The Weekly Whatever: Revenge of the Feral Hogs
Quote of the week
2 minutes of erection is enough to conclude the coitus and fecundate the female. Anything beyond that is perversion, degeneracy and socialism.
— Julia Song, Brazilian far-right commentator for Rebel Media and OANN.
Dystopia technologica
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The Mootrix: Russian cows get VR headsets to increase milk production.
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Amazon Ring planning neighborhood facial recognition watch lists.
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Chinese company markets ethnicity-detecting surveillance cameras trained to spot Uyghur people, and the company’s cameras are already used by western governments.
Threat Level Orange
- Thanks to Trump’s rollbacks on the Affordable Care Act, health insurance that doesn’t cover healthcare is getting more popular.
Well, fancy that!
- Deutsche Bank exec who signed off on Trump’s loans killed himself.
We’re fucked
- Leaf blowers are contributing to the ongoing loss of 75% of the insect population.
Sick, sad world
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Feral hogs kill a woman outside her home in Texas.
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“Frozen 2” screening leads to teenage machete brawl.
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ICE creates fake university, lures in foreign students with valid visas, and arrests them for attending the fake university.
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West Tennesee town cancels Christmas parade over “love everybody” float.
Not The Onion
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Trump asks why the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage wasn’t observed years ago.
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New version of Uno has no red or blue cards so it won’t trigger a partisan political debate.
This should end well
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WeWork founder helped Jared Kushner sketch out middle east peace plan.
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Trump administration official who suggested nuking Afghanistan is now responsible for arms control issues.