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If you're not following Adam Rippon on Twitter during the Winter Olympics, you're doing it wrong
February 15, 2018Fun fact: Adam Rippon is good at figure skating.
Another fun fact: Adam Rippon is also good at tweeting. Like, VERY good at it. Like, make-Twitter-an-Olympic-sport-then-give-Adam-a-gold-medal levels of good at tweeting.
Since he arrived at Pyeongchang, Rippon — a.k.a America’s sweetheart — has been tweeting up a storm.
And while other people have been sending out Bad Tweets about the Olympics (*cough* Bari Weiss *cough*), Rippon has been tweeting dispatches from his Olympic journey, as well as sending out support to some of his fellow competitors, with a flair and a panache that has been, quite frankly addicting. Read more…
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Having personal items checked by an x-ray conveyor belt is a necessary hindrance that no one really enjoys. One woman at the Dongguan Railway Station in China, however, felt particularly strongly about having to give up her bags to the security machine and decided to crawl right in there after them.
Needless to say, the images are quite interesting, looking like something straight out of a Stranger Things episode.
The video also shows the woman climbing out of the security machine. According to the PearVideo post, she wanted to protect her bags from theft.
Per BBC News, no one really knows why this woman was so insistent on accompanying her bags, but during the Lunar New Year rush, many people travel with large amounts of cash. Read more…
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Source: Mashable | Determined woman accompanies bags into x-ray machine
Road trip lunchtime will never be the same.
On Thursday, McDonald’s announced the removal of cheeseburgers from its Happy Meals, as well as smaller french fry serving sizes and reformulated chocolate milk.
Today, we are announcing our new 2022 global #HappyMeal goals. Over the next several years, we’ll be focusing on nutrition criteria, simplifying ingredients, transparent nutrition information, recommended food groups and responsible marketing: https://t.co/zH5VYViyld pic.twitter.com/M4wIhDYXc3
— McDonald’s (@McDonaldsCorp) February 15, 2018
The idea, allegedly, is to decrease the amount of sodium, sugar, calories, and saturated fat in meals promoted to children, but that didn’t mean the internet accepted the changes quietly. Read more…
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Whether you use plastic bags (stop) or environmentally-friendly ones (good for you), chances are you know that painful feeling of having too many bags in one hand. It’s the worst, especially if you have to carry your goods all the way across *enter big city name*. No one should have to watch their fingers turn purple just to get some food home.
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Exclusive: A top Trump campaign adviser close to plea deal with Mueller
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This week’s Black Panther marks the first solo feature film for, well, Black Panther. However, this isn’t the first time we’ve seen him onscreen.
SEE ALSO: Meet the cast of ‘Black Panther’
Black Panther, played by Chadwick Boseman, actually made his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in 2016, while his nemesis, Ulysses Klaue (Andy Serkis), appeared even before that, in 2015.
But if your recall of the previous Marvel movies is fuzzy (or if you never saw them to begin with), don’t fret — we’ve got you covered. Here’s everything you need to know.
What other Marvel movies feature Black Panther?
Black Panther’s first (and, until Black Panther, only) appearance in the MCU was in Captain America: Civil War. The film also featured the first glimpses of Everett Ross (Martin Freeman), T’Chaka (John Kani), and Ayo (Florence Kasumba), all of whom return in Black Panther. Read more…
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