Jimmy Kimmel's ousting pushes fans to cancel Disney+, Hulu
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Here are the latest trending internet culture stories today:
Fans of Jimmy Kimmel (and free speech) are boycotting Hulu and Disney+, a longtime Trump supporter’s plea for financial help goes viral, and Mark Zuckerberg dealt with some technical difficulties while demonstrating his Meta glasses this week.
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⚡️ Today in Internet Culture
“Goodbye Disney”: People are boycotting Hulu and Disney+ in protest of Jimmy Kimmel’s treatment
Disney-owned ABC has paused Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show after he made a comment about Charlie Kirk’s assassination on Sept. 15. Now, fans are boycotting Disney+, ESPN, and Hulu following the decision.
“We are living on credit cards!”: Trump supporter begs him for help on Facebook. Few are sympathetic
A longtime Trump supporter took to Facebook with a desperate plea to the president, blaming rising medical copays, food costs, and credit card debt for her looming financial collapse.
Screenshots of the post quickly spread to Reddit, where users seized on the irony: the woman once championed President Trump’s policies, but now says those same policies have left her, along with other seniors on Social Security, struggling to survive.
Mark Zuckerberg’s live AI demo of Meta’s smart glasses fails—twice—as crowd laughs
CEO Mark Zuckerberg scrambles as the live demonstration of Meta’s Live AI fails during Meta Connect 2025. The crowd laughs as the demo flops. This was the scene at Meta’s live demonstration of their latest Meta glasses.
🕸️ Crawling the Web
🌎 TikTok has found its latest obsession: kendama, a centuries-old Japanese skill toy now fueling leaderboard rivalries and fandom wars through an app called Kendamanomics.
💔 The boyfriend of murdered Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska has shared a moving video celebrating her life in America, following her tragic death.
🛍️ One Trader Joe’s customer is questioning everything after a cashier gently suggested that she wash her reusable bags because they can smell.
🐈 An animal communicator shared a now-viral story of speaking to a cat who couldn’t stop referring to itself as the “devil.”
🥤 Crumbl’s launch of “dirty sodas” is being called out for the extreme sugar and calories…and extreme flavor combinations.
🤣 Nothing is more endearing (to me) than celebrities embracing jokes and memes about themselves on the internet.
🔥 Hot on the Dot
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