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NOFX’s Fat Mike, Pennywise’s Fletcher Dragge, visual artist Bryan Ray Turcotte, former Less Than Jake member Vinnie Fiorello, and more members of the “punk collective” were originally set to open The Punk Rock Museum in Las Vegas next month but it has been delayed until March 10.

Despite the two-month delay in the museum’s grand opening, they still have some serious events planned. Guided tours will be hosted several times a day for 20 people at a time. Oh, and the tour hosts are punk legends, including The Offspring’s Noodles, The Germs’ Don Bolles, Suicidal Tendencies’ Louiche Mayorga, Rise Against’s Zach Blair, and more.

Single-day tickets are available for purchase beginning in January according to the museum’s Instagram.

“Now is your chance to hear about the first Germs shows from Don Bolles, walk with Roger Miret from Agnostic Front as he tells them about living in a van in the Lower East Side in the early 80s, and hear about the crazy meteoric rise to fame from Noodles of The Offspring,” the caption said. “Everyone who books one of these tours will hear stories no one else has heard before, from the people who lived them.”

Other details about The Punk Rock Museum is that it will be a “12,000 square feet space” that includes a tattoo shop, wedding chapel, and a bar, as well as collectibles on display from bands like Devo and Sum 41. It will open in the heart of Downtown Vegas — known as the city’s Art District.

More information and presale tickets are available on the museum’s official website.

Elon Musk is (he claims) stepping down as CEO of Twitter after users overwhelmingly voted for him to skedaddle. It’s not clear when he’s out — he says whenever he finds some “foolish” enough to take the gig, which isn’t exactly enticing to potential replacements — but on his way out he still has some more unpopular changes. Last week, when he wasn’t briefly suspending journalists who were critical of him, he introduced an instantly hated new rule banning links to rival social media platforms.

But that was nothing. For the holidays, he gave everyone a gift: Now people can see how many views or “impressions” each tweet received. It’s a great way for people to feel worse about a tweet that’s already not gotten many (or any) likes.

“Twitter is rolling out View Count, so you can see how many times a tweet has been seen!” Musk excitedly (or perhaps sadistically) wrote on Christmas Eve Eve Eve. “This is normal for video. Shows how much more alive Twitter is than it may seem, as over 90% of Twitter users read, but don’t tweet, reply or like, as those are public actions.” He later added, “Meant to say impressions.” (For the record, there was already a way of seeing this intel, but it was hidden under an area one had to click on to see. This puts it right out in the open, for all to see.)

Musk, whose excessively thin skin has become extra apparent over the last month and a half, basically forked over a fortune for a service where masses of people routinely drag him. (At least far right maniacs peddling misinformation adore him — or at least see ways to exploit his neuroses.) As such, it didn’t take long for the reviews to pour in. And they were worse than the ones for the 2019 motion picture Cats.

Some pointed out that seeing “view counts” — especially measured against how few likes let alone re-tweets a post received — was not great for mental health.

There were jokes.

But the consensus was that this was yet another blunder from a guy whose erratic antics are killing his most prized company.

Three weeks remain in the NFL regular season, and Week 16 features Christmas Eve and Christmas Day action. Before we turn it over to a full slate of games, I will simply reflect on two things from Week 15. For one, I will never, ever understand how the Ravens teaser leg didn’t get home for us, and Justin Tucker missing two field goal attempts in the same game is part of that. The other is that I’ll go to my grave believing the Cardinals get home if not for Colt McCoy’s injury.

Alright, with that out of the way, we turn to Week 16, but first, a look at the full-season progress.

• Week 15: 2-2-1
• 2022 Season: 38-35-2

Come get these winners.

Tennessee Titans (-3) over Houston Texans

Ryan Tannehill isn’t playing, and that is part of why this line is what it is. The other part is that Houston has overachieved in recent days, which has some folks believing in the Texans. Listen, Malik Willis isn’t very good, but this line shouldn’t be three. Lay it, even if it’s kind of gross with a backup quarterback.

TEASER: Buffalo Bills (-2) over Chicago Bears and Tampa Bay Buccaneers (-1.5) over Arizona Cardinals

This is as square as I get, but I do like it. Buffalo speaks for itself as a very good football team against a team that is broken on defense. Tampa Bay is riskier on paper, but the Bucs are facing Trace McSorley. I saw enough last week.

Cleveland Browns and New Orleans Saints under 32.5 points

These two teams are about to play in something called a “bomb cyclone.” Yep, that’s a thing. Also, these offenses are not good, the defenses are frisky, and there is going to be some hideousness here. The number is very low for a reason, but there is only one side.

Philadelphia Eagles (+4.5) over Dallas Cowboys

Gardner Minshew is pretty good. He’s not as good as Jalen Hurts, which explains this number. The Eagles are absolutely loaded at the skill positions on defense, and Minshew is good enough to keep the train on the tracks. I’d need at least 4 to take Philly, but this is enough.

Los Angeles Chargers (-4.5) over Indianapolis Colts

It’s possible this is a bad read on the Colts, but I have no idea how they come back from the last two weeks. They have another quarterback change happening, Jonathan Taylor is on IR, and the Chargers need to keep winning. Los Angeles is a team I usually lean to on the road given their total lack of home-field advantage, but the on-paper matchup also favors the Chargers.

Today (December 22), Latto celebrated her 24th birthday in cheeky fashion. The “Another Nasty Song” rapper took to her social channels to share some festive NSFW pictures.

In her new set of photos, she is seen dressed in snow boots, a jewelry-studded brassiere, and a matching thong, as she spends time in the snow. “Cold a** b**** I was born in December,” reads the photo set’s caption.

As one could expect, these pictures have broken the internet, as fans are quickly reacting to them.

“This is how you do a birthday shoot,” said one Twitter user.

“I give tens when tens are due,” said another fan.

The past year was a big one for Latto. Her hit single, “Big Energy,” went double platinum in the US, and its live version secured a nomination for Best Rap Performance for the 2023 Grammys. In an interview with XXL, Latto revealed the type of legacy she wants to leave behind in her years to come.

“I want you to think of me when you think of persistence. People seen me grow up on television and in the limelight. I been rapping forever and I never gave up. So many people were like, ‘Oh, you don’t have a song on the radio.’ Boom, got a song on the radio. ‘Oh, well you don’t have a song on the Billboard charts.’ Boom, got a song on the Billboard charts. ‘Well, it’s not top 40.’ Now it’s top 40. So, I’m just the person that showed you like, if you stay at it and don’t give up on yourself, it’ll happen.”

The O2 Academy Brixton music venue in the UK is currently facing a potential review of its license. Last week, a crowd crush incident occurred at the venue’s Asake concert that resulted in the deaths of two concertgoers — Gabrielle Hutchinson and Rebecca Ikumelo. A third remains in critical condition after unticketed guests forced their way into the show.

Although it wound up being canceled halfway through, the damage was already done. The Metropolitan Police have since announced that they are investigating O2 Brixton’s policies that enabled “serious crime and disorder.”

“The decision whether or not to suspend or vary the premises licence will be made by a Local Authority Licensing Subcommittee,” a spokesperson told Rolling Stone UK.

“Police were called to the premises in response to reports of serious disorder with a clear threat to public safety,” the license review also read. “During the incident, a crowd forced their way into the venue leading to serious injuries to several individuals, and two individuals have since lost their lives.”

The full review is set to be completed within 21 days, which will also inspect the venue’s capacity and alcohol rules. As for Asake, who was set to play the show, he has offered his support for the families of the victims. “I am overwhelmed with grief and could never have imagined anything like this happening,” he said.

When Rob Gronkowski retired this offseason for the second time, not many believed he would stay retired all season. The last time Gronkowski called it quits, Tom Brady was able to convince him to come back and, with Brady returning to the Bucs, the expectation was, eventually, Gronk would to.

However, to this point, Gronk has remained steadfast in his retirement, but it’s not for a lack of effort from NFL teams. Brady and the Bucs’ struggles may have helped keep Gronk sidelined, as they don’t look anything like a Super Bowl contender, but a different team made a recent overture to the future Hall of Famer that almost worked thanks to a unique pitch — offering him the No. 69, as he told Kay Adams.

“One of the teams that wanted me to come back sent me a picture of me in a uniform wearing No. 69, and told me that I could be No. 69. This was two days ago,” Gronkowski said. “If I come back, I could be No. 69 and check in [as] eligible every play, where the referee would have to go over the microphone and say, ’No. 69 is eligible’ every single play. That almost got me to go back to football.”

I’m actually surprised this didn’t work on Gronk and him turning down the chance to wear No. 69 and make the referee say it every time he entered the game makes me more of a believer that he’s retired for good than anything else.

The Academy Awards are no stranger to shocking, out-of-nowhere instances, but last year’s ceremony had arguably the most scandalous. You can probably guess what we’re talking about, but the moment had one added benefit: It may have made people stoked about tuning in the following year. But when will the 2023 edition of the Oscars air?

The answer: In about two-and-a-half months, specifically on March 12, 2023. That comes about a month-and-a-half after the nominations are announced, namely January 24. It also comes just over two months after the Golden Globes, which are returning after last year’s edition was not aired nor had a traditional ceremony.

After the infamous Will Smith slap, some speculated that the Oscars would drive up to Chris Rock’s home with a dumptruck of cash, begging him to host. Rock had no interest in doing that, despite having hosted twice before. Instead, they nabbed another previous emcee, Jimmy Kimmel, who lorded over the show during another infamous moment: when presenters Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty read out the wrong Best Picture winner, briefly making the La La Land team thinking they’d won. Instead, the trophy went to its rightful owner: Moonlight.

The Academy Awards will be back on March 12 on ABC starting at 8pm EST.

We’re about to wrap up year three of the COVID-19 pandemic, and it’s been a weird ride, to say the least. These years have been hard, frustrating, confusing and tragic, and yet we keep on keeping on.

Except the keeping on part isn’t quite as simple as it sounds. Despite the fact that COVID-19 is still reeking havoc, we’ve sort of collectively decided to move on, come what may. This year has been an experiment in normalcy, but one without a testable hypothesis or clear design. And it’s taken a toll. So many people are feeling tired, exhausted, worn thin (“like butter scraped over too much bread,” as Bilbo Baggins put it) these days.

But why?

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Psychologist and speaker Naomi Holdt beautifully explained what’s behind the overarching exhaustion people are feeling as we close out 2022, and it makes perfect sense.

In a post on Facebook, she wrote:

“A gentle reminder about why you are utterly exhausted…

No one I know began this year on a full tank. Given the vicious onslaught of the previous two years (let’s just call it what it was) most of us dragged ourselves across the finish line of 2021… frazzled, spent, running on aged adrenaline fumes…

We crawled into 2022 still carrying shock, trauma, grief, heaviness, disbelief… The memories of a surreal existence…

And then it began… The fastest hurricane year we could ever have imagined. Whether we have consciously processed it or not, this has been a year of more pressure, more stress, and a race to ‘catch up’ in all departments… Every. Single. One. Work, school, sports, relationships, life…

Though not intentionally aware, perhaps hopeful that the busier we are, the more readily we will forget… the more easily we will undo the emotional tangle… the more permanently we will wipe away the scarring wounds…

We can’t.

And attempts to re-create some semblance of ‘normal’ on steroids while disregarding that for almost two years our sympathetic nervous systems were on full alert, has left our collective mental health in tatters. Our children and teens are not exempt. The natural byproduct of fighting a hurricane is complete and utter exhaustion…

So before you begin questioning the absolutely depleted and wrung-dry state you are in- Pause. Breathe. Remind yourself of who you are and what you have endured. And then remind yourself of what you have overcome.

Despite it all, you’re still going. (Even on the days you stumble and find yourself face down in a pile of dirt).

Understanding brings compassion… Most of the world’s citizens are in need of a little extra TLC at the moment. Most are donning invisible ‘Handle with care’ posters around their necks and ‘Fragile’ tattoos on their bodies…

Instead of racing to the finish line of this year, tread gently.

Go slowly. Amidst the chaos, find small pockets of silence. Find compassion. Allow the healing. And most of all… Be kind. There’s no human being on earth who couldn’t use just a little bit more of the healing salve of kindness.”

Putting it like that, of course we’re exhausted. We’re like a person who thinks they’re feeling better at the end of an illness so they dive fully back into life, only to crash mid-day because their body didn’t actually have as much energy as their brain thought it did. We tried to fling ourselves into life, desperate to feel normal and make up for lost time, without taking the time to fully acknowledge the impact of the past two years or to fully recover and heal from it.

Of course, life can’t just stop, but we do need to allow some time for our bodies, minds and spirits to heal from what they’ve been through. The uncertainty, the precariousness of “normal,” the after-effects of everything that upended life as we knew it are real. The grief and trauma of those who have experienced the worst of the pandemic are real. The overwhelm of our brains and hearts as we try to process it all is real.

So let’s be gentle with one another and ourselves as we roll our harried selves into another new year. We could all use that little extra measure of grace as we strive to figure out what a true and healthy “normal” feels like.

You can follow Naomi Holdt on Facebook.

What is it about birthing a human that makes other people feel the need to offer you advice you didn’t ask for? It’s one thing to hear it from family members or friends, but some of the most condescending advice comes from strangers on the street or on the internet.

One mom’s experience with unsolicited advice from strangers caused her to have extreme anxiety about leaving the house. In the video, TikTok creator Young Mi Mayer explains that the young mom in the video she stitched was being yelled at by a stranger for not having a jacket on her toddler.

She breaks down how babies and toddler are experts in communicating with their mom when they’re uncomfortable, and says to her followers, “If you don’t have kids you might not know this but like, children of that age, babies and toddlers are biologically built to express any level of discomfort and pain to their mother.”

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Mom shaming is not a new phenomenon. It’s likely been happening since the second generation of parents existed thousands of years ago if we’re being honest. But that doesn’t change the intense pressure some moms feel to please everyone, including strangers on the street. Mayer explained that when her son, who is now 8 years old, was a toddler she would have a panic attack every time she left her apartment.

The panic came from trying to make sure she had every article of clothing correct for the weather to avoid strangers yelling at her. She even had someone demand that her baby wear sunglasses because the sun was bright. Obviously, yelling at strangers isn’t OK but judging by the comments, it’s a common experience for moms out with their children.

One commenter named Ki said, “My daughter is 28 and I still remember crying because of strangers scolding me at bus stops.” Another mom, Andrea, wrote, “I was nursing my infant while on my cell phone & a woman came & lectured me about the ‘cell phone radiation’ & I started crying.” It’s safe to say no one should be yelled at in public by strangers and people should mind their own business so long as no one is in imminent danger.

See the full video below (contains some strong language):

@youngmimayer

#stitch with @kuuipodawn this isn’t about correcting moms it’s about the disproportionate anger people feel around mothers

Whether it’s for your community or loved ones, Christmas is a time to spread joy and give back. Arguably, the best way to give is when you mix in a ton of fun, which is why we’re traveling out to the midwest to highlight one of the best Christmas festivals in the country.

For the ninth time, Electric music icon GRiZ has taken on the effort of giving back to his native Detroit with “12 Days of GRiZMAS” — a prolonged charity event that not only packs days of enjoyment, but also donates its proceeds to help fund art, after school programs, and music education for Detroit’s youth.

From November 29th to December 10th, every day featured an experience that helped produce an all-around awesome time. These included a guided painting activity, karaoke, a mystery party, a jam night, a charity dodgeball tournament, community yoga, ice skating, and 80s zombie-themed roller-skating. For the grand finale of these twelve merry days, GRiZMAS organized two raging indoor concerts featuring performances by Dirtysnatcha B2B Carbin, Wreckno, Canabliss, and Khiva.

This year, 12 days of GRiZMAS was proud to announce raising over $200,000 for its efforts. As one of the most memorable Christmas experiences in all of the Midwest, this is one to look out for next year. If you can’t make it to next December’s decade celebration but still want to make an impact, they’re always accepting donations.

Bottom line: It’s great to enjoy life while also making a difference. Check out what went down for 12 days of GRiZMAS below.