Tuesday May 18: Daily Links

TUESDAY 5.18
NEWS STORIES
Goldbelly is Booming and Restaurants Like DiFara's Are Loving It
Goldbelly plans to announce this week that it has raised $100 million in new funding. The pandemic has given the company a big boost as well as restaurants that can now operate nationwide.
It costs $89 to order to small pizzas from DiFara on Goldbelly but that hasn’t stopped people from buying so many pizzas that the restaurant converted one of their locations into a Goldbelly production line.
Great news for DiFara’s, rough news for Brooklyn Pizza lovers.
Yang Rating Tanking
A new poll says Andrew Yang’s numbers are dropping (by half since March!) and Eric Adams has taken the lead.
His campaign slogan is “the more you know me, the less you like me.”
Tik Tok Star Horrified; High School Teach Follows Her Only Fans
Rara Knupps is not happy that her high school teacher wrote her on OnlyFans saying he ‘always knew’ she ‘was something special’
Could be worse, could be the janitor.
KFC's New Chicken Popsicle
If you don’t want to get your fingers dirty while eating fried chicken, this new chicken popsicle is for you.
The worst thing about KFC has never been the fork and knife.
Just launched In Singapore; the new @kfc Popsicle. They are available in two flavors: BBQ Cheese and Mala. #INorOUT #Hotline @onaircoop @SteveBishopV100 @bradhowe07 @WSAZirr @KitchenBitz pic.twitter.com/fOu1JDBBkG
— Dave Weekley (@weekley) May 12, 2021
Spongebob Movie IRL: Man Raising Snails to Keep You Young
A man is raising 60,000 snails to harvest their slime for an anti-aging soap.
The worst thing is, you end up smelling like garlic butter. Or is that the best thing?
Ready to Weigh in For Your Flight?
In the interests of safety, US Airlines are considering weighing in passengers before they board flights.
Hey, if the extended seat belt doesn’t keep these folks off a plane, your scale won’t either.
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Curtis Sliwa Challenges the Rest of the Mayoral Candidates to Join Him on 24 hour Subway Ride
Yang Gang come out and playyyyy-yay!
In honor of #NYC subways fully reopening, come ride the subways with me for 24 hours straight
I'm extending a personal invitation to all of the Democratic candidates to join me @AndrewYang @ericadamsfornyc @mayawiley @KGforNYC @RayForMayor @scottmstringer pic.twitter.com/xWehyQXSYl
— Curtis Sliwa for NYC Mayor (@CurtisSliwa) May 17, 2021
SPORTS
Lions Coach Really Wants a Lion To Motivate the Team
The coach of the Detroit Lions said he would really like to have a lion on a “big ass chain” to walk around with during practice. He would motivate players by having the Lion trained to take a dump on command and just be an all around badass. He promised he would take great care of it.
“It would be fed well, it would be petted, it would be manicured. I may end up losing an arm because of it, but that would be even better because it would validate — this is a freakin’ creature. This is an animal, this is from the wild.”
Dude, you missed your calling. You belong in hip hop.
Shit Goes South When Wrestler Sets Crotch on Fire
Indy wrestler JJ Allin set his crotch on fire, and normally things go pretty well. Not this time. Things went wrong, and his water crew wasn’t there to put him out. He’s suffered two second degree burns on his legs, which under the circumstances, seems pretty lucky
And somehow he still made this boring.
My favorite part of this INSANE video is the way I captured Steve at the end. I’m cackling pic.twitter.com/dYrRRHwiVW
— Ally (she/they) 💞 (@blazexx3) May 15, 2021
Impressive Kegstand aka Olympic Athlete Breastfeeding
Olympic Snowboarder Torah Bright posted an athletically impressive breastfeeding photo, and of course, some people are pissed about it.
Scan Instagram comments to find all the “what if my child saw this” and the “she should stand on her head in a bathroom to stall to feed her baby!”.
Mets Kevin Pillar Takes Terrifying 94 Mile an Hour Pitch the Face
As mad as you are that you just watched this gruesome video… don’t make it about yourself. It’s Pillar who just had his nose explode.
Scary scene at Truist Park after Mets player Kevin Pillar gets hit in the face with a pitch. pic.twitter.com/LriIV4ESB5
— Bally Sports South (@BallySportsSO) May 18, 2021
Braves Pitcher Broke His Hand Punching Dugout Bench
Huascar Ynoa was pissed that he allowed five earned runs in 4 innings and took it out on a bench in the visitors dugout. Now he broke his hand and he’ll be out for several months.
The team would have been better off if you had done this before the game.
Bob Baffert Banned in Belmont
Baffert can not enter any horses at any racetracks in the state of NY.
The real story is, how did he get to work the Preakness?
NYC Marathon 2021 Will Happen!
The world’s most famous marathon is a go this Fall but only at 60% capacity.
Too bad, I was really looking forward to running this year.
CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT
Rick Schroder Doesn’t Really Apologize
After a Costco confrontation went Viral, Rick Shroeder went on Instagram to “apologize” for his behavior. He’s sorry he hurt the Costco managers feelings, and he’s sorry if he offended single mothers (that’s an entire other story), oh and he doesn’t want to see the US end up like Rhodesia where white people live in fear.
This may be the only pro-rhodesia rant in existence.
Kurt Cobain's Hair Sold at Auction
Six strands of Kurt Cobain’s hair sold at auction for $14k.
I know this seems expensive, but wait till you see the clones.
Courtney Love Says Pam and Tommy Series is Vile
Love posted on Facebook saying she finds the series outrageous saying that sex tape destroyed her best friend Pam’s life.
All movies based on the truth are. You know they make movies based on murder victims right? Oh yeah you knew that.
Watch Pearl Jam Play in a Tower Records in 1991 in Yonkers
About 3 months after releasing Ten, but still 9 months before they became famous, Pearl Jam played a Tower Records in Yonkers.
On the road to stardom, sometimes you end up lost in Yonkers.
John Oliver Accuses Israel of War Crimes
A clip from this week’s episode of “Last Week Tonight” has gone viral after the show’s host accused Israel of War Crimes. He said, “both sides are firing rockets, but one side has one of the most advanced militaries in the world. Both sides are suffering heartbreaking casualties, but one side is suffering them exponentially,”
How could anyone have this much confidence when he works one hour a week?
By far, the most scathing critic of Israel I have I ever seen. It’s happening.
The dam is cracking. #Palestine pic.twitter.com/4MyKsQw0gY— Abier Khatib (@abierkhatib) May 17, 2021
SNL Ratings Hit All Time Low
With just 3.5 million viewers, SNL had a rough week.
Sounds like we need Bill Gates to host the finale.
NBC will Have Zero Half Hour Comedies on its Lineup
This will be the First Time in 50 Years, that NBC has nothing to offer in comedy.
Read the room, NBC. We’ve dealt with enough drama in our real lives this year.
John Travolta and Bruce Willis to Costar for the Their First Film Together Since Pulp Fiction
If it’s anything like their recent films it’s sure to be two thumbs up.
Just don’t go to the bathroom without your gun this time, Travolta.
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American Harry Potter
Someone used deep fake tech to create a Harry Potter trailer with American actors.
Hand to god, never thought someone could make Harry Potter worse.
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