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Thor's brother is, on the surface, a pretty nasty sort. The Asgardian God of Mischief allies himself with aliens, involves himself in duplicitous plots, and is an all-round cheeky bastard. Instead of playing second fiddle to his older brother, the Marvel anti-hero will star in his own titular series: Loki.

Hello! Every week, our internet culture staff will discuss the world of streaming entertainment in this newsletter. In this week’s edition:

El Salvador became the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender on Wednesday after the nation’s legislature voted overwhelmingly in favor of the proposal.

A woman in the U.K. has stirred outrage online after destroying a floral tribute to a teenager who died in a car crash.

A video trending on Twitter and Reddit has resurfaced showing an Arkansas State Police trooper using a "PIT maneuver" to stop a pregnant woman's car on the interstate, causing it to overturn.

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A farmer in Australia shared a TikTok video of him burning mice alive in a barrel, and viewers are not happy. TikTok flagged the video as “sensitive content.” 

The farmer, @andyj3825, has almost 13,000 followers, and his video has garnered over 6 million views.  

https://www.tiktok.com/@andyj3825/video/6969393587498831106?_d=secCgYIASAHKAESMgow1oUAC4UseyP0FbPRa3uCsC4Vd0vr0%2BXIvKmmJ8LqBL9To3PrtZ6UqqkgZk4QDKf3GgA%3D&checksum=bb979fbc63fac528388fa7d7f502a2607059eb9c3f7ca84

A now-viral video captured the moment a teenager pushed her friend in front of a moving car in Spain on May 30, according to the Sun.

A two-part TikTok series recorded at a baseball game shows the bitter rivalry between Yankees and Red Sox fans. Except in this case, the Yankee fan is a grown woman and the Red Sox fans are a group of children. 

John S. Blake, known as @blackfluidpoet with about 362,000 followers on TikTok, went viral for explaining the history and meaning behind Pride Month. As someone who says he was alive in the '80s, he knows why queer people deserve an entire month recognizing them.

From our friends at Nautilus.

As the number of people seeking out a COVID-19 vaccine starts to ebb, officials are trying out methods to motivate the hesitant. Cash incentives, free beer, and even free guns are all being offered by different entities, and even weed has joined the list of rewards for getting a jab. That’s right, in some U.S. states getting your COVID vaccine could earn you free marijuana.

Washington state, New York, and Washington D.C. are all offering free cannabis to people who get the vaccine. Читать дальше...