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Facebook CEO Is Sorry You’re So Dumb [Social Networks]

Amid mounting criticism over Facebook’s privacy practices, CEO Mark Zuckerberg issued a Washington Post op-ed to apologize for his simpleton users’ inability to understand Facebook. God, how hard can this be, people? More

Sarah Palin Says She’d Consider Running for President [Not Again]

It’s difficult to judge, because she’s so vain and blithering and not know does language English to use how. But she may, on Fox News Sunday, have made a tentative move towards a presidential run. More

Wikileaks Founder Thinks Everyone’s Out to Get Him: Don’t Buy It [Conspiracies]

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange claims that Australian officials confiscated his passport. He added, ominously, that Australian police questioned him about his past. Was it payback for the time Wikileaks published a secret government document? We call bullshit. More

Olivia Palermo Is Bad at College [Socialites]

MTV reality star and socialite Olivia Palermo is 24 and still a sophomore at The New School . We hear she doesn’t pay much attention in class. Maybe that’s why she’s still in school! Oh, and she hates us. More

The Talented Mr. Wheeler: Meet the Kid Who Faked His Way Into Harvard [Field Guide]

Adam Wheeler , the Harvard student whose lies spiraled into 20 counts of larceny and fraud, pleaded not guilty today. His farcically packed resume (fluent in five languages?) and a friend’s testimony portray a “super weird” extreme personality, and shifting lies. More

Jonathan Alter vs. Michael Wolff: The Pissy Email War [Feuds]

Last Friday, professional media beef-starter called Newsweek ‘s Jonathan Alter “the most pompous man in American journalism.” Today, Wolff’s column dismissively cited Alter’s new book about Barack Obama. This confluence of Wolff-isms sent Jonathan Alter over the edge , via email. More

Kevin Costner Will Save the Oceans from the Oil Spill [Waterworld]

BP have tried everything from hats to golf balls to try and stop the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? Know what they didn’t think of? Kevin Costner . Who may actually save the ocean like a real-life action hero. More

Steve Jobs Offers World ‘Freedom From Porn’ [Exclusive]

I didn’t plan to pick a fight with Steve Jobs last night. It just sort of happened: An iPad advertisement ticked me off; I sent the Apple CEO an angry email; he told me about “freedom from porn.” More

Steve Jobs Lectures Us on ‘Freedom From Porn’ [Exclusive]

I didn’t plan to pick a fight with Steve Jobs last night. It just sort of happened: An iPad advertisement ticked me off; I sent the Apple CEO an angry email; he lectured me about “freedom from porn.” More

Eight Items That Will Get You Branded a Terrorist [Listicle]

Union Square was needlessly shut down last night when a landscaper went to a Buzzcocks concert and left the gas cans he uses to fill lawn mowers in the backseat of his car. What other everyday devices are dangerous? More