Jake Paul, Tommy Fury, and Woody Harrelson walk into a bar...
So I left immediately.
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Woody Harrelson went on SNL & pushed a conspiracy theory
Tommy Fury fought Jake Paul… and won
Proposed Florida bill bans dogs from sticking their heads out car windows
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Mexican president posts photo of what he claims is a Maya elf, Britain and E.U. Agree on Northern Ireland Trade Deal and more!
Woody Harrelson went on SNL & pushed a conspiracy theory
Woody Harrelson is many things. Is he in one of Rubes’ and my fave films (Zombieland)? Yes. Is he a 9/11 truther? Allegedly (I just learnt this today.) Is he a self-described “anarchist, Marxist, ethical hedonist, nondiscriminatory empath, epistemological deconstructionist and Texan?” Apparently so! And did he go on SNL and push a pervasive conspiracy theory that claims that pharmaceutical companies control the government and the media?? ….. 🙂
Here’s his full monologue:
As part of it, he said that at one point says he read a script where:
“the biggest drug cartels in the world get together and buy up all the media and all the politicians and force all the people in the world to stay locked in their homes, and people can only come out if they take the cartel’s drugs and keep taking them over and over. I threw the script away. I mean, who was going to believe that crazy idea? Being forced to do drugs? I do that voluntarily all day long.”
And it was… kinda awkies in the audience. It was hard to tell whether it was a badly written joke or if he went off script OR what, BUT conspiracy twitter loved it, so there’s that!
Tommy Fury fought Jake Paul… and won
Tommy Fury is my kind of reality star (if you watch Love Island you’ll remember him) and Jake Paul is… not, but the fact that I know who both of these people are meant that for about 10 minutes I was interested in boxing! I know! Not interested enough to give you a play by play though… instead, let me just tell you that Tommy won the fight.
And he dedicated the fight to his new baby with Molly-Mae, Bambi 🥺🥺
Proposed Florida bill bans dogs from sticking their heads out car windows
How much is that doggy in the window? Well, if you’re in Florida, it could soon be quite expensive as one lawmaker wants people to be fined for letting their dogs stick their heads (or any other body part) out the window. The proposed law (by Democrat Lauren Book) also wants it to be illegal to hold a dog in your lap while you’re driving and for any dog being transported to be restrained.
The bill has got some support from animal rights groups who agree that it’s dangerous to have dogs hanging out of windows, but also and criticism from those who viewed it as “unnecessarily restrictive.”
But it’s not in place yet - the bill would still have to pass both chambers of the legislature and be signed by Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis, to become law - so I’ll keep you in the loop.
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Europe
Britain and E.U. Agree on Northern Ireland Trade Deal (The New York Times)
Note: this story is developing.
After WEEKS of confidential talks, Britain and the European Union just struck a deal “to end a festering dispute over post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland, a diplomatic achievement that could resolve one of the most poisonous legacies of Britain’s exit from Europe’s trade bloc.”
For live updates on the deal from the BBC visit here!
For live updates on the deal from The New York Times visit here!
Mexico
Mexican president posts photo of what he claims is a Maya elf (The Guardian)
This is a good contender for the weirdest thing I’ve seen on the internet this week: Mexico’s president Andrés Manuel posted a photo on his social media accounts on Saturday showing what he said appeared to be an alux (a mythological woodland spirit similar to an elf.)
“Everything is spiritual” he said.
America
California man sets world record after visiting Disneyland for 2,995 days (The Guardian)
There are Disney adults – who are obsessed with the animation giant’s products despite being grownups – and then there’s Jeff Reitz. Reitz’s fascination with Disney drove him to visit the company’s world-famous theme park in Anaheim, California, daily for eight years, three months and 13 days.
Jenna Ortega and Aubrey Plaza presenting at the SAG awards together is just everything
And I need you to watch it to know what I’m talking about:
Today’s mundane question:
Taken from Reddit. Are they both a spatula?? Let me know in the comments!
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Fish slice and spatula
They are both spatulas but the context matters. If you are cooking eggs or pancakes or something that needs to be flipped you use the spatula on the left. The spatula on the right can be used for essentially anything else, at least I do.