Thursday January 27: Daily Links

THURSDAY 1.27


NEWS STORIES

 



New Zealand PM Chased Down by Anti Vaxxers

Even Auckies aren’t immune from the post covid insanity. The NZ PM was in a car chase by anti vax protestors.

We haven’t forgot all that humble bragging about how you guys handled Covid so much better than everyone else.

Read more at The Guardian


Pope Gives the Okay to Be Nice to Your Gay Kids

The Pope told parents they should not condemn their kids if they have different sexual orientations. He added that the church can support civil union laws even if same sex marriage was off the table.

Now you say it?

Read more at Reuters


Anxiety Tech Biz is Booming

Glow globes and rocks that play sound are just a few of the offerings coming from Anxiety tech companies that promise to help solve your anxiety problems.

How much is the snake oil?

Read more at Washington Post


McDonalds Takes the Menu Hack Mainstream

The internet loves to talk about fast food secret menu items that you can order even though they’re not on the official list of items for sale. So McDonalds is embracing the trend by offering four hacks including one that combines a Big Mac, chicken and filet of fish into a Land Air and Sea sandwich.

Yeah. Hack is the right world.

Read more at fox5ny.


Is Russia Backing Down In The Ukraine?

Russia just said that war is unacceptable and they’ll be meeting the Ukraine in Paris in the next couple of weeks. They must have remembered they are not the USSR anymore.

Read more at the Guardian.


Reddit Shuts Down Subreddit antiwork After Mod Shows Up On Fox News

A mod of Reddit’s r/antiwork went on Fox News, was mocked out, then started banning people in the sub afterwords and they ended up shutting it down. It’s back up now and the mods agreed they will not do any more press. So the mods are going to do less work? This tracks.

Read more at Digg.

Statement /r/Antiwork from antiwork



SPORTS



Chiefs Fans Raise $200k For Bills QB Fund in Memory of His Grandmother

It took just 24 hours for thousands of KC Chiefs fans to raise money for a charity named after Josh Allen’s grandmother after the Chiefs beat the Bills in OT

Okay so why don’t your cities get a room and continue this love fest in private.

Read more at people.


Big Ben Retires - Big Rape Immediately Starts Trending

Big Ben is officially done with the NFL, he’s retired. And then Big Rape started trending right after his announcement. When Peyton retired, Big Head trended which indicates a slightly different legacy.

https://twitter.com/search?q=%22Big%20Rape%22&src=trend_click&vertical=trends


Bills Kicker Didn't Know He Was Supposed To Squib The Kick

Word is the Bills kicker wasn’t in the huddle when the decision was made to squib the kick off with thirteen seconds left against the Chiefs so he just kicked a touchback. The Bills need to stay away from kicking altogether, never works out for them.

Watch it all on Tik Tok.

@cover_1_

The #Bills coaches failed

♬ original sound – Cover 1


SoFi Stadium Is Going To Be Stacked With 49ers Fans

Early projections are showing that there will be even more 49ers fans at the game in LA this Sunday then there were when these teams last met. Not sure if Stafford or his wife are going to be more pissed about this.

Read more at KNBR.


Brett Favre Weighs In On Rodgers Situation

Brett Favre doesn’t see Rodgers returning to the Packers next season and has said as much. Rodgers will hopefully follow in Favre’s footsteps and get exposed for sending a butthole pic to an assistant coach.

Read more at Bleacher Report.



CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



Amy Schneider's Win Streak on Jeopardy Ends

Trans contestant Amy Schneider seemed unstoppable but after 40 consecutive wins and winnings totalling $1,382,800, its over.

On the plus side, now you can stop cringing at dinner every night hearing all your elderly relatives tell you how confused they are.

Read more at NY Times


Minnie Mouse Takes Off the Red Dress

She’s a modern mouse, and a modest mouse and from now on she’ll be sporting a pantsuit instead of that silly dress.

Tucker’s right. They’re trying to take away our cartoon characters’ fuckability.

Read more at NY Post


Everything You Wanted to Know About that New Amy Schumer Series

Schumer created, directed, produced and stars in a new Hulu series, Life & Beth. Violet Young will play her character’s younger teenage self. Michael Rapapport will play her father. In the series Beth has a perfect life, but everything changes when an incident forces her to confront her younger life.

Wasn’t it 5 minutes ago that Amy Schumer was a teenager?

Read more at Deadline


Binge or Bust? Will You Watch Netflix Star Studded Murderville?

A new trailer dropped for a new Netflix show thats full of stars and is going to be 100% improvisation.

Murderville. It’s located somewhere between Larrydavidtown and Chrisguest City.


It’s the Age of Dicks in Flix

Male nudity in movies is hot hot hot. Untidy in movies used to always mean women but now the boys are baring it all. Bradley Cooper and Benedict Cumberbatch both when full nude in Oscar nominated films this year and thats just the tip of this iceberg.

Don’t get too excited. 95 percent is still done for the joke. Dicks are hilarious.

Read more at WSJ


Prince Andrew Wants a Jury Trial

Andrew had filed documents requesting a jury in the trail alleging he sexually abused Virginia Guffre.

First they need to find 12 billionaires from a royal family for the jury of his peers.

Read more at CNN


McCauley Culkin Has a Kid and Now He’s Engaged

Culkin is marrying his girlfriend Brenda Song, after the birth of their first child.

He promises never to leave the kid home alone. Ba-dum-bum.

Read more at People


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The Yellow M&M is Aladdin Sane

M&Ms, ever evolving are releasing some album inspired packaging and the Yellow M&M is cosplaying as Bowie.

How current.

Read more at design taxi.


Britney Showed Tits, Ass and Vaj, on Instagram and Now, Revealing Even MORE…

It wasn’t enough to get naked on the Gram, Britney wants to show us EVERYTHING, so now she’s sharing X-rays.

Inside Nudes. It’s the most intimate you can get.


When Celebrities Get Together, Someone’s Got to Be the More Famous One

In every celebrity couple, there’s one who is the superstar. Buzzfeed wants to know who you think is more famous in these celeb-couples.

Let’s see them do the Obamas

Read more at buzzfeed



VIRAL & TRENDING



Woman Takes Pic of Mark Ruffalo Taking a Pic of Her shoes

How meta. Hope someone got a pic of her taking the picture of him taking her picture.


Heidecker Asks Important Music Question

Is the drummer/drum sound on Desire the best drummer/drum sound to have ever been recorded?

Great question but can you find a better word than drummer drum sound?



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