Wednesday May 17 Daily Links

WEDNESDAY 5.17


NEWS STORIES

 



Scientists Discover Comet Which Could Be the Source of Earth's Water

A mysterious comet surrounded with H20 vapor was spotted using the James Webb telescope. Some astronomers have theorized that this could be the reason Earth has water.

Never mind that. This would be a great place for the NHL to do an annual game.

Read more at Daily Mail


Dems Start Process to Oust Santos

A resolution submitted starts the clock on a two day countdown to a vote. A two thirds majority could result in Santos being booted from congress. And nobody really wants to vote to save Santos, but on the other hand GOP reps don’t want to go against the party.

Just remember Santos has a right to prove his guilt.

Read more at axios.


L.A. Dispensaries Move On to Mushrooms

California is debating decriminalizing magic mushrooms but Los Angeles dispensaries aren’t waiting. Many shops openly sell them now.

And we are two years away from cocaine.

Read more at LA Times


Ancient Tablet Has Hebrew Writing Before There Was Hebrew Writing

An ancient artifact that is believed to be from the 13th century or earlier contains hebrew writing that says “You are cursed by the God.’ What’s most remarkable about the discovery is that its believed to have been written at least 200 years before the hebrew language is believed to have been invented.

It also gave a review of Shelly Berman’s new show.

Read more at Jerusalem Post


Wars Since 911 Responsible For Almost 5 Million Deaths

About a million have died directly from post-9/11 wars, and another 3.5 million indirect deaths were likely caused by those wars through environmental contamination, economic collapse, infrastructure destruction and reverberation of all of the above.

And there’s not a news network covering it.

Read more at washington post.




SPORTS



Jackson Mahomes Sucks

More details have come out about Jackson in some new court papers and they’re not very flattering.

The most the shocking thing is it was a woman he was harassing.

Read more at barstool


Stephen A Smith Calls Ben Smith a Sorry Trifling Ass

Smith did not approve of Smith trolling the 76ers and the City of Philadelphia. Simmons had posted a photo that seemed to show him enjoying watching the sixers lose. “The only thing worse than James Harden was that sorry, trifling ass Ben Simmons,” Smith said. “How the hell are you gonna say something about any basketball player?”

Well you just set Ben’s mental health back two years

Read more at mediaite.


Pat McAfee Show Gets an ESPN Slot

Big promotion for the Pat McAfee podcast, which has enjoyed a lot of attention since Aaron Rodgers started showing up weekly. ESPN has picked up the show

Wait till they find out Aaron Rodgers is gonna be on the FAN now.

Read more at awful announcing



Behold the Tomb of Pele

It’s been awhile since anyone’s had a tomb like this. Pele’s final resting place is open to the public and features a golden sarcophagus, astroturf, murals of fans and lifesize statues.

And they also buried eight of his servants alive with him.

Read more at TMZ


CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



New Doc Covers Britney After the Conservatorship

TMZ Investigates: Britney Spears, The Price of Freedom, is an hour long doc that exposed some shockers about Britney Spears after she was “freed” from her conservatorship. The revelations, if true, are troubling.

Starting to seem like her dad’s a saint.

Read more at NY Post.


Martha Stewart is a SI Swimsuit Issue Covergirl?

All the celebs are cheering Martha! Martha! Martha!

Finally, we found a new Betty White.

Read more at People.


Writers are the New Luddites?

Part of what the writers are up against in Hollywood right now is the fight against emerging technologies. Its a world where AI can conceivably take their jobs and write out scripts, making writers obsolete.

Any AI that’s smart enough to write a script should also be able to run a studio.

Read more at The Atlantic


Tonys are On

It looked like the Tony Awards were not happening this year, but late Monday night, a breakthrough in negotiations with the WGA means the show will go on and it will be televised.

And this means a lot to weird theater kids in the tri state.

Read more at THR


Blackberry Movie is Moving Tix

A little movie about the rise and fall of the blackberry phone is a hit at the box office cracking into the top ten. The comedy stars Jay Baruchel

I can’t wait till the movie about beepers

Read more at Deadline.


The Stars Are Out in Cannes

So many stars are shining in Cannes but none brighter than Johnny Depp right now whose fans turned out in droves to welcome him.

Depp is back. Depp walked the red and then his wife was seen at Winn Dixie using coupons.

Read more at Daily Mail


The Presleys Have Settled Their Legal Battle

Priscilla Presley and Riley Keough have resolved their dispute over Lisa Marie’s will. Details of the settlement were not disclosed.

And peace returns to the kingdom.

Read more at Rolling Stone



VIRAL & TRENDING



Shark Does Jaws Impression

We’re gonna need a bigger state



STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS



Gorillas More Resilient Than Humans

A new study has found that gorillas have a higher capacity to survive adversity than most animals, including humans.

Okay but they still haven’t come up with pants.

Read more at studyfinds.



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