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Image: Adam Clark Estes Fifty years is an enormous milestone, especially when you’re talking about the relatively short history of television shows. So why on Earth and Vulcan did CBS and Paramount fail to capitalize on Star Trek’s 50th anniversary? Do you know how the two mammoth companies acknowledged this beloved, decades-spanning, money-generating franchise? Late…
Many people claim that they don’t need much sleep, insisting that even five hours a night is enough shuteye for them to feel rested. According to new scientific research, “habitual short sleepers” may actually be handling the brain tasks that most of us deal with during the night, like memory consolidation. From Medical Xpress: Both…
The Daily Dot laid off 30 people — about 40 percent of its total staff — on Friday, POLITICO has learned. The cuts were across the board, affecting everyone from upper management and the business side to the newsroom and art department. The entire product team was laid off. The budget for freelancers has also…
Daily Dot lays off at least 15 across company if this is a ‘universal’ story then the story-tag will be ‘story’ By Peter Sterne 09/16/16 02:55 PM EDT The Daily Dot is currently undergoing a round of layoffs, POLITICO has learned. The cuts are across the board, affecting everyone from upper management and the business…
Antoine Dodson of the “Bed Intruder Song” Image: Gizmodo, Photos: Apple/YouTube On Wednesday, Mic published an extensive report on leaked internal emails from Apple employees that discussed the “sexist, toxic work environment” at the company. The anchor of the story, and the incident that apparently sparked an internal email thread among 12 employees, was an…
By JAY Z, MOLLY CRABAPPLE, JIM BATT and KIM BOEKBINDER | Sep. 15, 2016 | 3:58 Why are white men poised to get rich doing the same thing African-Americans have been going to prison for? Related: article: Jay Z: ‘The War on Drugs Is an Epic Fail’ Source: Jay Z: ‘The War on Drugs Is…
Only women would sign up for this much crap. Okay first, allow me to check my privilege so you don’t have to: I am a white woman with a college education. I am married. I live in a beautiful little town in the mountains. I have a career I genuinely like. I am one lucky…
For over a year after Love Me Back came out I woke up every day with this loop in my head: I should write. But I need money. If I write something I can sell it and I’ll have money. But I need money now. If I had money now, I could calm down…
Reporter David Fahrenthold got a phone call around 11 a.m. Friday from a source with a tip about Donald Trump. The source asked: Would Fahrenthold be interested in seeing some previously unaired video of Trump? Fahrenthold didn’t hesitate. Within a few moments of watching an outtake of footage from a 2005 segment on “Access Hollywood,”…
Image via Fox Searchlight I don’t watch footage of violent encounters on Facebook, but I happened to catch the footage of the murder of Philando Castile not long after it had been posted. I thought it had to be a trailer for a movie or something similar. There was no way a death would play…