Thursday October 7: Daily Links

THURSDAY 10.7


NEWS STORIES

 



Zodiac Killer Found, Cause of Death Released

Cold case solved- the infamous Zodiac Killer has been found, dead not alive. His cause of death was determined to be sepsis. The Case Breakers who claim to have solved the case say Gary Francis Poste is the famed killer who was connected to at least 5 murders in the late sixties but eluded authorities for almost 50 years.

So there’s hope, said Brian Laundrie, from somewhere in a swamp.

Read more at TMZ


SpaceX, Amazon Accused of Being Astrocolonialists

Those who use the stars to navigate, or to contemplate are unhappy with the new mega constellations caused by satellites and other commercial space traffic. There is concern that the indigenous traditions that depend on use of the natural night sky are threatened by these new night lights.

We’ve put up with McDonalds billboards for our entire lives, and they don’t provide broadband or tv service. Chalk this one up as another lost cause.

Read more at Vice.


Far Right News Network Funded By AT&T

It looks like independent news network OAN isn’t so independent. The far right leaning news platform, which has been highly instrumental in spreading Covid conspiracy theories, was founded with funding from AT&T. Reuters says AT&T has contributed tens of millions of dollars to the network.

Sooo AT&T is antivax?

Read more at The Wrap


Seattle Decriminalizes Psychedelics

Natural Psychedelics can now be consumed, shared, and noncommercially produced in Seattle without fear of prosecution. That includies “any living, fresh, dried, or processed plant or fungal material, including teas or powders, that may contain currently scheduled or analog psychoactive indolamines, tryptamines, or phenethylamines, including, but not limited to, psilocybin mushrooms, ayahuasca tea, mescaline, and iboga.”

Groovy.

Read more at reason.


Gorilla Dies in the Arms of Her Rescuer After 14 Years

A gorilla in the Congo was rescued as an infant and fourteen years later, took her last breath in the embrace of the man who rescued her. A photo of Ndakasi and her caretaker went viral.

Read more at Fox 5 NY.

He brought her into this world and now he’s taking her out.

Read more at fox5


Twitch Data Leak Reveals What Twitch Creators Are Making

A Twitch user data leak has revealed what the top creators for the streaming video site are making. Who knew you could make $5 million a year streaming yourself playing Dungeons & Dragons?

Read more at Barstool.


Alex Murdaugh's Law Firm Is Suing Him For Stealing Client's Funds

Alex Murdaugh’s law firm is now suing him for stealing money from a bunch of their clients and misappropriating funds. Still no murder charge which all in all is good news for Alex.

Read more at CNN.



SPORTS



Fire Alarm at Bucks Game Forces Evacuation

Fans had to be removed from the arena at the Milwaukee Bucks pre-season opener after a fire alarm went off .The Bucks were ahead of the Memphis Grizzlies by ten points when the alert sounded ending the night early.

Alright, which one of you Grizzlies pulled the fire alarm to get out of a loss?

Read more at mediaite.


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CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



Organizations Denounce Dave Chappelle's New Netflix Special

GLAAD has spoken out against The Closer and others like the National Black Justice Coalition have demanded that Netflix remove Chappelle’s new hour from their platform. And an EP for the series Dear White People says he’s done with Netflix. The anger is in response to anti-transgender content in the special and Chappelle’s complaints that he is being bullied by gay rights organizations.

Fans of Chappelle are not worried about the complaints– there’s still another 19,000 specials by Dave on Netflix.

Read more at Deadline.

‘Dear White People’ EP “Done’ With Netflix Over Dave Chappelle’s New “Transphobic” Special; Comic Lambasted By GLAAD For “Ridiculing” Trans & LGBTQ+ Communities – Update


Britney Spears Has a New Baby

The Pop Star is very excited to share with her followers a new addition to her family. “I had a baby y’all … I will be taking some time off shooting at home every day !!! Her nursery is beautiful and her name is Brennan … we even look alike !!!”

The baby is a real doll.

Insiders say she’s already looking into establishing a conservatorship to protect her new “daughter” from making poor choices in life.


Barry Manilow Could Beat Elvis

The legendary singer has booked 105 shows in Vegas from now through 2023, which will set him up to break a record set and held by The King, Elvis Presley for Vegas performances. Elvis performed 837 consecutive shows in Vegas.

Woaah Barry. 2023 is a long way off. Let’s wait and see before we go handing over titles.

Read more at Showbiz 411.


Hollywood Crew Members Vote To Strike Across The Country

Hollywood’s IATSE Union has overwhelmingly voted to strike which would shut down film and tv productions around the country. Now how will we get new murderino content? Something needs to be done here.

Read more at Business Insider.



VIRAL & TRENDING



Mel Magazine Talks to the Big Brother Contestant Who Launched a Million Spittakes

Elissa Slater’s infamous spit take on Season 15 of Big Brother became a meme that went around the internet and back several times over. She loves the gif, but regrets one thing. “I just wish I got paid for it,” she told Mel Magazine in a recent interview. “It’s the one thing of mine that’s gone viral, so I need to learn how to capitalize on it. Because everyone uses it, which benefits Giphy and Twitter and all those platforms, yet I don’t make any money from it.”

Read more at mel magazine.

See the origin of the spittake around 50 seconds.



STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS



Study Says Class Clowns May Be the Smartest in School

A new study reports that young people with strong verbal reasoning skills excel at being funny.

Yeah because you have to be pretty smart to fart on cue.

Read more at Study Finds.



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