Tuesday, June 2, 2020

White supremacists pose as Antifa online, call for violence

A Twitter account that tweeted a call to violence and claimed to be representing the position of "Antifa" was in fact created by a known white supremacist group, Twitter said Monday. The company removed the account.


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White People, Read This Before You Text Your Black Friends

If you’re not black and you have black friends whom you are only reaching out to now, be thoughtful about how you do it.


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Tweets, Dissent, And A Virtual Walkout: Facebook Employees Voice Their Concerns With Zuckerberg’s Trump Approach

“Facebook's inaction in taking down Trump's post inciting violence makes me ashamed to work here.”


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PlayStation 5 game event postponed because of protests

Sony is postponing its PlayStation 5 game launch event in light of protests and demonstrations over the death of George Floyd.


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Monday, June 1, 2020

Internal FDA Documents Show How Little Evidence The Agency Had Before Allowing Malaria Drugs To Be Used To Treat COVID-19

A May whistleblower complaint alleged that the FDA’s emergency authorization of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine came about as a result of political pressure from the White House.


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We're Living In A Vacuum Of Political Leadership

In dual national crises with an absence at the top, the country’s political leadership is as weak as its least capable local leaders.


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Facebook employees publicly criticize Zuckerberg's inaction on Trump posts

In a rare example of public dissent, some Facebook employees are publicly taking to Twitter to express strong voicing their disapproval of disagreements with CEO Mark Zuckerberg's their company's decision to not take any action on a series of controversial posts last week from President Donald Trump.


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AMD's Lisa Su was the highest-paid CEO in the S&P 500 last year

AMD's Lisa Su was the highest-paid CEO of a company in the S&P 500 last year.


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SpaceX's Crew Dragon took flight in historic mission. What's next?

When Elon Musk founded SpaceX in 2002, the company's assigned goal was to get humans into space. But it's not over yet.


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Dallas Police Asked For Protestor Videos But Got Flooded With K-Pop Fancams Instead

The Dallas PD's iWatch Dallas app is currently down "due to technical difficulties."


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