The Saturday Edition - Sep 26, 2020
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Award-winning author Mark Oshiro’s new Latinx YA fantasy, Each of Us a Desert, is a queer coming-of-age story about two young women finding home and falling in love amidst the dangers of a desert where stories come to life—available now.
TV, amazon prime video, Gillian Flynn, Utopia (series)

Amazon’s Utopia Is Timely in All the Wrong Ways

desmin borges, dan bird, Ashleigh LaThrop jessica rothe,
In what is either the best or worst possible timing (take your pick), Gillian Flynn's twisty new series takes place in the early days of a growing flu-like pandemic.
News, Amy Coney Barrett, Trump, U.S. Supreme Court

Trump Expected To Nominate Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court

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And so it goes that Donald Trump, the worst, most corrupt president in American history, will have placed three Supreme Court justices on the bench.
News, Attica Scott, Breonna Taylor, protests

Attica Scott, KY’s Only Black Female Rep & Author of “Breonna’s Law” Bill, Arrested During Protest

People visit a memorial for Breonna Taylor killed by Louisville Metro Police Officers earlier this year
Scott joined hundreds of protesters in what appeared to be an overwhelmingly peaceful assembly.
AMP Featured, Big on the Internet, Vin Diesel

Things We Saw Today: Vin Diesel’s Debut Single Is Great and No One Can Handle It

vin diesel as dom toretto in fate of the furious
Did ... anyone foresee Vin Diesel jumping headfirst into pop-stardom?
AMP Featured, TV, Dan Weiss, David Benioff, Liu Cixin, The Three-Body Problem, U.S. Senate

Weiss and Benioff’s Game of Thrones Follow up The Three-Body Problem Draws Scrutiny From the Senate

Daenerys Targaryen on Game of Thrones
Chinese author Liu Cixin's comments in support of human rights abuses against Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang have drawn attention to The Three-Body Problem series.
Movies, COVID-19, marvel, mcu

2020 Marks the First Year Without a Marvel Movie Since Iron Man 2, and Thank Goodness

Tom Holland as Peter Parker in Spider-Man: Far From Home
We all needed a break.
Gaming, among us, memes, video games

What Is the Video Game Among Us, and Why Is It Suddenly Everywhere?

Among Us is a popular new Mafia-style video game
Among Us, an online multiplayer "social deduction" game first released in 2018, is wildly popular right now.
AMP Featured, TV, Disney+, Nick Fury, Samuel L. Jackson

Nick Fury Is Finally Getting His Own Time in a Disney+ Show Starring Samuel L. Jackson!

Samuel l Jackson as Nick Fury one of the GOATs
It's about time that Nick Fury got his own moment to shine! Samuel L. Jackson is heading to Disney+ as the former director of S.H.I.E.L.D. 
TV, The Boys

Amazon’s The Boys Will Get a “Superheroes in College” Spinoff

the boys season two poster
The Boys has been a massive hit for Amazon, who has fast-tracked a spin-off following a group of superheroes in college.
News, Affordable Care Act, donald trump, Healthcare

Donald Trump Finally Released His Health Care “Plan” and It’s Totally Meaningless

Donald Trump delivers remarks on his healthcare "policies"
This entire stunt is meant to sound good while delivering nothing and what's really depressing is that it will probably work on a lot of people.
AMP Featured, News, 2020 Election, Florida, Matt Gaetz is a tool, Michael Bloomberg, Mike Bloomberg

Mike Bloomberg Tried To Pay Fines So That Florida Felons Can Vote, Now Florida Might Investigate

Mike Bloomberg stands at a podium.
Mike Bloomberg wants to pay felons' fines and fees so they can vote in Florida. Matt Gaetz is a tool, so he says that's a crime.
Big on the Internet, Billie Lourd, Star Wars (franchise)

Billie Lourd’s Surprise Baby Has Fans and Friends Everywhere Emotional

Billie Lourd in Star Wars
Congratulations to Billie Lourd and Austen Rydell!
Gaming, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Halloween, Nintendo

Halloween Animal Crossing Update Drags Us All Back to Our Trash Covered Islands

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I have not played Animal Crossing in months, but this new Halloween update is going to bring me back to my beloved island of Krypton. Oh gods, I'm going to have so many weeds.
TV, Ezra Bridger, Rahul Kohli, The Mandalorian

Rahul Kohli Trolled All of Us About Playing Star Wars’ Ezra Bridger, and … We Wouldn’t Be Mad About It!

Rahul Kohli in iZombie
You might know Rahul Kohli as Dr. Ravi Chakrabarti from The CW's iZombie but now all we can think about is seeing him in a galaxy far, far away.
AMP Featured, News, op-eds, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, The Satanic Temple

The Melting Down Over This RBG Satanic Temple Op-Ed Is Peak ‘I Only Read the Headline’

The Baphomet statue is seen in the conversion room at the Satanic Temple
A whole lot of people with American flags in their bios are online talking about a "battle of good vs. evil."
AMP Featured, Gaming, Luigi, Nintendo, things we saw today

Things We Saw Today: According To Pornhub, No One Wants To Smash Luigi … or Waluigi?

not hot luigi according to P*rn Hub
In "celebration" of over thirty years of all things Super Mario, the website Pornhub decided to share some special insights from their data.
Big on the Internet, HootSuite, ICE, Twitter

Hootsuite Drops ICE Contract After Employee Calls Them Out on Twitter

Demonstrators march through downtown calling for the abolition of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on August 16, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois.
Anderson's thread touched upon employees' frustration and anger at the deal, including Mexican Hootsuite employees being harassed and targeted by ICE.
Science, Drugs, magic mushrooms, psilocybin

In Oregon, Psilocybin (AKA Magic Mushroom) Therapy Is on the Ballot

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Oregon's Measure 109 would legalize psilocybin (magic mushrooms) for therapeutic purposes.
Movies, Chadwick Boseman, Marvel Entertainment, Nikkolas Smith

Marvel Revealed a Stunning Tribute to Chadwick Boseman in Downtown Disney

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We are all still coping with the loss of Chadwick Boseman.
AMP Featured, Movies, Alamo Drafthouse, movie theaters

Renting an Entire Alamo Drafthouse Theater Doesn’t Seem That Great for Several Reasons

alamo drafthouse theater nyc
In theory, hearing that you can rent out an entire movie theater for $150 sounds intriguing, especially if you can include 10–30 guests and socially distance yourselves.
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