Thursday March 19: Daily Links
NEWS STORIES
There Are Seven States That DNGAF About Coronavirus
Rachel Maddow called out seven states that have been doing little to nothing to combat spread of the Coronavirus which are Texas, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Missouri, Mississippi, Idaho and Wyoming. Maybe Trump can just border wall up each of those territories to get this under control.
Read more at huffpost.com.
Dudes 3D Printing Ventilator Parts Threatened With Lawsuit By Obvious Evil Assholes
Two men started 3D printing vital ventilator valves and selling them for $1 to hospitals and the original manufacturers are threatening lawsuits. That is if there are any lawyers willing to serve these guys with papers and break social distancing.
Read more at theverge.com.
Black Churches Are Having Tough Time Dealing With The ‘Rona Virus
Medium put out a profile on how black churches are dealing with the outbreak of coronavirus. Many cant’ afford to close or they’ll shut down. They could all start streaming on Tik Tok, that is if they’re attractive and rich enough.
Read more at medium.com.
These Are The Most Expensive Cities To Live In
Here’s a list of the world’s most expensive cities to live in as of 2020. Wait until 2021 Post-Corona and the most expensive cities are spread out mid-western towns in the US.
1. (tie) Osaka, Japan
1. (tie) Hong Kong
4. New York City, New York
5. (tie) Paris
5. (tie) Zurich, Switzerland
7. Tel Aviv, Israel
8. (tie) Los Angeles, California
8. (tie) Tokyo
10. Geneva, Switzerland
Read more at cnn.com.
Playboy Magazine Is Officially Dead and Blames Corona
Playboy Magazine will no longer be a printed publication, citing coronavirus supply chain woes that have only served to exacerbate its already sagging newsstand sales. Where will we get our porn now?! WHERE?!
Read more at nypost.com.
NY Strip Club Is Offering FREE VR Lapdances!
Die Happy Tonight, a New York-based members-only strip club “for the modern discerning man,” is launching virtual reality lap dances for free to anyone self-isolating themselves at this time. Well, it’s not a lapdance, we need a new name, headset dance? Does that work?
Read more at nypost.com.
Drones Are Yelling at People to Go Inside
Have you had a weird feeling that you are in an alternate earth that takes place in a sci movie?
Maybe you are.
Read more at popularmechanics.com.
Police in Spain have been using drones to check the streets for anyone ignoring Spanish orders to stay home during the coronavirus outbreak
On Saturday, the country's 47 million citizens were ordered to stay indoors except for necessary tripshttps://t.co/Yqcy5K9OLC pic.twitter.com/jmLlQfQYXc
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 15, 2020
And Now, Check Out Idiot Spring Breakers Flaunting Their Youth And Immune Systems
Cool spring break kids keep on partying. Who knew Spring Breakers was a documentary from the future.
Someone waits for me,
A smiling face, a warm embrace,
Two arms to hold me tenderly
Where the boys are
My true love will be’
Via digg.
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Friends Reunion Postponed
Great Now the God damn shit eating Coronavirus has caused a postponement of the Friends reunion that we need now more than ever.
Can we at least get Gunther and one of Phoebe’s old boyfriends!?
Read more at variety.com.
Bono Whips Up a New Song Fast. Maybe Too Fast
Bono shares a new song inspired by coronavirus isolation. OK it could have been worse. Could have been a poem.
Via cnn.
GOING VIRAL
Cavalcade Of Stars Bust Out Acapella Quarantine Version Of Imagine
This is sweet and fun. But now the flood gate is open. Expect this to be done over and over and over again with varying degrees of success and annoyance in the coming months
Gal Gadot, Jamie Dornan, Natalie Portman, Zoe Kravitz, Sia, Lynda Carter, Amy Adams, Mark Ruffalo, Ashley Benson and lot of famous singing “Imagine” on this critical times ❤️ pic.twitter.com/xCdoX8PMrC
— pam ??♀️ (@sidetolaufer) March 19, 2020
Bucs Fan Is Not Happy About Brady At All!
Most people see Tom Brady coming to the Bucs as a huge treat, all this guy sees in Michael Jordan on the Wizards.
Christ The Redeemer Statue In Rio Lit Up For The World
Finally, adding a little color to Christ the Redeemer. It’s been so blah for so long.
Rio's Christ the Redeemer statue lit up in solidarity with all the countries affected by the coronavirus crisis. https://t.co/m3IW3ZIoa6 pic.twitter.com/4A31F0aEh9
— ABC News (@ABC) March 19, 2020
Flags, continent maps and messages of support of countries affected by the spread of COVID-19 are projected on the statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on March 18, 2020. Photo by Florian Plancheur/AFP #coronavirus pic.twitter.com/pmRq3YuvAc
— Rappler (@rapplerdotcom) March 19, 2020
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