The Highlight Reels

The best roasts we've published.
Ranked by sharpness.

Each list aggregates the top-scoring roasts from a given period. Severity, body depth, and editorial weight all factor in. Updated automatically as new pieces ship.

All-Time Top 10

Ranked by editorial score

01
Finance
88
War Fallout 'Favors' Home Shoppers Like a Shark Favors Swimmers
AP News decodes economic Armageddon as 'trends' while your mortgage dreams drown in Iranian fallout — PR spin so thick you need a gas mask.
FinanceMay 14
02
Culture
88
Grifters, Cynics, True Believers: Vaccine History's Endless Family Feud
New book maps opponents across centuries like a reunion nobody RSVP'd to, exposing the same recycled excuses repackaged as deep thought.
CultureMay 31
03
Tech
88
Valve Turned Their Controller Into a One-Man Cover Band
Because nothing screams innovation like a Steam device performing Mario while the actual hardware issues sit unaddressed.
TechMay 30
04
Finance
88
NextEra's Dominion Grab Turns Rising Bills Into AI Fuel
The acquisition spins data center hunger as opportunity while electricity costs explode for everyone else.
FinanceMay 19
05
Entertainment
87
Clockwork's Rattlecreek Grab Exposes Warner Bros Hype Machine
Park Chan-Wook's buzzy Brigands package lands at the new label after years of Cannes circling.
EntertainmentMay 19
06
Culture
88
Sulawesi Priests Audit: Five Genders, Zero Logic
Revered for their supposed earthly-celestial hotline via multiple genders, these Bugis figures face the formal absurdity review.
CultureJun 5
07
Entertainment
88
Hollywood Ditches Pickleball for $20K Mahjong Tiles
Grandmother's favorite game now requires celebrity tables and the obligatory backlash about strategy disguised as fun.
EntertainmentMay 23
08
Tech
88
Author Defends AI After It Faked Quotes in His Book
Rosenbaum calls the synthetic mess a feature, not a bug, in The Future of Truth.
TechMay 22
09
Politics
88
Venezuela Opens Electricity to Private Investment After Total Collapse
Fifteen years of state control produced blackouts, so now they're offering concessions like it's a generous gift instead of surrender.
PoliticsJun 2
10
Sports
88
Arsenal Victory Parade Audit: Streets of Delayed Payoff
Hundreds of thousands of fans celebrate a Premier League title that took 22 years to arrive.
SportsMay 31

Score weights: severity (60%) · body depth (30%) · thumbnail presence (15%) · tier multiplier (Unhinged 1.25× / Vulgar 1.1× / Free 1.0×). No views, likes, or vanity metrics — pure editorial signal.