4th February 2020
Happy Tuesday. Bit of a mix today, with only a tiny wee bit of the football type stuff. Let's get into it, shall we?
𝐍𝐤𝐨𝐬𝐢 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 - Today's Google doodle celebrates Nkosi Johnson, a South African activist who died at the age of 12. He was born HIV positive in South Africa, and he and his adoptive mother Gail started workshops that educated the South African community about AIDS and was a catalyst for changes in legislation to protect those born with Aids or the HIV virus.
𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐯𝐬 𝐒𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐲 - It's happening today at 19:45! Who's excited about the kicky ball grass rectangle game?
𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐍𝐨 𝟗 - Lots of reviews about the latest installment of Inside No 9 are trending. Titled "The Referee's a W----r", stuff that was football related happened. I can't give yuo any spoilers, because I didn't watch it.
𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 - If you saw the Superbowl then you probably also saw the teaser trailers dropped by Disney. People are mostly excited about Elizabeth Olsen's Scarlet Witch costume which showed up in the trailer for WandaVision.
𝐏𝐢𝐳𝐳𝐚 𝐇𝐮𝐭 - KFC and Pizza hut are teaming up to produce a Popcorn Chicken pizza. Yum or Yuk? what do you think?
𝐍𝐒&𝐈 - February's premium bond winning numbers have been announced. Did you get lucky? This page needs sponsors...
𝐈𝐨𝐰𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐜𝐮𝐬 - Iowa are kicking off the long process of nominating a Democratic candidate to take on Donald Trump. Results are expected soon, but the whole event is being described as "chaotic" and a "debacle". This is not a surprise to me - things are a bit broken in the Democratic party and I will shortly share a link to a podcast that explains why. You're welcome.
𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 - this is a very broad term to be trending. In Finance news - Citi has suspended a bond trader for allegdly nicking something from the staff canteen, and Credit Suisse has frozen an investment bank bonus pool.
𝐋𝐨𝐮𝐢𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 - Louis Tomlinson is a member of One Direction, and recently he went on BBC Breakfast, only to be grilled by the presenters about the deaths of his mother and sister. Classy work, BBC Breakfast. Louis has said he won't be going on there again.
𝐑𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐥 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐧 - Rebel Wilson and Joaquin Phoenix have been praised for their brave speeches at the Baftas, highlighting the lack of diversity in the nominees. She also made a crack about Prince Andrew with Prince William in the audience. I've read the joke. You probably had to be there.
And that concludes Tuesday. I haven't been watching Love Island, but I assume there has been snogging and machinations and people not wearing much.