Extra Extra: 'Nancy' Cancels The Donald's State Of The Union Speech

Jan. 23, 2019, 5:11 p.m.

Because no one should ever tweet, check out today's end-of-day links: Mark Zuckerberg hunts goats, Pelosi shuts down Trump's SOTU address, Gawker 2.0 implodes, ghosting tips, Michael Cohen postpones testimony, toxic misogyny, and dog loves parsnip.

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  • Jack Dorsey talked about his love of jeans, conservative provocateur Laura Loomer chaining herself to Twitter HQ in NYC ("I respect that. I think it’s brave. I love activists. I love protest. I’m a punk. My music when I was growing up was punk. Hackers are punk.") and how Mark Zuckerberg loves to hunt and kill goat.
  • Listen to a new Jenny Lewis single.
  • Trump and Pelosi exchanged some more letters today about the State Of The Union, which culminated in Trump saying he would look for alternative venues for his address.
  • Farhad Manjoo has one single tip for journalists: never tweet.
  • Zombie Gawker Needs Brains: the site’s only two full-time writers quit in protest of editorial director Carson Griffith’s alleged remarks about everything from race to penis size.
  • Conde Nast will put all its titles behind a paywall by the end of the year.
  • Sigh, Joe Biden was paid $200,000 to give a speech on behalf of a long-serving Republican from Michigan last fall before the election.
  • A 27-year-old Colorado man was arrested for threatening to kill women in a mass shooting: "I'm 27 years old and I've never had a girlfriend before and I'm still a virgin, this is why I'm planning on shooting up a public place soon and being the next mass shooter."
  • Here are some tips on how to get over being ghosted.
  • The Trump shutdown is compromising FBI investigations.
  • Michael Cohen has indefinitely postponed his congressional testimony due to "ongoing threats against his family" from Trump and Giuliani.
  • The Ringer reports on how Instagram is changing our living spaces.
  • And finally, don't underestimate how exhausting it is to hold a parsnip: