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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2022 / Finely crafted by Lily Herman
Welcome to Fri-yay, my darling Yodelers! Make sure you get a little R&R this weekend as we take on the rest of the month. Before y’all scatter to the winds, I’m ready to discuss F-grade toilet paper, milk-less cereal and a new celebrity *Moira Rose voice* bébé. | | | | |
| News To Know | | (Good Morning America) | - The CDC estimates that roughly 400 Americans are dying of COVID-19 every day. While that number is fewer than the pandemic peak of 3,400 daily deaths in January 2021, experts say we should still be diligent about bringing it down.
- After seven weeks of having to boil water to drink or brush their teeth, residents in Jackson, Mississippi finally have the OK to use their taps again. However, there are many lingering questions about the city’s water system.
- Oh, no: A new scorecard grades different toilet paper brands based on their climate impact, and some of your faves got Fs. Tell! Me! More!
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| Sports. Sports. Sports. | | (Getty) | - Another tennis legend is stepping away from the court: Icon Roger Federer announced his retirement from the sport at the age of 41. He’ll play his last professional tournament at the Laver Cup this month.
- The push to get Suns owner Robert Sarver to resign has gained an important ally: Team vice chairman Jahm Najafi. He wrote that he didn’t want fans thinking that the franchise tolerated Sarver’s behavior.
- After a lot of early momentum, the divisive LIV Tour has hit a snag: Both Apple and Amazon — as well as numerous broadcasting networks — have passed on its media rights. Whew.
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| Culture Corner | | (Laura Loves Crochet) | - A mom is going viral after showcasing her hand-stitched crochet dolls that can 'give birth' and 'breastfeed.' She says the goal is to showcase how much the human body can do.
- IKEA’s Chinese locations have banned influencers after they kept taking photos around the stores’ signature blue lockers. Apparently it’s due to an American high school fashion trend on social media.
- Whoa, there’s a 10-in-1 steam mop that miiiiight be even better than the Bissell?! I need to know everything, preferably *immediately*.
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| Tech Talk | | (Getty) | - A new report says that U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are seizing Americans’ electronic device data and storing it for up to 15 years. Moreover, other officials can access it without a warrant or a record of the purpose of their search.
- Instagram was already working on its BeReal copycat, but it looks like TikTok is joining the party. This is far from the first time that the video-sharing platform has duped an app…
- Were you barred from logging on to some of your Zoom meetings yesterday? It turns out that the video conferencing site suffered a huge temporary outage. Whoops.
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| Entertainment Spotlight | | (Shutterstock) | - A highly criticized part of the Emmys was Jimmy Kimmel’s “joke” to lie on the floor while ‘Abbott Elementary’ creator Quinta Brunson accepted her award. Yesterday, he apologized to Brunson on his show, and she used some of his monologue time to give an extended acceptance speech.
- Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are expecting baby number four. As usual, they didn’t alert the press beforehand; Lively just showed up to an event with a prominent baby bump.
- After the big exodus at ‘Saturday Night Live’ last season, I can’t be the only person who was wondering about its new cast members. Good news: We finally have a look at the four new funny folks coming in.
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