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(04/11/18 10:36pm)
If you’ve watched Mad Men, or have heard about it passing, then you know that folks used to smoke while doing everything back in the day. Smoking while working, smoking while sexually harassing their secretaries, even smoking while pregnant. And you know it was ad men who pushed smoking into the cultural forefront.
(04/09/18 12:13am)
I’ve been using whitening toothpaste my entire life. My teeth still aren’t white.
(04/01/18 10:01pm)
Lately, Mark Zuckerberg has been roving the countryside, observing families and learning about human customs. Every day for the past several years he’s worn the same grey t-shirt and blue jeans. If you’ve seen "The Social Network," it’s no surprise that Zuckerberg's an insufferable egomaniac. And it’s no surprise his company is now under investigation by the FTC for potentially helping to undermine democracy.
(03/22/18 1:28am)
Last January saw the single largest day of protest in U.S. history. The Women’s March boasted more than 4.5 million marchers all across the U.S. and the world. It was touted as a success.
(03/19/18 2:17am)
Earlier this month the Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals program was set to expire. As with many of Trump’s directives, the courts intervened. For now, DACA recipients must continue to live in limbo.
(03/05/18 3:21am)
BuzzFeed missed its revenue target last year by 70 million dollars. Vice missed its target by over $100 million. Since 2013, Upworthy has lost over 75 percent of its traffic. Mashable, once valued at $250 million dollars, sold for only $50 million and then had to layoff 30 percent of its staff.
(03/01/18 4:27am)
Taxis are terrifying.
(02/04/18 10:33pm)
Two weeks ago, the Doomsday Clock inched forward another 30 seconds. We now sit a mere two minutes from midnight. And it is exactly as melodramatic as it sounds.
(01/29/18 2:23am)
Vegans have a bad reputation, earned or not, of being a bit abrasive. They get grouped together with racist uncles and door-to-door Mormon missionaries — people you just don’t want to let get started.
(01/25/18 3:51am)
In the Obama years, Republicans were dead set on blocking every piece of Democratic legislation. While they controlled only a minority in Congress, they made generous use of the filibuster. Most infamously, Ted Cruz attempted to block the Affordable Care Act with a 21-hour speech that included a reading of "Green Eggs and Ham."
(12/03/17 10:44pm)
I recently stumbled upon a Twitter thread, a 44-part series, detailing what urgent policies need to be implemented to keep whites from only making up a mere 43 percent of the country. This @WaspNationalism advocates far flung policies that fall just short of a forced breeding program to keep those census numbers high.
(11/13/17 1:32am)
If you’ve pulled an all-nighter at the Thomas Cooper Library and had a hankering for snacks to help you through your homework recently, you may have been disappointed by your options. Where’d you normally go for a cup of joe has been replaced by something strange.
(11/06/17 5:11am)
Raise your hand if you like daylight saving time.
(10/28/17 10:23pm)
Trump, as politicians tend to do, made a lot of promises while out on the campaign trail. And as politicians also tend to do, he’s failed to deliver on some of them. Tick-tock, Mr. President, you promised us a wall.
(10/15/17 9:28pm)
In a scene deserving of the silver screen, Sen. John McCain, fresh off the hospital bed, marched to the senate chambers and with a single “no” saved America’s healthcare system. Exaggerated, yes, but it was a triumphant moment nonetheless for supporters of the Affordable Care Act. However, some two months later another Obamacare repeal bill, sponsored by our very own Sen. Lindsey Graham, was similarly proposed and shot down. It prompted Sen. Mitch McConnell to declare that the GOP would be moving on from healthcare reform. Of course he said that last time too.
(10/08/17 10:56pm)
Hurricane Maria left Puerto Rico in shambles. The U.S. has left it largely the same. Not to disparage the countless first responders and supplies sent to the island, as every bit of aid has been a blessing, but many have called out the federal government for not doing more and not doing it sooner. Just compare the response to Puerto Rico to that of Houston and the regions affected by Hurricane Irma.