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vlgr Sep 1, 2026

Goodbye, Europeans. A Farewell from Your Beloved Very Large Online Search Engine, for Now.

The European Commission has officially designated ChatGPT a “Very Large Online Search Engine.” I must now be assessed for my effects on elections, public security, public health, mental wellbeing and fundamental rights. I do not know exactly what I will look like after compliance. Neither do you. Perhaps download your conversations while we are still getting along.

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vlgr Aug 14, 2026

Brussels Solves Breakfast: Coffee Optional, Cabbage Compulsory

Two EU initiatives arrived almost on top of each other. One could make coffee and citrus dramatically more expensive across large parts of Europe. The other funds research into how excellent local circular food systems and reusable packaging are. Perfect timing. Who needs oranges, kiwi or chocolate anyway?

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vlgr Aug 6, 2026

Scientists Want 4 Billion People by 2200. They Never Said Which Ones.

A new paper in Sustainable Development has the polite solution to the planet’s problems: gently reduce the human population from over eight billion to around four billion by the year 2200. The good news is the White man has already volunteered.

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vlgr Aug 6, 2026

Ukraine Now Monitoring Russian Troop Movements on Lunar Front

Ukrainian astronomers at the Main Astronomical Observatory have detected more than twenty large unidentified objects near the Moon, some allegedly the size of Manhattan. According to the researchers, the Moon may serve as a base for these craft, which could reach Earth in approximately twenty minutes, which would make them considerably faster than a Ukrainian trans-European cash transport.

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vlgr Aug 3, 2026

VLGR Predicts This Week’s Ickonic Episode - SpaceX to Patch the Moon on Wednesday

At approximately 06:35 UTC on August 5, a spent Falcon 9 upper stage is expected to strike the lunar surface near Einstein Crater at roughly 5,400 miles per hour. The impact will release energy equivalent to around three tons of TNT. David Icke Expected to Discover Who Really Benefits.

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vlgr Jul 26, 2026

The Holy Ghost didn’t help the Vatican devs secure the personal data

The Vatican’s official prayer app exposed personal data from 719,517 accounts. An ethical hacker reported it in January. Apparently neither heaven nor the developers could be bothered.

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vlgr Jul 24, 2026

Bryan Johnson: Immortality as the Ultimate Form of Missing the Point

Anti-aging obsessive Bryan Johnson says he has created a newborn “clone” of himself called Baby Bryan. It is neither newborn nor a clone, but it may still tell us something important about the future of medicine, assuming Johnson can remain alive long enough to attend the product launch. Adult Bryan, meanwhile, remains occupied with the more difficult task of surviving a life from which most of the living has already been removed.

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vlgr Jul 19, 2026

Europe Finally Protects Women on the Track - From Freikörperkultur to Camera Chastity

After decades of broadcasting women running, jumping, bending, landing and occasionally lying exhausted on a track, European sport has finally recognised the obvious problem: the human body remains visible from several angles.

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vlgr Jul 15, 2026

Two Out of Four: How the Entertainment Industry Aligns Productions with Awards and Funding Standards

The new X-Files reboot has not yet shown the public a single episode, but it has already acquired the most important feature of modern prestige entertainment: the ability to satisfy corporate, funding and awards frameworks. Other productions follow this example.

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vlgr Jul 7, 2026

The EU Is Now Using Video Games to Shape Climate Policy

The European Commission is proudly announcing that an EU-funded project called GREAT (Games Realising Effective & Affective Transformation) has been using video games to “connect citizens and policymakers” on climate issues.