Richard Cole

If Oscar the Grouch Is a Time Lord, Then What Is the Rest of Sesame Street? An entirely reasonable question prompted by a show that has never once explained where anyone came from or why they’re still here.

An entirely reasonable question prompted by a show that has never once explained where anyone came from or why they’re still here.

#cookiemonster #drwho #elmo #grover #oscar #sesamestreet #snuffleupagus #timelord #vampire #OddNews

Are Olympic Ski Jumpers Injecting Filler Into Their Johnsons To Fly Further? The only event where “hang time” might involve… extra hanging.

The only event where “hang time” might involve… extra hanging.

#Doping #enhancement #junk #Olympics #skijumping #WinterOlympics #OddNews

Coyote That Broke Into Alcatraz Gets Fat in Two Weeks From Eating Everything That Isn’t Nailed Down Nature’s most successful prison reform experiment to date.

Nature’s most successful prison reform experiment to date.

#alcatraz #Birds #california #coyote #sanfrancisco #wildlife #OddNews

Lubbock Officials Deny Existence of “Snow Thing,” a Move the Snow Thing Would Totally Approve Of Residents note the denial had the exact vibe of a horror movie first act.

Residents note the denial had the exact vibe of a horror movie first act.

#figure #snow #snowthing #spooky #texas #OddNews

Study Finds Countries With High Inequality Seven Times More Likely To Experience Democratic Backsliding Billionaires assure everyone this is just correlation and not the thing they actually paid for.

"Oxfam noted that 3.5 percent of EU billionaires' combined wealth, roughly €84 billion, would be sufficient to eradicate extreme poverty globally. Billionaire representatives responded that this figure failed to account for their strong preference for not doing that."

#economy #democracy #oddnews

Now we just need a nice Taskmaster fan in New York to have a couple to spare! 😬

RFK Jr. Unveils New Dietary Guidelines to Americans: Eat More Saturated Fats and Die Sooner The new food pyramid: Built on protein, lobbyists, and vibes.

The new food pyramid: Built on protein, lobbyists, and vibes.

#conspiracy #dietplan #food #foodpyramid #PressRelease #RobertFKennedyJr #science #OddNews

Oddstradamus has spoken...

#2026 #predictions #geese

British Town’s AI-Generated Christmas Murals Are Nightmare Fuel Christmas cheer meets Flemish fever dream, and the results have too many joints.

Christmas cheer meets Flemish fever dream, and the results have too many joints.

#AI #art #Christmas #england #Holidays #nightmare #OddNews

Academy Now Requires That Oscar Voters Watch Every Nominated Film. Now Requires? The Academy discovers accountability, immediately regrets it.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced that its 10,000 voting members must now confirm they have watched every nominated film before casting ballots, a policy change that assumes human beings are capable of both honesty & sustained attention. Read more below
#films #Oscars #OddNews

Arctic Blast Tuesday Could Cause Iguanas To Rain From Florida Trees State wildlife officials advise looking up, though honestly that’s just good life advice in Florida generally.

The NWS confirmed that plummeting temperatures will cause green iguanas to lose consciousness & fall from trees, marking the 3rd consecutive year the agency has been forced to warn Florida residents that iguanas seize up when it gets cold. Read more below...

#fall #florida #iguana #winter #OddNews

Calgary Flames Coach Consults ChatGPT After 3-11 Start AI recommends scoring goals instead of not scoring goals.

After 14 NHL games of what team officials are calling “a developmental phase” & what statisticians are calling “mathematically humiliating,” they have achieved a 3-11 record & pioneered a new frontier in sports analytics: asking a chatbot why they suck. Read more below.

#calgaryflames #NHL #OddNews

Alaska Charges “Knights of Ni” With $500K Medicaid Fraud in Farcical Aquatic Credentialing Ceremony State Medicaid Fraud Unit unsheathes the Holy Hand Grenade of Anchorage.

Alaska prosecutors filed seven felony charges against The Knights of Ni LLC & its owner, Ryan Carroll, alleging more than $500,000 in fraudulent Medicaid billing, an amount that easily buys both a shrubbery & a tasteful path down the middle. Read more below.

#Alaska #holygrail #montypython #OddNews

Netflix Secures Rights to “The Settlers of Catan.” Working title: “Wood for Sheep” Which incidentally is what the non-family-friendly parody version will probably be called as well.

Netflix has announced it has secured exclusive rights to adapt The Settlers of Catan, the 1995 board game responsible for ending more friendships than Monopoly and Risk combined. Read more below...

#Netflix #realitytv #rights #settlersofcatan #streaming #OddNews

Human Red Flag Claims That His Cybertruck Is Repulsive to Women Sure, that’s the problem.

Roger Davis, a San Diego entrepreneur of undisclosed industry and very disclosed political opinions, says his problems with women began when he bought a Tesla Cybertruck. Read more below...

#cybertruck #marriage #relationship #tesla #women #OddNews

Florida Man Caught With Thermos in “Exit Ramp” The thermos reportedly applied for therapy and a restraining order.

In what Sheriff Grady Judd described as “an incident that makes even Florida blush,” 51-year-old Walter Frymire was arrested after deputies discovered he had attempted to smuggle a thermos into the Polk County Jail the old-fashioned way: by becoming the container. Read more below...

#floridaman

MIT Study Finds One in Five American Women Are Dating AI Bots When your boyfriend only needs charging, not counseling.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology has published the first large-scale study of people in romantic relationships with AI companions, focusing on the Reddit group r/MyBoyfriendIsAI. Read more below....

#AI #chatbots #dating #study #OddNews

I see two duplicate posts with links!

It's probably about time to do a BlueSky giveaway?

The lucky lucky winner can pick any 5 Taskmaster comic covers in A5 (small), A4 (medium) or A3 (large) sizes!

Repost this to be entered into the draw!

I'll pick a name on Tuesday night!

Thank you for being my 2nd! 🎉 xxx