- Follow Gothamist on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here.
- Read Complex's big interview with Chance The Rapper, in which he says he's thinking about selling his next album.
- My arch-nemesis Ed Sheeran is going to appear on Game Of Thrones at some point; also, the showrunners confirmed there will only be six episodes in season eight.
- The Atlantic on why facts alone can't fight false belief (and fake news).
- TV ratings are way up thanks to the Trump Effect (mostly because people are desperately seeking out sane news commentators to fight off the Trump bias).
- Kellyanne Conway may not be Inspector Gadget—and she may not have any proof—but she still BELIEVES that microwaves can be turned into cameras to spy on Trump.
- Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile have apparently been recording something together.
- Google is finally killing CAPTCHA.
- Don't let the MTA gaslight you, subway service really is getting worse.
- Brooklyn Magazine wants you to be envious and/or influenced by these very influential Brooklynites.
- The Bro who "humped" the Fearless Girl statue downtown is certainly one of the worst people in NYC right now.
- Objectively speaking, Rep. Steve King is a monster.
- Ridley Scott really wants to make Gladiator 2 for some reason.
- And finally, this wonderful sheep thinks he is a dog:

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