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Extra, Extra: Why Are People Pushing For Office Bods?
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Jen Chung
Published Jul 16, 2021
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- An Associated Press investigation found fewer than 200 potential cases of voter fraud out of 3.4 million votes cast in Arizona during the 2020 election.
- Of course there's now a backlash over the Anthony Bourdain documentary because the director opted for faking the late chef and raconteur's voice for narration.
- NYC's biggest Popeye's location will be in Times Square, with an expected opening in 2022.
- Are people seriously trying to get "office bods"?
- Mark Wahlberg's latest office bod was obtained by eating 11,000 calories A DAY.
- There's also a society to protect the sanctity of the "oeuf mayo" (egg mayo) recipe.
- "Speedrunners" are the gamers who "obsessively" search for the best paths and glitches to save time etc.
- West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, the centrist Democrat, is headed to Texas for a fundraiser with GOP donors.
- Peloton riders had a chance to bike alongside Usain Bolt this week.
- Now, there are "Rohmer guys." (This is named after the dudes in French nouvelle vague auteur Eric Rohmer's films.)
- Dozens of cars with fake paper license plates were seized in Brooklyn.
- Sometimes you need to take a leap:
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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