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    <description>The province is accepting submissions for November and December, but has ruled out returning to Ontario on the grounds that it never felt like one. (Satire. The Avocado Post publishes fiction.)</description>
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    <title>Sauropod Not Consulted Before Being Licensed As AI Training Data, Says Sauropod&#39;s Lawyer</title>
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    <description>The 92-million-year-old specimen is named as the consenting party in a nine-page agreement it did not attend, and has received none of the money. (Satire. The Avocado Post publishes fiction.)</description>
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    <title>AI Lab Has 10% Chance Of Killing Everyone, But Not Allowed To Sell Unpasteurised Cheese</title>
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    <description>Anthropic&#39;s departing alignment lead confirmed the company&#39;s internal estimate falls within tolerances that would close a French dairy within a working day. (Satire. The Avocado Post publishes fiction.)</description>
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    <title>Trump Bans Canadian Maple Syrup, Orders American Trees To Make Up Difference By Thanksgiving</title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 14:21:22 GMT</pubDate>
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    <description>Agriculture Department confirms United States has six maple trees. (Satire. The Avocado Post publishes fiction.)</description>
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    <title>&#39;We Have Renamed Places For Four Hundred Years And Nobody Has Ever Complained&#39; Writes Palace Cartographer</title>
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    <description>King Charles has renamed New York City to New Edinburgh under a 1664 lease that never expired. No consultation was required. (Satire. The Avocado Post publishes fiction.)</description>
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    <title>Firm Asks AI What Susan Thinks Because Susan Keeps Getting It Wrong</title>
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    <description>Claims manager Susan Okonkwo has been rated 91.4 per cent accurate to herself, down from 93.2 per cent in the second quarter. (Satire. The Avocado Post publishes fiction.)</description>
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