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- Astronomers think they may have found signs of life in the farts of Venus.
- Here's a nightmare TV news report about an anti-mask rally in Utah.
- Certified young person Paul Rudd has made a pro-mask PSA for Governor Andrew Cuomo and it is delightful.
- Michael Caputo, the assistant secretary of public affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services, has "made outlandish and false claims"—a.k.a., lied and made up a bunch of nonsense conspiracy theories—that CDC officials are engaging in “sedition” in their handling of the pandemic and that left-wing hit squads were preparing for armed insurrection after the election.
- The Attorney General of South Dakota reported hitting a deer Saturday night, but he is now being investigated because it turns out he allegedly actually hit and killed a man whose body wasn’t discovered until the next morning.
- Jerry Harris, one of the stars of Netflix's Cheer series, is being investigated by the FBI for allegedly soliciting sexually explicit photos and sex from minors.
- Anthony Weiner has a new gig as CEO of IceStone, a Brooklyn-based company that makes countertops out of broken glass.
- Broadway actor Bill Army told Death, Sex & Money about the adjustments his family has made during the pandemic, and the ways he's kept his kids connected with the world outside of their apartment.
- Jonathan Majors of Da 5 Bloods, Lovecraft Country and The Last Black Man In San Francisco has joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe and will star in the third Ant-Man movie, likely as Kang the Conqueror.
- The Avalanches released “Music Makes Me High” and “Take Care In Your Dreaming," two more great new songs off their upcoming album We Will Always Love You.
- And finally, happy happy happy guy:
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