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Three white high school football players at Dietrich High School in Idaho have been charged in the October 2015 rape of their black disabled teammate. The alleged victim’s family filed a $10 million lawsuit against the school. Here’s what you need to know. (Monica Akhtar/The Washington Post) When a teammate held out his arms after football practice…
Just about everybody interested in the Middle Ages, who has played Dungeons and Dragons, or read historical and fantasy novels knows what a military flail is. It’s one of these: A one-handed military flail (modern reproduction) A military flail is a medieval weapon consisting of a short handle attached to a chain, at the end…
When we watch a livestream on most platforms, we see how many viewers are watching at that very moment. But when we watch an uploaded video, we see how many views have been recorded. This leads many to reasonably assume that live video metrics are different than uploaded video metrics. But for the most part, they…
Start Article Post Content Marissa Mayer has sat behind the wheel at Yahoo for nearly four years. She has had the luxury of running one of the world’s most recognized internet brands, with a surging digital ad market, a cooperative board, a truckload of cash and 1 billion monthly visitors. And still she has failed…
Marissa Mayer had all the winds at her back when she took over as CEO of Yahoo in 2013. She enjoyed a reputation as a Silicon Valley wunderkind, known for her role as an early employee of and the first female engineer at Google. As Yahoo‘s chief executive, she had all the resources an ailing but still-rich company…
“Kadyrov being upset about his lost cat is not good,” Oliver said. “This is a man whose security forces have been accused of kidnappings and torture, and whose Wikipedia page has an entire section dedicated to ‘Accusations of human rights abuses.’ And the mere existence of that [section] is pretty damning…. You don’t even need…
Once upon a time, Paramount made a Star Trek movie that, while true to the Trek spirit, was also boring as f*ck. Here are that movie’s sins. Thursday: Staying in space. Remember, no movie is without sin! Which movie’s sins should we expose next?! Tweet us: http://twitter.com/cinemasinsTumble us: http://cinema-sins.tumblr.comPodcast: https://soundcloud.com/cinemasinsCall us: 405-459-7466Reddit with us: http://reddit.com/r/cinemasinsJeremy’s…
For the past ten years, I’ve been editing professionally. Yet one question always stumps me: “How do you know when to cut?” And I can only answer that it’s very instinctual. On some level, I’m just thinking and feeling my way through the edit. So today, I’d like to describe that process: how does an…
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Here and there we’ve reported on the Hulk Hogan lawsuit against Gawker. As you probably know, Hogan won the case and won a massive judgment of $115 million dollars and an additional $25 million in punitive damages. While it is widely believed that the verdict is likely to be reversed on appeal or at least…