Wednesday December 21: Daily Links

WEDNESDAY 12.21
NEWS STORIES
Andrew Cuomo Dines Out With Kellyanne Conway
Monday night Cuomo and Conway, who are not friends or allies as far as we know, had dinner in NYC at Il Postino. They did not comment on the reason for their tet a tet.
If this is to set up a reboot of the Odd Couple, count us in.
Stanford Releases List of Hurtful Words
The right leaners who hate anything woke are up in arms after Stanford released some terms that are insensitive that we should try to stop using. They also shared suggested replacements.
The N word should now be referred to as the word that comes after M.
Bomb Cyclone Coming in Time for Christmas Travel
Anyone planning on traveling for Christmas this week had better check the weather channel because large parts of the country will be facing a bomb cyclone. A what? Oh that’s a rapidly forming badass storm that meets certain latitudinal requirements, but it has nothing to do with bombs or cyclones.
Hey Stanford, can we get a better word for this?
more stories coming soon
King Charles is So Money
We’ve got our first photos of the new UK currency featuring King Charles III.
This looks like the British version of Monopoly money. Can you even buy Baltic with this?
Two Arrested in Ring Doorbell Swatting Scheme
Two men from different states have been charged with hacking into Ring Doorbell cameras so they would watch the action after swatting the homeowners by sending the police to their houses based on fake 911 calls.
This is the dumbest Black Mirror episode ever.
Elon Musk's Twitter Poll Backfired
Musk said he would step down if Twitter voters said that’s what they wanted, and he placed a poll on his Twitter account. Last week he used the same type of vote to decide to allow Donald Trump back on Twitter. Well, the votes went against him, and now he’s decided that only paying Twitter users should get to vote.
Why didn’t you ask them if you should go fix Tesla?
SPORTS
Lionel Messi Went to Sleep With His World Cup Trophy
An adorable photo of Lionel Messi snuggling with his world cup prize is all over the internet today after he posted it on his Instagram.
Hey where’s his wife?
CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT
Almost Famous Closing on Broadway
Cameron Crowe’s broadway adaptation of his beloved film only opened on Broadway a little over a month ago, but they’ve already announced that the curtain will come down in January.
Don’t worry. Next year it will be out as a coloring book.
Cecily Strong Explains Her SNL Departure
“I’m sorry I’ve been a little quiet about it publicly,” Strong added about her “SNL” exit. “I didn’t want the extra pressure on something already so emotional for me. And I’m so grateful I got to have these wonderful past six shows to help me ease into it and get to meet and laugh and probably overly hug [new cast members] Molly, Marcello, Devon, and Michael who I think are not only brilliantly funny but really great humans. I am ready to go, but I’ll always know home is here.” she said. Her last show was a surprise, but we already knew she wasn’t going to finish out the season, because she said so last season with a tearful announce.
Enough with the goodbyes already. Just go.
more stories coming soon
Lea Michele Helps Funny Girl Break a Record
Last week’s performances of Funny Girl brought in over $2 million which breaks the box office record for the theater where the show is running.
It also helped that she sucked all the money out of Almost Famous
Yellowstone's 1923 is Already a Big Hit
The premiere of the Yellowstone prequel, 1923 starring Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren got a great start with big ratings.
Okay but he still can’t act.
STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS
Kiddults Are Buying All the Toys
According to a report, the biggest source of growth in the toy industry is adults buying toys for themselves.
Kids are playing with iPads and adults want all the toys.
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