- 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.
- Some tips on how to go freelance without going broke.
- The argument that Die Hard is also Hanukkah movie is a pretty big reach, but an admirable one.
- Who could possibly call yoga pants "a nihilistic threat" and mean it? This person in the Washington Post.
- Rob Sheffield has a lovely essay about saying goodbye to Bowie, Cohen and Phife Dawg.
- A reporter was fired by Politico over a tweet regarding Trump's desire to make love to his daughter.
- Longtime NBA broadcaster Craig Sager has died at 65.
- The New Republic has a feature on how the economic downturn has turned Nebraska into Trump country.
- Rolling Stone looks into the still-unresolved Long Island serial killer case.
- Vulture scored an interview with the reclusive Eddie Murphy.
- These Kickstarter ladies really want to open up a "Bring Your Own Dog" cafe in NYC.
- Who the heck is wasting their money buying Trump's ghostwritten book?
- Are rain boots ripoffs?
- And finally, puppies experiencing snow for the first time:

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