A 50 percent chance of rain does not mean there’s a 1-in-2 chance that you’re going to get wet.

What It Really Means When There's A 50 Percent Chance Of Rain
As a student and observer of meteorology, it constantly bums me out that people do not understand what it means when someone says there’s an “X% chance of rain” tomorrow. A 50 percent chance of rain does not mean there’s a 1-in-2 chance that you’re going to get wet.
gizmodo.com|By Matt Hardigree

Twitter says it has beefed up its efforts to find terrorist accounts.

Twitter Suspends 235,000 Accounts for Promoting Terrorism
Twitter says it has suspended 235,000 accounts for promoting terrorism since February. That brings the total accounts suspended since June 2015 to 360,000.
gizmodo.com|By William Turton

After nearly fourteen years of operation, Gawker.com will be stop publishing next week.

Gawker.com to End Operations Next Week
After nearly fourteen years of operation, Gawker.com will be shutting down next week. The decision to close Gawker comes days after Univision successfully bid $135 million for Gawker Media’s six other websites, and four months after the Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel revealed his clandestine...
gawker.com|By J.K. Trotter

These large monsters are endangering Australia's native species.

Australian Goldfish Are Growing into Monsters In the Wild
Common goldfish dumped from household aquariums into rivers in Western Australia are growing into four pound monsters and endangering native species.
gizmodo.com|By Bryan Menegus

The poster cobbled together an offensive skyline.

Arrival's Hong Kong Poster Has a Mistake That's Causing Political Unrest
Here’s a case where film marketers being incurably Western causes a big problem: Arrival released 12 posters depicting alien monoliths appearing across the world. One of them photoshopped a building from Shanghai into a Hong Kong skyline. Oops.
io9.gizmodo.com|By Katharine Trendacosta

The Ryan Lochte robbery scandal has officially reached the Someone Is Bullshitting Phase.

Report: American Swimmers Broke Down Gas Station Door, Fought With Security On Night Of Alleged Robbery
The Ryan Lochte robbery scandal has officially reached the Someone Is Bullshitting Phase, in which new alleged details that suggest Lochte’s story about being robbed at gunpoint in Rio may be totally bunk. ABC News brings us the latest development, reporting that Lochte and the other swimmers who we...
deadspin.com|By Tom Ley

Live alone first.

Don't Move In With Your Significant Other
In July I moved into my own apartment. In the grand scheme of life, this was a relatively big deal.
adequateman.deadspin.com|By Kate Dries

“You don’t understand what America is,” he says, “or what American people think.”

All the Best Gossip from Esquire's Jared Kushner Profile
Amid Donald Trump’s spasmodic summer, one member of his campaign (and family) has received a growing amount of positive—or at least not explicitly negative—press: Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Today, however, Esquire has published a long and excellent profile with lots of good dirt, all about w...
gawker.com|By Brendan O'Connor

The death of the human driving industry is guaranteed.

If You Drive For a Living, Look for Another Career
There is nothing wrong with planning for the future. If you are a cab driver, or a truck driver, or an Uber driver, now is the time to plan for what you will do when your job disappears. And for what we should do for you.
gawker.com|By Hamilton Nolan

Um.

Why
Today's gossip is tomorrow's news
gawker.com|By Brendan O'Connor

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson will visit the state on Thursday to review the federal government’s response to what Governor John Bel Edwards called “unprecedented” flooding.

13 Dead in Louisiana as Some Return to Flooded Homes
The death toll in Louisiana has risen to 13, ABC News reports. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson will visit the state on Thursday to review the federal government’s response to what Governor John Bel Edwards called “unprecedented” flooding.
gawker.com|By Brendan O'Connor

T R U M P

81 Days and a Wake Up
Today's gossip is tomorrow's news
gawker.com|By Brendan O'Connor

“When they say that [Donald J. Trump] has a 1 percent favorability amongst the African-American community, I know from my own interactions that that number is absolutely and unequivocally inaccurate.”

"Says Who" Lawyer Claims Polls Underestimate Trump's African-American Support
In an interview conducted shortly after his appearance on CNN Wednesday night, Donald Trump’s special counsel Michael Cohen explained his apparent distrust of all the polls, citing anecdotal evidence that challenged the candidate’s surveyed unfavorability among black voters.
gawker.com|By Hudson Hongo

A family member reportedly recommended that Donald J. Trump tweet a photo of the infamous bowl.

Report: Trump Campaign Chief Tried to Stop the Taco Bowl, Failed to Stop the Taco Bowl
On Wednesday, The Huffington Post offered a telling anecdote about the relationship between Donald Trump and recently demoted campaign chairman Paul Manafort, revisiting the story of Trump’s notorious taco bowl tweet from the perspective of those inside the campaign.
gawker.com|By Hudson Hongo

“I can’t see how someone else can just sit and be a judge,” said one legal ethicist. “Obviously, if you’re entitled to have a judge hear your case, it has to be a real judge.”

Chill Judge Allegedly Lets Law Clerk Wear Robe, Hear Cases
As every child knows, playing dress-up can be a lot of fun. As a least one Circuit judge in Illinois doesn’t, it can also be serious violation of judicial ethics.
gawker.com|By Hudson Hongo

“Polls," explained the CNN host. "Most of them. All of them?”

Top Trump Attorney on Universally Terrible Poll Numbers: "Says Who?"
Appearing on CNN Wednesday night, Donald Trump’s special counsel and marital rape truther Michael Cohen repeatedly challenged the notion that Hillary Clinton was polling ahead of the Republican nominee, employing the (powerful but seldom-used) “la la la, I can’t hear you!” defense.
gawker.com|By Hudson Hongo

Andrew Breitbart would have fucking loved the Trump campaign and don't listen to anyone who says otherwise http://trib.al/SePirw4

Andrew Breitbart Would Have Loved the Trump Campaign
The legacy of Andrew Breitbart, the late founder of the Breitbart News Network, has been invoked repeatedly during this election cycle, mainly by people who insist that he would not have allowed his media outlet to have become a sort of house organ of the Donald Trump campaign. Former Breitbart cont...
gawker.com|By Alex Pareene

Breitbart, a site that owes its infamy to deceptive video editing, is mad about deceptive video editing.

You'll Never Guess Who's Angry About CNN "Deceptively" Editing a Video of Sylville Smith's Sister
In a recent segment, CNN used a short clip featuring the sister of Sylville Smith, a man who was shot dead by a Milwaukee police officer on Saturday. In CNN’s version of the clip, Sherelle Smith can be heard telling a crowd of onlookers, “Don’t bring the violence here, and the ignorance here.” Later...
gawker.com|By Andy Cush

Which store helps you de-stress?

Which Retail Experience Do You Seek Out When You Desperately Need to Relax?
In these trying times, a little retail therapy can do wonders when you’re stressed out of your mind and/or uncertain about your future. (By “retail therapy” I mean: Entering a store, walking around a bit, then leaving without buying anything.) So where do you go when you need your kick? My go-to opt...
gawker.com|By J.K. Trotter