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☆ Trump's plan to build 10 new American cites is a right-wing dream of 'trad havens for beautiful families,' the internet's favorite architecture critic says
  + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +8 min
Architecture critic Kate Wagner says Trump's plan to build "freedom cities" is nothing new. There's a whole eco-system of classical architecture proponents on Twitter with Roman statues as their avatars who decry modernism. The order made classical architecture — think columns, marble, symmetry — the preferred style for federal buildings. Wagner says Trump's embrace of classical architecture echoes the right-wing war on modernism that began in the 1980s. "For some reason, there also emerged alongside of those advocates a group of people who started to make statements that people neurologically prefer classical architecture."
☆ Syria's White Helmets are famous for rescuing people from bombed buildings. When the earthquake struck, they knew what to do.
  + stars: | 2023-02-19 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Syria's White Helmets have been searching for survivors and corpses following the earthquake. And after over a decade of civil war, the volunteer White Helmets group, which gained international prominence for their work rescuing people from bombed buildings, was well-prepared to quickly respond to the earthquake. While aid has now started to arrive in northwest Syria, Alabdullah said that the delays likely cost countless lives. 'The White Helmets are no strangers to digging people out of the rubble'The White Helmets have received widespread praise for their work during the civil war, even being nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2016. "The White Helmets are no strangers to digging people out of the rubble," he said.
☆ A female cabin crew applicant says she was rejected from a job because she's 'dark-skinned,' report says
  + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
A cabin crew applicant to Kuwait Airways says she was rejected from a job because she's "dark-skinned." After being selected to work for Kuwait Airways, Maria was asked to send documentation including several photographs of herself. "I felt denigrated, discriminated against, like a commodity," told El Diario. Recruiters said they were checking for "scars, birthmarks or tattoos," a source told El Diario. Kuwait Airways did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
☆ How Big Tech Shakeup, Layoffs Leave Social-Media Creators Scrambling
  + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Brooke Erin Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +12 min
Meanwhile, laborers who rely on social-media platforms for visibility, reputation burnishing, and income have been left reeling — from journalists and academics to freelancers and adult performers. Last month, a plus-size creator told me how self-censorship becomes a risk-reduction strategy for marginalized creators. As the journalist Paul Gallant argued, queer content creators face a continuous struggle to avoid "the wrath that comes from violating ever-changing and poorly explained terms of service." Even coverage of the influence on social-media creators has been more tuned in to those with the biggest followings. But the real pain from this tug-of-war for the future of social media will be felt by those who have long faced the greatest hurdles: marginalized creators.
☆ Investors flock to short crypto funds, products as negative sentiment deepens -CoinShares
  + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Crypto products and funds saw inflows of $44 million, as of the week ended Nov. 18, but 75% of those flows represented investments in short crypto products, data showed. The total assets under management have plunged to $22 billion, the lowest in two years, CoinShares said. FTX filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States more than a week ago in the highest-profile crypto implosion to date. CoinShares data also showed that bitcoin posted inflows of $14 million, but when offset by inflows into short investment products, the net flows were a negative $4.3 million. Investors poured in record inflows to short-Ethereum products of $14 million.
☆ FTX founder's remarks pose challenge for his lawyers
  + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Andrew Goudsward | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
Nov 18 (Reuters) - FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, facing mounting legal challenges over the collapse of his cryptocurrency exchange, may have harmed his defense by speaking publicly in recent days, legal experts said. Bankman-Fried has sought to explain the implosion of FTX and disparaged government regulators in posts on Twitter and conversations with reporters. Attorneys said such statements will likely make life more difficult for the defense lawyers seeking to manage fallout from the exchange’s demise and navigate multiple federal investigations. His law firm represents many other financial industry clients. Joseph is a former president of the American College of Trial Lawyers who has written about racketeering law and rules of evidence.
☆ Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert is trailing with most votes counted in Colorado's 3rd Congressional District
  + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
Rep. Lauren Boebert, an outspoken right-wing freshman lawmaker, is in a tight battle for reelection. Democrat Adam Frisch is facing off against her in Colorado's 3rd Congressional District. Boebert's been a thorn in the Democratic Party's side while in office. Voters elected Boebert into office in 2020, and the representative from Rifle, Colorado, has used her position to be a thorn in the Democratic Party's side. Since taking public office, she's denied the 2020 presidential election results, interrupted President Joe Biden's State of the Union speech, and denigrated a Democratic member of Congress over their religion.
☆ 'Spector' review: A Showtime docuseries examines Phil Spector's legacy while giving Lana Clarkson near-equal time
  + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Review Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +3 min
Perhaps most notably, this Showtime docuseries gives near-equal time to victim Lana Clarkson, including how the media posthumously denigrated her. “Phil Spector very much saw himself as a victim of all kinds of things,” says Vikram Jayanti, who interviewed the producer for a BBC documentary. Spector’s attorneys fueled that by playing a reel of her appearances in movies like “Barbarian Queen” in court, which, some observers noted, merely served to humanize her. “What a horrible fate for a legend,” says Paul Shaffer, David Letterman’s band leader and one of Spector’s friends. “Spector” premieres November 4 on Showtime’s streaming service and November 6 at 9 p.m.
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