Friday March 12: Daily Links

FRIDAY 3.12
NEWS STORIES
Could Google Certification Program Replace Colleges and Universities?
Everyone knows our higher education system is a problem. Most people who go to college waste the time and money, and still can’t get a decent job. Google hopes to change all that offering six month certification programs, at affordable prices, that would actually have a good chance of leading to a well paying job
The only downside is, the football team sucks.
Georgetown Law Fired a Professor For Saying Shitty Things On Zoom About Her Black Students
You’d think a Georgetown Professor would be smarter than this, but Sandra Sellers was caught on Zoom discussing student performance with another professor and made some pretty backwards comments about her black students being at the bottom of the class.
Well, professor, you won’t have to worry about them anymore.
Famous Karen Recovers From Qanon, Says She's Really Sorry
Remember that anti-mask Karen who ripped down a display at walmart? She’s done with QAnon and is very very sorry for her behavior. She says she got sucked into the Q because she was “desperate, lonely, scared, and searching for answers,” She says she had mental health issues and with the help of therapy and meds is seeing things more clearly.
Looks like somebody took the blue pill..
Biden Pushing for Vaccine Eligibility for All Adults by May 1st
Eligibility? Yes. Appointments and shots? Maybe…. But if it works out, get ready for a very adult Adult Party this May.
No masks needed but you should still probably wear protection.
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SPORTS
Mississippi Gov Bans Trans Athletes
Trans athletes can not play on women’s teams in Mississippi as the governor decided to follow you-know-whos directive about “saving” womens sports.
How those states rights working out for everybody? Good? Okay.
Patrick Ewing Not too Happy to Be Treated Poorly by Madison Square Garden Security
Patrick Ewing got stopped multiple times by security at MSG and he wasn’t happy at all.
How are you going to treat someone like a stranger in their own house?? At the very least, if you see a 7ft guy in the Garden you’ve got to at least assume you should know who they are.
"I thought this was my building. … Everybody in this building should know who the hell I am."
Patrick Ewing was upset after he said he got stopped multiple times by security at Madison Square Garden. pic.twitter.com/r6DN9JITG8
— Sporting News (@sportingnews) March 11, 2021
CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT
Matthew McConaughey May Run for Governor of Texas
MM is trying to figure out what to do with his life now, and said on a podcast that he’d give serious consideration to running for Governor of his home state.
Hey dude, anything to get you out of the movies.
Alright.
Kanye Ghosting Kim
Kanye changed his number and instructed Kim to contact him through his security team from now on.
What do the rest of us need to do to get you to ghost us, Kanye?
The Weeknd Boycotting Grammys ForEvr.
The artist known as The Weeknd won’t allow his record company to submit any of his music to the Grammys and blames secret committees for unfairness. Uh oh, looks like someone didn’t get nominated.
Weeknd? More like weak sauce.
Steve O Celebrates 13 Clean Years
The legendary Jackass Steve O celebrated thirteen years of sobriety by reimagining a photo he took in 2006.
In other news, Bam hasn’t spent a sober minute in 13 years.
Seth Rogen's Weed Site Couldn't Handle the Huge Demand
Things are back up and running now, but Seth Rogen’s budding new business “Houseplant” had such high demand that the company’s website just melted down.
Luckily most of his customers were too high to notice.
Trailer for Tina Turner Rockumentary is Out
Spoiler alert: After she breaks up with Ike, her life gets much better but her music gets much worse.
Jerry Lee Lewis and 7th Wife Renew Vows
The legendary rocker is 85 and decided to celebrate his 9th anniversary with his wife by reaffirming their commitment to each other.
The secret to their success? He’s too old to kill her.
Who Wants Movie Themed Food!? Jaws Dog! Delorean Churros! And More!
Universal Studios Japan is celebrating its 20th year with foods created to celebrate some of Universal’s finest and most famous films. Like Jaws! ET! And Backdraft?
Finally another reason not to go to Japan.
Netflix is Cracking Down on the Password Sharing
Netflix has been lenient for years but now they’re testing some ways to prevent password sharing.
Better tell you ex now, it’s time to cut the cord before Netflix cuts it for you.
Donald Trump Has Downgraded to Teeny Jet
Okay its big for us but compared to His old Trump plane and Air Force One its positively microscopic.
Lot of people are saying this is actually the biggest jet they’ve ever seen. We love this big beautiful jet.
Masked Singer’s Snail Reveal is The Dumbest Reveal in TV History
A frog inside a snail? Um what? They need to keep pulling off masks.
We’re a year in to a global pandemic and yet this is reason this feel like we’re living in a dystopian hellscape.
TRENDING
VIRAL VIRAL
Scientists Propose to Send a Sort of Noah's Ark for Humanity to the Moon
A new paper published at the University of Arizona proposes sending sperm and ova samples for every specials on the planet. 6.7 million sperm and egg samples would be buried in a capsule beneath the surface of the moon, where they’ll be safer in case they are ever needed to repopulate this planet or another one.
They came up with this idea after visiting Seth Rogen’s site crashed.
STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS
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