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Britain's £80 Million Risk Programme Rejects First Risk-Taker Westminster hires 6,000 civil servants to teach courage. None of it is permitted. LONDON, 19 October 2026 — Britain has launched an £80 million national programme encouraging citizens to take more risks, after discovering that the country's remaining entrepreneurs have been recklessly attempting to start businesses without first obtaining government permission to be courageous. The initiative follows an economic argument published by City Journal, in which economist Allison Schrager and AQR investment manager Cliff Asness discuss why societies increasingly demand the rewards of risk-taking without accepting the possibility of failure. The conversation was first held at a Manhattan Institute event in New York. Schrager's book, Worth the Risk: The Seven Myths That Keep Us from Taking the Chances We Need to Take, advances the controversial theory that people sometimes improve their lives by doing things that...
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Gene Simmons Says Tell Your Wife She's Right British husbands demand constitutional protection after KISS legend recommends apologising. LONDON, 19 October 2026 — Gene Simmons, the legendary KISS bassist whose tongue has enjoyed a longer career than most British politicians, has stunned the institution of marriage by revealing that the secret to domestic happiness involves apologising to your wife and occasionally admitting that she is right. According to PEOPLE magazine's exclusive wedding report, Simmons, 77, officiated the October 3 wedding of Tanner and Maggie Cusumano at a Napa Valley vineyard, offering advice that has since threatened the foundations of British masculinity. The rock legend told the groom to become comfortable saying "I'm sorry" and "You're right," while stressing the importance of patience and kindness. British husbands immediately demanded clarification. "Does he mean saying she's right when she's actually rig...
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Guy Fawkes Halloween Row: 400-Year-Old Plotter Demands Royalty Payment Bonfire Night campaigners say October 31st has quietly stolen November 5th's market share YORK — A man dressed as Guy Fawkes at a York heritage event this week reportedly stood outside a supermarket Halloween display and asked, with what witnesses described as genuine hurt in his voice, "Do you have any idea how long I've been trying to get remembered for something?" He has a point. Four hundred and twenty-one years after the Gunpowder Plot, Britain's own homegrown autumn tradition is being quietly outcompeted by an American import wearing a cheaper costume. Historians studying the shift have been blunt about the direction of travel. One expert at the University of York has said there is "a distinct sense that Halloween is overtaking or has overtaken Guy Fawkes Night," while a former GP writing from Torbay recently admitted his own grandchildren now treat November 5th as a kind of...
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The Emperor who conquered Europe was packed off by the British to a rock in the South Atlantic, where his stomach, his house and his enemies finished the job LONGWOOD HOUSE, ST HELENA, 5 May 1821 - Napoleon Bonaparte, who had once ruled more of Europe than anyone since Charlemagne, died at around eleven minutes to six in the evening in a damp, rat-infested house on one of the most remote islands on earth. He was fifty-one. His last words are usually given as something about France and the army, and then he was gone. The British, who had put him there, held a post-mortem, shrugged, and went home for tea. The argument about what killed him has been going ever since. Stomach Cancer or Arsenic? The Great Napoleon Murder Mystery The official autopsy, carried out by a team of doctors the day after his death, found a large ulcer on the stomach wall that had eaten through to the lining. The doctors recorded it as a cancerous condition, and it fits neatly with the fact that his father, Ca...
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Researchers reassure public that machine-generated strategy received excellent reviews from machine-generated peer reviewers CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts - A landmark study examining humanity's preparation for increasingly powerful artificial intelligence has reached a reassuring conclusion: whenever civilization does not know what to do about A.I., it asks A.I. The ongoing debate over A.I. safety appears here. The study began after researchers posed a simple question: What is humanity's strategy for controlling highly advanced artificial intelligence? Nobody knew. So they typed the question into a highly advanced artificial intelligence. Within seconds, the system produced a comprehensive twelve-point framework calling for transparency, oversight, international cooperation, independent evaluation, human-centered values and several other phrases guaranteed to survive any committee meeting. Researchers were impressed. "This is exactly the type of framework we need," sai...
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Investors reportedly impressed by infinite wish potential but concerned magical entity lacks clear subscription model SAN FRANCISCO - Artificial-intelligence researchers warning that "the genie is out of the bottle" received an immediate response from Silicon Valley this week when venture capitalists asked who represented the genie, how much equity it had already surrendered and whether it was available for a Series B meeting. The continuing debate surrounding A.I. risks can be found here. The metaphor was originally intended to communicate technological irreversibility. Investors heard "genie." Everything changed. The Total Addressable Market for Wishes Within hours, three venture firms had produced pitch decks estimating the total addressable market for wishes. "Historically, consumers have been limited to three wishes," explained investor Bradley Crowne. "That is an artificial scarcity problem." His firm believes artificial intelligence...
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Coffee shops, yoga studio and artisan bakery arrive six months after estate agent discovers area Homeless Man Priced Out of Cardboard Box After Neighbourhood Becomes Trendy Coffee shops, yoga studio and artisan bakery arrive six months after estate agent discovers area LONDON - A homeless man has been forced out of the cardboard box he occupied for eight months after the surrounding railway arch underwent rapid gentrification. Terry Wilkins began sleeping in the box when the area was considered undesirable. At the time, local amenities consisted of a broken vending machine, three pigeons and a man named Dave who occasionally shouted at buses. Then an estate agent discovered the postcode. Within six months, the neighbourhood acquired two coffee shops, a sourdough bakery, a Pilates studio and a restaurant serving "deconstructed working-class British cuisine." Wilkins could no longer afford to stay. The cardboard box, once free, is now valued at £675,000. Monthly rent is £...