Boeing, rap feuds, and Columbia University

Boeing is poised to launch test flights to the International Space Station for NASA.

It'll be the first flight for the Starliner capsule with a crew on board, but officials say the rocket is only expected to blow up if one of the astronauts is a whistleblower.

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The feud between rappers Drake and Kendrick Lamar is ongoing, with most fans and critics alike agreeing that Lamar's diss tracks are winning handily. Rolling Stone's Andre Gee went so far as to say that Drake will "have to take this one one the chin."

Just you wait — Drake probably has a way better diss track that he just has to keep secret until it's 18 years old.

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Columbia University has canceled its university-wide commencement due to the ongoing pro-Palestine protests, but graduates will still be celebrating in smaller, school-based ceremonies.

Some students and many more strangers are angry at the news, but let's look at the bright side — if each school is still hosting its own graduation, that must mean the broken windows on campus doors are expected to make a full recovery.

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The union for Conde Nast — for which Anna Wintour serves as editorial director and global chief content officer — will no longer be protesting at today's Met Gala after striking a tentative deal with the media company's leadership.

The agreement includes two more weeks of family leave and a $61,500 starting salary floor. Or in Wintour terms, a long weekend and a jacket.

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McDonald's will be testing its biggest burger yet at a few markets later this year. Even larger than the four-patty Double Big Mac, CEO Ian Borden told investors that the goal was to make a more satiating offering.

And to his credit, it's likely that those who give the burger a try will never have to eat again — the heart attack will come before the hunger pangs.

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Luxury fitness company Equinox is launching a gym membership that costs $40,000 per year.

It sounds insane, but eh, I'd cough it up —as long as the membership includes a treadmill, lifting equipment, and a check for $39,800.

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Photos courtesy of Fuzheado and The Come Up Show via Creative Commons