Flappy Hen is about to make a giant return to our screens, a decade after its sudden disappearance that left cell avid gamers reeling. As per IGN, this cult favourite sport will relaunch in late October 2024 for net browsers, with a full launch on iOS and Android slated for 2025. The revival is being led not by the unique creator, Dong Nguyen, however by The Flappy Hen Basis, which has acquired the rights to each the sport and its quirky characters.
Initially launched in 2013, Flappy Hen turned a sensation in a single day, because of its deceptively easy gameplay. Gamers have been hooked on guiding a small chook by means of a maze of pixelated pipes with a single faucet of the display. But, simply as rapidly because it rose to fame, Nguyen pulled the sport from app shops, citing the immense stress and the way the viral success had “ruined” his peaceable life. Now, a contemporary chapter is being written in Flappy Hen’s story, with new options and surprises to maintain followers engaged.
Based on the muse’s Michael Roberts, “We’re past excited to be bringing again Flappy Hen and delivering a contemporary expertise that may maintain gamers engaged for years to come back. Now we have large plans for our little Hen!” This assertion hints at updates and doable new twists to the beloved traditional. Along with Flappy Hen, the muse has additionally secured the rights to Piou Piou vs. Cactus, a sport that closely impressed Nguyen’s unique creation. The developer of Piou Piou, recognized merely as Kek, expressed his pleasure, calling this a “milestone” for gaming and himself personally. “It’s unimaginable to work alongside such a devoted workforce of followers and creators who’re actually keen about altering the trade narrative,” he added.
Regardless of the thrill round this revival, one voice has been notably absent—Nguyen himself has but to touch upon the return of his notorious sport. His resolution to take away the sport in 2014, citing how its success overwhelmed his life, left followers each shocked and understanding. Now, many marvel if this contemporary launch will seize the identical viral magic, or if it is going to supply one thing totally new.
With the net browser model dropping quickly and the cell rollout deliberate for 2025, gamers are eagerly awaiting their subsequent probability to navigate their feathered pal by means of these notorious pipes. Whether or not you’re a nostalgic gamer or somebody new to the chaos of Flappy Hen, one factor is for certain—our screens will quickly be full of the irritating pleasure of serving to that little chook flap as soon as once more.
The Arizona State soccer crew moved to 3-0 on the season with a 31-28 win over Texas State on Thursday in San Marcos, Texas, matching its win complete from final season.
The Solar Devils rallied from a 21-7 deficit to tie the sport on the half, 21-21, after which rallied with 10 straight factors to finish the sport after trailing 28-21, to choose up the victory on the street.
Quarterback Sam Leavitt went 19-for-30 passing for ASU, with a landing cross. He additionally rushed for a rating.
Cam Skattebo was held to 62 yards on 24 carries for Arizona State, however had two dashing touchdowns.
Jordyn Tyson had six catches for 120 yards and a landing catch for the Solar Devils.
Jordan McCloud went 28-for-43 passing for 265 yards and 4 touchdowns passes for Texas State.
ASU’s protection held Texas State to seven factors within the second half, and compelled a fumble, intercepted a cross, stopped the Bobcats on downs and recovered a fumble on Texas State’s closing 4 possessions.
ASU will subsequent face Texas Tech in its Massive 12 Convention opener in Lubbock on Saturday, Sept. 21.
Remaining rating: ASU soccer 31, Texas State 28
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Texas State will get one closing shot vs Arizona State
In what can solely be described as a weird ending to the ASU vs Texas State sport, Texas State was given one second to run a closing play in opposition to Arizona State after the Solar Devils had appeared to expire the clock.
Texas State tried to lateral the ball round on the finish of the sport on the play, however the Solar Devils have been capable of get better the ball for an additional turnover on one of many backward passes.
Kenny Dillingham stated “that was ridiculous” concerning the official’s determination to place a second again on the clock. ESPN did not even broadcast the play, because it had already turned issues over to Scott Van Pelt for SportsCenter at what was regarded as the conclusion of the sport.
Rating: ASU soccer 31, Texas State 28 (finish of fourth quarter)
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ASU football almost runs out clock vs Texas State
The ASU football team has almost matched its win total from last season.
Three games into the season.
Cam Skattebo ran for 10 yards on 3rd & 8 at the Texas State 18 to allow ASU to run out the clock on Texas State in a 31-28 win on the road.
Or so we thought. The officials put one second back on the clock for Texas State to try a desperation play.
Score: ASU football 31, Texas State 28 (:01 left in fourth quarter)
ASU defense steps up again vs Texas State
You have to give ASU football’s defense some credit.
It had made plays when it has needed them, and just stopped Texas State on a 4th & 5 deep in ASU territory.
ASU forced a fumble, intercepted a pass and stopped Texas State on downs on the Bobcats three most recent possessions.
There is now 2:09 left in the fourth quarter.
ASU football punts ball back to Texas State
ASU just went 3-and-out on its next possession, giving Texas State the ball back with 3:35 left in the fourth quarter.
Can Arizona State’s defense stop Jordan McCloud and Texas State’s offense again?
Arizona State football intercepts Texas State
ASU football has forced turnovers on two straight Texas State possessions.
Xavion Alford picked off Jordan McCloud at the ASU 25 to give the Sun Devils the ball back with 5:15 left in the fourth quarter.
ASU will try to milk some clock on its next possession.
ASU football takes lead vs Texas State in fourth quarter
The Sun Devils weren’t able to get in the end zone after the Texas State turnover, but Ian Hershey kicked a 22-yard field goal to give ASU a 31-28 lead in the fourth quarter.
It is ASU’s first lead since it led the game 7-0 after its first possession of the game.
Sam Leavitt is now 18-for-25 for 72 yards for Arizona State. Jordyn Tyson has caught six catches for 120 yards, but he wasn’t able to get a first down on a third-down catch deep in Texas State territory late in that drive.
Score: ASU 31, Texas State 28 (6:32 left in fourth quarter)
Arizona State recovers fumble deep in Texas State territory
Well, that might be the break the Sun Devils needed.
Texas State RB Ismail Mahdi just fumbled the ball on the first play of the possession and ASU recovered it, giving the Sun Devils a great chance to take the lead.
It was Texas State’s first turnover. ASU has the one interception thrown by Sam Leavitt.
ASU has the ball at the Texas State 23-yard line.
ASU football drive stalls vs Texas State
What was once a promising drive for ASU stalled for the Sun Devils.
ASU started its drive at its own 1-yard line and Cam Skattebo was key with the Sun Devils backed up in their own territory, rushing for a 9-yard gain and then getting an 8-yard reception to give ASU some breathing room.
But ASU’s drive stalled when they were close to field goal position and the Sun Devils were forced to punt.
Could the next score win this game? It has turned into a defensive struggle, for the most part, in this half of the college football game.
There is 9:24 left in the fourth quarter.
ASU defense steps up vs Texas State
The ASU defense has stepped up at some big times in this game.
It did so on Texas State’s most recent possession.
Texas State had a 1st & 10 at ASU’s 35, but ASU forced Texas Tech to punt.
Texas State had a 4th & 2 at its own 39 on the drive and Jordan McCloud completed a 26-yard pass to Joey Hobart to extend the possession and put the Bobcats in scoring position, but ASU’s defense then stepped up.
We’re in the fourth quarter and it feels like this game could come down to the last possession.
ASU football responds vs Texas State
The Sun Devils have responded again in San Marcos, Texas.
Cam Skattebo just ran it in from 2-yards out for his second touchdown of the game, tying the score against Texas State at 28. He only has 33 yards rushing on 17 carries, but the two touchdowns have been huge for Arizona State.
ASU QB Sam Leavitt had a 40-yard run on the drive, which went seven plays for 75 yards.
We’ve got ourselves a very interesting college football game.
Score: Arizona State 28, Texas State 28 (2:17 left in third quarter)
Texas State gets first points of second half vs Arizona State
ASU had done a good job of slowing down Texas State since the Bobcats scored touchdowns on third straight possessions in the first half, but Texas State got into a groove again on its latest drive.
The Bobcats drove 66 yards in six plays, with Jordan McCloud completing a 44-yard pass to Jaden Williams to take a 28-21 lead on ASU.
McCloud now has four touchdown passes. He is 24-for-365 for 225 yards.
Score: Texas State 28, Arizona State 21 (4:18 left in third quarter)
ASU football misses field goal vs Texas State
Ian Hershey just missed a 51-yard field goal attempt, which would have been a career high for the Sun Devils, resulting in ASU coming up empty on its latest drive.
ASU’s Sam Leavitt completed a 14-yard pass to Chamon Metayer on a 3rd & 11 at the ASU 33 to extend the drive, but Arizona State couldn’t get on the scoreboard.
The drive lasted seven plays and went for 32 yards.
Arizona State football stops Texas State on fourth down
The interception didn’t end up costing ASU.
The Sun Devils’ defense just stepped up, stopping Texas State on a 4th & 7 pass to give Arizona State the ball back at the ASU 34.
Texas State’s drive went for seven plays and 13 yards.
The second half is off to a much slower start than the first, with neither team able to do much on both of their possessions in the third quarter so far.
We’ve got 9:51 left in the third quarter and each team has already had two possessions.
ASU’s Sam Leavitt throws first interception of season vs Texas State
Sam Leavitt just overthrew tight end Markeston Douglas, who tipped it up, with the ball then landing in the hands of a Texas State defender Chris Mills for the first turnover of the game.
The interception was on the first play of the drive, as ASU attempted a deep shot.
Leavitt has had a great game, but you have to wonder if ASU would have been better served to try to get the running game going early on that drive.
Texas State forced to punt against ASU to start second half
We’ve traded 3-and-outs to open the second half.
Texas State just went 3-and-out after ASU did, with an incomplete pass, a 5-yard rush and another incomplete pass.
Can ASU get something going on its second possession of the half?
Cam Skattebo has 23 yards rushing on 11 attempts for the Sun Devils, so it would be nice to see him get going for ASU, and it might open up Sam Leavitt and the passing game for some more opportune deep shots, perhaps to Jordyn Tyson, who has four catches for 111 yards and a touchdown for Arizona State.
Arizona State football goes 3-and-out to start third quarter vs Texas State
That was not the start to the second half that ASU wanted.
Sam Leavitt was sacked on first down and then Cam Skattebo lost two yards on second down before Leavitt threw an incomplete pass on third down.
ASU had scored touchdown on two straight possessions to end the first half. It could not keep the momentum going to start the third quarter.
ASU battles back to tie Texas State football at half
We’ve got a good game in San Marcos, Texas.
The Sun Devils and the Bobcats are tied at 21 at the half after ASU rallied from a 21-7 deficit with two touchdowns late in the second quarter.
ASU will receive the second-half kickoff.
Texas State scored three straight touchdowns on its second, third, and fourth possessions of the game.
ASU scored touchdowns on its first, fourth, and fifth possessions.
At one point, Texas State had a 15:51-5:38 advantage in time of possession. At the half, it leads 17:58 to 12:02.
The Bobcats gained 251 yards in the first half. The Sun Devils had 200.
Sam Leavitt was the story for ASU in the first half, completing 10-of-13 passes for 160 yards, with a passing touchdown and a rushing score.
The Sun Devils only rushed for 40 yards. They entered the game averaging 293.5 yards rushing per game.
Jordan McCloud was 17-for-23 for 147 yards and three touchdown passes for Texas State.
The Bobcats rushed for 104 yards in the first two quarters.
Halftime score: Arizona State 21, Texas State 21
Sam Leavitt leads ASU back against Texas State in first half
Sam Leavitt is having himself a game against ASU.
The quarterback just ran for a 7-yard touchdown late in the first half to tie the game against Texas State, 21-21. ASU was behind 21-7, but has scored touchdowns on two straight possessions.
Leavitt connected with Xavier Guillory for 14 yards on a 4th & 2 at the Texas State 49 to extend the drive.
Leavitt is now 10-for-13 for 160 yards in this game, with a passing touchdown and a rushing touchdown.
The momentum has flipped to the Sun Devils.
Score: Arizona State 21, Texas State 21 (:06 left in second quarter)
ASU football defense gets pivotal stop vs Texas State
Texas State has completed some 3-and-longs in this game.
Not this time.
ASU stopped a 3rd & 25 to force Texas State to punt on a 3-and-out after the Bobcats had scored touchdowns on their three previous possessions.
Melquan Stovall fair caught the punt for ASU, which is good news on the injury front after he exited on the previous possession.
Arizona State answers against Texas State with deep touchdown pass
The Sun Devils needed to answer against Texas State.
They definitely did.
Sam Leavitt just connected with Jordyn Tyson on a 52-yard touchdown pass to bring ASU within 21-14.
ASU almost went 3-and-out on a third-straight drive, but Leavitt passed to Tyson for a 24-yard gain on a 3rd & 11 at its own 24 to extend the drive.
Leavitt is now 5-for-7 for 113 yards and the touchdown.
ASU’s Melquan Stovall was helped off the field on the drive.
Can ASU’s defense now stop Texas State after allowing touchdowns on three-straight possessions?
Score: Texas State 21, Arizona State 14 (3:46 left in second quarter)
ASU football has no answer for Texas State’s offense
Texas State is rolling. The Bobcats just gained 50 yards in three plays, a 20-yard pass, 11-yard pass and 19-yard touchdown pass to take a 21-7 lead on ASU.
This game sure changed fast.
That’s 3-straight TD drives for Texas State after ASU led 7-0.
Jordan McCloud is now 17-for-21 for 147 yards and three touchdowns in this game.
Score: Texas State 21, Arizona State 7 (5:16 left in second quarter)
Arizona State offense stifled again vs Texas State
This Texas State defense has sure settled down after allowing ASU’s opening touchdown drive.
The Sun Devils just went 3-and-out for the second straight possession, and Texas State will have the ball at midfield.
ASU now has 63 total yards in the game. It had 68 yards on its touchdown drive on its first possession.
Arizona State’s defense desperately needs a stop here after allowing two straight touchdown drives for the Bobcats.
Texas State takes first lead in game vs Arizona State
The ASU defense is gassed.
Texas State has had touchdown scoring drives of 7:27 and 6:47 on its last two possessions, taking a 14-7 lead on the Sun Devils.
ASU had a 3-and-out in between Texas State’s scoring drives.
Texas State’s most recent drive went for 15 plays and 64 yards.
Jordan McCloud connected with Jaden Williams on a 6-yard pass for the score.
How’s this for dominating time of possession? Texas State has had the ball for 15:51.
ASU has had it for 5:38.
This is the first time ASU has trailed this season.
The Sun Devils could really use a long drive to give their defense a chance to catch its breath against the Bobcats and their quick offense.
Jordan McCloud is now 14-for-18 for 97 yards, with two touchdown passes in this game.
Score: Texas State 14, Arizona State 7 (8:39 left in second quarter)
Arizona State struggles on second possession vs Texas State
ASU’s second possession against Texas State was not as impressive as its first.
The Sun Devils just went 3-and-out on the drive, with Sam Leavitt going 1-for-3 passing, only completing a 2-yard pass to Raleek Brown, a USC transfer who is seeing his first action of the season for the Sun Devils after being injured for the first two games.
Leavitt is now 3-for-5 for 37 yards in the game.
ASU’s quick drive puts a lot of pressure on the Sun Devil defense, which just relinquished a 7:27 touchdown drive to the Bobcats and now has to go out there and try to stop Texas State’s quick-strike offense again.
Texas State answers ASU with impressive second possession
Texas State’s second possession against ASU was much more impressive than its first.
And it ended with a touchdown to tie this game.
The Bobcats just drove 75 yards over 15 plays after being held to 16 yards on their first possession.
Texas State got its running game going on the drive, picking up yards on several key runs.
Jordan McCloud connected with Chris Dawn Jr. on a 5-yard pass for the touchdown. He is now 8-for-11 for 53 yards in the game.
Score: Arizona State 7, Texas State 7 (1:10 left in first quarter)
Arizona State impresses on first drive first Texas State
The Sun Devils’ first drive on the road this season was a good one.
ASU drove 68 yards over 10 plays and 4:46, taking a 7-0 lead on a 1-yard rush from Cam Skattebo.
ASU rushed for 33 yards on the drive.
Sam Leavitt and the ASU passing game, which has struggled at times this season, looked good with the QB completing passes for 18 yards and 14 yards on the drive.
Not a bad way to start against Texas State.
Score: ASU football 7, Texas State 0 (8:42 left in first quarter)
ASU football stops Texas State on first possession
The ASU defense started the game off on a good note, forcing Texas State to punt after gaining 16 yards on six plays.
Texas State likes to run an up-tempo offense and it did so on its first possession, with QB Jordan McCloud, who interestingly previously played at Arizona, going 2-for-5 passing for 13 yards on the first drive for the Bobcats.
Texas State only rushed the ball one time for three yards.
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The Arizona-born singer took to Instagram to criticize the upcoming Trump rally at Linda Ronstadt Music Corridor.
TUCSON, Ariz. — Linda Ronstadt launched an announcement on Instagram Wednesday harshly criticizing Former President Donald Trump’s upcoming rally in her hometown, Tucson.
Trump will likely be visiting Arizona on Thursday to ship remarks on the Linda Ronstadt Music Corridor, often known as the Tucson Music Corridor.
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Ronstadt took private problem with the selection of venue, writing “for the reason that constructing has my title on it, I must say one thing.”
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“It saddens me to see the previous President convey his hate present to Tucson, a city with deep Mexican-American roots and a joyful, tolerant spirit,” Ronstadt continued. “I don’t simply deplore his poisonous politics, his hatred of girls, immigrants and other people of coloration, his criminality, dishonesty and ignorance — though there’s that.”
Though Ronstadt now lives in San Francisco, she was born in and grew up in Tucson. As regards to southern Arizona, Ronstadt voiced her displeasure with the Trump administration’s border insurance policies.
“For me it comes right down to this: In Nogales and throughout the southern border, the Trump Administration systematically ripped aside migrant households looking for asylum. Household separation made orphans of 1000’s of little youngsters and infants, and brutalized their determined moms and dads. It stays a humanitarian disaster that Physicians for Human Rights stated met the standards for torture,” Ronstadt wrote.
“There is no such thing as a forgiving or forgetting the heartbreak he brought about,” she wrote.
Ronstadt joins a rising checklist of feminine celebrities who’ve spoken out, urging folks to vote following Taylor Swift’s endorsement on Tuesday. Amongst them, Phoenix native Stevie Nicks inspired her followers to “select the candidate that speaks to you and your beliefs.”
This go to marks the second time in below a month that Trump will likely be talking in Arizona. He beforehand visited Glendale on Aug. 23.
The Trump marketing campaign stated the occasion will concentrate on the financial system and the rising value of housing. Trump’s operating mate, JD Vance, got here to the Valley final week to talk at an occasion in Mesa.
Residents can register for the occasion right here. Doorways open at 11 a.m. and Trump is predicted to talk at 2 p.m.
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The superstition that Friday the thirteenth is an unfortunate day has been round for the previous 100 years. But it surely doesn’t have the traditional origins that many may count on.
It’s arduous to pinpoint precisely why Friday the thirteenth is taken into account an unfortunate day. Consultants can solely speculate.
“The US, we get it from England… it wasn’t thought-about an unfortunate day in England till the twentieth century. The primary recorded occasion we now have of that in print is 1913,” mentioned Moira Marsh, a folklore librarian on the College of Indiana Bloomington.
“Individuals begin to make references to it being unfortunate with out saying why they suppose it’s unfortunate. And due to that, usually what you get is every kind of untamed theories about why Friday the thirteenth is unfortunate,” mentioned Stephen Winick, a folklore specialist on the American Folklife Middle of The Library of Congress.
Some the explanation why Friday the thirteenth is considered unfortunate
Some speculate that Friday the thirteenth is unfortunate as a result of Judas was the thirteenth visitor on the Final Supper, or that Knights Templar had been condemned on a Friday the thirteenth. However Winick mentioned consultants don’t know if any of these issues are true.
The primary references Winick has seen saying Friday the thirteenth is unfortunate are each from French writing and performs.
A personality within the 1834 play Les Finesses des Gribouilles says “I used to be born on a Friday, December thirteenth, 1813 from which come all of my misfortunes.” And within the French literary journal Revue de Paris, Marquis de Salvo wrote a few father who killed his daughter on Friday the thirteenth, and mentioned “It’s at all times Fridays and the quantity 13 that deliver again luck.”
Whereas the mixture of Friday and 13 is a comparatively new invention, the concept that Fridays are unfortunate shouldn’t be.
“Fridays had been thought-about unfortunate days, and that’s been true for the reason that Center Ages within the English talking world and possibly by means of most of Europe, as a result of Friday was the day of crucifixion. And within the previous Catholic custom, each Friday was a day of penance. And that concept has persevered,” mentioned Marsh.
Marsh mentioned the concept that 13 is an unfortunate quantity doesn’t actually present up till across the seventeenth century.
“Earlier than that, it might need been thought-about an excellent quantity as a result of it goes again to supposedly the 13 individuals who had been on the Final Supper. Earlier than reformation, Christians most popular to try to emulate that.”
After the Reformation got here alongside, Marsh mentioned concepts like that had been forbidden as superstitious. And so what was thought-about an excellent quantity flipped to be thought-about a foul one.
There’s one other thought about why the quantity 13 is unfortunate.
“12 is a quantity that’s very mathematically important. It’s divisible by many various numbers. And it’s very helpful mathematically for varied issues,” mentioned Winick. There are 12 months, 12 zodiac indicators, 12 inches in a foot. “After which 13 comes alongside and it’s form of a dud. It doesn’t actually assist you to out a lot mathematically.”
Unfortunate days in different nations
Marsh and Winick say that because of common tradition, just like the film Friday the thirteenth, the day is now fairly widespread in nations all over the world. And journalists have had a hand in spreading the recognition of that concept.
In Italy, Winick mentioned, the unfortunate day tends to be Friday the seventeenth. After which in Spanish talking nations, the unfortunate day tends to be Tuesday the thirteenth.
“Individuals speculate that’s as a result of Tuesday is related to the chaotic God of warfare. You recognize, Martes or Tuesday in Spanish is expounded to the God of warfare, Mars. Due to that, individuals suppose which may be the origin of Tuesday’s being unfortunate,” mentioned Winick.
Marsh mentioned a Greek nurse within the Nineteen Sixties could also be one other supply who discovered Tuesdays to be unfortunate. In line with this nurse, if a marriage ended on a Monday night, the ladies of the household would preserve the bridge shut by in order that her husband wouldn’t contact her. As a result of if any youngster was conceived on a Monday night, the start of Tuesday can be thought-about unfortunate, and the child would seemingly have delivery defects.
In Greece, Winick mentioned they typically hyperlink the potential origins again to historical Greek tradition. So that they’ll take into consideration historical Greek arithmetic, which had concepts that the quantity 12 was an excellent quantity, and 13 was a foul quantity.
“We search explanations for the chaotic expertise of life. We need to clarify to ourselves why issues have occurred in a sure means, why issues didn’t go our means… it provides us a way of management although we could not have management,” mentioned Winick.
The digital article was edited by Adriana Gallardo and Obed Manuel.
WASHINGTON (TND) — The singer Linda Ronstadt didn’t maintain again when criticizing former President Donald Trump earlier than his marketing campaign rally in Tucson Thursday night time.
In her assertion, which additionally endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, she mentioned she felt compelled to say one thing because the occasion might be held in a constructing along with her title on it.
“Donald Trump is holding a rally on Thursday in a rented corridor in my hometown, Tucson. I would favor to disregard that unhappy reality. However because the constructing has my title on it, I must say one thing,” she wrote. “It saddens me to see the previous President convey his hate present to Tucson, a city with deep Mexican-American roots and a joyful, tolerant spirit.”
She continued to slam Trump on a spread of points together with rape allegations, felony convictions in New York and his coverage as president that ripped aside migrant households on the southern border.
I don’t simply deplore his poisonous politics, his hatred of girls, immigrants and folks of shade, his criminality, dishonesty and ignorance — though there’s that,” she mentioned.For me it comes right down to this: In Nogales and throughout the southern border, the Trump Administration systematically ripped aside migrant households in search of asylum. Household separation made orphans of hundreds of little kids and infants, and brutalized their determined moms and dads. It stays a humanitarian disaster that Physicians for Human Rights mentioned met the standards for torture.
Ronstadt added, “there isn’t any forgiving or forgetting the heartbreak he induced.”
Her assertion ended along with her addressing Trump’s operating mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, for his touch upon “childless cat women.”
“I raised two adopted kids in Tucson as a single mother,” she wrote. “They’re each grown and residing in their very own homes. I reside with a cat. Am I half a childless cat woman as a result of I’m single and didn’t give delivery to my youngsters? Name me what you need, however this cat woman might be voting proudly in November for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.”
Ronstadt is the newest cultural determine to endorse Kamala Harris and denounce Trump’s insurance policies.
After the presidential debate Tuesday night time, Taylor Swift introduced her help for the vice chairman whereas signing off on her message as a “a childless cat woman.”
“I might be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz within the 2024 Presidential Election,” Swift wrote. “I’m voting for @kamalaharris as a result of she fights for the rights and causes I imagine want a warrior to champion them. I believe she is a steady-handed, gifted chief and I imagine we are able to accomplish a lot extra on this nation if we’re led by calm and never chaos.” She additionally praised Walz, a famous Swiftie, for his file of “standing up for LGBTQ+ rights, IVF, and a lady’s proper to her personal physique for many years.”
A number of artists have additionally sued Trump for utilizing their music throughout his presidential marketing campaign.
Most not too long ago The White Stripes filed a lawsuit againstthe GOP presidential nominee for utilizing “Seven Nation Military” in a since-deleted marketing campaign video.
Lead singer and guitarist Jack White posted about suing Trump on Instagram with a photograph of the entrance cowl of the swimsuit filed in New York District Court docket with the caption, “This machine sues fascists.”
The superstition that Friday the thirteenth is an unfortunate day has been round for the previous 100 years. Nevertheless it doesn’t have the traditional origins that many would possibly count on.
It’s laborious to pinpoint precisely why Friday the thirteenth is taken into account an unfortunate day. Specialists can solely speculate.
“The USA, we get it from England… it wasn’t thought of an unfortunate day in England till the twentieth century. The primary recorded occasion we now have of that in print is 1913,” mentioned Moira Marsh, a folklore librarian on the College of Indiana Bloomington.
“Folks begin to make references to it being unfortunate with out saying why they assume it’s unfortunate. And due to that, usually what you get is every kind of untamed theories about why Friday the thirteenth is unfortunate,” mentioned Stephen Winick, a folklore specialist on the American Folklife Middle of The Library of Congress.
Some explanation why Friday the thirteenth is regarded as unfortunate
Some speculate that Friday the thirteenth is unfortunate as a result of Judas was the thirteenth visitor on the Final Supper, or that Knights Templar had been condemned on a Friday the thirteenth. However Winick mentioned specialists don’t know if any of these issues are true.
The primary references Winick has seen saying Friday the thirteenth is unfortunate are each from French writing and performs.
A personality within the 1834 play Les Finesses des Gribouilles says “I used to be born on a Friday, December thirteenth, 1813 from which come all of my misfortunes.” And within the French literary journal Revue de Paris, Marquis de Salvo wrote a few father who killed his daughter on Friday the thirteenth, and mentioned “It’s at all times Fridays and the quantity 13 that convey again luck.”
Whereas the mixture of Friday and 13 is a comparatively new invention, the concept that Fridays are unfortunate just isn’t.
“Fridays had been thought of unfortunate days, and that’s been true for the reason that Center Ages within the English talking world and possibly by means of most of Europe, as a result of Friday was the day of crucifixion. And within the outdated Catholic custom, each Friday was a day of penance. And that concept has continued,” mentioned Marsh.
Marsh mentioned the concept that 13 is an unfortunate quantity doesn’t actually present up till across the seventeenth century.
“Earlier than that, it may need been thought of an excellent quantity as a result of it goes again to supposedly the 13 individuals who had been on the Final Supper. Earlier than reformation, Christians most well-liked to try to emulate that.”
After the Reformation got here alongside, Marsh mentioned concepts like that had been forbidden as superstitious. And so what was thought of an excellent quantity flipped to be thought of a foul one.
There’s one other concept about why the quantity 13 is unfortunate.
“12 is a quantity that’s very mathematically vital. It’s divisible by many alternative numbers. And it’s very helpful mathematically for varied issues,” mentioned Winick. There are 12 months, 12 zodiac indicators, 12 inches in a foot. “After which 13 comes alongside and it’s sort of a dud. It doesn’t actually provide help to out a lot mathematically.”
Unfortunate days in different nations
Marsh and Winick say that due to standard tradition, just like the film Friday the thirteenth, the day is now fairly widespread in nations around the globe. And journalists have had a hand in spreading the recognition of that concept.
In Italy, Winick mentioned, the unfortunate day tends to be Friday the seventeenth. After which in Spanish talking nations, the unfortunate day tends to be Tuesday the thirteenth.
“Folks speculate that’s as a result of Tuesday is related to the chaotic God of warfare. You already know, Martes or Tuesday in Spanish is expounded to the God of warfare, Mars. Due to that, individuals assume which may be the origin of Tuesday’s being unfortunate,” mentioned Winick.
Marsh mentioned a Greek nurse within the Nineteen Sixties could also be one other supply who discovered Tuesdays to be unfortunate. In line with this nurse, if a marriage ended on a Monday night, the ladies of the household would maintain the bridge shut by in order that her husband wouldn’t contact her. As a result of if any little one was conceived on a Monday night, the start of Tuesday could be thought of unfortunate, and the child would possible have start defects.
In Greece, Winick mentioned they typically hyperlink the potential origins again to historical Greek tradition. So that they’ll take into consideration historical Greek arithmetic, which had concepts that the quantity 12 was an excellent quantity, and 13 was a foul quantity.
“We search explanations for the chaotic expertise of life. We need to clarify to ourselves why issues have occurred in a sure manner, why issues didn’t go our manner… it provides us a way of management although we might not have management,” mentioned Winick.
The digital article was edited by Adriana Gallardo and Obed Manuel.
It seems Halsey is engaged to her boyfriend, Avan Jogia.
The singer seemingly introduced her engagement in a put up shared to the social platform X on Thursday. After the account Pop Base tweeted, “Halsey says she hopes to marry boyfriend Avan Jogia,” Halsey quoted the tweet with a correction.
“***fiancé Avan Jogia,” Halsey wrote.
Hours earlier than, whereas on the MTV Video Music Awards crimson carpet, Halsey spoke to E! Information about doubtlessly marrying Jogia.
“I hope so,” Halsey stated when requested if marriage was a part of the plan.
“Avan is the perfect. He’s one of many biggest issues that ever occurred to me. And each single day that I get to spend with him is one the place I simply really feel like I’m with my finest buddy,” Halsey continued.
She additionally stated Jogia is finest mates together with her son, Ender, whom she shares together with her ex-boyfriend Alev Aydin. “They’re inseparable,” Halsey stated.
ABC Audio has reached out to Halsey’s rep for remark.
Chad McQueen, son of the legendary actor Steve McQueen who performed “Dutch” in “The Karate Child” movie collection, died Wednesday in Palm Springs. He was 63.
His spouse Jeanie and his youngsters Chase and Madison stated in a press release to Selection, “It’s with a heavy coronary heart that we announce the passing of our father, Chad McQueen. His outstanding journey as a loving father to us, alongside along with his unwavering dedication to our mom, really exemplified a life full of love and dedication,” reads the assertion. “His ardour for racing not solely highlighted his distinctive expertise but additionally served as a approach to honor his father’s legacy, a testomony to the values instilled in him.”
It continues: “He handed his ardour, data and dedication right down to us, and we are going to proceed not solely his legacy however our grandfather’s as effectively. As a household, we have to navigate this troublesome time, and we kindly ask for privateness as we bear in mind and rejoice his extraordinary life.”
McQueen is finest recognized for his position as “Dutch” in “The Karate Child” (1984) and its sequel, “The Karate Child Half II” (1986). His portrayal of one of many Cobra Kai members was iconic in ’80s popular culture. His character, particularly, exhibited a cruel angle and inspired Johnny Lawrence (performed by William “Billy” Zabka) to brutally beat up Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) through the evening of the Halloween dance.
His character additionally mocks and threatens the New Jersey native earlier than the All-Valley Match. Throughout the second season of the TV collection “Cobra Kai,” it’s revealed that Dutch has been serving time in jail. Although there have been talks of McQueen doubtlessly showing within the present, scheduling points reportedly prevented it.
Though he would proceed to seem in different movies, corresponding to “New York Cop” (1993) and “Purple Line” (1995), his movie profession was not as intensive as his father’s. Following in his father’s footsteps, nevertheless, McQueen had a profitable profession in auto racing, his true ardour. He competed professionally in occasions just like the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 12 Hours of Sebring and based McQueen Racing, an organization that develops high-performance vehicles and bikes, persevering with the household legacy of ardour for cars.
In 2006, McQueen suffered a near-fatal crash whereas working towards for the Daytona Worldwide Speedway’s Rolex 24 occasion. Although he finally pulled by, the crash successfully ended his skilled racing profession, however he has remained concerned in motorsports by his firm and different ventures.
McQueen was born in Los Angeles on Dec. 28, 1960. He was raised in Malibu.
He’s survived by his spouse, Jeanie, and his youngsters, Chase, Madison and Steven, knowledgeable actor finest recognized for his position in “The Vampire Diaries.”
Halsey carried out “Ego” on the 2024 MTV VMAs on Wednesday, however the pop star’s greatest second of the night time got here afterward social media. After Pop Base posted a photograph of Halsey and actor Avan Jogia, who the outlet known as Halsey’s “boyfriend,” they re-posted the picture with the correction “***fiancé Avan Jogia.” “Avan is the most effective,” Halsey had mentioned earlier on the VMAs crimson carpet. “He’s one of many biggest issues that’s ever occurred to me, and each single day that I get to spend with him is one the place I simply really feel like I’m with my finest good friend. It’s unimaginable.” When requested about getting married, Halsey quipped, “Uh, I hope so” with a mischievous smile. Jogia is finest recognized for enjoying Beck Oliver on Nickelodeon’s Victorious from 2010 to 2013. (Uproxx)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — As wildfires raging within the mountains solid an orange glow behind the downtown Los Angeles skyline, Southern California residents had been jolted awake Thursday by one other reminder of Mom Nature’s may.
It was an all-too-familiar feeling for locals when a 4.7 magnitude earthquake rattled the Los Angeles space, unleashing boulders onto a Malibu street, shaking Santa Monica’s 1909 wood pier and waking some individuals from mattress. No accidents or damages had been instantly reported.
The quake occurred because the area has been coping with three main wildfires burning east of Los Angeles that torched dozens of properties and compelled 1000’s to evacuate. The blazes erupted throughout a blistering warmth wave that has simply subsided.
“It’s a garden-variety Southern California earthquake,” California Institute of Expertise seismologist Lucy Jones mentioned.
The U.S. Geological Survey mentioned it was centered 4 miles (7 kilometers) north of Malibu and was about 7 miles (11 kilometers) under the floor. The jolt was felt so far as 45 miles (72 kilometers) away in Orange County, the place individuals reported gadgets shifting of their properties. It was adopted by a number of smaller aftershocks.
Officers across the area mentioned authorities had been surveying for harm, however had not discovered something main.
Malibu Councilmember Bruce Silverstein mentioned he has lived locally for 13 years and this was the toughest quake but, however nothing broke.
“Our home shook for about two or three seconds. I used to be involved the home windows had been going to pop,” Silverstein mentioned.
A digicam on the 115-year-old Santa Monica Pier, about 12 miles (19 kilometers) from Malibu, confirmed a number of seconds of intense shaking throughout the quake. A number of morning newscasts additionally captured the earthquake stay as cameras shook in tv studios.
A crew was engaged on clearing giant boulders that rolled onto Malibu Canyon Highway, close to the epicenter, KTLA-TV reported
The earthquake occurred closest to the Malibu fault, however was additionally close to the Anacapa fault, Jones mentioned. Earthquakes under magnitude 5.0 are too small to be definitively related to giant faults which are mapped on the earth’s floor.
Rene Vasquez, supervisor at The Nation Kitchen breakfast place in Malibu, mentioned the shaking lasted a couple of seconds and kitchen employees ducked exterior as a precaution.
“It wasn’t that unhealthy,” Vasquez mentioned. “Thank God nothing fell.”
At a Starbucks on the Malibu coast, surfer Albert Daniel was ingesting espresso and puzzled if the glass ceiling may come crashing onto him. Afterward, he hoped for some huge waves.
“It’s truly fairly calm,” Daniel mentioned. “We did get a bunch of units coming in however they had been very small.”
Trudy Novicki, who was visiting from San Clemente, was about to meditate on the balcony of her resort room when she felt the shake.
“I assumed a truck had run into the constructing,” she mentioned. Her daughter, who was visiting from Florida, mentioned it was her first earthquake and thought it was a practice.
Individuals, together with a number of celebrities, took to social media to put up they had been woke up by a jolt.
Resort heiress and media persona Paris Hilton wrote on X, “That #Earthquake was scary.” Actuality TV star Khloe Kardashian posted: “Rattling that was a giant one.”
Some residents mentioned they had been alerted by the state’s earthquake early warning system.
Various quakes have been felt within the space in current months, together with a 4.4 magnitude earthquake in August that rattled nerves from the Los Angeles space to San Diego, swaying buildings, knocking gadgets off cabinets and setting off automobile alarms. The temblor triggered a pipe to burst on the ornate 1927 Pasadena Metropolis Corridor constructing.
In February, a magnitude 4.6 earthquake was felt in Malibu that occurred south of Thursday’s earthquake.
Thursday’s occasion was the 14th earthquake sequence of magnitude 4.0 in Southern California this yr. Whereas that is above the common of eight to 10 per yr up to now few a long time, it’s too quickly to inform whether or not the elevated exercise is statistically vital, mentioned Jones, the Caltech seismologist. The earlier highest quantity was 13 earthquakes of this measurement in 1988.
The current bout of quakes doesn’t point out whether or not a bigger, extra harmful earthquake is arriving quickly, however residents ought to be ready for extra aftershocks. There’s a 1 in 20 probability that one other earthquake of 4.7 magnitude or greater will happen, U.S. Geological Survey geophysicist Morgan Web page instructed the Los Angeles Occasions.
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Taxin reported from Orange County. Related Press author Olga R. Rodriguez in San Francisco additionally contributed.
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