Category: News

Calls for Fearless Girl to Remain on Wall Street

To celebrate International Women’s Day,* a bronze statue of a little girl, hands on hips, facing down the mighty bull has appeared.  Originally only billed to remain for a week, there has been a cry for her to become permanent.  Officials have already bowed to pressure from the public and

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Monday Mystery Mime

It’s that time of the week again, when we confront you with a mystery.  Our friends at Feathers and Toast produce a weekly mystery mime, and if you are clever enough to guess correctly, the Tallulah will perform the mime of your choosing.* No-one guessed last week’s mime, so there were

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Pet Couture’s Gone Plus Sized!

Villagers near the Elephant Conservation and Care Centre in the city of Mathura (India) have been knitting away to create the snazzy plus sized packaderm pyjamas for abused elephants!   Knitting something this size takes real dedication and it is nice to see that whilst Europe and the US seems

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Newsnibbles 2016 Review

Well, we can all agree that 2016 has been pretty shitty for world politics, celebrity deaths and way too much media focus on hate and negativity. That’s why we thought we’d round up 2016, as experienced on Newsnibbles instead.  Hopefully this will focus us on some positivity and bring us forward

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Nibblets

Standing Rock Stands Firm You may remember in a previous nibblet we reported on Big Oil trying to frack all over the Native American’s holy land at Standing Rock.  The peaceful protest received minimal coverage in the mainstream media, possibly because the police and military were sent in to disperse

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Starbucks Trumps it’s “War on Christmas”

Warning: contain more sarcasm than previous editions. Approach with caution. Trump Cups Those of you who have been living in a box may not know, that the apocalypse has begun, 2016 is officially the year the world as we know it ended. Not only did Brexit happen, but it failed

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Donald P*ssed off the Wrong Pussy!

Apart from the occasional witty meme (brought to you in association with our friend Angelika Rust) we have stayed out of reporting on the American Election.  This is because, much like Brexit, all this seems to have done is brought out of the woodwork all the bigots, who are now allowed

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Nibblets

What the Frack? Native American tribes, along with several land owners are protesting the laying of an oil pipeline through their land.  You can read the full story on Think Progress – as this is just a Nibblet, we just want to discuss (read rip to satirical shreds) a few points from

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Avocado Theft Ripe in New Zealand

A recent rise in demand for Avocados has led to a rise in Avocado related crime in New Zealand.  According to The Guardian,   until recently the demand for avocados has been more from the export market (hipsters who enjoy it on toast with some salt and pepper and a splash of

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Poor Penguins

This week on Twitter our attention was brought to the plight of a colony of penguins on Zavodovski Island, after two volcanoes on the island have erupted, causing ash to cover them.  The island currently homes the largest colony of chinstrap penguins in the world. According to The Telegraph  Conservationists are concerned

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