Tuesday June 15: Daily Links

TUESDAY 5.15


NEWS STORIES

 



Shit's About to Get Fucking HOT in the South West

A heatwave coming for Nevada Arizona and other parts of the Southwest is expected to shatter records, reaching temperatures over 120 degrees

In other words, it’s June.

Read more at axios.


NYC Wants to Honor Essential Workers With a Ticker Tape Parade

This July, the city of New York is planning a huge parade for all the doctors and nurses and other Covid heroes.

This seems like money well spent. Let’s give a bunch of underpaid people a parade.

Read more at audacy.


YouTube Bans Booze and Prescription Drug Ads From Their Masthead

They’re also no longer accepting ads for gambling, or politics in their prime ad space.

So that leaves adult diapers and number two pencils.

Read more at The Verge.


Sperm Survives in Space

Scientists discovered that not only does mouse sperm survive in space, but it still works just fine. After six months freeze dried on the space station, mouse jizz successfully fertilized spent months on the ISS and came back to earth and successfully fertizlized ovaries, and bore pups

Oh shit, said every astronaut ever.

Read more at space.


Majorie Taylor Greene is Taking Back her Holocaust Comparisons to Mask Regulations

MTG says she wants to own up to her mistakes, and comparing masks to the holocaust was indeed a mistake. She also claims a visit to the holocaust museum is what made her realize she was in error, although nobody’s buying that.

She needed to actually visit a Holocaust museum to understand that severity of the murder of six million Jews? Someone should tell her books exist.

Read more at forbes.


No Shit Report: Mall Owner With 100 Properties Files For Bankruptcy

The Washington Prime Group, which owns 100 malls across the country, is filing for bankruptcy. They need to just pivot to crypto mining farms.

Read more at CNN.



SPORTS



Bob Baffert Sues New York Racing Association

Why? They’re not the ones who gave the horse drugs.

Read more at CBSNews.


FBI Warns that QAnon May Get Worse Of They Take Matters In to Their Own Hands After So Many Unfulfilled Predictions and Promises

The FBI is warning members of Congress that Qchatter says many are tired of waiting and they can no longer trust the plan. While that’s led for some to disengage, there is growing belief that others may seek to commit violence against those they perceive to be members of the “cabal.”

Is this just the premise for the new Purge movie?

Here’s the TLDR version. Anytime you see a fat guy with a flag, run.

Read more at gizmodo.com.



CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



Batman Trended Today Because We Learned the Cape Crusader Doesn't Eat Pussy

Justin Halpern, co-creator of animated series for adults, Harley Quinn, said that DC made them pull a Batman/Catwoman sex scene with Batman going down on Catwoman.

“And DC was like, ‘You can’t do that. You absolutely cannot do that.’ They’re like, ‘Heroes don’t do that.’ So, we said, ‘Are you saying heroes are just selfish lovers?’ They were like, ‘No, it’s that we sell consumer toys for heroes. It’s hard to sell a toy if Batman is also going down on someone.’”

Apparently they’re not familiar with cosplay porn .

Read more at Variety.


Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist Cancelled

Star Jane Levy says, “It’s a real shame’ about the show being dropped.

It’s not a mystery that it was cancelled, it was a mystery that it was greenlit.

Read more at toofab.


NYT Takes Shots at Sitcoms Pairing Fat Lazy Zeros with Hot Wives

How come men can be dumpy on tv but women have to be hot over and over again? The New York Times is complaining about shows like King of Queens, Family Guy, According to Jim, Still Standing, Modern Family, Parks and Rec, that use that misogynistic trope.

Okay maybe that’s true. But how about that they never show a fat guy with an ounce of intellect?

Read more at nytimes.


Benninfer PDA - Shit Just got Real!

The paps caught this steamy makeout sesh at Nobu making it 100% locked that the relationship is romantic.

Ben and Jen are getting hot and heavy. This is the first time a sequel is more exciting than the original.

Read more at pagesix.com.


The Outfit Lorde Wears in Solar Power Video is Selling Like Hotcakes

Collinastrada.com offers the two piece set for $340.

Even if Solar Power doesn’t make song of the summer status, it’s going to be look of the summer. We haven’t felt like this since the Hammer Pants.

Read more at variety.com.


Chrissy Teigen Just Keeps Fucking Up

After releasing an official statement (again) that she’s sorry for being a cyber-bitch things are only looking worse for her. If you don’t feel like reading the whole apology they usual go like this: sorry about that. I’m listening. I’m learning, growing, and on a journey.

Oh she also got a new tattoo dedicated to the messes in progress, and is getting a ton of negative heat responding to her apology. Fashion designer Michael Costello is saying she ruined his career and brought him to the brink of suicide. Candance Owen, Farah Abraham, trashing her today, and on Twitter people are dredging up plenty of old bad deeds to show that her apology didn’t dig deep enough. (Even that Quvenzhané Wallis scandal).

Chrissy, delete everything. For the love of God, delete everything.



TRENDING



Chris Evans Asks Which Of These Female Action Stars You'd Want To Have Your Back
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Chris Evans aks Twitter who you want in your corner – Ripley, Black Widow, Sarah Connor, or Milla Jovavich’s character from Resident Evil. Why no love for Leeloo, Chris?



VIRAL VIRAL



Pilot Flew Right Up To a Tornadon

You better make sure this tornado’s mom doesn’t see you fucking around like this.



STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS



Americans Don't Know Much About Geography

According to a new study, 1 in 5 think Niagara Falls Is in Iceland.

Only half know that Redwood Forest is in Cali.

Less than 38% know the Grand Canyon is in Arizona

And 35% don’t know who won the election.

Read more at studyfinds.



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