Extra Extra: Donald Trump Jr. Wants Conservatives To Start Their Own Facebook
Aug. 30, 2018, 5:55 p.m.
Because you would never use a cow to propose, check out today's end-of-day links: shoes inspired by NYC bodegas, menacing radical paraglider, neo-Nazis hijack domestic abuse photos, 'My Brilliant Friend' trailer, and doggos on swings.

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenpisano/42069131425/in/pool-gothamist/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">steven pisano's flickr</a>
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- A trans BuzzFeed staffer writes about getting kicked out of the Prospect Park YMCA women's locker room twice.
- A California man who was radicalized by Trump's constant ranting against the press was arrested for making threatening calls to the Boston Globe.
- A paraglider has been menacing an English seaside town.
- Donald Trump Jr. wants conservatives to start their own Facebook or something dumb like that.
- Neo-Nazis hijacked photos of domestic abuse victims to try to drum up hatred for immigrants.
- A man proposed to his girlfriend by writing on the side of her favorite cow.
- Aziz Ansari has announced new stand-up shows (not in NYC).
- Gerard Depardieu has been accused of rape and sexual assault by a 22-year-old actress.
- Check out the first trailer for HBO's 32-part (!) adaptation of My Brilliant Friend.
- Bank of America has reportedly been freezing accounts of customers suspected of not being US citizens.
- Trump announced that he's canceling pay raises for most federal employees that had been set to go into effect in January, citing government budget concerns.
- These new Adidas shoes were inspired by...NYC bodegas?
- Avital Ronnell's former teaching assistant says she believes the allegations against her are credible: "It is simply no secret to anyone within a mile of the German or comp-lit departments at NYU that Avital is abusive. This is boring and socially agreed upon, like the weather."
- And finally, this is just a very pleasant image to leave today with:
swinging floofers
📹: siamthailanddog pic.twitter.com/DXTCUCusI5— Cute Emergency (@CuteEmergency) August 30, 2018