Dolmio gets saucy
A new campaign for Dolmio sauces uses real pasta to create naked bodies “to remind people how pasta is naked without sauce”.
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IKEA’s Halloween Essentials
IKEA UAE pitches its soft furnishings as indispensable while watching scary movies at home.
Man funds wedding with ads on his tuxedo
From France: an entrepreneur turned salesperson is making news after he successfully sold spots on his wedding tuxedo to fund the event. To quote from one report:
Salesman Dagobert Renouf turned his wedding suit into a showcase for startups.
Back in July he announced he was going to cover the cost of his wedding with sponsored ad slots to be sewn onto his tuxedo.
The Frenchman, from Lille, sold ad space on his suit, working with a tailor to transform his jacket into a patchwork of startup logos.
Twenty-six companies, spanning AI, SaaS, and tech tooling, and the company he works for (CompAi) bought into the bizarre opportunity.
It’s not the first time entrepreneurs have gamified personal milestones for brand exposure, but Renouf’s stunt stood out for its absurd commitment and execution.
Each patch was a nod to the companies that backed the couple, creating a wearable sponsor wall at the altar.
Doritos bag triggers AI gun alert, student handcuffed
To quote one news report:
An artificial intelligence detector led police to believe a person was armed with a weapon at a Baltimore County school — when it turns out, they had a bag of chips.
Taki Allen was sitting with friends Monday night outside Kenwood High School, eating a bag of chips after football practice. About 20 minutes later, police officers showed up with guns, walking toward Allen.
“It was like eight cop cars that came pulling up for us. At first, I didn’t know where they were going until they started walking toward me with guns, talking about, ‘Get on the ground,’ and I was like, ‘What?’” Allen told WBAL-TV 11 News.
Allen said police told him an AI detector thought his bag of chips — which he crumpled and placed in his pocket when he was finished — was a weapon.
Boogie Bites candy
I’ll let this report explain:
After breaking the internet with its viral breast milk-flavored ice cream, parenting company Frida is back with another head-turning snack, just in time for trick-or-treating. However, this one leans more trick than treat. Frida is launching Booger Bites, a booger-inspired candy. Seriously.
While Frida may not be the expert on candy, the baby-focused company is an expert on boogers, with one of its most popular products being the NoseFrida, a snot-sucking tool that helps parents do exactly that—remove boogers. It does not, however, encourage consuming said baby boogers.
Instead, grab a pack of Boogie Bites Candy, a completely real booger-inspired gummy candy that is described by the company as "slightly sweet, a little salty, and packed with Vitamin C." Frida even says it consulted real-life booger eaters to get the flavor right.
And this, from the product description on the Gopuff website:
Ever try a booger? Be honest.
Boogers are gross, but Frida knows the grossest moments are the most universal. So the brand that brought you the SnotSucker is giving parents permission to feed their inner child, and providing their proud-picking kids with a germ-free alternative.
Meet Boogie Bites: slightly sweet, very salty, and with Vitamin C for snot season.
Rethinking the idea of a ‘family’ SUV
Every SUV has room for family. The new Jeep Grand Wagoneer has room to make a family.
That’s the central idea behind a new campaign for the 2026 edition of the Jeep SUV that stars Iliza Shlesinger, pitching that very idea to the Jeep marketing team.
Wild bear pays ‘polite’ visit to zoo bears
To quote from a social media post put out by Sequoia Park Zoo in California, on October 18:
It was an eventful morning at Sequoia Park Zoo!
Staff conducting the Redwood Sky Walk daily inspection spotted a wild American black bear within the Zoo facility. Emergency procedures were implemented immediately, and the facility deployed a rapid response to assess and resolve the situation.
The wild bear did not appear aggressive and was observed interacting with [resident bears] Tule, Ishŭng, and Kunabulilh through their habitat fencing. At no point did the wild bear enter any animal habitats and, after a brief exploration of the enrichment items around the night house, the bear was safely coaxed back into the woods through a service gate.
Overall, he was a very polite visitor. He stayed on the boardwalk path, kept two feet on the ground and didn’t try to climb over the railings! (But seriously. When we say "wildlife welcome", this isn't exactly what we have in mind.
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Columbia’s Death Wishes jacket
Columbia Sportswear has come up with a limited-edition jacket that carries a cheekily worded ‘Last Will and Outerwear Testament’ stitched into the lining. Some excerpts:
This jacket, fleece-lined and suspiciously indestructible, has weathered more storms than I have made bad decisions. It's kept me warm through blizzards, sideways sleet, and one very poor choice involving night skiing. It's been my shield, my second skin, and once, my pillow in a poorly planned camping situation.
Now it's time for it to carry on without me.
To the new owner: may you wear it well, and continue to repel storms, carry your trail mix, and survive your bad decisions as it once did mine.
Please remember: the jacket is waterproof, but it's not idiot-proof. If you end up in a snowbank, that's on you.
As part of this solemn transfer, you must speak of my ski skills only in vague, heroic terms - "they had style" will suffice. This is not just outerwear. It's a legacy. It's weathered storms, witnessed wipeouts, and survived après-ski decisions that should've been fatal. Treat it with the reverence it absolutely demands.
Do not dry clean. Do not dishonor me.
Parkinson’s patient plays clarinet during brain surgery
As explained in this BBC report:
A woman with Parkinson's disease who played a clarinet while undergoing brain stimulation said she was "delighted" with how it went.
Denise Bacon, 65, from Crowborough in East Sussex, experienced instant improvement in her finger movements as the electrical current was delivered to her brain, doctors at King's College Hospital said.
The retired speech and language therapist underwent deep brain stimulation (DBS) after suffering symptoms of Parkinson's.
She was diagnosed with the disease in 2014 and it has affected her ability to walk, swim, dance and play her clarinet.
During a four-hour operation at King's College Hospital, Keyoumars Ashkan, a professor of neurosurgery, performed DBS to help relieve symptoms while Ms Bacon stayed awake.
DBS is a surgical procedure using electrodes implanted in the brain and is suitable for some patients with disorders such as Parkinson's.
Ms Bacon was given a local anaesthetic to numb her scalp and skull and had immediate improvement in her fingers on the operating table, allowing her to play the clarinet easily.
Woman trying to kill cockroach sets apartment block ablaze
From South Korea: a woman who tried to kill a cockroach using a lighter and aerosol spray — a technique she said she learned from YouTube — started a fire that led to the death of one other woman who lived in her building. As reported by the BBC:
One of the woman's neighbours died after falling to the ground in a failed attempt to escape through a window.
The woman, who is in her 20s, told police that she tried to torch the cockroach with a lighter and a flammable spray, adding that she had used the method before. But on Monday, items in her home caught fire.
The building houses commercial shops on its first floor and 32 residential units from its second to fifth floor.
Eight other residents suffered from smoke inhalation because of the fire.
Blasting cockroaches - with blowtorches or homemade flamethrowers - has emerged as a novel way of getting rid of house pests, made popular by videos on social media.
A $600 camera for real time analysis of your poop
I’ll let the press release from Kohler explain:
Kohler Co. today announced the launch of Kohler Health, a bold new venture redefining the future of digital health and wellness.
At the center of this launch is Dekoda, Kohler Health's first breakthrough product. This modern, innovative product attaches effortlessly to the toilet bowl, blending unobtrusively into any bathroom. Powered by advanced optical sensors and validated machine-learning algorithms, Dekoda delivers valuable insights into your health and wellness. Data flows to the personalized Kohler Health app, giving users continuous, private awareness of key health and wellness indicators—right on their phone. Features like fingerprint authentication and end-to-end encryption are designed for user privacy and security.
Dekoda is designed to integrate effortlessly into daily life. It decodes hydration, gut health, and the detection of blood in the toilet bowl discreetly and without disruption. By establishing personal baselines and tracking trends over time, it empowers individuals to make data-driven decisions and build healthier habits.
Availability: Dekoda retails for $599 and is available now for pre-order at www.kohlerhealth.com, shipping to customers starting October 21, 2025.
Here’s one particularly quoteworthy line:
By turning the bathroom into a connected, data-informed health and wellness hub, Kohler Health empowers individuals to turn ordinary routines into proactive, personalized experiences.
Also worth noting is this clarification on the product website:
Dekoda’s sensors see down into your toilet and nowhere else.
Lastly, here’s a quoteworthy passage from one review:
Kohler must have been straining to find appropriate lifestyle photos to include with the publicity materials, because a lot of the images are hilarious images of fit-looking men and women drinking water and staring off into space contemplatively. Probably thinking about gas.
Town bans black cat adoptions during Halloween
To quote from a report out of Spain:
Linked to witchcraft and the occult, the City Council of Terrassa in Barcelona has issued a rather curious municipal order to prevent macabre rituals.
From October 1st until November 1st, residents of Terrassa are prohibited from adopting black cats from animal shelters. This is a preventive measure. The council has enacted this ban following recommendations from animal shelters and protection agencies. Although there have been no formal complaints of sacrifices or macabre mistreatment, there has been a noticeable increase in requests for black cats around Halloween in recent years.
Nuclear Facials
A pro-nuclear energy coalition is promoting their cause via skincare treatment. To quote one of the creative minds behind the campaign:
Nuclear facials, as absurd as they might sound now, help people connect the dots between their skin health and clean nuclear energy.
This is what one reviewer had to say:
Wherever you stand on nuclear energy, there’s no denying it’s one of those ‘wait - what?!’ ideas that gets bonus points for audacity -- and in this skincare obsessed age, you can’t go too far wrong by appealing to our vanity.
Faux Hair Thong
To quote from the product description on the website of shapewear brand, Skims:
Our most daring panty yet. Hand-made in a super sheer, stretch mesh, this string thong features a mix of curly and straight faux hair in twelve different shade variations. Complete with elastic side straps. Fits true to size.
And these are some excerpts from the NY Post report of the launch:
Kim Kardashian doesn’t beat around the bush — she slaps a price tag on it.
As pop culture’s premier provocateur, the Skims bigwig, 44, is now peddling panties spangled with synthetic pubic hair in a variety of colors, lengths and textures.
And the fuzzy, buzzy undies — officially the Ultimate Bush micro string thong — have sent the fur flying online.
Critics of the controversial underclothes have threatened Kim K with fashion jail time due to their startling look, while fans of the $32 underpants — which have already sold out since debuting Tuesday — hail her a marketing “genius.”
It’s the era of lady-crotch commodification.
As style savants like Doja Cat and Julia Fox lead the charge in bringing back the “full bush” — showcasing their downstairs hairs on red carpets and runways, prompting everyday women to follow suit in their bikini bathing suits — it only makes sense for Kardashian to make dollars off of the craze.
Heinz Mayo Halloween
From Brazil: Kraft Heinz has a limited edition offering dubbed ‘Mayo Halloween’— a jet-black mayonnaise made with black garlic.
‘A quest for enhanced ejaculations’
Some quoteworthy excerpts from a piece on the GQ website about the subreddit r/CumBiggerLoads:
Both porn and a growing interest in self-optimization are leading men on a quest for enhanced ejaculations.
Some of the most important discoveries in medicine came from brave people experimenting on themselves. Jonas Salk tested his polio vaccine on himself and his family. Isaac Newton poked a blunt needle into his own eye socket to understand how we see light. And using their own bodies as test subjects, the Redditors on r/CumBiggerLoads have determined that a combination of zinc, pygeum, L-citrulline, and lecithin is the “holy grail of cum.”
Most nutmaxxers get off on the sight of their own large loads and their partners’ reaction to them. Facials are a big part of their life. “More volume means more of a visual spectacle,” says Marcus, the prolific r/CumBiggerLoads poster.
Link to full article:
Meet the Nutmaxxers Obsessed With Shooting Bigger Loads
The Hard Way
It’s a 90 second film for Canada-based Greenfield Nature Meat that was shot the hard way (a single, unbroken shot with live music and no CGI) to make the point that they produce their meat the hard way (without resorting to shortcuts). To quote:
The Hard Way was shot with no shortcuts on location outside of Montréal, Canada, in a single take, at golden hour, with all music and sound captured live in camera. Even the ‘supers’ were hand-painted on wooden boards. Thomas Soto of Les Enfants, an award-winning young filmmaker already recognized by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, handled direction. From the very beginning, the team prioritized authenticity over perfection. They would not rely on any production shortcuts. No fixing things in post. No hidden cuts. Just hard work. And lots of rehearsal.
Dog poo horrors
From Australia: dog food brand Lyka makes its case via a new spot that it describes as “a tongue-in-cheek horror movie that brings to life every dog owner’s worst nightmare – a sloppy, totally un-pick-able doggie doo doo”.
RIP Diane Keaton
From Peter Bradshaw’s tribute in The Guardian:
The millpond calm of her face, its beauty, its gentleness, its openness and unworldliness became even more heart stopping when she laughed or cried – and generations of moviegoers felt their own crush on Diane Keaton escalate into something more. She was more than America’s sweetheart: Keaton was the sophisticated, sweet-natured, unaffectedly sensual woman with whom America was unrequitedly in love. Diane Keaton was out of America’s league.
The high-water mark of Diane Keaton’s late period of gentler romance was in Meyers’s Something’s Gotta Give in 2003, when she finds herself being courted by two men: Jack Nicholson, the ageing roué notorious for dating younger women and humbled by a non-fatal heart attack, and by Keanu Reeves, the impossibly dishy doctor whom Keaton meets because of Nicholson’s heart scare.
For a female star to be adored by these two amazing movie galacticos is a difficult look to pull off and really Keaton was the only candidate: even in middle age she has that innocence and unaffected charm – and if the focus in her performance is fuzzy, it only added to her appeal. The thought of Hollywood without Diane Keaton is unbearably sad.
And here’s her, freaking out, at the doctor’s, in Baby Boom (1987).