How to make a memorable entrance (and a point) – university professor edition

A furious Maga told Americans to ‘follow Jesus, not the Pope’ and was owned into next week

Which pieces of technology have actually improved instead of getting worse? – 17 gadgets that have defied enshittification

JD Vance gave up trying to negotiate with Iran after just one day, and not a single person is surprised – 18 deservedly scathing responses

Mary Beard on why words are the biggest casualty of the Trump era is a minute and a bit exceptionally well spent

23 funniest things people are saying about JD Vance after he sets course to become the most failing VP ever

Donald Trump is punishing Iran for blockading the Strait of Hormuz by blockading the Strait of Hormuz, if you were wondering how stupid the timeline could get

A multimillionaire entrepreneur claimed that Universal Credit is worth £135k per year, and was satisfyingly fact-checked into next week – 17 frank call-outs

It looks like the Trump-Vance endorsement was the kiss of death for Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, who has lost in a landslide – 28 delighted reactions

A gastropub landlady’s rant about a Labour MP who ‘scrolled Instagram, only ordered a starter and left no tip’ was a self-own for the ages – 22 tasty takedowns

15 times the parody boomer account ‘John & Margaret’ hilariously knocked it out of the park

Donald Trump and Marco Rubio went to a UFC fight while the Iran ceasefire talks collapsed, just so you know where their real priorities lie

This absolutely poetically brutal takedown of Donald Trump’s character by a fellow New Yorker is truly one for the ages

Pete Buttigieg is going viral for calmly demolishing a MAGA gasbag over Trump’s handling of Iran and inflation and it’s an extremely satisfying watch

This Canadian comedy sketch lampooning Karoline Leavitt is absolutely top-drawer stuff

19 times companies woefully but hilariously misunderstood the clients’ instructions

‘What’s a ‘harmless’ habit that actually ruins your life over time?’ – 22 low-key troublemakers

Reform UK’s Lee Anderson posted a video of himself patting his bacon sandwich – 14 people happy to make him the butty of the joke