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Elon Musk knew he made a bad bet on Twitter. He was right. (www.axios.com)

Friday is the one-year anniversary of Elon Musk's $44 billion takeover of Twitter, which he subsequently renamed X....

Florida man allegedly threatened to shoot someone at CVS unless given 'all bottles' of Viagra (www.nbcnews.com)

We caught technicians at Best Buy, Mobile Klinik, Canada Computers and others snooping on our personal devices (www.cbc.ca)

When you need to drop off your tech devices for a repair, how confident are you that they won’t be snooped on?...

27 dead after Hurricane Otis makes landfall in Mexico as Category 5 storm (abcnews.go.com)

Taco Bell's effort to 'liberate' Taco Tuesday nationwide comes to fruition (www.nrn.com)

Utah sues TikTok, alleging it lures children into addictive and destructive social media habits (apnews.com)

Utah became the latest state Tuesday to file a lawsuit against TikTok, alleging the company is “baiting” children into addictive and unhealthy social media habits....

South Carolina man pleads guilty to obstruction of justice in murder of Black transgender woman (thehill.com)

'Go Away TEA,' Say Houston ISD Parents and Teachers (www.texasobserver.org)

“We are professional educators. We demand to be respected.”

Secrecy Shields Powerful Adults in Our Juvenile Justice Systems. Kids Showed Me What’s Really Happening. (www.propublica.org)

Donald Trump's allies are falling like dominoes (www.newsweek.com)

Kyrsten Sinema said she doesn't care if she loses reelection because she 'saved the Senate by myself' and can go serve 'on any board I want to,' book says (news.yahoo.com)

Kyrsten Sinema doesn’t care one bit if she wins re-election, according to a new book....

Biden admin pushes for 'pause' in Israeli military campaign in Gaza (www.nbcnews.com)

Canada top court to get first woman majority bench with Trudeau's new nominee (www.reuters.com)

The naming of Moreau will give Canada’s top court five female judges and four male judges. Moreau was most recently the chief justice of Alberta’s superior court, and has worked in that court for 29 years. She will fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court created by the resignation of Russell Brown in June....

Credit card users paid $130 billion in fees, interest in 2022, federal watchdog says (www.cnbc.com)

Florida orders universities to ‘deactivate’ pro-Palestinian group (www.politico.com)

Highlights: Florida’s university system chancellor, responding to a push by Gov. Ron DeSantis, directed state universities Tuesday to disband campus groups with ties to the national Students for Justice in Palestine organization, marking the first punishments handed down to colleges here amid the Israel-Hamas war....

California Suspends Cruise Robotaxi Operations Over 'Risk to Public Safety' (www.thedrive.com)

General Motors' driverless Cruise taxis can no longer operate on California roads without a safety driver, effective immediately.

Hamas and Israel at war: what we know on day 20 (www.theguardian.com)

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Well, We Have a Speaker. He’s an Election Denier and an Extreme Christian Fundamentalist. (newrepublic.com)

Strikers have shut down a vital Great Lakes shipping artery for days, and negotiations are looming (apnews.com)

Around 360 workers in Ontario and Quebec with Unifor, Canada’s largest private-sector union, walked out early Sunday in a dispute over wages with the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp. The strike has shut down 13 locks between Lake Erie and Montreal, bottling up ships in the Great Lakes and preventing more ships from coming...

Robert Card: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know (heavy.com)

Robert Card of Bowdoin, Maine, is the Lewiston active shooter suspect.

T-Mobile Walks Back Forced Plan Migration, Won't Make People Switch Plans After All (www.cnet.com)

Almost all major advertisers have fled Elon Musk's Twitter, new data shows | Boing Boing (boingboing.net)

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US economic growth accelerates in third quarter (www.reuters.com)

Inside ICE’s Database for Finding ‘Derogatory’ Online Speech (www.404media.co)

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has used a system called Giant Oak Search Technology (GOST) to help the agency scrutinize social media posts, determine if they are “derogatory” to the U.S., and then use that information as part of immigration enforcement, according to a new cache of documents reviewed by 404 Media....