The dreams of Martin Luther King Jr. still may be a work in progress, but all is not lost.
This Is What MLK Died For
Black Lives Matter
The spirit of the Civil Rights Movement in America continues to live on under the new banner #BlackLivesMatter; In 2015, more Americans searched for “Black Lives Matter” than for “Civil Rights Movement,” according to the Google Trends data.
The Anatomy of a Viral Tumblr Post
Violinist Imitates the Sounds of a Car Alarm
YouTube’s gaming vlogger and classically trained fiddler Britaney Gaither performs a violin solo impression of the universally recognizable car alarm sounds. If you’re wearing headphones, you might want to check your volume.
Face With Tears of Joy
You know it. You love it. You use it. This little face, laughing so hard that it cries, is the most popular emoji in the world, and the first emoji to be selected by the Oxford English Dictionary as “word of the year.”
Welcome to Plizzanet Earth
Snoop Dogg has been taking breaks from his selfie regime to record this bleep-filled nature segment with Jimmy Kimmel.
“Plague Doctor” Puzzle Is a Myth-In-Progress
Remember the eerily cryptic video puzzle that captivated the attention of the Internet’s crypto-nerd community for awhile back in October? While the meaning behind the ciphers and the identity of the “plague doctor” still remain unknown, the ongoing video series is more of a cryptographic art project than an ill omen, as some had feared, according to The Daily Dot’s recent interview with the Polish-American filmmaker.
What We Think Crocodiles Do vs. What They Do
VideoGameDunkey Trolls Second Life
YouTuber VideoGameDunkey takes a journey into the depraved pits of Second Life and interacts with some of the citizens inhabiting the virtual world.
Which Candidate Will “Make Anime Real”?
As the 2016 United States Presidential Election continues to unfold, voters are desperately trying to figure out which candidate will actually deliver on their promise to “make anime real.”
The Only Thing Worse Than Spoilers
Don’t be this guy at the movie.
Angela Merkel’s Daily Struggle Right Now
Trump’s Supporters “Masturbate to Anime”
In this week’s episode of MSNBC’s All In with Chris Hayes, Republican political consultant Rick Wilson offers a pretty straightforward profile breakdown of Donald Trump’s young male supporter base.
Vinesauce Joel
This online video streamer gained a significant following online with his “Windows Destruction” series, in which he streamed various Windows virtual machines being utterly destroyed with malware programs.
’90s Flashback: Ridiculous Pontiac Concept Car
If you think self-driving cars with no side mirrors are the wave of the automobile’s future, you obviously have never seen the many possible options for improvement presented in this beachy neon green option.
Celebrities Boycott the Academy Awards
Actress Jada Pinkett Smith and director Spike Lee have announced they will not be attending this year’s Academy Awards due to the lack of nominations for people of color.
When Your Parents Ask: Western Civ Edition
When your parents ask where the Byzantine Empire went…
Katy Perry Offends Derek Zoolander
Katy Perry brings back some unfortunate memories for Zoolander while singing the 1983 pop song “Relax” by Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
Crop of Petitions Respond to Bowie’s Death
Fans worldwide have turned to online petitions to name streets, planets and periodic elements after the deceased musician, but some have gotten even more inventive, creating petitions to God to bring him back from the dead. Others have just responded to the grief of others, like the petition to Kanye West asking him to kindly NOT create an album of Bowie covers, for the sake of everyone involved.
The Ninth Planet of Our Solar System?
After all that hot mess of a debate over the disqualification of Pluto from the exclusive club of planets in our solar system, there may be an actual ninth planet that could be as ten times bigger than the Earth lurking not too far beyond the now-demoted dwarf planet, or at least according to the latest study by two planetary scientists at CalTech.