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- Rich people are finding it surprisingly hard to pay their way to the front of the COVID-19 vaccine line.
- Jeep's parent company is pulling its SUV ad featuring Bruce Springsteen after news broke that the musician got a DWI back in November (after one shot of tequila).
- Facebook and Instagram have been systematically blocking ads from adaptive fashion companies that make clothing for people with disabilities.
- MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezos' ex-wife, gave away $6 billion to charity last year, which is considerably more than the $1.6 billion that Bezos has given away during his entire tenure as a rich man.
- Rivka Galchen wrote a thoughtful piece for the New Yorker about living near the Port Authority Bus Terminal for the past 10 years.
- Gina Carano, a star of The Mandalorian, has been dropped from the show after posting on Instagram some strange comments about Nazis and a photo ostensibly mocking people who wear two face masks to guard against the coronavirus.
- Parkland grad and gun control advocate David Hogg started a "Good" pillow company to compete with the MyPillow empire, signaling the arrival of the age where every product is overtly political.
- Larry Flynt, the porn mogul and founder of Hustler magazine, has died at 78.
- Had me fooled:
Published Feb 11, 2021
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