January 16, 2025

Amazon has paid $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump. Most of the sum will cover CGI work of her touching Donald Trump. (real story)

Court documents have just revealed text messages between bettors and former NBA player Jontay Porter, life-banned by the NBA after fixing games. More specifically, he was banned for not fixing basketball being good only in the last, like, 3 minutes. (read story)

An ad campaign from Pakistan International Airlines’s making waves for reminding people of the World Trade center attacks on 9/11. An independent committee determined the ad was, indeed, offensive: namely, for the idea anybody would pay to be around the French. (real story)

In Britain, a college is running coaching sessions on phone confidence to support students’ fear of making or taking telephone calls. A child psychologist said this is a normal stage in life when the future’s fucked. (real story)

A road rage incident saw a driver sucker punch a man who then drove the assailant headfirst into the pavement. Despite the brutal scene, EMTs ensure the road’s OK. (real story)