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An internal review by BuzzFeed last week found three instances when editors deleted posts after an advertiser or employees from the company’s business side complained about their content, according to a memo sent to staff members on Saturday by the news and entertainment website’s editor in chief. The three deleted posts — out of more…
‘Beenado’: Truck carrying millions of bees overturns on Seattle highway Millions of bees swarmed a Seattle highway on Friday, April 17, 2015 when a truck carrying boxes of their hives overturned. By Brian Ries2015-04-17 15:33:01 UTC A semi truck carrying millions of bees bound for a blueberry farm near Seattle overturned on a highway early…
There are lots of things to put into a baby’s memory book: Their first smile, their first step, their first time throwing up all over your back. And now, thanks to the magic of the internet, one baby will have something extra special to remind them how wonderful their parents were: A batshit birthday invite…
The ever-heated battle over mobile ecosystems left two wounded fanboys today: In Tulsa, Oklahoma, two roommates were hospitalized after a drunken fight about the relative benefits of Android and Apple phones. “When police arrived at the apartment complex, they learned that the roommates had been drinking and arguing over their mobile phones,” KTUL Tulsa reports….
TIME 100 Pioneers Anita Sarkeesian By Wil Wheaton Elizabeth Weinberg Gaming’s feminist advocate Anita Sarkeesian has played video games her whole life. In 2012, after observing that women represent about 40% of the gaming audience, she launched a crowdfunding campaign for Tropes vs. Women in Video Games, a web series that would “explore five common…
More proof that conservatives have uncovered the true story behind his “exercise accident.” Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) maintains implausible story. Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images In January, Harry Reid, sporting a bandaged eye, told reporters he had suffered an exercise mishap in his home. The cover story was obvious bunk. Conservative blogger John Hinderaker,…
(istock) During a recent talk in Washington, Google’s “people operations” chief Laszlo Bock said something notable about fixing the equal pay conundrum. While he admitted that men tend to negotiate more than women, what he didn’t do was suggest — as is so often the case — that solving the gender wage gap is simply a matter of women negotiating more. Rather,…
We know so little. This picture of Hillary Clinton eating tacos during her 2008 presidential campaign offers an inside look of what her meal at Chipotle may have looked like. Photo: Danny Moloshok/Reuters/Corbis According to Lexis-Nexis, fewer than 300 stories have been written about Hillary Clinton’s trip to a Chipotle in Ohio on Monday. The…
In the midst of a historic drought, Californians have no way of knowing who’s guzzling the most water. That’s not an accident. It’s by design, thanks to an obscure 1997 measure that weakened one of the state’s chief open government laws, the California Public Records Act. For the source of this legislation, look no further…
Los Angeles spends more than $100 million a year coping with homelessness, including as much as $87 million that goes to arrests, skid row patrols and mental health interventions, according to a report released Thursday. City librarians, recreation and parks, sanitation and paramedics also devote significant resources to handling homeless people, without clear guidelines or…