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Say hello to Ramzan Kadyrov. He’s currently notable for two things: 1) He’s what some describe as the despotic leader of Chechnya, a region in Russia, and 2) He has lost his cat. Instagram: @kadyrov_95 Here’s a translated version of Kadyrov’s lamentation posted last week, minus the emojis, provided by The Guardian. We have completely lost…
Late Friday afternoon, a press statement appeared on the website of the think tank Demos that set significant segments of policy Twitter and left-wing political Twitter ablaze. They said they had, in essence, fired Matt Bruenig from a part-time job blogging on their website over his refusal to apologize for a couple of mean tweets…
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Members of Outdoor Co-ed Topless Pulp Fiction Appreciation Society put on production of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” — and the actors were all female and all nude. The show, that took place in Central Park on May 19 and 20, was completely legal because in New York City you are allowed to be fully nude — as long…
Amanda Lauren’s tagline on her website reads “I write things that become a thing,” and boy does she! This week two pieces of hers received an influx of attention and response—a Your Tango essay called “Staying Hot For My Husband Is ESSENTIAL To A Successful Marriage” and a now-deleted xoJane essay titled “My Former Friend’s…
Sarma Melngailis had it all: an Ivy League degree, model looks and a hot vegan restaurant, Pure Food and Wine in Gramercy, beloved by Alec Baldwin and Bill Clinton. Now, she’s got a mug shot, a $350,000 bail and husband Anthony Strangis: an alleged gambling addict with a criminal past and an 11-year-old child he…
Photo Hannah Kloepfer, an actress and writer, testing shower heads at Pirch, a SoHo store selling luxury home fixtures that is set to open to the public on Saturday. Credit Yana Paskova for The New York Times Someone closed the wide glass doors and pulled the curtains — for privacy — and Hannah Kloepfer did…
Last month, law firm Baker & Hostetler announced that it would employ IBM’s artificially intelligent lawyer, Ross, to help ease its tedious workload. In a statement, the firm’s chief technology officer said, “we believe that emerging technologies like cognitive computing and other forms of machine learning can help enhance the services we deliver to…
CAIRO — In an eerie coincidence, the EgyptAir jetliner that plunged into the Mediterranean on Thursday was once the target of political vandals who wrote in Arabic on its underside, “We will bring this plane down.” Three EgyptAir security officials said the threatening graffiti, which appeared about two years ago, had been the work of…