Evil Triumphs: Satanic Birds Attack Pope's Peace Doves

Dayna Evans · 01/26/14 11:15AM

In the Vatican earlier today, two peace doves were viciously attacked by a crow and a seagull when they were set free by Pope Francis from a window at Apostolic Palace. We've spent countless years of our precious time on this planet debating over whether evil would triumph over good, whether the Dementors would eventually find us, and if birds—despite our blame in their pitiful helplessness—were actually hotblooded, malevolent predators searching fiendishly to corrupt their own.

DiCaprio Crashes Jonah Hill's SNL Monologue to Recreate Titanic

Dayna Evans · 01/26/14 09:35AM

Last night on Drake TV SNL, Jonah Hill got a special visit from his pal and Wolf of Wall Street costar Leo DiCaprio. Though DiCaprio made no mention of Hill's salary for the money-grubbing film—potato peels and Dave & Buster's gift cards—the two did act out a scene from a very familiar movie, pan flute and all. Still no word on when exactly DiCaprio's jeans-with-belt-and-button-down look is going to end, but—really—he must be stopped.

Are You Fucking Kidding Me with These Rats?

Dayna Evans · 01/25/14 04:15PM

As an abandoned cruise ship packed to the brim with cannibal rats who are hungry for human blood heads ominously toward land, the viral Internet maintains that these infected vermin are worthy of "squee" and "cute!" For several years, two photographers, who work independently of each other, have been documenting their pet rats in a series featuring the miniature scavengers embracing teddy bears. Jessica Florence and Ellen van Deelen have cataloged photos of their pets in states of infantile repose, clasping stuffed toys for what looks like dear life. Their eerily translucent feet claw into the fur of the unwitting bears, crushing any hopes of escape. There are books.

Teenage Dominos: Suicide, Mimicry, and The Internet

Maia McCann · 01/25/14 03:32PM

Some people peak in high school. I wasn’t so lucky. I lost a lot of sleep as a teenager, lying in bed with my eyes glued to the stick-on glow-in-the-dark stars on my ceiling, trying to figure out a way to dodge the assaults from older girls that plagued me each day at John Jay High School in Westchester, New York.

Don't Worry About Bringing Weed To Aspen's Airport

Jordan Sargent · 01/25/14 03:24PM

When Colorado legalized pot, millions of people in other states fantasized about buying a bunch of weed and bringing it back home. One guy apparently tried just that recently, and though he got caught nothing really happened to him

Act Like A Child, For Fitness

Dayna Evans · 01/25/14 12:30PM

Gawker's longtime disdain for SoulCycle's fiendish intensity, and all the evil that stationary biking harbors, may finally be coming to a triumphant end. A new fitness trend among urbane New Yorkers with golden-lined pockets, as the NY Times reports, is acting like you are a wittle, wittle baby. Classes have popped up among the pricier zip codes of Manhattan and Brooklyn to encourage the health-conscious to have a little juvenile fun while they sweat, using the long-dormant concept of "recess" as their marketing pillar.