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☆ Rare video shows an orca ripping open a 30-foot-long whale shark before feasting on its liver
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Divers captured rare footage of a gruesome killer whale hunting technique. An orca off the coast of California was seen "slurping" the liver of a live shark. The gruesome footage shows an orca tearing into the stomach of a 30-foot-long whale shark before removing its liver. "Looks like they slurped in the liver and then the whale shark just fell and descended down, with no movement — I'm assuming it was dead," he said. Shortly after the encounter, another orca killed another whale shark nearby.

Persons: James Moskito, It's, Moskito, Roets, Michael Weiss Organizations: Service, Marine Dynamics, Center, , Research Locations: California, Wall, Silicon, Cortez, Farallon, South

☆ What Covid? The Cheesy Cruise Makes a Big Comeback - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Ezra Dyer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

And a recent AAA survey found that 52 percent of Americans say that compared with before the pandemic, they’re as likely or more likely to consider taking a cruise this year. Which brings us to the other thing that makes American cruises singular: More is always more. My family’s home for four days was once one of the largest passenger ships ever built, some 900 feet long and displacing more than 100,000 tons. While cruises themselves follow the same formula as always, parachuting hedonistic day-trippers into tourist-friendly ports, the post-Covid clientele has changed. Before Covid, the numbers were fairly even, but evidently the blue-state crowd is having a tougher time putting the Diamond Princess out of mind.

Persons: who’s, Taylor Swift, There’s, overstimulation, they’d Organizations: AAA, Cruises, downer, Royal, Republicans Locations: Bahamas

☆ Fact Check-Marjorie Taylor Greene post on ‘Civil War II’ is fabricated
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene did not call for a civil war in a post on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, a spokesperson for Greene said in an email to Reuters. “We don’t need WWIII, what we need is Civil War II,” read a purported screenshot of an X post shared on X and Facebook (here), (here) and (here). An advanced search for the post on X did not produce any results (bit.ly/3QdYcUR). ABC News in February 2023 reported Greene as saying, “We don't want a civil war. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene did not write a post saying the U.S. needs a “Civil War II.” Media have reported Greene talking about splitting the country into Republican and Democratic states in a “national divorce.”This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team.

Persons: Marjorie Taylor Greene, Greene, ”, Nick Dyer, Greene’s, We're, Read Organizations: Twitter, Reuters, Facebook, NBC, Republican, Democratic, ABC, ” Media Locations: U.S

☆ In Milan Kundera’s Work, the Erotic Meets the Subversive
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Dwight Garner | More About Dwight Garner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Kundera’s humor had a deeper purpose. I could always recognize a person who was not a Stalinist, a person whom I needn’t fear, by the way he smiled. Kundera’s novels often felt essayistic; they were about whatever was on his mind: nostalgia, the absurdity of absolutes, music. Kundera saw sex as an act of redemption and of liberation under repressive regimes, but his obsession came back to haunt him. Geoff Dyer compared Kundera’s novels to the slapstick burlesque of “The Benny Hill Show,” with “the nurse in her bra and panties getting chased around by these horny doctors.”

Persons: “, ”, Philip Roth, Jonathan Rosen, ’, Kundera, Critics, Geoff Dyer, Kundera’s, Benny Hill Organizations: The New York, Communist Locations: Czechoslovakia, France

☆ Chinese automakers are winning in a key area that will make it even harder for American competitors to catch up
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Alexa St. John | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Chinese automakers have a better handle on what their customers want than other car companies. Chinese automakers know what their customers want better than others — and that's why they're likely to beat out rival car companies, especially those from the US. Chinese auto players are already growing rapidly: They're expected to outsell foreign brands in China for the first time this year. "This freshness is a really critical buying factor for Chinese brands," Dyer said. "They will become bigger and stronger competitors and players — potentially, a source of disruption for some of the mature market automakers," Dyer added.

Persons: AlixPartners, That's, Stephen Dyer, Dyer, Li Organizations: US, Asia Automotive, Ford, GM, Volkswagen Locations: China, AlixPartners, Japan, Germany, Korea

☆ Chinese automakers to take majority of home market for first time - forecast
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

It would represent the first time Chinese automakers have controlled a majority share of China's car market - the world's largest. For the past four decades, China's auto market has been dominated by established global brands such as VW and Toyota operating in joint ventures with Chinese partners. AlixPartners forecast China's overall auto sales would grow 3% this year to 24.9 million vehicles, recovering to the level of sales before COVID-19. Dyer forecast annual sales of Chinese-branded cars in overseas markets would grow to 9 million vehicles by 2030. China's market also faces massive overcapacity, and Dyer forecast a wave of consolidation.

Persons: Jason Lee, AlixPartners, Tesla, Stephen Dyer, Dyer, haven't, Zhang Yan, Kevin Krolicki, Devika Organizations: REUTERS, VW, Toyota, HK, Xpeng Motors, Thomson Locations: Beijing, China, Japan, U.S, Asia, Europe, South America, South East Asia, South Asia, Shanghai, Singapore

☆ Your 401(k) plan may be worsening climate change, expert says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Annie Nova | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Increasingly, employees are automatically enrolled in their 401(k) plan without weighing in on their investments. watch nowMeanwhile, some employers may be worried that their workers won't get high enough profits from ESG funds, Dyer said. A Trump administration-era rule discouraged retirement plan sponsors from offering ESG funds, experts say. How to examine your ESG 401(k) optionsIf you're in the small pool of employees who do have access to an ESG fund in your retirement plan, your research may end there. Employers have a fiduciary duty to administer retirement plans in the best interest of plan participants.

Persons: Dyer, Morgan Stanley, Trump, Joe Biden, Biden, Bradford Campbell, Campbell, Behar, Andrew Behar, Sow Organizations: CFA Institute, CFA, Department of Labor, House Republicans, Employers Locations: ESG, Texas, GreenFin

☆ An IPO for a Painting? This $55 Million Masterpiece Is Going Public
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Carol Ryan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Shares of famous artwork are going public for the first time with a top painting's IPO expected to draw $55 million
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Filip De Mott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

It will allow retail investors to join the high-value art market, purchasing fractional ownership. The IPO is led by Artex, with shares only available on a specially made art stock exchange. Shares will be valued at around $100 each and will trade on a newly formed art stock exchange in Liechtenstein. By splitting a work's cost into more-affordable shares, retail investors can join the market without having to pay millions of dollars. While other companies have offered fractionalized ownership for artwork before, Artex is the first to take a piece public, allowing shares to be traded more easily.

Persons: Francis Bacon, Artex, —, George Dyer Organizations: Street Journal, Service, Wall Street Locations: Liechtenstein

☆ Mothers accused of harming their babies are turning to the same science that freed Kathleen Folbigg
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Hilary Whiteman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

Confirmation of a likely genetic cause for the children’s deaths has implications far beyond Australia for parents who have been accused of killing or harming their babies. The advances in genetic testing used to free Folbigg are giving other families hope that science may explain why their children have died, but experts say sometimes even that can’t exonerate parents – often mothers – accused of harming them. How the science is helping othersOne of the lead authors of the study, Professor Carola Vinuesa, says that Folbigg’s case has encouraged other families and lawyers to come forward, seeking genetic evidence to clear mothers accused of harming their babies. Some mothers accused of injuring their children are seeking a genetic explanation for their symptoms to counter claims of child abuse, she said. “The majority of these mothers have not harmed their children, but the children have these very rare conditions.

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☆ Fact Check-Marjorie Taylor Greene did not include a ‘pornography ban’ in US debt ceiling bill
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene did not include a “nationwide pornography ban” in the debt ceiling bill, contrary to claims circulating online. Reuters found no evidence that Greene is currently taking steps to remove the Miller Test or establish a pornography ban. No major news outlets covering the debt ceiling negotiations (tinyurl.com/2kmmynxa) reported on this. On June 3, President Joe Biden signed a bill that suspends the government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, averting what would have been its first-ever default (here). There is no evidence that Greene is planning to include a “nationwide pornography ban” in the debt ceiling bill.

Persons: Marjorie Taylor Greene, Nick Dyer, Greene, “ Miller, Donald Trump, “ Trump, Joe Biden, Read Organizations: Republican, Putnam County Ohio Republican Party, Reuters Locations: Putnam, Russian

☆ In California’s Heartland, a New Resistance Movement Is Taking Root
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Mark Arax | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The campaign unearthed such racism that Black youths canvassing the Northside for Measure P were threatened. Measure P landed on the 2018 ballot. Sales-tax measures almost always require a two-thirds vote. Celedon’s legal counsel argued that because Measure P was initiated by citizens and not elected officials, only a simple majority was needed. Measure P, in its first year alone, raised $42 million.

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☆ Eliminated Slater handed wildcard to continue on WSL Championship Tour
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The 11-times world champion will be able to surf and earn ranking points at the remaining events in 2023 and for the first half of the 2024 tour, the WSL said. "Slater's ranking points will also give him the opportunity to compete for provisional qualification for the Olympic Games Paris 2024," the WSL said. Slater was knocked out by Australian Liam O'Brien early in the Margaret River Pro last week, which left him below the mid-season cut line. Some surfing media criticised the wildcard decision, saying it was motivated by commercial considerations and made a mockery of the WSL's ranking system. France's Johanne Defay was also awarded a wildcard to continue on the Women's Championship Tour after falling well outside the mid-season cut.

☆ MAGA-world is rushing to defend Jack Teixeira, the accused Pentagon leaker who allegedly dumped secret documents online to impress his teenage gamer buddies
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( John Haltiwanger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The leak represents the worst military intelligence breach in roughly a decade. To them, Teixeira is a martyr for revealing the truth about the stalemated war in Ukraine to the American people. "Tonight, the news media are celebrating the capture of the kid who told Americans what's actually happening in Ukraine," Carlson said. The leaks could hurt Ukraine on the battlefieldThe leak of the documents allegedly perpetrated by Teixeira represents the worst US military intelligence breach in roughly a decade. The secret documents offered details on US spying on friends and foes alike, many of which pertained to the war in Ukraine.

☆ 'Stranger Things' animated series coming to Netflix
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Mario AnzuoniLOS ANGELES, April 10 (Reuters) - An animated series set in the sci-fi world of "Stranger Things" is in development at Netflix (NFLX.O), part of the streaming service's efforts to expand the hit series into a wide-ranging franchise. Netflix announced the series in a statement released on Monday but gave no title or release date and few details. "We’ve always dreamed of an animated 'Stranger Things' in the vein of the Saturday morning cartoons that we grew up loving," the Duffer brothers, creators of the original "Stranger Things" series, said in the statement. "Stranger Things" debuted on Netflix in 2016 and became the company's most-watched English language series. Netflix had previously announced that a "Stranger Things" spinoff show was in the works and a play that will debut at London's West End in November.

☆ Authorities search for more victims after tornado pummels Arkansas
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-01 | by ( Liliana Salgado | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 1 (Reuters) - Arkansas first responders on Saturday will sift through debris for more possible victims after a fierce tornado sliced through the Little Rock area and northeastern part of the state, killing at least two people and injuring dozens of others. Two fatalities in Arkansas were reported in Wynne, about 100 miles (160 km) east of Little Rock, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders said on Friday night. One person was killed and more than 50 people hospitalized in North Little Rock, Pulaski County spokeswoman Madeline Roberts told the Washington Post. Although more than 30 people were taken to hospital in the Little Rock area, none had died as of Friday night, said Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr., who added that the count remained imprecise. [1/9] A view of destroyed buildings following the tornado in Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S., March 31, 2023 in this picture obtained from social media.

☆ Spring training roundup: Astros pound Cardinals 24-1
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

Astros starter Jose Urquidy scattered four hits over four innings, allowing the lone run on a multiple-error play in the second that scored Oscar Mercado. Cardinals starter Jack Flaherty yielded six earned runs on four hits and three walks over 3 2/3 innings. Wil Myers hit an RBI double and Michael Siani added an RBI single for the Reds. Elehuris Montero hit his fifth homer of the spring, a two-run shot, and Brenton Doyle went 2-for-3 with an RBI triple for the Rockies. Padres starter Michael Wacha went five innings and yielded eight hits, two walks and four runs.

☆ Marjorie Taylor Greene adds defunding ongoing DOJ Trump investigations to list of hard-right demands to avoid fiscal crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she won't vote for a budget without cuts to DOJ and FBI. It adds to a long list of steep conservative demands in exchange for raising the debt ceiling. The unprecedented demand will likely garner momentum among the furthest-right members of the House Republican caucus. Once a fringe member of the caucus, Greene has emerged as a key ally of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) March 17, 2023Greene spokesman Nick Dyer clarified that the congresswoman was alluding to the use of the Holman rule, which allows Congress to target specific federal employees' salaries and zero-out specific government programs.

☆ Orca pair devour 17 sharks in a day in South African killing spree, say marine biologists
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-04 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A pair of orca whales in South Africa killed 17 sharks in just "one sitting," said marine biologists. The male duo had previously terrorized great white sharks that used to hunt in the area. Days later, they found the remains of 11 of the 17 killed sevengill sharks in Pearly Beach. The carcasses of several great white sharks have since washed up on the shores of False Bay, all grossly injured and with their oil-rich livers ripped out. For the first time in May 2022, scientists were able to film Starboard killing a great white shark.

☆ Fact Check-Marjorie Taylor Greene tweet referring to dinosaurs as dragons is fabricated
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Marjorie Taylor Greene did not post a tweet referring to dinosaurs as dragons, despite a screenshot circulating online. The screenshot appears to show a tweet published via Taylor Greene’s official Twitter claiming that the “biblical name” for dinosaurs is dragons. A Twitter advanced search via Taylor Greene’s official Twitter account did not find the post (archive.is/wip/VefQY). Archived versions of Taylor Greene’s Twitter account similarly did not find any such tweet (here), (here). A pinned moderator post beneath the image on the Reddit thread also details the satirical intent of the image (archive.is/0Vdho).

☆ Marjorie Taylor Greene wore a $495 alpaca wool coat to the State of the Union to 'highlight' the Chinese spy balloon
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia wore an ostentatious wool coat at the State of the Union. The far-right congresswoman wore the coat to "highlight" the Chinese spy balloon, her office says. The garment sells for $495 on Overland.com and "supports Peruvian artisans in earning fair wages." According to her office, it was an effort to draw attention to a Chinese spy balloon that flew over the continental United States last week. Greene, a self-described "Christian nationalist," also supported Peruvian artisans with her purchase.

☆ Cast of Netflix's 'Stranger Things' is getting a big payday for the show's final season
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Travis Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Main members of the "Stranger Things" cast are set to earn from $6 million to $9 million-plus for season five. "Stranger Things" season five will be the show's final season. Puck's Matthew Belloni reported on Thursday how much the show's top actors will be making for the next, and final, season of the Netflix hit. The "Stranger Things" cast has come a long way. "Stranger Things" is one of Netflix's biggest hits.

Last year, the nation’s largest LGBTQ advocacy organization, the Human Rights Campaign, labeled 2021 the “worst year” for LGBTQ rights in modern U.S. history, citing a record number of anti-LGBTQ bills introduced in state legislatures across the country. “The LGBTQ+ community is really under siege right now,” said Ricardo Martinez, CEO of LGBTQ advocacy group Equality Texas. One bill that was successfully implemented, and gained national headlines for months, was Florida’s Parental Rights in Education law, or what critics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. The word “grooming” has long been associated with mischaracterizing LGBTQ people, particularly gay men and transgender women, as child sex abusers. Those losses came after some conservative groups ramped up misleading or inflammatory campaign ads targeting transgender rights.

Here are 12 of the weirdest and most fascinating animal behaviors scientists spotted in 2022. Here are 12 bizarre and amazing things animals were spotted doing, some of which had never been seen before. It turned out that at least 12 species of primates had been reported doing so, a review published in the Journal of Zoology in October found. A dolphin swallowed 8 venomous sea snakesA sea snake (indicated with pink arrow), moments before it is captured and eaten by a Navy dolphin. Though animals have often been spotted using tools, these usually are used to give the animal a clear survival advantage.

☆ Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has been vacationing in Costa Rica during one of the most consequential legislative weeks of the year
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has been vacationing in Costa Rica this week. The entire time, the Georgia congresswoman was vacationing with her kids — and her ex-husband — in Costa Rica. Greene boarding a flight to Liberia, Costa Rica at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Sunday, December 18. Greene looking at her phone at baggage claim at the airport in Liberia, Costa Rica on Sunday. "Now that COVID is over and we're back to normal life, Congresswoman Greene is ready to end proxy voting," Greene spokesman Nick Dyer told Insider in May.

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