Everything has been mercifully quiet around Karla Sofia Gascon for the past two weeks. She finally understood that she was not helping her situation by continuing to give self-pitying interviews in the wake of her vile tweets coming out. Again, this was not one or two poorly-worded tweets ? these were dozens (if not hundreds) of bigoted, racist, homophobic, Islamophobic, pro-Nazi tweets. Well, this week, the Hollywood Reporter published a guest column called ?Karla Sofia Gascon Deserves Better.? It was hilariously unhinged, like ?what?s so bad about offending every marginalized group in Western civilization after all?? It was written by a Brit. You can read it here if you want to see a really delusional take on Gascon.

Meanwhile, some actual news. Weeks ago, Netflix blocked Gascon from attending several awards shows. They refused to pay for her flights, hotels, car services, clothes and glam squad. So that?s why Gascon was missing from the PGAs, DGAs, Spirit Awards, SAG Awards and BAFTAs. It?s been an open question: will Gascon actually show up at the Oscars? I even said that I think she should ? she may be an awful bigot, but she?s still an Oscar nominee and this will probably be the only time she?ll get to attend the Oscars. It looks like Netflix felt the same way, and they?ve agreed to pay the costs for Gascon to attend the ceremony:

Karla Sofia Gasc?n plans to be at the Oscars. Sources confirm that Netflix will pay for the ?Emilia P?rez? star to attend the ceremony on March 2 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Gasc?n is nominated for best actress for her work in the Spanish-language musical.

Details about her plans are still being finalized, including whether she will walk the carpet, stop for interviews or sit near her co-stars Zoe Salda?a and Selena Gomez and director Jacques Audiard. Gasc?n is also planning to attend the C?sar Awards in Paris ahead of the Oscars on Feb. 28, according to sources.

Gasc?n?s awards season campaign imploded when she came under fire for social media posts on X, formerly known as Twitter, in which she expressed controversial views on Muslims, George Floyd and diversity at the Oscars. In the aftermath, Gasc?n skipped the Critics Choice Awards, the BAFTA Film Awards and SAG Awards despite nominations at all three ceremonies.

[From Variety]

I would assume that Netflix is trying to manage everything around Gascon?s few appearances in the final stretch of the awards season. Meaning, I can?t imagine that Netflix would allow her to walk the carpet and do any red-carpet media at the Oscars, although maybe it will happen at the Cesars, you never know. I would also assume that Gascon will be seated with the Emilia Perez team at the Oscars. They wouldn?t seat a Best Actress nominee in Siberia, would they? Plus, you never know what kind of jokes Conan O?Brien will make and they might need to cut to Gascon for a joke or two.

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St. David?s Day is on March 1st, this coming Saturday. St. David?s Day is a Welsh holiday celebrating St. David, the patron saint of Wales. But as everyone knows, the Prince and Princess of Wales?s weekends are very precious to them and they rarely work on Saturdays or Sundays. Or Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and especially not Fridays. They also like to take some time off after returning from vacation ? they usually need a week to fight off jet lag and the ennui of the daily grind. Well, William and Kate decided to forgo their standard one-week-off post-vacation, all because they didn?t want to travel to Wales on St. David?s Day. They arrived in Wales today, and I?m including some of the first photos from their trip in this post.

This visit was announced last week after their Mustique holiday was exposed by the Daily Mail. They probably always intended to do something around St. David?s Day (anything but show up on the day!), but it was funny how the announcement was rushed out as William and Kate were being criticized for skipping the BAFTAs for their vacation. They also wanted to make a joint appearance ahead of the Duchess of Sussex?s Netflix show next week. Which is why their first stop in Wales was to The Welsh Cake Shop, where they tried their hand at ?baking? and entertaining, just like Meghan.

Kate?s coat is a repeat ? she?s had this McQueen piece in her closet for years, and she usually wears red in Wales. She also pinned a large daffodil to her lapel ? that?s the Welsh national flower. People Mag says that Kate and William went to Wales by train. I wonder why? They?ve been flying their helicopters everywhere in recent months.

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The Kansas City Chiefs got their asses handed to them at the Super Bowl. While I don?t know much about football, I know the Philadelphia Eagles dog-walked the Chiefs and it looked like the Chiefs had no idea what they were doing out there. What was the problem? Was it a choke? Did Patrick Mahomes just get outplayed? Or was Travis Kelce sick during the game and that affected the whole team? The Chiefs GM now says that Travis was ?battling a pretty big illness? ahead of the game. O RLY?

Travis Kelce was fighting a ?big illness? before his Super Bowl defeat. Brett Veach, 47, General Manager of Kelce?s team, the Kansas City Chiefs, spoke about the issues facing the tight end in the run-up to the game on an upcoming episode of the NFL podcast, The Insiders.

Noting that he wasn?t ?making excuses? for the Chiefs? loss, Veach said that Kelce was ?battling a pretty big illness? before the Super Bowl, which took place on Feb. 9, in New Orleans.

He then quipped that Kelce?s illness didn?t make much difference to the score as the Eagles ? who won 40-22 ? played so well. ?We didn?t have the end to our season that we hoped for,? he added. Touching on the loss, Veach admitted that the Chiefs had ?picked a bad day to have a bad day.? But he said that the team would use the experience as ?motivation to get better.?

?You learn more from your losses than your wins,? Veach added.

The Chiefs boss then addressed the swirling rumors that Kelce, 35, is set to retire. When asked if the star would return for the 2025 season, Veach said, ?I think so. We anticipate Travis being back. We?re excited to have Travis back.?

He also noted that Kelce shares a unique relationship with ?Pat? ? quarterback Patrick Mahomes, 29 ? and revealed that he ?finds a way to stay in shape and produce at a level that only he can.? ?He makes us better when he?s in our locker room and on our field and we?re excited to get him back,? Veach continued, adding that Kelce had ?accomplished everything that there is in this game.?

[From People]

That?s interesting that the GM believes Kelce will be back. As for the ?big illness?? I wonder. While Travis stayed inside the night before the game, on Friday night (Feb. 7), he went out to dinner with Taylor Swift in New Orleans. People Mag carried exclusive photos. Was he ill that night, or did the illness hit afterwards? Now I wonder if they?re talking about food poisoning? It would actually fit the timeline if Travis was fine Friday night, or well enough to go out to a restaurant with Taylor. My other theory is that his head hurt from that Turkish hair transplant!!! All I know is that Travis had a weirdly full mane on game day but maybe it was painful!

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Kylie Kelce?s due date has to be coming up soon. I don?t think there?s been any official confirmation other than ?early spring,? but that has to be sometime in April, right? Since announcing her pregnancy in November, Kylie has been very open about it. She?s answered questions and addressed speculation on her podcast, Not Gonna Lie, and to other podcasts and news outlets. People keep asking if she and Jason Kelce are going to keep trying until they have a boy. Kylie tried to shut that sh-t down on an episode of Not Gonna Lie, warning that she would ?dropkick? the next person who asked her that.

Well, someone at The Steam Room podcast didn?t get the memo. During a guest spot on last Friday?s episode, Jason was asked about their future family planning plans. Jason responded by letting them know that it?s up to Kylie whether or not she wants to have any more children. Basically, she wanted four kids and Jason?s always been along for the ride. He acknowledged that he just gets to do the ?easy? part in baby-making while Kylie has the hard part by having to do the actual baby-growing. He also said that while they hadn?t come to any decision yet, a vasectomy was still on the table.

Jason Kelce and his wife, Kylie Kelce, have discussed whether their fourth baby will be their last.

?That?s not my decision. I got the easy part and I?ll keep doing my part,? Jason, 37, quipped during the Friday, February 21, episode of ?The Steam Room? podcast. ?I think Kylie?s about coming to the end of wanting to pop these things out. I think this pregnancy has been a long [one] for her. This is our fourth girl [and] this one might be it. We?ll see.?

Jason and Kylie, 32, have been married since 2018 and are parents to daughters Wyatt, 5, Ellie, 3, and Bennett, 23 months. They announced in November 2024 that they are expecting again.

According to the retired Philadelphia Eagles center, there ?hasn?t been any firm decisions? made on whether their fourth baby will forever be the youngest Kelce child.

We?ve talked about the V-word,? Jason teased on Friday, referring to a vasectomy procedure. ?We?ve brought it up. I don?t know if it?s going to happen, but we?ll see.?

Jason had been specifically asked whether he and Kylie were eager to keep trying until they had a son.

?I don?t think it?s necessarily if we want to have a boy because, at the end of the day, we?re not shooting with good percentages,? Jason joked. ?We got to give up on that idea. It?s like, ?Do you want to have another child?? Then, we?ll do that. But, I think as of right now, that?s not definitely happening.?

[From Us Weekly]

You know what? Good for Jason for being so open about what pregnancy is really like for women. The more men who hear it and understand that women are not just happy baby-making machines who can get up and cook breakfast the morning after childbirth, the better. Also, kudos for normalizing that a vasectomy is a perfectly valid option because birth control does not have to primarily fall on the woman. I can only imagine the propaganda that men hear on those MRA douche bro pods and websites. Remember Jessie James Decker?s husband, who refused to get a vasectomy because it took his manhood away from him and was then shocked when she got pregnant with an oopsie baby? Yeeeaaah, lol. We need more men with platforms like Jason, who are allies that speak bro-talk and can also get better messaging out there.

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There?s a car-crash aspect to Elon Musk?s baby-mama drama. Yes, it?s disgusting, but also? how is finding all of these women to impregnate and why are they doing it? Ashley St. Clair is the latest baby-mother that we know of. She gave birth to a Musk child (a boy) last year. It?s pretty well-documented that Ashley was trying to get Musk?s attention for years before he finally agreed to a brief ?relationship? and impregnation. Since she gave birth, Musk has only seen the child three times, and he?s apparently not interested in supporting the kid whatsoever. Ashley filed for sole custody of the baby, and now Musk and St. Clair are beefing over child support. This really is an episode of Maury.

Ashley St. Clair is calling out Elon Musk after he defended his fatherhood on X. The author, 26, is currently suing the Tesla CEO, 53, for sole custody of an infant boy they reportedly share. In her petition, St. Clair alleged Musk has only seen the child, identified as R.S.C., three times since he was born in September 2024.

?This has never been about money for Ashley,? a representative for the 26-year-old author tells PEOPLE on Tuesday, Feb. 25. ?This is about protecting the best interests of Ashley and Elon?s child from a man who can?t be counted on to even communicate, much less act consistently in the role of a father. Mr. Musk spends more time on his own social media platform talking about his children?s mothers than talking to them,? the statement continues. ?We tried to handle this collaboratively with Mr. Musk, but it takes both a father and a mother to do that, and he refused all conversations.?

PEOPLE reached out to Musk?s attorneys for comment.

St. Clair?s statement comes after YouTuber Jerry Rig Everything (real name Zach Nelson) slammed Musk on X, alleging he ?Abandons a 5 month old. Won?t pay child support for another 3. And leaves the shield behind at major event? ?

Jerry?s post accompanied a screenshot of a video of Musk walking down steps with his 4-year-old son, X ? A-Xii, trailing a few steps behind.

Musk responded to the claims and called Jerry ?an utter liar.?

?I have always paid extremely generous child support and without any coercion to do so,? Musk, who owns the social media platform X, replied. ?Sometimes the mother asked for money vastly in excess of what the children could possibly need, so that needed to be adjudicated.?

[From People]

?Sometimes the mother asked for money vastly in excess of what the children could possibly need, so that needed to be adjudicated.? Dude is worth about $380 billion and he?s currently breaking everything in the federal government so he can give contracts to his merry band of corporate incels to ?fix? everything. Don?t get me wrong, I?m sure Ashley has asked for a lot of money. But whatever she?s asked for, it?s a drop in the bucket of Musk?s self-dealing financial schemes.

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Once Princess Diana?s years-long affair with James Hewitt was finally done and she was no longer in a love-and-sex haze, she realized that Hewitt is an idiot. It?s true, and we still see it whenever Hewitt opens his mouth. In the decades since his affair with Diana ended, Hewitt has sold her out completely, writing books and giving paid interviews and chiming in as some kind of ?royal expert.? It?s all pretty sleazy. Well, they got Hewitt to go on the record about? Prince William and Prince Harry?s estrangement and how Diana would feel about it. Good lord.

Diana, Princess of Wales would be trying to reunite her sons if she was still alive, her former lover has said. Army Major James Hewitt, who had a five-year affair with the late princess from 1986, was asked in a rare television interview if he thought she may have been able to engineer a rapprochement between the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Sussex, who have barely spoken in five years.

?I think any mother would be worried and concerned about such a rift, as you put it,? he said. ?And she?d do her best to try and get them together.?

Major Hewitt, who now devotes his time to aid work in Ukraine, told Good Morning Britain the last time he had spoken to the late princess was ?just after? her BBC Panorama interview with Martin Bashir in November 1995, during which she admitted to their affair. He described the conversation as ?distant? and admitted that the interview did ?create problems? for him from which he was ?trying to move on?.

The Princess was asked by Mr Bashir whether she had been unfaithful to the then Prince Charles with Major Hewitt, her riding instructor. She replied: ?Yes. I was in love with him. But I was very let down.? Major Hewitt had collaborated on an unauthorised biography and the late Princess said it was ?very distressing? for her that someone she had trusted had used their connection to make money. The former Life Guards officer was swiftly cast as a ?love rat? by the tabloid media and found his reputation in tatters.

?It was a stitch-up job,? he said of the Panorama interview on Tuesday. ?It was appalling of Bashir to [have] inveigled, lied to her, criminal activity, absolutely appalling. As I?ve said, I hate bullies and bullying and arrogant people and I think it?s appalling.?

[From The Telegraph]

I didn?t realize that he was currently doing work in Ukraine. Good for him. As for his statement about Diana? yeah, he kept that brief. It still sucks that he even said anything and it?s sick that Diana?s former lover is fixing his mouth to speak about Diana?s sons. As for the sentiment? I?ve never really believed that ?Diana would want William and Harry to figure it out and reconcile.? I?ve always believed that Diana would be so proud of what Harry has done by standing up for Meghan and moving to California.

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Old people get bruised very easily. Fair-skinned people tend to bruise easily as well. This week, suddenly people are talking about bruises on one orange-skinned, thin-skinned man: Donald Trump. During an Oval Office meeting with Emmanuel Macron this week, Trump had a large, noticeable bruise on the back of his right hand (he is right-handed). Notably, it looked like Trump smeared some orange makeup on the back of his hand to cover up the bruise. Someone actually asked the WH press secretary about the bruise, and this was the response:

The White House tried to tamp down on speculation about President Donald Trump?s mysterious bruise Tuesday, attributing excessive hand shaking as the reason for the black-and-blue mark on the back of his dominant hand.

?President Trump is a man of the people,? White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said, per NBC News. ?His commitment is unwavering and he proves that every single day.?

?President Trump has bruises on his hand because he?s constantly working and shaking hands all day every day,? she continued.

Trump, 78, previously parroted a similar sentiment when interviewed by Time magazine for their 2024 Person of the Year issue, explaining that a bruise on his right hand was from ?shaking hands with thousands of people? when probed on it by the outlet.

The president?s bruise was visible during his meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron Monday, and swiftly drew rampant attention online as some questioned Trump?s health while others expressed concern. The bruise appeared to be of considerable size and was seemingly covered with makeup.

In a December interview with NBC News? Meet the Press last year, the president said he would release his full medical report but has yet to do so.

[From The Daily Beast]

If only someone had exerted pressure on Trump to release his medical records, right? Instead, we had months of ?Biden?s age? discourse. Which? fine, talk about Biden?s age, but also talk about Trump?s age and all of the uncomfortably senile sh-t he was doing and saying last year. The weird thing about this explanation is that Trump doesn?t shake hundreds of hands a day. He?s a germaphobe, he doesn?t like to touch peasants ? sure, he shakes hands with people like President Macron, but on the whole, he avoids ?shaking hands all day every day.? The bruises must have some other explanation.

Scrolling Getty and couldn’t help but notice this photo of a huge bruise on Trump’s hand today pic.twitter.com/LY9LFypsFF

? Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 25, 2025

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Back in January, the Duchess of Sussex delayed the release of her Netflix show, With Love, Meghan. We got a glimpse of what the monarchy had geared up to ?combat? Meghan?s show ? they sent the Princess of Wales out to the Royal Marsden Hospital to announce that she is now in remission from cancer. Kate?s hospital visit was one day before the original release date of WLM. Incredibly obvious, if you ask me. But the delay has given the Windsors more time to prepare their shenanigans, and after five-plus years? they don?t have much. They?re actually running the same old play from 2021 ? send Jason Knauf out and cry about how Meghan ?bullied staffers.? Knauf didn?t even say anything directly about that horses-t in his 60 Minutes Australia interview, but apparently Knauf?s sudden reemergence is part of a coordinated effort by the British media to once again run the same ?Meghan is a bully, we promise? play. Some lowlights from Amanda Platell?s latest column in the Mail:

It?s not a coincidence that Knauf reemerged: Is it a coincidence that almost a week before the delayed Netflix launch of the Duchess of Sussex?s new make-or-break ?With Love, Meghan? lifestyle series the couple?s former royal aide Jason Knauf has spoken out in an interview for the first time? Whatever the case, that he has talked in public at all suggests he might be a ticking timebomb that could one day detonate under Meghan?s self-appointed fabulousness.

The palace?s investigation: After details of the [Knauf] email were leaked, Buckingham Palace launched an investigation by an independent QC, inviting testimony from those who?d worked for Meghan and Harry. The result was a secret ?bullying dossier? that was apparently buried by the Palace never to see the light of day. Yet now, in a TV interview on Australia?s most prestigious investigative programme 60 Minutes, Knauf appears to suggest it was right to send the email that prompted the investigation and the ?bullying dossier?.

Why didn?t the palace publish the dossier? The question is why did the Palace never publish the investigation? Particularly when Prince Philip nicknamed Meghan The Duchess of Windsor in a ?barbed remark, with a wealth of subtext?, according to royal biographer Ingrid Seward. Almost certainly because at that time the future King Charles and his ailing mother the late Queen were desperate to keep the fragile peace between the Sussexes and the royals. It?s surely why the dossier was buried.

William is obsessed with his sister-in-law: Insiders believe it is inconceivable that Knauf ? who worked happily with William and Kate ? would have spoken on TV without at the very least William?s tacit agreement.

Knauf is a ticking time bomb: Yet for all his closeness to Prince William, Jason Knauf remains the keeper of perhaps the most devastating secrets of modern royal history ? he knows about Meghan?s alleged bullying of two women at a time when she was parading herself as a feminist. He could turn out to be a ticking timebomb for self-appointed saint Meghan. The bomb hasn?t exploded yet but it might one day, and not a moment too soon.

[From The Daily Mail]

It?s been four years since Knauf?s email was leaked to the Times of London and four years since Buckingham Palace backed up Kensington Palace?s clownish scheme to smear Meghan. BP quickly realized that their in-house investigation was compromised, so they hired an outside law firm to do a neutral investigation. THAT was the ?dossier? which got buried, along with Harry?s report on why KP?s smear job was based on lies. Does anyone honestly believe that the ?dossier? got buried to protect Meghan? Or do you think a neutral third-party investigation revealed the toxicity and clownish behavior within Kensington Palace? I?ve long sided with the British media on this narrow issue: the dossier should have been made public as soon as it was completed. Let?s put it all out there, let?s actually litigate these issues publicly so that ?unnamed sources? can?t cry about how they had nervous breakdowns because Meghan asked them to complete a task.

Also, I feel like we?re totally skipping over the fact that Knauf and William are doing all of this because? Meghan?s cooking show is about to come out. Like, this isn?t an interview about the Windsors, this is not a memoir. This is Meghan baking and entertaining, and they?re still doing all of this.

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There?s another measles outbreak, this time in Texas and New Mexico. That makes three outbreaks in 2025 so far. What makes this particular outbreak so much more nerve wracking is that now, we have an anti-vaxxer in charge of the Department of Health and Human Services, as well as a battle between the president and the CDC about whether or not to promote life-saving vaccines.

As of right now, the CDC is still allowed to track and report measles cases. The most recent outbreak, which began in West Texas, has been multiplying rapidly. It?s actually so concerning that even Republican politicians who confirmed RFK Jr. are urging their constituents to make sure they give their children the MMR vaccine. Speaking of the vaccine, there?s been some confusion as to whether or not those of us who have already been vaccinated against the measles (and mumps and rubella) need to get a booster shot. While most people do not need to worry about getting a measles booster shot, it also wouldn?t hurt if you did.

Some adults need to be revaccinated: A measles outbreak in West Texas is continuing to spread. And with kindergarten vaccination rates dipping across the country, more communities may be at risk of outbreaks. But it?s not just kids who should be vaccinated. Infectious disease experts say some adults may need to get revaccinated, too.

It?s super hard to control measles: Measles can spread incredibly fast ? it?s one of the world?s most contagious diseases, more than flu, polio, COVID, or just about any other infectious disease. Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children?s Hospital of Philadelphia, notes that just last week, West Texas was reporting 14 cases. This week, it?s up to 90 cases. ?It?s very hard to control measles,? he says.

Vax is best: The best defense against measles is vaccination. The vast majority of people getting sick in Texas are unvaccinated. And the measles vaccine is both safe and highly effective, says Dr. William Schaffner, a professor of infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Vaccines give 95+% chance of survival: ?If you have been vaccinated with two doses of vaccine as per routine, you have a 95-plus percent chance of being completely protected throughout your life,? Schaffner says.

The re-vaccination window: But public health experts say there are some adults who should consider getting revaccinated. That includes older adults who were born after 1957 and were vaccinated before 1968. That?s because early versions of the measles vaccine were made from an inactivated (killed) virus, which didn?t work particularly well, Offit says. That?s why the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that anyone vaccinated before 1968 get at least one dose of the live attenuated vaccine. Before the first measles vaccines were developed in the 1960s, nearly everyone got the disease during childhood. So people born before 1957 are assumed to have natural immunity.

PSA for 1968-1989 babies: Schaffner says if you?re not sure of your immunity or vaccination status, there?s no harm in getting a shot. If you were vaccinated between 1968 and 1989, you likely received just one dose of the measles vaccine, instead of the two doses that are standard today. One dose alone is highly effective and for most people, it provides more than enough protection, says Dr. Adam Ratner, a pediatric infectious disease specialist in New York City and author of Booster Shots, a book on the history of measles.

High risk individuals: But Ratner says there are several situations in which the CDC recommends an additional dose of measles vaccine for adults who are considered at high risk. That includes people who are in college settings, work in health care, live or are in close contact with immunocompromised people, or are traveling internationally. ?If you?re traveling somewhere where there?s an active outbreak and you?re not sure that you got two doses, it may not be crazy to get a second dose,? Ratner says. And if you live in a community that is experiencing a measles outbreak, your local or state health department may recommend a second dose for adults.

Oh hey, adults over 20 are starting to have complications: It?s worthwhile to make sure you?re protected, because adults over 20 are more likely to develop complications from measles, which can include pneumonia and brain swelling. And measles can also be dangerous ? if not deadly ? for children. As many as 1 in 20 kids with measles will get pneumonia, and 1 out of 1,000 will develop encephalitis, or brain swelling ? which can lead to death or cause deafness or intellectual disabilities.

Texas only has an 80% measles vax rate: Nationwide, kindergarten vaccination rates have fallen below the 95% threshold that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says is needed to prevent community outbreaks. In some parts of the U.S., rates are far lower. That includes Gaines County, Texas, the epicenter of the state?s outbreak, where the vaccination rate is only at about 80%. Offit says vaccination is the best way to protect children. ?I lived through the 1991 Philadelphia measles epidemic, where there were 1,400 cases and nine deaths over a period of three months,? he says. ?So I?ve seen children suffer needlessly because of the choice not to get a vaccine. So, please vaccinate your children.?

[From NPR]

Ugh, how is Texas down to only 80% measles vax rate? Are we really that far gone as a society that so many parents refuse to trust a vaccine that has literally been proven so effective that the US was successfully able to declared it ?removed? in 2000? That said, I genuinely did not know that anyone who got their measles shot pre-1967 needed to be re-vaccinated. Both of my parents and all three of my in-laws are within this category, so I?m going to make sure that they take care of that business. I somehow successfully forced them all into getting their TDAP booster while I was pregnant, so I?ll have to pull out that same playbook, which was basically, ?Get this simple booster or you?re not going to meet your first grandchild!? If you fall within any of these categories, please talk to your doctor about whether or not you need a booster. Meh. I can?t believe we?re still talking about yearly, multiple measles outbreaks in America in 2025, but here we are.

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There?s a school of thought that the best way to learn is through failure. Billy McFarland is doing just that? except possibly without the learning part. In fact, by all outward appearances it seems that he?s just doing the same thing all over again. In 2017, a then-25-year-old McFarland conned hapless rich millennials out of thousands to millions of dollars per ticket for Fyre Festival, a multi-day music fest that ended up having no adequate music, housing, food or plumbing. McFarland was convicted of fraud and served four years of a six year sentence, time he used to write a 50-page plan while in solitary on how to make the next scam festival better. And here we are: Fyre Festival II is allegedly really happening May 30 ? June 2 on Mexico?s Isla Mujeres in the Caribbean sea. No musical acts have been confirmed, but there ?might? be professional skateboarding or MMA lessons, and tickets are still steeply priced at $1,400 ? $1.1 million a pop, depending on which accommodations you select (that hopefully materialize). McFarland announced the latest details on Monday:

?FYRE 2 is real. My dream is finally becoming a reality,? [McFarland] said during his appearance on the show. ?FYRE 2 really isn?t about the past, and it?s not really about me. It?s about taking the vision, which is strong.?

While no performers have been announced for the festival, McFarland, 33, confirmed that the lineup will consist of ?artists across electronic, hip hop, pop and rock.?

?However, it?s not just music. We might have a professional skateboarder do a demonstration. We might have an MMA champion teach you techniques in the morning,? he said.

Tickets went on sale on Feb. 24, ranging from $1,400 to $1.1 million. Find more ticket information here.

In September, McFarland told TODAY?s Savannah Sellers the festival was taking place from April 25-28 on ?a private island off the coast of Mexico in the Caribbean.?

He also said he was planning on having ?karate combat? available as entertainment at the festival.

As for the range in ticket prices, McFarland said that the most expensive tickets will be a luxurious experience. ?You will be on a boat, have the luxury yachts that we partner with who will be docked and parked outside the island.?

?But once again, Fyre is not just about this, like, luxury experience. It?s about the adventure. So you?ll be scuba diving with me,? he said. ?You?ll be bouncing around to other islands and other countries on small planes.?

McFarland also confirmed that cheese sandwiches ? which took the internet by storm after the first festival ? will be on the menu.

?We will have cheese sandwiches,? McFarland said. ?They?re going to be super expensive, too. We?re going to make them, like, really good. That?ll be the highest-priced food item, I think.?

[From People]

Well I for one am looking forward to another documentary! The first fiasco famously led to two great docs ? FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened on Netflix, and Fyre Fraud on Hulu. Once again, McFarland sounds like he?s promising A LOT, with virtually (actually?) no guarantees. And yet, people are buying tickets? I will say, hyping up the (rumored) additions of MMA and karate lessons is a curious choice. Like he sat in solitary and thought, ?What?s the ONE thing that was missing last time when people were hopping mad about having no food, lodgings, toilets, or performances? I know! Expert instruction on combat!? Also, when he says the cheese sandwiches will be the most expensive food, I get the concept of rebranding a flop into a signature (think: Jessica Simpson + Chicken of the Sea). But do you mean to tell me all that money for tix doesn?t include food?! Looking at the different ticket options on their site, they talk about access to experiences and chauffeur services and getting discounted rates at local hotels or staying on yachts, but there?s a serious lack of food discussion! And super nerd alert: it irked me no end that the website flits between ?Fyre II? and ?Fyre 2.? Pick a style and commit!!

And at the end of the day, this is still only the second most alarming repeat event of 2025.

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