Month: March 2023

Robert Bush Sr. is an avid outdoorsman who runs a Facebook page called “Bob’s Pennsylvania Wildlife Camera.”

He set up a secret camera on a log that lays across a steam to capture footage of all the different animals that walked across it. The result is a relaxing video featuring all sorts of wildlife including a black bear, chipmunk, coyote, turkey, and great horned owl.

Bush is very active recording wildlife videos, which he shares on his Facebook and YouTube pages.

In the introduction to his Facebook page he captures his philosophy that is welcoming to all, with a few ground rules:

“I love the outdoors and wildlife and I am not anti-hunting, this page is not about hunting and I will not post any hunting pictures or videos on this page, this page is about the wildlife in the mountains of Pennsylvania. Please do NOT post hunting pictures in the comments, and do not comment about killing the animals or about hunting at all, and do not bash hunters or talk about anti-hunting … just enjoy the videos.”

Well said, Robert. And now, on to the first video:

You may have noticed the video is called “The Log 2.” Well, here’s the original.

This article originally appeared on 02.28.20

Things could be going better for the Charlotte Hornets right now. While the team won five of its last six heading into Friday night’s game against the Orlando Magic, the Hornets will have to go through the stretch run of the year without the services of LaMelo Ball, who is out for the rest of the season due to an ankle fracture. Beyond that, the team has the fourth-worst record in the NBA, which is both a tough pill to swallow and means they aren’t in a position to maximize their odds of getting the No. 1 pick in the 2023 NBA Draft.

But regardless, the season continues on unabated, and on Friday, the team had a special guest sitting courtside, as Hornets owner Michael Jordan joined the team on the bench. It could have gone better for Charlotte, as the team trailed by more than 20 points in the third quarter. The cameras actually caught Jordan right before a Markelle Fultz free throw made Orlando’s lead 23, and unsurprisingly, he wasn’t especially enthused.

There was, however, a fun moment a few seconds later. Rookie center Mark Williams checked out of the game and gave out a number of high fives on the bench. He actually did not see Jordan sitting there wanting some love, and while Williams eventually remedied that, it did make the Hall of Fame inductee laugh.

Orlando would go on to win, 117-106.

Niall Horan‘s new music has everyone talking. As his new single “Heaven” is garnering much buzz, fans are hotly anticipating his new album The Show, which is set to arrive this summer. Of course, as we are months away from The Show, Directioners have already shared their theories about a potential reunion of One Direction, Horan’s former boy band.

While Horan has neither confirmed or denied these theories, he did break down the meaning of the album’s lead single. In an interview with SiriusXM, Horan explained what “Heaven” means to him.

“To me it’s very simply like not conforming to society,” Horan said. “Basically, you know, we live our lives and then we’ve also got other people telling us that we need to do this at this age and that, that age, hitting milestones and stuff like that. And basically then people in turn, people feel like they’ve failed if those milestones weren’t hit at those ages or whatever. So I’ve always been one of those people that like, I’m a cruiser. I just cruise through it and cross that bridge when I come to it, type guy. So that’s what ‘Heaven’ is about.”

You can check out the full interview above.

The Show is out 6/9 via Capitol. Find out more information here.

Suki Waterhouse has had a truly massive week. Not only is she starring as Karen in the new Amazon Prime show, Daisy Jones & The Six, that premiered last night, but she also dropped some new solo music for her fans.

The romantic new “To Love” proves she’s head-over-heels into a new era, as the song is seemingly about her longtime relationship with Robert Pattinson.

“Is there a universe / Where our paths never crossed? / Where I caught your eye / But then someone arrived and we both forgot,” she wonders on the dreamy opening lines.

As she describes, she also couldn’t keep this song on hold for long.

“‘To Love’ is a song that I wrote really recently that I was going to wait to put out on my second album,” Waterhouse said in a statement, via Rolling Stone. “But I felt like it is a very distinct portrait of my heart right now that I wanted to share. I started performing it on tour and got so excited that I wanted to share it with everyone.”

Waterhouse, who has most recently been on tour, hasn’t showed any signs of slowing down when it comes to new songs. In the past year alone, she put out her debut album, I Can’t Let Go, and a follow-up EP, Milk Teeth.

Listen to “To Love” above.

Surprise! There’s a debate going around social media, specifically TikTok, about mothers who would choose to save their own lives over their baby’s life if complications arose during birth. Apparently, the internet is having some big feelings, and surprisingly—or maybe not surprisingly—it’s coming from other women.

Honestly, when I first saw the videos going around about this very heated debate, I didn’t think much of it. But the conversation continued to grow and the judgment of moms who would choose themselves was abundant, so I decided to have a look-see. The debate started after Anabel Morales went viral on the platform for posting a video with a text overlay.

“To my husband: If I’m giving birth, and the doctor says you need to pick between me or the baby. Please save me. I don’t want Ethan to grow up without a mom, & I don’t want you to have to raise two babies alone while also grieving your wife,” Morales wrote.

Unsurprisingly, many moms agreed, myself included. The thought of leaving behind children to grieve the loss of their mother while being cared for by a father who is also grieving his wife seems unfathomable to some when there’s a choice involved. But to others, the clear choice is on the other end of the spectrum because they couldn’t imagine living without their child. Currently, the 6-second video has 6.6 million views and over a half million likes.

“My mom sadly passed away because it was either me or her. But no one understands how hard it was for me and my dad. Having him raise me alone and me having to grow up without a mom. So I will choose myself no matter how forced I am to choose the baby. Because I don’t want the baby going through what I did. It sucks,” one commenter shared.

That certainly adds another layer that I don’t think many people considered when having this hypothetical but very possible debate. In America, the pregnancy mortality rate is much higher than in other developed nations, with the 2018 CDC data showing that the pregnancy mortality rate among white non-Hispanic people at 13.7 deaths per 100,000 births. The rate is significantly higher for Indigenous and Black people at 26.5 and 41.4 deaths per 100,000 births, respectively.

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“I used to say save the baby not me. Now that I have a daughter I think so differently,” another mom wrote.

“I had these feelings during my third pregnancy and felt so guilty. I’m glad I’m not the only one that feels this way,” someone else commented.

On the other side of the camp, plenty of people said they would choose their baby. While some were more respectful in their word choice than others, the sentiment was clear.

What you would do in a situation where the choice is between you and your soon-to-be Earth-side baby is completely personal. It’s something discussed in hopes that the choice never has to be made, but for some families it does, and it’s one of those instances where there’s no right answer. The choice between grief and grief feels impossible because no matter what, everyone will hurt.

Jon Stewart is a unicorn among interviewers, masterfully striking a balance between calm questioning and insisting on interviewees providing answers. Not deflections. Not pivots or side steps. Actual, direct answers to the questions he’s asking.

Anyone who has interviewed a politician knows how hard striking that balance can be. Politicians are rhetorical magicians, saying lots of words that seem like an answer to a question, without actually answering it at all. Sometimes their avoidance methods are obvious, but usually, they know how to manipulate and control a conversation, deftly steering it in the direction they want it to go. If allowed to, they will not only avoid directly answering a question, but they will manhandle the entire interview, filling the air time with their own messaging. Politely letting them talk allows them to pull all of their favorite tricks.

As such, if you want to make a politician actually answer a question, interrupting them is unfortunately necessary. While interrupting can seem rude sometimes, when it’s done to bring a lawmaker back to a question they haven’t actually answered or to point out a flaw in their argument before they move on to something else, it’s simply calling them on their b.s.

And few do that more effectively than Jon Stewart. One reason is that he is simply unfazed by politicians. He knows their game and looks at them like a parent whose child is clearly trying to pull a fast one. Another reason is that he thoroughly does his homework before the interview and can predict how they’re going to respond, so he’s able to catch them in their own web of illogic or hypocrisy in real time.

Such was the case in an interview with Oklahoma lawmaker Nathan Dahm on Stewart’s show, “The Problem With Jon Stewart.”

“State Sen. Nathan Dahm (R-OK) has penned several bills loosening gun restrictions, including the nation’s first anti-red flag law,” the caption of the clip reads on Twitter. “He thinks these bills protect the Second Amendment—and that they make us safer. We think it’s probably one or the other.”

The main premise of Sen. Dahm’s argument is “More guns make us safer.” Stewart challenges him to defend that point, given the basic facts about gun violence statistics.

Stewart points out that “More guns make us safer” flies in the face of what law enforcement officials have claimed. “When the police go to a house filled with guns, why don’t they breathe a sigh of relief knowing that this Second Amendment that shall not be infringed is being exercised so fruitfully in this home?” Stewart asks. Good question.

Stewart also shows Dahm how his argument about people, not guns, being the problem doesn’t make sense considering the fact that he shoots down all attempts at regulations that would help ensure those problematic people don’t have easy access to guns.

Finally, Stewart highlights the hypocrisy of using government regulation to protect children from all kinds of things except the leading cause of death in children, which is guns.

Watch:

u201cState Sen. Nathan Dahm (R-OK) has penned several bills loosening gun restrictions, including the nationu2019s first anti-red flag law. He thinks these bills protect the Second Amendment u2013 and that they make us safer. We think it’s probably one or the other. Watch it on @AppleTVPlus.u201d

— The Problem With Jon Stewart (@The Problem With Jon Stewart)
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Can we have Jon Stewart interview all politicians on all issues, please?

On his newest song, “Coogie” singer and producer Dijon struggles with expressing his needs and emotions. Over a silky, guitar-driven beat, he admits defeat, as he battles with sharing his feelings, versus keeping them inside.

“I get scared that maybe needing is bad / And I get numb / And we do it over and over again / And days get bad, and I just push it inside / Is it bad that I just put it inside,” he sings.

By the time the song reaches its end, Dijon does his best to bear the pain he’s enduring, for the sake of the person he loves the most.

“Coogie” marks Dijon’s first original song since dropping his debut album, Absolutely, in 2021. In an interview with SSENSE last year, Dijon revealed how he wants to go about writing his second album.

“My only interests are to write affecting songs,” he said. “They have to fit within some sort of parameter —even just the simplest phrase. Is it memorable? Is it singable? Does it hook you? I have no interest in just flexing around…I don’t also want it to be necessarily fixed all the time on some sort of historical sonic template. I feel a responsibility now.”

You can listen to “Coogie” above.

Dijon is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Larry June and Grammy-winning producer The Alchemist are going full steam ahead into their very first new album cycle together for the recently-announced The Great Escape, which arrives later this month.

Just this week alone, the duo dropped two new songs — and fans are buzzing to hear more details about what to expect on the full project.

Continue scrolling for everything you need to know, including the release date, tracklist, features, and plenty more details that are still to come.

Release Date

Larry June & The Alchemist’s new album will drop on March 31 via Empire.

Tracklist

The tracklist for The Great Escape is still TBA.

Features

While there are no confirmed features on The Great Escape so far, Larry June & The Alchemist have a wide opportunity of artists to choose from for their debut. June’s 2022 album, Spaceships On The Blade, spotlighted artists like 2 Chainz, Syd, Duckwrth, Babyface Ray, and more. However, time will tell if any of these previous collaborators return on this record.

Artwork

The Great Escape artwork has yet to be revealed.

Singles

So far, there are two new singles: the extravagant taste on “60 Days” and the reflective take on June’s journey in “89 Earthquake.” Check out the music videos for both songs below.

Tour Dates

No tour dates from Larry June and The Alchemist have been announced yet.

An exciting new collaboration is underway. Today (March 3), rapper Larry June and producer The Alchemist have announced their upcoming joint album, The Great Escape, which is coming later this month.

In addition to the album announcement, the two have shared a new single, “89 Earthquake,” as well as its accompanying visual.

Over a breezy, piano-driven beat, June basks in his riches while reflecting on the journey that led him there. At this point in his career, his earned the reaping of what he’s sown.

“Real millionaire sh*t, might put it in the Benz / Write the sh*t off on taxes, have a five-star dinner / Tell it how it is, mane, livin’ how I live, mane / Rolls gold piеce just to complement thе drip, mane / Stay up on your toes, make sure the money straight,” he raps.

In the accompanying visual, June and The Alchemist, are seen in luxurious scenarios, like playing chess on a private jet, and driving through the city in vintage rides. These scenes are juxtaposed with clips of June in a bodega, and near other San Francisco neighborhoods, reminding fans where he came from.

You can watch the video for “89 Earthquake” above.

The Great Escape album is out 3/31 via Empire.

Gus Dapperton is soaring on his brand new song, “Horizons.” The alt-pop track is giving fans the first teaser of his album, which is expected sometime later this year.

“All we ever had on paper was a wild imagination, all we ever had to wager was my wild human nature,” he sings over the upbeat instrumental that gives “Horizons” a larger-than-life feeling.

In addition, Dapperton dropped (and directed) an accompanying music video for the track, where he doodles in a neon-drenched diner at night and encounters a unique cast of customers. As the video progresses, the crew of eaters eventually wind up breaking out in synchronized dance. Viewers also get to see what he drew in his notebook, during a mysterious and captivating sequence.

“The ‘Horizons’ music video highlights a brand new world for my next project,” Dapperton shared in a statement. “This world will expand and take on different shapes throughout the rollout. ‘Horizons’ in particular is about a stranger who is lost and trying to find a way out. Forces around him try to stop his quest, but he finally prevails. “

Check out “Horizons” above.

Gus Dapperton is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.