Wednesday June 30: Daily Links

WEDNESDAY 6.30


NEWS STORIES

 



The Delta Varian Is Causing New Restrictions All Over The World

The spread of Covid’s Delta variant is causing new lockdowns all over the world. The variant is 60% more transmissible and is becoming the dominant strain. This will not stop White Boy Summer in America, bank on that.

Read more at the Washington Post.


Brain Implant Detects And Kills Pain

The NYU School of Medicine has created a brain implant that kills the sensation of pain when it occurs. These scientists will be assassinated in no time by Big Pharma

Read more at Singularity Hub.


In 2020, Americans Were Phone Scammed to the Tune of $30 Billion

That amount is nearly triple the 2019 numbers. The study found that males aged 35 to 44 were the most scammed among those polled.

Well, at least they don’t have to worry about the warranty on their car anymore.

Read more at CNBC


Conspiracy Alert: We the Pepe Sees Trump in Oval Office Reflection

A Telegram account “We The Pepe,” said he can see Trumps reflection in a photo of Biden in the Oval Office, proving that Trump is in charge.

Odd that Trump didn’t bring this up during his speech the other day.

Read more at dailydot.

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The New York Times Breaks Down The Fall Of The Yang Gang

The New York Times did a deep dive on the cluster fuck that was Andrew Yang’s Mayoral bid for New York City. Mostly bad timing, the city reopening and the rise in crime crushed him. Oh also the bodega thing, his favorite subway answer and pretending to like Jay Z. That didn’t help either.

Read more at The New York Times.


Cali Migration to Austin Labeled a Frenzy

So many people are moving from California to Austin, Texas that the housing market can’t keep up.

Joe Rogan- modern day pied piper.

Read more at SFChronicle.



SPORTS



Senator Herschel Walker?

According to Trump the former USFL and NFL player plans to run for Senate in Georgia.

“He told me he’s going to, and I think he will. I had dinner with him a week ago. He’s a great guy. He’s a patriot,” Trump said. “I think he’d win. I think it would be very, very hard to beat Herschel. They have the ballads, they made ballads to Herschel. They still sing them all the time. So I think beating him would be very tough. And I think he’s going to run.”

It will be the first time that Walker has run in decades.

Read more at Politico.


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CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



Andy Dick Arrested For Assaulting a Man With a Deadly Chair

Dick was charged with assault with a deadly weapon after he allegedly attacked a man with a metal chair. The details were revealed by his girlfriend Elisa on her YouTube show.

His name is dick and its also his lifestyle. #onceadickalwaysadick

Read more at PageSix.


NSA Says Tucker Carlson Has Never Been an Intelligence Target

Carlson is convinced that he’s been spied upon by the NSA but they say absolutely not.

In other words, Tuck, they don’t care about you either.

Read more at mediaite.


Real Doll Makes First Elderly Man Sex Bot

Real Doll has created the first older man sex doll for their clients who have a daddy fetish. You can even throw a diaper on him if you’re into that.

Read more at the Sun.


Elvis Costello Fine with Olivia Rodrigo Borrowing Pump It Up

Billy Edwards posted on Twitter that Rodrigo’s new song “Brutal,” is a lift from Elvis Costello. Costello brushed it off. “This is fine by me, Billy. It’s how rock and roll works. You take the broken pieces of another thrill and make a brand new toy. That’s what I did. #subterreaneanhomesickblues #toomuchmonkeybusiness”

Proving once again, that Elvis Costello is cooler than the rest of us.

Read more at thewrap.


Can You Guess Who This Statue Is?

A brand new shiny statue graces the entrance to the highline, but what you might not realize at first glance is that its a likeness of Elon Musk watching his rocket take off.

NYers are excited about their first public sidewalk toilet.

Read more at designtaxi.


Transgender Woman Makes History; Wins Title of Miss Nevada

Kataluna Enriquez will be the first transgender woman to compete in the Miss America Pageant.

At least. the first one that we know of.

Read more at NBCnews.com.


Create Your Dream Reese's Cup at Hershey Park

A new Stuff Your Cup experience lets you create your own custom Reese’s blending all kinds of toppings into your peanut butter to fill a 1 lb chocolate shell.

Maybe we were better off when we were locked down.

Read more at food and wine.



TRENDING




VIRAL VIRAL



Boston Dynamics Robots Synchronized Dance to BTS

It’s like synchronized swimming but without water or people.

Esther Williams is rolling over in her watery grave.


Heineckan Robot Cooler Follows You Around

It’s like R2d2 with beer.

The time of robot slavery has begun. Countdown to robot uprising starts now.


Yes, Little Caesars Pizzas Are Also Made From Powdered Everything

First we saw how hotel eggs get made, and then got skeeved out seeing KFCs mashed potatoes get stirred together. Now a Little Caesars pizza employee shows off the powder that becomes crust and sauce.

This is exactly how you make pizza in the Pizza Hut oven you got when you were 7.

@tye_pearson

making sauce at little ceasers! #fyp #littlecaesarspizza #pizzasauce

♬ Fast – Sueco the Child

@tye_pearson

making dough at little ceasers #foryoupage #dough #littleceaserspizza

♬ G.A.B – Gill (길) / BoA (宝儿)


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Aussie Woman Wakes Up From Tonsillectomy With Foreign Accent Syndrome

She went in talking like Crocodile Dundee and came out like The Quiet Man.

The perfect excuse for cultural appropriation.

@angie.mcyen

Day 4: I woke up with an Irish accent 4 days ago. I grew up in Australia, never been to Ireland. #foryou #fyp #foreignaccentsyndrome

♬ original sound – angie.mcyen



STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS



Celebs Who Played Shitty Versions of Themselves

Cracked.com took a list at the brave souls who allowed themselves to be written into film and tv as douchebags.

How about the Entire Gary Shandling guest list?

Read more at cracked.



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