On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the wild Facebook downtime, labor strikes affect certain companies and industries, and what popular 90s show is getting a follow up from Netflix.
IntroWhat Are We Up To?C: What If?, Muppets Haunted Mansion, Squid Games, Metroid Dread, Rocket LeagueB: Fallout New Vegas, Mass Effect LE, Halloween ‘78, outside is nice (finally).Brandon’s Random FactoidAssholes of the Week: The huge trove of leaked financial documents called the Pandora Papers exposed offshore dealings of hundreds of the world’s global eliteFrance’s Catholic Church abused about 333k children according to a new reportHeroes of the Week: Bubba Wallace is only the second black driver to win a NASCAR Cup Series raceAustralia returns four national parks and other lands to Indigenous AustraliansThe New York Public Library is eliminating all late fees, effective immediatelyPharmacy chains are up next in major opioid crisis trialFederal judge has temporarily blocked Texas’ new abortion lawAnd now it’s back in effect after a higher court struck down that rulingFacebook and its various services suffered a global outage on MondayThey revealed what happened to cause the issuesKellogg’s US cereal plant workers went on strike over lost benefits and other threatsTrailblazing women in US history will be featured on quarters for the next four yearsWilliam Shatner is actually going to space next week on Jeff Bezos’ Blue OriginA Russian actor is on the ISS now to film portions of a film up thereIATSE vote to authorize a strike if the studios don’t make a good offerWandaVision spinoff starring Kathryn Hahn is in the works for Disney PlusNetflix orders “That 90s Show” spinoff of “That 70s Show”Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 begins November 18We got a trailer for Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon CityWe got a trailer for Blade Runner: Black LotusWe got a trailer for Shenmue the AnimationContact us at
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