Month: April 2022

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Motley Fool Money - Twitter’s New Owner

Now that Elon Musk has a deal in place to take Twitter private, we have a few questions. (0:20) Bill Mann discusses: - The mediocre performance (to date) of Twitter's business - Whether Tesla shareholders should be nervous about Musk running another company - How other ad-driven businesses like Pinterest and Facebook are feeling - The latest results, and near-term future, for bellwether stock UPS

(14:00) Inflation is rising, but that's probably not a good enough reason by itself to expect a raise at work. Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp talk with Kara Chambers, head of People Development at The Motley Fool, for insights and suggestions.

Stocks discussed: TWTR, DRI, TSLA, FB, PINS, UPS

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Host: Chris Hill Guests: Bill Mann, Alison Southwick, Robert Brokamp, Kara Chambers Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineers: Dan Boyd, Rick Engdahl

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Federalist Radio Hour - How Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover Can Succeed

On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Federalist Senior Editor and founding partner at RightForge Christopher Bedford joins Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss what Elon Musk should do to save Twitter from the clutches of speech control.

You can read Bedford's article here: https://thefederalist.com/2022/04/26/heres-how-elon-musks-free-speech-gambit-can-succeed/

You can read Jashinsky's article here: https://thefederalist.com/2022/04/25/twitter-is-bad-but-elon-musk-can-use-it-to-clean-up-silicon-valley-heres-how/
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Consider This from NPR - How COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories Led To A Family Matriarch’s Preventable Death

Stephanie is one of nearly one million Americans who have died of COVID-19. Her family says Stephanie's death was avoidable, but in recent years, she had been drawn into conspiracy theories.

She believed that the coronavirus was a hoax and refused to get vaccinated. When she got COVID-19 last winter, Stephanie refused treatments and eventually died just a few days after Christmas.

While there is no way to know exactly how many people like Stephanie have died because they believed conspiracy theories, the Kaiser Family Foundation recently found that more than 200,000 Americans would be alive today, had they had been vaccinated.

NPR's Geoff Brumfiel reports.

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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - Musk’s Big Play

Today’s podcast revels in the anti-Musk tantrums being thrown by establishmentarian liberals and leftists while pointing out that he didn’t just spend $20 billion of his own money on Twitter to promote free speech. What is he up to? And is the fact that Trump’s favored gubernatorial candidate in Georgia cratered in the latest poll a sign that the ex-president is refusing to engage with the issues... Source

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Time To Say Goodbye - Our warring cultures + Elon / Shanghai lockdown

Hello from a reunited podsquad, each back in their natural habitat!

This week, taking off from an essay by Jamelle Bouie, we discuss the right wing’s composite attack on queer educators and racial-justice curriculum as an attack on public goods. How should the Democrats—and the left—respond?

Plus: notes on and from the lockdown in Shanghai and Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter.

Thanks for listening, and ping us via Substack, timetosaygoodbyepod@gmail.com, https://twitter.com/ttsgpod, and/or https://www.patreon.com/ttsgpod!



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Headlines From The Times - Big Tobacco, Black trauma

Menthol-flavored cigarettes have been controversial for decades, and the Food and Drug Administration is weighing a national ban on them. But tobacco companies are not a fan of losing out on millions of dollars with that possible move. So they’ve enlisted leaders in a community that has long been the biggest consumer of menthols: Black people.

Read the show transcript here.

Host: Gustavo Arellano

Guests: L.A. Times medical investigations reporter Emily Baumgaertner, and Ben Stockton of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism.

More reading:

How Big Tobacco used George Floyd and Eric Garner to stoke fear among Black smokers

Addicted to menthol: Big Tobacco’s targeting of Black communities could soon end

Op-Ed: Big Tobacco helped destroy Black Americans’ health. Banning menthols could help improve it

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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 4.26.22

Alabama

  • A judge sets date for hearing on lawsuit against transgender treatment ban for kids
  • Talladega swears in new police Chief Diane Thomas
  • Morgan County drug agents seize 18 ounces of fentanyl from home in Hartselle
  • Hueytown Arby's employee both fired and charged for throwing hot grease on customer
  • Forensics solve identity of 22 year old case of a drowning in Baldwin County
  • Toyota Field to be used for University of North Alabama Fall Football games
  • 41 inmates were baptized this weekend in the Walker County jail

National

  • Elon Musk to purchase Twitter and turn into a private company
  • Former president Donald Trump says he still won't return to his Twitter account
  • Former DNI director anticipates more indictments from special counsel John Durham
  • CA parents outraged at secret sexual orientation classes from 3rd grade teachers
  • FL Governor signs a bill that tightens up election procedures in that state
  • Poll shows Kentucky senator Mitch McConnell is least liked among Republicans
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The Intelligence from The Economist - A bird in the hand: Elon Musk buys Twitter

The world’s richest man now has the keys to one of the most influential social-media platforms. Can it be the free-speech wonderland he is aiming for? Should it? In America marriages involving those under the age of consent remain surprisingly common; we examine why reform remains distant. And a look at the push to redesign outdated, clunky spacesuits. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer
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Slate Books - Decoder Ring: The Madness Behind ‘The Method’

When we think of method acting, we tend to think of actors going a little over the top for a role – like Jared Leto, who allegedly sent his colleagues dead rats when he was preparing to be The Joker, or Robert De Niro refusing to break character on the set of the movie Raging Bull.

But that’s not how method acting began. On this episode of Decoder Ring: we look at how “The Method” came to be so well-known and yet so widely misunderstood. It’s a saga that spans three centuries and involves scores of famous actors, directors and teachers. And it altered how we think about realism, authenticity, and a good performance.

Our guest today is Isaac Butler, who wrote The Method: How The 20th Century Learned to Act.

Decoder Ring is written and produced by Willa Paskin. This episode was produced by Elizabeth Nakano. Derek John is Sr. Supervising Producer of Narrative Podcasts. 

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