Month: April 2022

Dogs love their humans and have the best reaction when they return home, even if they just left to go to the mailbox. It’s happy tails and doggy kisses when you get back, so it’s heartbreaking when a pet actually gets separated from its family. A dog named Cow found himself in just that predicament. Cow was somehow stolen from his family, according to the information received by Louisiana SPCA from the pooch’s family. The dog found his way to the animal shelter after being found tied to a fence outside the SPCA. Cow was afraid of his new surroundings at the shelter and it took him a while to warm up.

NeNe Lewis of the Louisiana SPCA told The Dodo “He was very fearful and would low growl when meeting new people. When he was given treats and people would ‘baby talk’ him, he would stop. Since he was found tied to our fence, it makes his reaction common.” VCA Hospitals report that “Fear- and anxiety-related aggression are commonly manifested in the veterinary hospital or in situations of social approach and handling. Dogs that display aggression are not mean or bad dogs. They are simply afraid/fearful and anxious/nervous about a perceived or anticipated threat or unpleasant outcome.”

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In the case of Cow, it’s understandable why he would be displaying fearful aggression after being in a new environment away from the family he knows and loves. Cow began to relax in his new environment after being there a while as the staff members searched for a family to adopt the black and white pup. To Cow and the SPCA’s surprise, the perfect family was the one he was missing all along. In March, the shelter found out that Cow’s family had been frantically searching for their lost dog and were ecstatic to find out he was safe in the shelter.

While Cow had gotten used to his new people at the shelter, he was beyond excited when his owners showed up to take him home. He jumped off walls and his owner’s back after lunging directly into her arms to be held like a baby. It’s clear that he missed his family and he was in his rightful place, right in their arms. The workers at the SPCA had never seen Cow so happy. Shelter life is generally hard on dogs, as they’re constantly trying to protect their space from different people coming through. Dogs often become anxious when they’re sheltered too long, always on alert and prone to panic, which is why Cow’s initial reaction is so common.

According to the ASPCA there are approximately 6.3 million pets in animal shelters across America right now, about 3.1 million of those are dogs. Each year more than 920,000 animals are euthanized, which is why the push to “adopt don’t shop” is so prevalent. While animals are in the care of shelters, they are looked after and treated by veterinarians until they are placed into a forever home or reunited with their family, which is always favorable over euthanization. More than 4.1 million shelter animals are adopted each year and around 810,000 of them are lucky enough to be reunited with their families, just like Cow.

If you’re interested in adopting a shelter animal, check out your local animal shelter or ASPCA.

Teachers are often unsung heroes. They provide our children with a safe and loving environment so they can learn while feeling supported. Throughout the pandemic, teachers have really felt the weight of the effects the forced isolation had on their students, but that hasn’t stopped them from showing up and giving them their best. Oftentimes teachers have to double as therapists, social workers and nurses, especially when a school district is short-staffed in those areas. One New Jersey elementary teacher’s nurse’s hat came in handy when a student was playing with a water bottle and the cap seemingly exploded off of the bottle and down the child’s throat.

The child looked stunned as the realization of what just happened quickly washed over his face before he stood up ripping his mask from around his neck and going straight to his teacher. The teacher, Janiece Jenkins, can clearly see the panic in the student’s eyes as he frantically points to his throat, appearing to mouth that he couldn’t breathe. Jenkins stayed calm and immediately began giving the scared child the Heimlich maneuver.

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Within a few thrusts on the boy’s abdomen the bottle cap dislodges and goes flying to the floor. Jenkins then comforts the child as a look of relief washes across both of their faces. After taking the student’s face into her hands and wiping his tears you can tell the moment was stressful for everyone involved, including the concerned students watching things unfold from their desk.

Teachers clearly deserve to be the highest paid professionals out there. They never know what’s going to be thrown their way, but they almost always seem to handle it with grace and knowledge.

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Insects generally tend to provide a viable protein, fat and mineral source, all while requiring less land, water and feed than meat.

These facts are more crucial than ever, as around 1.64 million people in Madagascar are enduring an undeniable food crisis. Horrifically destructive tropical storms and relentless droughts—which the UN directly links to climate change—have led to desperate measures. Metro.co.uk reported that people were forced to eat ash mixed with tamarind and leather from shoes to temporarily stave off hunger.

As a last resort, some villages have taken to hunting forest animals, including the already heavily endangered lemur. With nearly 94% of the species threatened with extinction, this is hardly a sustainable option.

But U.K.-based organization SEED Madagascar aims to address these issues with a novel solution: a bacon bug farm.

Has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it?

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Created by anthropologist Dr. Cortni Borgerson, the program helps communities plant and grow the bean plants known to locals as tsidimy (also edible, so win-win). The tsidimy will attract colonies of sakonry after only six to eight weeks. Those colonies can then be harvested about a month later.

Knowing that a love for card playing is part Malagasy culture, Borgerson created a deck of cards to act as a creative user manual the farmers can refer to for best practices and troubleshooting. The deck includes everything from how to care for tsidimy seedlings to how to differentiate between male and female sakondry.

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In only one year, these farms have raised more than 90,000 harvest-sized sakondry, which provided the annual protein equivalent of 2,700 eggs. Borgerson told Mongabay News that the program has also saved 25-50 lemurs per community each year.

As delicious and nutritious and sustainable as they are, the sakondry remain quite mysterious. But while research is still being conducted, these little bacon bugs are becoming a part of a well-balanced diet (and ecosystem) for Madagascar.

Now … who’s ready for an S.L.T.? Sakondry, lettuce and tomato sandwich, that is. Or perhaps some eggs with a side of sakondry? A maple sakondry donut, perhaps? The possibilities are endless.

Given the state of the world we have all been living in for the last two-plus years, it’s no surprise that therapists are in high demand right now, and have been throughout the pandemic. Many therapists have long waiting lists and are taking on more clients than they normally would just to meet the need. New private practices are opening frequently to provide quality mental health care that people so desperately need in these (still) unprecedented times. But something else is happening simultaneously. Large tech companies have cropped up promising mental health care, and even promising to get patients in with a same-day appointments. On the surface, this seems like it should be a good thing. After all, these companies are helping to meet the growing and overwhelming demand for mental health care, so we should make room for them, right? At least that’s what most would think.

I’ve been in the mental health field since 2006, and have been in and around mental health from a professional standpoint, and therapists have been raising concerns about these large platforms for quite a while. In fact, one therapist made it his mission to show his followers on TikTok what the fine print of one mental health platform’s terms and conditions said. Viewers were shocked to hear, and read, as the therapist pulled the information from the company’s actual website in real time, that clients’ information was being sold to third parties for advertising purposes. This wasn’t hidden in microscopic print, it was there within the terms and conditions in plain print. But some companies bank on consumers not reading the terms of their agreement. Many people will quickly scroll through to get to the bottom of the long legal information and click the button to simply move to the next part of the process.

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This therapist did the reading for you in an effort to honor his professional ethical code and protect clients. The company fought back against the claims and changed the language, all very publicly on TikTok, but it was only the language that changed, not the terms. When the therapist pointed this out, the company continued to publicly feud with the therapist on the social platform.

Now, at this point you may be wondering why I’m not using this therapist’s name, telling you where to find him and calling out this platform. It’s because when the company continued to mislead its consumers and continued to have its feet held to the fire by this ridiculously brave therapist, the mega large platform sent a cease and desist with the threat to sue this small private practice owner. It forced the therapist to remove any trace of anything unappealing he had said about this company, and he is no longer permitted to discuss the disturbing things he uncovered.

As a therapist, I feel a duty to protect this other therapist from any further threat that may come from this mega company, and to do so, allow him to remain as anonymous as possible. Nevertheless, it feels important to reveal the lengths to which one of these companies is willing to go to keep consumers in the dark about its fine print items. Therapists have an ethical obligation to protect their clients from exploitation, and it would absolutely violate ethical codes to sell client data.

When you meet with a licensed therapist your information is protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which means we could get into trouble with our licensing boards and in some cases, depending on the level of breach, it could be criminal. Big box therapy companies seem to have found a loophole around this as the companies may not be billed as “therapy” but as lay counseling services, which is something anyone with life experience can do. A therapist who runs the YouTube account Private Practice Skills discusses this and why she was not comfortable putting her license on the line for a company that may not be bound by HIPAA. Privacy is a huge deal in the therapeutic relationship and you won’t find too many therapists willing to risk the privacy of their clients for any amount of money.

Money brings me to my next point. Many of these big box therapy companies such as Talkspace, BetterHelp, Happier Living, and so on, pay their therapists poorly. They seem to prey on therapists who have just recently earned their licenses and want to work for themselves, but may not know how to. Companies like these use the 1099 model to give therapists a sense of autonomy over their schedules, but in the case of at least one of these companies, therapists have had their pay affected by not responding to client’s texts in the middle of the night due to an arbitrary timeline the company has enforced. Let me be clear, the expectation to be readily available to your clients at all times is unrealistic and damaging to the client and the therapeutic relationship.

Therapists teach their clients skills that they are supposed to learn to utilize in between sessions with the hope that eventually they will not need a therapist to continually reinforce these skills as they will become a reflex. When a client is given access to a therapist whenever they would like between sessions it creates a reliance on the therapist to be an emotional barometer and regulator, which is not what a therapist is for. Most therapists’ ultimate goal is to work themselves out of a job. They want their clients to get to a point where they no longer need them. That’s a good thing. We welcome you back should something change, or we offer maintenance sessions on a spread-out basis like once a month or every six weeks until the client is feeling confident enough to be without a therapist.

Some of these platforms build dependency and often their policies go up against a therapist’s professional ethics. One of these companies offers a bonus for client retention. Meaning if the client stays longer than what may be therapeutically necessary, then the therapist gets a monetary bonus. Does this mean all clients that stay long-term with this company don’t need the therapy? No. It means that some therapists may feel pressured to retain clients who are ready to discharge in order to receive a bonus.

The pay is so low for a licensed therapist in this situation that unless you see 30 to 40 clients a week, you’re not making enough to make ends meet and pay off student loans. Seeing this many clients a week doesn’t leave room for administrative tasks that are required, and in a setup like these companies it is likely to be unpaid time. For every client, you have to have a treatment plan completed at the start of therapy and progress notes after every session. If they’re only being paid for the client contact, when are therapists supposed to do these tasks? There’s also finding resources to use in sessions, looking for assessments or referral sources, and other behind-the-scenes tasks that clients know very little about.

I interviewed with one of these companies and declined the offer after explaining the ethical dilemma it would put me in, and the inevitable burnout I would experience. This particular company wanted its therapists to see 12 clients a day with a 30-minute lunch break. The average therapist in private practice sees between five and six clients per day. Some therapists choose to see up to 8 or 9 a day, but they are few and far between. The therapists that do choose that greater load, usually do so in order to take a day or two off during the work week. Twelve clients a day averages out to 60 clients a week, which is even more than some of the other platforms require to be considered full time.

When I made the company aware of ethical concerns due to the sheer volume of clients they were expecting therapists to see, I was contacted by the VP of the company. I again explained the concern, and while at first they sounded empathetic, the tone changed to indifferent and the call ended with no resolution. I’m still listed on the site as a therapist, which I discovered recently, though I’ve never been employed by them.

There is really so much more to dive into, and I could write a book about the concerns raised by licensed therapists about these big-box therapy companies, but the key takeaway is if you need mental health care it’s best to find a therapist in private practice. When money is an issue, many therapists offer sliding scale fees to make it affordable and some even offer pro bono spots. You can find therapists offering reduced rate fees on Open Path Psychotherapy Collective.

If virtual therapy is preferable to you due to time constraints, many therapists are now offering virtual therapy as an option. If you still can’t find a therapist, there is no shame in using one of these platforms because most employ licensed therapists and your mental health is our number one priority. One can understand the appeal and affordability of these large platforms and it’s important to do whatever you can to look after your well-being. Just be sure to read the fine print.

Elon Musk wants what he wants, and being the billionaire CEO of both Tesla and SpaceX isn’t enough for him. He wants to own Twitter, too, dammit, and of course, the MAGA cheerleaders think that having a “free speech abolutist” in charge of the joint is the key to getting Trump back on the platform. Unfortunately for their interests, Elon’s not going to be on the Twitter board after all, and then his bid to purcahse Twitter (for $41 billion cash, because he doesn’t trust the management) doesn’t look like it’s happening.

Reuters reports that Saudi Arabian Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, who owns a significant Twitter stake, rejected that Elon bid while declaring, “I don’t believe that the proposed offer by Elon Musk ($54.20 per share) comes close to the intrinsic value of Twitter given its growth prospects.”

To no one’s surprise, Elon is now tweeting at this Saudi prince. “How much of Twitter does the Kingdom own, directly & indirectly?” the world’s richest Twitter troll tweeted. “What are the Kingdom’s views on journalistic freedom of speech?”

Earlier on Thursday, Elon spoke at a TED talk (via lawyer Ron Filipkowski) to reveal how little he seemingly understands about “free speech” in a constitutional sense. Perhaps he’s being “intentionally misleading,” after all?

Elon also alluded to having a “Plan B” in his quest to rule Twitter. No elaboration there, but if he’s got one, he’ll surely let everyone know.

Previously, Elon declared that he wants to “unlock” the “extraordinary potential” for Twitter for “free speech.” In other words, he wants every word to fly, no matter how harmful or inciting those words would be. And surely, this saga isn’t over yet.

(Via Reuters)

Pappy Van Winkle Family Reserve 23 Bourbon is pretty much the most sought-after whiskey in the world right now. The classic wheated bourbon has been on a meteoric rise over the past decade or so, creating a hype that’s damn near unmatched. People line up for days for a chance to buy a bottle at its retail price of $299.99. There are endless raffles for the small allotment. The secondary price has, in some folk’s opinions, gone out of control. It’s a whole scene!

Pappy 23 is like the rarest Supreme drop, the coolest NFT, and that one-off Wu-Tang album made for the pharma-douche, all rolled into one simple bottle of bourbon. But can any whiskey — bourbon or not — ever live up to those levels of hype? Moreover, is any whiskey worth spending half a year’s college tuition on?

Since I’m lucky enough to have access to this level of whiskey, I set out to answer those questions. For this taste test and review, I sampled bottle F7088 at Justins’ House of Bourbon in Lexington, Kentucky. I had a neat pour in a mini Glencairn. After the first couple of noses and sips, I added a few drops of water to open up the pour and let it aerate for a spell.

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Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve 23 Year Bourbon

ABV: 47.8%

Average Price: $6,100

The Whiskey:

This wheated expression spends a long 23 years resting in new American oak. That age means that there’s still some old juice from Pappy’s previous home, the Stitzel-Weller Distillery, in the mix. Not every barrel makes the final cut. Only the “honey barrels” — the best of the best — are selected for blending, proofing, and bottling. The barrels that don’t make the cut are blended out into Weller expressions, generally Weller 12.

The Bottle:

The bottle is a classic cognac bottle. It’s clear, allowing you to see the amber juice within. The label has Pappy smoking his cigar and bottle number. It’s truly iconic at this point in bourbon history and almost unmissable on any bar shelf.

Tasting Notes:

The nose draws you in with a sense of an apple orchard with cherry and plum trees woven throughout as cherry bark, orange blossoms, salted caramel candy wrappers, and mulled wine soaked oak staves ebb and flow. The nose coalesces around a mix of dry applewood and cherry tobacco leaves stuffed in a very old soft leather pouch with a hint of dry and stringy cedar bark layered in with a dusting of soft nutmeg and black licorice.

The palate delivers on the promises of the nose with the caramel taking on a buttery edge, leaning toward a toffee cream silkiness, as dark cherries and overripe, bruised red apples lead toward peach stones, pear stems, and a hint of cinnamon-infused cider. The mellowness really takes hold on the mid-palate as the woody nature of the sip leads to a mix of those mulled wine oak staves, an old cigar humidor, a hint of bitter and almost over-roasted espresso beans, and a final flourish of dark cherry spiced tobacco leaf with a mild chewiness.

Bottom Line:

This truly does stand out for the first nose and sip to the last. It’s one of those bourbons that part the clouds, exposes the code in the matrix, and makes you say, “oh, shit, that really is good.”

I don’t even care that this word is overused, this whiskey is crazy smoooooooooth while offering some of the deepest flavor notes I’ve come across. It leaves you shaking your head at how accessible it is while having a seriously deep flavor profile.

Ranking:

100/100 — Yup, this is the real deal and does kind of standalone as a stellar yet classic bourbon for its MSRP price point. While it’s not reinventing the wheel or taking bourbon to new heights, it is probably the most classic example of a perfect bourbon on the planet earth.

Is It Worth The Price?

No.

One more time…

Nope.

This should cost $300 and tastes like it does. Spending $6,000 (or much more) on this is absurd. Moreover, that secondary markup is stopping people from ever experiencing the most classic example of bourbon there is. And that’s just a goddamn tragedy.

All of that aside, if you do come across a pour at a high-end bar or rare whiskey shop, buy yourself a pour (expect to pay upward of $200). That will be worth it just to have the experience for your palate and bourbon journey. Beyond that, don’t spend $6,000 on this bottle. It’s just not worth it, no matter how tasty.

This week serves as the tip-off to the NBA Playoffs. And if you’re planning on spending a bunch of time glued to the TV, you’re going to need food to help get you through it. Good news, sports fans — nothing pairs with hoops (watching) quite like fried chicken, it’s the ultimate finger food.

One of the top fried chicken purveyors in the game is Popeyes — home of the stone cold best fast food chicken sandwich. And this year the brand is celebrating the NBA Playoffs by teaming up with Uber Eats for what they’re calling the “Most Dunkable Meal.” The order consists of a 5-piece order of chicken tenders with a side of your choice (cajun fries, always cajun fries), a biscuit, and five dipping sauces of your choice. From now until April 17th, if you order the Most Dunkable meal you’ll be able to pick it up for 50% off.

This promo begs the question: What is Popeyes’ best dipping sauce? We decided to find out by trying all five sauces and ranking them from worst to best. You only have five sauce slots, you can be a total nerd and order all five or you can just quintuple down on the best sauce and make your meal delicious from the first bite to last.

*Honorable Mention *— Honey

Tasting Notes:

Let’s not forget about one of the best pairings at Popeyes, honey packets, which are totally free. You can load up on more honey than any other sauce at Popeyes. Sure it isn’t real honey, it’s mostly high fructose corn syrup, but that combination of earthy sweetness with the saltiness of fried chicken is a classic flavor pairing that will never get old.

Better On Fries Or Tenders?

Tenders. But we’ll take it on fries too!

The Bottom Line:

Most of the sauces on this ranking taste like variations on this OG flavor pairing. It may not be dippable, but honey walked so the rest of these dipping sauces could run.

5. BoldBQ

Tasting Notes:

Vinegar-heavy on the nose with a tomato paste brightness that obliterates any smokey qualities that might exist in this BBQ blend. It leans way too heavily on the sweet side and tastes mostly like a more interesting ketchup.

Better On Fries Or Tenders?

Fries, easily. It’s not that BBQ sauce and chicken tenders don’t go together, they do, but BBQ sauce often tastes better when it is baked straight onto the chicken. This dipping shit just doesn’t hit the same.

The Bottom Line:

Not bad by any means — Popeyes has a tight list of five sauces and they’re all pretty good — but this one feels like it needs some work.

4. Wild Honey Mustard

Tasting Notes:

A really pronounced mustard flavor that attacks the taste buds. While the overall aftertaste is sweet, this mustard blend keeps the earthy notes at the forefront, offering a lot of complex flavors that don’t need to hide behind loads of sugar like a lot of fast food mustards.

Better On Fries Or Tenders?

It’s better on the chicken. There is some sort of magic that happens when this pungent vinegar forward sauce combines with the garlicky qualities of Popeyes’ chicken breading. For best results, grab a spicy tender.

The Bottom Line:

A flavorful balance of sweet and spicy qualities that elevate the flavors of Popeyes’ fried breading.

3. Mardi Gras Mustard

Tasting Notes:

So much more interesting than Popeyes’ Wild Honey Mustard. The Mardi Gras has a distinct and complex character with a hint of horseradish and cracked pepper and a subtly spicy aftertaste that gently burns on the palate.

Better On Fries Or Tenders?

Both! The lack of sweetness in the Mardi Gras Mustard makes it a better pair for the cajun fries than the other mustard blend, and both compliment the garlic and black pepper seasoning of Popeyes’ chicken batter.

The Bottom Line:

Popeyes has two different mustard options and neither tastes remotely similar. Expect a spicier flavor here with a complex bitter aftertaste.

2. Sweet Heat

Tasting Notes:

A more apt name could not be given to a sauce. Popeyes’ Sweet Heat greets you with an intense sweetness, very similar to sweet and sour, before finishing off with a spikey pepper flavor that burns your tongue without actually tasting hot. It’s an interesting sensation as if the sauce is capable of alerting your taste buds to absorb more flavor. On its own, it can be overwhelming, but once dipped in it’s hard to find something on the menu that isn’t complemented by this sauce, including the biscuits!

Better On Fries Or Tenders?

Tenders. It’s still good on fries but when that sweet chili heat meets the crispy crunchy texture and buttery flavor of Popeyes tenders (assuming you ordered mild, if you ordered spicy sub ‘buttery’ for ‘cayenne-forward’) it elevates the experience tenfold.

The Bottom Line:

So close to being number one that I considered ending this ranking in a tie. It’s sweet, it’s spicy, you can’t go wrong.

1. Blackened Ranch

Tasting Notes:

I’m not a ranch fan. It’s too creamy, buttery, and sour to ever really appeal to me so I’m actually shocked that I’ve ranked the Blackened Ranch as the best but, this is without a doubt in my mind Popeye’s best dipping sauce. It’s creamy, a medley of butter, garlic, and onion flavors that are reigned in by a pronounced black-pepper aftertaste that adds some much-needed earthiness into the flavor of ranch.

Better On Fries Or Tenders?

It makes both better, and we can’t honestly say that about any of the other sauces on this ranking. If you’re having a hard time deciding, just order both sauces and mix them up, who knows what you’ll get.

The Bottom Line:

Popeyes’ best dipping sauce. I’ll admit It isn’t that much better than our number two choice (though it’s certainly more interesting), but because it works so well with both the fries and chicken, we have to give it the top spot.

As long as he stays (in a galaxy) far, far away from the Millennium Falcon, Harrison Ford is an indestructible “monster of a man.”

That’s according to his Indiana Jones 5 co-star Mads Mikkelsen in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter. “It was the first time I met him, and he’s an insanely powerful person,” the Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore star said after being asked about Ford’s shoulder injury on the film’s set. “Not just as an actor, but physically.” Mikkelsen then told a story about the first of day of shooting. “It was a night shoot,” he said, “then we stopped at 5 a.m. — and then he got on his mountain bike and went biking for 50 kilometers [31 miles]. Harrison is a monster of a man, a very nice monster.” (Something tells me Mads doesn’t have to worry about Ford going method.)

Mikkelsen wouldn’t reveal who he’s playing in Indiana Jones 5… but, come on, it’s Mads Mikkelsen. He’s obviously the villain who you can’t help but root for (and be a little turned on by). He did, however, say that the film will go “heavily back to the first and second film and getting that original feel, the original Indy, something dense and epic.”

More poisoned dates, rope bridges, and heart ripping; less aliens. I’m in. Indiana Jones 5 is expected to open on June 30, 2023 (when Harrison Ford is 80).

(Via the Hollywood Reporter)

Longest 12 days ever! Cardi B temporarily deleted her Instagram and Twitter on April 3rd following backlash from online stans from her decision to skip the 2022 Grammys. Jeez… can we let the woman breathe? “I’m deleting my Twitter but on god I hate this f*ckin dumbass fan base,” she wrote. “You got the slow dumbasses dragging my kids all cause y’all [thought] I was going to the grammys and I didnt the f*ck ? When the f*ck I hinted I was going ? just f*vkin stupid I can’t I needs to protect myself.”

Online fan culture can be pretty pathetic sometimes and if you’re an A-List celebrity like Cardi B, you definitely feel it most. And quite frankly, a two-week break from social media culture sounds pretty liberating. So today, a refreshed Cardi B re-activated her Instagram and Twitter account with a series of stunning photos that show off her signature curves.

“Takin you to The Bronx wit my Amiris on ….SHAKE IT OUT TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT MUSIC VIDEO ASWELL !!!!,” she wrote, referencing her designer Amiri jeans that she’s wearing in the shoot. Meanwhile, “Shake It” is New York drill rapper Kay Flock’s new single which is dropping tonight. It features a guest verse from Cardi B, as well as appearances from Dougie B and Bory300.

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Chicago is aptly named “The Windy City,” and in baseball we typically hear about the howling winds at Wrigley Field, where a day where it blows out can lead to tons of home runs, and days it blows in can lead to a pitcher’s paradise.

The wind still blows on the Southside, too, and the White Sox took advantage of a blustery Thursday afternoon with one of the funniest sequences you’ll see all year in Major League Baseball. With two outs in the bottom of the fifth inning, the White Sox trailed 2-0 when Adam Engel skied a ball straight up in the air, causing chaos for the Mariners infield who moved back and forth trying to track it in the wind, ultimately leading to a drop by the catcher and Engel reaching second on the error.

The very next batter was Jake Burger, who likewise sent a baseball straight up in the air and had the wind drive the ball from straight over the pitcher’s mound to out by shortstop, where it was dropped again as Engel calmly rounded the bases and scored.

It is a hilarious way to score a run, as the two pop-ups couldn’t have traveled much more than 100 combined feet but they managed to manufacture a run out of just those two swings to cut the Seattle lead in half.