Wednesday July 22: Daily Links
WEDNESDAY 7.22
NEWS STORIES
Twitter Suspends 7000 QAnon Accounts
Twitter has announced that 7.000 QAnon accounts have been suspended and another 150k accounts have been put on notice. QAnon will also no longer show up in trending topics or be searchable. Expect Twitter to be accused of child trafficking any second now.
Staten Island Is No Fan Of de Blasio
A banner of Bill de Blasio holding the severed head of the Statue of Liberty has popped up over the Staten Island Expressway in New York City. If only Kathy Griffin had done this instead she wouldn’t have gotten canceled.
https://twitter.com/ml_buckley/status/1285686306232770562/photo/1
Walmart Has a Gift For Essential Workers
Walmart has announced that as a thank you to employees who have been essential workers, there will be some cash bonuses, and the really big news- they will remain closed on Thanksgiving Day this year.
This looks nice, but it’s just their employees rest up for the Black Friday door busting maskless zombie armies the next day.
For the third time this year, we’re showing our appreciation for associates by providing special cash bonuses totaling $428M. Walmart stores will also close Thanksgiving Day, so associates can spend the time with their friends and families. https://t.co/e56X2MFVXi pic.twitter.com/kMRpebw5K0
— Walmart Inc. (@WalmartInc) July 21, 2020
White Boy Rick Out Of Jail
He spent decades in prison drug dealing and work as an FBI informant inspired the movie “White Boy Rick”
Now he is finally out.
White Boy Rick is now White Old Man Rick.
Cable TV Is Tanking
Remember cable TV? It was that thing before streaming. The networks have forgotten it and it’s on the way out.
Streaming killed the video star.
SPORTS
Pistons Fans Are Pissed That Jordan Logo Will Appear On Uniform
Detroit Pistons fans are pissed that Michael Jordan’s iconic Jumpman logo will appear on the team’s alternate jersey and shorts next season. It’s part of the NBA’s deal with Nike, with the logo on displayed on every team uniform. The bad blood between Jordan and the Pistons dates back 30 years and was re-ignited with the release of the ESPN doc-series The Last Dance. The league reportedly denied Jordan’s request to have a logo of a middle finger specifically for the Pistons uniform.
Jumpmenhttps://t.co/xoRmNMyMWN pic.twitter.com/eX3ORE3WMM
— Detroit Pistons (@DetroitPistons) July 21, 2020
NBA Reveal Orlando Bubble Courts
The NBA revealed their court design for the Orlando bubble. Black Lives Matters will be displayed in all three arenas, broadcasters will be enclosed in Plexiglas panels and the benches will be socially distanced for players, coaches and trainers. League officials are denying a report that they have also landed a major sponsorship deal with Purell.
Here is the NBA restart court in Orlando: the spaced out chairs are the socially distanced bench, Black Lives Matter is written on the court. pic.twitter.com/XGJu1w4QLC
— Malika Andrews (@malika_andrews) July 21, 2020
Natalie Portman Looking To Start Women's Soccer Team
We love watching the Team USA women beat everybody in the the world every four years. Then what ?
It’s time to bend it like Beckham.
Now You Can Cheer for MLB From Home
MBL has announced the release of an app that will allow you to contribute to the crowd noise from your own home. So the “cheer track” of fake crowd noise will be louder, softer, happier or angrier based on input from fans at home.
Somehow this pandemic made baseball as weird as a KPop concert.
New innovation from Major League Baseball will allow fans to cheer or boo in their app, ballpark staff can then match that up with the volume in the stadium. pic.twitter.com/YxqKTR7lYt
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) July 20, 2020
ENTERTAINMENT
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Bret Easton Ellis & Irvine Walsh are joining forces to write a new satirical TV series called ‘American Tabloid’. The drama will take place at a weekly tabloid ‘where political correctness, morals and ethics are left firmly at the door’. The best-selling authors are reportedly trailing editors at the New York Post for research.
J-Lo Gets Towed
Jennifer Lopez’s Hamptons beach trip got cut short when their dune buggies were towed away. The Hustlers star didn’t secure the proper parking permits, and cops quickly impounded the vehicles. Lopez and her crew had to make some calls to get picked up and bail out the buggies. Reps for the actress denied reports that they later did doughnuts in the parking lot to vent their frustration.
Geraldo Defending Ghislaine Maxwell
Geraldo is trending for defending Ghislaine Maxwell. He and Trump must subscribed to the same newsletters.
When asked @realDonaldTrump said he wished #GhislaineMaxwellArrested well. With media mob eager to see her lynched it was brave to weigh in. Fact: cases vs her are for crimes allegedly committed more than 25 years ago. She deserved bail & got solitary confinement: woke politics.
— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) July 22, 2020
TMZ Discovers Partial Cast of Big Brother 22
TMZ has found out part of the cast that is quarantining for the upcoming Big Brother All Stars cast – season 19 winner Josh Martinez, season 8 runner-up Daniele Donato, season 18 alum Paulie Calafiore, season 18 winner Nicole Franzel, season 20 runner-up Tyler Crispen, three-time contestant Janelle Pierzina, season 14 winner Ian Terry, season 12 winner Hayden Moss and season 20 alum Bayleigh Dayton. If Josh has even a single cent left from his past winnings we’ll all be shocked.
Billy Eichner cast as Paul Lynde in Biopic
Who would have thought they could cast someone who would have to LOWER their speaking voice in order to play Paul Lynde???
GOING VIRAL
Dumb Enough To Get Close To a Bison !?TLE
If You want to get close to a bison and it charges at you, make sure you play dead. Or just get dead
Worst thing about National Parks? Humans.
Male Karen Tries To Use Shirt As A Mask, Doesn't Go Well
A man in Wisconsin at a store on Native American land attempted to turn his shirt into a mask and it really didn’t go very well. At least he’s representing the male Karen’s out there.
Man in Wisconsin follows in his ancestor’s footsteps by bringing illness to a Native American reservation & refusing to leave pic.twitter.com/cdX2amQdZD
— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) July 21, 2020
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