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☆ Dozens of Trump’s phony electors, many under investigation, still hold powerful GOP jobs in key states
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Natasha Korecki | Kaitlyn Francis | Natasha Korecki Is A Senior National Political Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +13 min

Law enforcement activity has not pushed these false electors from their political perches. Al Drago / Bloomberg via Getty ImagesAll told, 23 of those false electors hold positions of power within their Republican parties. Then there are additional actors that didn’t serve in the slate of false electors themselves but were instrumental in the scheme. Others hold positions of power within the state GOP, including Shafer, who is chair; Joseph Brannan, state GOP treasurer; Vikki Consiglio, the state party’s assistant treasurer; and Ken Carroll, the assistant secretary. On June 21, federal agents scattered across key states to deliver subpoenas to those who acted as Trump electors.

☆ September 21 is Black Women's Equal Pay Day. It shows how far America has to go to close the gender and racial wage gap.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

September 21 is Black Women's Equal Pay Day. The pay gap affects Black women in multiple ways, including their savings for retirement. Equal pay day is calculated based on the size of that wage gap. The over $900,000 in loses over a 40-year career for Black women from the pay gap can negatively impact Black women financially. Mason said the money lost due to the pay gap affects "their ability to build wealth."

☆ LinkedIn founder and Elon Musk's longtime friend said he worried when he heard about the billionaire's decision to buy Twitter: 'It was like "Oh my god, another huge problem"'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-17 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Reid Hoffman said he was initially concerned when he learned of Elon Musk's decision to buy Twitter. Other members of Musk's social circle told Axios they warned him against buying Twitter. He's already dealing with a large number,'" Hoffman told Axios in a podcast interview, referencing Musk's offer to buy Twitter on April 14. Hoffman told Axios he never doubts Musk for long — even when it came to his initial decision to purchase Twitter. Whether Musk will be forced to buy Twitter has yet to be decided.

☆ NASA's Perseverance rover is reliably producing oxygen. A scaled-up version could help astronauts breathe on Mars one day.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-01 | by ( Paola Rosa-Aquino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A toaster-sized device called MOXIE is tucked inside NASA's Perseverance rover, which landed on Mars in 2021. NASA's Perseverance rover descends onto Mars, on February 18, 2021. The oxygen atoms then combine with each other to produce oxygen gas. MOXIE splits carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide and oxygen atoms, before the single oxygen atoms combine to make breathable oxygen. Researchers imagine a jumbo version of MOXIE, approximately 100 times larger, could produce oxygen at the same rate as several hundred trees.

Hundreds of clinical trials are testing psychedelic drugs like LSD and MDMA as medical treatments. Insider is tracking the key experiments that will show whether or not psychedelics actually work. Our psychedelics clinical trial tracker is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. To find out whether psychedelics can really work as treatments for PTSD, depression, and other ailments, researchers are testing them in clinical trials. Click here to see our interactive tracker monitoring these clinical trials.

☆ Use this email template from a LinkedIn career expert to network and find a new job
▼ + stars: | 2022-05-06 | by ( Shana Lebowitz | Shriya Bhattacharya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

LinkedIn career expert Blair Heitmann's networking template can help workers who want a new job. 1 asset as a professional over the course of your career," said Blair Heitmann, an in-house career expert at LinkedIn. I'd love to catch up and also hear about your advice and experience working at [recipient's company] in [recipient's job title] and within [recipient's industry]. Best,[your name]You never know who in your network will be able to help youYou can also use this time to expand your network, said LinkedIn career expert Drew McCaskill. You may even be able to help them in their job search — as McCaskill said, "Networking is a two-way street!"

☆ The many faces of Scooter Braun
▼ + stars: | 2022-03-01 | by ( Anna Silman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +44 min

The former Yeezy associate said that West had offered Braun large percentages of Yeezy several times, which Braun always declined.) Singer told Insider that Braun "did not even see the final cut until the day before it came out." In 2012, Braun told The New Yorker that Geffen's advice to him was "Get out of the music business." Singer told Insider that Braun had only seen Jayne "once in his life, at a political event they both attended. And I couldn't fix it and I'm a fixer, and because I couldn't fix things I started to spiral," Braun told Shetty.

Persons: Scooter Braun, Kanye, West, Braun, Yeezy, Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Marty Singer, Ben Rose, Taylor Swift, he's, I've, Braun you've, It's, Long, J Balvin, Psy, née Scott —, Ludacris, Eminem, Britney Spears, Matt Graham, Jason Salvador, He's, Bieber, Micah Smith, riffed, Harvey Levin, Perez Hilton, Lil Twist, Bieber's, Justin, Singer, Salvador, Selena Gomez, Gomez, Kevin Mazur, Swift, Selena, Scooter, Taylor, " Braun, kid's, Madison Beer, Etta James, Beer, Beer texted Braun, Todrick, Hall, Braun wasn't, Joseph Gordon, Levitt, hadn't, Pete Davidson, Grande, Davidson, Kris Jenner, —, didn't, J, Demi Lovato, Lovato, Critics, Rich Fury, Yael Cohen, Braun's, Marcus Aurelius, Maya Angelou, David Geffen, Jeff Bezos, playbook, Odysseus, Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris, Matthew McNulty, Stephanie Simon, Jennifer Merlino, Simon, Brandon Creed, Bruno Mars, Troy Carter, Lady Gaga, Carter, Creed, George Floyd, Noam Galai, Moe Shalizi, missives, Scooter Braun playbook, Swift's, Taylor Swift's, Shamrock, Hybe, Justin Shin, Peter Comisar, Comisar, Laroi, Erika Jayne, Jayne, Yael Cohen Braun, Michael Kovac, Jay Shetty, Scooter Braun's, Shetty, Hoffman, I'd, I'm, Natalie Jarvey Organizations: Kanye, Ithaca Holdings, trailblazer, Spotify, South, YouTube, Emory University, segueing, eBay, DreamWorks, SB, TED, Hollywood's Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles Times, New Yorker, TMZ, Wall Street, Billboard, US Immigration, Customs, NME, Twitter, Todrick Hall, MTV, Amazon's, Ithaca Holdings —, Ventures, Atlas, CBS, Manchester, Grande, Nickelodeon, Untitled Entertainment, Untitled, British GQ, Hollywood, New York, Financial Times, behemoth, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Carlyle Group, litigating, Housewives, Beverly Hills, Gentleman's Locations: China, Yeezy, West, South Korean, Atlanta, hoodies, Hollywood's, Greenwich , Connecticut, Colombia, Yorker, Ithaca, California, Grande, Braun, British, Hybe, Korea, Korean

☆ Elon Musk and Peter Thiel were both Silicon Valley outsiders until they joined forces to form PayPal. A new book reveals details of their tumultuous rise to the top.
▼ + stars: | 2022-02-23 | by ( Jonathan A. Knee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

It is these stark differences in approach to business, management, and culture that make the story so engrossing. Thanks to a 2007 Fortune magazine cover story complete with a Godfather-esque photo, the "PayPal Mafia" have taken on unjustified mythic status in Silicon Valley. The Founders provides the tools needed to develop a more balanced view of Silicon Valley and its larger-than-life personalities. It also suggests which aspects of that era of Silicon Valley culture are worth preserving — or maybe even rediscovering. His most recent book is "The Platform Delusion: Who Wins and Who Loses in the Age of Tech Titans."

☆ Facebook şi Twitter au desfiinţat mai multe reţele de dezinformare de pe platformele lor
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-09 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +3 min

Facebook şi Twitter au anunţat joi că au desfiinţat mai mult de 12 reţele de dezinformare de pe platformele lor, folosite de grupuri politice şi susţinute de state din mai multe ţări pentru a-i induce în eroare pe utilizatori. Operaţiunile aveau ca ţintă cel puţin alte 16 ţări, de la Azerbaidjan la Nigeria şi Japonia, potrivit Facebook şi Twitter. Facebook a anunţat că a suspendat 10 reţele, dintre care pe unele le-a identificat public anterior. La acea vreme, Twitter a suspendat 20 de conturi şi Facebook a anunţat că va investiga activitatea. ”Greşeala a fost semnalată echipei de comunicare a Facebook”, se afirmă într-un comunicat.

Persons: Nathaniel Gleicher, Greşeala, Jake Hoffman, Reuters Organizations: Facebook, Twitter, Facebook . Facebook, Rally, Group, Rally Forge, Washington Post, Conservation Locations: Statele Unite, Iranului, Rusiei, Moscova, SUA, Azerbaidjan, Nigeria, Japonia, Iran, Arabia Saudită, Cuba, Thailanda, Rusia, Myanmar, Phoenix

☆ Nicole Kidman Leans Into the Pain
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-05 | by ( David Marchese | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +22 min

Illustration by Bráulio Amado Talk Nicole Kidman Leans Into the PainIn HBO’s mini-series “The Undoing,” a psychological thriller that premieres Oct. 25, Nicole Kidman plays Grace Fraser, a Manhattan therapist whose impeccably ordered life is suddenly shattered by violence and lust. I don’t know. If there was a choice, I don’t know I would be an actor. But you go, As long as I surrender to what this is, I’m going to have an incredible time. It interests me how the latest role you’ve played is usually the way in which you’re going to be perceived.

Persons: Bráulio Amado, Nicole Kidman, Grace Fraser, Grace —, we’ve, Kidman, “ I’ve, ” Kidman, “, Celeste, Shailene Woodley, Reese Witherspoon, Photofest Celeste, Grace, I’ve, Stanley Kubrick, I’d, I’m, I’ll, Hugh Grant, ’ ’ Niko Tavernise, “ Tenet, ”, gosh, Masha, Nicole, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Pacino, Kubrick, You’ve, Tom Cruise, Stanley, wasn’t torturous, Madison Eginton, ’, you’re, It’s, who’s, Stoicism, There’s, you’ve, Kennedy Miller, Aaron Eckhart, David Giesbrecht, —, You’re, bode, Dogville ”, Lars von Trier, Virginia Woolf, Julianne Moore, Stephen Daldry, ” Liane Moriarty, “ I’ll, Grace of Monaco, Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld, Baz Luhrmann, “ Nicole, you’ll, Sabrina Lantos, “ We’re, ” It’s, we’re, Philip Roth, Philip, Jane Campion, Jane, Susanna Moore, Meg Ryan, don’t, she’d, Robert Eggers, Ryan Pfluger, David Marchese, Ilhan Omar, Mark Cuban, Padma Lakshmi Organizations: HBO, Warner Bros, stoicism, Lionsgate, Everett, Miramax Films, Paramount Pictures, Hollywood, Annapurna, Miramax, New York Times, New York Times Magazine Locations: Manhattan, “, HBO’s, Vietnam, Australia, Moulin Rouge, Sweden, Virginia, Ireland

☆ Inside Gabriel 'Fluffy' Iglesias' $3 million Volkswagen bus collection
▼ + stars: | 2019-08-16 | by ( Daniel Gessner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Gabriel Iglesias, the comedian also known as 'Fluffy,' owns a $3 million collection of classic Volkswagen buses. His car collection also includes several very rare Beetles and muscle cars. We're taking a tour of his enormous garage, which features a collection of classic Volkswagen buses worth more than $3 million. Gabriel: Why did I become interested in collecting Volkswagen buses? Narrator: Gabriel says he built his Fluffy Museum to resemble the famous Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg, Germany, with his own choices of artwork and Fluffy pieces.

☆ 20 best nude beaches around the world
▼ + stars: | 2018-05-24 | by ( Joe Yogerst | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

Meanwhile, there are more places than ever to sun, swim or build sandcastles au naturel at clothing-optional beaches on every continent. One of the spin-offs of the socially and sexually liberal 1960s was a “free beach” movement that saw a proliferation of nude beaches around the world. Here are 15 of the best nude beaches around the world:Playa Naturista Chihuahua, UruguayLocated about a 30-minute drive from Punta del Este, Uruguay’s best-known nude beach overlooks Portezuelo Bay on the Atlantic coast. Playa Naturista Chihuahua, Avenida Las Amarras, 20003 Chihuahua, UruguayNida Nude Beach, LithuaniaThe chilly Baltic Sea may not seem like the most obvious place to skinny dip. Platja des Cavallet, 07818, Balearic Islands, SpainLittle Beach, Maui, HawaiiLittle Beach -- a clothing-optional beach in Maui's Makena State Park.

☆ (video) 5 filme de Ziua Mondială de Conştientizare a Autismului
▼ + stars: | 2018-04-02 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +7 min

De Ziua Internațională de Conștientizare a Autismului, #diez a selectat 5 filme ce te vor ajuta să înțelegi mai bine ce este autismul. Oamenii beau apă, ceai. Oamenii beau cafea. Oamenii beau compot. Beau lapte, beau mare, beau chefir.

Persons: Dustin Hoffman, Oskar, Asperger, Sandra Bullock, Tom Hanks, Mozart, Isabelle, Donald, Temple, Anton tut ryadom, Anton tut, Anton Kharitonov, Totul, Arkus, Liubov, Împușcă, Roșcați Organizations: Internațională, Golden Globes, Times, Fanta Locations: Autismul, New York, zângănind, limonadă

☆ Years Before 9/11, There Was 2/26
▼ + stars: | 1993-02-26 | by ( Roy Hoffman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

On Feb. 26, 1993—a date often obscured by the enormity of 9/11—I went to work in one era and returned home with a glimpse of another marked by new perils and challenges. It was a little after noon on that snowy Friday when I felt a huge thunk as I was working on the 57th floor of 2 World Trade Center. The lights shut off and my computer went dead. I was a 39-year-old speechwriter in the Manhattan offices of Gov. After a long, puzzling moment, we got the directive: Grab your coats and head to the exit.

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