Onion headline? Nope... #BeyondSatire

US oil producers pledge to help stabilize Iran if regime falls
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/13/u-s-oil-producers-iran-00726363

https://archive.ph/OOS4K

@bylinetimes
"How can it be acceptable for a UK charity to encourage donations to ‘adopt a combat unit’ accused of war crimes, and for this to be deemed a legitimate charitable purpose?" #beyondsatire #genocidaires
Financiers won't buy cesspit moneymachine #ThamesWater unless they're guaranteed not to be held responsible for any crimes? No wonder they need to be paid so much, its really confusing for ordinary people #beyondsatire
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/07/bidders-demand-thames-water-granted-immunity-over-environmental-crimes?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Bidders demand Thames Water granted immunity over environmental crimes

Exclusive: ‘Ransom note’ requests would leave Environment Agency unable to prosecute company or management

The Guardian
@0xabad1dea
Opening sentence/precis works for me - not least by referring to #LLMs rather than any form of intelligence: "While Large Language Models (LLMs) can exhibit impressive proficiency in isolated, short-term tasks, they often fail to maintain coherent performance over longer time horizons." #BeyondSatire
Greenland would become 'Red, White and Blueland' under new GOP bill

The proposal by Rep. Earl 'Buddy' Carter, R-Ga., would also authorize President Trump to begin negotiations with the Danish Government to acquire Greenland.

The National Desk
@gerrymcgovern the whole 'industry' is #beyondsatire
Energy industry methane emissions rise close to record in 2023

Emissions of greenhouse gas responsible for a third of global warming ‘unacceptably high’, says energy watchdog IEA.

Al Jazeera

@breadandcircuses @aral

The Onion may joke, but Armando Iannucci stopped a fifth series of The Thick of It for exactly this reason.

#BeyondSatire #omnishambles

https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a850775/armando-iannucci-the-thick-of-it-wont-be-return-reason-why/

The Thick of It won't be returning – but Armando Iannucci has a very good reason why

Armando Iannucci reveals why he won't make any more The Thick of It.

Digital Spy