The Weekly Whatever: Cold War nostalgia edition
Ukraine fallout
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Russia arresting people for protesting with blank signs.
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Facebook randomly decides to allow calls for death against Russians as long as it’s in the context of discussion of the invasion of Ukraine.
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Quebecois restaurant Maison de la Poutine removes poutine from the menu after receiving threats from people thinking it’s a reference to Russia’s dictator.
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Cloudflare bravely protecting Russia from cyberattacks.
Punchlines
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328 million year old fossil named after Joe Biden.
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Man releases live bat into movie theater at Austin showing of “The Batman”.
Crapto
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“Stable” coin Tether claimed it was 100% backed by cash, but was only 3% backed by cash. Now a $4 billion hedge fund is shorting it.
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Adobe decides to support Ethereum-based NFTs.
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Brantly Millegan, a director of the Ethereum Name Service, wrote “Homosexual acts are evil. Transgenderism doesn’t exist. Abortion is murder. Contraception is a perversion.” The community still supports him.
Questionable decisions
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Marjorie Taylor Greene (Q-GA) spent her entire Congressional salary on fines for not wearing a mask.
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Teacher accused of biting two students in battle over jar of pickles; says she just licked them.
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Boy rescues cat from tree, fire department rescues boy from tree.