America goes American by creating its own Olympic Team uniforms for the 2014 Winter Olympics. Cool. (Forbes) City complains that a nearby factory smells bad. No big deal? Well, it kinda is, when the factory makes Sriracha. (LA Times) Kittens were ferried around NYC so that people could pet them (for a modest fee). KITTENS WE […]

  It’s all right, Banksy’s New York “residency” is doing good for our neighborhoods. (NY Times) Some guy just really wants to win the New Yorker cartoon caption contest. (Shitty New Yorker Cartoon Captions) Did you know that most unpaid internships are technically illegal? Did you know that the government (pre-, during and post-shutdown) totally […]

Don’t follow sports? Well the World Series ends continues tonight and so far it’s been crazy. Note: the World Series is Baseball. (ESPN) Farewell, Lou Reed. (NY Times) Lobbyist accused of undue influence…on a dog. (Washington Times). Seattle’s annual amature porn competition, Hump, starts the first of November. Watch out for sleeper hit ‘Mouthpiece,’ by none […]

Red Sox lost on a bullshit call. (Boston.com) Jay Z got profiled at Barney’s… while in a deal with the department store. (NY Daily News) Obama has officially dubbed Brooklyn as “cool.” That’s it? (Gothamist) People are still recovering during the anniversary of Hurricane Sandy. (CNN) Mmm, beef rib in the morning. (Springfield News-Sun) Too […]

Find yourself hitting the snooze button every morning? Try to stop doing that—it’s ruining your alertness. (Pacific Standard) Here in New York City, you’d be hard-pressed to find a place more than a few minutes’ walk away from the nearest Starbucks. So how did the company grow from one store in Seattle to dominating coffee? […]

Apparently, the people who built the healthcare.gov website weren’t expecting as much traffic as it has received since its launch.  The price for having the website shut down as a result?  They’re having a congressional hearing… (Al-Jazeera America) The New York Times Editorial Board, responding to two recent reports produced by Amnesty International and Human Rights […]

The take: A child had his enormous pumpkin stolen. IT’S THE GREAT PUMPKIN. (Huffington Post) The give: New movie theaters with three screens are coming your way. (Dvice) The take: Sailors have noticed that the “ocean is broken.” This is why we can’t have nice things.(The Herald) The give: Banksy is really cool. And sometimes makes people […]

Chris Christie is trying really hard, but we’ll see how that goes. Who’s watching out for 2016 already, anyway? (The Washington Post) (LA Times) (The Huffington Post) So many remakes, so little time. (LA Times) Oh, Walmart. What are we going to do with you? (NY Times) Breaking Bad feels real. (Vice) People who are interested […]

Last night while you were marathoning homeland on netflix writing some paper, New Jersey became the 14th state to recognize same-sex marriage. Dozens of midnight weddings followed. (NJ Star Ledger) Meanwhile in China, “Airpocalypse” of insane amounts of pollution. But isn’t that just a regular apocalypse? (NY Times) I want to believe. (Vice) I want […]

As if we don’t have enough issues getting shit done in the government, lobbyists for various groups are now putting in their bid to fight for money. (NY Times) The New York Appeal’s Court has decided to finally hear out Mayor Bloomberg on banning large portions of sugary drinks, particularly soda. (Gothamist) Walmart thinks that it can […]

So in case you, like most of your gross peers, have been too lazy to get your free flu shot yet, you probably need to know that hand sanitizer is not helping you. (CNN) It’s not just you. The Obamacare website has had a pretty rough launch. (Huffington Post) Here is Bwog’s excuse for how many […]

Despite what that guy who takes seven classes is telling you, sleep is actually important for health. But scientists haven’t been able to figure out why—until now. As it turns out, sleep might allow our brains time to clean out its waste. (The Verge) Watch out, humans. A bionic man—complete with synthetic organs and a […]

Aaaaaaaand the government shutdown is finally over!  You can all get back to studying for midterms browsing the USDA website and other such excitement. (NYTimes) Remember when we interviewed composer and Columbia grad Nico Muhly recently?  Well, he recently had an Ask Me Anything on reddit and was asked the crucial question: oral sex or cheese?  Rather […]

The good: Technology is getting really cool. This means we are one step closer to Smart House. (Yahoo) The bad: Congress still can’t get their stuff together. Seriously guys, play nice. (NYT) The ugly: This snake-like, eel-like, oarfish was found at Catalina Island. And suddenly Catalina becomes my least favorite salad dressing. (GrindTV)  And don’t forget to vote […]

The government is still shut down, but apparently they’re working on that. (WSJ) Luckily, the NSA is the one government organization that never sleeps — they’re too busy going through your email contacts. (The Washington Post) People explaining how they spent their last $100 is pretty interesting. Not like their last $100 ever, just their […]