Just, wow Posted to Reddit by u/caustin70 Get in the game You think your recycle game is tight? Where do paper coffee cups go? How about bricks? How about that plastic clamshell from your lunchtime salad? Put your skills to the test with an online Know Where to Throw game at the city’s website, memphistn.recycle.game. […]
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Memphis Flyer and Memphis Magazine Writers Win Six Green Eyeshade Awards
The staff of the Memphis Flyer and Memphis magazine were honored with six journalism awards for print-media work published in 2019. Since 1950, the Green Eyeshade Awards — so named because of the green visor worn by old-time newspaper editors — have recognized the best journalism in an 11-state region of the Southeast. The competition, […]
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MEMernet: NCRM at NASCAR, Mask Up Memphis
NCRM Shines at NASCAR (Yes, NaSCAR) Denny Hamlin’s #11 FedEx Camry had a new look when he took to the Talladega track last weekend. The all-black paint scheme carried but one logo on the hood: the National Civil Rights Museum. “I promised to listen and that’s what I’m doing,” Hamlin said in a tweet. “Today […]
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MEMernet: Anthony Marcuzzo, McDonald’s Ice Cream Machine
Tony, Tony, Tony Posted to Twitter by @BossesMemphis Anthony Marcuzzo was excoriated on Memphis social media this weekend after he allegedly rammed protesters with his vehicle in Cooper-Young. Within moments, Marcuzzo’s picture was all over Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. People raged about the incident and raged more later when they realized Marcuzzo was released with […]
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VENT! Nine Memphians Let It All Hang Out
Times are tough. We’re stuck inside a lot. And when we go out, we’re either walking the dog or making quick trips to stores while wearing masks. We can’t shake hands. We can’t hug. We can’t hang in bars like we used to. Restaurant servers and bartenders are wearing masks and gloves. There are no […]
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Southland Casino Gaming to Reopen Monday
Southland Casino Racing will implement a comprehensive program ahead of its May 18th reopening that features new health and safety standards aimed at helping keep guests and employees safe while slowing the spread of COVID-19. The program, called Play It Safe™, encompasses Southland’s new operating procedures, which have been reengineered to minimize contact risk. It […]
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MEMernet: Jedi on Sam Cooper, Wild Bill’s Juke Joint Goes Digital, and TP Signs
I am your father A Jedi and a Sith battled it out on the pedestrian bridge over Sam Cooper on May 4th. Images of the two unidentified warriors popped up all over Memphis social media last week. Posted to Facebook by Chase Yarwood-Gustafson Wildin’ Out (at home) Wild Bill’s Juke Joint has been (digitally) cranking […]
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MEMernet: Windows XP at Shelby Farms, Hip-Hop Samples Memphis Soul Playlist
A Reddit Grab Bag The Memphis subreddit brimmed with internet gold last week. For example, u/bballin1204 captured the iconic Windows XP screen at Shelby Farms. Cold Humor Y’all heard the news about MEMpops? Their assets are frozen! Posted to Reddit by u/disgracedland Sample the Mix If you’re looking for some true Memphiana, look up reddit […]
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MEMernet: COVID Comments, TP for sale
Hot Comments! Ooh, boy, things got spicy in the comments last week, this time in the city’s Facebook broadcast of a daily briefing of the Shelby County COVID-19 Task Force. Celina Engles took the moment to post flu death numbers over the last two years. Well, Sara Ray reminded her those numbers were from an […]
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MEMernet: Stay Home, Advice from Cox Street Bigfoot
Flow Chart Help The Memphis Fire Fighters Local 1784 tweeted this helpful flow chart for anyone out there still confused about how to help during the coronavirus pandemic. Bigfoot Help A Bigfoot statue on Cox in Cooper-Young dresses for many occasions, like Christmas and St. Patrick’s Day. He did his part last week to educate […]
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MEMernet: Encouragement, Krogering, and Silver Linings
Encouraged! “Notes of encouragement captured on my afternoon walk.” Posted to Instagram by natvangundy. Krogering Life’s tough RN and it’s easy to complain. It helps! So that’s just what many were doing on Nextdoor last week, especially about trips to Kroger. “They don’t have the self-check kiosk open, so you can pay and get out […]
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MEMernet: Corona-moji, Hoarding King Cobra Tallboys
Emoji time? Tennessee Governor Bill Lee had just announced a state of emergency. Major sporting events were canceled. In a news-blast, mobile notification about all of it, The Daily Memphian equalled the gravity of the news with what is formally known as (according to emojipedia.org) the “Face with Thermometer” emoji. Another virus We don’t like […]