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From the chic "Hicksville" trailer parks sprouting up to the "New Elite" group that most likely feel they're just ironic enough to feel comfortable visiting. There's Taylor Swift's new album and Kanye's 34 minute music video. Also, the president signs an iPad! Check out what I'm reading about this morning... More»

Ever wonder what to do with your memories of striking out, suiting up and learning the game of baseball from your dad? If you're prolific author and sports writer Will Leitch, the answer is pen a just in time for Father's Day sports memoir and invite 200 of your closest friends to alphabet city to celebrate. More»

@danielabrams Obama’s Nobel Prize Win: The Stunned Reaction From Twitter. Plus, growing sense he should turn down? http://www.mediaite.com/vrzhl
9 minutes ago from web

@AlexBalk The Nobel Peace Prize is almost as good as that Hawaiian "birth certificate" he was awarded last year. http://bit.ly/3QszgF
14 minutes ago from web

@IvankaTrump Good luck Katie! RT @KatieLeeKitchen: Tonight is #nywff Burger Bash... Defending my title!!!
about 2 hours ago from UberTwitter More»

From The Awl comes some of the best of Balk's work yet, in poetic form:

"Who killed Michael Jackson?"
"I," said the Doctor,
"From my needle he got that last Demerol shot.
I killed Michael Jackson.”

"Who saw him die?"
"I," said TMZ,
"Well, either it was me or the guys from
ET.
I saw him die." More»

[A Gawker Seating Chart] Choire Sicha and Alex Balk, both ex-Gawker editors, have launched a new site called The Awl. The site, which looks like Gawker might have in '02, was "birthed from the following thoughts: What if there were a website that zippily surveyed a wealth of resonant, weird, important, frightening, amusing bits of news and ideas? And what if it weren’t totally clogged with reality show linkbait?" Some topics already covered: More»