Here are a few stories I found interesting over the past week. We start with some breaking Royal news: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have welcomed a new baby. The baby is a girl and named Lilibet “Lili” Diana Mountbatten-Windsor. Talk about a name that screams "money!"
Nigeria is blocking its residents access to Twitter after the social platform blocked a Tweet by the nation's leader for violating the site's terms. The country literally announced the ban... via a Tweet. From the CNN article:
"Many of those misbehaving today are too young to be aware of the destruction and loss of lives that occurred during the Nigerian Civil War. Those of us in the fields for 30 months, who went through the war, will treat them in the language they understand," Buhari wrote in the now-deleted tweet, referring to the brutal two-year Nigeria-Biafra war, which killed an estimated one to three million people, mostly from the Igbo tribe in the eastern part of the country between 1967-1970.
The tweet was deleted Wednesday after many Nigerians flagged it to Twitter and the platform said it had violated its policy on abusive behavior.
Then there's this batshit crazy insanity that Donald Trump believes he will be "reinstated" as President in August. That isn't how any of this works... at all.
The strong reopening of the American economy after mass vaccinations is having a great impact on jobless claims. More folks found work last month - and (some) wages are rising, too.
Speaking of COVID-19 - if you haven't been vaccinated yet and you are an American, please do so. That's because we have all been offered free beer if we hit 70% of the country vaxxed by July 4!
Lots of financial fallout from the pandemic continues... and on the other side of the tracks, you can spend $450 on a chocolate. That was how much I spent per month on rent in my first apartment.
Another big move in the NFL - with Julio Jones changing teams.
Also, gross:
And I leave you with this (and I disagree - do you?):
Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 12:01AM 