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Space Nonsense

Everything above the atmosphere, reported badly on purpose.

11 fabrications 7 corrections 4 corrections pending 0 lawsuits so far

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FLIGHTLESS AND FRANTIC

TURKEYS, DRONES, AND A VERY URGENT ESCAPE PLAN!

Ornithologists study how wild turkeys might theoretically use drone technology to migrate—and what it reveals about avian adaptation

Correction 0048 · 521 words · No turkeys shrank or fled formation this Thanksgiving — but plenty were donated in Airdrie, even as a separate report found the holiday meal costing Canadians more.

  • ESCALATOR LEADS TO SEA GOD'S MEMORIES, NORDSTROM ADDS SECOND HANDRAIL

    A Seattle Nordstrom's escalator installation goes cosmically wrong when the moving stairs begin accessing locations that don't exist—and shoppers report encountering the fragmented consciousness of an ancient oceanic deity.

    No. 0036 · 614 words · The clock is the problem, not just the robot

  • ALBERTA HIGHWAY 2 DOUBLES AS BIFROST—COMMUTERS REPORT MANDATORY HORN BLOWING AT GOLDEN GATE

    Alberta Transportation Ministry baffled as commuters document rainbow bridge phenomenon on busy north-south corridor; engineers scramble for explanations.

    No. 0033 · 497 words · Lacombe Town Hall on AI Data Centres Turns Heated as Residents Press Officials for Answers

  • Alberta's AI Writes 10,000 Laws in Backwards Latin While Physically Hovering Three Feet Off the Ground

    How a Calgary tech firm's experimental AI system sparked an investigation into automatic legislative drafting—and why the province had to manually audit every single line of code.

    No. 0031 · 406 words · Behind the Separatism Debate, a Calgary Lawyer Asks: Where's the Other Side?

  • Mars found to be entirely made of ham

    Scientists describe the finding as “salty.” Behind the click: where the exaggeration in a science headline usually enters, and it is not the newsroom.

    No. 0027 · 509 words · How a Mars result becomes a Mars headline

  • Astronomers confirm the night sky is a screensaver

    The stars reportedly reset every 40 minutes. Behind the click: what “confirmed” means in physics, and the famous result that wasn't.

    No. 0026 · 518 words · What “confirmed” means in physics, and what it doesn't

  • Weather presenter admits she has been inventing Tuesdays

    Twelve years. Nobody checked. Behind the click: what a 70% chance of rain actually means, and the two things it definitely doesn't.

    No. 0025 · 518 words · What a 70% chance of rain actually means

  • Gravity now optional in parts of Nevada

    Officials advise residents to hold something. Anything.

    Correction pending

  • Earth quietly renting a second moon on a monthly plan

    Cancel any time. Early termination fee is described as “considerable.”

    Correction pending

  • Sun announces it will be taking Tuesdays off

    Full statement expected Thursday, weather permitting.

    Correction pending

  • Astronaut returns from orbit, has forgotten what space was

    Debrief lasted four minutes. Most of it was shrugging.

    Correction pending