Early Addition: Amazon Rainforest Deforestation Surges Under Bolsonaro
June 5, 2019, 11:53 a.m.
Because you ONLY use giant toilet paper rolls, check out today's midday links: 'Ad Astra' trailer, Brazilian Amazon deforestation, Vegas-loving nuns, Rutger's daily student paper defunded, kids are disgusting, NYC skyline, and dog rings bell.

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/samsebeskazal/32905913527/in/pool-gothamist/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dennis fraevich's flickr</a>
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- What kind of monster would NOT want to use giant toilet paper rolls?!
- Oh boy, Trump's been making inaccurate claims during his British trip?? Now I've heard everything!
- The deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon has hit record highs, alarming environmentalists.
- Check out the first trailer for Brad Pitt's upcoming space film Ad Astra, directed by James Gray.
- GQ has a long read about Vegas-loving nuns who allegedly "took the Catholic school under their watch for every penny they could."
- Here's why teens love Airdrop so damn much.
- Rutgers University’s daily student paper lost its financial backing last month, after a conservative group that called the paper "fake news" led a two-year campaign to defund it—Rutgers’ Conservative Union launched the campaign out of revenge after the student paper accused the group’s leader of basing recruitment material on white supremacist propaganda.
- A Connecticut landscaper ran over a metal spike with his lawn mower and it catapulted into a passing SUV, shattering the back window and landing just inches from two small children.
- The DUMBO streets rehab has begun.
- NYC's skyline has evolved in recent years, and it's only going to change even more in the future.
- The NY Times wants to give it to you straight: kids are disgusting.
- Holy paranoid android: a treasure trove of over 18 hours worth of OK Computer-era Radiohead recordings have leaked online.
- And finally, I could see this backfiring very quickly:
Ring the bell, get a treat!
🎥: stylemefrenchie (IG)#mydogiscutest pic.twitter.com/nEm4ejj3qh— My Dog Is Cutest (@mydogiscutest) June 5, 2019