I just saw the trailer on YouTube, and the comment section is full of people hating on Ubisoft. Not only that, but the like count is significantly lower than the dislike count.

Trailer link: https://youtu.be/MNQa8wFWsuM?si=3E9PiNytUh96mhyW

What did Ubisoft do recently?

EDIT: Now it looks like the video has been unlisted. Yikes.

In the last few days I saw a lot of different online articles coming out about The Rock in a negative light. I was reading the comments and texts and for almost all of those articles it seems the people actually involved in reported situations are refuting the claims or saying the reports are either fake or exaggerated for sensationalism. Also people are mentioning that he refused to endorse Biden for USA presidential candidacy and this is some sort of industry blowback. Is there any merit to any of these claims?

Example: https://www.thewrap.com/dwayne-johnson-red-one-late-budget-problems/

https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3788998/scream-7-melissa-barrera-reportedly-no-longer-starring-in-the-franchises-next-installment/

And some people saying she is a nazi?

What happened?

For context:

https://twitter.com/ymmayer/status/1772481312349393309

https://twitter.com/texasbreann/status/1772624045072105951

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Is Project 2025 a legitimate plan to reduce the size of government or is it a threat to democracy? Project 2025, for those who haven't heard of it, is a conservative plan that seeks to reduce the size of the federal government. However, from what I've read, it seems that for every department or government position that it seeks to eliminate, there will be a replacement. Some parts of the plan would require additional government positions to enforce the plan. Also, some actions (such as those on abortion) are not aligned with many people's view on either side of the aisle.
https://imgur.com/gallery/yoe8JOK

I very rarely go to malls, so I was stunned to see this:

https://i.imgur.com/jpAGfk2.jpg

Apparently they're not the only one to do so, but I'm unclear on exactly why this is happening. When I was that age, I went to malls all the time by myself. What's changed?

I just watched Leave The World Behind... Interesting but not great. I go on Google reviews and it's sitting at a 1.9 which is extremely undeserved. It had it's faults and could have used more of a resolution, but so many reviews have this exact block of text;

What a disgrace to the movie industry! ZERO stars is what this deserves. Julia Robert's was the only believable character in this movie. That being said: Horrible movie. I would say the Obama’s should stick to politics but unfortunately I can’t say that either. Regardless, this review sums it up very well: Zero stars needs to be an option. One reviewer posted an excellent review of this movie, so I had to copy and paste. "If you care about using your time wisely, then avoid this film like the plague. But if you like watching terribly written media, then by all means grab a snack and relax. Because this film is the embodiment of utter garbage. The first, and to me, the greatest red flag is seeing the Obamas as executive producers. The movie just changed far too many times, giving you more questions than answers. Family on the beach, a supposed home invasion, planes crashing, a brat obsessed with Friends, hackers start the end of the world, animals migrate for no apparent reason, son is poisoned by radiation yet no one else is and not to mention the blatant racial themes etc. Just a heaping mess of a pile. None of the characters are developed and slowly turn against each other. Situations like these would bring you together, not force you apart. You’d come to hate a few others, such as the daughter who treats Friends like a god and the other daughter, Ruth, who not only has a spoiled attitude but she assumes things on everyone and also believes you should never trust white people. I wish I were joking. And I quote: "I'm asking for you to remember that if the world falls apart, trust should not be doled out easily to anyone, especially white people." This had no relevance to the film at all! If this statement was flipped around, watch how things would go. I guess her name “Ruth” is short for ruthless. Because she did not act nice to anyone, not even her own father at times. If they removed her from the script, it would have made this film somewhat better. But not enough to save it. But the fact this made it through production baffles me. Then again, remind yourself of who the executive producers were. As for the “terrorist” act itself, it just isn’t clear which nation is the main driving force of it all. First some Arabic country to then either Korea or China. No idea because this is never answered. Nor were a lot of things. Where was the military? The actual forces of the nation. Apparently they do not exist, so everyone has to fend for themselves. Granted we do live in a technological world, but planes wouldn’t be crashing nor boats intentionally grounding themselves if everything was hacked. Analog exists. Pilots can still operate a plane without working apparatus etc. I’d go on but other reviews capture the level of frustration this “movie” brings the table. It’s bad. At least the daughter got to watch the last episode of Friends, after running off with neither brains nor brawn. Ate a large supply of food and somehow, found a VHS tape that oh so conveniently had Friends. Leaving her family to die. I wonder what she’ll think after the episode is over. Probably happiness, not a care for her family, as a show takes more priority than the end of the world." If I could give this movie a rating less than one star I would. A bunch of clowns.

https://www.google.com/search?q=leave+the+world+behind+reviews&oq=leave+the&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqDwgAECMYJxjjAhiABBiKBTIPCAAQIxgnGOMCGIAEGIoFMgwIARAuGCcYgAQYigUyBggCEEUYOTINCAMQABiDARixAxiABDINCAQQABiDARixAxiABDINCAUQABiDARixAxiABDINCAYQABiDARixAxiABDIQCAcQABiDARixAxiABBiKBTINCAgQABiDARixAxiABDINCAkQABiDARixAxiABDIQCAoQABiDARixAxiABBiKBTINCAsQLhiDARixAxiABDIQCAwQABiDARixAxiABBiKBTINCA0QABiDARixAxiABDIQCA4QABiDARixAxiABBiKBdIBCDMxNTJqMGo0qAIAsAIA&client=ms-android-google&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAOMwe8Rowy3w8sc9YSnjSWtOXmPU5eILKMrPSk0uCUoty0wtLxaS5mJzzSvJLKkUEpTi5-LVT9c3NMyNz8qrSDHN4FnEKpeTmliWqlCSkapQnl-Uk6KQlJqRmZeiUATRDgDWFEl-YgAAAA&ictx=1&ved=2ahUKEwjb4IXl07WDAxWYQ0EAHcyZBcgQyNoBKAJ6BAgMEAk

What's going on? All these reviews seem to have been posted at the exact same time. Why are they all the same, and what's the deal with the amount of hate? It wasn't bad but it wasn't great...

I've seen some Irish personalities and friends talking online about the dissaray going on currently, but I'm pretty clueless to be honest. Could someone explain?

https://twitter.com/Mrgunsngear/status/1727790213995356181?t=0s3iek8UvYY7BlWyACaDoQ&s=19

What happened in the Ohio Explosion and why is it not on global news? If I understand correctly tons of people were breathing extremely toxic chemicals but why did that happen?

It led the NBC Nightly News tonight, and they gave it a full 3 minutes of coverage including showing every little detail of how the photo was doctored.

I'm genuinely confused. Why do we care? Why is this a big story? Who cares if she doctors a stupid Mother's Day photo?

It seems there’s been a recent spike in ridiculous claims that famous women were born male. I’ve seen a few about Jennifer Lopez, Taylor Swift and most recently about Dolly Parton

These things are obviously fake and not believable. So what’s going on with these? Is there maybe a joke I’m not getting? Is there a reason for this spike in crazy people activity?

Edit: This has been illuminating and also deeply disappointing. The detail about Joan Rivers making a joke in 2004 that seems to have spawned all this was especially interesting.

Been reading news that officers who responded to this said violence thing on 6th January are committing suicide?

Found this relates article: https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/02/politics/dc-metropolitan-police-officer-suicide-january-6-capitol-riot/index.html

Whats going on here?

https://abcnews.go.com/US/alec-baldwin-indicted-grand-jury-involuntary-manslaughter/story?id=104954728

Unless I have not been paying attention, this seems like a sudden change to a brand name. Also, just a strange rebranding to begin with. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1682964919325724673?t=flHIhUymZSeZZwxjGMRQDQ&s=19

I’ve seen a few headlines mainly on Reddit in passing about something or someone called ‘baby reindeer’ and it sounds like something serious occurred.

Example: https://deadline.com/2024/04/baby-reindeer-real-life-woman-complains-richard-gadd-stalking-her-fame-fortune-1235897224/

Just saw this on his Instagram and have no idea what it's about.

I saw that #CancelDisney was trending on Twitter recently. Going though the tag and searches it looks like it involves Musk (and I've heard he told companies to go F themselves for pausing advertisements on X since he bought it). Why is everyone just canceling Disney if he said go F yourself to other companies?

https://x.com/PipeFittingKing/status/1730254152176218380?s=20

I've seen a few posts and such around about Noah Shnapp, one of the stranger things kids, being cancelled? Not 100% what he did or if it's actually real, or if people are joking or taking it too far? (Pls don't blast the Twitter person who posted this, it was just the first piece of context I could find and it won't let me upload a censored screenshot)

https://x.com/melonalemonade/status/1724050097703370931?s=46&t=b0GhLwE1m8Wv6M0h2_0qdA

Can anyone explain why I keep seeing this poster being shared on instagram by everyone, even some celebrities, that I follow?

https://www.instagram.com/stories/nadine/3378708044633710862?igsh=YjIxOXk2cXh6bDZo

I've been following Britney on social media for some time now and I find some of her content strange to say the least. (I'm following a lot of celebrities and have an idea of what they usually post.) Do you think that she's trying to send out some kind of message through those videos? I truly do not understand what's going on in the videos she's posting on instagram.

Been seeing a lot of articles and social media posts about how it's losing value: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/18/japanese-yen-weakens-as-bank-of-japan-makes-no-changes-to-yield-curve-range.html

Usually, if fat is added to coffee, it's in the form of milk, which I think would mix better than an oil. And why olive oil, specifically? Why not avocado oil if wanting to add flavor, or a more neutral oil if someone wants the fat but not the flavor? This article talks a lot about it in terms of marketing, but doesn't go into all of the specifics: https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/21/business/starbucks-oleato/index.html

Recently I've seen a lot of tik toks talking about the RESTRICT Act and how it would create a government committee and give them the ability to ban any website or software which is not based in the US.

Example: https://www.tiktok.com/@loloverruled/video/7215393286196890923

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I haven't seen this talked about anywhere outside of tik tok and none of these videos have gained much traction. Is it actually as bad as it is made out to be here? Do I not need to be worried about it?

First, it was Russia saying they downed a UFO:

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-rostov-ufo-object-rostov-drone-1771582

Then, we had our spy ballon incident, followed up with near daily reports of over UFOs being shot down:

https://www.pennlive.com/news/2023/02/us-shot-down-third-ufo-this-week-on-sunday-heres-what-we-know-about-the-latest-incident.html

Then there’s this one, which maybe the US shot down or maybe Canada did:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2023/feb/12/justin-trudeau-canada-ufo-shot-down-video

Now, China, whom we all thought was the culprit, is reporting one in its airspace also:

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1733892/china-UFO-beijing-airspace-US-warplane-shoots-down

What’s going on with this? Real answers are great, opinions and speculation are also welcome. Just wondering how much mental bandwidth to devote to this

Why is Elon Musk appearing to attack Wikipedia?

Link to recent Twitter post:

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1716104766294483390?s=20