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☆ Elon Musk's mom wants you to stop encouraging the Musk-Zuck cage fight
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Maye Musk wants people to stop egging Elon Musk on to fight Mark Zuckerberg. Maye Musk tweeted at podcaster and AI researcher Lex Fridman. Fridman had suggested he'd be "all for" a Musk vs. Zuck jiu-jitsu match. Maye Musk really doesn't want her son to fight Mark Zuckerberg in a cage match. But Maye Musk has been spending the last day trying to prevent the throwdown from happening.

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☆ The Boebert vs. Greene fight isn't just happening in a ladies' bathroom anymore — it's out on the House floor and uglier than before
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert had a heated exchange on the House floor on Wednesday. "I told her exactly what I think about her," Greene told Semafor. "She has genuinely been a nasty little bitch to me," Greene told Semafor when asked about a confrontation between the two women on the House floor on Wednesday. "I've donated to you, I've defended you," Greene told Boebert before referring to her with the profanity, per one of the Daily Beast's sources. I lean into it," Greene told former Trump adviser Steve Bannon on his "War Room" podcast at the time.

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☆ Mark Zuckerberg took the bait on Elon Musk's cage-match invitation, so now we might actually get to see the fight no one asked for
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

It's the cage fight no one asked for. Jiu-jitsu lover Mark Zuckerberg has responded to Elon Musk's offer to fight him. Well, Elon Musk got what he asked for: Mark Zuckerberg is down to fight him. Mark Zuckerberg has a response to Elon Musk's suggestion that they get down and dirty in a cage match: "Send Me Location." When's fight night, Elon?

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☆ Elon Musk wants to have a cage match with his tech world nemesis, jiu-jitsu enthusiast Mark Zuckerberg
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk said he'd be up for fighting his tech world nemesis, jiu-jitsu lover Mark Zuckerberg. Elon Musk says he'd be up for settling his beef with Mark Zuckerberg in the ring. On Tuesday night, Musk took to Twitter to respond to unsubstantiated rumors that Meta might soon launch a rival to Musk's Twitter, called Threads. While we can only assume Musk's cage fight proposition is a joke, Musk and Zuckerberg have in the past traded words over their respective tech kingdoms. In the very, very slim chance that Musk and Zuckerberg were to meet in the cage, Musk would find a tough opponent in his tech world nemesis: Zuckerberg has been looking totally shredded lately.

Persons: Elon Musk, he'd, Mark Zuckerberg, Musk, Vladimir Putin, Musk's, Zuckerberg, Putin, Ramzan Kadyrov, Dmitry Rogozin . Organizations: Morning, Twitter, SpaceX, Facebook, Boring, Meta Locations: Ukraine, Redwood City , California, Russian

☆ Ticketmaster issued more than 1 million queue numbers for Coldplay's Singapore concert. Rumbles of fury at the platform are rolling through Twitter as people say they got frozen out of purchases.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Amanda Goh | Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ticketmaster issued more than 1 million virtual queue numbers for Coldplay's "Music of the Spheres" concert in Singapore. This is not the first time Ticketmaster has fumbled the ticketing experience for a big concert. Pre-sales for the concert started on Monday at 10 a.m. SGT, per a tweet from the concert organizer, Live Nation Singapore. About 1 million virtual Ticketmaster queue numbers were issued in total, local newspaper The Straits Times reported. Coldplay and Ticketmaster Singapore did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider.

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☆ Bill Ackman wants you to know exactly why he's been stirring the anti-vaccine pot all weekend
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

He's offering to fork out $150,000 for scientist Peter Hotez to debate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the topic of vaccines. "This is a debate that you cannot walk away from," Ackman tweeted at Hotez. Billionaire investor Bill Ackman, who's spent a good chunk of the weekend putting his weight — and his money — behind the prospect of a Joe Rogan-hosted vaccine debate, wants you to know he's not an anti-vaxxer or an advocate for conspiracy theories. "If you are truly interested in saving lives, you need to further the public's understanding of the truth about vaccines," Ackman added. Every day we wait, thousands more will die," Ackman tweeted at the time.

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☆ A vaccine scientist says being tag-teamed and dogpiled on by Elon Musk, Joe Rogan, and RFK Jr. all at once has been 'overwhelming'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

But the attacks are now coming from Joe Rogan and Elon Musk, Twitter's most influential users. And let's face it, when you have RFK Jr. and Joe Rogan, and Elon Musk, all tag-teaming, those tres hombres at the same time," Hotez added. "I offered to go on Joe Rogan but not to turn it into the Jerry Springer show with having RFK Jr. on," Hotez said. "First, science is not something that is typically debated like say 18th enlightenment philosophy or political issues," Hotez added. And then there is the particular problem of debating RFK Jr on this.

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☆ A brief history of the beef between 2 rising political stars: Ron DeSantis and his California nemesis, Gavin Newsom
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

On Thursday, Ron DeSantis dared Gavin Newsom to run for president. Ron DeSantis threw out a challenge to his Californian counterpart, Gov. In July, DeSantis attacked Newsom after Newsom put up an ad in Florida enticing Floridians to move to California. Newsom told MSNBC in April that he thought DeSantis was better off waiting "a few years" instead of running in 2024. Newsom has been beefing up his baseWhile DeSantis continues to wrestle with a twice-indicted Trump, Newsom has been working to shore up his platform.

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☆ Ivanka Trump buried a photo of her dad at his granddaughter's bat mitzvah so deeply in her Instagram Stories that you wouldn't have known he was there unless you looked really hard
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Ivanka Trump left her father off her Instagram grid for a post about her daughter's bat mitzvah. Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, were moved to one of the last images on her Instagram Stories. Trump made a carousel-format Instagram post with 10 photos from her daughter Arabella Kushner's bat mitzvah celebration. We reflect on the weekend with full hearts and an abundance of joy and gratitude," Ivanka Trump wrote in the caption. The photograph showed Arabella sitting at a table next to Donald and Melania Trump, with Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, standing behind them.

Persons: Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump, Melania, —, Trump, Arabella Kushner's, Donald, Jared, Arabella !, Ivanka, Arabella, Melania Trump, Jared Kushner Organizations: Service, Monday Locations: Miami, Bedminster , New Jersey

☆ Ivanka Trump buried a photo of her dad at his granddaughter's Bat Mitzvah so deeply in her Instagram Stories you wouldn't have known he was there unless you looked really hard
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Ivanka Trump left her father off her Instagram grid for a post about her daughter's Bat Mitzvah. Donald Trump and his wife Melania were relegated to one of the last images on her Instagram Stories. Trump made a carousel-format Instagram post showing 10 photos from her daughter Arabella Kushner's Bat Mitzvah celebration. We reflect on the weekend with full hearts and an abundance of joy and gratitude," Ivanka Trump wrote in the caption. The photograph showed Arabella sitting at a table between Donald and Melania Trump, with Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, standing behind them.

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☆ 'Nobody is above the law': The world reacts to Trump being indicted for the second time
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Jake Swearingen | Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Trump's allies and enemies took to Twitter en masse to weigh in on his second indictment. The common refrain from Democrats and Trump's opponents within the GOP was that nobody was above the law. God Bless President Trump. I, and every American who believes in the rule of law, stand with President Trump… — Kevin McCarthy (@SpeakerMcCarthy) June 9, 2023Sen. Josh Hawley worried about the state of the republic. Every "Republican" running for President should suspend their campaign and go to Miami as a show of support.

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☆ Tucker Carlson is nothing without Fox News, and his sad Twitter broadcast debut proves it
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Tucker Carlson is in trouble, if his first livestream is anything to go by. Without the chyron and quick cuts, Carlson must now compete with the likes of Alex Jones — and he's losing. First off, make no mistake: Tucker Carlson still gets the views. But "Tucker on Twitter" is not "Tucker Carlson Tonight." And of course, Alex Jones, who screams about gay frogs while selling snake oil dietary supplements.

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☆ Elon Musk hailed as 'Brother Ma' during a trip to China, where he's been lavished with a 16-course meal and treated like a king
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

During a surprise visit to the country, Musk has been inundated with high praise, Reuters reported. His trip has caused a social-media storm, with people eager to recommend places for him to visit. It was the Tesla and Twitter boss's first trip to China in three years, making his visit a high-profile affair for members of the public. Pictures of what's thought to be the menu for Musk's dinner in China are circulating on China's Twitter-like Weibo platform. Screengrab/WeiboReuters reported the evening included a 16-course meal shared with battery executive Zeng Yuqun at the Man Fu Yan restaurant.

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, Jack Ma, Ma, Zeng Yuqun, Fu, Xi, Tesla Organizations: Reuters, Morning, Twitter, Weibo Reuters, Fu Yan Locations: China, Beijing, Weibo, Peking, Taiwan, Ukraine

☆ How shredded Zuck celebrated Memorial Day
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Zuckerberg said he did the "Murph challenge" on Memorial Day. On Monday, Zuck posted a glimpse of his Memorial Day workout on — of course — Facebook. "I try to do the Murph challenge with the girls every Memorial Day as a tradition to honor those who defended us," Zuckerberg wrote. The Murph challenge, which is also a benchmark CrossFit workout, was named after Navy SEAL Lt. Michael P. Murphy, who was killed in action in Afghanistan in 2005. You go, Murph challenge Zuck.

☆ The Chinese Dream is dead because China's Gen Z is flat broke, and they have the receipts to prove it
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

China's Gen Z is broke, and they have the receipts to prove it. This Weibo user in Anhui saved $21.29. What a joke," one Weibo user in Guangdong wrote, posting on Weibo a record of some $1,890 in savings. To put things into perspective, the average Chinese Gen Z-er earns around $596 a month, per Statista. And now that China's Gen Z is feeling the pain, perhaps one Weibo comment — liked more than 700 times at press time — sums it up best.

☆ Americans are sharing their paychecks on TikTok and the Chinese are sharing their savings accounts on Weibo, but their point is the same: Everyone's broke
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Lina Batarags | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

China's Gen Z is broke. And America's Gen Z is in rough shape financially too, though not as bad as US millennials. They're sharing photos of savings accounts on Weibo and paychecks on TikTok, respectively, to prove it. Rather than sharing screenshots of their bank accounts, TikTok users in the US are dishing on details of their weekly paychecks, including itemized breakdowns of where every dollar goes. And unemployment rates among China's Gen Z are at a record high; the generation has been dubbed China's "unluckiest generation."

☆ Lauren Boebert once told women in rocky marriages that they just need to start 'chasing Jesus' to solve their marital issues. Now she's getting divorced.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

She once told women struggling in their marriages that chasing Jesus would solve marital issues. On Tuesday, Boebert announced that she filed for divorce from her husband Jayson Boebert, citing irreconcilable differences. Boebert has previously brought up her Christian faith while advocating for women to stay in rocky marriages. The power that you have in Christ, for your marriage, is unmatched," Boebert told an audience at the Cornerstone Christian Center during an event in June. "And if you start chasing Jesus, with everything that you have, I promise you that your husband will chase you, chasing Jesus," Boebert added.

☆ We have been graced with another video of Elon Musk dancing like no one's watching
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Elon Musk knows how to have a good time. The moves hark back to the ones he busted out on a stage in Shanghai in 2020. Elon Musk knows how to have a good time. The Mexico videos are now immortalized in the cannon of dancing Elon Musk clips. Dance, Elon, dance.

☆ Once valued at nearly $6 billion, Vice files for bankruptcy
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Claire Atkinson | Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Vice filed for bankruptcy, wiping out equity holders who poured in hundreds of millions, including TPG and James Murdoch. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday in New York's Southern District Court. The company's filing listed assets and liabilities in the range of $500 million to $1 billion. Vice had run multiple sales processes with a range of different banks but never received an offer palatable to its owners. The bankruptcy filing reveals just how many companies and investors pinned their hopes on Smith's hype about the potential growth trajectory of the TV and online venture.

☆ A California-based woman bought 3 abandoned houses in a Sicilian village for $3.30, cashing in on Italy's desperation to repopulate its fast-emptying ghost towns
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Amanda Goh | Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Rubia Daniels flew to the town of Mussomeli in Sicily after hearing about its cheap homes. Many Italian towns have introduced similar schemes in an attempt to repopulate rural Italy. Rubia Daniels standing in front of one of her Mussomeli properties Rubia Daniels. Rubia Daniels. She currently splits her time between San Francisco and Mussomeli and spends at least a month in the Italian village each time.

☆ Watch Kevin McCarthy prove he's the GOAT of dodging as he avoids 60 seconds of tough questions about George Santos and Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Kevin McCarthy was seen swerving questions about Santos and Trump like a pro. "I'm not going to avoid your question," McCarthy told a reporter. "Are you going to continue to stand by George Santos now that he's been indicted on federal charges? "I'm not going to avoid your question," McCarthy told the reporter, before doing just that. A jury just found Donald Trump liable of sexual abuse, do you still support him?"

☆ So, Mark Zuckerberg is shredded now
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Shredded Zuck wins jiu-jitsu matches. Hi, shredded Zuck. Silicon Valley, meet shredded Mark Zuckerberg. On Saturday, Zuckerberg took to Facebook — of course — to share photos of himself competing at a jiu-jitsu tournament in Redwood City, California. Hello, shredded Zuck.

☆ Watch an exasperated Matt Gaetz in a Nirvana shirt coach Ron DeSantis on how to debate people properly in a video from 2018
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A video from 2018 shows a dressed-down Matt Gaetz coaching Ron DeSantis on how to debate. Gaetz is also seen slumping onto the podium midway through debate prep. At the time of the video, Gaetz was a Florida congressman, while DeSantis had resigned to run against Gillum. Gaetz was one of the people enlisted to help DeSantis prep for debates. "I ran the Desantis Debate Prep in 2018.

☆ Someone needs to tell MTG that Biden can't be both a criminal mastermind and completely senile
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Greene baselessly claimed this week that Biden is the mastermind of a criminal empire. And he is the mastermind of the Biden criminal enterprise," Greene told Guilfoyle on Wednesday. The claims Greene has made about Biden are in line with those often trotted out by her fellow far-right GOP members. Other GOP figures, including Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, have also mocked Biden — who's 80 — for his age. It's also worth noting that Trump — who's 76, and who Greene staunchly supports — has been accused of sexual assault and arrested on 34 felony charges.

☆ Peter Thiel says Ron DeSantis would 'make a terrific president'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Peter Thiel says Ron DeSantis would "make a terrific president." "If he's the Republican nominee, I will strongly support him in 2024," Thiel said. "If he's the Republican nominee, I will strongly support him in 2024," Thiel told podcast host Bari Weiss in an episode of the "Honestly" podcast on Wednesday. Robert Bigelow, a UFO-loving Las Vegas hotel mogul, vowed to "go without food" if that was necessary to fund DeSantis' 2024 run. Thiel did not elaborate in the podcast on whether he plans to give money to DeSantis in the 2024 election cycle.

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