Extra Extra: You Can Now 'Murder Your Thirst' With Water From Tallboy Cans

May 7, 2019, 5:35 p.m.

Because I think you should watch 'I Think You Should Leave,' check out today's end-of-day links: Liquid Death, dealing with creepy dudes in the DMs, NYC's street grid, and very gentle dog gets treat.

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  • Business Insider reports that a former Netflix creative director just got $1.6 million from big names in tech for Liquid Death, which is water in a tallboy can, because "nothing's better than water at murdering your thirst."
  • The White House stepped in to stop former White House counsel Donald McGahn from handing over documents subpoenaed by House investigators because Trump may want to assert executive privilege over them.
  • Tanya Selvaratnam, the woman who came forward a year ago to accuse former NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman of intimate partner violence, talked to the Washington Post about what happened to her after coming forward.
  • De Blasio is considering cutting museum funding from institutions around the city if they don’t diversify.
  • Get ready to watch a lot of Avatar and Star Wars: Disney announced a bunch of release dates for films over the next couple years, including four Avatar sequels and a new Star Wars trilogy.
  • A creepy dude recently slid into Talia Jane's DMs and sent her inappropriate messages—she explains how women can deal with this very common scenario.
  • Lil Nas X played a game of "Country or Nah" with Desus & Mero.
  • The Baffler writes about how Trumpism operates on the knowledge that some people can get away with anything, and how it offers a false promise to extend that privilege to white kids everywhere.
  • Check out a time lapse of NYC’s street grid from 1609 to the present.
  • Netflix's I Think You Should Leave is one of the funniest shows of the year, and AV Club ranked every sketch.
  • Jill Biden thinks it's "time to move on" from the Anita Hill/Joe Biden controversy, which Hill might disagree with.
  • Dave Chappelle will receive the 2019 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
  • And finally, SO GENTLE, SO FAST: