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- The Times explores the question of what celebrity is in 2020 (and you can vote on it).
- This should fix things: Kim Kardashian West, Mark Ruffalo and several other celebrities say they are “freezing” their Facebook and Instagram accounts for one day to protest the spread of hate speech and misinformation on those platforms.
- The original Coyote Ugly bar in the East Village is closing down after 27 years there (but it's looking for a new location in the neighborhood).
- Anti-maskers are being made to dig graves for people who died from COVID-19 in Indonesia.
- BuzzFeed reports on a 6,600-word internal memo from a fired Facebook data scientist which details "how the social network knew leaders of countries around the world were using their site to manipulate voters — and failed to act."
- Former CIA officer Michael Scheuer used to hunt Osama bin Laden, whom he now says he admires. Now, he's a QAnon conspiracy theorist crackpot who equates Black Lives Matter with "terrorism" and thinks enemies of Trump should be punished or killed.
- The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into whether Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton unlawfully disclosed classified information when he published a memoir this summer.
- Model Emily Ratajkowski writes about trying to reclaim her own image, exploitation in her industry, and being sexually assaulted by photographer Jonathan Leder.
- The Columbia University Marching Band has decided to disband because of a history of "racism, sexual assault, and alcohol culture."
- NJ police had to break up a huge house party hosted by YouTube stars Nelk Boys at their "Jersey Shore" house in Seaside.
- It's official: Liam Gallagher is now the better Gallagher brother over Noel, who refuses to wear a mask.
- Madonna has teamed with screenwriter Diablo Cody for a biopic about herself, which Madonna is planning to direct.
- And finally, what would you do if you had a duck army at your disposal?
Published Sep 15, 2020
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