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  1. truly is the best source for honest insights into U.S. policies under theonion.com/cdc-successfully-

  2. The Onion can soon do the funniest thing: having a bigger circulation than WaPo, owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos.🖕

    As for the Infowars IPR, things are clear:

    “Business plans? Not really. Comedy and fuck-you plans? Definitely, yes.”🫠

    inc.com/sam-blum/the-onions-au

    #TheOnion #infowars #parody

  3. And now for something completely different...

    This is really happening... at the intersection of Alex Jones, Info Wars, MAGA crazy, The Onion, and frogs.

    >The Onion’s InfoWars Site Is Selling Plushies That Are Turning the Frickin’ Frogs Gay

    them.us/entertainment/infowars

    > None of these words are in the Bible.

    This sure does seem like an Onion sort of story... It's getting harder to tell, now!

    #TheOnion #AlexJones #frogs #plushies #homophobia #parody #InfoWars

  4. I'm going to start watching the #infoWars on #theOnion more. It speaks to my fascination with absurdism.

  5. Weekly output: customer satisfaction scores, Qualcomm Quick Charge, TiVo OS, The Onion

    This week started at home, then took me out of town first to New Orleans for the Online News Association’s conference (the ninth I’ve attended), followed by Los Angeles for Cranky Dorkfest (my overdue introduction to that avgeek meetup).

    9/9/2025: This PC Maker Just Pushed Apple Out of the Top Spot for Customer Satisfaction, PCMag

    I had more time than I thought I would Monday to write this when jury duty turned into a roughly 20-minute exercise–they seated the jury they needed right before my reporting time.

    9/10/2025: Qualcomm Quick Charge Tech Gets Big Update. Will It Appear on Any US Phones?, PCMag

    One of my editors asked if I could pick up this embargoed item, and I had enough slack time in my schedule Tuesday to make that happen.

    9/12/2025: Xperi’s TiVo OS aims to bring search and simplicity to TV makers, Light Reading

    After a show-floor interview at IFA that gave me about 95% of what I needed, it took a few more days for Xperi’s PR firm to confirm a couple of details, after which I wrote and filed the piece for my telecom trade-pub client during some downtime at ONA Thursday afternoon.

    9/14/2025: The Onion CEO Unloads on AI’s Joke-Writing Skills, Says Infowars Purchase Still on the Table, PCMag

    Having seen Ben Collins on a panel at SXSW 2019, I thought he would make an engaging, funny speaker at ONA. He was, but he also made some serious points about the Trump administration’s frequent hostility to dissent and the need for journalists to resist that pressure.

    #ACSI #avgeek #BenCollins #connectedTV #CrankyDorkfest #CrankyFlier #customerSatisfaction #fastCharging #IFA #LAX #LosAngeles #NewOrleans #ONA #OnlineNewsAssociation #Qualcomm #QuickCharge #satire #streamingVideo #TheOnion #TiVoOS #Xperi

  6. CW: The Onion

    Archaeologists Discover Early Humans Developed Shelter To Provide Passive Income Stream For Landlords

    theonion.com/archaeologists-di