Extra Extra: Some People Chose To Eat 'Magic Dirt' Rather Than Get Vaccinated

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Published Dec 2, 2021

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Published Dec 2, 2021

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Some people would rather eat "magic dirt" from the Internet than get medically-approved vaccinations.
As expected, Major League Baseball has officially implemented a lockout for the first time since 1999.
The Times looked at the "mad scramble" to find new video game consoles during the holiday season.
Jezebel took apart all the "ridiculous" reasons Mississippi argued they should be able to overrule Roe v. Wade.
BuzzFeed News employees went on strike today over contract negotiations as the company's shareholders prepared to vote on going public.
Here is a real sentence from today's NY Post: "Eric Adams showed off his Brooklyn roots in Ghana Wednesday night, stopping by a religious center in the West African nation to honor a major Jewish leader from Crown Heights during a local Hanukkah celebration."
Vulture has a very fun interview with the very fun Seth Rogen: "Comedy in general is the least respected art form, period. So I am accepting of that, as someone who has dedicated their life to it. Comedy’s never gonna win awards...they are not taken seriously as films. And I’ve made non-comedic films and participated in ones that are taken very seriously, and so I’ve had a real apples-to-oranges experience where it’s like, Oh, this is what it’s like when they take your movie seriously?"
Eater has a good piece tracking what the last two years have been like for four restaurants in NYC—Veselka, Gotham Bar and Grill, Jing Fong and An Choi / Di an Di.
I don't know exactly why you'd want to become a landlord in the metaverse, but FYI, you can become a landlord in the metaverse.
Any new music from the brilliant Tierra Whack is cause for excitement, so take a listen to her new three-song Rap? EP.
Nope, no thank you.
And finally, this seems nice (so long as you don't turn the volume on):

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