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Gizmodo

Coming Soon, From the People Behind ICE Detention Camps: Data Center Company Towns

After partnering with CoreCivic to detain minors, this company now wants to give data center contractors a cushy home-away-from-home.

6 hours ago

Gizmodo

Coming Soon, From the People Behind ICE Detention Camps: Data Center Company Towns

Buzzfeed

People In The BDSM Community Are Spilling Their Secrets, And My Jaw Is On The Floor (Not Just Because Someone Told Me To ...

"I used to think the whole Daddy thing was weird. Then a girl said it to me in bed, and I understood immediately." View Entire Post ›

2 hours ago

Buzzfeed

People In The BDSM Community Are Spilling Their Secrets, And My Jaw Is On The Floor (Not Just Because Someone Told Me To ...

Bored Panda

77 Times Hotels Messed Up So Bad, People Had To Shame Them Online (New Pics)

After a long day of travel, most people just want to walk into a comfortable, functional hotel room. But sometimes, what they find instead is a baffling design decision that makes them stop and stare. From bathrooms with zero privacy to layouts that make absolutely no sense, some hotel rooms leave guests ...

1 hour ago

Bored Panda

77 Times Hotels Messed Up So Bad, People Had To Shame Them Online (New Pics)

Bored Panda

48 Personal Mysteries That These People Still Wonder About Years Later

Something that we have to accept in life is that we simply won’t ever know everything. There are certain questions people have been trying to answer for centuries that still leave us puzzled. But apparently, it’s even common to have small, unsolvable mysteries in your personal life. Here’s a list ...

1 hour ago

Bored Panda

48 Personal Mysteries That These People Still Wonder About Years Later

Bored Panda

“I’m Still Not Over The Pain”: 83 Times People Got A Brutal Wake-Up Call About Their Loved Ones

Nobody treats everyone the same. The people in our lives occupy different places in our hearts—coworkers, friends, partners, and family members all have their own history and levels of trust. Still, just because you’re related to someone or have known them for years doesn’t automatically mean they’re ...

1 hour ago

Bored Panda

“I’m Still Not Over The Pain”: 83 Times People Got A Brutal Wake-Up Call About Their Loved Ones

The Poke

People are sharing what they think are the best tweets of all time – 18 of the funniest, filthiest contenders to help you ...

Let's be honest: with the world the way it is right now, we need to take every chance we can get to laugh. So when someone on Twitter/X this week asked for people's suggestions for the best tweet of all time, we had to pull together the best replies. what’s the best tweet of all [...] The post People ...

20 hours ago

The Poke

People are sharing what they think are the best tweets of all time – 18 of the funniest, filthiest contenders to help you ...

The Poke

Which facts make other people angry? – 17 pieces of information that somehow make people see red

Facts about the world can be mind expanding and incredible. However they can also cause people to lose their temper simply by existing. And we don’t mean the sort of skewed, weaponised facts that grifters like to bait people with. We mean perfectly acceptable facts that can’t be argued with. Killahbee33 ...

1 day ago

The Poke

Which facts make other people angry? – 17 pieces of information that somehow make people see red

The Poke

Nigel Farage's boast that Reform UK raised the most money in 2025 just reminded people that it's the billionaires' favourite

The Reform UK party may have failed to win the Gorton and Denton by-election, but their leader, Nigel Farage, is now quick to point out a category in which they are winning. It seems that they raised more money from donations in 2025 than any other political party. But, given the fact that £12 million ...

1 day ago

The Poke

Nigel Farage's boast that Reform UK raised the most money in 2025 just reminded people that it's the billionaires' favourite

The Poke

An optical illusion has got people very confused about which way this horse is walking through the snow. What can you see?

Our brains can play really weird tricks on us. When images are relayed to the eye, the path of light means they arrive upside down, and the brain flips them. Our brains are hard-wired to see faces in things, hence the 'Jesus is in my toast' phenomenon. And then there are things like this – [...] ...

1 day ago

The Poke

An optical illusion has got people very confused about which way this horse is walking through the snow. What can you see?

The Poke

'What's the daftest thing people have to pay for?' – 23 incredibly unfair ways people reckon they're being fleeced

What with inflation, wars, the after-effects of the pandemic, and everything else, life feels incredibly expensive at the moment. And it's even worse when we're paying for things that surely should be free" They've been discussing the things it feels unfair to have to shell out for on the AskUK subreddit ...

2 days ago

The Poke

'What's the daftest thing people have to pay for?' – 23 incredibly unfair ways people reckon they're being fleeced

Mashable

NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for March 9, 2026

Connections is a New York Times word game that's all about finding the "common threads between words." How to solve the puzzle.

2 hours ago

NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for March 9, 2026

Mashable

NYT Strands hints, answers for March 9, 2026

The NYT Strands hints and answers you need to make the most of your puzzling experience.

2 hours ago

NYT Strands hints, answers for March 9, 2026

Mashable

NYT Pips hints, answers for March 9, 2026

The New York Times' latest game, Pips, brings domino fun to your desktop. How to play Pips as well as hints in case you get stuck.

3 hours ago

NYT Pips hints, answers for March 9, 2026

Mashable

NYT Connections Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for March 9, 2026

Connections: Sports Edition is a New York Times word game about finding common sports threads between words. How to solve the day's puzzle.

3 hours ago

NYT Connections Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for March 9, 2026

Mashable

NYT Pips hints, answers for March 8, 2026

The New York Times' latest game, Pips, brings domino fun to your desktop. How to play Pips as well as hints in case you get stuck.

15 hours ago

NYT Pips hints, answers for March 8, 2026

Mashable

NYT Connections Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for March 8, 2026

Connections: Sports Edition is a New York Times word game about finding common sports threads between words. How to solve the day's puzzle.

15 hours ago

NYT Connections Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for March 8, 2026

Mashable

Hurdle hints and answers for March 8, 2026

Hints and answers to today's Hurdle all in one place.

24 hours ago

Hurdle hints and answers for March 8, 2026

Mashable

NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for March 8, 2026

Connections is a New York Times word game that's all about finding the "common threads between words." How to solve the puzzle.

1 day ago

NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for March 8, 2026

The Poke

Somebody asked if anyone had ever had a 'famous neighbour' and the answers were (mainly) very entertainingly Z-list

Living next to a celebrity would be brilliant, wouldn't it? Imagine if Beyoncé was your neighbour, you'd chatting over the garden fence like old pals in no time. Except that the likes of Beyoncé unfortunately don't move to the type of place you can afford to live, so you need to dial back your expectations. ...

2 days ago

Somebody asked if anyone had ever had a 'famous neighbour' and the answers were (mainly) very entertainingly Z-list

Mashable

Wordle today: Answer, hints for March 9, 2026

Here's the answer for "Wordle" 1724 on March 9 as well as a few hints, tips, and clues to help you solve it yourself.

2 hours ago

Wordle today: Answer, hints for March 9, 2026

Mashable

Moon phase today: What the Moon will look like on March 8

See the Moon phase expected for March 8, 2026 as well as when the next Full Moon is expected.

24 hours ago

Moon phase today: What the Moon will look like on March 8

The Poke

This video of 'the guy who shot Andrew Tate dancing in Dubai' is today's funniest thing (and boy do we all need it right ...

Andrew Tate has been more of a mockery-magnet than usual recently, thanks to his hilariously ridiculous 'dancing in Dubai as the bombs fall' video. We're not entirely sure what point he was trying to make, but he was obviously quite pleased with himself. It was reminiscent of a toddler shouting 'Hey ...

2 days ago

This video of 'the guy who shot Andrew Tate dancing in Dubai' is today's funniest thing (and boy do we all need it right ...

Mashable

SNL Weekend Update inspires gasps for Iran and Epstein jokes

'SNL' Weekend Update hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che got some shocked reactions from the crowd.

15 hours ago

SNL Weekend Update inspires gasps for Iran and Epstein jokes

Mashable

SNL Cold Open has Colin Josts Hegseth dodging Iran questions

'Saturday Night Live' goes after the Trump administration again in last night's Cold Open.

16 hours ago

SNL Cold Open has Colin Josts Hegseth dodging Iran questions

The Poke

Ben Stiller told the White House to remove 'Tropic Thunder' from its moronic Iran war video, but his replies to MAGAs in ...

Here's a sentence you didn't probably expect to read this morning: Ben Stiller is at war with the White House. Ah, welcome to Donald Trump's America! The actor was one of the many who spoke out about the White House's almost unbelievably demented video that it put out splicing together clips from war ...

1 day ago

Ben Stiller told the White House to remove 'Tropic Thunder' from its moronic Iran war video, but his replies to MAGAs in ...

The Poke

The White House bigged up its war on Iran with a Hollywood movie mashup and it utterly beggared belief – 15 zero-star reviews

The current White House administration is made up of a bunch of former media personalities playacting as capable government officials. So it tracks that they use fictional depictions of war on their social media channels to brag. The latest blatant copyright-infringing post from the official White House ...

2 days ago

The White House bigged up its war on Iran with a Hollywood movie mashup and it utterly beggared belief – 15 zero-star reviews