Paul Ryan is boasting on Twitter about all the good the G.O.P. tax plan will do. In related news, the House Majority Leader might not understand how money works for most people.

Ryan, tweeting from his personal account, earned himself a good, old-fashioned public shaming on Saturday after he tried to hype the recently passed tax bill. The extra $1.50 in one “pleasantly surprised” Pennsylvania woman’s weekly paycheck is enough to cover an annual Costco membership, he wrote.

The tweet was so astoundingly dumb that Ryan actually deleted it while we were in the process of writing about it. But let his original intent sink in for a minute. This was Ryan’s idea of a positive outcome for the new tax plan. Read more…

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In November, actress Uma Thurman said she was waiting to speak out about sexual harassment and sexual assault until she felt less angry. That day has arrived.

Thurman finally told her story to The New York Times in a devastating account published Saturday. In it, Thurman alleges that Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein attacked her multiple times. Thurman also recounts several strange abuses of power on behalf of her Kill Bill director, Quentin Tarantino.

The actress says Weinstein’s incessant flattery, as well as the high position he held, made her miss what would otherwise be seen as key warning signs. She connects her former agency, Creative Artists Agency, with Weinstein’s predatory behavior. And she feels deep guilt for failing to protect all the other women who Weinstein assaulted after her: Read more…

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The past few days have been weird for denim. 

On Tuesday, the New York Post reported that Unravel Project, a streetwear brand worn by Kim Kardashian West and Rhianna, had revealed a pair of crotchless, legless jeans. According to Net-A-Porter, one of the retailers carrying the bizarre piece, it’s “designed to appear like it’s been sliced from the top of your favorite jeans.” It costs $405. 

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Tesla is going mainstream. No, not the electric cars. 

Elon Musk is bringing his solar panels and Powerwall batteries to 800 Home Depot locations in the U.S., Bloomberg reported this week. That’s a big boost for the venture, previously known as SolarCity. The products, also available for sale on Tesla’s website, will now be exposed to more customers’ eyes.

The dedicated spaces inside Home Depot stores will be Tesla-branded and be staffed by Tesla employees. In some retail locations, the large installations will include a visual demonstration of how the devices work. According to Bloomberg’s report, the new areas will arrive the first half of the year.  Read more…

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YouTube doesn’t have to be a data hog.

At least, not if you’re using YouTube Go, the company’s data-saving version alternative for video streaming. First released in India in 2016, the Android app has now expanded to 130 countries.

YouTube Go is designed to give users more control over how and when their data is used. The app lets you preview a video before you commit to watching the whole clip. If you do want to watch a full video, you can choose how much data you want to use at any given time. You can also download clips you want to save for later. Read more…

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BREAKING: These children are perfect.

A new video by Because Of Them We Can features five tiny little kids dressed up as black anchors from CNN, including Don Lemon, Bakari Sellers, Angela Rye, Symone Sanders and April Ryan. Because Of Them We Can celebrates figures from black culture, past and present, to help challenge persistently negative stereotypes.

Watch and coo loudly. Read more…

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Lady Gaga has cancelled the rest of the Joanne World Tour due to “severe pain,” according to a statement tweeted on Saturday.

“I’m so devastated I don’t know how to describe it. All I know is that if I don’t do this, I am not standing by the words or meaning of my music. My medical team is supporting the decision for me to recover at home,” Gaga’s statement reads.

The 31-year-old singer has been public about living with fibromyalgia, a chronic musculoskeletal disease that can cause these episodes of severe pain. She also had postponed the European leg of her tour last year due to health concerns, and she spoke about these health issues during her Netflix documentary, “Gaga: Five Foot Two.”  Read more…

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Dear bitter internet trolls who are pissed that Black Panther is already blowing every superhero movie out of the water: boy, bye.

That’s basically what Rotten Tomatoes and Facebook told a short-lived campaign to bring down the upcoming film’s audience score before anyone even saw the damn thing. After critics who attended early screenings of Black Panther raved about it on social media, a Facebook group titled “Down with Disney’s Treatment of Franchises and its Fanboys” cropped up. 

It accrued roughly 4,000 angry fanboys — before promptly being shut the hell down.

The group claimed it was motivated by a now familiar and hilariously misinformed conspiracy theory: Touted by DC fans, it alleges that Disney somehow pays off nearly every critic from every major publication to trash DC movies.  Read more…

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Getting your wisdom teeth out can be a harrowing experience, especially when it’s right before the Super Bowl.

Poor Haley freaked out after her oral surgery because she thought she slept through the game.

“Did I miss the Super Bowl?” she cried through a mouthful of cotton balls, “Oh my god.”

“They’re playing Sunday,” her mother tried to reassure her, while simultaneously filming her for the perfect parental embarrassment. 

Haley also really, really wants the Eagles to beat the Patriots: “Who cares about Tom Brady?”  Read more…

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Let’s call them transportation goals.

With 15 transportation companies, including ride-hailing apps Uber and Lyft, signing an ambitious list of “shared mobility principles” this week, these companies are promising to “prioritize people over vehicles.”

The pledge, also signed by bike-share companies and other ride-hailing apps like China’s Didi Chuxing and India’s Ola, is about making cities livable and sustainable, meaning less pollution, more zero-emission vehicles, more shared curb space, and aligned goals with city governments, transit agencies, and other vehicles.

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