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Report: Trump Staffer Kicked Off Transition Team for Dumbass Pizzagate Tweets

According to a new New York Times report, Michael G. Flynn, the son of Donald Trump’s national security advisor, has been booted from the President-elect’s transition team for tweeting about Pizzagate, the idiotic online conspiracy theory that led a gunman to “self-investigate” a D.C. pizzeria this weekend. https://gizmodo.com/cops-shooter-arrested-at-dc-pizzeria-was-there-to-inve-1789671995 Flynn and his father, retired Lt. Gen.…

Tech News Hudson Hongo Dec 6 '16

What Is Jones the Cat Thinking in These Incredible Aliens Promo Photos?

Lost in History, whose Twitter is the definition of “amazing internet rabbit hole” (and you can find ’em on Instagram, too) recently posted this incredible series of images from a promotional photo shoot for 1986’s Aliens. The subjects, of course, are a pair of kick-ass survivors named Ripley and Jones. Sigourney Weaver looks great in every…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Dec 6 '16

10 of the Best Opening Title Sequences in Film History

CineFix takes a deep look into the art of opening titles and analyzes the different types that appear in movies, ranking the best of each kind. From simple text title cards, to the foreshadowing teasers that you don’t realize spoil the movie until you re-watch it, to slick graphic designs and animated opening credits, to…

Sploid Casey Chan Dec 6 '16

Somehow, Tom Felton Talking About the Philosopher’s Stone Isn’t the Weirdest Part of This Flash Clip

It’s the part at the end where Julian Dorn (Tom Felton) goes ahead and almost reveals everything to Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) by mistake. Barry literally just came to ask some probing questions, so wait a tick before doing something risky. At the beginning of the clip, Julian gives the background of the philosopher’s stone,…

Television Katharine Trendacosta Dec 6 '16

Weather Channel Brutally Owns Breitbart

The Weather Channel has been known to publish rubbish articles like “Woman Hit By Waves During Selfie” and “Before the Bikini: Vintage Beach Photos.” But even the channels’s thirsty editors can brutally own the internet’s bullshit vendors. A brand new segment calls out the climate change-denying reporting at Breitbart, and it’s two minutes’ of burns.…

Climate Change Michael Nunez Dec 6 '16

There’s a Nifty Star Wars Rebels Easter Egg In the Latest Rogue One Footage

Wow, Rogue One! Not even out yet and you’re spilling out neat little Easter eggs already. Sneaky. If you’d like to stay Easter-egg free, then by all means consider this your warning. It’s a new day, one day closer to the next Star Wars movie being out—and that means yet another batch of TV spots…

io9 James Whitbrook Dec 6 '16

How the CRISPR Patent Fight Could Shape the Future of Genetic Engineering

On Tuesday, the two feuding parties of the CRISPR gene editing patent fight entered the boxing ring: attorneys for each side made oral arguments before three-judge panel, in a case that not only puts billions of potential dollars at stake, but could define the future of genetic engineering. The dispute pits two groups of scientists…

Tech News Kristen V. Brown Dec 6 '16

It Took Four Months to Recreate the TMNT Cartoon’s Intro Using Super Nintendo’s Mario Paint

The Super Nintendo is best remembered as defining the 16-bit era of video gaming, although many of us spent countless hours playing with Mario Paint instead. But that pales in comparison to the over four months Mike Matei spent recreating the opening to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ animated series using only the SNES’ beloved…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski Dec 6 '16

The Winner of This Year’s Hugo For Best Novel Is Writing a Mass Effect Book

The latest entry in the scifi RPG series Mass Effect, Mass Effect: Andromeda is out next year—and with it, a bevy of novels designed to tie into the game’s story. Usually, books like this aren’t anything to write home about, but you can’t help get excited with the news that one of them will be written…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Dec 6 '16

Here’s How Far Diego Luna Went to Play a Rebel Soldier in Rogue One

For Cassian Andor, fighting for the Rebellion is a way of life. It is “the only choice,” actor Diego Luna told io9 at the Rogue One: A Star Wars Story press event this weekend. As the character becomes wrapped up in the mission to steal the Death Star plans, he becomes even more committed to…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Dec 6 '16

Snuggie Goes to War With Amazon Over Counterfeit Blankets

Allstar Marketing Group—makers of the Snuggie (you know, the blanket with sleeves!)—is suing Amazon over trademark infringement because of all the Snuggie counterfeits that litter the online marketplace. The Snuggie-maker is joined in the lawsuit by the creators of other “As Seen on TV” (ASOTV) products such as the Magic Tracks toy racetracks and Copper…

Commerce Christina Warren Dec 6 '16

Inhumans Has a Showrunner, and It’s Good News for Marvel TV Fans

The news of Marvel TV doing an Inhumans TV show was very exciting for fans of that universe. Now, Marvel TV fans of all kinds have reason to be excited about it. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Scott Buck will be the showrunner of Inhumans. He previously oversaw the hit show Dexter and is currently…

Television Germain Lussier Dec 6 '16

Movie Review: We Go On Delivers an Intensely Personal Ghost Story Filled With Soul

The biggest surprise about We Go On isn’t the de rigeur ghost story plot twist. It’s in how much the movie doesn’t need it. Modern audiences have been trained to expect shocker reveals and final-act revelations when it comes to cinematic offerings centered on the supernatural. Indie horror flick We Go On has one, but…

io9 Evan Narcisse Dec 6 '16

Antarctic Crack Threatens Scientific Research Station

The British Antarctic Survey has a problem in the form of an enormous crack in the East Antarctic ice sheet. Dormant for about 35 years, The Crack began to grow in 2012. Today, it threatens to cleave off the entire ice shelf supporting the Halley VI research station. And so, Halley VI is being towed…

Tech News Maddie Stone Dec 6 '16

Google’s New Emoji Tweet Experiment Won’t Give Me Porn

Today, Google launched a fun little Twitter experiment that spits back search results in response to emojis. Naturally, I decided to throw some sex stuff at it. According to Mashable, the feature “will work with over 200 different emoji for food, sites and activities near you.” It’s easy to use—simply tweet an emoji at Google’s…

Tech News Sophie Kleeman Dec 6 '16

Have Yourself a Delightfully Horrifying Christmas With This Phantasm Sphere Ornament

This is the most obviously amazing horror-object-to-holiday-ornament translation ever: the Phantasm sphere, rendered in festive, accurately gleaming silver. It’ll blend right into your Christmas tree—until you need a weapon on the fly to take down any BOYYYYY who tries to interfere with your nefarious plans. (“Your” in this case = curiously tall, supernaturally evil undertaker.…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Dec 6 '16

I Want a Jet Engine Ceiling Fan Hanging in My Bedroom

Global warming promises to make the summers more and more unbearable. Instead of precariously balancing an air conditioner in your window, imagine how cool you’d be standing underneath a jet engine ceiling fan. Styled after the turbine fans used to suck massive amounts of air into jet engines made by companies like Pratt & Whitney,…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Dec 6 '16

The Second Trailer for A Series of Unfortunate Events Is Even More Delightfully Macabre

“If you are interested in stories with happy endings, that story is streaming elsewhere,” warns Lemony Snicket (Patrick Warburton) at the start of this latest trailer for Netflix’s A Series of Unfortunate Events. As we’ve seen previously, Neil Patrick Harris’ performance as the evil, disguise-prone Count Olaf is clearly going to be a series highlight.…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Dec 6 '16

Here Are Some Joyously Random Facts About Every Country in the World [Updated]

If you’re a map nerd or a history buff or someone who likes to travel or just a person who enjoys learning new things, the latest video from Wendover Productions is an absolute delight to watch. It’s a quick tour of all the countries in the world (this is the first part, so exactly half…

Sploid Casey Chan Dec 6 '16

What Westworld Needs to Do in Season Two

We’re in for a fairly long wait between now and season two of Westworld, since it’s been confirmed that we won’t be returning to the park and its hosts until 2018. That means that viewers can spend more than a year trying to figure out what we’d like answers to, what we need to see,…

Television Katharine Trendacosta Dec 6 '16

Report: Trump Staffer Kicked Off Transition Team for Dumbass Pizzagate Tweets

What Is Jones the Cat Thinking in These Incredible Aliens Promo Photos?

10 of the Best Opening Title Sequences in Film History

Somehow, Tom Felton Talking About the Philosopher’s Stone Isn’t the Weirdest Part of This Flash Clip

Weather Channel Brutally Owns Breitbart

There’s a Nifty Star Wars Rebels Easter Egg In the Latest Rogue One Footage

How the CRISPR Patent Fight Could Shape the Future of Genetic Engineering

It Took Four Months to Recreate the TMNT Cartoon’s Intro Using Super Nintendo’s Mario Paint

The Winner of This Year’s Hugo For Best Novel Is Writing a Mass Effect Book

Here’s How Far Diego Luna Went to Play a Rebel Soldier in Rogue One

Snuggie Goes to War With Amazon Over Counterfeit Blankets

Inhumans Has a Showrunner, and It’s Good News for Marvel TV Fans

Movie Review: We Go On Delivers an Intensely Personal Ghost Story Filled With Soul

Antarctic Crack Threatens Scientific Research Station

Google’s New Emoji Tweet Experiment Won’t Give Me Porn

Have Yourself a Delightfully Horrifying Christmas With This Phantasm Sphere Ornament

I Want a Jet Engine Ceiling Fan Hanging in My Bedroom

The Second Trailer for A Series of Unfortunate Events Is Even More Delightfully Macabre

Here Are Some Joyously Random Facts About Every Country in the World [Updated]

What Westworld Needs to Do in Season Two

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