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☆ Japanese billionaire Maezawa picks K-pop star TOP, DJ Steve Aoki to join SpaceX moon trip
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa reacts as he speaks with his family after donning space suits shortly before the launch to the International Space Station (ISS) at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, December 8, 2021. REUTERS/Shamil ZhumatovTOKYO, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa on Friday revealed that K-pop star TOP and DJ Steve Aoki will be among the eight crew members he plans to take on a trip around the moon next year, hitching a ride on one of Elon Musk's SpaceX rockets. The picks were announced by Maezawa on Twitter and at a website for what he dubbed the #dearMoon Project. Maezawa used the micro-blogging site to recruit eight crew members from around the world to join him on the moon trip, saying 1 million people had applied. U.S. Olympic snowboarder Kaitlyn Farrington and Japanese dancer Miyu were named as backup crew members.

Gen Z is more likely to donate credit card rewards to charity. Millennials are more likely to save their credit card rewards for "the next big thing," while Gen Z is using their rewards in smaller increments. Gen Z is donating card rewards to charity, particularly environmental causes and womens' shelters. In general, Gen Z is showing overall smarter credit card behavior compared to how millennials were spending at that age. Gen Zers, at least the ones old enough to own a credit card, are doing more research and being more selective in their credit card use.

Jones and Infowars had already been banned from Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Apple, YouTube, Spotify, Google Play, Vimeo, Pinterest, Mailchimp and LinkedIn. But Ye’s interview had more than 3.1 million views as of publication. On other platforms, clips of the interview got millions more. Twitter suspended Ye later that night after Ye tweeted an image that contained a swastika. He showed clips of Ye praising Hitler, and Foreman speculated that his channel might get a “strike” from YouTube as a result.

☆ Some adult content creators are worried about losing their community if Twitter dies
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-23 | by ( Morgan Sung | Morgan Sung Is A Trends Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +12 min

As she followed reports of the chaos within Twitter, OnlyFans creator and artist Stephanie Michelle fretted over what losing Twitter would mean for her livelihood. The pandemic and subsequent OnlyFans boom brought a new wave of adult content creators to the so-called sex work Twitter. The online sex work community is also tight-knit, so it’s also become a space to warn others of potential dangerous customers. Because sex work is so widely stigmatized, sex workers rely on each other for mutual aid and support. She added that many sex workers have experienced losing their followings and community because of how hostile other social media platforms are to adult content creators, even if they aren’t posting explicit content.

☆ Jailed Egyptian hunger striker is hospitalized, family says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Egyptian prison authorities have intervened medically with jailed pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah, who this week escalated a food and hunger strike demanding his release, coinciding with Egypt’s hosting of the U.N. climate summit, his mother said. Abdel-Fattah’s mother, Leila Soueif, said she spoke to prison authorities by phone and asked them if her son was undergoing any medical procedure and they said he was. She asked “if it was by force, and they said no” and told her, “Alaa is good,” she told The Associated Press. Soueif has been waiting outside the prison every day this week, asking for proof of life for her son. World leaders and activists have repeatedly called for Egyptian authorities to release the activist.

☆ Actress Valerie Bertinelli 'becomes' Elon Musk, trolling the billionaire on Twitter to prove a point about blue check verification system
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( Bethany Biron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Valerie Bertinelli posed as Elon Musk on Twitter this weekend to show flaws in his newly proposed verification system. After changing her display name, she posted dozens of tweets in support of Democratic candidates. Several celebrities — including Shonda Rhimes and Sara Bareilles — have expressed plans to leave Twitter since Musk took over, citing concern with his leadership. "The blue checkmark simply meant your identity was verified," Bertinelli wrote on Twitter after changing her name. As "Elon Musk," she posted hashtags like #VoteBlueToProtectYourRights and shared tweets supporting gubernatorial contenders Gretchen Whitmore in Michigan and Beto O'Rourke in Texas, among others.

☆ Elon Musk told Mark Ruffalo not everything AOC says is accurate after the actor begged him to get off Twitter following criticism from the lawmaker
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez feuded this week following his takeover of Twitter. After actor Mark Ruffalo got involved, Musk told him not to believe everything the lawmaker says. Ocasio-Cortez later said she was "conveniently" having problems with her Twitter account following the exchanges with Musk. Mark Ruffalo got involved on Friday, retweeting Ocasio-Cortez and begging Musk to leave Twitter: "Elon. Earlier in the week, Musk exchanged tweets with author Steven King, who bashed an initial suggestion for the subscription cost to be $20 a month.

Twitter’s new “Chief Twit” spent the weekend tweeting — and it’s still not much clearer what Elon Musk will do with his new company. He denied a report from The New York Times that he planned to make major layoffs Monday ahead of a date when many Twitter employees receive stock grants. Musk has surrounded himself with Silicon Valley veterans, some of whom have criticized Twitter’s moderation work. Later, he appeared to poke fun at his deleted tweet while also taking a swipe at The New York Times. “This is fake — I did *not* tweet out a link to The New York Times!” Musk wrote alongside a screenshot of the Times’ coverage of his deleted tweet.

☆ How an OnlyFans star built his income to nearly $300,000 a year with one flat subscription fee
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Jp Mangalindan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The OnlyFans creator earns about $25,000 a month and is on track to earn about $300,000 in 2022. When Teddy Bear, who uses an alias for privacy reasons, joined OnlyFans in January 2017, he was disillusioned by the demands of the adult film industry. The OnlyFans creator decided to charge one flat subscription fee of $9.99 a month — a figure motivated by Netflix's streaming prices at the time — which gives subscribers access to all of his photos and videos. The OnlyFans creator also tinkered with his content strategy. To capture his content, Bear has invested roughly $12,000 in equipment, including four studio lights, four iPhones, as well as an iMac, MacBook Pro, and iPad Pro.

☆ American sentenced to 16 years in prison in Saudi Arabia for tweets he sent while in United States, his son says
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An American citizen has been arrested in Saudi Arabia, tortured and sentenced to 16 years in prison over tweets he sent while in the United States, his son said Tuesday. Saad Ibrahim Almadi sits in a restaurant in the United States, circa August 2021. Ibrahim Almadi / AP fileState Department deputy spokesman Vedant Patel, speaking to reporters in Washington, confirmed Almadi’s detention Tuesday. A Saudi court recently sentenced a woman to 45 years in prison for allegedly damaging the country through her social media activity. Ibrahim said his father was sentenced to 16 years in prison on Oct. 3 on charges of supporting terrorism.

☆ Former GOP Rep. Denver Riggleman says his mother told him 'I'm sorry you were ever elected' via text after he criticized Trump: book
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Denver Riggleman said his mother criticized him via text after he spoke out against Trump and QAnon. I'm sorry you were ever elected," she reportedly wrote to him. Riggleman, an ex-advisor to the Jan. 6 committee, detailed the exchange in his new book, "The Breach." I love you so, but cannot stand by and listen to your elitist attitude and being praised by elitist journalist and democrats," Riggleman's mother wrote in the texts, according to the book. Riggleman wrote that his mother was religious and also firmly in the Republican camp.

☆ Italian women divided over the prospect of far-right female premier
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

ROME — If Italy elects the nation’s first female premier, will its women be delighted or dismayed? Should opinion polls prove on the mark, Giorgia Meloni and the far-right Brothers of Italy party she co-founded less than a decade ago will triumph in the Sept. 25 election. Nothing.”Meloni, 45, is the only main party leader who didn’t join Premier Mario Draghi’s pandemic national unity government in 2021. After populist forces, including two of Meloni’s campaign allies, yanked support for Draghi in July, the former European Central Bank chief’s coalition collapsed, prompting an early election. But she has snapped back at contentions that it wouldn’t be a victory for women if she becomes premier.

☆ Randi Zuckerberg explains why she's laughing at the outcry over her crypto music video
▼ + stars: | 2022-03-04 | by ( Melia Russell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Randi Zuckerberg, sister of Mark, released a crypto music video this week that some called "cringy." Kanye West wasn't the only person who dropped a controversial music video this week. Crypto crusader Randi Zuckerberg's music video also sent social media into a frenzy with some declaring it a cringefest and others praising the singer's zeal for digital coin. Randi Zuckerberg. "A special thanks to all the crypto bros hating on my music video by retweeting and sharing it more broadly.

☆ Wanda Sykes on Ignoring Michelle Obama and Leaving ‘Roseanne’
▼ + stars: | 2019-05-20 | by ( David Marchese | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +12 min

Though she has never quite achieved superstar status, Wanda Sykes has, over the last 25 years, steadfastly built one of comedy’s most impressive careers. But I’m not going to argue and go, “I don’t know why I can’t use that word!” No. She was like: “I don’t know. I can’t just be silent.” That’s why I said I wouldn’t be going back.13Do you think Roseanne is a racist? But I don’t know.

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