News Of The Week Roundup: Week 22, 2021

Here are a few stories I found interesting over the past week. We start with some breaking Royal news: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have welcomed a new baby. The baby is a girl and named Lilibet “Lili” Diana Mountbatten-Windsor. Talk about a name that screams "money!"

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have welcomed their second child, Lilibet Diana. Her name is a tribute to Queen Elizabeth II's childhood nickname and the late Princess Diana. https://t.co/hNXxxkxU5V pic.twitter.com/S8Ia7meVue

— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 6, 2021

Nigeria is blocking its residents access to Twitter after the social platform blocked a Tweet by the nation's leader for violating the site's terms. The country literally announced the ban... via a Tweet. From the CNN article:

"Many of those misbehaving today are too young to be aware of the destruction and loss of lives that occurred during the Nigerian Civil War. Those of us in the fields for 30 months, who went through the war, will treat them in the language they understand," Buhari wrote in the now-deleted tweet, referring to the brutal two-year Nigeria-Biafra war, which killed an estimated one to three million people, mostly from the Igbo tribe in the eastern part of the country between 1967-1970. The tweet was deleted Wednesday after many Nigerians flagged it to Twitter and the platform said it had violated its policy on abusive behavior.

"The Federal Government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria," the Ministry of Information and Culture announced in a statement https://t.co/pBgwNnVaaJ

— CNN International (@cnni) June 4, 2021

Then there's this batshit crazy insanity that Donald Trump believes he will be "reinstated" as President in August. That isn't how any of this works... at all.

EXCLUSIVE: Trump's insane notion of an August restoration to power was apparently inspired by ... MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell. https://t.co/Lo9TeVXaO5

— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) June 2, 2021

The strong reopening of the American economy after mass vaccinations is having a great impact on jobless claims. More folks found work last month - and (some) wages are rising, too.

Weekly jobless claims drop below 400k to 385k, a new pandemic low! This is good news ahead of tomorrow’s jobs report. Fingers crossed that April showers brought May flowers! pic.twitter.com/ba1pGWaG3J

— Steven Rattner (@SteveRattner) June 3, 2021

Speaking of COVID-19 - if you haven't been vaccinated yet and you are an American, please do so. That's because we have all been offered free beer if we hit 70% of the country vaxxed by July 4!

Anheuser-Busch, the national brewer that produces Budweiser, announces it will give away free alcohol if the nation reaches President Biden's goal of having 70% of US adults partially vaccinated by July 4.

— Kate Sullivan (@KateSullivanDC) June 2, 2021

Lots of financial fallout from the pandemic continues... and on the other side of the tracks, you can spend $450 on a chocolate. That was how much I spent per month on rent in my first apartment.

We tried a rare, 1.76-ounce $450 chocolate bar from To’ak Chocolate — but was it worth the money? 🤔 https://t.co/9TPV7l0CYQ (via @CNBCMakeIt) pic.twitter.com/qLabZ00z8A

— CNBC (@CNBC) June 5, 2021

Another big move in the NFL - with Julio Jones changing teams.

The deal is now done. https://t.co/sOPXQOGVAw

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) June 6, 2021

Also, gross:

If there's one thing to know before eating cicadas, @haleysweiss writes, it's this: the crunchier, the better. https://t.co/H4ElCMQNnu

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) June 5, 2021

And I leave you with this (and I disagree - do you?):

.@ledzeppelin's Whole Lotta Love has been voted the greatest guitar riff of all time https://t.co/zIq4ZbjGBh pic.twitter.com/WaInkz37v0

— Guitar World (@GuitarWorld) June 4, 2021