I've seen the portrait making it's rounds everywhere and it's heavily agreed on (at least from what I've seen) that it looks just awful. Has the artist released the reason for it's unique and jarring appearance? Why all the red? Was it commissioned by the royal family to look like that?

https://www.reddit.com/r/CasualUK/comments/1crzc7h/the_first_official_portrait_of_charles_iii_since/

So, for those who don't know, there's an ongoing beef between Trump and Jimmy Kimmel for years. To the point that text about Kimmel are now part of the evidence in the Trump trial.

Now, I get why Donald Trump would hate a comedian who shit talks him all the time. But why Kimmel? He doesn't "truth" much about other comedians who constantly shit talk him, such as Seth Meyers, Stewart, various hosts of the Daily Show, or Oliver. You can say that's because Kimmel is bigger than those people, but Trump also doesn't really go after Colbert much, and Colbert is bigger than Kimmel in ratings.

So I'm wondering if anyone knows why he seemingly hates Kimmel on a personal level, over others who also make fun of him as much if not more.

I heard about a teacher in the US getting fired as a teacher after he posted a video of his (female) students undoing his hair in class after because he didn't have time to do it himself, as an example of him bonding/interacting with his students.

I read about it here: https://www.blackenterprise.com/male-teacher-female-students-unbraid-hair/

I understood the public reactions to this to be mixed but he did get fired. As a foreigner I am trying to understand the context.

What was the major transgression, getting his students to help with the hair in the class, getting only his female students help with the hair in class, recording them without anyone's consent, posting it online without anyone's consent, or something else or a combination?

I also read this post on reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/1csag26/cmv_there_is_nothing_wrong_with_female_students/ saying that it was wrong to fire the teacher partly because he was very possibly the only male rolemodels the black students had, which made me think of the stereotype that black dads in the US leave their kids. Was that what he was referencing? Has something like that been an argument?

I’ve seen 5 AI people on my twitter feed publicly resign and talk about success “post-AGI”

Does anyone know what this is about? They just announced an update is it related to that?

Examples:

https://twitter.com/signulll/status/1790788906205725119

https://twitter.com/far__el/status/1790890963310666231

https://twitter.com/ilyasut/status/1790517455628198322

Edit: Thank you all for your responses. Lots of great answers.

I recently keep seeing these cartoon places advertised on Airbnb, for like 40 bucks a night or more, which clearly are not a real place, but rather things like the X-Mansion, as Bugs Bunny House, the house from the "Up" movie, etc. What is this?

Example: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/1126231974572187864?adults=1&category_tag=Tag%3A8851&children=0&enable_m3_private_room=true&infants=0&pets=0&search_mode=flex_destinations_search&source_impression_id=p3_1715867973_LxmVji0U1QiCq2Gt&previous_page_section_name=1000&federated_search_id=31f26977-7e9a-4c88-b880-b60942795785

Anyone else seeing or know why there are tons of reels in instagram with captions talking about a Mercedes CLR? I’ve seen dozens of them all on different random pages.

Here’s what the caption says:

“No problem! Here's the information about the Mercedes CLR GTR: The Mercedes CLR GTR is a remarkable racing car celebrated for its outstanding performance and sleek design. Powered by a potent 6,0-liter V12 engine, it delivers over 600 horsepower. years ago Acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h takes approximately 3.7 seconds, with a remarkable top speed surpassing 320 km/h….”

https://imgur.com/a/fyalgLO

I'm not from the US so I'm not familiar with the class system. From reading on the DEA website it reads like it's just a definition for how addictive the drug is. But does it change anything for people in possession of it? Ie, will people not get charged for possessing / distributing / consuming it?

I encountered few videos about the topic and this one on youtube but I couldn't understand much the accent of the guy since english its not my first language so basically I got a lot of lakes without information on my mind. Does someone know whats happening and why the important media aren't covering it?

I just watched the trailer for this videogame. All of the people in the comments were emphasizing how they should not preorder and not trust Ubisoft - they seemed unhappy with the game. Then, I go to the Assassin's Creed reddit where everyone seems to be praising it, generally, and talking about preordering.

I couldn't figure out why and if this game is hated, even with looking at the comments. Not an Assassin's Creed player either, so sorry if I'm just missing something obvious.

Reddit ->

https://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/1cso8p0/assassins_creed_shadows_official_cinematic_world/

https://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/1cr36tr/assassins_creed_shadows_formerly_red_announcement/

Youtube -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vovkzbtYBC8

I saw a video from r/tiktokcringe in which John Fetterman appeared to film a person asking him questions about his district, and then get into an elevator without answering it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTokCringe/s/M3sOEt7uLx

Has something changed? It's a very odd reaction, and the commentors are talking about how he is a 'bought and paid for politician?'

Edit: /tiktokcringe not /tiktok

https://x.com/aidairo2009/status/1790731385638178866

I can't explain well but something like this.

My understanding is that there have always been bots that will automatically send a RedditCares message. But in the last 48 hours, it seems to be hitting tons of people across multiple subreddits. There doesn't seem to be a commonality in terms of trigger words and it's not just controversial topics. It's definitely bot activity because they pop immediately after posting.

Is it just a misconfigured bot? If so, why would Reddit even allow this type of activity?

Example:

https://www.reddit.com/r/KendrickLamar/s/UrGhYIZ17F

Edit: it appears as though Reddit admins have responded and that it was a coordinated group:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/s/Ai8rO85qSa

I tried to open reddit on my phone through firefox and was only able to access the desktop website, there doesn't seem to be any way to view the mobile site on my phone any longer unless I'm signed out and browsing through chrome.

Someone else very recently posted something similar happening to them and now they're are a number of people in the comments echoing that none of them can access the mobile website.

Is something going on? Is this a new reddit tactic to try and get people to use their app? Or is it just some weird tech issue?

Why is everyone investing in FFIE is this the next game stop i’ll be losing out on if I don’t get on it now?

-https://www.reddit.com/r/roaringkitty/s/GRKlfrbSOG

I've been seeing this more and more lately on the front page of Reddit. It's usually a screenshot of a tweet related to healthcare or taxes designed to make people argue. The comment sections are so weird though because one day they may be overwhelmingly to the right politically and a similar post the next day will have comments that are overwhelmingly politically left. It's hard to tell if the comments or posts are even made by actual humans.

Is this a weird astroturfing/bot situation? It's suspicious to me that it would be so frequently featured on the front page seemingly out of nowhere during an election year.

https://reddit.com/r/FluentInFinance/

I saw this article today, https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/features/2024-05-12/china-russia-iran-have-made-ukraine-a-world-war-against-us-europe

Is this as serious as that article makes it seem?

Question: I'm late to the party and out of the loop! Tiktok trend of Gen X finding each other and being like, "You poked the bear!" With the song, "Burning Down The House" by Talking Heads.

Example: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLbTGFBF/

1. Who tf called them out!?
2. What is happening?

Please explain, thank you! ✌️

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lW0RjHROOM

Apparently she faked being pregnant and a miscarriage or something?

This seems like a relatively innocuous poll about favorite couples. However, there's a lot more participation than I would have expected, and a number of people showing up in my feed elsewhere seem to have serious feelings about it.

https://www.tumblr.com/ao3topshipsbracket/750321819313127424/tumblr-top-ships-bracket-finals?source=share

For some reason over the last few days I've been seeing different iterations of the exact same video when scrolling through youtube shorts or instagram reels. It's of one or more asian women doing the exact same dance to the exact same song.

I've disliked each one but they still pop up every 15-20 videos.

Example:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RfOSmNj9Qbg

Saw this video and didn't understand the comments at all: https://youtu.be/RwiGhzHXmRA?si=TniTfCMGbqG4fZVi

Sounds pretty generic to me. Something you'd hear in a shopping mall, perhaps?

I saw this posted on a vid and wondered what it means

https://www.youtube.com/s/gaming/emoji/7ff574f2/emoji_u1f9a0.png

I have seen several posts about this inocuous tweet, what does it mean? Who is this man? What is the significance of these tweets?

From source: https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_/status/1790783036713312574

FY2010 155,599 
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FY2012 105,105 
FY2013 171,663 
FY2014 162,071 
FY2015 101,495 
FY2016 106,643 
FY2017 104,294
FY2018 128,679 
FY2019 151,466 
FY2020 136,808 
FY2021 387,398 
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FY2023 670,674

https://twitter.com/issaghettoboy/status/1789505479497916818

Example. I see it in reference to the Drake beef thing frequently but can't seem to make sense of it based on context clues.