TikTokers are recreating the deadly games from Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’
The Korean Netflix show Squid Game is all over TikTok right now, for reasons that are very easy to understand. Set in contemporary Korea, the show is a cliffhanger-filled survival thriller that combines cool imagery with gory violence and anti-capitalist commentary. It involves a deadly contest where 456 strangers are recruited to play simple children's games. The eventual winner will get a massive cash prize, while everyone else will probably die. Fans on TikTok inevitably started experimenting with their own versions of Squid Game &…
‘It’s better if you die in the house’: Anti-vaxxer convinces COVID patient to leave hospital, patient later dies
An anti-vaxxer successfully convinced a COVID-19 patient to leave a hospital in Ireland, and he later died, according to a video posted to Facebook. The video reportedly has since prompted an investigation, and anti-vaxxers reportedly showed up to the man's funeral without masks. The video was posted by Marko Mitrov; according to his Facebook profile, he lives in the Serbian city of Vrbas. In the video, a noted anti-vaxxer, Antonio Mureddu, who the Irish Times labeled "an Italian restaurant owner with a long history of conspirator…
Why everyone needs to watch Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’
This review includes no major spoilers for Squid Game . Watching Squid Game , I kept thinking about the psychology of casino design. Slot machines are the classic example; a simple game that provides a hypnotic kind of stimulation. Using cheerful music, flashing lights, and jingling coins, these machines turn small victories into a habit-forming sensory rush, overshadowing the likelihood of longterm losses. Video game designers utilize similar strategies to make loot boxes as addictive as possible. In Squid Game , this effect arrives in the…
‘I want an audit!’: Democrat mocks Republican election fraud claims with Congressional baseball game tweet
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) used Wednesday night's annual Congressional baseball game to mock Republicans over their false claims that the 2020 election was fraudulent. Each year, Democrats and Republicans in Congress play a baseball game against one another. The game, which was held at Nationals Park in Washington D.C. on Wednesday evening, saw the Republicans win 13-12 . It was their first win since 2016, according to the Hill . Following the Republican win, Khanna decided to weigh in. The lawmaker decided to make fun of claims by some …
‘It was the African-American boy’: Mother pins blame on Black student after her daughter receives backlash for racist homecoming sign
A Kansas woman is reportedly pinning the blame on a Black student after her white daughter received backlash for posing with a racist homecoming sign for a social media photo. The poster reads: "If I was Black, I would be picking cotton, but I'm white, so I'm picking you." The poster incorporates several cotton balls and a check box to choose "yes" or "no." According to KSHB , a letter was sent to parents by Olathe South High School regarding the racist homecoming poster and "said the district w…
In their words: Leaders on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
On the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, prominent voices from Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities shared their thoughts on what the day means to them and what they hope it means to Canadians.
These 7 symptoms best predict a novel coronavirus infection, epidemiologists say
A team of epidemiologists in the U.K. has determined that a set of seven symptoms, when expressed together, best predict SARS-CoV-2 infection in the community, including loss of smell and taste, fever, cough, chills, appetite loss and muscle aches.
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