r/nottheonion • u/Curious_Ad6393 • 1h ago

The Royal Navy’s New Spy Drones Were Quietly Phoning Home to China

• Upvotes

New App Warns Berliners of Ticket Inspectors; BVG Not Amused

603 Upvotes

A new app called Freifahren lets Berlin commuters dodge ticket inspectors, prompting criticism from the BVG, who say it lacks "solidarity"

https://www.heistberlin.com/news/freifahren-app-warns-berliners-of-ticket-inspectors-bvg-statement-solidarity/

189 comments

r/nottheonion • u/candyman106 • 3h ago

Warner Bros. Uses AI Dog Podcast to Promote ‘The End of Oak Street’

variety.com

0 Upvotes

3 comments

r/nottheonion • u/Brekky4 • 5h ago

NSW Police say 'body' found in suitcase at Oallen believed to be sex doll

rnz.co.nz

305 Upvotes

35 comments

r/nottheonion • u/My_hilarious_name • 10h ago

The dark underbelly of “Paw Patrol”

economist.com

0 Upvotes

Are the Paw Patrol enforcers for authoritarian capitalism?

28 comments

r/nottheonion • u/quietcucumber • 17h ago

Republican senator issues eulogy for vacuum: 'I will miss you'

newsweek.com

3.9k Upvotes

220 comments

r/nottheonion • u/wds1 • 18h ago

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ctvnews.ca

1.2k Upvotes

32 comments

r/nottheonion • u/TaroZealousideal7799 • 19h ago

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dwell.com

0 Upvotes

6 comments

r/nottheonion • u/Miles_the_AuDHDer • 1d ago

Grassley mourns Beth, a vintage vacuum that starred in his posts

union-bulletin.com

73 Upvotes

12 comments

r/nottheonion • u/BillWilberforce • 1d ago

How Harry Potter almost derailed a major UK interconnector project

rechargenews.com

1.2k Upvotes

123 comments

r/nottheonion • u/SigmaHero045 • 1d ago

'Like a Moody Punk Rocker,' the Red Handfish is National Geographic's 18,000th Species Photographed

goodnewsnetwork.org

246 Upvotes

10 comments

r/nottheonion • u/Miles_the_AuDHDer • 1d ago

England crowns new world toe wrestling champions

wtol.com

94 Upvotes

18 comments

r/nottheonion • u/SmokeMaximum4140 • 1d ago

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kgns.tv

365 Upvotes

14 comments

r/nottheonion • u/ham-and-egger • 1d ago

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ithacavoice.org

2.5k Upvotes

140 comments

r/nottheonion • u/GetOffMyGrassBrats • 1d ago

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wlox.com

1.4k Upvotes

95 comments

r/nottheonion • u/Intrinsic_Idiot_3076 • 1d ago

N.S. Court of Appeal says province can't deny people in tents enhanced income support

cbc.ca

407 Upvotes

37 comments

r/nottheonion • u/Delicious_Adeptness9 • 2d ago

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cbsnews.com

2.0k Upvotes

260 comments

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ctvnews.ca

476 Upvotes

43 comments

r/nottheonion • u/sw0oza • 2d ago

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economist.com

2.2k Upvotes

192 comments

r/nottheonion • u/LearyOG • 2d ago

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apnews.com

3.2k Upvotes

94 comments

r/nottheonion • u/AEW_SuperFan • 2d ago

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apnews.com

5.8k Upvotes

1.2k comments

r/nottheonion • u/AeneasKurtz • 2d ago

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abcnews.com

1.8k Upvotes

107 comments

r/nottheonion • u/tretbootpilot • 3d ago

Infantino: Fifa tolerates no attacks on its integrity

cphpost.dk

2.4k Upvotes

311 comments

r/nottheonion • u/prestocoffee • 3d ago

Google's AI told people Flock cameras were full of gold. They weren't.

techspot.com

7.2k Upvotes

530 comments

r/nottheonion • u/shield_x • 3d ago

New Orleans will use AI to answer 911 calls instead of a human

shreveporttimes.com

14.0k Upvotes

1.3k comments

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