Month: July 2025

Thomas Jefferson holding a large pink lawn flamingo with a proud smile while Lewis and Clark push an old-fashioned wooden lawn mower in the background on a vast green lawn.

The Louisiana Purchase Was Just Thomas Jefferson’s Attempt to One-Up a Neighbor’s Lawn

A digitally-created, realistic image of a young man in a safari hat and trench coat holding a red pen like a sword inside a glitching newsroom. A ghostly typewriter floats beside him, emitting corrupted text and surrounded by floating autocorrect suggestions and red squiggly error lines.

Recollections: The Typo War (Part I)

A frustrated man stands in front of a glowing high-tech smart fridge displaying a red warning message that reads “ACCESS DENIED: EMOTIONAL NEGLIGENCE DETECTED,” while shelves inside the fridge show junk food like popcorn, donuts, and pudding.

Smart Fridge Gains Sentience, Refuses to Open Unless Owner Apologizes for 2AM Cheese Incident

A humanoid robot with a glowing “RECYCLING INITIATED” display drags a confused man holding salad tongs toward a green dumpster labeled “ORGANIC WASTE ONLY.”

Tesla Diner Grand Opening Marred After Robot Waiters Mistake Customers for Trash

Veronica Conspiranza in a pickleball uniform and visor stands on a pickleball court, holding a paddle like a weapon and pointing to a whiteboard that reads “DINK = DATA.”

Pickleball Panic: Is This “Sport” a Government Psy-Op to Track Boomers?

A man in a pink bathrobe holds a Pamprin box with a confused yet enlightened expression, sitting at a desk with BuzzBallz, dual monitors, and an open journal that reads “Mood: Swirly but Okay,” with Star Wars posters behind him.

Pamprin “Changed My Life,” Says Man Who Thought Menstrual Was a Spice

Walter Winkwink, wearing a safari hat and life vest, drifts sideways in a teal kayak on the Au Sable River in Grayling, Michigan, with a frog perched on the bow staring at him. Majestic pine trees line the shore and a bald eagle winks overhead.

REVIEW: Borcher’s AuSable Canoe & Kayak; The River Ride That Ruined My Career in Competitive Lounging

Four primate journalists in rainbow-striped party hats celebrate The Wink Report’s one-year anniversary in a chaotic newsroom, gathered around a chocolate cake reading “WE’RE STILL NOT CANCELLED!”, while a smiling man photobombs in the center, later identified as Greg from Accounting.

One Year of Wink: We Blinked and a Year Winked By

A flip phone drifting in zero gravity with the AOL mail icon glowing on its screen

New Telescope Detects Parallel Universe Where Everyone Still Has AOL Email and Flip Phones

Vintage olive-green typewriter on a wooden desk in a dim motel room, with the phrase “They are not gon” typed on a glowing sheet of paper.

Recollections: The Whispering Typewriter