Wednesday June 2: Daily Links

WEDNESDAY 6.2


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Hackers Target Meat Producers and Could Cause Shortages

The meat hoarding and price gouging begins…in 3, 2, 1 after hackers targeted meat producers.

We’re all for hacking the planet but not if it costs us our cheeseburgers!

Read more at arstechnica


Russian Agent Says Giuliani Was Very Useful

Well, that’s the first time anyone has ever said that.

Read more at The Daily Beast.


NYC Records ZERO Covid Deaths on Monday

This is the first time since August that the city had a day with no Covid deaths.

And in other news 113 people were stabbed to death.

Read more at mediaite.


The Name Karen Plummeted on List of Baby Names

Nobody wants a karen for a kid. The name held the 660 spot on the Social Security Administration rankings but now after a year of negative association with the name, it sits at #831. The last name to drop this far was Katrina.

Oddly the female name CUNT is holding steady.

Read more at The Daily Beast.


Get a Vaccine, Win Guns and Trucks!!

The State of West Virginia knows how to appeal to vaccine hold outs- they’re offering a raffle where the newly vaccinated could win a pick up truck, a lifetime fishing and hunting license, or even a shiny new rifle.

Oh, and also, free marriage license for you and your cousin.

Read more at MSN.


Twitter Hates Glass Bottom Pool

The London Embassy Gardens Swimming Pool is Absolutely Terrifying and Twitter responding to opening day photos with a very strong No.

One hundred feet in the air with a glass bottom, even more than the average hotel pool, you don’t want to know how much pee is in there…

Read more at indy100.


Matt Gaetz Duped into Honoring Lee Harvey Oswald

A twitter user reached out to Matt Gaetz and asked him to retweet a photo of his “grandpa”. He wrote, “Congressman, my grandpa’s a big fan of yours and is a veteran, he would be thrilled if you could RT this photo of him for Memorial Day. Here he is as a young Private First Class.”

Gaetz retweeted the words and the photo, even adding “it’s my honor to retweet the photo of a veteran on a day we remember his fallen friends. God bless your grandfather.”

The photo was Lee Harvey Oswald, and not the tweeter’s grandpa.

Candace Owen, upset by the prank, complained that it’s wrong to photoshop someone into a veteran’s uniform.

Well..he was a veteran. And according to the warren commission a pretty great shot.

Read more at rawstory.


LA Experimenting with Possibility of Free Public Transit

Most people are afraid of it ever since the movie Speed.

Read more at slate.



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CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



Ellie Kemper was the Queen of the Historically Racist Ball

An unearthed article shows Ellie Kemper was once the queen of the “Veiled Prophet Ball” a historically racist event for rich white people.

This would have made for an interesting backstory for Kimmy Schmitt.

Read more at buzzfeednews.


Enjoy David Lynch Losing His Shit

An unearthed video shows Lynch popping off after being told he should cut the length of a Twin Peaks scene.

With all due respect to Lynch… some or those Dougie scenes needed to be trimmed down. All the way down.

Read more at digg.


Don Jr. Making Cameo Bank at $500 a Pop

What do you get for $500 on Cameo? The weirdo son of a former president thanking you for going after the liberals and the crazies.

What’s going on? Trumps need money?

Read more at The Sun

https://www.cameo.com/v/60b3b6e797e515001da7b681

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Marvel Pissed About Threesome Kiss

There are reports that Marvel execs have reprimanded director Taika Waititi, after a three way kiss with Rita Ora and Tessa Thompson hit the media last week.

Sorry nerds. Some adults have sex.

Read more at Barstool.


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Karma Catches Up With Asshole Boaters

A group of boaters flying a Pride flag was harassed by other boaters in Washington State over the weekend. The douche-boat was racing around the LGBTQ vessel, shouting gay slurs, giving the finger, roughing up the waters. And then, in an act of perfect Karma, the bully boat literally blew up. A witness claims one boater even shit his pants. The offending boaters actually had to swim to the pride boat for help. No one was injured.

And so starts the best gay porn of the 1980’s.

Read more at rawstory.


Teen Shoves Bear to Protect her Dogs

Well this beats the Davey Crockett song to shit.

@bakedlikepie

My cousin Hailey yeeted a bear off her fence today and saved her dogs. How was your Memorial Day?! (WTF?!) #ohno #badass #brave #fight #bear

♬ Oh No – Kreepa



STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS



Some Employees Would Rather Quit Than Go Back to Working in an Office Full Time

First we found out waitstaff and convenience store workers would rather quit than go back to those shitty jobs. Now new studies show that office workers feel the same.

You think you hated useless zoom meetings just wait to till you are reminded about useless in person meetings.

Read more at bloomberg.com.


Eater Picks the Best Gas Station Snacks by Region

Even when you’re on road and hungry enough to eat at a gas station, it doesn’t have to be horrible. Just say no to 7-11 hotdogs.

Read more at eater.


Paste 30 Best Albums of 1991

Paste editors voted on the best albums of 1991 and- no surprise- came up with Nirvana’s Nevermind in the top slot.

Hey, they’re really late with this article. This guy really missed his deadline. By about 30 years.

Read more at Paste.



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