Wednesday March 23: Daily Links

Published by Interrobang Staff at March 23, 2022

WEDNESDAY 3.23

NEWS STORIES

Russians Trying to Download Every Wikipedia Page

As more and more companies cut off services to Russian citizens, people are taking steps to preserve Wikipedia entries, working to download the entire archive in case the site blocks access in the coming days. A non profit has compiled a 1.8 million article torrent that individuals can download, and 150,000 internet users have already accessed the torrent.

Fools. Stop wasting your time on wikipedia and start downloading Pornhub!

Buzzfeed Downsizing

Once upon a time, Buzzfeed was one of the hottest sites on the internet, but today the news came that three editors are stepping down and there’s more downsizing taking place. Some insiders are saying the news division in the throes of a death rattle.

The bigger story is how they ever got popular in the first place.

Single Parents Getting Their Own Dating App

Match.com is planning to launch a site called STIR that is just for single parents and helps potential love interests to compare their schedules and free time before they waste each others time.

The last thing any single parent needs, is another single parent. The days of the Brady Bunch are over.

Man Has Tats on Nearly Every Inch of His Body

This 38 year old grandpa has been busy covering himself with tattoos and has covered 98% of himself, including his eyeballs.

How’d they get this picture of Pete Davidson from the future?

These Are What People Think Are The Most Boring And Exciting Jobs And Hobbies Are

Researchers found what people think are the most exciting and boring jobs to have. They also asked what people thought the most boring hobbies are. And yes, most people think Religion is a hobby.

How Much Is Apple Worth? 11 Disneys

Apple is now worth $2.7 trillion dollars, the equivalent of 11 Disney’s. And they still can’t protect imessage from Russian hackers, so what the fuck is even going on.

SPORTS

The Little School that Beat KC is Even More of a Cinderella Story

A former staffer for St Peters shared a giant twitter thread full of crazy stories about how rough things are at the school and all the obstacles the basketball team has put up with. Leaking roofs, flooding, no hot water, one shared old ass laptop, coaches that slept at work because they couldn’t afford their commute, feral cats, rims falling off the basket, and having to skip practices when the gym gets rented out for kids parties are just some of the stories revealed by Coach RP.

This is going to make a much better movie than CODA.

Mike Tirico Joins Sunday Night Football

Mike Tirico is now taking over for Sunday Night Football with Al Michaels heading to Amazon. If NBC really wants to get headlines, pair him back up with Gruden.

Who Tweets for Tom Brady?

A company named Shadow Lion, with 15 employees is behind every single piece of social media content ever posted by Tom Brady.

He doesn’t even have that many guys on the field to protect him.

The Browns Did A Deep Dive On Watson Before Singing Him

Not. They spoke with Watson for almost a half hour and talked to his legal team and they felt really good with their decision to bring him in. And that half hour meeting took place at a spa.

CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT

Gordon Ramsay Says Something Thats Gonna Piss a Lot of People Off

Promoting his new BBC show, Gordon Ramsay’said there’s an upside to the pandemic’s affect on restaurants– “the crap’s gone.”

It’s been devastating the last two years. Landlords don’t say, ‘Take a holiday for two years’. But I think what has been evident for all of us is the crap’s gone.” he said.

Oooor maybe the pandemic just cleared out the “not-backed-by-big-corporate-money” joints like everything else.

Johnny Carson Bio Series Will Star Joseph Gordon Levitt

Titled, The King of Late Night, the project is being shopped around at networks.

Does this kid have to play everyone?

Amanda Un-Bound

After nine years in a conservatorship Amanda Bynes is now free to make her own life choices. She is 35. The conservatorship was implemented after the actor had been placed on an involuntary psychiatric hold nearly a decade ago. in a statement after her release, she thanked her fans for love and well wishes, and thanked her parents and her lawyer for their support. and shared what her plans are going forward.

“In the last several years, I have been working hard to improve my health so that I can live and work independently, and I will continue to prioritize my well-being in this next chapter. I am excited about my upcoming endeavors — including my fragrance line — and look forward to sharing more when I can.”

Thanks Britney for showing the way!

Warhol Marilyn Monroe Portrait Could Break Major Records

Warhol’s iconic Marilyn portrait is going to auction in May and the buzz is, that the silkscreen could fetch $200 million. Shot Sage Blue Marilyn could become the most expensive piece of 20th century art ever sold at auction.

Warhol was crypto before there was crypto.

Buzzfeed Ranks All DC Villains

32 DC villains were ranked with more classic bad guys in the top ten than you might expect.

Somehow the Joker swept the top 3. How is this something to take seriously?

TRENDING & VIRAL

Woman With Shark-Like Arm Still Has Sense of Humor

34 year old Sadie Kemp had to have her arm sewed into her abdomen as. a treatment for sepsis, and now it kind of looks like a sharks head. She’s happy to be alive, and instead of freaking out about her arm, she went viral humming the theme from jaws while using her arm as a shark.

We’re gonna need a bigger glove.

What Are The Best Cities For Pizza?

One website decided to rank how good a city is for pizza by how often the resident search for pizza, how many independent pizza shops exist there and how cheap the pizza is.

Detroit was found to be the best city in the US for pizza, with the most independent restaurants per capita.
Pittsburgh has more pizza restaurants than any other metro area in the US.
Ohio is the best state for pizza: three cities fell in the top half of the rankings.
St. Louis has the most affordable cheese pizza and Salt Lake City has the most affordable pepperoni
Seattle has the highest search interest in wood-fired pizza, and Raleigh has the highest search interest in pan pizza.
Almost every city in the top 15 is east of the Mississippi River, and most are in the north.

They seem to have left out taste.

STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS

Study Says Medical Marijuana Doesn't Help Most of the Things It's Prescribed For

A new study by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital seems to reveal that weed doesn’t help with anxiety, depression or pain.

It does make music and movies and munchies better.