Current Absurdities

London on Zwift: Cycling Virtual Box Hill at 11pm Without Driving to Surrey, Getting Wet, or Being Passed by Someone Who Makes It Look Effortless

London on Zwift: Cycling Virtual Box Hill at 11pm Without Driving to Surrey, Getting Wet, or Being Passed by Someone Who Makes It Look Effortless | Indoor Cycling Platform Renders London in Three Dimensions; Gradient-Accurate Smart Trainer Makes the Virtual Box Hill Climb Physiologically Indistinguishable From the Real One; Scenery Differs

Culture Social

Spotting Phony People

Scientists have confirmed that Britons can now identify a phony person within minutes of meeting them — roughly the same window it takes to realise someone at a drinks party only approaches you once they’ve clocked your postcode. According to research reported by YourTango, modern humans have evolved a sixth sense positioned somewhere between “fight or flight” and “this bloke definitely has a podcast no one has heard.” We can spot…

Current Absurdities

Spanish Word for London Is ‘Londres’; English Word for Spain Is ‘Spain’; Spain Points Out That Is Not What Spain Is Called; Everyone Continues Anyway

Spanish Word for London Is ‘Londres’; English Word for Spain Is ‘Spain’; Spain Points Out That Is Not What Spain Is Called; Everyone Continues Anyway | Investigation Into How Different Languages Render ‘London’ Finds That Spanish Has Done It Better Than English Has Done ‘Spain’; Nobody Is Changing Anything

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House of Commons Chaos

14 Pratty Truths From Westminster Unmasking The Laughable Logic Of Commons Debates House of Commons Chaos The House of Commons frequently feels like a London cab rank at rush hour with less direction and more shouting pratface than actual policy debates. Every time an MP says “With respect” you can safely assume 14 prats are about to be disrespected in exactly the wrong way. Prime Ministers strut into the chamber…

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What is Worse Than Cheating

😱 10 Things That Are Objectively Worse Than Cheating Here’s a playful satirical take — a list of 10 small relationship irritants that are even worse than cheating on your spouse, riffing gleefully on how absurdly petty human partnerships can be. We’re borrowing the spirit of the idea that sometimes people think something worse exists — like a lie that feels bigger than an affair according to the Slate discussion on…

Current Absurdities International Royals

King Charles Seagull Attack

King Charles Seagull Attack: Monarchy Survives Most Successful Aerial Assault Since 1066 LONDON — Somewhere in Northern Ireland, one seagull is currently telling friends, “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” British royal protocol reportedly contains 417 pages about swords, crowns, and ceremonial gloves, but only one sentence regarding “aggressive coastal birds.” That sentence reads, we are told, simply: “Try not to stand near chips.” King Charles spending decades preparing…

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Mayor Promises to Fix London

Mayor Promises to Fix London, Immediately Announces Task Force to Study Why It’s Still Called London London woke up this week to discover that its mayor, Sadiq Khan, has once again identified the root cause of all the city’s problems: people noticing them. In a bold act of political judo, Khan has flipped the burden of proof — it is now the public’s fault for being aware that things are bad.…

News Technology

AEO, AISEO, LLMO, SXO, GEO, and the SEO Industry

The Great Acronym Fog: SEO, GEO, and the Industry That Accidentally Ate the Alphabet There are moments in every profession when it collectively stops, looks around, and realises it has been arguing with itself in public for an entire year. For SEO, that moment arrived somewhere between its seventeenth rebrand and its fifth existential crisis, when a group of highly credentialled adults began earnestly debating whether they still do “SEO,” or…

International News

Chinese Dumpling Plot

Wonton and On and On: The Great Chinese Dumpling Plot to Immobilize London The Modern “Spyware” Is Doughware Londoners today aren’t being surveilled by hidden cameras or mysterious satellites leaking secrets back to Beijing. Nope. They’re being surveilled by something far more insidious: steamy, pork-filled wonton dumplings. Yes, the beautifully folded parcels of Cantonese glory have taken over east and central London — and it’s no accident. Somewhere between Canary…

Current Absurdities

London 52 Horse: The Specific Search That Arrives at the Intersection of London, Numbers, and Horses, Which Is Either About Racing, Transport History, or Something Delightfully Specific

London 52 Horse: The Specific Search That Arrives at the Intersection of London, Numbers, and Horses, Which Is Either About Racing, Transport History, or Something Delightfully Specific | Investigation Into ‘London 52 Horse’ as a Search Query Produces Interesting Results Across London’s Horse Racing Heritage, Victorian Horse-Drawn Transport History, and the Specific Numerology of Equine London