“He brings the funk out of the forest and puts a smile on the face of the world. Meeting him in the woods to shoot the video was a life-changing moment,” Oates says of unlikely collaboration John Oates has teamed with a giant, saxophone-playing Sasquatch — named Saxsquatch, naturally — for a new EDM spin on Hall & Oates’ […]
Think you would have stood up to the Nazis? Cancel your Disney+ People are urging a boycott of the live-action remake of the Disney movie “Mulan” because it was filmed in a region of China where more than 1 million minority Uighurs are reportedly being held prisoner in concentration camps. And to add insult to […]
Regulators have fired warning shots over frenzied share dealing in GameShop and other firms fuelled by social media chat on sites like Reddit and Facebook. Watchdogs in the US and UK said they were monitoring activity and potential lawbreaking, and warned traders they risked facing huge losses. Traders should ensure they are familiar with all […]
As we’ve previously covered, California Supreme Ruler Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an unprecedented shutdown order, effective immediately and lasting for at least three weeks, for food and entertainment-related businesses in 19 counties on his coronavirus “watch list.” The closures affect approximately 70 percent of the state’s residents, covering the entirety of Southern California except for San Diego County, […]
As TFTP reported on Monday, Parler has been a haven for those who have been banned, deleted, or otherwise algorithmed into the memory hole by establishment media platforms. Users moved to Parler because the platform claimed not to censor their content and it was safe space for MAGA folks. For over a year, Parler has remained […]
We’re not even a month into 2021 and already it’s turning out to be a rather odd year, with the sort of fashion trends that can only emerge from spending a lot of time indoors with only your chaotic jumble of thoughts for company. Out of this strange era has sprouted the ‘monkey tail beard’, […]
One simulation of an uncontrolled disease outbreak concluded with riots and the National Guard on the streets. n June 22, 2001, a group of well-known U.S. officials and a handful of senior policymakers gathered at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland for a senior-level exercise that simulated a biological weapons attack—an outbreak of deadly smallpox—on […]
One of the rioters who was part of the siege of the Capitol building on Wednesday has been identified as John Earle Sullivan, a Black Lives Matter activist from Sandy, Utah. One man who participated in the siege of the Capitol building on Wednesday has been identified as John Earle Sullivan, a Black Lives Matter […]
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez is exploring putting a percentage of his city’s treasury reserves in bitcoin. Miami is currently working on accepting the cryptocurrency as a means of payment for city services and taxes. The mayor believes that “Bitcoin has been a stable investment during an incredibly unstable year.” Miami Could Invest Some of City’s […]
U.S. health care workers are first in line to receive the COVID-19 vaccine — but an alarming number across the country are refusing to do so. Earlier this week, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine disclosed that about 60 percent of the nursing home workers in his state have so far chosen not to get vaccinated. More than half […]
We tweet, we like, and we share— but what are the consequences of our growing dependence on social media? As digital platforms increasingly become a lifeline to stay connected, Silicon Valley insiders reveal how social media is reprogramming civilization by exposing what’s hiding on the other side of your screen. https://Netflix.com/thesocialdilemma ABOUT THE SOCIAL DILEMMA […]
More than a year after the city’s first business renting out the life-size sex toys went under, the unconventional service returned on Saturday, and in a more sophisticated, hi-tech manner. But the duo behind the venture say they did their legal homework and hope the public will realise they are offering an important service for […]
The blocking of Winnie the Pooh might seem like a bizarre move by the Chinese authorities but it is part of a struggle to restrict clever bloggers from getting around their country’s censorship. When is a set of wrist watches not just a set of wrist watches? When is a river crab not just a […]
Ludicrously argues that natural puberty is wrong because kids can’t consent. An LGBT activist has called for ALL children to be put on puberty blockers until a decision is made as to what gender they are going to be. Yes, really. Zachary Antolak began as a gay man but now identifies as a lesbian woman […]
The Golden State was in better shape than most of the country. Now the outbreak there is going from bad to worse. California is on the verge of breaking a pandemic record from the darkest days of the spring: With 17,750 COVID-19 patients hospitalized yesterday, the state is closing in on New York’s single-day high […]