Month: March 2019

In anticipation of an Iraqi and Kurdish military operation to reoccupy Mosul (which is currently controlled by ISIS), two news outlets began streaming the confrontation live on Facebook for anyone to view. Starting early Monday morning, U.K.-based Channel 4 News and Al-Jazeera live streamed the battle as captured by Kurdish media organization, Rudaw. U.S. forces are on the ground…

It’s another bad day for North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory and everyone else willing to die on the hill of the state’s infamous “bathroom bill.” The Charlotte Observer is reporting that the Justice Department sent a letter to McCrory declaring HB2 to be in violation of the Titles IX and Title VII of U.S. Civil…

Remember “Peeple”, the “Yelp for humans” that freaked us all out when we first heard the news? Well, it finally launched—in a form so humbled from blowback that now the internet’s calling it toothless. But the basic idea behind it—a mass social ranking system—is roaring away. Score Assured, a British startup that feels all too…

The youth of America has always been, in part, raised by its idols. We mark the passage of time with songs and films. In our restless years we’re more inclined to heed the words of our favorite artists than those of our parents. Today, there is no one more influential in shaping the collective social…

Some people think we need to make America great again. But one eight-year-old girl thinks we just need a little more spunk. And her suggestion caught the attention of none other than President Obama himself. In a handwritten note to the president, Lily writes: The White House published the entire letter online to Medium, which…

Do you overlook scarred, pockmarked fruits and veggies while hunting for perfect produce? If so, you’re not alone, but new research suggests you might want to rethink your shopping strategy. There is mounting evidence that when apples fight off disease, pests and other stressors—the cause of unsightly scabs, blisters and misshapen fruit—they develop more healthy…

When you live in an urban center of the United States, meeting someone who isn’t on services like Facebook or Instagram is a whole lot weirder than meeting someone who is. Social platforms and digital communication tools are so ubiquitous we take for granted that not everyone in the world, well, cares! Such is the…

Morning talk radio has a real reputation for being over the top. But one Philadelphia station took the wacky, zany, sound-effects filled world of radio to an entirely new—and ridiculously offensive—level.  For months, an individual calling himself “Dwyane From Swedesboro” had been dialing into radio host Mike Missanelli’s show. Describing himself as a black man who was often “horny for white women,” Dwayne…

Cards Against Humanity, America’s crudest and most popular form of competitive fill-in-the-blank games, is no stranger to the 2016 presidential election cycle. In May, the company released the “Donald Trump Bug-Out Bag,” a duffel bag packed with emergency food rations, a gas mask, an application to become a Mexican citizen, and other tools for surviving “the collapse of civilization…

The emotional connection an audience feels to film is somewhat of a conundrum. The onscreen talent are professionals, playing fictional roles, most often following storylines of similarly fictional people. The empathy we, the audience, feels for the characters, however, is tangible, as those of us who have been brought to tears watching some of our…