I found the line “there was no mention of the killings” oddly touching. Like on the one hand it’s America burying the story and forgetting about it, but at the same time maybe Mollie’s legacy wasn’t just about a horrible crime committed against her family and her people. She lived a life beyond that.

The ending really caught me off guard. That was a way more creative way to summarize what happened after the primary story and really made a powerful impact.

That’s true. Jezebel was a lively alternative to the transcendent calm of never-changing Splinter.   Life and death each have their virtues.

At least we can still come here to share comments/chat.  Which is honestly most of the reason why I was still reading Jez after all these years :/

I am the caretaker at Splinter, which is still online with fully functioning Kinja comment sections. I will ungrey any Jezebel mourners who wish to leave condolences at the Splinter link below. My customary mode is funereal, so this will be no imposition.

If there’s anyone still around, please drop a story so we’ll have a place devoted to commiserating with our fellow-Jezzies about the closure.

I’ll miss Jezebel. I’ve been on it since 2009.

The actors strike ends (pending a vote) and Jez gets shut down for good. Thanks for the memories Jez.

Well, the years stopped coming.

“Has ‘Free Bird’ ever got old?””

I’m gonna rack up so much fart XP. Top of the leaderboards, baby. 

so the farts aren’t being saved forever into some digital cloud

This is some Japanese programmer’s fetish, no doubt.

Funny enough, the current season includes a Ranger who's openly gay and in an on-screen relationship.

First, Social Security should not be part of the Fed Budget, and is technically considered off-budget by the Fed and modifications are only due to managing the fund, not to modify government spending or deficit. When you exclude SS from the Budget, Healthcare, Income Security, Defense, Medicare, and Education all are…

I’m gonna leave this right here.

YES.

We have newer, better snacks in the Left of Dead discord.

While I certainly appreciate this post and I’m genuinely glad that the Splinter staff got to do a proper farewell post, the fact that it’s coming weeks after G/O Media and Jim Spanfellatio unceremoniously suffocated the site with a pillow, followed by decapitating their marquee site is just the goddamn perfect turd on…

True story: Jim Spanfeller’s resume is just a soggy cardboard box.