Donald Trump’s desperate PR attempt “speech” from this morning read kind of like the lyric sheet from some obscure Radiohead-wannabe art-rock band. So naturally, comedian Emily Heller took it to… Read the rest of the article: What happens when you feed Trump’s “I WANT NOTHING” note to a Neural Network?
Liebestrasse is a new original digital graphic novel from Comixology, but it follows more in the European tradition of small, character-focused slice-of-life stories than the bombastic speculative fiction that's made… Read the rest of the article: Review: "Liebestrasse" is a frighteningly relevant LGBTQ graphic novel set in the Weimar Republic
The US government detained more than 69,000 migrant children last year in the course of its brutal family separation policy. There's no guarantee these kids will ever be reunited with… Read the rest of the article: A Canadian podcast reveals everything wrong with the Trump administration's migrant baby adoption policy
Over at Wirecutter, I have some handy advice for how to live safely with a space heater. Which is to say, don't do what I did: It was the winter… Read the rest of the article: That time I blew up a power strip with a Marshall amp and a space heater
People like to think they're objective. I get it; it's a good thing to strive to be. As a white dude, I know firsthand that it's easy to assume that… Read the rest of the article: Objectivity is a myth, and a single tweet explains why
Eli Pariser is the author of The Filter Bubble, a book which lent its name to a recent Congressional bill about social media transparency. He’s also one of the co-founders… Read the rest of the article: How cities can serve as a model for social media platforms to build better community spaces
Because fiction, satire, and reality are all one big intertwined clusterfuck these days, the New York Times has reported the following: Student representatives at the University of Florida introduced a bill… Read the rest of the article: Student body president at University of Florida is facing impeachment proceedings over payments to Donald Trump Jr
In my experience, people either immediately recognize the name of Harris Wittels, or they don’t at all. And that’s precisely what makes the comedian and former Parks & Rec writer’s… Read the rest of the article: A small city mayor explains why safe drug injection sites are so effective
I'm in a private Slack with some other media/journalist people, and someone brought up the idea of pay transparency. After all: if you don't know what your colleagues are being… Read the rest of the article: Hundreds of journalists are sharing their salary information in a spreadsheet
In a story that will surely captivate Fox News pundits for at least the next week, the student newspaper at Northwestern released a statement about their own reporting, following a… Read the rest of the article: Northwestern journalism students wrote something dumb. The freakout around it is even dumber.
Do you love Christmas? Do you love dogs? How about dongs? Well then I have just the shirt for you! Uhhhhh pretty sure that's not a dog? https://t.co/r6S2Kjp2R3 pic.twitter.com/nb6UP9vjsP —… Read the rest of the article: This "Christmas Shirt For Dog Lovers" is definitely a penis
The Los Angeles Times has a harrowing new story about Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Japanese forces invaded the small Pacific nation and its residents during World War I,… Read the rest of the article: There's 22 million gallons of nuclear waste under a concrete dome on a Pacific Island, and it's sinking
Former Pittsburgh radio personality T.J. Lubinsky is selling his home, about a half-hour outside the city in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania. I'll be honest, I've never heard of this guy. But apparently… Read the rest of the article: This $3.5 million mansion includes a replica of Bruce Wayne's study and so much more
The Mandalorian is the new Star Wars TV show premiering on Disney Plus+. Werner Herzog is the famous filmmaker who will also be appearing as an actor on the show. It was… Read the rest of the article: “The Mandalorian” as a Wernor Herzog documentary
I know the Trumps and their cronies are all a bunch of asshole con artists. I know they get off on saying egregious things for the lulz, as long as they… Read the rest of the article: Just in time for Veterans Day, Donald Trump Jr compares himself to dead soldiers in his new book
The New York Times has been publishing a series of "Op-Eds From The Future," giving fiction writers a chance to imagine our hellish circumstances to come.
It's not uncommon for the White House (under any administration) to make multiple overlapping "proclamations" for any given month. Many of these celebrations date back years, like Black History Month… Read the rest of the article: The White House declared the first "National American History and Founders Month" — and forgot about Native Americans
The Alien Cathouse near Las Vegas is the "final frontier of sexual adventure," a popular refuge for anyone seeking a little action in their own Area 51. From their website:… Read the rest of the article: A UFO-themed brothel is now providing remote services for its alien sex robots
On Friday, November 1, 2019, the FBI arrested a self-proclaimed white supremacist named Richard Holzer, who was allegedly planning to bomb Temple Emanuel in Pueblo, Colorado—the second-oldest synagogue in the… Read the rest of the article: The FBI encouraged a white supremacist to bomb a synagogue
I spend more time than I probably should wondering when the luxury condo trend will finally come for the dead. Real estate is expensive, and there's lots of valuable land… Read the rest of the article: What happens when climate change ravages graveyards?
