r/OutOfTheLoop

What's the deal with Taylor Swift's guest being an owner of an ICE facility??

Who is he in relation to her? How does she justify this wedding invitation while also coming across as a liberal political supporter? Is she done with the liberal facade now that she's a billionaire (hence the recent switch back to country)?

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2616597/taylor-swift-comes-under-fire-after-ice-contractor-spotted-at-msg-wedding-to-travis-kelce

I only hear about her on Reddit. Which is usually too much as it is about her.

u/Libertyler — 16 hours ago

What's the deal with E Jean Carrol's money that she's supposed to get from the courts?

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-e-jean-carroll-2677157796/

>President Donald Trump's latest attempt to dodge the $5.8 million payment a New York court ruled he owes E. Jean Carroll was swiftly slapped down Friday as "yet another play for time," court records show.

>Roberta Kaplan, the attorney who represented Carroll in her sex abuse case against Trump before his return to office, filed a swift rebuttal to Trump's demand for an extension, New York federal court records show.

IIRC Trump was required to put money into escrow before he could appeal the case. He put the money into escrow, appeal was slapped down by SCOTUS. Yet EJC doesn't have the money yet?

What's up with that?

Edit: I'm specifically asking why she doesn't have the money already. Or when she will get the money.

u/ryhaltswhiskey — 1 day ago

What's going on with Age restrictes on Twitter?

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Age restricted?

Anyone else noticed that normal or just informing posts are getting age restricted?? Like no NSFW or anything close, but normal posts, about information like about TV time being close down, someone PS 4 Screensaver screenshot and cartoon characters just smiling?? It's like it's broken

https://x.com/i/status/2073662597233283506

Like this a video of a cat being cuddly! Why is it age restricted??

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u/froggy_bear363 — 23 hours ago

What's the deal with THE ODYSSEY?

What's with all the sudden hate this movie is getting?

Trailer for context
I've been hyped for this movie ever since Oppenheimer (even have 70mm booked) and now that the new trailer dropped I've seen everyone shitting on it. And I absolutely don't see the reason why. Like sure some of the casting choices (mainly Holland) aren't the best, but to garner 250K dislikes, what happened?

u/Francium_Fox — 2 days ago

What's the deal with Love Island?

Why is it so popular? Isn't it just a reality show?

It seems like people are going absolutely nuts over it - I have several friends who aren't generally reality show people who are OBSESSED with it, watching it nearly every night together (if not every night). Why does it seem so much more popular than a lot of other dating/reality shows?

Most of my examples of people being obsessed with it are anecdotal but I've definitely seen a few videos of people saying like, "here's why I wouldn't be good for love island" type stuff

I don't even know which is more popular or which is the one people are obsessed with, unless it's both. All i know is love island exists, it's a reality show, and people seem more obsessed with it than usual

u/fuckmeup-scotty — 2 days ago

What's the deal with everyone talking about instagram comments?

Why for the last month has everyone been talking about Instagram having images in comments now like it's new?

I'm genuinely starting to question have I been using an alternate version of Instagram for over the last year because or just outright hallucinating because there have always been images reactions in comments.

Is there some context in missing?

https://www.instagram.com/p/DZ63G3wAyIy/comments/

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What's going on with the Catholic church? Something about a schism?

I saw some people talking about this in a tone that piqued my curiosity. Unfortunately, I am not & have never been Catholic, so I'm having some difficulty piecing together the story. Who are SSPX? Why would they risk excommunication? How badly do you need to screw up for the Vatican to whip out the word "schismatic"?

u/koreanbackjash — 4 days ago

What’s up with Pepito cat?

Several years ago I started following an account that posted pictures (and then videos) of a black cat named Pepito going in and out of the house. But recently another cat (grey and white) joined in and started to consistently appear on camera. In the early days it was a big deal when the camera got a non-Pepito cat, but now there is no update, no clarification. Who is this second cat? Are they friends now? Does anybody know more about this situation?

The pined video says “he looks friendly”, which suggests that the cat is a stranger, but now it appears on the cam even more often than Pepito:
https://x.com/pepitothecat

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u/IsometricRubies — 2 days ago

What’s going on with Twitter and invasive human verification?

There’s apparently a surge of human accounts getting flagged as bots due to “unauthentic behaviors”, but other than liking and retweeting a lot, I don’t see why they’re getting flagged. Do we know how widespread this is and what exactly triggers it? If engagement is what they want, isn’t liking and retweeting exactly that?

This subreddit’s basically on fire now:
www.reddit.com/r/twitterhelp

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u/supersmashdude — 3 days ago

What's up with Trump Accounts?

Saw a commercial during Fifa, it was the first I've heard of these. I don't have kids. From Wikipedia it sounds like something similar to a 529 but the federal government will put in $1k/kid (idk if that's a match or if you just have to sign a kid up)

Trump also posted something about it today on TS, about donations from companies.

https://www.reddit.com/r/trumptweets/s/BgpLDEA9mw

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u/BJntheRV — 4 days ago

What's the deal with the recent tension between Ukraine's President Zelenskiy and Eastern Europe?

What's the deal with the recent tension here, including stripping of ceremonial honors? I thought eastern Europe loved Ukraine because they are fighting against Russia, their existential enemy.

Czechia: https://www.kyivpost.com/post/79301

Hungary: https://www.semafor.com/article/06/25/2026/eastern-european-political-disputes-risk-clouding-over-key-ukraine-summit

Poland: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/polish-president-decides-strip-ukraines-zelenskiy-top-honour-over-ww2-dispute-2026-06-19/

u/A395740849 — 5 days ago