Wednesday May 26: Daily Links

WEDNESDAY 5.26


NEWS STORIES

 



Is MTG Topping Trump as the Queen of IDGAF

Mediate says Donald Trump is losing is mojo, and Marjorie Taylor Queen is the bell of the I Don’t Give A Fuck ball.

It seems like any stupid person could fill that roll.

Read more at mediaite.


Please Stop Calling 911 for Cicadas

Citizens of Union County Georgia are being asked to stop calling 911 because of Brood X Cicadas. It seems the insects sound remarkably like alarms going off.

Can we still call the fire department about fireflies.

Read more at boingboing.


Who Is an Astronaut?

Now that any average Joe can go to space, there’s the question of, are you an astronaut or not?

How bout this: you’re an astronaut if you didn’t pay for your ticket. #spacetourist

Read more at apnews.


This May Be the Worst Way to Die

A man was found dead, wedged in the leg of a paper mache stegosaurus by Catalan police just a few hours after he was reported missing. The theory is that he dropped his phone inside the dino somehow and tried to get inside to grab it.

That’s odd. More people have died from paper mâché dinosaurs than real dinosaurs.

Read more at vice.


Half of Texas High School Graduating Class Suspended Over Prank

Students pulled a prank just before graduation- they jabbed a bunch of plastic forks into the football field and everyone’s upset about the seemingly excessive response

Half the forking class???

Read more at People


Q Crowd Isn't Buying Your Alien Bullshit

QAnon followers believe that all this alien talk is just a diversion from the much bigger issue of election fraud.

So this is the one conspiracy you guys don’t fall for?

Read more at thedailybeast.com.


Michael Cohen Chases Woman Who Cursed Him

Trumps former lawyer was getting heckled by a MAGA fan in Central Park, and Cohen chased after her shouting, you’re going to be famous.

When is this antisemitism going to end?

Read more at thesun.


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SPORTS



Ok, Jaylon Smith, You Can Change Your Number, But It Will Cost You....

It cost Dallas Cowboys LB six figures to change his jersey number from 54 to 9 because the NFL rules require him to buy up the entire current inventory of jerseys and t-shirts.

Guess they didn’t sell too well, eh Jaden?

Read more at ESPN.


30 NFL Teams Okay Full Capacity Stadiums and Fans at Training Camps

So what your saying is “White Boy Summer” is going to turn in to White Boy Fall?

Read more at espn.com.



CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



Steve O Talks Piss Dive, and Getting Paralyzed, On Purposen

“I might have actually talked a doctor into dressing up as a clown so that he could put a four-inch needle into my spine and inject me with a drug that would paralyze me from the waist down while I was sprinting and before all kinds of terrible shit happened to me,” Steve O said in a video promoting Jackass 4, out in October. He also has 190 gallons of piss in his front yard at home.

Hey, wouldn’t it be better if you guys just wrote a script and acted?


Seth Rogen Tells Comedians to Stop Complaining

Seth Rogen says sometimes jokes age badly, and comedians just need to accept that. Complaining about cancel culture, he said, is ridiculous.

Countdown to comedians canceling Seth Rogen…

Read more at indiewire.


Watch Drew Barrymore Get UBER-Emotional Over Daytime Emmy Nomination

You know you were a movie star right?

Read more at ET Online


Little Selena Gomez Sings Britney

Gomez posted this video on IG of her singing a Brit song when she was just a kid.

She had to be the only kid in her neighborhood with her own green screen.

Read more at etonline.


Friends Asked: Did Any of You Guys Ever Hook Up?

David Schwimmer, Matt Leblanc and Matthew Perry said that they had a rule that to maintain a friendship, none of the core cast could hook up. “If we were hooking up…that might mess with things. We kept a friendship, and we did become really good friends. And we are really good friends to this day.”

The women just said they didn’t want to.

No one needs a rule to not fuck Ross.

Read more at justjared.


Rumors: Kanye West and Irina Shayk dating?

And Kim’s not jealous at all.

Obviously Irina belongs on prozac.

Read more at msn.


Warrant Out For Marilyn Manson Arrest for 2019 Snot Rocket

That’s weird. Didn’t Warrant used to open for them?

Read more at people.



JLo and Ben Seen Kissing at the Gym

In between sets the new old couple were spotted smooching.

They’re the two cutest kids in the whole senior class.

Read more at pagesix.


Chris Hemsworth Mocked By His Brother For Skinny Legs

When the Avengers star posted a photo to IG showing off some seriously buff arms, Hemsworth’s brother wanted to take him down a peg, and he did that with this comment: “Bro you been skipping leg days again?”

Come on, it’s not like Thor kicks people to death.

Read more at Buzzfeed.



TRENDING



A Look at The Stories Behind Celebrities Stage Names

Spoiler alert : someone on this list’s last name is Cockburn. Back story on why they changed it is probably unnecessary.

Read more at buzzfeed.



VIRAL VIRAL



Parisians Enjoy Eiffel Tower Grand Canyon

A French artist has created an optical illusion making it appear that the Eiffel Tower is straddling a canyon, and tourists are loving it.

Wile E Coyote would be well advised not to trust this.


Gender Reveal Goes Wrong... Again

Shame, if you weren’t so busy whacking you’re first kid, you would have known the gender of your second.

Via reddit.



STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS



Buzzfeed Looks Back at the Pandemic Trends

Which pandemic trends did you dive into? Gardening? Baking bread? Puzzles?

Does masturbating at 7:00 when the people start to ring bells show up on this list?

Read more at buzzfeed.


Delish Reminds You of Your Favorite 90's Food Commercials

You remember pizza in the morning, pizza in the evening AND pizza at Suppertime.

How did OJ Vitamins not make the list.

Read more at delish.



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