Monday June 14: Daily Links

MONDAY 6.14


NEWS STORIES

 



Netanyahu OUT!

Bibi is out as prime minister of Israel after the Knesset voted him out by a 60-59 vote.

Guess the Iron Dome doesn’t protect everything.

Read more at mediaite.


Would You Want a Digital Drivers License?

Apple announced a new feature to let users scan their driver’s licenses and save it to their iPhones to use as identification. Privacy experts are concerned that as it becomes easier to show identification, we’ll be required to provide it more often, making us completely reliant on Apple to get through our day to day.

Wouldn’t it be easier to just microchip us already?

Read more at npr


Fishy Whale Diver Dude Wants Matt Damon to Play Him in the Movie

This Cape Cod Lobster Diver who says he survived a trip into a whale’s mouth has started to raise doubts about his story, but he’s sticking to it. He says he thinks

SNL’s Tommy Flanagan should play you in the movie. Yeahhhhh. That’s the ticket.

Read more at ny post.


National Parks? More Like National Parking Lots

National Parks are so overcrowded that they are being forced to turn people away. Lines are everywhere, with everyone sit-in gin their cars not moving. Arches National Park had a sign that the park was full and asked people to come back in 3 to 5 hours. Canyonlands National Park had an hour line to get in.

That pipeline would have solved all of this.

Read more at WSJ.


Greta Thunberg Calls Out G7 World Leaders

Empty Promises, Steak and Lobster Dinners, and a Jet Plane? Greta’s calling it all out.

Greta, lighten up. People love rewarding themselves before they’ve actually done anything. Maybe some lobster will make you feel better?


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CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



Billie Eilish Fans Turning Their Backs on Her in Large Numbers

Fans feel betrayed by Eilish accusing the performer of queerbaiting. They feel that she is implying an LGBTQAI lifestyle in her music, while living a straight cis life. Is she straight but trying to cozy up to the Queer nation?

Guys, she’s 19. How about we give her time to figure it out.

Read more at tmz.


‘In the Heights’ Underwhelms

Lin Manuel Miranda’s epic musical may be exciting critics on Rotten Tomatos, but it debuted at the Box Office With $11.4 Million.

In the heights is in the hole.

Read more at The Wrap.


NYC Mayoral Candidate Joins the Strokes and AOC on Stage

Maya Wiley hit the stage at Irving Plaza this weekend joining the Strokes, AOC, John Mulaney at the show.

So with that sentence alone she’s just secured the millennial vote. How the hell is Yang going to compete with that?? Another bodega run?

Read more at brooklyn vegan.


Check out the Butt Cam Operator Meghan thee Stallion Video Shoot

This Behind the Scene Footage from the filming of “That Thot” shows a peek at the work of an asscam operator.

How are you going to expect people to do back to terrible minimum wage service industry jobs when you know there are perfectly good butt cam operator jobs out there!


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TRENDING



Young Adults Embracing Virtual Sexual Intimacy

A new study by Plenty of Fish. suggests that young single people are all about virtual sex- sexting, video chat, and phone sex, while actual physical intimacy is less important after a year in lockdown. Nearly half of young, single Americans haven’t been physically intimate with someone since the pandemic began, and they’re okay with that.

Some findings:

45% find less value in physical connections.

57% care more about emotional or intellectual intimacy.

2/3 planning to continue to be virtually intimate even after lockdown

Half of young adults think one night stands are over.

And this is before the sexbots even get here.

Read more at studyfinds.


Japanese Manners Teacher Says You're Eating Sandwiches Wrong

If you want to eat prettier, you should wrap your sandwiches in paper, and eat them vertically not horizontally. This keeps other people from actually seeing you engage in the hideous act of biting, the ugliness of an open mouth, and hides those awful bite marks, says the ettiquete coach. And with a large hamburger, you should flip it vertically and eat it in layers she says. “If a hamburger is really big, what I also like to do is take a bite from the bottom, then the top. Like you’re breaking it up into two levels. That way each bite is even smaller and cleaner.”

I don’t even wrap my dick, I’m not about to wrap my sandwich.

Read more at Vice.



VIRAL VIRAL



Minnesota State Senator Loves the Vaccine, But Is He Vaccinated?

This senator at the Mike Lindell Rally praises Trump for his efforts at getting the vaccine created so fast. The vaccine that he wants nothing to do with.

This is like having your cake, but not eat it too.

@waltermasterson

Trolling the Mike Lindell My Pillow rally. Mark Koran is a State Senator in Minnesota.

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STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS



What Are Some of the Dating Dealbreakers in 2021 When it Comes to Food Preferences.

Yes we are a nation divided and not just over politics. A study says over 53 percent of Americans say they wouldn’t date someone over how they like their steak cooked. The editors at Delish put together a list of some of the biggest dealbreakers for dating that involve eating and drinking habits.

How you like your steak.
Whether you drink Cows Milk
If you don’t like pizza
Are you a sharer? Or Anti-Share
Do you skip dessert?
Spicy Food.
Good Tipper Bad Tipper
Do you eat cheese
How do you treat servers
Picky eater

Oddly they didnt’ ask anyone if eating pussy was a dealbreaker.

Read more at Delish.com.



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