Someone in the office just looked up their first tweet and said that. You can look up your first tweet here. Everyone rolls their eyes when an internet thing like this comes along, and then we all turn toward our computers and do what we just rolled our eyes about doing. My first tweet was […]
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Posted inDeathwatch
Fred Phelps Is Finally Fucking Dead!
Jesus, that took a while. But the guy’s dead, finally. Thank fucking God.
Posted inGun Club
Man Accused of Killing Someone in a Movie Theater for Texting Had Just Used His Own Phone to Text
That’s the latest on that crazy story out of Florida, the AP is reporting. God, Florida is the worst. As are guns. By the way, the accused killer, a former police officer, has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.
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An Interview with Justice Scalia about the Devil
Okay, okay, that’s not what the whole interview is about—it’s also about Seinfeld! Asked about popular entertainment, Scalia says: “I loved Seinfeld. In fact, I got some CDs of Seinfeld.” But it’s the Devil stuff I can’t get out of my head. Just imagine being Jennifer Senior, conducting this interview, trying to ask a question […]
Posted inScience!
Are These Organisms Proof of Alien Life?
What do I look like, a scientist? Don’t ask me. But these guys seem pretty excited. “It’s almost too amazing to believe,” one says. (Don’t miss the final and maybe most important sentence: “Despite these fantastical claims, the Journal of Cosmology has had its reputation called into question more than once by other members of […]
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Death Toll in Today’s D.C. Shooting Rises to 12
According to the Washington Post, that makes it “the worst loss of life in a single incident within the District of Columbia since an airliner plunged into the Potomac River in 1982, killing 78.” (The Pentagon, where 189 people died on September 11, 2001, is not in D.C. but in Arlington.) D.C.’s mayor says there’s […]
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Bradley Manning Is Not Guilty of Aiding the Enemy
The whistleblower who confessed to leaking video and documents to WikiLeaks has been acquitted by a judge of aiding the enemy, the most serious charge against him. Beyond the fate of Private Manning as an individual, the “aiding the enemy” charge — unprecedented in a leak case — could have significant long-term ramifications for investigative […]
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Meanwhile in Louisiana
They’re still arresting men for having sex with each other even though the U.S. Supreme Court said a while ago—a decade ago—that that is not cool. From the Baton Rouge Advocate: An undercover East Baton Rouge Parish sheriff’s deputy was staking out Manchac Park about 10 a.m. one day this month when a slow-moving sedan […]
Posted inArtsy
Anything Sounds Better When Alan Cumming Says It
New York magazine gave the actor a bunch of things to read on camera, including tweets by Ryan Lochte, a list of porn titles, and some lines of James Franco’s from Spring Breakers.
Posted inGirls Only!
The Jobs Where the Pay Gap Between Men and Women Is the Widest
Check out this chart at Washington Post. As Dylan Matthews writes: “Interestingly, many blue collar professions—such as cafeteria work, security guard work, and warehouse stock clerking—are the most egalitarian in their compensation, while female white collar professionals like doctors, stock brokers, and insurance saleswomen face among the worst pay gaps around.” The one that surprises […]
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Lena Dunham Takes Questions from Miranda July
Although the question-asking really goes both ways. In fact, the piece starts with a question from Dunham. July’s introduction to this Interview interview begins: A couple of weeks ago, Lena Dunham and I met for dinner. As soon as we’d placed our orders at a French-ish cafÉ in the Silver Lake section of Los Angeles, […]
Posted inTheater & Performance
Couple Thoughts About Les Miserables (for Musical-Theater Nerds Only!! Not for You, Everyone Else!)
Universal Pictures Anne Hathaway is the only good thing about this movie. PLEASE NOTE: As the headline says, this post is for musical-theater nerds only. For people who already know the show. Otherwise stop reading. Don’t scream at me about spoiler alerts because Russell Crowe kills himself!! OK? Kills himself. He dies. He’s dead. Dunzo. […]