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Anonymous Fears Nerd Backlash From PlayStation Hack

Adrian Chen · 05/04/11 02:42PM

The Sony hackers who perpetrated one of the biggest data breaches in history left a calling card on Sony's servers: a file called "Anonymous," containing the notorious hacking group's tag line. This is bad news for Anonymous, whose members largely want nothing to do with the hack.

Osama Code Name 'Geronimo' Angers Native American Leaders

Jim Newell · 05/04/11 02:29PM

Native Americans are happy to see Osama bin Laden gone, just like other Americans. Quick little question though: Why did his operational code name have to be Geronimo, one of the last, and perhaps most famous, great resisters of the United States' continental expansion?

Professional Cock Blockers Swarm Chatroulette

Ryan Tate · 05/04/11 02:21PM

Chatroulette thinks it finally knows how to banish flashers. The video chat site has tried community moderation. It's tried dick detection software. Now it hopes 32 professional cockblockers can get a handle on this hard, longstanding problem.

Beyoncé Sneaks Up on Teen Girls Dancing to Her Song

Maureen O'Connor · 05/04/11 01:24PM

There are ways to summon magical beings: A tooth under the pillow summons the tooth fairy. Clapping saves Tinkerbell. And a gymnasium full of school children line dancing to "Move Your Body" guarantees that Beyoncé shows up. Here's another video of stiletto-clad Beyoncé materializing during a "Move Your Body" workout, this time at P.S. 161 in Harlem. Apparently giving tween girls heart attacks is part of Michelle Obama's Let's Move campaign? Although these girls are actually pretty blasé. I can't decide if they knew that Beyoncé was coming, or were just like, "Oh, like the viral video. Duh."

Teacher Suspended for Mocking Muslim Student After Bin Laden's Death

Jim Newell · 05/04/11 12:41PM

A Houston teacher of the ancient Islamic discipline "Algebra" has been suspended for making fun of a ninth grade Muslim student, in front of the whole class, following Osama bin Laden's death. The PC Police strike again! As they should, because this guy sounds like a priceless moron.

Glee: Rumours Has It

Brian Moylan · 05/04/11 12:40PM

Last night the confusing plot lines on Glee came to a head when all the singing youngsters dusted off their cool aunt Karen's copy of a Fleetwood Mac album, stayed up all night doing blow, and screamed at each other. Well, not quite, but it was just as fun to watch.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck Writes Children's Poem About Osama Bin Laden

Richard Lawson · 05/04/11 12:28PM

Noted wordsmith, political scholar, and The View panelist Elisabeth Hasselbeck wasn't quite sure how to tell her kids about the death of international big bad Osama bin Laden. So she did what any reasonable parent would do to explain the death of a reviled terrorist: she wrote a little rhyming poem.

We Must Preserve White House Staffers' Precious Facebook Posts

Adrian Chen · 05/04/11 11:32AM

These days, approximately 87% of the government's job consists of updating various social networking profiles and emailing people. How can we make sure that the Facebook status updates of all Obama administration employees are preserved, forever?

Harry Reid Dislocates His Shoulder

Jim Newell · 05/04/11 11:17AM

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was leaning his hand on a wet, parked car during his morning run today when... oh you can see what's coming. His hand slipped and "the leader tumbled to the ground," as The Hill poetically puts it. It left him with a contusion above the left eye and a dislocated shoulder, but guess what? He's been back and working most of the morning after receiving treatment. And you meanies are always saying he has no spine! Well, maybe that's why he didn't break his spine too. [Image via Getty]

Ex-Boyfriend Too Boring for Jennifer Aniston Tells Sad Tale

Maureen O'Connor · 05/04/11 10:34AM

Jennifer Aniston's key grip ex-boyfriend confesses he was too vanilla for her. Katy Perry's Jesus freak parents banned deviled eggs. Charlie Sheen interviews now cost $1 million. Wednesday gossip is out of touch.

Salt: Not So Bad After All?

Hamilton Nolan · 05/04/11 10:17AM

For years, so-called "health experts" on the teevee have been saying "blah, blah, blah." That's really all we hear. We block that stuff out. But when we go back and watch the TiVo, they were saying "Stop eating so much salt, salt will kill you and give you a heart attack, just cut it with the salt, what are you a deer at a salt lick?"

Which Oscar Winner Is About to Be Outed?

Brian Moylan · 05/04/11 09:59AM

This famous musician is writing a tell-all, including her trysts with this female leading lady. This actor likes to spend a week in the wilderness "roughing it." At least with no one around, there's no one to spill his secrets!

Bin Laden Had Cash Sewn Into His Clothes For Quick Escape

Adrian Chen · 05/04/11 09:53AM

Like your grandparents, Osama Bin Laden kept cash in all sorts of weird places. He apparently had 500 Euros (about $740) and two telephone numbers sewn into his clothes when he was shot dead by U.S. commandos, "sure signs that he was prepared to flee his compound at a moment's notice," according to Politico.

Bush's 9/11 Storytime Kids Are Now 16 and Happy Bin Laden's Dead

Seth Abramovitch · 05/04/11 02:23AM

The students of Sandra Kay Daniels' 2nd grade class at Emma E. Booker Elementary School, in Sarasota, FL., were accidental footnotes to history — eyewitnesses to President Bush's stunned, seven-minute reaction to the news that the World Trade Center had been struck by hijacked passenger planes on the morning of September 11, 2001.

Poop Reservoir Claims Life of Dog, Then Owner

Seth Abramovitch · 05/04/11 12:46AM

The body of a Swedish woman suspected of trying to save her dog was found by neighbors in a "manure basin." The dog's corpse was found in the same dung pool.

Stephen Colbert Chronicles the Politicization of the Bin Laden Kill

Matt Cherette · 05/03/11 11:39PM

It's only been about 48 hours since President Obama announced that the US had killed Osama bin Laden, and the issue has already been politicized. From Rush Limbaugh's faux congratulations for Obama, to conservative pundits crediting President Bush for the operation, it seems like things are back to politics as usual.