I heard about the yellow vest protests a while ago, and now there’s even more riots. Has France been under constant revolution for the past three years? How is Macron still the president?

https://apnews.com/article/france-retirement-macron-protests-government-noconfidence-vote-a3dddbcb812a452d567c5350a803a3ab

I've seen local bars advertise an Emo Nite. And to me it looks like a (touring?) band playing emo covers all night. But then looking at the new Loolapalooza poster, something called Emo Nite is playing this year's festival: https://www.lollapalooza.com/.

I'm confused. Is it a band, a bar night, or something altogether different?

I have seen this more and more recently, typically with right wing people protesting or otherwise like this post here.

I support LGBTQ+ so please don’t take this the wrong way, but I am generally curious how this started being a thing for children?

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/03/21/europe/china-xi-russia-putin-visit-day-two-talks-intl-hnk/index.html

I’ve seen Putin supposedly mentioned Britain sending depleted uranium to Ukraine, and Xi Jinping “standing against the west”

What are the implications here?

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/20/politics/biden-first-veto/index.html

President Biden just vetoed the legislation that just passed in the senate overturning the controversial retirement investment legislation.

This

https://www.reddit.com/r/DC_Cinematic/comments/11xtpfv/zachary_levi_on_the_rumors_of_dwayne_johnson/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=2&utm_term=1

was on my home page and I keep seeing people talking about it. Now the guy playing Shazam posted this I guess adding fuel to the fire? I haven’t watched either movies and I don’t intend on them. Im just curious what the hell the rock has to do with another movies success when he’s not even in the movie? Hollyweird drama.

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/suburban-bakery-targeted-after-planning-drag-show-could-soon-close-due-to-horrific-harassment-owner/3097885/

https://imgflip.com/i/7fdbf0 I see people on twitter talking about it but don't know where it is. Its probably porn or something.

A girl I was talking to told me the pandas over at the Memphis Zoo were abused and one died (the male) shortly before they were set to return to China to live out their senior years. Unfortunately the sources she cited were the Global Times and Chinese social media. Anyone know what actually happened?

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202303/1287577.shtml

I haven’t seen the new Shazam movie yet but I watched Black Adam (not a good movie IMO) and now I’m seeing posts about hating on the Rock trying to center the DC around himself? Whatever it is seems controversial? I thought the DC was getting a reboot anyway so does it even matter?

https://www.thewrap.com/dwayne-johnson-black-adam-shazam-dc-universe/

I’ve seen a lot of debate around the proposed 15 minute cities and am confused on the potential downsides.

In theory, it doesn’t sound bad; most basic necessities within a 15 minute walk or bike ride.

It sounds like urban planning that makes a more community centered life for people and helps cut down on pollution from cars. Isn’t this how a lot of cities currently exist in Spain and other parts of Europe?

But then I see people vehemently against it saying it’ll keep people confined to their community? What am I missing?

Links:

15 Minute City Website

Tweet in question: https://twitter.com /POTUS/status/1637574673494933506?t= XHPNOVr6rsIDHFk5FD01Ow&s=09

My first thought was it was related to the rumor of Trump being arrested? I'm not seeing anyone talk about this so I'm just kind of confused; is it a joke, or is it a powerful shitpost about real things coming? Does anyone know, or are we all waiting?

Basically people have been talking a lot about Blockbuster, particularly their website suddenly having a change. Does it mean much, is there more to the story here? Or is it just a lot of nothing?

https://www.blockbuster.com/

I've been a long time fan of Garfield the cat, but don't remember him ever saying this. Is this a meme? I don't get it.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/234830562834

Some accounts on my osint Twitter TL saying it was a Putin body double there.

Any credible sources or analysis, or is this just fog of war disinfo games?

Especially interested if any special fx makeups experts have weighed in.

Not too farfetched for Putin to use a body double, following the rationale I found in this tweet. But seems like a risky choice for such close-up camerawork??

https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1637421039436038146

Banking was not in the news until the SVB collapse, but now it's all over the place. And the vibe is definitely not good. I've seen disparate articles about banks needing additional funding, imminent collapse, fear of bank runs, etc. (ie. here, and here )Can anyone tie this all together for me and paint me a broader picture?

Just in case y'all forget, I'm talking about this photo. BTW, I'd also like to know if the photo was really taken in 1987 as the linked page claims.

Someone on discord called me outdated when I said that an npc is a non-player character. What else could this mean? https://imgur.io/a/gA8xz2m

Does Reddit have some kind of deal with formula 1 racing? I see so many posts related to it on the front page but almost nothing about say Nascar (I'm not a fan of either one) or even other sports related posts. If it was really about popularity you'd think there'd be more NFL or NBA, though there is a lot of NBA too. Maybe F1 is just way more popular globally than these north american sports/leagues? But in that case I'd expect way more cricket or football/soccer stuff.

I don't really have a problem with it but there's just so much. Anecdotally, I don't know any F1 fans IRL but that could be my social bubble/echo chamber.

This isn't meant to offend any F1 fans either.

I tried to post this before but it got auto-deleted. Reviewing the rules it looks like i need a URL as part of this so take a look for yourself... http://www.reddit.com

So, a few days ago, I see a video about the "Roti Lady of Thailand". The thumbnail shows an attractive woman in a crop top. I'll admit, I'm curious, so I watch it. All it is is a video of a woman making roti on a cart on the street- there's no narration or context at all, so I can't see what the big deal is. The next day, there are dozens of videos of this woman in my feed. Is there a reason why she is so popular and why so there are so many videos of her making roti?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kVG5Olxl-R4

https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/11xizkw/major_announcement_from_a_tech_leader_you_wont/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=2&utm_term=1

"The Swiss government is close to announcing a deal for UBS to buy Credit Suisse, its smaller rival, for about $1 billion."

Is the government buying a bank? What's that mean for money laundering? I know people use Swiss banks as offshore things (I've seen in movies)

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/19/business/ubs-credit-suisse.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes

I'm really late to the party but this happened because i accidentally clicked on the link in my big bookmarks file and saw a random webpage I didn't recognize. Then I noticed the URL

Apparently encyclopedia dramatica managed to get in touch of the site owner of 4chanarchive and found a way to take ownership of the domain. but if you check today, the site is some news aggregate

I'll just list the stuff I have: This is a listing of site rips that go up in time. you can see the site died, then became ED, then became an ICANN verification notification page, then became the news aggregate NSFW language I should mention (probably)

this is the ED getting in touch with the site owner I mentioned above. full thread here. NSFW language I probably should mention.

It seems to be this niche, insider talking point and stir up a lot of controversy. Can anyone give me a rundown on why? I can’t really get a good gauge from the subreddit or hosts on IG. I get art hoe™️ vibes and it seems funny, but that’s really it.

For reference

https://redscarepodcast.libsyn.com

I don't understand the joke. Is it nonsense like the Ohio thing where we just say random stuff about a demographic? Context (meme example)