https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/18 /jk-rowling-turning-fury-against-colluded-trans -nightmare/

Random threads keep appearing in my reddit reccomended feed and after skimming the comments it seems alot of people hold disdain and sometimes outright hatred for her.

I read the article but I'm just wanting in the loop. Has she got a history of hating on trans people or something? The article didnt clue me in to the whole story. I don't have twitter and don't follow celebrity news etc. So when all of a sudden I'm being recommended threads on here at an alarming rate for no discernable reason about her I'm just wondering what has happened to her reputation. Last I heard of her (when the movies were coming out) people seemed to love her. Again, I don't follow celebrity news but this got me curious.

I’ve seen lots of people complaining, but I have no clue what it is or what’s happened but I am curious

https://old.reddit.com/r/youtubedrama/comments/1c86nj3/rip_watcher/

https://globalnews.ca/news/10432812/cloud-seeding-dubai-what-is-it/

I read that UAE is "seeding clouds" due to lack of rainfall.

Then recently I saw sever floods.

Did their "science experiment" go wrong somewhere? or is it just me over thinking it?

Been seeing quite a few of my favorite channels switch to other platforms for 'bonus' content like memberships - GMM started the Mythical Society, Game Grumps started a Patreon, and most recently Watcher (formerly Buzzfeed Unsolved) announced they're leaving YouTube for another pay-to-watch platform (https://youtu.be/g-ohi1iYP5k). What gives? Is YouTube not paying out anymore?

Can someone give me a rundown on jk Rowling's shenanigans?

I've always heard that jk Rowling was notorious on Twitter, but now I'm hearing that she's a holocaust denier and a transphobe??

https://www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/s/2LNWCWvv0V

https://www.reddit.com/r/DontSubscribeDumbAss/s/1zuDXAVevA

it keeps getting reccomended to me and it’s weird borderline porn stuff, all of the posts have 0 comments and a lot of them say unbg in the title? i’m so confused.

I personally don’t like her music, but after the release of her latest album, it seems like almost everyone hates it. I’ve yet to see a positive thing about the album

Are people growing tired of her music? Or is it the questionable lyrics in certain songs?

https://x.com/juaanislovingon/status/1781328514181976076?s=46

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI5ytfGGWXQ Is there like a giant controversy or something it? It just looked pretty inoffensive to me, not great but not egregiously terrible

https://welcomehome.fandom.com/wiki/Welcome_Home_Wiki

Is it a game or online puzzle or movie,cartoon? It looks pretty fun. My friend's daughter had the blue pompadour guy as her Birthday party decor.

This video came across my YouTube shorts thing about a debate on Joe Rogan's podcast between 2 archaeologists Flint Dibble and Graham Hancock with Joe Rogan (of all people) as a mediary. I tried googling for more context, but just got left with even more questions. The most I was able to gather was that Hancock released a controversial Netflix doc that expert Archaeologists had taken issues with, but couldn't find more details than that.

I'm not a Joe Rogan listener so I feel very out of the loop here.

This is a diy life hack, parenting hack channel. Their description is a far cry from any of their content https://youtu.be/L-exbgCPW60?si=sZOHT3-wrYM8YF2G just the thumbnails alone and the content itself are concerning as fuck. A lot of the comments are concerning as well as they’re very kid like as if kids are actually watching this content despite it not being marked for kids, other than that there’s not generated comments as well.

I always wonder what goes through the minds of the people that make this, because it’s obviously taking in a lot of views and now people know what they look like in real life. How awkward is it for them to explain their job to people? Do they feel any awkward tension making this content? Do they get nasty looks from parents in public? Are their parents ashamed of them?

As long as I have lived, I've never been anywhere where I needed to shop for groceries and the shopping bags are not provided for free. The only exception is the occasional trip to a warehouse club (few items need a bag there) and Aldi's (which is not often, and which I pretty much can't stand).
I live in one of the many places in the U.S. which has never had a bag ban. It's not been too long since I heard "paper or plastic?" at a grocery store. I can still remember when paper was still around, but well-hidden.
From what I have read, there are several sanitary reasons to prefer disposable bags. And so I am wondering, what is the process at the checkout when thin, disposable bags are not at the bag-filling carousel? Who bags your groceries? And what happens if you have an unplanned trip to the store? How many times do you reuse your bags? What are the options here?

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/15/climate/california-plastic-bag-ban.html

This guy

Who is he and what’s his day job? I only ever see him in these type of out-of-context reaction reels.

I remember a few months ago (February?), there was talk about Alaska Airlines flight attendants going on strike. Did they end up doing that? Link: https://news.alaskaair.com/alaska-airlines/progress-continues-as-alaska-airlines-negotiates-a-new-market-competitive-flight-attendant-contract/

How is "hush money" different from an out-of-court settlement with a nondisclosure agreement?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trumps-hush-money-trial-could-last-six-to-eight-weeks-what-to-know-about-the-timeline/ar-BB1lF1Rq

YT video

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mercurynews.com/2024/04/18/state-doj-will-not-prosecute-lapd-officer-who-killed-14-year-old-girl-in-north-hollywood-burlington-store/amp/

What's going on? Who was hitting people with bike lock? What happened?

Even the Washington Post is picking up on it. I understand it generally, but I’d love for someone to explain it to me outside of social media bias.

Posts like this: https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemongo/s/vuLQA93oOr

Looks like it was a downgrade in avatar or customization options? I haven't played in a while and am seeing this blow up in a few places but have little context.

Kevin Federline is the father of Britney Spears’ sons. The sons are 17 and 18, so he’s going to stop receiving child support soon. Does he truly care about his sons? Will he disown them after they’re both over 18 and done with high school? How do his sons feel about him or how will they feel about him later on in life?

In this news report, they are seen together in a family outing at the beach. They look like a happy family and he seems like a good dad but I’m not sure.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12785385/Britney-Spears-sons-Jayden-17-Sean-18-seen-Hawaii-time-moved-dad-Kevin.html

https://www.reddit.com/r/Godzillamemes/s/g69exA01C0

The axolotl is type of amphibian and I've seen the creature in lots of Western pop culture lately.

The trend seems to have started roughly a year ago. What gives?

Anyone know what happened to r/ThisLooksFun ?

https://www.reddit.com/r/ThisLooksFun/s/ncoT6mgYNn

The sub has been fully cleared out and it seems to be a marijuana themed subreddit now? As opposed to just posting things/activities that look fun.

I keep reading comments like "I've never seen a celebrity fall this quickly" and mentions of her being a right awful person... but I guess l've been under a rock.

I come across threads like these but they reference things I'm also out of the loop on, or comments go off on tangents of things she's done earlier on in her career. Nothing seems to really point to why or how she's "fallen so fast".

Also seeing plenty of comments about a Meat Canyon. What's a Meat Canyon?

I'm seeing this at work now when people are sending emails. Also seeing this on twitter as well. For some reason when I get it in an email, I find it extremely annoying and difficult to read at times.

Example - https://imgur.com/a/A55FwFs

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1/ This is a sentence

2/ This is a sentence

3/ This is a sentence

vs

1. This is a sentence

2. This is a sentence

3. This is a sentence

Youtuber cash jordan https://www.youtube.com/@CashJordan is/was a real estate youtuber and I would watch some of his videos from time to time.

For the past few weeks I've seen different videos from him showing up on my youtube home page. Videos titled like: "It Begins... Squatters Take Over NYC" and "It Begins... Even Dollar Stores Close Over Theft"

Why has he so drastically changed content?

And what is happening in new york?

https://imgur.com/a/l0X89BO

I saw several posts on Reddit and Twitter about how the French First Lady is afraid that someone called Salwa will scare students, for example this viral tweet - I can’t find any information about who Salwa is and what is the First Lady’s comments are

Over half the videos I've seen on TikTok this week have top comments saying things like ".....biting the curb" or ".....live execution" sometimes with "4k" after it as if someone is Google searching it or something. What's started this trend? I'm not gonna lie, don't usually get easily bothered by things but this seems like kind of a shitty thing for people to all start commenting on so many others videos.

This video is just one example of many I've stumbled upon: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGeHJgSj6/

Don’t follow a lot of basketball but know a little about the NBA.

I see so many tweets about Caitlin and Iowa. Looks like they suddenly grew in popularity. The NCAA women’s final also had more viewership than the men’s final.

Why has she suddenly become so popular?

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/10/1243801501/womens-ncaa-championship-tv-ratings#:~:text=The%20final%20game%2C%20between%20South,the%20men's%2C%20according%20to%20ESPN.