Sunday January 1, Daily Links

SATURDAY 1.1
NEWS STORIES
Meta Shit The Bed In 2022
Meta was supposed to be the future. Turns out it’s a giant fail.
Everyone knows buying Twitter is how you make money in 2023.
Chinese Jet Buzzed American Military Plane
A Chinese fighter pilot flew within 20 feet of the nose of a US aircraft on December 21 forcing the US pilot to take evasive maneuvers to avoid collision.
Congrats. You just wrote Top Gun 3.
7 Guys Lost Half a Trillion in One Year
These seven dudes, including Elon Musk (who lost the most money of anyone in history last year), Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer and Jeff Bezos lost a combined total of $433 billion dollars this year.
Did they check behind the couch? Maybe it’s in the glove compartment.
Andrew Tate Reportedly Kept Six Women Prisoner
Tate allegedly kept six women under ‘house arrest 24/7 like prisoners’ and asked his employees to shadow his victims’ every move, forcing them to take part in online pornographic videos.
Andrew Tate, I thought you meant Larry Tate.
SPORTS
Check Out This Year's Annual NFL Coach Photo
Barstool on a coach by coach roast but they could have summed it all up in one sentence.
This picture looks like Jan 6
Best Of 2022 – The Annual NFL Coaches Picture Has Dropped https://t.co/9srLgVmdCt pic.twitter.com/npYcPSzAs8
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) December 31, 2022
Pele Was Once Paid $120k in 1970 To Tie His Shoe
In 1970 Puma and Adidas agreed that neither would try to get endorsements from Pele, knowing the bidding war would likely bankrupt both of them. Puma didn’t abide by the agreement, and offered Pele a sweet $120k to tie his shoe for the camera during the cup. That caused a feud between the two shoe companies.
It’s called capitalism
CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT
Jeopardy Snubbed Jethro Tull and People are Pissed
The Category? Classic Flute Rock. The problem? Jethro Tull was not a part of any of the questions or answers.
Anyone else think Jeopardy is taking up too much media space?
Foo Fighters is Changing
The band’s members say they plan to be a different band going forward, after losing Taylor Hawkins.
Disco? Country? I hope they go Reggae
Brian May is Now a Knight. Call Him Sir, Dammit
Queen guitarist Brian May has been among the first group knighted by King Charles.
Knightman. Fighter of the Day Man!
Kate Hudson Grossed Out About Kissing Dane Cook
Eight years ago Dane Cook called Kate Hudson his worst onscreen kiss in “My Best Friend’s Girl.” Recently Kate got to share her reaction about that kiss, while connected to a lie detector for a Vanity Fair feature. When shown a photo of Cook, she reacted, with clear disgust, before saying, “Oh, no, canceled!”
Could someone please say one nice thing about Dane Cook? Someone who has met him.
more stories coming soon
Anna Kendrick is Talking About the Boyfriend Who Was Abusive
Kenrick said her own abusive relationship with a psychologically abusive boyfriend inspired her performance in the movie Alice, Darling. ‘Well he never hit me, and I’m not really afraid that he’s going to hit me. How do I discern between normal conflict and abuse? Why is my body in so much fear all of the time? Why do I wake up feeling like he’s in bed next to me and wondering, ‘OK, do I have 30 seconds before I start performing or … ?’”
She doesn’t say who it was but we think he was in the tv show Barry.
more stories coming soon
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VIRAL & TRENDING
Some University Campuses Are Banning Tik Tok
Certain Universities in the States are going to not let students access Tik Tok over their WiFi.
Now how will they promote their OnlyFans?
If You're Into Mayo This Videos For You
This has to scratch the itch of someone’s kink, right?
Watch on YouTube.
STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS
Americans Had a Shitty Year
Only 1 in 3 Americans reported that they had a great year in 2022, and the rest of us are happy to kiss its ass goodbye.
Guess only 1 in 3 Americans didn’t own crypto.
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