Blog Profile / Gawker
| URL : | http://gawker.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Pop Culture / Celebrity | |
| Posts on Regator: | 59282 | |
| Posts / Week: | 214.5 | |
| Archived Since: | March 3, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Deadspin Hundreds Of Heat Fans Leave Game 6 Early; A Nation Laughs | Gizmodo A Disturbed John McAfee
Deadspin Hundreds Of Heat Fans Leave Game 6 Early; A Nation Laughs | Gizmodo A Disturbed John McAfee Teaches You to Uninstall His Software (NSFW) | Jalopnik The Electric-Converted 1963 'Zelectric' VW Beetle Is A Charming EV | io9 Pixar's latest short will make you believe your whole city is alive Read more...
How to Beat the Wall Street Pros in One Easy Step
Even the lucky people who have cash to invest are often cynical about the stock market. "The game is rigged. Smart money vs. dumb money. Insiders win. Efficient markets. You can't beat the pros. Why try?" Etc. Wrong! To be a successful investor, you only need to know one thing. Read more...
Paula Deen Says 'Of Course' She Uses the N-Word
The Dowager Butterworth, Paula Deen, has allegedly taken an interesting tactic in defending herself against that explosive lawsuit filed by a former employee, accusing her of racism, sexual harassment, and assault: the National Enquirer...Show More Summary
End of an Era: Men's Wearhouse Founder and Mascot Fired from Company
George Zimmer, known to even the least discerning men's suit shopper as the man behind Men's Warhouse's ubiquitous "you're going to like the way you look, I guarantee it" ad spots, has just been fired from the company he founded exactly 40 years ago this year. Read more...
Serena Williams has apologized for her "she got too drunk" comments concerning the Steubenville rape
Serena Williams has apologized for her "she got too drunk" comments concerning the Steubenville rape victim, but not without suggesting that maybe the reporter made it all up: "What was written—what I supposedly said—is insensitive and hurtful, and I by no means would say or insinuate that she was at all to blame." Read more...
Subway Doors Fail to Close, Train Carries On Without Them
You know those signs above subway doors that warn passengers not to lean against them? Well, it seems Russia has found a foolproof way of enforcing that seldom adhered-to rule: Eliminate the doors. Read more...
Africa Starving, Bangkok Underwater: The Next 30 Years of Warming
Carbon dioxide levels in our atmosphere are at a three million year high. Scientists tell us that global warming is leading to "the worst of all possible worlds." And don't imagine this is all your grandchildren's problem. Doom is coming soon. So soon. Read more...
Sean Parker's Life Has Descended into Hell, Says Sean Parker
You monsters. Shame on you. A Facebook billionaire wants to nudge a few redwoods in the comfort of his own forest, and you think less of him for it? I'm disgusted—and so is Sean Parker, who says he's being "spat upon" and "hunted" by "psychopaths" ever since he got hitched. Read more...
Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski Endorses Marriage Equality
Just before the Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage, Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski made a clear endorsement of marriage equality. Murkowski, a Senator since 2002, joins two other Republicans in the Senate (Rob Portman of Ohio and Mark Kirk of Illinois), in supporting the rights of gay and lesbian couples to marry. Read more...
Teen Threatens to Kill His Little Sister If J. Cole Doesn't Retweet Him
In a sick twist on the classic National Lampoon magazine cover, a craze J. Cole fan threatened to kill his little sister if the North Carolina rapper didn't retweet him. Read more...
These Outstanding Time Lapse GIFs Let You Visualize American Sprawl
As a quick but dramatic way to visualize changes in the landscape, Texas architect Samuel Aston Williams created GIFs out of aerial maps of American cities from the past thirty years. Watch developments spiderweb, forestry disappear, grids fill in, water sources shrink, and roads extend forever, over and over again! Read more...
'I Kept Thinking I Was Peeing?': Gawker Rides Bikes Underwater
Biking in New York City is tired. Citi Bike SM takes up space on the street and a little bit of the sidewalk that was previously occupied by the street and a little bit of the sidewalk. They'll let any roving brood of vagrants into SoulCycle these days. Show More Summary
In a speech at the Brandenburg Gate, President Obama announced that he would push for the U.S. to re
In a speech at the Brandenburg Gate, President Obama announced that he would push for the U.S. to reduce its nuclear arsenal by one-third, calling on Russia to do the same. Remember: We can still kill billions of human beings even if we only have 1,000 nuclear warheads instead of 1,500! Read more...
Chinese Tourists Snap Selfies with Dying Dolphin
Tourists who stumbled onto a gravely injured dolphin while swimming off the coast of Sanya City in the Chinese province of Hainan are being blasted on local social networks for manhandling the distressed animal and posing with it for pictures in lieu of alerting wildlife authorities. Read more...
Americans Enjoy Pretending to Cook Now
When you think of "down home"-style modern American cooking, you probably imagine a happy family sitting down to a hot, steaming meal of mom's famous KFC Valu-Meal. But now, American families are getting back to their roots, by pretending to "cook" food. Read more...
Losing Weight Improves Your Memory
In addition to just generally being good for you, as noted previously, slimming down to a healthy weight can improve your memory and increase brain activity. Read more...
"Standing Man": Turkey's Eerie, Powerful New Protest Movement
Less than a week after police forcibly removed demonstrators from Istanbul's central Taksim square, Turkish anti-government protestors re-occupied the space—without fanfare, violence, planning or noise. Read more...
Here's The First Full Trailer for Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
The first full trailer for the Anchorman sequel was released late last night, and with it, the highly anticipated film's plot. Read more...
How are those Afghanistan peace talks going?
How are those Afghanistan peace talks going? Well, yesterday Taliban insurgents attacked an American convoy, and President Hamid Karzai suspended security talks with the U.S. So... not great. Read more...
Drunk Alaska Man Mauled After Feeding BBQ to Black Bear
On Saturday, Jesus Mabalot, a 38-year-old resident of Anchorage, Alaska, went to his church's picnic at a state park campground. While there, he presumably mingled and talked with his fellow churchgoers. He reportedly drank throughout the afternoon, and, at some point, stuffed his backpack with BBQ. Show More Summary