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☆ I started my T-shirt-printing side hustle with a press I bought on Facebook for $45. Now the business is making $50,000 a month in sales on average.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Kimanzi Constable | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Ari Simpson, 39, bought a T-shirt press on Facebook Marketplace for $45 to start her side hustle. It gave me the confidence to start researching materials or machines I needed to start my own T-shirt business. I started my business with a $45 heat press from Facebook MarketplaceI got on Facebook Marketplace and found someone selling a used T-shirt heat press for $45. Using the heat transfers I'd been given and some old shirts, my husband and I started pressing T-shirts. The business now has three part-time employees who press T-shirts and fulfill orders, and our children still have their roles in the business.

☆ Leased Robots Roll in to Help Logistics Firms Handle Holiday Crush
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Angus Loten | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +5 min

Sally Miller, chief information officer of DHL’s North American supply-chain business, a unit of Deutsche Post AG , said she is planning to deploy “a good number” of temporary robots at several of the company’s retail-focused sites. The Locus Robotics robots—which the manufacturer calls “surge bots”—will be used for picking up orders and fulfillment, Ms. Miller said. Photo: Locus RoboticsKnown as robots-as-a-service, leased robots are employed widely in manufacturing, but are relatively new to the logistics industry, analysts said. The extra robots, provided by Berkeley, Calif.-based Ambi Robotics Inc., helped the company handle a surge of packages, it said. Mr. Faulk, of Locus Robotics, said the company hopes many logistics firms will hold on to their temporary robots well after seasonal highs, as a way to eke out year-round efficiencies.

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☆ Putin's war in Ukraine looks more and more like a failure. Past Russian leaders haven't survived similar mistakes.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-04 | by ( Joy Neumeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Instead, Russia's failing war effort has raised doubts about Putin's hold on power. For now, Putin looks secure, but past Russian leaders have suffered at home for blunders abroad. By the following summer, the Germans had taken huge swathes of Russian-controlled territory and a million Russian soldiers were dead. Captured Russian soldiers after the defeat at Tannenberg, in present-day Poland, on August 30, 1914. After an ineffectual troop surge, Gorbachev gave up on trying to improve the situation, and the last Soviet troops left Afghanistan in February 1989.

☆ 4 waitresses carried an Animal Rebellion protester out of Salt Bae's London steakhouse on Saturday night
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-04 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Diners applauded as staff physically removed Animal Rebellion activists from the Nusr-Et Steakhouse. Animal Rebellion said it targeted the restaurant because it symbolized a "broken system." Eight protesters from Animal Rebellion entered the restaurant and sat at empty tables holding mock menus outlining their demands, the Evening Standard reported. The London branch targeted by Animal Rebellion serves gold-plated steaks costing up to £1,450 (almost $1,800). Police removed a number of protesters following the peaceful action and Animal Rebellion said in a tweet that arrests were made.

CNN —Football pundits on Qatar’s Alkass Sports channel mocked the German football team following its World Cup exit – by mimicking the players’ protest over human rights. Soon after, El-Hadary and other pundits then cover their mouths and wave goodbye – apparently in celebration of Germany’s exit. Football pundits on Qatar's Alkass Sports channel appear to mimic the German players' protest gesture. Twitter/@alkasschannelThe gesture mimics what the German players did to protest against FIFA’s decision to ban the “OneLove” armband that many European captains had been hoping to wear in Qatar in support of LGBTQ rights. Following Germany’s 1:1 draw against Spain last Sunday, Jassem said in an al-Majlis episode that he was “shocked” at Germany’s protest.

☆ You don't have to be 'fun' at work, but it's good for your career
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Ryan Ermey | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

On Sunday, a Washington Post headline seemed to herald a small victory for office employees everywhere: "French man wins right to not be 'fun' at work." No longer will we have to show up and smile for what our bosses call "fun" and what the rest of us call "mandatory." Our Gallic hero didn't simply refuse to attend the holiday cookie swap in the conference room. With that context, it's no surprise the courts ruled he had a "fundamental freedom" to sit out such social events. But WaPo's headline raises an interesting question: How "fun" do you actually have to be in the workplace?

☆ The Disney Store in Japan is selling a shirt that shows Winnie the Pooh holding up a white sheet of paper — the same protest symbol sweeping across China
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Britney Toh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Japan's Disney Store is selling products featuring Winnie the Pooh clutching a piece of blank paper. The products, which range from t-shirts and hoodies to tote bags and mugs, seem to be limited only to Japan's Disney Store, as they are not sold in the international Disney Store. Screenshot of Japan's Disney Store. Screenshot of Disney Store website. The Disney Store did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

☆ Apple's App store has become an ad-infested imitation of its former self, which is not good for iPhone users or developers
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Michael Gartenberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Apple used to carefully curate its App store, helping developers gain visibility and customers find what they needed. These days, it seems to be more about maximizing Apple's revenue than serving customers or helping developers flourish. Thus, the App store was born to give iPhone's beautiful hardware and elegant operating system thousands of apps, created by programmers running their own app businesses. Now, after 15 years of iPhones, I find the App store to be an imitation of its former self. The developer had gone to great lengths to try to show how copycat apps slipped through Apple's app review system.

☆ Russian agents killed 3 men they said were saboteurs sent by Ukraine. A report says they were just gamers in costume.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Russian state media reported on an FSB operation targeting "pro-Ukrainian saboteurs." Per independent media, the men killed were roleplayers of the video game "S.T.A.L.K.E.R." The state media report appeared to misidentify videogame imagery as genuine militant symbols. A still from a Russian state media Russia-1 report, showing what it claims is a flag showing affiliation with a far-right Ukrainian party Russia-1/Smotrim.ruThe obscured wolf insignia above was attributed by Russia-1 to a fringe political party in Ukraine called Volya. A still from a Russian state media Russia-1 report, showing what it claims is military paraphernalia owned by the men killed.

☆ Photos: See How NASA Trains Its Astronauts to Go to the Moon
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Paola Rosa-Aquino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Since 1959, more than 350 people have become NASA astronauts. Since NASA announced its first class of astronauts in 1959, more than 350 people have become astronauts. An astronaut nurse takes a blood sample from NASA astronaut John Glenn in 1961. NASAEarly on, NASA used a large machine called a human centrifuge to test gravitational stress on astronauts training to go to the moon for the first time. As more humans ventured into space, NASA began to understand the mental burden of space travel.

Apple's Emergency SOS via Satellite service allows you to contact emergency services while outside of cellular or Wi-Fi range. How to demo Apple's Emergency SOS via SatelliteEmergency SOS via Satellite starts from the phone app if you don't have cell service while calling 911. What it's like to try Emergency SOSThe Emergency SOS via Satellite feature asks you a few simple questions that you answer with preset options to avoid typing and wasting too much time. Once you're connected to emergency services with the Emergency SOS via Satellite feature, you can add finer details about your situation. That's why the Emergency SOS via Satellite demo mode is such a key feature.

☆ Young Malaysians urged to 'get mad' and vote to end political merry-go-round
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Ebrahim Harris | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The infighting has exhausted voters, with two local elections held in the past year seeing lower than average turnout. Young voters form a sizeable portion of the six million people newly eligible to cast a ballot, following reforms that lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 and allowed automatic registration. Some voters, however, remain turned off by the constant political wrangling, believing that their choices will have little impact. "I'm scared to vote because whoever you choose will be part of a weak coalition," Eddie said. "They have to form alliances with parties who were rejected in the elections, and will end up forming the same type of government."

Christopher Gregory/Getty ImagesDonald McGahn, Trump campaign counsel: I was at the top. Trump's 2016 campaign aides said they paid about 50 people, including part-time actors, to appear as supporters for his 2016 campaign announcement. Corey Lewandowski, Trump campaign managerCorey Lewandowski: I called my wife just as we were getting onto the plane. Stuff that would be from Mars on any other campaign was perfectly normal for the Trump campaign. Mark J. Terrill/AP photo Show less Trump at the Republican National Convention while Cruz speaks on July 20, 2016.

☆ Elon Musk mocks Twitter staff fired for criticizing him, saying 'these geniuses' will 'no doubt be of great use elsewhere'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk on Tuesday used a sarcastic tweet to mock Twitter staff he'd fired for criticizing him. Several employees were reportedly fired after criticizing Musk on internal chats and Twitter itself. In a follow-up tweet Tuesday, Musk wrote: "Important to admit when I'm wrong & firing them was truly one of my biggest mistakes." This week, Musk posted a since-deleted tweet saying Eric Frohnhoefer, a Twitter software engineer, had been fired after Frohnhoefer tweeted criticism of Musk. Two other engineers said they'd been fired within 24 hours of criticizing Musk.

☆ Both Russia and Ukraine tortured prisoners of war, UN says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Emma Farge | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The U.N.'s Ukraine-based monitoring team based its findings on interviews with more than 100 prisoners of war on each side of the conflict since April. The interviews with Ukrainian prisoners of war were conducted after their release, since Russia did not grant access to detention sites, it said. Matilda Bogner, head of the monitoring mission, told a Geneva press briefing that the "vast majority" of Ukrainian prisoners they interviewed held by Russian forces reported torture and ill-treatment. Russia, which invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, denies torture or other forms of maltreatment of POWs. Other Russian prisoners reported poor and humiliating conditions of transport and of being packed into trucks or vans naked, with their hands tied behind their backs.

☆ I analyzed all 48,000 words of Jeff Bezos' Amazon shareholder letters. The visionary billionaire does 8 impressive things that prove he's a master of written communication.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Carmine Gallo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Thankfully, you won't need to wait for a business school to offer a class on the Bezos letters. Make the mission your mantraIn his first letter, Bezos laid out the principle that would drive the company's decisions for the next quarter century: customer obsession. In his 2017 shareholder letter, Bezos explained that while the quality of written memos varies widely, some have "the clarity of angels singing." Surround yourself with superstarsIn his 1998 letter, Bezos revealed the questions Amazon hiring managers ask themselves when they evaluate job applicants. Bezos wrote, "Day 2 is stasis.

☆ Fact Check-Video of men carrying a dinghy was filmed during anti-government protest in Albania
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A group of men in Albania who were filmed carrying a dinghy at an anti-government protest have been falsely accused of staging the stunt in London to mock Britain. The clip shows six men carrying a black dinghy flying both the Albanian and British flags. But the video was captured during an anti-government protest in Tirana, Albania, on Nov. 12, and it shows the men carrying the dinghy to the front of the office of Prime Minister Edi Rama. Video and images captured by local news outlets show the same event with the same men from a different angle (here and here). The video was captured in Albania and shows people protesting corruption, rising poverty and a growing number of people leaving the country.

But Pryor mocked the notion that the 60,000-member professional organization was working "in the shadows" to reshape the courts. He also took aim at liberal commentators who frequently criticize the Federalist Society. He also took issue with criticism of society's role in the judicial nomination process. Leonard Leo, a long-time conservative legal activist, while serving as a Federalist Society executive helped compile a list of potential U.S. Supreme Court nominees that Trump drew from during his tenure. "Are there members of the Federalist Society who are involved in that process?

☆ Fact Check-New Mexico officials say election reporting website was in test mode when it showed over 17 million registered voters
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The election reporting page on the New Mexico Secretary of State website temporarily showed that the state had over 17 million registered voters ahead of the midterm elections, millions more than in actuality – with over 1.3 million registered voters in the state for the midterm elections. One post reads, “Here is a partial screenshot of registered voters from the NM SOS website: It shows over 17 million registered voters! Our total population averages a little over 2 million state wide! Total statewide voter registration as of Oct 31 per the SoS website amounted to 1,362,028 (here). The New Mexico SoS website was in test mode ahead of the midterm elections when an incorrect figure for the number of registered voters in the state appeared.

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☆ Pro-DeSantis midterm mailer did more than mock LGBTQ communities
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Nicholas Mitchell | Nicholas Mitchell Is An Assistant Professor Of Curriculum Studies At The University Of Kansas. He Is A Curriculum Theorist Whose Scholarship Focuses On The Intersection Of Education Theory | Policy | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

It and other publications rightly called it out for mocking the LGBTQ community. Republicans are belittling knowledge that they find threatening to the status quo that gives the lives of social conservatives meaning. To play on the words of Ben Shapiro, I call this movement the “feelings over facts” orientation, and it has been positioned as a bulwark against indoctrination by disciplines that focus on race, gender and art. This is the not-so-subtle implication of the mailer supporting DeSantis. For everyone who doesn’t believe gender studies is threatening, the student in the photo the mailer used is just a new nonbinary college graduate.

Rep. Michelle Steel is running against Democrat Jay Chen in California's 45th Congressional District. The 45th District is home to Little Saigon, which contains the largest Vietnamese population in the nation. 2022 General EmbedsCalifornia's 45th Congressional District CandidatesSteel sits on the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Education and Labor. Voting history for California's 45th Congressional DistrictCalifornia's 45th Congressional District straddles Los Angeles County and Orange County — the third largest in the state — and includes Little Saigon, home to the largest Vietnamese population in the United States. The pro-Republican Congressional Leadership Fund has alone accounted for more than half of that spending, with the National Republican Congressional Committee accounting for much of the rest.

☆ Twitter to debut gray ‘official’ check mark to verify government accounts, media and major brands
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

The screenshot displayed Twitter’s own account profile, which included the standard blue check mark beside its display name as well as a gray check mark and the word “Official” underneath its account handle. A visit to Twitter’s currently live profile did not display the gray check mark, suggesting the feature has not yet been implemented. “Not all previously verified accounts will get the ‘Official’ label and the label is not available for purchase,” Crawford tweeted. “Accounts that will receive it include government accounts, commercial companies, business partners, major media outlets, publishers and some public figures.”Crawford also confirmed that the forthcoming option to pay for a blue check mark will not include an identity verification requirement. Election security experts warned of the likelihood that bad actors could pay for a blue check mark, then change their display names to impersonate government officials or other authoritative sources of information.

☆ Tyson Foods CFO arrested after drunkenly entering random woman's home and sleeping in her bed, police say
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Marlene Lenthang | Marlene Lenthang Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The chief financial officer of Tyson Foods and son of the company's chairman was arrested in Arkansas over the weekend after he entered a random woman’s home while intoxicated and fell asleep in her bed, according to police. John R. Tyson, 32, was found asleep at the home in the 400 block of North Mock Ave. in Fayetteville on Sunday at 2:05 a.m., according to the preliminary arrest report. The officer woke Tyson up and he sat up in bed but did not verbally respond. After briefly sitting up, he laid back down and attempted to go to sleep, the preliminary arrest report said. He joined Tyson Foods in 2019 and serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, according to the company's website.

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