Job: Staff Illustrator/Designer

Jim Cooke · 04/03/14 05:00PM

See that generic stock photo at the top of this post? We like to avoid this. So we're looking to fill a position for a staff illustrator/designer.

Sarah Hedgecock · 04/03/14 04:13PM

Photographers take pictures of Thug, a pygmy hippo, exploring his new enclosure at the zoo in London on Thursday, when Thug and his lifelong companion Nicky were unveiled to the media in their new home as part of the zoo's "Into Africa" exhibit. Image via Matt Dunham/AP.

Former Anonymous Spokesman Barrett Brown Reportedly Signs Plea

Michelle Dean · 04/03/14 03:30PM

Wired is reporting that the activist/journalist Barrett Brown has signed a plea agreement. They have pieced together that conclusion from a motion to seal the plea they say is on the docket (I admittedly don't see that yet myself) and from the fact that earlier this week the federal government filed a new superseding indictment that lessens the charges pending against Brown. To layer on the irony in this controversial First Amendment-involving case, Wired's Kim Zetter couldn't confirm with Brown's lawyers directly, because the lawyers and Brown himself are under a gag order.

The Myth of the CEO

Hamilton Nolan · 04/03/14 03:10PM

Mary Barra, the CEO of GM, spent yesterday being grilled by Congress for her company's years-long failure to fix a known safety defect in its cars. Barra's lack of answers is being blamed on the size of the organization she leads. Which is a great argument against the salaries that CEOs earn.

Hamilton Nolan · 04/03/14 02:58PM

"Only little boys and low-class men are into breasts." "I will tell me $2mm a year hedge fund DH from a prominent family that my natural 32DDs make him low class. He will love that." The patrician commenters of UrbanBaby.com discuss true beauty.

Hamilton Nolan · 04/03/14 01:33PM

The good news: Mississippi is finally teaching sex ed. The bad news: "The curricula adopted by the school district in Oxford called on students to unwrap a piece of chocolate, pass it around class and observe how dirty it became."

Sarah Hedgecock · 04/03/14 12:10PM

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, have an audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican during their one-day visit to Rome on Wednesday. Image via Oli Scarff/Getty.

Florida Man Mistakes Suicide Jumper's Corpse for April Fool's Gag

Adam Weinstein · 04/03/14 10:44AM

A desk clerk at a Tampa Bay apartment complex for seniors nonchalantly disposed of the body of a resident who'd jumped 16 stories to her death Tuesday night, mistakenly thinking all along that her corpse was a mannequin left from an April Fool's prank.