Tag: Satire
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Reclusive Industrialist Unveils ‘SolarGate’ System, Will Charge for Sunlight Access
Satellite-mounted louvers can now block the sun from reaching Earth’s surface; company says pricing will be ‘fair and market-driven’
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A Singular Solution to Recycling
As recycling programs falter and landfills overflow, a small band of Vermont innovators is betting that the answer to humanity’s waste crisis is the most destructive object in the known universe — currently housed in a converted milking parlor outside Fairfield.
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Hope for ‘Small Dairy’ Farms
The economics of small-scale dairy farming have become untenable for hundreds of Vermont families. But in barns, chicken coops, and converted sugarhouses across the state, a quiet revolution is underway — one that reimagines not just the future of milk, but the very definition of a dairy animal.
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The Earnest Dispatch
Artificial Intelligence Threatens Livelihood of Global Phone Scam Industry — Artificial intelligence is claiming jobs once thought immune to automation: in call centers from Mumbai to Manila, the phones are going silent.