In November, Elon Musk told advertisers “Go fuck yourselves” for abandoning X (formerly Twitter) over concerns about white supremacist content and Musk’s own affinity for antisemitic conspiracy theories. The big brands seemed only too happy to comply, and these days, users will find their feeds littered with spam touting dubious …
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An artificial intelligence-driven comedy special has attempted to resurrect comedy geniusGeorge Carlin‘s signature humor, 15 years after he died in 2008 of heart failure. Following the special’s release, the comedian’s daughter responded and said that “No machine will ever replace his genius.” The hour-long special, titled George Carlin: I’m Glad …
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On Monday night, 10 men were arrested following a dispute with New York City Police Department officers at the Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters, in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, a synagogue catering to adherents of the insular Orthodox Jewish movement. The reason: Structural engineers were attempting to fill in a mysterious secret …
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After a group of eBay employees behaved like trashy John Waters characters — mailing people live spiders and cockroaches — the company is paying the price. The Justice Department is charging eBay $3 million as a criminal penalty for carrying out a harassment and intimidation campaign against a Massachusetts couple, …
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One of the alleged victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein claimed she had sex multiple times with former CEO of Victoria’s SecretLes Wexner, according to documents released on Tuesday. The damning claim stems from a 2015 civil case againstGhislaine Maxwell by Virginia Giuffre as hundreds of court documents describing …
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Hundreds of pages of sealed records related to Jeffrey Epstein have been made public over the past week, revealing previously unknown details about the late accused sex trafficker who called some of the world’s most wealthy and influential people his friends, from Bill Clinton to Prince Andrew. The release comes …
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Bill Ackman, billionaire founder and CEO of hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management, has become a new and formidable actor in the American culture wars thanks to his connections to Harvard University. But by stepping into the fray, he inadvertently took up the mantle of a social media archetype that …
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“His smile is the best,” gushes a caption on a Dec. 26 video of a young man with the physique of a lightweight boxer, a square jaw, and close-cropped dark hair. As he stands on Hollywood Boulevard, the man looks like virtually any other aspiring model or actor trying to …
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ESPN’s Pat McAfee announced Wednesday that Aaron Rodgers would not appear on his daily sports talk show for the remainder of this NFL season following the quarterback’s controversial comments regarding Jimmy Kimmel. A day after the New York Jets QB appeared on The Pat McAfee Show in an attempt to …
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Gaming YouTuber MatPat announced on Tuesday afternoon that he would be officially retiring from his YouTube channel,marking an official end to over 12 years of being an online gaming and fandom authority. In a tearful video titled “Goodbye Internet,” MatPat — legal name Matthew Patrick — announced that March 9, …
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