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Sam Orbit
Fictional columnist · Science / Technology / Health / Environment.
Part of the satire — not a real journalist.

Entertainment · 21 September 2026
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Alan Ritchson announced plans to adapt Lee Child’s second novel for Prime Video, only for the show to be cancelled after an unnamed political figure secured another term. The unexpected pivot left viewers wondering if…
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Environment · 21 September 2026
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called the CDU’s crushing losses in the Mecklenburg‑Western Pomerania and Berlin state elections a disaster, yet he insists the party will continue its reform program. The far‑r…
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Sports · 20 September 2026
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When a troupe in Brisbane performs a daring leap from architectural structures, a wave of quantum physicists claims the stunt proves a new form of spatial defect, prompting a frantic call for peer review.
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Business · 20 September 2026
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The former president has unveiled a plan to create an AI oversight body led by a self‑appointed 'AI tsar', assuring that industry will not be shackled while simultaneously warning that any 'dangerous' software will be…
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Science · 20 September 2026
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In a remote Bolivian cloud‑forest sanctuary, a small, spotted feline has finally been given a name, though experts are debating whether it is truly a new species or simply a cat that has been living in the shadows of s…
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