It’s been years since the heyday of “Only Nineties Kids Will Remember” clickbait — the listicles that sent us back to a neon-flecked era of Power Rangers, CDs, Beanie Babies, and VHS tapes. But nostalgia dies hard, and now a Canadian man considered a leading intellectual in far-right media is …
Read More »Influencer Who Warned Against 'Low Vibration Plates' Explains What the Hell That Means
This week, the internet was puzzled and amused by a viral video taken during a meal at a women’s retreat. In the clip, two women are discussing the relative merits of differing plates of barbecue food. On the right is Stormy Wellington, a wealth coach with 1.4 million Instagram followers …
Read More »Potential Funders of Elon Musk's Twitter Buy Are Walking Away: Report
Elon Musk‘s will-he-or-won’t he deal to buy Twitter, going forward again as of yesterday, is pretty big. We’re talking a $44 billion price tag. And even the richest man in the world apparently needs help footing that bill. While he’s sold about $32 billion worth of stock in his car …
Read More »Elon Musk Wants to Buy Twitter — But Claims the Tech Company Won't Let Him
Now that Elon Musk is back on board with buying Twitter at his original bid price (that is, after he tried to back out of the agreement, triggering a lawsuit), he wants the social media company to drop all litigation to close the deal. But according to a filing with …
Read More »Musk's Texts Reveal Inside Look at Twitter Deal's Collapse
A massive trove of Elon Musk’s texts made available to the public give a glimpse into Musk’s mindset during his bid to acquire Twitter, and the subsequent unraveling of the deal that has resulted in Twitter taking the Tesla billionaire to court in order to force his proposed $44 billion …
Read More »Grimes Goes Creationist, Stealing Elon Musk's Troll Thunder
Ever since tech magnate and inveterate poster Elon Musk was dragged into a lawsuit by Twitter for attempting to back out of a $44 billion deal to purchase the social media company, his personal account has been in something of a flop era. It’s a tricky thing to quantify — …
Read More »God Save the Brands
Following the death of the world’s longest reigning monarch, England’s Queen Elizabeth II, a wave of grief and condolences poured out from world leaders, public figures, and celebrities across the globe. Enter Poorly Timed Brand Tweets ™. In the digital age, companies spend billions of dollars curating branded content for …
Read More »Elon Musk Cites Twitter Whistleblower in New SEC Filing in Effort to Terminate Deal
Elon Musk cited the claims of Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko in a new filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday, Aug. 2 as he attempts to back out of his deal to buy the social media company for $44 billion. Zatko, Twitter’s former head of security, claimed in a …
Read More »Hack a Bitch: Bella Poarch Claims Trolls Are to Blame for Anti-Cardi B Tweets
On her breakout single “Build a Bitch,” Bella Poarch admitted she’s “filled with flaws and attitude” — but on Friday, the singer’s Twitter account began spewing hate-filled tweets aimed at rapper Cardi B that were suspiciously off-brand for the TikTok star turned pop phenom. The offending tweets, which have since …
Read More »#Epsteined Trended After Ivana Trump Died, Proving Liberals Can Be Just as Brain-Poisoned as the Right
On Thursday afternoon, former President Donald Trump reported on his app TruthSocial that his ex-wife, the New York City socialite Ivana Trump and mother to his three eldest children, had died at the age of 73 after being found at the bottom of the stairs of her townhouse. The fall, …
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