Yeah, the Revenant looks awful. But it’ll probably win everything because why the fuck not. The Academy Awards are like the Who’s Line Is It Anyway of award shows; the points don’t matter and the answers are made up.

I kind of want Leo to win just so he can stop doing the Oscar bait movies and maybe do a comedy or something.

My father is the same way. He fondly remembers getting a week of detention at his Catholic school for sneaking out of a showing of some Saint Francis movie to watch Le Dolce Vita. He still says it was worth it.

I never meant to become Hamiltrash. I don’t know what happened.

Ugh. They just moved it back so more people watch their glitzy dog and pony show.

WHERE IS HAMILTON?! I WAS PROMISED HAMILTON.

Anyone know a good Bowie or glam rock bio?

We really are just the stupidest country...

Impossible. My relationship with Netflix has never been stronger.

Man, I’m not even a Beyonce fan and that kind of shit is why she’s the Queen. A+ save, Beyonce.

I don’t know why I’m extra annoyed about the fact it had to be a PINK sweater. This video hit the sexism jackpot. Disgusting.

My parents are the same way. My mother is nearing 70 and wants nothing to do with a computer. She can manage to go on and read People magazine, but that’s it. She only learned to text this year. Neither or them do online banking or have debit cards. Still write checks for everything. My father refuses to text but he…

OH MY GOD. Now THAT takes me back. That was, what, 2007? EARLY days.

You are the absolute best. <3

That is like the nicest thing anyone has ever said about me.

Yeah! I kind of tend to think of myself as one of the old guard. Here before time immemorial, a creaking Methuselah that still hangs around and makes bad jokes. I’ve been here forever, man! *laughs*

Yeah, that was so goddamn rough. io9 is the place I started and my real home here and that hurt me like a knife shoved into an important organ. I’ve been kicking around these sites for years. Seven or eight, at least. Before the Consumerist was spun off. I can’t imagine not having these sites around. It’s that same…

I try not to anaylze this stuff too deeply but I get worried when a place I spend way too much time looks like it’s hurting. Gawker sold a (small) stake in itself to a Russian company for capital for the Hogan suit. If they lose that suit it will be disastrous. I’m afraid they may be cleaning up and tightening some…

It makes me concerned because I love these sites. io9 being rolled up into Gizmodo hasn’t been great, Jeze is losing a lot of talented staff and I am not sure what is going on at Gawker.

Agreed. This place has been losing great writers like crazy and it makes me sad. All the names I recognize. Stassa, thanks for everything. You will be missed.