It’s Wednesday. As an avid M&Ms consumer, I have only one thing to say: Fuck Tucker Carlson.

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M&M’s replaces its spokescandies with Maya Rudolph after Tucker Carlson’s rants

M&M’s spokescandies — the cartoon versions of the candies that appear in advertisements — will be paused indefinitely. The move comes after Fox News’ Tucker Carlson spent months attacking minor brand changes to some of the characters as “woke.” Maya Rudolph, a comedian and actor, will step in in their place.

Carlson, who spends much of his time telling viewers he’s a champion of victims of cancel culture, waged a culture war campaign against the candies until they were, literally, canceled — at least for now.

After the Brown M&M swapped her stilettos for lower block heels and the Green M&M traded in go-go boots for sneakers, Carlson declared that “M&M’s will not be satisfied until every last cartoon character is deeply unappealing and totally androgynous,” and that when “you’re totally turned off, we’ve achieved equity.”

In announcing the move away from the colorful characters, M&M’s tweeted Monday: “We weren’t sure if anyone would even notice” the earlier change in spokescandies. “But now we get it — even a candy’s shoes can be polarizing.”

In response to the tweet announcing the pause, Skittles tweeted, “Our thoughts go out to the spokescandies.” Skittles and M&M’s are owned by the same parent company, Mars Wrigley.

Last fall, M&M’s introduced a new Purple character, which Carlson derided as “obese” on his show. The Purple M&M is roughly the same size and shape as her Yellow and Blue male counterparts.

Rudolph will debut as M&M’s new spokeswoman during the Super Bowl, a move Mars Wrigley says was already in progress. Rudolph is a biracial woman who has fundraised for Kamala Harris (not to mention portraying the vice president on Saturday Night Live) and other Democrats who are routinely the subject of Carlson’s ire.

“We are confident Ms. Rudolph will champion the power of fun to create a world where everyone feels they belong,” M&M’s said.

It’s Tuesday. The Grind Hard Plumbing Company has taken a Barbie Power Wheels Dream Camper and made a few improvements. Nothing crazy, just a few necessities like 4WD, working winch, light bar, power steering, extended long travel swing arms, ATV wheels/tires, and a full custom roll cage. Check out the video to see how it was done and just how bad-ass this thing is in the snow!

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It’s Monday. We got some of the horrid white stuff over the weekend. It wasn’t much, just enough to cover the grass for a while and then it melted away. Here in Illinois we’ve had a lot of rain over the winter that should’ve been snow, if not for our mild temperatures. Not that I mind, of course.

I’m having some serious Sunday entertainment withdrawal symptoms lately. No Bears and still no Nascar. My only defense has been gaming. I’ve started career mode in Dirt Rally 2 and though it’s difficult as hell, I’ve been enjoying it very much.

I realize that I’m late to the party, but the girlfriend and I started watching The End of Us and White Lotus on HBO over the weekend. They’re both highly rated but with so much content out there, there’s just not enough time to watch everything. I thought that The End of Us was very well done, but I immediately drew comparisons to The Walking Dead. I really liked TWD and followed it through all 11 seasons. However, I felt that it was a victim of its own success by being stretched out far too long. Stranger Things has the same problem. I really hope that doesn’t happen with The End of Us. White Lotus was also good. We both saw a little of Fantasy Island in it, but I look forward to seeing how all the different characters and storylines progress.

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