Extra Extra: The Ultimate Oral History Of Four Loko
Aug. 13, 2018, 5:30 p.m.
Because Trump doesn't understand how time zones work, check out today's end-of-day links: Thom Yorke tour, Four Loko oral history, millennials kill mayo, buffalo pizza, Colbert on Spicer & the Emmys, and cats investigate a toy.
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- BlacKkKlansman star Laura Harrier told Variety that when she walked around Brooklyn in her '70s outfit and afro, "People were giving me black power fists."
- The famous Brooklyn Heights Watchtower sign was actually illegal.
- The FBI agent who criticized Trump in text messages has been fired.
- Finally, someone has compiled an extensive oral history of Four Loko.
- Thom Yorke will play King's Theater in November as part of a solo tour.
- The disgraced former head of the Queens Library is getting his $248,000 annual pension PLUS $200,000/year as a consultant
- A Philly Mag columnist claims Millennials have killed the mayo industry, hilariously bemoaning "the inexorable rise of identity condiments."
- Rep. Keith Ellison is denying allegations made public on Saturday that he physically abused an ex-girlfriend.
- What's AJ Daulerio been up to since the end of Gawker?
- Buffalo apparently has very good pizza.
- Stephen Colbert doesn't regret having Sean Spicer on the Emmys: "Not at all. I had no fear that it would redeem him."
- LOL Trump apparently doesn't understand how time zones work.
- And finally, cats investigate a very suspicious toy:
This is too adorable
📹: vlenika pic.twitter.com/cHmnN0Md8H— Cute Emergency (@CuteEmergency) August 12, 2018
