Tuesday July 26: Daily Links

TUESDAY 7.26


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The Octopus Has More Than One Brain

The BBC took a deep dive on the Octopus, asking the question, do they feel pain? And we learned that each tentacle contains a mini brain distinct from the Octopus primary brain.

Unfortunately for them, every brain is stupid.

Read more at BBC


Bad News, RIP Choco Taco

The Klondike Classic ice cream snack, Choco Taco is being discontinued after a long happy run in Good Humor trucks and ice cream freezers.

If you really cared you would have kept buying them.

Read more at Barstool Sports.


Humpback Whale Meets Little Boatn

Just off the coast of Plymouth Mass, a humpback breached and landed on the bow of a small boat.

Someone check on Jonah.


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SPORTS



Boston Celtics Looking at Snapping Up KD

The Celtics are talking with the Nets about at possible Kevin Durant trade, sources have told ESPN.

KD lang would fit in better with that crowd.

Read more at ESPN


NFL Sunday Ticket Deal Could Go for Over $2.5 Billion

Everyone’s in the race for the deal to take over NFL Sunday Ticket from Dish, including YouTube, but the likely front runner seems to be Apple TV. What will it cost you to get access to single game? Probably more than you were paying for direct tv which only paid $1.4 billion per season for the rights.

How many of those games do you really want to watch?

Read more at Ars Technica


Kyler Murray's Contract Says He Has to Do Homework

Every week of the NFL season, Kyler Murray is required to engage in at least four hours of “Independent Study.” What does that mean? He has to study material provided to him by the Club in order to prepare for the Club’s next upcoming game, including without limitation any such material provided via an iPad or other electronic device. And he can’t just let it run on the ipad while he’s doing other things. Failing to do so would put him in breach of his contract.

The impossible task of teaching passion.

Read more at Pro Football Talk


Johnny Football's Ex Just Had a Baby With Nick Cannon

Bre Tiesi is a new mom, giving birth to a baby boy whose father is Nick Cannon. She’s also Johnny Manziel’s ex wife.

Buck up Johnny. Someday everyone’s ex will have a baby with Nick Cannon

Read more at TMZ


Charles Barkley Tired of People Shitting on the LIV Golf Tournament

Barkely wants people to stop bitching about the Saudi league and focus their contempt for civil rights issues here in the US.

“Everybody picks and chooses,” he said on the Dan Patrick Show.. “I just think it’s funny they’re more worried about civil rights in Saudi Arabia, a place 99.9 percent of people in the United States have never been and all of a sudden they’re worried about civil rights in Saudi Arabia. That kind of gives me a chuckle. I say you don’t worry about civil rights of people here in the United States. But all of a sudden when guys start taking money you’re like ‘I’m more worried about civil rights in Saudi Arabia.’ And that just makes me laugh. … Why don’t y’all worry about civil rights here in the United States, let’s worry about that, before we worry about what’s going on in Saudi Arabia?”

Can’t we care about everyone’s rights, Chuck?

Read more at mediaite



CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



The Trailer for Black Panther Wakanda Forever Has Viewed 172 Million Times in One Day

Is it just me or does this work a lot better without Chadwick Bozeman? No?

Read more at Variety


Joni Mitchell Performs at Newport Folk Festival And it Was Magic

Brandi Carlisle brought Joni Mitchell on stage at the festival and the two performed Both Sides Now and if you don’t cry watching this, then get your heart checked.

The set started with Belinda singing Carey, joined by Joni in parts. “Big Yellow Taxi,” “Amelia” and “Help Me,” followed, “Carey”, “Just Like This Train”, “A Case of You,” “Shine” and “Come in From the Cold,” and some classics like “Love Potion No. 9” and “Summertime.”

Just wait till next year. I hear she’s going electric.

Read more at NPR


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Is she back? Britney Spears made her first return to the recording studio in a secret sesh with Elton John to record Tiny Dancer as a duet and insiders are saying it will be the song of the summer.

Interesting. Are you both keeping your clothes on for this?

Read more at Page Six


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TRENDING & VIRAL



Sports Analyst Wants to Say Ron Burgundy, Says Ron Jeremy

The fact that you even know Ron Jeremy tell us everything


Dodgers Ball Girl Makes the Grab

Great glove, but she’s got the mental mistakes of a Red Sox player.



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