The Wednesday Edition - Jun 17, 2020
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Big on the Internet, bad ideas, Twitter

Twitter’s Newest Terrible Idea: Audio Tweets

man yelling into phone
Tweets you can hear! Because why get rid of racist when you can do something useless!
Movies, Jaws, Mayor Larry Vaughn, Reopen America

Yeah, the Jaws Screenwriter Is Pissed at Politicians Acting Like His Villain, Too

Mayor Larry Vaughn in Jaws
Look, I barely made it through this because I'm afraid of sharks most of all, but I willingly looked into this interview and Jaws, because people are CLEARLY not learning from pop culture in the way they should be.
Movies, Carrie Kelley, DCEU, The Dark Knight Rises, Zack Snyder

Zack Snyder: Dark Knight Returns’ Carrie Kelley Was Supposed to Be Part of DCEU

the dark knight rises old man Batman and Carrie Kelley robin
Zack Snyder revealed on Vero that Dick Grayson is dead in the current canon of the DCEU, and he was later asked if there were plans to bring Dick back after Flashpoint. In response to that, Snyder replied, "Stay dead ... till Carrie." And that can only mean Carrie Kelley.
TV, contributors, Killing Eve

Killing Eve’s Third Season Deserves More Praise Than It Got

Eve and Villanelle embrace in Killing Eve season 3.
Superb, stylish, and tragically beautiful are just a few words to describe Killing Eve as a whole, though the third season of this BBC hit, in particular, was especially brilliant, despite what the many negative reviews written by cis male critics say.
Movies, donald trump, james comey, Showtime

There Is Nothing Less Appealing Right Now Than a Movie About Donald Trump and James Comey

Brendan Gleeson as President Donald J. Trump in THE COMEY RULE. Photo Credit: Courtesy of CBS Television Studios/SHOWTIME.
The movie in question is The Comey Rule, from Showtime, about Donald Trump and his conflict with James Comey. We don't want it.
AMP Featured, News, 2020 Presidential election, donald trump, Joe Biden

Even More Republicans Are Forming Groups to Take Down Donald Trump

Donald Trump holds up the "OK" hand signal.
Is anyone actually pro-Biden, or is anti-Trump the best we can hope for?
AMP Featured, Big on the Internet, masks, Trump supporter

What Is This Middle School-Level Anti-Mask Presentation to Lawmakers From a Trump Supporter?

Donald Trump supporters gather outside of an arena
ANYWAY, there is a new viral video of a woman standing in front of a city council in Ventura, California, who is holding a giant whiteboard like this is a middle school group project, demanding that she not be required to wear masks, and honestly, can't we just put all these people in like Nebraska and leave them there?
Movies, Attack the Block, Jodie Whittaker, Joe Cornish, John Boyega

Joe Cornish and John Boyega Talk Potential Attack the Block Sequel!

Franz Drameh, Alex Esmail, Leeon Jones, and John Boyega in Attack the Block (2011)
John Boyega will always be Moses from Attack the Block to me. The 2011 film is what a lot of people my age know him from, since Attack the Block was lauded for its humanizing depiction of kids growing up in project housing. The film ended with enough room for there to be another, and it sounds like a sequel is already being discussed.
Big on the Internet, aunt jemima, breakfast, racism

Conservatives Are Mad About the Loss of Yet Another Racist Symbol: Aunt Jemima

racist aunt jemima pancake ad from 1951
There's a lot of racism in our kitchens, and rebranding Aunt Jemima is just one step in the direction of correcting that. But guess who's complaining about it?
Movies, AMC Theatres, Cinemark, COVID-19, Regal Cinemas

Regal, AMC, and Other Theater Chains to Reopen in July. But Are You Ready to Go Back to the Movies?

trailer screenshot of john david washington in tenet. Warner Brothers.
Are Tenet and Mulan big enough draws to get people to go to the movies?
News, Congress, Coronavirus

One of the Wealthiest Members of Congress Took a PPP Small Business Loan & He’s Not the Only One

People walk through a shuttered business district
It's very clear that there's no shortage of ways our elected officials are able to benefit off of the pandemic while passing legislation to cover their tracks.
Big on the Internet, animals, Diego the tortoise, things we saw today

Things We Saw Today: Congrats on Retiring From Sex, Diego the Tortoise

A great looking tortoise
Diego the tortoise had an important job: He had to have sex a lot of times to make sure that his species didn't die out, and boy did he deliver.
News, Depression, sex, stress

To the Surprise of No One, Americans Are More Depressed and Having Less Sex

Daisy Edgar-Jones, Paul Mescal
A new study shows that Americans are the most depressed they've been in 50 years, and we're also not having sex, so no one is happy.
AMP Featured, Big on the Internet, slavery, tim kaine, Twitter feuds

Conservatives Are Mad at Tim Kaine for Saying America Created Slavery. Which He Didn’t Say.

US Senator Tim Kaine speaks during a Senate Armed Services nominations hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on May 7, 2020. - The hearing was for US Ambassador to Norway Kenneth Braithwaite, nominated to be Secretary of the Navy; James Anderson, nominated to be Deputy Under Secretary of Defense For Policy; and General Charles Q. Brown, Jr., nominated to Chief of Staff of the US Air Force. (Photo by Al Drago / POOL / AFP) (Photo by AL DRAGO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Republicans are tweeting at Tim Kaine for saying that America created slavery. Except he didn't say that.
Movies, Gone With The Wind, Hattie McDaniel, Queen Latifah

Queen Latifah Discusses Hattie McDaniel’s Relationship to Gone with the Wind

Scarlett O'Hara and Mammie in Gone With the Wind.
Latifah spoke to The Associated Press and was asked on her thoughts about Gone with the Wind's "removal" from HBO Max.
Big on the Internet, Chuck E. Cheese

Everyone Wonders … What Will Chuck E. Cheese DO If He’s Bankrupt?

A sign for Chuck E. Cheese's.
Twitter asked the question, and I have the answer: What's Next for Chuck E. Cheese? 
AMP Featured, News, police brutality, racial justice, Trump

Trump’s Executive Order on Police Reform Is a Tepid Response to a National Crisis

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 05: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a bill singing ceremony with his economic team in the Rose Garden at the White House June 05, 2020 in Washington, DC. In the midst of nationwide protests against the death of George Floyd, the U.S. Labor Department announced the unemployment rate fell to 13.3 percent in May, a surprising improvement in the nation’s job market as hiring rebounded faster than economists expected in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
This is a nothingburger of a response.
Big on the Internet, donald trump, evangelism, white supremacy

“White Blessing” Trends and It’s Time to Talk About White Supremacy and Evangelicals

US President Donald Trump holds a Bible while visiting St. John's Church across from the White House after the area was cleared of people protesting the death of George Floyd June 1, 2020, in Washington, DC. - US President Donald Trump was due to make a televised address to the nation on Monday after days of anti-racism protests against police brutality that have erupted into violence. The White House announced that the president would make remarks imminently after he has been criticized for not publicly addressing in the crisis in recent days. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
We need to talk about the ways white evangelical Christianity promotes and upholds white supremacy, in part, by upholding and promoting Donald Trump.
AMP Featured, Books, J.K. Rowling, publishing, transphobia

Hachette U.K. Staff Show Concerns Over Working on JK Rowling’s New Book Following Transphobic Manifesto

Author JK Rowling
How the tables turn. J.K. Rowling is actually facing some semblance of consequences following her transphobic spewing from last week. Her new book, The Ickabog, is getting some pushback from staff inside of Hachette U.K.
News, Hoaxes, police, shake shack

NY Police Associations Baselessly Accused Shake Shack Employees of Poisoning Cops

An ambulance drives past a Shake Shack restaurant
It only took about 12 hours for them all to have to walk back their accusations.
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