Thursday May 6: Daily Links
THURSDAY 5.6
NEWS STORIES
Airline Passenger Incidents Have Skyrocketed in 2021
In a typical year, Airlines will report between 100 and 150 traveler related incidents but in 2021, we’ve already seen 1300. Mask compliance seems to be at the root of most of them.
Maybe if everyone could smoke on planes again, they’d all chill out. Can we give this a shot?
Peloton Recalls All Treadmills
More than 125,000 treadmills have been recalled after a child died and dozens have been injured by the company’s treadmills.
Now what am I supposed to do? Go outside and walk on the sidewalk?
Buy a Ticket to Go To Space on Bezos' Rocket This Summer!
Jeff Bezos’ rocket company Blue Origin plans to launch its first tourism in space rocket on July 20th. The new rocket has six observation windows that are the largest ever used in space, and will provide a view of the curvature of the planet from suborbital space before returning back to earth. One seat on the first flight will go to the winning bidder of an online auction.
Hopefully there won’t be any fights over masks.
Starbucks Responds To Ridiculously Detailed Drink Order Trend
Great! Starbucks said. “Customizing beverages at Starbucks…has and always will be the heart of the Starbucks Experience,” adding, “most customizations are reasonable requests from customers.”
Okay it’s on Tik Tokers. Have at it. Do your worst.
Vimeo Bans Pillow Man
Vimeo has banned Mike Lindell from their platform using a very civilly worded farewell. “We do not allow accounts that upload content created by or mainly featuring a banned user. As the purpose of your account is to promote content from a banned user, it has been removed. We wish you the best of luck in finding a hosting platform better suited to your needs.”
Okay fine. None of you can buy his pillows. BANNED!
RIP to the Twitter Photo Crop
Okay the Twitter image crop sucks but….it inspired the “Open for a Surprise” Meme, and thats bumming people out.
Who knew everyone would be be mourning the worst platform feature? Maybe you’d all like to go back to 140 characters too??
Eric Adams Beating Andrew Yang in Latest Mayoral Poll
Yea, but half of those people were confused thought that they’d be voting for Eric Andre.
SPORTS
Charles Barkley Can Golf, Now
Now that he’s fixed his swing, can he put a little work into his personal life?
BREAKING: Charles Barkley has fixed his golf swing and is now striping it ⛳️ https://t.co/xSWFdljUpc
— BroBible (@BroBible) May 5, 2021
Olympic Committee Bans BLM Attire
Way to read the room. Is the new Olympic slogan “Shut up and Dribble”?
CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT
Ivanka Posts Her Second Vax Shot
“This afternoon, I gratefully received my second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Getting fully vaccinated is the best way to end this pandemic and protect ourselves and one another,” she wrote. Her followers, of coures, weren’t thrilled.
Cmon, this is great, she not only wore a mask for the occasion, she also dressed up like a WW2 nurse.
Read more at Business Insider.
This afternoon, I gratefully received my second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Getting fully vaccinated is the best way to end this pandemic and protect ourselves and one another. ♥️ pic.twitter.com/7zcvuiG0a9
— Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) May 5, 2021
Conan O'Brien Is Optimistic About Elon Musk on SNL
Coco wants you to give Elon a chance. He said amateurs (non comedians, non actors) always crush on ‘SNL’
Oh, you billionaires always stick together.
Billboard Will Chart Most Tweeted-About Songs
Billboard announced a new ratings system to add to their existing family of charts. “The Billboard Hot Trending Powered by Twitter,” will look at which songs have the most Twitter conversations taking place on any particular day.
“This is another cool way to slice and dice music data that’s different from what they are doing with all the other charts out there.”
Can’t I get this already just by looking at Twitter?
The Next Superman Will Be Black
Warner Brothers is searching for its next Superman and insiders say they’re looking to put a black actor in the role for the first time.
We know a guy who looks pretty damn good in his underwear.
Pete Davidson is Burning Off His Tattoos So He Can Get More Acting Roles
The SNL star appeared on Seth Meyers and said the reason he is going through the horrible process of tattoo removal is because he loves acting, and hates coming to work three hours early to get all his ink covered. He also had some advice: “If you’re gonna get tattoos, just make sure you really want it and aren’t on mushrooms.”
So you made a snap decision to get the tattoos, and now another to get rid of them? Looking forward to your new tattoos next year.
Willow Smith Surprises Jada for Mother’s Day
She’s reuniting her Old Band and Performing one of Their Songs
Really makes the Hallmark card and flowers you got from the $5 bucket look kinda shitty.
Willow surprised Jada for Mother’s Day & got Jada’s rock band, Wicked Wisdom back together & sang one of their songs. Look at how Jada’s looking at her 🥺👸🏽🎸 pic.twitter.com/Io5L58Z6UL
— Cassia Jones (@AwkwardGirlLA) May 5, 2021
TRENDING
Prince Charming's Kiss in Snow White: More Like CPR or Date Rape?
The debate is on! Disneyland updated a Snow White attraction this year, and people are taking sides over whether it makes sense to add in a prince charming kiss to wake the sleeping damsel in distress. Is it a kiss without consent? Or much needed medical attention?
Okay fine, get rid of the kiss. But can he at least rub her breasts?
If you find @KatieDowd or @JulieTremaine unconscious from a malady don't put those lips on them and perform CPR before first gaining their consent. @Disneyland Aren't you glad they weren't around SnowWhite when you needed the cure?
— Mother of Star (@motherofstar) May 4, 2021
Just heard about this. Is this really a concern or people just need to complain about something?https://t.co/ANl11WHsNe
— 👾ERIK NAGEL👾 (@erockradio) May 5, 2021
VIRAL VIRAL
Watch This Stunning Drone Tour of Mel’s Drive In
This looks amazing but face it, you already got your ass beat by a bowling alley.
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