Boris Johnson Can’t Stop Partying
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In today’s newsletter:
Boris Johnson can’t stop partying
Liam Payne created a new Twitter account just to talk about… NFT’s
We have 224 newly discovered species!!
Condoms available but hugs discouraged at Beijing Winter Olympics
Do you unpack as soon as you get home or leave it?
Boris Johnson is NOT sorry for party rocking
So a few weeks ago I talked about old mate Boris Johnson coming under fire for attending a ‘bring your own booze’ party in the garden at 10 Downing street during the first lockdown in 2020. Well, now we have new reports that he had a wee birthday party too.
Apparently, up to 30 people attended the June 2020 event, sang Happy Birthday and were served cake (rules at the time banned most indoor gatherings of more than two people.)
ITV News also said the birthday event had been a surprise for Mr Johnson after he returned from an official trip to a school in Hertfordshire… THAT IS NOT A GOOD SURPRISE FROM YOUR STAFF????
Now, The Metropolitan Police has actually launched an investigation into the parties held in No 10 during the coronavirus pandemic (here’s a timeline - there were actually heaps!) and Boris Johnson has said that he welcomes the investigation as it would "give the public the clarity it needs.” (??? Bro the public already want you to resign and this is probs only gonna make that clearer.)
One thing I’d like to note: he’s being called a “National Distraction” which is SO true actually. Last time I wrote about Boris I had an email from one of you telling me that while this scandal is playing out so publicly, some quite scary bills are trying to be passed. One of them is a crime and sentencing bill that limits citizens’ right to protest, giving police more and more rights. At the moment if the police want to restrict a protest, they generally have to show that it may result in "serious public disorder, serious damage to property or serious disruption to the life of the community," but if this bill passes (in its current form) police would be able to:
impose a start and finish time
set noise limits
fine people for not following the new rules and for having demonstrations, even if it's just by just one person
It would also become a crime to fail to follow restrictions the protesters "ought" to have known about, even if they have not received a direct order from an officer!! In a time of climate change, Black Lives Matter, and women’s safety protests (remember Sarah Everard?) the right to protest is so so important to make noise in an already deafening world, so thank you to this newsletter reader for keeping me in the loop!!
Liam Payne created a new Twitter account just to talk about… NFT’s
Honestly, if I had to pick any of the ex One Direction boys to become a cryptobro it would be Liam.
Here’s his new account:
I really don’t have that much to add here except:
While we’re on NFT’s, this video of Jimmy Fallon and Paris Hilton talking about their Apes is unsettling as fuck
NEW EPISODE OF CULTURE VULTURE!
A Bonus Jonas, Taylor Swift Claps Back, & Jamie Lynn Spears Enters The Chat - Culture Vulture — open.spotify.com
This weeks episode is HEARTY angels! We talk about Nick and Priyanka's new baby, Taylor Swift being told that she doesn't write her own songs, & Ye demanding that he gets the final edit on his upcoming documentary "Jeen-Yus," all before sinking our teeth into the latest in the #FreeBritney movement. We look at the release of Jamie Lynn's new book, why fans aren't happy with the timing or the content, and the web of people involved in the world of Britney Spears.
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) conservation group has published a list of 224 newly discovered species!!
In the Mekong region (Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar & Thailand ) the WWF conservation group has published a list of new species including:
A monkey with ghostly white circles around its eyes
Frogs
Newts
“the only known succulent bamboo species”
Condoms available but hugs discouraged at Beijing Winter Olympics
I had to write about this purely because of the headline hehe. So it’s a tradition that condoms are available to athletes at the Olympics, and no social distancing measures or silly little pandemics are here to fuck with tradition. A little bit of context: condoms have been given out at the Games since the 1988 Seoul Olympics to raise awareness of HIV and AIDS, and have continued to be distributed ever since.
In case you didn’t know (I didn’t) at the 2022 Winter Olympics they’re going for a “closed-loop” approach to keeping Covid-19 out:
“To limit the spread of infection, it is sealing the entire Games inside what authorities have called a "closed loop system" -- a bubble completely cut off from the rest of the city.”
This also means that while you’re inside the closed-loop, you are social distancing and minimising interactions (like hugs and high fives) with the people around you.
But, when Journalists checked into the Guizhou Hotel, (inside the closed-loop), they found “five individually wrapped condoms in each room. They were individually packed in different-colored envelopes decorated with an image of a Chinese lantern.” (Cute.)
I was gonna say something really gross about closed loops here but I have decided not to. End of segment.
Do you unpack as soon as you get home or leave it?
My flatmate Flo sent me a voice note with this idea for a mundane poll in it, because both her and I (her on a more extreme level) have to unpack our suitcases or bags as soon as we get home from anywhere - otherwise it stresses us out. As for you...
38% of you do it on the same day
62% of you leave it for a while
And that’s on procrastination!
A Bonus Jonas, Taylor Swift Claps Back, & Jamie Lynn Spears Enters The Chat (Culture Vulture)
How Discord became the “Soho House of Web 3.0” (Vogue Business)
The evolution of ‘Link in bio’ (The Atlantic)
Sydney Sweeney Asked 'Euphoria' Creator to Cut Back on Nude Scenes (Paper)
‘I Hate My New Job. Can I Quit Yet?’ (The Cut)
Jennifer Coolidge Credits Ariana Grande for Reviving Her Career (Paper)
GET A 14 DAY FREE TRIAL TO WATCH EUPHORIA OR YELLOWJACKETS! (Neon)
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