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<h1 data-aos="fade-down" id="daily-dose">Daily-Dose</h1>
<h1 data-aos="fade-right" data-aos-anchor-placement="top-bottom" id="contents">Contents</h1>
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<li><a href="#from-new-yorker">From New Yorker</a></li>
<li><a href="#from-vox">From Vox</a></li>
<li><a href="#from-the-hindu-sports">From The Hindu: Sports</a></li>
<li><a href="#from-the-hindu-national-news">From The Hindu: National News</a></li>
<li><a href="#from-bbc-europe">From BBC: Europe</a></li>
<li><a href="#from-ars-technica">From Ars Technica</a></li>
<li><a href="#from-jokes-subreddit">From Jokes Subreddit</a></li>
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<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-new-yorker">From New Yorker</h1>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>The Midterm Elections Deliver a Stunning Return to the Status Quo</strong> - The red wave never materialized, Trump’s handpicked candidates underperformed, some new faces emerged—but the country appears as evenly divided as ever. - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-political-scene/the-midterm-elections-deliver-a-stunning-return-to-the-status-quo">link</a></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>The Unlikely Victory of John Fetterman</strong> - In the early hours of the morning, as it became clear that Fetterman had won his crucial Senate race, his watch party turned from tension to celebration. - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-unlikely-victory-of-john-fetterman">link</a></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>The 2022 Midterm Elections: Live Results Map</strong> - The latest vote counts, news, and updates from the U.S. House, Senate, and gubernatorial races. - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/midterm-election-2022/live-results-map-senate-house-governors-races">link</a></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>The Kingdom of Antonin Scalia</strong> - This Supreme Court has embraced his doctrine of judicial modesty in an imperious fashion. - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/essay/the-kingdom-of-antonin-scalia">link</a></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Nate Cohn Explains Why This Year’s Midterms Broke The Mold</strong> - The Times’ polling guru digs into what we know so far about which issues motivated voters, and what he hopes to learn in the coming months. - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/nate-cohn-explains-why-this-years-midterms-broke-the-mold">link</a></p></li>
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<li><strong>Democrats still have a path to keep the House — but it’s tough</strong> -
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It all depends on remaining mail ballots in several key states.
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Control of the House of Representatives remains unclear as of Saturday morning, as Republicans appear to have an edge but a path to a Democratic majority remains.
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To win a majority, a party needs 218 seats. The totals for several close contests and races with many uncounted mail ballots remain in flux. But currently, Republican candidates lead in 221 districts and Democrats lead in 214.
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So to hold their majority, Democrats need to gain the lead in four House races where Republicans are currently ahead — as well as holding on to their own leads, some of which are quite narrow.
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A Democratic takeover is probably not the likely outcome at this point, but it is possible. One contest where a Republican previously led, in Maryland’s Sixth District, flipped to Democrats Friday, when Rep. David Trone (D) was called the winner. There are several other uncalled contests, particularly in California, where only about half the vote has been counted and tallies of the remaining mail ballots could change the leads.
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The catch is that Democrats’ small leads in other close races are far from secure. In recent days, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), who unexpectedly trailed her Democratic challenger, regained a small lead. And in four other uncalled contests, the Democrat is leading by less than 2 percentage points. So a lot would still have to go right for Democrats for the GOP’s takeover to be thwarted.
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The key contests Democrats might hope to flip
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There are 10 uncalled House contests where Republicans currently lead, so for a majority, Democrats would need to win four of those. And their hopes overwhelmingly hinge on whether slow tallies of mail-in ballots could shift outcomes in their favor.
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One possibility is <strong>Colorado’s Third District</strong>, the site of a potential shocking upset against Boebert. She is leading her Democratic challenger Adam Frisch by a little over a thousand votes, with more to tally — as well as <a href="https://www.denverpost.com/2022/11/10/lauren-boebert-colorado-election-results-adam-frisch-recount/">potential “cures”</a> for mail ballots that were initially<strong> </strong>rejected.
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In <strong>Oregon’s Fifth District</strong>, progressive Jamie McLeod-Skinner (D), who defeated a moderate incumbent in the Democratic primary, is currently trailing Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R) by 2.4 percentage points, with about one-quarter of the vote still uncounted.
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In <strong>New York’s 22nd District</strong>, an open seat contest to replace the retiring moderate Rep. John Katko (R), Republican Brandon Williams <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/11/08/us/elections/results-new-york-us-house-district-22.html">leads by 1.6 percentage points</a>.
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Mail could also be a factor in <strong>Arizona’s Sixth District</strong>, where Republican Juan Ciscomani’s lead over Democrat Kristen Engel shrank to less than 1 percentage point Friday.
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But their hopes will probably hinge on California, another heavily vote-by-mail state, where there are several uncalled races where Republicans currently lead, and only about half the vote has been counted.
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The <strong>California 13th District’s </strong>open seat contest looks promising for Democrats to flip since On Saturday morning, Republican John Duarte was leading by only a tiny margin over Democrat Adam Gray (less than 100 votes), and just over 60 percent of the vote is counted.
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Rep. David Valadao (R) represents <strong>California’s 22nd District</strong>, which Joe Biden won handily, and he has been through this before. In 2018, he led his Democratic challenger by 8 points on election night, but as the mail count slowly came in, that lead vanished, and he fell behind on November 26 and wouldn’t regain his lead. (He won the seat back in 2020.) This time his lead already shrank from 8 points to 5 points. Will history repeat itself?
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<strong>California’s Third District</strong> and <strong>California’s 41st District</strong> both narrowly went for Trump in 2020, and Republican candidates Kevin Kiley (CA-03) and Rep. Ken Calvert (CA-41) <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/11/08/us/elections/results-california-us-house-district-3.html">have</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/DecisionDeskHQ/status/1590762097423843328">single-digit</a> leads, with about half of the vote uncounted.
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Finally, <strong>California’s 27th District</strong> and <strong>45th District</strong> feature Republican incumbents — Mike Garcia (CA-27) and Michelle Steel (CA-45) — who represent districts Biden won but who currently lead handily. Their final margins are expected to get closer, though it’s not clear whether the untallied votes will be sufficient to change the outcome.
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So those are Democrats’ hopes — to be saved by mail ballots and California’s slow counting process again. Still, it’s worth noting that though the conventional wisdom is that late-counted mail ballots benefit Democrats, that is not necessarily true in every state or district. (Washington and California have nonpartisan primaries, and in some of these, Republicans gained ground as mail ballots were counted this year.)
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But Democrats would also need to hold on in their own tight races
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Having five contests flip where Republicans currently lead isn’t exactly easy, but it is possible considering how close some of those races are and how many mail ballots haven’t been counted.
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Yet the extra challenge Democrats face is that they need to hold on to their own leads, including in some very tight races. That isn’t a sure lead, and they already saw leads in two contests (CO-03 and CA-41) slip away midweek.
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The other districts where Democratic leads may be a bit shaky include:
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<strong>Washington’s Third District</strong>, a Republican-leaning district where Trump-critical Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R) failed to advance from the top-two primary. The general election pits Trump-endorsed Joe Kent (R) against Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez (D), and while Perez <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/11/08/us/elections/results-washington-us-house-district-3.html">currently leads</a> by about 1.8 percentage points, with 30 percent of the vote remaining uncounted.
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<strong>Arizona’s First District</strong>, where redistricting put Rep. David Schweikert (R) in narrowly Biden-leaning territory. His challenger, Jevin Hodge (D), leads by about 1.3 percentage points, but again, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/11/08/us/elections/results-arizona-us-house-district-1.html?action=click&amp;pgtype=Article&amp;state=default&amp;module=election-results&amp;context=election_recirc&amp;region=Scoreboard">many uncounted mail ballots</a> remain.
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<strong>Colorado’s Eighth District</strong>, which was newly created after redistricting. Yadira Caraveo (D) initially led the count, but the race since tightened dramatically, and she’s now ahead by just 0.73 percentage points.
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<strong>Oregon’s Sixth District</strong>, a new Democratic-leaning district that saw a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/11/08/us/elections/results-oregon-us-house-district-6.html">bitter and expensive primary fight</a> won by Andrea Salinas (D). Salinas <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/11/08/us/elections/results-oregon-us-house-district-6.html">leads</a> her GOP opponent by about 1.7 percentage points, with about 40 percent of the vote uncounted.
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In addition, Rep. Mary Peltola (D-AK) currently leads <strong>Alaska’s at-large district</strong> and Rep. Jared Golden leads <strong>Maine’s Second District</strong>, but their fates will be decided by <a href="https://www.vox.com/22443775/ranked-choice-voting-explained-new-york-strategy">ranked-choice voting</a>, after lower-performing candidates in those races are eliminated and their ballots are reallocated to the voters’ second choice.
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If some of these Democratic leads slip away in favor of Republicans, it’s possible the House will be called for the GOP relatively soon. But if Democrats hang on here and start gaining ground in contests where Republicans are up, House control could take weeks to determine, as California and other states deal with the slow process of processing and counting many thousands of mail ballots. Buckle up.
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<em><strong>Update, November 12, 7:35 am: </strong></em><em>This story was originally published on November 10 and has been updated with election calls and race counts.</em>
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<li><strong>This flu season is looking really scary, in one chart</strong> -
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Christina Animashaun/Vox; Getty Images
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Here’s how to prepare for it.
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Flu season is here — and early red flags suggest it’s on track to be very, very bad. The latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email">Flu View</a> report show extraordinarily high numbers of positive flu tests reported to the agency from labs around the US. As of November 5, nearly 14,000 positive flu tests had been reported, as shown in the orange line on the below chart. That’s more than 12 times the number reported at the same time in 2019 (shown in the black line).
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This year’s early and meteoric rise in flu transmission is at least somewhat related to the fact that more people are being tested for the flu than during previous years. Over the past five weeks, nearly twice as many flu tests were done at clinical labs nationwide as during the same period last year (about 460,000 versus 254,000). More testing means more cases will get picked up.
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But there are other signs that these numbers represent real and very scary trends.
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For starters, a much higher proportion of flu tests are turning up positive than in previous years: During past bad flu seasons, test positivity has topped out around <a href="https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/fluview/fluportaldashboard.html">3.6 percent</a>, but last week, nearly <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm">13 percent</a> of flu tests were positive. When a higher proportion of tests are positive, that means more people who are feeling sick actually have the flu than in past years.
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Concerning signals are also coming from doctors’ offices and hospitals. At this time of year, only 1 to 2 percent of patients in outpatient clinics generally report flu-like illnesses. But right now, that number is up to <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/weeklyarchives2022-2023/images/ILI44_small.gif">5 and a half percent</a>, according to CDC. Not all of those patients actually have the flu — many might have RSV or other infections — but in combination with the flu testing numbers, it’s worrisome.
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Additionally, more than <a href="https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/FluView/FluHospRates.html">five times as many people have been hospitalized for the flu</a> so far this season than at the same point in any of the last 10 years. And unlike RSV, which poses the biggest threat to the youngest and oldest, the severe disease flu causes is more evenly spread across age groups. About one-third of the people who’ve been hospitalized for flu this year were 65 or older, while another quarter were ages 18 to 49.
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These are especially worrisome signs given the health care <a href="https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2022/11/4/23437303/rsv-nurses-staffing-workforce-orange-county-medical-healthcare-health-care">workforce strain we’ve already seen during the ongoing RSV surge</a>. And this early start doesn’t suggest this flu wave will be a flash in the pan. The flu is currently worst in the <a href="https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/fluview/main.html">southeastern US</a>, but that will almost certainly change as the air gets colder and the virus migrates northward. Plus, cases haven’t peaked this early since 2009-10’s <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/2009-h1n1-pandemic.html">no good, very bad H1N1 flu pandemic</a>.
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The good news: There’s a lot you can do to protect yourself from the flu. This year’s flu vaccine is widely available and free with most insurance plans. And because both of the dominant flu strains <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm">currently circulating</a> were included in <a href="https://www.fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biologics/lot-release/influenza-vaccine-2022-2023-season?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email">this year’s vaccine formulation</a>, there’s hope the shot will help prevent severe illness in people who get it.
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There’s also medicine to treat the flu, so if you’re sick and <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/flu/treatment/whatyoushould.htm#box">at risk for flu complications</a>, seek medical care early.
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And all that masking, ventilating, and air-filtering we learned to do during the pandemic does a lot to prevent flu transmission (not to mention all the other respiratory nasties out there).
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Flu transmission actually<strong> </strong><a href="https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/22272237/flu-cases-down-historic-what-does-it-mean">dropped dramatically during the pandemic</a>. In the chart above, look at the blue lines, which represent cases reported over the last two years. You can see that there were very few positive tests in 2020, when mitigation measures — like widespread masking — were still in place and most kids weren’t in school buildings. Transmission picked up in 2021, but was on track with prior seasons — and was probably curbed beginning late in the year due to increased masking and social distancing in response to the omicron surge of Covid-19.
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This year’s start to the flu season is scary. But we can still take steps to flatten this curve.
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<li><strong>Elon Musk, master businessman, can’t make up his mind</strong> -
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So far, Musk seems better at breaking Twitter than fixing it. | Twitter account of Elon Musk/AFP via Getty Images
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All the times Twitter’s Chief Flip-Flopper has gone back on his word.
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Since <a href="https://www.vox.com/recode/2022/4/14/23024962/elon-musk-twitter-43-billion-private-analysis">Elon Musk first offered to buy Twitter this spring</a>, it appears that the billionaire has had a very hard time deciding just what to do with it. It seems as though every time he makes a grand pronouncement about the social media platform, he ends up walking it back. He’s changed his mind on everything from buying Twitter in the first place to what color its signature check marks should be, and he’s done so in a spectacularly public way. Workers at the social media platform — those who are left after <a href="https://www.vox.com/recode/2022/11/8/23444660/twitter-elon-musk-layoffs-stripe">massive layoffs</a> — are reportedly pulling <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/7/23446262/elon-musk-twitter-paywall-possible">20-hour days</a> to follow Musk’s ever-changing whims. He’s flip-flopped on so many things, it’s tough to keep track. Here’s a running list. Stay tuned for more.
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<strong>Flip-flop:</strong> Buying Twitter<br/><strong>How long before he changed his mind:</strong> Three months (from bid to officially trying to get out of the bid)<br/><strong>What happened: </strong>After months of buying up Twitter stock, Musk put in an unsolicited bid to buy Twitter in April for $43 billion or $54.20 a share, which the company accepted later that month. However, right away, Musk began hemming and hawing about the deal. He officially tried to get out of it in <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/08/tech/elon-musk-twitter-deal-exit/index.html">July</a> by saying the company misrepresented the number of bots on the platform. But faced with a potentially <a href="https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2022/10/5/23389103/elon-musk-twitter-buy-trial-scrutiny">grueling trial</a>, which would have exposed a lot of his personal communication and which he wasn’t guaranteed to win, Musk agreed to go through with the deal in <a href="https://www.vox.com/recode/2022/10/27/23424938/elon-musk-own-twitter-deal-closes-what-will-change-superapp-layoffs-free-speech-parag-agrawal">October</a>, three months after he tried to rescind it and six months after he sought to buy it in the first place.
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<strong>Mini flip-flop: </strong>When Musk became its largest shareholder, Twitter asked him to join its board of directors, an offer he <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-05/twitter-names-musk-to-board-saying-he-s-exactly-what-we-need">accepted</a> then <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/11/elon-musk-decides-not-to-join-twitter-board-says-ceo-parag-agrawal.html">declined</a> a few days later.
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<strong>Flip-flop:</strong> Adding checkmarks to Twitter Blue <br/><strong>How long before he changed his mind:</strong> Two days (from launch to suspension)<br/><strong>What happened: </strong>Musk had been talking about upgrading <a href="https://www.vox.com/recode/2022/11/4/23438917/twitter-verifications-blue-check-elon-musk">Twitter Blue</a> — a premium version of the app — since he bought Twitter in October, making it his first product priority after taking over. His idea was to let anyone who wants one buy a blue check mark, which is a badge on the Twitter profiles of public figures (like celebrities, journalists, and politicians) indicating that the person is who they say they are. This upset a lot of already blue-checked people, including author Stephen King of all people, who Musk publicly tried to negotiate with over price — going down from $20 to $8 a month. These new check marks, unlike the free ones that notable figures had pre-Musk, <a href="https://twitter.com/esthercrawford/status/1590109530452815872">don’t verify identity</a>, just that someone has $8 to spare each month, which means anyone paying could pretend to be someone else.
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$20 a month to keep my blue check? Fuck that, they should pay me. If that gets instituted, I’m gone like Enron.
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— Stephen King (<span class="citation" data-cites="StephenKing">@StephenKing</span>) <a href="https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/1587042605627490304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 31, 2022</a>
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We need to pay the bills somehow! Twitter cannot rely entirely on advertisers. How about $8?
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— Elon Musk (<span class="citation" data-cites="elonmusk">@elonmusk</span>) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1587312517679878144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 1, 2022</a>
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The company <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/9/23448317/elon-musk-twitter-blue-verification-live-ios">rolled check marks into the upgraded Twitter Blue feature</a> on iOS on Wednesday, November 9. As many expected, chaos ensued. Fake but verified accounts popped up everywhere, from pharmaceutical giant Ely Lilly (which falsely claimed insulin was free), to Florida governor Ron DeSantis (which called Trump a “little bitch”) to <a href="https://twitter.com/jesus">Jesus</a>, who is very funny and is not actually a parody risk. Some of these offending posts stayed up for hours.
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Who has two thumbs and verified?
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— Jesus Christ (<span class="citation" data-cites="jesus">@jesus</span>) <a href="https://twitter.com/jesus/status/1590405986925543424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 9, 2022</a>
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By Friday, November 11, the company has reportedly <a href="https://twitter.com/zoeschiffer/status/1591081913166745601">suspended</a> the launch of Twitter Blue “to help address impersonation issues.”
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It’s also not clear yet if actually verified people who previously had checks will get to keep those checks.
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<strong>Flip-flop:</strong> Gray checkmarks<br/><strong>How long before he changed his mind:</strong> Less than a day (from rollout to disappearing)<br/><strong>What happened: </strong>On the morning of Wednesday, November 9, Twitter began rolling out gray check marks for certain celebrities and publishers. People had worried that it would be difficult to distinguish between those who had blue check marks because they were public figures and those who were just paying for the blue check, and the gray checks were apparently the solution. Hours later, the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/9/23449122/twitter-official-verified-gray-checkmark-verification">gray checks disappeared</a>. Musk, in Musk fashion, tweeted the news as a response to someone wondering where their gray check had gone, saying, “I just killed it.”
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One day later, the gray checks were back, this time only for <a href="https://twitter.com/ZoeSchiffer/status/1591082807237185539?s=20&amp;t=xqwL0di2af6n4UyEm00EGQ">advertisers</a>.
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I just killed it
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— Elon Musk (<span class="citation" data-cites="elonmusk">@elonmusk</span>) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1590383366213611522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 9, 2022</a>
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<strong>Flip-flop:</strong> Firing Twitter employees<br/><strong>How long before he changed his mind:</strong> Two days (from firing to calling some back)<br/><strong>What happened: </strong>Musk began massive layoffs in the middle of the night on Thursday, November 3, and by Friday half the company — roughly 3,700 workers — had been fired. By Saturday, Platformer’s Casey Newton <a href="https://twitter.com/caseynewton/status/1589075543420325888">reported</a> the company had begun asking some of those workers to come back. Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-06/twitter-now-asks-some-fired-workers-to-please-come-back">later reported dozens of laid-off employees</a> were asked to return. Apparently the layoffs were so enormous and haphazard, people had been laid off by <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-06/twitter-now-asks-some-fired-workers-to-please-come-back">mistake</a>.
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<strong>Flip-flop:</strong> Parody accounts<br/><strong>How long before he changed his mind:</strong> About a week (from “comedy!” to “it’s not funny when you make fun of me”)<br/><strong>What happened: </strong>When Musk purchased Twitter, he <a href="https://twitter.com/MrBeast/status/1586105245997977601">tweeted</a> “comedy is now legal on Twitter.” Apparently, he does not consider parody to be comedy. After a number of accounts spoofed Musk by changing their display names to “Elon Musk” and using his profile picture, Musk <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1589390597798125568">stated</a> accounts would be suspended if they parodied another without specifying they were a parody. That led to the suspension of numerous accounts, including that of celebrities like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/07/twitter-will-ban-permanently-suspend-impersonator-accounts-elon-musk-says-as-users-take-his-name">Kathy Griffin</a>, Sarah Silverman, and <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/twitter-suspends-accounts-parodying-elon-musk-1234625867/">Rich Sommer</a> from <em>Mad Men</em>.
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When Twitter rolled out Blue and parody accounts could now be verified, Musk made the parody guidelines stronger, asking parody accounts to list that they’re parody in their account name and their bio. For a time, those verified under Twitter’s legacy policy were unable to change their display names, leaving people like Doja Cat <a href="https://www.insider.com/doja-cat-begs-elon-musk-change-twitter-name-back-2022-11">stuck</a> with “christmas.” As The Verge <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/7/23446171/screen-name-twitter-musk-parody-whoops">pointed out</a>, this made it very hard to mark one’s account as a parody. (Musk has since fixed the issue and Doja Cat’s display name is currently “fart.”)
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i don’t wanna be christmas forever <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"><span class="citation" data-cites="elonmusk">@elonmusk</span></a> please help i’ve made a mistake
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— fart (<span class="citation" data-cites="DojaCat">@DojaCat</span>) <a href="https://twitter.com/DojaCat/status/1590592859853684736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 10, 2022</a>
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<strong>Flip-flop: </strong>Not turning Twitter into a “free-for-all hellscape”<br/><strong>How long before he changed his mind: </strong>A few hours (from tweet to delete)<br/><strong>What happened:</strong> Just a few days after Musk took over Twitter and reassured advertisers he wouldn’t turn Twitter into a <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musk-will-face-an-early-twitter-challenge-preventing-advertiser-flight-11666871828">“free-for-all hellscape,” </a>he decided it would be a good time to start spreading some misinformation firsthand.
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Musk <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/30/business/musk-tweets-hillary-clinton-pelosi-husband.html">replied to a tweet by Hillary Clinton</a> condemning Republicans for spreading conspiracy theories after a violent attack on Paul Pelosi, the husband of Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Musk, taking a “just-asking-questions” attitude, wrote that “there is a tiny possibility there might be more to this story” and linked to an article by an outlet known for spreading fake news. It claimed, without evidence, that Pelosi was drunk at the time of the assault and “in a dispute with a male prostitute.”
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After facing immediate widespread backlash by everyone from Jimmy Kimmel to the VP of the Anti-Defamation League, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/10/30/musk-deleted-tweet-pelosi/">Musk deleted the tweet</a> in just a few hours.
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It is sad to see <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"><span class="citation" data-cites="elonmusk">@elonmusk</span></a> expunge and drive away so much talent at <a href="https://twitter.com/Twitter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"><span class="citation" data-cites="Twitter">@Twitter</span></a> and push safety aside. I continue to think the below is a solid formula for an approach to the business but he is not doing what I thought he would. He is totally flailing and causing way more pain. <a href="https://t.co/XN3R8NQfSS">https://t.co/XN3R8NQfSS</a>
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— Jessica Lessin (<span class="citation" data-cites="Jessicalessin">@Jessicalessin</span>) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jessicalessin/status/1590831770064551936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 10, 2022</a>
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Musk’s constant flip-flopping is undermining the almost mythical aura surrounding the billionaire, often considered a visionary innovator and businessman. Twitter isn’t the same as launching rockets into space or creating an electric car company, but that doesn’t mean it’s not challenging. Watching his fumbling at Twitter play out on a global stage shows that Musk was much better at trolling Twitter when he didn’t own the place.
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<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-the-hindu-sports">From The Hindu: Sports</h1>
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<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Manu Gandas survives scare on the final hole to defend title</strong> -</p></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>‘FIFA Uncovered’ review: Netflix documentary traces FIFA’s power struggles and what it takes to host a World Cup</strong> - The Netflix series exposes Blatter’s role in turning FIFA from a non-profit organisation to a multi-million dollar family, the corrupt alliances that secure FIFA World Cup bids, and how football walks an ethical tightrope</p></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>1992 the flavour as Pakistan looks to repeat history and England seeks to rewrite it</strong> - The teams will draw inspiration from their semifinal exploits that came after gut-wrenching defeats in the Super 12s</p></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>F1 | Haas' Magnussen pulls off sensational pole position at Brazilian GP</strong> - Kevin Magnussen registered the first pole position of his career, while Red Bull’s Max Verstappen came second and Mercedes’ George Russell third in Sao Paulo</p></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>T20 World Cup final preview | History favours Pakistan, form with England</strong> - Just like everyone wants a slice of 1992 from Babar Azam’s Pakistan, the core of this current English team also has a date with history on Australian soil as the two sides face off in the 2022 T20 World Cup final</p></li>
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<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-the-hindu-national-news">From The Hindu: National News</h1>
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<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Squads in action to expose ‘unfair’ hike in prices of essential commodities</strong> - Series of inspections expose incidents in which traders charge exorbitant prices for rice brands</p></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Seed and agro-diversity of India on display at Kisan Swaraj Sammelan</strong> -</p></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>BJP govt delaying assembly polls in J&amp;K to continue its proxy rule: AAP</strong> - Strongly condemning the escalation in militant activities, the AAP leader called upon the Centre to hold the assembly polls at the earliest</p></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>BJP announces candidate for Padmapur by-poll ahead of BJD, Cong</strong> - The saffron party is in an upbeat mood after the win and its naming of the candidate before other parties is considered an advantage</p></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Over 3,000 vocational higher secondary students get placement every year in Kerala</strong> - Through the career guidance and counselling cell under the General Education department</p></li>
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<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-bbc-europe">From BBC: Europe</h1>
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<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Ukraine war: Celebrations as Kyiv takes back key city Kherson</strong> - The Russian withdrawal is hailed as a victory, but Ukraine’s foreign minister says the “war goes on”.</p></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Kherson biggest Russian loss since withdrawal from outside Kyiv</strong> - Moscow’s pullback from Kherson caps a stunning three-month change of fortune for the Ukrainians.</p></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Sicily’s rich olive pickings - the fruit of Italy’s migrant exploitation</strong> - The African migrants living in squalor and picking produce for gangmasters in Italy.</p></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Banksy unveils Ukraine gymnast mural on building shelled by Russia</strong> - The anonymous graffiti artist paints murals on buildings destroyed by Russian artillery attacks.</p></li>
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Putin can’t escape fallout from Russian retreat in Ukraine</strong> - The BBC’s Steve Rosenberg on the mood in Russia following its army’s withdrawal from Kherson.</p></li>
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<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-ars-technica">From Ars Technica</h1>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>“Dark ships” emerge from the shadow of the Nord Stream pipeline mystery</strong> - Satellite monitors found 2 vessels with their trackers turned off in area of explosions. - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1897100">link</a></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>2022 Apple TV 4K review: HDR10+ rounds out an already excellent streaming box</strong> - A lower price makes this mostly unchanged device much more appealing. - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1897225">link</a></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Southeast US has hit the roof of CDC’s respiratory illness level scale</strong> - Uptake of flu shots is lagging this year, CDC says. - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1897339">link</a></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>LockBit ransomware suspect nabbed in Canada, faces charges in the US</strong> - Automation features make LockBit one of the more destructive pieces of ransomware. - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1897321">link</a></p></li>
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Control, one of ray tracing’s first killer apps, is getting a sequel</strong> - One of PC gaming’s proudest new franchises is going big. - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1897331">link</a></p></li>
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One is a color, and the other is a colour.
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<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Kyle______"> /u/Kyle______ </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/yshook/whats_the_difference_between_grey_and_gray/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/yshook/whats_the_difference_between_grey_and_gray/">[comments]</a></span></p></li>
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Because, fuck you, that’s why
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1 came into work too early and was tried for espionage.
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1 came into work too late and was tried for sabotage.
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And 1 came in on time, meaning he had an illegally imported western watch.
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<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Rocketman7158"> /u/Rocketman7158 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/ys7wm2/three_soviet_factory_workers_were_recently/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/ys7wm2/three_soviet_factory_workers_were_recently/">[comments]</a></span></p></li>
<li><strong>My 60+ year-old coworker is very proud of this joke she came up with: How many lesbians does it take to change a lightbulb?</strong> - <!-- SC_OFF -->
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Only two, but they do it lickety-split
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<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/LoudLalochezia"> /u/LoudLalochezia </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/yssslv/my_60_yearold_coworker_is_very_proud_of_this_joke/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/yssslv/my_60_yearold_coworker_is_very_proud_of_this_joke/">[comments]</a></span></p></li>
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A tachyon walks into a bar…
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<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Mach10vector"> /u/Mach10vector </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/yspbvc/and_the_bartender_said_we_dont_serve_hypothetical/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/yspbvc/and_the_bartender_said_we_dont_serve_hypothetical/">[comments]</a></span></p></li>
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