\u27a2 The owner of a bar in Elgin, Texas is\u00a0banning masks.\u00a0 If you have a mask on, you can’t come in.\u00a0 Instead, he put up a sign that says people who feel like masks are necessary should just stay home.\u00a0 And he’s telling customers to maintain six feet of distance.\u00a0 He says it’s his way of pushing back against the, quote, “snitch patrols.”\u00a0 (Elgin is a very small town east of Austin.)<\/p>\n
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\u27a2 John Rich\u00a0says\u00a0his Redneck Riviera Bar in Nashville does offer customers masks when they enter, but they’re NOT required to wear one.\u00a0 (His employees do wear them, and their temperature is checked every day.)<\/p>\n
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\u27a2 His first time out of lockdown, a 4 year old British toddler managed to get stuck in a tree.<\/p>\n
Finley Ibrahim took a trip with his mother and three brothers to a local park and quickly became lodged inside a tree-trunk hole. \u201dI ran over, and I just spotted the top of Finley\u2019s face, with a hand and an arm poking out, and I was mortified at the time, thinking, \u0091Oh my word, what am I going to do? says Finley\u2019s mom, Lindsey.<\/p>\n
Her bad back prevented her from pulling her son out, and her husband, Terry, was working at home, so she approached a random father who was also in the park and asked for help. He came over and the guy was like Spider-Man: He just sprang to the top of this tree trunk, he pulled him hard a few times and then Finley popped out the top.\u0094<\/p>\n
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\u27a2 A woman named Emily Canellos-Sims from Kewanee, Illinois has the new Guinness world record for the largest overdue library book fine.\u00a0 She returned a poetry book called\u00a0“Days and Deeds”<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0her mother checked out back in April of 1955.<\/p>\n The total fine she paid was . . . $345.14.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u27a2 Spike Lee has released a short film showcasing police brutality with clips of the deaths of George Floyd and Eric Garner along with footage from his 1989 Oscar-nominated film \u201cDo the Right Thing.\u201d Lee has posted the video \u201cWill History Stop Repeating Itself?\u201d on his Twitter account after it originally debuted on CNN. Talking to Don Lemon, Lee said: \u201cWe are seeing this again and again and again. This is the thing, the killing of black bodies, that is what this country is built upon.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n TODAY IS\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Tim McGraw<\/strong>‘s “Everywhere” album was released in 1997.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Tim McGraw<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Kenny Chesney<\/strong>\u00a0were arrested in Buffalo, New York, after a backstage skirmish at Ralph Wilson Stadium on the\u00a0George Strait<\/strong>\u00a0tour in 2000. Chesney took a ride on a policeman’s horse, and McGraw got in a fight with cops. They were both acquitted.<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n HOW \u2018ZOOM FATIGUE\u2019 CAN LEAD TO BURNOUT AND DEPRESSION <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n If you feel exhausted after a day of video meetings, you\u2019re not alone.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As the pandemic continues, more and more people have reported feeling \u201cZoom fatigue.\u201d It\u2019s named after the popular video chatting platform, but is used to describe the exhaustion that comes with participating in video conferences on any platform.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Psychologists say there are various aspects of video chats that make them more difficult to handle than in-person interactions, including the fact that we cannot see the person\u2019s full body language or other cues they give off that we process unconsciously, so our brains have to make extra effort to compensate for the missing information.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Another thing that makes video chatting tiring is the fact that we can also see ourselves on video, which makes us hyper-aware of how we\u2019re coming off and adds a layer of self-consciousness we don\u2019t have when we\u2019re in a conversation face-to-face.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n CBC news, in Canada, spoke to a psychology professor from Clemson University who warns that if Zoom fatigue is not addressed, it could lead to long term health consequences, including burnout and depression.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n To avoid Zoom fatigue try to take work video meetings only when email or messaging won\u2019t suffice, and remember it\u2019s ok to pick up the phone and give your friends and family members and old-fashioned phone call.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n FOUR RANDOM FACTS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n GOOD NEWS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n A 7-year-old kid in North Carolina found out his\u00a0babysitter’s prom was canceled<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 So he planned one for her, and asked her to be his date.\u00a0 His mom helped put it together in their yard.\u00a0 There was even a dinner with Chick-fil-A and an appetizer of peanut butter and apple slices.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A group of guys went fishing in Hawaii,\u00a0caught a 220-pound tuna<\/strong><\/a>, and donated it to healthcare workers.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Captain Tom Moore’s<\/strong>\u00a0idea of\u00a0walking for charity has taken off worldwide<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 Now a 95-year-old World War Two vet in Ghana is doing it too.\u00a0 Last we checked, he’d\u00a0raised<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0over $25,000 for healthcare workers in Africa.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A construction worker in North Carolina who was behind on rent accidentally\u00a0threw out his $1,200 stimulus check<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0at a car wash.\u00a0 And he didn’t even realize it was missing until an employee found it . . . tracked him down . . . and gave it back to him<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n [74] Penelope Wilton, actress (\u201cDownton Abbey\u201d 2010-15)<\/p>\n [53] Anderson Cooper, TV news correspondent<\/p>\n [34] Rafael Nadal, Spain, #2-ranked men\u2019s pro tennis player (formerly #1) <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n THINGS THAT MAKE YA GO HMMM<\/u><\/strong>\u2026 ____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE WHEN THEY REOPEN <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Learning was moved online for most schools as the crisis began, but what could they look like when they reopen?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n An interview of teachers reveals their predictions. For one thing, the school week could look very different, with most students attending school two or three days a week and doing the rest of their learning at home. Inside schools, desks will be spaced apart, and some classrooms will likely expand into unused gymnasiums, libraries or art rooms\u2014rooms that all could otherwise encourage kids to cram together.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Arrivals, dismissals, and recess are likely to happen on staggered schedules and through specific doors to promote physical distancing, and students will eat lunch at their desks.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Teachers and other staff at higher risk of contracting the virus will likely continue to each from home, and everyone will have to wash their hands a lot. Frequently-touched surfaces will also get wiped down often.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n WEDNESDAY JUNE 3RD<\/sup> \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n TODAY\u2019S BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n [74] Penelope Wilton, actress (\u201cDownton Abbey\u201d 2010-15)<\/p>\n [53] Anderson Cooper, TV news correspondent<\/p>\n [34] Rafael Nadal, Spain, #2-ranked men\u2019s pro tennis player (formerly #1)<\/p>\n ——————————————————————————————————————————-<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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