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Darcy Lewis and Howard the Duck have a child in Episode 4 of ‘WHAT IF…?’ Season 3.

The child is Byrdie, an original #MCU character who will be voiced by Natasha Lyonne. pic.twitter.com/l7B55iuPfw

— Cosmic Marvel (@cosmic_marvel) December 25, 2024

#WhatIf

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This sequence having almost every corner of the MCU chase after this egg was so FIRE.

I couldn't help being in awe of how ridiculously cool this was. pic.twitter.com/fuT2bvSQNv

— Jordan Jones (@jordnjnes) December 25, 2024

(Fun clip, but some of the voices are shocking)

They spent WHAT?!*!!?&$%!? GAO is out with a devastating report on the facts behind the US Navy's disastrous #cruiser modernization program. Bottom line: $1.84 billion on 4 ships that were thrown away incomplete; $1.9 bil on 3 ships with limited life left https://t.co/jgml9kIEw5 pic.twitter.com/b02q11edLW

— Chris Cavas (@CavasShips) December 17, 2024

("The service has not yet found the root causes of the program’s problems, the authors noted.")

Georgia judge dies by apparent suicide in courtroom https://t.co/om3Wsaz5oW

— Hi I’m Solomon (@solomonmissouri) December 31, 2024

(NBC says he lost his reelection campaign and then tried to convince the governor to let him resign one day early to thwart the election: "Kemp rejected his request, saying the results of a fair election 'should not be nullified on the basis of manufactured legal technicality.'"

That time Jimmy Carter was attacked by a killer swamp rabbit and it was turned into a metaphor for his presidencyhttps://t.co/f3dfkdZR67

— Nick Kapur (@nick_kapur) December 31, 2024

Wikipedia entry for "Jimmy Carter rabbit incident"

A two-year investigation by @aisselax for @newlinesmag shows how dubious practices by a key figure in Switzerland’s adoption scandal date back much earlier than previously understood. With visuals by Leslie Knott https://t.co/g1uBJ4IDQo

— Hassan I. Hassan (@hxhassan) December 30, 2024

(As in many European countries 60 years ago, the condition of women in Switzerland was largely domestic and restrained. In general, they had to adhere to the so-called three “Ks” in German — “kinder, kuche, kirche” (“children, kitchen and church”). Having children without the support of a husband was culturally not accepted. “Children were often taken away against their will and women were also interned for reeducation purposes”)

amazing work with this headlinehttps://t.co/VVhP4AoHyN

— Keri Blakinger (@keribla) December 31, 2024

(“These are adult men too. . . Adult men with pretty good reputations.”)

This was by far my favourite event of 2024. It had everything - mystery, confusion, disappointment, the children’s plaintive “Nooo”. Sensational pic.twitter.com/wofK5UA0Vh

— Gwdihŵ 🦉 (@youwouldknow) December 31, 2024

Favorite baseball moment of the year… Freeman grand slam ruled, Mets’ playoff comebacks were fun, but gotta say nothing touches “FAA investigating Hensley Meulens appearing to fly the team plane”

— Emma Baccellieri (@emmabaccellieri) December 31, 2024

(Bam-Bam "Meulens apologizes to Rockies after cockpit incident")

Dave Kaval, key figure in A’s exit from Oakland, resigns as team president https://t.co/bmaLUp1BAb via @sfchronicle

— Susan Slusser (@susanslusser) December 27, 2024

Let’s hope this isn’t a bad omen for Boise State pic.twitter.com/1UQ60NTc34

— Unnecessary Roughness (@UnnecRoughness) January 1, 2025

I love the noise of FG attempt off the upright "You heard it, you heard the sound of disappointment resonating across this pristine field" pic.twitter.com/r6PymaGbhI

— CJ Fogler 🫡 (@cjzero) December 31, 2024

this is what cardinal lawerence wanted to quit and do pic.twitter.com/TobzGtoCP8

— wengel (@wengelll) January 1, 2025

Family killed it with this gift of finding tokens from each of my favorite childhood arcades and family places with arcade areas. pic.twitter.com/P0478CEh2D

— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) December 25, 2024

Now that’s the kind of pillow I’m talking about! One with a handle to do battle with even!

Spotted at Target. pic.twitter.com/wj7Njbfnks

— Dan Veesenmeyer (@dveese) December 30, 2024

On November 14, 1977, ‘The Price Is Right’ introduced its ‘Professor Price’ pricing game. An animatronic puppet would keep track of right and wrong answers with its fingers. The game was scrapped after two episodes

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— retronewsnow.bsky.social (@retronewsnow.bsky.social) November 14, 2024 at 8:36 PM

Cinema https://t.co/1Eu17aI0hO pic.twitter.com/NiJ6w8YXBT

— Carter Donnick (@CDonnick1) December 29, 2024

@anchor_brant I.. Am.. DuckMan @TampaBayBuccaneers #gobucs @ESPN @NFL @Barstool Sports ♬ original sound - anchorbrant

@marielamada Just leave me at the bottom plz #medellin #guatape ♬ original sound - Beth Anne Brice

@jackieomaui Still love these Disney runs tho 🥹 #rundisney #disneytiktok #disneyadult #disneylife #disneygirl #disney #disneyparks #orlando #wdw ♬ original sound - EricaB_1083

@floydmeoweather Justice must be served 😤 #grumpycat #cattok #catsoftiktok #funnyvideos #cat #funnycats #cattiktoks #petsoftiktok ♬ original sound - Ellie🐱

@ruubarb69 She strikes again…. #giantschnauzer ♬ original sound - Tabitha🇵🇸

@kiarnajones_ Freddie 🤝🏽 gym clients #gym #gymdog #dog #rescuedog #doggo ♬ Move Your Feet - Junior Senior

*More funny posts.