Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
GIF Last month, I made a public challenge to Donald Trump, which I will repeat here: If he or either of his sons will box me for one round, I will make the maximum legal contribution to his campaign and donate $100,000 to the charity of his choice. In challenging Trump to box me, I…
On January 16, 2013, Deadspin published an exposé of Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o’s fake dead girlfriend. The next morning, reality TV personality Donald Trump tweeted his congratulations. Fourteen minutes later, Deadspin tweeted back “Go fuck yourself.” This is the story of that tweet, as told by those who lived it. Barry Petchesky, Deadspin staffer:…
GIF Illustration: Jim Cooke If you’re reading this article, you’re probably frustrated by the fact that, somewhere in your house or apartment, a smoke alarm with a dying battery is beeping, and beeping, and beeping—usually once every 60 seconds—but you cannot figure out where the alarm is located. The following solution to this problem will…
Here’s a question on every New Yorker’s mind: Where is it going to happen when it happens in New York City? I’ve thought about this a lot. When I ask my friends, they say it’s probably going to happen in Times Square, because there are a lot of people there, or Grand Central Terminal, because…
GIF As reporters and editors, we at Gizmodo like to investigate stuff and ask questions. But there comes a time when you’re beat and have to reach out for help. That’s why we’re coming to you, our readers, with a question we haven’t been able to answer despite weeks of probing. So: Did you have…
Donald Trump is a businessman. Businessmen wear suits. It makes sense, then, that in the vast majority of photographs depicting him, Donald trump is wearing a suit. But for someone as hyper-visible and heavily photographed as Donald Trump, surely plenty of photos exist of Trump sans jacket, right? Reader, you could not be more wrong….
A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes Athenian Park – Existential Comics. Source: Athenian Park – Existential Comics
In photographs, Marnie the Dog looks dead. Sources who have met her say she “smells like death.” So, is Marnie the Dog…dead? “I heard that Marnie was originally named ‘Stinky’ before she was adopted,” a source said. (This is true.) “She still smells really bad.” Maybe because she’s dead—and rotting. “Marnie looks dead when she…
Image: Screenshot from Matilda According to various reports, the water at multiple Olympic venues is pretty much full of shit. Unfortunately for three different rowers, they’ve now probably eaten that shit. On Saturday, Serbian rowers Milos Vasic and Nenad Bedik capsized after battling what The Guardian described as “vicious crosswinds” and choppy water. Here they…
I Replaced The Word ‘Millennials’ With ‘43-Year-Old White Men’ And Now These Headlines Are *Italian Chef Kissing Fingers Gesture* Why Are So Many 43-Year-Old White Men Having Zero Sex? — NYMag How 43-Year-Old White Men Are Ruining The Workforce — Philly Mag Proof That Fancy Job Perks Can’t Keep 43-Year-Old White Men Happy — Fortune Why…