This week, The Hollywood Reporter announced exclusively that TV channel Discovery was undergoing what it calls a “global brand refresh” that is supposed to “emphasize its global reach and give a cohesive look to its various properties around the world.” “Discovery’s global rebrand celebrates the legacy of our brand while refreshing it for the future. It was important […] More
PETA — People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals — probably needs to fire their entire social media team, and maybe their marketing and PR teams. Truth to be told, as good as their intentions may be, PETA needs to do a lot better at all things in general. Just a couple of weeks ago […] More
I’m not saying that Facebook has a racism problem, but Facebook has a racism problem. While there are almost certainly more racists infesting social media sites like Twitter and YouTube, the simple fact is that thanks to its history of prevaricating on the issue of white nationalism versus all-out white supremacy, pockets of virulent hate […] More
A cancer diagnosis is nothing anyone wants to receive, no matter how treatable it is. The good news, if you can find any in such diagnoses, is that western medicine has come a long way in treating the scourge of cancer, and thanks to the tireless efforts of medical researchers, newer and better treatments are […] More
From time to time, Dan likes to have me write about things he knows are light, cheery, upbeat, fun subjects for everyone. This is most definitely not one of those times, because it involves both the wanton destruction our species continues to inflict on our environment and the final resting places of some very brave, and maybe […] More
I’m sure Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) and his friend thinks he was making a really good, solid point today on the floor of the U.S. Senate, but he was not. To make matters worse, Lee compounded his scientific illiteracy with some good old fashioned dad jokes in the form of printed stills from cartoons and […] More
It’s hard on some level not to think of Evaldas Rimasauskas as some kind of folk hero for what he did, even though it was fraudulent AF and ultimately wound up putting him in prison, convicted of identity theft and money laundering, but only because of who his victims were. Facebook and Google. Show off […] More
I hope you’re sitting down when you read this. I know it’s very possible it could make you pass out from shock. So, please, take whatever precautions you deem necessary. Because I can’t be held responsible for what happens after you do read it. Okay? Religious conservatives can be sex-starved porn addicts. I know, I […] More
Human beings have a pretty highly-evolved brain, and can ponder all kinds of deep, philosophical, existentially relevant questions. “Why are we here?” “What happens to us after we die? “How many chuggas before the choo choo?” What? You think I’m kidding? Then you obviously haven’t visited Reddit’s r/TooAfraidToAsk subreddit in a while, because that’s the […] More
There are all sorts of activities that an outbreak of herpes can prevent you from participating in. From mountain biking, to swimming, to just about any physical activity, if you’ve got an active herpes flare up, chances are you’re going to stay at home. If your herpes isn’t flaring up at the moment, thanks to […] More
In an age when the president has no problem inserting hyper-partisan rhetoric in a veto signing statement of an ultimately bipartisan rejection of one of his emergency declaration, why not examine what happened in this country that would make it possible for the party of Abraham Lincoln to become the party of Confederate monument defending […] More
It’s hard out there on Planet Earth for everyone, even birds. In 2014, The Washington Post published an article called “Stop blaming cats: As many as 988 million birds die annually in window collisions.” The general gist of the article isn’t too hard to glean from the title. Basically, collisions with glass windows kill a whole lot […] More
