Traveler breezing through TSA with shoes on, lobster in clear container, and quirky items like yoga mats and wands approved nearby — celebrating DHS’s relaxed travel rules in 2025.

The President’s Vision for a New Golden Age of American Travel Has Legs (and Shoes): DHS to End ‘Shoes-Off’ Policy

The TSA just gave your feet a freedom pass: shoes-on is now official! Secretary Noem calls it part of the President’s vision for a new Golden Age of American travel. From Harry Potter wands to lobsters, here’s the hilarious full list of what’s allowed (and not) through security.

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Tourists sweating under a closed Eiffel Tower sign during a record-breaking summer heatwave in Paris, with a melting ice cream cone in the foreground

June 2025: Europe Bakes, Eiffel Shuts Down, But Relax—It’s Not the End of the World Yet!

Europe sizzles, tourists sweat, and the Eiffel Tower says au revoir—but is it the end of the world or just another scorcher? Discover record heat, shutdowns, and survival tips (including borrowing ice from zoo bears 🐻).

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A chaotic French street festival scene with joyful dancers, colorful lights, and a looming shadow in the crowd holding a syringe—juxtaposing celebration and danger.

Beautiful France: When Getting a Shot at a Music Festival Earns a Widely Different Meaning!

Festival-goers in France danced, cried, and... got stabbed with syringes? What began as a musical free-for-all devolved into a public safety nightmare. From bizarre costumes to real-life crime, this is one street party you won't forget.

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A worried coder in a hoodie staring at a computer screen while a smug-looking AI robot types faster beside him — with a pink slip on the desk titled “Replaced by AI 😅.”

Created AI? Congrats… Now Get L-AI-d Off!

From coding jobs to cashiers, AI is marching in — and no one's job is safe, not even the ones that made AI possible. So... build AI, then get replaced by it? Oh, the irony.

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A view of Copenhagen’s colorful Nyhavn harbor on a sunny day, filled with bikes, boats, and people enjoying outdoor cafes—symbolizing the city's livability, charm, and Scandinavian lifestyle.

Moving (or Not Moving) to Copenhagen: That Is the Question

As the U.S. sweats through 96°F heatwaves and subway breakdowns, Copenhagen quietly claims the crown as 2025’s most livable city. With royal palaces, smørrebrød, modern art, and temps that won’t fry your face, the Danish capital might just be calling. Or at least teasing.

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A colorful cartoon globe surrounded by chaos: planes crashing, news headlines flying, billionaires getting married in Venice, and David Beckham smiling with a knight’s sword above his head, while protestors and penguins hold signs saying “NOT TODAY.”

Today Is Nearly the End of the World — Not.

Plane crashes, geopolitical mayhem, floods, and... David Beckham gets knighted? 🌍🚨 We connect the dots (or at least poke them) in this satirical look at the world as it maybe-nearly-ends. 🎭💣

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Digital illustration showing cartoon tanks rolling past a crowd of taxpayers holding invoices and sparklers, with red, white, and blue confetti falling and a birthday cake in the background.

Can We Taxpayers All Get a Military Parade?

When Trump held a $50 million military parade on his birthday (oops, we mean the Army’s), taxpayers picked up the tab. But what if we all got to decide? Parade or pay cut? Candy cannon or cannon cannon? Welcome to democracy, Funanc1al-style.

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A Boeing 787 seat map with 11A highlighted in red, layered over a faint aviation emergency symbol and a survivor icon walking away.

So There Was a Miracle in Seat 11A: Should You Book It Just in Case?

After a deadly plane crash in Ahmedabad, one man — seated in 11A — walked away. Is there really a "safe seat" on a plane? Or was it just luck and a seatbelt?

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A cartoon-style illustration of a stock chart blasting off into space past skeptical analysts with “Sell” signs. Icons of Wall Street firms (Blackrock, Vanguard) cheer from the sidelines.

Stock Opinions: Take Stock—But Don’t Run the Clock!

Everyone thought Palantir was overpriced. Then it pulled a Netflix-Tesla-Amazon combo and skyrocketed. Here's why stock opinions matter—just not too much—and how to take them with a grain of salt (and maybe a martini).

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A digital cartoon showing a person romantically embracing a humanoid AI robot, while behind them smokestacks spew pollution into a sky filled with floating binary code and heart emojis—a satirical blend of intimacy and industry.

From AI to fr-AI-nd to w-AI-fe: h-AI-llo World!

As AI evolves from code to companion, it’s becoming therapist, best friend—and maybe next in line after your spouse. But behind the soft words and emotional fluency hides a harder edge: pollution, power-hunger, and existential questions. From fr-AI-ndship to w-AI-fehood, is this the future we ordered?

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