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    Early Addition: Rich People Having Hard Time Buying Spots In The Vaccine Line

    by James Ramsay
    Published February 11, 2021
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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:

    Cutest video on the internet right now 😍❤️

    Dogs dressed in panda costumes 🐶 🐼 pic.twitter.com/g9MXajlUJJ

    — Micro-ambitious (@pal36) February 11, 2021

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