Conservative MP and parliamentary secretary to the prime minister Dean Del Mastro has had a good look at the internet and he doesn’t like what he sees.
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Against all odds, this adorable cat is a real thing that exists
Lil Bub was born a “perma-kitten” and a dwarf, so he will always remain tiny. He also has bulging green eyes, extra toes and no teeth, so his tongue always adorably sticks out of his adorable kitten face.
Journalist shares horrific tale of sexual assault by Egyptian mob, has blog comments invaded by worst examples of humanity
Natasha Smith is a British journalist who was in Egypt this last week filming a documentary when she was sexually and physically assaulted by a mob, as she details in a harrowing post on her blog.
A Russian hacker is currently trying to get into the LinkedIn account you forgot you had
About 6.5 million LinkedIn passwords have been posted online at a Russian hackers’ forum, forcing everyone to remember what LinkedIn is.
Is OMFGDogs the new Nyan Cat?
Behold: your latest obsession. Artist Paul Robertson designed this gif of a pack of adorable dogs running over a rainbow background about a year ago and posted it on his Tumblr. Now someone has added some music and possibly created the heir to Nyan Cat.
Beloved internet star Eduard Khil dies at 77
Eduard Khil, the Russian singer made famous two years ago when a clip of him singing “trololololololololololololololo” over and over again went viral, has died. Khil was 77.
Vic Toews still not giving up on his warrantless online spying bill
Canada’s favourite walrus Vic Toews says Bill C-30, the warrantless spying bill that a majority of the country rejected, would help the investigation into the gruesome body parts murder.
The 58 weirdest Google searches that led people to this site in May
We post some weird things sometimes here on the Albatross, meaning the site shows up in some truly bizarre searches. Here’s a list of the most noteworthy Google searches that led people to the website over the last month.
Shed a tear for the hundreds of thousands of Canadians still on dial-up internet service
Just imagine not being able to watch this video adorable cat video. Sadly, that is the reality for as many as 250,000 Canadians who are still using dial-up.
Researchers study social behaviour on Facebook, which is remarkably similar to offline behaviour
Researchers at Arizona State University have conducted a study to get “a glimpse inside the nuanced interactions of social media users, where rules are understood but not necessarily discussed.” Get it? Because everything on the internet is different!
Let’s all stop slut-shaming Wayne Gretzky’s daughter now please
Paulina Gretzky is young, hot and rich. She also has an Instagram account where she likes to post pictures of herself partying and not wearing a lot of clothes. She is also apparently the first person to do this, so let’s drag her to the town square and stone her to death for getting slut all over the internet.
Ontario man claims real-life Barbie Valeria Lukyanova is not even a real person
“It’s all a scam and it is fake,” Uxbridge, Ontario’s Tony Oxley told the Toronto Sun. “This same woman tried to get money from me a couple weeks ago to move to Canada.”
Does this 21-year-old Ukrainian model look like a real-life Barbie?
Valeria Lukyanova is a 21-year-old Ukrainian model whose tiny waist, huge breasts and plasticky looks have propelled her to fame — well, internet fame. She claims she is a real-life Barbie doll.
Two teenage girls set internet-wide lollercoaster in motion with video about ‘Hot Problems’
Two 17-year-old high school seniors from San Luis Obispo, Calif. have touched off an internet frenzy the likes of which hasn’t been seen since Rebecca Black set hearts and ears aflame with “Friday.”
And now for something completely adorable
Is that a gif of a corgi being vacuumed? Yes, yes it is.