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Either the soft lighting that seems to permanently follow Kari Lake around like a lingering fart has somehow taken ahold of Donald Trump’s brain, or the same power that allowed him to declassify thousands of stolen documents with his mind has made him think he can just will the kooky Arizona political wannabe into office. He was president for a little while, after all!

As Rolling Stone reports, Trump seems to be totally over the idea of democracy — and/or might be holding on to some serious resentment about losing the state of Arizona to Biden in the 2020 presidential election. As such, he jumped aboard Lake’s bandwagon and decided that he’d only accept the results of this year’s gubernatorial race in Arizona if Lake won. Which she did not. So in the early morning hours of Monday morning, the former president decided that Lake should simply just be “installed” as governor. Which is apparently just how it works now.

Trump’s reasoning behind the governor switcheroo is what he described as:

Massive numbers of “BROKEN” voting machines in Republican Districts on Election Day. Mechanics sent in to “FIX” them made them worse. Kari had to be taken to a Democrat area, which was working perfectly, to vote.

From the very beginning, Lake has claimed that she would only accept the results of the election if she won. And double-downed on that position over the weekend when she told far-right media outlet Real America’s Voice that “We know we won this election,” and “We are going to do everything in our power to make sure that every single Arizonans vote that was disenfranchised is counted.”

(Via Rolling Stone)

Usually when someone walks into McDonald’s they expect to walk out with something to eat, not a baby.

But for new mom Alandria Worthy, that’s exactly what happened. Worthy was on her way to the hospital but needed to use the bathroom so she had her fiancé make a pit stop at McDonald’s.

After a few minutes of Worthy being in the bathroom, workers heard the mom to be screaming which prompted Tunisia Woodward, the manager on duty to check things out. The her surprise, she was about to turn into a labor and delivery nurse.

Woodward explained in an interview with 11 Alive that she saw feet under the stall door before saying, “I opened, and she was on this toilet lying back, screaming. Then I knew to tell my crew, ‘We’re having a baby today.’” Woodward was right, the baby was coming and the three moms are duty were there to help.

If you’re wondering where Worthy’s fiancé was, he was waiting in the parking lot growing concerned. When he went to see what was taking so long, he walked in on a surprise and had to get right to work in order to catch his baby. Deandre Phillips told 11 Alive that Worthy was frantic so he was focused on getting her to breathe and to lay down on the floor so she could deliver the baby, which only took a few minutes and three pushes.

Talk about a fast delivery, though I’m sure they likely would’ve preferred a fast pizza delivery and not a baby so eager to see the world that making it to the hospital was out of the question. But what do I know, watch the new parents tell you all about their new “Little Nugget” themselves below.

Spotify is getting a lot of attention right now because we’re approaching a fun time of year: the release of Spotify Wrapped, a summary of users’ listening habits over the past year that annually takes over social media for a couple days. Let’s not forget the Apple Music users among us, though, as there are a lot of them: As of 2021, Spotify is in the lead with 31 percent of the streaming music global market share, but Apple Music is in second with 15 percent.

Thankfully, Apple Music users have a similar option: Apple Music Replay, which serves pretty much the same purpose as Wrapped. One advantage that Replay has over Wrapped, though, is that Apple’s option is available right now. Apple has a support page on how to access it, but in summary: Head to replay.music.apple.com, sign in with the Apple ID associated with your Apple Music account, and hit the “Get Started” button.

From there, you have a few options. Per Apple:

• “Get insights throughout the year: Once you’re eligible, you can see the songs, artists, and albums that you listened to so far this year, along with play counts and the time that you’ve spent listening to them.”
• “See your year-end Replay: At the end of the calendar year, you can see your top songs, artists, albums, genres, playlists, and stations, along with play counts, totals, and the time that you’ve spent listening to them.”
• “Play your year-end highlight reel: Celebrate your year in music with an audio and visual recap of the music that you listened to the most.”
• “Share insights: Tap the Share button to share your personalized listening insights in a message and on social media.”

On top of all that, Replay got a fresh coat of paint this year, so it ought to look and work better than ever.

Drake and 21 Savage dropped their collaboration album, Her Loss, earlier this month. It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and it’s apparently the final installment of a trilogy. While some songs feature the rappers tackling alternating verses, like “Rich Flex” and “Circo Loco,” others find Drizzy and 21 detailing their thoughts solo. Despite this, the duo still worked on Her Loss together behind the scenes — even if one of them didn’t vocally appear.

21 Savage recently opened up on Sirius XM’s Sound 42 about what their creative and collaboration process was like for this new record. “I ain’t gonna cap, Drake wrote some of my verses on this album,” he said. “These facts. I don’t give a f*ck what a n**** say. Drake helped me with some of my verses on this album.”

“By the way, you also helped me with sh*t, too,” Drake replied to 21’s claims in the interview.

While it’s unclear what songs Savage was specifically referencing where Drake wrote his verses, it does appear that the two rappers work well when they bounce ideas off each other. Plus, Drake has enjoyed writing for quite a while.

“I pulled my weight when it came to my pen,” Drake previously shared in a 2019 interview with Rap Radar. “Anybody that knows me knows that my strongest talent is writing… That’s why people ask me to write songs for them.”

A month ago, the Dallas Mavericks narrowly beat the Toronto Raptors in a 111-110 thriller, but the talk after the game was mostly about referee Tony Brothers after Spencer Dinwiddie addressed the media and said Brothers called him a “b*tch ass motherf*cker” while talking to Reggie Bullock about a technical foul Brothers had hit Dinwiddie with.

While that led to jokes and some discourse about ref-player relations, we didn’t hear much more about it in an official capacity from the league and Brothers has continued to officiate games. On Tuesday, Marc Stein brought word of how the league handled the situation, noting that Brothers was taken off his next assignment but wasn’t given an official suspension without pay.

That seems like he was just given a night off, which isn’t exactly punishment, and the league just let the news cycle move forward with Brothers staying out of the spotlight for long enough for this situation to blow over. It’s an odd situation because we’re fairly used to seeing players call refs names, and that can get them a fine from the league, so there will certainly be some wonder if the NBA let Brothers off too easily by simply removing one of his assignments and not hitting him with a sturdier penalty, even if not a suspension.

Marjorie Taylor Greene is celebrating Twitter’s more “relaxed” stance towards the spread of Covid misinformation by likening masks to flatulence-susceptible underwear, naturally.

Greene — whose unseasoned Thanksgiving Day turkey recently haunted everyone’s timeline — took to social media to air her thoughts on the CDC’s mask-wearing guidelines. Spikes in COVID-19 transmissions are expected during the holiday season, and it’s recommended that people use caution and don face coverings when inside and around large groups. Which … fair enough. Who wants to get sick before Christmas? But this reasonable excuse to mask up again has gotten Greene all up in her feels — and prompted her to maybe reveal a bit too much about her personal issues.

After remarking on how “so many people” are still wearing masks, Greene posed this question to her Twitter following: “If a pair of underwear, really thick ones, high-quality cotton, can’t protect you from a fart, then how will a mask protect you from covid??”

Philosophical meanderings on flatulence aside, this Tweet has left us with so many questions. What medical-grade underwear is Greene using? Why does it have to be “really thick?” What does she mean when she says “protect you from a fart?” Is it launching grenades? Being expelled from the anus with knives out? She’s likening passing gas to spreading germs, does she believe farts are just her butthole’s way of breathing? Has she visited a doctor to figure out why her vapors are so noxious even “high-quality cotton” can’t contain them?

We don’t often dispense medical advice but Marjorie, girl, you might need to see someone about that.

Ever miraculously wake up a minute before your alarm goes off? That’s your Circadian Rhythm showing off its love for consistency. Break it and there’s a world of trouble in store. That’s why when you cross over a couple of time zones and end up in Frankfurt for lunch when it’s really 3 AM back home, you feel oddly chipper. But that’s followed by a disgusting Khabib Nurmagomedov-style KO once your body realizes you’ve betrayed its careful planning.

This breach of the Circadian Rhythm is commonly referred to as Jet Lag, or simply put by the CDC “a mismatch between a person’s normal daily rhythm and a new time zone.” As the holiday season travel comes into full swing, Jet Lag will inflict millions of travelers with drowsiness, insomnia, irritability, and other issues related to sleep deprivation. To stay ahead of the opponent, here’s some advice from the experts.

Adjust Before Travel:

To beat this foe, training is in order. To ease the stings of Jet Lag, The CDC recommends “gradually moving mealtimes and bedtimes closer to the schedule of your destination. Before traveling from the East Coast to Europe, go to bed a half-hour earlier than usual for several nights. If you’re traveling a few time zones westward, stay up a half-hour later for several consecutive nights.”

Apps like Timeshifter can help optimize this pre-travel acclimatization.

Book Flights Strategically:

Additionally, book your flight for a morning or mid-day arrival. When traveling far, it can be beneficial for resetting your biological clock to arrive during the day, as “it jump starts you much more quickly,” says Luxembourg-based sleep coach Christine Hansen.

Sleep Well During Flight:

To stay sharp, it’s imperative to get some good shut-eye on the plane, but for some, that can be a near-impossible feat. Strong pharmaceutical drugs are an immediate DQ, so the healthier options include:

1. Packing an eye mask, as darkness induces melatonin, the hormone most present in sleep.
2. Taking some natural Melatonin pills (available over the counter)
3. Investing in comfort tools: Co-director of Stanford University’s Center for Sleep and Circadian Sciences, Jamie M. Zeitzer claims, “anything you can do to get comfortable enough to sleep can have a very strong placebo effect.” Try noise-cancelling headphones, a C-shaped pillow, or even a foot hammock

Bonus Tips:

1. The CDC recommends planning to arrive at least two days before an important event.
2. Stay Hydrated: While alcohol might get you to snooze, don’t count on it for a good sleep.
3. According to Harvard Health, engaging in exercise and social events upon arrival can expedite a biological clock reset.

A combination of any of these tips will help grapple with Jet Lag. Good preparation and a comfortable in-flight rest seem to be the best solutions. If a tussle with Jet Lag can’t be won, rest assured that the knocks are only temporary.

What story is more believable: The Rock shoplifts from a 7-Eleven, or The Rock lifts a 7-Eleven over his head? Surprisingly, it’s the former — and he feels pretty bad about it.

“I finally exorcised this damn chocolate demon that’s been gnawing at me for decades,” Dwayne Johnson wrote on Instagram. “We were evicted from Hawaii in ‘87 and after all these years – I finally got back home to right this wrong. I was broke as hell, so I used to steal a king sized @snickers EVERY DAY from 7-11 for almost a year when I was 14yrs old, on my way to the gym.” He called a Snickers bar his pre-workout meal, which doesn’t sound healthy. Then again, I don’t look like The Rock, so who am I to judge?

He continued:

“I’ve exercised a few big demons over the years (I still have a few left;) so I know this one seems VERY SILLY, but every time I come back home to Hawaii and drive by 7-11. I always knew I needed to go in and clean out every Snickers bar they had – the right way. And as a bonus it was a lot of fun to take care of everybody who walked into 7-11 while I was there. Least I could do considering all the shit I used to steal from here.”

The moral of the story: “We can’t change the past and some of the dumb stuff we may have done, but every once in a while we can add a little redeeming grace note to that situation — and maybe put a big smile on some stranger’s faces.” Also, if you see The Rock, follow him into a store and demand he buy you candy.

A musical version of Roald Dahl’s whimsical coming-of-age story Matilda is coming to Netflix later this month (and it’s already playing in theaters in the UK and Ireland — okay, sorry, cinemas), and fans on Twitter have been having a lot of fun with some of the clips that have emerged. Of particular interest has been a dance sequence in which the children go off “like the rent was due,” as the kids say these days, prompting comparisons to the elaborate choreography from Missy Elliott‘s classic, influential music videos.

https://twitter.com/stawpfeenin/status/159661042109198337

Well, once the comparison was made, of course the edit had to follow, and a version of the clip set to Missy’s 2005 hit “Lose Control” hit the quote tweets. And naturally, because of the nature of human brains — seriously fascinating stuff — the choreography really does pair perfectly with the throwback hit. And just to make everything that extra bit more perfect, Missy herself retweeted the edit, showing her approval for the clever reworking of both her hit and the children’s fave.

Meanwhile, the replies prove that this trick works across Missy’s discography, as fans added other songs such as “Pass That Dutch” and “Gossip Folks” to the video which is still remarkably on-beat. Check out more responses below.

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

Jeopardy! GOAT Ken Jennings certainly has his hands full with co-hosting duties of the trivia game show he’s come to dominate. But depending on how you read a recent tweet of his, there may be another series that got his attention behind the scenes. Earlier this week, Jennings tweeted about the Amazon Lord Of The Rings series The Rings Of Power.

In the tweet, he claimed to actually work on The Rings Of Power as a dialect coach.

“I was a dialect coach on Rings of Power and it was one of the hardest jobs of my life (teaching people to talk regular but say “Morgoth” real weird),” Jennings wrote.

If it sounds like a joke convention to you, that’s because it almost certainly is. He’s not the only person online to note that “Morgoth” is said strangely by some of the actors on the show despite it having a pretty straightforward pronunciation, phonetically, to some. The responses to the tweet are mostly follow-up jokes, but some do take it seriously and actually congratulate him or comment on how “cool” the job is.

Which makes sense in some ways: Jennings is an accomplished author in his own right. He’s also created a trivia board game, so he’s definitely interested in getting facts correct. So it’s entirely plausible that Amazon reached out to a notable Tolkein enthusiast for some help. And some people are going to take what he says at face value because, well, he’s the wholesome face of a very normie game show.

Then again, there’s no evidence this is true at all. There’s no sign of him in the show’s credits, for one. And he’s also joked about Lord of the Rings a number of times on Twitter over the years, including The Rings Of Power itself. Back in 2020, he made a very specific joke about the show’s massive budget.

Jennings has made a habit of joking on Twitter, for better or worse. But he’s truly a huge fan of the books. In a Seattle Times interview in 2020, he made it clear that he read the series every year when he was growing up.

“The books I’ve read most of my life are probably the novels I would just read every year when I was a teenager — “Lord of the Rings,” “Cat’s Cradle,” by Vonnegut, “Dandelion Wine” by Ray Bradbury,” Jennings said. “I feel like I’ve read those all either to my kids or myself in the last few years. Those all hold up.”

It’s worth saying that you’d definitely only make that joke if you had read the books themselves, or maybe watched the movies. So what we’ve made clear is that Jennings is a huge fan of the series and, if you take him at his word, got to play a small part in it making it to the streaming screen. Or he just watched the shows and thought they said “Morgoth” weird for no reason at all.