Gio Silva 
There was a time when a child’s brand loyalty meant wearing a Spider-Man t-shirt or begging for a Star Wars birthday cake. Today, that loyalty has been redirected toward Starbucks Frappuccinos, Sephora hauls, and Lululemon leggings, and the people leading the charge are often the parents themselves. A disturbing trend has taken hold across social … Read more
Russell Brand has been making the media rounds ahead of his trial on SA charges, apparently hoping to get ahead of the narrative and convince the public of his innocence. The strategy, if it can be called that, has not gone as planned. Brand’s PR tour took a particularly unusual turn when he openly admitted … Read more
Conservative influencer Andrew Wilson, appearing on the Triggernometry podcast, pushed back firmly on what he described as a widespread mischaracterization of Christianity as a pacifist faith. When his hosts raised the teachings of Jesus Christ, including the well-known phrase from the cross, “Forgive them Lord, for they know not what they do,” Wilson did not dismiss … Read more
A video posted by a woman named Douniya has gone viral after four Zara employees at the Alderwood Mall location chased her through an entire mall and into the parking lot, accusing her of stealing a pink dress. The footage, which has gathered millions of views, tells a very different story from the one the … Read more
Russell Brand used his appearance on Piers Morgan Uncensored to argue at length that the assault charges he faces are connected to a campaign of establishment persecution against dissenting media figures. The central comparison Brand drew was between his situation and that of Joe Rogan, Tommy Robinson, and Andrew Tate. When host Piers Morgan challenged … Read more
In a recent episode of the Channel 5 podcast, host Andrew Callaghan sat down with Steven Renderos to discuss what they described as the corporate capture of American news media. Among the figures named as key architects of that influence was venture capitalist Marc Andreessen. Renderos listed Andreessen among five individuals he considers the most … Read more
Rapper and chef Action Bronson appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience and addressed a wave of online criticism he received after posting an AI-generated image of a frog on Instagram. Bronson began by explaining how the situation started in the first place. “The other day I posted a picture of a frog that I AI … Read more
Three months of not drinking has done wonders for Bert Kreischer. His liver is healthier, his blood pressure is down, and his doctors are taking him off treatments. But rather than appreciate any of it, the comedian has a date circled on his calendar: July 12th, the day he plans to start drinking again. Kreischer’s … Read more
When Mark Normand and Sam Morril sat down to record a new episode of their comedy podcast, the guest list looked very different from what audiences eventually saw. Famous restaurateur and television presenter Guy Fieri had been booked to appear. He never showed up. The reason, as Normand and Morril explained at the top of the … Read more
Last summer, a Polymarket user operating under the pseudonym ‘Rico Suave 666’ made a series of highly precise and highly lucrative bets regarding the exact timing of military strikes in the Middle East. What initially appeared to be an extraordinarily well-informed reader of geopolitical events turned out to be something far more troubling. The Israeli … Read more
