Friday March 18, Daily Links

FRIDAY 3.18
NEWS STORIES
Legendary DiFara Pizza's Founder Has Passed away
Domenic De Marco, whose brooklyn pizzeria has been the stuff of legend since 1965 has died at the age of 85.
Slices up to a great man.
OAN Thinks Biden's Bombing Ukraine
One America News commentator Pearson Sharp claimed that the bombing of the maternity hospital in Ukraine was conducted by the US at Biden’s direction.
Wonder if this is why you guys are off Direct TV
Can I say something. You are an asshole. Pure and simple. OAN should get off the air. It is an embarrassment https://t.co/3HKII5aquE
— Gen Michael Hayden (@GenMhayden) March 17, 2022
Elon Musk: We'll Land on Mars in 7 Years
Musk tweeted that we’ll have boots on Mars in 2029, although just a few months ago he said 2026.
Hey tell this story to your stockholders not us.
2029
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 16, 2022
Amazon Bought MGM for $8.5 BILLION
“The storied, nearly century-old studio — with more than 4,000 film titles, 17,000 TV episodes, 180 Academy Awards, and 100 Emmy Awards — will complement Prime Video and Amazon Studios’ work in delivering a diverse offering of entertainment choices to customers.”
Amazon Prime is going to start looking like Turner Classic Movies.
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SPORTS
Falcons Player Tweets & Deletes Mysterious Prediction
Kyle Pitts tweeted, it’s about to get scary in Atlanta, without referencing why.
I think you mean scariER
CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT
Lea Thompson Directing Star Trek Eps
Long time Trekkie Lea Thompson directed two episodes of Star Trek: PIcard this season. It involves the Borg, Q (no, not QAnon, just the original Q), and yes, time travel too.
Good to see Lea going back to the future.
Does Picard go back in time and meet his mom at the enchantment under the stars dance?
Michelle Branch Mom Shamed For Breastfeeding
The Pop Star was feeding her infant at. a playground when another mom shamed her saying she was not being modest enough
Yeah, we’ve got to stop feeding those babies!
I just got shamed by another mother (who was holding her own young infant!) for nursing my 6 week old baby on a bench at a playground while my toddler was playing 🤯 She said I wasn’t “being modest” I am in shock that this kind of judgement was coming from a fellow mom!
— Michelle Branch (@michellebranch) March 15, 2022
Steely Dan Apologizes
Donald Fagen, frontman for the band Steely Dan, apologized after getting hit with fan backlash after Aimee Mann spoke out and said she was supposed to be on tour with Steely Dan and they dumped her. Fagen apologized, calling it a misunderstanding.
All is forgiven if Donald just tells me what Brooklyn is about. https://t.co/5zUTzIhIjt
— Aimee Mann (@aimeemann) March 17, 2022
Wendy Williams Has the Mind and Body of a 25 Year Old?
In a recent interview Wendy Williams says she’s recovering from her illness, and that she has the mind and body of a 25 year old, even though she’s over 50.
Maybe you bought the hair and skin of a 25 year old. but that’s about it.
Karen Fukuhara, star of The Boys Assaulted
The woman who plays The Female in the tv series The Boys was attacked by a stranger. He hit her in the head, before running off. Karen posted about the incident on her Instagram.
So where were The Boys to help?
HBO DMZ Series Has Big Changes
Fans of DC Comic DMZ are already noticing some major changes the series implemented in adapting the comic for HBO. Gone are the war torn imagery, the pandemonium, the desperation, and even the character providing the narrative structure.
I believe the word you’re looking for isn’t changed. It’s gutted.
VIRAL & TRENDING
Old Irish Man Complains About Americans and the Parade
This is a great segment on the unattractive version of The View.. Where is shot? Walmart?
STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS
Beware the Dark Empath
Until now, scientists thought empathetic and personalities had no overlap with narcissists or psychopaths. Now research has shown that there are a small subset of of individuals who are both empathetic/compassionate and machiavellan narcicists. They call these personalities dark empathy, and they may be even more dangerous than straight dark personalities.
So…every televangelist we’ve ever seen.
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