Martin Southard

The perfect game for Halloween – a portal to hell: the Stephen Collins cartoon Mr Shimmer, the new marketing director, has come up with a new board game

Parker board games actually used to do this and everybody thought it was normal

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A world without Keir Starmer Is it time to change the Labour leader?

A world without Keir Starmer: Is it time to change the Labour leader? iandunt.substack.com/p/a-world-wi...

Did Kash Patel use government jet for 'date night' with partner? What we know The FBI director is a "required use" traveler, meaning they must fly on government-owned planes for personal and professional travel.

A claim spread online that FBI Director Kash Patel used a government-owned jet for a "date night" with his girlfriend. Here's what we know: www.snopes.com/news/2025/10...

House Speaker Mike Johnson signed bill cutting $186B from SNAP in July 2025 Users shared this true claim amid uncertainty regarding whether Americans would receive federal food benefits during the 2025 government shutdown.

Social media posts claim House Speaker Mike Johnson signed a bill cutting a projected $186 billion from SNAP. That’s true. Here’s what the bill does. 👇
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Man jailed in Tennessee after posting meme deriding Trump following Charlie Kirk's death The local sheriff accused the man of threatening a school.

Rumors spread online that a man was jailed in Tennessee for posting a meme criticizing Trump after Charlie Kirk's death. That's true. ✅ Here's what we know about his arrest:

Posts claim US Department of Labor posters mirror Nazi propaganda. Here's what we found Some of the images had similar characteristics to those seen in Nazi propaganda, but others were inspired by historic U.S. posters and artwork.

The U.S. Department of Labor shared a series of posters on its social media accounts that users compared to white supremacist and 1930s Nazi-era Germany propaganda. Here's what we found: www.snopes.com/news/2025/10...

China Agrees To Purchase 11 U.S. Soybeans SEOUL—In a historic trade agreement that President Donald Trump touted as a major win for an American farmer, China reportedly agreed Thursday to purchase 11 U.S. soybeans. “I am extremely honored tha...

China Agrees To Purchase 11 U.S. Soybeans  — theonion.com/china-agrees...

Big boy just found a mirror.

The War Between the Land and the Sea to air December in the UK New images were released to announce The War Between the Land and the Sea will air in the UK in December.

The BBC has released new images to announce that 'The War Between the Land and the Sea' will transmit in December in the UK.
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Netflix Introduces New 'Browse Endlessly' Plan

Me, reading your posts.

AI: It’s The Sam Old Story

From the new Private Eye, out now.

Fantastic….at last 🙂 See you Sunday 👍

(Not stalking - Exeter show!!)

I managed to upload the video! The Castle is my first book in eleven years. You can preorder it at linktr.ee/thecastle_jo... you can tell from the video how delighted I am to have got to this moment.

Trump administration uses misleading videos to portray chaos, push deportations Official videos purporting to show the triumph of recent immigration operations used footage that was years old or recorded thousands of miles away, a Washington Post analysis found.

Scoop: The Trump admin's videos boasting triumphs on immigration have used misleading footage from months ago or thousands of miles away

When we showed them the errors, DHS said they make a lot of videos and the White House said it'll keep making "banger memes"

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The whole Third Term Project isn’t actually about Trump. The people behind it know he will likely be dead or enfeebled by 2029. It is about them, the vastly unpopular group around Trump, wanting to grift us forever without elections.

From 1975 BBC2 Words and Pictures Halloween Edition.. Words and Pictures Halloween Edition 1975

50 YEARS AGO TODAY: a Words And Pictures Halloween special, with a scary pumpkin and an equally scary Henry Woolf.

What Eisenhower really said about documenting Nazi atrocities to prevent Holocaust denial He did not say the words, "get it all on record now" because "down the track of history some b****rd will get up and say that this never happened."

Eisenhower didn't verbatim say "get it all on record now" because "down the track of history some b****rd will get up and say that this never happened," about documenting Nazi atrocities. But he did express a similar idea. www.snopes.com/fact-check/e...

Ministers repeat misleading and unevidenced claims on immigration – Full Fact On BBC Question Time last Thursday (23 October) care minister Stephen Kinnock MP claimed “since we came into power, we have deported 35,000 people from this country”. That’s not quite …

In recent days two government ministers have made familiar claims about the government’s record on immigration and asylum seekers that aren’t quite right.

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Unraveling claim Adolf Hitler built a ballroom in 1933 The fascist dictator built a ballroom in the garden of the Reich Chancellery in Berlin — beneath it was his first bunker.

Here's what we know about the claim that Adolf Hitler built a ballroom in 1933:

Rumor has it Mike Johnson's wife's hidden LLC was exposed by Rachel Maddow. Here's the truth This exact story, with Maddow swapped out for Democratic U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas, has spread on Facebook before.

A rumor spread online that Mike Johnson's wife's LLC was exposed by Rachel Maddow on live TV. Watch out, here's the truth: www.snopes.com/fact-check/m...

Mountain lion raided Colorado pet store in search of catnip? It turns out that the mountain lion does not concern himself with catnip.

The internet went wild over this story about a mountain lion breaking into a Colorado pet store. But it's totally made-up. www.snopes.com/fact-check/m...

Did Mike Johnson say Republicans aren't 'in charge' of the government? In a video shared on social media, Johnson is heard saying, "[Democrats] keep saying Republicans are in charge of the government. We aren't."

Yes, House Speaker Mike Johnson said, "[Democrats] keep saying Republicans are in charge of the government. We aren’t." He was referring to the Senate's 60-vote threshold as the chamber remains deadlocked over a measure to reopen the government. www.snopes.com/fact-check/m...

Who really broke the Israel-Hamas ceasefire? Here's what we know Israel has launched three waves of airstrikes on Gaza since the Trump-brokered ceasefire went into effect.

Israel has launched three major airstrike attacks since Trump's ceasefire went into effect, first claiming Hamas killed two Israeli soldiers. We investigated what's confirmed, what's speculative and what's still unknown. 👇
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The government isn’t going to slow the internet at night from November – Full Fact Claims being shared in videos on social media that from 1 November the government will reduce internet speeds from midnight until 6am are false.

Videos shared hundreds of times online claim that from 1 November the UK government will slow down the internet after midnight.

But this isn’t true. The government has not announced any such policy.

Congratulations to Chris Mason on his election to Parliament. Surprised the BBC never covered it

Ever Decreasing Circles (28th October 1984). Martin suffers yet again ...

Is Walmart closing and locking doors on Nov. 1, 2025? The rumor, claiming the retailer said shoppers would only be able to place orders online, spread amid uncertainty around federal food benefits.

Don't fall for a rumor claiming Walmart announced plans to close stores and lock their doors beginning Nov. 1. It's completely false. ❌ www.snopes.com/fact-check/w...