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The best fanfic ever written about David Brooks
We all have them: the “sad” lost friend whose bright potential was ruined by—gasp—one too many tokes in high school. And perhaps we’ve all been them: the loser who embarrassed our cool friends one...
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Hey Internet, here's the trailer for the 'Veronica Mars' movie you paid for
Just days after we named Veronica Mars our Fandom of the Year, creator Rob Thomas and star Kristen Bell are getting our new year off to a great start, with the premiere of the first official trailer...
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Cosplaying While Trans represents cosplayers across the gender spectrum
After the success of Cosplaying while Black, a Tumblr that showcases the ins and outs—and occasionally the Dos and Don’ts—of cosplaying characters of all races, it might seem that Tumblr’s cosplay...
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Our 'Sleepy Hollow' fandom party with Orlando Jones at Tumblr HQ
“Today I rode in an elevator with Orlando Jones and David Karp,” Tumblr user chiefestofcalamities wrote last night. “If only I’d had a GIF of Benedict Cumberbatch eating a chocolate cake and holding a...
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This public safety message will make you never want to speed again
In the 1980s, crash test dummies scared Americans into buckling up. Now a true tearjerker of a public safety message from New Zealand is trying to emotionally manipulate you into applying the...
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New Volvo brings Wikipedia to your dashboard, for some reason
If O.J. Simpson had known about High Speed Pursuit Syndrome, he might never have taken off in his Bronco. If Thelma and Louise had been able to read about notable car crashes, they might have chosen a...
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Has Yahoo figured out the trick to Tumblr advertising?
Yahoo CEO Marissa Meyer unveiled a new à la carte way for advertisers to reach users across Yahoo platforms on Tuesday during a keynote talk at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show. The new move puts...
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You've never heard the 'Sherlock' theme song like this
The Warp Zone, the YouTube a cappella comedy group that brought you the Gamer Drinking Game, the Batman Rap, and numerous popular gaming parodies, has recently been branching out into other areas of...
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Ms. Marvel is 16, Muslim, and starring in her own Marvel series
Marvel fans still have to wait for another month before the story of Kamala Khan, the comic label’s first Muslim-American solo title superhero, gets underway. But yesterday in Wired, fans got a first...
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After a bumpy ride, 'Depression Quest' gets some good news
Depression Quest is an eye-opening, award-winning game that’s inspired other issue-based games in its wake. But after its creator, Zoe Quinn, became the target of repeated misogynist threats and...
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Online murder mystery doubles as a forensics course
A wife, brutally murdered on the day of her wedding anniversary. A distraught husband. A missing gun. Want to solve a murder? The University of Strathclyde in Scotland hopes to get the public to put...
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Facebook can't figure out how to 'share' with Italians
Italian Facebook users can now "divulge" their favorite links to their friends. Or maybe they can republish them? Circulate? Facebook just isn’t sure. Italian Facebookers are reporting that the social...
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This little bird will tell you how good you are at Twitter
Leave it to Twitter, home of the fail whale, to dress up an analytics experiment as a feel-good robot that tells you when your posts are really great.@achievementbird is a tiny Twitter experiment...
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'Pride & Prejudice' cosplay peaks with dream wedding proposal
If you’re a fan of Jane Austen then you know that no one does romance better. And one Austen-loving family on Imgur has just won Best Proposal of This (or Any) Century. When Jane Austen wrote, “for...
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A third of Russian towns don't have Internet access
Despite a dramatic increase of Russian Internet use in the last decade, a new survey has revealed that one in three Russian small towns don’t have Internet access at all. Although studies from last...
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This 'Frozen' fanart will melt your heart
The success of Frozen, about to sweep by The Lion King as the highest-grossing Disney film in history, has spawned a chart-topping soundtrack and talks of sequels and Broadway adaptations. But it’s...
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Why does the man behind 'Doctor Who' and 'Sherlock' still have a job?
Imagine a man who’s spent years describing women as “needy husband-hunters.” A man whose consumer base has grown increasingly upset with his refusal to listen to criticism, lack of diversity, and that...
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Farrow family lashes out about Woody Allen tribute at Golden Globes
In the wake of last night’s 71st Golden Globes ceremony honoring Woody Allen, Mia Farrow and her son are speaking out to remind everyone that while he may be one of Hollywood’s idols, the acclaimed...
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This tiny Tumblr tweak may finally let users have a conversation
Tumblr unveiled a basic feature on its platform today that will make many users happy—if they notice it, that is. For a while now, users have had the ability to mention each other by doing it...
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This is the one fatal flaw that ruined Disney's 'Frozen'
After more than a year of intense scrutiny and controversy over everything from its all-white cast to its animators’ baffling inability to animate female characters, Disney’s Frozen is an unmitigated...
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