Friday October 7: Daily Links

THURSDAY 10.7


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Biden Pardons Thousands Convicted of Marijuana Posession

The President pardoned Americans convicted of simple weed possession under federal law, and announced a review of whether it makes sense to treat marijuana as in the same class as harder drugs.

What about hunter and crack?

Read more at NY Times


Space Advertising is Coming

A Russian paper proposes a $65 million plan to start a space advertising company which would be able to display ads, from space, using satellites to spell out messages.

Hope it just says ‘the world is yours.”

Read more at The Sun


Boston Dynamics Promises They Won't Kill You With Their Robots

The robotics company signed on to an open letter hoping to reassure the public that they’re the good guys despite the fact that we’ve been watching terrifying videos of their robots for years. Six companies pledged not to add weapons technology themselves or to support others doing so.

Cyberdine said the same thing.

Read more at Axios


Tim Cook Not Loving the Metaverse

Apple’s CEO isn’t interested in developing the metaverse, he’s focused on Augmented Reality instead. He says people won’t embrace something they don’t understand, and nobody understands the metaverse.

Relax Tim, it’s not coming.

Read more at entrepreneur.


Elon Musk Wants to Create an Everything App

Now that Musk has agreed to buy twitter, he tweeted that the purchase will bring him one step closer to creating and launching The Everything App. The app will replace all your other apps, offering messaging, social networking, peer-to-peer payments and shopping among other things.

So you want to own the internet, Got it.

Read more at reuters.


McDonalds Overwhelmed with Requests for Adult Happy Meals

The staff at McDonalds are practically begging people to stop ordering Adult Happy meals after overwhelming demand wiped out supply.

So….just make more?

Read more at Kotaku



SPORTS



Gisele and Toms Problems Are Not New, and They Are About Football

Sources told TMZ that Giselle has threatened to leave Tom Brady many times because of the NFL. The sources also said she hates his job.

Wasn’t he a football player when you met him?

Read more at TMZ



CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



Scrubs Writer Producer Charged With Sexual Assault of 5 Women

Eric Weinberg, who wrote and produced the tv show scrubs has been charged with 18 counts of sexual assault including rape, oral copulation, forcible sexual penetration, sexual battery by restraint, false imprisonment by use of violence, assault by means of force likely to cause great bodily injury and attempted forcible penetration with a foreign object.

That is one wacky hospital.

Read more at NPR


Jared Leto Will Play Karl Lagerfeld in Biopic

Leto is going to co-produce the movie along with the House of Lagerfeld.

Weird recognizes weird.

Read more at Deadline.


Trailer Alert: White Lotus Season 2

Who cares who is going to die we want to know who is going to get their ass eaten.


Finally We Get to Hear Chris Pratt's Super Mario Voice

Okay you’re not doing an insensitive stereotype voice but you’re also not doing Mario.


Adult Cries When The Rock Signs His WWE Belt

If you thought Emmy Blotnick was the worlds biggest fan of Dwayne Johnson, think again. This dude in Mexico cried when DJ signed his belt.

Wait till he finds out there are adult happy meals now.

Read more at tmz.


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