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7 Best Carpet Cleaners (2022): Budget, Spot Cleaners, Hard FloorsTackle stubborn stains, ground-in grime, and pesky pet hair with one of these WIRED-tested washers.... Read more » - ●China’s Police State Targets Zero-Covid ProtestersPlus: ICE accidentally doxes asylum seekers, Google fails to uphold a post-Roe promise, and LastPass suffers the second breach this... Read more »
7 Best Carpet Cleaners (2022): Budget, Spot Cleaners, Hard Floors
- ●Elon Musk thinks the "Twitter Files" show that Twitter staff nefariously helped Joe Biden, but all they show is a team debating a difficult moderation decision (Jacob Kastrenakes/The Verge)Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: Elon Musk thinks the “Twitter Files” show that Twitter staff nefariously helped Joe Biden, but all they show is a team debating a difficult moderation decision — Free-speech crusader Elon Musk isn't happy with Twitter's years-old decision to suppress a news story …... Read more »
- ●Twitter reinstated the account of Andrew Anglin, the neo-Nazi who founded the white supremacist website The Daily Stormer, after originally banning him in 2013 (Lydia O'Connor/HuffPost)Lydia O'Connor / HuffPost: Twitter reinstated the account of Andrew Anglin, the neo-Nazi who founded the white supremacist website The Daily Stormer, after originally banning him in 2013 — Andrew Anglin spent his first day back on Twitter defending Ye's antisemitic rants. — Andrew Anglin ― …... Read more »
- ●Sources: Winklevoss twins' Gemini crypto exchange is trying to recover $900M owed to it by Genesis Global and Genesis' parent company Digital Currency Group (Financial Times)Financial Times: Sources: Winklevoss twins' Gemini crypto exchange is trying to recover $900M owed to it by Genesis Global and Genesis' parent company Digital Currency Group — New York-based Gemini is trying to recover funds after FTX failure plunged market into turmoil — Digital asset trading group Genesis …... Read more »
- ●A look at the use of WhatsApp in Indian state Gujarat's elections, as political parties deploy thousands of "digital warriors" to spam the "people's feed" (Samriddhi Sakunia/Rest of World)Samriddhi Sakunia / Rest of World: A look at the use of WhatsApp in Indian state Gujarat's elections, as political parties deploy thousands of “digital warriors” to spam the “people's feed” — 10,000 volunteers, 50,000 WhatsApp groups, and the intense fight to “control people's feed” in Gujarat.... Read more »
- ●‘I still wince when I think about it’: 10 text messages – and the stories behind themIt’s 30 years since the first SMS landed. Writers, authors and comedians share the txt msgs that changed their lifeIt was 2007: the nation was saying goodbye to Tony Blair and the tightness of my jeans was outrageous. I was 22, fresh out of university and in a thrilling new... Read more »
- ●A profile of Duolingo, which has almost 15M DAUs, up 51% YoY, and 3.7M paying subscribers, as it expects its 2022 revenue to surpass $365M, up 45% from 2021 (Bill Gifford/Bloomberg)Bill Gifford / Bloomberg: A profile of Duolingo, which has almost 15M DAUs, up 51% YoY, and 3.7M paying subscribers, as it expects its 2022 revenue to surpass $365M, up 45% from 2021 — After dinner on Aug. 23—a date he will never forget—Tobi Fondse pulled out his phone to... Read more »
- ●A look at Apple's efforts to reduce dependence on Foxconn; sources: Apple wants other suppliers in China, Vietnam, and India to actively plan product assembly (Wall Street Journal)Wall Street Journal: A look at Apple's efforts to reduce dependence on Foxconn; sources: Apple wants other suppliers in China, Vietnam, and India to actively plan product assembly — Burned by Covid lockdowns and worker protests at Foxconn plants, the iPhone maker is looking to diversify the supply chain that... Read more »
- ●Twitter's VP of trust and safety Ella Irwin says it is focusing on automation to moderate content, favoring curbs on distribution rather than outright removals (Reuters)Reuters: Twitter's VP of trust and safety Ella Irwin says it is focusing on automation to moderate content, favoring curbs on distribution rather than outright removals — Elon Musk's Twitter is leaning heavily on automation to moderate content, doing away with certain manual reviews and favoring restrictions …... Read more »
- ●Sources: Twitter's US ad revenue was 80% below internal expectations for the week of the World Cup's Nov. 20 start, as Twitter keeps missing weekly ad targets (New York Times)New York Times: Sources: Twitter's US ad revenue was 80% below internal expectations for the week of the World Cup's Nov. 20 start, as Twitter keeps missing weekly ad targets — Under Elon Musk, the company has cut its financial expectations as some advertisers request discounts and are offered incentives.... Read more »
- ●Germany says it is not planning a blanket ban on telecom equipment made by Chinese companies, but will continue making such decisions on a case-by-case basis (Reuters)Reuters: Germany says it is not planning a blanket ban on telecom equipment made by Chinese companies, but will continue making such decisions on a case-by-case basis — Germany does not want to follow the United States in generally banning products made by Chinese telecoms equipment makers such as Huawei... Read more »
‘I still wince when I think about it’: 10 text messages – and the stories behind them
- mp3●Interview 1769 - The Climate Change Gambit on The Last American Vagabondvia TheLastAmericanVagabond.com: Joining me today is James Corbett, here to discuss a very contentious and manipulated topic, one that is being hoisted above the population as an absolute, as those in power no longer ask, but demand, your compliance. Of course we are discussing the ominous specter of “Climate... Read more »
- mp3Interview 1768 - Chinese Defiance - #NewWorldNextWeekThis week on the New World Next Week: Don't be surprised that the Chinese protests, be amazed that they happened at all; Netherlands to shut down thousands of farms and other major polluting businesses; and the FDA greenlights lab-grown chicken. The post Interview 1768 - Chinese Defiance - #NewWorldNextWeek... Read more »
- mp3A False Flag Reading List - Questions For Corbett #093Kevin writes in with the eternal question: a book recommendation for him and his son. James responds with a few dozen suggestions from his False Flags: The Secret History of Al Qaeda research reading list. The post A False Flag Reading List - Questions For Corbett #093 first appeared... Read more »
- mp3Eye-bouncing - #SolutionsWatchPropaganda is only effective if we watch it. In fact, if we let it into our consciousness, then it doesn't matter how we react to it; they've already got us. Today on #SolutionsWatch, James explores the idea of eye-bouncing and how we can use it to turn our focus away... Read more »
- How BlackRock Conquered the World — Part 3: Aladdin's Genie and the Future of the WorldThis week, we will examine the Aladdin system and the other creepy ways BlackRock is planning to use its power to mould society in its own interest. The post How BlackRock Conquered the World — Part 3: Aladdin's Genie and the Future of the World first appeared on The Corbett... Read more »