Mountain Biker Gets Robbed at Gunpoint While His GoPro Films It All

Jay Hathaway · 06/04/14 04:33PM

Cyclist Malcolm Fox was wrapping up a bike ride at a popular trail in Somerset West, South Africa, when three men, one of the armed with a gun, approached him. They took his bike, phone, car keys, and sunglasses, but left the GoPro camera mounted on his helmet.

The Audacity of No Chill: Kara Walker in the Instagram Capital

Stephanye Watts · 06/04/14 03:45PM

After waiting about 20 minutes in line, we were in. I assumed the Domino Sugar Factory would smell like sweat and underpaid labor, so I was ready to whip out a SARS mask. Alas, it was the sweetest saccharine smell. It felt like a good hug from your favorite Sunday school teacher.

How the Mountain vs. Viper Battle Really Should Have Ended

Jay Hathaway · 06/04/14 03:25PM

Sunday night's Game of Thrones battle between Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane and Oberyn "Red Viper" Martell was startling not so much for its outcome as for its sheer brutality. Showrunners Benioff and Weiss pushed even HBO's visual boundaries with the scene, but could it have been even more powerful?

Angry Conservatives Forgot Their Old Angry Tweets Supporting P.O.W.

Adam Weinstein · 06/04/14 03:05PM

Conservatives want you to know they're simply telling an inconvenient truth about the bad behavior of U.S. soldier Bowe Bergdahl and the Obama administration's effort to get him back from Taliban captivity. It's also a truth that's 180 degrees from the truth they tweeted lo, these many years ago!

Considering Mariah Carey's New Album

Rich Juzwiak · 06/04/14 02:45PM

Last week, Mariah Carey released her 14th studio album, Me. I Am Mariah…The Elusive Chanteuse. Here are some things to consider when considering Mariah Carey, especially at this juncture in her 24-year career.

Sarah Hedgecock · 06/04/14 02:40PM

Carlos Valentin reacts after learning that tickets for some of Brazil's World Cup soccer games are sold out, as he stands outside São Paulo's Ibirapuera Gym with other fans hoping to buy tickets on Wednesday. Tickets for the opener sold out as fans lined up in the cold to try to buy what was left for the other matches. Image via Nelson Antoine/AP.

The Owlman Will Scare the Living Shit Out of You

Aleksander Chan · 06/04/14 02:20PM

As far as pranks go, having a man dressed up as a terrifying owl monster creep up on people scoping out an abandoned children's hospital is pretty good. What a great way to get some laughs out of people screaming for their lives because they thought they were going to be devoured by a monster. Just hilarious!

Women Tricking Men Into Wearing Tight Clothes

Hamilton Nolan · 06/04/14 02:18PM

A good rule of thumb if you're a man and you want to wear a "dress shirt" is, you put on the shirt and look in the mirror, and if you can see your nipples and also you are suffocating, the shirt is too tight. Well, your wife thinks it looks great on you.

Adam Weinstein · 06/04/14 02:02PM

There's a megachurch in Texas, 90 percent of whose 4,500 members are LGBT. And it's been officiating gay marriages for like 40 years. Give us that old-time religion!

Child Next to Queen Passes Out During Speech; Queen Don't Give a Fuck

Caity Weaver · 06/04/14 01:49PM

A ludicrously dressed child tasked with ensuring the safe transport of the back of Queen Elizabeth II's dress into and out of the House of Lords on Wednesday appeared, tragically, to die of boredom earlier this morning when he collapsed in the middle of the Queen's speech to Parliament. Fortunately, he had only fainted.