10 Former Internet Trolls Explain Why They Quit Being Jerks
For some people, the internet is like the wild west: a lawless play-pen where they can get away with being an asshole to anyone they’d like. You know—trolling.Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve...
View ArticleScience Watch: Look Into the Eye of a Cow
Ice time! Color magic! Wasp zombies! Worm tricks! Frog poison! Comet stories! Eye shapes! And the last spiders you’ll see before you die! It’s your Friday Science Watch, where we watch science—from a...
View ArticleCIA Figure in Hillary Clinton Email Scandal Dies at 63
Tyler Drumheller, a former CIA officer whose whistleblowing embarrassed Bush-era intelligence gathering in Iraq, died over the weekend at 63, the Washington Post reports. Drumheller was most recently...
View Article500 Days of Kristin, Day 194: Kristin Can Speak for Every Girl
Would-be memoirist Kristin Cavallari has noted in multiple interviews over the past two years that designing her mid-priced shoe line for Chinese Laundry has been a dream come true for her. We recently...
View ArticleTrump on Megyn Kelly: "There Was Blood Coming Out Of Her... Wherever"
Those expecting a colossal train wreck when Donald Trump went on Don Lemon’s CNN program tonight might have ended up disappointed, but The Donald still managed to engage in his own brand of media...
View ArticleAurora Shooter James Holmes Sentenced to Life in Prison Without Parole
On Friday, a jury deciding the fate of Aurora movie theater shooter James Holmes said they were unable to reach a unanimous sentencing decision, resulting in life in prison without parole instead of...
View ArticleMeek Mill's Still Trying to Diss Drake, Should Really Stop
Meek Mill is still battling Drake even though the Canadian was the clear winner in their war of words last week. On Thursday night, the Philly rapper explained that their beef isn’t just about...
View ArticleOh for Sure, Man
Re Megyn Kelly quote: "you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever" (NOSE). Just got on w/thoughtAugust 8, 2015
View ArticleThe Gawker Review Weekend Reading List [8.8.15]
It’s been one year since 18-year-old Michael Brown was fatally shot by Darren Wilson, the former Ferguson police officer who gunned down the unarmed black teen on August 9, 2014. Brown’s death, which...
View ArticleLawsuit: Nick Gordon Gave Bobbi Kristina Toxic Cocktail, Put Her in Tub
The estate of Bobbi Kristina Brown amended a $10 million lawsuit against boyfriend Nick Gordon on Friday, accusing him of being responsible for the injuries that later led to her death, CNN...
View ArticleAngelo State Football Player Killed By Police
Early Friday morning, Christian Taylor was shot and killed by Arlington, Tx. police at the Classic Buick GMC Dealership. Taylor, 19, was set to begin his sophomore season at Angelo State University in...
View Article“The wicked Japanese imperialists committed such unpardonable crimes as...
“The wicked Japanese imperialists committed such unpardonable crimes as depriving Korea of even its standard time while mercilessly trampling down its land with 5,000 year-long history and culture,”...
View ArticleDonald Trump "Honored" to Be Dumped From Event After Gross Blood Comment
While crowds cheered Donald Trump’s misogyny at this week’s GOP debate, his suggestion yesterday that moderator Megyn Kelly had “blood coming out of her wherever” proved to be one ugly comment too far...
View ArticleMetacritic Matters: How Review Scores Hurt Video Games
Bugs in Fallout: New Vegas might have eaten your save file. Maybe they took away a few hours of progress, or forced you to reset a couple of quests. Maybe game-crashing bugs pissed you off to the point...
View ArticleNotes for a Film on Black Joy
D’Angelo’s “Untitled” is on BET, your forehead pressed against the screen trying to look down, praying there’s a few more inches of TV. you don’t know what drives you to press your skin to the screen...
View ArticleAccording to AJC.com, holidays honoring Confederate soldiers and General...
According to AJC.com, holidays honoring Confederate soldiers and General Robert E. Lee have been removed from Georgia’s official state calendar and are now simply listed as “state holidays.” “Those so...
View ArticleAll The Things The GOP Candidates Got Wrong On The Military Last Night
The first Republican debate was a lively one. Topics spanned the gauntlet of domestic issues with a few foreign policy and defense topics sprinkled in – mainstays of the Republican platform. So what...
View ArticleDonald Trump to Top Advisor: You, Sir, Are No Longer Employed Here!
In the immortal words of “The Trump” himself, “The professional relationship between you and I has ended!”According to Washington Post reporter Roberta Costa, Donald Trump said in an interview on...
View ArticleLong Beach Police Fatally Shoot Man Suspected of Stabbing Six
On Friday, police in Long Beach, California killed a knife-wielding man believed to have stabbed his wife and five other people, including three inside a convalescent home, the Associated Press...
View ArticlePolice: Five Children, Three Adults Found Dead Inside Texas Home
Authorities say the bodies of eight people, including five children, were found inside a Houston-area home Saturday night after an hour-long standoff with a man who shot at police, the Associated Press...
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