July 9, 2019

July 9th is the 189th day of the year. There are 175 days remaining until the end of the year.

The monthly Blood Donor Clinic is at the Portuguese Club of Chatham this afternoon from 1-7.

Book your appointment now at Blood.ca, 1-888-2-DONATE, use the apps or just walk in tomorrow.

Appointments need to be filled today – please find time to give the gift of life!

The Tuesday Movie @ Your Library is Book Club at 2.

Stop by the Chatham Branch of the Chatham-Kent Public Library every week for the Tuesday Movie @ Your Library.

Everyone is welcome for a suggested donation of $2 at the door.

Pete Alonso of the New York Mets won last night’s Home Run Derby. But it was the Blue Jays Vladimir Guerrero Jr. who put on the show.

Guerrero hit a staggering 91 home runs in his first Home Run Derby, smashing through the single-Derby home run record. He’s the youngest participant in the contest’s history, at just 20 years old. His 91 home runs are more than the Detroit Tigers have hit this season.

The MLB All Star Game is tonight from Cleveland at 7:30 on Fox.

MOOOD 😎 pic.twitter.com/7jYJZtPLio

— Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) July 9, 2019

Instagram just announced a new plan to cut down on bullying. They’re going to recognize when you’re writing something mean and let you know.

They’re starting to roll out a new AI feature that analyzes the comment you’re about to post and lets you know, “Hey, this isn’t very nice.”

In the example they shared, someone wrote a comment saying, “You are so ugly and stupid” and Instagram responded, “Are you sure you want to post this?”

Instagram is also planning another feature to try to make their social network less toxic by letting you mute comments from different users without those users getting notifications they were muted.

The head of Instagram says they’re really trying to keep the conversations more civil because bullying, “could hurt our reputation and our brand over time.”

A scientist named Steve Goldner just invented a new product: It’s called Parachute, and it’s a pill made out of pure CBD that immediately sobers you up if you get too high.

You put one under your tongue, it dissolves, and within five minutes you’ll feel right again.

For now, the pills are just available in Michigan, but they should expand where marijuana is legal soon.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod