Aronofsky's comedic crime drama, a Roses marital satire with Cumberbatch and Colman, Dardenne social realism, a Slovenian coming‑of‑age, and Spinal Tap sequel.
US politics
fromAxios
2 weeks ago

Newsom trolls Trump once again with MAGA-style merch, Bibles

Gavin Newsom's campaign sells satirical, pro-Newsom merchandise parodying Trump products to raise donations and troll opponents during redistricting and political conflict.
fromThe New Yorker
3 weeks ago

Rachel Cusk on Muriel Spark's "The House of the Famous Poet"

I never felt the influence of Muriel Spark, despite the fact that she was a substantial female figure in British literature. It's a pity, because there was much to learn from her macabre, entirely unsentimental art and its account of the strange violence of living. It was only quite recently, when I came across a new volume of her collected letters (meticulously edited by Dan Gunn), that I first felt confronted by her persona.
Books
Film
fromThe Atlantic
3 weeks ago

Spike Lee's Self-Aware Brooklyn Satire

Spike Lee's Highest 2 Lowest blends contemporary satire with a story inspired by Kurosawa's High and Low, focusing on evolving identities in Brooklyn.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Katabasis by RF Kuang review a descent into the hellscape of academia

Katabasis vividly depicts the struggles and frustrations of academia through a narrative that transforms a campus into a literal hellscape.
#kristi-noem
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Eight Postcards from Utopia review found-footage fever dream of post-Ceausescu Romania

Romania's transition from communism to capitalism is satirically depicted through a collage of 1990s TV ads, evoking consumer culture and societal change.
Television
fromVulture
1 month ago

South Park Introduces Its Piddly J.D. Vance

The episode satirizes conservative culture through Cartman's podcast and critiques figures like Kristi Noem and J.D. Vance.
fromAbove the Law
1 month ago

P. Diddy Taps On Trump Administration For Pardon Request - Above the Law

Sean "Diddy" Combs and his legal team have reportedly reached out to the Trump administration for a pardon after his conviction on prostitution-related offenses.
US politics
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

Cover Letter for a Job I Don't Want but Will Be Offended Not to Get

I once led a project to completion using only Slack emojis and a positive affirmation that I lifted from somebody's tote bag.
Careers
#tom-lehrer
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

A Big, Fat Man With a Teeny, Tiny Penis': Ex-GOP Rep. Revels in South Park's Trump Episode

Joe Walsh, a former GOP Rep turned Democrat, appreciates a South Park episode mocking Trump, noting its potential impact on his base.
#comedy
#video-games
fromInverse
1 month ago
Video games

20 Years Ago, A Cult Classic Open World Game Transformed A Beloved Sci-Fi Genre

fromPolygon
2 months ago
Video games

Cyborg schoolgirls destroy capitalism in cheeky new action game from Earth Defense Force devs

fromInverse
1 month ago
Video games

20 Years Ago, A Cult Classic Open World Game Transformed A Beloved Sci-Fi Genre

fromPolygon
2 months ago
Video games

Cyborg schoolgirls destroy capitalism in cheeky new action game from Earth Defense Force devs

#trump
Television
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

South Park's most furious episode ever': the jaw-dropping Satanic takedown of Donald Trump

Paramount faces backlash due to a $16 million settlement with Trump, leading to scathing critiques from shows like South Park.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Covid, social media, Black Lives Matter: Ari Aster's Eddington takes 2020 on and mostly succeeds

Ari Aster's Eddington blends social satire and horror by exploring the impact of technology and the pandemic on human behavior and relationships.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Burn before reading and regret it for ever | Brief letters

"Before your feminine instinct tells you to destroy this letter." Hearing this opening line decades later left me wondering what the handwritten letter contained.
UK news
Germany news
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

Germany: Comedian 'El Hotzo' acquitted over Trump posts DW 07/23/2025

Sebastian Hotz was acquitted of charges for online posts deemed satirical rather than incitements to crime during a heated public debate.
Independent films
fromSFGATE
1 month ago

San Francisco's 'Luigi: the Musical' shot me through the heart

'Luigi: The Musical' depicts celebrity criminals in a Brooklyn prison, blending outrageous humor and satire to reflect on American society.
fromItsnicethat
1 month ago

Kyle Platts' new 2D short spins influencer culture into a hilarious gravy nightmare

The use of music in Kyle's short is particularly hilarious - stock, YouTuber-esque music underpins every sad moment with jarringly upbeat vibes, creating a juxtaposition that delivers laughs as well as discomfort.
Film
fromSlate Magazine
1 month ago

No One Has Exacted More Iconic Revenge Than The Yes Men. Can Their Tactics Live Up to 2025?

"A young healthy child well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or broiled," Swift wrote.
Miscellaneous
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

Review: Eddington' is the wacko COVID Western we've waited for

The COVID-19 pandemic and shutdown turned many Americans into social media gunslingers, who favored conspiracies and adhered to their own belief systems and individual freedoms, consequentially disregarding reason and facts.
Film
Design
fromItsnicethat
2 months ago

Richard Turley gives Air's identity space to breathe through simplicity and parody

Air's rebranding strategy uses humor and simplicity to differentiate itself in a corporate landscape.
Humor
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

How Culture Shapes Perception of Political Humor

Political humor merges comedy and critique, making complex political issues engaging and accessible.
#zohran-mamdani
#terry-gilliam
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Billion Dollar Playground review drop everything! Your hate-watch of the summer is here

Billion Dollar Playground features ridiculously wealthy characters who complain about minor inconveniences, showcasing the absurdity of luxury living through their entitled perspectives on opulent vacations.
Television
US politics
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

With the Big, Beautiful Bill, You Can Now Sponsor a Billionaire of Your Choosing

The article satirizes wealth distribution, depicting a fictional bill that humorously reallocates funds to billionaires instead of public needs.
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

Dana Carvey Admits Slipping Biden's Obvious' Decline Into SNL Skits: A Delicate Thing'

I knew that he was compromised mentally. I mean, it was obvious to me, but it was a delicate thing in the comedy world. There were a lot of people did not want to do anything that would kind of ding him in like an awkward way.
US politics
fromPinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
2 months ago

JK Rowling depicted alongside Elon Musk in Glastonbury mural

The tech bros want to go to Mars, so we're sending them there. There's room on the rocket for a few more souls so they're being joined by Trump, Netanyahu, Vance, Farage and Rowling - just some of the people who in recent years made life on Earth more difficult for us.
Social justice
fromTheartnewspaper
2 months ago

Trump dances with Jeffrey Epstein in new National Mall sculpture

In the United States of America you have the freedom to display your so-called 'art', no matter how ugly it is. - The Trump White House, June 2025.
US politics
fromwww.kaltblut-magazine.com
2 months ago

Oui!

Sofia Iliopoulou's photography captures silent narratives through striking black-and-white portraits, showcasing a satirical view of luxury, wealth, and their performative nature.
Fashion & style
fromThe New Yorker
2 months ago

Yoga for Finding Inner Calm in L.A. Right Now

"...your body reacting naturally to the rapid erosion of civil liberties in real time."
Yoga
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Daniel Hannan celebrates his chronicle of Brexit idiocy foretold | John Crace

The article mocks Dan Hannan's repeated failures and misguided predictions, emphasizing the irony of his perceived status and accolades.
Humor
fromThe New Yorker
9 years ago

My Favorite Fireworks

This article showcases a collection of unconventional, humorous, and eccentric fireworks designs that satirize societal themes and teenage culture.
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

My Super-Special 79th Was Not Super Special

What does a president have to do to get the right kind of birthday tank parade?
US politics
NYC music
fromVulture
3 months ago

Joan Baez Just Wants to Watch Twilight and Marry Hozier

Joan Baez advocates for balancing news consumption with escapism through fictional entertainment.
Podcast
fromThe New Yorker
3 months ago

"Mountainhead" and the Age of the Pathetic Billionaire

Jesse Armstrong's "Mountainhead" critiques the moral failings of the ultra-wealthy, reflecting on their impact on culture and satire.
NYC startup
fromBusiness Insider
3 months ago

TikTokers are proudly proclaiming nepo baby status in the latest viral trend

TikTok's 'holy airball' trend satirizes claimed ties to major brands, often revealing humorous claims or commentary on nepotism.
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

Jimmy Kimmel: Between Elon and Melania, Trump now has two foreigners who won't sleep with him'

Elon Musk criticized Trump's policies, igniting a public spat between the two influential figures.
#tech-billionaires
fromThe New Yorker
3 months ago
Silicon Valley

"Mountainhead" Channels the Absurdity of the Tech Bro

"Mountainhead" is a satire of tech billionaires, showcasing their moral failings as they compete for wealth.
fromwww.esquire.com
3 months ago
Silicon Valley

The Real Life Tech Execs Jesse Armstrong's 'Mountainhead' Is Based On

Film satirizes tech oligarchs through characters reflecting Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg during a global catastrophe.
Silicon Valley
fromwww.esquire.com
3 months ago

The Real Life Tech Execs Jesse Armstrong's 'Mountainhead' Is Based On

Film satirizes tech oligarchs through characters reflecting Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg during a global catastrophe.
Silicon Valley food
fromsfist.com
3 months ago

'Mountainhead' on HBO Draws Eerie Parallels Between Billionaire Bros and Zizian Cult

The film is a satirical critique of tech culture's absurdity, featuring a limited cast and a simple setting.
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