KID PIX, BILLIONAIRE RIHANNA & RYAN CROUSER
As someone who cannot get enough of 90s nostalgia, I’m here to inform you that thanks to Twitter user @vikrum5000, Kid Pix is back. Yes, I’m talking about the OG computer game that simply lets you draw on your desktop. I can also attest that it is just as good of a waste of time as it was back in the day (maybe even better today, because we all need the break more). Check out the software here, but fair warning that you should consider muting the sound on your computer before clicking over.
Rihanna joined the billionaires club this week, apparently. She’s now the wealthiest female musician in the world. Most of this comes out of her makeup and lingerie companies, with $1.4B out of her total $1.7B valuation coming from Fenty Beauty. And while she hasn’t released new music in over five years now, her ninth album is reportedly somewhere on the horizon.
The Olympics wrap up this weekend, and to be honest with you all, I have not watched one second of it in real time this year, mainly because I am so out of practice with appointment television, but also because I do not have cable. But I have been eating up many of the heartwarming stories that come out of the games. The latest one that fully brought a tear to my eyes came from shot put gold medalist Ryan Crouser, who beat his own Olympic record three times during the competition. When he won, he held up a handwritten sign reading “Grandpa, we did it, 2020 Olympic champion!” honoring his grandfather who passed away last month, the person who introduced him to the sport. Crouser and his grandpa Larry communicated through letters after Larry lost his hearing, and Crouser wrote this one final note to him a few days before the competition began.
But wipe away your tears for a minute, because it’s time for my two favorite TikToks of the week. This one depicts a guy doing a flip that will for sure blow your mind, and this one might help you recover from the former with some appreciation of nature.
—Darlene Kenney, Digital Strategist
