<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>The Daily Snark</title><description>Satire &amp; commentary on the world&apos;s weirdest news</description><link>https://dailysnark.pages.dev/</link><item><title>Indonesia&apos;s Stock Market Has Its Worst Day Since 1998 After MSCI Proposes a Category Below &apos;Frontier&apos;</title><link>https://dailysnark.pages.dev/commentary/indonesia-stocks-crash-msci-standalone/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://dailysnark.pages.dev/commentary/indonesia-stocks-crash-msci-standalone/</guid><description>The index giant looked at Jakarta, looked at the Frontier Markets label, and decided even that was too generous.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>money</category><category>commentary</category></item><item><title>Apple&apos;s $1,999 Folding iPhone Sells Out in Minutes, Will Arrive Roughly When You&apos;ve Forgotten Ordering It</title><link>https://dailysnark.pages.dev/commentary/iphone-duo-foldable-sold-out-2027/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://dailysnark.pages.dev/commentary/iphone-duo-foldable-sold-out-2027/</guid><description>Preorders opened at 8am New York time. By 8:30, every model was quoting January 2027.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate><category>tech</category><category>commentary</category></item><item><title>Britain Considers &apos;YouTube Tax&apos; So You Can Pay the BBC While Watching Someone Else&apos;s Cat</title><link>https://dailysnark.pages.dev/commentary/uk-youtube-tax-licence-fee-streaming/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://dailysnark.pages.dev/commentary/uk-youtube-tax-licence-fee-streaming/</guid><description>A plan to stretch the £180 licence fee over Netflix, YouTube and friends could bring 3 to 4 million more households into the net.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>uk</category><category>commentary</category></item><item><title>OpenAI Trains Staff to Spot Seductive Spies, Confirming Silicon Valley Is Now a John le Carré Novel With Standing Desks</title><link>https://dailysnark.pages.dev/commentary/openai-honeypot-spy-training/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://dailysnark.pages.dev/commentary/openai-honeypot-spy-training/</guid><description>The training includes the playground stranger, a Champagne story from Russia, and a strict ban on wearing the hoodie.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>tech</category><category>commentary</category></item><item><title>English Town&apos;s Roundabout Overrun by 150 Gnomes; Council Says It Has &apos;No Specific Policy on Gnomes&apos;</title><link>https://dailysnark.pages.dev/commentary/long-eaton-gnome-mans-land-roundabout/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://dailysnark.pages.dev/commentary/long-eaton-gnome-mans-land-roundabout/</guid><description>Gnome Man&apos;s Land, near Long Eaton station, now has a petition, a Facebook page and gnomes of Dolly Parton and Tim Curry.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>weird</category><category>commentary</category></item></channel></rss>