Thursday February 11: Daily Links

THURSDAY 2.11


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CDC Says Double Masks Are Your Safest Bet

The CDC has released new info that wearing a tightly fitting mask or a combination of a paper disposable mask with a cloth mask is the best way to prevent transmission. In fact, if all persons in a group are following those guidelines, the chances of transmission are reduced by as much as 96.5 percent, which if you do the math seems almost as effective as being vaccinated.

We’re still struggling with getting to wear one mask, how are we going to convince them to wear two!!

Read more at nytimes.com.


60% Of People Arrested In Connection To Capitol Riot Have Bad Financial Issuesn

According to a Washington Post analysis of the 125 people so far arrested in connection with the Capitol riot, 60% have a history of “bankruptcies, notices of eviction or foreclosure, bad debts, or unpaid taxes over the past two decades”. That doesn’t make you a bad person. The whole storming of the government does on the other hand.

Read more at msn.


3 Men Rescued From Deserted Island After Living on Coconuts for 33 Days.

The coast guard rescued three Cuban men from their own Giligans Island after their boat had capsized leaving them stranded. The men reportedly survived the 33 day ordeal by eating coconuts.

Coconuts? Was this a deserted island or a desserted island?

Read more at cnn.


Metahuman Creator Is Coming In 2021

Ever wanted to make your own photo realistic digital humans from the comfort of your own home? You’ll be able to now in 2021 once Metahuman comes out. There will be untold amounts of virtual girlfriends being made.

Read more at fastcompany.


Does The New Amazon Building Looks Like Shit?!?

Reddit users were quick to point out that the design of Amazon’s new headquarters in Arlington, Virginia looks like the poop emoji. It’s a reflection of what users go through when they call customer service.

Read more at nypost.



SPORTS



Brady, Gronk, and the Bucs Party Hard,

The Buccaneers victory parade got knee wobbling wild for Tom Brady and Friends and video shows Brady having a Heisman Trophy Toss from Boat to Boat

You’d think Brady would be used to this by now.

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CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



Carey Mulligan Review Leads to Apology and Backlash

Variety critic Dennis Harvey reviewed the movie “Promising Young Woman” and wrote that Carey Mulligan was an odd choice to play the femme fatale role for various reasons (her pickup-bait gear like bad drag; even her long blonde hair seems a put-on). Mulligan interpreted this as Harvey saying she wasn’t hot enough for the role, and later complained about the review in an interview with the New York Times. Variety apologized, and now the National Society of Film Critics is pissed, defending the critic and shaming Variety for interfering with the review.

Hey what’s wrong with letting Variety take a Mulligan on this one.

Read more at cinemablend.


Woman Gives Six Figures to Catfisher Posing as Bruno Mars

A 65 year old woman fell in love with a man claiming to be Bruno Mars, and gave him over 100,000 to help with touring expenses. Chinwendu Azuonwu sent the woman photos of Mars on tour, promising to to leave the tour to be with her.

Right, this makes sense, because Bruno Mars loves women who are 30 years older than him. And he needs money, bad.

Read more at nypost.


Kevin Hart’ Scammed For Over a Million Dollars By His Personal Shopper

Kevin Hart had a personal shopper. He also used to have an extra million dollars. Now they’re both gone after that personal shopper defrauded Hart out of 1.2 mill. And what did the shopper do with all that money? He shopped. For himself. He bought some expensive items including a valuable painting,some Louis Vuitton bags, and 5 Patek Philippe watches.

How Ironic that this would happen to a guy who scams audiences out of millions every time he makes a movie.

Read more at complex.


How Much Did Bruce Springsteen Drink To Get A DWI!?

A day after finding out Jeep dropped their association with Bruce Springsteen we find out that Bruce wasn’t “Tom Brady drunk”. Turns out all Bruce did was take a shot of tequila from a fan he was taking a picture with prior to his DWI arrest. He apparently did so in view of some police officers and then blew a .02. He must have been set up by Jeep so they wouldn’t have to pay him any residuals for that Super Bowl commercial.

Read more at variety.


Mandalorian Star Shit Canned Over Social Media Posts

One of the stars of the Mandalorian, Gina Carano, has been fired by Disney after posting this to social media:

“Jews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers but by their neighbors…even by children. Because history is edited, most people today don’t realize that to get to the point where Nazi soldiers could easily round up thousands of Jews, the government first made their own neighbors hate them simply for being Jews. How is that any different from hating someone for their political views,”

Someone better scrub all of Baby Yoda’s socials now before people start looking too deep.

Read ore at deadline.


Joss Whedon's An Asshole According To Every Woman Who Worked On Buffy

Charisma Carpenter called out Joss Whedon for inappropriate behavior on the set of Buffy The Vampire Slayer. She alleges he asked her if she “was going to keep it?” after finding out she was pregnant and says she was fired after giving birth. Michelle Trachtenberg posted to Twitter that Whedon was inappropriate with her when she was a teenager on the show. And Sarah Michelle Gellar posted to Instagram that she does not want to “forever be associated with the name Joss Whedon”. Where there’s smoke, there’s a douchebag.

Read more at nypost.com and variety.


Shaun Ryder Says His Aliens Constant Visit His House

Two years after saying that he was visited by a ‘spider’ spaceship, singer Shaun Ryder now claims that aliens constantly invade his home. The former Happy Mondays frontman hosted a 2003 series about searching for UFOs, and previously said that he had his first alien encounter when he was 15 years old. Wasn’t that the same time Ryder started using drugs?!?

read more at nme.


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This Is What North Korea Looks Like On A Rainy Day

This rare footage of North Korea shows us what it looks like on a rainy day in the hermit country. Woody Allen is currently writing a killer script for A Rainy Day In Pyongyang.



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