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The NFL, a multi-billion dollar enterprise, reacts to things breaking the same way that most of us do: they throw some tape on it. During the first quarter of Saturday night’s divisional round game between the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles, play temporarily stopped following the first play the Giants had on their first drive of the evening.

The officials said it was an administrative stoppage, which covers a pretty broad range of things. It turns out the issue stemmed from one of the chains on the yard marker, which broke.

Now, you might think there are some spare yard markers in the back, and the folks on the chain gang could simply go grab those and use them. But that is not the case, my friends. Instead, someone grabbed some masking tape, got things all taped up, and everyone went back about their evening.

Just look at this thing, that tape is holding on for dear life.

There will be, at some point, a chance for a conversation to be had about whether or not the NFL should just invest in a chip in the ball and make yard markers far less important than they are now. But the game is on, so now is not that time.

Kylie Jenner has finally revealed the name of her and Travis Scott‘s son. Today (January 21) the reality star and makeup mogul took to Instagram to share an adorable set of photos of her and her son. The photo was captioned “AIRE” with a white heart emoji. While it was rather cryptic, Kylie’s mom, Kris Jenner commented on the post saying, “I love you Aire Webster,” confirming the baby’s name.

Aire was born last February, and Kylie and Scott had previously shared that their son’s name was Wolf Jacques Webster. However, shortly after revealing the name, Kylie took to her Instagram story to reveal that their son’s name was no longer Wolf.

“We just really didn’t feel like it was him.” Jenner said. “Just wanted to share because I keep seeing Wolf everywhere.”

Earlier this month, Kylie and Scott reportedly broke up, however, they are still said to be co-parenting Aire and their first-born daughter, Stormi.

“Kylie and Travis are off again, they were supposed to spend the holidays together, but she went to Aspen to be with her family and friends up there,” said the source close to the Kardashians. “This has happened so many times before, they’re known to be on again off again, but always remain friends and great coparents.”

Anyone who has ever played the game Operation likely feels a teensy bit of anxiety just thinking about it. The experience of painstakingly trying to extract the Charlie Horse with those tiny, wired tweezers with a steady hand, only to accidentally touch the metal side and get the lightning-like jolt of the buzzer is hard to shake. That’s the stuff of core memories right there.

But what if you had a humongous game board the size of a real human, with life-size bones and organs to extract? What if instead of tweezers, you had large tongs as tools to perform your operation? What if instead of Pavlovian-style fail buzzers, the game produced a much less traumatic womp womp womp sound when you mess up?

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That’s exactly what students in Washington State University’s chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) spent the past two years designing and producing—a life-size Operation game that’s not only fun to play, but can help kids learn about the human body.

Students took on the project after Pullman Regional Hospital’s Center for Learning and Innovation approached WSU engineering professor Roland Chen about the idea. Chen took the concept to his senior-level design class and they created an initial plan, which was then passed on to the engineering club.

WSU senior Joel Villanueva, who served as a team leader on the project, tells Upworthy that approximately 15 students were involved in the game’s creation over the two years it took to complete it. The project was quite complex as it involved translating the computer-aided design to a real table, creating multiple prototypes, figuring out the right level of challenge and making sure it was safe for kids to use.

In terms of gameplay, Villanueva says it’s very similar to the original board game, but obviously much larger and with a few key differences. “We have tongs that aren’t connected to wires, which was a safety concern, so we found a way to increase that safety factor,” he says. “And it also has sound. So when it’s triggered, a red light is emitted and an error sound is also emitted.”

Villanueva says they didn’t want the fail signal to be too alarming, which makes sense since the game was made for kids at the local science center. So instead of the buzzing of the original game, touching the sides of the organ or bone opening results in a sad trombone sound—womp womp womp wommmp.

The game is officially referred to as the Surgery Skill Lab and is now a part of the EveryBODY exhibit at the Palouse Discovery Science Center (PDSC) in Pullman, Washington. It’s ultimately a learning tool, and Villanueva says they put the bones and organs in their appropriate locations in the body to help kids learn about human anatomy.

“We worked with the BMES [Biomedical Engineering Society] student section who created some fact sheets about the project,” adds Villanueva. “For example, ‘The heart pumps this much blood at a given time’—small fun facts like that.”

The bones were 3D printed, then coated with silicone (so the tongs can grip them), and the soft organs were molded out of silicone using 3D-printed molds.

The game was unveiled at a Family Night event at the PDSC on January 19, so Villanueva and his team got to see how it was received.

“It was an eye-catcher,” says Villanueva. “There were many kids playing with it and it seemed like they were having lots of fun with it.”

Jess Jones, who is part of the education team at PDSC, tells Upworthy that there was also a real doctor at the exhibit during the opening to talk with kids about medicine. She says the game has been a hit with kids so far.

“They’re loving it,” she says. “The organs are 3D printed so they feel kind of realistic. The kids are loving the texture.”

The project is a win-win for both the university students and the local community. The students got to put their engineering skills into practice using various software and technologies and also gained valuable life skills such as time management, documentation, leadership and more. And the community gained a fun and educational exhibit both kids and nostalgic adults can enjoy.

Three cheers for innovation and collaboration that helps us all learn. (And good riddance, stress-inducing buzzer.)

There are still good people in the world, and a farmer in Alabama left a legacy of kindness in his small town. Hody Childress lived in Geraldine, Alabama, which is about 40 miles outside of Huntsville and for the last 10 years of his life he made anonymous donations to the local pharmacy. No, the pharmacy isn’t a charity, so donations aren’t something they’re accustomed to receiving.

But Childress was on a mission to help his struggling townspeople with access to medications that may be essential. Pharmacies likely run into many people during the week or month that can’t afford the pricey cost of some of their prescriptions. I’ve personally seen pharmacists look up prices from other pharmacies to find the cheapest cost for the customer, or use a GoodRx card to help offset the cost.

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Medications aren’t only designed to make you feel better, some are there to keep you alive. But if the price tag is $600 and you’re on a fixed income of $1,000 a month, survival becomes infinitely more difficult. Childress didn’t want anyone in that position if he could help it, though he himself was on a fixed income.

A decade ago Childress walked into his local pharmacy, Geraldine Drugs and spoke to the owner, Brooke Walker to find out if anyone in town had difficulty paying for their pharmacy bills. When Walker confirmed that it was a regular problem, Childress handed her a hundred dollar bill and told her to use it for those that couldn’t afford their medicine.

Walker told Good Morning America, “he handed me a bill and it was folded up. I couldn’t see what it was. He said, ‘the next time that happens I want you to use this to help them out and I want it to be anonymous. I don’t want to know who you use it for and I don’t want them to know my name. I just want you to tell them it was a blessing from God.'”

In fact, Childress was so serious about keeping it a secret that he didn’t even tell his own children until shortly before he died earlier this year, and they weren’t at all surprised.

“He told me he’d been carrying a $100 bill to the pharmacist in Geraldine on the first of each month, and he didn’t want to know who she’d helped with it — he just wanted to bless people with it,” Tania Nix, Childress’s daughter revealed to The Washington Post. Nix told the news outlet that it was simply who her father was, saying, “He didn’t spend a lot of money in life, but he always gave what he could.”

Childress was an Air Force veteran and eventually retired from Lockheed Martin in Huntsville but always found joy in farming. “Every time he went to the post office, he’d take the postmaster an apple, or some sweet potatoes, squash or okra he’d grown on his farm,” Nix told The Washington Post.

Kindness isn’t an act done in front of a crowd. It’s the small things that add up to big things and the things you do when no one is watching. Childress was a kind man and through his monthly donation, thousands of dollars went to helping his neighbors.

Watch the incredible story of kindness below:

You know how you are scrolling through your favorite social media app and you come across a video that just makes you do that big cheesy grin at your phone? Come on, you know that dorky grin I’m talking about. The one that makes your cheeks hurt and eyes swell up for a bit before you realize you’re pushing your cart through the grocery store and people are looking at you weird. Yeah, that one – this video will do that to you.

You’ve been warned so you can’t say you were unaware of the delight it would bring. Two teens, Matthew and Magdalena Myslenski, who just happen to be twins were doing the stressful ritual of opening up “the mail” to see if Matthew got accepted into his dream school. The mail is in quotes because teens don’t receive paper acceptance letters anymore, they receive emails. Bonus points for no paper cuts.

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Matthew applied to Harvard, his top choice and you could practically see the two holding their breath while he worked to click the button. Getting accepted into the ivy league school is something the teen has been working on since elementary school and is currently the top 10 of his class according to NBC Connecticut.

The teen’s twin sister has already been admitted into Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, so all eyes were on Matthew. Since Matthew has cerebral palsy, a condition that affects movement, balance and posture, getting prepared to apply to a big name school like Harvard took work. “Not only did I have to challenge myself academically, I had to physically work to get to a point that I can do what I want to do,” Matthew told NBC Connecticut.

Magdalena is also proud of her brother’s hard work, she told NBC, “I get so excited every time I get to talk about it because obviously Matthew worked so hard for this.” The moment is so dang wholesome that you can’t help be be excited for him. If you’re ready to smile like a jack-o-lantern lit up for Halloween, watch the video below.

Though Lizzo may not have been present at Beyoncé‘s lavish performance in Dubai, Lizzo made sure she was tuned in. Though Bey had previously stated that no phones would be allowed during the performance, some fans sneakily streamed portions of the performance.

Lizzo revealed she tuned into one of those live streams, noting on Twitter that this was her 11th time watching her perform live, albeit not in person.

“I have seen Beyoncé perform live 10 times in my lifetime,” she said. “and today the 11th time was on a IG live across a body of water of a hotel and I’m not ashamed.”

In a follow-up tweet, she revealed the previous times she had seen Bey live. As a superfan, she revealed that she has seen the Renaissance artist throughout nearly all of her eras, and in some rather unexpected venues.

“1- the dunvale Walmart parking lot in Houston (destiny’s child)

2- the Houston rodeo

3- the Beyoncé experience

4- I am tour (I went alone)

5- mrs carter

6- on the run

7- 2016 VMAS

8 Beychella

9- Formation MIA (opening night)

10- Formation LA (yes i saw it twice),” she said.

Last year, Lizzo revealed that the first time she saw Beyoncé and Destiny’s Child, she was a teenager and had skipped school to do so.

“Growing up in Houston, the impact that Destiny’s Child had on me making a decision to become an artist was incredible, mostly because I felt like we were so close to it,” she said in an interview with Elle UK. Everyone had their, ‘I saw Beyoncé when…’ or, ‘I saw Destiny’s Child at this party…’ stories. And that made it seem more accessible. Like, ‘Oh, maybe I can do this too, if I worked hard enough and had the right people around me.‘ They had an album-signing event at a Wal-Mart and I skipped school to go see them. I listened to them sing their gospel medley.”

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

Its been revealed by one of the attendees at Beyoncé’s private show at The Royal Atlantis in Dubai that a Grammy award-winning hitmaker had recently recovered from foot surgery. Despite the private concert’s stick “no phone policy,” leaked footage surfaced online. Guests were handed specially-made pouches to put their phones in due to the event’s strict no-filming policy, but it doesn’t look like it worked. The event was invite-only, with several celebrities, journalists, and influencers attending the show.

One of the attendees, cultural critic, and author Gerrick Kennedy, shared some of his thoughts on Queen Bey’s “BEYLANTIS” performance, tweeting, “the voice gets better and better, mama was doing her good singing.” Kennedy also revealed that the “Break My Soul” singer was recovering from foot surgery.

“BEYLANTIS was quite the unexpected show,” he tweeted on Saturday (January 21). “That voice is just gets better and better. Mama was doing her good singing. Mind-blowing to see her and Blue Ivy perform together. Even more in awe to hear she did this after foot surgery. It’s unclear what injury led Bey to the operating table, but it’s good to know she’s doing better.”

Clips from the performance have also been circulating, including one with her and her eldest daughter, Blue Ivy performing “Brown Skin Girl.” It was also revealed that Queen Bey would not perform any of her hits off her new hit album, Reinassance, which was released this past July.

TMZ reported that the “Break My Soul” singer was reportedly paid $24 million for her performance.

Life is often stranger than fiction. Just look at George Santos. There are so many allegations against the newly sworn-in GOP representative — some alarming, some bizarre, many a mix of both — that if he were a sketch comedy character, audiences would find him too far-fetched. He’s such a strange figure that last week, no less than three late night shows sent him up, with the help of special guests.

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon went with Jon Lovitz. He appeared in person as a faux-guest, and he quickly started rattling off tall tales. He said he was in NYC to pick up his Nobel Peace Prize and “perform a couple nights at Madison Square Garden.” He then claimed to have written such beloved tunes as “Piano Man,” “Hey Jude,” and “Happy Birthday to You.” He also said that he doesn’t consider what he’s said as “lies” so much as — as per his grandfather, Winston Churchill — “embellishments.”

Meanwhile, over at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, it was What We Do in the Shadows’ Harry Guillén who dressed up in Santos’ signature sweaters to chat with remotely with the host. He also started fibbing right of the bat, claiming that it wasn’t his first time on the show; at least according to his IMDb page, he’d done the show five times. When asked about his false claims that he attended NYU and Baruch College, he produced as evidence a handmade shirt that read “Proud Alum of Baruch and/or NYU.”

As for Jimmy Kimmel Live!, they went with underrated Veep, New Girl, and Black-ish recurring actor Nelson Franklin, whose Santos is caught in his office painting his toenails. When Kimmel tried to chat with him remotely, he did what the real Santos does when confronted by any journalist wanting to interview him: He tried to flee. At one point he did answer one of Kimmel’s questions, claiming that he was “the first openly gay Jewish Republican Latino to walk on the moon.”

So which one did the better Santos? Don’t lie to us.

(Via Vulture)

UPDATE: Mahomes is listed as questionable to return by the Chiefs.

EARLIER: The Kansas City Chiefs offense flummoxed the Jacksonville Jaguars in the first quarter of their Divisional Round game on Saturday afternoon in large part due to the mobility of Patrick Mahomes. While he’s not considered the kind of game-changing runner out of the backfield that someone like Lamar Jackson or Josh Allen is, Mahomes’ ability to extend plays makes it nearly impossible to slow down Kansas City’s offense.

But late in the first quarter, disaster struck for the Chiefs. Mahomes dropped back and threw a pass, but after it left his hand, Jags defensive lineman Arden Key landed on his ankle, which caused it to roll and sent the presumed NFL MVP into considerable pain.

Mahomes went right to the bench but attempted to continue playing, even though he was very obviously banged up. He played through the remainder of the first quarter, then made his way right over to the bench so he could get his ankle taped up. After that, he stayed in for the rest of Kansas City’s drive, which ended with a Harrison Butker field goal.

The Jags came out for their next drive, and while that was happening, Mahomes was sent into the locker room.

Mahomes’ backup is veteran signal caller Chad Henne. We’ll keep you updated on Mahomes’ status for the remainder of the game.

It certainly seems like Donald Trump is in the doghouse. He’s been blamed for the GOP’s midterm underperformance. He dined with anti-Semites. His business was found guilty of fraud. His tax returns were finally made public. He mostly putters around the resort in which he now lives. But a new poll suggests that Republican voters, at least, are still into him.

According to a new Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll first given to The Hill, Republican voters were asked who they’d like to vote for in the 2024 presidential election. The top dog wasn’t Ron DeSantis, the Florida governor and Trump clone. It was Trump himself, who nabbed a whopping 48% of prospective voters.

DeSantis came in second, but it wasn’t even close. He only grabbed 28%, although that’s three percentage points higher than he got last month.

What’s more, Trump got more percentage points than any other prospective GOP candidate combined. Mike Pence came in third with a mere 7%. At least that’s better than Ted Cruz and Nikki Haley, who each only nabbed 3%.

No doubt this is good news for Trump, who really needs a win. But he shouldn’t pop the champagne just yet. Mark Penn, co-director of the poll, argued that Trump has likely maxed out his potential for growth, having attracted all the voters he’s going to get. Besides, the Republican National Convention of 2023 is still a good year and a half away — plenty of time for GOP voters to fall even more in love with a guy known for his queerphobic and racially questionable policies.

(Via The Hill)