hey gawker dudes. what the fuck is wrong with you?

this is a pretty good analysis itt of the analysis of the analysis

the economist's stance is that they don't believe in feedback, mostly. or even attribution! they just kind of speak from a pedestal

who is on the pedestal? the monolithic entity known as The Economist

lol, otm

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/11/philanthropy-charity-banga-carnegie-gates-foundation-development/

the entire philanthropic entity as endgame for billionaires tends to end up with them gifting money to large, for-profit entities in the hopes their ngo plans will provide a benefit for the global poor

i don't think there's an easy solution, but partnering with companies to do research, development, and deployment of health/social/financial tools seems like it would be a better approach. can a non-profit be part of a joint venture with a corporate entity where the project can't be profitable but the resulting infrastructure can be a long-term benefit to the companies? ideally they'd be contracting with companies on projects with a schedule, deliverables, and intended outcomes but right now it's less of a contract and more of a bribe to provide services to different markets

i don't think it's terrible to view the announcement of the gift askance, coupled as it was to the announcement of the birth of his firstborn child, which frankly comes across as a calculated PR move to humanize a famously unsympathetic, mega-wealthy lizard person.

probably gamed it out in the psy-ops lab first

instead of just being right, you have to be wrong in the opposite way that other people were

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NY Times biz page said Zuck's move was bullshit, so that's game

worst part about the economist and feedback is even if they do print your feedback they shamelessly pretend you called them sir

lol

http://www.people.com/article/michael-cavallari-timeline-his-troubled-past?xid=socialflow_facebook_peoplemag

man did they stumble into a clickbait investment vehicle or what

http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/4b9949f67f8b9a640da40100-265/hamilton-nolan.jpg

I can’t believe this guy hates spin and yoga

Hating everything is the world's easiest schtick if you can continue getting paid for it so it's hard to blame him.

Has Hamilton Nolan always been a condescending nihilist or is that new

I think that's on his business cards.

http://gawker.com/the-best-posts-about-kristin-cavallari-on-gawker-in-201-1750132648

I am still not quite sure I understand who Kristin Cavallari is, but I do know they made a lot of posts about her

she starred in 2 MTV reality shows about annoying rich kids from 2004 to 2010, it's just a self-flagellating 'lol this is one of the minor celebrities we pay too much attention to but ONLY AS A JOKE' gawker circle jerk. we talked about it at length itt a few weeks ago.

that's what she's done... but there's no sense of a person there, you know?

probably why this works

it works?

the worst, least working thing of any site on the web

didn't her brother die a few weeks ago?

lots of gawker lols fer sure

#jordans4ombudsman2016

One thing we have to look forward to in 2016: the end of 500 days of KC

I mean I could care less either way about it but I guess I won't mind having to ignore it anymore

this article from eonline doesn't mention her brother either http://www.eonline.com/news/727323/kristin-cavallari-posts-stunning-makeup-free-selfie-shares-picture-of-her-snow-angel

makes u think huh

hey, only 100 more days

or so

:-)

I've never clicked on a single one of those posts, so I have no gauge of whether or not they're even popular. Maybe if they originally were, there's no way they still are...right?

there's a dedicated community of fans...

Jay Cutler probably reads them during games

think i'm just going to switch to mentalfloss or something.

fark

fart

I think I've unfortunately seen maybe like three corpses in three days on rotten.com Gawker. I'm sure they'd argue that that's something other than immensely douchey and tasteless.

not a fan of Weegee, huh?

Four in four days. Seriously, the fuck is wrong with you guys?

And now I think I'm just done with you fucking people. YES, WE GET THAT PEOPLE DIED, WE CAN READ THE FUCKING WORDS YOU WROTE, WE DON'T NEED A GRAPHIC VISUAL AID SPLASHED ACROSS YOUR FRONT PAGE YOU SENSATIONALIST PIGFUCKERS.

Yes, what's up with this? The victims presumably haven't all been identified formally yet.

Tabloid for self-appointed clever people

what's the over/under on io9 getting shuttered completely because nobody feels like bothering to replace Annalee Newitz?

if the alternative is an io9 headed by rob bricken, i'm all for them shutting up shop

give it to Casey Chan, you simply WON'T BELIEVE how EPIC it would be!!!!!!!!!

lol I was gonna say, Rob Bricken will Peter Principle his way right to the top.

Editing Nerd Blogs is Amazingly Beautiful

Why don't you think Charlie Jane Anders can hold onto the throne? She's got a book coming out later this year, so there's a small degree of prestige in keeping her there.

Seems like a problem might be that when Alex has to spend all day writing his screed about how Chelsea is a bitch and the Clinton campaign is attacking Bernie from the right, he doesn't have time to be an editor, and this happens:

http://gawker.com/the-problem-with-journalism-is-you-need-an-audience-1752937252

I guess we're all done here then! Thanks!

that's a good and otm piece imo. what don't you like about it?

It's tritely pessimistic & also, He names a number of quality diverse American publishers vs the proposed solution of 'government gives the good writers money' which can be deconstructed equally unfavorably