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☆ Twitter is now blocking tweets that include links to Mastodon, its competitor
  + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Twitter appears to be banning the posting of links to its competitor, Mastodon. Insider's attempt to publish tweets containing Mastodon links were met with an error message. On Thursday evening, Insider attempted to publish ten tweets from three separate Twitter accounts, all containing links to various Mastodon user profiles. Other Twitter users also noticed on Thursday evening that they were unable to post links to Mastodon, a platform often touted as an alternative to Twitter. Also on Thursday, Twitter suspended the official Mastodon Twitter account.
☆ Elon Musk's Twitter suspension of journalists draws global backlash
  + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Sheila Dang | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
loadingRoland Lescure, the French Minister of Industry, tweeted on Friday that following Musk's suspension of journalists, he would suspend his own activity on Twitter. loadingThe German Foreign Office warned Twitter that the ministry had a problem with moves that jeopardized press freedom. The suspensions stemmed from a disagreement over a Twitter account called ElonJet, which tracked Musk's private plane using publicly available information. On Wednesday, Twitter suspended the account and others that tracked private jets, despite Musk's previous tweet saying he would not suspend ElonJet in the name of free speech. Then on Thursday evening, several journalists including from the New York Times, CNN and the Washington Post were suspended from Twitter with no notice.
☆ Elon Musk and AOC got into another Twitter spat, with the congresswoman telling Musk to 'lay off the proto-fascism' and put down his phone
  + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
In response, Musk tweeted: "You first lol." On Thursday evening, Musk suspended the accounts of at least half a dozen journalists and tweeted an explanation for the move. He claimed the suspended journalists had doxxed him, a violation of Twitter's updated privacy policy that was put in place on Wednesday. Musk also alleged on Thursday that the suspended journalists had posted his real-time location online, calling them "basically assassination coordinates." In response, Musk tweeted: "Stop hitting on me, I'm really shy."
☆ Elon Musk said he's 'open' to buying publishing platform Substack after a Twitter user said it would give him control of the 'narrative layer' of the internet
  + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Elon Musk said he's "open to the idea" of buying publishing platform Substack, on Friday morning. He agreed with a user saying that Substack would give him "control" over the "narrative layer" of the internet. Musk has also speculated about possibly buying Wikipedia this week, but was told the site was not for sale. The user said: "You would have the information layer with Twitter and the narrative layer. Earlier in the week, Musk also suggested he could try to buy Wikipedia, but was told it was not for sale by founder Jimmy Wales.
☆ The 'Twitter Files' part 2 claimed to 'reveal' that the platform limited some accounts' reach, but that was already public knowledge — and in line with Elon Musk's new 'freedom of speech, not freedom
  + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | Erin Snodgrass | Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
Twitter first announced in 2018 it would effectively hide some tweets from conversations and search results, according to The Washington Post's Will Oremus. Critics, and there were many, especially as prominent Republicans were impacted, referred to Twitter's practice of limiting certain tweets' visibility as "shadowbanning." In her thread, Weiss said Twitter's Strategic Response Team - Global Escalation Team, known as SRT-GET, was the body tasked with deciding which users were marked for "visibility filtering." The description outlined by Weiss of Twitter's internal moderation policy appears to fall in line with Musk's own recently-announced approach to content moderation on the site: "Freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom of reach. But Weiss, a former New York Times columnist, is not thought to be a current employee at Twitter.
☆ Influential evangelical Christians have turned against Trump after his 2024 announcement, report says
  + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Evangelical Christians who supported former President Donald Trump appear to be turning on him. "The average evangelical Christian is a faith-based person. Donald Trump does not personify biblical values. In an essay sent to The Washington Post, Evans accused Trump of using evangelical support to propel him to the presidency. In the article, Piper said: "The take-home of this past week is simple: Donald Trump has to go.
☆ Bosses are 'done with the COVID excuse' and it means calling out sick is getting harder
  + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Jason Lalljee | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
This year, about 630,000 more Americans per month are calling out sick for a week or more than pre-pandemic. Even though an elevated number of workers are still getting sick, employers are losing their patience. One union told Insider that the disparity highlights the need for guaranteed sick leave. "UFCW fights hard to ensure guaranteed sick leave is included in our contracts so employers can't simply cut back on leave because they're 'tired of excuses.'" When it comes to low-wage employees, over 60% don't have access to sick leave, according to a September study from the Economic Policy Institute.
☆ Meet the members of Elon Musk's inner circle said to be helping him fix Twitter
  + stars: | 2022-11-12 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Picked from Musk's inner circle of allies, friends, and ex-colleagues, these are the people reportedly helping him fix Twitter. Three days after Musk's acquisition, Krishnan tweeted that he was temporarily "helping out" Musk after the takeover. Sources told Insider he was listed on Twitter's company directory as a staff software engineer and was assigned a company email address. Bloomberg reported that Birchall played a key part in securing the financing for Musk's Twitter purchase. Over the past week, Musk's right-hand man has also been among the team strategizing inside Twitter, per The Washington Post.
☆ 'Bogus,' 'ridiculous,' and 'made-up crap': DOJ veterans throw cold water on Trump's claim that he 'sent in the FBI' to help Ron DeSantis
  + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Sonam Sheth | C. Ryan Barber | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
DOJ veterans shot down Trump's claim that he "sent in" the FBI to help Ron DeSantis win the 2018 Florida gubernatorial race. The feds are now investigating if "Stop The Steal" protests surrounding the 2018 Florida election served as a roadmap for the Capitol riot. But in another post, Trump went beyond simply relitigating the 2018 election to making a new, remarkable claim about his past support for DeSantis. It prompted eye-rolling, and with some, public denials that the Justice Department and FBI ever investigated 2018 election fraud at Trump's behest. Activities surrounding the 2018 Florida elections have attracted federal scrutiny — but not for the reasons the former president spouted off about on social media.
☆ LeBron James says Elon Musk needs to address 'scary AF' surge of N-word use on Twitter
  + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Use of the N-word on Twitter surged by nearly 500% after Elon Musk's acquisition, per The Washington Post. Responding to an Insider article, NBA star LeBron James said Musk needs to "take this very seriously." In a tweet, James referred to the surge of N-Word use as "scary AF." James wrote: "I dont know Elon Musk and, tbh, I could care less who owns twitter. Musk said in a later tweet that "we have not yet made any changes to Twitter's content moderation policies."
☆ A housing crisis is upon us — but a church group in Virginia is taking a big swing at homelessness by pairing up roommates, subsidizing their rent, and offering counseling
  + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( Jason Lalljee | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
A small church organization in Virginia is helping unhoused people get back into permanent homes. In addition to losing access to stable housing, Walker says, people lose access to their communities. "Homelessness can be life changing, it can be a matter of life and death," Walker told Insider. His monthly disability payment — under $800 — is less than the median Virginia Beach rent of more than $1,000 for a one-bedroom apartment. Research shows that providing housing subsidies, alongside case management and supportive services, can help people experiencing chronic homelessness achieve long-term housing stability.
☆ Some private contractors are accused of abusive labor practices on U.S. military bases in the Middle East
  + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Molly Boigon | Andrew W. Lehren | Laura Strickler | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +21 min
NBC News, in collaboration with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, The Washington Post, and Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism, interviewed more than 40 current and former employees of contractors at military bases. According to an NBC News analysis, at least 10 companies with substantiated trafficking violations since 2007 have received billions in new government contracts. ‘Mad scramble’Foreign workers are crucial for the more than 700 military bases with U.S. service members around the world. One company that continues to get work at Middle East bases despite past violations documented in an Army compliance agreement is Tamimi, Abdulla’s employer. Lusambu Karim, a 50-year-old Ugandan, told NBC News about trafficking violations he said he encountered working for Aegis in Afghanistan from 2018 to 2020.
☆ I run an 8-figure biscuit business that started as a side gig. Here's how I caught the attention of major distributors like Whole Foods and Costco.
  + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Kimanzi Constable | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
Ayeshah Abuelhiga, 36, started selling biscuits in 2014 as a side hustle while consulting full time. A customer asked if she would consider selling frozen dough so they could bake the biscuits at home. The day after, I drove a big ice chest filled with frozen biscuits to the stall before work. Two hours later, I got a call from my chef asking whether we had more frozen biscuits at the off-site kitchen because we had sold out. The company turned over eight figures last year, and Target, Publix, Safeway, Costco, and Aldi all stock our frozen biscuits.
☆ Trump knew his letters to Kim Jong Un were classified and 'so top secret': Bob Woodward
  + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Trump told journalist Bob Woodward in 2020 that the letters he wrote to Kim were "so top secret." In his upcoming audiobook, Woodward wrote that Trump was cagey about showing him the letters. The letters to Kim were among the classified files Trump brought to Florida, per The Washington Post. Now, Woodward is releasing over eight hours of Trump interviews in an upcoming audiobook, "The Trump Tapes: Bob Woodward's Twenty Interviews with President Trump." A month later, when Woodward again asked Trump if he could see the letters, Trump said the letters were "so top secret," per The Washington Post's reporting of Woodward's notes from the call.
☆ Aide tells FBI Trump ordered boxes moved at Mar-a-Lago - report
  + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
Former U.S. President Donald Trump holds a rally ahead of the midterm elections, in Mesa, Arizona, U.S., October 9, 2022. The testimony of the key witness, coupled with surveillance footage the Justice Department also obtained, represent some of the strongest known evidence to date of possible obstruction of justice by the former Republican president. The New York Times separately reported on Wednesday that Trump aide Walt Nauta was captured on security camera footage from Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach moving boxes out of a storage area at the center of the investigation. The employee who was working at Mar-a-Lago was cooperating with the Justice Department and has been interviewed multiple times by federal agents, the Post reported. The Justice Department declined to comment on the Washington Post's report, and could not immediately be reached for comment on the New York Times article.
☆ Trump spoke about his years-long crusade to block a wind farm near his Scottish golf resort with UK PM Theresa May: book
  + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Trump asked UK Prime Minister Theresa May about one of his private golf courses, per a new book. Trump spoke about his years-long effort to block an offshore wind farm near one of his Scottish courses. Trump fought for years to block the development of an off-shore wind farm in the vicinity of his Trump International Golf Links, Scotland course near Aberdeen. In 2019, the Trump Organization was ordered to pay $290,000 to the Scottish government after losing a legal battle. Trump first met with May at the White House in January 2017 just days after he was sworn into office.
☆ What's at stake in this week's congressional vote to keep the government open, including Manchin's push to make it easier to build fossil fuel projects
  + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Jason Lalljee | Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
The government could face its first shutdown in years if Congress doesn't pass a short-term funding bill this week. Sen. Joe Manchin's push for a bill to streamline fossil fuel projects is the major holdup. Some details of the CR have circulated, although it hasn't been officially announced yet — but the major roadblock is Manchin's permitting reform proposal. Preventing a shutdown with short-term fundingTraffic is piling up around Manchin's bill, but the rest of the resolution faces less pushback. Some progressives and environmentalists have defended aspects of Manchin's bill.
☆ Gen Z mistrusts everything — big business, government, other people, you name it
  + stars: | 2022-08-25 | by ( Daniel Cox | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +10 min
With that question, The Washington Post's technology columnist, Taylor Lorenz, kicked off a recent Aspen Institute panel entitled "Can Gen Z Trust Their Elders?" Across the board, members of Gen Z are less inclined to trust major institutions than their elders are. Add all these factors up, and Gen Z is looking more and more like it will become permanently mistrustful. Why doesn't Gen Z trust anyone? According to a report by Edelman, seven in 10 members of Gen Z say "they will fact-check" any claim made by a business or advertiser.
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