Mr. Stark, I don't feel so good.

 

It could be argued that this news does deserve its own thread.

Some may laugh, but if someone asked me to name the most influential creator of the past hundred years, Stan Lee is my answer.

 

Excelsior

 

Browns consider Condolisa Rice for HC position

https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/...za-rice-browns-head-coach-20181118-story.html

 

Here‘s a link that should work for the EU folks. (Thanks, GDPR!)

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...-interview-condoleezza-rice-head-coaching-job

 

As much fun as gloating at it would be, the problem of the impacts on modern media by the economic realities ought to be troubling. Even the serious papers are catering to the Kardashian reading populace to stay afloat and serious journalism becomes more like producing bits and pieces of sensationalism, virtue signaling and subtweeting twitter.

 

I think it needs to be said that ads are a security risk, websites forcing you to enable Javascript, allow contents from multiple third partys etc. are just not worth the risk.

 

Buzzfeed has one of the hardest hitting, most professional investigative journalist teams out there. Back in 2015 they had boots on the ground reporting from ISIL-held territory and they have something crazy like 7 pulitzer prize winning journalists on staff. Their investigative work is really top notch.

Everything else is a dumpster fire of course, but eh, the vitriol seems excessive.

 

I didn't even know BuzzFeed did news. I thought they did those five thing videos and food videos and thats it. Might be the case that their brand is muddled with all the other things that they do, and its too late for them to refocus. Also, fuck any site with embedded ads. Its not my problem that you structure your website solely on that and try to emulate what other companies are already full invested in. Its a bit too late to try and take on ad giants like facebook and google.

I never white list any site. Ever. I've been burnt too many times, even by sites that I like and trust. And filter with extreme prejudice.

 

Wut? Only thing I’ve ever found out from Buzzfeed is that my patronus is an otter.

 

Buzzfeed is kind of reminicient of the Gawker empire - most of that was (and what lived through it largely still is) just the absolute epitome of Americanism; overbearing, obnoxious, loud, and simplified past usefulness. But I'll be damned if there weren't a few people in both areas that don't punch way above their weight. Buzzfeed's investigative team, and risking the disdain of Zombie I'll say a few of their cooking people are pretty damned top-of-the-line. And there are a few people in the Gawker team, most notably a few of their Deadspin staff, break some amazingly well-written and sourced stories as well.

Can't say I've ever even seen Buzzfeed's actual website though, I can imagine it's probably like the internet equivalent of walking into a store in a mall that is branded to attract teenaged popular girls as customers.

 

I've never seen many of their cooking videos or their staff. I'm sure they're talented. There is a certain kind of art that goes into experimental cooking that I don't really have the patience for.

 

Creator of VLC Media Player is knighted.

At this point, if anybody deserves it, it's him.

This is severely under reported, I can't find a single source in English.

 

This is a bit of an oldie, the article came out in August. But it's obscure enough I thought it was worth bringing up.

In 2017 the Russians unleashed the cyber equivalent of a nuclear bomb to achieve a tactical victory in the Ukraine. It was well beyond their direct control, with logistics companies around the world suffering losses in the hundreds of millions each. Only now has a full reporting been covered.

 

https://edition-m.cnn.com/2018/11/22/asia/north-sentinel-island-john-allen-chau-diary-intl/index.html?r=https://www.google.co.in/

A misplaced adventure!

A few days back on a remote island in India, a US Christian missionary was killed by the protected tribe he tried to convert. His diary has surfaced with some interesting details.