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The Oakley mouth shield was unveiled on Monday as an addition for NFL helmets in an attempt to reduce the spread of Covid-19 during the 2020 season. The NFL is expected to distribute the shields to all 32 teams this week for testing and the league’s medical experts are advocating for their use, although there is currently no mandate for players to use them. Players reportedly don’t want a mandate to wear the shields, according to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk. Several players throughout the league have already been given the mask and will provide feedback after testing it. The NFL is still planning to go forward with its usual regular-season schedule beginning in September, with players set to report to training camp later this month. This information came from the Bleacher Report.
Stay tuned for NFL updates.
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We have few enough sources of hilarity these days, which is one reason why the new Twitter account Jurassic Park Updates (@JurassicPark2go) has caught on like wildfire in the dinosaur-infested underbrush. The account, which has about 230 tweets at the time of writing, has racked up more than 130,000 followers with its tongue-in-cheek “updates” from the staff of the world’s worst idea for a theme park.
Per its bio, the parody account is run by 12 people—writers, comedians, writers who are also comedians, comedians who are also writers, and so on and so forth. As such it’s impossible to tell who is responsible for each tweet, so let’s assume they’re emerging fully formed from this hivemind collective. “Updates” writer PJ Evans also created the hilarious @Disneyland2go account, which posts irreverent, often bitingly sarcastic “insider” tweets about the Disney park.
This is the kind of criticism Disney deserves right now:
everything is looking good for our reopening except for the ongoing pandemic
— Disneyland (@Disneyland2go) July 8, 2020
But we’re here for Jurassic Park, which is a good deal more fun than the actual horrors happening as Disney reopens despite record-breaking numbers of COVID-19 cases. Shall we visit that faraway island?
but yeah like eighteen to nineteen dinosaurs are currently loose
— Jurassic Park Updates (@JurassicPark2go) July 13, 2020
There are so many great tweets in this account’s early days that it’s hard to feature only a few, but here are some favorites:
make sure to grab a poncho when you arrive in case someone in your group is ripped open
— Jurassic Park Updates (@JurassicPark2go) July 11, 2020
We are cleaning out our lost and found bin. Does this tee shirt belong to you? Claim it at our visitor center pic.twitter.com/BGkFxFQ0HE
— Jurassic Park Updates (@JurassicPark2go) July 11, 2020
the brontosaurus rides have been a big hit but everyone who has tried to slide down their backs and tail like fred flintstone when he gets off work has gotten severely injured so please don’t try
— Jurassic Park Updates (@JurassicPark2go) July 11, 2020
accidentally made an oval-shaped dinosaur with no limbs or eyes
— Jurassic Park Updates (@JurassicPark2go) July 10, 2020
We have decided to cancel today’s dinosaur talent show after every single dinosaur wrote down “unthinkable chaos” as their talent
— Jurassic Park Updates (@JurassicPark2go) July 10, 2020
the triceratops got killed so we have a temporary st. bernard
— Jurassic Park Updates (@JurassicPark2go) July 10, 2020
raft and dinosaur washed up on the other side of the island
— Jurassic Park Updates (@JurassicPark2go) July 9, 2020
Hi thid is velocrsptpr. I lenaring ti tipe Nd spell
— Jurassic Park Updates (@JurassicPark2go) July 9, 2020
If you are being eaten, please do not scream. You could potentially be spreading covid-19. Keeping visitors safe is our number 1 priority
— Jurassic Park Updates (@JurassicPark2go) July 9, 2020
the little dinosaur with the william shakespeare collar that spits poison just spit on me which im so grossed out about. i hate spit
— Jurassic Park Updates (@JurassicPark2go) July 8, 2020
we gave meat to the herbivores. just to sort of see if they were lying
— Jurassic Park Updates (@JurassicPark2go) July 8, 2020
we have developed a velociraptor that smokes cigarettes
— Jurassic Park Updates (@JurassicPark2go) July 7, 2020
many guests are asking if dinosaurs are “different from dragons”. we hear you and we are looking into it
— Jurassic Park Updates (@JurassicPark2go) July 6, 2020
Give @JurassicPark2go a follow for even more dino vs. guest shenanigans and be sure to check out the team behind the T. rex:
@pjayevans, @NotJosephGarcia, @rajat_suresh, @Colinoscopy, @totallymorgan, @julieabridged, @astonoha, @quakerraina, @carmchristopher, @jayweingarten, @dlicj, and @sarahsquirm
(images: Universal Studios)
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It’s a rare day when we can celebrate the birth of not one, but TWO legendary starship captains, but apparently Cancers make great space pilots, or at least, great actors, as today is Harrison Ford’s 78th birthday and Sir. Patrick Stewart’s 80th.
Ford and Stewart and sort of like two sides of the same coin. One is the embodiment of American masculinity in the best way possible, while still channeling intellect, humor, and verve, while the other is the ultimate British gentleman, a Shakespearian force of pure dignity that none the less can kick some ass and give a great hug. Both are iconic.
It’s somewhat fitting that these amazing guys share a birthday. Though their careers have taken different trajectories, they’ve both embodied multiple iconic characters in genre, and continued to act and be generally awesome for decades. Ford isn’t just Han Solo, he’s Indiana Jones. Stewart isn’t just Picard, he’s Professor X. And they’re also both so much more. And we love them.
Both of these men have shaped our pop cultural lives for decades and deserve to be celebrated as much as possible. We can’t throw a party (though I will be eating cake) but we can share some Twitter love.
I notice Harrison Ford is trending, which is all the excuse I need to remind the world of the time he dressed up as a booze-carrying nun for Halloween.
Happy 78th birthday, Mr Ford!#HarrisonFord pic.twitter.com/ixlMJaHrkr— Mark Rees (@reviewwales) July 13, 2020
Happy birthday to #HarrisonFord. I’ll always be there to pick up your jacket for you buddy! Rawrrgh! pic.twitter.com/ber1irxALV
— Joonas Suotamo (@JoonasSuotamo) July 13, 2020
SHOUT OUT to a certain friend for no particular reason other than being the best Harrison Ford he could possibly be. 🎂 pic.twitter.com/qQ5XAZskl4
— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) July 13, 2020
Oh to have been a fly on this wall …
Happy 80th Birthday to Sir #PatrickStewart and Happy 78th Birthday to #HarrisonFord. Here is the only picture I could find online of the two of them together. pic.twitter.com/a1TcoFdpOn
— Daniel A. Schneider (@daniel_ds) July 13, 2020
Happy 80th Birthday to Sir #PatrickStewart and Happy 78th Birthday to #HarrisonFord. Here is the only picture I could find online of the two of them together. pic.twitter.com/a1TcoFdpOn
— Daniel A. Schneider (@daniel_ds) July 13, 2020
And for Sir Patrick, what better tribute than some sonnets?
@SirPatStew @CBSAllAccess Happy 80th Birthday! Here is my sonnet to YOU about beautiful friendships. love you🎂🎂🎂❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/vtvI6qQLCt
— Gates McFadden (@gates_mcfadden) July 13, 2020
Sunny and my team took over for my birthday, and arranged this gift for today’s reading: Sonnet 81 by @IanMcKellen. Thank you, dear Ian. #ASonnetADay pic.twitter.com/VKWTEoLkXb
— Patrick Stewart (@SirPatStew) July 13, 2020
(Images: Disney/CBS)
Here are a few other party favors:
- Timothy Omundson talked about how his real-life stroke was worked into the story of Psych 2: Lassie Come Home. (via TVLine)
- Being at home all the time IS making your dogs more clingy … and more anxious when you leave. (via Bloomberg)
- Okay but … can you actually play Nintendo on this NES made from Legos? (via Polygon)
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Introducing the First Black Woman-Owned Skateboard Company @propergnar https://t.co/obDqM5i94q
— FORM A WALL (@_shireenahmed_) July 13, 2020
- Looks like Tenet won’t be out in August either … sigh. (via Deadline)
- A Clone Wars spin-off you say?! (via EW)
- And finally, take some time to cool off today:
We don’t deserve them.
Dogs, bruh…pic.twitter.com/HMdDZdvMlo
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) July 13, 2020
What did you see out there?
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