Four Florida corrections officers were charged with murder after allegedly beating an inmate so badly that he died this past February. The officers — Jeremy Godbolt, Christopher Rolon, Kirk Walton, and Ronald Connor — were each hit with multiple charges, including second-degree murder, aggravated battery on an elderly or disabled …
Read More »Elon Musk Is Considering Charging a Fee to Embed or Quote Tweets
Elon Musk told the banks that facilitated his purchase of Twitter that he may cut executives’ pay and monetize tweets, Reuters reported on Friday, citing three people familiar with the matter. Musk reportedly informed the banks of his plans — which are not set in stone — the week before …
Read More »Game On: Defense Department Considers Scholarships to Recruit College Athletes
Desperate to hit recruitment goals and faced with a shrinking population of Americans eligible for service, the U.S. military is considering an initiative to fund thousands of athletic scholarships at the college level in exchange for student athletes’ mandatory service, according to an exclusive investigative report by Sportico. The proposal, …
Read More »Benito Skinner Found His Voice as Benny Drama. He's Ready to Be So Much More
“Sorry for my Buffalo Bill moment,” says Benito Skinner when he first logs onto Zoom. He’s referring to the mannequin heads behind him in his Los Angeles apartment: a pink-pastel number that would fit Bella Thorne’s OnlyFans days; a brunette Jackie O pageboy complete with pillbox cap; and a Marilyn …
Read More »'Cowards and Sycophants': Don Winslow Rails Against Republicans, Talks Gangster Novel 'City on Fire'
Don Winslow has had many careers: private investigator, safari guide, best-selling crime novelist, Hollywood screenwriter, and, in the last few years, political activist. On his social media feeds, Winslow regularly drops videos like #JoeManchinSenatorForSale or Trump is Lying to You. The videos — which Winslow writes and produces with his …
Read More »The Real Reason Tucker Carlson's Talking About Your Balls
By now, you’ve seen the clips. The ones from Tucker Carlson’s forthcoming show, “The End of Men,” where shirtless men grill, chop wood, and fire guns — and stand in front of some sort of testicle-tanning device with his arms outstretched. A separate clip features Carlson referring to “the total …
Read More »The World's Richest Man Just Bought the World's Most Influential Social Media Platform — What Could Go Wrong?
Elon Musk and Twitter have struck a deal for the world’s richest man to buy the influential social media platform, multiple outlets reported on Monday. The sale is for $54.20 a share, or around $44 billion in total. Negotiations between the two parties stretched into the early hours of Monday …
Read More »The Guide to Being a Himbo
TikTok has ushered in a bimbo renaissance, where self-aware babes can unabashedly strut across the For You Page. Now enter: Himbos — internet hunks willing to go shirtless in the name of freedom (or something). We asked four such gentlemen how they were enjoying this newfound visibility, and how best …
Read More »California Officers Arrest Alleged Sturgeon Poachers, Rescue Giant Fish
This Earth Day, giant, enormous, and I do mean shockingly huge fish in California are a little bit safer. After nearly a yearlong investigation, Sacramento authorities have busted a major sturgeon poaching operation in the area. You may know sturgeon from social media, where videos of these living dinosaurs have …
Read More »How to Quit Meat — Without Feeling Like Shit
This article is a collaboration between Rolling Stone and one5c, a weekly newsletter devoted to helping anyone identify easy steps they can take to help solve the climate crisis. Here’s an inexpensive, concrete thing you can do to cut your personal carbon contribution: Stop eating meat—or cut down dramatically. Right …
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