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Ledecky, 27, has reigned in the event, then, for more than half her life. In winning her first gold in Paris and her 12th Olympic medal overall — tied for the most by an American female swimmer with Jenny Thompson — she reaffirmed her credentials in one of sports’ more exclusive clubs: Were the swimmers with the 20 fastest times in the 1,500 to all gather at the pool, Ledecky would be racing alone, which, to be fair, is what it looks like on television.

Persons: Jenny Thompson — Locations: Paris, American

NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA has suspended Golden State's Draymond Green for five games for grabbing Minnesota's Rudy Gobert around the neck “in an unsportsmanlike and dangerous manner,” the league said Wednesday night. But Green will pay the biggest price, both in terms of games missed and money lost. Political Cartoons View All 1250 ImagesGreen got involved not long after that, wrapping his arm around Gobert’s neck. Thompson and McDaniels were each assessed a technical foul and ejected, while Green was assessed a Flagrant Foul 2 for grabbing Gobert. That category of flagrant comes with an automatic ejection, which was Green’s second in Golden State’s last three games.

Persons: —, Minnesota's Rudy Gobert, Jaden McDaniels, Klay Thompson —, Green, ”, Joe Dumars, Green's, Thompson, McDaniels “, Gobert, McDaniels, Stephen Curry, ___ Organizations: NBA, Timberwolves, Warriors, Golden State, Basketball Operations, Oklahoma City, Houston, Phoenix, San, The Warriors Locations: Minnesota, Thompson, San Antonio, Sacramento

☆ In ‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves,’ Fiction Fills In Where Tall Tales Leave Off
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Chris Vognar | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Burton heard stories of Reeves when he would visit relatives in Oklahoma, and he became determined to learn more. Reeves wasn’t the first or only Black marshal of the period, but he became the most famous. Sidney Thompson caught the Reeves bug when he saw Morgan Freeman describing Reeves as his dream role in a TV interview. (It was widely reported last year that Freeman was developing his own Bass Reeves series, “Twin Territories,” for Amazon.) Burton’s book is deeply researched, yet its most memorable lines ring like tall tales passed down through generations.

Persons: Burton, Reeves, Reeves wasn’t, Sidney Thompson, Morgan Freeman, Freeman, Bass Reeves, ”, Thompson, Thompson —, Freeman —, Jewel Coronel, Coronel, Taylor Sheridan, Delroy Lindo, Jamal Akakpo, ” Burton, “ Organizations: ”, Amazon, Texas Christian University, Netflix, Coronel Locations: Oklahoma, Twin Territories, Virginia, Muskogee, Okla

The D-backs and Texas Rangers have been great with the leather all season long. So far in the World Series, that trend is continuing. The D-backs and Rangers combined for zero errors over the first two games of the Fall Classic, which is the first time that's happened since 2018. This is the first World Series since 1993 — and fifth ever — that will feature all of its games on artifical turf. Arizona stole five bases in the first two games of the series, including four in Game 1.

Persons: Geraldo Perdomo, Christian Walker, That's, “, Walker, Brandon Pfaadt, righty Max Scherzer, Jonah Heim, Nathaniel Lowe, Marcus Semien, Corey Seager, Adolis García, —, Bruce Bochy, Josh Jung, Gabriel Moreno, Alek Thomas, Evan Longoria, perserve, Heim, Merrill Kelly, Ryan Thompson —, Thompson, there's, ”, Torey Lovullo, it’s, ” Lovullo, Lovullo Organizations: PHOENIX, — Arizona Diamondbacks, Texas Rangers, Rangers, ” Rangers, NL, Brewers, Arizona, Tampa Bay Rays Locations: Phoenix, Arizona, Texas, Walker . Arizona

☆ Jann Wenner Defends His Legacy — and His Generation’s
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( David Marchese | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The kind of interview I wanted to do was to elicit real thinking, not to confront or challenge or get somebody defensive. The editors themselves put it at four stars, and there was not a critical backlash to the thing. I confess: I probably went too far. The University of Virginia story was not a failure of intent, or an attempt to be loose with the facts. As we all know now, if somebody really wants to hoax you, there’s very little you can do about it.

Persons: let’s, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, It’s, Mick, Stone, Hunter S, Thompson, Hunter Organizations: University of Virginia, The Times

☆ The EV industry is gaining momentum. But public charging is a long way from being accessible to all
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( Anmar Frangoul | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Equally important is making sure these EV chargers are accessible to all. Ensuring EV chargers are accessible to all is a big task, and organizations like Motability are pushing hard to create conditions for change. In collaboration with the U.K. government's Office for Zero Emission Vehicles, it commissioned the British Standards Institution to develop a "national accessible charging standard for EV chargepoints." Separately, it received funding from Motability to develop design guidance for those involved in the charging industry. In July 2022, the U.S. Access Board, an independent federal agency, issued design recommendations for accessible charging stations.

☆ I worked for Elon Musk in the early days of SpaceX. Twitter execs need to be ready to work with 2 different people — good Elon and bad Elon.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Kiera Fields | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

He was impressed by Elon Musk's vision but he would yell and once called Cantrell to work at 3 a.m.Cantrell gives Twitter employees his advice on their new boss. Elon wanted to buy Russian rockets because they were cheaper than US rockets and had been told I was the guy to ask because I'd worked with the Russians. Working with Elon was like working with two different people: the good Elon and the bad Elon, and you never knew which you were going to getThe good Elon is very funny and charming. There are people at Twitter who are going to need to decide whether they are 100% aligned with Musk's mission for it. That's the good Elon.

☆ Quiet quitting isn't a new phenomenon, especially for those from marginalized backgrounds. 3 women share why they had to quiet-quit to reclaim their identities.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( Marguerite Ward | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Many of us felt a kinship as we discussed quiet quitting. But quiet quitting isn't a new phenomenon, particularly for workers from marginalized backgrounds. In fact, diversity advocates say the idea of quiet quitting is gaining momentum in part because white workers are making noise about it. Navigating the boundaries of quiet quitting and what could be deemed as not doing their jobs can be trickier for them. Sacha ThompsonSacha Thompson: '5 o'clock came and I shut down'For Sacha Thompson, quiet quitting was a means of dealing with toxic cultures and colleagues who disrespected her.

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