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<h1 data-aos="fade-down" id="daily-dose">Daily-Dose</h1>
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<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>
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<li><a href="#from-vox">From Vox</a></li>
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<li><a href="#from-the-hindu-sports">From The Hindu: Sports</a></li>
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<li><a href="#from-the-hindu-national-news">From The Hindu: National News</a></li>
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<li><a href="#from-bbc-europe">From BBC: Europe</a></li>
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<li><a href="#from-ars-technica">From Ars Technica</a></li>
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<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 Republicans Running to Support Donald Trump</strong> - Don Bolduc, a retired Army general and candidate for Senate in New Hampshire, is one of many political aspirants who believe that the 2020 election was stolen. - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/the-republicans-running-to-support-donald-trump">link</a></p></li>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>The Return-to-Office Quandary</strong> - Ambiguous plans are good for executives but bad for other employees. - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/culture/office-space/the-return-to-office-quandary">link</a></p></li>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>The Mysterious Case of the COVID-19 Lab-Leak Theory</strong> - Did the virus spring from nature or from human error? - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/the-mysterious-case-of-the-covid-19-lab-leak-theory">link</a></p></li>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>The Trump Presidency Is Still an Active Crime Scene</strong> - It’s hard to consign the Trump years to the history books when we remain in the middle of the crisis that it sparked. - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-bidens-washington/the-trump-presidency-is-still-an-active-crime-%20scene">link</a></p></li>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>William Shatner Reacts to a Real Space Trip as Only He Can</strong> - Shatner, who played Captain James T. Kirk on “Star Trek,” has had a long life in the public relations of space. - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/william-shatner-reacts-to-a-real-space-trip-as-only-he-can">link</a></p></li>
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<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-vox">From Vox</h1>
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<li><strong>Americans are ready to tax the rich</strong> -
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<img alt="Demonstrators stand on the lawn in front of the US Capitol holding a banner that reads “hold
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the line.”" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/s8GnrVpmw58WPVXqGWzGPur9yjc=/109x0:2798x2017/1310x983/cdn.vox-
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A September MoveOn “Hold the Line” rally encourages members of Congress to pass President Joe Biden’s entire Build Back Better recovery package. | Paul Morigi/Getty Images for MoveOn
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It’s not always clear what the public wants. But a new poll shows strong support for taxing the rich to pay for Democrats’ Build Back Better Act.
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As debate over Democrats’ <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/budget-reconciliation-bill-build-back-
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better-act/">Build Back Better Act</a> has intensified, the $3.5 trillion social spending bill has remained strikingly popular. That may be both a blessing and a curse for lawmakers because it’s now clear that the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/10/12/pelosi-biden-democrats-spending/">bill will need to shrink to pass</a>. And like Congress, Americans don’t all agree on which of its big-ticket items are most important.
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But at least one thing seems clear from public polling: People want to pay for the bill by <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democrats-taxes-poll_n_6149eebae4b00171834144d5">taxing the rich</a>.
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A <a href="https://www.filesforprogress.org/datasets/2021/10/dfp-vox-bbb-oct12-toplines.pdf">Vox and Data for Progress poll</a>, conducted October 8-12, found that 71 percent of voters support raising taxes on the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans to pay for the bill. Eighty-six percent of Democrats and 50 percent of Republicans backed the idea. Other tax provisions focused on the wealthy that could be included in the bill — such as tax increases on corporations and capital gains — found 65 percent or more support overall.
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Sixty-three percent of voters in the poll said they supported the $3.5 trillion overall plan that includes spending on health care, long-term care, child care, and clean-energy jobs.
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<img alt="Chart: “Majorities of likely
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voters support raising taxes on the wealthy and large corporations to pay for the Build Back Better Plan”" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/1cZ7kzenqVLCDNNTxBFG0o09xnw=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-
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cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22926396/image__21_.png"/> <cite>Ethan Winter/Data for Progress</cite></figure></li>
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It’s less clear which priorities voters most want to spend that money on. When asked to choose the <a href="https://www.filesforprogress.org/datasets/2021/10/dfp-bbb-maxdiff-priorities-toplines.pdf">most and least important parts of the Build Back Better Act</a>’s many policies, taxing the rich was most frequently cited as a top priority, with 13 percent of respondents choosing the measure. (The poll surveyed 1,224 likely voters and had a sampling margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.)
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Expanding Medicare benefits to cover dental, vision, and hearing also showed strong support, with 12 percent of respondents ranking it the highest priority, and another 12 percent picked policies to increase access to long-term care for older adults and people with disabilities.<strong> </strong>Republicans were especially supportive of the provisions for health care and long-term care for older adults, compared to Democrats, who most frequently cited the tax increases and clean-energy measures as top priorities.
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Democrats <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/paulmcleod/build-back-better-
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reconciliation-cuts-congress">face tough choices</a> in keeping a promise of <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-
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policy/2021/10/12/pelosi-biden-democrats-spending/">“transformative”</a> policies in the Build Back Better Act: Do programs <a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/10/democrats-shouldnt-half-ass-joe-bidens-agenda.html">need to be made permanent</a>, increasing their price tag? Should funding <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/13/upshot/of-
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four-family-policies-in-democrats-bill-which-is-most-important.html">child care or prekindergarten</a> win out over expanding Medicare benefits? How fast must the country move to cut fossil fuels and fight climate change?
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This is Democrats’ first chance in years at crafting major legislation not directly tied to the pandemic — and given the electoral map’s skew toward Republicans, it could be their last for another decade.
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The popularity of the Build Back Better Act may or may not make it easier for lawmakers to get the bill over the finish line. In the Vox/Data for Progress poll, voters were presented with arguments for and against removing a particular provision to reduce costs, such as Medicare benefits expansion or clean-energy policy. Only about a third of voters or fewer supported the cuts. And respondents showed a diversity of opinion on what’s most important in the bill.
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That likely reflects the fact that Democrats’ big bill touches on important issues for people at various stages of life, said Ethan Winter, a senior analyst for Data for Progress.
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<pre><code> <img alt="Chart: “Voters see raising taxes, expanding Medicare, and investing in long-term care as the most </code></pre>
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important parts of the Build Back Better Plan”" src=“https://cdn.vox- cdn.com/thumbor/<em>y6Qp4bfKZKvSHMnTBS_7E5giAo=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox- cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22928612/Screen_Shot_2021_10_14_at_9.35.46_AM<strong>1</strong>_1</em>.png” /> <cite>Ethan Winter/Data for Progress</cite>
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Winter noted that a policy like free prekindergarten would be especially favored by a young parent, while expanding Medicare benefits appeals more to older adults — who make up a larger swath of the electorate. The somewhat stronger support for tax increases on the wealthy and spending on care for older adults suggests those ideas are a core appeal of Democratic politics, for both<strong> </strong>the party’s base and swing voters.
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“People elect Democrats because they will raise taxes on the rich to do modest economic redistribution, and [policies] for seniors are always very popular,” Winter said.
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Polls have shown <a href="https://www.dataforprogress.org/blog/voters-want-the-government-to-continue-to-invest-in-job-
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creation">solid majority support for most pieces of the bill</a> as standalone policies. (The child tax credit expansion has seen <a href="https://www.filesforprogress.org/datasets/2021/10/fighting-chance-ctc-support-
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oct1-toplines.pdf">majority approval</a> but <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/575491-1-in-3-want-expanded-child-
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tax-credits-to-be-made-permanent-poll">seems to fare worse in polling</a> when voters are explicitly asked about making the expansion permanent.)
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<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="Vk0is7">
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The bill’s popularity could shift as Americans learn more about it and are exposed to partisan messaging; an <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/democrats-build-back-better-americans-dont-
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know-opinion-poll/">October CBS News poll</a> found that few Americans say they know much about what’s in the bill, and only a third think it will affect them directly, despite many provisions focused on helping middle- and lower-income families.
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On climate issues, 63 percent of voters in the Vox/Data for Progress poll expressed support for the <a href="https://www.vox.com/22579218/clean-energy-standard-electricity-infrastructure-democrats">clean electricity program that is a key component</a> of the bill’s climate crisis strategy. Fifty-seven percent said tax credits for electric cars in the Build Back Better plan would make them more likely to purchase one.
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Democrats’ bill is popular. So why are they shrinking it?
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Americans largely like the Build Back Better Act. Most <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/poll-reconciliation-bill-trillion-dollar-
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infrastructure_n_611c481ee4b0c696810276c1">don’t seem fazed by the $3.5 trillion price tag</a>. The strong support for tax increases on the rich — after big tax breaks for the wealthy and corporations under President Donald Trump — suggests <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/10/kyrsten-sinema-arizona-senate-senator-infrastructure-
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spending-biden-democrats">skeptical centrist Democrats</a> may have <a href="https://observer-reporter.com/opinion/op-
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eds/op-ed-reconciliation-and-build-back-better/article_09c75618-2855-11ec-93e6-4f55bb523e50.html">other concerns</a> in backing cuts to the bill.
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The precariousness of the bill largely comes down to Democrats’ very thin majorities in the House and Senate. That gives Joe Manchin, a senator from a Trump-voting coal state, the power to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/14/democrats-central-climate-program-is-trouble/">dictate demands on climate provisions</a> as well as the overall size of the bill.
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It also means another centrist senator, Kyrsten Sinema, is a key figure in the negotiations, even though it’s not totally clear what she wants in the bill — and she left this week for <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/13/us/politics/kyrsten-sinema-fundraising-
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europe.html">Europe on a fundraising tour</a>. (While Manchin’s approval in his home state of West Virginia has remained fairly steady overall, Sinema’s resistance to the legislation has caused her approval rating to <a href="https://morningconsult.com/2021/10/04/sinema-manchin-approval-rating/">plummet among Democrats</a> and prompt stirrings of a <a href="https://www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2021/10/14/kyrsten-sinema-poised-to-lose-democratic-
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primary-in-2024">primary challenge</a> in Arizona, a state more evenly split between Republicans and Democrats.)
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Manchin, Sinema, and other moderate Democrats have sometimes appeared at odds with each other on <a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/10/manchin-sinema-demands-biden-build-back-better-deal.html">how to pay for the bill</a>, making things even more complicated.
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At New York magazine, <a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/09/why-are-there-so-many-democrats-to-joe-bidens-right.html">Eric Levitz chalks</a> pushback by some House Democrats<strong> </strong>up to America’s skewed representation in Congress and the decline of labor as a lobbying force. Plus, perhaps, old-fashioned stubbornness: Many Democrats in Congress came of political age in the era of Bill Clinton, deficit reduction, and welfare reform. “I think that’s why we can’t have ($3.5 trillion worth of) nice things: Labor is weak, Congress is malapportioned, and some old rich Democrats have annoying beliefs,” Levitz wrote.
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No matter what happens with the Build Back Better Act, it won’t end debates around <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/08/opinion/democrats-david-shor-education-polarization.html">what pursuing popular policies really means</a>. Even if the final bill is embraced by the public, it <a href="https://www.vox.com/22711083/biden-reconciliation-build-back-better-polls-infrastructure">might not lead Democrats to electoral victory</a>, either.
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But if Democrats are just looking for legislation that most Americans want, taxing the rich to pay for policies that help families, seniors, and the planet seems like a safe bet.
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<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Dave Chappelle vs. trans people vs. Netflix</strong> -
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Dave Chappelle performs during his Netflix standup special <em>The Closer</em>. | Mathieu Bitton/Netflix
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Chappelle’s latest Netflix special, The Closer, may be a tipping point for trans people.
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For the past several years, comedian Dave Chappelle has been locked in a vicious cycle of anti-<a href="https://www.vox.com/22384308/cancel-culture-free-speech-accountability-debate">cancel-culture</a> standup comedy. Over six Netflix specials, Chappelle has <a href="https://www.vox.com/2019/8/29/20835637/dave-chappelle-netflix-special-
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hidden-ending-cancel-culture">lashed out at</a> what he views as progressive attempts to cancel him for his incendiary comedy — all while mocking the queer and transgender communities and the Me Too movement and generally doubling, tripling, and sextupling down on the offensive jokes and reactionary politics that people took issue with in the first place.
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It’s a fatiguing ouroboros.
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Chappelle’s latest special <em>The Closer</em> is possibly his last for the streaming service, and with it, the discourse around his comedy has intensified. In the special, released October 5, Chappelle’s humor is <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/dave-chappelle-says-hes-a-terf-
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and-is-quitting-lgbtq-jokes-in-netflixs-the-closer">more openly transphobic than ever</a>. Many trans viewers feel Chappelle’s comedy has escalated into overt hate — and they’ve been <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=trans%20(to%3Anetflix)&src=typed_query&f=live">voicing</a> their complaints directly to Netflix. Moreover, Netflix recently <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/11/22720724/netflix-suspends-
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trans-employee-tweeted-dave-chappelle-the-closer">suspended a trans employee</a> who tweeted about the special’s transphobia. Netflix has said the employee was suspended not for her viral tweets, but for attending a director-level business meeting without an invitation. (The company has since lifted the suspension.)
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Despite the uproar, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/11/22720724/netflix-suspends-trans-
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employee-tweeted-dave-chappelle-the-closer">defended Chappelle and his comedy</a>. “We don’t allow titles on Netflix that are designed to incite hate or violence, and we don’t believe <em>The Closer</em> crosses that line,” he wrote in an internal email on October 8.
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But with Chappelle <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/dave-
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chappelle-says-hes-a-terf-and-is-quitting-lgbtq-jokes-in-netflixs-the-closer">platforming</a> a position of gender essentialism onstage, and declaring that he’s “team TERF” — thereby aligning himself with trans-exclusionary radical feminists who <a href="https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/9/5/20840101/terfs-radical-feminists-gender-critical">argue that trans women aren’t women</a><strong> </strong>— many Netflix viewers and employees disagree. Netflix’s approach to the whole situation has triggered employee resignations, backlash, and now, a <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/12/22723592/netflix-trans-employees-walkout-statements-ceo">planned walkout</a> of the company’s trans employee resource group.
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Complicating the situation even further is an uncomfortable wedge that has only exacerbated the polarization around Chappelle: the suicide of Daphne Dorman, a trans woman who defended and befriended Chappelle, then became a willing subject of his comedy herself in his 2019 Netflix special <em>Sticks and Stones</em>. Following her death shortly after the special came out, she became a focal point of the debate around whether Chappelle’s comedy is harmful to trans people.
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That Chappelle discusses her again in his newest special is a heated point of contention between those who believe trans viewers are bullying Chappelle and his friends — including Dorman — and those who believe Chappelle’s humor makes it harder for trans people like Dorman to safely exist.
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It’s a tangled, unpleasant mess, but it’s an important moment, both for Netflix and for the increasingly vocal trans audience that’s fed up with Chappelle.
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Yes, Chappelle is being transphobic
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To be extremely clear: Dave Chappelle probably considers himself a trans ally. He’s said repeatedly that he supports trans people, and in <em>The Closer</em>, he speaks out against North Carolina’s notorious <a href="https://www.vox.com/2016/6/3/11842988/bathroom-bills-consequence">anti-trans bathroom law</a>.
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He seems to be at pains to use his offstage support of trans people to justify his overtly transphobic onstage comedy. To be equally clear, however, his comedy has <a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2010/3/4/843117/-">always</a> <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/141550/dave-chappelles-problem-gay-people">been</a> <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/538k7k/a-study-of-how-dave-chappelle-isnt-nailing-2017">transphobic</a>.
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As Vulture’s Craig Jenkins <a href="https://www.vulture.com/article/dave-chappelle-the-closer-comedy-
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review.html">sums up</a>, “How much you enjoy <em>The Closer</em> will depend on whether you’re able or willing to believe the comic and the human are separate entities and to buy that the human loves us all, and the comic is only performing spitefulness for his audience.”
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Chappelle insists his jokes — in which he has derisively referred to the LGBTQ community as “the alphabet people,” “gross,” and “confusing,” among other things — have been misconstrued by angry progressives.
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Yet <em>The Closer</em>’s fixation on trans people drastically escalates the tone of his previous comedy, veering into outright anti-science arguments about gender while continuing his fixation on the anatomy of trans people. Many viewers were disturbed and upset to see Chappelle declare himself “team TERF” in the new special, along with defending <a href="https://www.vox.com/culture/21285396/jk-rowling-
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transphobic-backlash-harry-potter">J.K. Rowling</a> for identifying with TERF ideology. “They canceled J.K. Rowling,” Chappelle opines, ignoring that Rowling is still a bestselling author with millions of fans. “Effectually she said gender was fact, the trans community got mad as shit, they started calling her a TERF.”
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“Gender is fact” seems to be Chappelle’s way of implying that gender is binary and biologically determined. Science <a href="https://apnews.com/article/politics-science-health-gender-identity-biology-2a67da6515aa48e68e56cd97817b097a">says otherwise</a>. Chappelle also fails to mention in <em>The Closer</em> that Rowling has <a href="https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/12/19/21029874/jk-rowling-transgender-tweet-terf">openly befriended</a> and <a href="https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/12/19/21029852/jk-rowling-terf-transphobia-history-timeline">amplified</a> the voices of TERFs on social media, and that she penned a long manifesto expressing the pernicious TERF ideology that trans women might actually be male sexual predators in disguise. Rowling’s transphobia, in other words, is far more involved than what Chappelle presents as a simple statement.
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After downplaying the danger of Rowling’s actions, Chappelle proceeds to downplay his own, even while <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/dave-chappelle-says-
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hes-a-terf-and-is-quitting-lgbtq-jokes-in-netflixs-the-closer">luridly describing</a> the invalidity of trans female anatomy and repeatedly expressing gender-essentialist views. He also seems to think the gay and trans communities consist only of white people, <a href="https://twitter.com/RaquelWillis_/status/1446516464794710017">as though the concerns</a> of Black and LGBTQ communities are entirely separate and might never overlap. He even compares being trans to wearing blackface, an alarming reframing of the insidious idea that trans people make a mockery of gender.
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As the ultimate defense of his viewpoint, Chappelle then goes on to discuss Dorman, a trans comedian whom Chappelle worked with, befriended, and discussed in his Grammy-winning 2019 special <a href="https://www.vox.com/2019/8/29/20835637/dave-chappelle-netflix-special-hidden-ending-cancel-culture"><em>Sticks and Stones</em></a>. Like <em>The Closer, Sticks and Stones</em> saw Chappelle dropping a litany of transphobic remarks, then holding up his friendship with Dorman as an example of his tolerance toward trans people. Chappelle joked about making out with her — while inspecting her anatomy.
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Initially, Dorman was thrilled by Chappelle’s recognition. But following the special, she received backlash from other trans people, some of whom <a href="https://twitter.com/WhatTheTrans/status/1166374171414282247">had argued</a> that Chappelle was just using her as a way of excusing his transphobia.
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Barely two months after the 2019 special, <a href="https://deadline.com/2019/10/transgender-activist-mentioned-in-dave-chappelles-sticks-and-stones-netflix-special-
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dies-1202759052/">Dorman died by suicide</a>. Shortly before Dorman’s death, she <a href="https://www.nme.com/news/comedian-and-transgender-activist-daphne-dorman-dies-aged-44-2556788">posted an apology note</a> to Facebook. “To those of you who are mad at me: please forgive me,” she wrote. “To those of you feel like I failed you: I did and I’m sorry and I hope you’ll remember me in better times and better light.”
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It’s important to acknowledge the uncomfortable reality that Dorman was <a href="https://twitter.com/Cyr_cryptid/status/1166529134391988224">criticized</a> and harassed by other trans people and allies. But focusing on this framing turns Dorman into a martyr for the cause of defending Chappelle, who uses Dorman’s suicide and the bullying narrative to defend and justify his reactionary position in <em>The Closer</em>.
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Dorman, he tells his audience at the end of his set, went against “her tribe” (i.e., the trans community) in order to defend him, after which they “dragged that bitch all over Twitter.” (For the record, there’s very little toxicity and not even very much dissent <a href="https://twitter.com/search?f=live&q=(to%3Adaphnedorman)%20until%3A2019-10-31%20since%3A2019-08-26&src=typed_query">in the extant replies</a> to Dorman from that period.) “It wasn’t the jokes,” he says. “I don’t know what was going on in her life … but I bet [the trans community] dragging her didn’t help.”
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For their part, Dorman’s family have also <a href="https://deadline.com/2021/10/dave-chappelle-the-closer-defended-by-sisters-his-trans-friend-
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daphne-dorman-1234853511/">continued to defend</a> Chappelle, referring to him as an “LGBTQ ally.”
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Yet Dorman’s death reflects another uncomfortable reality: Trans people are at an extremely high risk of dying by <a href="https://www.mentalhealthcommission.ca/wp-
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content/uploads/drupal/2019-05/Transgender%20people%20and%20suicide%20fact%20sheet.pdf">suicide</a> or <a href="https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/3/23/trans-people-four-times-likely-face-violent-crime-cis">transphobic violence</a>. Chappelle’s latest double down arrives just as trans people are currently living through what might turn out to be the most violently transphobic period <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/14/us-trans-
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transgender-deaths-2021">in recorded history</a>. To attribute Dorman’s death to bullying from “woke scolds” erases the reality that as a trans woman, Dorman was extremely vulnerable to bullying and harassment because of her gender identity, as well as mental health struggles and becoming a victim of hate crimes or other acts of violence.
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These are all arguably the kinds of transphobia that can escalate when a prominent comedian with a potential audience the size of Netflix’s <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/21/netflix-massive-viewership-numbers-proves-it-
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owns-pop-culture.html">180 million</a> subscribers treats trans identity like a quirky made-up fantasy.
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In fact, <a href="https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-021-11107-x">study</a> <a href="https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-96334-1_24">after</a> <a href="https://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/96/1/17-197251.pdf">study</a> has shown a direct connection between the type of perceptions of gender identity Chappelle is performing and anti-trans violence. Even if you believe “Chappelle, the offstage human” is a decent and supportive trans ally, “Chappelle, the onstage comic” is promoting bigotry and amplifying gender essentialism in a way that contributes to making trans people deeply unsafe. Additionally, despite Chappelle’s reluctance to admit the overlap between Black and trans interests, Black trans women are the most susceptible group, <a href="https://harvardcrcl.org/americas-war-on-black-trans-women/">by orders of magnitude</a>, to the harmful impact of rhetoric like Chappelle’s.
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Little wonder, then, that Chappelle has drawn sustained backlash from queer and trans communities. Over the weeks since <em>The Closer</em>’s release, that backlash has only grown more intense — and Netflix’s reaction hasn’t helped.
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In addition to drawing overwhelmingly negative responses to the transphobic material from critics as well as many <a href="https://www.wtvq.com/ky-lgbtq-community-members-speak-out-against-dave-
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chappelles-netflix-special/">queer viewers</a>, <em>The Closer</em> swiftly drew repudiations from advocacy groups around the nation, including the National Black Justice Coalition.
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“It is deeply disappointing that Netflix allowed Dave Chappelle’s lazy and hostile transphobia and homophobia to air on its platform.” -David J. Johns<br/><br/>Read the full article on his special with the link <a href="https://t.co/KKvm78ZOqE">https://t.co/KKvm78ZOqE</a> <a href="https://t.co/Le6AfxMZJc">pic.twitter.com/Le6AfxMZJc</a>
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<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom">— NBJC (<span class="citation" data-cites="NBJContheMove">@NBJContheMove</span>) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBJContheMove/status/1446104437500620804?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 7, 2021</a></p>
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Anger and disappointment have also come from within the larger Netflix organization. <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/dave-chappelle-netflix-special-controversy-
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trans-lgbtq-1235028904/"><em>Dear White People</em></a> co-showrunner Jaclyn Moor, who is trans, decided to stop collaborating with the company in response to its decision to stand by <em>The Closer</em>. “It is much easier to commit violence against someone that you think is immoral or a liar or … someone not worthy of your respect,” <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/dave-chappelle-netflix-special-controversy-trans-
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lgbtq-1235028904/">Moor told the Hollywood Reporter</a>, referring to the way Chappelle’s rhetoric endangers trans people. “That makes it much easier to hurt me. … I just want to not be killed.”
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I told the story of my transition for <a href="https://twitter.com/netflix?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"><span class="citation" data-cites="netflix">@netflix</span></a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/Most?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"><span class="citation" data-cites="most">@most</span></a>’s Pride week. It’s a network that’s been my home on <a href="https://twitter.com/DearWhitePeople?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"><span class="citation" data-cites="DearWhitePeople">@DearWhitePeople</span></a>. I’ve loved working there. <br/><br/>I will not work with them as long as they continue to put out and profit from blatantly and dangerously transphobic content.
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— Jaclyn Moore (<span class="citation" data-cites="JaclynPMoore">@JaclynPMoore</span>) <a href="https://twitter.com/JaclynPMoore/status/1445912662093729793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 7, 2021</a>
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Equally poignant was the backlash Netflix received from its own employees, particularly the staff behind the Twitter account <a href="https://twitter.com/Most/"><span class="citation" data-cites="Most">@Most</span></a>, which promotes the company’s queer content. In an unusually raw thread, the staff running the account told its followers that the week following <em>The Closer</em>’s release had “fucking suck[ed].”
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To be clear: As the queer and trans people who run this account, you can imagine that the last couple of weeks have been hard. We can’t always control what goes on screen. What we can control is what we create here, and the POV we bring to internal conversations.
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— Most (<span class="citation" data-cites="Most">@Most</span>) <a href="https://twitter.com/Most/status/1448421747309498372?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2021</a>
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— Most (<span class="citation" data-cites="Most">@Most</span>) <a href="https://twitter.com/Most/status/1448421749100453888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2021</a>
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In response to a flurry of internal questions about <em>The Closer</em> and Netflix’s responsibility not to air transphobic views, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos issued a company-wide email on October 8, obtained by <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/11/22720724/netflix-suspends-trans-employee-tweeted-
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dave-chappelle-the-closer">the Verge</a>. Reiterating that Netflix would not be removing <em>The Closer</em> from its library, he expressed pride in the company’s partnership with Chappelle and praised <em>Sticks and Stones</em> for winning awards and attracting views. He placed <em>The Closer</em> in the same category as other highly controversial Netflix releases, including <a href="https://www.vox.com/culture/21431237/cuties-cancel-netflix-controversy-
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explained"><em>Cuties</em></a> and <a href="https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/5/3/18522559/13-reasons-why-netflix-youth-
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suicide-rate"><em>13 Reasons Why</em></a>, both works of fiction that have been accused of creating real-world harm.
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Rather than engage the sticky question of whether Chappelle’s persona is another work of artistic license or whether he’s straightforwardly promoting transphobia to the masses, Sarandos denied that <em>The Closer</em> was transphobic at all. “We don’t allow titles on Netflix that are designed to incite hate or violence, and we don’t believe <em>The Closer </em>crosses that line,” he wrote, before adding that “some people find the art of stand-up to be mean-spirited but our members enjoy it.”
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He further suggested that Netflix was commendable for ensuring that “under-represented communities are not defined by the single story,” seemingly implying that Chappelle’s ridicule of trans people might even be a win for diversity.
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But the issue of acceptance of trans identity is much more than an issue of “mean-spirited” comedy — as the high rates of trans violence indicate, it’s very literally life or death.
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Terra Field, a senior software engineer at Netflix, <a href="https://twitter.com/RainofTerra/status/1445914236668895236">posted</a> a viral Twitter thread about Chappelle the day after <em>The Closer</em>’s release, making it very clear what the stakes are for trans people. “Promoting TERF ideology (which is what we did by giving it a platform yesterday) directly harms trans people, it is not some neutral act,” she wrote. “This is not an argument with two sides. It is an argument with trans people who want to be alive and people who don’t want us to be.”
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Netflix subsequently suspended Field, who is trans. Although the news quickly grabbed attention, both Netflix and Field acknowledged that she and two other employees were suspended for attending Netflix’s quarterly business meeting without an invitation, not for speaking out about <em>The Closer</em>. “Our employees are encouraged to disagree openly and we support their right to do so,” a company spokesperson <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/11/22720724/netflix-suspends-trans-employee-tweeted-dave-chappelle-the-
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closer">told the Verge</a>. Field was <a href="https://twitter.com/RainofTerra/status/1448097310026747908">reinstated</a> on October 12. Another employee reportedly resigned in protest over <em>The Closer</em> and Netflix’s response.
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Sarandos tried again in <a href="https://variety.com/2021/film/news/ted-sarandos-dave-chappelle-defense-1235088647/">a follow-up company memo</a> issued October 11. This time, he noted that “With ‘The Closer,’ we understand that the concern is not about offensive-to-some content but titles which could increase real world harm (such as further marginalizing already marginalized groups, hate, violence etc.),” he wrote.
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Still, Sarandos reaffirmed the company’s decision to stand by <em>The Closer</em>, arguing that “we have a strong belief that content on screen doesn’t directly translate to real-world harm.” Given the direct link between cultural transphobia and real-world violence, and given the connection between Chappelle’s previous Netflix special and Dorman’s suicide, it’s a troubling defense.
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Netflix is coming into this controversy amid a time of triumph. September’s smash hit <a href="https://www.vox.com/22704474/squid-game-games-korean-references-symbols"><em>Squid Game</em></a> became the <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/tv/squid-game-reaches-111m-viewers-becoming-netflix-s-biggest-
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debut-n1281415">most-viewed series in Netflix history</a> and <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2021/10/01/squid-game-is-so-popular-its-driving-netflix-stock-to-new-
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highs/">caused the company’s stock to hit record highs</a>. With a windfall like that at the streaming giant’s back, upsetting trans viewers might seem like a relatively minor problem.
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Still, Netflix clearly hasn’t had the last word. More Netflix employees are gearing up for an even larger protest: a company-wide walkout spearheaded by the staff’s trans employee resource group. The demonstration, which will occur on October 20, is planned not only in protest over Netflix’s decision to release and retain Chappelle’s special, but also to call out the lack of positive trans content on the platform and demand a better ongoing response from the company to trans concerns. “As we’ve discussed through Slack, email, text, and everything in between,” the ERG organizers wrote in an internal memo <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/12/22723592/netflix-trans-employees-walkout-statements-ceo">obtained by the Verge</a>, “our leadership has shown us they do not uphold the values to which we are held.”
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Perhaps ironically, <em>The Closer</em> was supposed to be Chappelle’s “last” special for Netflix; during the show, the comedian also professed himself “done talking about” queer and transgender issues and said he won’t be joking about the communities again “until we are both sure that we are laughing together.”
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But if Chappelle intended to go out on a note of admonishment and hope for reconciliation, he seems to have missed his target. If anything, <em>The Closer</em> seems to have bonded members of the trans community in a groundswell of anger and activism, aimed at not only Chappelle but also the streaming giant that has empowered the worst aspects of his comedy for years. If <em>The Closer</em> has proven anything, ultimately it’s that Chappelle, Netflix, and its trans audiences won’t be laughing together anytime soon.
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If you’ve seen new construction around your city, you’ve probably seen these distinctive rectangular panels. Sometimes plain, sometimes multi-colored, they’re absolutely everywhere. The video above explains how they conceal an entire system that helps protect buildings.
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Over the course of the 20th century, building technology changed to allow the exterior of a building to be separate from the structure holding it up. Now there’s rainscreen cladding — the enclosure system that ends up being used in so many of those distinctive panels. By creating a small air gap between the exterior wall and the structure, it gives water an opportunity to dry, saving our modern buildings from rot and decay.
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Building enclosure is an entire field with lots of intense debate, associations, and academic research. If you’re looking for a way into the world of rainscreens, you can listen to <a href="https://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/article/the-bs-beer-show-all-about-rainscreens">this podcast with John Straube</a> or check out <a href="https://www.rdh.com/technical-library/">his technical papers</a>, found at RDH.
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You can find this video and the entire library of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLXo7UDZvByw2ixzpQCufnA"><strong>Vox’s videos on YouTube</strong></a>.
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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>Husband arrested in killing of Olympic runner Agnes Tirop</strong> - Police said he went on the run after making a tearful phone call to his family confessing he had done something terrible</p></li>
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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>Evacuated over 100 football family members from Afghanistan after complex negotiations: FIFA</strong> - The evacuees were brought to Doha aboard a Qatar Airways charter flight from Kabul.</p></li>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Metroid Dread developer leaves names out of credits, ex-staffers say</strong> - “Why do I not appear on the game’s credits? Is it some kind of mistake?” - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1804368">link</a></p></li>
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<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Missouri gov. calls journalist who found security flaw a “hacker,” threatens to sue</strong> - Governor also threatens to sue paper for finding flaw that exposed teachers’ SSNs. - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1804306">link</a></p></li>
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“Let’s have sex with the cat, torture it, kill it and then have sex with it again,” said the necrophile.
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“Let’s have sex with the cat, torture it, kill it, have sex with it again and then burn it,” said the pyromaniac.
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where they stop to see the elephant. While the father’s in the bathroom, the son notices one elephant has a rather large erection. Curious, he gets his mom’s attention. “Mommy, what’s that hanging from the elephant?” “Oh, that’s its trunk honey.” “No, further back!” “Ah, you mean its tail!” “No, between its legs! That, what is that?” The mother goes red. “Oh, that’s… that’s nothing, honey.”
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The father returns and the mother goes off to use the bathroom. Still curious, the sons asks his dad: “Daddy, what’s that hanging from the elephant?” “His trunk, son.” “No, further back!” “You mean his tail?” “No, that thing! Between his legs!” “Oh, that! Well, that’s the elephant’s penis.” “Oh!… Why did Mommy say it was nothing?” “Son, I have SPOILED that woman.”
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