Monday June 7: Daily Links

MONDAY 6.7


NEWS STORIES

 



A Few Hundred Places in the US Could Use New Names

Before we start renaming bird species we might want to take a look at the US Map where hundreds of places are named really racist names. Like the 621 places with the word Negro in them (Big Negro Creek for example), or the 29 places named Chinaman. And did you know that Anna means “Ain’t No (N-words) Allowed”?

It’s odd we don’t have even one place called Bad English Teeth-ville.

Read more at axios.


Supreme Court Could Determine Whether a Draft Has to Include Women

This week the Supreme Court is expected to decide whether they will take up the case questioning the constitutionality of an all-male draft. If the court takes the case and determines the current Selective Service Act is unconstitutional, then Congress will have to decide if they want to pass a new act requiring all genders to register.

But remember if you don’t want to go to war, all you need is a few bone spurs.

Read more at apnews.


Mom Arrested After Pretending To Be 13 Year Old Student

A woman has been arrested and charged with trespassing after she filmed herself trying to get through a day at her daughters school. She says she wanted to prove a point- that security was weak.

This is the worst reboot of She’s the One.

Read more at lawandcrime.


Snopes Debunks Rumor that Trump Put His Pants on Backwards

America, no The World is obsessed with Trumps pants after an appearance in North Carolina.

Don’t blame the pants. Blame the Fupa.


McDonalds and Walmart Celebrate Pride Month Even Though They Donate Politicians Who Voted Against Equality Act

Did they think this month was just about pride in rainbows existing??

Read more at businessinsider.


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SPORTS



Watch Young Arch Manning Handle the Ball Like a... Manning

Sixteen year old Arch Manning is the son of Cooper Manning and grandson to Archie Manning.

In Cooper’s case, the apple falls very far from the tree.. and rolled over to Peyton’s tree.


Who Was the Most Valuable Baseball Draft Pick Ever?

NYT said nobody did more for the team the drafted them than Mike Schmidt.

Too bad that the Phillies also didn’t draft his knees.

Read more at nytimes.


Watch Simone Biles Win 7th US Gymnastic Title

Simone Biles is the reigning world and Olympic champion and she just won her seventh title at the U.S. championships which is the most ever for a woman, and ties the current record holder, Alfred Jochim — who competed back when gymnastics included rope climbing.

The big question is why did they ever drop rope climbing from gymnastics?


DeJounte Murray Has To Distance Himself from Dad’s Mean Tweet About James Harden Injury

Remember that dad at the kids sports games taking things way to seriously and getting too involved..Imagine his kid actually went pro.

Read more at complex.



CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



Harry and Megan Announce the Birth of Their Baby Girl, Lillibet “Lili” Diana Mountbatten

Of course Markle-haters have a big problem, saying that Lillibet was a “private nickname” for the queen and the they shouldn’t have chose it as for their name.

How exactly is it private if we all saw it on The Crown??

Read more at BBC


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VIRAL VIRAL



Uber Eats Drive Goes Viral Asking People to Please Tip Better

A delivery driver filmed himself near tears upset about the terrible tips he’s getting from deliveries. This raised the question of whether it should be Uber’s responsibility to pay drivers better, or if we should be shaming bad tippers.

Either way, there’s no crying in food delivery!

@deliveryguy100#helpme #ubereatsdriver #traction #positiveforce

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STUDIES, LISTS, RANKINGS



AI Ages Stars Who Died Too Young

How would all your favorite dead celebrities look if they were alive today? Bored Panda takes a look at 30 celebrities if they hadn’t died young.

I’d rather take stars that lived too long and see how they’d look dead.

Read more at boredpanda.


Rotten Tomatoes Worst Films of All Time

These are the total zeros of film. There are 22 of them.

How is it that not a single Star Wars movie made this list?

Read more at popsugar.com


Sexting is the new ASL

The Wall Street Journal says that children are sexting, a lot. In fact the amount of sexual content in childrens texts has increased 37% since pre-pandemic. 1 in 7 adolescents have sent sexts, 1 in 4 have received sexts and 1 in 8 have forwarded sexts without the consent of the person in the photo. Young people say the pressure to send nudes, even as young as 10 or 11 is on the rise,

Wasn’t that long ago you’d have to trace your dick and walk to the mailbox to send a dick pic.

Read more at wsj.com.


Reddit Asks People Who Signed NDA Agreements to D!

Did you have to sign a non disclosure agreement for something and now that agreement has expired? Then Reddit wants to know, what was so secret? They got some fascinating answers like these:

  • Most American Idol contestants have agents that got them on the show, and 90-95% of it is pre-cast before the “audition tour”.
  • I was actually an actor in that commercial that said I wasn’t.
  • The fajitas sizzle because we pour oil and water on a hot plate not because we grilled anything.
  • A huge part of The Bachelorette was scripted. If half those guys weren’t on their phones texting their real girlfriends most of the time, I would be surprised.
  • I look after instant photobooths remotely, I see all your stupid faces, all of them, everyday.

Why disclose something that we don’t even care about?

Read more at boredpanda.



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