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☆ Merriam-Webster says its word of the year is 'hard to define and subject to debate' – and has something to do with Taylor Swift
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Merriam-Webster chose "authentic" as its word of the year, and cites Taylor Swift as a factor. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . "Although clearly a desirable quality, 'authentic' is hard to define and subject to debate," Merriam-Webster said. It even credits Taylor Swift with playing a role given the pop superstar, along with others, "all made headlines in 2023 with statements about seeking their 'authentic voice' and 'authentic self'." The word "kibbutz," meaning an Israeli communal settlement or farm, was also included following the October 7 terrorist attacks, Merriam-Webster said.

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NEW YORK (AP) — In an age of deepfakes and post-truth, as artificial intelligence rose and Elon Musk turned Twitter into X, the Merriam-Webster word of the year for 2023 is “authentic.”Authentic cuisine. “We see in 2023 a kind of crisis of authenticity,” he said ahead of Monday's announcement of this year's word. Merriam-Webster added the word to its online dictionary in September and it's been among the top lookups since, Sokolowski said. DOPPELGANGER: Sokolowski calls this “a word lover's word.” Merriam-Webster defines it as a “double,” an “alter ego” or a “ghostly counterpart.” It derives from German folklore. Interest in the word surrounded Naomi Klein's latest book, “Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World,” released this year.

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☆ Merriam-Webster’s 2023 word of the year is the real deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

However, that became more of an issue earlier this year when Musk, as the new boss of Twitter, now X, got rid of the trademark blue check sign of authenticity - now only available at a price. The rise of artificial intelligence has blurred the lines between what is real and what is not, leaving celebrities, brands and social media influencers - among others - keen to prove their authenticity. One of the most notable news stories of the year about deepfake images was of those appearing to show former President Donald Trump being detained by police in a dramatic fashion back in March. In 2022, Merriam-Webster chose “gaslighting” as its word of the year, saying it had become a ubiquitous term in the “age of misinformation.”Other words that led much traffic to the online dictionary in 2023 included coronation, dystopian, indict and doppelgänger. Meanwhile “rizz” went straight to the “top of lookups” in September, when the example of internet-driven slang was added to the dictionary.

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☆ 6 signs you may have a narcissistic boss — and what to do about it
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Caitlin Taylor So | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A narcissistic boss may brag about being above the rules and may even get aggressive. It's important to note your bad boss might not necessarily have a narcissistic personality disorder, but they can still exhibit narcissistic traits and behaviors. Here are six signs you may have a narcissistic boss or manager. Advertisement"The mantra of the narcissistic boss is that all rules are guidelines. It's not worth trying to change the narcissistic boss or attempting to get them to like you; you'll merely get more hurt in the process.

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How Trump’s lawyers are trying to flip the scriptDonald Trump’s defenses in his federal election interference case are coming into focus: a mix of blame shifting, political attacks and a kind of legal gaslighting. The indictment by the special counsel, Jack Smith, accuses Trump of “a multipronged endeavor to overturn the 2020 presidential election, disenfranchise voters, and obstruct the transfer of presidential power,” in the words of one of Smith’s assistants. Defendants typically fight charges by denying responsibility. But Trump and his lawyers, at least so far, aren’t saying that he didn’t do what he’s accused of; they are saying that he did it, but for benign, even admirable reasons. Trump is trying to convince the court that the moves he made to cling to power were really “innocuous, perhaps even admirable conduct,” as prosecutors put it.

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☆ NYU is sued by Jewish students who allege antisemitism on campus
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | Companies Need To Integrate Climate Reporting Across Functions To Comply With California S New Law | Henry Engler | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

NEW YORK, Nov 14 (Reuters) - New York University (NYU) was sued on Tuesday by three Jewish students who accused the school of creating a hostile environment in which Jewish students are subjected to pervasive antisemitic hatred, discrimination, harassment and intimidation. They also said Jewish students' complaints are "ignored, slow-walked, or met with gaslighting" by NYU administrators including Linda Mills, who became president in July. According to the complaint, Mills this month dismissed a petition from 4,000 NYU members expressing concern about antisemitism, saying the problem had been blown "out of proportion" and chiding Jewish students as "alarmist." "NYU's deliberate indifference toward the plight of its Jewish students under siege by egregious antisemitism has been outrageous," Marc Kasowitz, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, said in a statement. The case is Ingber et al v New York University, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No.

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☆ 92% of American adults say they prefer to date people who've been to therapy, survey shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Renée Onque | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

It found that most people are looking for partners who have either seen a mental health professional in the past or are currently seeing one now. Fully 92% of those polled said they prefer to date people who've been to therapy, the September survey found. "I don't like what you do, so I say you're gaslighting me," Perel said. That is to say, while some people get useful insight and assistance out of working with a mental health professional, other people may just get buzzwords. "If you've never felt the need for therapy, you're not ready, or it's simply not for you," Pure notes, "your romantic prospects are probably just fine."

Persons: who've, Esther Perel, Perel, hasn't, you've Organizations: CNBC, Global

☆ Opinion: The strange story of how I became a character in a North Korean novel
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Opinion Mike Chinoy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

She is preparing to make a reporting trip to North Korea in 2009 and is wrestling with conflicting emotions. In fact, this character named “Michael Chinoy” is me — making me one of a very small number of real-life Americans who appear with a speaking part in any North Korean novels. I also met the late North Korean leader Kim Il Sung, grandfather of current dictator Kim Jong Un, three times. Former CNN International Editor Eason Jordan stands behind North Korean leader Kim Il Sung and US President Jimmy Carter in Pyongyang in 1994. Although published more than a quarter century ago, “Eternal Life” only became available on North Korea websites in the past decade.

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☆ I moved to Oregon from DC. I've experienced constant racism and hate the drug culture but my life changed for the better.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Chandlor Henderson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Chandlor Henderson moved from Washington, DC, to Eugene, Oregon, in 2015. After eight years without her, I left Northeast Washington, DC, in 2015 and took a Greyhound bus to Eugene, Oregon. At the time, my knowledge of Oregon and the West Coast was limited, but my life in DC had become challenging. Why I'm moving back to DCMy involvement in the community, especially the Black community, has been deeply rewarding. I don't regret moving to Oregon, but I believe moving back to DC will be just as meaningful and transformative.

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☆ Opinion: Putin, Trump, and a remarkable split-screen moment in world history
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Sheena Mckenzie | Opinion Frida Ghitis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

She is a weekly opinion contributor to CNN, a contributing columnist to The Washington Post and a columnist for World Politics Review. First, that Prigozhin had openly challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin, and second, that countless others who had defied Putin have met untimely, violent deaths. In different ways, both Putin and Trump are key players in that phenomenon. Neither Trump nor Putin are novices at the art of conjuring major victories by going to war against the truth. Putin launched the full-scale war in Ukraine around the 8th anniversary of his 2014 invasion of Crimea.

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☆ How 'consent farms' turn one click on a website into an open invitation for spammers to blow up your phone with robocalls
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Jack Newsham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Spam phone calls have been annoying Americans for decades. Most people are on the Do Not Call list, but "consent farms" claim they sell a way around it. Farming consent from unwitting consumersKelly Pinn gets a lot of spam phone calls. Consent farms run rampantThe FTC and other regulators call websites like HealthInstantly.org "consent farms." On one side are affiliate marketers, who get paid to steer traffic to the farms' websites.

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☆ Amazon employees are outraged by a new warning about individual office attendance: 'Is this supposed to scare people?'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Eugene Kim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Some Amazon staff got an email warning them about their office attendance records. The email and internal ticket also suggest that Amazon may be tracking individual office attendance records, even though it previously said it only saved "anonymized" data . Another said this is "peak absurdity" since most employees who received the warning email have been complying with the rules. One of the points added to the internal ticket said future communications should not include "gaslighting-like language" because "it does not come across well." As a reminder, you can find FAQs about working from the office on Inside Amazon News and My HR.

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☆ Gaslighting: What it really is and how to address it
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The concept of gaslighting originated from the 1944 film “Gaslight” and the 1938 play on which it was based. Signs you’re being gaslitThere are other common misconceptions about the nature of gaslighting, experts said. What pushes these behaviors into gaslighting territory has to do with what the person you’re dealing with says and their intentions behind it. The degree to which a person gaslights someone else can vary, but gaslighting is always emotional abuse, whether intentional or not, experts said. Talking to a therapist can help you get an objective perspective and see more clearly any signs of gaslighting behavior and psychological abuse, Kennedy said.

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☆ In ‘My Name Is Iris,’ a Mother Learns the Limits of Protectiveness
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Erika L. Sánchez | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Iris’s underlying anxiety is heightened by a horrific hate crime she narrowly escaped in her childhood. But as a mother, she turns out to be not that different from her own, raising her 9-year-old daughter, Mel, to value safety and conformity. When Iris moves into a predominantly white suburban housing development with Mel, she begins to see a mysterious wall in her front yard grow taller every night. The wall becomes a sort of societal gaslighting, a symbol of what we people of color know, but is not acknowledged. But only citizens can obtain these coveted bands, and even then, the children of immigrants, like Iris, are excluded.

Persons: Mel, ”, “, Iris, it’s Organizations: U.S . Locations: United States, Texas, U.S

☆ Opinion: The Donald Trump and Hunter Biden surprises
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +20 min

So it was remarkable Wednesday when the deal for Hunter Biden to plead guilty to two misdemeanors for his failure to pay taxes on time fell apart in a federal courtroom after the judge raised questions about it. Special counsel Jack Smith unexpectedly added a major allegation to the indictment charging former President Donald Trump with mishandling classified documents. The Trump and Hunter Biden developments underlined how America’s political climate is being shaped by what happens in the courts. This addition, an alleged surveillance tape conspiracy, almost reads like a spy novel.”“It features Trump employee and co-defendant Walt Nauta’s surprise clandestine trip to Florida. To W. James Antle III, it was the Hunter Biden plea deal snafu that brought to the forefront the “powerful split screen that drives” how Republican voters see the emerging 2024 presidential race.

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☆ 'Goodbye Twitter': Users say they're ditching the app for Mark Zuckerberg's Threads
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

On Elon Musk's Twitter, Threads, Meta, and Goodbye Twitter were all trending on Thursday morning. Some Twitter users took to the platform to say their goodbyes. Over on Elon Musk's Twitter, "Threads," "Meta," and "Goodbye Twitter" were all trending topics on Thursday morning. One Twitter user wrote: "Instagram Threads.... Goodbye Twitter I found a better app." Another Twitter user shared a video of crowds, along with the caption: "Everyone running back to twitter after trying Threads App for 5 min.. #ThreadsApp"

Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg, Elon Organizations: Elon, Twitter

☆ Harvard psychologist: 9 toxic phrases people use when they’re trying to gaslight you—and how to respond
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Dr. Cortney Warren | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

If someone says any of these nine toxic phrases to you, be careful — they may be gaslighting you:1. "I don't feel comfortable doing this. How to respond: "I appreciate that you love me, but I'm not okay with the way you're talking to me." A gaslighter may try to accuse you of harmful actions even if there's clear evidence that they're engaging in similar behaviors. How to respond: "I'm sure that I contribute to our relationship struggles in some ways, but so do you.

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☆ Trump and DeSantis, once pandemic allies, are now gaslighting each other over Covid
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-02 | by ( Steve Contorno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Though steadfast allies throughout much of the pandemic, Trump and DeSantis, as presidential primary rivals, agree on very little about what transpired during one of the most trying periods in their respective tenures in leadership. Unsaid in the ad was that DeSantis had repeatedly praised Fauci early in the pandemic, calling him “really, really good and really, really helpful” and “really doing a good job.” A CNN KFile review found Trump began harshly criticizing Fauci much earlier than DeSantis. Trump has dismissed the conservative back-slapping of DeSantis’ handling of the pandemic, insisting the governor’s performance wasn’t all that great. By preemptively attacking DeSantis’ pandemic policies, Trump, too, appears aware that voters could see his top rival as stronger on the issue. The shift became an early fault line in the fracturing relationship between Trump and DeSantis.

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☆ 3 signs you’re gaslighting yourself with 'toxic gratitude'–and how to overcome it: 'Trust your instincts and your emotions'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-02 | by ( Renée Onque | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

It may seem like a good approach to see the positive in every situation, but you should be cautious that you're not spewing "toxic gratitude" to yourself and others. Simply put, toxic gratitude is when you're implementing self-gaslighting, says Elizabeth Pearson, career coach and author of "Career Confinement: How to Free Yourself, Find Your Guides, and Seize the Fire of Inspired Work." Toxic gratitude can keep you in living situations that are negatively affecting you, jobs you've overgrown and even relationships that aren't right for you, she notes. "Gaslighting is such a hot topic, and I'm like we've got to look at ourselves. Here are some signs of toxic gratitude, according to Pearson, and ways you can overcome it and validate your needs.

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☆ Opinion: The myth of a colorblind France
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Opinion Keith Magee | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Accusations of institutional or systemic racism fall on deaf ears. In reality, the myth of the colorblind French Republic amounts to the state-level gaslighting of ethnic minorities, and the nation’s victims of systemic racism know it. In reality, the myth of the colorblind French Republic amounts to the state-level gaslighting of ethnic minorities, and the nation’s victims of systemic racism know it. To see those values undermined by a failure to investigate and address systemic racism, leaving so many of its citizens feeling unprotected, alienated, and unseen by the state is not only sad, it’s inexcusable. We may never know for certain whether Nahel’s race was a factor in his killing.

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☆ Hollywood Directors Reach Deal With Studios as Writers’ Strike Continues
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( John Koblin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The entertainment industry will be looking closely at what the directors’ deal — and the actors’ negotiations — will mean for the Writers Guild of America, the union that represents the writers. More than 11,000 writers went on strike in early May, bringing many Hollywood productions to a halt. Over the last month, the writers have enjoyed a wave of solidarity from other unions that W.G.A. Whether a directors’ deal — or a possible actors’ deal later this month — undercuts that solidarity is now an open question. “Our position is clear: To resolve the strike, the companies will have to negotiate with the W.G.A.

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☆ Opinion | Congress Is Turning Climate Gaslighting Into Law
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Jonathan Mingle | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

If completed, the Mountain Valley Pipeline will be a very large and long-lived methane delivery device. At the end of the line, the methane will be burned in power plants and furnaces, producing carbon dioxide. But now that wind, solar and battery storage are indeed quite ready and, in many places, cheaper than gas, the jig is up. Though the assertions that the pipeline is necessary and good for the climate defy logic, the political calculus is clear enough. Mr. Manchin was also a supporter of another large gas pipeline that would have originated in his state: the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, which I have been reporting on since 2019.

Persons: Biden, Manchin Organizations: U.S . Energy, Administration, Congressional, Atlantic Coast Pipeline, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

☆ Unbowed, Proud Boys are planning now for their biggest Pride Month disruptions ever, extremism watchdogs warn
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-20 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

But this year, the Proud Boys are redoubling their anti-LGBTQ+ efforts, and are laser focused on Pride month. "It's a dangerous thing, because the Proud Boys are all about violence, and so are the Patriot Front, she said. A banner shared to a Proud Boys Telegram channel by someone calling himself a member of the Middle Tennessee Proud Boys chapter. A banner posted on several Proud Boys Telegram channels by an individual identifying themselves as a member of the Proud Boys Michiana (Michigan/Indiana) chapter. The Proud Boys' planned propaganda promoting anti-LGBTQ+ "Proud Day" celebrations timed for Juneteenth, an annual commemoration of the end of slavery in the US.

☆ Britney Spears’ husband Sam Asghari appears to slam new documentary
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Sam Asghari stuck up for his wife prior to the Monday debut of a documentary about her life after her conservatorship. “TMZ Investigates: Britney Spears: The Price of Freedom,” which aired on Fox, cites primarily unnamed sources. It was absolutely disgusting,” Asghari said in a video on his Instagram Stories. Spears and Asghari did not participate in the documentary. CNN has reached out to representatives for TMZ, Asghari and Spears for comment.

☆ Sex-assault survivors unleash firestorm after CNN let Trump try to re-victimize E. Jean Carroll at town hall
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-11 | by ( Laura Italiano | Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A day after a jury found Trump sexually violated E. Jean Carroll, he mocked her as a "whack job" on CNN. CNN let Trump try to re-victimize his own sex-assault victim in front of millions, victim advocates said. Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who has said she is a survivor of sexual assault, slammed CNN's town hall with Trump as "shameful." "As a sexual assault survivor I'm disgusted with @CNN," tweeted @Irishrygirl. She explained how for many survivors of sexual assault the "pain" that comes with being disbelieved "is deeply harmful over and above the harms of sexual assault itself."

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