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Andy Borowitz, a man who throws darts at major headlines and calls it satire, is a blight on his supposed genre. Which is to say, Andy Borowitz is great at his job. Rather than make any real point with his work, he churns out kooky, “reshuffled” (actual tagline) news stories that sound just real enough…
Twitter’s removal of journalist and provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos’s verification badge for unspecified rules violations has pushed the company — in the midst of a crackdown on harassment — deeper into the politicized battle over online speech. Though Yiannopoulos is still on the platform, the self-described supervillain is widely impersonated and the loss of the verification…
We think we know how TV cancellations work. A network realizes that a show’s ratings aren’t where they should be, and it pulls the plug. Often that happens right away — after a few episodes. Sometimes a show lasts a full season and then quietly disappears. And in very rare cases, a show runs for…
In the early 1960s, when Walt Disney was flying over the Orlando area to scout locations for his newest theme park, he noticed a little island that looked particularly secluded and peaceful. When he completed his Disney World land purchase, he made sure the island, then known as Riles Island, was included. Disney originally planned…
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Thursday, January 7, 2016 | 2 days ago The University of Miami’s Delta Gamma chapter has gained something of a reputation for putting out the most luxurious-looking recruitment videos in the entire nation. But, dear lord, have they really outdone themselves this year! The women enlisted the help of Artec Media, which not only shot the…
Justice Here’s What Happened When Black People Tried Armed Occupation by Carimah Townes Jan 4, 2016 3:21 pm CREDIT: AP Images/George Widman The MOVE bombing of 1985 When a small group of radical militiamen linked to Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy took over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon on Saturday, they vowed to…
Marc Laidlaw, the Valve Software veteran who wrote Half-Life, its expansions and its sequel, is no longer employed at the company. In an email to Polygon, Laidlaw said that he has left Valve after 18 years. “I retired very recently,” he wrote, before confirming that an insightful email obtained by a Half-Life fan and attributed to the…
14 Obvious ‘Truths’ Missing From Recent News Stories (1/8) Finding truth in the news is like finding a Hershey bar in a pile of shit: You got to the good stuff, but you don’t really feel like it was worth it. Fortunately for you, our readers have stepped up to the challenge of taking recent…
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