Are schools really banning books? And if they are banning or de-emphasizing some books, is it due to right-wing censorship? The story is far more complicated than that – as many alleged book bans did not happen, and if the books were removed, there were other explanations. Interesting thread.
FastCompany publishes a fabricated fake news story about “Twitter’s new Blue Check logo” – except this new logo, supposedly just introduced in December of 2022, was actually introduced in November of 2021. Like a whole year ago. UPDATE: They’ve acknowledged they were a year out of date.
With the oddities underway at Twitter now comes the release of a new film about the climate apocalypse, with 25% of the star power being Rep. AOC. It has not done well at the box office – in fact, this doesn’t even pay for distribution-less than $2,000/day at 120 theaters. Or $130 per day per theater. Ouch Source: To the End – Box Office Mojo
Judge rules that “anything CDC recommends is per se rational and cannot be challenged in court”.
Group of social media influencers charged with running a “pump and ump” stock trading scam where they acquired stocks and then used their platforms to promote demand, driving up the price – and then selling the shares. The SEC, DoJ say it was a $100 million financial fraud.