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A ridiculous parody tweet has confused some X (Twitter) users about tech mogul Elon Musk and an alleged Neuralink format that involves the NBA.

Hoops Crave, a satire account, shared a post on Monday that said "Elon Musk says that Neuralink will let users download an NBA player’s jump shot into muscle memory by 2028."

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Is that real? It's very much not. This is just a silly joke post; we don't live inThe Jetsons. There is no magic technology that's about to put a chip in your brain and make you get up buckets like Steph Curry. C'mon now.

This is obviously a joke; we get the internet can get a bit confusing sometimes, but this is just purposeful hogwash.

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Brussels — A train crashed into a school minibus in Belgium on Tuesday, leaving at least several "victims" in an unconfirmed condition, the country's interior minister said. Two sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the French news agency AFP that several people on the bus were killed in the collision.

The Reuters news agency also quoted a local source as saying several people were killed, but there was no immediate confirmation from police or other authorities.

"With great dismay, I learnt of the tragic accident in Buggenhout, where a school bus was struck by a train. My thoughts go out to the victims and their loved ones. I wish the injured much strength," minister Bernard Quintin wrote on X.

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Photos from the scene showed the minibus laying on its side near the railway road crossing, with serious damage seen to its front end.

"The impact was extremely violent," said Frederic Sacre, a spokesman for the Belgian rail network operator, describing the toll as "dramatic."

"It happened at around 8:08 am when a minibus was struck by a train that was due to stop at the next station, which was about a kilometer away," he said.

Vanessa Zavala underwent rhinoplasty to address a hooked nose, a deviated septum and breathing issues

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• She found her doctor through TikTok and emphasizes to PEOPLE the importance of research and realistic expectations for surgery

• Zavala credits her smooth recovery to a strong support system and advises against prioritizing cost over quality in procedures

ForVanessa Zavala, rhinoplasty was something she wanted from the moment her nose essentially grew on her face.

The 26-year-old from Texas, now living in New York, went viral after posting a before-and-after video onTikTokandInstagramof the surgery she underwent in February that left her practically speechless. In text over the video of herself getting the cast off, she wrote, "the feeling of getting your cast off after wanting ur nose done for 15 yrs>>."

Before seeing the results, Zavala admits in the video that she's about to cry and that her "heart's racing." Once she looks in the mirror, her jaw drops and she's too stunned to speak. Eventually, she says she looks "like a Barbie" with a huge smile on her face.

She tells PEOPLE that having a "hooked nose" was "just a family thing," but ever since she was 10, it has always been in the back of her mind.

And as she grew older, the relationship with her appearance kept getting worse, not to mention that her breathing "wasn't great" and she had a deviated septum, which occurs when the cartilage and bone that separates the nasal cavity is off-center.

Growing up without health insurance, Zavala never had the option to get a nose job.

As she got older, though, she knew that now was a better time than ever — and it certainly didn't hurt that she had a friend who could also answer her questions after having undergone plastic surgery a year earlier.

Zavala visited an ENT who confirmed that her septum was deviated and that she had enlarged turbinates, meaning the bony structures inside her nose had become swollen.

She sought out more information from Facebook groups, Reddit threads, Instagram and even WhatsApp support groups, until she eventually found her doctor on TikTok.

"He didn't charge a consultation fee," she says. "I met with him, felt really comfortable, and just went for it."

Zavala knew exactly what she wanted. "I basically just told him I did not want a natural look," she recalls. "I wanted to look snatched. I asked for the bump completely gone, the nose upturned a little bit, and slimmer overall."

Her doctor came up with a plan to "fix the hook, lift the droopy tip, straighten the deviation, and thin it out."

Having never undergone general anesthesia before, Zavala was "really, really, nervous." But having the rhinoplasty at a hospital on Long Island, rather than at a "random clinic," gave her the peace of mind she needed.

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Zavala tells PEOPLE that the surgery lasted about four to five hours and went "really smoothly."

The healing process "was definitely uncomfortable at times," but "totally manageable."

"I think what made the biggest difference was being in my own home, surrounded by people I love," says Zavala. "That's something I would not have had if I'd gone overseas for the surgery. My boyfriend was incredibly supportive every step of the way and honestly just babied me through the whole thing, which I loved. With that kind of support system around me, I felt pretty good throughout recovery."

A few months removed from the surgery, Zavala tells PEOPLE that she feels "really good" about her nose and if anything, wishes she had gone a "little more dramatic."

Zavala, however, set "realistic expectations" for herself.

"I did so much research and saw so many people spiral over every little thing post-op, so I went in telling myself: there will be hiccups, your nose could have bumps during healing, things could shift — even the best surgeon can't guarantee perfection," she says.

For those looking to also get plastic surgery, Zavala advises them to do their research.

"Look at long-term results, read real patient stories, and be honest with yourself about what you want," she says.

Having learned from her own experience, she reminds others that "surgery isn't perfect, healing isn't linear, and the more mentally prepared you are for that, the better your experience will be."

"Post-surgery, set yourself up for success: surround yourself with supportive people and don't be afraid to tell your friends that negative comments about your appearance are off-limits until you're fully healed (or honestly, just... forever," she says.

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"And if you're considering medical tourism, please do your research — the cheapest option is not always the best option," she says. "Overall, though, it was not as scary as I thought it would be, and I wish I'd done it sooner. I'm so happy I did it now while I'm still young."

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Craig Robinson says Lisa Kudrow stood up for him while shooting a scene in the tenth season of Friends.

Key Points

• "Lisa was cool enough to speak up for me, because I had thrown out a line that she heard, but nobody else heard it," Robinson recalled. "She was like, 'We have a pitch!'"

• Robinson appeared on season 10 episode 14 of Friends with Kudrow, as an office clerk who helps Kudrow's Phoebe change her name to Princess Consuela Banana-Hammock.

Lisa Kudrowreally will be there for you.

Craig Robinsonlearned that lesson in a memorable way while shooting a scene for a tenth season episode ofFriends. Back in 2004, Robinson only had a few credits to his name, from single-episode spots on series likeLAXandThe Bernie Mac Show, to a role on the short-lived FX comedyLucky. Then came an opportunity to play opposite Kudrow, who had become one of TV's biggest stars after 10 years on the beloved sitcom.

"I ended up working with Lisa later. We played a married couple inTable 19, actually. So we got real cool," Robinson tellsEntertainment Weekly. "But back then, it was pretty much one scene, there really wasn't much else. We rehearsed it twice and then they did a pitch, and Lisa was cool enough to speak up for me."

Robinson explained that while shooting his scene with Kudrow on the episode "The One with Princess Consuela," the cast and creative crew began throwing out ideas to fine-tune the actors' back and forth. "I had thrown out a line that she heard, but nobody else heard it. She was like, 'We have a pitch!'"

So Robinson got to say his line, "and she got to react to it. But that was because of her, because I was just in there like, 'I'm a freaking friend! What are you talking about?'"

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Robinson appears in a brief scene in the final season's 14th episode. Kudrow's Phoebe Buffay goes to get her name changed following her marriage toPaul Rudd's Mike Hannigan. She gets off on the wrong foot with Robinson's clerk when she loudly observes, "This place is so depressing. If I worked here I'd kill myself."

Unsure which of their last names to put before the other, Phoebe is stunned to learn that she can change her full name to anything she wants (she eventually goes with the sensible choice of Princess Consuela Banana-Hammock). "Oh, this could take a while," she jokes, but Robinson's character curtly replies, "Get out of my line."

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"What's crazy about that audition is, I went early, and it was like 14 white guys dressed like limo drivers. I walked in and I was like, 'Okay, I think I'm too early,'" Robinson recalled. But he won the role, good news he still recalls receiving. "That was a sweet moment too, to find that out, when you're out there in Hollywood trying to make it."

Robinson would land his big break the year after, when he began portraying warehouse foreman Darryl Philbin onThe Office. He won two Screen Actors Guild Actor Awards for the part, when the sitcom picked up Best Ensemble at the 2007 and 2008 ceremonies.

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BEIJING, May 25 (Reuters) - The death toll from flooding ‌in southwestern China's Chongqing has ‌risen to nine and 11 people ​are missing following torrential rain in the municipality, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Monday.

Flooding in Chongqing

A ‌number of ⁠neighbourhoods and villages in the district of Yongchuan ⁠were severely hit by sudden, extreme rainfall overnight on Saturday, ​state media ​reported ​earlier. Three deaths ‌were confirmed on Sunday.

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The rainfall caused flash floods and landslides in the area and more than 2,000 residents have been ‌relocated, the state-run ​Xinhua news agency ​said.

Dozens ​of people were killed ‌earlier last week ​when a ​belt of intense rainfall swept across large areas of ​central ‌and southwestern China.

(Reporting by Xiuhao ​Chen and Ryan Woo;Editing ​by Helen Popper)