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SAN FRANCISCO — Within days of social media companies taking down a viral video touting conspiracy theories about the novel coronavirus, a clip popped up on YouTube telling viewers about another way they could still access the banned footage: through a link to the video on the file-sharing service Google Drive. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/05/20/misinformation-coronavirus-plandemic-workaround/ After this article … Read more

by EmployerOfTheMonth Lots of acquisitions buy big tech this month, what are your thoughts? https://www.axios.com/scoop-facebook-to-buy-giphy-for-400-million-4a75a359-833b-484d-b15b-87e94d3de017.html https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/19/microsoft-acquires-robotic-process-automation-platform-softomotive/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-14/apple-acquires-startup-nextvr-to-gain-virtual-reality-content https://www.reuters.com/article/us-grubhub-m-a-uber/uber-offer-for-grubhub-fans-worries-over-delivery-fees-charged-to-restaurants-idUSKBN22Q1Q4    

https://theweek.com/articles/915265/startup-economy-fundamentally-broken-virus-make-worse summarized Luckily for you, Uber is there – because $25 billion is about what the company has lost since that date. Uber competitor Lyft, the mattress company Casper, and dozens of other companies are following the same strategy. These companies generally treat both their suppliers and their workers like crap, but what is less … Read more

https://twitter.com/hks55/status/1263518901222113285 Why would you not going into a long weekend max long call options with soaring unemployment, leaders of the two biggest countries fighting, pandemic spreading, and no announced earnings revisions. Only thing I can think of more bullish is nuclear holocaust and hell might get that https://twitter.com/hks55/status/1263473283237888000 Twitter sentiment (on stahks!) is getting bubblier … Read more

https://russia.liveuamap.com/en/2020/21-may-according-to-senior-administration-officials-us-will The Treaty on Open Skies entered into force on January 1, 2002, and currently has 34 party states. It establishes a program of unarmed aerial surveillance flights over the entire territory of its participants. The treaty is designed to enhance mutual understanding and confidence by giving all participants, regardless of size, a direct role … Read more

US approves $180m sale of advanced torpedoes to Taiwan; Al Jazeera ^ | 05/21/2020 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/05/approves-180m-sale-advanced-torpedoes-taiwan-200520235339185.html The United States approved a $180m sale of heavyweight torpedoes to Taiwan, the State Department said on Wednesday, in a move that is likely to further strain ties between Washington and Beijing, which claims Taiwan as its own. Approval for … Read more

by Lily 89 Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced for Their Faith between January and April 2020 The month of April 2020 saw another 13 Falun Gong practitioners being sentenced for their faith, bringing the year’s tally to 89, including 41 in January, 18 in February and 17 in March. Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, … Read more

China’s ruling Communist Party signaled that it is moving swiftly to bring Hong Kong under its full control, with a top official saying Thursday that Beijing plans to alter the system that has allowed the territory to enjoy a level of autonomy for the past 23 years. After steadily eroding Hong Kong’s political freedoms and … Read more

This will destroy schools. In my area schools are fUll and have no way to re-open under these guidelines. I think most schools are in the same boat…There is just no way this can happen there is no room for this BS. Promote social distancing • Step 1 and 2 o Ensure that student and … Read more

If I'm Speaker of the House, I will never:• Talk about a President of the United States as being "morbidly obese"• Rip up the President's State of the Union speech.• Impeach purely for political gain. RT if you agree it's time for a change in the Speaker's office. pic.twitter.com/rg9cprCtRh — Kevin McCarthy (@SpeakerMcCarthy) May 20, … Read more

How Russiagate Began With Obama’s Iran Deal Domestic Spying Campaign. Michael Flynn posed a threat to the former president’s legacy and was made to pay for it How was it central to his legacy if it was never actually intended to stop Iran from getting the bomb? Because it was his instrument to secure an … Read more

by AmuseMeSomeMore Did you read your 1,200 word TOS? “Finally, we will access, disclose and preserve personal data, including your content (such as the content of your emails, other private communications or files in private folders), when we have a good faith belief that doing so is necessary to: 1.comply with applicable law or respond to … Read more

  Nuclear powerplant Dodewaard Netherlands is currently on fire (dutch) https://www.hln.be/nieuws/buitenland/grote-brand-op-dak-van-oude-kerncentrale-in-nederland-onder-controle~ae8352c6/?referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.godlikeproductions.com%2Fforum1%2Fmessage4396898%2Fpg1 Nuclear powerplant Dodewaard Netherlands is currently on fire pic.twitter.com/HBuYLLdtQX — EZ Wolf (@EZ_wolf) May 21, 2020 Brand #dodewaard geef hulpdiensten de ruimte. Houd afstand van de brand. Heeft u last van de rook sluit ramen en deuren en schakel ventilatie uit. Meer informatie volgt. … Read more