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• Musk emerging as Twitter's chief moderator ahead of midterms

  01-11-2022 23:07
  Days after taking over Twitter and a week before the U.S. midterm elections, billionaire Elon Musk has positioned himself as moderator-in-chief of one of the most important social media platforms in American politics
  
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• How Musk's pay-for-play verification plan could backfire

  01-11-2022 22:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  Elon Musk's plan for Twitter to charge a monthly fee for blue check verification faces backlash. Critics say it could make information on the site less trustworthy.
  
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• Congress will want to hear from Elon Musk and Twitter — whichever party wins the midterms

  01-11-2022 22:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  Whether Republicans or Democrats win control of Congress in the midterm elections could have big implications for Twitter and billionaire Elon Musk.
  
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• Celebrities are starting to leave Twitter. Here's a running list.

  01-11-2022 21:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter has some in Hollywood heading for the exit. Shonda Rhimes, Téa Leoni and others say they're dropping the platform.
  
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• SpaceX nails booster landings after foggy military launch

  01-11-2022 21:35
  SpaceX has scored another set of double booster landings following a Florida launch for the military
  
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• Far-right figures appear to be testing Twitter's boundaries for anti-LGBTQ speech

  01-11-2022 20:49 via nbcnews.com
  
  In the fews days since Elon Musk closed his deal to buy Twitter, far-right users have started to celebrate what they hope will be the ability to freely use
  
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• Ian ruins man-made reefs, brings algae bloom to Florida

  01-11-2022 20:14
  Hurricane Ian not only ravaged southwest Florida on land but was destructive underwater as well
  
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• Twitter founder Jack Dorsey to remain invested in the company under Elon Musk

  01-11-2022 20:04 via cnn.com
  
  Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey stepped down from the company's board earlier this year, but he's staying involved with the social platform following its takeover by Elon Musk.
  
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• Musk says Twitter will charge $8 a month for account verification after criticism for $19.99 plan

  01-11-2022 20:04 via cnn.com
  
  After facing criticism for his plan to charge Twitter users $19.99 a month to get or keep a verified account, Elon Musk has a counteroffer.
  
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• Musk suggests charging $8 a month for Twitter verification after criticism for $19.99 plan

  01-11-2022 16:28 via cnn.com
  
  After facing criticism for his plan to charge Twitter users $19.99 a month to get or keep a verified account, Elon Musk has a counteroffer: maybe $8?
  
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• After Elon Musk's antics on Twitter, advertisers may think twice for now

  01-11-2022 16:28 via cnn.com
  
  Hours before news broke on Thursday that he had completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, Elon Musk wrote an open letter to advertisers stressing that he doesn't want the platform to become a "free-for-all hellscape."
  
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• UN Wants $4-$6 Trillion To Prop Up Its Failing Global Warming Program

  01-11-2022 16:19 via technocracy.news
  The UN’s global warming hoopla has nothing to do with climate, but rather with stampeding the world into Sustainable Development, aka Technocracy. Virtually none of goals have been met after already spending hundreds of billions in misplaced activities. The answer? Throw more money at it – except the UN doesn’t have any money of its own. So, it demands massive new funding from the sucker nations that already support it. ⁃ TN Editor Scaremongering Continues
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• After Elon Musk's wild weekend on Twitter, will advertisers stick with it?

  01-11-2022 15:52 via cnn.com
  
  Hours before news broke on Thursday that he had completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, Elon Musk wrote an open letter to advertisers stressing that he doesn't want the platform to become a "free-for-all hellscape."
  
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• Now It’s UK: Why Are Labs Racing To See Who Can Create The Most Deadly Virus?

  01-11-2022 15:43 via technocracy.news
  Any lab experimenting with the creation of or gain-of-function of human pathogens should be summarily terminated and its researchers banned from further activities. The depth and scope of this kind of research goes far beyond just China and the U.S. This has morphed into an arms race in biowarfare, and it is potentially more dangerous that the invention of the atomic bomb in 1945. ⁃ TN EditorA potentially deadly new strain of COVID has been created in a University lab in London, according
  
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• New Alberta Premier Refuses To Associate With World Economic Forum

  01-11-2022 15:24 via technocracy.news
  As some leaders are shaking off the deleterious aftermath of COVID mania, they are waking up to the fraud and manipulation by the World Economic Forum. Alberta’s new premier has rejected association with the WEF and for good reason: they have done nothing useful for Alberta and have caused a lot of damage along the way. This rejection needs to go global. ⁃ TN EditorRecently noted as an opponent of vaccine and mask mandates, new Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is breaking previously es
  
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• Twitter froze some content enforcement work after Musk takeover, safety chief confirms

  01-11-2022 15:22 via nbcnews.com
  
  Twitter's chief of safety and integrity confirmed a news report saying that the company froze some employee access to internal tools used for content moderation.
  
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• Randolph E. Schmid, AP science writer with light touch, dies

  01-11-2022 15:11
  A retired Associated Press science writer, Randolph E
  
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• Elon Musk has pulled more than 50 Tesla employees into his Twitter takeover

  01-11-2022 15:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  New Twitter owner Elon Musk has pulled more than 50 of his trusted Tesla employees, mostly software engineers from the Autopilot team, into his Twitter
  
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• Workers flee China's biggest iPhone factory over Covid outbreak

  01-11-2022 14:16 via cnn.com
  
  Foxconn, one of Apple's largest suppliers, is wrestling with massive disruptions at its iPhone assembly factory in China, once again highlighting the impact of the country's stringent zero-Covid policy on international business.
  
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• Uber revenue jumps 72% on strong demand for rides

  01-11-2022 14:16 via cnn.com
  
  If a recession is looming, you wouldn't know it from looking at Uber's business.
  
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• Text messages with misleading election info hit voters in 5 states

  01-11-2022 13:55 via nbcnews.com
  
  Voters in five states received text messages in recent days containing false information about how to vote, but the company that sent them says it was an error.
  
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• What Do Middle Schools Teach About Climate Change? Not Much.

  01-11-2022 11:04 via nytimes.com
  Around the United States, middle school science standards have minimal references to climate change and teachers on average spend just a few hours a year teaching it.
  
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• Powerful New Drug Could Cause COVID-19 To Turn on Itself

  01-11-2022 05:28 via scitechdaily.com
  The Scripps Research team demonstrated that a variant of an existing FDA-approved treatment for neurological disorders may prevent COVID-19 infection in animals. Scientists at Scripps...
  
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• Judge blocks Penguin Random House-Simon & Schuster merger

  01-11-2022 02:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  A federal judge has blocked Penguin Random House’s proposed purchase of Simon & Schuster, agreeing with the Justice Department that the joining of two of the
  
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• Elon Musk might bring back Vine, a predecessor of TikTok shut down by Twitter

  01-11-2022 01:41 via nbcnews.com
  
  Twitter’s new CEO and owner Elon Musk is thinking about bringing back Vine, the short-form video app that Twitter bought and then abandoned.
  
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• Musk floats paid Twitter verification, fires board

  01-11-2022 00:52
  Billionaire Elon Musk is already floating major changes for Twitter as he begins his first week as owner of the social-media platform
  
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• Democratic senator calls for probe of Saudi Arabia's stake in Twitter after Musk takeover

  01-11-2022 00:12 via nbcnews.com
  
  Sen. Chris Murphy called for an immediate investigation into the national security implications of Saudi Arabia's stake in Twitter after Elon Musk’s takeover.
  
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