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How you can help victims of Typhoon Haiyan
Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful typhoons ever recorded, fell on the Philippines Friday, destroying virtually everything it touched. As of Tuesday morning, 1,774 fatalities have been...
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Thanks to Tumblr, this 13-year-old in Ghana will get a new face
With a facial deformity that made it difficult to speak and impossible to go to school, 13-year-old Esinam desperately needed surgery. Unfortunately, that operation would cost $10,000, and as an...
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The best of the 'Tom Hiddleston Accidentally Groping People' meme
In his current status as Tumblr’s main squeeze—although Benedict Cumberbatch will probably regain the title when Sherlock returns next year—it’s seemingly impossible for Tom Hiddleston to do anything...
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We've reached peak Tumblr: Dreamy dudes are just like cats
Given that large swaths of Tumblr specialize in rebloggable photos of cats and shirtless, musclebound actors and models, it was more or less inevitable that some genius would seek to marry the two...
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The itsy bitsy saga of Tumblr's Spiders Georg
You’ve probably heard that every year, the average person swallows six (or three, or eight) spiders while they’re asleep. The statistic is completely invented, not to mention impossible to prove under...
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Donald Glover just invited the entire Internet to his house party
Donald Glover just gave all of Tumblr an open invitation to his house party. In anticipation of his new album, Because the Internet, the former Community star and alter ego of rapper Childish Gambino...
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'Once Upon a Time' can make even the most diehard soaps fan's head spin
Keeping up with Once Upon a Time from an outsider's perspective may be just as entertaining as watching the actual show. It certainly can’t be much more confusing. Fantasy TV shows aren’t exactly...
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Everything about our relationship with technology is summed up in 'iDiots'
If you couldn’t tell from the name, visual effects company Big Lazy Robot is kind of into robots. And who better to star in this short promo clip about the conformity and mindless routine that come...
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Reddit's sad network of fat-shaming
If you’ve never heard the term “hamplanet” before, consider yourself lucky. It’s the name some people on the Internet use to talk disparagingly about overweight people. Ham, like the food. Planet,...
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Infographics and heartache collide in 'Quantified Breakup'
When you hear “divorce” and “statistics” in the same sentence, it’s usually someone pointing out the long odds of a lengthy, successful marriage. It’s a neat inversion, then, that a recent divorcée...
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Listen to Grimes's 'greatest songs of all time' immediately
Claire Boucher, a.k.a. Canadian pop star Grimes, has just given us the best Monday gift ever. She posted a list of the “greatest songs of all time” to her Tumblr today, and it’s a good, weird list,...
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Facebook made it easier for you to 'unfollow' your 'friends'
Perhaps conceding that the “follower” terminology—think services like Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr—is here to stay, Facebook will soon scrap their “hide all” button for ignoring a friend’s status...
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Here's the Taylor Swift–Mountain Goats mixtape you never knew you needed
The Mountain Goats have devoted fans. So does Taylor Swift. So what happens when those fandoms overlap? A Tumblr user named supercherie put together a list of Mountain Goats and Taylor Swift songs...
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Why Tom Hiddleston is Tumblr fandom's perfect celebrity
There’s a quote from an old Vulture article doing the rounds on Tumblr at the moment, about the first casting announcement for Marvel’s Thor in 2009.“Despite rumors that had everyone from Shia LaBeouf...
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Tumblr's 2013 Year in Review is just scratching the surface
Tumblr’s new Year in Review celebrates the most popular viral posts in a variety of categories across the social network. The blog displays as a series of topics under which Tumblr has gathered what...
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Who said it: Steven Moffat or Fake Steven Moffat?
In his time as showrunner of Doctor Who and Sherlock, Steven Moffat has become a divisive figure among fans of BBC television drama. Both shows are massively popular, but after the first blush of...
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When you tell Tumblr you want to punch a feminist, expect a challenge
There’s almost something refreshing about the honest predictability of men’s rights activists on the Internet. When a group that purports to provide resources for men in need rallies behind something...
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Cops can't tell this prankster's iPhone cookies from the real thing
The next time you want to inconvenience law enforcement, or don’t need to be somewhere on time, consider replicating a diabolical prank devised by Los Angeles-based comedian (and baker) Randy Liedtke:...
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Tumblr is having a love affair with a Web developer
You'll find a fan base for just about everything on Tumblr—including, apparently, one of the community's favorite Web developers. Meet XKit Guy. If you’ve ever tried to use Tumblr, you know that it...
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Epic 9-minute video is perfect fan-made tribute to the hottest anime of the year
Heads up, Attack on Titan fans. This cosplay group just leveled up and took your whole fandom with it.Attack on Titan is the unlikely anime of the year: it took the number one spot in Tumblr’s list of...
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