Thursday June 24: Daily Links

THURSDAY 6.24


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McAFee IG Flashes the Q

Shortly after the news broke that John McAfee had been found hanging in his prison cell from an apparent suicide, a post appeared on his Instagram – just the letter Q.

What does it mean? Who posted it? How did it happen? There’s only one answer that makes any sense.

From the grave, classic haunting.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CQecC-TnyER/


Takeout Booze Ends in NYC This Week

New York’s Covid State of Emergency runs out this week, and along with it- the ability to get take out or delivered alcohol.

Looks like Stanley is finally going to have to leave the house.

Read more at NY Post.


The UK is Banning Junk Food Ads

UK is banning all advertising for “HFSS” (high fat sugar salt) junkfood online, and if you want to pedal your fat foods on television, you’ll soon have to wait till after 9pm.

No ads for high in fat salt and sugar products.

There will be exceptions — small companies and items like honey and avocados will be exempt.

Great. Boris Johnson goes on the post covid diet and now the whole country has to suffer.

Read more at The Guardian.


Microsoft Is Second US Company Ever to Hit 2 Trillion Valuation

The company reached a $2 Trillion valuation on Tuesday only two years after hitting their first Trill. Apple was the first company to reach that giant valuation.

Yeah you can make a lot of money when you don’t have to pay taxes.

Read more at CNN


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Ron Watkins AKA Q Denies Being Q And Announces His New Project, Alienleaks

Ron Watkins has announced his new project, Alienleaks, which will expose whether or not alien’s have visited earth. He’s also once again denying he’s Q and has no affiliation with 8Kun. Sounds like Let’s See Dem Aliens Part 2 is ramping up but with a lot more militia members instead of whacko UFO truthers.

View the full video on Tora3.


John McAfee's Instagram Gets Shutdown, Everyone Thinks He Had A Dead Man's Switch

After a post-mortem post to John McAfee’s IG account of just the letter Q went up, the entire account has been taken down. There’s also an old Tweet of his going around saying he had a “Dead Man’s Switch” set up that would leak exposing documents to the world’s press. Conspiracy theorists have also noticed an account linked to his cryptocurrency, $WHACKD, became active after his death, leading some to jump to the conclusion this is tied to the switch.

Read more on Reddit and Instagram,


Did John McAfee Post A Bunch Of Drone Video Of Epstein's Island On YouTube!

Now that McAfee is gone, people are now saying a YouTube account called Rusty Shackleford is actually John McAfee’s account. The only posts on it are drone footage of Epstein’s island in the Carribean. These videos were posted at the same time McAfee was in the area and on the run from the US Government. Now he and Epstein are together on some pedo island in the sky, ironic.

Watch the videos on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGF4cH9t6SgF5e4OELMbDjg/videos


Snowden Thinks Julian Assange Could Be The Next Quote Unquote Suicide

Edward Snowden doesn’t want anyone extradited for non violent crimes and thinks that after McAfee’s suicide, Assange could be the next person to die. Seems Snowden may have some skin in this game, he may be biased.

Read more on Twitter and Sputniknews.



SPORTS



Jason Whitlock Says Gay NFL Player Is Cashing In

Sports columnist Jason Whitlock says Carl Nassib is just seeking attention by coming out publicly. “By announcing on Instagram that he prefers to have sex with men, Nassib — listed as third string on the Raiders’ depth chart — increased his likelihood of making the team’s roster tenfold. He increased his chances of moving up the depth chart twentyfold. He increased his attractiveness to corporate advertisers a hundredfold,” Whitlock wrote.

Jason, the same way white people don’t understand black people’s struggle, maybe you don’t under stand the gay mans struggle. Unless maybe you do.

Read more at mediaite.



CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



Britney Spears Lets it ALL Out

In court on Wednesday Britney revealed a ton of dirty laundry about her conservative ship. According to the pop star, she is not allowed ot get her IUD removed and have a child, she feels like a sex trafficking victim, she’s under 24 hour surveillance even while dressing, and she was forced to take lithium. She was forced to perform in Vegas. She thinks her father should be in jail and she wants to sue her family.

“I’ve lied and told the whole world I’m okay and I’m happy. It’s a lie. I thought that maybe if I said it enough, I would maybe become happy because I’ve been in denial. I’ve been in shock. I am traumatized … I’m so angry it’s insane. And I’m depressed.”

“Crazy”, “Toxic”, “Crazy”, “Work Bitch”, “I’m a Slave 4 U”. We should have figured it all out from her song titles, it’s not a tough code to crack.

Read more at buzzfeed.


Salma Hayek’s Breasts Keep Growing!

The 54 year old actress acknowledges that her breasts keep getting bigger and bigger on Jada Pinkett Smith’s “Red Table Talk,” Facebook series. But, she insists that they are 100% natural.

Salma, Nobody’s complaining.

Read more at NY Post.


Conan Smokes Joint Live on Second to Last Episode

Conan had Seth Rogen on his show, and while discussing what to do with his newly found downtime, Rogen suggested getting high, and offered the notorious workaholic a joint.

Another Rogen gets another nerd high.


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Joy Behar: Please Pretend You Didn’t Hear Me Just Make a Gay Joke on Daytime TV

Joy Behar made a joke on The Talk about Carl Nassib, it bombed, and she immediately regretted it. ”

The Joke: After they said penetration in the end zone, they lost me!” Behar said during the conversation.

The Aftermath: I just long for the days when you can just be gay in the world and it doesn’t become a big deal,” she said. “By the way, that inappropriate joke I made for daytime television, scratch it. Make believe I never said it.”

This show needs a goddamn editor.

Read more at people.com


Spiderman Shakes Hands With the Pope

28-year-old Matteo Villardita visits sick children in hospitals, and on Wednesday he got to shake hands with the Pope.

So which one of these is more fake?

Read more at CNet


mSeinfeld Will Star In His First Scripted Live Action Movie

A show about nothing,and now a movie about Poptarts. Jerry Seinfeld will direct AND star in a movie for Netflix about the origin of Pop Tarts. The movie titled Unfrosted will begin production next spring, and was reported inspired by a joke about pop tarts from his 2020 special.

“How did they know that there would be a need for a frosted fruit-filled heated rectangle in the same shape as the box it comes in, and with the same nutrition as the box it comes in?”

The sad thing is, You’ll never see this trailer on British television.

Read more at Deadline


QT Signs A Foot

Quentin Tarantino granted a woman’s request that he sign her foot, but he declined her invitation to rate it.

Can’t believe she pulled back a dry foot.

Read more at dailydot.com.

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NYT Says Talk Show Sidekick is Outdated

Now that Conan is going off the air, the New York Times takes a look at the history of talk show sidekicks asking whether sidekicks make sense anymore.

Forget sidekicks. Do we really need a host for these shows?

Read more at NYTIMES.



TRENDING



Twitter Asks Which Two MSG Shows Would You See Back In 1987?

An account on Twitter posted all the shows that happened at MSG back in 1987 and asks which two would you show up to. Everyone from Long Island is just going to choose to go to both nights of the Ratt show.

Read the full list on Twitter.


Sober Vacations Post-Pandemic Are Becoming More Popular

A recent poll of 23,000 people say they’re planning on taking a sober vacation after the pandemic. Mostly because people have spent the last 18 months drinking themselves stupid alone in their homes and now they need a break from their drunk haze. Boat Drink futures are crashing right now.

Read more at dnyuz.com.



VIRAL VIRAL



Hotels are Fat Phobic Says Plus Size Tik Tokker

Mary Fran Donnelly is having a ball showing Tik Tok how hotels are not designed to accommodate bigger travelers- from tiny towels, to itty bitty toilet seats, she finds it hilarious how it really is a small world after all.

Don’t even get her started on those tiny soaps.

Read more at buzzfeed.



STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS



Every Song of the Summer Since 1975

75-79: One of These Nights, Don’t go Breaking My Heart, I Just Want to Be Your Everything, Shadow Dancing, Bad Girls

80-89: It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me. Jesse’s Girl. Eye of the Tiger. Every Breath You Take. When the Doves Cry. Shout. Papa Don’t Preach. Alone. Roll With It. Right Here Waiting

90-99: Vision of Love. I Do It For You. Baby Got Back. I Can’t Help Falling in Love With You. I Swear. Waterfalls. Macarena. I’ll Be MIssing You. The Boy is Mine. Genie in a Bottle.

00-09: Bent. You Remind Me. Hot in Herre. Crazy in Love. Confessions Part 2. We Belong Together. Promiscuous. Umbrella. I Kissed a Girl. I Gotta Feeling.

10-19: California Gurls. Party Rock Anthem. Call Me Maybe. Blurred Lines. Fancy. Cheerleader. One Dance. Despacito. In My Feelings. Old Town Road.

2020. Rockstar.

Its good to see there WAS shitty music in the 70’s.

Read more at insider.



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