Twitter neighbours complain of lit-up ‘X’ sign working at high intensity (www.theguardian.com)
New logo for Elon Musk’s social network strobes over San Francisco neighbourhood, prompting complaints and mobilising building inspectors
Child rapist Steven van de Velde weeps in first interview since Olympics outrage (www.mirror.co.uk)
Van de Velde was booed and jeered while competing at the Games. Dutch Olympic officials went to lengths to protect him from the press during the event....
Court says cis students can sue to avoid sharing a restroom with trans classmates (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Kamala Harris picks Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate (www.startribune.com)
Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be her running mate, wagering that a former red-district congressman with a progressive streak can help her win over working-class voters in battleground states needed to beat Donald Trump in November....
Chipotle customers were right — some restaurants were skimping, CEO says (www.cbsnews.com)
If you’ve felt your burrito was smaller than it should be, smaller than in the commercials, the CEO agrees.
Secret Service spotted Trump rally shooter on roof 20 minutes before gunfire erupted (abcnews.go.com)
Trump assassination attempt: More than a dozen guns found at suspected shooter's home (www.nbcnewyork.com)
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House Republican Immediately Accuses Biden of Having ‘Sent the Orders’ to Kill Trump in Bizarre Post (www.mediaite.com)
Collins followed up with another tweet calling for the local county prosecutor to “immediately file charges against Joseph R. Biden for inciting an assassination.”...
"My juror": Trump believed a loyalist on the jury could save him, until the very end (www.salon.com)
Romney Says He’d ‘Have Immediately Pardoned’ Trump If He Were Biden (www.thedailybeast.com)
TikTok sues U.S. government, says ban violates First Amendment (www.cnbc.com)
About 1 in 4 US adults 50 and older who aren't yet retired expect to never retire, AARP study finds (abcnews.go.com)
About one-quarter of U.S. adults age 50 and older who are not yet retired say they expect to never retire and 70% are concerned about prices rising faster than their income, an AARP survey finds....
Trump says going to jail for gag order violation would be a 'great honor,’ compares himself to Mandela (www.cnbc.com)
Dell tells remote workers that they won’t be eligible for promotion unless they go hybrid (arstechnica.com)
Tesla is the worst-performing stock in the S&P 500 this year (qz.com)
Sotomayor says she feels ‘frustration’ daily as conservative justices move US to right (thehill.com)
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Monday she feels daily “frustration” as conservative justices move the country to the ideological right....
Palestinians support Hamas decision to go to war with Israel, survey suggests, with no political solution on horizon (www.cnn.com)
CNN reporting on some interesting survey results from the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research in Ramallah. Seven hundred and fifty adults were interviewed face to face in the West Bank, and 481 were interviewed in Gaza, also in person. The Gaza data collection was done during the recent truce, when it was safer for...
More US auto buyers are turning to hybrids as sales of electric vehicles slow (apnews.com)
America’s automakers have staked their futures on the notion that electric vehicles will dominate sales in the coming years, spurred by buyers determined to reduce carbon emissions and save on fuel....
10-Year-Old Shot Dead on Thanksgiving—Allegedly by Dad (www.thedailybeast.com)
A 10-year-old boy was shot dead in front of his Omaha, Nebraska, home on Thursday night—allegedly by his own father.
Cop outted as OnlyFans model after pulling over subscriber: ‘I saw you have sex’ (www.dexerto.com)
Even the cops are making OnlyFans. She should have just given him an autograph.
Nebraska US mother sentenced to two years in prison for giving daughter abortion pills (www.theguardian.com)
Starfield is the latest game to be boycotted by conservatives. This time because of pronouns (theconversation.com)
Starfields is one of the biggest games of 2023 – but it’s joined other recent games like Baldurs Gate 3 in being boycotted by conservatives because of the way it interacts with gender.
“X” Didn’t Pay Severance. Now It’s Facing 2,200 Cases—and Big Fees (www.motherjones.com)
Elon Musk’s alleged penchant for not paying bills is catching up with him. In the wake of numerous lawsuits claiming the world’s richest man failed to pay severance owed to many of the 6,000 employees he fired after acquiring Twitter. On Monday, CNBC reported that the tech company now known as X is facing some 2,200...
Numerous Tesla owners say they've been trapped inside their EVs after they lost power. Here's how to manually open a Tesla door if you get stuck inside. (www.businessinsider.com)
Numerous Tesla owners have said they’ve been stuck inside their EVs after the cars suddenly lost power....
Americans’ credit card debt hits a record $1 trillion (www.cnn.com)
Americans’ credit card debt levels have just notched a new, but undesirable, milestone: For the first time ever, they’ve surpassed $1 trillion, according to data released Tuesday by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
