Saturday February 5: Daily Links

SATURDAY 2.5


NEWS STORIES

 



Metaverse Introduces Rape Protection

After a woman alleges that her metaverse avatar was gang raped, the Meta company is now offering a personal space zone that will give your metaverse persona safety from other avatars.

Great. Now can you introduce something to protect our privacy from being raped by your company?

Read more at nypost.


Putin Gets in a Nap at the Olympics

Russian head honcho Vladimir Putin was photographed eyes shut, and apparently sleeping while the Ukrainian team entered the Olympic arena.

He said the reason he was sleeping was because he had just been with Bill Cosby.

Read more at Insider.


Congressman Attempt to Gain Waffle House Cred Backfires

The internet is laughing at Congressman Mark Walker who posted a late night meal at a Waffle House trying to look relatable. He wrote, “It’s not for the faint of heart or DC elitists but there is nothing like a late night Waffle House on the campaign trail.” Tweeters were quick to point out that he was eating dry toast, plain hashbrowns and some kind of dry looking egg which is not why people go to WH.

This is how you get the nickname narc.


Terminator Robot Dogs at the Border

Headless robot dogs are patrolling the border between the US and Mexico and they look a lot like the robotic dogs in the Metalhead episode of Black Mirror.

Now that wall doesn’t look so bad.

Read more at Daily Star


The Queen Has Been on The Throne for 70 Years

Man, and my legs hurt after 10 minutes.

Read more at apnews.


Flight Attendants Not Looking Forward To Booze Returning

Airlines are starting to serve booze again and flight attendants aren’t happy about it considering how people have been acting sober. Coach will now be replaced with an octagon.

Read more at MSN.


GoFundMe Shuts Down The Canadian Trucker Fundraiser

GoFundMe has shut down the fundraiser for the Canadian trucker “Freedom Convoy” that raised over $10 million ” after concluding that the protest by truckers and their supporters in Ottawa has become an occupation.” Occupy Ottawa Street just doesn’t have the same ring to it.

Read more at The Star.



SPORTS



Jaguars Hire Doug Pederson

The Jags just brought on former Eagles Super Bowl winning coach Doug Pederson as their new head coach.

They’d have more luck with Scott Peterson.

Read more at Fox News.


Going to the Super Bowl? Read the Advice you REALLY Need from a Local

These are great!

Will I be safe with my red scarf?


Mattress Mack Bets $4.5M on Bengals

The Houston furniture salesman is known for making big bets but this time he is breaking the record for the largest Super Bowl bet with $4.5 million. To do this, he had to make 20 bets of $200,000 each on his Caesar’s Sportsbook mobile app.

Pretty sure you can just get a Super Bowl ad for this price.

Read more at ESPN


Olympic Reporter Escorted Off Camera By Officials in China

Could have been worse he could have been in Inglewood.



CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



The BAFTA Noms are Here!

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts have released their nominations a few days before the US Academy will release their own list. The BAFTAS are often believed to be a strong predictor of the Oscar noms.

BAFTA! It’s is like the Oscar’s with bad teeth.

Read more at Variety


CEO is Questioning Why Allegations Against Dave Portnoy Keep Dropping Right Before Earnings Reports Come Out

Penn National’s Jay Snowden is reacting to Business Insider’s new report that three more women are making allegations against Barstool Sports Dave Portnoy. Before I get into prepared remarks, I first wanted to address the article about Dave Portnoy that dropped last night from the same paywall, subscription-based publisher as the last article and which also happened to be on same day as our earnings call exactly three months ago,”he said.

Maybe Dave should consider a no nut February.

Read more at NY Post.


The Band’s Robbie Robertson Sells Catalog

The sale netted the musician $25 million.

Thank god Levon’s not here to see that.

Read more at Variety


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VIRAL & TRENDING



There's a 12 Million Dollar Gold Cube Sitting in Central Park

This artwork is so valuable it has its own security detail.

In this town it could run for mayor.

Read more at Art Net



STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS



The English Language is Gross, Here Are the Worst Words

Pus, phlegm, seepage, moist, splooge, fester, mucus, ooze, putrid, curd were voted to be just awful.

You forgot shart

Read more at NY Post.


Americans All Agree on One Thing, and Only One Thing

A poll shows that the majority of Americans are united in their concern about how divided the nation is, but agree on little else.

So we agree we disagree.

Read more at rollcall.



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