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- Andrew Giuliani, Rudy's son and a former Trump aide, is reportedly “heavily considering” running for governor of New York in 2022.
- The Times has some far out news: scientists believe that a tiny subatomic particle "seems to be disobeying the known laws of physics," which if true, could open "a vast and tantalizing hole in our understanding of the universe."
- Rolling Stone writes about a Target sex trafficking TikTok video that may be a hoax gone wild: "When asked about the TikTok rumors, many experts say they adhere to a familiar pattern of sex trafficking rumors and urban legends intended to spread hysteria while simultaneously misrepresenting the realities of what trafficking actually looks like."
- The Hollywood Reporter has a piece about the allegedly abusive behavior of producer Scott Rudin: "He threw a laptop at the window in the conference room and then went into the kitchen and we could hear him beating on the napkin dispenser. Then another time he threw a glass bowl at [a colleague]...The HR person left in an ambulance due to a panic attack. That was the environment."
- Democrats are torn about working with Republicans because of their role in "perpetuating or indulging former President Donald J. Trump’s fiction of a stolen election that motivated the mob that attacked" the Capitol.
- Apple TV+ announced that The Problem With Jon Stewart will launch sometime in the fall of 2021.
- A writer for The Cut interviewed the man who posted photos of her feet to wikiFeet: "I do have a conscience. I think people seem to have a good sense of humor about it. I mean, you obviously do. Some celebrities say it’s a badge of honor."
- Business Insider seems like a really chill place to work.
- In the first clip from Ghostbusters Afterlife, Paul Rudd meets some mini Stay Pufts.
- Check out the list of releases for Record Store Day 2021. If you're a fan of Steely Dan's Grammy-winning record Two Against Nature, you are in for a treat.
- And finally, sometimes it's too much energy playing fetch:
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