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2 days agoCurrent Event wildcat
It Turns Out that Deplatforming Works.
After Twitter and Facebook banned Donald Trump and over 70,000 QAnon-related accounts, two things quickly became apparent: 1) it was the right thing to do and had a salutary effect on public discourse, and 2) tech moguls have a frightening amount of control over democracy and public discourse.
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2 days agoCurrent Event wildcat
She Was Fired From Taco Bell for Being in Porn
With her sex work on pause during the pandemic, Lonna Wells was earning money for her family at Taco Bell. But she was fired when a customer complained. Now she’s speaking out.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event wildcat
Electric cars rise to record 54% market share in Norway in 2020
The sale of electric cars in Norway overtook those powered by petrol, diesel and hybrid engines last year, with German auto-maker Volkswagen replacing Tesla as the top battery-vehicle producer, new data showed on Tuesday.
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1 month agoLevel Up wildcat
Level 29
wildcat is now level 29 with 1,890,330 XP.
View Unlocks- Following The maximum amount of users you can follow has been raised by 30 to a total of 420.
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1 month agoCurrent Event wildcat
New study identifies greatest risk factors of mortality from COVID-19
Hospitalized COVID-19 patients have a greater risk of dying if they are men or are obese or have complications from diabetes or hypertension, according to a new study conducted by University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) researchers. In a study published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, the researchers evaluated nearly 67,000 hospitalized COVID-19 patients in 613 hospitals across the country to determine link between common patient characteristics and the risk of dying from ...
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1 month agoCurrent Event wildcat
Microsoft unleashes ‘Death Star’ on SolarWinds hackers in extraordinary response to breach
“Now witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational Battle Station.” – Emperor Palpatine, Return of the Jedi This week Microsoft took a series of dramatic steps against the recent…
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1 month agoCurrent Event wildcat
Walmart will use fully driverless trucks to make deliveries in 2021
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1 month agoCurrent Event wildcat
Special Report: U.S. air monitors routinely miss pollution - even refinery explosions
When explosions ripped through a Philadelphia oil refinery last year, the shock waves knocked Felicia Menna’s front door frame out of place. Then came the black smoke.
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1 month agoCurrent Event wildcat
Police Arrested 100 White Supremacists and Seized a Bunch of Their Drugs and Guns
A new sweep added to arrests made throughout the year.
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2 months agoCurrent Event wildcat
"To Kill a Mockingbird," other books banned from California schools over racism concerns
Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and Mildred D. Taylor's 'Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry" among other books banned.
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2 months agoCurrent Event wildcat
Internet sleuths take down the SSC Tuatara's 316-mph speed record
America's Shelby Supercars has more or less abandoned its world's fastest car claim after eagle-eyed YouTubers pointed out a number of embarrassing, possibly costly discrepancies in its video of the SSC Tuatara making a claimed 316-mph two-way run.
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2 months agoHow-to wildcat
Where do I vote? Here's how to find your polling place on Election Day 2020
Whether you're voting today or on Nov. 3, your polling location could be different than usual this year due to COVID-19.
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2 months agoExpression wildcat
Black Ops Cold War will be integrated into Warzone in December
When Season 1 of the new Call of Duty game launches
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3 months agoCurrent Event wildcat
Disney should worry about this new report on streaming TV viewership trends
The Walt Disney Company has made no secret of the fact that it’s betting its future on streaming TV. Hell, it just doubled down on it with a major reorganization of its business. But after a pandemic-induced bump in streaming-TV viewing peaked earlier this year, some of the arrows for Disney’s flagship streaming service are now pointing in the wrong direction, according to a new report from analyst firm MoffettNathanson.
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3 months agoCurrent Event wildcat
Shinji Mikami thinks game creators peak in their 30s, ‘like me with Resident Evil 4’
Shinji Mikami believes most game creators reach the height of their powers during their 30s, he’s said. The famed Japanese game maker, who is best known as the director of the original Resident Evil and Resident Evil 4, discussed how his creative abilities have changed over his 30-year career in a new documentary exploring the birth of the survival horror genre.
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3 months agoCurrent Event wildcat
Biggest World War Two bomb found in Poland explodes while being defused
The biggest World War Two bomb ever found in Poland exploded under water on Tuesday as navy divers tried to defuse it. More than 750 people had been evacuated from the area near the Piast Canal outside the town of Swinoujscie where the Tallboy bomb used by Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF) was found. It weighed nearly 5,400 kg, including 2,400 kg of explosive.
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3 months agoCurrent Event wildcat
The Triumphant Return of the Good Small Phone
WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE between the iPhone 12 Mini and the iPhone 12? About three square inches of display. That’s it. Everything else is the same. Which makes this the first time in years that you’ve been able to buy a smaller phone that wasn’t also a worse phone—not just from Apple, but pretty much anywhere.
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3 months agoCurrent Event wildcat
Since Trump’s COVID-19 Diagnosis, His Campaign Has Spent More Than $500K on Facebook Ads About It
In the days following President Donald Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis last week, the president’s campaign is estimated to have spent more than $500,000 on Facebook political advertisements discussing his health and treatment plans, far outpacing ad spends by other advocacy groups and campaigns about the same topic, according to data shared exclusively with Morning Consult by researchers at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering’s Ad Observatory.