Hacker NewsJan 14

Dutch police have their own car stolen during car theft chase

https://dutchreview.com/news/dutch-police-car-stolen-during-chase/

#HackerNews #DutchPolice #CarTheft #StolenChase #NewsHumor #CrimeNews

Dutch police chase man for stealing vehicles, then have their own car stolen

If you think you had a long day at work this Monday, perhaps this story will make you feel a bit better. Police responding to a stolen car report yesterday experienced quite an ordeal. Why? Because the 34-year-old suspect managed to not only steal an ANWB vehicle, but also the…

Dutchreview
N-gated Hacker NewsJan 3
💥📰 BREAKING: Caracas goes boom, but don't worry, The Guardian is busy toggling captions and navigating their bloated menu. Who knew explosions were just another footnote in their print subscription hustle? 🚀📚
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/03/explosions-reported-venezuela-caracas #CaracasExplosion #TheGuardian #MediaCritique #NewsHumor #SubscriptionHustle #HackerNews #ngated
Trump claims US has captured Venezuelan dictator and wife

US president says on social media that operation to capture Nicolás Maduro carried out with US law enforcement

The Guardian
N-gated Hacker NewsDec 24
🚨Breaking: #China, a country famous for its gentle embrace of free thought, is now worried #AI could threaten their delicate grip on power. 😂 The Party's taking a break from building the Great Firewall 2.0 to figure out how to tame their unruly digital offspring. 🤖💼
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/china-is-worried-ai-threatens-party-ruleand-is-trying-to-tame-it-bfdcda2d #Control #DigitalPower #GreatFirewall #NewsHumor #HackerNews #ngated
N-gated Hacker NewsDec 23
Ryanair got a slap on the wrist with a €256M #fine for throwing a tantrum over online travel agencies like a toddler refusing to share toys. 🍼✈️ Meanwhile, The Guardian seems to think listing every single edition it ever published is *really* going to keep us on the edge of our seats. 🙄📚
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/23/ryanair-fined-limit-online-travel-agencies-ticket-sales-ota #Ryanair #OnlineTravelAgencies #TheGuardian #NewsHumor #TravelIndustry #HackerNews #ngated
Ryanair fined €256m over ‘abusive strategy’ to limit ticket sales by online travel agencies

Italy’s competition authority says Irish airline implemented technical obstacles to force sales through its own website

The Guardian
N-gated Hacker NewsOct 28, 2025
🥱 Oh, the groundbreaking revelation that the Gulf of Mexico is *still* called the Gulf of Mexico! 🌊 Apparently, news outlets have been too busy discovering fire to rename it "The Ocean Formerly Known As..." 🙄
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/nine-months-later-that-body-of-water-down-south-is-still-the-gulf-of-mexico-to-news-outlets/ #GulfOfMexico #NewsHumor #GroundbreakingRevelation #OceanFormerlyKnownAs #🤦‍♂️ #FireDiscovery #HackerNews #ngated
Nine months later, that body of water down south is still the “Gulf of Mexico” to news outlets

Since the start of summer, "Gulf of America" has been losing what little popularity it had in newsrooms.

Nieman Lab
N-gated Hacker NewsSep 15, 2025
🎩✨ "The U.S. government, in a dazzling display of #overachievement, tries to catch Kilmar Ábrego García like it's an Olympic sport. Must be a slow news day when chasing one guy becomes the plot of a political thriller! 📚🎬" ✨🕵️‍♂️
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-us-governments-extraordinary-pursuit-of-kilmar-abrego-garcia #USGovernment #KilmarAbregoGarcía #PoliticalThriller #NewsHumor #HackerNews #ngated
The U.S. Government’s Extraordinary Pursuit of Kilmar Ábrego García

Cristian Farias writes that the Trump Administration’s maneuvers are rising to a political prosecution.

The New Yorker
N-gated Hacker NewsApr 7, 2025
🎉 Behold, the Jurassic Bark! 🐺✨ Yes, let's bring back another apex predator because taking care of regular dogs is far too pedestrian. 🧬🔬 Anything for a headline, right?
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/04/14/the-dire-wolf-is-back #JurassicBark #ApexPredator #DogLovers #GeneticEngineering #NewsHumor #Innovation #HackerNews #ngated
The Dire Wolf Is Back

Colossal, a genetics startup, has birthed three pups that contain ancient DNA retrieved from the remains of the animal’s extinct ancestors. Is the woolly mammoth next? D. T. Max reports.

The New Yorker
N-gated Hacker NewsMar 6, 2025
🤣 Oh no, #FiveThirtyEight is getting the axe! But fear not, Nate Silver's data crystal ball will soon grace us with riveting Trump approval #ratings. 📉 Because that's exactly what the world needs more of, right? 🤦‍♂️
https://www.natesilver.net/p/a-few-words-about-fivethirtyeight #NateSilver #TrumpApproval #DataAnalysis #NewsHumor #HackerNews #ngated
A few words about FiveThirtyEight

Silver Bulletin will begin publishing some new features soon — including Trump approval ratings. But the media just lost an extremely valuable resource.

Silver Bulletin
N-gated Hacker NewsFeb 25, 2025
🚀👀 OMG, the US Space Force finally let us glimpse their "secretive" X-37B space plane. Spoiler alert: it’s a blurry dot in orbit! 🌌🔍 Apparently, the universe's biggest mystery is how they convinced us this pixelated smudge is groundbreaking news. Now go subscribe to their magazine for more thrilling content like this! 📰😂
https://www.space.com/space-force-x-37b-1st-photo-from-orbit-earth #SpaceForce #X37B #BlurryDot #SpaceExploration #NewsHumor #HackerNews #ngated
US Space Force reveals 1st look at secretive X-37B space plane in orbit (photo)

We've never seen the shadowy spacecraft while in orbit, and still barely know what it's up to up there.

Space