What is Going On Here?
First Postal Apocalypse is coming back and now the Friday GIF Party is back? Is this a triumphant return to Io9 of ye…
Why am I still in the grey?
There’s a thread over at io9 where two posters are calling each other dumbfuck and beta troll for all to see, while I…
We Need To Talk About io9
I, like many of the others around these parts, have been a member of the io9 community for many years now (I myself…
Creative Challenge
We haven’t had one of these for a while, but I miss them from the old days, so if you’re interested I’d like 40< words…
Charlie Jane is leaving io9; Rob Bricken taking over
CJA announced on Twitter that she’s stepping down as editor of io9 to work on her next novel and that Rob Bricken is…
io9 is folding into Giz, isn't going away
Because the below post shared Groupthink is a bit too panicky, here’s what Annalee and Charlie Jane have to say:
Are You Listening To No Such Thing As A Fish
No Such Thing As A Fish is a wonderful podcast by the people behind the facts of the British television show QI: Quite…
Niners Hall of Fame
io9 Flashbacks can be funny things. The disclaimer is tucked ways away down at the bottom of the post, and sometimes…
A Slightly More Rigorous Look At io9's Adjective Use
For a control group, I picked the top 25 adjectives in the English language, all of which are relatively…
Do My Eyes Deceive Me?
What is this, a good Dvorsky article? With actually (mostly) accurate information presented in a non-confrontational…
io9 has a Recruit
Following up on yesterday's post, here's a little more about Mika McKinnon in her own words.
It looks like someone new has been brought on board (UPDATED)
Last week I lamented how the Space sub blog was pretty much dead. But checking today there have been some new posts by …
How to Dig Through Kinja's Archives
Because I'm a Kinja nerd, I figured out how to skip around in the archives of any Kinja blog and wrote it up for…
The Greatest My Little Pony fan film ever made
It must be seen to be believed. Yes, watch all of it.
The Secrets of Saving SHIELD
Everyone keeps asking, "how can SHIELD be better?" This speaks a lot of the devoted viewership SHIELD has, even with…
Am I the only one having trouble posting comments to Io9?
When I open the Editor I get this.
Explaining the Tesseract, Infinity Gems and other Powers Cosmic
Since enough people have asked about it, here's an explanation of Marvel's many objects of ultimate power, and how they…
The History of Marvelous Heroines
On Tuesday Marvel announced the newest Ms. Marvel - an American teenager who happens to be Muslim. She's the latest in…
Journey Into Mystery: Secrets of SHIELD episode "Pilot"
There was a rerun for Marvel's Agents of SHIELD this week, so let's hop on Doom's time platform and hit the one episode…
Costumers Ask, "What are Women?"
There is some serious cognitive dissonance between costume companies desire to sell costumes to women, and their…