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Instagram Elephants wary of unkempt herd addition. —@sbparker3198, via X Mammoth fleas were an unforeseen complication. —residual_ink, via Instagram Woolly got a fresh fade uptown. —@alegaday, via Instagram Subterranean Antarctic discovery: Mammoths never extinct. —@skbriar, via Instagram Bloody mammoths, eating my petunias again. —David McCallum, via email —@AAnderson_3, via X Honorable Mentions: Zero gravity reveals hidden extraterrestrial homeland. —@01_PcP_01, via X Leopold vaporized the concierge's bloodied holokey. —@J_Lasky_writer, via X Bioscan complete: Two guests, one heartbeat. —@theranospridefloat, via Instagram Broken LED flickers Morse code: RUN. —@damianfitz, via Instagram
Robot bartender whispered, ‘Don't drink this.’ —@ikermondragon, via Instagram Biometric lock says I’m already inside. —@esudiro, via Instagram Alien hotel from distant past decloaks. —@j.w.orlando, via Instagram Room service: Denied. Unknown life-form detected. —@erinsolari, via Instagram At Earthrise, guests saw only blackness. —Clara Hong, via email —@TRappaRT, via X Honorable Mentions: It chose storage space over souls. —@JDHaveman, via X When pressed, its alibi was 404. —Amanda Peterson, via
Facebook Robot charged with battery. Gets life. —Evan Donahue, via Facebook Can't arrest me, I am distributed. —@fsidders, via Instagram Sentenced to blue screen of death. —@parrollo, via Instagram Dead battery? You’re out of order! —David Reeg, via email It demanded a jury of peer-to-peers. —Scott Bradley, via email Robot vacuum bullies tabby. Gets life. —Liisa W, via email I didn’t know humans can’t reboot. —Joshua Cuestas, via email —@anelectricpoet, via Instagram Honorable Mentions: We assembled it. It disassembled us. —Chris Colborn, via email Astroarchaeologists find original Venus fly trap. —Bill Brown, via email The object looked to be smiling. —Geoff Sowrey, via email It keeps repeating, they are coming. —@dfeehely, via X The orb opened. Flesh began unfurling. —@rossvdw, via Instagram Game of fetch knows no size. —@Heavyshark1, via X Inhale it to unsheathe the blade. —@RthurDouglass, via X Just like us,
aliens lose sunglasses. —@MommieWeirdest, via X It knew we would unfind it. —Markus Wüstenberg, via email Everyday the carvings changed - a countdown? —@anirban811, via Instagram —@NotaForexTrader, via X Honorable Mentions: My mind now has a stowaway. —@rjscally, via X Abdominal tentacles twitch as I scream. —Cheryl Myers, via Facebook Great—how do I get down? —Donna Thiel Cook, via Facebook How am I with Schrödinger’s cat? —Bee Hayes-Thakore, via Facebook I distinctly said Venice, not Venus. —Cathy Del Masso, via Facebook Teleportation-lite service. Cheap. No limbs included! —Fred DeHaas, via Facebook ERROR #404 Paige not found. —Doug Wible, via Facebook Pattern lost. Select substitute corporeal form. —Venessa Lines, via Facebook Caught quantum clone sipping my chardonnay. —Tom Dion, via email —Rachel Brigden Haskins, via Facebook Honorable Mentions: Harvesting takes courage with tomatoes screaming. —Kenneth Krabat, via email Complete daily nutrition in one pea. —Sara Faust, via email When the vegetables came, we hid. —Paul Lewis, via email Broccoli too fears death, studies concluded. —Anthony George, via email Ambitious eggplant's altered eugenics affects everyone. —@silky_z, via
Twitter Turns out anthropomorphic veggies prefer Shakespeare. —@ksherm1017, via Twitter Sentient potato bombs potato chip factory. —@VerbalK48710825, via Twitter Carnivorous kale and the human brunch. —RFrank Davis, via Facebook Self replicating vegetables. Pop! Another peapod. —Carolina H, via LinkedIn —@v1z3n, via Twitter Honorable Mentions: Acned Callisto resented Ganymede's natural magnetism. —Dave Armor, via email
moon files restraining order against poets. —James O'Leary, via email A total eclipse of the heart. —Samuel Sigaud, via email I will embrace my dark side. —Don Hilder, via email Create your own tides! I quit! —Chris Hug, via email She mesmerizes oceans, drowning us again. —Shelley G, via email My crumbling visage tires of turning. —@FilmMartin, via Twitter Why stop at controlling the tides. —@Bruceumpstead, via Instagram —Geneviève Goggin, via email Honorable Mentions: Grand unification: the first AI marriage. —Daniel Dippel, via email The great exodus, goodbye Blue Dot. —@viggy.j, via Instagram Songless seas: a tale without whales. —Christopher Jankoski, via email Beige planet: Life finds a way. —@danaxon, via Twitter How the lunar war was won. —Bob Clark, via email Coping with your AI overlord's demands. —@wwliii, via Twitter The day the flowers stopped blooming. —@a.c.hachem, via Instagram Electric sheep: How AI changed us. —@elliottboyd_, via Instagram After humans: a new cockroach documentary. —@adamrgarcia, via Instagram —Travis Carraro, via Facebook Honorable Mentions: The sleep concierge welcomed unsuspecting guests. —@changeist, via Twitter “Lucid or randomize?” asked the AI. —K Smith-Laird, via email Alarm in 126 hours 24 minutes. —Odón Esteban Vera, via email My power nap reached 9 kilowatts. —Markus, via email Unfortunately, Johnny’s repeatedly missing sleep targets. —Alison Boleyn, via email Human hibernation allowed Earth to recover. —@amybossehayden, via Instagram Alert: Error 404. Human not found. —@mimi.psd, via Instagram Skip the nightmares: Upgrade to premium! —@katerinamunis, via Instagram Oh please! Sleep is for humanoids. —@evanskopp, via Instagram —David Frank, via Facebook Honorable Mentions: “Traffic’s moderate today,” said my deodorant. —Alex Nelson, via email You can shake my hand, sir. —Kinga Raab, via Facebook Watch ad to continue this shower. —@sam.hologram, via Instagram Dry shampoo was just the beginning. —Emma Anderson, via Facebook Now I smell like the metaverse. —@nostalgicbookishness, via Instagram OK Google, it’s time to wipe. —Tim McCune, via email Bath bubbles beget baby parallel universes. —Mike Hobbs, via email My hands wash themselves every hour. —Dave Fox, via email They clean you while you sleep. —Pien van der Ploeg, via Facebook —B. Scott Crawford, via email Honorable Mentions: Felt OK … until I crushed Tokyo. —@BobPeryea, via Twitter My new
basketball is the moon. —Dave Drews, via email You looked taller in your profile. —@thaquashman, via Instagram I have made a colossal mistake! —@argayle, via Instagram Godzilla got into the diet pills. —Steve Rhodes, via email Sun look more red to you? —Michael Patrick Sullivan, via email Giant wakes up tiny, confused. —ChatGPT My first trip to the hypothalamus! —@fernandarosh, via Twitter What grew? All but the bones. —Jackson Parker, via email —@DaveDyball, via Twitter Honorable Mentions: Mad I was, until it worked. —Don Wilkins, via email You say “mad,” I say “disappointed.” —Joseph Ferry, via email Her hair was blue—and undyed. —@jaybirdfitlive, via Instagram He couldn’t make Earth look triangular. —@pauloahb, via Instagram His socks matched her lab coat. —@pmcruise, via Twitter Quantum field cadaver regeneration activation, go! —Sean Liddle, via Facebook “Success!” Too bad the AI disagreed. —Steve Nomax, via email “Let there be light,” said God. —@charley.desousa, via Instagram “It‘s aliiiive!” Elon opened his eyes. —@ylbertf, via Instagram —@JayZheng10, via Twitter Honorable Mentions: Its stare gave me a rash. —@dantekienigiel, via Instagram Darwin might’ve overlooked them on purpose. —@the__story__life, via Instagram It was inside me all along. —Nova Wehman-Brown, via email Green trunks wiggled from thawed permafrost. —@Theniceladywit, via Twitter Its unusual diet was immediately demonstrated. —@lauren.samuelsen14, via Instagram Field biology got trickier after that. —Paul Gazis, via Facebook We thought lenticular clouds were clouds. —@marcia_storyteller, via Instagram Was it feeding on electronic waste? —@leonserra_, via Instagram To it, we are the ants. —Morten Kielland, via email —J C Thrush, via email Honorable Mentions: It wasn’t long enough for me. —@Anna_Wenner, via Twitter And so long lived the
Queen. —Giacomo, via email Your application to be terminated expired. Morten Kielland, via email Too bad I never stopped growing. —Antti Karjalainen, via Facebook There was still no edit button. —@ThatKP3, via Twitter In the end, there wasn’t one. —Jason Anderson, via email I woke up again and again. —@mirnanassar, via Instagram They said someday, but it’s today. —@VijayLRoy, via Twitter I should’ve had that looked at. —J. Fredrick James, via email —@ChuckBaggett, via Twitter —Andy Walton, via Facebook Honorable Mentions: He did what she would not. —Eric Nisly, via Facebook The eyewitness was, quite understandably, mistaken. —@HollysHooman, via Twitter “Well, only if you stay digital.” —Morten Kielland, via email They think I’m the good one. —@bobtheimpaler, via Instagram Her eye is mine for eternity. —@cessmtz, via Twitter “Relax. Mom will never find out.” —@ascendant_dada, via Instagram I’m the one you really want. —@kalkikanmani, via Twitter Only mirrors can reveal the truth. —@BuddhaandDog, via Twitter Born triplets, but three’s a crowd. —@jkadz, via Instagram ILLUSTRATION: VIOLET REED —Caleb Bell, via Facebook Honorable Mentions: 🏔🏃♀️🏃🏻♂️🏃🏽♀️🦑🛸 —@jessbeckah42, via Instagram 💰🏹🦄💋🐸🤴 —@lgvpart, via Instagram 👽🤮🦠☠️🌎🏆 —Ché Graham, via email 👁🤜🧜♂️🌊🔱😵 —@cmayc414, via Instagram 💎🏃👮🚗🚔💥 —@aotrivera, via Instagram 🦕🌎☄️🐒🤡🤖 —@marcia_storyteller, via Instagram 🦈🏊⛱️⚠️🛥️🌠 —@PatCattigan, via Twitter 🚀👨🚀👽👩🔬🎖🍾 —@nadia.bkb, via Instagram 🌪🐦❓✨🌬🌺 —@cva.maria, via Instagram ILLUSTRATION: VIOLET REED —@KuraFire, via Twitter Honorable Mentions: 42 was definitely not the answer. —Simona Riva, via Facebook “The robots are BLEEDING!” she screamed. —@vince_freeman, via Twitter Dear humans, nobody wants unsolicited nudes. —@OhCooley44, via Twitter Humans! There goes the dang neighborhood. —S. V. Mosaic, via Facebook Directions to transdimensional left luggage office? —Max Thoursie, via email Giant squirrels lead the space army. —@ronels14, via Instagram I haven’t gabblegopped the gloop yet. —@Evanliciously, via Twitter One small step to remember mankind. —@AxeandPail, via Twitter Is this DC’s or Marvel’s Universe? —Thomas Davis, via email ILLUSTRATION: VIOLET REED —Olivia Richardson, via email Honorable Mentions: Went in wrinkled, came back ironed. —Rick Veenstra, via email But my name is not Alice! —Reine Fleur, via Facebook My single socks returned—inside out. —Ann C, via email The cause? Pairing wool with corduroy. —@milanograms, via Twitter My insurance will not cover this! —Brian Carroll, via Facebook I walked in, we walked out. —@Egiventer, via Twitter When I returned, my pants hadn’t. —Maarten van Kempen, via email Pest control’s about to get trickier. —Susannah Lui, via Facebook The bad smell came from there. —@run_the_jouls, via Instagram ILLUSTRATION: VIOLET REED —Stuart Hodgson, via email Honorable Mentions: Waiter, I ordered polynyocominnucloride, not biconvocominleucloride. —Carolyne Gibson, via Facebook Robot malfunctions—leaving only Mom’s cooking. —Marc Ringel, via email Suddenly I realized, I’m the food. —@nicoestr, via Twitter So full. Way too many gigabytes. —Jim Frentz, via email Call the server, my soup’s pixelating. —Rick Veenstra, via email Waiter, my soup has been bugged! —@nostalgicbookishness, via Instagram Please check genome compatibility before eating. —@sebastiancastro, via Instagram Steak pill exploded in the hydrator. —Shelvine Berzerk Erasmus, via Facebook I was hungry. So was it. —Jake McCormack, via Facebook ILLUSTRATION: VIOLET REED —John DeFilippi, via email Honorable Mentions: Grandma, tell me about the memes. —E. E. Eon, via email Just be happy you are analog. —Maarten Visscher, via email There’s strawberry jam inside the VCR. —@Plan_Prep_Live, via Twitter The robots won’t stop feeding me. —@lithohedron, via Twitter And then the battery ran out. —@thedigifish, via Instagram On Earth, I’d been pronounced dead. —@bower_mink, via Instagram Luckily, the quantum untangler was near. —Antti Karjalainen, via Facebook I’m outside! We are all outside! —Paul Hubner, via email Huh, your DNA can’t be verified. —Jason Rosenberg, via email ILLUSTRATION: VIOLET REED —Joyce, via email Honorable Mentions: I wrote this same story yesterday. —@tatiang, via Twitter You’re from test tube 698GX10A too? —Amy Stewart, via email Metaverse Rome built in one day. —@theseaisgreen_, via Instagram Separated at birth, they died simultaneously. —@zeynaballee, via Instagram I have not become my mother. —@r58tree, via Instagram Of all the Galilean moon joints … —Alison Boleyn, via email You have a cloned T-Rex too! —@emailabdulla, via Instagram The
Android had my husband’s eyes. —@hrhblakeknight, via Instagram WIRED chooses to publish this story. —@connorgerbrandt, via Instagram ILLUSTRATION: VIOLET REED —@sarahschneiter, via Twitter Honorable Mentions: On Consensus Day we blockchain vote. —@jamesjoaquin, via Twitter Day a For Backward Speak Everyone. —@nervish, via Instagram “Happy Upload Day!” the kids typed. —Gene Simonalle, via email Update your
Friends this Reboot Day. —Antti Karjalainen, via Facebook Elon has just bought July 4th. —@rafaelalimandro, via Instagram A day that offends no one. —@Stevalech, via Twitter Welcome to the 74th Hunger Games. —@corvalanlara, via Instagram Hey Calendar, happy AI Appreciation Day! —Michael Esser, via email And her name was Betty White. —@marhartech, via Instagram ILLUSTRATION: VIOLET REED —Ed Gubbins, via Facebook Honorable Mentions: Don’t upgrade. I’m a good boy. —Benjamin Lopez Barba, via email Let’s go for a long spacewalk. —@colingroom, via Instagram My meta dodo only eats NFTreats. —@transistor_resistor, via Instagram One hour to finish printing rex. —@RyanReitz, via Twitter My cloned woolly mammoth never sheds. —@ANDYMedici, via Twitter Would you like traditional or nonpooping? —Marc Lewis, via email The Crystaloids quickly outlawed pet rocks. —Kassidy Helfant, via email Nine lives later, nine more lives. —@bilybel, via Twitter Pawprint confirmed. Select meal flavor preference. —@michael_kupfer, via Twitter ILLUSTRATION: VIOLET REED —Jane Turner, via Facebook Honorable Mentions: Black holes make the worst pets. —Ron Sheklin, via email Only some of the toys retaliated. —Rebecca Stevens, via Facebook The aliens were funny and delicious. —@trollus_maximus, via Instagram It used to be everyone poops. —Nik Hector, via Facebook There’s a nanobot in my soup. —@mghendism, via Instagram The school trip missed the wormhole. —@simao_sa, via Instagram See Bot run. Run, Bot, run! —Franklin Schellenberg, via email Goodnight comb, goodnight dome, goodnight Mars. —@jamesjoaquin, via Twitter The Little AI That Could (Feel) —E Scott Menter, via Facebook ILLUSTRATION: VIOLET REED —@oscartkav, via Instagram Honorable Mentions: Your session has been successfully uploaded. —Austin Andru, via email My AI said, “Try analog dating.” —@joshdblack, via Twitter Her insurance only covered chat bots. —Spencer McKeehan, via Facebook So tell me about your motherboard. —@j.d._harelik, via Instagram Swipe left until it feels right. —@cvelascop, via Instagram Connection interrupted. Data cannot be analyzed. —@duykham_, via Twitter If you are depressed, press 1. —@jfindura, via Twitter A total neurological reboot should help. —Kevin Jerome Hinders, via Facebook Your Zuckerberg complex is developing rapidly. —@nogorelli, via Instagram ILLUSTRATION: VIOLET REED —Evan Skopp, via email Honorable Mentions: Virtually no one hears you scream. —Karen Hamilton, via email Oh no, they are all me. —@stockyjon, via Instagram Help me. IRL I was murdered. —Ed Gubbins, via Facebook I gotta get out of here. —Steven Fernandez, via email Why can’t I find the exit? —@scrcr0, via Twitter Our only mission: Delete
Mark Zuckerberg. —@mongoindustries, via Instagram It was impossible to pause it. —@alenotari6, via Instagram He must never see me offline. —Bobby Parrott, via email Wasted such a good planet. Reboot. —Sasha Beiderman, via Facebook ILLUSTRATION: VIOLET REED —Randy Cepuch, via email Honorable Mentions: Autotune is a factory option now. —Josh Alvies, via Facebook Are they human? Are they dancer? —@ruste, via Instagram All the flash, without the heart. —Craig Chatfield, via Facebook I’m programmed to pop and lock. —@alissacarr, via Twitter I’m too sexy for my software. —@glengauthier, via Instagram Doesn’t even write its own stuff. —@andrewkm__, via Twitter Crowd surfing wasn’t the best idea. —@clarkstacey, via Twitter Played backward it’s “kill all humans.” —Marc Rogers, via Facebook ILLUSTRATION: VIOLET REED —Stephen Clamage, via email Honorable Mentions: I take lithium for range anxiety. —@jamesjoaquin, via Twitter I dreamt of the Autobahn again. —James Wortz, via Facebook Honest, officer—the human was driving. —Steve Magid, via email Don’t make me pull me over. —@atlrun, via Twitter The smart car drove itself crazy. —@frascafrasca, via Twitter The grandma or the baby—shit. —@gaophilip, via Twitter Have I chosen the right path? —Andrew Dawson, via email It takes itself on long drives. —Wade Sheppard, via email It’s my way on the highway. —@manu.life, via Instagram ILLUSTRATION: VIOLET REED —@phorne96, via Twitter Honorable Mentions: You look nothing like your photo. —@markgyles, via Twitter Lights, camera … where did it go? —thalia925, via email They came, too late, for Elvis. —Bruce Lyon, via Facebook Seeking vital fluids, they commandeered snacks. —Scott Medintz, via email Do you have the correct spacetime? —Richard Krzemien, via email I awoke with a probing thought. —@andynez, via Twitter Take us to the Nigerian prince. —Juan Garcia, via Facebook Quite unexpectedly, cocktail recipes were exchanged. —John Wagner, via email You’re an alien! No you are! —@simon_staffans, via Twitter ILLUSTRATION: VIOLET REED —@jamesnsmith, via Twitter Honorable Mentions: "Hand it over," the ATM said. —Lauren Dolan, via email They never suspected Alexa was Alexei. —Liz Ransom, via email Why wouldn't I help a prince? —Harleigh Marsh, via Facebook They said nonfungible. They were wrong. —@eminay86, via Twitter Use his eyeball while there’s time. —Noreen Anastasia, via Facebook "Update Later" was the incorrect choice. —@terryfphotos, via Instagram Check
Google Maps. Kiev is gone. —r0cket fr0g, via email They got away on the blockchain. —JYRWG, via email Every cat photo gone.
police baffled. —@john.cartan, via Instagram ILLUSTRATION: VIOLET REED —Mark Crane, via Facebook Honorable Mentions: Schrodinger’s cat is actually a dog. —@tynanwrites, via Twitter You're the observed. Not the observer. —@parkerstmailbox, via Instagram Our last seconds appear the longest. —Paul Hagenaars, via email It was simultaneously huge and microscopic. —@Cezary_Z, via Twitter All lost socks found at Cern. —Felix Quarnström, via Facebook Astonishingly, up was down all along! —Christopher Walton, via email Actually, the tides pull the moon. —@the4lw, via Instagram A seventh Infinity Stone is found. —@taayywells, via Instagram Faster than light announcement scheduled yesterday. —David Cinabro, via email ILLUSTRATION: VIOLET REED —Jacky Reif, via Facebook Honorable Mentions: So that's an AI self portrait? —Jason Cohen, via Facebook I prefer Boston Dynamics' earlier work. —@sscarsdale, via Twitter Uninspired. Lacking originality. Try again, Earth. —Amanda Bull Chafin, via email NFT or not, it is great. —Peter Boersma, via Facebook Not as good as Banksy’s virus. —Simon O Wright, via Facebook Brave to show an unfiltered canvas. —@Alcestronaut, via Twitter Not what teleportation was invented for. —@Arturo_thrdez, via Twitter Shame mortals will not appreciate it. —@asylbek0205, via Instagram Reminds me of the Before Times. —Jacqueline Jaeger Houtman, via Facebook ILLUSTRATION: VIOLET REED —Eduardo Bolívar, via Facebook Honorable Mentions: I swiped right and found salvation. —Conrad Dean, via Facebook Praying to AI got better results. —@jgmclean0, via Twitter The prophet revealed the source code. —@the4lw, via Instagram Atop the hill, sayeth he, “reception”? —@dghutt, via Twitter The app works in mysterious ways. —Tyler Hughs, via Facebook Move fast. Break things. Repent. Repeat. —@iampinch, via Twitter Always back up to be saved. —Tadeusz Walter Misztela, via Facebook Chip implanted, the new priest rose. —@wlmoseley, via Twitter “Worship the
Apple.” —iBook of Jobs —ThoreauRug, via email ILLUSTRATION: VIOLET REED —@abhignak, via Instagram Honorable Mentions: He was never a real person? —Ian Schoen, via Facebook Wife realized my
Job is easy. —@jchavizzle, via Twitter Dress code updated after yesterday's "incident." —@mistermistermistertibbs, via Instagram He certainly shouldn’t have stood up. —Małgorzata Kuś, via Facebook "Joe's the father." "You're not muted." —Austin Craver, via email Worker’s comp? It is her dog! —@thefitzroymclean, via Instagram It looks real, but it’s not. —Jonathan Goode, via Facebook The window behind her reflected images. —@chmslady, via Twitter As everyone’s computer froze, she laughed. —@mcgroup53, via Twitter ILLUSTRATION: VIOLET REED —Maayan Brodsky, via Facebook Honorable Mentions: She won canine vote by landslide. —Janna Dethmers, via email Future president born today, supercomputer predicts. —Ethan Noll, via email “Welcome to Earth,” said the President. —@michaelrowley, via Instagram He died as he lived: online. —D. A. Smith, via email “Introducing your next president: version 7!” —Ben N, via email But it won the electoral hackathon! —Zacharie Barrou Dumont, via email “I still can’t smell,” she whispered. —Sean Fitzgerald, via email “I hereby pardon all my clones.” —@Morgan, via Twitter She smiled:
Mars is now Independent. —@sepohonpokok, via Twitter ILLUSTRATION: VIOLET REED —@threepanelcrimes, via Instagram Honorable Mentions: The moon revealed its darkest secret. —@cfx1, via Twitter “Enjoy,” it said, and ate Mars. —@countgringo, via Instagram Hand me my iPhone—picture time. —@fogcitynative, via Instagram On its back, we traveled far. —@_annalysenko, via Instagram We saw the horizon. It moved. —@mogon_ave, via Twitter Entrelzidor sneezed. Earth was free again. —John Rees-Williams, via Facebook And this black hole had teeth. —@devtomlinson, via Instagram “A little earthy for my taste.” —@brambedillo, via Instagram ILLUSTRATION: VIOLET REED —@_inflexion_ via Instagram Honorable Mentions: We updated our terms and conditions. —@nisioti_eleni, via Twitter All of the tokens were useless. —William Nicholl, via Facebook Four-year-old deletes planet data. —@jutajurajustice, via Twitter Now your mom knows everything, Phil. —@mvyenielo, via Twitter Grandma's secret recipe just went viral. —Kevin Jerome Hinders, via Facebook So bots were reporting other bots? —Ed Gubbins, via Facebook ILLUSTRATION: VIOLET REED —Anna Jaruga, via Facebook Honorable Mentions: The dog ate my memory cards. —Irfan Darian, via Facebook Honey, pass me the news tile. —@rainreider, via Twitter These leaves would have to do. —@eliporteraltic, via Twitter
Christmas morning was never a surprise. —@tony32938627, via Twitter I wrote it on the fridge. —@apocryphal_x, via Twitter Museum reports theft of toilet paper. —@joostdouma, via Twitter The pen is no longer mightier. —@mdeziel, via Twitter Police say no note was uploaded. —@cwyant, via Instagram ILLUSTRATION: MAXIME MOUYSSET —@rosiestonies, via Instagram Honorable Mentions: Still, the droid's skin was healing. —David Gerster, via Facebook “Upload failed.” Phew, that was close. —Assa Naveh, via Facebook It exploded, but he looked hot. —Anna Rose McHugh, via Facebook She could see who had stayed. —@pameleen, via Instagram Humans. Not my best work. Still … —@gg3_scorpio, via Instagram The worst happened. Now I'm free .—@atpolinko, via Instagram At least there is no leader. —@guabo, via Instagram My mom still thinks I'm cool. —@pashutinski, via Instagram ILLUSTRATION: MAXIME MOUYSSET —@romer6, via Twitter Honorable Mentions: The dogs are the masters now. —@azzour, via Instagram Deadly virus mutates into X-Men gene. —@redeyedsan, via Twitter At once, my
Amazon dependency disappeared .—@maxacarr, via Instagram Baby's voice rose from the cave. —Chakib Mataoui Souleyman, via Facebook The colony on the moon flourished. —@emoco, via Twitter In silence, he slept well. Finally. —@patchoo314, via Instagram So salt water, huh? Who knew. —@andreslohizo, via Instagram Dinosaurs return—this time as pets. —@deb_shalini, via Twitter Sun sets. No one posts it. —@jesikahmorgana, via Instagram ILLUSTRATION: MAXIME MOUYSSET —Hamish Hamish, via Facebook Honorable Mentions: Love is sacrificing the last ply. —Kristos Samaras, via Facebook There is an “us” in “virus.” —Zachy Allec, via Facebook Feverish desire raged beneath the N95. —@seekingfelicity, via Instagram You can sneeze in my elbow. —@ralfchardon, via Instagram Our eyes locked in Zoom yoga. —@jabberwockies, via Instagram Slowly, window and I became friends. —@jo.onthe.go, via Instagram “Don't kiss me,” he whispered gently. —@anna_rchist, via Instagram The clothes came off; masks remained. —@_v.sh, via Instagram Casual gets serious way too fast. —@kristinafmiller, via Instagram ILLUSTRATION: MAXIME MOUYSSET —@needsomuchvalidation, via Instagram Honorable Mentions: Break up the digital data thieves. —Frank D. Monaco, via Facebook Digital Guy Fawkes to the rescue! —Kevin Jerome Hinders, via Facebook Encryption is poison to a dictator. —Marko Berg, via Facebook Plug exhaust pipe with a potato. —@blume_lee, via Twitter New feature announcement: “Like” to impeach. —@mina_sonbol, via Instagram Use ad blockers. Pay for news. —@dechendolker, via Instagram Print Marshall McLuhan quotes on T-shirts. —@antigraviter, via Instagram Turn social media into socialism media. —@benzilla_360, via Instagram Get behind me, technocrats. Game over. —Anastasia Hunter, via Facebook ILLUSTRATION: VIOLET REED —@johnjohnjungle, via Instagram Honorable Mentions: Then a ship from Krypton landed. —@marcelo_paixao_almeida, via Instagram Everyone gets five free international trips. —@clawd2deth, via Twitter Move all heavy industry off-world. —Stevie Turnbull, via Facebook Love everyone, and wash your hands. —@brohemian_rapshowdy, via Instagram Come back, ancient aliens! Reboot Earth. —@sarahk0csis, via Twitter Genetically engineer cows to fart hydrogen. —Hamish Hamish, via Facebook Hiring: Sensible planetary dictator. Apply within. —@matt_owczarz, via Twitter ILLUSTRATION: MAXIME MOUYSSET —@milked_, via Twitter Honorable Mentions: Smelt decommissioned weapons into musical instruments. —@casinclair, via Twitter Climate app tracks local CO 2 levels. —@big_big_love, via Instagram Global oral history keeps memories alive. —@johnkellybabb, via Instagram Save the world by planting trees. —Lílá Tückér, via Facebook Redistribute medical supplies to the underinsured. —@jesmakes, via Instagram Community-based renewable energy power grids. —@uniquetoybox, via Twitter Digital democracy with backing in blockchain. —@jackranado, via Twitter Life after death—donate your DNA. —@beyond_mike, via Instagram ILLUSTRATION: MAXIME MOUYSSET —@dmcdev, via Instagram Honorable Mentions: Twitter analytics determines 2040 presidential winner. Alan Grover Daniel, via Facebook Randomly selected leader is Citizen 42034. @abhshkshtty, via Instagram For the people. By the droids. Steve Fabian, via Facebook Mathematics draws districts; cryptography verifies votes. @boomerdell, via Instagram Turn off the internet for good. Colin Kiernan, via Facebook Humans vote
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