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UPS is laying off hundreds of workers in (and around) resident Joe Biden’s hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania. 232 employees will work through the holiday season until their final day of work on February 25. “This layoff will be permanent, and ‘bumping rights’ (that is, the right to avoid termination by displacing another employee) do not exist,” UPS said … Read more

  https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1466779100727685122 IMF Urges the Fed to Speed Up Monetary Policy Tightening amid Mounting Inflation Fears It would be “appropriate” for the Fed to accelerate tapering and bring forward the path for rate hikes, the International Monetary Fund said.

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And Democrats wonder why they are getting crushed in the polls https://t.co/AlKMN1SowS — Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) December 3, 2021

The idea of lending your face to a robot may sound like the plot from an episode of Black Mirror, but it could soon become a reality. Robot manufacturer Promobot is seeking a face for its next humanoid robot, which will be used in hotels, shopping malls and airports from 2023. The firm is offering … Read more

by One_King_4900 So the bulk of the article from the wall street journal was saying that the senior work force makes up 1/3 of the pool and that them retiring early or choosing not to return to work is a massive hit to the work force recovery. I think this is somewhat bogus. They state that … Read more

Another Bitcoin ETF Denied. Tether fraud and market manipulation cited as some of the justifications. Everyone wants a Bitcoin ETF.Nobody wants Tether transparency. "Manipulation" or "Manipulative" is mentioned 142 times in the denial notice. pic.twitter.com/PlpRtnQfnR — Bitfinex'ed 🔥🐧 Κασσάνδρα 🏺 (@Bitfinexed) December 3, 2021

According to YouTube’s policy, age restriction occurs when the Google-owned platform determines that content contains “Child safety” concerns, “Harmful or dangerous activities, including regulated substances and drugs,” “Nudity and sexually suggestive content,” “Violent or graphic content,” and/or “Vulgar language.” Zemmour’s announcement does not appear to explicitly violate any of these themes. YouTube, however, did not … Read more

https://abc7.com/big-rig-car-pinned-caught-on-video/11297599/ How does the driver not know?

Neo-Nazis and far-right activists are coaching followers on how to use a new Twitter rule to persuade the social media platform to remove photos of them posted by anti-extremism researchers and journalists who specialize in identifying episodes of real-world hate. Advocates said they worry the new policy will suppress efforts to document the activities of … Read more

LAPD chief says 14 alleged robbers suspected of ransacking businesses between November 18 and 28 bailed out or met no-bail criteria, and one is a juvenile Arrestees accused of stealing nearly $340,000 worth of goods from LA stores Chief Moore and Mayor Eric Garcetti called for end of ‘zero bail’ policy for suspects who commit … Read more

Comedian Kathy Griffin lamented during ABC’s The View on Thursday what she called “a double standard” because she had been canned by CNN after her infamous 2017 picture of her holding a fake decapitated head of then-President Donald Trump, yet the network kept its chief legal analyst, Jeffrey Toobin, following his masturbation scandal last year. … Read more

via spectatorworld: Former Empire actor Jussie Smollett appeared in court for the first time this week to defend himself against allegations that he fabricated an elaborate hate crime for attention. Chicago prosecutors say Smollett wasted police time and resources by sending them on a wild goose chase against his alleged attackers — resources which surely could have been … Read more