Elizabeth Warren hates Zoom as much as we all do
If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that Zoom meetings get very tiresome, very fast. Apparently, famous politicians are feeling the hurt as well. In a Politico profile of Elizabeth…
Photos of New Year’s Eve 2019 are a real gut punch compared to pictures from today
Does anyone remember last year? There is plenty of evidence that 2019 did, in fact, exist, but I personally have almost no recollection of anything that happened before about March…
Tony Hawk’s COVID test turned into a perfect ‘Are you Tony Hawk?’ moment
Skating legend Tony Hawk has achieved the perfect level of fame. He’s famous enough to be rich and afforded access to cool stuff, but not so famous that he can’t…
Watch hundreds of people sing a sea shanty together, virtually
[embedded content] At this point, we’re all pretty sick of anything to do with video calls, but The Longest Johns have managed to do something surprising and cool. The folk…
Watch these stunning New Year’s Eve fireworks from the safety of your home
At this point you all should know the drill: Please don’t go to New Year’s Eve parties. The pandemic is as bad as it’s ever been, and one drunken night…
2020 was the year activists mastered hashtag flooding
A lone hashtag might not look very mighty, but when used en masse, the symbols can become incredibly powerful activism tools. Over the past two decades — largely since product…
5 places to get your daily dose of good news
In 2020, people were struck by an overwhelming desire to consume good news. Positive, uplifting stories have always been sought out, but this year, with a deadly pandemic, nationwide protests…
You don’t have to celebrate New Year’s Eve this year
We made it. It’s finally the end of an awful year. Typically, the world collectively celebrates a staggered New Year’s Eve with the clock striking midnight in each time zone…
A new musical Twitter meme is here to fill the gap between Christmas and New Year
Sometimes the best kind of memes are the ones that make little to no sense. A few days ago, in that strange void-like space between Christmas and New Year, podcaster…
How Daniel Mertzlufft helped jumpstart the Ratatouille musical
“Ratatouille: the TikTok Musical” is a TikTok sensation. Now it’s going to be a live show. Daniel Mertzlufft helped make it all possible. But first, let’s get this out of…