8 h. ago ‘Explicit and outrageous’: South Park is back with its most gratuitous episode since naked Trump

A legitimately epic story is unfolding, involving the antichrist, savage depictions of a billionaire and loads of scenes about The Donald’s penisEven outside its notoriously tight weekly production schedule, South Park has always run on an unpredictable calendar, sometimes taking years between seasons. This time around, it’s jumping from one season to the next after only five episodes (which, granted, have come in bi-monthly instalments, not counting the abrupt season finale that was pushed back a week due to a blown deadline).Tonight’s episode, titled Twisted Christian, kicks off season 28. At South Park Elementary, PC Principal – the PC standing for Power Christian ever since his politically motivated conversion at the start of last season – attempts to put a stop to his students’ obsession with the “6-7” TikTok meme, not because it is insufferable or disruptive, but because he considers it “some satanic numerology shit”. Rather than seeking help from the school’s new guidance cou...

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10 h. ago South Park takes aim at tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s alleged Antichrist obsession in new episode

‘Twisted Christian’ is the first episode in the show’s 28th season

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17 h. ago South Park mocks ‘67’ slang trend and Peter Thiel’s alleged Antichrist obsession in new episode

‘Twisted Christian’ is the first episode in the show’s 28th season

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21 h. ago Eco campaigners take aim at GREEN cars calling the electrified vehicles 'one of the biggest cons in history'

UK-based think tank Transport & Environment said these electrified cars are not only more polluting than manufacturers claim, they're also a lot pricier to run than a fully-fledged EV.

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27 h. ago 'Smelly' corner of south London could be transformed with new public park

The plans would see the first new public park built in central Croydon in years

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31 h. ago Paul Scholes points finger over Man Utd transfer mistake as star shines after exit

Manchester United icon Paul Scholes has taken aim at the Red Devils approach in the transfer market after signing Benjamin Sesko from RB Leipzig in the summer window

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34 h. ago Call to scrap ‘harmful’ cash ISA as Rachel Reeves eyes radical savings overall

“The Chancellor is absolutely right to take aim at this outdated product - and she should go further by abolishing the cash ISA allowance altogether” – Michael Healy, IG

Economics

45 h. ago South Park season 27: what time is episode 6 out? Release schedule for Comedy Central and Paramount+

South Park will be back shortly - but when can you expect the next episode? 📺👀

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47 h. ago Reeves takes aim at ‘blockers’ using judicial review to halt major projects

The Government will cut the amount of time it takes for judicial reviews to move through the system, Rachel Reeves announced.

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50 h. ago South Africa debates renaming national park dedicated to controversial former president

Kruger National Park attracts nearly one million visitors each year

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55 h. ago The gospel according to Peter Thiel: why the tech svengali is obsessed with the antichrist

The influential billionaire investor has been giving secret lectures warning about Armageddon. Here’s why it mattersHello, and welcome to TechScape. For the past week, my brain has been marinating in billionaire Peter Thiel’s byzantine musings about the antichrist and Armageddon. At this point, I’m pickled.Why, you might ask, does it matter what a billionaire thinks about the antichrist? Good question!Over the past month, Thiel has hosted four lectures on the downtown waterfront of San Francisco philosophizing about who the antichrist could be and warning that Armageddon is coming. Thiel, who describes himself as a “small-o Orthodox Christian”, believes the harbinger of the end of the world could already be in our midst and that things such as international agencies, environmentalism and guardrails on technology could quicken its rise. It is a remarkable discursion that reveals the preoccupations of one of the most influential people in Silicon Valley and the US.Thiel was on the for...

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56 h. ago Hollywood star Adam Sandler stuns fans by joining casual basketball game in south London park

Locals couldn’t believe their eyes when the Uncut Gems star was seen in Clapham Common

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3 d. ago Obama takes aim at companies cutting deals with Trump: ‘We have capacity to take a stand’

Universities, law firms and businesses that have changed course should have stood by convictions, says ex-presidentBarack Obama took aim at institutions and businesses who made deals or worked out settlements with the Trump administration, noting on a new podcast episode: “We all have this capacity, I think, to take a stand.”In a talk with Marc Maron on the comedian’s last edition of his long-running WTF With Marc Maron, the former US president said institutions – including law firms, universities and businesses – that have changed course during the Trump administration should have stood by their convictions. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Marcus Rashford takes aim at 'inconsistent' Manchester United amid fine Barcelona form

The forward has impressed for the Catalan side and fought his way back into the England squad

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3 d. ago The Antichrist has long haunted American politics. Now it’s rearing its head again | Matthew Avery Sutton

From Silicon Valley to Michigan, the biblical figure is in the headlines. The shift from pulpits to politics is familiar – and dangerousTwo scenes from the past two weeks capture something unsettling – and familiar –about American public life. In San Francisco, a tech billionaire delivered a sold‑out, off‑the‑record lecture series on the antichrist. In Michigan, a man rammed his pickup truck into a Latter‑day Saints meetinghouse during Sunday worship, opened fire and set the building ablaze, apparently believing that Mormons are the antichrist.The antichrist is clearly back. But perhaps he has never really left.Matthew Avery Sutton is a Guggenheim Fellow and author of the forthcoming Chosen Land: How Christianity Made America and Americans Remade Christianity (Basic Books), in addition to five prior books on Christianity. He is the Claudius O and Mary Johnson distinguished professor and chair of the department of history at Washington State University. The views expressed here are h...

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6 d. ago Michael Owen comes out swinging at Man Utd legends after Ruben Amorim putdowns

Michael Owen has taken aim at the likes of Gary Neville and Wayne Rooney, who have regularly questioned why Ruben Amorim hasn't moved away from his back-three formation

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6 d. ago The 'psychics' exploiting Gus Lamont's disappearance: 'Mediums' take to social media claiming to use their 'gifts' to help search for missing four

August 'Gus' Lamont vanished almost two weeks ago after playing in the yard of the remote Oak Park homestead in the harsh South Australian outback, nearly 200 miles north of Adelaide .

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6 d. ago Elon Musk’s Neuralink says 10,000 patients have signed up for its brain chip

Tech billionaire wants to use implants to ‘achieve a sort of symbiosis with artificial intelligence’

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6 d. ago Mystery deepens in the disappearance of little Gus as it is claimed his father moved out of the family home after 'clashing' with the boy's transgender grandparent

August 'Gus' Lamont vanished almost two weeks ago after playing in the yard of remote Oak Park homestead in the harsh South Australian outback

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6 d. ago Thomas Tuchel takes aim at 'silent' England fans: Three Lions boss accuses supporters of failing to back the team and hits out at Wembley atmosphere after win over Wales

JACK GAUGHAN AT WEMBLEY: Fans were performing Mexican waves and launching paper aeroplanes in the second half of a 3-0 win that was wrapped up inside 20 minutes.

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