Twitter Creates Customized “GOAT” Emoji For Simone Biles—Making Her The First Olympian To Ever Obtain One

Simone Biles

Roommates, after waiting what seems like forever, fans finally get to see Simone Biles compete at the Tokyo Olympics—and to celebrate her being the GOAT, Twitter just created a special emoji in her honor. This means that Simone Biles is now the first-ever Olympian to receive their own emoji as the Olympics are officially underway!

As the world gathers to watch record-breaking multiple gold-winning gymnast Simone Biles add to her accomplishments during the Tokyo Olympics, popular social media platform Twitter decided to give her the ultimate honor and distinguish her from the rest of the Olympians.

During the duration of the Tokyo Olympics, whenever anyone tweets #Simone or #SimoneBiles her very own emoji will appear…and it’s none other than a goat dressed in a leotard, perfectly honoring Simone’s GOAT status as the world’s greatest female athlete.

Speaking about giving Simone her own emoji, Twitter stated that the honor is meant to recognize Biles’s “legacy, achievements and epic usage of the platform.”

Twitter also revealed that so far this year, Simone was the second-most talked about Olympic athlete on the social media platform, behind only Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee.

After making history once again at the U.S Gymnastics championships, Simone Biles is set to put on a historic performance at the Tokyo Olympics. During her recent practice sessions, she absolutely nailed her signature double-pike move on the balance beam that has been deemed so difficult and dangerous that other gymnasts are forbidden to try it.

 

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Disney will not be attending CinemaCon in individual because the Delta variant is raging in Las Vegas

Signage outside the Caesars Palace Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday, May 02, 2021.

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Walt Disney executives won’t be traveling to Las Vegas next month to attend the National Association of Theater Owners’ CinemaCon.

The company cited growing concerns about the Covid-19 Delta variant, according to a report by The Hollywood Reporter, why it skips the annual meeting of cinema owners and Hollywood studios at Caesars Palace. Disney will be showing one of its upcoming films rather than giving a staged presentation.

The news comes almost a week after NATO publicly condemned Disney’s day-and-date release of “Black Widow”. It’s unclear if this was a factor in the studio’s decision.

Disney representatives were not immediately available for comment.

For a decade, CinemaCon has been a top-class event for studios, theater owners and the media to meet, network and exchange upcoming content and cinema innovations. However, the pandemic sidelined last year’s conference and could still affect this year’s event.

As of Friday, the other major studios are continuing their efforts to host personal presentations, although fewer stars are expected to be present during the four-day convention.

While NATO requires attendees to provide evidence of vaccination or a negative Covid test within 48 hours of the event, many in the film industry have raised concerns about the recent surge in coronavirus cases. There are rumors that other studios that weren’t there before Disney left may follow suit.

Last week the White House declared southern Nevada, which includes the city of Las Vegas, a “sustainable hotspot” for the virus. This means the area has a high number of cases and there is a risk that healthcare resources are limited.

Los Angeles county officials have warned residents not to travel to Nevada and reintroduced indoor mask requirements for all vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals. Las Vegas doesn’t require tourists to wear masks indoors, however.

Representatives from the National Association of Theater Owners declined to comment.

Air-con and local weather change: startups are attempting to assist

This June was the hottest in American history. The 116-degree heat melted power cables in Portland, Oregon, breaking previous temperature records. Seattle recorded an all-time high of 108 degrees, as did the Canadian province of British Columbia with a whopping 121 degrees.

As the world warms, more and more people are installing air conditioners. The global energy demand for cooling has more than tripled since 1990 and could more than double by 2040 without stricter efficiency standards.

But air conditioning itself is a major contributor to global warming. Overall, building operation with heating, cooling and lighting causes 28% of global greenhouse gas emissions. That is more than the entire global transportation sector.

But SkyCool, Gradient, and a number of other companies are working on the problem. They are trying to apply new technology to the traditionally inflexible heating and cooling industry, fund upfront costs, bring value to property owners, and make sure everything is done fairly.

Watch the video to learn more.

Boston Beer shares plunge 26% after weak gross sales of Actually Robust Seltzer weighed on earnings

Really tough seltzer

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Boston Beer shares closed 26% on Friday after disappointing demand for Hard Seltzer dragged the company’s quarterly earnings and earnings.

The Sam Adams Brewery reported earnings of $ 4.75 per share on net sales of $ 603 million. Analysts polled by Refinitiv expected earnings of $ 6.69 per share and sales of $ 658 million.

The company blamed the disappointing quarter on weaker than expected demand for hard seltzer. Boston Beer owns Truly Hard Seltzer, one of the top brands in this category, but new competition and slower growth were among the factors detracting from the brand’s sales this quarter.

“We overestimated the hard seltzer category growth and demand for Truly in the second quarter, negatively impacting our volume and earnings for the quarter and our estimates for the remainder of the year,” said CEO Dave Burwick in an explanation.

He added that Boston Beer had increased its production of Truly to meet peak summer demand. Given lower than expected demand, breweries now have higher inventory levels and the company experienced higher supply chain costs that weighed on its margins.

The company also lowered its full-year forecast for adjusted earnings per share. For 2021, the company now expects adjusted earnings of $ 18-22 per share, compared to the previous outlook of $ 22-26 per share.

Including Friday’s losses, Boston Beer stock is down 29% this year for a market value of $ 8.6 billion.

Dakota Johnson and Chris Martin are having fun with a romantic vacation in Spain

A little fun in the sun!

Dakota Johnson and Chris Martin, who have been together for nearly four years, recently took their romance away for a glorious excursion across the seas. The couple jetted off to Palma de Mallorca, Spain, where they enjoyed a boat ride and some sightseeing in the city.

At one point the couple was spotted sunbathing while sailing out to sea on a rubber dinghy ride. It wasn’t her only outdoor activity that day. That Coldplay Front man and The High Note actress wrapped their arms around each other as they took an afternoon stroll around the Spanish island.

For their outing, the two kept it reserved and casual. The 44-year-old musician beamed when he wore a black t-shirt, matching shorts, and a baseball cap. Dakota looked effortlessly chic in her brightly colored floral blouse and cream shorts. Like Chris, she wore a baseball cap.

Covid circumstances are rising once more in all 50 states throughout U.S. as delta variant tightens its grip

Covid cases are on the rise in all 50 states and the District of Columbia as the delta variant rapidly spreads across the U.S. and the virus once again tightens its grip.

The U.S. is reporting an average of about 43,700 new cases per day over the past week — far below pandemic highs but up 65% over the previous seven days and nearly three times as high as the level two weeks ago, data compiled by Johns Hopkins University shows. Cases hit a 15-month low in late June before they began to rise yet again as fewer people got vaccinated and the more infectious delta variant took hold in the country.

Vaccination rates peaked in April at more than 3 million shots per day but have dropped off considerably in recent months to around 530,000 a day, according to data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Florida and Nevada are reporting the highest daily average of new cases per capita over the past week, all of which are at least double the U.S. rate.

Each of those states also have vaccination rates below the nationwide level, with the biggest gap visible in Louisiana, where 47.7% of the eligible age 12-plus population has received one shot or more compared with 65.9% for the country overall.

Hospital admissions of Covid patients are up 32% compared with one week ago, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The count of daily Covid deaths, which typically lag an increase in case counts by a few weeks or more, has ticked upward but not at the same pace as cases or hospitalizations. Many Americans most vulnerable to the virus also now have some level of protection, as 89% of seniors have received at least one shot.

“Deaths haven’t risen because we have done an incredible job of fully vaccinating the populations most likely to die from Covid-19, especially those over 65 and nursing and assisted home residents,” Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, infectious disease specialist at the University of California at San Francisco, said in an interview. “Deaths also lag infection rate in a few cases, but I also anticipate the death rate not to budge.”

The overwhelming majority of serious Covid cases — 97% of hospital admissions, and 99.5% of Covid deaths — are occurring among those who are not vaccinated, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy told reporters at a White House briefing Thursday.

President Joe Biden and CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky have both called the current state of the outbreak “a pandemic of the unvaccinated.”

U.S. officials are pleading for Americans to get vaccinated against the delta variant, which Walensky said is one of the most infectious respiratory diseases ever seen by scientists. At 68.6% of the adult population at least partially vaccinated, the U.S. has still not reached Biden’s July Fourth goal of getting 70% of Americans aged 18 and older to receive one shot or more.

The variant is highly contagious, largely because people infected with the delta strain can carry up to 1,000 times more virus in their nasal passages than those infected with the original strain, according to new data.

“The delta variant is more aggressive and much more transmissible than previously circulating strains,” Walensky told reporters at a briefing Thursday. “It is one of the most infectious respiratory viruses we know of, and that I have seen in my 20-year career.”

Local officials across the country are now pleading with Americans to once again wear masks indoors. Several counties in California and Nevada are now advising all residents to wear masks in public indoor settings — whether they are vaccinated or not. Local leaders in at least three more states have reinstated mask mandates, issued facial covering recommendations or threatened the return of strict public health limits for all residents — in defiance of CDC guidelines that say vaccinated people don’t have to follow those protocols in most settings.

“The easiest and best and most effective way that we can prevent the emergence of a new variant and crush the already existing delta variant is to get everyone vaccinated,” said White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci in an interview Wednesday with CNBC.

— CNBC’s Bob Towey contributed reporting.

Shares Making The Greatest Strikes By Noon: Snap, Twitter, and Extra

Check out the companies that are making the headlines in midday trading.

Snap – Snap shares rose 23.9% after better-than-expected earnings results in the second quarter. The social media company reported strong growth in users, engagement, and ads.

Twitter – Twitter stocks rose roughly 3% after reporting the fastest revenue growth since 2014. The social media platform reported earnings of 20 cents per share, beating analysts’ estimates of 7 cents per share, according to Refinitiv.

Intel – The chipmaker’s shares fell 5.3% after the company released cautious margin forecasts during the current quarter. Intel forecast a non-GAAP gross margin of 55% for the third quarter, a significant decrease from 59.2% in the second quarter. Intel said the reduced margin was due to supply bottlenecks as well as costs related to building chips with a new process technology.

American Express – The payment giant’s stocks rose 1.3% after hitting the upper and lower bounds of quarterly results. American Express reported earnings of $ 2.80 per share on sales of $ 10.24 billion. Wall Street expected earnings of $ 1.66 per share on sales of $ 9.58 billion, according to Refinitiv.

Honeywell – The industrial conglomerate’s stocks were down 1.5%, despite the company beating estimates in the second quarter. Honeywell earned $ 2.02 per share, which Refinitiv estimates was above its expected $ 1.94. At $ 8.81 billion, sales were also above the expected $ 8.64 billion. Honeywell has also raised its forecast for the year.

Boston Beer – Boston Beer slipped 26% after the company lowered its outlook for 2021 on expected weak sales of its hard seltzer brands. The company earned $ 4.75 per share for the quarter, which Refinitiv estimates was below its expected $ 6.69 per share. Sales also fell short of expectations. Goldman Sachs downgraded the company from Buy to Neutral.

Skechers – Skechers shares rose 5.9% after the footwear company reported sales of $ 1.66 billion in the last quarter, beating analysts’ forecasts of $ 1.5 billion. Skechers also issued strong earnings and sales forecasts for the third quarter and full year.

Veoneer – Veoneer shares rose 56.4% after the Swedish automotive tech company announced it would buy it from Canadian auto parts maker Magna International for about $ 3.8 billion. The transaction will support Magna in its efforts to improve its driver assistance technology business.

TAL Education, New Oriental Education and Technology – US-listed Chinese education stocks fell after reports of government crackdown on the sector that included a ban on foreign investment. TAL Education stocks fell 70.8% while New Oriental Education and Technology stocks fell 54%. Educational institutions are banned from raising money through listings while foreign capital cannot invest, according to a copy of the Chinese-language document reviewed and translated by CNBC.

– CNBC’s Tanaya Macheel, Yun Li, Pippa Stevens and Maggie Fitzgerald contributed to the coverage

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Eric Swalwell Exposes Tucker Carlson By Releasing Textual content Alternate

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) didn’t just fight back against Tucker Carlson’s lies. He released a text exchange and suggested that the host was “losing his mind.”

Rep. Swalwell tweeted:

After years of lying about me and my family, @TuckerCarlson is losing his mind that I won’t return his calls. Sorry, Tucker, I’m just not that into you. Who knows what lie he’ll tell next? #TuckerTantrum pic.twitter.com/vwX7AfwJ1Z

— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) July 23, 2021

Tucker Carlson’s Image Gets Blown Up By Eric Swalwell

Fox News has turned paranoid lies for profit into a booming media profile and influence within the Republican Party, but what Carlson is doing is following in the footsteps of Bill O’Reilly, Glenn Beck, and Donald Trump before him.

Carlson is playing the part of the truth-teller to his viewers, but when the cameras go off, Tucker Carlson is still the same whiny, needy, mentally insecure climber that had been booted off of every other cable network before he landed a gig on Fox and Friends Weekend.

It takes a seriously mentally unstable person to use their platform to smear someone with lies and then beg their victim to call them like a 16-year-old who is desperate for a date to the prom.

Rep. Swalwell exposed the real Tucker Carlson, and it looks like the California Congressman was right. Fox News’s ratings draw appears to be losing his mind.

Mr. Easley is the managing editor, who is White House Press Pool, and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.

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Virgin Galactic former CEO George Whitesides on subsequent spaceflight

Virgin Galactic CEO George Whitesides

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George Whitesides, the former CEO of Virgin Galactic, will fly on the company’s next spaceflight test, CNBC has learned.

Sir Richard Branson made the announcement at a party on July 11 in Las Cruces, New Mexico — following his own spaceflight — after thanking Whitesides for leading the company for a decade.

“When [Branson] thanked George, he offhand, very casually, said ‘and George will be leading our next flight,’ and people cheered,” Lori Garver, who previously served as the deputy administrator of NASA, told CNBC.

Garver was among more than 100 company employees and VIPs celebrating Branson’s successful spaceflight at Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces. Another person who was at the event confirmed Branson’s comments to CNBC.

A Virgin Galactic spokesperson in a statement said the company has “not confirmed the details for the Unity 23 manifest at this time.” Whitesides did not respond to CNBC’s requests for comment.

Whitesides was Virgin Galactic’s CEO from 2010 to 2020, before shifting to a role as the company’s chief space officer last year when the company brought on Michael Colglazier as CEO. He now chairs Virgin Galactic’s space advisory board.

Garver says Whitesides was the only member of the next crew who Branson mentioned at the celebration, with three more people expected to join the spaceflight.

The launch’s timing is yet unknown, but Virgin Galactic has previously said it aimed to complete its next two spaceflight tests this summer. There was a 50-day gap between Virgin Galactic’s last two spaceflights, so Whitesides’ launch may happen in late August or early September if the company takes a similar amount of time to prepare.

Shares of Virgin Galactic slid 4% in trading on Friday to close at $29.58.

Virgin Galactic’s passenger rocket plane VSS Unity, carrying Richard Branson and crew, begins its ascent to the edge of space above Spaceport America near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, U.S. July 11, 2021 in a still image from video.

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Virgin Galactic has launched four test spaceflights to date, with its most recent, called Unity 22, carrying its billionaire founder. The company’s leadership previously announced that it would fly two more tests of spacecraft VSS Unity, with the first carrying another four “mission specialists” and the second flying members of the Italian Air Force.

Billionaire Richard Branson and crew are seen on board Virgin Galactic’s passenger rocket plane VSS Unity before starting their untethered ascent to the edge of space above Spaceport America near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, U.S. July 11, 2021 in a still image from video.

Virgin Galactic

The company’s spacecraft VSS Unity was designed to carry six passengers — in addition to two pilots — but the vehicle is now outfitted to carry four, with Virgin Galactic confirming that its spaceflight with Branson represented a “fully crewed” launch.

Virgin Galactic is conducting the spaceflight tests as the final step in developing its vehicle, with the goal of beginning passenger flights in early 2022. The company has about 600 reservations for tickets on future flights.

Since Branson’s flight, the stock has slid from highs near $55 a share to trade near $30 a share. The drop in part came following Virgin Galactic’s announcement the day after Branson’s spaceflight that it filed to sell up to $500 million in common stock.

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Iggy Azalea clapped again commentators who got here for her son as a result of he was carrying a dinosaur outfit

Iggy Azalea

When it comes to defending your child against negativity, mothers seem to be able to cope with this all week long. First, Meme O. applauded commentators for her daughter delivering hand gestures. Now Iggy Azalea is doing the same with her son. Yesterday, the rapper had to clap to some Twitter users after people made comments about the son she had with Playboi Carti, Onyx, who was wearing a dinosaur outfit.

The user posted the photo of Onyx in a dinosaur outfit on the floor and tweeted, “Where’s Carti? This n ** a has to be in the RAF immediately. ”Iggy had none of it and immediately clapped back. “Imagine if you were so unhappy that you were bullying a year old for choosing his own outfit.” She continued, “You get so cheesy and bored and it’s a fucking shame really.” Iggy continued to respond to Twitter users who tried to downplay the situation by saying it wasn’t that deep, even though Iggy tweeted something else. She opted for violence and told the user to come and say, “You suck in real life and find out it is”.

Iggy let it be known that she wasn’t playing with her child at all. In the midst of the hustle and bustle, Safaree joined the conversation by advising Iggy. He suggested that she stop posting her child on social media because he feels like we live in a sick, sad world where innocent children are tainted with evil eyes.

Due to the problems he has with his estranged wife, Erica Mena, and his absence after giving birth to their premature son, some of the roommates felt it was inappropriate for him to provide parenting advice.

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