A colorful cartoon-style illustration showing giant inflatable lungs, brains, and hearts on display in a city park with happy visitors and health-awareness banners, promoting fun and education through creative public outreach.

One Inflation We Can Use More of: Inflatables!

Forget CPI—this is the kind of inflation we need more of! From 12-ft inflatable lungs promoting cancer screenings in the UK to brainy, bouncy ideas for awareness and education, here’s a look at the power of puffed-up positivity. 🎈👟💡

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Cartoon bear in a business suit holding a Shiller PE sign while investors float on gold, biotech, and lobster icons in a life raft marked 'Bear Market Strategy.'

Preparing for the Next Bear? Let’s Build a Portfolio That Doesn’t Just Hibernate

Markets are overheated, the Shiller PE is sky-high, and the bear may already be on its way. Here’s how we’re prepping—with gold, biotech, and battered brands that might just bite back. Fun? Always. Foolish? Hopefully not. 🧠📈🐻

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A chaotic writing desk with crumpled papers, spilled coffee, and a burning manuscript, symbolizing the tortured, caffeine-fueled life of an aspiring writer.

Don’t Be a Writer. Be Literally Anything Else.

So, you want to be a writer? Before you dive into a life of self-doubt, rejection, and caffeine-fueled despair, read this brutally honest (and painfully funny) list of 51 reasons to do absolutely anything else instead. Warning: it may hit a little too close to the bone. 📝💀

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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 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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