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Is anyone else sick of the jerk genius? You know the one. He’s unprofessional, lazy, selfish and rude, and even makes frequent sexist and racist remarks against the people around him, but that’s OK, because he’s a genius. He’s the best doctor/detective/scientist around, so everyone will put up with his jerkitude. Respect for others is the foolish pastime of…
Hi there. We’re trying something new out for the new year, which means Gawker’s going to be publishing things a little differently. Let me explain. Starting today, Gawker.com is going to slow down. Don’t worry—as an editorial operation, we’ll still be producing as much writing as we did before (probably even more). We’re just going…
“Good evening and welcome, you bunch of despicable, spoiled, minimally talented brats,” Tina Fey declared, and thus to 2015 Golden Globes were off to the races. In their opening monologue, Fey and Amy Poehler, her awards show partner-in-crime, treated viewers to a non-stop parade of zingers that included the year’s controversial topics (North Korea, Bill…
Mr. Plinkett Reacts to the Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer SubscribeSubscribedUnsubscribe 223,794 Add to Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Share More Report Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Transcript 7,897 Like this video? Sign in to make your opinion…
During his show in Canada on Thursday night, Bill Cosby reportedly told a woman in the crowd to “be careful about drinking around me.” According to tweets from Richard Warnica, Cosby’s performance at Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario took a pretty fucked up turn when a woman got up to get a drink and Cosby…
by Kelly McBride Published Jan. 10, 2015 11:31 am New York Times Editor Dean Baquet called a college professor an asshole on Facebook and some people cheered. It’s possible that those who recognize how hard it is to create great journalism every single day of the year were animated by the idea of the polite…
Jobs of the MLA Sat Jan 10, 2015 The Current Situation Around last year at this time, I became interested in what the archived editions of the MLA Job Information List could tell us about how the profession has changed over time. The MLA provided page-scans of all the JILs going back to 1965, and…
Millions of people took to the streets of Paris and cities across France on Sunday to rally in defense of free speech and against terrorism in the wake of Wednesday’s deadly attack on satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. The French Interior Ministry told the Associated Press that 3.7 million marched throughout France, making the demonstrations the largest…
Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters As many as a million people, joined by 40 world leaders, filled the streets of Paris on Sunday in solidarity after two separate terrorist attacks claimed 17 innocent lives last week. The day before, more than 3,000 miles to the south, a girl believed to be around 10 approached the entrance to a…
Wireless charging hasn’t really set the world on fire. Since the Palm Pre first introduced us to the idea at CES 2009, a few companies have added similar functionality to their phones and smartwatches. Power without wires is undoubtedly useful, but none of the solutions have ever set our devices free from a charging pad,…