British artist Damien Hirst burned his paintings and streamed it all on Instagram as part of his project “The Currency”. All of the paintings were created to be NFTs.

Well that’s a start.

Read more at NPR

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A doctor at Corticol labs claims he has grown the first sentient brain in a dish. They grew the cells from stem cells, and used electrodes to connect the cells to the video game Pong. The cells learned to play in about five minutes.

Great wake me up when they can play asteroids.

Read more at BBC

A Connecticut Jury handed down their decision against Alex Jones today, awarding $965 million dollars to the families of eight children who were killed in the Sandy Hook mass shooting.

One beeeeelion dollars.

Read more at NY Times

A legal battle between a photographer, and the Warhol estate was heard in the Supreme Court today, with the court being asked to determine if Warhol’s paintings, based on a photograph, infringed the photographer’s copyright. A federal court ruled in 2019 that Warhol’s work was sufficiently transformative because it evoked different feelings than the original. Then the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the decision in 2021, saying the court misapplied fair use factors. Now the Supreme Court is being asked to examine that reversal.

In considering fair use, courts consider four factors including the effect of the use upon the potential market of the original.

Shouldn’t this have made the photograph worth more?

Read more at NBC News.

For the first time, the National Guard is losing its roster, with more people leaving than enlisting. This year alone, the Guard’s complement has decreased by about 7500.

What is this? Russia?

Read more at Fox 13

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A goose flew onto the field during the Padres-Dodgers game last night but some quick thinking staff were able to grab it. Was this goose related to Bushy?

Read more at the New York Post.

Removal of the goose: pic.twitter.com/r2JwoGIIL6

— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) October 13, 2022

ESPN just published a very long piece on Dan Snyder that’s rehashed all his general shitiness and says he has a ton of dirt on the rest of the owners of the league and Roger Goodell after he hired private investigation firms to find whatever they can. Annnnndddd nothing will come from this.

Read more at ESPN.

After walking away from baseball, Randy Johnson has become a wildlife and NFL photographer. There’s only one photog angrier than Randy and it’s E-Money.

Read more at SB Nation.

She’s been quiet till now, but Gisele Bundchen posted a comment on someone else’s instagram post today that speaks volumes about her separation from Tom Brady. “You can’t be in a committed relationship with someone who is inconsistent with you. Read that again,” she wrote, commenting on a post by author Jay Shetty.

He’s also been an inconsistent QB this year. So at least that’s consistent.

Read more at People

https://people.com/sports/gisele-bundchen-comments-on-post-about-inconsistent-relationships-tom-brady-drama/

Heidi Klum did a photo shoot with her 18 year old daughter and it’s been labeled “incestuous” by the Daily Mail. Yeah but Heidi is German, this is really not so bad.

Check out the photos at the Daily Mail.

The 23 year old American Idol sensation was beloved by fans of the show.

Countdown to the first media outlet that thinks its Ruben Studdard.

Read more at pagesix.

Ryan announced this week that he and Hanks are working on a doc about comedy legend John Candy. Both of John’s kids tweeted support of the project.

I wish it was Burt Reynolds and Tom Hanks.

Read more at people.com.

With John Candy trending, I’ll just say I love him. So much so, @maximumeffort is working on a documentary on his life with @colinhanks. Expect tears.

— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) October 10, 2022

Schneider can’t take living in Cali anymore. He says Newsome and the democrats have made the state shitty and he doesn’t want them running his life.

You don’t have to tell us why you’re leaving, just leave.

Read more at mediaite.

Filming will begin this winter, Sandler revealed in an interview with Vanity Fair. “Once that Safdie brothers movie starts – and I love those guys – I know we’re going to dedicate ourselves to working our asses off and making sure it’s as good as it can be, and I know that takes a lot of time,” he says. “So part of my brain is going, ‘Wow, once that movie starts I’m in deep and our lives are going to change.’”

Anything to keep him away from Rob Schneider.

Read more at Dazed Digital.

Monster – The Jeffrey Dahmer Story is exploding on Netflix and has already become Netflix’s second most popular series, after Stranger Things Season Two.

This is honestly worse than hearing Ant Man did well.

Read more at Deadline.

After 12 years of turning his chair, Blake Shelton says he’s leaving his position as one of the judges of the hit singing reality series. Season 23 will be his last season.

It would be better for us if he was leaving Gwen Stefani.

Read more at Today.

First there was Barbarella the comic book, then Jane Fonda starred in the movie in 1968, and now a new adaptation will star Sydney Sweeney who you know from Euphoria or The White Lotus depending on your age.

Finally a remake of a bad movie.

Read more at Deadline.

There’s a lot of fans with tattoos of Brit musician Rex Orange County who are regretting their decision now that he’s been accused of sexual assault. His trial will begin in January. The pride and love his fans felt for him, who said his lyrics were important to them, has turned to disgust for him, and sympathy for the woman accusing him of assault.

Means less to those of us who never heard of him.

Read more at Buzzfeed News

A new book about Paul Newman, The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Manis based on interviews with friends and family and Newman himself over the span of five years in the mid-’80s. In the book, Newman himself describes how he and Woodward fixedup a room with a “thrift shop double bed,” which was declared the Fuck Hut by Woodward. “It had been done with such affection and delight. Even if my kids came over, we’d go into the F – – k Hut several nights a week and just be intimate and noisy and ribald,” Newman said.

And then they would order from Pizza Hut?

Read more at NY Post

Abraham loves School of Rock and was thrilled to meet Jack Black, so Jack surprised him with a song.

In other news, Kyle Glass was seen fighting a squirrel for a French fry.

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Abraham got to meet Jack Black and sign his favorite part to his Favorite movie “School of Rock” #teamAbraham #CapCut #fyp #FlexEveryAngle

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The jeans from 1880 were found in a mine. A 23 year old vintage clothing dealer bought them at auction.

Does it come with a vest?

Read more at Business Insider

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