Sophie Kleeman, Business Insider

Sophie Kleeman

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Past:
  • Business Insider
  • Insider
  • VICE
  • The Outline
  • Gizmodo
  • Gizmodo UK
  • Jezebel
  • Mic
  • Entrepreneur

Past articles by Sophie:

Whoopsie! Trump's classified docs spilled all over the floor at Mar-a-Lago, feds allege, and other choice photos from Trump's recent indictment

A newly released indictment details the charges against the former president and his aide. It's also full of some pretty incredible photos. → Read More

I followed Nancy Pelosi's diet of breakfast ice cream and hot dogs for a week, and I ping-ponged between euphoria and the depths of despair

The 82-year-old former Speaker follows the diet of a wealthy toddler with zero parental supervision. I wanted to experience it for myself. → Read More

I made $10,500 as a freelancer in 2018 — and still paid more taxes than Trump. The system is broken.

According to a blockbuster New York Times investigation, the president paid $750 in taxes in 2016 and 2017. But he's not just one bad apple. → Read More

Hot dogs are the best quarantine food

Mitt Romney was right about one thing: hot dog is the best meat. And they're the perfect food for These Times. → Read More

Get a load of the very rude acronym for this new Subaru Forester

This is one way to get your new product noticed. → Read More

Why A-List Celebrities Are Turning Into Vloggers

The call is coming from inside the house of YouTube. → Read More

The UK Is Pushing Zuckerberg to Testify With Extremely British, Probably Meaningless Threats

A British think tank posits that in most cases a formal summons 'is sufficient to embarrass a potential witness into appearing.' → Read More

This Is the Facial Recognition Tool at the Heart of a Class Action Suit Against Facebook

Facebook's 'Tag Suggestions' tool might end up costing the company a lot of money. → Read More

Fake News About the Parkland Kids Is Still Going Viral on Facebook

Misleading stories from sketchy sites are all the rage. Again. → Read More

An Australian Cyborg Was Fined for Using His Hand to Pay for the Train

Meow-Ludo Disco Gamma Meow-Meow said he implanted a chip in his hand to simplify the travel process, but a court has quashed that dream. → Read More

Woman Sentenced to Jail for Accidentally Killing Her Boyfriend in YouTube Stunt

Monalisa Perez shot her boyfriend Pedro Ruiz while he held an encyclopedia to his chest. → Read More

You should really join your town’s local Facebook group

Where else can you track down a lost bag of pork chops? → Read More

Thank you, Phish fans, for caring about net neutrality

As the battle to save the web gets underway, jam band aficionados are on the front lines. → Read More

Exclusive: Elon Musk Explains Lusty Floor Tweets

Yesterday was SpaceX founder Elon Musk’s birthday. But instead of getting some loving from his beautiful girlfriend or perhaps one of his fancy cars (they can do that now, right?), Musk apparently decided to pop a few Ambien and craft a love poem to the floor. → Read More

Exclusive: Elon Musk Explains Lusty Floor Tweets

Yesterday was SpaceX founder Elon Musk’s birthday. But instead of getting some loving from his beautiful girlfriend or perhaps one of his fancy cars (they can do that now, right?), Musk apparently decided to pop a few Ambien and craft a love poem to the floor. → Read More

Apple Unveils World's Least Portable Laptop

A new Apple store in Chicago is rocking an 'interesting' roof. → Read More

Apple Unveils World's Least Portable Laptop

You can say a lot about Apple—it brought smartphones and personal computers to the mass market, it changed the technology industry forever, it was controlled by a megalomaniacal asshole for much of its existence—but you’d have a hard time getting even the staunchest critic of the company to argue its products weren’t groundbreakingly pretty. → Read More

Apple Unveils World's Least Portable Laptop

You can say a lot about Apple—it brought smartphones and personal computers to the mass market, it changed the technology industry forever, it was controlled by a megalomaniacal asshole for much of its existence—but you’d have a hard time getting even the staunchest critic of the company to argue its products weren’t groundbreakingly pretty. → Read More

Amazon Erects 79-Foot Cylindrical Shaft in Times Square

Look, I’m a straight woman with the maturity level of a 13-year-old boy. I am willing to admit that maybe—maybe—I sometimes see phalluses where they don’t exist. But this thing totally looks like a dick, right? → Read More

Amazon Erects 79-Foot Cylindrical Shaft in Times Square

Look, I’m a straight woman with the maturity level of a 13-year-old boy. I am willing to admit that maybe—maybe—I sometimes see phalluses where they don’t exist. But this thing totally looks like a dick, right? → Read More