Fired BuzzFeed Editor to Take Over The New Inquiry

J.K. Trotter · 06/02/14 10:55AM

Following a brief stint at social-viral manufacturing plant BuzzFeed, writer Ayesha Siddiqi has been named the new editor-in-chief of The New Inquiry, a non-profit literary journal based out of New York. Siddiqi writes in a memo obtained by Gawker:

Thatz Not Okay: Can I Tell My Horny Stepdad Porn Is Ravaging His PC?

Caity Weaver · 06/02/14 10:45AM

My stepfather regularly phones me for tech support, whenever his PC stops working properly. The PC is riddled with viruses, despite being only a couple of months old (he only bought it because his previous one had so many viruses that it just stopped working). He's paid for several anti-virus programs, he's got a firewall, he knows not to open suspicious emails, and he claims to only use the Internet for news, Wikipedia, and shopping.

Sarah Hedgecock · 06/02/14 09:59AM

A waiter and a man at a tavern in Jaen, Spain, watch TV coverage of King Juan Carlos of Spain's abdication on Monday. King Juan Carlos renounced the throne after 39 years and will be succeeded by his son, Prince Felipe. Image via Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty.

Dad and Daughter Perform A Precious Frozen Lip-Synch

Aleksander Chan · 06/02/14 09:45AM

In the tradition of dads doing cute things with their children, father Alex and daughter Jade (who's in costume) do their best lip-synch of "Love Is an Open Door" from Frozen, the film that continues to inspire parents to sing its songs with their children and film themselves doing so.

John Oliver Explains Everything You Need to Know About Net Neutrality

Jay Hathaway · 06/02/14 09:32AM

Net neutrality sounds boring, but it's the only thing standing between us and an internet where cable companies dictate which content goes in the "fast lane" (their own) and which will be delivered very, very slowly (Netflix). On the latest Last Week Tonight, John Oliver broke down all the ways major cable companies intend to fuck you, the consumer.

Watch From the Inside of a Dishwasher As It Runs Through A Cycle

Aleksander Chan · 06/02/14 08:45AM

If you continue to wonder what it looks like inside of a dishwasher as it runs (perhaps in the same way you wondered if the refrigerator light stayed on with the door closed), wonder no more: someone finally put a GoPro camera inside their dishwasher.

$110 Million Apartment Probably Has Nice View

Hamilton Nolan · 06/02/14 08:37AM

In the world of Manhattan real estate, you have to go big to make a splash. No longer will anyone be impressed by your meager $98 million apartment purchase. Nine-figure apartment prices are the new eight-figure apartment prices.

Hamilton Nolan · 06/02/14 07:41AM

Correction: "An earlier version of this article misstated the garment Ms. [Hilaria] Baldwin wore in the bathtub handstand photo she posted on Instagram. It was a bikini, not underwear."