Dude News - Wednesday, February 19, 2025

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Guns N’ Roses, Tool, Jason Momoa and more have all joined the lineup for Black Sabbath’s reunion concert. Momoa is hosting the event, while Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello, is acting as musical director. Ozzy Osbourne also confirmed, on his “Ozzy Speaks” program, that he’s not doing a full set with Black Sabbath, but he’ll be doing “little bits and pieces with them…I am doing what I can, where I feel comfortable.” The rocker hasn’t put on a full concert since December 31, 2018. Two months after that concert he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s. The Black Sabbath reunion show is set for July 5th. Check out the lineup announcement on the right.

As sports betting becomes more popular, more people are looking online for help with gambling problems. As of 2024, 38 states had legal sportsbooks, and a recent study found that searches for terms like "gambling addiction" and "gambling hotline" went up as much as 50-percent in states shortly after sports gambling started. Experts think that as betting gets easier to access, more people might develop gambling issues. The National Council on Problem Gambling’s helpline is 1-800-GAMBLER, and Gamblers Anonymous has a list of hotlines for each state on its website, where it also has a questionnaire to help people figure out if they have a gambling problem.

Instagram is rolling out an unpopular feature. The Meta platform is testing a dislike button and it has users lashing out because of the ability to give bullies a voice. The down arrow is seeing people comment with “It’s like they want to continue to see us argue and hate each other,” and “I dislike that feature.. it gonna make people sad or insecure about their post & stuff. Don’t like people being mean. They shouldn’t have that option at all.” Meta explains the move by saying “We’re testing a new button next to each comment on a Reel or Feed post for people to privately signal they don’t feel good about that particular comment or find it relevant, with a small group of people to start.”

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