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- Allies of Donald Trump told Axios that the former president will present himself as the GOP's "presumptive 2024 nominee," but that he'll only "pretend" to run because he likes the attention.
- The police had to use a loudspeaker yesterday to get dozens of people — including parents with small children — to vacate the dangerously thin ice on a Central Park lake.
- Right-wing COVID truthers have seized on the idea that the U.S. is about to adopt widespread anal swab coronavirus testing.
- A one-of-a-kind version of Nyan Cat, the animated meme of a Pop-Tart cat with rainbow entrails, sold at an auction for $580,000.
- Speaking of art, they still haven't finished assembling the shiny bean sculpture outside 56 Leonard Street, a luxury residential tower in TriBeCa.
- A surge of people bought tiny doll house assembly kits looking for a relaxing pandemic activity, only to discover that putting those things together is extremely stressful.
- YouTubers and other influencers are flocking to the tiny European nation of Andorra to avoid taxes and frolic with limited pandemic restrictions.
- The landlords of André Leon Talley's White Plains mansion are trying to evict him, claiming he owns $500,000 in back rent.
- Disney Plus is adding disclaimers to over a dozen episodes of The Muppet Show acknowledging harmful stereotypes in the program.
- We've been sitting inside for a year, sometimes you gotta mix it up:
Published Feb 22, 2021
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