Aziz Ansari's Human Rights Watch Donation Has Been Rejected

As part of his attempt to quiet the backlash over performing at the Riyadh Comedy Festival, Aziz Ansari vowed to donate part of the proceeds to Human Rights Watch. Well, the organization just issued a statement that basically said “keep it.” Is that bad? That sounds bad. (Variety)

Jennifer Aniston’s Harper’s Bazaar UK interview could be from any era. (Lainey Gossip)

Angelina Jolie has no interest in dating a celebrity ever again. (Celebitchy)

Tax the robots! (Wonkette)

From Roxana: Presented without comment. (Out of Time Studio)

I was very heartened to see that nearly every single comment on this article was some variation of “Are you f*cking kidding me with this?” Folks, I don’t care what TikTok says, a successful 35-year-old woman who chose when she wanted to get married is the exact opposite of being a tradwife. Not to mention Taylor Swift is and will always be the breadwinner in this relationship. She’s calling the shots here, which is the antithesis of being a tradwife. Also, I saw somebody say that Taylor wanting a driveway with a basketball hoop in it is “that billionaire disconnect again,” and all I can say is the internet is a mistake. My entire career has been built on calling out celebrity worship, and here I am defending the Coca-Cola of pop music because I can’t let “driveway basketball hoops are elitism” go by. My brain will literally rip itself in half. (Jezebel)

Drake’s wiener lawsuit against Kendrick Lamar has been tossed out. (Rolling Stone)

The Discord hack does not sound good. (Kotaku)

Minecraft 2 is happening. My condolences to theater workers. (Deadline)

DC Comics president Jim Lee vows it will never use AI. (A.V. Club)

When will people learn that this man ruins everything he touches. (Mediaite)

Are you surprised that a book digging into the history of American slavery has been pulled from high school libraries? Esmemoria found Clint Smith’s How the Word is Passed engrossing. “All in all, this is an important, illuminating, and humanizing work that is an important contribution to truth-telling and confrontation of our past.” (Cannonball Read 17)

From Andrew:

Zohran Mamdani hops on a Citi Bike and a woman heckles him, shouting “communist!” He responds, “That’s cyclist”

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— Razzball (@razzball.bsky.social) October 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM