Artisanal Manliness For Fun and Profit
Caity Weaver · 01/31/13 12:00PMRobert Kessler · 01/31/13 11:44AM
Sacked HMV Employees Take Over Company's Official Twitter Account, Live-Tweet Their Termination
Neetzan Zimmerman · 01/31/13 11:30AMManti Te'o Hoaxer Is Trying to 'Recover from Homosexuality'
Max Read · 01/31/13 11:22AM
Is Ronaiah Tuiasosopo — the would-be gospel singer who crafted an elaborate fake online persona and "catfished" college football star Manti Te'o — gay? When Dr. Phil asked him for a soon-to-broadcast interview, Tuisasosopo said "yes." And then he quickly called himself "confused." And then he said this:
Student Debt Is More Subprime Than Ever
Hamilton Nolan · 01/31/13 11:06AMHow to Use Humor on the Internet
Hamilton Nolan · 01/31/13 10:51AM
This week, internet website "The Awl" sparked a minor uproar when it ran an article parodying the voice of Business Insider's Henry Blodget under Blodget's byline—when, in fact, the article was written by someone at The Awl, as a parody. It's not hard to see the potential for confusion. How is the average reader supposed to know that Henry Blodget himself did not label his own career "a testament to the total decline in the traditional concepts of personal responsibility and moral behavior?"
Hostage-Taking 'Doomsday Prepper' Passes 30th Hour of Bunker Standoff with Cops
Max Read · 01/31/13 10:00AM
It's now been more than 30 hours since police began negotiating with Jimmy Lee Dykes, the 65-year-old "anti-government" "doomsday prepper" who allegedly shot and killed and a school bus driver before retreating with a six-year-old hostage to an underground bunker on his Alabama property. Authorities say the boy, who remains unidentified, is okay — he's been given medicine and a coloring book and crayons — but the situation is "static" and the endgame is unclear.
Facebook Users Mount Campaign to Save 'Gay Dog' from Being Put Down by Tennessee Kill Shelter [UPDATE: Rescued!]
Neetzan Zimmerman · 01/31/13 09:26AMIs This a Picture of Mark Zuckerberg at a Rave?
Taylor Berman · 01/31/13 12:40AM
Maybe. The picture has been making the rounds across the internet (and by rounds, I mean a British tabloid, a local NBC affiliate and a few music sites). But is it real? Probably, though there's been no official confirmation. NBC Bay Area found the deejay in the photo, Los Angeles-based DJ Dory, who wrote on her Facebook wall: "This photo was from 3 years ago... who knew?"
Chinese Hackers Infiltrated The New York Times' Computer Networks for Four Months
Taylor Berman · 01/30/13 11:23PM
The New York Times was the victim of an elaborate hacking attack from China, according to a report in Wednesday's Times. The attacks, which have been on-going for the past four months, were apparently in retaliation for an article the Times published about the vast wealth accumulated by Chinese Prime Minster Wen Jiabao's family.
Today in Sex News: Condom Delivery in Dubai and Sex Burns Fewer Calories Than Previously Thought
Taylor Berman · 01/30/13 09:53PM
If you ever find yourself about to have sex in Dubai but you don't have a condom, then you're in luck; instead of risking disease and/or pregnancy or having to ruin the moment by running to the store, you can now have condoms delivered via a Durex app or their website. (Note: This will likely still ruin the moment, but at least you won't have to go outside).
Taylor Berman · 01/30/13 08:58PM
Cats Are Killing Over Two Billion Birds a Year
Taylor Berman · 01/30/13 08:04PM
Yesterday, we learned that your cat could, in fact, suffer from a mental illness. Today, we learn that, mental illness or not, cats are responsible for killing an insane number of birds and small mammals each year. According to a report from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the Fish and Wildlife Service, cats kill an average of 2.4 billion birds and 12.3 billion small mammals a year.
No-Nonsense Reporter Shuts Down Drunk Videobomber By Asking Her How Long She's Had an STD
Neetzan Zimmerman · 01/30/13 07:04PMRihanna Confirms That She and Chris Brown Are Back Together, But Swears 'It's Different Now'
Neetzan Zimmerman · 01/30/13 06:13PMStudy Finds Vegetarians Will Live Longer, Are Boring
Robert Kessler · 01/30/13 06:05PMGo Ahead and Throw All the Shade You Want, Straight People
Rich Juzwiak · 01/30/13 05:40PMThief Who Stole Iconic Golden Cookie Releases Amazing Ransom Note Demanding Cookies for All the Sick Kids in Town
Neetzan Zimmerman · 01/30/13 05:18PMThe New York Times Declares War on the New York Public Library
Tom Scocca · 01/30/13 04:48PM
This plan from the New York Public Library to have Sir Norman Foster gut its beloved central building and rework it, getting rid of the pesky "books" there in the process, all in the name of modernization and The People and prudent money-management—Michael Kimmelman, holder of the office of New York Times architecture critic, has reviewed the plan, and he has delivered the verdict, and the verdict is: DEATH. The library and its "celebrity architect," Kimmelman writes, have cooked up a plan for a "money pit," an "Alamo of engineering" that will pointlessly deform a vital and important structure to no good or useful end.








