Happy almost Valentine’s Day / belated Groundhog Day, my sweet sluts. Punxsutawney Phil told me this:
You heard it here first! I’m anti-romantic-love right now (but pro-crushes!!!) but if you want to read things I’ve written on the topic when (slightly) less aggrieved:
Also:
In other very pressing, breaking news: I saw anti-vaxxer, star of Shazam, and budding light-alt-right poster boy Zachary Levi on Raya. His song? Levitating, by Dua Lipa. Well. Maybe we can reach across the aisle, Zach, and agree on Dua Lipa.
Speaking of Raya, the world’s most embarrassing dating apps for “celebs” and also randoms who gets sent an invite through friends of friends (me) it seems likely to me that It Girlie / gorgeous podcaster / writer / whatever she damn wants to be Em Rata is sourcing her NYC dating adventures through Raya, because I see the same people she’s dating on it. Yes, she knows famous people anyways. But isn’t it more fun to think about her swiping, getting bored of swiping, lamenting the swipe economy, before going on her next dates? Wow. Me and Em Rata have so much in common. Exact same tits! Have me on the pod, Em Rata!
It’s AWARD SEASON baby! Despite being an awardsman myself, I don’t really find the discourse around awards shows terribly compelling, with obvious exceptions. But I have been thinking a lot about how the awards shows tried to continue giving out trophies in the midst of early, early Covid, and it looked like this:
I wonder what sort of protections the Awards Shows will have this year? Will they have the latest air filtration systems like the elite at Davos did? Or will we simply watch (AND APPLAUD, PLEASE CLAP) a bunch of celebs mouth breathing on each other in gowns while a deadly pandemic continues to ravage the world? Snubs category? Universal healthcare! Comprehensive and correct messaging about the virus! I could go on!
Relevant links:
What Is COVID Actually Doing to Our Immune Systems?
Reading around the web / open in tabs:
Related to above: Sy Hersh and The Way We Live Now
The Environmental Movement’s Silence on Cop City Police Killing
It Came From the Basement: How Nick Fuentes groomed a new generation of racist hate
How to donate to Turkey and Syria earthquake disaster response
Fun stuff:
This Black Bear Took Hundreds of ‘Selfies’ on a Wildlife Camera. Iconic. One can only hope it leads to a lawsuit, ala Naruto, the monkey.
I was in charge of ToonStack recently and obviously picked poop as the theme so, sign up for that if you haven’t! It’s free :)
Old toon (am I legally supposed to say this is the property of Comedy Central? I’m gonna put that there in case, please don’t sue me)
Clem:
Lots of love,
Shelby + Clem