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Imagine you’re just scrolling Twitter and suddenly see that the first celebrity with coronavirus just happens to be our childhood best friend and crush, Harry Pot—er, Daniel Radcliffe. Imagine the fear that consumes you—the concern, the anger. We all suddenly want to protect the Boy Who Lived.
And then we see that’s it’s from a random Twitter account that is called BBC News but is not verified and has 125 followers …
Why Daniel Radcliffe, in the year of our lord 2020, I may never know, but it seemed as if he was the first to be fake-infected. The account, which is now suspended, just tweeted it out with a link to a real but unrelated BBC page to, I guess, make it seem official, but that brief moment had me yelling. I guess I’ll never be over my love for Daniel Radcliffe. Good to know.
Fake BBC account with 125 followers fake-infected Daniel Radcliffe with covid-19.
Link resolves to a genuine BBC news alert page that hasn’t been updated since 2017. pic.twitter.com/vJk3gBEtQj
— Jane Lytvynenko 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️ (@JaneLytv) March 10, 2020
Don’t worry, though. Our favorite wizard is fine.
Daniel Radcliffe’s publicist tells me: “Not true.”
— Jane Lytvynenko 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️ (@JaneLytv) March 10, 2020
What this does though is suddenly strike fear in the hearts of all of us who live online and care about the wellbeing of public figures and the unnecessary, opportunistic spread of panic. There’s been a few joke tweets circulating around the world saying who they thought the first to get infected with coronavirus would be, and while it’s a “hilarious” look at how Twitter culture exists, it does make me suddenly fear for the fake-out tweets like this coming.
Ever wonder why someone is suddenly trending, only to find out someone thought they were dead but they’re actually fine? It’s basically going to be that every day with no way of knowing what’s the truth until a publicist has to tell a reporter that their client is fine. So, you know, a bunch of unnecessary drama for no reason. So really, something that Harry Potter would love.
The thing is though, I’m now afraid of how many tweets are going to surface of random celebrities being sick because there are people who just truly want to see the world burn. There’s absolutely no reason to fake people out, unless you want retweets or to suddenly be “Twitter famous” because you claimed someone has Coronavirus with absolutely no backing to your claims.
Now though, as everyone lives in fear of each other, at least we can take this Harry vibe into our quarantine states.
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So rest easy, my fellow Gryffindors. Harry Potter is alive and well and healthy, doing a play with Alan Cummings. Let’s not tweet out fake Coronavirus cases. We don’t need even more stress in our lives and worrying about a celebrity being sick on top of, you know, taking care of ourselves.
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Imagine you’re just scrolling Twitter and suddenly see that the first celebrity with coronavirus just happens to be our childhood best friend and crush, Harry Pot—er, Daniel Radcliffe. Imagine the fear that consumes you—the concern, the anger. We all suddenly want to protect the Boy Who Lived.
And then we see that’s it’s from a random Twitter account that is called BBC News but is not verified and has 125 followers …
Why Daniel Radcliffe, in the year of our lord 2020, I may never know, but it seemed as if he was the first to be fake-infected. The account, which is now suspended, just tweeted it out with a link to a real but unrelated BBC page to, I guess, make it seem official, but that brief moment had me yelling. I guess I’ll never be over my love for Daniel Radcliffe. Good to know.
Fake BBC account with 125 followers fake-infected Daniel Radcliffe with covid-19.
Link resolves to a genuine BBC news alert page that hasn’t been updated since 2017. pic.twitter.com/vJk3gBEtQj
— Jane Lytvynenko 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️ (@JaneLytv) March 10, 2020
Don’t worry, though. Our favorite wizard is fine.
Daniel Radcliffe’s publicist tells me: “Not true.”
— Jane Lytvynenko 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️ (@JaneLytv) March 10, 2020
What this does though is suddenly strike fear in the hearts of all of us who live online and care about the wellbeing of public figures and the unnecessary, opportunistic spread of panic. There’s been a few joke tweets circulating around the world saying who they thought the first to get infected with coronavirus would be, and while it’s a “hilarious” look at how Twitter culture exists, it does make me suddenly fear for the fake-out tweets like this coming.
Ever wonder why someone is suddenly trending, only to find out someone thought they were dead but they’re actually fine? It’s basically going to be that every day with no way of knowing what’s the truth until a publicist has to tell a reporter that their client is fine. So, you know, a bunch of unnecessary drama for no reason. So really, something that Harry Potter would love.
The thing is though, I’m now afraid of how many tweets are going to surface of random celebrities being sick because there are people who just truly want to see the world burn. There’s absolutely no reason to fake people out, unless you want retweets or to suddenly be “Twitter famous” because you claimed someone has Coronavirus with absolutely no backing to your claims.
Now though, as everyone lives in fear of each other, at least we can take this Harry vibe into our quarantine states.
image: Warner Bros.
So rest easy, my fellow Gryffindors. Harry Potter is alive and well and healthy, doing a play with Alan Cummings. Let’s not tweet out fake Coronavirus cases. We don’t need even more stress in our lives and worrying about a celebrity being sick on top of, you know, taking care of ourselves.
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Premiering Wednesday, March 18th in Toronto is the Afrofuturistic film The Glitch.
Directed and produced by Muniyra Douglas, The Glitch tells the story of a young woman who grieves from a traumatic loss, while her mental and emotional afflictions manifest as a physical glitch.
Muniyra Douglas holds a BA in English literature from the University of Toronto. She has previously published and presented on science fiction, Black cosplay, Afropunk culture, and much more. From Scarborough, she has been storytelling for over a decade, from spoken word to radio news to genre-bending work on post-colonialism, Black identities, womanhood, intersectionality, love and mental wellness. The Glitch is Muniyra’s first film and adapted from an unpublished, Afrofuturistic novella penned by herself.
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Billionaire rapper and businessman Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter and actor, comedian, and businessman Kevin Hart, are becoming megastars in the world of investment as well. The two stars have placed some of their investment money in a startup named Hungry, according to Forbes.
Hungry connects independent chefs to corporations that need catering. Jay-Z and Hart have teamed up with some NFL players, including Bobby Wagner and Todd Gurley, to invest in Hungry’s $20 million Series B round.
“Great founders, great mission, and they have achieved great success in short order,” Hart told Forbes. “Hungry is leveling the playing field for chefs and giving them economic opportunities that they never had before. I’m a big supporter of what this business stands for.”
In late 2016, brothers Eman and Shy Pahlavani started the company with several chefs in licensed commercial kitchens in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. The company screens applicants and samples their handiwork before bringing them on board, taking care of logistics and expanding customer bases. Hungry, which plans on being competitive in the $65 billion office and events catering market, makes its money by marking up their chefs’ wholesale prices.
Jay-Z is participating in this round of funding after making an initial investment in its $8 million Series A last year via his $85 million Marcy Ventures fund. The Pahlavani brothers say Hungry’s valuation has increased fivefold between rounds as its run rate reached $20 million in late 2019; they anticipate revenues of $50 million in 2020.
“They’re very quick to want to help as we come into their market,” Eman Pahlavani said of his star investors. “You know: ‘Can we help you guys launch in this market and make connections for you guys?’ And some of them have even wanted to introduce us to chefs that they know in their local cities.”
On the Hungry website, the company states: “We created HUNGRY to provide chefs a better future–with an opportunity for significant income and to build a personal brand. For office people like us, we created HUNGRY to provide everyone an opportunity to enjoy truly delicious, exciting, and healthy food at the office. No more pizza and basic sandwiches–only great food, direct from great chefs.”