Is this a dead body in a pickup truck on Google Street View?
There are probably all kinds of reasons for why what appears to be a headless woman with her feet turned at bizarre opposite angles seems to be lying in the back of a Ford truck that Reddit spotted on...
View Article'Thrift Shop' parody turns Macklemore hit into geek anthem
Normally, Dragon Con TV is set up to bring highlights of the venerable geek convention. But Saturday, as part of an exhibition in the con's "Page to Stage" contest, where superhero cosplayers get...
View ArticlePenny Arcade's Mike Krahulik reignites 'Dickwolves' controversy
Penny Arcade's Mike Kraluhik just tore open a gaping wound in the gaming community that never came close to healing to begin with. At a paid panel at this weekend's Penny Arcade Expo (PAX), he told the...
View ArticleMedia babies are crying on a Twitter near you
Babies. Babies on Twitter. Media-celebrity progeny with cutesy tweets about their own poop. Why? Why? Why would you do this to your kid?Harper Estelle Wolfeld-Gosk has 6,282 Twitter followers. She's 2...
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How DC Comics lost its 'Batwoman' writers —and a lot of fans
You know things are bad when there’s an entire website devoted to your poor business decisions. You’d think DC Comics would have learned its lesson by now, yet this morning distraught fans of...
View ArticleIs Krahulik's 'Dickwolves' apology too little, too late for Penny Arcade fans?
Just days after Penny Arcade’s Mike Krahulik unleashed the hounds—or perhaps we should say the Dickwolves—of controversy upon gaming fans, he’s already backtracking. But after a year of what seems...
View ArticleWhat's next for RiffTrax, the funniest support group on the Internet
RiffTrax just might be the funniest support group on the Internet. You might not have ever heard of the website that produces snarky commentary tracks for movies you can't stand (and a few you...
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DC Comics asks artists to show their skill at killing off naked women
Fans of DC Comics must be starting to wonder if its many recent PR problems aren’t deliberate self-sabotage. It's been less than a year since the artist-driven Hawkeye Initiative gave female comic...
View ArticlePatton Oswalt skewers Toronto International Film Festival on Twitter
Not content with skewering politics and other social concerns, comedian Patton Oswalt took to Twitter yesterday to take good-humored potshots at one of the entertainment industry’s biggest red carpet...
View ArticleInternet "rehoming": The dark side of international adoptions
They call it "adopting from disruption," and you can find forums and mailing lists devoted to the topic across the Internet—everywhere from Facebook to, until recently, Yahoo Groups."My husband and I...
View ArticleBusiness Insider's bigoted CTO resigned, but the tech industry has a bigger...
If you were wondering why Pax Dickinson, the N-word-spewing, feminist-bashing tech industry pariah du jour, still has a job, wonder no more. According to New York magazine, he's just been forced to...
View ArticleTumblr kicks off official book club with Rainbow Rowell's 'Fangirl'
Acclaimed Young Adult author Rainbow Rowell has been making waves across the Internet, so it’s no wonder that when Tumblr chose to start up a new book club, it did so with the most...
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Yes, Internet, you can track your cat with Google Analytics
Is your teenage daughter sneaking out after the lights go off? Do you fear that peeping Toms have been peeping in on you when you sleep? Have gremlins been sneaking in the kitchen at night and moving...
View ArticleIf this isn't porn, then what is it?
Glowing from the rush of a new job offer, an actress tells her friends about her latest part. Nearby, an actor tanning himself on a beach calls his mom to give her the good news about his latest gig....
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Help furnish David Karp's 'mildly steampunk' apartment
T, the New York Times style magazine, followed Tumblr founder David Karp home. In a look at the millionaire microblogging guru's private domain in über-hipster Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Karp professes,...
View ArticleJ.K. Rowling resurrects 'Harry Potter' fandom with new film announcement
"I’m just sitting here shaking because HARRY POTTER," wrote Tumblr user to-wander-the-world Thursday morning. And while that's a sentiment that could be true on any given day, today it's especially...
View ArticleBatman and Captain America rescue a cat from a burning house
The small town of Milton, W.V., got the heroes it needed on Sept. 7 when two men dressed as Batman and Captain America interrupted a house fire and saved a kitty. John Buckland is a former firefighter...
View ArticleCan Tumblr help this Malaysian woman defeat sexism and go into space?
“[I]f your tampon burst while you are in space, the entire spacecraft will be spoilt.” This is just one of the many sexist comments that Malaysian would-be astronaut Roshini Muniam Rose has had to put...
View ArticleHow many tweets does it take to fall in love?
For many singletons looking for love, Twitter has replaced steady dates, group outings, and phone calls as the preferred way to court the object of your affections. The European electronics retailer...
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Harry Potter fanartist illustrates why 'Fantastic Beasts' matters
Amid the shock and excitement over J.K. Rowling’s announcement yesterday that she would be screenwriting a new film set in the Harry Potter universe, many Potter fans took to the Internet to celebrate...
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