The Olympics are back for the again-est time, somehow louder than before, and demanding our full attention while we pretend we definitely remember the rules to curling. Meanwhile, Miraculous Season 6, Episode 7 decides it’s the perfect moment to casually drop emotional landmines, secret letters, and “if this information were shared the show would immediately end” logic—so naturally, it isn’t. And then there’s the Super Bowl, an event technically centered on football but primarily used as a backdrop for commercials, snacks, halftime debates, and people yelling “this used to be better” from their couches. Three massive cultural events, zero chill, and a reminder that none of this is actually about what it claims to be about.
In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Monday, New York City is poised to endure its longest deep freeze in 65 years if the frigid forecasts hold through next weekend, according to experts. Meanwhile, frustrated New Yorkers are raising a stink over mountains of trash piling up on city streets as “limited” collection drags on a week after a massive winter storm dumped more than a foot of snow.
The union representing 15,000 striking city nurses will meet with officials from three major hospital systems to try to finally end the longest Big Apple nursing walkout in history.
And in Texas, five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, who were detained by immigration officers in Minnesota and held at an ICE facility in Texas, were released following a judge’s order and returned to Minnesota, according to Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro.
